As the mountain god of Downtrodden Mountain, Song Yuzhang naturally bowed and paid his respects to the future formal god of the Northern Mountain. "This small god pays his respects to this esteemed god."1

Wei Bo couldn't help but chuckle. He stepped to the side and waved his hand before saying, "There's no need to do this, Mr. Song."1

However, Song Yuzhang turned around to face Wei Bo while maintaining his respectful posture, and he replied, "The rules are such, so we can't make any exceptions."0

Wei Bo had no option but to fully accept Song Yuzhang's bow. "You scholars are truly foolish people, and it's the same regardless of whether you're alive or dead," he said in exasperation.0

Song Yuzhang straightened his back and smiled calmly.0

Wei Bo chuckled and asked, "Has anyone in the Ministry of Rites or Ministry of Astronomy told you about the things to be aware of after becoming a mountain god?"0

"They didn't dare to say anything to me," Song Yuzhang replied in a self-ridiculing manner. "After the apotheosis ceremony concluded, all of them left the mountain as quickly as they could. They didn't treat me as a mountain god, but they did indeed treat me as a plague god. I'll need to trouble the esteemed formal god of the Northern Mountain to explain this to me."0

Wei Bo nodded and told Song Yuzhang to stand beside him. With a forceful wave of his sleeve, mountain mist instantly rose in the main hall and suffused into the surroundings.0

Before long, the complete map of Downtrodden Mountain appeared on the floor. Mountains and waters couldn't be separated, so even though a mountain god was fundamentally responsible for governing their mountain, they did indeed have varying degrees of control over the streams or rivers that originated from their mountain or flowed past the foothills. Because of this, deities of waterways — especially lower-ranked river guardians — often didn't enjoy as much power and status as mountain gods. It was also because of this that deities of waterways often had to actively try to build relationships with mountain gods.0

Wei Bo pointed at the mountain god temple on the map of Downtrodden Mountain and said, "Let me get the unpleasant things out of the way first. In reality, there isn't much purpose for...0