Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 347 The Di Mermaid God, the Old Beggar's Magic

"Wow!"

The Holy Spirit began to weep, but gradually weakened, as if it were born with a deficiency.

Li Wushou looked down and saw that the Holy Spirit indeed had a human body and a fish tail, with a slightly protruding forehead, resembling a Di-Jiao deity.

However, she was not conceived naturally in the womb. Instead, she was born from the unfolding of the blood-red inscription on her skull, which first condensed into the image of the Holy Spirit. The skull became the skeleton, and she then drew upon the flesh and blood of her father and mother to grow out of the skeleton.

At this moment, it was lying next to the huge stomach in Aunt Shuisheng's abdominal cavity, with an umbilical cord connecting it to the stomach and drawing nutrients from it.

Because Li Wushou acted so quickly, Aunt Shuisheng did not feel any pain for a while. It was only after the baby girl cried out that she realized that Shuisheng had cut open her abdominal cavity.

"what!"

A piercing scream suddenly rang out, and the surrounding worshippers withdrew and retreated.

The high priest in mid-air, seeing the Holy Spirit's innate weakness and impending death, turned cold and shouted sharply:
"presumptuous!"

He hadn't expected Li Wushou to have such audacity. The scales on the fish tail of the lower half of the Yin spirit's body rolled up, and the fish eyes quietly opened. Suddenly, a wave flew out from the water curtain, whistling as it rushed towards Li Wushou.

Li Wushou remained expressionless, taking out two kidneys he had prepared from his bosom with one hand, and pulling the Holy Spirit out of Aunt Shuisheng's abdominal cavity with the other.

The Holy Spirit twitched its nose, opened its mouth slightly to reveal fine, sharp teeth, and was about to crawl toward the kidney in Li Wushou's other hand.

Li Wushou did not stop him; the Holy Spirit grabbed the kidney and began to devour it.

Upon seeing this, the high priest noticed that the eyes on the fish's tail flickered, and the roaring waves swirled around him, remaining hidden. He keenly sensed that the Holy Spirit's vitality had returned.

Moreover, that kidney-like thing actually contains such pure water element power. What kind of treasure is this?
Before figuring out all this, he couldn't bear to kill this kid!
Unexpectedly, the presiding of a routine sacrificial ceremony brought one surprise after another, which truly delighted him!

Meanwhile, the Holy Spirit, holding the kidney bait, chewed it up and swallowed it in a few bites.

Mysterious black inscriptions suddenly appeared on the surface of the Holy Spirit's body. These inscriptions were somewhat similar to those on the high priest's robes, but were clearly more intricate.

Having experienced the extension of the inscription on the head of Aunt Shuisheng's father, Li Wushou subconsciously deduced the effects of these extended inscriptions. In the next instant, a phantom image of a deity similar to the statues in the temple appeared in his mind.

This should be the complete appearance of the Yin spirit of the Di Jiao God.
Upon seeing this, the high priest, who was overlooking the square, burst into loud laughter:

"Hahaha good!"

Shui Sheng's aunt kept groaning, because Li Wushou's rough pulling had torn a large hole in her stomach, and undigested food filled her abdominal cavity.

The intense pain nearly made her faint, but she still forced herself to observe the Holy Spirit's condition. When she saw the Holy Spirit surrounded by steam, she was overjoyed, as this was remarkably consistent with the vision her father had described of the Holy Spirit's beginning.

The Holy Spirit has finally been made!

She suddenly looked up at the high priest in the sky, preparing to beg him to let her become the leader of the water village again, but the moment she opened her mouth, a large amount of blood gushed out of her mouth.

Even with all her might, she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Blood rushed into her airway, and after a few violent coughs, Shui Sheng's aunt breathed her last and collapsed on the prayer mat square.

Li Wushou glanced at the high priest in the sky. Another ruthless person. He actually manipulated blood to drown Aunt Shuisheng!
That makes sense, though. The Holy Spirit has already been born, and the other party has lost all value. An accidental death is the lowest-cost way to deal with it.

Looking down at the crowd, the high priest said regretfully:
"The Mother of the Holy Spirit has suddenly encountered calamity and has been bound. I will personally pray to the gods to assess her prestige. If her prestige is high, then we will proceed with her burial!"

The moment he finished speaking, another priest emerged from the water curtain and, together with the priest beside Li Wushou, carried Aunt Shuisheng's body into the water curtain.

The worshippers in the square knelt down in unison and sang loudly:
Praise be to my God!

Peize, who had been watching the situation closely, praised the Di Jiao God while sneering. Did this stupid woman really think that she could regain control of the water village by offering sacrifices to the Holy Spirit?
With tens of thousands of people and so much wealth in the water village, he, as the leader of the water village, is different from the previous leader. He acts as a conduit for these interests, and after so many years of managing relationships, his position is already unbreakable.

Keeping Qiaonv's family around was no longer about winning over old subordinates, but also about building his own prestige.

Unable to see reality, yet still attempting to change the world?
It's not a pity to die!

Out of the corner of his eye, Peize glanced at Shuisheng, the only one still standing in the square, and a strange glint flashed in his eyes. This little monkey is quite interesting. The ruthlessness he showed just now, if he were willing to become a disciple afterward, he would be a formidable general.

He could also build up his prestige by taking in the nephews and nieces of the foolish woman's husband.

Thinking this, Peize couldn't help but feel a little smug.

He reached into his robes and took out a white jade slab engraved with patterns, placing it on the offering plate in front of him.

Li Wushou looked around at the crowd singing his praises.

The white jade tablet that the Water Village Chief Peize placed on the tribute plate naturally did not escape his eyes. He was somewhat curious about the white jade tablet, as the pattern on it seemed to be a water vein map of the Canglan Kingdom.

He gleaned some geographical information about the Canglan Kingdom from the priest's mind he had just controlled, and felt that there were some similarities between the two.

If that were all, Li Wushou wouldn't have paid any attention.

However, it was the material of the stone slab that made him notice it immediately.

It gave Li Wushou the feeling of an old beggar's incense burner. Of course, it's not that the two can be compared, but rather that it has a unique charm that comes from being immersed in incense for a long time.

However, he didn't have time to delve into the matter at the moment; he needed to catch the Di Jiao God into his bag first!

At this moment, the Holy Spirit was newly formed and in a sweet state, his palm constantly radiating divine soul power that invigorated the Holy Spirit's essence. He could sense that the Di Jiao God was approaching.

Upon seeing Li Wushou's demeanor, the high priest ordered his priests to seize Li Wushou and take away the Holy Spirit.

Suddenly, he felt a chill and turned to look at the temple's statue.

Suddenly, two beams of light shone from the statue's eyes, and the statue gradually came to life.

The high priest hurriedly summoned the spirit of the underworld, stood at the head of the procession in the square, and bowed in reverence:
"Greetings, my God!"

The pilgrims in the square instantly became excited, bowing and worshipping one after another.

After waiting for a long time, Li Wushou smiled and thought to himself: They've finally taken the bait!
But unlike the others, he did not look at the statue. Instead, he leaped away from the temple and looked into the deeper waters more than ten miles away.

There lived a strange fish whose entire body was covered in pupils, and whose pupils were scales.

The strange fish was three zhang long, with a human-like body, standing upright on a wave. Its upper body was shrouded in mist and floated, transforming into a black-haired woman with two horns on her head.

The woman was extremely beautiful, but her eyes were lifeless, which marred her beauty.

The other party's divine sense descended upon the temple and restaurant where incense was burning, gazing down at the holy spirit in Li Wushou's hand, a look of joy on his face.

Just as he was about to take the Holy Spirit, he suddenly made eye contact with Li Wushou, who was standing there.

His divine senses were instantly thrown into a dizzying spin. Before he could react, when he opened his eyes again, an invisible divine domain stood before his true form.

It cannot be seen or touched, yet it has completely blocked all of His paths!
The Di Mermaid God was utterly astonished. Looking around at the completely silent waters, he spoke in a loud voice:
"I am Di Jiao, a water deity under the Jinjing River Dragon King, one of the twelve righteous gods of the Canglan Kingdom. Which great god is joking with this lowly deity?"

Li Wushou's eyes gleamed as he heard the Di Jiao Shen introduce himself.

The Twelve Righteous Gods: Jinjing River Dragon King?
From the mind of the priest who had just been controlled, Li Wushou learned that Canglan Kingdom was a land of water, composed of twelve huge waterways, one of which was the Jinjing River.

The water village where Shui Sheng lived was located in the Di River, one of the seventy-two tributaries of the Jinjing River.

Therefore, the full name of the Di Jiao Shen is the Di Shui Dao Di Jiao Shen!
The opponent's Dao God is much stronger than the City God of Huazhou, almost comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The twelve water veins, the twelve righteous gods, and the twelve gods who entered the Water God Realm this time also happen to be the twelve gods from the outer continent. Is there any connection between them?
With a thought, Li Wushou's soul captured a wisp of incense smoke from the Di Jiao God and wrapped it around his middle finger, forming a hand seal with one hand.

The incense on the Di Jiao God suddenly surged out of control and rushed towards Li Wushou's soul.

As the incense smoke gathers at the bent middle finger where the hand seal is made, it quietly connects to the previous finger that holds the incense smoke. As the incense smoke continues to gather, the finger becomes more and more solid, as if it were the finger of one's own soul.

He suddenly opened his mouth and bit off the finger, chewing and swallowing it.

As the Yin spirit of the Di Jiao Shen stirred, his mind opened wide, and Li Wushou's abdominal spirit immediately began to simulate the Yin spirit's aura and parasitize it.

A moment later, the Di Mermaid God knelt before Li Wushou's spirit and respectfully bowed, saying:
"Greetings, Dragon King of Jinjing River!"

"No gift!"

The divine sound hummed, and Li Wushou still did not appear, but he had already changed the Di Jiao God's perception, making him believe that he was the Dragon King of Jinjing River.

While greeting the Di Jiao God, Li Wushou himself was also marveling at how domineering the old beggar's method of stealing other people's incense offerings was.

He captured a wisp of incense smoke and made a hand seal. The incense smoke that the other party had already refined then took him as its main body and surged violently towards him.

After consuming the incense finger, the other party seemed to have lost a finger as well. Instantly, their mind was greatly enlightened, and combined with the abilities of the Abdominal God, they were truly invincible!

Even without this method, Li Wushou could still parasitize.

However, it will take more effort to make the Di Jiao God lose his composure.

How could anything be so relaxed and detached from everyday life!
Moreover, as a deity under the Jinjing River Dragon King, the Di Jiao God might summon the opponent's descent if the beating is too severe.

Although I am not afraid, I should not alert the enemy before I figure out how to obtain the Eye of Azure!
After reflecting on his experiences, Li Wushou decided that he would delve deeper into the old beggar's magical methods when he returned this time. He had come to love the feeling of achieving twice the result with half the effort.

Composing himself, Li Wushou instructed the Di Jiao God:

"Go and collect the incense and offerings, and from your perspective, recruit Shui Sheng of Yunshui Village as a priest to go to the Dishui Road for further study, on the grounds that he has rendered meritorious service in offering sacrifices to the Holy Spirit!"

The Di Jiao God did not understand, but still responded respectfully.

A moment later, amidst the astonishment of the worshippers, Shui Sheng became the priest personally appointed by the Di Jiao God. As the Di Jiao God was refining the incense, Li Wushou used Shui Sheng's body to collect the offerings from the first three rows.

During this time, Li Wushou also obtained information about the origin of the white jade slab from Pei Ze's mind.

After taking care of everything, Li Wushou stepped into the water curtain and disappeared along with the Di Jiao God.

The worshippers were amazed, and even the high priest was shocked. He never expected that this young man would be valued by the Di Jiao God.

Peize was filled with lingering fear at his earlier thought of taking in Shuisheng, and was glad that he hadn't had a chance to speak up.

However, none of this had anything to do with Li Wushou.

After leaving the temple of the Di Jiao God, he sat on the Di Jiao God's fish and headed towards the Di Waterway, carefully examining the white jade slab along the way.

After a long while, Li Wushou's mind stirred, and he finally saw some clues!
(End of this chapter)