Chapter 118: Lord Dongting
In fact, this was also an unusual, yet common occurrence.
In this world, mortals had many taboos. For example, not talking about ghosts and gods at night, and not randomly worshipping any humanoid object.
Because once you talk about them and worship them, over time, willpower is generated. When the willpower is strong enough, it might attract "yin spirits"—that is, "attracting evil."
"Yin spirits" are not gods, but a general term for non-human things with some magical or Spiritual Power. They could be wandering wild ghosts in the mortal world, or newly sentient sprites. You never know if you'll attract a good or bad one, so it's ultimately a troublesome matter.
A place like the Three Rivers' Mouth Dragon King Temple, with its flourishing incense, was naturally a good place for yin spirits. Young Master Nine was dead, and the spiritual energy on the clay statues in the temple had dissipated. Mortals couldn't feel it, and they still came to worship, but yin spirits could know—this place was now without a master.
But even so…
Random cats and dogs wouldn't dare to just possess the statues and occupy the divine position—because this place used to belong to the Dragon's Son, the Wei River Dragon King.
—They didn't know if it was just because the Dragon's Son was dissatisfied with the offerings and had withdrawn his Spiritual Power.
Or perhaps, even if the Dragon's Son was gone, there would be equally powerful demons and sprites coming to compete for this treasured land. Anyone who wasn't out of their mind wouldn't be so eager to come here and make themselves a public target.