Gold Core Is A Star, You Call This Cultivating Immortality?

Chapter 172: God of Slaughter, Banquet Begins

A group of people returned to the village, passing by a dilapidated temple.

Suddenly, a strong man said, "Since the God of Dogtail Grass is no longer here, why don't we sell his statue... Maybe we can exchange it for some food."

The rest of the people looked at the broken statue, their eyes shining.

"The statue of the God of Dogtail Grass could probably be exchanged for a few hundred steamed buns, right?" The fat man's eyes lit up.

Shen Tu became anxious, "The gods have protected our village for so long, how can we smash the statue?"

If the statue was smashed, he, as a priest, would lose all his status.

"The God of Dogtail Grass blessed us during his lifetime, and even after his fall, he would not let us go hungry. He would be willing to sacrifice himself for us," the fat man said.

The other villagers also looked at the statue, their eyes shining.

In fact, the God of Dogtail Grass didn't really protect Qingshui Village after his statue was created.

After all, Qingshui Village had no food or offerings at that time.

The God of Dogtail Grass might have already run away or starved to death.

"If the statue is smashed, our village will suffer the wrath of the gods. In the future, we will no longer have divine protection!" Shen Tu anxiously said.

As long as the statue remained, the inheritance would continue.

As long as they prayed devoutly, offered sacrifices, and worshipped, there might be a new god emerging from the statue.

"This statue is of a low level. We can't even support ourselves, so how can we offer sacrifices and think about the future?

I think it's better to sell it and enjoy ourselves before we die!"

"Yes, most of the surrounding villages believe in the new gods.

Villages like ours that don't believe in the new gods will eventually be wiped out.

It's better to exchange the statue for some money.

I heard that there are beautiful enchantresses in the Fairy Temple on Mount Laoxian. Each one is a Celestial Immortal who has descended to the mortal realm.

With a few big coins, we can spend a wonderful night with those enchantresses, as happy as immortals." The fat man's eyes sparkled.

The temple on Mount Laoxian had many beautiful enchantresses who specialized in absorbing people's vitality and providing euthanasia services.

However, before dying, those enchantresses would serve them wholeheartedly, allowing those who wanted to die to enjoy the ultimate tenderness before their death.

In the surrounding villages, there were often people who couldn't survive and saved money to seek euthanasia.

After all, the Fairy Temple on Mount Laoxian was always busy with business.

For decades, the prices had never increased, making it a good place for immortals.

The villagers of Qingshui Village were trapped in the village, lacking food and drink, and had no hope in life.

For them, dying in the Fairy Temple was actually a good thing.

"No!" Shen Tu stopped in front of the temple. "I heard that the statue has shown signs of divinity recently. It seems that a new god has been born inside!"

"Shen Tu, stop making things up. We don't have anyone offering sacrifices or offerings, so how could there be a new god?"

"Could someone secretly worship it?"

"If what Shen Tu said is true, after all, it is a newly born god. It is also a life. If we sell the statue, it will die prematurely!"

The villagers discussed among themselves.

Some wanted to sell the statue, while others hesitated.

"I think Shen Tu is just making things up because he doesn't want to lose his position as a priest," an old man said weakly, wanting to die peacefully as soon as possible.

Nearly a hundred villagers were considered the young and strong of Qingshui Village.

Every time the village had to fight for water or go hunting, they were the ones who went out.

But at this moment, most of them were emaciated from hunger.

Village Chief Yu Lei looked at this scene, his eyes cloudy, and said nothing.

The mighty Qingshui Village was about to perish at his hands, which was truly... a shame.

He would also become a sinner.

Just then, a gust of wind suddenly swept through.

The villagers present were stunned.

They saw the broken statue suddenly explode.

"What's going on?"

"The statue exploded?"

"We're done, we have no money now!"

These villagers regretted it greatly.

The statue was money!

However, at this moment, a light and ethereal voice sounded, "A new game? My people?"

Everyone couldn't help but look over and saw a handsome man standing in the dilapidated temple.

The man carried a sword on his back and had an extraordinary temperament.

"A god?"

"God!"

The villagers present were stunned.

Because they clearly felt that this person was their god.

The sudden appearance of a god puzzled them.

After all, since the God of Dogtail Grass disappeared, they never expected that a god would be born in Qingshui Village.

They hadn't offered sacrifices or prayed devoutly.

The emerging deity... is probably one of the weakest, right?

And with the broken statue, it means that this is the last deity of Qingshui Village.

The crowd's thoughts were active, and they felt a bit sad with the broken statue.

Unable to die peacefully.

"Let's go."

"Everyone go back home."

These villagers do not show the same reverence for the deity as the legends say.

However, most of the villagers stayed behind, watching the newly born deity.

Even an old man boldly asked, "Great deity, are you hungry? I have half a steamed bun at home, would you like to eat it?"

This deity is naturally Qi Yuan, who entered the game.

Upon hearing these words, he felt something strange.

"I am a deity, or a player, how could I possibly be hungry?" Qi Yuan said naturally.

But at this moment, a rumbling sound came.

The villagers present looked at Qi Yuan with great interest.

Qi Yuan was also stunned.

Because the rumbling sound came from his stomach.

He was actually... growling from hunger!

This is hard to understand. After reaching the Foundation Building stage, one can cultivate without eating.

He is now a Primal Core Perfected Being, how could he be hungry?

"Great deity, you should rest, don't starve yourself," the villagers here said.

And Shen Tu, seeing this, gritted his teeth and ran to the back of the temple, taking out half a pancake and handing it to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan saw the pancake with tooth marks on it and turned his head, saying, "You want your deity to eat this?"

Suddenly, the villagers burst into laughter.

"Great deity, it's good enough to have something to eat!"

"Don't be picky, if you don't eat it now, there won't be any left!"

These villagers seem to be very familiar with the scene before them.

And Qi Yuan looked at these villagers with a surprised expression in his eyes.

He saw three Divine Infants among them, and the rest were Primal Core cultivators.

With this level of strength, they could form a large Immortal Gate sect even in the Great Shang Kingdom and be domineering.

But in this world... they are living so miserably?

It's really bizarre.

Moreover, why are the cultivators here, including himself, hungry?

"You, my subjects, have really disappointed me!" Qi Yuan said.

After coming to this world, his first task was to become the deity of Qingshui Village and protect it.

"Great deity, do you want to bless us and let us go and wipe out the Stone Village brats?" the fat man from earlier said.

He didn't think this newly born deity had any extra divine power to bestow upon them.

Being so hungry, this deity is probably just the second-rate kind.

At this moment, Qi Yuan looked up at the sky.

Only to see the stars densely scattered in the heavens.

The brightest one was a blood-red star.

But the sun and moon of the Ash Water World were hard to find.

Qi Yuan looked at the stars and immediately saw his own Gold Core among them.

"Why bless them when I can go and kill them myself!" When accepting the mission, Qi Yuan also received many memories left by the statues.

This world is called the Mortal Heart Realm.

Humans worship deities and receive blessings or protection from them.

On the contrary, these humans have to worship deities and provide offerings.

Deities and humans complement each other.

The stronger the deity, the stronger the humans under their protection will become.

They can also provide more offerings and food to help the deity grow.

However, thousands of years ago, a new deity suddenly descended and changed the world's structure.

More and more villages, even cities and countries, chose to worship the new deity.

The new deity was even more powerful and more evil.

And those who worshiped the new deity couldn't help but be influenced in their will and spirit, becoming more prone to killing and frequently invading other villages.

Qingshui Village used to be adjacent to Stone Village, each controlling a river, living in peace.

But Stone Village suddenly started worshiping the new deity, and everything changed.

Stone Village began to attack Qingshui Village, wanting to seize the other stream.

In several village battles, Qingshui Village was defeated.

After all, Qingshui Village did not have the blessings of a deity, and their combat power could not be enhanced.

"Bring some people to lead the way, I will go and kill the new deity of Stone Village!" Qi Yuan said.

The villagers present looked at each other in confusion.

They had lived for more than half their lives, and it was the first time they had heard that a deity would personally go to a neighboring village to fight other deities.

In this situation, shouldn't the deity bless the villagers and send them to fight?

"Lord Deity, are you really coming?" the fat man from before also froze.

Once a deity leaves the temple, they are no longer a deity.

So, even if a terrifying war were to occur in other villages, there is no reason for a deity to personally go and fight.

At most, they would bestow blessings.

But this deity in front of them, the first thing they said was that they would personally go and kill people.

It sounds... strange.

Where would there be a deity doing such a demeaning thing?

"Hurry up and lead the way, I'm hungry and waiting to eat!" Qi Yuan said discontentedly.

These ragged villagers didn't look like cultivators at all.

Maybe every morning when they wake up, they have to personally pour out the urine from their chamber pots.

"Eat?" The fat man swallowed his saliva, somewhat confused.

"By killing their deities, they will have to hold a feast, and we can eat for free," Qi Yuan praised his clever brain.

Is there a better way to get a free meal?

"It seems to make sense," the priest Shen Tu pondered.

The village chief said, "Lord Deity, you have just been reborn and your strength is weak. Going to Shi Family Village rashly may be dangerous."

The fat man also said, "After leaving the temple, the radiance of the deity will diminish, and Lord Deity, you will become even weaker and more vulnerable to being eaten."

Although Qi Yuan's plan to kill the deities and hold a feast sounded interesting, it was not practical.

"Where is the danger? My left eyebrow has been twitching, indicating great wealth!" Qi Yuan said, feeling hungrier as he spoke. "You are a priest, come on, lead the way, don't waste time!"

Shen Tu's expression changed again and again. "Lord Deity, are you really not considering it?"

The others could refuse the deity, but as a priest, he couldn't.

"Let's go!" Qi Yuan was waiting for the feast.

Shen Tu, with a helpless expression, finally said, "I will take Lord Deity there!"

He said that and squeezed through the crowd.

Qi Yuan followed Shen Tu and walked out of the village.

The other villagers who saw this scene felt it was absurd.

"Does this new deity have a problem with his head?"

"Alas, it's all because we didn't offer good sacrifices. The deity is malnourished and his brain hasn't fully developed!"

"Village chief, it's suicide for the deity to go like this. What should we do?" the fat man asked the village chief, Yu Lei.

"This deity has just been reborn. How can he be a match for the evil deity of Shi Family Village?" Some villagers sighed.

They were going to the other side's home ground!

This was completely suicidal.

Village chief Yu Lei's expression remained unchanged, and he finally said, "Let's go, we'll follow!"

About two-thirds of the villagers present chose to follow the village chief.

As for the others, they were too lazy to watch the excitement.

After all, the fate of that deity was already sealed, and it was time to go back and eat some steamed buns.

"Lord Deity, are you the Origin Heavenly Venerable?" Shen Tu couldn't help but ask on the way.

Last time in his dream, he seemed to have heard the name Origin Heavenly Venerable.

"Yes," Qi Yuan looked at Shen Tu, "You are a Divine Infant cultivator, how did you end up like this?"

Qi Yuan couldn't understand.

"No reliable backer, no money, no food," Shen Tu weakly replied.

No reliable backer naturally referred to the deity worshipped in Qingshui Village.

"Generally speaking, once you reach the Foundation Building Stage, you don't need to eat anymore?" Qi Yuan asked.

Now he was hungry and curious.

"Not eat? Won't you die if you don't eat?" Shen Tu also looked at Qi Yuan in surprise.

"Okay," Qi Yuan could only attribute this to different worlds and customs.

"Lord Deity..."

"Yes?"

"The pastry I gave you just now, are you sure you don't want to eat it?" Shen Tu tightly held the pastry with tooth marks, secretly watching Qi Yuan, as if afraid that Qi Yuan would eat his pastry.

Qi Yuan saw this scene and was speechless. "I won't eat it!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Tu smiled happily. "That's good. You can fill your stomach before you die. Even if you die, you won't be a starving ghost."

"With a follower like you, I really am... fortunate," Qi Yuan said helplessly.

This Qingshui Village was so poor that they probably didn't even have a suona horn.

Otherwise, he would have asked Shen Tu to help him form a band.

Shen Tu turned a deaf ear to Qi Yuan's words and quickly ate the pastry, as if afraid that Qi Yuan would snatch it from him.

At this moment, Qi Yuan stopped in his tracks.

The sound of gongs and drums came from the village ahead.

"It's quite lively over there," Qi Yuan sighed.

Shen Tu looked at the village of Baihu people in front of him.

"Today is the day of sacrifice, they are going to sacrifice three young boys to the new god," Shen Tu's expression became heavy, "These damn new gods, they are all evil gods, where is there a god who eats people!"

According to the records of the ancient clan, gods are powerful humans, heroic spirits who died in battle for the human race.

These heroic spirits protect humans and benefit each other.

The new gods, or rather the evil gods, feed on humans.

At this moment, Qi Yuan's gaze passed through the village and he saw a weeping woman and a man being held down on the ground.

"Sob, sob, Xiao Qian, Xiao Qian..." the woman cried and struggled.

Because her young son was among the offerings this time.

"Li Jie, it is an honor for us to offer sacrifices to the gods!" a burly man said, blood gleaming in one of his eyes.

This indicates that he has already been influenced by the new god and is gradually assimilating. It won't be long before he becomes the most loyal guardian of the new god.

Another man sighed, "More than ten young boys every year, in exchange for good weather in our Shijia village, it's a good deal."

"Li Jie, look at Qingshui village next door, they refuse to believe in the new god, and now look at their fate, I estimate that in another month, the people there... will probably all die," a fat man with big ears said, his hand still touching the woman's chin.

"Spit! Evil god!" the woman spat and slaughtered the fat man.

The man's face instantly darkened, "Li Jie, I tried to talk to you nicely, but it seems you are not loyal to the gods, I will send you to the red enclosure!"

Upon hearing this, the woman struggled even more.

The man being held down on the ground had tears streaming from his fierce eyes.

Since the appearance of the new god, a new term has emerged in the world.

Red enclosure.

The new god loves to eat young children.

But what if there aren't enough young children?

Then, some women are specially raised and locked in the red enclosure, specifically for... reproduction.

This kind of behavior treats humans like pigs.

It can be considered utterly immoral.

"This Shijia village is the world of our Shijia surname, you Wang surnamed people better behave, if you provoke me, I will send all of you to the red enclosure!" the fat man said.

Shijia village is not only inhabited by people surnamed Shi, there are other surnames as well.

However, it is the largest Shijia family in the village that is responsible for bringing down the new god.

Because of this, that family truly controls Shijia village.

As for the other families, they dare not speak out in anger.

Offending the Shijia family might result in your own children being offered as sacrifices to the new god!

"Oh heavens, why have you let these evil gods descend..." the woman wailed.

The fat man with big ears laughed, "What evil gods, these are true gods, the future rulers of the mortal realm!"

Who doesn't know that the new god is slowly devouring the territory of the old gods.

Now, two-thirds of the mortal realm worships the new god.

The old gods are struggling to hold on, and it won't be long before they are completely wiped out.

"Evil god, come out and die!"

"I'm hungry, I'm waiting for you to die, let's feast!"

Just at this moment, a crisp voice rang out from the sky, and two figures appeared in the sky.

One of them was Shen Tu, the other was Qi Yuan.

The people of Shijia village, seeing the two figures in the sky, all showed surprised expressions.

"The god of Qingshui village?"

"A new ancient god?"

"Are they here to die in our Shijia village?"

Many of the Shijia villagers' eyes glowed red.

If it were in Qingshui village or in the temple, they might still be afraid.

But this is Shijia village, their home turf.

They were puzzled and amazed.

Does this ancient god have a problem with his head? Why would he dare to leave the temple and come here?

Generally speaking, gods rarely leave their own temples or territories.

The woman on the ground, looking at Qi Yuan in the sky, had a devout look in her eyes, she kept kowtowing, her forehead covered in blood, "Oh god, please save my son."

Just then, a seductive voice came.

"Oh my, a new little cutie has come to me, do you want to integrate with sister's body?"

A wolf-dog in a blood-red dress appeared, looking particularly strange.

The villagers of Shijia village all knelt down when they saw the god appear.

"Greetings, god!"

The new god is the true god, the one who rules over them.

The fat man with big ears looked at the wolf-dog woman with fanaticism on his face.

As for the newly born ancient god in Qingshui village, what's he worth?

Shen Tu stood beside Qi Yuan, trembling, but when he thought about eating some cake, he didn't feel like he had lost out, and his courage grew.

"Bold evil god, causing trouble in the mortal realm, our god of Qingshui village will kill you!"

(End of this chapter)