Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 125 The Sparrow Appears, Wusheng Invites the Gods
Li Wushou moved like a ghost, wandering between the four camps of the School Guard.

In a short while, the four larks that had just taken flight were all smashed to pieces by Li Wushou.

These larks were hatched by Zhu Sihai using his own blood essence and Taoist magic. After Li Wushou smashed them, they all instantly turned into ashes.

This made Li Wushou feel a little regretful, as he felt that a lot of meat had been wasted.

Thinking that it would be great if he could be made of flesh and blood like ordinary larks, then he could take Zhu Sihai's body and raise larks. Anyway, Zhu Sihai is determined to become the City God, so his body is useless to him!
Looking around, the noise from the central camp caught the attention of the patrolling guards, but they hesitated outside the camp, not daring to enter, presumably because Zhu Sihai had given instructions beforehand.

Li Wushou withdrew his gaze and looked towards the direction of Wufang City. Zhu Sihai should have already noticed the fall of the sparrow body, right?

Just as Li Wushou was about to kill Zhu Sihai's sparrow body.

In the underground chamber of the East City Lord's Mansion, Zhu Sihai suddenly opened his eyes. Although a glint of light flashed in his eyes, they were still cloudy.

Having not been seen for a long time, Zhu Sihai looked even older than when he last left the North City, and his back even seemed to be bent.

"That Golden Core cultivator from the Liu family still managed to sneak into the camp outside the East City. My Sparrow Body has just been destroyed!"

Zhu Sihai spoke with an aged air, tinged with a hint of melancholy.

In the quiet, secluded room, a soft footstep suddenly sounded, and a young girl with a cool and aloof face walked in from behind the screen, looking about twenty years old.

She wore a misty green pleated skirt, a blue emerald shirt, and a light blue emerald green gauze shawl. Her waist was slender and her shoulders were sculpted. She looked extremely beautiful.

Such a beautiful woman, yet as she walked slowly, her brows carried an incongruous fierceness that marred her beauty.

"Isn't that exactly what you wanted?"

The young girl looked over the screen at Zhu Sihai, who was nearing his death, and spoke calmly, with a hint of estrangement.

Zhu Sihai's cloudy eyes gazed at his daughter before him, somewhat dazed. How long had it been since he had seen her face? A murmur escaped his lips involuntarily:
"Liuli, you're still exactly the same as when you were little!"

The once composed girl now exuded an even stronger murderous aura. A golden light suddenly flashed between her brows, and Zhu Sihai heard a bird chirping. Then, a vertical line split open between her brows, and black blood seeped out, emitting a putrid smell.

"Call me Sparrow! Don't force me to kill you!"

Zhu Sihai sensed the murderous intent in Quezi's words, touched his brow, sighed slightly, but was not too afraid.

He understood his daughter; he knew that even if she hated him, she wouldn't kill him. That was why he insisted on sending his daughter to the Sealed Spirit Path.

But he's almost lost touch with his daughter, because he doesn't understand the "spirit" she sealed away!
Composing himself, Zhu Sihai returned to the previous topic.

“Alright, Sparrow. Actually, if it were up to me, a smooth seven-day transition would be best, but now that we know there’s a Golden Core cultivator hiding in the shadows, how can we not make some preparations?”

"Paper rice can indeed make it difficult for people to detect, but the food shortage is still too deliberate."

"The other party doesn't need to see if there's a problem. As long as they confirm there's no problem, they'll get there sooner or later. I just didn't expect them to be so quick. But it's been four days already, that should be enough!"

Quezi looked at Zhu Sihai, who was muttering with his eyes downcast, and a hint of contempt appeared on her lips.

"You've spent your whole life scheming and plotting, aren't you tired?"

Zhu Sihai was taken aback, his expression growing increasingly melancholy. He sighed softly and murmured:
"I'm so tired, so very tired! That's why I want to live forever. Maybe if I live forever, I won't be tired anymore?"

Quezi glanced at Zhu Sihai and felt utterly hopeless about him.

The word "Liuli" had just shaken her to her core, bringing back many childhood memories, until she finally calmed down completely.

Zhu Sihai understands her, and she also understands Zhu Sihai.

In her opinion, Zhu Sihai was not tired at all, and even enjoyed it. After he became immortal, he would have new desires!

Just like how Zhu Sihai went to great lengths to obtain the position of the Five City Lords back then.

Back then, Zhu Sihai's mother asked him if he was tired and if he should stop, saying that the family could support each other and make a living.

Zhu Sihai once told him that he was very tired, which is why he wanted to become the city lord of Wufang City. He thought that he wouldn't be tired once he became the city lord.
How ridiculous!
The tears in Quezi's eyes faded, and her gaze sharpened. She didn't want to linger any longer; it was time to end things!
"Trap that Liu family's inner energy core cultivator in the camp, I'll go and take care of him!"

After saying this, a golden feather flew out from between the sparrow's eyebrows and landed in Zhu Sihai's hand.

"With this feather, you can manipulate the divine sparrow within the City God's heart, helping you obtain the Five Directions City God Seal! After tonight, whether you succeed or not, our karma will be even!"

Without waiting for Zhu Sihai's reaction, he turned around, took a step, and disappeared into the underground chamber.

Zhu Sihai stared at the golden feather in his palm, speechless for a long time, before finally clenching it tightly in his hand.

I will become a god! No one can stop me!

Zhu Sihai tucked the golden feather back into his robes, and a talisman suddenly flew out from his sleeve. He reached out and caught it, and a drop of his blood essence flew from his fingertip into the talisman. This blood essence was bright red, exuding a fragrance of flesh and blood, completely different from the decaying black blood between his brows.

The moment the blood essence fell into the talisman, it instantly ignited. Zhu Sihai solemnly said, "The fish is in the trap, let's begin!"

Just as the talisman was about to burn out, a silver bell sound suddenly came from within it: "Hehe~ Good, Lord Zhu. That punch from the Liu family was really fierce, it was truly terrifying."

"I'm sorry to have startled you, and I'm sorry to have troubled you!"

"Very well~ Everything is ready, we are just waiting for Lord Zhu's order!"

After the talisman in front of him burned out, Zhu Sihai stood up and walked out of the secret room to the study. The old steward had stayed up all night and was guarding the study.

Zhu Sihai nodded to him, then took a scroll from the bookshelf and laid it flat on the desk. By the candlelight, the old steward looked up and saw that the scroll clearly read:

"By order of the Five City Lords, I hereby temporarily allocate the outer guard post of the East City to the Goddess Wusheng, and hereby instruct the guard post to worship Wusheng!"

Hiss! Butler Zhu gasped. Was this a sacrifice of the entire School Guard Division?

Zhu Sihai remained calm, casually picked up the city lord's seal from beside his desk, and stamped it on the scroll.

Now, he has to go all out. He no longer trusts even Quezi. The Wusheng Sect is just another insurance policy he has prepared for that Golden Core cultivator.

The scroll hummed softly, then mysteriously disappeared from Zhu Sihai's desk.

As if sensing something, Zhu Sihai led the old steward out of the study and looked towards the east side of the city.

A beam of light suddenly shot into the sky, illuminating the five directions of the eastern city as if it were daytime.

"Ah Da, go and set up the altar. The day you become a god is today!"

"Yes, sir!"

Outside the eastern city, not far from the camp, lies a village of tenant farmers.

A low-lying house suddenly opened with a creak, and a figure as white as a lotus flower walked out with light steps. This person was none other than Wusheng Shi, who had just been blasted to pieces by Li Wushou's punch!
As she walked, she stretched out her right hand, palm facing upwards.

Suddenly, dozens of sheets of white paper flew out from the low houses and landed steadily in the other person's jade-like palm.

With a slight smile, Wusheng Shi put the white paper back into his bosom, looked up at the School Guard Camp ahead, and murmured softly.

"What a cruel heart you have! That punch really hurt. You have no sense of chivalry whatsoever. You must be a decrepit old man! But now, you can't escape."

Although his eyes held a smile, the murderous intent within them was undisguised.

She had painstakingly created a beautiful physical body, only to have it shattered by a single punch from her opponent. She truly wanted to kill him. Besides, if she could steal the lifespan of someone at the Golden Core stage of inner cultivation, wouldn't she be close to becoming a god herself?
With anticipation in his eyes, Wusheng walked towards the school guard's camp!
In a short while, Wusheng Envoy had entered the camp. The direction Wusheng Envoy was heading was the easternmost tent of the School Guard Division. When Wusheng Envoy entered, a new white paper altar had already been erected there.

Wusheng flew up and landed on the altar, and the divine seat of the Supreme Goddess Wusheng was suddenly erected.

One by one, the white paper sheets on his chest flew out, curling inward in mid-air and transforming into sticks of Blood Longevity Incense. Wusheng took out an exquisite white paper incense burner, then inserted the Blood Longevity Incense into it and lit it.

A large amount of mist rose up and swirled around the altar.

In the central camp, Li Wushou had just finished dealing with the four sparrow bodies left behind by Zhu Sihai, and then returned here. He was going to start destroying the paper rice that Wusheng had grown using his flesh and blood.

Before I could even do anything, I felt a pang of heart palpitation.

Thinking it was the Divine Soul Sparrow, he quickly widened his field of vision and focused his gaze around, but found nothing. Just as he was wondering what was going on, he suddenly felt a chill.

It's so quiet!
Suddenly, the school guard camp, which had been bustling with patrol sounds just moments before, fell silent.

Upon closer inspection, the school guards, each with a blank expression, were scattered in five directions, bowing in the direction of the central camp.

As they kowtowed, each person kept murmuring something. Li Wushou zoomed in and listened several times before finally discerning what it was.

"Greetings to the Supreme Goddess, the Eternal Mother!"

Li Wushou sensed something was wrong and was about to leave the camp.

Suddenly, Li Wushou felt a chill run down his spine. It was as if the night had been torn apart by a magical hand, and a beam of white light descended from the sky. Within the light, a scroll appeared, golden characters emerging from its paper and merging with the scroll to form an seal!
Suddenly, a Dharma body rose from the ground in the direction of Dongying!
The Dharma Body wore an eight-treasure golden lotus on its head, and like Li Wushou, its face was shrouded in mist, obscuring its features, but revealing two exceptionally bright golden eyes. The clouds in the sky, accompanied by moonlight, quickly coalesced, forming a huge lotus platform.

The Dharma body descended into it, and its four arms behind it rose up, forming different mudras!
The moment he sat down, an arm in front of him slowly stretched out, and the seal bathed in white light quietly landed in the palm of the Dharmakaya!

The Dharma body on the cloud-mist lotus platform lowered its eyes slightly, looking down at the central camp.

"Since you have seen the supreme deity, why do you not worship him?"

(End of this chapter)