Chapter 1512: The City God’s Unparalleled Prestige

The Jinhua River Temple is built beside the Jinhua River. People offer incense and kowtow while looking worriedly at the rising river water. In the past, the Jinhua River was very quiet, but today it is very turbulent, slapping against the river bank.

"It's still rising. If it rises again, it will overflow the river embankment!" someone said worriedly.

"After crossing the river embankment, our manors and farmland will be flooded, and the losses will be huge."

At this moment, someone saw a team coming, with government officials on both sides and a group of people in official uniforms in the middle. Someone immediately shouted, The prefect and the tongzhi are coming, and the people got out of the way.

The prefect and Tongzhi led a group of government officials to the river temple. They looked at the river temple and the rising river water next to it. They felt a little anxious. Then they took a few officials with them to see the river. They burned incense and prayed to the river god.

"I, Zhao Shanqing, the prefect of Jinhua, together with the magistrates, magistrates and other colleagues of Jinhua Prefecture, pray to the river god to suppress the river water, relieve the floods in my prefecture, and alleviate the suffering of the people!"

The officials knelt down to pray. When the common people saw this, they also knelt down and prayed. For a while, the empty space in front of the River Temple was filled with darkness and they knelt down.

suddenly,

Someone shouted: "Look, look, the river is no longer rising!"

People looked up one after another and found that although the river water did not fall, it really stopped rising. It was swaying gently by the river embankment and was no longer as turbulent as before.

"Oh, it must be the blessing of the river god who made the river stop."

"Hurry up and thank the River God!"

This time people kowtow faster.

The magistrate stood up, looked at the simple small temple of the River God, turned around and said to the people of Jinhua Mansion: "The River God bless Jinhua, we can't let the River God live in such a shabby state, I want to raise donations to build a River God Temple , keep my Jinhua safe, I don’t know if anyone will donate.”

The people kneeling here now believe in their hearts that the River God is blessing them, and have no objection to donating money to build the River Temple.

"Your Excellency, Ma Chong is willing to donate five hundred taels of silver to build the River Temple."

This Ma Chong is Ma Dahu Ma Yuanwai. The river god saved him last night. Although it was in a dream, he had to donate the money.

"Liu Jun is willing to donate five hundred taels of tattooed silver!"

The friend Ma Yuan knew outside also shouted loudly.

Then the voices of donations came one after another. The prefect nodded with satisfaction and looked at the house manager next to him. "You are responsible for registering the amount of donations and go back to each house to collect them."

"It's my lord!"

After the voices of pledges subsided, the prefect continued, "Although the water has stopped now, the matter is not over yet. The river god gave me a dream. This flood is caused by a dragon that wants to pass through the Jinhua River and go to the sea." Transform into a dragon."

"Perhaps you have also heard of the legend of the walking dragon. Wherever the dragon walks, there will be floods. Even if it is just a small river, it may set off huge waves and submerge the houses and farmland on both sides of the river."

When people heard what the magistrate said, they immediately started talking. Someone in the crowd said loudly, "Yes, yes, the river god had a dream. The sky was filled with floods, and his home was flooded in an instant!"

"In the dream, the river god rescued me from the flood and told me that the flood was caused by walking dragons. I am still scared when I think about that scene." Ma Yuanwai said with lingering fear.

The prefect looked at the crowd and said loudly: "Last night, the river god had a dream and said that the matter had been reported to the City God. The City God had made arrangements and would invite many immortal sects to suppress the evil dragon and prevent it from passing through the Jinhua River to avoid disaster in Jinhua. "

When the people heard that the City God had invited the immortals, they immediately cheered loudly, and some even shouted, "We will also go to the Chenghuang Temple to offer incense to the City God later!"

The Lord Magistrate continued: "The river god said in his dream that the immortal monks need to live by the river so that they can be suppressed easily. I would like to ask, who is willing to give up their house for the invited immortal monks to live?"

"You know, if you don't suppress that evil dragon, your homes will definitely be in danger, and you don't know how many fields will be flooded."

As soon as the prefect finished speaking, Ma Yuanwai was the first to shout loudly: "Master prefect, I, Ma Chong, am willing to use another courtyard to receive the monks."

This guy was the first to make a donation and the first to express his stance when receiving the monks. He stole the show. The prefect nodded happily and remembered Ma Dahu.

After Ma Dahu, there were many voices willing to receive Xianmen monks.

They are not stupid. The river god asked someone to rescue him in a dream, and it was all for their own good. Living in another courtyard to help them protect their homeland was absolutely right.

The prefect said to the clerk next to him: "You are responsible for registering who can live in the house. If those immortal monks come over, make arrangements to move in immediately."

"It's your lord!" the clerk replied.

The magistrate turned around and looked at the Jinhua River again. The water had stopped rising at this moment. He led the people to offer a stick of incense to the river god again, and then everyone returned to the city. However, they did not go back to the Yamen, but came to the City God's Temple.

The prefect took the lead and led the officials to offer incense to the City God. After the officials evacuated, countless people poured into the Temple of the City God.

On weekdays, the Chenghuang Temple is very deserted, with few people coming to offer incense. Today, it has become extremely lively, with people offering incense in an endless stream. But they have all heard that there is a flood in Jinhua Mansion, and the City God has invited the Immortal Sect. The people came to suppress it. This was the manifestation of the City God. If anything happened, it was up to the City God to take action.

Just a small move, following the trend, the Heshen Temple became popular, the City God's Temple became lively again, and the reception issue of the Immortal Gate was successfully resolved.

Time flies and half a month passes.

Jiang Hao was not idle these days. He asked people to find a large number of jade stones and stayed at home all day to carve official seals.

The City God's Mansion needs 20,000 to 30,000 people.

How many lands are there in various places?

How many mountain gods?

How many river gods and lake gods?

Although carving is boring, Jiang Hao found that the divine power of Chunjun Sword is getting stronger and stronger. He tried to carve a few seals with Qingyun Sword and found that there was no change at all.

In other words, carving official seals to increase divine power is a unique attribute of Chunjun Sword.

Jiang Hao took Chunjun Sword and pondered it. Although Chunjun Sword was sharp, it was originally just an ordinary sword. The reason why it grew into a magic sword was probably inseparable from the fact that he was given the title of the top ten divine swords in the world.

Others became gods through incense, but he grew up because of the name of the divine sword.

It's like immortals and gods. Other immortal swords take the immortal path, while Chunjun Sword takes the divine path.

So when he uses him to carve divine seals, Chunjun Sword will naturally get a little merit and divine power bonus when he works hard.

This reminded Jiang Hao of the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda of Taishang Laojun. The Linglong Pagoda was not so powerful at the beginning. It was only because it absorbed a lot of merit that it became the first merit defense treasure in the Three Realms. It was said that once it was sacrificed, it would be invincible.

Will his Chunjun Sword also grow into a real magic sword in the future?

Half a month passed in a flash. On this day, the head of the Yunyang Sect brought 186 disciples from the sect and walked all the way from the official road. The Taoist robes on their bodies were covered with dust, which showed the hardship of rushing these days.

"We are finally going to Jinhua. We have been sleeping in the open all the way. I hope it won't be too late." The head of the Yunyang Sect said.

"It's not too late for the agreed date, but there are a lot of people coming this time. There are 72 immortal sects and thousands of people. It is estimated that it will be difficult to find an inn. We may have to live in the wild." A foundation building elder next to him said.

The head of the sect smiled and said, "These are only temporary difficulties. It is rare to join the City God's Mansion. When the City God grants us the position of God, we will all be protected. What is this hard work?"

Just when they were about to reach Jinhua, a checkpoint set up by the yamen runners suddenly appeared in front of them, and the people of Yunyang Sect were stunned.

Someone frowned and said, "Is it because there are too many people gathered and the government wants to disperse us?"

"They can't stop us."

"But it's also troublesome, after all, it's the government."

Just when they were still thinking about it, the yamen runners saw a group of people coming, all dressed as Taoist priests, and knew at a glance that they were here to suppress the monsters, and someone immediately ran up to ask.

"Are you all the immortal masters invited by the City God?" A yamen runner asked with a smile.

The people of Yunyang Sect paused slightly, as if it was different from what they imagined. The head of Yunyang Sect immediately bowed and said, "We are indeed here on the orders of the City God."

"That's right, please follow me, I have arranged accommodation for you, how many people are there?" The leader asked.

The people of Yunyang Sect were still a little confused at the moment, not knowing what happened, but they still replied, "A total of 186 people!"

"One hundred and eighty-six, then live in Mr. Zhang's villa, there is enough room." The squad leader said.

Led by several yamen runners, the people of Yunyang Sect quickly entered Jinhua City. When passing through the streets, countless people came out and stood on both sides of the street, smiling or applauding at the cultivators, with a warm welcome.

Some people whispered, "This is the sixteenth batch, the City God has invited so many people, our City God is so powerful."

"Of course, that's the City God!"

"Haha, with so many immortal cultivators sitting in charge, let's see if the evil dragon dares to come."

"I'm afraid he doesn't dare. If he dares to come, he will be skinned and pulled out by these immortals, hahaha."

The people of Jinhua City looked at the cultivators and felt more at ease.

The head of Yunyang Sect and the elders looked at each other, "What's going on?"

"I don't know!"

"Is it the arrangement of the City God?"

"I guess so, otherwise why would anyone receive us?"

"The City God has such a high prestige in Jinhua!" The head of Yunyang Sect sighed.

Soon everyone left Jinhua City and walked towards the Jinhua River. A young Taoist priest couldn't help asking the yamen runner who was leading the way, "I just heard about the sixteenth batch coming. What does it mean?"

The yamen runner smiled and said, "You are the sixteenth batch of immortal sects coming. The others have been arranged. We have four groups to receive. There are also Yunhe Sect, Jindan Sect, and Qingjing Sect ahead. Taoist priests, you must subdue the evil dragon."

The young Taoist priest didn't understand and could only force out a smile and nod as an answer.

When they arrived at the residence, they found that there were actually cooks and servants here, which surprised everyone in Yunyang Sect. This reception was quite detailed.