During morning prayers the next day, at around five, before the sun had risen over the mountains, Lin Feng felt a great flood of Incense Offerings descend from the heavens and settle on him.
These Incense Offerings carried intense Vow Power.
There was nothing particularly lovely about this Vow Power. It was filled with darkness and desperate desires to survive.
The Daoists had been tormented into such a state by those Uncanny things. How could they possibly have any positive thoughts left?
The earth god had become what he was now precisely because he could not withstand such Vow Power.
Before Lin Feng could confront the Vow Power directly, the Brow Eye between his brows sensed something and swiveled.
All the Vow Power shattered, and the Incense Offerings merged into Lin Feng's body.
Lin Feng's human aura diminished another fraction, while his Divinity rose another inch!
Even his soul became three inches more solid.
[Zuan]
It was a name. The Incense Offerings clung to that name, making it appear more "Zhong."
The effect of the Incense Offerings on him was to accelerate his absorption of the Blood-and-Flesh Sacrificial Bell.
Several solid strands of Incense Offerings settled on Lin Feng. He examined them briefly. "So there's more than one place worshipping me. By this reckoning, at least a hundred Daoists are offering sacrifices to the Five Directional Divine Generals."
In this day and age, finding several hundred Daoists was no small undertaking.
The Incense Offerings came pouring in.
Lin Feng had more ideas now, too.
He had originally thought the Five Directional Divine Generals were not the true deities. Now, it seemed that might not be the case.
The "Old Mother of Mount Li" presiding over these Daoists might not be the real one, but the many "deities" accompanying her were