Mysterious Resurrection: From Stream Spirit to Conceptual Water God

Chapter 14 Weapons! Communication! Cooperation!

[Weapon: Soul-Suppressing Nail]

[Level: Low-grade magic artifact]

[Effect: Possesses a certain suppressive power against strange entities. When combined with the Three Souls and Five Scattering Array, it can lock them in a certain area and prevent them from moving.]

[Upgradeable: Upgrade to intermediate-level magic weapon, requires 1,000 incense sticks]

It turned out to be a weapon.

Looking at the rusty nail, Mu Yuan looked like a steel bar picked up from a scrap yard.

But the touch from my palm was heavy, much heavier than it looked, and there was a faint sense of oppression, as if something was sealed in a nail.

Incense can also be used to upgrade ritual implements.

An unexpected delight.

"Are you really the river god?"

At this moment, Zhou Gang couldn't care less about the Soul-Suppressing Nail being taken away; he only had one question in his mind.

Is this guy really a river god?

Mu Yuan nodded slightly.

"I am Cang Jun, a tributary of the old town of Cangjiang City."

"Cang Jun..." Zhou Gang muttered to himself, then frowned. Was this Cang the Cang from Cangjiang City?

A tributary of the old town of Cangjiang City?

"Were you born from this river?" Zhou Gang asked tentatively.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yuan slowly nodded.

Strictly speaking, this statement is not wrong. The Water Source Book brought him to this world. At first, he was still floating in the sky. Later, when he saw the vengeful spirits harming people, he acted impulsively and rushed straight into the tributary of the old city.

This perfectly activated the Water Source Book's properties!

Then, he merged with the stream spirit in the old city of Cangjiang, condensing into a water spirit body and activating the Water Source Book!

Thus began his full journey into the priesthood.

"Then, can you go to other rivers?" Zhou Gang asked with burning eyes. Hearing this question, even Xu Meng, who couldn't bear to stay underwater, forcibly suppressed the discomfort in her body and looked at Mu Yuan with burning eyes.

The eerie resurgence has brought all sorts of strange occurrences into people's ordinary world. Some have appeared in slaughterhouses, some in the mountains, and some even in mirrors, but the most common are always the strange occurrences in rivers!

"You can go, but the strength you possess is far less than that in my territory," Mu Yuan shook his head and said, unless he continues to level up, gain more merit, and then govern more waters and recruit more aquatic yakshas.

"Is that so?" Zhou Gang was slightly disappointed.

Immediately afterward, his expression changed slightly; they had reached their limit in terms of time spent in the river.

"I'm sorry, we can't stay underwater for long. If possible, could you please come to the shore and have a chat?" After saying that, Zhou Gang quickly swam upstream.

Mu Yuan pondered for a moment, and then followed suit.

What I need most right now is merit and offerings! Merit is related to my level of power! The more merit I accumulate, the faster I can advance in my divine rank!

It might even go so far as to emulate Nuwa's path to sainthood by accumulating merit! But such a thing is best left as a thought; it would require far too much merit!

However, even if you can't reach that level, becoming a water god shouldn't be a problem at all!

Incense offerings are even more important. If merit increases your own stats, then incense offerings are like increasing your critical hit rate!

Incense offerings are related to acquiring skills and recruiting subordinates, and now there's also the option to upgrade magic items.

If merit is experience, then incense is currency!

Universal currency!

To receive offerings, one inevitably has to speak to officials.

Mu Yuan had also learned about the unusual situation when he overheard people talking about each other in the old town on the shore today.

The Bureau of Abnormalities was established at the beginning of the bizarre resurgence and is specifically responsible for dealing with abnormal and strange entities. It holds a very high position in the official circles.

The ways to obtain incense offerings are nothing more than performing miracles, and the most important thing is to have a place for those who believe in you to worship!

That is, a temple!

The temple is currently under construction in the old town area. Although the authorities have not stopped it, they are definitely trying to build good relations with it, since Mu Yuan cannot just build one temple in this place!

His method of obtaining offerings is global!

After struggling back to the shore, Xu Meng and Zhou Gang threw down the heavy iron weights they were carrying and both took a deep breath.

"It's amazing! We've been at the bottom of the river for at least five or six minutes, but our clothes aren't even wet." Xu Meng glanced at her completely dry clothes, her eyes full of surprise.

"That's normal. These things are fragments left behind by Yu the Great in his efforts to control the floods," Zhou Gang said, waving his hand before looking at the river in front of him.

Seeing that no new resentment appeared, Zhou Gang finally believed that the Myriad Souls Water Corpse was truly dead!

Once tonight is over, all the tributaries in the old town will be completely purified!

It has become completely clear!

At that moment, the river surged, the water boiling upwards as if it were being heated, and then slowly condensed into a human shape.

A young man, who looked to be around twenty-four or twenty-five years old, was wearing a white robe with speckled gold stripes. He walked calmly on the water and came step by step to Zhou Gang and Xu Meng.

"So cool." A hoarse voice rang out, not from Zhou Gang and Xu Meng, but from the decapitation sword in Xu Meng's hand.

"Your Highness, please be more reserved!" Xu Meng blushed, feeling inexplicably ashamed.

"What is your purpose?" Zhou Gang asked seriously, taking a deep breath.

"Please protect the waters under my jurisdiction. If possible, please do me the favor of allowing them to build temples," Mu Yuan said calmly.

"A temple? Is that important to you?" Zhou Gang narrowed his eyes and said slightly.

"It's important in some ways, and not important in others. If there's a temple, I can focus my attention on the temple itself and hear their thoughts and ideas at any time."

"It doesn't matter if there's no temple." Mu Yuan shrugged. At worst, he could just appear on the water's surface and use it as a temple to perform a miracle.

"As long as you don't harm anyone, we will do our best to meet your requirements!" Zhou Gang said earnestly.

"Of course not." Mu Yuan nodded slightly.

He would only harm people if he had nothing better to do. Of course, he also knew that people's hearts are fickle and that not everyone can be a good person. Although bad people make up a small percentage, they do exist.

If anyone dares to mess with him, Mu Yuan will not show any mercy.

God! The most inviolable thing is dignity!

For some gods, face is more important than their own lives!

"Thank you. If you encounter any other strange occurrences, feel free to contact me."

Mu Yuan nodded and stated his second objective, which was also a good thing for the Bureau of Abnormal Affairs.

How bizarre! It concerns his own merits! It concerns his own divine status!

Even more important!

"Even if you didn't mention it, I would still tell you that if you really had control over this tributary, you should know that the waters at the end of this tributary extend from the moat."

"And within the city's moat! There exists a catastrophic anomaly!"