svetikya Chapter 425 Sea God Temple
Chapter 425 Sea God Temple
Chapter 425 Sea God Temple
"I didn't sense any sea spirit beasts in the sea, but there seems to be a special energy moving around, though it's very faint." Ye Nanxiao withdrew his soul power and told the demon spirit about his discovery.
As Ye Nanxiao released his soul power to sense the area, the demon spirit was also secretly sensing this sea area using its own power.
However, the spirit did not sense anything special.
"Soul power is truly useful; it's a pity you didn't provide me with a cultivation manual, strategist," the demon spirit said regretfully.
"Next time you go back, have Gu Yuena extract your soul for a few days and see if you can figure it out yourself," Ye Nanxiao replied calmly.
He himself wasn't entirely sure how his soul power had increased; he simply attributed it to the fact that the Spirit Blossom Grass could nourish his soul, allowing it to continuously recover and thus enabling him to harness his soul power.
"Then forget it!" The demon spirit couldn't help but shudder when she thought of Gu Yuena's stern expression when she taught her.
He wasn't the obedient type of student, nor did he want to experience the feeling of an out-of-body experience.
"Next, let's go check out that damn sea god temple!" Ye Nanxiao transmitted his voice.
The demon nodded to itself.
On a pile of rocks a kilometer away from the small fishing village, the demon took a silk thread and tied it to a bamboo pole, then took out an iron wire and bent it into a hook.
After releasing a few sea insects, the spirit flicked its pole, poked a hole in the rock beneath its feet, and inserted a bamboo pole.
"Alright! Fishing preparations are complete, let's move on to the next thing," the spirit said, hands on hips.
Ye Nanxiao stared at the hole poked out by the demon spirit with its finger and the bamboo pole that had been stuffed in. It was true that he was fishing, but the problem was that fishing was just an excuse for him to drag the village chief out. Did the demon spirit have to be so perfunctory?
The village chief sat to one side, holding the sea monster ball, trying to persuade the demon spirit that he couldn't catch fish the way he was, but when he thought about how he would be dragged away by the demon spirit without any power to resist, he immediately gave up the idea.
"Young man, you've raised your spirit beast quite well! Look how vibrant the flowers are! And how powerful the leaves are!" To avoid an awkward atmosphere, the village chief had to find a topic to talk about himself.
The spirit nodded. "I only raised it because it was pretty, and it looked pleasing to the eye."
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Ye Nanxiao slapped the demon spirit across the face. "Let's get down to business!"
The demon spirit then stopped its playful antics and asked the village chief, "Village chief, since you worship the sea god, do the nearby villages also worship the sea god?"
The village chief nodded. "All the villages within this area worship the Sea God! Every village I know is a believer in him!"
"However, each village is different, and the temples built for the Sea God and the sea spirit beasts that cooperate with them are all different!"
"The faith in the Sea God has also been divided into several factions."
"Factions?" the demon spirit asked.
"Yes, some villages believe that the Sea God is benevolent, some villages believe that the Sea God is a symbol of conquering the ocean by force, and some villages believe that the Sea God is the embodiment of the ocean," the village chief said.
"So, each village has its own understanding of the sea god?" Ye Nanxiao suddenly transmitted his voice, and the demon spirit relayed Ye Nanxiao's words to the village chief.
"Yes, our ancestors all worshipped the Sea God, but I don't know when it started, our ancestors began to scatter and multiply. The descendants relied on the elders' oral tradition of reverence for the Sea God, plus their own personal beliefs, so the beliefs of each village gradually became different. But it's not a big deal, since we all worship the Sea God!" the village chief said with a faint smile.
"This village chief is quite open-minded and has a broad perspective. If it were someone else, a fight would be the least of their worries, given their different beliefs," Ye Nanxiao said.
"Village chief, could you take me to see other villages?" the spirit asked.
Upon hearing this, the village chief immediately showed a troubled expression.
"The nearby villages? It would take a whole day and night to get there!" the village chief replied.
"So far away? Is this the next village? It's across a mountain, isn't it?" The demon's lips twitched slightly.
"Because everyone needs to go out to sea to fish, and the sea is so vast, in order not to interfere with each other's fishing trips, each village has its own designated fishing area. The larger the area, the longer the distance between them," the village chief said, spreading his hands.
The spirit glanced at its fishing rod, then picked up its bare, crudely made hook and said to the village chief, "I can't catch any fish. Could I visit the Sea God Temple and pray for a blessing so I can catch a fish?"
Upon hearing this, everyone—from the grass and the ball to the person—looked at the demon spirit.
"Such a sharp reason, it seems you've mastered the craft!" Ye Nanxiao said with satisfaction.
"Young man, I told you you should go fishing in the sea!" The village chief said with a sigh of relief, finally he didn't have to sit there for so long!
"Lu~" The sea monster ball swayed its body, not understanding what these people were saying.
Returning to the small fishing village, the village chief led the demon spirit and Ye Nanxiao to the temple at the mouth of the sea.
As Ye Nanxiao approached the temple, he sensed a faint, mysterious energy.
The sea god temple in the small fishing village is not luxurious; the entire structure of the temple is made of wood and some man-made boulders.
Upon entering the temple, one can see a wooden statue in the very center, holding a trident and standing on rolling waves, exuding a majestic aura.
A hint of amazement flashed in the demon's eyes; the wood carving had a wondrous feel to it at first glance.
The mysterious energy that Ye Nanxiao sensed was coiling around the wooden statue.
"This statue doesn't even have a face, and there's no detail to it. It's just roughly carved out a shape. It's not even as good as the wood carvings I make," Ye Nanxiao commented on the craftsmanship of the wooden statue.
"How come you can also do wood carving?" the spirit asked.
After listening to Ye Nanxiao's comments, Yao Ling also felt that the wood carving in front of her was not very good. If it weren't for the mysterious energy that made the wood carving seem extraordinary.
"This is the sea god statue that has been passed down from generation to generation in this small fishing village!" the village chief said proudly, and then knelt down on the ground to worship.
"Lord Sea God, Luo Haicheng from this humble village has come to pay his respects with our distinguished guests!" said the village chief, Luo Haicheng, devoutly.
Seeing the village chief looking at her, the demon spirit bowed according to the etiquette Ye Nanxiao had demonstrated for her.
Upon seeing the strange etiquette of the demon spirits, coupled with their serious expressions, the village chief assumed that this was the etiquette of the demon spirit kingdom, since he had never left the mountains surrounding this sea area.
"I think the power entwined around the statue must be the power of faith of this fishing village," Ye Nanxiao concluded after observing the so-called sea god statue for a while.
"The power of faith seems rather weak?" The demon spirit only used a little of its power to isolate itself from the influence of the power of faith on the wooden statue.
Ye Nanxiao fanned the grass leaves and slapped the demon spirit across the face. "What do you know, kid! How many people are in this little fishing village? And how much cultivation do they have? It's already good enough that so few people can generate some faith power! I estimate that most of it is just enough to protect this fishing village and ensure a smooth voyage, but it can't give back energy to the believers."
"So that's how it is!" The demon spirit clenched its fist and gently tapped its palm.
"Does that mean the energy emanating from this statue is weak because the people in this village are too weak? If I were to worship this god, wouldn't I be able to receive energy back and take off like a rocket?"
As the demon spoke, he felt as if he had discovered a key point.
Ye Nanxiao [.]
How did I end up raising such a thing?
"Faith is a complicated thing. I don't know if the more powerful a person is, the stronger their faith will become. We need to do some experiments, find the village chief to learn about the surrounding terrain, and go to other villages to take a look," Ye Nanxiao said after thinking for a while.
The power of faith was one of his ultimate tasks, but unfortunately, there was no opportunity to come into contact with the power of faith in later generations. Ye Nanxiao never thought of going to the seaside to set foot in Yuan Hai's territory.
What if I step into Yuan Haisan's territory and this lawless person parachutes down to capture me and brainwash me?
Foxes are carnivores! They don't eat fish!
When his cultivation level was low, he dared not wander around. When he had a certain level of cultivation, he was noticed by Yuan Haisan, so Ye Nanxiao had no chance to go to the seaside.
Now, living in an era a thousand years ago, I have become so weak, and Yuan Hai doesn't recognize me, so his attention is focused on the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena. That's why I have a chance.
The demon ignored Ye Nanxiao's mutterings and focused its gaze on the white animal bones on either side of the statue.
The owner of the animal bone had a mouthful of sharp, crooked teeth. The bone in the oral cavity alone was the size of two fists, but it was unusually flat and long.
"What kind of soul beast's bones are these?" The demon spirit became interested. The only sea soul beast he had ever seen was the Sea Beast Ball.
Upon hearing the spirit mention beast bones, the village chief explained, "These are the bones of a deep-sea spiny-tailed bat. This sea spirit beast is extremely ferocious, with a flattened body. Its main weapon is its long tail covered in tiny poisonous barbs. Long ago, the village experienced a terrifying storm, and the deep-sea spiny-tailed bat was swept ashore by the waves. To kill this ten-thousand-year-old deep-sea spiny-tailed bat, our ancestors sacrificed half their fighting strength, only managing to slay it with the blessing of the Sea God. To commemorate the Sea God's help in this battle, the remains of this deep-sea spiny-tailed bat were left behind and placed beside the Sea God as a trophy!"
Ignoring the proud expression on the village chief's face, the demon spirit's curiosity was ignited. He had never seen a flat soul beast before.
"The village was lucky. It's said that the deep-sea spiky-tailed bat was seriously injured when it fell, probably from fighting with the mermaids," the village chief recalled.
"Mermaids?" Ye Nanxiao turned to look at the village chief.
He tugged at the spirit's hair, and the spirit repeated it.
"Yes, mermaids are the natural enemies of deep-sea spiky-tailed bats," the village chief said.
"Could you tell me more about the mermaid race?" Ye Nanxiao asked the demon spirit through telepathy, his mind churning with memories. It seemed that among his foolish little brother's future seven soul spirits, there was a mermaid.
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