Chapter 66 Mysterious scriptures
The sacrificial inscriptions gradually turned into ashes in the fire pot, and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods and praying for rain was coming to an end, but the sky and the earth were still calm and calm.
Inside and outside the temple, people were everywhere praying and pleading. Zhou Bai was also a little angry at this time. He had promised that the city god had a good reputation and would he serve the country and the people?
There was no other way, so Zhou Bai could only activate the Qi Watching Technique and keep searching, trying to find the God's Domain, or simply see what the City God was doing.
His eyebrows were lowered and his face was full of anxiety. This was Zhou Bai's attempt to cover up his anger.
Under the rule of the Heavenly Court, although Qi Observation is not prohibited, it is mostly regarded as a minor path, and those who practice it often do not make a big show of it, so as not to offend the taboos of any Heavenly Court immortal.
Moreover, the techniques of fortune-seeing in this world are all incomplete. They can only measure the external luck but not the destiny. This is a prohibition of heaven and no one dares to study it without permission.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Heavenly Court, the laws of heaven had not yet been promulgated, and the various orders were not perfect, and the same was true for the way of luck.
On the human earth, dragons and snakes rise from the land. Many sectarian monks rely on the art of fortune-telling to do whatever they want. Whoever has a tough destiny and a noble destiny will invest in them in advance.
Later, when the general situation becomes clear, these monks will immediately separate cause and effect and take away most of the luck to use it as spiritual resources.
With such a prosperous sect, how can heaven and earth gather so much luck?
For a time, the order of humanity was extremely chaotic, and gradually a kind of argument about only one's destiny emerged.
A person's destiny has been determined since he was born. The level of your natal life has already determined your future life and cannot be changed.
Later, the sectarian forces were not satisfied with living under the heaven, and actually tried to compete with the heaven.
This made the big guys who wanted to adjust slowly no longer sit still. No one knew how long the battle lasted, and future generations only knew that Heaven was the absolute winner.
Because today's rise of the imperial examination system, the decline of the power of Taoist sects, and rules and commandments such as forbidden observation of one's destiny were all dominated by the Heavenly Court after that war.
Humanity dynasties naturally change. The Heavenly Court only canonizes the emperor as the Son of Heaven. Those who have the hope of immortality return to the Heavenly Court, and those who devote themselves wholeheartedly to the Humanity return to the Dynasty.
That is to say, the top two Jinshi are registered in the heavenly register by the Heavenly Court, and they are expected to ascend to the Heavenly Court whether they are alive or dead.
The Third A and the Jinshi returned to the imperial court, and depending on their merits and needs during their lifetime, they went to Longting or returned home to serve as the ancestors of the clan.
Of course, there are many righteous gods among them, like the City God of Pingcang County, who were consecrated by the imperial court and recognized by heaven.
"But since you are a righteous god, how can you ignore the life and death of the people on earth?" Zhou Bai was really anxious now.
He had almost used the Xiaocheng Qi Watching Technique with all his strength in front of several fellow Jinshis just now. Even though he believed that the Qi Luck Heavenly Book would not easily be found to be different in his Wang Qi, he still felt a little uneasy.
But even so, Zhou Bai still didn't find out where the City God was, and there was no trace of the gods in the divine domain hidden in the temple, not even a single god?
The Pingcang County City God, as the god of the Seven-pin Red Edict, is qualified to conquer gods.
Such as the sun, the night wandering god, the judge god and generals, etc., these gods who usually maintain the order of the underworld in Pingcang County are nowhere to be seen.
This is really a big deal, worse than if it doesn't rain.
If it doesn't rain, Pingcang County will experience a production cut this year. The county still has relief measures. If it doesn't work, you can apply for court assistance. It will be over after a while.
However, the collective disappearance of the most important righteous gods in a county is such a huge event that even Heaven will pay attention to it.
The order of yin and yang is out of balance, and the harmful wild ghosts and monsters are captured and expelled by Godless. The drought-stricken land can only resign itself to its fate for a short time...
Could it be that the catastrophe started early and the outer gods took action?
Thinking of this, Zhou Bai decided to give it one last try. If he couldn't be contacted again, he might really have to be prepared.
So under the ashes of the memorial text blown by the breeze, he read aloud a scripture that appeared in this world for the first time.
As soon as he recited a few sentences, the extremely anxious temple priest showed a look of surprise. Is this a sutra? It seemed to be tailor-made for the City God.
"The head of the city is worshiped as the God of the City. His mighty spirit controls the heaven and earth. He protects the country and the country and supports the country. He delivers sweet gifts and saves the people... I am reciting this sutra at the beginning of the performance. I hope that the light of grace will come down."
Without any time to think about it, Miao Zhu quickly motioned to the assistant next to him to memorize it carefully, and then asked the three chief priests Ji Hongzhe to read it, and then many accompanying priests also joined in.
Zhou Bai recited a sentence, and they also recited a sentence. The people in the audience had never heard of this sutra, and they didn't know why.
Yu Yueyun reacted quickly and could hear clearly, so she started reading loudly in the crowd, and gradually more and more people followed.
For a time, the entire Pingcang County was praying loudly. In this piece of scripture, they really sensed the existence of the City God.
Zhou Bai looked up again at this time and saw red luck appearing on the body of the main priest, red and white luck on the body of the accompanying priest, and a vast sea of white luck on the people below.
These numerous fortunes were wrapped up in the power of wishes, and poured into the divine realm under the guidance of scriptures, and then passed straight through the underground netherworld from the divine realm.
Suddenly, a burst of rich and mellow incense smell hit my face. This smell was different from that burned in the incense burner, and also different from the smell of other incense sticks.
Instead, it looked like something like the scent he smelled on the mountain god of Xiaoqingshan. This was the incense spirit coming to this place.
"Boom!" While his thoughts were still wandering, a thunder resounded through the sky.
The clouds were turning, the wind was howling, and the whole sky was darkening at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The continuous dark clouds were pressing down heavily, and it should have been an extremely terrifying scene, but the people were surprised and chanted sutras louder and louder.
"The gods of heaven and earth store essence, the mountains and rivers are graceful, the power is illustrious, the holy way is brilliant... protect the country, benefit the country, bring sweetness to the earth, and save the people..."
It’s as if the voices of these sentient beings are overwhelming the thunder and causing nectar to rain from the sky!
When the last trace of light in the clouds disappeared, the gathering rain spread across the plain land.
Tick tock~
Finally, a drop of rain fell on the eaves of the City God Temple, splashing up long-stained dust.
"Thank you, Master Chenghuang, for thinking about us, the people of Pingcang. I knew you would not forget us!"
"It's raining, it's raining!" everyone cheered, making loud noises, singing and dancing in the rain.
The sound of pattering rain blended with the cheers, but Zhou Bai very calmly made a request to Ji Hongzhe, asking all the officers to be responsible for maintaining order and escorting the elderly and children to shelter from the rain.
It's not April yet, and summer is not yet strong.
"My nephew, this scripture has done a great job, and the common people should also thank you." Ji Hongzhe arranged the affairs, turned around and praised Zhou Bai who was standing in the rain.
The common people did not know the origin of the scriptures, but he knew that there had never been such a wonderful scripture in the Chenghuang Temple.
"It's all due to the great power of the city god and the planning of the county god. How dare my nephew take credit for it at will?" Zhou Bai smiled and said with cupped hands towards the open main hall.
Chapter completed!