Chapter 304: The name of the Kitchen God is passed down the world
The Dragon Elephant is a strange species from ancient times, and its magical powers are quite extraordinary.
In particular, its long nose is not only extremely flexible and indestructible, it can also be extended hundreds of feet in length to attack enemies with various changes.
At this moment, the elephant's trunk, under its command, was like a strange python coming out of its cave, blowing towards Qi Yuan with a fierce wind.
In order to show his divine power in front of everyone so that these people can promote the name of God for him, Qi Yuan deliberately did not dodge or dodge. He used his divine power and raised his hand to grab. Not only did he block the fierce thrust of Dragon Elephant, but he also
Grab the elephant's trunk and make it unable to take it back.
It's just that this dragon elephant is obviously very experienced in combat. When he saw his big nose being grabbed by Qi Yuan, instead of shrinking back, he gently wrapped it around him, just like a python that had caught its prey, circling Qi Yuan.
Her body was wrapped tightly from head to toe, making it watertight.
"Um?"
Qi Yuan struggled hard, but found that he couldn't get away.
This made him secretly praise in his heart. This dragon elephant was indeed famous for its strength. With his current divine power, he could not break free from its restraints.
Even as he struggled, a high-pitched roar came from the elephant's trunk, and it suddenly curled up crazily, trying to squeeze Qi Yuan alive into a pulp.
This is also a trick commonly used by the dragon elephant. In the past, no one knows how many monsters were strangled to death by it and became delicacies in its belly.
Feeling the huge force outside him, Qi Yuan couldn't help but sneer.
He is not a real body, but an incarnation condensed by the power of incense. Why should he be afraid of being strangled by such brute force?
As Qi Yuan's mind moved, the incarnation suddenly exploded into a ball of sparks.
The dragon elephant's trunk, which was originally wrapped around Qi Yuan's body, suddenly showed some gaps because his body suddenly turned into nothingness and exerted too much force. The sparks transformed by Qi Yuan got out and reappeared outside.
Condensation forming.
"hold head high……"
The elephant demon neighed again in anger, and just when he was about to use other methods to deal with Qi Yuan, he heard Qi Yuan snort coldly.
Although the sound was not loud, it drowned out the roar of the elephant demon.
Qi Yuan suddenly stretched out a palm, which was several feet in size. He fished it down and easily grabbed the elephant's trunk, which stretched out dozens of feet in length. He then took it in his hand and shook it suddenly, as if playing tricks.
Like a meteor hammer, the dragon elephant's body was thrown up, and it hit the ground with a bang.
This dragon elephant weighed more than tens of thousands of kilograms. He was smashed by him so violently that there was a roaring sound and deep pits were made on the ground.
Such a shocking scene immediately stunned the people around them, their mouths opened wide, and they were speechless for a long time.
They are just ordinary people. Even if they have some martial arts skills, they can only deal with three or two ordinary monsters that have not yet become wise by relying on the strength of their numbers.
Originally, today's dragon elephant had frightened these people. Unexpectedly, this god who suddenly appeared was even more powerful. He picked up the dragon elephant in his hand and beat it as if he were catching a chicken.
"Angang... roaring..."
After being thrown by Qi Yuan more than ten times in succession, the dragon elephant reacted. Regardless of its dizziness, its body shape suddenly changed and transformed into its original shape. It was a huge monster more than ten feet tall.
The two jade-colored ivory tusks were several feet long, and an elephant trunk was stretched as long as Qi Yuan swung it, like a giant python that was hundreds of feet tall.
Its huge body was protected tightly by a layer of thick earth-brown scales. Just these few blows could not bring much harm to it, but instead aroused the ferocity in its heart.
The thick demonic energy in the dragon elephant's body suddenly surged out. When Qi Yuan threw it up again, he suddenly made a strong effort and used his own huge strength to break free of the elephant's trunk from Qi Yuan's hand.
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After rolling on the ground a few times, Long Xiang slowly got up and looked at Qi Yuan with red eyes, angry and violent emotions instantly occupying his mind.
It suddenly looked up to the sky and roared, and endless earth-yellow light emerged from under its feet, shrouding its huge body, as if it had merged with the earth. Then, with a majestic momentum, it stepped forward in four thick steps.
His thighs crashed towards Qi Yuan with a rumble.
This is its strongest innate magical power. It can use the power of the earth to rush forward, even if it is a mountain in front of it, it will be knocked down by it.
In the past, with this magical power, even some great monsters that were even more powerful than it did not dare to fight it head-on.
At this time, after being annoyed by Qi Yuan, Long Xiang immediately ignored him and used his magical power to bump into Qi Yuan arrogantly.
The surrounding people suddenly screamed in shock. With such magical power, they could not even escape. They were afraid that they would be shocked to death by the dragon elephant's momentum before the dragon elephant's body could get closer.
Qi Yuan frowned.
Those common people don't know how to practice, they have only practiced some martial arts at most, and their bodies are relatively strong. How can they withstand the aftermath of the battle between them.
He quickly waved his sleeves and robe, and a flame containing the divine power of incense turned into an oval barrier, protecting the people below to prevent them from being affected by the aftermath.
Then he stretched out his hand and pointed, and a small flame appeared out of thin air.
The flames were only an inch high, and the red color seemed no different from the bonfire still burning on the ground.
"go."
With a clear drink from Qi Yuan's mouth, the flame grew in the wind, turned into a long sword burning with blazing flames, and slashed at the charging dragon elephant in the air.
The flaming sword was four feet long. It was not too short if he held it in his hand, but compared with the wild dragon elephant that was more than ten feet tall, it was probably not even a toothpick.
However, when the long sword was slashed out, a hazy shadow suddenly appeared on the sword body, turning into a hundred-foot-sized sword energy, and slashed at the dragon elephant's head with great fierceness.
"hold head high……"
Although the Savage Dragon Elephant felt something was not good in its heart, the few sanity it had had been buried in the rage. At this moment, it just wanted to use the most violent force to crush the figure that humiliated it and trample it into flesh to relieve its pain.
hate.
So even though Long Xiang saw the sword energy slashing down from above his head, he didn't pay too much attention to it.
Because it is too confident in its own defense, not to mention that it is connected to the earth's veins at this time, unless it can break through the protective spell cast by the power of the earth with one blow.
Otherwise, the protective spells outside its body will continuously draw power from the earth, keeping its defense at its peak.
A trace of disdain flashed in Qi Yuan's eyes.
Although this dragon elephant is a wild and alien species, it is cruel and ignorant, possesses magical powers, and dares to take his sword energy forcefully.
Although he is not here in his true form, his strength is not very strong, and he has not brought the Yin and Yang Qi Immortal Sword, but the sword Qi derived from the fire is also not something that these monsters who have not yet become immortals can compete with.
"Bang..."
The phantom of Baizhang Sword Qi slashed down with one sword, which not only powerfully chopped off the earthy yellow light outside the dragon elephant's body, but also chopped off the huge head of the dragon elephant.
Suddenly, a large amount of blood spurted out. Although the dragon elephant's head fell to the ground, its huge body still ran forward two steps under the inertia. Then with a roar, it fell to the ground and collapsed.
After a few times, there was absolutely no movement.
The common people had seen this scene before. They had not yet recovered from the intimidation of the wild dragon elephant that was more than ten feet tall, but in the end, this seemingly mighty dragon elephant was killed.
After a moment of silence, someone finally came to their senses and couldn't help but cheer, they were safe!
Everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of joy in surviving the disaster.
Then, under the leadership of the clan elders, a group of people came forward and knelt down in front of Qi Yuan, thanking him for his great kindness.
Although the clan elder was previously frightened when facing the dragon elephant, he was a rare wise man.
When facing such ferocious monsters, he could still maintain some sense and let everyone flee for their lives, but because of his old age and frailty, he took the initiative to stay and attract the attention of the monsters. This was already very rare.
The clan elder raised his head, looked at Qi Yuan's figure floating in the air, and said tremblingly: "Thank you to the gods for saving my life. Such a great kindness will be unforgettable for me."
"You don't need to do this."
Qi Yuan waved his hand and sent out a soft divine power, lifting everyone up, turning his gaze to Li Lao'er, and said: "I heard this person's call earlier and learned that there were monsters here to show off their evil, so I differentiated into one.
Come here incarnation.
Fortunately we arrived in time, otherwise if it had been a moment later, someone would have been killed."
"ah……"
Li Laoer was stunned for a moment, then he realized what he was doing and shouted in surprise: "Sage, it turns out it's really the white-browed sage in front of you. No wonder I thought he looked familiar before."
Qi Yuan quickly recalled it in his mind. Finally, his soul was now powerful, and he quickly recalled the origin of Li Laoer.
This was after he left Chentangguan and on his way to Xiqi, he stayed in a small town for some time and taught people cooking skills there. Li Laoer was one of the disciples who went to learn from him.
So Qi Yuan nodded to him and said warmly: "Your name is Li Erniu. I remember you. When you were studying with me in Yucheng, you performed pretty well."
When Li Laoer heard this, he grinned and giggled a few times. Unexpectedly, the sage still remembered his name, which made him feel extremely honored.
But then he realized that although the sage at the time also showed some skills in magic, he did not have the magical power he has now.
Therefore, he asked hesitantly: "Sage, what are you..."
"oh."
Qi Yuan chuckled lightly, and he didn't care whether Li Laoer asked him about his current identity, and said directly: "Now I have been appointed by the Heavenly Court as the Master of the East Chef of the Nine Heavens, Mingzao Wangfujun, in charge of the kitchen fires in the world, and supervising the merits and demerits.
The trouble caused by such monsters is not within my scope of duties. I shouldn't have come. It's just that I couldn't bear the thought of you being killed, so I came here to save you on purpose.
Although this dragon elephant has been killed by me now, I sense that there are other monsters lurking nearby. It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. It is best for you to leave here as soon as possible."
Everyone had been whispering when they heard that the god who saved their lives turned out to be the white-browed sage who was widely known among the people. When they heard that the sage was conferred as a god by heaven, although they were a little surprised, they thought it was natural.
After all, in the eyes of these people, based on the merits of a sage, it is natural for him to be enthroned to a higher divine position.
However, when they heard that there were monsters entrenched nearby, they suddenly panicked.
The clan elder took a step forward and prayed: "Sage, it's dark now and the moon is not bright. If we go on the road, we may be attacked by other ferocious beasts. I wonder if you, the sage, can escort me for a while?"
Qi Yuan shook his head after hearing this and said: "I'm just here in disguise. I won't stay for long, but I can't escort you on your way."
"well……"
When everyone heard this, they were all disappointed.
It would be strange for people like them to walk in the wilderness at night without being attacked by wild beasts.
But compared to ferocious beasts, monsters are more terrifying existences.
So they would rather face the beast than stay here and wait for the beast to come to their door.
Besides, the wild dragon and elephant were killed here. With such a huge body, the flowing blood almost gathered into a small pond. Such a strong smell of blood may attract many ferocious beasts and monsters to come here.
So even if there were no monsters lurking nearby at this time, they would not dare to stay here overnight.
Seeing the uneasy expressions on these people's faces, Qi Yuan smiled and said, "Although I can't escort you on your way, I can leave a trace of divine power on the longevity tablet on Li Erniu.
With the protection of my divine power, you just need to rest assured and go on your way, there will be no wild beasts attacking you along the way."
"ah……"
When everyone heard this, they were surprised and happy. They did not expect that the longevity tablet could have such a function, and they quickly urged Li Erniu to take out the longevity tablet from the bag.
Qi Yuan stretched out his hand, used the incense and divine power to draw a talisman in the void, and then with a slight tap, the talisman flew onto the longevity tablet in Li Erniu's hand.
Suddenly, a faint divine light rose above the ordinary tablet, and an indescribable aura emitted.
With his magical talisman, as long as no big demon takes action, it is enough to protect these people and leave safely.
As for the great demons, except for some ferocious existences, they generally would not take action against these mortals who have no aura in them.
Amid everyone's gratitude, Qi Yuan's figure turned into a ray of fire and disappeared out of thin air.
But he took back this ray of consciousness.
Otherwise, the longer this incarnation stays outside, the more incense power will be consumed.
Even though Qi Yuan himself practices immortality and doesn't pay too much attention to the power of incense, he is not willing to waste it in vain.
What's more, now he has discovered that the magical power of these incense is also very useful at certain times, especially in the early stages of spreading the name of God, it is still necessary to show up in front of the people to show off.
In the camp, after the group of people saluted respectfully in the direction where Qi Yuan disappeared, they gathered together, collected all the things that had been scattered on the ground, reloaded the car, and asked Li Erniu to walk with the longevity tablet in his hands.
Ahead, a group of people stepped into the night and left in a hurry.
Because the divine light left by Qi Yuan on the tablet never dissipated, they never encountered any danger when they returned to their hometown through various places along the way, which made these people even more grateful to Qi Yuan.
Later, under the call of the clan elders, everyone contributed money and efforts to build a slightly crude temple for Qi Yuan and dedicated the memorial tablet.
And through the propaganda of these people, the news that the white-browed sage had become the Kitchen God gradually spread around their hometown.
This is not a trivial matter. The white-browed sage originally traveled around the country teaching skills to the people. His reputation among the people was already very good. He was a great sage respected by everyone. Now that he has become a god, he can even protect the people's safety. This matter
Once word spread, it immediately caused a sensation among the people, and many families began to pay tribute to the Stove God.
And people like Li Erniu, because they had seen Qi Yuan's incarnation before, and thought of the status of Qi Yuan's Jiutian East Chef Mingzao Wangfujun, they were so blessed that someone took the lead in carving Qi Yuan's name on their own stove.
idol.
As the first stove to have a statue of the Kitchen God engraved on it, after Qi Yuan sensed it, he specially left a little bit of divine power on that statue to protect the safety of this family.
As a result, this triggered a wave of craze for carving statues of the Kitchen God on stoves. Suddenly, the reputation of the Kitchen God spread very quickly.
In addition, Qi Yuan would appear in various places from time to time and solve some difficulties for some believers, so in just a few months, the name of the Kitchen God spread throughout Kyushu.
Except for some villages in the mountains and wild areas, which for a while did not know the reputation of the Kitchen God because of their remote location, people in towns and cities have started to worship the Kitchen God.
The Kitchen God could spread such a terrifying speed among the people, which immediately made the gods in heaven envious.
Especially those gods whose true souls are entrusted on the list of gods, their demand for the power of incense is even greater. Whether their cultivation can progress in the future depends entirely on the amount of power of incense, so these gods are even more envious of Qi Yuan.
This is also the reason why the Western Taoist Zhunti wanted to send Qi Yuan to the West. It was because the image of a sage that Qi Yuan created for himself among the human race was so popular.
Most of his reputation as the Kitchen God is only spread among the people, but it has already gained such a huge momentum. If he is allowed to roam around among the human race and spread the teachings for Western religions, how many people will support him?
I'm afraid it will start to spread like wildfire in a very short period of time, and even if the Taoist sect wants to suppress it, it will be difficult to suppress it.
After all, the Taoist sect’s standards for selecting disciples are a bit high, unlike Western religions that open the door to convenience. Regardless of whether they have cultivation qualifications or not, and regardless of whether their moral roots are good or not, they will all be accepted into the sect, even if they are a big killer who has killed countless people.
Demon king, as long as he is willing to put down his butcher knife, he can still convert to Buddhism.
Therefore, the Western religion in the future will not be able to compare with Taoism simply by relying on the strength of its numbers.
However, when it comes to the number of immortals who have achieved Taoism through practice, Western religion is far behind Taoism.
After all, it is easy to get started with Western teachings, but it is not easy to practice to a very advanced level.
Just like many eminent monks in later generations, they often reincarnate for more than ten lives, but they may not be able to achieve enlightenment.
Although Taoism is not easy to get started, it has great potential in the later stages, so there are many people who have overcome tribulations and become immortals and cultivated the Tao of immortality.
This is what is called Buddhism’s cultivation of the afterlife, and Taoism’s cultivation of this life.