Chapter 527: Building a Temple and Eager to Accomplish Merit
Although the King of Wu's army passed through, the order in Xuanzhou City was destroyed and rebuilt overnight.
The corpses outside the city were collected and some people died in the middle, and they were also buried in the mass grave.
Black soil filled the mass graves, and the fishy smell of the soil replaced the stench of rotting corpses.
In Xuanzhou City, what needs to be rebuilt is rebuilt, and people live as they should.
No matter how great the sorrow is, it cannot make people linger. People need to eat to live. No matter how numb the heart is, it needs the body to support it.
The Five Gods soon lured several wealthy families, and either through dreams or demonstrations of magic, they subdued the local witches and shamans, and either killed or recruited the demons and ghosts that they had originally worshipped.
Taking advantage of the lack of a City God to manage yin and yang, evil spirits often enter the city to harm people.
A war has disturbed the spirits of countless people and they have fallen ill soon after.
There are also people like Hu San who are infected with corpse qi and disease qi and cannot afford medicine.
The Five Gods would travel around through witches and shamans, either capturing evil spirits that harmed people or using Taoist magic to dispel evil spirits and diseases.
This is the benefit of ghosts and gods. Even if they are ghosts and gods transformed from monsters, when they step into the profession of gods, they can do some blessing things.
If it is still a demon, even if you want to treat it, unless you practice Taoism or use herbal medicine to heal the wound, the demonic energy will always harm the person.
Being so effective, and especially when people were in panic, Wutong Shen became a very effective god, even though his methods were not so glorious - Wuchang Shen started lending money on the first day.
If you want to cure an illness, you can borrow a Yin debt to pay for the ritual.
If you want to get rich, you can also use Yin debts as assets.
But if one can’t even survive in the world of the living, who would care about debts owed to the underworld?
It really came true what Dijia said: the more miserable life is, the more we need to pray to God.
Even if one is hesitant to borrow Yin debts, worshipping these five gods can protect them from being harmed by other evil spirits.
The Immortal Jin Ting silently observed the establishment of the Wuchang Temple, and pondered over the countermeasures to break the Wutong.
He had never truly been a commoner in this world. Although he was just a wild fox before he became successful and had suffered a lot, he had never truly experienced this kind of situation.
He always believed that the Five Gods could become so powerful not because they were powerful, but because the people needed them.
To break the five supernatural powers, the real key is not to destroy them from the physical body.
Another characteristic of demons, evil spirits, and human souls that transform into ghosts and gods is that they are difficult to eliminate.
As long as there are people who need them, believe in them, and worship them, even if they are destroyed physically, they can eventually come back to life through incense.
Although the five people who survived might not be these same ones, it did not affect the fact that they were still Wutong.
If it were an ordinary evil god, it would be fine. Once his body was destroyed, his temple was destroyed, and he lost his sacrifices, that would be the end of it.
But the Five-Directional God has reached this point now. Not only has he destroyed temples here, but there are also temples there. With people's support, it is difficult to stop offering sacrifices to him. Perhaps killing the spider demon is easier than killing the Five-Directional God.
The wealthy families contributed funds, the poor families worked hard, and with the witches and shamans leading the way, the Wutong Temple in Xuanzhou City was soon built.
Such a thing could not fail to alarm the government, but with money paving the way, supernatural powers showing power, and the people protecting them, the government turned a blind eye and said nothing.
The Great Immortal Jin Ting just sighed softly, then dismantled the Water Department's rampant god and followed the Earth Department's rampant god to various counties.
In addition to the county seat, each county should also build a Wutong temple, following the same pattern. Unless someone obstructs, there will be no problem.
The Immortal Jin Ting is not in charge of anything. The specific matters are handled by Di Jia and the Water General.
But soon, some not-so-good news came.
Because of the activities of the Five Gods and the recent prevalence of beliefs about demons and ghosts, people are uneasy and insecure, and everyone is always afraid that the wronged souls of the dead in the mass graves outside the city will seek revenge. So the new county magistrate wants to invite monks from Guangjiao Temple to hold a ceremony for the salvation of the dead.
The Great Immortal Jinting has tried his best to avoid conflict with Guangjiao Temple, and has even specially ordered the God Chang to patrol Xuanzhou City.
But unfortunately, the Changshen itself is also a ghost god, and the people cannot distinguish between evil ghosts and ghost gods.
What's more, the rampant gods don't follow the rules of the righteous gods. When they are patrolling, they steal essences and even do some extraordinary things.
The Great Immortal Jin Ting does not command troops, let alone enforce discipline.
The county magistrate did not go through the channel of Wutongshen, but instead went to Guangjiao Temple for help.
To some extent, this was also the signal that Jin Ting Daxian was paying attention to - King Wu and Wutongshen had united, but not so united.
At least the ministers under the King of Wu did not seek help from the five evil priests, but from the monks in the Buddhist temples.
After receiving the news, Dijia and the Water General came to report to the Great Immortal Jinting, their tone was quite fearful.
The general of the Water Department urged, "Commander, Guangjiao Temple doesn't have many experts. We may be able to deal with them. Why not strike first and directly break through their mountain gate and kill all these bald donkeys?"
Di Jia, however, held the opposite opinion and said, "I think we should avoid their sharp edge and avoid conflict with them."
The Immortal Jin Ting simply ignored the words of the Water Department General, looked at Di Jia, and said, "Tell me your reasoning."
Dijia said, "We, the Five-Power Gods, have built many temples, collected offerings, and distributed yin debts, yet nothing has ever happened to us. This is because we have never come into conflict with those monks and Taoists."
"They like famous mountains and rivers, and places with good feng shui, so let them have them. We only need the market, and that's enough. They have the support of the nobles and the followers of the rich, so let them be. Those who have their wishes will eventually come to us."
"Xuanzhou City only has Guangjiao Temple, so it's not so difficult. If it were somewhere else, where there are so many monks and Taoists, and we offend them everywhere, I'm afraid it would be difficult to survive."
"If Guangjiao Temple wants to hold a meeting, then it will be held. They can do their business, and we can do ours. Only when the two families live in peace can they achieve prosperity through harmony."
The Water Department General disagreed, saying, "Things are different now. In the past, we had to be cautious because we were short of manpower and magical power. But now, the five kings have followed the King of Wu to conquer the country, and they are about to be crowned kings and marquises. Why should we be so tolerant? What's more, with the commander here, if we destroy Guangjiao Temple, the entire Xuanzhou County will be ours. Isn't that wonderful?"
Dijia hesitated for a moment and said, "That's not unreasonable. We can deal with Guangjiao Temple, so it's not impossible."
They both looked at the Great Immortal Jin Ting. Di Jia was still hesitant, but the Water General had his thoughts written on his face. He just hoped that Commander Jin Ting would be sensible enough.
What is the right path?
How can you stand out if you don’t fight or kill people?
Fighting, killing, taking souls, and destroying sects are all achievements, huge achievements.
If you have merits, you can be promoted; if you have merits, you can be rewarded.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of effort to come out? The local gods built the temple, and they only played an auxiliary role, but were not considered the main force.
If you are not considered the main force, how can you ask for reward when you go back?
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