Seeing the God of Land's determined look, which seemed to indicate he had quite some experience, Ji Yuan became even more confused.
"What's so amazing?"
The God of Land lowered his voice.
"It combines with humans without any evil spirits. It looks like a human but is actually an alien. There is a long tongue hidden in its pupils that goes into its stomach. It is neither a ghost, nor a human, nor a god. I am not sure what it is, but it is really terrifying..."
As he spoke, the God of Land subconsciously touched his left arm, as if he could feel the pain of the statue being torn apart.
"That day when Huang Xingye came to my temple to ask for divination, I didn't see anything. But because the Huang family had done me a favor by building the temple, I passed on my spiritual energy to Huang Xingye, making his divination more accurate..."
There are two situations of throwing the cup. One is that the deity, such as the City God, is closely related to the person asking the question and knows some situations, and certain things can be conveyed directly in this way.
Another situation is "the spirit in the human body", such as when outsiders come to the City God Temple, or other gods who do not care about the trivial matters of mortals, they will often use this method.
The human body has its own spiritual charm, even ordinary people are like this. It is recorded in both folk rumors and some books on cultivating immortals that the human body also breeds various spiritual consciousnesses, which are responsible for all things such as the internal organs of the body, but they are often suppressed by consciousness and thus not obvious.
The God of Land helped Huang Xingye to smash the cup, which was to help him to "self-test". The spiritual consciousness in his body has its own sense of response, which is particularly clear during ups and downs. It will be more accurate for people with special fate like Huang Xingye.
"In other words, the hexagram you calculated wasn't actually made by Huang Xingye, but was inspired by his own spiritual energy?"
"Just as the immortal said, I, a small god, don't have the magic power to predict that strange monster, but he threw the cup nine times in a row, which was fierce. I could see that something was wrong. I even noticed that there was a special aura in Huang Xingye that was already unstable. I saw that the situation was not good, so I broke half of the cup when he threw it for the tenth time."
The God of Land sighed and continued.
"After Huang Xingye left, I was very worried. I didn't see anything, but the hexagram and Huang Xingye's aura were so strange. I vaguely felt that I might be in big trouble. Sure enough, trouble came at midnight that night..."
Ji Yuan narrowed his eyes.
"When the statue loses its arm?"
The God of Land nodded.
"My temple had not been built yet, so it was not closed at night. That night, a strange man wearing a bamboo hat came. I thought he was just a mortal who wanted to stay overnight in the temple. When he entered the temple, he stared at my statue, and a dark color appeared in his eyes that were originally normal..."
"There were also strange sounds coming from his stomach. Just hearing that sound made me feel as if I was trapped in evil. He then cursed me for being nosy and rushed towards my statue. I realized something was wrong and fled immediately. If I had been a step slower, it would not just be the statue that would have been torn apart."
"Oh, right, the sound is weird, the tongue sounds heavy, plus there are sounds in the belly. I once encountered a long-tongued ghost, and I know that this is the sound of a long tongue hidden in the belly, but this person is definitely not a ghost!"
The God of Land told Ji Yuan everything he knew and thought, and frankly stated that this thing gave him a very strange and dangerous feeling. He instinctively thought that the City God of Dongle County would not work either, and since he had been targeted, he simply hid himself. After all, it would be difficult to find the God of Land if he hid.
The long tongue hidden in the pupil goes into the belly... The land god is in the statue but it is completely invisible...
Judging from the description of the God of Land, things are more tricky than imagined. This kind of thing that shows almost nothing but seems to be not afraid of ghosts and gods is very strange and dangerous.
Ji Yuan could now understand to some extent how many gods and demons felt when they looked at him.
"Lord of the Land, is the thing you mentioned still in Maoqian Town? Can you find it?"
After hearing the words of the immortal, the God of Land shook his head.
"It should not be in Maoqian Town now. While hiding, I also thought carefully about the situation. What puzzled me was that it seemed that the thing was just trying to make Huang Xingye collapse, rather than really wanting to kill or devour him..."
Ji Yuan sneered.
"Heh, or maybe they want to wait until Huang Xingye collapses before devouring him. It's not so much that they don't want to cause any trouble, but rather that they don't want the special feeling in Huang Xingye's destiny to escape."
The land god's words reminded Ji Yuan, making him think about the obscure and special aura in Huang Xingye. He had never considered this aspect when observing the aura before, but now it seems that it was Huang Xingye's "self-conceived god", which is the "god in human body" that was only mentioned in "The Biography of the Outer Dao" but not verified.
This kind of spirit is considered one of the strange spirits in heaven and earth. It is rumored that it can only appear in humans, the most intelligent creatures in the world, but there are few examples. It is closely related to the human spirit but different from it. It is the essence of the human spirit.
To use an inappropriate analogy, it is similar to the difference between ginseng essence and ginseng in the legend.
This kind of deity within the body is naturally different from ordinary gods worshipped incense. To some extent, it is more like an extremely rare deity that is self-born from heaven and earth. As the saying goes, there is a big world outside the body and a small world inside the body. The god in the human body is the god conceived by the small world within the body.
Among them, due to the influence of the essence of the five internal organs, the five elements of yin and yang can be classified to show the appearance of mountains, rivers and streams.
The gods in human bodies are extremely special. Although not many have been seen, it is mentioned in "The Biography of the Outer Dao" that the gods in the body are very alert. Once they sense something is wrong, they will either dissipate and disappear, or escape from the human body with their souls and disappear into the universe.
At the same time, this spirit is also closely related to people's spiritual consciousness. Once the person's spiritual consciousness is hit by great ups and downs and appears confused, this spirit will also be affected by the depressed spirit.
"Huang Xingye seems to be just a landlord and a businessman, but he can actually create such a miraculous thing..."
Ji Yuan murmured to himself, although there has been no research on the formation of the "god in human form", it is still difficult to connect it with Huang Xingye himself who went up the mountain to seek help and was scared to death.
Although he had caught a glimpse of it on the mountain before, Ji Yuan could not recognize it at that time. After all, he had never seen it before and the description in the book was ambiguous. Only now did he come to his senses after thinking about it.
"Did the Immortal notice anything?"
Hearing Ji Yuan's mumbling, the God of Land asked curiously and carefully.
"Well, I have some guesses. Please ask the Earth God to look after the area of Maoqian Town. If you find that person appearing again, please inform me immediately."
"Accept the Immortal's order!"
The land god, who was still far from being a complete human being, bowed respectfully to Ji Yuan. After Ji Yuan returned the greeting, he turned into green smoke and went into the ground. Compared to Ji Yuan who seemed a little uneasy, the land god was very confident at this moment.
Ji Yuan was a little troubled. This was no longer an ordinary trick of the monster to deceive people into offering sacrifices. The other party wanted to make Huang Xingye mentally collapse, and then wait for an opportunity to capture the "human god". Regardless of whether to swallow him or have some other use for him, the fact that he could discover Huang Xingye's "human god" and recognize it was already very difficult.
It is possible that the other party is well aware of everything that could pose a threat in Maoqian Town and even in Dongle County, except for Ji Yuan.
. . .
Influenced by Huang Xingye, everyone in the Huang family has been quite nervous recently.
However, because of the arrival of Taoist Qingsong, Huang Xingye calmed down a lot. The master had a great influence on his servants, and the Huang family gradually settled down. Those who inspected the fields, collected rent, and transported goods all went when they were supposed to.
Ji Yuan stayed in the Huang family for half a month, but nothing happened and the Huang family gradually settled down.
During this period, the underworld of Dongle County had sent judges and gods of the Yin and Yang Division to inspect Maoqian Town. Even the God of Land took the initiative to show up and describe to the underworld some of the things he had said before.
But since then, not only Maoqian Town, but the entire Dongle County has been peaceful, as if everything has passed.
However, Huang Xingye still followed Ji Yuan's instructions, letting his servants handle everything and not leaving the Huang Mansion.
On this day, a distinguished guest came to the Huang Mansion. He was the eldest son of a wealthy family in Changchuan Prefecture who had business dealings with Huang Xingye.
Everyone in the Huang family was busy. Huang Xingye was drinking tea and chatting with a man named Chu Mingcai in the living room.
But the lively atmosphere stopped when Ji Yuan walked into the living room.
The moment Ji Yuan came in, the originally talkative Chu Mingcai stopped talking abruptly, turned his head and stared at Ji Yuan who walked into the living room.
"Oh ha, let me introduce you, nephew Chu, this is Taoist Qingsong, also a distinguished guest of your mansion. A while ago, Mr. Huang provoked some unclean things, so we asked the Taoist to exorcise the evil spirits."
"Master Qingsong, this is..."
Ji Yuan raised his hand to stop Huang Xingye from speaking, his eyes were already wide open to the maximum, and Chu Mingcai had also stood up from his seat, staring at Ji Yuan.
"Your Excellency, have you changed into another human body?"
Ji Yuan's eyes had been free of the blurring veil, and they were pale and still like a deep pool. When his Dharma eyes were fully opened, the hidden demonic energy within Chu Mingcai's body combined with his body and soul to surge, but it did not leak out of his body. Only greedy desires were evident. This was definitely not just a wisp of demonic energy, but a true demon in human form.
In the world of cultivation, the word "truth" is used with extreme caution, and the same is true for true demons.
Although the human demon was not obvious, his desires were magnified. If Ji Yuan had not felt the waves of greed and murderous intent, he would not have even noticed that the "real boss" had arrived.
Chu Mingcai also looked at Ji Yuan with great fear. He had heard that the Huang Mansion had invited a lousy Taoist priest, and he didn't feel anything special when he came. If Ji Yuan hadn't arrived at the door, he wouldn't even be able to sense any breath.
But the immortal sword hanging from his back and the pair of eyes that seemed to absorb souls were no joke.
Being wary of each other, Ji Yuan and Chu Mingcai simultaneously thought: "Who is this person?!"