The first gathering of the gods ended, the rice in the two pots was emptied, and a faint golden light flowed over the surface of the small gluttonous food. The participants left with satisfied burps.
The maid leaned close to Xia Chuhe's ear and whispered, "Are we going to recruit more believers tomorrow? We're running low on food."
Xia Chuhe was still influenced by the beauty of the maids, and his mind worked very slowly. After a while, he said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
Levin excitedly discussed with the blacksmith the feeling of being responded to by the Taotie, while the maids searched every room, hoping to find more food.
Xia Chuhe sat at the table, playing with the small Taotie wood carving.
The power of faith was felt not only by the little glutton, but also by her; a solid net.
One believer is like a thread; several faiths intertwine to form a leaky net. If there are enough faiths, the net becomes dense and strong enough that even if a god falls from a great height, he will be caught by this net and returned to his altar.
Faith is a pure power. Xia Chuhe, who fabricated stories to deceive the masses, couldn't help but feel tired and sighed.
Levin's voice stopped abruptly, then rang out again: "What's wrong? Is something bothering you?"
Xia Chuhe tried to cover it up: "It's nothing. I sent my niece to heaven today and was hoping to visit the place, but I didn't see anything."
Dong Huimiao was furious: "You heartless bastard, you even sold your own niece!"
Xia Chuhe gave her a strange look: "You're allowed to set fires, but I'm not allowed to light lamps? I'm being merciful by not burning your stinking body to ashes."
Thinking of his own betrayal, Dong Huimiao felt a little guilty and lowered his voice: "Let me go, and I'll secretly go to Heaven to see my daughter and find out what's going on there for you."
Summer hoeing of the rice plants is silent.
Winter destroyed the seedlings and panicked: "I really won't lie to you this time."
Xia Chuhe remained silent.
In her desperation, Dong Huimiao paced frantically on the table, pleading, "What do I have to do for you to believe me? I know you've found a way to break the rules of this land."
Xia Chuhe remained silent.
Dong Huimiao stopped moving. She whispered, "I...I give up. I...no, I don't want to lose. Let me go. I want to become a follower of the Taotie God. I will succeed. I...I..."
Dong Huimiao rambled on incoherently, the image of the Taotie wood carving shimmering with golden light flashing in her mind again. Finally, she uttered those three words: "I admit defeat."
This contest doesn't need to go all the way; she's lost, and there's no chance of a comeback. Unless…
Dong Huimiao turned her face away and repeated, "I admit defeat."
Xia Chuhe finally spoke, but not to Dong Huimiao; instead, he said to the maid, "Untie her."
Dong Huimiao sat cross-legged on the table, dejected: "What should I do?"
Xia Chuhe: "Use Earth Escape Technique to quietly sneak into Paradise, carefully observe its design and layout, count how many people are inside, and observe their daily lives."
“Okay.” Winter Destroys Seedlings threw a pebble at Summer Hoeing. “This was given to me by the God of Temperance. I will not do it again in exchange.”
Xia Chuhe glanced at the stones, and just as she had expected, the God of Restraint wanted Winter Destroyed Seedlings to exchange grain for the farm.
"No, you must continue to worship the god of temperance."
Dong Huimiao was puzzled, but she quickly found a reason for Xia Chuhe: "Oh, you're doing this for the protection of the gods at night, aren't you? We've completed five sacrifices now. If we don't continue, no gods will protect us tomorrow night. But there are too few Taotie followers, and they don't have the power to protect us tomorrow night."
Xia Chuhe didn't explain; he continued the sacrifice to obtain the farm and its resources, so he let Dong Huimiao misunderstand.
Dong Huimiao didn't return until the next morning, a time that made Xia Chuhe wonder if he had been deceived.
Fortunately, the seedlings that were destroyed in winter have returned.
"I'm exhausted! My God, you have no idea what I saw in heaven." Dong Huimiao forced herself to stay awake and recounted what she had seen all night.
“From the outside, Heaven looks like an ordinary two-story villa, but once you go inside, it's a magnificent palace, and there's a huge farm attached to the outside of the palace. Let me tell you, the person who built this palace committed a terrible sin. We can't eat, drink, or sleep well outside, but the walls of the palace are smeared with sugar and milk, and the animals in the farm eat better than us.”
"Do you know who the master of the palace is? It's not a god at all, but that old geezer of the gods. He's filled the palace with a bunch of beautiful women and servants. The beautiful women are brides offered to the goddess of chastity, and the servants are our children offered to the god of diligence!"
Dong Huimiao gritted her teeth and said, "I searched all night before I finally found my daughter. She was sent by a divine messenger... I spit on her! That old geezer made her do vegetable chopping in the kitchen. That damned old man eats 188 dishes in one meal, and he only tastes one bite of each one. It's infuriating..."
Dong Huimiao rambled on and on, but the main point was that the divine messenger enjoyed everything the gods had, that the divine messenger was a liar, and that the divine messenger deserved to die.
Xia Chuhe wasn't too surprised by the news that the seedlings had been destroyed in winter.
Humans worship gods and offer them incense and money.
Ultimately, it is never the gods in the sky who spend the money, but the "messengers of the gods" on earth.
It was already the sixth day since entering the Land of Rules. Xia Chuhe didn't spend too much time helping Dong Huimiao decipher the will of the God of Temperance and successfully complete the sacrifice to the God of Temperance.
As soon as the exchange was completed, Dong Huimiao's eyes widened: "My...my dear mother, what have you hidden?"
Xia Chuhe smiled: "Oh dear, you've discovered my biggest secret. The person who discovers my secret must..."
Xia Chuhe made a throat-slitting gesture to deliberately scare her.
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