Chapter 257 - Summoning of Wind and Rain
There were a lot of people gathering outside the temple. They were all formed by local squire groups and led by Magistrate Chen.
As the G.o.ddess of Grains blessed the people of Yuguan, in turn, his reputation was weakened. As a result, Magistrate Chen"s reason for asking the G.o.ddess of Grains to get rid of the demon in the county was to see how she would deal with it. If the G.o.ddess of Grains could not manage that and lost the heart of the people, he would definitely be happy.
His ambition was to benefit the world and not to just be satisfied with one corner, hence he did not feel there was anything wrong with his att.i.tude.
Magistrate Chen was dressed in scholar"s attire and he carried a serious expression. He let the others to place the sacrifices, then he began to read the elegiac address. As he was a second-ranked Jins.h.i.+, he spoke fluently and eloquently. The squires and people were inspired to invite the River G.o.d to eliminate the demon with his words.
Inside the temple, as Qi Sanguang was speaking to the G.o.ddess of Grains, all in a sudden the temple was filled with white rays. He had some divine power and hence he could see what others could not see, and as one could see the white rays flew into the temple like mercury towards the statue of the G.o.ddess of Grains.
The G.o.ddess of Grains sighed and walked out of the statue. The white rays were surrounding her – her clean face carried an air of saintliness, and her gorgeous features made the most beautiful lady in Yuguan looked normal.
Everywhere she had been through, the white rays turned into lotus and they followed the flow of her dress. When she stepped out of the temple, with a stalk of paddy in her hand, it was an apparition of the G.o.ds which was being observed by everyone.
All the people kneeled down and kowtowed to her, "Please, G.o.ddess be kind and save us."
Magistrate Chen was shocked as it was the first time for him to observe an apparition. Her graceful demeanor, white teeth with bright eyes were nothing compared to the mud statue in the temple.
Watching the beautiful face of the G.o.ddess of Grains, her magnificent eyes befell on the people outside the temple, "I will do something in return for your wors.h.i.+p. I will not let the demon in the county affect you further." She did not speak in a loud voice but her words were heard clearly by everyone.
After speaking, the lotuses formed an arc steps towards the sky. She took each of the steps on the lotus and as her foot landed, the lotus disappeared and the subsequent one appeared ahead. As such, she finally disappeared into the town. There was a clump of black smoke ahead, and it was Yanxu.
With every lotus step, the G.o.ddess of Grains entered the town and only her thin back was left facing the believers. It was solemn and stirring, and they were even more sanctimonious. They began to mumble in the name of G.o.d.
"This deity has some guts. It is surprising that she has such a pure divinity." Yanxu who was sitting in the hall opened his eyes all in a sudden and spoke to himself.
The G.o.ddess of Grains stood outside the yamen, and she carried a long sword in her hand.
She had divine power, and while she had created a lot of illusions, her final choice was the sword. Since she was born with spiritual intelligence, the first item she recognized was the sword. Back then the master and the mistress were often practicing the sword in front of her and it was magical, although unfortunately, she did not understand.
As the mistress pa.s.sed away, it was the first time she had observed death.
Then, when the master got married to another mistress, he rarely practiced the sword again. The new mistress was younger and more beautiful than the old one, but the master never practiced sword with her. She too rarely saw her as the master had moved with the new mistress to another residence. The master rarely visited her either, and the last time was when he brought her to the human world to teach a pretty and delicate young man sword. When the new mistress found the master, he then returned and left her behind.
The next time she saw the young man who learned sword, was when she failed the trial of shapes.h.i.+fting. As a result, she was attacked by Green-faced Ghost King and it was when she lost the Ruyi instrument that could turn into houses.
If he had learned swordcraft from her master, based on the standard of the human world, he was her young master.
Young master looked the same as when he was learning sword from the master, but he had a high level of mana and he even helped her to walk towards the path of Shen.
After he did it, the young master left and she thought she would never see the young master again, like her master. However, a while ago the young master appeared in front of her and even though it had been seven years, he still looked as pretty and delicate as before. The only difference was that he seemed to be in tough straits.
It was because he met a strong enemy who was chasing after him for a long distance and he could not break away. The young master finally found her to borrow her divine region to deceive the person. He would leave for about half a month to find ways to deal with the person.
Even if he could not, he would return in half a month"s time.
However, even though there was not much time left until the half month"s deadline, the young master still had not returned.
The demon had created fear among the whole of Yuguan. If she could not do anything against it, she would then lose the wors.h.i.+ppers and no longer be able to maintain the divine region.
As such, she could only rely on the wishes of the ma.s.ses to take the initiative to attack. While she knew she could not take him down, she could not just sit and do nothing.
She was now carrying the wishes of the ma.s.ses and the power was coming in flow. She had a stronger divine power than usual but she did not feel very confident. Because of that, she created a weapon to improve her vigor.
The long sword was created out of her memory of the master"s sword. After she became a deity, she had the power to be able to recall memories of the past. The memories could be extremely clear and hence the sword was totally similar to the one the owner had.
The sky got darker, and there were a lot of shapes.h.i.+fted demons in and out of the yamen but they were all circulating around her. The divine rays she was wrapped in prevented them from getting closer.
The door of the yamen was not closed but wide open.
The beautiful deity stood outside the door and her vigor became stronger and killing vibes flew towards the yamen and reached the hall in the blink of an eye.
While the killing vibes were not material and were shapeless, they could be felt.
Yanxu just gave them a blow as if he felt nothing and the killing vibes disappeared.
He was not afraid of others" vigor at all.
The blow was not small, while it got rid of the killing vibes when it got outside, it turned into the wind and brought in the rain.
The technique to summon wind and rain was not a high-level technique, but the difficult part was how Yanxu could follow the opportunity of the heaven and earth and turned them into techniques that covered a wide range.
The rain fell on Yuguan, and slowly spread to other areas, such as Yushui.
"If you don"t admit defeat, the rain will not stop." Yan Xu"s voice covered even the sound of the heavy rain and was heard clearly by everyone in and out of Yuguan.
When the squires and the people heard it, they could not help but feel worried as in recent years, the weather was mild and hence a lot of people were involved in agriculture with great returns each year. What if the heavy rain caused by the demon flooded the fields?
They prayed that the G.o.ddess of Grains could defeat the demon, but at the same time they were worried what if she could not, and they would be worse off.
Yanxu stood out from the hall and walked outside. His intention was more than to defeat the G.o.ddess of Grains.