Chapter 41: Heaven's Will

  At this time, in the distant Temple of Land.

  A figure wrapped in a cloak stood intently staring towards the Temple of Earth, muttering to himself.

  "The red aura is extremely powerful, the white color has disappeared. This deity must have ascended to a higher realm, its current state is roughly equivalent to mine, but its power is thousands of times stronger than mine. Truly terrifying and awe-inspiring!"

  This man is Yu Heng, although he hides in the White Water Temple, concealing his light and waiting for reinforcements. But regarding this matter, he still pays attention, disguises himself, and comes to observe.

  Yu Heng opened his spiritual eye and learned the art of divination, so he could naturally see some scenes that ordinary people couldn't see.

  Only above the temple, red gas gathered, crisscrossing, forming a web-like shape, spreading throughout the temple, and extending outwards, almost covering the entire county. Although the scattered red gas gradually faded, it still accounted for about 40-50%, which is a sign of a steadily stabilizing foundation.

  My heart is cold.

  After a moment, the temple was like a falling fireball, violently hot and intense, with red air swirling around it. In the middle, there was a faint shadow of a figure, its entire body made of crystal, transparent inside and out. Even more shocked and pale: "The divine soul has transformed into yang... no, how can it be so enormous..."

  The Taoist school also cultivates the soul, but the Jade Balance is the core true transmission. For thousands of days and nights, countless times swallowing and refining, with the guidance of the master at all times, consuming a lot of merit and fortune, cultivating yang transformation, but in terms of size, it's like the difference between bright and dark, which is tens or even hundreds of times greater.

  In the depths of his heart, an uncontrollable jealousy arose, and this jealous fire grew more and more intense, almost to the point where he wanted to rush in right now and take everything from his opponent.

  "No good! This is an external demon, taking advantage of my confused mind to secretly stir up trouble!"

  Yu Heng finally returned to the core of Taoism, and immediately discovered that it was not right. He silently recited "Jing Xin Zhou" several times, then took out a small package from his pocket, opened it, and saw a wooden box inside. After opening it again, he found a yellow talisman lying alone inside.

  This talisman has been around for some years, and it's even a bit tattered. Yu Heng looked at the talisman with a reluctant expression, but in the end he gritted his teeth and stuck it to his forehead. Suddenly, a yellow light flashed, and black air dispersed from his body.

  My mind calmed down and I completely sobered up.

  Yu Heng smiled bitterly. This time, although the external demon was eliminated, a precious treasure was also consumed, and his Taoist cultivation had also regressed. It was truly a loss.

  Still waiting to see, a long whistle suddenly came from the temple, followed by a wave of red gas, transformed into waves, and swept over. Yu Heng's eyes were severely painful, his face turned white, his heart was terrified, and he immediately hid his body in a dark place, disappearing without a trace.

  After Fang Ming's long whistle, he felt a stir in his heart "It turned out that I had driven away a worm!"

  But for now, let's just forget about this matter.

  "Although everything depends on oneself, the legacy left by predecessors must also be utilized properly!"

  Although he had to promote himself afterwards, and there was no divine intervention, Mu Qing was indeed a real seventh-rank Cheng Huang. This time, the great divine intervention of promotion, and the original divine intervention of Cheng Huang, still existed, this was also the last legacy.

  Fang Ming first looked at the great divine power, this time promoted to the seventh rank of the great divine power is "open reincarnation", making Fang Ming surprised, although the city god is in charge of the underworld registry, but did not expect that there is such a divine power coming down.

  A stir in his heart, "This time's great divine ability matches the one I obtained when I last advanced, let's try using them together next time!"

  There are also several Cheng Huang's divine powers, because the City God is in charge of the gods within its jurisdiction, so it also has the divine powers of the subordinate gods. There are many, and Fang Ming picked out a few main ones to look at.

  Expel Epidemics: Can drive away human illnesses and pains, consuming spiritual energy according to the severity of the illness. This is the original divine power of Cheng Huang.

  Prayer for Rain: Can gather rain clouds, causing the heavens to send down sweet dew. This is a divine power of the river god and water god under the City God's throne, but it has limitations, requiring natural rain clouds in the sky; otherwise, it cannot be used. Moreover, the more rain that falls, the greater the consumption.

  Mountain Shifting Divine Ability: Can change terrain within a small range. It is the divine ability of the Mountain Guardian Deity, and the larger the terrain change, the more divine power is consumed.

  These three divine powers are what Fang Ming values most. As for the rest, there are some other divine powers that are somewhat scattered and cannot be sorted out for the time being.

  "This drives away the plague god, which is different from the land-based divine power before. The latter can only cure six domestic animals, while the former can cure people, which is a big difference. It seems that it doesn't need to be used as wished, and it can be granted to the temple celebrant, with the title of 'Small Return Spring Symbol' or 'Great Return Spring Symbol', so that believers know the power of the city god, and also add incense to supply the operation of the worldly temple."

  Fang Ming thinks that if you do a good deed, people should know about it. After all, the story of Zigong being rewarded with cattle has been passed down for so many years.

  If a believer gets sick, he prays to God and takes medicine, and finally recovers, but doesn't know which one worked, then his faith is not very pure. But if he drinks the temple's holy water and recovers, he naturally knows it was the City God who saved him, greatly increasing his faith.

  It can also increase some income, after all, there are more and more temple fairies, and they all need to be supported by Fang Ming.

  "Huh!" Fang Ming was suddenly startled and remembered that in his past life, many ancient Taoist rebels started with "using talismans to heal illnesses and become the Buddha of ten thousand families".

  At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Jue claimed to be "Great Virtuous Teacher" and used talismans and water to heal diseases, gaining people's respect. When the time was ripe, he divided his followers into eight groups, shouted out the slogan "The blue sky has died, the yellow sky will rise, it is the first year of the new era, great fortune for all", and started a rebellion. Although it was eventually suppressed, it also greatly weakened the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the chaos of the Three Kingdoms began from this point.

  "Although this Five Virtues doctrine is suitable for this world, other means seem to be helping me rebel no matter how I look at it! Is this really the will of heaven? Haha..."

  Fang Ming was originally smiling and daydreaming, but suddenly thought of Su Xia's mention of Wu Nan's dragon emergence, and after careful consideration, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

  "Alright! I'll spread the temple oracles throughout the county, they have the power of divine punishment and can cure diseases with talismans, which can gain people's admiration. When the world is in chaos and people are struggling to survive, as long as someone comes out and shouts, things will be accomplished. These temple oracles are already the existing leaders at all levels, and once organized, they have a unified faith, which can gather crowds to attack cities, and the entire county will fall, Wenchang will be ruined!"

  "In ancient Chinese agricultural society, which regime that combines politics and religion can gain control of the world? This is not the Western world. So, being able to capture Wen Chang Prefecture would be good enough, but in the end, they will surely be annihilated. At this time, when Wen Chang is completely defeated, Qian Long can gather refugees, reclaim wasteland, and establish a foundation, then take advantage of the situation to rise up in arms and occupy a region!"

  The more Fang Ming thought about it, the clearer he became, and the more cold sweat he had. This wasn't something that could be settled by just saying so; it was as if a large hand was manipulating everything from behind the scenes. This was the principle of the entanglement of fate, which confused people.

  If there was a temple blessing rebellion at that time, the rest of the temple blessings would definitely be implicated. In order to avoid punishment, they could only follow the rebellion. All of Fang Ming's followers would be involved, and in the end, Fang Ming would also be tied up on the war chariot. Under the influence of the air operation, the chance of this happening is the greatest.

  "No wonder I've had a smooth and rapid development since coming to this world, it turns out that in some sense, I also have a destined fate! Although, it's a life that paves the way for the true master."

  The corners of his mouth twitched, a bitter smile spreading across his face, but it gradually turned into a cold sneer.

  "But if I were to let the Submerged Dragon pass through, what reward would there be?"

  A dragon's nature is to be fierce and unyielding, taking life and death as it pleases. How could it suddenly allow a god to press down on its head? Even if the entire Wen Chang Prefecture were offered up, it would not suffice! Moreover, with the White Cloud Temple lending its support, what place would Fang Ming have left?

  Even if we cooperate for a while, it will be hard to avoid a day of "sharing golden cups and drinking together, but white blades not sparing each other".

  "Hmph... The overall trend of the world is beyond my control, but the trend of Wu State must be subordinate to the overall trend of the world. In this regard, there is much that can be done."

  It's futile to go against the will of heaven. In Fang Ming's opinion, those who shout about going against heaven without any power are all idiots and morons. You don't even know what heaven is, how can you go against it?

  According to Fang Ming's worldview, the only way is to recognize rules - follow rules - use rules - break rules - create rules. The realm after that, Fang Ming currently has limited cultivation and can't guess what it is.

  Fang Ming can now take advantage of the rules.

  The world is in great chaos, the dragon and snake are fighting for dominance, this is the general trend of the world. Fang Ming does not have the ability to change it, but he knows that the Wu State Dragon Rule must follow this trend.

  As long as there is a person from Wu State who shows more power than Qian Long, can gather the crowd and has the hope of becoming a true dragon, and defeats Qian Long again, then the Dragon Energy of Wu State will naturally endure the pain of cutting love, abandon Qian Long, and turn to the new master.

  At this time, the trend of the hidden dragon will naturally break without attacking.

  It's just that knowing is easy but doing is difficult. Fang Ming only had a general idea about this, and as for how to proceed, he still needed to think carefully.

  After all, this is going to change the trend of a state, even the White Cloud Temple only dares to seek out the hidden dragon and support it, the difficulty is immeasurable.

  Put aside your worries for now. Fang Ming found that today's sacrifice was almost over.

  "Who would have thought, I've got to change my appearance again, and this time even my name has to be changed!"

  Fang Ming smiled, and his divine power surged forth.

  Suddenly, a fierce red light burst out from within the Earth Temple.

  Startled the people below who were offering sacrifices.

  Only in the midst of swirling red air did the young god statue on the platform seem to have come to life.

  The youth was like jade, surrounded by red clouds in a full moon shape, with scarlet flames shining outward, illuminating the entire great hall, all aglow with a mighty aura.

  The clear and jade-like voice of the young man echoed down: "Today, I have achieved the position of Anchang County City God, in charge of floods, epidemics, and the underworld's dark records. Protecting the city, blessings to the people below!"

  This is Fang Ming's first time descending into the mortal world in his true form, which is vastly different from his previous possessions and dream transmissions.

  The incense guests below knelt down one after another, saying in their mouths:

  "The earth god has manifested!"

  "It's not the land, it's the City God! The City God blesses!"

  "This is real, isn't it just a dream?!"

  And in Zhi's eyes, it was even more astonishing.

  Zhou Biqing rubbed her eyes hard and muttered to herself: "White day manifestation", as if she was stunned.

  In my heart, I know that whether it's a ghost or a demon, a spirit body, or a goblin, appearing in broad daylight is a major hurdle in cultivation. As long as you pass it, you'll become a great master! Even among the most malevolent ghosts, there are those who can break through a county and ravage a prefecture, like Li Hei Bao of Linjiang Prefecture.

  And even if it were an evil spirit, appearing in broad daylight wouldn't be so grand and moving.

  Fang Ming smiled and waved his hand, covering the statue of the god and the sign outside with red cloth.

  After a moment, the red light dissipated, and the statue's appearance remained unchanged, but it was dressed in a formal seventh-grade official uniform, which added to its majesty. The plaque outside the temple also changed to three large characters "Cheng Huang Temple", with dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, full of grandeur.

  The believers knelt down in a dense crowd under the altar, no longer able to get up.

  Fang Ming gazed at this scene, but he smiled slightly, and in the flash of red light, his figure disappeared.

  In the following days, the incense in the City God Temple became increasingly prosperous, and the miracle of the sun appearing on a clear day was also gradually spread by those with ulterior motives.