Chapter 142 What does it feel like to be a god?
Huai'an was the territory of Liang Wang Gao Xu. His residence was in Ningwu County of Huai'an, which was separated from Dongping County where Ling Guangqing was located by a county. There were a total of nine counties in Huai'an. The economy was originally prosperous and the people lived a good life. Liang Wang Gao Xu did not recruit soldiers and did not like beautiful women. He seemed to be a prince who could be praised when mentioned.
At this moment, in the study of Prince Liang's Mansion, Gao Xu sat on a chair, rubbing his brows, listening to Feng Ping talking below.
"Oh? How do you know that the Lord of Changes is a demon?"
Gao Xu sank casually into the chair. He was almost forty years old this year and no longer had the ambition to dominate the world. In addition, his body was poisoned, so Gao Xu just felt that life was boring and he just lived one day at a time.
"When the Hundred Changes Star Lord arrived in Dongping County, he didn't enter the city. Instead, upon seeing a locust swarm approaching, he summoned the Phoenix King, and then used hundreds of birds to burn the locusts to death. The people of Dongping County witnessed this. Ling Guangqing even knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to welcome the Hundred Changes Star Lord into the city. His heart is truly despicable!!!"
Feng Ping spoke passionately, but Liang Wang Gao Xu listened calmly and raised his eyebrows.
"Then what?"
Seeing that the prince didn't care, Feng Ping could only continue speaking.
"Your Highness! The land of Beiyang has become the territory of Dragon King Canglang, but now the Hundred Changes Star Lord has taken the initiative to come to Dongping County. This means he's targeting Huai'an! And that Phoenix King, I'm afraid he's going to attack Huai'an. If Your Highness doesn't take the initiative, the Hundred Changes Star Lord will definitely murder Your Highness!!!"
Kneeling on the ground and loudly throwing dirty water at Qin Lang, Feng Ping knew that just ten days ago, the emperor's secret decree came, wanting the prince to send troops to Beiyang, but the prince had no intention of fighting for hegemony, so naturally he would not care about Beiyang's mess. But now it's different. The Hundred Changes Star Lord actually came to Huai'an, is he going to take action against Huai'an!!!
"Didn't he deal with the locusts in the sky? Even if he's a demon, he's one who cares about the people."
Prince Gao Xu of Liang seemed to admire the Lord of Change quite a bit, and what he said at this moment almost made Feng Ping vomit blood.
"Your Highness! This demon has a treacherous mind. After meeting with the governor of Dongping County, he has influenced Ling Guangqing's mind. Dongping County has already begun preparing sacrifices for the Peacock King. I'm afraid that one day the entire Huai'an will become theirs..."
Feng Ping continued to try to persuade King Liang, but King Liang didn't care and even said.
"Isn't this great? These disgusting bugs in the sky not only eat the crops, but also fly around all day, making so much noise that it annoys me to death. Wouldn't it be great if someone could take care of them for me?"
It seemed that the King of Liang was determined to continue to play badly. His subordinate Feng Ping was speechless because of this, but he heard the King of Liang say something.
"Pass the order down. If Ling Guangqing, the governor of Dongping County, prays for the Phoenix King to descend and takes care of the locust plague, the other eight counties will all build altars and temples for the Phoenix King. As long as the people of Huai'an are well, it's all fine."
When did the prince care so much about the poor people?
When Feng Ping heard this, he couldn't believe that what he heard was an order from the prince, but he could only nod obediently.
"...Yes, Your Majesty."
He had just agreed when he heard King Liang speak again.
"If the entire Huai'an locust plague is resolved, you will go to Dongping County on my behalf and personally invite the Hundred Changes Star Lord to visit the palace. I will thank him on behalf of the people of the world."
What else can Feng Ping say at this moment?
He could only kneel down and say yes.
After Feng Ping left the study, the room fell into silence. The parrot in the cage hanging there began to repeat.
"Variety Star Lord! Variety Star Lord! Variety Star Lord!!!"
Hearing the parrot's voice, King Gao Xu of Liang stood up and walked to the cage, took out the food and put it to the parrot's mouth.
"My dear, eat it! This Hundred Changes Star Lord is a deity who has come down to earth to experience tribulations. He's so arrogant! I just wonder what this deity's heart and liver taste like?"
The parrot ate the food and then repeated it.
"Eat! Lord of Change! Eat! Lord of Change!"
This amusing appearance made King Liang burst into laughter. Regardless of whether this so-called Hundred-Change Star Lord was real or fake, as long as it was a human being, King Liang wanted to try it. Could this reincarnated immortal detoxify all poisons in the world? Could eating it bring immortality?
Fighting for supremacy is so boring. It is more interesting to eat the meat of gods and become a god.
Prince Liang's laughter came from the study, and the guards outside were all silent, as if they were used to it.
In Dongping County, Ling Guangqing had people prepare the sacrifices. After calculating the auspicious time, on the morning of the second day after Qin Lang entered the city, all the people in the county gathered at the city gate, followed by the prepared altar.
When they heard that the county magistrate was going to enshrine the Phoenix King, many people who had seen the phoenix with their own eyes yesterday came over and knelt down to worship him. They knew that as long as the Phoenix King ordered the birds to eat the locusts, everything would be fine!
The sounds of festive music and the kneeling pleas of the people intertwined together, making Dongping County seem somewhat unpredictable in the early morning, and the Qin family also came over.
Qin's father and mother became younger, and came with their daughter-in-law and children, kneeling on the ground.
Even though they knew their son was the God of Change, when faced with the locust plague, they still hoped that a god could help them deal with it. With every bit of sincerity, they knelt at the city gate.
On the altar, Ling Guangqing, the prefect of Dongping County, personally recited the congratulations to the Phoenix King. Various words that the people could not understand were piled up together, but they let the people know that this was praising and commending the Phoenix King.
After finishing the eulogy, the governor of Dongping County called out loudly.
"Dongping County Magistrate Ling Guangqing and all the people of Dongping County kneel down to worship the Phoenix King, begging him to reveal his true form and resolve the locust plague!!!"
The people below also shouted along, and the image that appeared in their minds was the fiery phoenix they saw yesterday.
In the county magistrate's mansion, Qin Lang was naturally reading a book, while the Dragon King Canglang beside him was still eating and eating, as there were endless sacrifices to eat.
[Ding Dong! Host, please end the locust plague in Dongping County and restore life to the people. Countdown 59:59...]
The system sound was called out again, and everything was within Qin Lang's calculations.
Canglang didn't seem to care about these things. The next moment, Qin Lang directly opened the mall and changed his clothes with one click.
A huge golden light shot straight up into the sky from the county magistrate's mansion, and then the people in the entire Dongping County heard the cry of the phoenix bird. The cry seemed to be the voice of a bird, but also seemed to be the voice of a human, making people dare not investigate.
Along with the sound of the phoenix that seemed to tear the eardrums apart, a color intertwined with gold and fire rose from the ground and flew straight into the sky. The huge phoenix bird flashed its wings and flew into the sky, even shedding golden starlight.
Ling Guangqing on the altar immediately knelt down, and at this moment Qin Lang heard the voice of the system again.
[Ding Dong! Congratulations to the host for obtaining eight million faith points...]
When the phoenix appeared, the people knelt down in worship with all their hearts, looking up at the bird in the sky, and their faith values soared wildly.
Qin Lang was already used to this, so he spoke.
"I am Kongji, the Great Ming King of Phoenix. I have come here today to answer the human race's call to pay respects. All birds in the world, obey my command! Kill!!!"
A sharp, male-female voice penetrated everyone's head, and then everyone heard the sound of birds' wings fluttering. After the Phoenix King gave an order in the sky, all kinds of birds flew in from nowhere. Then everyone dared not look anymore and lowered their heads.
Some of those birds even flew over the heads of these people, then circled around the Phoenix before leaving and flying into the fields. Some flew to the places where locusts hid in the forest, some to the fields where locusts were rampant, and some to the villages harassed by locusts. They flew quickly in the sky, then accurately found the locusts and ate them.
This is the order given to them by the God of Birds.
After the locust plague began, even though the people tried to drive them away every day, it was useless. The locusts came in waves, sweeping across the land and eating up all the greenery in the fields. Now that there was nothing left to eat in many fields, they even started eating the cattle and sheep outside, and even people...
That’s right, it’s not safe for children to be outside now. Flying locusts may even land on the children and bite them. Many locusts can even bite people to death.
All the people in Dongping County heard the voice of the Phoenix King. Then, those who were driving away the locusts in the fields soon saw various birds. Those birds helped them drive away the locusts, ate the terrible locusts, saved the fields, and saved many animals and people.
The huge phoenix bird was flying in the sky, as if inspecting its territory. Qin Lang heard the system sound again.
[Ding Dong! Congratulations to the host for obtaining nine million faith points...]
Two hours later, when the Phoenix King disappeared, all the locusts in the entire Dongping County were cleared out, the sky became bright, and there was no longer any fear of locusts suddenly coming down to kill people. The locusts in the ground that might have been born also lost their activity after the gold powder dropped from the Phoenix King. They would not be born again and became fertilizer for the soil.
After the gold powder was sprinkled on the bodies of many people, their old illnesses were cured. In just one day, Qin Lang once again possessed 10 million faith points.
I'm very enthusiastic about this dressing system.
[Host, are you willing to spend 5 million Faith Points to upgrade the God-level suit [Phoenix Crying in the Ninth Heaven]?]
Haha! I didn't want to do it before, but now there's so much work to do, I'm exhausted! Qin Lang bought it directly.
When the prompt asking whether to upgrade [Fengming Jiutian] appeared in the dressing system in front of him, Qin Lang decided to upgrade.
The five million faith points disappeared in an instant, and right in front of Qin Lang, a red flame was burning, and then a golden-haired goddess in red gauze stepped out from the flame.
"I am Kongji, the Phoenix King. With the help of my dear friends, I have been reborn."
Good god… Qin Lang looked at the Phoenix Goddess in front of him and thought to himself that it was a good thing he didn’t show up in human form to wear this divine outfit, otherwise wouldn’t he be… a crossdresser???
Looking at the Phoenix Goddess in front of him, Qin Lang nodded.
"When I summon you next time, hurry up and do your job well. It cost me five million to resurrect you, remember to pay me back."
The Phoenix Goddess naturally would not refuse. When the news of the Phoenix's arrival in Dongping County spread far and wide, people from other surrounding counties also began to worship the Phoenix King. Every time he was summoned, the Phoenix Goddess Kong Ji would go there in person. Qin Lang could easily give up.
In this way, the locust plague in Huai'an was completely dealt with, and Qin Lang restored more than 13 million faith points, and also learned a piece of news by the way.
Huai'an's Liang Wang Gao Xu sent his officials to invite him to visit the Liang Wang Mansion...
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