Nightmare Light

Chapter 260 Purification of Pollution

This may be the first time in the history of this world that a celestial being, and a powerful and influential one at that, who is worshipped by almost everyone, has been so mercilessly insulted by a mere mortal.

On several occasions, when the Dragon Head Lord got so angry from being scolded that he even summoned the incense ash tornado again, but he didn't do it for some reason.

They might not be able to beat them.

As Lin Wang spoke mercilessly, the Dragon Head gradually fell silent. His huge brown eyes, which had been filled with anger as he stared intently at Lin Wang, eventually lowered their heads and silently looked at the ground.

After Lin Wang finished cursing, Lord Long remained silent for a full ten seconds.

He opened his mouth, but could not utter a word.

"I……"

A dozen seconds later, He opened His mouth again, but what came out was a very long sigh: "Alas... Northerner, you are right."

"I have indeed been running away."

"As the master of the life of all people and the holder of the imperial power of the world, if I had really wanted to, I could have transformed myself and traveled to the mortal world. Given Zhili's personality, how could she have punished me? I... I actually know the truth in my heart."

With a wave of his hand, a ball of incense ash condensed in his palm, transforming into a human figure the size of a palm (of course, his palm was already quite large), which could be vaguely seen to resemble an old man.

“At that time, there were actually two voices fighting in my mind. On the one hand, I felt that this child was very good to me and had feelings for me, and I should protect him for life.”

Lord Dragon Head brought the human figure close to his eyes and stared at it silently.

"On the other hand, I also feel... why should I condescend to descend and make a special trip for a mere mortal?"

In His palm, the old man with incense ash made a slow falling motion, lying down in the palm of the Dragon Head Lord, turning into pitch-black ashes, which fell to the ground through His fingers.

"After he died... I thought, it was all Zhili's fault, and the fault of the other immortals."

"But I know in truth! The world changes like the sea turning into mulberry fields, how can the immortals possibly take care of every mortal being? We can't even take care of ourselves!"

He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist, but as soon as the Dragon Head Lord clenched his fist, the incense ash fell even faster.

Lord Longshou sighed silently, looked up at Lin Wang, and said, "Northern people... although you are right, all of this before was my fault."

"But so many years have passed, and I... can never go back."

"If you insist on purifying me, after the purification, I will not regain power, but will simply become a retired and carefree immortal... Hmm?"

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Lin Wang raise his hand.

"Take a look at this first before you decide."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cluster of tree fern vines exuding a sacred aura stretched out from the ground in front of Lin Wang's feet, unfurled, and quickly opened a door in front of him.

The next second, a small skeleton, about 1.3 meters tall, with a pale and deathly aura, and a beautiful woman, no less tall than a northerner, exuding the aura of mountains and stars, walked out of the door.

“You…you all…” Lord Dragon Head was astonished.

"We are all Lin Wang's tenants now," said Qunshan Jun, starting to use modern language. "Also, he is the current owner of the tree fern."

"Northern people...Zhi Li gave you the tree fern?" Lord Longshou's eyes widened, and he gave Lin Wang a deep look. "Why...?"

"Actually, I still don't understand why the goddess entrusted the tree fern to me, but I am indeed the caretaker of this tree now." Lin Wang spread his hands.

After pondering for more than ten seconds, the Dragon Head Elder looked up again.

This time, he looked at the Lord of the Mountains, then at the Little Lord of the Underworld: "You all just said you were his tenants? Not pledging allegiance?"

"Of course not, I am now just a retired deity living in a tree." Qianlan smiled faintly.

“That’s right, I live under the tree now, and I’ll move up to the tree in a few days.” Huang Quan Gong nodded in agreement.

Lord Dragon Head sighed, "Since that's how it is... I too..."

At this moment, the big yellow rat darted between the three immortals and raised its paws, saying, "Then I'll go back to the tree too!" Upon hearing this, the Dragon Head Lord immediately changed his mind, saying, "Never mind, I won't go back to the tree."

Lin Wang was taken aback: "Why?"

Huang Liangye also made a squeak.

Lord Dragon Head pointed at the big yellow rat: "This fellow keeps stealing my offerings, he can't live with me."

"I'll bite you!"

After the commotion subsided, the scene calmed down.

Lin Wang lit a ball of white flame, enveloping the Dragon Head Lord in the flame.

As the white flames rose and burned, the black ash covering the Dragon Head Lord's body began to change color, and countless malicious black gases rose up, enveloping his entire body.

Initially, the Dragon Head Lord, shrouded in black mist, looked extremely evil. His enormous dragon head appeared and disappeared amidst the black mist, and his huge brown eyes stared at everyone through the gaps in the mist, exuding a fierce aura.

But as time went by, people saw that the tattered dragon robe on the Dragon Head God's body had threads growing and being sewn together, gradually becoming a complete dragon robe.

Beneath the dragon robe, iron chains kept falling off, kicking up dust.

The dragon horns, which had been in the form of white coral, returned to their normal white and yellow color, and the small black holes on its scales disappeared without a trace.

No more small black insects and cockroaches crawled out of the holes.

After the flames died down, the Dragon Lord looked down at his body and said, "So... I've turned back..."

Then, looking at the newly formed patches on his dragon robe, he fell into deep thought.

"What's with the patch?!"

……

In the middle of the sacrificial site, Lin Wang summoned an ice table and several chairs of different heights, and everyone sat down in front of the table.

Huang Liangye sat down at the table.

The Dragon Head Grandfather was sitting cross-legged on the ground opposite.

When the Lord of the Mountains and the Lord of the Underworld heard that there was a story to tell, they were not in a hurry to go back, and they also sat down at the table.

"Next, I will tell you all the whole story of what happened back then."

"After being corrupted by the primordial, I wandered aimlessly across the earth for a long time."

“But back then, in the mortal realm, I still had believers all over the world. Lay masters like those specializing in stoves or fire could still easily find me.” He raised his paw and pointed at Dog Brother, “For example, those who play stilt lion dances.”

Dog Brother scratched his head.

Lord Longshou said, "Later, the Candle Clan Emperor found me and invited me to stay in the palace temporarily... I have already told you about this part before."

"They want me to go so that I can help them complete a study—a study on how to use divine power to make the monarchy last forever."

"At that time, I was corrupted and full of resentment towards the world, so when three mortal emperors came to me wanting to conduct this research, I played along and agreed to their request."

"Of course, the three emperors were not a united front. The emperor of the North believed that there were huge flaws in this plan."

He took out a piece of sacrificial cake—pure white, without eyeballs, and without making any squeaking noises.

He asked everyone, but no one wanted to eat.

The Dragon Head Lord didn't insist and threw the sacrificial cake into his mouth himself.

"That was in the second month after the emperors began their experiments."

(End of this chapter)