Qi Yuan sat on the stone platform, holding his chin with one hand, quietly thinking about where to start and spread his divine name.
In fact, in his opinion, strictly speaking, the relationship between the Kyushu human race and the gods cannot be regarded as true faith, but can only be regarded as an exchange.
When humans provide incense to the gods, they just want to get some benefits from the gods.
Immortals like Yang Jian who were ordered to guard a place would be worshiped by people after his temple was built in the future, hoping to get protection from him and protect the peace of the area.
Take the God of Wealth, for example. The reason why people worship and pay tribute is, needless to say, that they are praying for wealth. It is best to let yourself be blessed by the God of Wealth. From then on, your business will be filled with wealth.
Therefore, Qi Yuan feels that the relationship between the Jiuzhou human race and the gods is simple mutual benefit, but the gods rarely respond to believers. Otherwise, if every believer responds, their divine power will not allow it.
But for people, they didn't lose much, at most they only had a few sticks of incense and some words to pray.
As for sincerity, there must be some, at least when they pray to the gods, they will definitely be more sincere at that moment.
They even make various wishes, telling the gods that if their wishes come true, they will surely come to fulfill them.
If the family is well-off, they will offer three animals and five fruits as a tribute when repaying their vows. Even if the family is average, they may offer a pig's head to the gods to enjoy.
Qi Yuan felt that the people of Jiuzhou were really willing to believe in, not the gods in the sky, but the ancestors of the human race.
Such as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, such as all the sages, this is what people truly recognize and maintain unwavering faith in them.
Just like the people in Qi Yuan's previous life, no matter how far they traveled after leaving their hometown, they still recognized themselves as descendants of Yan and Huang.
And this is their true belief.
There are also many large families or extended clans that often build ancestral halls for their ancestors to worship their ancestors.
When future generations worship their ancestors, their thoughts are much more pure than when they worship gods.
Although they are accustomed to saying "ancestors bless them", regardless of whether their ancestors bless them or not, these descendants will still maintain awe of their ancestors and will never show any sign of neglect.
It will not be like treating some gods, because one worships the other person but does not make one's wishes come true, and then one will stay away from them and no longer believe in them.
Kitchen gods like himself are definitely not as good as those gods who guard a place, or even as good as the earth and mountain gods in protecting a place's safety. However, Qi Yuan's advantage is far stronger than those mountain gods and land gods.
Because he is the Kitchen God, the only Kitchen God in the world. Unlike most gods, he is not limited to one place. He can spread his name all over the world.
Moreover, his position as the Kitchen God is somewhat special. He obviously has the position of god in the kitchen, but he does not do anything about the kitchen. At most, he can only look after the kitchen fire. His real dual position is to supervise the words and deeds of the world, and collect the good and evil deeds in the world. At the end of every year
Return to heaven and report to the Jade Emperor.
"How should I spread the news that I have become a god?"
Qi Yuan was hesitant in his heart, whether to show his holiness in front of people like other gods, or let Qi Yi and the others go to the people to promote him, just like when he was in Chaoge City, he secretly added fuel to the flames and publicized his reputation.
It's the same name as a sage.
After thinking for a moment, Qi Yuan shook his head and directly rejected the plan of letting Qi Yi and others promote the name of God for him.
Without him, it would be a bit embarrassing if this spread.
At first, he had no choice but to forget about it. Now that he has become a heavenly immortal and has strong Taoist, magical and magical powers, he no longer needs to use that method.
Relatively speaking, appearing in front of people is actually very effective. It can spread the reputation hundreds of miles away in a short time, letting nearby people know about the manifestation of the gods, thereby increasing the incense.
However, Qi Yuan is different from other gods. What he needs is not just incense, but for all the people to recognize his existence. It is best to carve his statue on the stove of every household, so that he can
Make next steps.
After pondering, Qi Yuan gradually began to think twice.
He closed his eyes, immersed his mind in the sealing ribbon in the sea of consciousness, and began to sense the believers who believed in him through the sealing ribbon.
In fact, Qi Yuan has quite a few followers today, but most people don't really worship him because they don't know that he has become a god.
Even so, there are tens of thousands of believers who can be felt by Qi Yuan now.
And there are no fewer than a thousand people who actually set up a memorial tablet for him and prayed for him every day.
Among them were families who had improved their lives after learning cooking skills from him, and some people who had been rescued by him when he was traveling around. These people were either due to Qi Yuan's kindness in teaching them skills or to saving people.
He was worried about his life, but he was sincerely praying for Qi Yuan.
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There is a village not far from the Weishui River. People here live by the water. In addition to a few acres of thin farmland, each household mainly relies on fishing for a living.
Every household in this village has an longevity tablet dedicated to Qi Yuan. Even if there is no memorial tablet originally, in order not to stray from the crowd, they will follow the crowd and worship it at home, even if they are not very sincere in their hearts.
The main reason for this situation is that a few years ago, the men in the village encountered monsters while fishing in the Weishui River.
Just when everyone was about to be caught by the monster and eaten in the river, an immortal descended from the sky. Not only did he kill the monster, he also cooked a pot of chicken soup on the spot to help these fishermen get rid of the monster in their bodies.
Even their old wounds were healed.
Especially Lao Wang, who is at the east end of the village. He is middle-aged, but because of his waist injury and hidden illness in his early years, he has been married for more than ten years and still does not have a son and a half daughter left with his wife.
As a result, after eating that bowl of chicken soup, even his hidden diseases that had been hidden for many years were cured. From then on, Lao Wang lived a happy life. After a lot of hard work, his wife actually became pregnant.
Moreover, in the following years, Lao Wang and his wife gave birth to several children one after another, which made them extremely happy.
After all, carrying on the family line from generation to generation is not a trivial matter at any time, let alone in this era, it is regarded as a top priority by people.
And just relying on a bowl of chicken soup can achieve such an effect. Except for the great sage Qi, no one in the world has heard of anyone else having this ability.
So when the news about Lao Wang spread, not only did the people in their village pay tribute to the great sage Qi's longevity tablet, but even some people nearby also followed suit.
Especially some families with few children prayed that the Great Sage Qi could give them a son and a half, so that they would not have no offspring.
When Qi Yuan realized the prayers of these people, he was dumbfounded.
However, this does not blame people for being ignorant, it is just a simple herd mentality.
It is obvious that Lao Wang drank Qi Yuan's chicken soup and relied on the elixir in the chicken soup to cure his hidden diseases, so he and his wife could have several children.
But Lao Wang can't publicize things he couldn't do before, right?
So when others asked him why he could still give birth to several children at this age, he always blamed Sage Qi.
As a result, people made random guesses when they didn't know the truth of the matter, and then rumors were born, and they tended to spread more and more widely.
When Qi Yuan discovered that the people in this area had a lot of faith in him, he deliberately felt it. After discovering that it was because of this reason, he felt helpless.
Especially when he heard those people praying for him to give them children, it made him dumbfounded.
Are you kidding? He has no experience in this area himself, how can he help these people?
And this kind of thing must not continue to spread, otherwise other gods are now appearing everywhere to compete for incense. If any god knows about the situation here, it will be nothing to say that he is robbing other gods of their priesthood.
I'm just afraid that if someone with ulterior motives plots against him and accuses him of being a kitchen god who doesn't keep the stove fire and abide by his duties, he actually messes around, or even secretly promotes him as an evil god, it's not impossible.
After all, he is not without enemies. Even if Fuyuan Immortal and others will not deal with him blatantly, there is nothing he can do if they secretly send disciples to spread rumors about him.
At night, after Lao Wang fell asleep, he suddenly felt a flash of golden light in front of him. When he looked up, he saw a god in divine robes floating in mid-air looking at him.
When Lao Wang saw the appearance of this immortal, he immediately became alert and quickly knelt down on the ground, saying that he had paid homage to the sage.
But it was Qi Yuan who came to see this person with the help of seals and ribbons, using the method of entering dreams with spirits.
The divine robe he wore was received after he went to heaven. This kind of divine robe is quite magical. It can be worn directly on the soul. It emits a circle of divine light and can protect the soul. If
If Yuanshen travels in the future, there will be an extra layer of security.
In order to show his majesty, Qi Yuan also deliberately transformed a few long beards on his face. Otherwise, his current appearance as a young man would be somewhat different from that of the Great Sage Qi in folklore.
The reason why he came here this time was because the rumors themselves originated from this person. If he wanted to stop the spread of rumors, of course it would be more convenient to go directly to the source of the rumors.
Moreover, among the entire village, this person is the most attentive to his belief in Qi Yuan. He worships respectfully every morning and evening without any shortage.
But it's normal when you think about it. After all, because of Qi Yuan, not only did he have several children, but his body has not had any pain in the past few years. He is full of energy every day, and his whole body is full of energy when he works.
Strength, instead of making the family poorer because of the burden of several children, it has become richer and richer.
Therefore, this person was very grateful to the great sage Qi, and he was never short of three sticks of incense in the morning and evening.
Although Lao Wang was still a little confused and didn't know how the sage suddenly appeared in front of him, this did not hinder his respect for Qi Yuan, so he quickly bowed down.
Qi Yuan glanced at him and asked, "Are you Wang Bao?"
"That's what the grassroots are."
Wang Bao asked respectfully: "I don't know that the sage is coming, but the common people have not come far to welcome him, so don't blame me for asking the sage."
"hehe……"
Qi Yuan couldn't help laughing: "I used the method of falling into a dream to see you. You can't welcome me from a distance even if you want to!"
"ah?"
Wang Bao was a little stunned. Of course he didn't understand such magical methods.
"Okay, get up now."
Qi Yuan said: "I came to you this time because there is something I need you to do."
When Wang Bao heard this, he immediately became excited: "Please give me the sage's instructions. Even if the common people risk their lives, they will definitely do it for you."
In his opinion, the sage not only saved his life, but he is now able to have both children because the sage cured his hidden illness. From this point of view, it is said that Qi Yuan was kind to him.
It's not an exaggeration, so he is very willing to do things for Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan chuckled lightly: "It's not that serious, but now that I have entered the heaven, I was appointed by the Jade Emperor as the Master of the Kitchen Palace of the Nine Heavens East Chef. I am in charge of the kitchen fires in the world and monitor the good and evil in the world.
As a result, I have just become a god, and I discovered that people in the villages near you are actually praying to me for heirs.
I am the Kitchen God, not the God who sends children away. If it continues like this, it is inevitable that other gods will find out and report to heaven, accusing me of disturbing the order among the gods.
You just need to spread the name of my current Kitchen God and tell the people to stop praying randomly."
When Wang Bao heard this, he quickly knelt down on the ground, feeling a little frightened.
Just because he didn't explain clearly to outsiders earlier, he unexpectedly brought trouble to the sage, which is really a sin.
Moreover, according to the sage, his old man has now been enshrined as a god by heaven, which is a good thing.
Wang Bao kowtowed on the ground several times and promised repeatedly that he would explain this matter clearly to the villagers and that such rumors would never spread again in the future.
Qi Yuan nodded, and after comforting him for a few words, his figure gradually disappeared.
On the bed, Wang Bao's body trembled suddenly and he woke up from his dream. Only then did he realize that the sky outside the window was turning white and it was about to light up.
He couldn't sleep anymore, and kept thinking about what he had seen in his previous dream, not knowing whether it was true or false.
However, the scene in the dream was still vivid in his mind, which made him dare not not take it seriously. Regardless of whether it was true or false, he decided to do it well, otherwise he would feel uneasy about his conscience.
After all, the sage had given him such great kindness. If it was because of him that the sage's reputation was tarnished, wouldn't it be a huge sin?
Beside him, his mother-in-law was awakened by his turning and turning. She opened her eyes and asked, "What's wrong with the master?"
Wang Bao then told his mother-in-law what he saw in his dream.
His mother-in-law also had some opinions. While picking up her little son who had just woken up next to her to breastfeed, she said: "It is definitely better to believe that this kind of thing is true than to believe that it is not true. Since the sage has entrusted him with the dream,
You, then you should handle this matter quickly, lest the sage blame you."
Wang Bao nodded and agreed.
Then his mother-in-law got up to cook. When the meal was ready, the two of them came first to burn incense on the sage's longevity tablet.
After Qi Yuan sensed it, Yuan Shen used the power of the seal and ribbon to release a little power and manifested a figure on the longevity tablet. He nodded at the couple and then dispersed.
The couple trembled in fear, knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.
After a long time, when there was no more movement, the two of them stood up and looked at each other.
However, one thing is certain, that is, the sage really became a god and appeared in their home.
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In a deserted field, dozens of figures were sitting on the ground around several bonfires.
Food is roasting on the bonfire, exuding the unique aroma of the food.
In particular, one of the men, a man in his thirties, was extremely skilled in his craftsmanship. The food baked from his hands was even more fragrant and mouth-watering.
This is a migratory team. Now that the war has stopped and the people have gradually settled down, they, the people who had traveled far away to avoid the war, plan to return to their hometowns.
The children in the team all gathered around the man, drooling as they looked at the unroasted pheasant in his hand.
"Second uncle, second uncle, why is the food you cook so much more delicious than my father's?"
asked a little boy blowing bubbles on his nose.
"hehe……"
The man smiled and said, "That's because, my second uncle, I learned cooking skills from a sage in my early years. Of course, I am much better than your father who can roast a pheasant until it becomes charred."
The little boy asked curiously: "Who is the sage?"
"Sage?"
The man's face showed a strong sense of admiration: "The Sage is the great sage of our human race. In the early years, in order to make our human race live a better life, he did not hesitate to take risks and travel around, just to pass on his cooking skills to more people.
Human race, guide the people to find more edible things."
The little boy didn't seem to understand, but seeing the look on the man's face, he said something random and just looked at the roast chicken above the campfire.
At this moment, a violent beast roar suddenly came from the distant mountains and forests.
The sound shook the forest, startling all the birds and animals that had been resting in the forest.
Immediately afterwards, another cry different from the previous one came.
Then the sounds of fighting continued, and it was obvious that the two beasts were fighting for some unknown reason.
Everyone in the team was nervous and gathered around a white-haired old man to ask for their opinions.
The old man twirled his gray beard, frowned and thought for a moment, and then slowly said: "We deliberately chose this place to camp far away from the mountains and forests to avoid being attacked by wild beasts in the mountains and forests.
According to the sound, the place where the two ferocious beasts were fighting is several miles away from us, so it shouldn't affect us, right?"
When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Traveling at night is even more dangerous for them. They may be attacked by wild beasts wandering outside, and they may not be able to find a safer place than here.
However, they did not relax their vigilance. Instead, they separated a few strong men with homemade spears to carefully guard outside the crowd to avoid being attacked by ferocious beasts that emerged from the mountains and forests.
The rest of the people returned to their respective bonfires and continued to bake their food. After all, they had traveled all day and everyone was tired and hungry. None of them had eaten dinner, so they had better get something to eat as soon as possible.
The little boy ran to the man again, his eyes still staring straight at the roast chicken on the bonfire.
The man chuckled lightly, and when the roast chicken was done, he took off a piece of chicken for each child and gave it to them.
A group of people were eating and drinking. I don't know when the movement in the distant mountains and forests stopped. Apparently the two beasts had stopped fighting.
Everyone waited for a while and saw that there was no more movement, so they thought nothing would happen again.
As a result, only a moment passed before I heard a sudden burst of heavy footsteps in the distance, walking towards where everyone was.
Several strong men guarding the perimeter suddenly let out a cry of terror after seeing clearly the figure in the distance through the moonlight.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
Everyone stood up one after another, picked up relatively simple weapons, and came to the strong men.
"Monster...monster."
Several men guarding the outside pointed at the distance and said tremblingly.
Everyone was shocked and looked in the direction of their fingers.
They saw a figure over two feet tall under the shade of a tree in the distance, looking at them intently.
There was a faint green light shining in those eyes, full of cruel and bloodthirsty killing intent, which made people feel chilly in their hearts.
"monster!"
"There really is a monster!"
Everyone's expressions changed drastically and they were panicked.
For a team like them walking outside, the most fearful thing they would encounter is monsters.
If you encounter ordinary ferocious beasts, it's okay. Even if you encounter a small pack of wolves, with the strength of these people, they may not be unable to deal with them.
But it's different when you meet monsters.
All monsters know several kinds of magic, and all of them are thick-skinned and powerful, so ordinary people like them can't compete with them.
So once they encounter monsters, it means that their team will suffer heavy losses, and in this dark wilderness, even if they flee in all directions and can escape some people, they will probably be targeted by other beasts that hunt at night.