Chapter 40: County City Guardian

  Half a year later, Pan Hao's divine name spread throughout the entire Qingyu City Prefecture as a god worshipped by all. Not only was there a temple built on the riverbank, but also within the county seat, and the prayers of the faithful were not limited to good weather. Whatever it was - marriage, childbirth, family harmony, matchmaking, or even topping the imperial examination rankings - all sorts of prayers were offered.

  Pan Haofa is now in the divine soul, and it has started to condense into other divine positions. Among them, the highest level that is about to take shape is the position of Guangcheng City God. Legend has it that the government is in charge of yang, managing yang things, while the city god is in charge of yin, managing big and small things in the underworld. Therefore, every city will have a temple dedicated to the city god.

  In charge of the underworld affairs under the jurisdiction of the city. In this world, which is similar to the ancient China, although there are some vague legends and records. However, this world has no heavenly court, nor does it have any gods or spirits. Pan Hao can be said to be the first existence in this world to become a god through faith since the creation of the world.

  So Pan Hao is no longer bound by his divine position, and now he has started to gather other divine positions. However, among the other vague divine positions, there is a highest-level Qingyu City Chenghuang wrapped around it. This Qingyu City Chenghuang divine position contains other city and land god positions, including the long-standing position of Dachang County Chenghuang, which is also inside.

  This world has no Tao of Gods, so the relationship between various gods and spirits has not formed a system. Similarly, the Cheng Huangye is not like the previous Huaxia, where almost every city has one. So Pan Hao's Linglian was consecrated by believers as the City God.

  Pan Hao's originally crimson divine soul has successfully transformed into a deep red color. The 27-petaled red lotus flower under his divine soul's feet had bloomed, and the dazzling red light filled the Purple Mansion. As soon as he entered the Three-Petal Lotus Realm, it was equivalent to the Embryonic Dan period of a Qi Refining cultivator. Moreover, within his own domain, he could borrow the power of heaven and earth, and even rival the existence of the Golden Dan period.

  Once the divine spirit leaves its domain, the power borrowed from heaven and earth becomes extremely limited. However, it is not inferior to a practitioner of the same level. The only difference is that practitioners are more carefree, while divine spirits rely on the faith of believers, so they must maintain their followers' beliefs. Moreover, in the previous life, the promotion of divine spirits was very difficult. Not only was the competition for incense offerings fierce, but also the promotion had to be approved by the heavenly court.

  The prospects are very worrying, and there are many constraints. Therefore, in the previous life, the divine way was actually the immortal way without a door, only then would he choose this path. However, in this world without gods and heaven, Pan Hao can rely on the power of Xinmin to step by step climb to the pinnacle of the divine way.

  The main city of Qingyu Castle, the reason why it is called Qingyu is because a special stone material is produced in Qingyu County. This stone material is shaped like jade, with an internal appearance similar to a curved emerald water, flowing and undulating. This Qingyu can be mass-produced and excavated, and the material of Qingyu is hard, even knives and swords leave few marks on it, making it a defensive weapon.

  The main city of Qingyu City is largely built with this material, and the entire city wall is extremely hard, with a great restraining effect on siege engines. Moreover, the Biyu has no time to spare, under the sunlight, it is like spring water flowing, beautiful and magnificent.

  In the hundreds of years since its establishment, no matter how the wars evolved, Qingyu City has never been breached once. This main city has thus become the pride of Qingyu Prefecture and the spiritual pillar of the people of Qingyu Prefecture.

  In the city of Qingyu, a young man in white clothes and a lovely girl in pink dress strolled through the streets. These two people were Pan Hao and Xi Wen. Since the progress of the divine path had accelerated, Pan Hao came to the county town of Qingyu County to lay out his plans. In just a few months, Pan Hao and Xi Wen traveled all over Qingyu County, experiencing various customs and gaining a deeper understanding of this world.

  Let Pan Hao feel the benefits, as the ancients said, reading ten thousand volumes is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles! Every time they arrived at a place, they would stay there for a while to experience the local culture. And when Pan Hao felt that his City God position was taking shape, he came to Qingyu City Prefecture. This city prefecture was the main city of a province, with a vast area, prosperous commerce, dense population, and a permanent population of tens of millions, it was simply the fat meat in the divine path.

  Under Pan Hao's arrangement, there are already many followers within the city. They bring small idols back home for worship and sacrifice, thinking that this method of inviting gods to return is being vigorously promoted by Pan Hao in secret. This Shendao is rooted in the foundation of human nature, and if it can penetrate all aspects of their lives and become a national culture.

  So even if Pan Hao doesn't reappear, his divine name will continue to be passed down through this nation forever. As long as the nation doesn't perish, there will always be faith provided for Pan Hao. This is also the way of survival for gods and the sorrowful aspect of being a god. Leaving human society would lead to gradual weakening and eventual downfall from divinity; some gods that purely rely on faith for survival even fall into the void of nothingness.

  This has always been a common problem of the gods, so many wars have occurred for the sake of faith. The holy war and the god war in the legend of the world. However, in Bai Lian Zhen Jie, there are two ways to get rid of this predicament, which is also the direction that Pan Hao will strive for in the future, getting rid of simply relying on human faith power.

  One approach is to comprehend the laws of nature, integrating them into a divine being, becoming a deity of law. This kind of deity, in principle, unless the world is destroyed and returns to chaos, has an endless lifespan, and its demand for faith can be either present or absent. Another type involves surveying various laws, establishing a small world, and becoming the creator god of that world.

  Moreover, as the small world grows, one's own power and laws will also grow slowly, almost like turning on a cheat device. However, to open up a small world, you need a heavenly object that can bear the power of the world, such as the World Tree from past legends, or other heavenly objects like the Taiji Diagram.

  Pan Hao helplessly shook his head. In the myth of the previous life, these divine objects were all extremely rare, and each owner was a top-notch existence among the gods. They could easily destroy the sky and earth, turn the rivers upside down, and pluck the stars from the moon. Each one was not something that Pan Hao, this newly-started small god, could covet.

  "Brother Hao, I want candied hawthorn!" Xiwen little girl ran over, coquettishly asking Pan Hao. Pan Hao's eyes lifted, and a small girl wearing a pink dress entered his line of sight, with shiny white teeth, a delicate nose, two faint eyebrows curved like the moon, a refined face, skin as smooth as jade, beautiful without equal, in a lovely and beautiful pink dress.

  Pan Hao smiled slightly, and for the past six months, Xi Wen had been by his side. He had gradually gotten used to her presence, and if they were to suddenly part ways, he would really not be used to it. The carefree girl was always so happy, and looking at her made him feel envious. Pan Hao shook his head with a smile.