bookbashuk Chapter 50 Impure Land
Chapter 50 Impure Land
[The deity who held the power has been destroyed: a deity associated with polluted vegetation and land.]
[Target identified: Non-human spirit, a deity worshipped by incense, whose spirituality has been corrupted and contaminated by evil.]
[Materials obtained: Divine essence of withered plants, and the stench of incense.]
[Decomposition can be converted into Heavenly Dao Points. Shall we decompose now?]
Fu Ze hadn't had a chance to make a choice yet.
boom!
A stream of obscure, fragmented, and ancient memories instantly flooded his mind.
coming!
Even after the Heavenly Decree destroys evil entities, the ability to acquire their fragmented spiritual imprints remains.
This time, however, the memories of Wang Xinren and Feng Xiaoqi's corpse spirits were different from theirs.
It is neither from a human perspective nor from the chaotic and resentful perspective of ghosts.
What Fu Ze felt first was a sense of being grounded.
Deeply rooted in the soil.
Moisture seeps from the ground, insects crawl past the roots, spring thunder falls, summer rain washes away, autumn winds turn the fields yellow, and winter snow bends the branches.
Villagers walked past the vitex tree, year after year, generation after generation...
I don't know how much time passed, or exactly when. In short, one day, the Vitex negundo tree suddenly emerged from the chaos of hundreds of years with a nascent spirituality.
The Vitex negundo tree has no great ambitions, nor does it possess any earth-shattering supernatural powers.
It simply watched the people of Shuangjing Village farm, get married, have children, and grow old.
Occasionally, when the earth's energy is not favorable, it gently stirs its roots. Sometimes, when a child in the village falls under the tree, it drops a leaf, allowing the child to look up at the sky and forget to cry.
Clumsy, yet gentle.
And its nascent spirituality, over the long years, has gradually become clear.
By chance, its roots penetrated into the nearby earth god temple, creating some kind of mysterious connection between the small temple and the temple...
Some people light incense in the temple, some pray for good weather and a good harvest, some pray for the safety of their children, and some pray for the speedy recovery of their illnesses.
The incense offerings were light, and the wishes were simple.
But these simple things, slowly settling down, are like warm water nourishing the roots.
By the time the vitex tree realized what was happening, it had already merged with the earth's energy throughout the village, enjoying the incense offerings from the villagers and becoming a local deity...
The scene suddenly changed.
One day, a middle-aged man in tattered clothes staggered into Shuangjing Village.
His hair was a mess, and his face was so dirty that his original appearance was unrecognizable. His eyes were cloudy, and he was muttering something unintelligible.
What a madman he is.
He wandered around the village, often squatting outside the local temple. He watched ants moving their nests, leaves falling, and village children chasing and playing.
When they got hungry, they would go to the village entrance to beg for a cold meal. If they couldn't get any, they would curl up in a corner and sleep.
Sometimes the villagers would complain that he was dirty and curse at him, but he wouldn't talk back; he would just chuckle foolishly.
The spirit of the Earth God of Huangjing quietly watched him from inside the temple.
There was no disgust, only a little pity.
He Fengzi stayed in Shuangjing Village for two days before staggering away.
More than ten days later, he came again.
He wandered around, often squatting outside the local earth god temple, watching the ants, the soil, and the leaves.
The days were so dull they were almost meaningless.
In the long and slow memory of the Earth God of Huangjing, such monotony is simply the norm in the human world. It seems there isn't much difference between a normal person and a madman.
until a certain day.
Crazy He came to the Earth God Temple again.
That night, a light rain fell in the village, and the soil in front of the local earth god temple was softened by the rain. Crazy He huddled outside the temple wall, muttering to himself as usual.
However, this time, in the courtyard of the local temple, he suddenly took off his pants and defecated!
The Yellow Vine Earth God was not alive.
He's just a crazy, pathetic man... Just assume he's out of his mind and urinating haphazardly outside the temple.
But after He Fengzi staggered away, a faint dark red color seeped out from the muddy ground.
It wasn't ordinary feces; it was more like red, wet mud. It was sticky and had a strange, putrid odor.
The rainwater didn't wash it away; instead, it allowed the dark red, damp mud to slowly seep into the ground in the yard.
At first, the Earth God of Huangjing did not pay any attention.
He had been guarding Shuangjing Village for too long, witnessing too much birth, aging, sickness, and death in the world, as well as seeing madmen, beggars, and refugees coming and going outside the temple.
But later, the soil there became increasingly strange.
There was an inexplicable restlessness in the earth's energy near the land temple!
Even the local earth god of the yellow chaste tree didn't connect these two things—who would have thought that a madman's excrement could pollute the earth god?
Until one day, Crazy He came to Shuangjing Village again.
This time, he didn't even go into the local temple; he just found a corner in the village and relieved himself there.
What came out wasn't feces. It was dark red, sticky sludge!
This mud seeped into the ground, causing the earth's energy in Shuangjing Village to become turbulent and distorted...
The Yellow Vitex Tree Earth God was shocked to discover that, without knowing when, his incense and the earth's energy had been polluted and eroded!
In Shuangjing Village, there was a strange soil mixed in with dark red blood clots.
Contaminated...filthy land!
He used his supernatural powers to try and eliminate the "impure earth" that was causing the earth's energy to surge wildly. But he found it was completely useless!
Furthermore, once its incense and magical power are tainted by the "impure earth," it will continue to be contaminated in the reverse.
Before long, the Yellow Vitex Tree Earth God was corrupted, and its spirit became frantic, restless, distorted, and evil... Other voices began to appear in its mind, telling it to devour the infant, to devour the innate energy in its flesh and soul!
Humans are the most intelligent of all beings. At birth, their flesh and soul carry a kind of "innate energy," which is even rarer than the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. As they age, this energy is completely lost.
However, most people are unaware of this.
Even most cultivators of the Xuanmen sect are unaware of its mysteries.
Only truly vicious and wicked demons who know how to plunder would set their sights on an infant's "innate energy"!
After the Yellow Vitex Tree Earth God was contaminated by that "impure soil," such desires arose in its spirit...
There is a voice that is bewitching Him, instigating Him, and controlling Him!
Using his advantage as the local earth god and connected to the earth's energy, He could easily create all sorts of calamities and strange phenomena... and then frighten the villagers, sacrificing infants to devour the "primordial energy".
The Yellow Vitex Tree Earth God is a righteous earth deity formed from the essence of plants and trees. Unlike ordinary animal spirits, His spirituality is distributed in countless roots and branches.
Even though it was eroded and polluted by the "impure earth," some clarity and memory were still preserved in the subtle details.
But this spirituality was suppressed, like a candle flame in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment...
He knew he could not resist this evil power that came from nowhere, and could only slumber in endless pain.
Until Fu Ze and the others arrived at this place, Feng Xuan performed a ritual to pull out His last trace of clear spirit... and then, He was freed.
call……
Fu Ze let out a long breath and slowly opened his eyes.
In just a few seconds, he had "read" the entire life of this plant god in his mind!
Sigh, lament.
But at the same time, we finally grasped the key to the whole thing!
"Young friend Fu, what happened to you just now? Did you overdo it with your magic and damage your soul?"
Feng Xuan's concerned and worried voice rang in my ears.
Fu Ze was finally able to break free from that ancient, obscure, and deeply rooted feeling.
In reality, only a few seconds had passed. But in his mind, it was as if he had followed that yellow thorn tree through hundreds of years of wind and rain.
Although it was just fragmented memories, I still felt very tired, yet also very strange.
Fu Ze rubbed his temples and shook his head.
"It's alright. It's not that your soul is injured."
Feng Xuan was still somewhat uneasy.
"Your eyes were vacant just now, and your aura became very strange for a moment, as if your soul had left your body."
Liao Xibai was also looking at him.
"Young friend Fu, if there's anything amiss, there's no need to force yourself."
Fu Ze felt a slight warmth in his heart.
However, he naturally couldn't reveal the secret of the [Order of the Heavens].
This matter is too important; even though the people in front of him are all trustworthy, he won't easily reveal it.
So he carefully considered his words.
"It must be because I personally sent that Yellow Vitex Tree Earth God on his way. I sensed the last fragment of its divine consciousness before it dispersed."
Feng Xuan was taken aback.
"Fragments of divine consciousness?"
Fu Ze nodded.
"Similar to fragmented memories."
He paused, then added.
"I didn't intentionally use magic to spy on it; it's more like it left something behind before it left. Perhaps it wanted to tell the truth to those who come after it."
This statement isn't entirely a lie, it just omits the role of the [Decree of the Heavens].
Feng Xuan frowned and thought for a moment, then slowly nodded.
"Plants and trees become spirits, connected to the earth's veins, and receive incense offerings from the people, thus becoming deities. If their lingering thoughts remain before their death, it is indeed possible that they leave behind some divine memories."
Zhao Rui immediately asked.
"So what did you see?"
Fu Ze did not answer immediately.
He first glanced at the yellow chaste tree next to him.
After the battle, the trunk of the Vitex negundo tree was charred and cracked, and all its branches and leaves had withered. But deep within the charred cracks, there was still a faint trace of green, like a spark in dead ashes.
This earth god of the Yellow Vitex tree has completely lost his spiritual power and should be truly dead. However, this tree may not be completely dead.
Perhaps many years from now, if Shuangjing Village can still exist, if this land can regain its tranquility, it will sprout anew.
However, that's a different matter altogether.
Fu Ze withdrew his gaze and recounted the memory fragments he had just seen, focusing on the key points.
It begins with the story of the Vitex negundo tree's mysterious awakening over hundreds of years, and how its roots gradually became connected with the local temple, the earth's veins, and incense offerings, eventually becoming the true local deity of Shuangjing Village.
Until one rainy night, after He Fengzi defecated near the local temple, his excrement was unlike ordinary feces; it resembled mud carrying a putrid and eerie aura. This filth seeped into the ground, polluting the earth's veins in Shuangjing Village, as well as the incense and roots of the Huangjing Earth God.
Finally, His spirituality was suppressed, and evil thoughts arose. He began to create calamities and ominous phenomena, then terrorized the villagers in their dreams, forcing them to sacrifice infants and devour the extremely rare primordial energy within them…
After hearing this, everyone fell silent.
The night wind blew, and the charred branches and leaves of the Vitex negundo tree rustled.
The village chief of Shuangjing Village was pale, his lips trembling for a long time before he finally spoke in a trembling voice.
"So...so the local deity isn't really trying to harm us?"
Fu Ze sighed.
"The original Earth God would never have harmed you. He was already powerless to do so a long time ago."
The village chief's eyes immediately reddened.
He knelt on the ground, as if all his strength had been drained away.
"What a tragedy..."
he murmured.
"All these years, we've been worshipping that thing, and personally sending our children away..."
Liao Xibai gently comforted him.
"You were driven to despair by fear and blinded by evil. But the mistake has been made, and regret is useless. If you truly wish to atone, you must investigate the matter thoroughly and save those who are still alive."
The village chief trembled and looked up at Liao Xibai.
Liao Xibai's tone remained calm, but within that calmness lay a power that no one could escape.
"Now is not the time to cry."
The village chief vigorously wiped his face.
"Yes, yes! Sir is right. I'd give my old life if it could get rid of that harmful thing!"
Zhao Rui frowned.
"In that case, Crazy He is truly the most crucial link."
Li Junfeng said coldly.
"No wonder only the villages he visited experienced accidents."
Feng Xuan's expression was also very unpleasant.
"The filth he expelled polluted the earth's energy in different villages. The local earth gods, affected by the incense offerings to the earth's energy veins, were naturally dragged down with it."
"But the problem is..."
Fu Ze took over the conversation.
"He Fengzi is just a madman."
He looked at the crowd.
"Judging from Huangjing Earth God's memories, He Fengzi was mentally confused and didn't seem to be doing it intentionally at all. He was more like a mindless puppet being used. Whether it was wandering around or urinating, it was all completely random behavior."
Liao Xibai nodded slowly.
"good."
He pondered for a moment and then said.
"Since he expelled the filth, the filth couldn't have appeared out of his body out of thin air. He must have eaten something first before carrying it to other villages in this way. Or rather, he ate the very source of the filth first, and then it spread with his actions."
Zhao Rui blurted it out.
"River Bend Village!"
Fu Ze nodded.
"The incident occurred earliest in Hewan Village, and Crazy He had been living in the village's local temple for a long time. If we're talking about the source, it's most likely there. But where did the filth in Hewan Village come from?"
Liao Xibai said softly.
"That's the real problem."
Everyone fell silent again.
Yes.
If He Fengzi is merely the one who spreads the filth, then where is the thing that creates the filth hidden?
The land temple in Hewan Village is very likely the source of everything!
But they had already been there last night. The place was gloomy and oppressive, but nothing came out.
Even when Fu Ze destroyed the incense table and broke the clay statue of the Earth God, there was no reaction.
This shows that...
The other party is either not there at all, or they are hiding much deeper than they imagined!
Fu Ze suggested.
"Why don't we go back and rest first? We won't get any results standing here any longer."
Liao Xibai nodded as well.
"Brother Fu is right, let's rest first."
Zhao Rui put away his gun and rubbed his shoulder.
"I agree. After shooting all night, if we add some stuff, my gun might still fire, but the person might not."
Feng Xuan gave a bitter smile.
"I am also nearing my limit. Tonight, after the altar was opened, they forced a magical duel. If it weren't for the few of you stopping them, the altar would have been destroyed long ago."
Only Li Junfeng, a grandmaster of Chinese martial arts, possesses enduring stamina and a cool, hunched-over posture.
"I'm fine with anything... I'll do whatever Mr. Liao says."