Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 131 You're the City God? Then who am I?
Just now, during the confrontation with Xiao Panshan's golden statue

Zhu Sihai even cast his gaze into the Sanxian Pavilion on Zhengcheng West Street, but it was silent and empty!
Li Wushou was like a thorn in Zhu Sihai's heart, making him extremely unhappy, but he was helpless even after searching everywhere without success.

He had no time to waste any longer!
He pulled the golden feather left by the sparrow from the decaying flesh and swallowed it whole. Then, golden feathers grew all over his body, and a flash of golden light appeared in his eyes. Instantly, Zhu Sihai's mind sank into the river of yin energy.

In the vast river of Yin energy, the City God's soul still slumbered at the bottom of the river, completely unaware of Zhu Sihai's usurpation of divine power and consumption of incense offerings.

Unlike before, the City God's heart had now completely transformed into the shape of a bird's nest, with golden divine soul power forming branches that intertwined within it. Suddenly, two golden lights flashed, and the divine soul sparrows perched on it abruptly opened their eyes.

A vast and powerful divine soul suddenly radiated from his body, and Zhu Sihai's mind was stirred!
"Is this the City God's sacred site, the place of life and death in Wufang City?"

Although Zhu Sihai had held the position of Lord of the Five Directions City for decades, this was his first time entering this place, and he couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

After a long while, Zhu Sihai slowly withdrew his gaze and calmed his restless emotions. It will be soon, this place will soon be mine!

His eyes regained their resolve, and Zhu Sihai shook his sparrow body. His feathers, like tiny specks of dust, passed through the City God's heart and spread throughout the City God's body, leaving only the space between the City God's eyebrows untouched.

There are thousands of golden sparrow eggs laid out by sparrows, to guard against what kind of suicidal means the City God might use when his soul awakens.

It can be said that the life and death of the City God at this moment are entirely in Zhu Sihai's hands!
After observing for a while, Zhu Sihai couldn't help but nod. Although Quezi hated him, she still held onto a trace of old affection. This arrangement was quite appropriate. Even Zhu Sihai, who had spent his whole life scheming, couldn't find any fault with it.

Let's begin!

With a murmur in his heart, Zhu Sihai used the Divine Soul Sparrow to slowly activate the City God's Dharma Body, following the tiny feathers that covered the City God's body.

The City God's spirit suddenly opened his eyes, which were initially chaotic, but gradually revealed a sense of vicissitude. Looking closely through these eyes, one could see a sparrow's shadow swirling in the deepest part of his pupils.

"Splash!"

The river of Yin energy surged endlessly, and the City God's divine soul rose from within it, his enormous divine soul body stirring up waves within the river of Yin energy.

Zhu Sihai, in his City God form, scanned the river of Yin energy and muttered to himself, "He's not here either, so where did Li Wushou go? Did he escape from Wufang City?"

Zhu Sihai was still thinking about Li Wushou, so he turned his head to gather his thoughts and looked towards the end of the Yin Qi River.

There lay two other divine soul figures, one of whom was more delicate and was resting with her hands behind her head and her eyes closed. This was the civil official.

According to Quezi, after being rescued, the other party spent the rest of the time resting and recovering from his injuries, except for initially checking on the City God several times.

The other figure was much taller, standing halfway up in the river of yin energy. The black tentacles behind him were constantly scooping up and devouring living souls in the void. This was the Martial God Official.

Seemingly unable to reach it, the black tentacles, failing to retrieve the living soul, reached into the river of yin energy, scooping up a handful of pure yin power and devouring it. Clearly, it was on the verge of losing control, somewhat resigned to its fate!
He was almost completely out of his mind, and everything he did was driven by instinct.

In just a short while, Zhu Sihai had already seen the Martial God pick his ears twice and dig his nose once.

How could a dignified martial priest be so disrespectful!

Shaking his head slightly, Zhu Sihai also felt a little regretful. He had just become a Yin God, and this moment was like a new life for him, a time when he was full of ambition.

The Misty Land outside the Five Directions City was waiting for him to cultivate. Originally, he intended to keep the civil and military officials for him to use after he became the City God.

Seeing their current state, one can't help but feel sorry for them.

But it's all for the best. All that effort put into Liu family's inner cultivation technique was wasted. If the civil and military officials were intact, the situation might be very different now. No matter how good it is to expand territory, one must first become the City God!

Otherwise everything is just empty talk!
Once he becomes the City God, he gains immortality, and he has plenty of time to cultivate new civil and military officials, or even stronger ones!
Zhu Sihai controlled the City God's soul, which hovered above the river of Yin energy.

Encouraging the power of his divine soul, he communicated with the feathers scattered throughout the City God's body. A magnificent and dazzling Dharma body rose from the river of Yin energy, standing tall in the main city of the Five Directions City through the City God Temple, echoing the Dharma body of Zhu Sihai in the East City!
This Dharma body is radiant and its body is like crystal, clearly a level above Zhu Sihai's Dharma body!
The better it was, the happier Zhu Sihai was, because the Dharma body was now his. When he became the City God, he wouldn't waste it; he would simply prepare it and eat it, which would make his foundation more stable.

In this way, he can be considered to have inherited the mantle of the previous City God and not let down the people of Wufang City who have worshipped him for so many years.

He just needed to eat quickly and cleanly so that Wangxian City wouldn't notice anything amiss.

Calming his mind, Zhu Sihai looked down upon the entire five directions through the City God's Dharma body. Merchants and gentry who had never eaten talisman seeds and paper rice before were instantly terrified and knelt down to worship.

Although these people worship the City God, their incense and prayers also flow towards the altar and flesh-and-blood divine position of Zhu Sihai, the City Lord of the East City.

Zhu Sihai was taken aback for a moment, then smiled knowingly. This was an unexpected surprise!

These merchants were indeed like parasites, harboring treacherous intentions and devoid of any loyalty whatsoever.

After a brief glance, Zhu Sihai ignored these opportunists, his Dharma body forming hand seals, pointing to the sky and drawing lines on the ground, before suddenly letting out a loud shout:
"I am the City God, in accordance with Heaven and Earth, in charge of the five directions, and the sole ruler of the universe. I hereby request the City God Seals of the Five Directions!"

Upon hearing this, the merchants who had been prostrating themselves in conscious awareness were immediately terrified. They thought to themselves, "The City God is indeed angry. Is he going to execute Zhu Sihai?" So they prostrated themselves even more devoutly, some even shouting at the top of their lungs, trying to conceal their earlier hesitation: "The City God is mighty! Execute that traitor Zhu Sihai!"

The shouts were quite loud and infectious, and others who didn't understand the situation also joined in. In an instant, the condemnation of Zhu Sihai spread like wildfire in the mansions of the wealthy in Zhengcheng.

Zhu Sihai's veins throbbed as he listened!
Even though the more fervent their shouts, the more incense and prayers they collect, the lines just don't sit right with them!

"Hmph~!"

Unable to contain his anger, he roared and unleashed a powerful divine sound. The crowd who had shouted hurriedly covered their ears, some groaning in pain, while others suffered blood seeping from their eardrums, mouths, and noses, their minds completely shattered!
The crowd was terrified and could only keep kowtowing, begging the City God for forgiveness!

When it comes to life and death, the power of incense and prayers becomes even more refined.

You worthless bastard!
Zhu Sihai cursed under his breath, then focused on activating the Five Directions City God Seal!

The sky was filled with vast clouds and mist, and the earth beneath the Five Directions City trembled incessantly. Suddenly, the sound of crashing waves echoed across the sky, a wave rolled up several beams of moonlight, and then a vast river of yin energy appeared from the void.

The side room in the City God Temple where the golden statue of the City God is kept trembling.

The mysterious mirror that allowed one to see out from inside the house suddenly flew out from the roof and hovered in front of the City God's physical form.

In an instant, the light of the stars and moon dimmed and was sucked into the mirror, along with a large amount of yin energy and earth vein energy.

Contrary to expectations, the mirror did not become clear; instead, it became even more obscure, resembling a stone mirror. In a moment, the mirror's shape vanished, transforming into a palm-sized seal!
The Emperor said: "Seal of the Five City Gods"

Zhu Sihai was extremely excited. He manipulated the City God's Dharma Body, activated his divine soul power, and shouted at the seal:

"I am the City God, please wield the Five Directions City God Seal and vanquish evil!"

The Five Directions City God Seal trembled violently, emitting a buzzing sound, and then it was about to rush towards the City God's Dharma Body. Zhu Sihai, manipulating the City God's soul, hurriedly raised his hand to catch it.

Suddenly, a wave surged from the vast river of Yin energy, and a blurry divine soul emerged from it. As it walked, it picked at its ear and said with a slightly cynical tone, "You're the City God? Then who am I?"

As the yin energy dissipated, the shadow of the divine soul revealed its true form. Zhu Sihai was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise:
"Priest Wu?"

At this moment, the black tentacles behind the Martial God were constantly grabbing and swallowing living souls. Due to Zhu Sihai's forceful manipulation of the talisman seed rice, many deaths and injuries had already begun to occur in the Five Directions City.

The black tentacles ate with gusto, almost impatiently!
The war priest seemed to find it unbearable and patted behind him, causing the black tentacles to retract somewhat.

Has this martial priest completely gone mad? Does he also want to become the City God?
Zhu Sihai thought to himself, speechless, then found it all rather ridiculous. Was being the City God so easy?

But then he stood frozen in place, utterly astonished, because the Five Directions City God Seal, which had just been about to fly to his side, suddenly stopped and then wavered between the City God's soul and the Martial God's soul with some surprise.

For a moment, it seemed that even the five City God seals could not distinguish which one was the City God!
How can this be? !
Zhu Sihai felt as if the sky were falling. Was it really that hard to distinguish between Liu Qingmei's soul and Wu Sanxing's soul? Even a three-year-old could tell them apart, right? You can't?

After this, I must go to Wangxian City and find a skilled craftsman to install eyes on the Five Directions City God Seal!
Zhu Sihai cursed under his breath, then manipulated the City God's soul, suddenly opening the mouth of his Dharma body. A stream of incense and prayer power swirling under the East City God's seat suddenly split off and flew towards the City God's soul, then swallowed it!

The City God's divine soul, which Zhu Sihai was riding, suddenly flashed with golden light, and then let out another angry roar:

"I am the City God, please wield the Five Directions City God Seal and vanquish evil!"

The five City God Seals seemed to finally recognize who the real body was, and rose again to fly towards the City God's spirit that Zhu Sihai was riding.

Zhu Sihai secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was only a little blind; he still had some sense!

Suddenly, Zhu Sihai froze, his expression blank. In a moment of intense excitement, his spiritual power had radiated outwards, finally allowing him to see the figure he had longed for for so long: Li Wushou!

At that moment, the other party was doing something that left Zhu Sihai dumbfounded!
Is Li Wushou also going to rebel?

In the main hall of the City God Temple, a furious shout echoed through the empty space.

"1, 2, 3, Go!"

Li Wushou stood in front of the golden statue in the main hall of the City God Temple, inserted his hands into the gap at the bottom edge of the statue, and exerted a sudden force.

The city god's golden statue, as large as a small mountain, was lifted up and then moved to the side.

The City God's tablet, which was enshrined in the center, was also moved away!
Then, Li Wushou slowly took out a wooden board from his chest and placed it on the spot where the golden statue was. On the wooden board, three large characters were crookedly written in charcoal, which should be a name.

Before Zhu Sihai could even make out who it was, he heard another question in his ear:
"You're the City God? Then who am I?"

(End of this chapter)