Chapter 52: Contending for the Goddess of Luo

The Goddess of Luo, Mi Fei, is a water deity who presides over the Luo River in the world of Shan Hai Jing. Her superior is the River Earl. In the Shan Hai Jing mythological system, her status is not high.
But her appearance is definitely top-notch.
Through Mi Fei's narration, Pan Xian, Xue Er and others learned that Mi Fei had a relationship with two men, one is River God, the other is Hou Yi.
However, this Houyi is not the Yi who shot down the nine suns. The one who shot the suns was called Dayi, and the two are not the same person. It is only because their names are similar that people misunderstand and gradually transform "Dayi shooting the suns" into "Houyi shooting the suns."
The Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Inner Classic records: "Emperor Jun bestowed upon Yi a red bow and white arrows to assist in governing the country. Yi was the first to alleviate the hundred hardships of the people."
Yi is actually a tragic hero-like character. Many of the stories in the mythology of the Classic of Mountains and Seas are dominated by a tragic tone, Jingwei is like this, Kuafu is like this, and Dayi is also like this.
Da Yi's real name is Yi, and he is skilled in archery. He met Chang'e in Shangqiu and they became husband and wife. He was a brave and strong man. All of this seemed perfect, but tragedy was destined to be his fate, and it began with shooting the sun.
Emperor Jun and Xihe gave birth to ten sons, who were known as the ten golden crows. They served as the sun, bringing light to the earth. Xihe had nothing to do and every day she would drive a son to the sky to be the sun, and bring him back at night. This went on every day and the world was peaceful.
Time passed by quickly, and one day, a mistake occurred. It was unclear what was distracting Xīhé, causing her to forget to pick up her son. The Ten Golden Crows became agitated and appeared in the world, causing great calamity for all living beings. Fierce beasts ran rampant, and the earth became dry and barren.
So Emperor Yao, the co-ruler of the human tribe, called upon Da Yi to use his magic. At this time, Da Yi had already settled down with Chang'e and was living a happy life. However, to save the people from fire and water, he stepped forward and shot down nine suns in a row, leaving only one in the sky, and went to various places to slay ferocious beasts such as the Jiayu, the Fengtun, the Jiuying, and the Xiushé.
If Pan Xian can carve out Da Yi, then the first and second stages of demon invasion in Jiuzhou will be worry-free, as long as the demon king and demon lord do not appear, Jiuzhou will be as safe as a fortress.
Unfortunately, experts like Dayu are not ones that Pan Xian can carve now.
Forced carving will only hurt oneself.
As for Houyi, who has emotional entanglements with Luo Shen, he is a figure from the Xia Dynasty Taikang period, who also possesses superb archery skills and strength, but compared to Dayu, he is far inferior.
Of course, Hou Yi's ability to wound Hebo with his arrow is not to be underestimated, but Pan Xian had already sculpted Mi Fu and there was no need to sculpt Hou Yi or Hebo to avoid extending the love triangle to this extent.
And he doesn't have the ability now.
Although the woodcarving skill has been improved at this time, it can only carve out mysterious level sculptures. It still needs to rely on thousand-year-old wood to find ordinary wood with low success rate.
Only with good materials and good techniques can we carve good sculptures.
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【Host: Pan Xian】
【Cultivation level: Mid-stage of the Innate Realm】
【Blessing point: 49925】
【Spiritual Control Team: Imperial Dragon Legion, Tiger Ben Legion, Xuanwu Legion】
【Spirit Summoner: Mu Baixue, Zhang Xinmei, Lin Ziwu, Zheng Xiong, Zheng Er, Li Sheng, Wang Lang, Nannan】
【Skills: Woodcarving (reaching the peak), Stone carving (blending and integrating), Clay sculpting (proficiency), Plastic art (proficiency) ......】
As the saying goes, "One law comprehends all laws". Pan Xian's woodcarving skills have reached the peak, and his memory of related areas such as stone carving, clay sculpture, and plastic arts has also increased considerably.
The skill of stone carving is much higher than that of clay modeling and plaster carving, mainly because I have carved some pieces in the past few days and my skills have naturally improved.
I have not yet touched on other carving methods, so my level is relatively low.
However, there is no big problem. If there is a need in the future, one can quickly improve a certain skill through practice.
Let's not talk about anything else. As long as Pan Xian has this free time, it is not difficult to improve his stone carving skills to the point of mastery within half a month, or even reach the level of being the best among peers.
"...With the presence of Luo Shen, I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight!"
Gazing at the statue of Luo Shen that had turned back into stone inside the house, Pan Xian's face was filled with relief. Previously, he had been uneasy because he lacked a Xuan-tier statue as a foundation, always afraid that when demons invaded, he wouldn't have top-tier combat power to strike them.
Finally fulfilled my wish and successfully carved a statue of the Mystic Rank.
Although the statue of the Goddess of the Luo is only of the lowest quality in the Mystic Rank, its Spirit Empowerment Threshold is as high as 300 points, which is five times that of the top-quality Yellow Rank.
Moreover, the eyebrows of the Goddess Luo have been stained with Pan Xian's blood and have now transformed into a growth type sculpture with a promising future.
"Feng, who are you planning to entrust the Goddess Luo to?"
From the moment the Goddess Luo, Mi Fei, appeared, Snow's attention was drawn to her. Previously, she thought the Yellow Grade Wood Dragon was pretty good and even selected one to nourish, dripping a drop of blood every other day.
But now...
Sorry, she's going to start liking new and hating old.
Fengge carved out a goddess as beautiful as Luo Shen. Who wants a low-level wooden dragon!
"I plan to cultivate it myself."
Pan Xian is deeply in love with the statue of Luo Shen.
But please do not misunderstand.
His love is the fondness of a sculptor for a piece of work they have poured their heart and soul into, without any ill intentions.
"Fengge, if you can carve a mystical-grade work, you can carve a second and third piece, no need to keep Luoshen with you!" Mu Baixue was a bit worried and didn't want Luoshen to stay with Fengge. She was afraid that her future husband would fall in love with a statue someday.
This won't do!
Although she hasn't made up her mind yet, she might just spend her whole life with someone.
But Feng is still the man of her dreams.
Women are usually quite possessive in this regard. Even if it sounds ridiculous that someone falls in love with a statue, as long as there's a chance, she would cut off all ties.
"Xue'er, the blood of the Creator is much better than that of the Spirit Users. As the demons invade, sacrificing for the Nine Provinces is my duty and I cannot shirk it!" Pan Xian declared with great righteousness.
“……”
For a moment, Mu Bai Xue was speechless.
Dog Shu couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene and said, "Xiao Feng, as you said yourself, demons are about to invade. Even if you offer a bowl of blood to the Goddess every day, it may not necessarily elevate the statue to the middle grade of the Profound Tier by the time of demon invasion. It's better to entrust the Goddess to Princess for nurturing, and you can continue to focus on carving."
"Feng, what Dog said is absolutely right. Your job is to create, to create more and more sculptures. Let me take care of nurturing Luo Shen. Your blood is very precious, and you shouldn't waste it here."
Xue'er is also a smart girl. If Pan Xian wants to use righteousness to keep Luoshen, she can also use righteousness to make the other party voluntarily hand over Luoshen.
Such a beautiful goddess is better off staying by her side. It's not that she doesn't trust Feng Ge, but that men in general cannot be trusted.
For example, her father Emperor Yuan of Han also deeply loved his empress when he was young. However, later on, he took one concubine after another, even though many of these concubines were political marriages. In her eyes, they were all just excuses...