[Main story completed]
[One-sentence synopsis: An unwitting female lead of Eldritch horrors vs. Chinese horror folklore, auspicious signs, and xianxia.]
[Not a "big female lead"...
Chapter 132: To Conscience and Unity of Knowledge and Action
The gazes of the young men of divine descent were extremely oppressive, making people feel as if a poisonous snake was licking the back of their necks. A cold and sticky feeling spread throughout the body, and they trembled uncontrollably.
The golden incarnation of the god actually felt his hair stand on end under the dark gaze. If Li Zhou hadn't stood in front of him, he would have immediately given up on this projection and hid far away.
She felt the flag in her arms trembling constantly, and she said softly to comfort him, "Don't be afraid, Wanniang, Master Xie is here."
Wan Niang raised half of her head and said politely, "It's not me who is shaking."
Jin Guang: “…”
Jin Guang looked at Wan Niang in disbelief. This mere little ghost had a stronger resistance than her, the mighty Thunder God. To her, the oppressive feeling of being the descendant of the Heavenly Lord seemed to be non-existent.
There must be something wrong with this female ghost.
Jin Guang didn't know yet that Wan Niang had even witnessed the overflow of Li Zhou's power, which caused Yu Niangniang and the people of Fangshen Sect to collapse on the spot.
Wan Niang thought she had no special abilities and could not help her daughter, but she did not know that when it came to the ability to resist the pollution of the gods, there were probably few gods who dared to say that they were stronger than her.
Li Zhou looked at the disheveled boys curiously.
To her, these teenagers were like the staff at a seafood restaurant who were marinating the food. They smelled like seafood all over their bodies, but they would never be mistaken for seafood.
Smart Li Zhou knew with just a little thought that he could find seafood by following them.
She was about to ask politely, but she saw that the latter seemed to have turned on some switch and rushed into the room like a gust of wind.
The corpse hanging in the middle of the room spoke for the umpteenth time:
“…Knowledge is the idea of action, action is the effort of knowledge; knowledge is the beginning of action, action is the completion of knowledge…”
The young men of divine descent each sat in their own seats and recited along in the same manner.
This time, when the teacher asked "Xiao Hai", Xiao Hai stood up.
"This sentence talks about the principle of unity of knowledge and action. When a person knows that something stinks, it already stinks. When a person knows that something hurts, it already hurts. The knowledge here is not self-righteous knowledge, but real knowledge."
“So, when you smell your father’s stench, you are already disgusted by the stench, and when you feel your mother’s pain, you should help her.”
Jin Guang's expression became a little strange as Xiao Hai answered. She originally thought that this teacher from Zhixing Sect must not have known the true identities of these teenagers, which was why he died suddenly during the teaching process.
But now listening to the young man's explanation, it was clear that she knew everything.
If that's the case, how could she think that she could educate the descendants of the gods?
Is this arrogance, or a lack of understanding of the status of the Heavenly Venerable?
Li Zhou waited patiently for the teenagers to study and answer questions. She herself was very studious, so how could she disturb others’ studies?
The studious Li Zhou lowered his head to his chest halfway through listening.
The teacher finally came to the last lesson. The young men stood up and rushed out of the house like a gust of wind.
Li Zhou woke up suddenly, staring with sleepy eyes at the black shadow running like a ghost in front of him. After a moment he came to his senses, stood up and chased after it.
Jin Guang and Wan Niang hurried to catch up and picked up a few small notes scattered from the boys' sleeves on the way.
【What to eat for lunch? 】
[Stop passing me notes. My mother told me to study hard with the teacher.]
[My mother also said so, but what’s the point of reading? You can’t eat books. ]
【Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eating. 】
When the two finished reading the note, the young men of divine descent also ran to a cave covered by seaweed, took out a scone from their arms, and lay at the entrance of the cave, shouting, "Mom, it's time to eat!"
The two looked at each other in surprise, thinking back to the large empty house just now, and then looking at the low cave in front of them, they couldn't help but wonder what kind of accident had caused these descendants of gods to abandon their houses and hide in the caves.
What kind of woman is it that can unite with a god and give birth to offspring safely?
While Jin Guang was thinking hard, an unsettling friction sound was heard in the cave.
Five or six pairs of eyes were vaguely visible in the seaweed pile. The next moment, soft arms stretched out and snatched the scones from the boys' hands.
The sound of wolfing down food could be heard.
Jin Guang frowned and wanted to move forward to push away the seaweed, but Wan Niang stopped him: "Be careful."
"fine."
Jin Guang shook his head, carefully picked up a handful of seaweed, and looked at the face hidden behind it.
Wan Niang watched the boys nervously, fearing that they would suddenly attack.
The strange thing was that the boys just looked at the cave gently and didn't care about the actions of these outsiders at all.
When the faces in the caves were exposed to the sun, the swallowing sounds disappeared, and the women with their mouths stuffed with stuffy mouths raised their eyes and looked at the strangers at a loss.
Jin Guang took a step back, looked at them carefully, and said affirmatively: "They are all just mortals."
How could a mortal give birth to a descendant of God safely? !
Jin Guang has seen some brides who were sacrificed to the gods. Their bodies would become thinner and thinner as the divine fetus grew. Their stomachs would become bigger than themselves, and their minds would become less and less clear. Finally, they would completely lose their sanity and be willing to be eaten by the descendants of the gods in their stomachs.
Mortals have always been able to only serve as food for the descendants of gods. Jin Guang had never heard of such a "filial" descendant of gods who not only kept his mother alive, but also found food for them.
Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered the Master's teachings to the young men. After a moment of hesitation, she grabbed a woman who was trying to retreat back into the cave and asked in a low voice, "How did you survive?"
The woman tried to pull her arm back but failed. She looked at the person next to her for help. It was a relatively older woman. She asked back, "Who are you?"
Just as Jin Guang was about to borrow the identity of a cultivator, Li Zhou came up and pointed at the seafood helmet on his head: "We are all here to attend the party." As for whether he was invited or not, there was no need to ask!
As soon as the woman saw Li Zhou, her expression relaxed. She asked carefully, "Are you all together?"
Li Zhou nodded.
Woman: "Then it seems that you are all good people."
Li Zhou nodded again.
Jin Guang: “…”
Jin Guang: “???”
She just blushed a little and her mouth looked like a bird's beak, but she didn't look like a good person at all.
Wan Niang seemed to see what she was thinking and said tactfully: "You don't even look like a human being."
Jin Guang: “…”
Apart from the golden light, the atmosphere was harmonious.
At the woman's invitation, Li Zhou and Wan Niang followed them into the cave.
Jin Guang was angry for a while. No one comforted her, and she didn't want to be alone among a group of descendants of Tianzun, so she had to comfort herself and followed them into the cave.
There was barely enough space in the cave for five people, but every corner was filled with books. All the books were handwritten with the same handwriting, obviously from the same person.
"The Master wrote them all for us. She is a good person."
"What happened?" Jin Guang picked up a book and saw four words written on the title page: "Lu Qinian stayed."
"Her name is Lu Qinian, and she's a good person," the woman continued.
Jin Guang's eyebrows jumped as he suddenly realized that although this group of women seemed to be able to communicate normally, they might actually have some mental problems.
She looked into the woman's eyes and asked again: "What happened on this island? When did Lu Qinian come to the island?"
The woman said seriously: "Lu Qinian is the master of Zhixing School, and he is a great scholar."
The answer is not relevant to the question.
Jin Guang stretched out his index finger, touched the woman's brow, and probed her spirit platform.
The spirit was covered in dust and was dark and lifeless, obviously having suffered a strong stimulus beyond its ability to bear.
But the saints' true words protected her last bit of spirituality and prevented her from going crazy, but she was unable to think as smoothly as a normal person.
These words of the sage, filled with "knowledge" and "action", were obviously left by Lu Qinian.
The general idea is that as long as you have the principles of being a human being in your heart and maintain human rationality in your actions, you will not degenerate into a monster.
Jin Guang retracted his index finger and said thoughtfully: "If we want to know the cause of this incident, we can only continue to look for new clues..."
Before she finished her words, she saw Li Zhou pick up a book casually. When he opened it, a historical shadow was projected in front of him. A woman in Confucian clothes, holding a book in her hand, looked like Lu Qinian.
Jin Guang was stunned, but he saw that Master Xie looked accustomed to it, as if it was a common thing to pick up an old item and see the owner's past.
Time in her hands is like a toy that she can fiddle with at will.
Jin Guang didn't expect that he had actually underestimated the strength of the Duotian Sect. A spell cast by any elder of the sect could have such powerful power.
But she soon had no time to marvel, because Lu Qinian's experience attracted all her attention.
In order to educate the barbaric natives in remote areas, Lu Qinian bid farewell to his sect leader and crossed the sea alone in a boat.
She was just passing by here, and went to the island just for routine investigation. However, she didn't expect that as soon as she stepped onto the rocky beach, she saw this group of brides who were sacrificed to the female god.
On this terrifying island filled with evil gods and monsters, the female god is considered the most powerful one, and the surrounding islanders often worship him.
Lu Qinian hid the dying brides in this cave, intending to transport them away in batches when their health improved.
Unexpectedly, their stomachs swelled at an incredible speed and the sound of fetal heartbeats was heard from their stomachs, scaring away all the wandering monsters.
Upon seeing this, Lu Qinian hurried to the bride's island, stole the statue of the female goddess, and used the technique of grafting to transfer the divine fetus into the body of the statue.
Logically speaking, the divine fetus is the incarnation of divine power. If the fetus is sent back to the god himself, the two will naturally merge together.
But the problem is that this statue was stolen. The act of theft attracted the attention of Tianzun, and the result of the transplantation was a little deviant.
The divine fetus did return to the body of the deity, but not into the body of the female deity, but that of the Celestial Lord.
The divine power of Tianzun is enough to erase all traces of the female god, but how could he allow other heirs of gods to be active in his body?
Tianzun quickly expelled these offspring who were supposed to be the descendants of the female god, and fought with the female god.
Unable to save the brides in the war of gods, Lu Qinian set her sights on the descendants of gods. She used the knowledge of the Zhixing Sect to "pollute" the descendants of gods, brainwashing them constantly and making them have the "conscience" of being a "human".
At the last moment when she was contaminated by the power of Tianzun, Lu Qinian used a ritual to fix herself in the "school" and continued to repeat her lessons.