I Come to Teach You Cultivation-Chapter 60 - 16: Incarnate God

A thousand years ago, in ancient times, a war erupted on the land of the Central Province.

In that war, the Huai River Witch led her tribe to migrate to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

At that time, the Hundred Lands Mountain Range was the territory of Spirit Monsters and beasts, and even the Mountain People rarely chose to settle in such harsh places. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

According to legend, the Hundred Lands Mountain Range was still just a rainforest back then.

Towering trees and fierce beasts were everywhere, and the warm humid environment created an extremely complex ecology.

In this world where everything had divinity, such a complex ecology naturally gave birth to a primitive Ancient God — Nvman.

Nvman is the Spring God symbolizing "spring," a Rebirth Goddess who brings life to all things.

However, unlike the gentle image of the Spring God in people’s minds, Nvman is a truly savage god.

When the Huai River Witch led her tribe to migrate here, Nvman was the first of the Hundred Lands’ Gods to emerge and come into conflict with her.

From basic water diversion to the cultivation of crops...

Whatever the Huai River Witch wanted to do, Nvman openly opposed and interfered with her actions.

Ironically, Nvman was particularly skilled in those aspects.

For a time, it left the Huai River Witch at her wit’s end, even making her wonder whether to migrate once again.

However, the Huai River Witch eventually abandoned this idea.

Because the Hundred Lands Mountain Range was already a barren place.

Within a hundred miles, livestock was extinct, within a thousand miles, there was hardly a human dwelling.

If they continued to migrate southward, they would end up in a no-man’s-land for living beings.

Not to mention a thousand years ago, even a thousand years later today, the south of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range is no place for humans to live.

Marshes everywhere, fierce beasts roamed, plus those uncultivated creatures and Divine Spirits...

Even the Gods of Five Directions never considered expanding their territory to such places.

Thus, the determined Huai River Witch chose to square off against Nvman.

You divert the river, then I will build dams and embankments...

You make the land barren, then I will clear the land by burning...

You cause the crops to fail, then I will gather and hunt...

Anyway, back and forth between the two sides, magical combat and struggles, causing the entire Hundred Lands Mountain Range to be restless.

Until finally, the Huai River Witch devised a plan to possess Nvman into the body of a human woman, thus limiting her abilities and authority, ending this ceaseless magical combat.

"That legend is actually true!?"

With You Chong’s reminder, Mu Zheng also recalled the mythological story he once heard as a joke.

A carefree and casual deity was imprisoned in a human body by a witch.

If not seen with their own eyes, who would believe such a legend could have truly happened?

"I never thought after all this time, someone would still remember me."

Now, Granny had no intention to hide anymore, and she candidly admitted her identity.

"Since you are the legendary ’Nvman,’ why do you still protect these Mountain People!"

"If the legend is true, shouldn’t you resent these people deeply?"

Watching the lightning crash down, Mu Zheng no longer questioned the authenticity of those legends and myths.

After all, if Nvman exists, then the Huai River Witch who imprisoned her in a human body obviously exists too.

With a little further inference, these Mountain People currently living in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range are most likely descendants of the Huai River Witch’s tribe.

From Mu Zheng’s perspective, it’s hard to imagine Nvman choosing to protect these descendants of the Huai River Witch.

"Resentment?"

"I only hate that witch, what does it have to do with the people of the Hundred Lands?"

Coldly gazing at the assembling Guirong Clan, Granny’s voice seemed exceptionally haughty and defiant at this moment.

"Although I’m not like your Five Directions Gods who value faith and sacrifices..."

"But since you covet my territory, you must endure my wrath!"

"Now let me see how you of the Guifang Kingdom compare to that witch from a thousand years ago!"

Before finishing the sentence, Granny took a sudden step forward.

Massive plant roots instantaneously emerged from the ground along the crevices in the earth.

These gigantic plant roots were unlike the Thunder-Attracting Tree and more like the vines that defended Granny earlier.

These plant roots lashed out like pythons, killing the Guirong Clan in an efficient, concise, yet brutal manner.

"Ah!"

"Damn it!"

"Damn..."

...

Caught off guard, nearly a quarter of the Guirong Clan perished in this ambush.

In just this short moment, the casualties of the Guirong Clan exceeded the total from the past three years.

This is the difference between mortals and Gods, which is also the norm of this era.

"Nvman! This is too much!"

Furious eyes almost burst with blood.

The rage inside Mu Zheng reached its peak at this moment.

These eight hundred Guirong Clan were not just the sacrificial army of the Guifang Kingdom, but also the offspring of Guifang’s nobility, and Mu Zheng’s blood kin.

Such a large-scale loss is absolutely unacceptable, even within the violence-prizing and prolific Guifang Kingdom.

"Mighty Heaven, mysterious Divine Land. Guifang’s soil, grant me prosperity."

Tearing open his own shirt, Mu Zheng exposed the beast-blood tattoo on his chest symbolizing the "Five Directions Gods."

The sound of war drums reverberated through the area within a radius of several kilometers.

Everyone within this range in the Guifang tribe looked up and tore open their shirts in a uniform manner.

"Ancestors above, shelter our nation. The legacy of Guifang, extends infinitely."

"Grant me strength, endow me with magic. Victory in battle, no ghost or god can resist."

This time, it was not just Mu Zheng’s voice, but the roar of all the remaining warriors of the Guirong Clan.

The fearless and death-defying Guirong Clan are beseeching blessings from the Five Directions Gods with their blood.

This is a sacrificial ritual, and also a way for the Guirong Clan to empower themselves with Divine Power.

Swirl... swirl... swirl...

A turbulent storm swept in from all directions, quickly dispersing the thunderclouds in the sky.

For a moment, a gigantic invisible face emerged from the clouds, piercingly gazing at Granny below.

"Heaven-Howling Clan! This is my territory!"

Fearlessly looking up at the sky, Granny’s roar even overshadowed the storm’s tumult.

Rumble... Rumble...

The storm transformed into Thunder, lightning spanned across the sky.

The Heaven-Howling Clan, being one of today’s Five Directions Gods, existed even a thousand years ago, having been born even earlier than Nvman.

Thus, in the face of Granny’s roar, the Heaven-Howling Clan chose to ignore it.

In an instant, more than three hundred remaining Guirong Clan members, driven by the storm, launched another ferocious assault towards Granny’s position.

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