From a carp to a dragon god

Fengtian City is protected by the luck of humanity, which can suppress the demon cultivators in the city. If there is an enemy attack, it will also give the city lord a warning.

Unfortunately, this time when they encountered Yu Shuyang's formation, he used the "human evil spirits" in the city as the foundation and refined them into evil energy veins, without disturbing the human destiny in the slightest.

Human evil spirits are formed from human emotions, containing the resentment of the people. For example, the lewd evil spirit in the red-light district contains not only lewd energy but also the blood and tears of countless prostitutes.

Ironically, it was Zhao Shihou who was unlucky. He deliberately used human virtue to cover the earth's veins at the ancestral graves of the Baiyi and Quanyi people in Fengtian City, attempting to destroy the yin virtue and fortune of the Yi people.

Since Yu Shuyang had no connection to the earth's veins, he used the Xuanwu Tortoise Book to deduce and find a way to set up an array using "Human Fiends." It was a lucky accident that unexpectedly caused Zhao Shihou to suffer a hidden loss.

Across the city lord's mansion, Yu Shuyang and Zhao Shihou had a conversation. From initially demanding the followers of the Fragrance Cult to later cursing at each other, both the human and the demon were enraged.

During this time, the Sweeping Cloud Child fought against the Divine Arm Camp, with both sides exchanging blows. The Thunder Luck Avenue transformed into the Five Thunder City, bombarding the City Lord's Mansion relentlessly.

The five hundred soldiers of the Divine Arm Camp were not idle either, firing wave after wave of iron arrows forged from blood and evil energy.

Both sides were locked in a stalemate. The Nine-Bend Yellow Sand Formation isolated the City Lord's Mansion, preventing the flow of human fortune from reacting and preventing Zhao Shihou from unleashing his ultimate killing move.

The City Lord's Mansion is a magical treasure of the cave heaven. Yu Shuyang and Saoxia Tongzi cannot break through the City Lord's Mansion, nor can they harm Zhao Shihou and the others.

Yu Shuyang, relying on the spiritual power of the Tai Sui Dragon God Temple, could feel the surging fortune of Fengtian City. Outside the city, Liu Xianzong, leading the Baiyi soldiers, was also locked in a fierce battle with the defending soldiers.

If he hadn't orchestrated the surprise attack on the city lord's mansion, perhaps the humanistic fortune would have blessed the Nine Gates Guards by now, and at that time, the Baiyi soldiers would have had no choice but to besiege the city and wear it down.

Yu Shuyang knew he couldn't keep going any further. The human spirit was not enough to sustain his exhaustion, unlike the earth vein array which had a continuous supply of earth energy.

He activated the Lingzhi Ruyi, causing the Taiyin Cold Cicada to emit a mournful cry, which would then penetrate the City Lord's Mansion through sound. At the same time, he fully activated the Nine Turns Yellow Sand to dissipate the spiritual runes and restrictions of the Red Tassel Iron Spear.

Although he had trapped the iron spear and nailed down the winding Yellow Sand Road, the two were locked in a stalemate.

Yu Shuyang took off the Qiankun Long Snake Bag from his waist and said, "Long Snake Boy, you take the Five Ominous Tai Sui Whip and help Saoxia Boy fight the enemy."

The Serpent Child only possesses one Qiankun Dao Restriction, making him much weaker than the Sweeping Clouds Child. However, he is a flesh-and-blood weapon refiner, capable of wielding other magical artifacts.

After giving instructions to the Serpent Boy, Yu Shuyang waved the Cave Abyss Profound Heaven Flag in his hand, drawing upon the Starry Sky Weak Water to manifest the Profound Water Underworld River, which directly eroded the City Lord's Mansion.

The Cave Heaven Mysterious Heaven Flag is also a quasi-magic weapon, capable of drawing lightning to overcome the tribulation of magic weapons. Yu Shuyang has been holding onto it, desperately suppressing it to prevent it from breaking through.

This will enable the Dao to cast spells and also relieve Yu Shuyang's pressure.

The Heavenly River Weak Water, the Styx Black Water, and the Returning Void Mysterious Water merged into one, completely submerging the City Lord's Mansion, as if it had been eroded by a flood.

In an instant, the City Lord's Mansion, this magical treasure, was treated the same as the Red Tassel Iron Spear, with its spiritual runes and restrictions being continuously stripped away.

Within the city lord's mansion, the grotto-heaven space also began to tremble. Grotto-heaven treasures are similar to the blessed lands opened up by demon immortals; both are independent universes.

However, the blessed lands and grotto-heavens of demon immortals are formed by the earth's energy and veins, and the foundation of these blessed lands and grotto-heavens still lies within the demon immortals themselves.

In contrast, the Cave Heaven Treasure is refined by refining magical restrictions, just like the Heavenly Gang Restriction and Earthly Fiend Restriction. Both are refined layer by layer with spiritual runes, eventually transforming into the Cave Heaven Dao Restriction, creating an independent space within the treasure.

Cave-heaven treasures are extremely difficult to refine. For example, the Qiankun Long Serpent Bag can also open up a Qiankun space, but it is incomparable to cave-heaven treasures.

That magical treasure cave contains a world within it, where time can be adjusted, allowing one to speed it up or slow it down at will.

Normally, Zhao Shihou would never dare to use the restrictions of the cave heaven. The city lord's mansion was inhabited by members of the Zhao clan, many of whom had low cultivation levels and could not withstand the rapid passage of time.

At this moment, faced with the continuous erosion of the Xuan Shui and the stalemate of the Shenbi Camp, Zhao Shihou finally became afraid.

Human dynasties rose and fell, leaving behind countless old royal families and countless royal clans that vanished without a trace. The Zhao family's ability to continue uninterrupted was largely due to this magical treasure from the grotto-heaven.

Zhao Shihou dared not hesitate at all. He busied himself banging the gong to summon his clansmen. He had to use his trump card. At this moment, he didn't care about anything else.

The clan gong sounded, stirring the bloodline of the Zhao clan disciples. Everyone within the grotto-heaven, whether in seclusion or doing something else, had to come to the front courtyard.

The first to arrive were the younger generation of the clan. Most of them had not gone into seclusion to cultivate, but upon sensing the call of the clan gong, they rushed over without stopping.

Next came the women and children, who were relatively slower to react and usually stayed in their secluded chambers.

Finally, there were the elders who were in seclusion for cultivation, and the incense-loving followers who were hiding. To be honest, the incense-loving followers had heard the shouting and had been hiding, not daring to come out.

Since the Dragon God Temple was built, the Dragon God's spirit has descended. The followers of the Fragrance Cult have all fled into the cave. They knew they would be punished by the Dragon God, but they did not expect the retribution to erupt so quickly.

"Fellow members of the Zhao clan, the killing has begun, and we have encountered another calamity!"
Outside the cave, the Dragon God Temple's revenge has arrived. That villain manipulated evil magic to sever the flow of human fortune. Now, no one knows what has become of the soldiers and generals in the city!

Now, there is a treacherous stream outside the city lord's mansion that is constantly eroding the magical treasures of our grotto. These are the very foundation of our Zhao clan and cannot be damaged in the slightest.

"I've called everyone here to discuss how to expedite the opening of the grotto, so we can defeat the thieves outside!"

As soon as Zhao Shihou finished speaking, a cry rang out. Time accelerated within the magical treasure cave, and the lifespan of Zhao's disciples was not extended. Those without cultivation and those whose lifespan was about to run out all had to die.

The leader of the Fragrance Cult stepped forward, bowed deeply to Zhao Shihou, and said, "Shihou, that villain is seeking revenge on us. Why don't we die in his place?"

As long as we can quell the thieves' anger, everything is negotiable; there's no need to resort to such a drastic measure!

The Zhao clan members are all blood relatives, and having experienced the fall of a dynasty, if the clan members were not united, they would have long since fallen into poverty or even perished.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shihou was also moved to tears. He had been in charge of Fengtian City for hundreds of years and had never suffered such a predicament. He felt as if his heart was breaking!

“The Zhao family has lived in Fengtian City for over two thousand years. When have we ever suffered such a great humiliation? I have no face to meet my ancestors!”

The elders of the Zhao family stepped forward to comfort Zhao Shihou, urging him not to be too sad, as the calamity was imminent and could not be delayed any longer.

During the last massacre, the Zhao family spearheaded a joint operation with the other four powerful clans of the city, luring the Eastern Demonic Sect into the pass and directly causing the death of the Treasure Rat Ancestor. This time, it's the Zhao family of Fengtian City's turn. As the saying goes, "Whether you stick your head out or not, it's not time to hide!"
With tears in his eyes, Zhao Shihou took out a broken jade seal from his bag. This was left behind when the Zhao family ruled the country. Because of the destruction of the state, the jade seal was broken and looked like rotten wood eaten by worms.

Before Zhao Shihou could even cast his spell, the group of over thirty members of the Fragrance-Scented Cult broke free of the magical barrier and rushed out of the cave, no longer caring about anything else.

Just a moment ago they were timid and afraid of death, but now they're not afraid at all and are ready to risk their lives!
It's not that the Scent-Fragrance Cultists have changed their nature; they are all incense-based cultivators. The opening time of the grotto-heavens and magical artifacts is accelerated. While others can cultivate with spiritual materials, they have no incense power and can only stay in the grotto-heavens to wait for death.

It's not about being brave enough to go out and fight; even if they die, their clan will take care of their loved ones.

Outside the city lord's mansion, Yu Shuyang waved his flag to draw out the Xuan Shui (mysterious water), and swung the Lingzhi Ruyi (a type of scepter) to stir up the yellow sand, relentlessly eroding the magical treasures of the cave.

In mid-air, the Sweeping Cloud Boy and the Long Serpent Boy each used their divine powers and restrictions to fight against the Divine Arm Camp.

The worshippers emerged from the mansion gate, each carrying a white paper lantern and holding incense sticks. They chanted the name of the Goddess Jixiang Gai Niangniang in an attempt to invoke divine intervention.

The Fragrant Moth who became a goddess is the goddess of the Fragrance Scent Sect. Back then, the fragrant fox sacrificed its life to offer incense, using the fox's fragrance as a guide to help the fragrant moth ascend to the divine position.

Just now, the Fragrance Sect attacked the Eastern Demonic Sect's lair, almost severing the Eastern Demonic Sect's lineage.

"We are followers of the Fragrance Cult, and we have come here today to die. Please do not implicate the Zhao family!"

The followers of the incense worshipper knelt down one after another. They had been calling upon the gods for many years but had never received a response. That's why they had evil intentions and wanted to use the Tai Sui Dragon God sacrifice to bring back the Goddess of Incense.

Unfortunately, the divine intervention spell was not used for long before the Dragon God Temple was completed, and the divine response came down, leaving no chance for anything else.

Yu Shuyang glanced sideways at them, not taking them seriously at all, and activated the Lingzhi Ruyi to cast a spell, causing yellow sand to fly and land on the Fragrance Cultists.

These incense-loving followers are all incense-burning cultivators, just like incense-eating rats, their bodies are covered in incense poison, so they cannot be killed with magic swords.

The wind and sand of the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand Formation carried the power of both stone and salt water. With the blessing of these two powers, the yellow sand blew the incense-loving believers into stone statues and clay figures in no time.

Yu Shuyang then shook the Dongyuan Xuantian Flag again, using Xuanshui to roll up the stone statues one by one, and sent them into the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand Road. After undergoing nine-nine refining processes, they transformed into a true spirit of life.

The Nine-Bend Yellow Sand Road and the Red-Tasseled Iron Spear were locked in a stalemate. At this moment, Yu Shuyang could not move an inch and could only use the method of Xuan Shui to assist him.

With the group of Scent-Fragrance Cultists punished, Yu Shuyang had a general idea of ​​what was going on. When he was casting the spell, he could feel the evil aura of the divine era emanating from them.

In truth, they were all people who had hanged themselves to take someone else's place, using the Earthly Tai Sui to confuse the Tai Sui Dragon God. They had long been entangled by evil spirits and were just waiting for the gods to bring down retribution.

Just after dealing with the Scent Cultists, the offensive inside the City Lord's Mansion was reversed in an instant. Iron arrows flew like a storm, which caught both the Sweeping Cloud Boy and the Long Serpent Boy off guard.

Both the Thunderous Path and the Five Ominous Tai Sui Whip tried their best to stop the iron arrow, but unfortunately, the iron arrow was forged from blood and evil energy, and it turned into energy as soon as it was touched.

Yu Shuyang dared not let the blood-fiend energy fall into the formation. Human fiend energy simply could not withstand it, and moreover, the fiend energy vein had already been depleted by more than half, so the formation could not withstand too much depletion.

Yu Shuyang had been handling the situation carefully all along, using the Nine Turns Yellow Sand Formation only for sealing purposes, determined to detain the Zhao family, young and old, in the City Lord's Mansion.

The iron arrows rained down relentlessly, showing no sign of stopping. Even with the combined efforts of Saoxia and Changshe, the two boys could not stop the bloodthirsty evil energy, and the foundation of the Nine-Bend Yellow Sand Formation was being eroded.

The malevolent energy of the earth veins, transformed from human evil, all originate from public resentment and hatred, while the blood evil energy is left behind by the battles of war. The two are subtly suppressing each other, and the will of the people is no match for the soldiers and bandits.

Seeing this, Yu Shuyang knew that the Nine Turns Yellow Sand Formation wouldn't last much longer, so he stopped suppressing the red-tasseled iron spears in the Nine Turns Yellow Sand Path.

Jiuqu Huangshadao flung out his iron spear, which Yu Shuyang manipulated with the wind to violently throw it out of Fengtian City, while he fully activated the magic array in an attempt to break through the city lord's mansion.

Eighty-one grains of earth and sand gathered from all over the street, accelerating the consumption of human energy. The yellow sand flowed like water, eroding the magical treasures of the cave along with the mysterious water.

The black and yellow colors, like dyes, repeatedly stained the outer wall of the city lord's mansion, while the Sweeping Cloud Boy used the Thunder Luck Avenue to bombard the sky recklessly, disregarding the consumption of resources.

The cave was shaking violently as if an earthquake had struck, and cracks appeared in the void, as if it were about to split open.

In the courtyard in front of the city lord's mansion, half of the Zhao clan members had aged into skeletons. They had all succumbed to the effects of the accelerated time, which had exhausted their lifespans.

Of course, there are also a small number of people who break through their cultivation level and extend their lifespan. The most outstanding one is Zhao Shihou, who was promoted directly from the early stage of the fourth rank to the third rank.

Of the original five hundred soldiers in the Divine Arm Battalion, only three hundred remained. Most of the older soldiers failed to break through and, like the Zhao clan members, turned into skeletons in the tomb.

Holding the broken jade seal in his hands, Zhao Shihou was filled with rage. He was mentally connected with the red-tasseled iron spear and had already sensed its escape.

Iron Spear was violently flung out of the city by Fa Feng. Only through his mental perception did he realize the seriousness of the situation.

All nine city gates were guarded by Baiyi soldiers. The Zhao family's troops on the gate towers were locked in a fierce battle with the Baiyi soldiers below the city.

It's clear that the defending soldiers are struggling to hold on. In previous battles against the enemy, Fengtian City was blessed with the power of human destiny and relied on the Zhao family's divine crossbows to keep the invaders at bay.

Currently, the city lord's mansion is sealed by a magic array, preventing the release of human fortune. The defending soldiers can only fight to the death against the Baiyi soldiers.

With the aid of three humane weapons, the Baiyi soldiers were all fearless. The shield-armored soldiers wearing spider silk soft armor stood in front, while the long-handled axe-hammers they wielded worked together to strike the city gate.

The Baiyi people, wielding thunder-patterned fire-tipped spears, used one hand to hook themselves onto the city wall with a rope, and the other hand to prop themselves up with their spears to climb up. Whenever they encountered attacks from the city wall, they would unleash thunder and fire to repel them.

The two generals were locked in a fierce battle, with crossbows mounted on the city gate towers, and the iron arrows they fired were forged from bloodthirsty and malevolent energy.

Iron Arrow fought against the Bai Yi soldiers wielding the Golden Melon Pot. Before the bloodthirsty evil energy could harm the Bai Yi soldiers, it was absorbed into the Golden Melon Pot and refined.

The golden fire in the pot is best at melting military evil. When the blood evil energy is introduced into the pot, it will only fuel the precious fire in the pot. When the precious fire burns brighter and brighter, and even fills the golden gourd pot, it will pour out towards the city gate.

Three of the nine city gates were already in imminent danger of falling. If the stalemate continued, they would be captured by the Baiyi army. Zhao Shihou spent half a day inspecting the city with his red-tasseled iron spear, but he did not see any members of the Liu family. He became increasingly anxious.

(End of this chapter)