Chapter 741: Bilu

What was the reason that made her deviate from the common knowledge and laws of Heavenly Gods? The Great Fanghu? This was the only reason He Lingchuan could think of.

He Lingchuan pointed to his own head: "There is a divine seal mark in my sea of consciousness, but I don't know when it was planted at all."

"Not strange. How could such an excellent skin be ownerless?" Even it was drooling with envy.

Dong Rui looked at He Lingchuan, sizing him up repeatedly.

Such an important matter, why was he hearing about it for the first time today? Shinan looked at He Lingchuan as an object, and the latter wasn't angry, just continuing to ask: "Can this kind of divine seal mark be planted in the sea of consciousness without my knowledge?"

"To plant a mark, you need the consent of the skin's owner! That is the prerequisite," Shinan asked him, "When was your mark planted?"

He Lingchuan frowned: "I can't remember; it was probably a long time ago."

He had searched through his own and the original body's memories countless times and hadn't found any trace of the divine seal mark.

Currently, it could basically be determined that this mark should have been planted on the original body.

He, this unlucky transmigrator, had only inherited it.

Shinan added: "Heh, this kind of thing can be induced, especially if the skin is young, ignorant, and unknowing."

Its tone was full of envy: "Which Heavenly God do you belong to?"

"Naluotian. Have you heard of it?"

Shinan gave a long 'oh', then said: "Never heard of it."

"..." He Lingchuan felt a wave of disappointment.

It was fine if Lady Mitian couldn't recognize it; after all, it said it had been in seclusion for too long; but Shinan couldn't recognize it either.

Although this one called itself a wild god, judging from the fact that it had taken root in the Xunyang Sandbar where there were many temples, it should be quite focused on socializing.

"You don't recognize all the Heavenly Gods, do you?"

"I recognize all the Heavenly Gods with status and reputation," Shinan said casually. "You give me a name I haven't heard of; either it has always been obscure, or it is a new god who hasn't gained a name yet, or—"

"Or?"

"Or it has changed its name," Shinan said. "A Heavenly God's main name is also its divine status; changing a name is not as easy as it is for you humans."

"Where did you hear this name?" Shinan asked him again. "The mark won't label the source."

During their conversation, Dong Rui silently added seven more sticks of incense in front of the shrine.

Before he could insert the incense, He Lingchuan poured out half of the ash in the incense burner and then reached out to draw on the table.

This time it was Shinan's turn to be silent.

This kid, he really had no respect for it!

But for the sake of the Punishment Dragon Pillar, it wouldn't haggle with him.

He Lingchuan used the incense ash to draw the pattern of the divine seal mark.

Shinan looked at it for a few moments without making a sound.

He Lingchuan saw the clue: "You recognize it, right?"

"This is the mark of the god Bilu," Shinan pondered. "It only recently ascended to the status of a righteous god; I didn't know it had changed its name. You know, every god only has one main name, but can have many titles."

He Lingchuan gave an 'en'. Lady Mitian also had many titles; the Moon God was one of them.

"Is this Bilu god very strong?"

"Every righteous god is very powerful," Shinan giggled. "Congratulations, you've been chosen by a righteous god! But I'm not familiar with Bilu!"

He Lingchuan had no joy: "Since I have already been planted with a mark, can the owner of the mark descend at any time?"

"You only paid one Punishment Dragon Pillar and a little bit of evil energy, and I've answered so many questions for you, each one a core secret, each one vital to your life," Shinan said leisurely. "But my generosity is not endless; if you want more answers—"

It reached out to He Lingchuan: "You must offer more tribute!"

This guy knew how to negotiate; it was stuck on the core issue He Lingchuan was most concerned about.

"What kind of tribute do you want? The Punishment Dragon Pillar and evil energy are gone."

"Find me a few good skins, or help me build new temples in prosperous places."

He Lingchuan shook his head: "I can't do either right now."

"Then wait until you can do it before coming to find me," Shinan reached out to him with an air of self-importance; in any case, it wasn't the one in a hurry.

This fellow had indeed answered quite a few questions; what should be given still had to be given. He Lingchuan handed the Punishment Dragon Pillar to the temple attendant and took out a few more things from his bosom, placing them on the offering table: "Do you fancy any of these?"

He took out Ice Talismans, Lightning-Repelling Plaques, and a few other odds and ends.

"Oh, you have quite a few good things." Shinan looked for a few moments and pointed to two items: "Give me these two, and you can continue to ask questions."

What it chose were actually Glazed Gold and Pulp Beads! When He Lingchuan broke the eye of the Spirit Gathering Array, he stole a Glazed Gold pillar and smashed it into more than ten large pieces afterward. This was a precious material for refining tools, not necessarily buyable even with money. Having gone to Mount Xushan with such great difficulty, he had to earn back his travel expenses.

There was no need to mention the Pulp Beads; they were obtained by killing demons and taking the beads, evidence of the crimes of National Master Qingyang.

He Lingchuan didn't know what Shinan wanted these two things for; perhaps also for refining tools? After all, Heavenly Gods also needed to win people's hearts.

"Back to the previous question."

"The divine seal mark is both a positioning and a permission. But the first divine descent requires a divine descent ceremony, meaning the host of the ceremony and the skin must both be present, and then the whole process must be walked through. Otherwise, the Heavenly God must suppress the soul of the skin's original owner, which is especially, especially strenuous," the old temple attendant looked up, and wisps of smoke drifted from his nostrils. "After the first descent, it's not needed."

He Lingchuan recalled that when Sun Fuping invited a god, he indeed performed a ceremony before inviting the divine clone to descend onto Nian Songyu.

Although his own original body had a divine seal mark, it shouldn't have been descended upon.

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn't that simple for Naluotian to just 'pop' and forcibly descend onto him. This was truly the best news he had heard recently.

"If a Heavenly God fancies a skin, can it forcibly seize it without consent?"

Shinan's answer was very direct: "No."

He Lingchuan shook his head: "Two Heavenly God clones invaded my sea of consciousness, wanting to occupy the magpie's nest. They didn't seem to think it was very difficult."

"You're quite popular," Shinan chose to ignore that it had also attempted this kind of probing just now. "Did they threaten you?"

"More than that? They attacked me directly." The Heavenly God clone invited by Sun Fuping turned into a sand leopard that fell off the cliff with him after entering his sea of consciousness; before the Miaozhan God ended the divine soul trial on him, a Heavenly God also rushed over, wanting to drag him into the shadows.

"That is intimidation, and it can only be intimidation. Threatening you with overwhelming power, as long as you are afraid and weak—which you usually are—they force you to agree to let them possess you, and then brand you with their mark," Shinan laughed. "This is the method with the lowest cost, and often the best to use."

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