The power of human belief is immeasurable.
There was once a man who, in order to survive, managed to live for decades even after being slashed in the neck. What Si Jiangchen, Gu Nian and I did together was precisely to shatter Sheng Shixun's belief.
Sheng Shixun was so obsessed with becoming a god that he had lost his mind. His current state was just like that of the one - eyed Buddha Mother in Tibet. He had begun to develop supernatural powers.
If at this moment, he were to perform some supernatural feats like exorcising ghosts and dispelling disasters in front of ordinary people, there would surely be a large number of believers flocking to him. This was the path that every god had to take on the way to divinity. The worship and admiration of ordinary people would make the object of worship more and more convinced of their own abilities. The stronger the belief, the greater the power!
However, Sheng Shixun no longer had the chance to become a god.
A single sentence from Si Jiangchen had already shattered his belief into pieces.
In the end, Sheng Shixun was just a scoundrel from the old days. Even though he had whitewashed his stains after living for so long and become a respected professor, his innate greed had never changed!
He stole the faith power of the one - eyed Buddha Mother, made use of the divine sense of the Lord of Mount Tai, and even tried to take the life - prolonging medicinal herbs of the Gu family for himself... What right did such a person have to become a god!
Sheng Shixun probably had to constantly give himself self - suggestions in his heart to imagine himself as a selfless and holy god!
It was a pity that the first time he used his divine manifestation was in front of us. Si Jiangchen knew what kind of person he was, I scolded him until he had nowhere to hide, and finally, with the wonderful assist of Gu Nian and Tong Yunfang, who exposed his past as a thief, even Sheng Shixun, with his thick skin, could no longer maintain his divine manifestation. With a loud explosion, that glorious and solemn divine manifestation could no longer maintain its boundless form. It turned into fine golden powder and dissipated in the dim space...
"Ah!!!"
Sheng Shixun's roar of unwillingness still echoed in our ears, but he could no longer use his supernatural powers to appear in front of us. In the darkness, only the faint divine sense of some broken spells was still trying to execute the order to suppress us. I had already raised my hands to form complex magic seals and sent those divine senses back to their original owners.
"Xiao He, go and open the door."
I originally wanted to help Si Jiangchen, but he gently pushed me and directed the only light in my hand towards the entrance.
"Uh..."
Although I felt something strange in my heart, I still obediently groped my way towards the place that used to be a hidden door!
Suddenly, something seemed to wriggle on the door and slip through my fingers. Afraid that it was another trick of Sheng Shixun, I immediately formed an exorcism spell with my hand and slapped it out. I felt something furry. A strong gust of wind blew by, and my phone was immediately knocked to the ground.
At the same time, two green lights lit up in the darkness in front of me.
"Roar!!"
The roar of a wild beast was not very loud, but it was terrifying enough to shatter my soul.
I couldn't help but take a few steps back. A creepy feeling welled up in my heart. The darkness seemed like an endless black hole. Those two green eyes almost sucked my soul in.
Then, a beast as huge as a mountain slowly walked out of the darkness!
Under the light of the phone that had fallen to the ground, its fur looked a dark golden color, and the black patterns on it emitted a colorful glow...
"Snarl!"
Seeing me staring at it intently, the beast suddenly opened its blood - filled mouth and showed four dagger - like canine teeth!
"Ah!!"
I was never afraid of ghosts or corpses in my life, but I was extremely afraid of wild dogs and wolves.
This fear had been ingrained in me since I was a beggar. In the chaotic times, those wild beasts that had eaten people would have blood - red eyes, which would indeed emit a faint green light in the dim night. The huge beast in front of me instantly reminded me of those beasts that would tear out people's entrails!
I was so scared that I completely failed to notice that with the appearance of the huge beast, there was already a glimmer of light coming from the originally hidden entrance.
"Xiao He, don't be afraid!!"
Lu Xiyu's voice came in. "Lin Jun, don't scare your great - great - aunt!!"
I had already retreated to Si Jiangchen's side. Suddenly hearing Lu Xiyu's voice, I thought it was another trick of Sheng Shixun. I immediately grabbed a demon - suppressing talisman and slapped it out into the air.
"Ouch!"
My vision blurred. The huge beast that was as big as a mountain suddenly disappeared. My yellow talisman was right on the forehead of a blond - haired teenager. While he was crying out in pain, he ignored the talisman and turned to the two figures following behind him and said, "Mom Xixi, Dad Gu, look, great - great - aunt is bullying the young! First, she pinched my cheeks, and now she's using a talisman to seal me!"
As the blond - haired teenager spoke, several lights lit up in the secret room. I finally saw clearly the people in front of me. The blond - haired teenager was looking at me with his bright green eyes with a smile on his face. Behind him, Gu Fancheng was supporting his wife Lu Xiyu as they walked in.
"Xiao He, I'm sorry for making you suffer."
Lu Xiyu looked anxious and guilty. "This is my fourth son, Gu Linjun... Fourth son, quickly apologize to your great - great - aunt."
My goodness!
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. The Gu family was really... really "teaching all without discrimination"?
The first four adopted children were all incarnations of spirits?
As if seeing through my thoughts, the teenager named Gu Linjun reached out to take off the talisman on his head, looked at it, and then smilingly handed it back to me and said, "Since great - great - aunt is learning Taoism, you should recognize me!"
... How could I recognize him just because I'm learning Taoism?!
Was this little guy some well - known figure...?!
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to me. Gu Linjun was not human... The golden fur on his body paired with the black round spots, what kind of beast was that? It was... it was a leopard!
"Are you the Leopard Tail?!"
Flashes of the netherworld stories recorded in ancient books came to my mind, and I couldn't help but blurt out the question.
The ten palaces of the underworld were in charge of the reincarnation of humans, while the life and death of beasts, birds, fish and shellfish were managed by other high - ranking officials. The Leopard Tail was the god in charge of the life and death of all beasts in the world!
The four great netherworld marshals, Leopard Tail, Bird Beak, Fish Gill and Yellow Hornet, had even higher authority than the Ten Kings of the Underworld. The creatures they were in charge of only needed to be judged by them before they could enter reincarnation again!
Gu Fancheng... As expected of the great demon in the underworld. Not only did Judge Lu reincarnate as his child, but even a netherworld marshal like the Leopard Tail was by his side?!
"Yes!"
Lu Xiyu had already walked to my side and looked at me with concern. "As soon as you came in, this secret room was sealed tightly. There was the divine sense of celestial beings on it. We had no choice but to find the fourth son to break the seal... We've made you suffer!"