Chapter 4

"Lord City God, it seems to be about right." The fat man, who was walking among the villagers, smiled broadly, the excess flesh on his face hanging as if it could fall to the ground at any moment.

"Six months later, we still need to practice a few more poison seeds, and the place will still be up to you to find." The young man in luxurious clothing took out a heavy bag from his chest and threw it on the snow. The fat man, full of excess flesh, knelt down to pick it up, repeatedly thanking him, saying, "Lord City God, your great kindness will never be forgotten!"

The young lord was accustomed to such words and showed no reaction, never taking these village gods seriously.

Hengyi was extremely surprised. In the past, he had only seen Wang Ba, a village god. Today, he unexpectedly encountered the son of a city god. Usually, Wang Feizi and Sanyuan talked about things outside, but the town gods they mentioned had rarely been encountered on the road. One town god managed over a dozen, even dozens of village gods, and a city god managed dozens of town gods. The city god was appointed by the Lake Sea Sect, which governed a vast area of thousands of miles, and all the members of the sect were powerful deities.

'Sister, you don't believe that there are good gods. Look at this city god's son, how good he is, even organizing village activities. But the name of the activity is so strange, practicing poison seeds... I've never seen such an activity in other villages, only singing and dancing for sacrifices... I'll go ask!' Hengyi leaped down from the roof, and before his feet touched the ground, he was already smiling and greeting, "Lord City God, what kind of activity is this? I've never seen a poison seed practice..."

The few people looked at him in surprise. Before Hengyi could finish his words, his smile suddenly froze in shock!

The green light flowing from the bodies of the lying villagers suddenly stopped. At the same time, the bodies of the villagers suddenly turned into dark green liquid, flowing into the muddy ground mixed with snow and ice, leaving only dark green bone structures...

Hengyi's feet landed at this moment, and he was stunned. No matter how ignorant he was, he now understood that this was not an activity at all!

"How could there still be a leak?" The city god's son glanced at the fat man with a scolding look, then said impatiently, "Kill him, it's not worth wasting a detoxification charm on him."

The man who had been standing beside him immediately drew his sword and strode toward the dazed Hengyi, thrusting his sword quickly!

The sword flashed, cutting through the falling snow.

Hengyi suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly moved, leaving a blood trail on his arm.

The man who had drawn the sword was slightly stunned, not expecting a villager to dodge his attack and not die.

Hengyi felt a burning pain at the wound but did not immediately counterattack. Instead, he looked at the city god's son with confusion and bewilderment. "You are the city god..."

Before he could finish his words, the man who had missed his strike was already impatiently swinging his sword horizontally—

Hengyi drew his mysterious sword and met the incoming sword, instantly forcing the man to stagger back three paces, his eyes wide with shock!

Hengyi had no intention of pursuing, but he stared intently at the city god's son, demanding, "You are the city god's son! Why are you killing so many people? What have they done wrong?"

The two other guards of the city god's son drew their swords, recognizing that this young man, who looked only fifteen or sixteen, had extraordinary abilities. The man who had attacked had the cultivation of the second level of Human Respect, yet was forced back by a single strike, suggesting that the young man had the cultivation of the third level of Human Respect. They knew that without working together, they would not be able to subdue him.

The city god's son glared at Hengyi, as if a woman had been provoked, and roared, "What audacity! A lowly villager dares to speak to me, the city god's son, like this! Skin him alive!"

The fat middle-aged man hurriedly tried to calm the city god's son. "Sir, calm down, he's just a fool!"

The three guards charged forward with fierce momentum, but in Hengyi's eyes, their speed seemed very slow. He suddenly threw his mysterious sword—

The sword spun like a meteor, cutting into the thigh of one guard, emitting a brief red light, absorbing the guard's true qi and continuing to cut into the thigh of the second guard, again emitting a brief red light, and then cutting into the thigh of the third guard before flying back to Hengyi's hand.

This was the first ultimate move from the divine book, the Infinite Sword. Each time it hit an enemy, it absorbed the enemy's true qi, allowing it to attack five targets in succession before the initial force was exhausted. It then returned to Hengyi's hand at high speed, even without a weapon, using true qi to form an energy sword.

The three guards' momentum almost stopped simultaneously, and they fell to the snow, unable to stand up due to their injured thighs, and dared not stand up again!

The city god's son, who had been full of anger, turned to shock, and then to panic. When Hengyi's gaze fell on his face—

He knelt down, not minding the mud splashing on his face when his knees hit the ground.

The fat man beside him knelt even more quickly, continuously bowing and shouting, soon covering his face with dirty mud. "Lord Law God, spare my life, Lord Law God, spare my life..."

The three guards had thrown their weapons aside, trembling and lying on the ground, too afraid to beg for mercy.

With one move, they knew that their opponent was a Law God with the cultivation of the Law Respect realm.

It was impossible for someone with the cultivation of the Human Respect realm to use magic, which was something they could easily recognize.

"I, a lowly god, failed to recognize your greatness. I did not know you were a Law God of the Lake Sea Sect. For my rudeness, I offer fifty taels of gold and ten beautiful women as compensation. I beg the Law God of the Lake Sea Sect to show mercy and spare me," the city god's son's 180-degree turn left Hengyi speechless. He had been afraid that the city god's son would still be unreasonable and try to kill him, worried that he was not a match for him, but he never expected that one move would change the situation so drastically.

"I am not from the Lake Sea Sect..." Before Hengyi could finish his words, the city god's son quickly begged for mercy again, "I am blind, I did not recognize you as a free and independent Law God, I deserve to die—" As he spoke, he slapped himself, his face full of fear, almost on the verge of tears.

The three guards remained on the ground, trembling even more violently...

A Law God with the cultivation of the Law Respect realm, who was not from the Lake Sea Sect, was usually referred to as a free and independent Law God. Among these people, there were some who were very feared, as they often meddled in other people's affairs and sometimes even dared to offend local sects, making them the most feared demons. However, there were few of them, and when they appeared, they would be jointly hunted by the sects, rarely surviving for long.

'... How did I become a Law God? Master never said anything about it...' Hengyi, confirming that they had no intention of attacking him, quickly asked about the poison seeds.

"Law God, as you see, my father is the city god of Xishui City, skilled in the art of poisoning. Every six months, we must practice poison seeds to supply the poison sword. Today, I was practicing for my father, unintentionally offending the Law God. I beg for your forgiveness and boldly request that you honor us with a visit to Xishui City for a few days, so I can make amends." The city god's son secretly hated, thinking that if he could trick Hengyi to Xishui City, he could treat him with false hospitality and then notify the Lake Sea Sect, avenging himself.

Hengyi was shocked beyond measure. To maintain the power of a law sword, one had to kill dozens or even hundreds of people every six months to practice poison seeds, bringing these children back and using the law sword to kill them periodically. Could this really be what a city god would do?

"How can a city god be such a person..." Hengyi recalled the descriptions of village gods, town gods, and city gods by his three masters and his sister, and the stark contrast with the actions of the gods in his dream made it hard for him to accept!

The city god's son, not understanding Hengyi's thoughts, hurriedly agreed, "Yes, yes, what the Law God says is true. I should not have used them to practice poison seeds just to make some money. I should have bought lowly villagers to practice poison seeds. I will learn from this and never do it again..." He spoke sincerely, but in his heart, he thought Hengyi was crazy. The lives of the people under his jurisdiction belonged to him, and he could kill them whenever he wanted. There were always plenty of lowly villagers, so why not?

"Release them!"

"Yes, yes!" The city god's son quickly took out a talisman from his chest, dispersing the poison energy absorbed by the children's bodies, and the children all fainted on the ground.

Hengyi, holding the city god's son, said to the three guards and the kneeling fat man, "I will take him away. You watch over these children, and I will be back in a while."

...

In the ice cave of the Ice Valley of the Sanyuan Sect.

Hengyi, Wang Feizi, Dayuan, Er yuan, and Sanyuan sat around the bound city god's son.

Hengyi had brought back a troublemaker.

"We could have just saved the children! Why did you bring this hot potato back?" Er yuan complained with a bitter face. In his mind, a city god was someone they could not afford to offend. Bringing the city god's son back to their base would only invite trouble. But what could they do? Keep him? Keep him forever?

Dayuan had been deep in thought and now spoke with a serious face, "Hengyi did the right thing. We, the Sanyuan Sect, are a prestigious and righteous sect! In the future, when we achieve cultivation, we must be good gods. The city god has committed many evils, treating the lives of the farmers as nothing! How can we, as disciples of this sect, stand by and do nothing?" Dayuan looked at Hengyi and said seriously, "You did well, not being deceived by his sweet talk. If you let him go, he will continue to harm the innocent! Since he has fallen into our hands, it is a sign from heaven that we must seek justice for those he has harmed. As the saying goes, 'Eliminate evil thoroughly!' This kind of menace must be eliminated to prevent him from continuing to harm others! Hengyi, you will enforce the law!"

Hengyi frankly admitted, "Master, I have never killed anyone. I feel that he might really change and not harm others anymore."

"Nonsense! He has already harmed many people. Can you just let it go with a promise to change?" Dayuan scolded sternly.

Hengyi, who usually obeyed, did not comply this time. "Master, but killing him won't bring the dead back to life. If he really changes, won't we have killed an innocent person?"

Dayuan, impatient, said, "Er yuan, you enforce the law!"

Er yuan smiled nervously and said carefully, "Big... Big Brother, I can slaughter pigs, but killing people... I'm afraid I'll have nightmares. Let the third one do it! He hates evil so much!" In his urgency, Er yuan even used a term.

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