Chapter 15 The City God Appears, Shelters All Beings
As the power of the City God spread over the city, Xiao Yang felt as if there was some mysterious connection between himself and Yanyang City.
A series of slightly noisy sounds suddenly reached his ears, making Henry Zhang a little surprised.
"This is……"
After listening carefully for a while, Henry Zhang discovered that the voices were male and female, old and young, and they seemed to be praying.
Only then did he realize that after covering the city with the power of the City God, the people's prayers would naturally reach his ears.
Although the gods have not appeared on this continent for who knows how many years, the people have statues of the City God in almost every household to express their wishes.
"Is this the prayer of the common people..."
Henry Zhang was thoughtful about this.
Although he has not yet been canonized as the City God of Yanyang City, he can act as the City God to benefit the people and protect the peace of the place.
"In that case, I will accept the people's prayers."
"Punish evil and promote good, with clear rewards and punishments!"
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At the same time, in a dilapidated ancestral hall in Yanyang City.
A young man in tattered clothes was squatting in a cold corner, trying to use his own body temperature to warm his sister in his arms.
His sister was infected with an unknown cold disease not long ago.
For this reason, the young man took his sister to search for doctors, but not only did he not receive treatment, but he was kicked out by the doctor because his savings were exhausted.
After that, the boy sold his ancestral home and took his sister to continue seeing doctors, but the effect was still minimal.
Now, the penniless young man can only stay in this dilapidated ancestral hall with his sister, living hungry and cold.
Looking at his sister who was pale and frowning in his arms, the young man was in pain, but he was powerless to do anything about the situation. Finally, he looked at the statue of the City God in the ancestral hall, his eyes flickering.
The young man gently put his sister aside, then came to the statue of the City God, and kept muttering:
"City God, please save my sister, as long as I can make her better, I am willing to pay any price!"
Although the statue of the City God was already in disarray and there were no incense tributes, the young man still knelt down and kowtowed several times with an extremely pious expression.
At this moment, a faint ray of light passed over the head of the statue of the City God.
The next moment, a faint voice suddenly came from behind the young man.
"elder brother……"
The young man immediately turned his head and found that his sister, who had been suffering from cold illness, was sitting up on her own at this moment, her face was rosy, and she did not appear to be suffering from any illness.
"Brother, I'm hungry. I want to eat candied haws."
Hearing his sister's long-lost voice, the boy couldn't help but blush, and immediately ran to his sister and hugged her into his arms.
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Not long after, we were also in Sunny City.
A woman was sitting by the bed, looking at her unconscious husband, and kept sighing.
Her husband was originally a guard for a local chamber of commerce, but when he was transporting goods, he was intercepted by robbers. In the end, he not only lost the goods, but was also beaten so badly that he was still hanging with only one breath left.
After being diagnosed by several doctors, her husband may never wake up again in his lifetime.
In desperation, the woman had no choice but to turn to the chamber of commerce, hoping that the other party would consider that her husband was injured while guarding the cargo and donate some money so that their family could continue to live.
But who knew that the Chamber of Commerce not only refused to agree, but even asked the woman to compensate for the stolen goods!
This is undoubtedly adding insult to injury for their family.
Nowadays, they are living in poverty and cannot even afford a decent meal, and their only breadwinner can no longer bring income to the family.
At this moment of despair, the woman came to the statue of the City God enshrined in her home and knelt down with a plop.
"Master City God, please show me your spirit. As long as you can cure my husband, I will be a cow or a horse in the next life!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a faint light flashed over the head of the statue.
After bowing deeply, the woman returned to the bed again.
Looking at her husband who was still unconscious, she couldn't help laughing to herself.
The woman has done things like this countless times, but how many times has the city god truly shown his spirit?
"It's just a fool's dream..."
The woman held her husband's hand and sighed again.
However, at this moment, the woman felt that her husband's fingers seemed to move. She thought it was an illusion, but the next moment, her husband slowly sat up!
"Husband!" The woman couldn't help crying with joy.
"I'm sorry, madam, for making you suffer all these years."
The man held his wife's hand tightly, his face full of guilt.
The woman's tears were like broken pearls, dripping uncontrollably, but she kept shaking her head with a sweet smile on her lips.
The two hugged each other and didn't let go for a long time.
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In the days that followed, scenes of the City God's apparitions occurred one after another in Yanyang City, and became people's after-dinner tea conversations.
However, not all people can receive the appearance of the City God.
As the saying goes, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil.
Only by being kind-hearted and praying sincerely can you get a response from the city god. However, those who have evil intentions and do evil things will suffer the consequences.
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Everything that happened in Yanyang City was naturally spread to the city guilds, causing quite a stir.
Yang Tianzhi, the president of the guild, sat in the main hall, his brows furrowed at all times.
You know, he originally did not believe in the existence of gods, but after the appearance of the city god, his belief was somewhat shaken.
Punishing evil and promoting good, and protecting the people can be said to be completely consistent with the legendary image of the underworld!
"Could it be that the Netherworld is real?"
While Yang Tianzhi was deep in thought, several senior elders of the city guild also walked into the hall and bowed to Yang Tianzhi.
"President, we followed your instructions and checked the relevant ancient books. According to the records in them, this year's Ghost Festival may be the day when they come." An elder reported.
Yang Tianzhi's expression became more solemn.
"At this juncture, this Netherworld suddenly appeared again. Is there any connection between the two?" Another elder asked aloud.
"possible."
"Tell me, is this Netherworld an enemy or a friend?"
"The underworld has always been a symbol of the righteous path, so naturally it is a friend."
"I don't think so. After all, if you are not of my race, your heart must be different."
Several elders discussed one after another and had different opinions on the Netherworld. After some discussion, Yang Tianzhi finally stopped them.
"Well, it's too early to draw a conclusion now."
Yang Tianzhi looked deeply and said slowly: "Let's continue to observe secretly for a while. If necessary, I will personally go to Yanyang City!"