Chapter 140 Linglong River
After Li Yuan and Zhang Tiansheng left Qianzhou, they used magic to transform a carriage and slowly moved on the road.
Next to Qianzhou is Xuguo.
Xu Guomin is tough, good at riding and herding.
Although it was a hostile country to Anyue, the two of them took the car and traveled along the way calmly.
The territory of the Xu State is mostly hilly plains, suitable for recruiting and training cavalry. It is said to have 300,000 cavalry.
No wonder it can intimidate its neighboring countries.
However, it seems that the Xu Kingdom has been busy fighting the barbarian kingdom in the north recently, and the country is in great chaos.
The northern barbarian land is covered with ice and snow for years, and it is an uncivilized place. There is even a custom of cannibalism among the people. Logically, they are just backward savages.
However, the barbarian witchcraft is quite mysterious, and there are many strange people. The young and strong people of the tribe are tall and strong, and after being "enchanted" by the wizard, they are very fierce.
They often ran short of resources and went south to plunder.
This also made Xuguo a little anxious.
At the beginning, the Xu Kingdom did not want the cavalry to suffer too many casualties, so it chose to fight in an arena with An Qian because it wanted to retain its troops to guard against the northern barbarians.
Li Yuan and Zhang Tiansheng crossed Xu Country. After learning about this situation, Li Yuan couldn't help laughing.
"Those who like to rob neighboring countries are often robbed by their neighbors, hahahaha..."
Li Yuan felt that the world was truly amazing.
It took more than half a year for the two to successfully leave Xu Country.
After leaving the hilly area, there are vast green plains and dense forests.
Mountains have hundreds of shapes and rivers have thousands of forms.
The grass is green and the dirt road is winding.
Occasionally there were scattered farmhouses with sporadic lights.
The two men sat in a carriage, sometimes roaming the land, driving slowly; occasionally when they came across a difficult place, they would cast a spell to soar into the sky.
Instead, he looked a bit like a "carefree traveler on earth, leisurely traveling in the sky".
In a blink of an eye, several years passed and the two of them traveled through several countries together. Wherever they looked, people's lives were stable.
Along the way, I visited many mountain gods and river gods.
However, Li Yuan discovered that minor gods like them, who held insignificant positions, rarely had precious magical objects in their hands.
Those high-level mountain gods and river gods did have some good things in their hands, but they were vaguely hostile to Li Yuan, and Li Yuan was not willing to exchange them even for the golden light of merit.
After several years of traveling, Li Yuan exchanged the merits and golden light he had accumulated over the years for a water amber from an ancient and secluded river god.
The amber looks like fish scales, is crystal clear and sparkles with a light blue glow.
Its value is extremely precious. If it is thrown into rivers and streams, it can improve water quality and nourish aquatic creatures.
Li Yuan exchanged for this amber in order to use this treasure to nourish the Khan River when he returns in the future.
He walked through hundreds of mountains and paid visits to dozens of mountain gods. Of course, he was also rejected many times.
When the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly stopped the Lord of Ten Thousand Mountains and exposed the matter of embezzlement of blessings, Li Yuan left a deep impression in front of many mountain gods.
The pure negative kind.
Li Yuan didn't care as long as there was no direct conflict.
He just did his duty, that was enough.
During his travels in the past few years, Li Yuan never forgot to offer sacrifices to the Emperor of Heaven and Mother Earth every year.
At the beginning of the year, he would always sneak into the mortal city to look for the Jade Emperor Temple and the Earth Mother Temple.
Then worship and offer sacrifices.
However, Li Yuan could no longer count on the Emperor of Heaven’s share.
Every time we returned the same way.
Only Mother Earth accepted it.
The excited Li Yuan would talk for a long time every time, madly complimenting this super boss who carries the earth.
Mother Earth is "harassed" by Li Yuan like this once a year.
He was also very helpless, and often used the technique of "clear wind covering the face" to forcibly stop Li Yuan's endless mouth.
I have never seen a little fairy who can talk so much.
Li Yuan thought: Is this the way the boss cares about the grassroots employees? It is indeed special!
He never tires of it.
Only the expression on Zhang Tiansheng's face became increasingly strange.
It's like I can't hold it in any longer.
It's another autumn.
The two men drove past the fields, looking happy and relaxed.
The Great Master of Heaven has been barely satisfied recently.
After traveling to several countries, I found that the mountain gods and river gods were relatively honest.
After he returns to heaven, he will reluctantly punish these minor gods for their negligence and deduct a thousand years of their salary as a token of his appreciation!
As for those who lied about the truth, the Heavenly Court will not use the Immortal Guillotine.
Just let yourself be struck to death by thunder, leaving behind a remnant soul to enter reincarnation.
In the next life, you can repay the karma!
The Emperor of Heaven felt that he was really too kind.
After all, with such a good example before them, compared to the evil gods of Dayue, even if these immortal gods in the human world do nothing, it is not considered too wrong.
However, those gods in heaven who dare to say in their memorials that "all spirits are pursuing the Tao, and the world is peaceful and the people are at peace" will not be able to escape.
The two men traveled to many countries, but they found that there was not a single country where the people were well-off and the world was prosperous.
Ordinary people basically just live from day to day and can hardly get enough food and clothing.
Just like in a certain place in this small country we are passing through now, the customs are quite strange.
There is a river worship ceremony where grains are thrown into the water to pray for a good harvest in the coming year.
But, the people here are obviously having difficulty making ends meet.
But these food are wasted.
And everyone is extremely pious and willing.
When Li Yuan and Zhang Tiansheng were taking a rest in a teahouse here, they heard about such a ceremony and found it ridiculous.
Out of curiosity, I asked around and finally found out the reason.
This place is called Linglong Town, and outside the town there is a rushing river called Linglong River.
The Linglong River is a hundred feet wide and more than ten feet deep. It comes from outside the mountains and runs across this small country. It is called the Mother River and is very famous.
The town is close to Linglong River, and the name of the town is also derived from the Linglong River.
According to local people, Linglong River is the mother river of the country, nourishing all living things and of extraordinary significance.
Since ancient times, when people were having troubles, they would hold a river sacrifice ceremony, throw grain into the river, and pray for good luck and good health in the coming year.
The magical thing is that the Linglong River seems to have consciousness and is intentionally protecting mortal lives.
Whenever people offer sacrifices to the river and pray, Linglong River will respond, bestowing methods to eliminate disasters and solve problems, helping mortals escape from suffering.
After hearing this, Li Yuan and Zhang Tiansheng understood some of the situation.
Zhang Tiansheng thought to himself: It seems that the river god here is quite kind!
But just as he was thinking this, what he heard afterwards made him frown again.
The people who informed them of this said:
"Unfortunately, several decades ago, there was a corrupt official who levied heavy taxes, took the people's money, and committed evil everywhere."
"After the imperial court issued an order to eliminate him, the corrupt official fled in a hurry and crossed the Linglong River by boat. When he was about to be caught, he went crazy and dumped all the looted money into the river."
"Therefore, I have offended Linglong Mother River!"
Li Yuan is curious:
"Why is this?"
"It's just money falling into the river, how could it make Linglong River angry?"
The people sighed:
"Perhaps Linglong Mother River doesn't like the vulgar money of the world..."
"In short, from now on, anyone who enters Linglong River must offer food, which must be equal to the weight of the people on the boat, otherwise..."
"It's all a disaster of shipwreck and death!"
The more people thought about it, the more worried they became.
"A few years ago, someone crossed the Linglong River at night, but he didn't believe in evil and offered less food."
"As a result, that night, the mother river got angry, and huge waves rose on the river surface, capsizing the entire ship!"
"There are even bloody words appearing by the river, saying that mortals will be punished for disrespecting the Mother River!"
"Sure enough, the harvests in the past two years have been getting less and less every year!"
Li Yuan and Zhang Tiansheng looked at each other.
This is the reason...
outrageous.