Chapter 71

In the midst of cherry blossoms dancing in the wind, Misaki opened the old diary and read the words of the promise written there.

Chu Lu, the red fox lay on a large rock, directing the mountain deer and black bears below to dig with human speech.

"Move faster! Wait, Big Bear, a bit more to the left!" The red fox turned to another spirit beside her and asked, "Are you sure it's here?"

The spirit avoided her gaze. Seeing this, the red fox's small paws gathered a water ball, which contained spiritual energy, a clear threat: "Speak quickly!"

"It's here, it's here. We found the divine artifact here initially." The spirit hurriedly said, "That mortal named Liu Xun also appeared here. Lady, it's been over half a month, why are you still so persistent?"

"Hmph! At first, I didn't care. But a few days ago, I saw you using the divine artifact. That artifact wasn't refined by a wandering cultivator but was regulated by the Heavenly Court. What does this mean? You fools didn't report it immediately but instead destroyed the scene?"

Unexpectedly, a deity from the Heavenly Court must have been injured or fallen here. That's why the divine artifact remained, and the two spirits took it. If this matter isn't resolved, when the Heavenly Court investigates, the entire Chu Lu spirit race will be held accountable.

"Then, why was the divine artifact on that mortal?" The spirit glanced at the divine artifact by the red fox's feet, feeling a pang of regret.

Initially, the two of them found Liu Xun and the divine artifact in this pit. Greedily, they took the artifact and deliberately moved Liu Xun's body to another place, then buried the original site. But just two days ago, the red fox and others saw the divine artifact, and after a thorough inspection by Liu Gong, the matter came to light.

This divine artifact seemed to be used by a city god, but there were no city gods who had fallen around Longchuan County. Therefore, Liu Gong asked the red fox to come here to find new clues.

"That was a deliberate attempt to leave a message using the divine artifact." The red fox said, "If I'm not mistaken, Liu Xun was likely beheaded by this deity."

The red fox's tail moved, and she sighed, "Deliberately throwing the head far away and leaving the body close by was to attract people later and pass on the information."

The appearance of a headless ghost would inevitably draw the attention of the righteous deities. When they realize the deity's fall, they can seek revenge for him.

"Unfortunately, you two fools almost prevented this deity's information from being passed on!" The red fox glared at the spirit, who remained silent.

"Got it!" The black bear pushed the soil and rocks aside, revealing the original site where the deity fell, and a wave of earth energy spread.

"Indeed, it's an earth deity?" The red fox's expression changed, and she jumped into the pit to examine it carefully, eventually finding a sash. Judging by its style, it seemed to be a fragment torn from a robe.

"This..." The sash had divine patterns, dark yellow in color. The black bear scratched his head, "Where have I seen these patterns before?"

"Wasn't it the style of the city god's robe that Master Xun wore a few days ago?" A hawk flew down from the sky, "As Liu Gong said, a city god died here?"

The red fox ran to the big willow tree with the sash, and Liu Gong remained silent for a long time after seeing it.

"Liu Gong, what do you think?"

"The divine patterns themselves are a form of identity verification, which can be interpreted through divine energy. If the old man didn't make a mistake, the meaning of this pattern is 'Master of Longchuan, ruling over the four directions, city god of Qinglong, ensuring the peace and prosperity of the country.'"

This is the robe of the city god of Qinglong! In other words, the deity who died in Chu Lu is the master of Qinglong?

The red fox's body trembled, and the hawk and black bear widened their eyes.

The season had already entered summer, and the climate in Chu Lu was warm, but the spirits present felt a chill. It seemed they had a big problem on their hands?

...

In Qinglong Divine City, although the light still shone on the earth, it was clearly weaker than before. Dark clouds gathered, and a sense of oppression filled the air.

"Finally home!" The long-eared canine rabbit, Da Bai, hummed a song as he returned to his residence in Qinglong Divine City.

"Old She should have finished shedding his skin?" Opening the door, he saw two stiff, petrified birds standing in the yard.

"Whoa! Why haven't the two lords left? You can stay as long as you want..." Da Bai decided to leave immediately but suddenly felt something was wrong. The two birds were huddled together, petrified and unable to move.

"Hey... hey?" Da Bai cautiously approached and touched the stone statues.

His rabbit face changed, and he shouted, "Not good! Help!" Then he went to seek help from his old neighbor. But when he entered the snake spirit's house, he saw a petrified python lying on the ground.

After checking several nearby spirit beasts' homes, he found all the spirit beasts had been turned to stone, including a food god who was holding a shovel and standing stiffly by the stove.

"What... what's happening to everyone?" Da Bai was panicked, and his timid nature made his body tremble, almost unable to move.

Biting his lip, he ran in a panic to the city god's residence to report to the deities.

The city god's residence had its doors wide open. Running inside, he saw the standing statues of the deities in the temple. The civil and military judges, the four generals, were all there.

"Where is the new city god?" Da Bai circled around but didn't see the new city god, only a talisman attached to the upper deity's seat.

A bright yellow divine talisman maintained an array, suppressing the divine power of everyone in the residence.

"Could this talisman have petrified all my companions?" Although Da Bai was timid, he wasn't stupid. His long ears twitched, and he didn't sense anyone else's presence. He cautiously approached the talisman.

However, the talisman emitted a powerful aura, and with each step, Da Bai's fear grew.

When he finally reached the deity's seat, a water trail appeared behind him. His body trembled, his face turned pale, and he couldn't move. If not for the training he received from Xun Yi at the Xun family's small building, he would have fainted long ago.

"No, no, I can't do it!" The thought of giving up rose in Da Bai's mind, and he instinctively thought of Xun Yi: "Maybe I should find Master?"

The idea of retreating arose, and he twisted his buttocks, turned around, and ran out of the city god's residence.

But soon, Da Bai returned: "Master is no longer the acting city god, and a mere mortal is probably no better than me." He steeled his resolve, rolled into a small fat ball, took a few steps back, and then leaped to hit the deity's seat.

Closing his eyes, he reached out and pulled the divine talisman with all his might. The bright yellow divine talisman flashed, and an overwhelming divine power surged.

"Spit—" The fat ball spat blood and, as he fell, kicked the talisman, instantly causing several divine powers to explode in the temple.

"Chasing ghosts and connecting the netherworld, peace in the world."

"Guarding the mountains, returning from a thousand mountains."

"Protecting homes, favorable weather and timely rain."

"Subduing demons, divine might."

First, four divine powers exploded, and with the fluctuations of divine power, the four generals' anger filled the air.

"Judge Wu, Judge Wen, it's up to you now!" The four generals joined forces to create a barrier around the temple, continuously clashing with the earth divine power on the deity's seat.

At the first moment, Da Bai fainted, and Bai Fu carried him away from the core of the divine power impact.

Then, the divine powers of Judge Wen and Judge Wu intertwined. The two judges, the city god's most capable assistants, joined forces, even invoking a bit of the city god's divine power.

A gemstone floated in Judge Wen's palm, and he gently threw it at the deity's seat. The city god's divine power, reserved by Xun Yi and Judge Wen, shattered the talisman on the deity's seat.

Boom—

Golden light shot into the sky, and the city god and his deities announced their return. The spirit beasts in the city also awakened from their petrified state.

Behind the city god's residence, two groups of people were facing off.

Beside the new city god stood a group of people from the Earth Mother Temple, surrounding the forbidden earth platform with a menacing gaze.

On the other side were only three people: Han Feng held a brush beside the forbidden earth platform, with Xuanhuang Dao Bing and Yang Xuan on either side. Yang Xuan wore a phoenix armor, held a demon-subduing mace, and was surrounded by fire and demon-subduing golden light. Xuanhuang Dao Bing also revealed his true form, wearing armor and holding a spear and shield. He was a personal guard created by Yang Tianwang using Xuanhuang energy, with knowledge of ten thousand combat techniques.

"Hmph! This Xuanhuang energy was taken from our Earth Mother Temple!" The faces of the temple officials were grim, and one of them took out a stack of spirit cards, conjuring various beasts around them.

Serpent, Fu Zhu, Gu Diao, Feng Sheng, and Huo Guang beasts surrounded the officials.

Another official opened a bag at his waist, and a swarm of demons and ghosts emerged.

The chief official said to the "new city god" beside him, "When those deities realize what's happening, use the city god's seal to suppress them. Leave this to us."

The "new city god" hesitated, then nodded, "Alright," and decisively left for the front hall.

The chief official waved his hand, and a large group of demons and ghosts flew to the front hall to help deal with the city god's troops.

Yang Xuan's expression changed, and he asked Han Feng, "The deities being unsealed was within your expectations?"

"No, according to the plan, they were to be petrified and sealed, and we would intercept them." Pausing, Han Feng continued, "This seal can be seen as a form of protection. But now..."

Da Bai's unexpected release of the deities greatly increased their advantage, but it also made it difficult to ensure the deities' safety.

"Your Highness, ignore them for now." Xuanhuang Dao Bing, with a serious face, pointed at the beasts on the other side, "The Earth Mother Temple has deep reserves. These beasts are all at the third heaven level or higher? They must have been even more powerful in life? Your Highness, perhaps you should hide, and I will take the lead—"

Before he could finish, his master disappeared.

Suddenly, flames rose, and the fire beasts on the other side were burned to ashes by the red flames.

Yang Xuan stood calmly among the officials, red flames like snakes, hissing angrily.

The officials' faces changed, and they controlled the demons and beasts, shouting, "Kill him!"

They joined forces to attack Yang Xuan, who drew a "demon-subduing golden ring" on the ground with his mace. The demons and beasts that hit the golden ring fell back.

"Hide? Facing a group of third and fourth heaven level trash, does this hall need to hide?" A bloodthirsty smile appeared on Yang Xuan's lips as he raised his mace, "Finish this quickly, and then use the map to find people!"

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Suddenly, I remembered that last week, the recommendation votes exceeded 5,000, and I planned to add an extra chapter. But I was too tired after climbing a mountain the day before and forgot. No one reminded me yesterday, so I didn't remember. I'll update three chapters tomorrow!

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