As the group walked out of the mountain god temple, the villagers of Linjia Village outside were still standing there devoutly, and even some of the children obediently lowered their heads without making a sound.
Judging from their appearance, they were not forced, but rather showed genuine faith. These people deeply trusted and loved the Mountain Goddess.
What difference does it make whether someone is a demon or a god if they can achieve this?
He felt much more at ease, thinking that this trip to the desolate mountains might be the best decision he had ever made.
Xu Rurong raised her eyes and found that all the villagers of Linjia Village had left, leaving only those old wooden coffins behind.
Grandma Gongsun and the incredibly strong Madam An knelt down together in the direction of the mountain god temple, seemingly listening to the voice of the gods.
Soon, Old Madam Gongsun nodded and led Madam An away.
A large open space was left between the wooden coffins and the mountain god temple. The bleak wind blew from afar, making a mournful sound, as if it were wailing for these wooden coffins.
At this moment, both Wang Qing and County Magistrate Chen were tense, staring intently at the direction of the Mountain God Temple.
The sky had darkened, and dusk had arrived.
The long-silent gate of the mountain god temple was suddenly opened, and clusters of golden light flew out.
These golden specks of light, like fireflies dancing in the dark night, slowly flew over and found their place to land on the wooden coffin.
The atmosphere, which was initially somewhat eerie due to the gloomy sky, suddenly became warm and cozy. Each wooden coffin was illuminated by golden light, as if it were surrounded by layers of warmth.
Wang Qing quickly wiped the water from the bamboo tube into her eyes, and then poured some for everyone else, including Luo Yong.
Then, these people clearly saw that the faint black mist emanating from the wooden coffin vanished without a trace under the golden light.
Wang Qing practices demon-catching techniques and has a very special physique. She can see more things, and can even see that the souls sleeping in the wooden coffin, entangled in black mist, are slowly turning transparent.
These souls slowly floated into the air. The leading soul, accompanied by three small spirits, bowed respectfully towards the direction of the mountain god's temple, and the white spirits behind it also bowed.
Immediately afterwards, all these white souls sank into the desolate mountains and disappeared.
Upon arriving here, the potion that detected evil spirits had lost its effectiveness, but Wang Qing was still not recovered from the scene she had just witnessed.
Her lips twitched a few times, but she ultimately gave up.
…
Above the mountain god statue, Yu Luo saw a faint name light up, and she smiled.
"This is Wang Qing? It seems she's quite capable, having already realized your identity. No wonder she's the vengeful heroine of a demon-catching novel," the mini version of the system leaned closer.
"What ability do you think I should give Wang Qing?" Yu Luo had been waiting for this moment.
After becoming an apprentice deity, her deity shop was fully opened, containing many abilities that could bestow blessings.
However, choosing these abilities requires between one hundred and three hundred faith points.
Yu Luo has already accumulated more than 10,000 faith points, so these few hundred faith points are really nothing to her.
The blessing ability that Yu Luo just used was also redeemed from the system shop, costing 500 faith points.
Although it hurts a bit, it's still worth it to liberate those women's souls.
After all, these women were all influenced by the power of the Goddess of Fertility, which is equivalent to being marked by evil spirits.
Those marked by evil spirits are like guiding lights in the darkness; other evil spirits can spot them at a glance, and these evil spirits will come back to haunt them for power.
Now these women's souls have sunk into the desolate mountains, and perhaps they can be reincarnated here in the future and continue to receive her protection.
This is why Yu Luo had the believers from Linjia Village bring all the wooden coffins over.
"This blessing ability is indeed very useful. After these women's souls are reincarnated, their physical abilities are superior to normal people, and they also become more intelligent." The system cupped her little face and sat on her shoulders.
"Unfortunately, it's an ability exclusive to gods, and it costs faith points every time. If you can draw this ability, you can save a lot of faith points in the future."
Yu Luo nodded. She really liked it and hoped that she would be luckier next time and draw the Divine Blessing ability directly.
…
Outside the temple, Old Lady Gongsun came over again.
"Guests, the prayer ceremony is over. We will bury these wooden coffins in the wilderness. Would you like to come and take a look?"
Grandma Gongsun also had some knowledge of demons and evil spirits, and knew that this demon hunter probably had doubts about the Mountain Goddess from beginning to end. But it didn't matter, their god would use his power to dispel all these people's concerns.
"I..." Wang Qing hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.
In fact, she had already seen clearly that this mountain goddess was not a demon at all, because no demon could do this, or even dispel the pollution left by demons for those souls.
Wang Qing just didn't know how to deal with it next. If it was a demon, she could just cut it down.
But when she encountered a true deity, she was at a loss.
"I..." Just as Wang Qing made up her mind to kneel down and thank the mountain goddess, she heard a thud.
Everyone instinctively turned their heads and found that Luo Yong, who had been relatively silent, had knelt down at some point and even kowtowed three times in the direction of the mountain god temple.
“Mountain Goddess, I was too hasty before. I suspected that you were like other evil spirits, and even secretly came to investigate several times. I was very disrespectful to you.”
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