Chapter 257 Summoning of Wind and Rain (1/2)

There were a lot of people gathering outside the temple. They were all formed by local squire groups and led by Magistrate Chen.

As the Goddess of Grains blessed the people of Yuguan, in turn, his reputation was weakened. As a result, Magistrate Chen's reason for asking the Goddess of Grains to get rid of the demon in the county was to see how she would deal with it. If the Goddess of Grains could not manage that and lost the heart of the people, he would definitely be happy.

His ambition was to benefit the world and not to just be satisfied with one corner, hence he did not feel there was anything wrong with his attitude.

Magistrate Chen was dressed in scholar's attire and he carried a serious expression. He let the others to place the sacrifices, then he began to read the elegiac address. As he was a second-ranked Jinshi, he spoke fluently and eloquently. The squires and people were inspired to invite the River God to eliminate the demon with his words.

Inside the temple, as Qi Sanguang was speaking to the Goddess of Grains, all in a sudden the temple was filled with white rays. He had some divine power and hence he could see what others could not see, and as one could see the white rays flew into the temple like mercury towards the statue of the Goddess of Grains.

The Goddess of Grains sighed and walked out of the statue. The white rays were surrounding her – her clean face carried an air of saintliness, and her gorgeous features made the most beautiful lady in Yuguan looked normal.

Everywhere she had been through, the white rays turned into lotus and they followed the flow of her dress. When she stepped out of the temple, with a stalk of paddy in her hand, it was an apparition of the Gods which was being observed by everyone.

All the people kneeled down and kowtowed to her, ”Please, Goddess be kind and save us.”

Magistrate Chen was shocked as it was the first time for him to observe an apparition. Her graceful demeanor, white teeth with bright eyes were nothing compared to the mud statue in the temple.

Watching the beautiful face of the Goddess of Grains, her magnificent eyes befell on the people outside the temple, ”I will do something in return for your worship. I will not let the demon in the county affect you further.” She did not speak in a loud voice but her words were heard clearly by everyone.

After speaking, the lotuses formed an arc steps towards the sky. She took each of the steps on the lotus and as her foot landed, the lotus disappeared and the subsequent one appeared ahead. As such, she finally disappeared into the town. There was a clump of black smoke ahead, and it was Yanxu.

With every lotus step, the Goddess of Grains entered the town and only her thin back was left facing the believers. It was solemn and stirring, and they were even more sanctimonious. They began to mumble in the name of God.

”This deity has some guts. It is surprising that she has such a pure divinity.” Yanxu who was sitting in the hall opened his eyes all in a sudden and spoke to himself.

The Goddess of Grains stood outside the yamen, and she carried a long sword in her hand.

She had divine power, and while she had created a lot of illusions, her final choice was the sword. Since she was born with spiritual intelligence, the first item she recognized was the sword. Back then the master and the mistress were often practicing the sword in front of her and it was magical, although unfortunately, she did not understand.

As the mistress passed away, it was the first time she had observed death.

Then, when the master got married to another mistress, he rarely practiced the sword again. The new mistress was younger and more beautiful than the old one, but the master never practiced sword with her. She too rarely saw her as the master had moved with the new mistress to another residence. The master rarely visited her either, and the last time was when he brought her to the human world to teach a pretty and delicate young man sword. When the new mistress found the master, he then returned and left her behind.

The next time she saw the young man who learned sword, was when she failed the trial of shapeshifting. As a result, she was attacked by Green-faced Ghost King and it was when she lost the Ruyi instrument that could turn into houses.

If he had learned swordcraft from her master, based on the standard of the human world, he was her young master.

Young master looked the same as when he was learning sword from the master, but he had a high level of mana and he even helped her to walk towards the path of Shen.

After he did it, the young master left and she thought she would never see the young master again, like her master. However, a while ago the young master appeared in front of her and even though it had been seven years, he still looked as pretty and delicate as before. The only difference was that he seemed to be in tough straits.