No taboos

Chapter 481 Abnormal Body

Neither the mortal realm nor the corrupt realm could be seen whispering to the City God of Lucheng.

But before it could make that "listening attentively" gesture, Lord Xu instantly extinguished one of its evil thoughts.

The initial feeling of apprehension and avoidance had already arisen.

But after listening, he became fierce and brave again. His face, which was no longer recognizable, was raised, as if it could penetrate the barrier of the void and look directly at Xu Yuan's consciousness in "Lingxiao".

On its head and neck—or roughly in these locations, given its current strange appearance—numerous deformed bone spurs, membranes, black feathers, fleshy crests, and so on grew out haphazardly.

This proactive and further cunning change had an immediate effect, causing a surge in the number of "thoughts" of the City God of Lucheng.

Originally, it had a malevolent thought extinguished, and thus it forever lost that part of its "consciousness".

Just like a loss at the level of the soul, once lost, it is lost forever. Even if something is added later, it will be new and different from what has been lost.

It cannot be completely replaced.

However, the total number of new ideas far exceeds the losses.

Xu Yuan then sensed that five evil thoughts had once again entered "Lingxiao"!
The City God of Lucheng kept letting out low growls and twisting his body.

After a further strange change, it felt a sense of unease throughout its body.

It's hard to describe exactly what this so-called "unpleasantness" feels like.

pain?

Itching?

neither.

The City God of Lucheng didn't know how to relieve this "unpleasantness," so he could only endure it.

This tolerance allowed it to unknowingly degenerate and become even more depraved.

The clear "awareness" of one's own identity in one's mind is slowly being eroded and submerged!
The City God of Lucheng had already intended to retreat.

Champa was a tough nut to crack.

Let's pick the easy targets first and move the waters of the River of Oblivion and the River of Oblivion turtle to Lotus City.

Liancheng should be easy to obtain.

But suddenly, a rumor spread that the one behind it all was telling it to take Champa at all costs!

That person had always been "reasonable" and had never issued such a stern order in all these decades.

Left with no other option, the City God of Lucheng launched a fierce and forceful attack.

But it still doesn't understand how Xu Yuan annihilated that evil thought of his.

Therefore, they were somewhat unsure about launching a fierce attack on the city.

After sending five evil thoughts into the heavens in one go, the City God of Lucheng twisted his body and descended from the tall "Diqiu".

It was originally able to barely maintain its human form.

But after deliberately causing an even more serious change—this one movement caused both legs to collapse!
In an instant, the mutation and proliferation occurred, and the entire lower body turned into a huge, thick fleshy blanket!

Now, it can only wriggle down from the hill.

This is yet another severe blow to the self-awareness of the City God of Lucheng.

Its flesh spread across a corner of the exposed burial chamber, past the ancient stone tablets and tomb guardian beasts—and when it finally reached the ground, it instantly arrived in the turbid chamber of Champa.

Those powerful evil spirits from the Champa region, including the Yin-Yang Python and the Fighting-Faced Ghost, cursed inwardly!

How did we end up in this mess!

Now I only regret that I didn't hide it well enough.

In short, they simply escaped!
But the City God of Lucheng suddenly discovered that his five evil thoughts had been annihilated in the Heavenly Palace!
It was already enduring an unspeakable and uncontrollable "unhappiness".

This made him even more furious!

On the upper body, an arm that has become so distorted that its shape is indistinguishable has pulled out a paper cutter from somewhere.

He swung his hand forcefully through the void!
The evil spirits of the underworld who had previously been supervising the Wangchuan Turtle in this place were greatly surprised and tried to stop it, but it was too late.

This evil spirit of the underworld is the Day-Roaming God under the seat of the City God of Lucheng.

The City God of Lucheng cut nearly half of his own "consciousness" with this single stroke!
He then sent half of it into the Heavenly Palace.

Consciousness gives rise to thoughts.

Sending evil thoughts into the heavens is completely different from sending consciousness directly into the heavens.

When nearly half of the City God of Lucheng entered the Heavenly Palace, it immediately manifested as a "consciousness body".

When Xu Yuan saw this consciousness, he felt that the City God of Lucheng was beyond saving.

The posture exhibited by a consciousness entity represents the self-awareness of its owner.

For example, Xu Yuan's "Ghost God Self" and "Supreme Self".

The manifestation of this consciousness of the City God of Lucheng was as follows:

Abnormal body!
It was pitch black, lying flat like a monster.

Nine deformed limbs spread out from his body, and it was impossible to tell which were hands and which were feet!
Scarlet eyes were scattered haphazardly throughout the deformed body.

The form of the consciousness is exactly the same as those strange things on "Shanhaiguan"!
This shows that the City God of Lucheng now has a self-perception that is infinitely close to that of the monsters in Shanhaiguan!

It is gradually forgetting its true identity!

Xu Yuan still maintained his "supreme self" demeanor, loftily overseeing this entire "spiritual realm".

"Supreme Self" comes from "no taboos", meaning having strong restraint in the face of all evil spirits.

If the City God of Lucheng does not lose his self-awareness, then "having no taboos" will not be of much use when facing the City God of the Underworld.

However, this seemingly ferocious and dangerous consciousness can no longer pose much of a threat to Xu Yuan within "Lingxiao".

The consciousness of the City God of Lucheng originally thought that after making a huge investment, it should be able to compete with Xu Yuan in the Heavenly Palace.

But I didn't expect to feel suppressed as soon as I entered!
This enraged the City God of Lucheng even more!
Inside the mortuary, Mr. Feng thought to himself, "The City God of Lucheng must also have special defensive measures against Lingxiao."

However, its erratic behavior was too extreme; it had lost its rationality and made the wrong choices.

If the City God of Lucheng had not lost his mind, he could have protected the Wangchuan Turtle from the "Lingxiao" level with his own defenses.

Then Xu Yuan was truly at a loss.

The only option left was to send Zang Tianlan into the turbid chamber to fight desperately.

With the combined forces of the Forgotten River Turtle and the City God of Lucheng, Zang Tianlan was no match for them, and the time he could hold them off was far shorter than previously expected.

However, Mr. Feng thought again: "That's not right either. The City God of Lucheng is further changing his ways in order to strengthen his own will."

This strange change occurred after it adopted a listening posture.

Even if the City God of Lucheng lost his mind, the one behind him who was giving orders remained calm.

In other words... for some reason we don't know, the City God of Lucheng has lost its defensive means at the Lingxiao level!
Forced into a corner, it could only strengthen its will and charge into Lingxiao to fight Xu Yuan to the death!

However, the Exorcism Bureau was completely unaware of this situation before the war began.

They would never have imagined that they would be fighting against evil spirits on the battlefield of Lingxiao.

It was entirely by chance that Xu Yuan stumbled upon this advantageous situation!
Mr. Feng couldn't help but glance at Xu Yuan and muttered, "Is this guy just lucky, or... did he see through all of this beforehand?"

Mr. Feng shook his head, saying it was unlikely he could see through it beforehand.

But Mr. Feng thought of another possibility: "This kid may have a destiny that greatly increases his fortune!"

This time, Mr. Feng finally guessed correctly.

Within the "Lingxiao," the deformed entity has been suppressed to the point that it can only move within a very small area.

Moreover, this area is constantly being compressed.

However, since the deformed entity was, after all, half of the will of the City God of Lucheng, it was not easy to erase and annihilate it.

Xu Yuan was also "held back".

Without the distraction of thought, the Forgotten Turtle, churning with waves, charged forward once more.

Xu Yuan had a sudden thought and changed his form within "Lingxiao".

Netize me!

The grotesque creature was trapped in a vast, boundless net.

Xu Yuan, having some spare energy, suddenly sent several more thoughts into the mind of the Forgotten River Turtle.

This time, Xu Yuan used "misleading"—a method different from his previous ones.

Unbeknownst to them, the Wangchuan Turtle changed direction and crashed headlong into the evil spirit that was the Sun Wanderer transformed from!

In the Wangchuan Turtle's understanding, the evil spirits of the Day Wanderer are the two portals, and the two portals are now the Day Wanderer.

The evil spirits were startled!
They fled in panic.

Even if it falls into the River of Oblivion, it will sink immediately.

But despite its best efforts to avoid the waters of the River of Oblivion, it was struck squarely by the River of Oblivion Turtle!

boom!
The evil spirit of the day-roaming deity flew up, and immediately burst forth with large amounts of blood scabs, shells, remnants of souls, and so on...

The Forgotten River Turtle pursued relentlessly!
It raised one of its thick claws, ready to strike.

The evil spirit of the day-roaming god let out a shriek, the sound piercing straight into the ears of the Forgotten River Turtle.

The Forgotten River Turtle shook its head, finally realizing it had made a mistake...

It shrank back and sank into the waters of the River of Oblivion.

Apologize?

That is impossible.

The evil spirits of the daytime wandering god emitted smoke from their seven orifices.

It was truly a case of smoke billowing from all seven orifices.

It hadn't recovered from the impact yet, and the remnants of its soul emerged from its body like wisps of smoke.

Inside the mortuary, Zang Tianlan burst into loud, raucous laughter.

For some reason, it looks a bit like Dafu.

Dafu stood behind Fanzhezi, craning his neck, his blank goose eyes staring into the void.

No one knew that it could see what was happening inside the Heavenly Palace.

And in Dafu's eyes, wasn't that deformed creature just a huge, soft, limp worm?
But how can we eat this worm?
Dafu tried several times and found that even though he stretched out his mouth, he could only see the food but couldn't eat it!

The flat-mouthed creature passed right through the large insect.

Once the grotesque creature realized that the feeling of being "suppressed" had disappeared, it immediately began to struggle violently within the "net".

Xu Yuan suddenly felt a splitting headache.

The monstrous creature is powerful, and it's not easy to trap it with just "Net Me".

Xu Yuan switched back to "Supreme Self" and suppressed the deformed body once again.

The Forgotten River Turtle was stirring again!

In my current state, I have enough power to restrain the Forgotten River Turtle, but I cannot suppress the Deformed Monster.

In the state of Supreme Self, one can suppress the deformed creature, but it is inconvenient to restrain the Forgotten River Turtle.

Xu Yuan was also somewhat anxious: "What exactly is the underworld doing? Why hasn't the new City God of Lucheng taken office yet?"

……

Deep within the Yintian Palace of King Zhou, an ancient imperial geomantic map is displayed.

Every city god temple and earth god temple in the entire country has a corresponding label here.

The palace was originally very empty.

Because originally, the territory of the Ming Dynasty only included the area of ​​Zhengzhou.

But now, it has added the territories of Goryeo, Fusang, Jiaozhi, as well as parts of Nanyang and Xueshagui.

The space here seems a bit insufficient.

But everywhere on this geomantic map is shrouded in gray.

Only in the southern Jiaozhi Champa area did a glimmer of golden light shine.

Within the golden light, a small golden seal spun and shimmered. At the entrance of the hall, a ghostly messenger stood guard.

For some unknown reason, he leaned against the door frame and fell into a deep sleep.

The snoring was long and even.

A strange little flying insect was gracefully circling around him.

The insect's wings scattered fine, luminous dust, which continuously seeped into the nostrils of the ghost messenger.

The underworld official slept so soundly that snot bubbles appeared on his nose.

After an unknown amount of time, an official dressed in the robes of the Underworld passed by the palace gate.

Seeing that the underworld official was asleep, he was about to wake him up when he saw the little flying insect.

The official frowned, glanced inside through the palace gate, and noticed the unusual situation at Champa.

He thought for a moment, then withdrew his hand and tiptoed away.

Before long, he appeared in a magnificent golden hall.

"Your Majesty, something seems strange..." the official reported truthfully.

Inside the main hall, a figure wearing a twelve-tasseled crown held an ancient bamboo scroll in his hand, seemingly consulting something.

Although the main hall was magnificent and resplendent, it was also very secluded.

It has a completely different atmosphere from the palaces in the mortal world.

But it is deep and secluded, yet not gloomy.

The one on the throne had bright eyes and a body as large as a mountain!

In the darkness behind me, stars seemed to twinkle.

For some reason, these stars sometimes shine and sometimes dim, as if they are affected by some kind of force and are not stable.

His Majesty continued to peruse the bamboo slips in his hand with one eye, while the other eye shifted and projected a scene from the Champa region into the hall.

At the same time that His Majesty was paying attention to the situation in Champa, the sleepy bug outside the Feng Shui Map Hall was silently shattered.

A bluish-green flame ignited, and all the fragments were quickly burned to ashes.

However, the venerable one only looked at us with one eye and never spoke.

……

Xu Yuan suppressed the monstrous body, and the Forgotten River Turtle stirred up waves once again.

Mr. Feng shook his head slightly and said to Zang Tianlan, "You should get ready; we'll need you to take charge."

Zang Tianlan nodded and silently began preparing.

Mr. Feng thought for a moment, then took out a breastplate and handed it to him: "Take this for self-defense."

Zang Tianlan was overjoyed.

This craftsmanship is only third-rate!
It can reflect the opponent's attacks.

The three generations of disciples under the Jianzheng School had been eyeing it for a long time, but Master Feng Si refused to give it to any of them. Unexpectedly, it ended up in his hands.

Although they didn't have the ability to turn the tide of the battle, their ability to escape unscathed increased my chances by 30%.

Maybe we won't have to pay such a high price.

Xu Yuan's gaze swept around: Are these people trustworthy?
Pilong was lurking in the heavy rain not far away.

Xu Yuan could also use Gangtou Village to obtain the small temple and send Pi Long to the heavens.

This is a last resort and should not be used unless absolutely necessary.

Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly felt something tugging at my clothes from behind.

Without turning his head, Lord Xu grabbed Dafu from behind and demanded, "What are you doing?"

"Gaga gaga!" Dafu shouted.

But Lord Xu was quite perceptive.

"You want to go in?"

"Gaga gaga!" Dafu nodded repeatedly.

Lord Xu hesitated.

Dafu surprised himself many times.

But this time it's "Lingxiao," and the monstrous creature in Lingxiao is actually an "avatar" of the City God of Lucheng!
Can Dafu do it?
Seeing Fan Zhezi's hesitation, Da Fu cried out anxiously.

You believe me.

I believe you my foot!

Xu Yuan thought to himself, "You blockhead, you pounce on anything that looks delicious."

But after thinking for a moment, Lord Xu reached out and used the animal sinew rope to bind Dafu's feet.

Dafu asked in bewilderment: What are you doing?
Xu Yuan released the small temple, and the temple door opened a crack, allowing Da Fu to be placed inside.

If anything seemed amiss, Xu Yuan would pull Dafu back with the rope, not letting it run rampant.

But then, Xu Yuan clearly saw Da Fu slip through the crack in the door.

But when I looked down, the silly goose was still standing there dumbfounded at my feet!

"A consciousness entity?" Xu Yuan was taken aback. "This blockhead has also learned to control his own consciousness entity?"

Inside the Yintian Palace of King Zhou, the Venerable One's eyes flickered.

The officials of the Underworld below couldn't help but exclaim, "This is... that old dragon that stole..."

With a slight movement of His Majesty's eyes, everything in the palace was rendered speechless.

The officials quickly bowed their heads, indicating that they understood.

Dafu charged into "Lingxiao" with great momentum and pecked at the "big bug".

The grotesque creature flew into a rage, transforming its body into a black, viscous liquid and lunging headlong at Dafu!

Dafu spread its wings, lowered its head, and leaped forward.

Only then did everyone notice that Dafu was actually holding a small piece of the "deformed creature" in its flat mouth!
It actually managed to chip off a piece with a single peck!
However, the deformed creature was also dangerous. Dafu gained a small advantage and quickly fled, preparing to fight while running and running while fighting.

Relieved, Xu Yuan took the opportunity to trip up the Wangchuan Turtle.

Suddenly, the Wangchuan Turtle felt a deep aversion to the City God of Lucheng:

I feel so comfortable in the River of Oblivion!
You're the one who tricked me into coming here, and I haven't had a happy day in decades!
So the Forgotten River Turtle instinctively lashed out at the City God of Lucheng with its tail!

The City God of Lucheng was nearly split in two by this blow!

It was already severely deformed, and once the body showed any "signs," it would separate.

After the family splits up, they become two evil forces!
The City God of Lucheng barely managed to suppress the tendency of division within his body, glaring angrily at the Forgotten River Turtle—but dared not retaliate.

The Forgotten River Turtle realized that it had been ambushed by Xu Yuan again.

But it's true that it harbors resentment.

So he sank into the River of Oblivion, without offering any apology.

Xu Yuan suddenly had a thought: It seems that the City God of Lucheng has no means to defend against "Lingxiao"!

Thus, an idea was quietly planted into the mind of the City God of Lucheng by Xu Yuan.

The City God of Lucheng can cut off half of his consciousness and send it into the Lingxiao Palace to become a powerful and monstrous entity, but his defenses against the Lingxiao Palace have indeed collapsed due to his own corruption.

A conflict arose between the City God of Lucheng and the Wangchuan Turtle:

Although we are all doing this for Your Excellency, you still have to obey my orders!

What do you mean by constantly putting on an "obey orders but not commands" attitude? Are you trying to make yourself seem superior?

You have just offended me, and you show no remorse whatsoever!
The waters of the River of Oblivion are controlled by the City God of Lucheng.

So he secretly fiddled with it.

Suddenly, an undercurrent surged in the waters of the River of Oblivion, and the River of Oblivion turtle, caught off guard, was swept away and tumbled several times!
This delay prevented the Forgotten River Turtle from attacking the two gates in time.

In "Lingxiao", Xu Yuan seized the opportunity and suddenly displayed "Supreme Self", suppressing the deformed body and rendering it unable to move.

Dafu immediately turned back and took a big peck.

But after taking that second bite, Dafu felt like he was about to burst.

I can't eat anymore.

This is, after all, the consciousness of the City God!

Dafu's belly was round and chubby, and he couldn't run anymore. He sat down on the ground with a thud, shaking his head and looking at the remaining half of the deformed creatures with reluctance in his eyes.

We can't waste it like that.

Wasting such delicious food is extremely shameful.

Dafu almost got lost in Gangtou Village and never came back because he was trying to eat a single worm.

So Dafu racked his brains and suddenly came up with an idea.

"Quack quack—"

Dafu shouted.

Xu Yuan vaguely understood what it meant, but felt that Dafu didn't seem to be talking to him.

The "Dream Come True" statue beside Lord Xu swayed gently.

Dafu is discussing it with it.

You can freeze this first, and I'll come find you when I'm hungry.

I promise I'll never want to make my home on your car roof again.

Xu Yuan's heart skipped a beat: Does the dream come true have this ability?
Therefore, the judgment of "dreams coming true" needs to be raised a bit.

Then Xu Yuan saw Dafu exert all its strength to grab the monstrous creature that dared not move and drag it to a certain place.

The grotesque creature became terrified.

It was pitch black there!
Such a place is rare in Lingxiao!

Inside the mortuary, Xu Yuan saw "Dream Come True" quietly move forward a little.

Half of the car body mysteriously disappeared into the void!
In the Yin Heaven Palace of King Zhou, outside the main hall decorated with a map of the world, the underworld official "just happened" to wake up.

They immediately noticed the light at the location of "Champa".

So frightened that his face turned as red as a living person's!
He rushed outside in a panic, stumbling and falling several times, then sprinted forward, calling out, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

His Majesty's eyes flickered, and the images of Champa disappeared from the palace.

The matter has been settled; there's no need to look at it anymore.

Before the underworld messengers could rush in, the Venerable One's grand and far-reaching voice came from the head of the hall, echoing throughout the entire hall: "Make way for the Ghost King, just follow the rules."

Immediately afterwards, a brand new underworld ivory tablet flew down.

The official received it respectfully with both hands: "Your subordinate obeys!"

It was said to be "following the rules," but Lu Guiwang was the one who escorted the Venerable One to the throne back then... Among the old guard, he was the only one who was still the "Ghost King."

This choice alone speaks volumes.

The officials felt there was nothing wrong with it, after all, Champa had already demonstrated its value.

"Yuanxu" is located in the turbid realm, posing a huge hidden danger to both the mortal and underworld realms.

The living cannot solve this problem.

The ghosts in the underworld have been trying to find a solution.

Otherwise, why hasn't the underworld sent anyone to punish the City God of Lucheng over the past few decades?
……

Dafu strained with all his might, his goose eyes almost popping out, and finally dragged the grotesque creature into that deep darkness.

Suddenly, the turbid space trembled violently.

A path to the underworld stretched out from the infinite distance.

At the end of the road, the City God's entourage appeared first...

(End of this chapter)