Chapter 379 The Power of Incense

Hey, what's going on?

Xiao Jie frowned slightly and looked around vigilantly. Could it be that there are more powerful monsters in this village? This willow god is not the final boss?

But there is no reason. For such a small village, it is already a bit supermodel to have a low-level earthbound god. There can't be more powerful monsters.

Xiao Jie clicked the flagpole a few more times, but the system's response remained the same.

[System prompt: You have not completely eliminated the monster forces in this village, and you cannot recapture it. 】

"What's wrong, Brother Feng? Why don't you occupy it?"

"Something went wrong. The system prompts that the monster forces in this village have not been eliminated. Everyone search around to see if there are any remaining tree puppets or other small monsters. Everyone should act in groups of five and don't be careless."

Although he said so, Xiao Jie felt that it was probably not related to the tree puppets. Such small monsters are generally irrelevant to the overall situation. When conquering Black Rock Village before, it was also possible to occupy it by killing the bandit leader. Those scattered bandits were not regarded as a "monster force" at all.

There must be something else here.

Sure enough, everyone swept the village twice, searched out a few scattered tree puppets and killed them, but the flagpole still could not be clicked to occupy.

Just when others were searching the village, Xiao Jie came to the body of the Willow God and clicked the huge rotten body with the mouse. This thing is indeed dead.

"Chengxian, did you touch anything just now?"

"I did, the drop is pretty good."

"Let me see what's there." Xiao Jie said, and clicked on the transaction with Wo Yu Chengxian.

Wo Yu Chengxian immediately traded the drop he just touched to Xiao Jie.

Yeah, this drop is really good.

First is the drop from Old Liutou.

[Old Liutou's Diary (Quest Item)

Use: Read.

Item Description: A booklet full of words, which seems to record some experiences of someone before his death. ]

[Secret Door Key (Consumable)

Use: Open a specific hidden door.

Number of uses: 1/1.

Item Description: A key made of black iron, which can be used to open the key to the hidden secret door in Liushudi Village. ]

It's not bad for an elite monster to drop two of these.

Next is the drop from the Corrupted Willow God.

The first one is a golden seed.

[Magical Seed (Seed/Legend)

Use: Plant a random legendary plant

Use requirement: Planting master.

Item description: A mysterious seed with strong spirituality, maybe you can plant something different. ]

The second item is a spell book.

[Yangliu Earthbinding Sutra (Magic/Magic)

Use: Let you learn the spell - Earthbinding.

Learning requirements: 40 spirituality/40 faith. Magic mastery/God prayer mastery.

Spell description: Summon the power of the earth, bind the enemy to the spot, make the enemy unable to move, but for powerful enemies, it can only slow down their movement speed. ]

The third item is another skill book.

[Human Tree Reincarnation Sutra (Magic/Magic)

Use: Let you learn the spell - Tree Puppet Reincarnation.

Learning requirements: 50 spirituality/50 faith. Magic expert/God prayer expert.

Spell introduction: Try to transform a humanoid creature or a tree into a tree puppet warrior under your control. The higher the level of the transformed target, the stronger the combat power of the tree puppet. 】

This skill book is more valuable than ordinary equipment.

Don't rush to divide the things. Xiao Jie directly opened the diary of Old Liu and started reading.

Previous game experience told him that there must be clues to solve this strange phenomenon.

[June 1: Xin Chou Day. It is suitable to start the earth, and it is taboo to get married.

Last night I had a dream. In the dream, a white-haired immortal asked me for help and said that as long as I helped him, he would help me live forever and even become an immortal.

I mentioned this matter at the village gathering, but Old Yang said that it was not a fairy, but a monster, that is, the willow spirit sealed in the big willow tree in the village.

It is said that it was sealed by the immortal hundreds of years ago.

Thanks to him for reminding me, otherwise I almost made a big mistake.

June 11: Yi Si Day. It is a good time to visit relatives and friends.

Things have not been going well in the village in recent days. A few days ago, the state government sent people to collect grain again. They took away several thousand kilograms of grain and captured six corvées. I heard that there is a war at Zhenhun Pass. They are probably sent to transport grain. I hope they can come back alive.

June 15th:

Yesterday, there was a monster on the mountain again. A big wolf two meters long took away the child of Wang's second child. Alas, it was really a sin.

June 21st: Xinhai Day. It is suitable to start the construction and move the house, and it is not good to lose money.

The bandits came to rob food again. Thanks to everyone's concerted efforts to drive them away, but several militiamen in the village died again, and there are not many able-bodied men left.

The state government collected grain and recruited men, but it couldn't even eliminate the bandits. They are pure waste.

July 1st: Jiayin Day. It is suitable to cut wood and raise livestock, and it is not good to move into the house.

I heard that the zombies and demons from Guiwuling are coming here again. I don’t know if they will come here. These useless soldiers can’t even guard the gate and will only waste food.

I heard that there was a rat plague in the neighboring village. The village chief sent people to inquire about the news. After three days, there was no movement. I was afraid that something bad was going to happen.

July 11: Jiwei Day. It is suitable for planting, but not for digging wells.

A few days ago, I dreamed of that old man again. He said he could make me immortal, so I wouldn’t have to suffer this pain and live this unbearable life.

I discussed this with the elders in the village. Old Yang was still talking about those goblins, but the village chief seemed to be moved.

In the end, the vote was 6 to 5, but unfortunately it was still one vote short.

The young men who went to Zhenhunguan yesterday finally came back. Only one of them came back with a broken leg. He said that the war there was very dangerous and many people died.

Now they have to recruit more men. I really can’t survive.

July 15th:

Yesterday I dreamed of the old immortal. The old immortal told me to build a shrine for him and offer incense. Naturally, it would bless the village with good weather and everyone’s safety. I mentioned this to the people in the village, and everyone thought that maybe it was the immortal fate.

Old Yang didn’t come. This unlucky guy actually fell to death while walking at night. Is this God’s will?

August 1st:

The bandits came again. We gave them several hundred kilograms of food before sending them away. Now the village does not have enough food. We can only dig more grass roots and wild vegetables to fill our stomachs. We don’t know how to survive this winter.

I told the villagers about the willow god. Everyone was very interested. Several elders also said that the old man was probably a god.

Only the village chief was still hesitant, but he finally gave in.

We built the shrine in just one day. Everyone worshiped devoutly, hoping that it would be of some use.

August 4th:

It was really magical. Early this morning, many fruits grew on the big willow tree. I ate one and I was not hungry all day.

Now that life is so hard, it doesn’t matter if it is a demon or a god. It’s not a bad thing to worship it. Let’s do it.

August 7th:

There are so many fruits. These fruits are more filling than steamed buns.

August 9th:

There are more fruits. We picked a lot and put them in the cellar. Now we don’t have to worry about starving to death.

August 27:

The fruits on the tree disappeared a few days ago. The old god came to me in a dream again. He said that he was framed by his colleagues and his magic power was sealed. He asked me to help him get out of trouble. Then there would be endless food and endless wealth.

I talked about this with the people in the village, and everyone agreed. Now that everyone in the village is almost starving to death, what's the point of keeping the seal.

Today is the day to break the seal. I hope that the willow god will keep his word...

The diary ends here.

When Xiao Jie saw this, he sighed in his heart. He had understood everything at this moment.

This willow bottom is probably the same as the original Ginkgo Village. Isn't the willow god another copy of the Ginkgo Fairy?

It's just that the Ginkgo Village is located in the valley, there are not so many natural disasters, and he, the player, did not listen to the Ginkgo Fairy.

Finally, he successfully destroyed her conspiracy.

As for the old willow head, it was obvious that there was nothing he could do. Natural disasters and man-made disasters made people's lives miserable. The people in the village could not survive, so they could only gamble for the vague hope. Obviously, they lost the gamble.

The monster in the willow tree was unsealed, and because of the villagers' incense, it became a ground-bound god.

But the willow god was dead, why was it not over yet? Could there be roots under the ground?

That's right, the tree monster derivative! Xiao Jie suddenly remembered that there was a strange ginkgo tree growing on the back mountain of Ginkgo Village. If you cut it, it would bleed.

Later, they cut it down together.

Since it is a derivative, that is, a derivative of the original body, it may be judged by the system that it is not dead. Maybe there are similar things here.

Xiao Jie was a little unsure and looked around.

The others had cleared all the monsters in the village and gathered together.

"How's it going, Brother Feng? Have you found any clues?"

"I have some inferences, but I don't know if they are reliable. Let's discuss them together." Then he recounted the contents of the diary.

Hao Ye Xinghe suddenly said excitedly: "Brother Feng, I may know why."

"Oh, tell me?"

"The existence of this god depends on the incense of believers. The more incense, the stronger the power. In addition to giving power to the gods, incense can also be stored in the incarnation of the gods - that is, places like statues and shrines.

Although the willow god is dead now, its incense may not have completely disappeared. As long as the incense is still there, the god will not really die.

It will take a long time to wait for it to dissipate on its own. Now we just need to find the shrine of the willow god and destroy the statues that store the incense, and it can be completely extinct."

So that's it. Xiao Jie felt that this explanation made sense.

However, the diary did not mention where this shrine was, and they had not found it when searching around the village before.

"Do you have any way to find the shrine?"

"I can perform a ritual and summon a local elf to ask."

"Okay, let's do it."

Hao Ye Xing He immediately performed the ritual.

Holding the staff, he sang and danced on the spot.

"The sun sets and the sky darkens. Every household closes the door. The immortals are coming and someone is inviting them. Don't be rude.

I am a new shaman. I ask an elf to protect my safety. I will find the willow shrine. The evil gods and monsters will be finished.

I have three taels of silver. Please don't be disgusted by the elf. Come closer, hey, hey, hey, hey!"

Xiao Jie and others have already gotten used to the process of casting spells, but the newcomers are all fresh and wonder what kind of profession is this? The casting process is so cool and stylish?

It's just that the skill reading bar is a bit too long. Fortunately, this is non-combat time. If you recite a long spell in a fight, the yellow flower grass will probably be dead.

But it's true. As the spell was finished, a gust of cold wind blew in the flat ground, and the shadow of an old man appeared in front of everyone.

The shadow was glowing white and fluttering in front of everyone. It didn't look like a ghost, because there was no health bar. Xiao Jie clicked with the mouse, but couldn't even select it.

The shadow of the old man waved at everyone and walked towards the depths of the woods.

"Let's follow."

Everyone hurriedly followed. The old man walked very slowly. He walked along the winding path for about five or six minutes. After going around in a forest, he found a simple shrine in a corner. It was surrounded by trees, blocking the view. If there was no one to lead the way, it would be difficult to find.

The shrine was built with yellow mud, very simple, and willow branches were used as reinforcement. Many branches and leaves were sticking out from under the eaves and brackets. These branches and leaves were still green and fresh, which made the simple yellow mud shrine more mysterious and magical.

In the place where the statue should be placed in the shrine, there grew a very miniature willow tree, less than one foot high, like a bonsai, with emerald green branches floating in the wind.

A few wisps of green smoke slowly rose from the incense burner of the shrine, surrounding the small willow tree, with a mysterious charm.

Xiao Jie clicked the incense burner with the mouse, and there was an option to burn incense.

Tsk tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect there was a mini shrine in such a village. Of course, Xiao Jie would never waste ebony incense in such a garbage shrine.

The body of the willow god is dead, what kind of power can the remaining incense have.

Xiao Jie was not polite, he went up and chopped the small willow tree with one knife.

[System prompt: Found an ownerless shrine, you can worship the statue in the ownerless shrine, the statue will get the power of incense provided by the villagers of this village, the current number of incense in Willow Bottom Village is 0/0. ]

Huh, worship the statue and get incense? It's interesting, but I don't know what the incense is for. This should be for the god praying, or the god general, right?

It's a pity that there is no god praying among them.

Suddenly a private message appeared in front of Xiao Jie.

I want to become an immortal: Brother Feng, is this shrine also auctioned?

Yin Yue Sui Feng: You want the power of incense?

I want to become an immortal: Yes, the advanced task of the guardian giant spirit requires the power of incense to materialize the divine light. I was just worrying about this, but I didn't expect to encounter it so well.

It turns out that there are two conditions for the advancement of the guardian giant. The first is that the power of incense is needed to materialize the divine light. With the divine light, you can use magical skills.

The second is to bless the giant seal, which is similar to the talisman tattoo, but it is a magical skill.

There are also three giant seals, one on the legs, the back, and the cheek.

It can bless three magical skills.

To put it simply, the guardian giant is a human-shaped magic weapon created by Taoist priests. It does not have a strong talent, but it can be strengthened by the seal to gain the ability to use Taoist magic, but the number of spells it can master is relatively limited.

The Yellow Turban Warrior is to bless Taoism.

And the guardian giant goes a step further and blesses magical skills.

Yin Yue Sui Feng: No problem, I will help you with this later. Let's fight another village later. I will give you a chance to perform well and give you more points. I guarantee that this shrine will be done for you.

If my brother needs it, then of course I will.

I want to become an immortal: Haha, Brother Feng, I'll leave it to you.

"Okay everyone, it should be fine this time. This shrine can be used to place a statue to gain the power of incense. We will auction it together later. However, it seems that it requires professions such as God Prayers, God Generals, and God-Come-Down Masters to use it."

Everyone returned to the village again. Xiao Jie clicked on the flagpole and it was indeed occupied.

[System prompt: Successfully occupied Liushudi Village, Longxiang Country's popularity in Luoyang Plain has increased, now 7%. ]

"Not bad, not bad, we have taken down two villages in one morning. Let's keep up the good work and strive to take down four villages in one go today!"