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

Chapter 175: If the Public Does Not Abandon

"Do you want to join the feast?" Qi Yuan looked at Qi Qi and asked.

Qi Qi was slightly stunned.

Her train of thought couldn't keep up.

"...Yes," she hesitated for a moment and answered seriously.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan's expression changed. "Such cunning, traveling all the way from Tianfu to Qingshui Village just to eat pig's head meat!"

Qi Qi: "???"

She was completely confused.

"I'm not here for the pig's head meat."

"Didn't you just say you wanted to join the feast?" Qi Yuan quickly interjected.

"I..."

"Then why did you come here?" Qi Yuan interrupted her.

"I came here for something in the statue..." Qi Qi said up to this point, finally waking up.

She almost fell into a trap.

The man in front of her truly was a deity.

With just a few simple sentences, he had entangled her and almost made her reveal her true purpose.

But when she thought about it, there was no need to hide her purpose in the first place. She said, "Lord Deity, I came here for something in the statue."

After Qi Qi finished speaking, the villagers of Qingshui Village present exchanged glances.

It seemed like the statue was missing.

"I'll wait for the feast," Qi Yuan kicked his foot.

The pig he was stepping on let out a cry and was kicked onto Wang Chongshan's hand by Qi Yuan.

Qi Qi was speechless.

Beside her, the maid Xiaoxue was also holding a pig in her hand.

There were too few villagers, so she was entrusted with holding it.

She looked helpless now. "Miss, what should we do?"

As a sheltered young lady, this was her first time holding a pig.

"Follow us to the feast."

...

In the big pot, the boiling water surged, and the heat waves rose to the sky.

The aroma of the large pieces of pork filled the entire village.

Qi Yuan waved his hand. "Wang Chongshan, call the mourning team from Shijia Village here. The people here cry so hesitantly, it's boring."

Wang Chongshan was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded. "Alright, Lord Deity, I'll call them right away."

Beside them, Shentu couldn't help but say, "The people of Qingshui Village can cry too!"

Qi Yuan glanced at Shentu. "Forget it, the people of Qingshui Village cry too fake."

Qi Yuan then looked at Chenxi Village's Chenxi Rice and showed an approving expression. "The chef in your village is good at making feasts, better than Shijia Village."

Chenxi Rice, hunched over, said, "I am willing to make feasts for Venerable every day."

On this day, the deity of Qingshui Village came grandly to Chenxi Village.

When they saw that the deity they believed in was excitedly welcoming the arrival of fatty meat, they were immediately beheaded.

The guards of Chenxi Village's temples also transformed into evil spirits and were all killed by Qi Yuan.

Except for some villagers who resisted stubbornly, most people chose to protect themselves.

They believed in the new deity out of necessity. They had long held grievances in their hearts for the annual offering of young boys and girls, but they were powerless to resist.

Towards Qi Yuan, the people of Chenxi Village were both fearful and grateful.

The feast continued.

The greasy pork was served, and everyone present's appetite was greatly aroused.

The village chief of Qingshui Village, Yu Lei, sat together with the priest, Shentu, accompanied by a fat man and a thin man.

"Origin Heavenly Venerable is the guardian deity of our Qingshui Village, but... the people of Shijia Village are too obsequious," the thin man said, his voice tinged with jealousy.

"Ah, it's all my fault. I sold the idol for money and completely offended Venerable," the fat man said, his face full of distress.

In fact, after the battle with Shijia Village, Qingshui Village had already reached a dead end.

Even the original fat man was on the verge of starving.

The idol in the temple was useless, so it was understandable to sell it.

"Actually, shouldn't we, the people, be the arms of the gods?

Our village's guardian deity is a bit excessive... and unreasonable.

For any matter, we take matters into our own hands and directly wield our swords!

This is too dangerous," the thin man said anxiously.

It's like a king of a country personally leading the troops, charging faster than the soldiers.

The villagers were shocked.

If anything were to happen to this deity, Qingshui Village would be completely finished.

"It's all because we are too weak!" Village Chief Yu Lei smoked his pipe, exhaling smoke.

The people on the field looked a bit embarrassed at his words.

Indeed, they were truly too weak to alleviate the worries and difficulties of the deity.

If they were all powerful, they wouldn't fear being underutilized.

"Our strength is insufficient, mourning is useless, and even our cooking skills are inferior to Chenxi Village," the priest Shentu couldn't help but say.

These people were helpless. In theory, they were the direct descendants of Origin Heavenly Venerable, but they were eating feasts every day.

Feasts were good, but if they didn't improve themselves, they would definitely be gradually marginalized.

"Unfortunately, we are too weak to repay the deity," Village Chief Yu Lei said hesitantly.

After the great changes in the world, the ancient gods could no longer reshape their divine bodies and enter the realm of true gods.

Therefore, many ancient gods did not seriously manage their territories.

Otherwise, during ancient times, the stronger the people in the territory, the stronger the deity would be.

"You're talking nonsense. Those are all the doings of the evil gods, and besides, we can't control such abilities," the priest Shentu said.

The group laughed and didn't continue discussing this topic.

However, they still carried a trace of worry in their hearts, as if they were confused about the future.

On the other side, Qi Qi ate the pig's head meat and occasionally glanced at Qi Yuan, who was also eating.

"Xiao Xue, what do you think of him?" Qi Qi asked quietly.

Xiao Xue, with an oily mouth, hadn't eaten so much in a long time. "He is truly a great person!"

Anyone who could let her eat delicious and spicy food was a great person, a good person.

"He seems carefree and unrestrained, but in reality, he is meticulous. With just a few simple words, he almost made me reveal my entire background," Qi Qi recalled their conversation and felt that Qi Yuan was unfathomable.

If Qi Yuan knew what Qi Qi was thinking, he would definitely protest.

"Wisdom!" the maid Xiao Xue praised while eating pork.

Qi Qi continued, "I heard that he single-handedly killed the new gods of Shijia Village and Chenxi Village."

"He's courageous and powerful!" the maid Xiao Xue praised without hesitation.

The pork was too delicious. They should eat it every day.

"Do you think I should give him the Yin Birthstone?" Qi Qi secretly glanced at Qi Yuan.

Nowadays, it was difficult for ancient gods to break through to become true gods, and a Yin Birthstone would attract the covetousness of many ancient gods and even divine creatures.

Maid Xiaoxue didn't eat pork, but furrowed her brows in thought. After a long while, she looked at the fragrant pork and said, "Apart from him, we really don't have a better choice."

天府崩溃，齐家覆灭。

The collapse of Tianfu, the destruction of the Qi family.

In these years, Qi Qi and Maid Xiaoxue have relied on each other for survival and have rarely encountered any senior experts.

As for those they can trust, they are few and far between.

Perhaps this deity from Qingshui Village is truly someone they can rely on.

Qi Qi's mind was in turmoil as he looked at Qi Yuan, and he seemed to have made a decision.

On the other hand, Qi Yuan felt his strength increase and was excited about killing the new gods.

"I'm Level 21 now."

After killing two new gods, he went from Level 1 to Level 21.

This was because according to his cultivation level, he was only at the Gold Core stage, and the two he killed were at the Divine Infant Late Stage, so his experience bar increased rapidly.

"If I kill more, I can reach Level 90, and then... I'll be in the Yin God realm?" Qi Yuan pondered.

He felt that coming to this world was really great.

It seemed that all the monsters here were elites, and killing them increased his experience quickly.

The only downside was that he had to eat after every fight, or else he would get too hungry.

"I hope I can condense my Divine Infant in this realm," Qi Yuan sighed.

Just then, Qi Qi approached with a determined expression. "Lord Deity, there is actually something very important I came to Qingshui Village for."

"I know, to eat pig's head meat," Qi Yuan glanced at the girl in front of him.

He couldn't help but sigh. She was so young, yet she had reached the Gold Core stage. In Ash Water World, she could participate in the East Earth's Outstanding Talent Ranking.

This Mortal Heart Realm is truly filled with talented individuals, everywhere you look there are outstanding geniuses.

"Lord Deity, there's no need to tease this young lady. I have come with a gift for you," Qi Qi smiled sweetly.

Qi Yuan became interested. "What gift?"

"Would the senior be willing to accompany this young lady to the statue in Qingshui Village for a look?" Qi Qi said.

"Is it the thing you mentioned earlier in the statue?" Qi Yuan asked.

"Yes," Qi Qi nodded.

"Alright, let's go take a look," Qi Yuan waved his hand. "You all continue with the feast, I'll be back later."

The people at the feast breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Qi Yuan leave.

They became even more joyful as they continued eating.

A streak of light flew and landed in front of the temple in Qingshui Village.

"Where's the statue?" Qi Qi looked at the empty temple, showing a surprised expression.

"These... the fragments on the ground are all that's left," Qi Yuan said. "Maybe I made too grand an entrance and the statue couldn't handle it, so it exploded."

Qi Qi fell silent upon hearing this, and after a while, she said, "The statue in Qingshui Village was forged by my Qi family and is incredibly sturdy. Even peak divine beings would find it difficult to destroy."

"Maybe it's because I was too dazzling," Qi Yuan glanced at Qi Qi. She didn't understand what Qi Yuan was saying, but thinking back to his previous words, she felt that there must be a deeper meaning.

She looked at the fragments on the ground and slowly said, "When the Qi family forged this statue, we embedded a Yin Birthstone in it."

As she said this, she looked at Qi Yuan's reaction, but saw that he remained unfazed.

She was surprised. A true expert was a true expert, even when hearing about treasures like the Yin Birthstone, he remained calm.

This further strengthened her determination to invest in him.

Origin Heavenly Venerable has a promising future.

"Now that the world has changed and the ancient gods cannot break through to the true god realm, the Yin Birthstone can help them achieve it," Qi Qi bent down, holding the fragments of the statue in her hands.

"The statue may be broken, but I can still extract the Yin Birthstone from these fragments for you to break through to the true god realm," she said.

Qi Yuan was lost in thought.

He can be considered a player.

Will these restrictions of the great changes be useful to him?

During the time in the Moonwatch Continent, it seems that Dari also set rules, prohibiting beings from breaking through to level 100.

Qi Yuan seems to have been affected as well.

In that case, this Yinsheng Stone is also useful to him.

"Without merit, no reward. Quickly, tell me, what task do you have for me?" Qi Yuan treats Qiqi as an NPC who gives out tasks, and now it's just activating a task.

And the Yinsheng Stone is just a task reward.

"Lord God, why do we need to calculate so much between you and me?" Qiqi's face turned slightly red when she said this.

She said, "When the ancestors cast the statue, they made an agreement with the spirit of the statue. The gods who come out of the statue should... should..."

Qiqi's crystal-clear ears turned transparent red, and her voice carried a hint of shyness.

Qi Yuan widened his eyes, "You didn't make a marriage agreement with me, you're my fiancée, and you're here today to break off the engagement, right?"

Qi Yuan's mind flashed with many thoughts.

If the engagement is broken, should he say that classic phrase, "Thirty years in the east of the river, thirty years in the west of the river, don't bully the young and poor?"

But what if the other party doesn't break off the engagement?

Should he seize the opportunity?

Confusion flashed in Qiqi's beautiful eyes, and Qi Yuan's words confused her.

"The agreement made by the ancestors and the spirit of the statue was... for me to worship Lord God as my adoptive father."

Qi Yuan was stunned.

He just gained a daughter, and now he has another one?

"Although we both have the surname Qi, it's a bit too much for you to call me godfather.

We don't even know who is older and who is younger, right?" Qi Yuan always thought he was young.

But now he has another daughter who is so much older, which is easy to misunderstand.

"This is the agreement between the ancestors and the spirit of the statue." Qiqi hesitated and said, "If Lord God doesn't recognize it, then let's forget about it."

As she said that, she took out a token.

A piece of yellow cloth, with words written on it recording the original agreement.

Qi Yuan looked at the broken statue on the ground and finally murmured, "For the sake of guiding me, the statue is broken. I will remember this favor. Today, I will suffer a loss and accept you as my daughter."

Qiqi felt joy in her heart but still blushed, "Adoptive father!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan felt strange, "You should still call me godfather."

For some reason, when he heard "adoptive father," he thought of Lv Bu.

But it's much better to hear godfather's words.

He had a lot of serious associations.

Qiqi was slightly stunned, but in the end, she sweetly called out, "Godfather!"

Qiqi didn't have much psychological pressure in calling an ancient god godfather.

Most ancient gods were heroic spirits who died in the ancient battle of Hongtang. Each one of them deserved Qiqi's admiration.

They had lived for many more years than Qiqi.

Since she became an adopted daughter, Qiqi quickly took on the role, "Godfather, now that you have obtained the Yinsheng Stone and have the hope of becoming a true god, you should not only focus on improving your own strength but also consider your subjects when encountering enemies, try to be less proactive."

"Oh?" Qi Yuan was surprised.

He didn't know how this was related.

"Godfather, do you know that the power of a true god is not only related to oneself but also to the people?" Qiqi said.

"Mm."

Qi Yuan fought against the evil gods of the Shi family in Shijiacun and the evil gods of Chenxi Village.

They received the blessings of the villagers and their strength increased significantly.

But the villagers of Qingshui Village were too weak, and Qi Yuan did not let them receive blessings.

(End of this chapter)