1130 Can I Eat You? (2/2)
Celestial Venerable Huo, Son of Heaven Yin, Dao Ancestor, Brahma Buddha, Heavenly Master Bai Yujing, their abilities weren't weak. Apart from them, there were also existences like Founding Emperor. Nevertheless, humans continued to live in the lowest rung of society.
Celestial Venerable Huo always portrayed himself as a noble person. Qin Mu wanted to go over to Celestial Venerable Huo's area to have a look, to see how the humans under him lived.
He left the heavens in the north and headed towards the heavens in the south.
Southern Heaven was under the jurisdiction of Red Deity Qi Xiayu. In name, she was the ruler. However, it was actually Celestial Venerable Huo who ruled Southern Heaven.
Every generation of Red Deity was a puppet supported by Celestial Venerable Huo. Since the ancient times, many had been known as Red Deity, but actual power resided with him
It was precisely because Celestial Venerable Huo was the actual ruler of Southern Heaven that resulted in the grudge between him and South Deity Zhu Que.
South Deity Zhu Que ruled the South Pole at the edge of the universe, close to the border of the heavens in the south. Her territories weren't considered significant.
Even so, Celestial Venerable Huo had spent thousands of years infiltrating the South Pole, resulting in South Deity Zhu Que not having any troops to defend herself when Celestial Venerable Huo attacked with the divine weapon Celestial Venerable Yu.
Qin Mu walked out of the Red Deity Celestial Palace's Spirit Energy Mutual Shift Bridge and looked around. He saw plenty of heavens in the south, with the Red Deity Celestial Palace at the center. They hung in the sky like shining red stars of different sizes, looking extremely dazzling.
Qin Mu didn't directly enter the Red Deity Celestial Palace, roaming around instead. He saw the people of Southern Heaven continent living and working happily in peace, and everything seemed orderly.
A colorful phoenix flew across the sky, making a clear chirping sound like a singing bird.
Qin Mu walked to the edge of the water and saw a divine dragon lurking in the mountain stream. It lay coiled beneath the clear water as it opened its mouth to spit out a dragon bead which took in the essence of the sun and moon.
A sweeping sound came from the mountain forest. A qilin walked out of the forest and came to the mountain stream to drink. After taking a glance at them from afar, it continued to lower its head to drink.
Right next to this mountain stream lived more than a dozen families. There was even a private school, where loud and clear sounds of reading could be heard!
Qin Mu was shocked. He listened carefully.
”The ruler guides the subject, the father guides the son, the husband guides the wife. These are the three cardinal guides…”
Qin Mu frowned as he thought, 'This is to teach humans not to rebel.'
He was about to leave this small mountain village, but he suddenly stopped when he heard some funeral music. There was a funeral procession belonging to an old man from the village. The villagers were carrying an uncovered coffin. On it sat an old man who was bowing with folded hands at the surrounding villagers. He smiled and said, ”Today, I'm going to rise up to heaven to serve the gods. There's no need to be sad!”
Qin Mu didn't understand the custom and thus stopped to observe.
The villagers played gongs and drums as they carried the coffin out of the village. They walked over ten miles to a temple. The Daoist guarding the place hurriedly opened the door, allowing the funeral procession to enter.
The drums were deafening. The villagers placed the old man and the coffin in front of the god statue in the hall, then lit up some incense sticks before dispersing.
Qin Mu, the dragon qilin, and Yan'er stood outside and watched. After a while, a ray of light descended from the sky and landed in front of the god statue, transforming into a god with the head of a bird and the body of a human.
The old man in the coffin wasn't afraid. He bowed and said, ”Your humble mountain villager greets Mountain God Li!”
The bird-headed god examined him from head to toe and said, ”How old are you this year?”
”Mountain God Li, I'm 60 this year.”
Mountain God Li said, ”It's rare for people to live until 60. You must be quite remarkable to live until this age.”
The old man beamed and said, ”Whoever lives to 60 has to come forth to serve the mountain god in accordance with the rules. I've lived long enough to see my grandchildren and have no regrets.”
Mountain God Li nodded and said respectfully, ”In that case, can I eat you?”
”Please,” the old man said with delight.
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