Chapter 1189: Chapter 708 Incense_3
âThe young Immortal pressed the monster fishâs head onto the platform, raised his sword, and with a flash of golden light, a single stroke severed the monster fishâs head, ending its life!â
Upon finishing, this person shook his head with a sigh, his expression filled with shock.
The other Fish Cultivators who had not seen the death of the monster fish also gasped in unison.
âWhat a majestic young Immortal!â
âVast Divine Skills!â
Someone couldnât resist asking, âWhy is this young Immortal so small? Doesnât he grow up?â
âHow would I know⊠Immortalsâ matters, how could I understandâŠâ
âPerhaps he hasnât completed his Cultivation.â
âSo young, yet so powerful already, what more when he grows upâŠâ
âNaturallyâŠâ
âWhere did this young Immortal go then?â
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads, âAfter slaying the river monster, he just vanished. Immortals come and go without a trace, who knows where he wentâŠâ
âBut, this doesnât seem like an Immortal.â
âEntering Dreamland to slay a river Demon Monster, if not an Immortal, then what is he? Have you ever seen a real Immortal?â
That person shook his head, âNever seenâŠâ
âThere you go.â
As people chatted, suddenly someone mysteriously said:
âI think, these past few days, with our nightmares and misfortunes, it must be related to that blood-colored monster fish.â
The others were taken aback, then nodded in agreement, âMakes some senseâŠâ
âWhat do you say, if the monster fish comes again, what should we do?â
âKill itâŠâ
âWho? You going to kill it?â
âDefinitely not meâŠâ
âLet that young Immortal kill it again?â
âThis young Immortal killing the monster fish even once is already an unearned favor, out of the blue, why should he kill again for no reason?â
âTrue indeedâŠâ
âHow about,â someone suggested, âwe offer incense and worship this young Immortal?â
Everyone paused, then fell into deep thought.
That person added: âThink about it, if we donât offer incense regularly, and only seek help when in desperate need, that definitely isnât right. This young Immortal canât possibly protect us unconditionally forever.â
âBut if we, every day, offer him incense and prayers, then when a Demon Monster comes to attack, if he slays it for us and drives away the Evil Spirit, wouldnât that be justified?â
All the Fish Cultivators had a moment of realization, nodding their heads in agreement.
âMakes senseâŠâ
âThis aligns with karma.â
âItâs good to worship him, after all, we owed a great favor to the young Immortal. By worshipping him, our minds also feel at ease.â
With the river turbulent, life and death hung by a thread.
Accustomed to living in fear, the Fish Cultivators instinctively felt like worshipping something, praying to some unseen existence for blessings.
Even if they donât receive actual protection, they seek peace of mind.
Thus, they discussed together and jointly constructed a small Immortalâs Temple behind the village among the mountain cliffs.
Itâs called an Immortalâs Temple, but itâs more like a small Shrine.
On the mountain cliff, they hollowed out the rock, creating a small space and set up a tiny offering table with fruit sacrifices; in the center, they placed a small clay figure.
This small clay figure was crafted by Old Yu.
In his younger days, he had traveled and seen some of the world.
He had seen many stone and clay Divine Statues in some temples, which now came in handy. He used them as references to make one.
Having completed the body, as he got to shaping the face, Old Yu was puzzled, and asked, âWhat does the young Immortal look like?â
His faith was mostly devoured by the Blood Fish, making his Divine Sense weaker.
During the dream, he had passed out early and hadnât seen the young Immortal wielding the Golden Sword slaying the creature.
âCovered in golden light, difficult to see clearlyâŠâ someone said.
âGo ask around if anyone saw this young Immortalâs face clearly.â Old Yu
But after asking around, all shook their heads.
Someone then suggested: âUncle Yu, just mold any face, as long as there is something resembling an immortal, the clay figure does not need to be exactly like him.â
Others echoed, âRight, right.â
Old Yu thought it over and felt they were right.
For the young Immortal, who had granted a great favor to the villagers of the small fishing villageâŠ
Unexpectedly, the face of Mo Hua surfaced in his mind.
The more Old Yu thought, the more appropriate it seemed.
If there really were such a young Immortal, he should look like Young Master Mo.
Handsome, amiable, with eyes that sparkled, a gentle demeanor, yet showing extraordinary Immortal aura, and with a bit of loathing for evil.
Old Yu then molded a small Immortal figure seated upright with a Golden Sword on his back, following the likeness of Mo Hua.
But due to his poor craftsmanship, it only resembled him vaguely by fifty to sixty percent.
Only the eyes and brows were lively and vivid, bearing an eighty to ninety percent likeness to Mo Hua.
After the clay figure was completed, it was enshrined in the small temple.
Henceforth, whenever it was cloudy for fishing, rainy for river traversal, a bad year, or if plagued by continuous nightmares and fear of Evil Spirits,
The Fish Cultivators of the small village would visit the young Immortalâs Temple, light a 30 minutes incense stick, and worship the young Immortal holding the Golden Sword.
Amidst the curling smoke of incense, the Fish Cultivators did not notice a weak little silver fish slowly swimming into the small Immortalâs Temple, hiding behind the imposing figure of the young Immortal, drawing on Mo Huaâs incense offerings bit by bit, gradually recuperating its Divine Thought form.