The solar eclipse gradually passed, the sun began to reappear, and the earth was divided into yin and yang, which was quite strange.
After Lin Xiang eliminated the Green-Faced Ghost, he discovered that he could actually escape from the so-called Earth God statue.
He stepped forward cautiously, his entire body floating in the air, as if his soul had left his body. The villagers nearby could not see any trace of him at all.
Lin Xiang turned his head to look at the statue on the tribute table and found that it looked exactly like him, but it was dressed in a more classical style, giving it the air of an elegant scholar. At the same time, it looked at the villagers who were kneeling on the ground with a compassionate face.
"Did I travel through time with the game system?"
As a game designer, Lin Xiang kept up with online trends and was no stranger to concepts like time travel and rebirth. He even frequently drew inspiration from online novels to supplement his game framework.
He had no idea what era it was, and couldn't tell from the villagers' clothing.
Soon the entire Dongshan Village was bathed in sunshine again. Village chief Wang Minghai, who had finally recovered some strength, stood up and staggered to the statue of the land god, his pupils dilated.
Just before the battle, when he and the clan leader Wang Xiuyuan were offering sacrifices together, the statue still looked the same as before.
Such a big change happened in just a cup of tea!
Wang Minghai and his nephew Wang Xiuyuan looked at each other. Even the villagers knew that their spiritual master had been replaced, but they pretended to be ignorant.
No matter who this new landowner is, as long as he is a sacrificial spirit, it will be fine.
Everyone’s wishes are so simple.
It doesn’t matter who the sacrificial spirit is. The other villages also change their sacrificial spirits frequently, and a different sacrificial spirit is used every few days.
A village without a sacrificial spirit will be destroyed by the evil spirits wandering in the wild.
Most of the time, sacrificial spirits are considered guardian gods, but when they embark on evil paths and fall into the devil's way, they may do things that are outrageous to both humans and gods.
Lin Xiang looked at the group of people below who were constantly bowing and praying. The joy of surviving the disaster was reflected on the villagers' faces. He thought for a moment before speaking, "Everyone, get up."
A solemn and majestic voice rang out in the land temple, as if it came from the sky, seeming a little ethereal and illusory.
The villagers thought they were hallucinating and looked at each other in confusion.
Even the experienced village chief and clan elders were shocked by the sudden sound. They had different expressions on their faces and fell to their knees at the same time.
This is probably what Ye Gong did when he loved dragons!
For a very long time, the sacrificial spirits of Dongshan Village never spoke a word, but just silently enjoyed the offerings and silently protected the entire village.
Now the clay sculpture on the altar actually spoke, and everyone was surprised and happy.
"The God of Land has appeared!"
"Thank you, God of Land, for saving my life!"
"Lord of the Land, you have helped us a lot."
They had already kowtowed once, and as Lin Xiang spoke, they began a new round of kowtow.
This time it's more sincere.
Lin Xiang originally wanted them to stop this behavior, but he didn't expect that his words would backfire, so he could only remain silent for a while.
It happened so suddenly that he hadn't adapted to his new identity yet.
The sunlight dispelled the darkness and illuminated the land temple with exceptional brightness. The fear and terror in the villagers' hearts only dissipated a little at this time.
As long as it is daytime, those demons and monsters will not easily come to cause trouble!
Village chief Wang Minghai came to the altar, clutching his wound. He wasn't sure what this new spirit master was thinking or where he came from, so he said to the other villagers, "You should go back to your work first. The children can go back to school with the teacher to continue their studies."
"Yes, village chief."
"I'm plowing the field now. I wonder what's become of that old ox."
"You didn't even come back with the cows?"
"Sir, sir, what was that just now? It was so scary!"
"Was the Heavenly Dog scared away by us, or by the Earth God?"
The villagers discussed with each other and left the land temple, feeling the sunshine bathing their bodies again, and everyone smiled again.
Although the world outside is in chaos and full of crises, life must go on.
…
The villagers left one after another, and only Wang Mingyuan and his nephew Wang Xiuyuan were left in the huge land temple.
They walked to the land statue with awe, picked up the incense burner thrown outside, lit the special incense and candles made by the court again, and then knelt on the cushions in front of the altar.
Although no one spoke, Lin Xiang could hear the village chief Wang Mingyuan's prayer from the rising smoke of incense.
"Please ask the Lord Jiling to continue to bless our Dongshan Village!"
At this time, the number of incense sticks on his game panel changed one after another.
Originally, there were 10 points, then after absorbing three incense sticks, it became 13 points, and then 1 point was used to cast the spell, and now after absorbing three more incense sticks, it became 15 points!
In other words, each stick of incense specially made by the imperial court can provide 1 point of incense value, but the incense burned by the villagers on a daily basis does not have this ability for the time being.
Perhaps only when the quantity reaches a certain level will it lead to qualitative change. In any case, Lin Xiang can't see any signs of it now.
At this moment, Lin Xiang felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity from the data on his panel. After all, these were the various attribute columns designed by his own team. These were things that only the game NPCs in the Chinese-style online game "Ascension" that they independently developed for the company had.
In fact, Lin Xiang had just graduated from university. He studied finance but somehow found a job as a game planner. After staying up late to work overtime, he woke up one day and became a land god in "Ascension".
"This is really troublesome!"
The background setting of any large-scale game cannot be a peaceful and prosperous era, otherwise players will not be able to cause trouble.
The same goes for "Ascension".
The Dàgān nation had been established for over five hundred years, and it had enjoyed peace for a long time. However, now the imperial power had fallen, and the people were living in misery due to internal and external troubles. The country was in turmoil, and it had become a world of great contention.
Just as the name of the game suggests, players can cultivate immortality and then ascend to heaven in the game.
Different from the orthodox cultivation of immortals, the game "Ascension" has two types of cultivation: Shinto and Immortal, which have different paths but the same goal.
The so-called Shinto means becoming a god through incense and offerings, while the Immortal Way is to practice and ascend through conventional means such as foundation building, golden elixir, and Nascent Soul.
Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. There is no distinction between strong and weak. Both methods are determined by the player's own ability.
In ancient times, the earth's veins were in chaos, demons and ghosts were rampant, and humans struggled to survive.
Fortunately, Emperor Xuanyuan led his army across the Central Plains, expelling demons and monsters, and using the power of the dynasty to suppress the world. Afterwards, Emperor Xuanyuan joined forces with the Emperor of Heaven to confer gods, ennobling the Three Mountains and Five Peaks as well as various city gods, land gods, mountain gods, and water gods!
With the help of this deity (qí) to sort out the veins of the earth and protect the area, the human race prospered rapidly and its footprints began to spread to every corner of the world.
Gods are actually a collective term for gods in heaven and gods on earth. The land god that Lin Xiang possessed is the lowest level of god on earth.
The sacrificial spirits can be seen as the reserve forces of the gods, but they are not formally canonized by the heavenly court like the gods. The difference lies in whether they have an organization or not.
They all need the energy of incense to become stronger, and some powerful sacrificial spirits are even more powerful than ordinary gods!
Lin Xiang is now an official god receiving blessings in the Heavenly Court, a low-ranking priesthood that is not even of the ninth rank.
"The dynasty is declining, the world is in chaos, and the imperial power can no longer suppress those evil demons. Now, especially in remote rural areas, it has become a paradise for demons."
"The most serious thing is that all the gods in heaven have disappeared. Isn't this asking for trouble?"
If possible, Lin Xiang wanted to slap his past self in the face.
Why do we have to make this kind of background setting!
After much difficulty, he became a god with a position, but the entire heaven is gone. What is the use of this position? Instead, it will become a death warrant.
The various sects of cultivation and the evil giants must be very curious about the reason why the gods disappeared. He is the only small land god in the world, and he might be arrested.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiang decided to keep a low profile.
Dynasties change on earth, and all kinds of evil spirits are in power. Being too high-profile will bring about fatal disasters.
At this time, there were still two people kneeling on the ground in the land temple. Lin Xiang did not intend to show himself, but spoke again: "You guys go and do your work. I'll be here from now on. Don't worry about the safety of Dongshan Village."
Since you have become the sacrificial spirit of this small mountain village, you must fulfill your duties.
For others, this may be a game world, but for Lin Xiang, it is a chance to live a new life.
Village chief Wang Minghai felt much more relieved after hearing what the God of Land said. He quickly left with the clan elder Wang Xiuyuan.
"Yes, sir!"
"Thank you, Master Jiling, for helping me deal with the Green-Faced Ghost. Tomorrow I will go to the town to exchange some incense sticks as a token of my respect to you."
Lin Xiang really wanted to figure out his own situation and didn't want to be disturbed by others, so he didn't react at all to Wang Minghai's words.
The originally noisy and bustling land temple became extremely quiet, with only the smoke from the burnt-out incense rising up and the occasional sparks from the burning candles.
Suddenly, a slightly unreal young man appeared out of thin air in front of the altar!
This figure was Lin Xiang.
He looked at his own limbs and the scholar-like statue across from him, and muttered to himself, "Luckily, I'm a deity at the beginning. I can choose to reveal myself and won't be afraid of the sun."
The statue is just an external form of expression; in fact, this illusory soul is the real body.
Lin Xiang felt that his whole body was full of strength. This land temple was like his home court. Any ability of his would be greatly enhanced, so the skill of transcending and guiding souls could easily kill the level 3 green-faced ghost.
He didn't want to scare the other villagers, so he walked out of the temple after becoming invisible again and came to a few jujube trees outside the temple.
Different from the previous position, outside the temple, his intuitive feeling was that it had become much weaker, probably only about one-third of the main field of the land temple.
The sun was high in the sky, and small mud-walled thatched houses were scattered everywhere. The sounds of poultry and livestock could be heard one after another, and coarse cloth clothes or crops were drying in the small fenced courtyard.
Lin Xiang knew that daytime was the time when humans and animals were active and the danger was relatively small, so he boldly flew out of the village. He wanted to feel how far his ability could reach.
Evil spirits, demons, and ghosts usually appear at night, so it has been an ancestral precept passed down for many years by human beings not to go out after dark!
The skill list of the God of Land includes the earth escape technique, but Lin Xiang needs to have sufficient understanding of Dongshan Village and the scope of his own priestly jurisdiction, so he will fly slowly in the air.
There are very few elderly people in the village. Apart from the sound of reading in the village school, the rest of the villagers are busy and almost no one gathers together to chat.
Dongshan Village is indeed a small village, with about sixty or seventy households.
Some people go out hunting, collecting herbs, and farming, while others are drying herbs, processing game, raising livestock, and taking care of children. They all seem to be hardworking people.
As soon as Lin Xiang flew out of the village, he began to feel weak.
His ability is greatly reduced here, almost only about one-tenth of that in the Land Temple.
The further he flew, the more his heart sank.
There was plenty of land out there, but it was all overgrown with weeds, abandoned. The few remaining scarecrows stood alone in the abandoned land, their dark, hole-like eyes looking eerie.
Suddenly, Lin Xiang felt that his ability to fly suddenly disappeared, and his whole body fell directly to the ground.
"This should be outside the jurisdiction of Dongshan Village's land, right?"
He just tried it out and hurried back to the village, looking at the non-existent line with lingering fear.
Once he steps out of the land's priestly area, all the blessings on him will disappear and he can only act on his own abilities.
Lin Xiang is now just a level 0 account. If he encounters the Green-faced Ghost here, the outcome of the battle may be completely different.
As Lin Xiang explored, the originally dark map became brighter, outlining the scope of his priestly jurisdiction bit by bit.
An irregular elliptical divine domain map was thus generated.
Lin Xiang didn't feel tired physically, but he felt very bored mentally.
After successfully drawing the map, he used the earth escape technique to drill into the ground and returned to the land temple in the blink of an eye!
The speed is astonishingly fast, and no incense value is consumed.
"You really are worthy of being the land god. It's so easy for him to burrow underground in the area under his jurisdiction." Lin Xiang showed a happy expression. A skill that does not require spending incense points is a good skill.
It is very useful whether in battle or escaping.
After testing this skill, he turned his attention to a good harvest and the art of summoning gods.
A good harvest is easy to understand, which means increasing the yield of crops in a designated area.
What he was most curious about was the art of summoning gods.
In the original game background design, all the gods disappeared without a trace, and the entire heaven and hell fell into silence.
So can we use the magic of summoning to ask gods for help?
If you can't summon the gods to use this skill at the critical moment of the battle, you will be in big trouble!
Although the incense value is only 15 points now, Lin Xiang still decided to give it a try just in case.
One incense point was deducted from the game panel, and then a small clay figure appeared in front of the altar, and then a strange message appeared in Lin Xiang's head.
The gods have become extinct, and the magic of summoning gods cannot summon them, but it can summon people from Lin Xiang’s original world!
"This clay figurine is actually a vehicle that can accommodate players? When a player dies and respawns, they need to spend one incense point to help them make another clay figurine..."
Lin Xiang originally thought that he would have to deal with those evil spirits alone in the "Ascension" game world, but now he finds that he can actually invite players over, and his excitement and excitement are simply overwhelming!
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