Forty-eight: Unowned Infant Spirits in the Ten Directions
"What are this group of people doing? We were just passing by. Why did we stop here? Weren't we trying to do something bad?"
As soon as his eyes were focused, he saw a flag with a three-legged golden toad on it, and there were faint fluctuations of divine power on it.
"This filthy air is the wealth of wine, sex, and wealth. It is not a good thing for a true god of authority like me." Huang Tian was a little worried.
"Are they here to develop the mountain forest? Mining the mountain's spiritual minerals? Collect mountain products?" Huang Tian was surprised for a moment.
Huang Tian did not come forward to chase them away, but still observed in the dark.
Then he saw a golden toad jumping from the carriage and horse into the forest. He opened his mouth to the big bluestone with the characters "Huang Tianling" written on it and said: "This mountain god, we are a merchant caravan and we are passing by."
This precious land, I wonder if it would be possible for us to pass by as a convenience?"
Huang Tian listened, but still didn't dare to go out. If he was lured out and then died, it would be more than worth the loss. He said he was passing by just because he was passing by? What if he told a lie?
Moreover, this golden toad should be in the realm of wandering gods, and his cultivation level is still higher than his own. He is full of wealth and can pollute the light of the gods. It is estimated that the copper coins in his mouth are similar to the money that has fallen into the treasure, and can be used as magic weapons.
If he mastered a metallic magical power and turned his fingers into steel, even Huang Tianju would not be able to escape.
Seeing that there was no response for a long time, Jin Chan said to the merchant: "It should be a god who doesn't like to cause trouble. I saw the word. It should be an earth god. The earth god has always been kind and kind. As long as you are polite enough, it shouldn't be a problem."
Blame it."
When the merchant heard that he was neither a monster nor an evil god, he felt more at ease.
At that moment, I temporarily wrote a memorial tablet "The Seat of the Mountain God of Huangtianling" and placed it under the big bluestone.
Then he took out the tributes, carefully cleared a place, placed some things, lit incense candles and the like, and offered fruits, desserts and the like.
Huang Tiangang thought to himself: "Don't set fire to the mountain and sit through the prison!" Then he heard it clearly, coming from the void.
It is the incense and wish power generated by these people's sacrifices that contains their prayers.
The content of the prayer is all about hoping to travel safely through the mountains and forests, hoping not to get lost, and hoping to reach the next supply point on time.
Huang Tian only felt it was novel. Strictly speaking, this was the first time someone had worshiped him.
However, Huang Tian still didn't come out, nor did he want to maintain them as his followers.
First, if you don’t follow that path, worshiping incense is not necessary, but it can be regarded as recognition by all living beings, a manifestation of power in one’s body, the so-called "fame".
The second is that they carry a God of Wealth with them. The God of Wealth is the king. It is better to believe in the God of Wealth than to believe in the God of Wealth.
After the sacrifice was completed, the golden toad saw that no god had appeared yet, so he said: "Maybe the god is not at home, so we have completed the etiquette. Let's continue setting off through this mountain forest."
"Yes!"
The carriages and horses continued to walk, and the guards in front took machetes to clear the way and cut off some thorns blocking the road.
Huang Tian didn't want them to destroy every blade of grass in the forest, so they really opened a path to attract people to come and go.
Then he used his magic to make the mountains and forests smooth, with no thorns blocking the way, and no snakes or insects biting him.
In this way, the two men's machetes are useless.
After the caravan passed through the mountains and forests safely, the golden toad said: "You can remember here that this god likes peace, and he just protected you secretly. He responded to your requests and allowed us to travel through the mountains and forests in almost half the time. You can leave later
There is no need to detour on this road."
The merchant nodded: "I can feel it too, there is almost no obstacle."
Huang Tian secretly said: "What am I doing? I am afraid of trouble, but I will cause trouble instead. Forget it, I will wait and observe a few more times to see if this God of Wealth is someone I can make friends with."
After waiting for the caravan to leave completely, Huang Tiancai came out to enjoy the tribute and see what delicious food it was.
But as soon as he showed up, he saw seven or eight little ghosts rushing out to grab these tributes.
These little ghosts have big heads, small bodies, and dark complexions. They look like they are only a few months old, and the eldest ones are less than seven or eight years old.
They usually hide in tree holes or in the gaps between big rocks, which can be regarded as a habitat to avoid wind, sun, rain, frost.
What they usually eat is swamp sludge, dead branches and leaves, the excrement of wild animals, and the rotting corpses of dead rats. It is extremely pitiful.
The biggest snack is all kinds of bugs, which can suck away their yang energy and vitality.
No matter how big a creature is, they can't absorb the blood. Even a wild cat's yang energy can disperse them.
These are all children who died young and are not qualified to be buried in ancestral graves. They can't even open a coffin. Many of them only have nicknames and no official names. Therefore, there are no inscriptions or even the birth records of the land.
There is no record.
It’s not that the City God doesn’t want to lead them, it’s just that they are children at heart, they like to hide the most, and they can’t catch them. They even keep hiding from the underworld. They don’t want to go to the underworld, but just want to stay in the earth.
And because he died young when he was most alive, he often had a lot of obsession with him. He was very nostalgic for his home and often wanted to go back and visit it.
In the first two years, their parents would come from time to time to pay tribute and bring some tributes in memory of this poor child.
But when you have a second or third child, you have to focus on the living. The dead children will naturally be left out and gradually forgotten by their biological parents, without any incense at all.
In this way, there are no tributes during the Cold Food Festival, and there are no cold clothes during the Cold Clothes Festival.
Because the original home was guarded by door gods or the like, and there was a recent inspection like Huang Tian, it was even more inaccessible.
Therefore, these ghost children can only live in the wild, fend for themselves, be bullied by other ghosts, and even kill them.
But occasionally there is trouble, that is, when you encounter children playing games in the wild, you will join them.
Some people who are jealous will take away their souls and take them with them to wander and play in the wild.
But as long as the soul is summoned and summoned, the soul can be taken back.
Huang Tian couldn't help feeling pity when he saw them snatching up the incense and tribute offerings like wolves, tigers, and starving ghosts.
Among them, those who have eaten will have a brighter complexion and stronger strength, while those who have not eaten will huddle in a corner and cry, or look at it eagerly, showing an envious expression.
"These little devils are pitiful. I don't need a little incense and tribute, so I'll give it to them."
"It's a pity that I don't have a place for them to live. My earth spirit treasure cave is full of earth's turbid air. If they get caught in it, it will be even harder for them to transcend the pure spirit."
"If I send them to the Earth Temple, I'm afraid they will disperse when they see me. Firstly, they don't trust me, and secondly, it will be difficult to catch them. I am familiar with the Requiem Curse and the Transcendence Curse, but they are obsessed with it.
No, it’s impossible to transcend at all. Let’s wait until later to find a way.”