Kamimine

Chapter 364 The City God
"The news came from the Peeling Man Sect. Now, Bu Youtian and Huang Jintian are directing Long Hai and the Golden Holy Sect to search for this person everywhere."

"As long as we find this shadow puppet first, we can access all the paths to the underworld."

Princess Xiangxiang was pleased with herself.

"This is not a shadow puppet."

Liu Chengfeng shook his head; he understood.

The old man not only killed the city lord, but also destroyed the city. Some people still managed to escape and hide in the shadow puppet city.

"If it's not a shadow puppet, then who is it?"

Xiao Zhuofan asked.

“City official”.

Liu Chengfeng's eyes narrowed; he knew how to obtain the road sign leading to the Underworld Sea.

Not only did he want it, but Bu Youtian and Huang Jintian also wanted it.

"The Censor?"

Xiao Zhuofan and Lin Chen exchanged glances; they had never heard of this before.

What is a Huangshi?

Princess Xiangxiang asked.

"How far can you go on the road to the underworld?"

Liu Chengfeng looked at Xiao Zhuofan and Lin Chen.

"We didn't know how far it was, so we stopped when we encountered the Nether Spring along the way."

Xiao Zhuofan personally experienced this; he had once soaked in a dark spring and ascended to the divine path.

"Legend has it that the Golden Holy Sect once had the strongest Great Heavenly God who followed the shadow puppet all the way, but never returned."

Lin Chen was older and knew more.

"Huangcheng would never allow anyone to sneak in."

Liu Chengfeng spoke softly, his mind filled with curiosity. As far as the Skin-Peeling Vengeful Woman knew, skin-peeling masters, skinless ghosts, and the City God should not exist in this world.

What did the Mad God obtain back then that led something that shouldn't have appeared in this world to be brought into it?

"Longhai and his group are hiring shadow puppeteers everywhere, gathering them at the Huanglu (a place in the city), I don't know what they're doing."

Princess Xiangxiang learned another piece of news and told it to Liu Chengfeng.

"It seems they really know a lot."

Liu Chengfeng now knew how to find this Netherworld Envoy; there was no need to forcibly open the Netherworld Sea.

"Let's go check on the ancestral temple."

Liu Chengfeng got up and went out.

"I'll go as well."

"We will serve our young master with utmost loyalty."

Xiao Zhuofan and his sister squeezed through the door and followed.

Jiang Ziyan asked Lin Chen and the other elders to stay behind and guard the camp, while she led her people to join Liu Chengfeng.

The ancient city is very large, with crisscrossing streets and towering buildings and palaces.

Although it has lost its former splendor, the old town is still adorned with the warmth of everyday life.

The shadow puppeteers had no choice but to stay and settle down, building and managing the place as if it were their own home.

Compared to shadow puppets that leave no shadow behind them, the most pathetic figures are those that shed their skin.

Their skin was peeled off, revealing flesh and blood, a horrifying sight.

Their Skin-Shedding Clan Mansion was built in the most magnificent and tallest ancient building and temple in the ancient city. Legend has it that it was once the bedroom of the Mad God.

The skinner and the shadow puppeteers lived together in the same city, peacefully coexisting like family.

"The furnace is located in the center of the city."

Once outside the camp, Princess Xiangxiang flattered Liu Chengfeng and led the way.

She had already walked around the area once and knew the way.

"Hey, young master, my sister is pretty good. She's talented and a nice person."

Xiao Zhuofan tried to sell his younger sister to Liu Chengfeng.

Liu Chengfeng didn't say anything, but just gave him a cold look.

"My young master has no shortage of women."

Jiang Ziyan followed beside him, blocking Xiao Zhuofan.

This embarrassed Xiao Zhuofan, who gave a dry laugh.

Indeed, with Jiang Ziyan around, his sister, Princess Xiangxiang, paled in comparison.

Putting aside the differences between humans and demons, and the fact that no one can compare to Jiang Ziyan in appearance, how many people can compare to Jiang Ziyan in terms of talent?

As the master of the White Crane Realm, a generation of sword saints, and a master of world-class divine path, she was still like a maidservant by Liu Chengfeng's side.

Xiao Zhuofan silently mourned in his heart, thinking, "Little sister, it's not that I don't want to help you, but the branch is too high for me to reach."

"My esteemed God-Kings, we meet again."

Yi Ersan, a merchant from Wangsheng City, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and greeted Liu Chengfeng and his group.

"Why are you here too?"

Princess Xiangxiang was surprised to see him.

"I am here to serve all the great gods and kings. Wherever you are, I will be there."

Yi Ersan had a big smile on his face; his baby face made him look harmless.

Xiao Zhuofan and the others didn't believe his nonsense, but they were also secretly surprised. Yi Ersan was very mysterious and probably had extraordinary abilities.

"Do any of you God-Kings want to buy the Underworld Road Tokens? To be honest, no one here knows better than me which shadow puppeteer wants to sell the Underworld Road Tokens."

"As long as I act as a go-between, I can definitely buy the Netherworld amulets that all the priests want."

Yi Ersan pitched his business to Liu Chengfeng and the others.

Xiao Zhuofan and the others remained silent, staring at Liu Chengfeng.

"Your Majesty, what level of road sign do you want?"

Yi Ersan immediately realized that Liu Chengfeng was the leader.

"Your business is quite extensive."

Liu Chengfeng glanced at him.

"Thanks to the grace of all the gods and kings, I can make a living."

Not a single word Yi Ersan uttered was true.

Are you sure you can find any road sign?

Liu Chengfeng gave a half-smile.

"Your Majesty, you know, in the Shadow Puppet Kingdom, I do have some influence and know quite a few shadow puppet brothers. When they want to sell road signs, they always ask me to make the contact."

Yi Ersan was full of confidence.

"I need a road sign for the underworld leading to Huangcheng. Do you know who wants to sell it?"

Liu Chengfeng looked at Yi Ersan with a half-smile.

"The underworld road sign leading to the City God—"

Yi Ersan's expression changed slightly.

"Don't tell me you didn't know the Underworld Envoy was in the Shadow Puppet City."

Liu Chengfeng gave a cold laugh and stared at Yi Ersan.

Yi Ersan's expression changed again, and he took a few steps back.

"Your Majesty, I know, I know."

Yi Ersan immediately regained his composure and put on a smile. "Your Majesty, this matter is no secret now. The Skin-Shedding Man Clan and the Underworld Envoy are all looking for the Underworld Envoy and have asked many shadow puppeteers to pray."

Yi Ersan smiled in accompaniment.

How many shadow puppeteers can they hire?

Liu Chengfeng sneered, disdainful.

"Now the Golden Holy Cult is going door-to-door distributing divine spirit stones to the shadow puppeteers, offering money to buy their heads. Whoever is willing to go gets extra money, and the amount is enormous."

Yi Ersan knows more.

"No wonder they charge us a poll tax."

Princess Xiangxiang snorted coldly.

"And you, do you know where the Underworld Messenger is?"

Liu Chengfeng stared at Yi Ersan.

"This, I really don't know. The first to know about the Netherworld Envoy must have been the Skin-Shedding Man Clan. The Sect Master of the Skin-Shedding Man Clan has been searching for the Netherworld Envoy's whereabouts for a long time."

Yi Ersan secretly leaked information to Liu Chengfeng.

"The Peeling Skin Manor".

Liu Chengfeng glanced at the tallest and most magnificent temple in the ancient city.

"The Peeling Skin Clan has the deepest understanding of this place; I'm afraid no one can compare to them. However, they haven't found the whereabouts of the Underworld Envoy either."

"So it's normal that I don't know."

Yi Ersan looked at Liu Chengfeng with a very innocent expression.

"Then we don't need you."

Liu Chengfeng ignored him and turned to leave.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let me give it a try? Maybe I can do it."

Yi Ersan, unwilling to give up, followed after them.

"Are you really capable?"

Xiao Zhuofeng didn't believe it.

"How will we know if we don't try? Anyway, the Skin-Shedding Man Clan has asked the shadow puppeteers to pray, so they have no chance of success."

"Even if the shadow puppet needs spirit stones to replenish itself, it is unwilling to offend the Underworld Envoy."

"The Underworld Envoy has long since shed his skin and mingled among them. If you offend the Underworld Envoy, you can forget about ever going back!"

Hearing Yi Ersan's words, Jiang Ziyan and the others were surprised; he really knew a lot.

"what do you want?"

Liu Chengfeng stopped and looked at Yi Ersan.

Yi Ersan glanced at Xiao Zhuofan and the others.

Xiao Zhuofan and the others were sensible; they turned their backs so they couldn't hear anything.

"I sense an indestructible aura emanating from you, young master. Could you lend me a bit of it?"

Yi Ersan was serious.

Liu Chengfeng's eyes narrowed, a cold light flashing within them.

"Of course, if Young Master needs a road sign for Huangcheng, I'll risk my life to get you one, how about that?"

Yi Ersan hurriedly made up for it.

"You don't need to risk your life, I'll go get it."

Liu Chengfeng refused to make such a deal with him and waved his hand.

Yi Ersan was disappointed and hung his head.

"You don't belong to this world, so why have you come here?"

Liu Chengfeng stared at him, knowing some of his secrets.

Yi Ersan hesitated for a moment.

"If you don't want to talk about it, don't force it."

Liu Chengfeng waved his hand, not caring at all; everyone has their own secrets.

"Young Master can also see that I am a child spirit, and I need a Dao Fruit."

Yi Ersan hesitated for a moment before revealing his secret.

“An extraordinary Dao Fruit fell into this world. Coincidentally, the Mad God opened the Netherworld passage, and Huangcheng had no choice but to escort it. I took the opportunity to sneak over.”

"Whether it's a shadow puppet or a messenger of the underworld, they can't stay in this world for long. Even if they use a lot of divine spirit stones to wear them down, there will be a day when they can't hold on any longer."

Liu Chengfeng glanced at him indifferently.

"Well, I've done something to myself, so I can only make a living by selling things. The incense-selling ghosts are pretty much the same."

Yi Ersan chuckled dryly and told the truth.

"The Fruit of Reincarnation, whose is it?"

Liu Chengfeng was also surprised that someone had been reincarnated into this world.

"I don't know. They are much taller than me. They are definitely terrifying beings. Nobody knows. All cause and effect have been shielded."

"You will come, but the more powerful will not?"

Liu Chengfeng's eyes narrowed.

“I consulted a fortune teller about this, and I was one step ahead of others.”

Yi Ersan gave a dry laugh.

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but think of the old man in Huangcheng.

"Now that you're here, you must have already explored Huangcheng, right? Is there an old man in Huangcheng?"

Liu Chengfeng stared at him.

"Sir, it's terrifying there now, I wouldn't dare to go and explore."

How terrifying?

"Don't even mention me going to investigate. I'm standing outside the Skinning Gate. If the child's spirit dares to glance at me, it will devour me."

Yi Ersan shivered.

"Then there's nothing for you to do, I'll do it myself."

Liu Chengfeng shook his head, knowing that Yi Ersan couldn't handle it either.

"Young Master, are you going to the City God Temple to pray?"

Yi Ersan, follow along.

"It wasn't me praying, it was the shadow puppet."

Liu Chengfeng said calmly.

"We'd need at least half of the shadow puppeteers, right? Is that even possible? The Skin-Shedding Man Clan has tried several times, but without success."

The answer to question 23 is uncertain.

"That's the ancestral temple of the molting people, not me."

Liu Chengfeng smiled faintly and headed towards the furnace.

Xiao Zhuofan and the others hurriedly followed, and Yi Ersan hesitated for a moment, then shamelessly followed as well.

The Huanglu (遍炉) stands in the center of the ancient city; it is a huge old furnace.

The old stove was rustic, filled with incense ash, with some burnt incense sticks stuck crookedly inside.

Legend has it that in the past, shadow puppeteers would come here in groups of three or five to pray for their way home.

Then they will receive a Hell Road Token.

With the underworld road plaque, they can embark on the journey home.

(End of this chapter)