Chapter 80 79. Toad with a Baby
"This this."
The moment the Jiazi God appeared, the scene was as if the mute button was suddenly pressed, and all the villagers present were stunned.
Pairs of eyes filled with shock and disbelief stared at the huge and majestic figure.
"Oh my God! It's the God who has appeared in the world!
Puff.
Puff.
Puff.
After a brief moment of daze, the villagers knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously.
The excited shouting sounds just now disappeared completely, and the only sound here was the dull sound of the villagers' foreheads hitting the ground.
"I am a Taoist priest under Yuanfu Temple. I obey the order of the Supreme God and summon the water god of this place. Whether the water god of this place is good or evil is determined by God. Why do you need to make a fuss here?!"
Xu Qing pretended to be a god and drove away these ordinary villagers.
"Now, all of you should leave first and don't cause any trouble."
"Relax, your children who unfortunately died will surely be reborn well and have a smooth next life without suffering too much in this world."
The villagers stopped kowtowing, raised their heads and looked at each other.
Some people showed excitement and joy when they heard Xu Qing's words.
A few people wanted to speak, but when they saw the huge figure shrouded in light, their throats felt like they were stuffed with cotton. The words brewing in their stomachs were blocked in their throats and could not be uttered out.
Finally, all the villagers retreated obediently.
After all the villagers left, Xu Qing turned around and stared at the temple priest in front of him, with a cold light in his eyes:
"You called these villagers here, didn't you? Did you know that someone from the government would come?"
"Or, in other words, the missing constable last time was related to you. You knew that more government officials would come next, so you tried to mobilize the people to fight against the government?"
"Do you know what your sin is?"
The old temple keeper's expression was no longer as calm as before. When Xu Qing suddenly summoned the image of the god, everything was out of his control.
At the same time, he was secretly glancing at the image of the deity.
Compared with the clay and wooden statues in the temple, this image of the deity is undoubtedly more in line with his imagination of the deity's Dharma body.
However, the old temple keeper still tried to remain calm and said:
"You are joking, Taoist priest. How could I ever mobilize the people to fight against the government? I just want you to know what we ordinary people think."
"The water god of Youzi Lake has been kind to the people, and we are just repaying the kindness."
"Really?" Xu Qing asked leisurely, "Then why does the statue in the temple appear as a toad carrying countless vengeful spirits?"
Xu Qing looked towards the temple behind the temple keeper and saw the statue sitting high on the altar.
With the help of the divine eyes of the Jiazi God, under the illumination of the clouds of rosy clouds that symbolized incense, he saw that the statue of the goddess surrounded by hundreds of children and with kind eyes was gradually twisted into the image of an ugly toad.
Countless infant spirits with red eyes, dark blue skin, and resentful and evil spirits lay behind the toad, staring with hatred at all those who came to burn incense and worship.
"Demons pretend to be gods to steal incense, but you worship them as the real gods. How ridiculous."
Mo Qingxue, Dasha and Li Ping'an's faces suddenly changed when they heard this. Those who had knives drew their knives, and those who had talismans took them out.
The temple keeper was furious, his face flushed red. "Shut up! You are not allowed to slander our gods like this! The water god of Youzi Lake has protected countless children who died tragically. How can he be a demon?!"
Xu Qing shook his head.
Without trying to wake up the old temple keeper who had been possessed by a demon, he simply raised his hand and pointed: "Chop this temple down!"
The original intention of this trip was to retrieve the remains of Liu Sanniang's child, but now it seems that the children who were sunk into the baby drowning pond are not incapable of turning into ghosts, but are simply controlled by the so-called water god.
Just like the tiger's minions, the toad hiding in the pond should also have similar magical powers.
As the old temple keeper watched in horror, the Jiazi God took a step forward, holding the heavy axe high in his hand. The sunlight shone on it, shining as brightly as the sun across the sky. Then,
The sun sets on the earth.
With a loud bang, a deep pit appeared on the ground.
In the deep pit, the crude temple collapsed to the ground, except for the statue sitting high in the middle which was still standing. However, its body was cracked, and the dense cracks were clinging to the statue like countless centipedes.
A large amount of dark and cold air surged out from those cracks. Feeling this air, everyone present trembled all over and their bodies were covered with goosebumps.
"Is this the water god you think protects dead children?" Xu Qing looked at the old temple keeper, "It's just a demon that feeds on the corpses of your children and controls the ghost babies that are transformed from the souls of those babies."
"Open your eyes and see clearly!"
The old temple keeper's lips trembled as he stared at the statue that was covered in black energy. It seemed as if all his strength had been drained away, and he fell to the ground helplessly.
"It's impossible. The Water God had appeared in my dream before. My dead grandson had clearly become the guardian of the Water God. It's impossible."
However, in this situation, looking at the hideous statue, the old temple keeper could no longer deceive himself.
at the same time.
At the moment when the Jiazi God smashed the Water Temple.
At the deepest part of the pool, piles of bones covered the bottom of the pool like snow. A huge toad lying on the pile of bones suddenly opened its eyes and looked up towards the shore of the pool.
The skin on the back of this toad has a spongy texture and is covered with many lotus-like dimples.
Countless baby ghosts huddled in the small nest behind the toad. When the temple was destroyed, these ghost babies opened their red eyes at the same time and let out a sharp scream.
The sound waves spread out, vibrating the water in the pond. In the eyes of Xu Qing and others, it seemed that the originally calm surface of the pond suddenly began to boil.
then.
The strong resentment and negative energy rose into the sky, making people shudder!
"Master Xu Qing, what is going on? Is this water god a demon in disguise?" Mo Qingxue felt the intensity of this resentment and her face changed drastically. "But the government has clearly investigated it before and there is no problem."
"The officials who came to investigate were deceived. The demon may be a natural creature of this pond. Its existence cannot be detected by ordinary methods."
"Also, the incense was not flowing to a certain individual, but to the babies that were drowned in the lake. The problem is that those babies are under the control of that demon!"
Xu Qing explained it clearly and quickly.
Just now, through his observation with the Eyes of God, he had already anticipated that this time the demon would be very troublesome.
After all, countless babies have drowned and corpses have been thrown into the pond over the years, and the toad in the pond has become very powerful.
That's why he smashed the water temple into pieces as soon as he came up and disagreed with something.
It wasn't really for the purpose of letting the temple keeper see the true face of the god he believed in.
But it was to weaken the toad's strength.
But
The strength displayed by the other party at the moment did make him secretly frightened.
"Be careful, the demons this time are very powerful!" Xu Qing took out four Six Ding and Six Jia talismans and put a golden light protection on the four people.
At the same time as the golden light fell, ghost babies with blue and black skin, red eyes, and sharp fangs in their mouths crawled out of the pool!
(End of this chapter)