From a carp to a dragon god

Fengtian City Flower Lane, Tai Sui Dragon God Temple.

Yu Shuyang and Li Zhen watched the sacrificial ceremony quietly outside the temple. Only after the ceremony ended did Granny Wang welcome them in.

"Lord God, what brings you here?" Granny Wang asked.

"I've come here to find the Scent Cultists. Are they still in the city?" Yu Shuyang asked.

Based on their previous guesses, the Scent-Eating Rat directed them to Flower Lane to search, unaware of the existence of the Dragon God Temple.

Those who follow the Fragrance Cult also practice the divine path and must be able to sense the divine response of the Dragon God. How dare they still come to Flower Lane? Their actions against the Earthly Tai Sui have already violated the taboo of the Tai Sui Dragon God.

"Lord God, ever since the Dragon God Temple was built, those bastards haven't dared to come again. Are you looking for them?" Granny Wang asked softly.

Yu Shuyang nodded and said, "The Fragrance Cultists have confused the names of the gods and violated the taboos of the Dragon God. They must be executed."

Li Zhen and I came here specifically for this matter.

Granny Wang immediately beamed with joy and said, "My Lord, the Scent Cultists are still in the city. They closed the city gates because of the plague, and later the Demonic Sect chased them outside the city, scaring them so much that they dared not leave."

A few days ago, Seventh Sister, Qiaoniang, and I kept a close watch on their whereabouts. Ever since the Dragon God Temple was completed, they've all been hiding in the City Lord's Mansion.

Yu Shuyang nodded. He hadn't expected that it would involve Zhao Shihou. Just as the Scent-Eating Rat had said, the Scent-Fragrant Cult originated from Shihou City.

"It seems that the only way out is to attack the city lord's mansion!" Yu Shuyang said with a smile.

Previously, Yu Shuyang had experience in this area. Back then, he used the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand Formation to seal off Nest City, and almost killed the Crimson Eyebrow Ancestor, who had a cultivation level of three.

After a moment's thought, Yu Shuyang said to Li Zhen, "Go back and discuss with Liu Xianzong whether Liu's Baiyi can capture Fengtian City if I use an array to trap the city lord's mansion in the city."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhen's expression instantly turned grim, and he asked with considerable worry, "Cousin, isn't this too risky? What if you get caught up in the killing..."

Yu Shuyang waved his hand and said, "With the Yin-Yang True Form Fan here, the calamity energy can't harm me, so you don't need to worry about me!"

Li Zhen was still worried, but eventually couldn't resist Yu Shuyang's persuasion and went back to Niaolu Mountain to discuss it with Liu Xianzong.

Yu Shuyang calmly held the True Form Fan and blew the air out. At this moment, he didn't care whether he was exhaling any calamity energy or not, and he knew in his heart that he had been drawn into a killing calamity.

"Wang Po, tell the believers not to leave Flower Lane for the next few days!"

Granny Wang agreed and hurriedly left. At this moment, she didn't care about anything else and just wanted to organize the believers as soon as possible.

From the moment Li Zhen left to the moment the flying talisman was delivered, there was not even half a day between them. The Liu family had already started training their troops three months earlier and had even invited the Black Dragon General to help. Naturally, they would not refuse Yu Shuyang's plan.

The flying talisman instructed Yu Shuyang to wait a day so that Liu could arrange for the clan's troops to be deployed. This time, they would attack Fengtian City and Wuyang Mountain simultaneously.

Yu Shuyang held the Dongyuan Xuantian Flag in one hand and the Wuzhi Yaocao Sword in the other. He needed time to set up the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand Formation.

There is a human destiny suppressing Fengtian City, and the earth veins are hidden and concealed. To set up an array, one must first break through the human destiny.

In order not to alert Zhao Shihou of Fengtian City, Yu Shuyang had to find another way. He took out the Xuanwu Turtle Book and used it to absorb the aura of the city to deduce its secrets.

In no time, he found an alternative method that could connect with the evil energy of humanity in the city, thereby creating an evil energy vein.

Holding the Lingzhi Ruyi, Yu Shuyang emerged from the depths of the flower alley, using the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand Array as a guide to connect the evil spirits.

There are countless kinds of evil spirits, all of which are formed by the accumulation of human energy. For example, brothels in red-light districts can breed lewd evil spirits over time.

Human evil spirits differ from earthly evil spirits; they are ultimately formed from human energy and are not suppressed by human fortune.

Yu Shuyang walked along the street, constantly connecting with various people and evil spirits, and secretly scattered soil and sand to form nodes of the great formation.

As eighty-one grains of real sand were scattered, the malevolent energy flowed and converged along the street, and the piled-up earth and real sand transformed the malevolent energy of people into malevolent energy of the earth, creating a temporary earth vein.

Once the earth veins are formed, the life energies of people like the lonely, widowed, poor, and lowly begin to emerge. These life energies are not constrained by the soil and sand, and they rampage through the evil energy earth veins.

The Five-Herb Jade Sword was originally an earth-elemental magic sword. Yu Shuyang refined it into the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand Array Diagram, which is why it became a treasure for setting up arrays and casting spells. However, it has no way to restrain the life energy that gathers.

Fortunately, Yu Shuyang did have a life-bound weapon; the Five Ominous Tai Sui Whip he had previously refined was just the right one to gather all kinds of life energy.

The five-colored ominous energy represents calamity, while the Tai Sui (Grand Duke Jupiter) represents fortune and misfortune. The two streams of Dharma energy flow from the piled-up earth and sand, like two tentacles, controlling the life force of each.

When Yu Shuyang circled the city and returned to Flower Lane, it was already evening, and all human cities had a curfew.

At this point, it wasn't the right time to take action, so Yu Shuyang returned to the Dragon God Temple.

At the Tai Sui Dragon God Temple, incense smoke rises continuously, and the Dragon God's divine response is like the ocean tide, with wave after wave suppressing all fortune, misfortune, and calamity.

Wang Po, Qiniangzi, and Qiaoniang were all waiting in the temple. The flower alley was not open during the day, and the old women, girls, and shop assistants were all resting in their rooms, which made it convenient for them to pass on messages.

"At midnight tonight, the Baiyi people will attack the city. As long as you stay inside tonight, the war will not affect this place," Yu Shuyang instructed.

The three women echoed each other. They already knew about the Baiyi people's attack on the city before the Tai Sui Dragon God Temple was built, and the believers in Huaxiang were also aware of it. This was just another notification.

Seeing that the three women were cultivating in different ways, Yu Shuyang couldn't help but think of the temple keeper's cultivation at the Dragon God Temple. Currently, there was only one temple keeper, Cao Xiaoshan, so it would be good if there was one in Flower Lane as well.

After a moment's thought, Yu Shuyang asked the three women to fetch a large sheet of paper, on which he left his image of the two inscriptions, "Five Ominous Signs" and "Grand Duke Jupiter," on the paper.

"The Dragon God Temple cannot be without a temple keeper. Take this talisman and walk around Flower Lane. If you can comprehend the true text, you are destined to be with the Dragon God and can enter the temple to cultivate divine magic."

Yu Shuyang gave a few instructions and then ignored everything else. He casually pulled up a futon, sat down, and closed his eyes to sense the changes in the evil energy in the city.

Human cities are laid out according to celestial phenomena, unlike demon cities which require city foundation diagrams. Therefore, there is no way to restrict or control them in Fengtian City; only soldiers patrol and guard it.

The malevolent energy veins, like the roots of an old tree, spread along the streets, and only through the regulation of the soil and sand can they circulate endlessly.

Yu Shuyang took out the Five Ominous Tai Sui Whip and moved the bad luck and decay to several city gates. He didn't know which gate Liu Xianzong and his group came from.

Later, he moved the auspicious symbols and blessings to Flower Lane, as a way of protecting the believers.

After all, he didn't understand the art of fate, so he could only rely on the magic of the Five Ominous Year Whip to do a simple analysis, and could only divide fortune into good and bad.

Yu Shuyang closed his eyes to rest for two hours, and he arranged the evil energy veins into an array, which could be activated at any time according to his thoughts.

After estimating the time and feeling it was about right, Yu Shuyang slowly rose from the futon, walked out of the Dragon God Temple, and rode a gust of wind towards the City Lord's Mansion.

Along the way, Yu Shuyang used the Lingzhi Ruyi to manipulate the piled-up earth and sand, and layers of yellow sand surged up from the streets, as if water were splashing everywhere. This change quickly attracted the attention of the patrolling soldiers, and in an instant, the sound of gongs and drums rang out from all directions, and the people in the city were also awakened.

Before the soldiers even arrived at the city lord's mansion, Yu Shuyang had already activated the sand formation, and the sandstorm rushed towards the city lord's mansion like a tornado.

Yu Shuyang mastered two wind-based supernatural abilities: Wind Force and Mouth Wind. Wind Force originated from the Great Wind Bird and could generate wind with a single thought. Mouth Wind was cultivated through the Eight Winds Mantra.

With both supernatural powers activated simultaneously, Yu Shuyang spewed out a whirlwind that continuously swept up the yellow sand in the city. He was using the wind and sand to set up an array, shrinking the evil energy veins around the city lord's mansion.

Such a grand display has already alarmed Marquis Zhao.

A red-tasseled iron spear flew out from the city lord's mansion, heading straight for the swirling yellow sand tornado, as if it wanted to pierce it.

Yu Shuyang manipulated the nine bends of the yellow sand, and the layers of sand directly absorbed the iron spear. The red-tasseled iron spear was a top-grade magic weapon, and the magic restrictions within it were nearly perfected, making it a quasi-magic treasure.

The Nine Bends of the Yellow Sands is the location of the reincarnation authority, and has the effect of "returning from the pre-heaven state to the post-heaven state". Yu Shuyang also transformed the sea toad Dao soldiers into a tortoise-snake millstone and hid them in the Nine Bends.

Then, the yellow sand and the two qi of tortoise and snake, as if being chopped by knives and axes, peeled away the magical restrictions of the red-tasseled iron spear layer by layer.

Zhao Shihou manipulated the iron spear with his mind and instantly sensed the change. He was heartbroken and furious, and hurriedly used magic to retrieve the iron spear.

However, the Yellow Sands were arranged according to the Nine Palaces, and no matter which direction one flew from, no one could find a flaw in the formation, and the iron spear could not escape the suppression of the formation.

Knowing he had encountered a formidable enemy, Zhao Shihou quickly ordered his generals to come to his residence. In no time, soldiers in armor and helmets surged over.

As a member of the former royal family, Zhao Shihou also has a trump card: the Divine Arm Battalion before him. All five hundred soldiers are sharpshooters, with cultivation levels all above the seventh rank.

"A Marquis!"

The general led the way in saluting, and the soldiers followed suit.

They all cultivated the Qi of Soldier's Fury and practiced the same cultivation method. Their Qi had long been integrated, and with each shout, a killing intent surged into the air.

"General, no need for formalities. The enemy has set up formations in the city; it seems Toriyama Hakuyi has arrived!"

At this moment, Zhao Shihou was utterly despondent, and his voice was weak and listless.

Toriyama Hakui and Fengtian Shihou City had fought two deadly battles, and the two sides were already blood enemies, both knowing that there was no way out.

This time, the clan sent disciples to the north to lure out the evil healer of the plague, intending to use the same method that had harmed the precious rat in the past, but unexpectedly, the plague did not spread at all.

"Don't worry, Lord Shihou, there are soldiers guarding all nine gates. As long as the demon formation is broken, we will surely be able to turn the tide!" General Shenbi comforted him.

When Zhao Shihou mustered his troops here, it wasn't to surrender. He was simply using the tactic of feigning defeat, and his powerful red-tasseled iron spear was trapped in the enemy's formation, making him realize the enemy's strength and forcing him to resort to some means.

"If you can repel the invading enemy, you will be promoted three ranks, receive 100,000 coins, and a magic pill!"

A generous reward will surely attract brave men, especially since the entire Shenbi Battalion had been sincerely courted by the Zhao family, and the soldiers were all overjoyed.

Under the command of the Divine Arm General, the various generals stood in formation, some nocking their bows and others drawing their arrows. At a command, they all fired a volley of arrows.

The bow and arrow are specific magical artifacts. The arrow shafts carry the aura of war, and the arrowheads are engraved with forbidden spells. The five hundred long arrows carry the power of killing, as if they were the full force of a third-rank demon immortal's attack.

Seeing this, Yu Shuyang was naturally alarmed. He hurriedly activated the magic array, but since there was no earth vein to support it, he was unsure whether the array could withstand the attack.

"Where is the Sweeping Clouds Boy? Smash his arrows!"

At this point, Yu Shuyang had no choice but to use the Sweeping Clouds Fairy Robe!

The Taoist robe fell off Yu Shuyang's body and transformed into a Taoist boy. He waved a five-colored light that transformed into a palm and fiercely struck at the five hundred feathered arrows.

The arrow was imbued with forbidden magic runes. The moment the radiant hand touched it, it vanished like a mud ox entering the sea, instantly turning into smoke and mist.

The Sweeping Cloud Boy busily activated the Great Dao of Thunder, and five illusory images of Thunder City were thrown over in turn. Under the bombardment of the five thunderbolts, the feathered arrows were either knocked down or blown away.

Yu Shuyang seized the opportunity and once again used his wind magic, instantly creating a swirling sandstorm and a tornado that struck the city lord's mansion again.

If it were anywhere else, the house would have been destroyed long ago, but the city lord's mansion in Fengtian City remained completely unshaken.

The reason is that the Fengtian City Lord's Mansion is a magic weapon. It is the last foundation of the Zhao family and the source of Zhao Shihou's confidence in occupying Fengtian and preventing the Baiyi and Quanyi from worshipping their ancestors.

In those days, the Baiyi and Quanyi tribes fled north with the white fox of the snow mountain. After divination, they built a city here, and the ancestral graves of the two Yi tribes were placed here.

Ever since the Murong clan declared themselves emperors and established their kingdoms, the Central Plains dynasties have always been wary of the Baiyi people, constantly suppressing them both openly and covertly, especially in Fengtian City.

"Hand over the Scent-Smelling Cult!"

Yu Shuyang shouted towards the city lord's mansion.

Zhao Shihou was taken aback when he heard this. He thought it was the Baiyi people attacking, but judging from the tone of their shouts, could it be the Eastern Demonic Sect?
"Who is coming?"

Across the city lord's mansion, Zhao Shihou asked in a deep voice, wanting to buy time for the soldiers of the Divine Arm Camp and also to gather some information.

"I'm from the Dragon God Temple. I advise you to be smart and hand over the Fragrance Cult members right now, or I won't be so polite!"

Yu Shuyang smiled and agreed, saying that he had already received the news that Liu Xianzong had led 5,000 Baiyi soldiers into the city through the east gate and was currently fighting with the city's defenders.

He also got a good deal. Because of the end of the plague, Zhao Shihou was afraid that the Baiyi people would attack the city, so he sent all his soldiers out to guard the city gates, leaving only one battalion of soldiers in the city lord's mansion.

At this moment, both Zhao Shihou and Yu Shuyang were trying to stall for time. The two sides were separated by a city lord's mansion and were calling out to each other.

One claimed that the Scent Cult was in the City Lord's Mansion, while the other swore that they weren't. The two argued back and forth for a while.

Until the Divine Arm Camp fired another volley of iron arrows. This time, the iron arrows were not engraved with true inscriptions. They exploded in mid-air, turning into streams of bloody and malevolent energy.

The blood-fiend energy is collected from the battlefield and is specifically used to contaminate magical artifacts. This iron arrow is not the same as the forbidden feather arrow at the front; it is a consumable item.

The Nine-Bend Yellow Sand Formation is not afraid of filth at all. There is also a sick dragon suppressed in the formation, and the source of the plague is constantly being extracted from it.

Yu Shuyang cast a spell to draw the bloodthirsty evil energy into the formation, and then activated the Taiyin Cold Cicada, whose mournful cries enveloped the city lord's mansion.

(End of this chapter)