pertwk Chapter 2245 A Strange Divine Descent
Chapter 2245 A Strange Divine Descent
Chapter 2245 A Strange Divine Descent
Sun Hongye continued, "Once, the old boatman injured his arm, so I found someone to take over the boat. The newcomer wasn't familiar with the route, so he took a longer, more circuitous route, which delayed our arrival on the island. And then—"
"As a result, both the people and the boat disappeared." Sun Hongye pursed her lips. "I went to report it to the county government, and the magistrate told me not to make a fuss, to give some money to the boatmen's families, and to just say that the boat capsized in a storm at sea."
This kind of thing happens to island fishermen all the time, and they just accept it.
What else can we do but report it to the authorities?
"How do you know that this island is related to the Heavenly Demon?" He Lingchuan's heart skipped a beat. Why is it at sea again?
"There have long been rumors that a grumpy god lives on the island, and mortals who get too close will be torn to pieces. It was only after I had been doing this job for half a year that I accidentally learned that the previous mining commissioner was killed by two monsters that rushed out of Pulu Island and were eaten, leaving only half a head. That's why the position became vacant and I took over."
Therefore, doing this mining and transportation job in Fuxian County is not only demanding, poorly paid, and far from home, but also carries significant risks.
"I was lucky, and soon after, I witnessed the so-called 'miracle'!" Sun Hongye breathed a sigh of relief. "Just half a month before I set off to leave Fu Kingdom, one day the sky was clear and blue. I happened to be on Haiyin Island, which is the closest island to Pulu Island, when I suddenly heard the boatmen on the shore exclaim, 'The sea has stopped moving!'"
"The sea breeze was strong that day, and the waves were very turbulent, making it difficult to set sail. But when I looked out from behind the waves, I saw that the sea was as smooth as a mirror, without a single ripple! I asked two old boatmen, who had been working near Pulu Island for seven or eight years, and they had never seen such a sight before."
"Then, the sea froze over." Sun Hongye's recollection was very detailed. "The ice stretched all the way from Pulu Island. In just a few dozen breaths, even the sea around Haiyin Island froze over, and it was frozen solid."
He Lingchuan cut him off: "How far apart are the two islands?"
"About six miles."
"So, the area around Pulu Island, spanning six or seven miles, is frozen over?"
“That must be it,” Sun Hongye continued. “The ice was still very thick and kept freezing over the shore, all the way to the island. There were two fishermen who were floating at sea earlier, and they were frozen to the ground along with their boat! Everyone was so scared that they ran straight to the island’s mountain, fearing that they would suffer the same fate as them.”
"Later, the sea ice kept encroaching, and we retreated all the way to the shady side of Haiyin Island, where the land stopped freezing. We were standing on the edge of a cliff when two people pushed a huge rock into the sea, smashing a large hole in the ice. So I deduced that the ice layer was about a foot thick."
"To freeze the sea, that's quite a powerful ability," He Lingchuan hummed in agreement. "How long did the sea freeze over?"
Is it a magical artifact or a person that can unleash such supernatural powers?
"It took two hours to melt. It was the middle of summer, but we were shivering from the cold while standing near the sea ice," Sun Hongye said. "Such an unusual phenomenon was unprecedented. That evening, I returned to the county town and happened to witness the county government welcoming the gods."
"Welcoming the gods?"
"They said that a god suddenly descended, and everyone from the county magistrate to the bailiffs was in a frenzy, immediately clearing out the biggest and best house on the island for the god to stay in. I was also taken there, and I was extremely busy."
He Lingchuan asked, "Did you see the gods?"
“Wherever they go, they are surrounded by a large group of people, like stars around the moon. I can only catch a glimpse of them from afar. One of them is a mermaid with light blue skin, webbed fingers, and gills behind his ears.” Sun Hongye spread out her palm to indicate. “The other one is a bit strange. Although he is also humanoid, his face seems to be covered with a layer of soft skin. I can’t tell whether his features are beautiful or ugly.”
He Lingchuan suddenly said, "It looks very blurry?"
“Yes, yes, it’s very blurry.” That’s a good description, but how did the Emperor know? “I was also glanced at by that strange man from afar, and that look… how should I put it, it was like when we look at cattle and horses in a pen.”
Have you seen them make a move?
“No, but the magistrate told us that the sea freezing over in the morning was a miracle they had performed.” Sun Hongye continued before He Lingchuan could ask any questions. “Later, a fisherman told me that before the sea froze over, he saw two rainbows streak across the western sky and head towards Pulu Island.”
In terms of timing, it matches up. But can a divine descent last that long?
Sun Hongye also said, "That's strange. From the secrets I've collected in the past, miracles and divine descents are all very short-lived, never lasting more than half an hour. But from the frozen sea that morning to the arrival of the gods in the afternoon, there was a three-hour interval. Could these two 'gods' really stay in the human world for such a long time?"
"Ten years ago, when the Heavenly Demon descended into an ordinary body, it could only last for a quarter of an hour at most." He Lingchuan had been chased by Bai Zhantian, so he could calculate the time very clearly. "Because of the abundance of spiritual energy in heaven and earth, it has gradually been extended in recent years. This is probably because the cultivation level of these bodies has improved, and they can bear more divine power."
Of course, this only applies to ordinary physical forms. The demons of the Spirit Void also possess the forms of immortals and true immortals, and their movement in the mortal realm is mainly limited by the surrounding spiritual energy environment.
Sun Hongye then said, "When I first became the transport commissioner, I once saw a fisherman pull a floating corpse from the sea. It was a mermaid. The fisherman said that judging from the direction of the current, it should have drifted from Pulu Island. The corpse was horribly dead, with its skin rolled up and its body swollen. The fisherman said that he had also pulled a floating corpse of a mermaid two years ago."
"It sounds like Pulu Island is a testing ground for demon puppets, and they seem to enjoy using merfolk for experiments. These two celestial demons seem to have simply descended into ordinary skins." Hmm, merfolk are also humanoid demons, and they are amphibious, with a strong reproductive capacity. Their current numbers are not small, making them excellent materials for creating demon puppets.
He Lingchuan then asked, "How do you know that when the county government welcomed them, the Heavenly Demon was still inside the skin and had not left? It's hard to tell from appearance alone."
“I’m sure, because these two celestial beings came down from the sky and landed directly in the county. Although I didn’t see it myself, there were hundreds of eyewitnesses. I asked seven or eight of them, and their descriptions were all pretty much the same.” Sun Hongye scratched his head. “I think their physical bodies themselves shouldn’t have had the power to fly.”
"That's right." These two demons actually stayed in ordinary skins for several hours.
Are they too weak, or has their physical resilience increased? But the fact that they can swagger in suggests that the divine power they carry isn't so urgent.
Do you know their names?
Sun Hongye nodded: "One is called 'Wu Yao', and the other seems to be called 'Xi Yu'."
Not from God, much less a true god. He Lingchuan silently noted down these two names, planning to look them up later.
(End of this chapter)