720 Can one achieve immortality without incense offerings?
Nourished by the dragon's aura, the common people seem to care little about offering incense.
Even within the City God Temple, opinions differed!
But the matter seemed to be put on hold, and the common people were forbidden to enter, even on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!
For some time now, apart from the sons and daughters of the imperial family and a few maternal relatives, ordinary people have been strictly forbidden from stepping into the solemn City God Hall on the first and fifteenth of each lunar month.
Once a thriving place of worship, it is now utterly deserted, like a forgotten corner, ignored by all.
But it doesn't seem to have any effect!
These dignified ancestors of human emperors, high above the nine heavens, looking down upon all living beings, would they care about the life and death of mortals who are like ants?
With the dragon's energy gathering from all directions, replenishing and surrounding it, providing ample nourishment, why should it care about the insignificant incense offerings from ants?
Perhaps it didn't live long, or perhaps it was too abundant in the past, and the City God was a bit too full.
Perhaps they also believed that those mortals, like ants, were not worthy of coming to offer incense and pray for fire; their prayers and offerings were but a tiny drop in the ocean, insignificant.
This dragon energy is the key!
Today, the dragon's energy is scattered, the earth's veins are barren, and in the City God's palace, the ancestor on the high seat wears an imperial crown, the two below him wear slightly smaller golden crowns, there are more than a dozen people behind them, and more than a hundred soldiers in the distance.
Golden armor, golden swords!
At this time, it also seems to have been greatly affected.
The dragon's energy, like a flood peak, surged forth for thousands of miles, leaving the underworld and the City God's territory desolate.
The earth's veins are barren, and this section of the earth's veins in the surrounding provinces is blocked and has been diverted!
This royal city is like a towering tree whose roots have been severed, no longer able to provide sufficient sustenance for the ancestors within the city.
Before them, the once vibrant golden dragon energy was now shrouded in a deathly silence. The landscape, similar to that of the underworld, was withered, gloomy, and lifeless, as the dragon energy had vanished.
The yin energy arrives, and the eerie realm of the dead returns!
The impact came too quickly, catching the ancestors of the royal city completely off guard. The dragon energy disappeared so rapidly that it gave them no time to adjust.
The dragon energy had previously decreased drastically once when a younger generation broke through to the Martial Emperor realm, which made those in high positions as City Gods extremely happy, exclaiming that there was a worthy successor.
He had originally been waiting for the girl who was about to make a breakthrough to come and kneel down, so that he could take the opportunity to encourage her.
What angered me was that they actually left the capital without paying respects to their ancestors, showing no regard for their ancestor.
However, Emperor Wu was an invincible figure, far beyond the reach of these lucky city gods. Although they felt some unease, they could not interfere.
Fortunately, there are still many descendants who respect their ancestors, bowing and kowtowing repeatedly to pay their respects!
I am very pleased!
However, at this moment, the dragon energy fled, and this realm seemed to lose all its spiritual light, followed by the invasion of a chilling yin energy.
The City God of Wangcheng was originally a place of the underworld, but in the past, it was surrounded and filled with dragon energy, which dispelled the underworld energy, and strange underworld energy dared not come.
Even the most powerful ghosts, evil spirits, martial emperors, and even the most powerful Martial Emperors in the underworld would not easily take such risks. The name of the Holy Emperor is awe-inspiring to both the Yin and Yang realms.
But now, everything has changed, and everything has returned to what it was before!
A faint breeze finally stirred the yin energy surrounding the royal city, carrying it unimpeded. The dragon energy that had been battling before seemed to vanish in the blink of an eye.
Yin energy doesn't know how to push its luck, but it will only advance relentlessly and engulf everything!
In an instant, the royal city area and the royal city area of the underworld became gray and hazy, as if shrouded in a thick layer of gloom, dark and oppressive.
In the distance, there were rustling, grinding sounds, hopping, pattering, and eerie humming—utterly unsettling!
It was as if evil spirits were approaching, their chaotic footsteps accompanied by a constant, heavy wailing, terrifying and powerful. Each step seemed to pound on the hearts of the City God's followers, sending chills down their spines.
From afar, the demons appeared to be of various shapes and sizes; some had ferocious faces, some had blue faces and fangs, and some were like withered bones, emanating a strong, nauseating stench.
The faces were varied, and some seemed familiar.
Suddenly, a man wearing a small golden crown, his face filled with terror and a horrifying expression, cried out in horror, "That was the eunuch I executed! How could it be? He's long dead!"
Suddenly, the dead eunuch seemed to see the small golden crown and smiled sweetly at him!
His eyes gleamed with an eerie green light, and his laughter was sharp and piercing, like a blade slicing through the eardrums, causing excruciating pain.
It's as if it's saying, 'I'm here, I'm back, and you've come too.'
Let me serve you again, my master.
Do you want a mountain of knives or deep-frying?
As these unpredictable, wandering evil spirits approached, the terrifying atmosphere in the underworld of the royal city grew increasingly intense.
Within the City God's territory, a suffocating aura of death permeated the air, as if evil spirits might extend their icy claws at any moment and drag them into endless darkness.
The City God was a martial king in his lifetime, who established the family's legacy and worked diligently to govern it. In his later years, knowing that his life was nearing its end, he instructed his family to offer sacrifices to him frequently. Through a blessed encounter, a trace of intelligence was born, and he came back to life.
The sacrifices, performed diligently by the descendants, protected the family. Time passed in a daze, and no one knew how much time had gone by.
Later, he was nourished by the dragon's energy and was elevated from the family's sacrificial rites to the position of City God.
He enjoyed the incense offerings alone, and his descendants cast a golden statue of him. Instantly, his breath entered the sea, and he traveled a thousand miles a day.
However, this good fortune did not last long. Perhaps due to the influence of the dragon's energy, some of the descendants quickly entered the City God's shrine, as if the City God and the clan worship had become one.
At first, the descendant was quite polite, but after holding a high position for a long time, he was not as good as before, and his cultivation level was already quite high, with a hidden ferocity.
Later, several more people came, and with some memories of his past life still intact, he instantly felt that his ancestor was a source of disgust in their eyes.
Both sides' opinions and protection have undergone earth-shattering changes!
He vaguely sensed that his position as City God was being coveted by two of his juniors!
At this moment, seeing the evil spirits approaching, just like the evil spirits he faced when protecting his descendants in the past, and even stronger ones, his sense of responsibility to protect them naturally erupted within him.
These younger generations have no idea how powerful these evil spirits are!
The incense offerings of the City God suddenly erupted, like a glass and steel shield that had just formed, releasing a powerful and majestic force.
The surrounding yin energy was instantly stirred by this invisible aura, as if a strong wind had swept away the surrounding dust and haze.
An invisible barrier enveloped the small city god's territory, isolating it from the outside world.
The barrier seemed to exist yet not, and amidst the obstruction of energy, the distinction between inside and outside was clearly visible!
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