Strange Stories

Chapter 590 Conquest
While Lin Jue continued to practice and attain enlightenment, the Yishan Mountain was filled with clouds and mist like a sea, submerging most of the strange peaks and rocks. Only Lianhua and Tiandu could be seen poking out from the clouds and mist.

Several priests came riding on clouds, bowed their heads and shouted:
"Lord of Yishan!"

The clouds and mist below rolled up, but the largest Lotus Peak remained motionless.

"Lord of Yishan!
"Is the Lord of Yishan here?
"I am a messenger from God, how dare you not respond?"

After a long while, three figures finally reached the top of Lotus Peak.

Looking closely, there was an ordinary-looking Taoist priest in front, and behind him were two monsters, a macaque and a clouded leopard. The macaque was holding a lantern in his hand, and the clouded leopard was also holding a lantern in its mouth.

"What are you doing here, priests?"

The Taoist below was very surprised and asked respectfully.

"Who are you?"

"Replying to the priest, I am the abbot of a Taoist temple in the mountains. I was meditating and practicing on Lotus Peak. I heard the priests calling me and got help from the mountain god's messenger, so I came up to take a look."

"Which Taoist temple?"

"Fuqiu Peak Fuqiu View."

"Humph! I can guess it!" said the priest at the front. "I didn't call you, so why are you here?"

"The mountain god is not at home. No one answered the priest's call. I was afraid that the priest would waste his breath, so I climbed up here panting." Ji Yang wiped the sweat off his forehead. "I wonder what the priest wanted to call the mountain god for?"

“He is not in this mountain?”

“Not in this mountain.”

"Really not here?"

"I'm really not here!"

"What a Taoist priest!" The Heavenly Priest was furious. "I was somewhat polite to you because you are a human being, but you dared to fool me!"

"Really not at home!" Ji Yang said while wiping his sweat, and raised his right hand again, "I can swear in the name of the Emperor of Heaven!"

"How dare you blaspheme the Emperor of Heaven!"

"I would never dare to..."

As the abbot of Fuqiu Temple of this generation, Ji Yang's talent is much higher than that of several junior brothers in Yishan under the strict selection of his master's "method of knowing people and knowing destiny".

Although he did not have the unremitting training of the junior master who was almost powerful, he was only one step away from achieving enlightenment. Even without the golden elixir, he could still do it. Logically speaking, he was a rare master walking in the world. He was the first class under the immortals, and his status was not lower than those priests in front of him, but he was very respectful to the priests.

Without him——

It’s all because of what Sixth Uncle said: Junior Uncle is in the process of attaining enlightenment, and the later it is, the higher his chances of winning.

So he came to buy time.

"What are you doing here, priests? Why don't you wait for the God of Yishan to come back and I will convey your message to you as soon as possible?"

"You convey it?"

"There's nothing we can do." The Taoist spread his hands and looked around. "The priest has also seen that although the two mountain god messengers beside him are smart and intelligent and understand human nature, they are not good at speaking. Otherwise, they would not have hurriedly called me, who was meditating, to help."

"..."

The priests looked at each other and smiled.

Perhaps they could see that this Taoist was fooling them.

However, with their abilities, they dared not invade Yishan Mountain. Not to mention the mountain god of Yishan Mountain, there are several immortals in Yishan Mountain, and even many ancient monsters in the mountain can kill them. They are just civil officials, with divine power and magic power, but not good at fighting.

Secondly, there is an existence as formidable as the God of Mount Yishan, and this place is the territory of the Jade Mirror Emperor of the South. With these two factors combined, it is impossible for Jiutian to send a large army here just for some trivial matter.

The Taoist below wanted to delay time, but they were also following the procedure, step by step -

First send a priest to invite the mountain god to ascend to the ninth heaven. If he goes, he will never come back. If he doesn't go, send the god of war to capture him. If he dares to resist, the next step will be for the true lord, the spiritual officials, the heavenly soldiers and the gods to attack him.

"The mountain king here has occupied Yishan for a long time. During this period, as a mountain god, he enjoyed offerings, but he did not manage this fairy mountain well. Instead, people often entered Yishan and died in the mountain. There have also been evil monsters and ghosts in the mountain that went out to cause chaos. These things have been reported to the mountain king some time ago. Please ask the mountain king here to go to the Ninth Heaven to accept investigation!
"There is another thing. There is a group of cat demons in this mountain. They used to be earth gods. We came here last time and asked them to go to the Ninth Heaven to cooperate with us in questioning, but they disappeared. Could it be that the mountain king here is afraid that they will confess something unfavorable to him, so he captured them and imprisoned them?"

"The priests must have made a mistake." Ji Yang said immediately, "The mountain god here is kind and benevolent. These things have nothing to do with him!"

He paused for a moment:
"As for what the priest said about the matter between the Fourth Aunt and the Daoist from Jiandao Peak, I do know about it. Haha, I'm sure the priest also knows that Fuqiu Peak and Jiandao Peak are neighbors. The Fourth Aunt's family and the Daoist from Fuqiu Temple are also old friends. It was actually a few days ago that I heard that the Emperor of Heaven was exterminating demons in various parts of the human world, and some of them did not distinguish between good and evil. The Fourth Aunt was afraid, so she hid away."

"You are quite courageous!"

The priest above laughed:
"Anyway, we are here and have made our promise. Let's come again tomorrow. If the Lord of Yishan is still not here, it will be considered as disobeying the order. Next time, we will go to this mountain to look for him."

"When the mountain god comes back, I will definitely let him know."

The priest rode away on a cloud, and the Taoist priest below wiped his sweat and walked back.

The two mountain god messengers followed him silently. When they raised the lanterns, under the light, they saw that a staircase had appeared on the originally steep and dangerous Lotus Peak, leading to the foot of the mountain.

Just as the priest said, they came again the next day.

It was Ji Yang who went to deal with them and just said that the mountain god was still not there and begged them to give him a few more days.

The priest left with a smile.

He came back three days later, bringing with him more than a dozen spiritual officials and divine generals, all wearing armor and helmets. They looked very majestic, and gave people a strong sense of oppression just by looking at them.

"Has the Tiger King of Yishan not returned yet?" "The Tiger King has returned! I will go and inform him right away!"

"I'll wait here!"

"..."

"Priest! The mountain god is sleeping!" Ji Yang said, "Priest, why don't you wait one more day? The mountain god is always kind-hearted. After waking up, he will definitely follow you to heaven!"

"If it were me, it would be fine to wait for a day. Haha, it's a pity that the martial gods are impatient and don't want to wait."

Ji Yang then looked at several martial gods again.

But before he could say anything, several spirit officials and generals opened their eyes wide, looking ferocious:
"Knowing that the Nine Heavens had invited you, you still avoided them repeatedly. Don't you think you take the Nine Heavens gods seriously?"

"That's not right! Martial Gods, please don't be impulsive!"

"Get out of the way! I'll find out whether you're home or asleep when I get down there!"

"This is the mountain god's temple! Do not trespass!"

"What mountain god temple? This is the human world, the human world under the nine heavens. Since the mountain master of this mountain has not been recognized by the Purple Emperor, he is not considered a mountain god! Ordinary people can come here, so why can't we gods go there?"

The group of spiritual officials and gods were really brave. Even though they knew that this was Mount Yi and that they could never be a match for a mountain god, they were not afraid at all. They flew down on the white clouds and plunged into the endless rolling clouds in the mountain below.

The priest also followed him away.

"Eh eh eh..."

The Taoist on the top of the mountain waved his hands to stop them, but when he saw that he couldn't stop them, he regretted it and said, "You gods have come from the north. It's good to be brave and fearless, but you are too reckless. The mountain is covered in clouds and fog. How can people who are not familiar with the road tell the direction..."

The gods really lost their way in the clouds and mist.

We were clearly flying down along the Lotus Peak, but when we reached the clouds and mist, we were confused by the fog and became dizzy, and could not find the Lotus Peak at all.

Not only that, even if I tried to get out, I couldn't fly out.

"Why don't you listen?"

Ji Yang clapped his hands, sighed, and went back to report.

This can delay it for a while, but not for too long.

After a few days, Jiutian found that the priest's messenger had not returned, and a pregnant woman-like deity appeared in the sky. She opened her mouth and blew out a hurricane, dispersing the miasma in the mountains.

The priest and the god of war then came out.

After a while, there was a sudden thunder in the sky. Upon listening carefully, I realized it was the thunder-like sound of a war drum.

There was a deer eating grass leisurely in the mountains. Suddenly, it was startled and trembled all over, then looked up.

There was a Taoist practicing in a Taoist temple in the mountains, and there were monks chanting in a temple in the mountains. When they heard the thunder, they hurried out to check.

I saw that the sky was covered with white clouds at some point, and on top of each white cloud stood densely packed with heavenly soldiers and generals. There were true gods standing in the front on golden wheels, there were immortals standing on the clouds looking down, there were dragons pulling golden chariots, there were armored giants carrying huge rocks burning with blazing flames, and there were warships and pavilions floating in the air with flags fluttering.

The Long Snake God raised his chin, and a priest came forward on a cloud and shouted to the people below:

“Bold Yishan Tiger!
"You have occupied Mount Yi on earth, calling yourself a god. You do not protect the safety of the mountain, and you do not respect the Nine Heavenly Gods. The Emperor of Heaven has repeatedly issued orders to summon you to heaven, but you dared to disobey. Today I am sending troops to capture you! Why don't you surrender immediately!"

The sound was like thunder, echoing endlessly in the mountains.

Some birds were startled, some rocks fell from the cliffs, and even the clouds in the mountains seemed to be moved by his voice and changed.

After a while, a voice came from the mountain:
"I am a mountain spirit, born from the essence of the heaven and earth and the spiritual charm of the mountain. I was born to be the god of this mountain. How can I occupy Yishan and call myself a god?"

"This is the human world. The human world is the world under the Nine Heavens. If you don't have the Nine Heavens' seal, you are an evil god!"

"The world is at the foot of the mountain, and the heaven is at the top of the mountain."

"You have created your own world! You really have the intention of rebellion!" The Long Snake God pressed the sword at his waist, "Today the army has arrived. If you do not surrender and return to the Ninth Heaven to confess your crimes, I will kill you, return this mountain realm to the human world, and establish a human god to manage this mountain!"

"I am the spirit of Mount Yi. This is Mount Yi. You are far from being able to conquer this mountain."

"Bang the drum!"

Suddenly there was another burst of thunder in the sky.

The tranquility of the mountains was immediately broken.

There were countless Taoist temples, monasteries, and hermit huts in the mountains, but at this moment people kept running out, panicking, and no one knew why.

Some people have also picked up swords to protect the mountain god here.

Just as the mountain god has been protecting them for many years.

……

Almost at the same time, a True Lord also came to visit from Fengshan.

I came to him to ask for help.

……

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(End of this chapter)