I have Immortality In The Cultivation World

"Thank you for the immortal's blessing!"

Zhou Yi confirmed his suspicion and completely lost his good impression of the so-called deities.

The so-called path of divine cultivation sounds nice when it's called shepherding the followers, but in less pleasant terms, it's just harvesting leeks.

Displaying both kindness and severity is the way to receive more tributes!

Zhou Yi stuffed another silver note and whispered, "Master Huang, may I ask how old the Earth God is?"

"Presumptuous! Such matters are not for mortals like you to know!"

Master Huang scolded a few times while skillfully tucking the silver note into his sleeve. Then, with a devout face, he said, "The Earth God has an extraordinary origin, having passed the imperial examinations in the twelfth year of Emperor Chenglu, praised by the former emperor, and once served as an official in the provincial government!"

Zhou Yi: "..."

When immortal gods frequently reveal themselves to the mortal world, mortals lose their genuine reverence upon finding out the origins of these immortals.

For instance, not paying for drinks is certainly not the Earth God's intention.

Now it is the seventy-second year of Emperor Yuanding's reign in the Daheng dynasty, and Emperor Chenglu was His Majesty's great-grandfather. It has been over 460 years since then, and adding the years before his imperial examinations, the Earth God is nearly five hundred years old.

Having condensed a Golden Core, the Earth God's foundation is still rooted in the cultivation path. The divine path is used to aid in cultivation, and there are limits to his lifespan.

"Once his lifespan ends and his Dao fades away, I shall inherit his mantle and bowl!"

Zhou Yi had been cultivating for six thousand five hundred years, and his spirit, energy, and essence had peaked at the pinnacle of Golden Core, with no further progress to be made.

To truly break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, a single thought could trigger the forty-nine heavenly tribulations, yet the success rate was merely fifty percent. Even with the consumption of three kinds of rare Spiritual Medicines that solidify the Nascent Soul, it would amount to only eighty percent.

An ordinary true sovereign with a thirty percent chance of success would be overjoyed and take the risk.

Zhou Yi, however, was different. Without a one hundred percent certainty, he would not undergo the tribulation.

"Risking my life is out of the question, never in this lifetime. I can only continue to live smoothly by drawing on various sources and making connections. Frequenting brothels is like going home..."

In the Cultivation World of Dongsheng Divine Continent, it's a time of prosperity, with Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators everywhere. Only those at the Nascent Soul level can be considered regional overlords, yet they can only flex their muscles within the dominion of the Daheng Imperial Court.

Compared to the declining Nine Continents Cultivation World, there surely are plenty of Xuan Miao Cultivation Techniques and elixirs that could enhance the chances of solidifying the Nascent Soul.

Based on the information so far, loose cultivators, demons, and evil spirits in various mountains and fields all practice divine cultivation, whether as a primary or supplementary path, which is bound to be beneficial for breaking through realms.

"Cultivation path at eighty percent, divine path supplementing the remaining twenty percent!"

Zhou Yi got the information he wanted and bid farewell to Master Huang with cupped hands, returning to the tavern to quietly wait for the Earth God to take action and save the people from disaster.

As expected.

A few days later.

The Earth God appeared in the dreams of the residents of Linyang County, declaring he had received the news of the locust plague and would definitely take action to exterminate the troublesome Locust God!

The Locust God is one of the notoriously evil divine beings in rural areas.

Its true body isn't necessarily a locust turned demon. Any demon or evil spirit can claim to be the Locust God, employing pest control techniques to create a locust disaster, destroying fields, and threatening the common people to offer incense and faith before ceasing the havoc.

The Earth God is a righteous deity, while the Locust God is an Evil God!

As a devout patron of the Land God Temple, Zhou Yi also received the dream. Once the divine spell dissipated, he opened his eyes.

"If there were no Evil Gods in this world, who would worship them?"

Immediately, his hands formed a spell, and a beam of spiritual light fell to the ground, transforming into a three-inch tall figure flying towards the Land God Temple.

...

Xu Liang Village.

The sky was swarmed with locusts, covering the sun and sky like vast clouds of blackness fluttering through the fields.

The villagers waved torches, igniting thick smoke, trying to drive away the locusts, crying out loud in despair, but to little effect.

Just as they watched the locusts devour the crops completely and were on the brink of despair.

A solemn and majestic voice came from the sky, "I am the Earth God of Linyang County. Having heard of the Locust God's mischief, I have come to subdue the demon and vanquish the fiend!"

As the voice spoke.

A fierce wind suddenly blew from the southeast, sharp as a blade, slicing the locusts in half as it passed.

"We are saved!"

"The locust disaster is over!"

"This is the work of an immortal!"

"We thank the Earth God, we thank the Earth God..."

Excited cheers erupted as countless villagers knelt on the ground, thanking the Earth God for his protection.

However, seeing the fields devastated and the crops destroyed, they knew this year's harvest would be tragic and they could not even afford to pay the Imperial Court's grain tax. The thought of selling their fields, children, and themselves led them to cry out in anguish.

The Earth God's voice boomed like thunder, "Stop your wailing! His Majesty is already aware of the disaster, and food will be bestowed in a few days."

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The villagers, tearfully grateful, felt that Emperor Yuanding cared for his people like his own children, truly a peerless and benevolent emperor.

The Earth God nodded in satisfaction and flew away southwest on a ray of light.

In the nearby mountains of Xu Liang Village, a man without name or fame, had arrived a few years ago, claiming to be a protector under the Locust God.

He established the Locust God Temple and gathered incense and faith.

The statue inside the temple was fierce and terrifying, half-human, half-insect. The villagers dared not offer incense and worship, and even avoided the temple when going up the mountain to gather wood or hunt.

A ray of light descended, transforming into a well-dressed elder—it was the Earth God of Linyang.

He strode into the Locust God Temple, which looked dilapidated due to lack of upkeep, with spider webs in the corners and eaves.

The Earth God, seeing the statue of the Locust God, showed disgust in his eyes but nodded in satisfaction upon seeing the incense-filled offering table.

"I ask that Master Hong Luo make an appearance."

"Amitabha!"

A chant of Buddha's name came from within the statue of the Locust God, followed by rolling black mist that fell to the ground and solidified into the Scrofula Ascetic.

"Layman Zhao is quite pressing," said Hong Luo, with his head covered in scrofulous sores that oozed yellow pus, wearing a dirty, tattered monk's robe that made him look like a beggar.

The Earth God cupped his hands towards the north and said, "Please forgive me, Master. I had no choice, for I too am pressed from above."

"Hmph!"

Hong Luo's eyes flashed with fierce light. Hesitating for a long time, he refrained from starting a fight and instead fumbled in his sleeve for a while, taking out a jade bottle and tossing it over.