Chapter 102 - You Don’t Understand the Sea God At All! (2/2)

It was also because his abilities were not up to standard yet and he had also yet to master the mystical abilities that could not be remembered by others yet.

At that time, Li Changshou had been struck by the Heavenly Tribulation’s Heavenly Punishment and was seriously injured. He had also fallen into the realization of his ascension. He really could not care about these details…

At this moment, he could only think of ways to salvage the situation.

“Oh? Where did you come from?”

A voice suddenly came from the corner of the courtyard. A short and thin “Qi Refinement cultivator” who was dressed in a dirty and tattered Daoist robe scurried over.

That person’s cultivation level seemed to be only at the third level of the Qi Refinement realm. He could barely cast any weak spells.

He had set up a stall in the corner of the courtyard for divination. He also sold some “long joss sticks” that were of varying prices. Li Changshou reckoned that he should have been there to earn a living.

However, Li Changshou did not dare to be careless at all.

It was possible that that person was a snitch of the Western Sect. He might also be an expert whom Li Changshou could not see through…

Even though the chances of this happening were not high,

In short, after he entered the area where the Sea G.o.d had influence over, Li Changshou would constantly remind himself to be careful.

The old fortune-teller quickly walked over. When he was about 30 feet away, Li Changshou had already bowed…

“Fellow Daoist, greetings.”

“This?”

The old fortune-teller was stunned for a moment. He darted his small eyes around, and he immediately bowed in return.

He smiled and said, “Fellow Daoist, you’re being too polite.

Fellow Daoist, where did you come from? Why did you come to our small temple?”

Li Changshou replied, “I have traveled to this place from afar. I can see that there are plenty of incense offerings here. However, I have never heard of the venerable G.o.ds in this temple. I’m a little puzzled, so I came to take a look.”

The old fortune-teller frowned. “Have you never heard of the Sea G.o.d?”

Li Changshou shook his head and smiled. “It’s my first time here…”

The old fortune-teller yelled, “Elder! Don’t say that in front of the Sea G.o.d!”

He then continued with a stern face, “The name of the Sea G.o.d is known throughout the world! Elder, please be careful with your words and actions when you’re in front of the Sea G.o.d’s statue. Some time ago, the rich man in town said something wrong and offended the Sea G.o.d. However, the next day, he died after getting drunk from a gla.s.s of wine. The young lady he just married became a widow!”

Li Changshou was rendered speechless.

“Huh? The Sea G.o.d is that efficacious?”

“That’s right.” The old fortune-teller, who was in the Qi Refinement realm, laughed smugly. A devotee who was standing by the side also responded and said that it was indeed the case.

Then, the old fortune-teller continued from where he had left off and began to talk about… the story of the Sea G.o.d.

More than ten mortals who had gone to offer incense also gathered at the side.

When the old fortune-teller told him the story, the mortals kept chiming in. Everyone had their own things to say, and it was as if they had experienced it personally. Li Changshou patiently listened to the old fortune-teller’s words, and his heart kept cramping up.

Currently, in the vicinity of the South Ocean, there were a few stories about the Sea G.o.d that were the most widely circulated.

They were ‘The Sea G.o.d War’s Carp Spirit’, ‘The Six Shows of the Sea G.o.d And The Dragon Girl’, ‘The Sea G.o.d says: The pain caused by the storm is nothing.”‘, ‘The Sea G.o.d Brought The Fishes’, ‘You Have To Put In Effort If You Believe in the Sea G.o.d’…

Regardless of whether others believed it or not, Li Changshou would not believe it even if there was an onomatopoeia.

I definitely did not do anything!

I have never seen the Carp Spirit or the Dragon Girl before!

Also, can the young girl who had been pregnant with the Sea G.o.d’s child out of wedlock carefully investigate the cause and effect of the matter? He could not afford to be convicted of such an unnecessary crime!

The old man’s mouth was dry after talking for a long time. Seeing that Li Changshou did not speak, he humphed softly.

“Do you understand what we’re saying?”

“Yes, I did hear you but I don’t quite understand.” Li Changshou smiled slightly. At that moment, he looked kind and amiable. Li Changshou explained earnestly, “Gathering incense is also a cultivation method. I looked around and did not see any miracles. Fellow Daoist, do you feel that you were exaggerating?”

The old fortune-teller widened his eyes and shouted, “Exaggerated?! Hey! Where did you come from, old man? Why did you come here? We are from the Sea G.o.d Sect. The Divine Envoys of the Sea G.o.d Sect are all extremely powerful!”

Li Changshou’s mind was filled with thoughts as he continued, “You can gain infinite strength with some cultivation. You guys might have been used. If the Sea G.o.d of the South Sea is so efficacious, I will just stand here and let him make his presence known.”

The surrounding mortals looked like they were about to beat him up. There was pain written all over the fortune-teller’s face.

“You, you… You don’t understand our Sea G.o.d at all! Forget it, leave quickly! The Sea G.o.d is quite generous to you now. He might punish you later!”

Li Changshou still wanted to speak, but the old man had already begun chasing him away. His tone was also anxious.

One of them retreated while the other advanced. The surrounding mortals chased him as well.

Li Changshou took advantage of the chaos and left some cobwebs in the corner of the courtyard’s gate. Finally, he got chased out by the old Daoist priest and the other devotees… Standing in front of the courtyard, Li Changshou did not know whether to laugh or cry.

It was quite a strange thing to be thrown out of the temple that was used to consecrate his own statue.

Li Changshou deliberately sighed. The old immortal, who was actually the paper effigy, waved his horsetail whisk a few times and walked along the main road towards the south…

In the beginning, he had left behind the Double-Eyed Spider cobweb in order to understand the Sea G.o.d Sect better.

If he wanted to destroy the Sea G.o.d Sect without any bloodshed, he would have to understand why so many people believed in him, the Sea G.o.d who had never appeared before. He had to find the key points and overthrow them one by one.

However, the cobweb that Li Changshou had placed there gave him a small surprise when it was quiet at night… In the middle of the night, the old fortune-teller slipped out of the room and took out a paper talisman. He lit up the talisman and waited quietly in the courtyard.

Not long after, a crow landed in the courtyard under the moonlight. It looked around and turned into the figure of a human.

The old fortune-teller lowered his head and did not dare to look further. He spoke in a trembling voice and explained about the old immortal whom he had encountered during the day…

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