Chapter 305 Ascension to God!

[The 300-year-long Dashun Dynasty perished in a way that was very different from any previous dynasty. There was no long-lasting abdication, nor was the throne taken away by regicide, nor was it destroyed by the uprising army or foreign troops that broke through the capital. ]

[It died out naturally, as if it was a natural outcome, and it did not even attract much attention from the public…]

[It’s not that the people don’t care about state affairs, but it’s been many years since the Shogun’s shogunate replaced the imperial court. Since the Shogun established the shogunate at the age of fifty, people have not known the names of the emperor and the imperial court for twenty years... Twenty years is enough to erase people’s memories.]

【Young people were born in a new era where the imperial court was not even known. They were bathed in the infinite glory of General Lin from an early age, and were constantly nurtured by the seven virtues of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness... They no longer had any feelings for the imperial court.】

[At most, it was just some elderly people lamenting the changes in the world: even the emperor is gone...]

[However, in terms of power, how much difference is there between the Shogun and the Emperor? ]

[He is just an uncrowned king. Since the general does not want to bear the title of emperor, then he does not need to bear the title...]

【Year after year, time passes like water. 】

[After acquiring all the population and land except Xiniu Hezhou, you began large-scale infrastructure construction! ]

[First, poverty alleviation. Considering the harsh natural conditions of Dongsheng Shenzhou and Beijuluzhou, you and the monkeys will directly use your divine power to carry out large-scale transformation of the two continents.]

[The barren land has become fertile, the chaotic climate has been adjusted, the severe cold is no longer severe, the extreme heat is no longer extreme... Although this has had a significant impact on the local animals and plants that have adapted to the climate, you don't care about these at all, and everything is based on population development. ]

[As a result, the population of the two continents increased dramatically, and the social economy made a huge leap forward! ]

[The second is ideology and belief. Since incense is extremely important for you to become a god, and you need to crack down on the resistance organizations of wild gods in various places and maintain public order, you issue a decree to ban all beliefs other than the Eight Gods of the Western King Sect! ]

[The countless wild gods who have been hiding in the stinking ditches and struggling to survive can no longer hide. Once your decree to cut down mountains and destroy temples is issued, it will cause demons to dance wildly, and all kinds of monsters and ghosts will jump out to disrupt government administration.]

[But it was useless. Under your iron fist, all kinds of evil spirits were wiped out, and countless heads were killed...]

[In the end, you almost wiped out all the Shinto monks except Xiniu Hezhou. From then on, only the eight of you remained in the area ruled by your shogunate.]

[You even destroyed the incense offerings to the gods in heaven! ]

[Although you didn't say it explicitly, your hostility towards Heaven is clearly revealed! ]

[However, even though you have done so much, no one in heaven has come to find you. This is undoubtedly very strange: Could it be that... the gods have such a good temper? ]

[You sighed as you failed to attract the true God to the lower world: It seems that you will not be able to see the true God before becoming a god... If you want to know what the heaven looks like, you have to go there and find out for yourself! ]

【…】

【One year. 】

【ten years.】

[Twenty years...]

[After more than 30 years, you finally collected enough incense and incense, and the infinite power of incense and incense is contained in the red Dharma image. ]

[You can’t help but stroke your pure white beard and sigh: “Finally, that’s enough…”]

[More than 30 years, a full 30 years! ]

[The ruthless Shogun is now a 100-year-old old man. Although you are a mortal being, you are still a mortal being and cannot avoid aging and death.]

[You are over a hundred years old, your hair and beard are already white, your body is withered, and you are surrounded by a heavy air of old age... In fact, you can only live to about 120 years old at most. You are very lucky to have accumulated enough incense at over a hundred years old. ]

[And if you compare the time you take with that of the founding emperors of all dynasties, then you are undoubtedly the slowest one...]

[This is the drawback of eight people sharing the incense. Since you don't want to eliminate the meritorious officials, you can only accept this result.]

[But no matter what, as long as you can accumulate enough incense, everything will be fine! ]

[You estimated: "It will take a few more days for the Dharmadhatu to transform into the real body... It's a good time to go out for a walk."]

[You have been in seclusion for many years and have not seen anyone for a long time. Now you are about to become a god. Now are your last few days as a mortal. After becoming a god, you will no longer be a mortal. New perspectives will replace the old ones. When the time comes, you will look at worldly affairs with a different mindset.]

[You want to seize this last moment and experience the world from a mortal's perspective for the last time. Otherwise... you will never have another chance...]

[So you happily stood up, slowly pushed open the door to the secret room, and walked into the world where you left a deep impression for the last time in your life! ]

……

"Monkey."

Lin Liu, with gray hair and ruffled skin but full of energy, walked out of the secret room for practice and looked at the golden figure who had been waiting at the door for a long time with a smile.

"Master!"

The monkey looked at the old man happily and asked:
"Have you become a god?"

"not yet."

Lin Liu smiled:
"But it will only take a few days, until the Dharma image transforms into a divine body."

"By the way, come with me for a walk. I want to take a look at this world again in my last moments as a mortal."

"This……"

The monkey was in a dilemma. After all, the mortal body was still too weak. What if something unexpected happened... But he thought about it and realized that the master was not a weakling. Besides, he had himself to protect him, so it was impossible for anything to happen.

So it finally nodded, carefully supported Lin Liu, and gradually walked out.

……

[After leaving the Shogun's mansion, you two, master and disciple, saw only bustling streets.]

[The remote coastal county town has now become a rare large city in the world, with prosperous businesses and affluent and healthy people! ]

[And all these changes are thanks to you. After all, although you are not the emperor, there is not much difference between the Shogun and the emperor. The Shogun's shogunate is located here, and this place has become the political center of the world. ] [Politics has led to population gathering, and coupled with convenient transportation along the coast, after nearly fifty years of construction, the small county town has long become a metropolis, and is not inferior to the capital built in previous dynasties! ]

[You walk here with your eyes covered, and clearly see the scene of this "city that rose overnight"...]

[“Better than the capital!”]

【After watching for a while, I sighed with emotion. 】

[The monkey said proudly, "Of course! We use our divine power to govern this place, so it will naturally be better than the capital... Master, you don't know that there are at least 500,000 or 600,000 people living in and outside this city! If a few more years pass, I'm afraid it won't be difficult to reach a million."]

[You sighed, feeling gratified by the development of your hometown...]

[“That’s right, Master!”]

The monkey seemed to have thought of something and said with a smile: "You don't know that even the abdicated emperor and his family are trying to make a living here!"

【oh? 】

[You become interested: "Could it be that the old lady is still alive?"]

【“Old lady? She died a long time ago!”】

[The monkey shook his head and recounted the history of the little emperor's family over the years...]

[The Empress Dowager had been dead for more than 20 years. She was nearly 90 years old when she died, which was considered an extremely old age.]

[As soon as she died, the royal family, who were used to extravagance and lust, were like horses that had broken free from their reins. They did whatever they wanted, and indulged in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling! ]

[At this rate of spending, even if the royal family is rich, they will fall into poverty in a few years.]

【Seeing that he was getting screwed, the young emperor knew that he could no longer hang out with these relatives, so he decisively cut off all ties with them. As the clan leader, he expelled all clan members except close relatives from the clan tree, leaving them to fend for themselves.】

[Afterwards, under the pressure of life, the little emperor had no choice but to give up his luxurious life and came to the Northeast with his family to make a living...]

[Thanks to his former status as an emperor, many remnants of the previous dynasty gave him money, openly or secretly, so even though his family fell into decline, he was not so poor that he had to beg for food.]

[However, since his identity was sensitive, he did not dare to act too arrogantly. He usually kept a low profile and only occasionally wrote for others or drew pictures to earn a little money... It can be seen that he had a strong desire to survive.]

[After listening to the little emperor's recent situation, you just sighed: This is all his own fault, otherwise he would still be living in the palace now...]

[Just asking, you no longer pay attention to him: what’s past is past…]

[After that, you traveled to many places, and even flew on clouds to the distant Dongsheng Shenzhou and Beijuluzhou to see how things were developing there.]

[Every time you walk through a place full of memories, you recall the past years, and then you sigh, remain silent, or feel relieved...]

[Finally, you and the monkey returned to your hometown and walked slowly towards the last destination of this journey.]

……

Seaside, fishing village.

The old Lin Liu's figure became increasingly withered, as if he was about to die, but the monkey was delighted because this meant that his master was about to leave his mortal body and become a true god...

Lin Liu walked through the fishing village. It was still the same as he remembered, with little change from a hundred years ago.

This is because he has always been unwilling to show his true identity to outsiders. People do not know that their leader is Lin Liu, the fisherman from the seaside. They just think that they happen to have the same name.

Otherwise, the village would have been converted into a tourist destination long ago...

Lin Liu slowly approached his own courtyard:
This place is very different from what I remembered. Although no one has lived here for a long time, it is still spotless and free of insects. It is obvious that the monkeys are deliberately protecting it.

After watching in silence for a while, countless past events emerged in Lin Liu's eyes:
Cutting fish, drying nets, washing shellfish...

The aroma of my mother’s fish soup still seems to linger in my nose, and my father’s snoring still seems to echo in my ears.

His childhood sweetheart, the fisherman girl, still calls him brother, and his best friend, who grew up playing naked together, still invites him to go swimming...

Then gradually, the aroma of the fish soup faded away and the snoring sound became inaudible.

The fisherman's daughter grew up and married him and had children. After his good brother got married and started a family, he became an ordinary person.

Then, the fish soup server turned gray and could no longer hold the bowl. The snorer felt chest tightness and shortness of breath and could no longer sleep well. His elderly wife held his hand and gently told him not to waste his energy. Even his daughter and son...

Until they were all buried in the soil.

Of all the people who had appeared in this courtyard before, he was the only one left now.

The centenarian closed his eyes, tears dripping down his cheeks...

"Disciple..."

Lin Liu said slowly:
"Bury my body, together with my wife... There is a grave site there that I have chosen a long time ago..."

"Yes! Master!"

[At the age of 106, you finally died, and your body was buried in the cemetery by your disciples, next to your wife.]

[That year, the 106-year-old mortal Lin Liu died, taking with him his ordinary life experiences and sleeping forever.]

[That year, the true god Lin Liu opened his sharp eyes and started a new legend with his legendary past. ]

【Immortality and supernatural powers are no longer just dreams. With your hard work, they have become reality.】

[You have become the first true god in the mortal world! ]

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(End of this chapter)