On the wide stage, the sleeves of the divination god, who was about ten meters tall, were swaying, and his long purple hair spread gently in the wind.
Opposite the God is the auditorium of the playground. Thousands of believers are kneeling in their seats with solemn expressions at this moment, looking at the ground in front of them, not daring to raise their heads to look at the face of God.
Su Ran was kneeling in the first row of the crowd. He didn't notice that the people around him were looking down at the ground, but he was looking straight at the face of this god, trying to tell something was wrong on his face. The place.
Yin Cheng slowly opened his eyes, his purple pupils shining brightly in the dark night. He scanned the faces of the congregants in front of him one by one, and finally landed on the face of Su Ran, who was facing him in the first row. Rao A smile appeared on his interested lips.
Su Ran was stunned, and after looking around, he realized that he was the only one with his head raised.
Damn it, why didn't anyone tell me not to look up at this time?
Su Ran quickly lowered his head and followed the example of others looking at the ground. However, Yin Cheng did not look away. Instead, the smile on his face became brighter. The light in his eyes did not seem to be sacred, but revealed a trace of... .....Monster?
"Lord God, for today's 900th anniversary gathering, we invite you to the mortal world. We also ask you to send your divine will to us mortals and guide us on the road ahead." Chen Tianming raised his head and looked at Yincheng and said sincerely.
Yin Cheng then moved his eyes away from Su Ran's face, looked at Chen Tianming below, and nodded slightly, "It's been nine hundred years. It's not easy for you people to be able to develop religion for so many years and remain strong. .
You have done quite well in these years. After this annual meeting is over, when I come to the human world next time, I will take you into the divine world and follow me. "
Yincheng's answer immediately brought tears to Chen Tianming's eyes. He looked at Yincheng excitedly and said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you, Lord Shangshen. I can't thank you enough for your kindness!"
After the subordinates follow the Lord God to the God Realm, they will serve the Lord God wholeheartedly for the rest of their lives, work hard for the Lord God, and work like a cow or a horse! To repay Lord God's kindness to his subordinates! "
The first thing Yincheng did after entering the lower realm was to give Chen Tianming the opportunity to follow him to the upper realm, which instantly made all the believers present envious.
Isn't it just for this day that everyone joins the Tianyu Sect, to be able to follow the gods and ascend to the God Realm, and from then on become immortal and become a member of the God Realm?
It's just that many people may work hard all their lives but never get the results they want, but occasionally someone is brought to the divine world by the gods, and these people are given a glimmer of hope. Maybe at some point in this life, smoke suddenly rises from their ancestral graves, and they go to the gods. God can take a fancy to himself.
"As for the three of you, just concentrate on your cultivation. One day you will have the opportunity to ascend to the upper world." Yincheng looked at the other three elders.
"Thank you, Lord God, for your grace." The three of them bowed their heads in worship, but there was some bitterness in their eyes.
Chen Tianming was much younger than them, only in his early forties, but he had already received the grace of God.
And the three of them are nearly seventy years old. There is no chance for this 900th anniversary annual meeting. Wait until the next time, the thousandth anniversary? At that time, it was not certain whether the graves of the three of them were still there.
As if he noticed that the three elders were somewhat dissatisfied, Yin Cheng frowned slightly and said displeasedly: "Why, you three seem to have any opinions on my decision?"
The three elders were startled and quickly knocked their heads heavily on the ground. Their voices trembled and they said, "Sir, the Lord God knows clearly that the three of us have absolutely no dissatisfaction!"
"oh?"
Although Yincheng's tone was very light, it completely chilled the hearts of the three of them. Chen Tianming also sighed softly and closed his eyes unbearably. These three elders were all his relatives, more or less. Some are connected by blood.
Sure enough, the second after Yincheng finished speaking, the elder on the far left flew backwards from where he was and fell heavily to the ground. He died on the spot without even making a cry.
The whole place fell into silence. The believers just glanced at the elder with sympathy and then continued to look down at the ground, fearing that Lord Shangshen would choose another person at random to disappear before he calmed down.
"Of all the people present, are there still people who are dissatisfied?"
Yincheng's voice floated throughout the playground, but at this time, the thousands of people in the audience were silent. No one dared to speak anymore, so as not to attract the "attention" of Lord God.
Yincheng's eyes swept around the audience, and when no one responded, he nodded with satisfaction.
"Don't be too nervous, I am still very kind. As long as you submit to me wholeheartedly, I can ensure that you enjoy your old age in peace."
"Thank you, Lord God, for your gift!" All the believers quickly bowed their heads to express their thanks.
"What's the matter? I don't believe you can't enjoy your old age, right?" Su Ran muttered in a low voice.
"Stop talking!" Li Chen quickly reminded.
However, Li Chen's reminder came a little late, and Yincheng still looked at Su Ran.
"Elder Li, can you tell me earlier next time?" Su Ran sighed, but did not flinch. Instead, he raised his head and looked at Yincheng.
"What did you just say?" Yincheng asked with a smile, but in everyone's eyes, this smile was like the smile of an executioner before he kills someone.
"I mean, if you don't believe me, you won't be able to enjoy your old age in peace?" Su Ran repeated it loudly in the silence of the audience.
As soon as he finished speaking, not only Li Chen's eyes widened, but all the congregants present, including Chen Tianming and the other two elders, ignored the etiquette and turned their heads to look at Su Ran in disbelief. Some of them couldn't believe what they had just said. What did you hear?
After Su Ran finished speaking, she felt it didn't matter. She looked straight into Yincheng's purple eyes with her head held high, wanting to see what the god of divination would do to her in anger.
The scene was silent for more than ten minutes, but it felt like a few hours. Everyone looked at Su Ran and Yin Cheng nervously. Although these words were not spoken by them, most people even held their breath. Breathing, Su Ran sweated.
Just when everyone thought that Yin Cheng, with a smile on his face, would kill Su Ran on the spot in the next second, Yin Cheng suddenly laughed out loud.
"Okay, okay, that's interesting. You are the first one who dares to speak to me so blatantly." Yincheng laughed and said, "What's your name?"
"Su Ran." Su Ran blinked and looked at the god of divination with some confusion.
Isn't this person mentally ill? Any masochistic tendencies? I blatantly opposed him in front of so many of his followers, but he didn't even have any objections? ? Shouldn't he just take action and kill me directly? ?
"Su Ran." Yin Cheng muttered in a low voice and nodded slightly: "I think you have excellent qualifications. After the conference, are you willing to ascend to the divine world with me?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar. For a moment, the church members forgot about etiquette and began to discuss in low voices with familiar people around them.
"Can you ascend to the upper world now? Didn't this girl just join my teaching? Regardless of her qualifications or contribution, it's not her turn!"
"Is it possible that Lord God is the same as a mortal? He likes good-looking people?"
"That shouldn't be the case. This girl is indeed extremely beautiful, but she shouldn't be as good as the fairies in the divine world, right? As for letting the gods fall in love with her because of her beauty?"
"Don't you understand this? Just like wild flowers are more fragrant than domestic flowers, most likely the fairies in the divine world are tired of seeing them and come to the human world for a change."
There were different opinions for a while, but no matter what, everyone's guess was that the little girl named Su Ran must have taken some shortcuts, or had something that caught the eye of the gods.
But soon these discussions disappeared under Yincheng's gaze.
The people who had just been discussing the loudest floated from their seats into the air, and then exploded in the air under the gaze of all the congregants. Blood spread all over the faces of the people around them.
But no one dared to wipe the blood from their faces. Everyone was trembling and kneeling on the ground, begging God for forgiveness.
At this moment, these people realized more deeply that compared to the superior gods, their lives were just like ants that could be easily crushed to death.
"Who else has an opinion on my decision?"
Yincheng's cold voice floated throughout the entire venue, and everyone present did not dare to speak anymore. It had been so long since they had seen this god, and everyone had forgotten that gods do not allow humans to have opinions.
"Sir Shangshen, please calm down. The church members are too ignorant and have offended Shangshen. After the conference is over, my subordinates will definitely educate them." Seeing that the atmosphere was too solemn, Chen Tianming hurriedly came out to smooth things over.
Yincheng lowered his head to look at Chen Tianming and snorted coldly, "As the sect leader, it is also your fault for loose management. I thought you had already managed Tianyu Sect in a orderly manner, but I didn't expect that you still don't understand the rules so well.
In this case, then you can continue to manage religion for me in the human world, and the matter of ascending to the upper world will be discussed next time. "
Chen Tianming was stunned and looked up at Yincheng. He was about to say something. After Yincheng glanced down at him, Chen Tianming quickly lowered his head and nodded in agreement.
Chen Tianming's face was a little bitter, and he cursed in his heart that these idiots in the church could be so brainless. If he wanted to express his dissatisfaction, he should wait until the end of the conference. If he had to say it now in front of this god, wouldn't this be courting death?
And even if you are looking for death, you actually dragged me into the water. I have been waiting for the opportunity my whole life, and now you are messing with it.
Although he was extremely reluctant, but with the lessons learned from these people, Chen Tianming did not dare to refute, so he had to keep this matter in mind.
You can’t argue so much with God. Can’t I deal with you after the conference?
After seeing that no one in the audience said anything, Yincheng looked at Su Ran again and asked, "What do you think of my proposal just now?"
Su Ran smiled and said: "Since Lord Shang Shen has said so, I definitely have no objection. Every member of the Tianyu Sect who joins the cult is for the purpose of ascending to the upper world. I wish for that."
After hearing Su Ran's answer, Yincheng laughed loudly: "I like you as a person who understands current affairs. That's great!"
Su Ran shook his head, thinking that this Lord God was really moody, maybe he had some kind of lunacy.
Seeing that Yincheng seemed to be in a better mood, Chen Tianming breathed a sigh of relief and said carefully: "Sir Shangshen, let's move on to the next item?"
Yincheng nodded, faced everyone, and continued with a smile: "After the 900th anniversary conference, I hope that you can continue to develop our religion wholeheartedly next year, so that more believers can participate in our faith. middle.
Sect Master Chen, how many members does our religion have now? "
"For the record, Lord God, Su Ran, the new member of the religion a few days ago, is the 10,000th member of my religion." Chen Tianming replied.
Yincheng said thoughtfully: "In that case, how about you try to increase the number of members of our religion to 15,000 before the conference next year?"
Chen Tianming and the other two elders looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
Chen Tianming thought about his words and said carefully: "Lord Shangshen, our religion has only grown to 10,000 members in the past 20 years. Now it is really difficult to grow an additional 5,000 members within a year. Not small."
"Oh?" Yin Cheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Could it be that Sect Leader Chen can't do it?"
Chen Tianming's heart trembled, and he quickly replied: "No, no, Lord Shangshen, my subordinates will definitely be able to complete the tasks assigned by Lord Shangshen."
"If there aren't so many followers when I come next year, you won't have to be the sect leader anymore." Yincheng's face was filled with a smile, but his words made Chen Tianming fall into the ice cave.
"I understand." Chen Tianming replied with a bitter voice.
Yincheng nodded slightly, looked at the audience again, and said loudly: "The gossip is over, let's start preaching."
After finishing speaking, Yincheng's figure rose into the air, his face was solemn, and the flame marks on his forehead began to appear, and the entire venue echoed with words in a language that Su Ran could not understand.
Su Ran was stunned and turned to look at the people around her. Everyone except her closed their eyes, knelt on the ground and closed their eyes, repeating every word Yincheng said with a pious expression.
Can they actually understand this language? So outrageous? It's not just to cater to Yincheng, right?
Su Ran thought for a while and moved closer to Li Chen. After listening for a while, she realized that what he repeated was exactly the same as what Yincheng said.
It seems that it has been a long time since I started teaching, and I can still learn a lot more.
Naturally, a language he didn't understand was meaningless, so Su Ran dozed off in his seat for a while as usual.
Just halfway through her nap, Su Ran suddenly woke up. She always felt like someone was staring at her.
After looking around, Su Ran realized that he was looking in the wrong direction. What was really staring at him was Yin Cheng, the God of Divination, who was currently suspended in mid-air!
But looking towards Yincheng, he still had his eyes closed.
"It's true. I've seen it all, and it's still secretive." Su Ran muttered softly.
"Oh? Are you talking about me?"
A somewhat lazy voice came.
Su Ran was stunned and found that Yin Cheng, who was still in the air just now, was standing in front of him at some point, looking at him with a smile on his face.
At this moment, except for himself and Yincheng, everyone else in this place has disappeared.
It should be that he was pulled into his domain by Yincheng. Such a small-scale barrier is not difficult for a serious god.
"Lord Shangshen must have heard wrongly. How dare I judge you without authorization?" Su Ran said with a stiff smile.
Yin Cheng spoke softly, "Really? Why do I think you are so bold?
These people don't dare to say anything about me even in their hearts, but you actually said it out loud. "
"This shows...this shows that I am more sincere!" Su Ran racked his brains and explained forcefully.
Yin Cheng laughed loudly, "Okay, you little girl is really interesting."
"Thank you, Lord God, for your appreciation." Su Ran smiled dryly.
Yin Cheng stared at Su Ran and looked him up and down, and said: "To be honest, even if I have seen countless women in the God Realm, I have never seen anyone as beautiful as you.
As a human woman, her appearance is better than that of the fairies in the sky. It is rare to see such stunning beauty. "
"Thanks to the praise from Lord God, the little girl is very frightened and grateful!" Su Ran rolled his eyes in his heart, what nonsense did he say.
"Would you like to fly to the upper realm with me and become a Taoist couple with me, and spend the rest of your life together?"
"Double...double holiday?"
Yincheng's question caught Su Ran off guard. You are also a god, big brother. If you are engaged in love affairs, shouldn't you be cold and ignore the world? Why do you engage in double cultivation, something that appears in novels? Don’t you think it will affect your tall image?
"Since Lord Shang Shen has taken a liking to me, it's my honor! There's no reason not to agree!
Lord God, will I be able to live forever if I go to the God Realm? A lifetime of glory and wealth? "Su Ran was extremely excited.
"You're honest." Su Ran's reaction made Yin Cheng stunned. He originally thought that he would be able to persuade with reason and emotion.
"That's natural. After you become a Taoist couple with me, you can share eternal life with me for thousands of years, not to mention wealth, which you can enjoy and use up inexhaustibly.
I look forward to obtaining a higher divine status in the divine world in the future, stepping into the main heavenly palace, and becoming the master of the heavenly palace. You can directly sit on the position of the Holy Mother of the heavenly palace.
Until then, you will be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people! Gods, humans, and the rulers of the three realms of the underworld! "
At the end of Yincheng's words, his face was slightly excited.
Su Ran, on the other hand, looked at Yincheng with a surprised look on his face, thinking: Entering the Heavenly Palace? Lord of Heavenly Palace? Can this be said? After all, is it really possible that the Lord of the Heavenly Palace wouldn’t smash it into pieces with a thunderbolt or something?
"Why, you don't seem to be looking forward to it?" Yincheng looked at Su Ran's reaction and was a little surprised. It stands to reason that after hearing these heroic words, this little girl should not be able to reject her own personal charm.
"Well, Lord Shangshen, you are so sincere, are you really not afraid of being heard by the Lord of Heavenly Palace?" Su Ran couldn't help but ask the question in his heart.
Yin Cheng was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "Do you know what my identity is?"
Su Ran shook her head in confusion.
A proud smile appeared on Yincheng's lips, "I am a descendant of the Yin family, the second largest family in the God Realm.
My mother is the biological sister of the current Lord of Heavenly Palace, and the Lord of Heavenly Palace is my biological uncle!
As the eldest son of the Yin family and the only male of the two major families, I will definitely be the next lord of the Heavenly Palace! "
Su Ran was in a daze.
The second largest family, the Yin family?
No, in the story Zhang Ziqing told himself before, the largest family in the God Realm is the Bai family where the Holy Mother Bai Shao of Tiangong lives, and the second largest family is the family of the Lord of Tiangong. The Lord of Tiangong is his uncle, so that should be the case. It's not a surname, then...
Oh, yes, the Bai family is no longer a noble because of Bai Shao and Bai Yue, so if they are replaced one by one, Yincheng is right.
"Why, you suddenly learned about my identity and were shocked for a moment?" Seeing that Su Ran didn't speak for a long time, Yin Cheng couldn't help but feel a little proud.
Su Ran could only nod: "I am indeed shocked by your noble status, Lord Shangshen. It is an honor for me to follow you."
"It's good that you understand." Yincheng was extremely satisfied. "Don't worry about it. When the conference is over, you will follow me and ascend to the upper world."
"Okay, Lord God." Su Ran said sincerely.
After the exchange between the two ended, Su Ran's surroundings returned to the previous scene.
The solemn and solemn Yincheng was suspended in the office, preaching the doctrine with a majestic face, and many believers around him were also repeating Yincheng's words.
Su Ran still couldn't understand it at all.
This missionary ceremony, which was extremely boring for Su Ran, lasted for more than an hour. The scene was too solemn. Su Ran was not too embarrassed to take out his phone to check the time, so he had to drift off half asleep and half awake. .
Su Zhai.
Zhang Ziqing was lying on the recliner, thinking about some trivial things, when a knock on the door from outside the room interrupted his thoughts.
"Please come in."
The person who opened the door and walked in was the newly recruited girl named Xu Zhian. She came out of the door with a glass of raw coconut latte with ice.
"Boss, the boss lady told me before that I would give you a cup of coffee every night before get off work." Xu Zhian took the coffee and gently placed it on the table next to Zhang Ziqing.
Zhang Ziqing glanced at the clock on the wall and saw that it was already ten o'clock in the evening. He couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"Why haven't you gotten off work yet?"
"A customer came to the store today. He seemed to be heartbroken. He ordered a cup of coffee and sat in the store for a long time. He just left."
Zhang Ziqing nodded: "I understand, in this case from now on, you don't have to worry about it after six o'clock, just get off work directly."
"Okay, boss." Xu Zhian nodded. Just as he was about to leave, he remembered something again, "By the way, boss, Sister Ranran went out at five or six in the afternoon and she hasn't come back yet."
"I understand, it's okay. You go back first. I'll just wait for her. Pay attention to your safety."
"Okay." Xu Zhian then turned and left Zhang Ziqing's room.
After watching Xu Zhi'an close the door to the room, Zhang Ziqing took another look at a lavender barrier in the distance and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
"It's been three hours and it's not over yet. It seems like there's really a lot of nonsense to talk about."
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"Missionary over!"
With Yincheng's soft drink, Su Ran, who was dozing off, was woken up by Li Chen's slap.
"Miss Su, Lord Shangshen's teaching was so wonderful, you could actually fall asleep?" Li Chen stared at Su Ran in disbelief.
Su Ran rubbed her eyes and said with a sad face: "Huh? My talent is limited. I listened for a long time but I didn't recognize which language it was."
Li Chen was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead and realized, "Oh, yes, this is a language unique to the lineage of the gods. It requires daily practice in the religion to achieve great success. You have just joined the religion, so you can't hear it." It’s normal to understand.
But it’s okay, God is going to take you to the God Realm soon anyway. After that, God himself will teach you. I’m afraid it won’t take long for you to surpass us. "
"You are so looking forward to ascending to the God Realm." Su Ran didn't understand. Don't these people know that ascending will mean death.
Li Chen was full of expectations: "That's natural. Ordinary people practice life for the sake of immortality. I think many emperors in China had the wish of immortality, but in the end they were not able to realize it.
Now, if you are favored by the gods and have the opportunity to ascend to the divine world and live forever from now on, then you will really have nothing else to ask for in this life. "
"Is immortality really that good?" Su Ran didn't understand.
"Of course, Miss Su, you are still young and so beautiful. Now you are the same age as Hua, and there are a lot of people around you, so naturally you don't feel the anxiety of appearance and aging.
But we are different, not to mention that the two elders are now very old, and they may not be able to survive the next conference in ten years and will be buried.
Even the sect leader and I are already over fifty. If this trend continues, we won't be able to hold two conferences and we will soon die. If there is no chance to ascend to the upper world, this life will be over.
Miss Su, do you know why Sect Master Chen is so eager to go to the God Realm as soon as possible? "
Su Ran shook his head and thought, how could I know, he didn't tell me.
"Because Zongzhu Chen is now in the advanced stage of lung cancer, and the doctor said he only has one or two years to live at most."
Su Ran opened her mouth wide, somewhat unexpectedly.
But soon she remembered what Fang Zhi had told her before, about Xu Yan suddenly vomiting blood when she saw Chen Tianming preaching to them. Is that what happened?
It turns out that Chen Tianming doesn’t live long. I asked him why he was more disappointed than those three old men when he couldn’t ascend.
