Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 143 Unbridled Shadows, Guests at the Burial Soul Forest
"Please have mercy!"

"I'm an old man with a hard life. These eyes were originally on your bodies. I just hope you can get back to the Blood Buddha Temple safely!"

The old beggar's words were sincere and heartfelt, filled with sorrow, and the expenditure of incense offerings this time was considerable.

He not only needed to replace the Blood Eyes on these people, but also ensure their safe return to the Blood Buddha Temple headquarters.

In the old beggar's original plan, the eyes he and Chen Gou'er had planted would usually be replaced by new members of the Blood Buddha Temple, because the eyes they had planted were of excellent quality and these newcomers would generally be valued!
This gives them the opportunity to go to the main temple for further study. Such disciples are usually protected by high-ranking monks from the Blood Buddha Temple, so there should be no problem in getting to the main temple safely.

But now that Li Wushou had almost killed all of them with one of his seals, he could only turn his attention to the remaining four-eyed monks.

The monks of Blood Buddha Temple with four eyes or more are all tasked with going out to spread the Dharma, and they might die any day!

This made his goal much more difficult.

Therefore, he could only use the excuse of Li Wushou smashing the Blood Buddha Temple's outpost to ask for more money, since the Blood Buddha Temple would definitely send someone to negotiate with the City God about the follow-up.

In this way, these four-eyed monks had a reason to return to the main temple.

Nevertheless, the amount of incense offerings required was considerable. If Li Wushou hadn't thrown out the City God incense made by Zhu Sihai, the old beggar would never have given up.

Now he didn't have much of an opinion. Whoever is rich is right, and the old beggar couldn't be happier that Li Wushou would shut him up like this.

Looking down at the three half-dead, four-eyed monks, Chen Gou'er and the old beggar's spiritual eyes suddenly awoke after the old beggar finished his plea.

One by one, the fascia arched up, holding the eyeballs high, and rustled as they crawled onto the heads of the three four-eyed monks.

The fascia beneath the spiritual eye pierced violently into the abstinence scar, tearing it apart, then firmly grasped each blood-red pupil and yanked it sharply.

Like pulling up radishes, the blood-red pupils that originally appeared on the top of the Four-Eyed Monk's head were all pulled out.

The old beggar and Chen Gou'er, having planted spiritual eyes, casually tossed the extracted blood pupils onto the ground, then leaped up and burrowed into the ordination scar on the head of the Four-Eyed Monk.

Blood and energy erupted, and the scars on the top of the head, damaged by the violent dismantling, were slowly repaired, with even the blood flowing back into the scars.

From the outside, there was no sign of injury. Even the spine that had been broken by the Five Directions City God Seal was slowly repairing itself under the nourishment of the blood energy.

The old beggar looked at all this and slowly nodded.

He then looked around and suddenly walked to the body of Liu Mu, which had been smashed into pieces by Li Wushou's punch. He reached out and pulled out a porcelain bottle from one of the broken pieces.

The old beggar held it to his nose and sniffed it. The sweet taste of the blood marrow was intoxicating. This must be the essence of the Blood Buddha!
The old beggar grinned widely. Li Wushou was still too young. A beggar who couldn't even touch a corpse was never a proper beggar.

With a smile, he sealed the porcelain bottle, tucked it into his pocket, and before he had finished chewing his finger, the old beggar bowed again and said:
"Please have mercy, we've never been to this Blood Buddha Temple outpost before!"

Li Wushou flew in mid-air

Leaping over the South City and East City, head straight for the Burial Forest outside the North City.

The old beggar's expression just now confirmed one thing for Li Wushou.

That means the old beggar and Chen Gou'er really did tamper with the Blood Buddha Temple behind my back regarding the matter of planting spirit officials!

Given the old beggar's lazy nature, the fact that he could spend several years planning this suggests that the benefits are considerable.

The probability that something could make a beggar think about it for so long is extremely high.

As the most recognized and strongest chef training base in the Three Immortals Pavilion, Blood Buddha Temple gives the old beggar ample motivation to do such a thing.

It's not shameful for a beggar to go to great lengths for food!

Li Wushou didn't blame the old beggar for keeping it from him, after all, judging from the old beggar's nervous appearance, it probably wasn't time to reap the rewards yet.

Li Wushou will check when the harvest is ready. If he still keeps it from him then, it won't be too late to lash out!

They sped along at breakneck speed, taking a full quarter of an hour to travel from the South City to the Burial Soul Forest outside the North City.

The area surrounding the Burial Forest is flat and a prime location for transportation, but it has been abandoned for many years due to the presence of the Tree Goddess.

Li Wushou stood outside the Burial Soul Forest, looking down at it. Compared to the dense forest of Guanyin Mountain, the trees in the Burial Soul Forest were much taller, standing tall and dense. Although they were not close together, the forest was unusually dark and cold.

It's as if even the sunlight shining into the forest can't generate any warmth.

Hanging from the trunks of the trees was a dark green baby with its knees drawn up, like a human-shaped fruit.

Unlike their usual daytime rest with their eyes closed, these infants now stared wide-eyed, surveying their surroundings.

Li Wushou understood perfectly well that Zhu Sihai had failed and died, and the Tree Goddess, as one of the altar masters who helped him refine incense, must have known all of this clearly.

Such vigilance shows that the Tree Goddess is somewhat aware of the situation.

Li Wushou snorted inwardly. He deduced from various clues that the Tree Goddess must have some connections in Wangxian City.

Last night, Zhu Sihai promised the Tree Goddess's avatar that she could break free from the Earthly Deity's control and return to Wangxian City.

Why would a mysterious god return to a place like Wangxian City? It can't be for some kind of stable life, can it?
Li Wushou guessed that the Tree Goddess must be thinking of someone! This was someone she had always been preoccupied with and never forgot, even after becoming a demon god.

So who exactly is in Wangxian City?

Judging from the City God's indulgence and tacit approval of the Tree Goddess, she is most likely from one of the five most prominent families. This is why the Tree Goddess is so emboldened and repeatedly opposes the City God Temple.

However, this Tree Goddess has offended the wrong person. The City God's fear does not mean that Li Wushou is afraid of her!

Having caused Li Wushou trouble time and time again, Li Wushou had long held a grudge against the other party.

With a flick of his wrist, the Five Directions City God Seal in his hand suddenly flew up and hovered in mid-air.

Li Wushou pointed his finger, and the Five Directions City God Seal emitted a series of buzzing sounds.

Then, a surge of powerful earth energy suddenly rose from the boundary of the Burial Soul Forest, weaving into a net, and then connecting with the Five City God Seals in mid-air to form a whole.

The Five Directions City God Seal slowly moved, shifting towards the center of the Burial Soul Forest.

Li Wushou raised his perspective and looked down at the entire Burial Soul Forest from high above. In the very center of the Burial Soul Forest stood an ancient tree that occupied a huge area, which was said to be the true form of the Tree Goddess.

At this moment, the Five Directions City God Seal, connected to the earth's energy, stood directly above the ancient tree, awaiting Li Wushou's activation.

The strange infants in the Burial Soul Forest were restless, swinging their bodies as they fell from the ancient trees, trying to burrow back to the Tree Goddess.

But they soon returned to the ground. The earth's energy was churning beneath the entire Burial Forest, and they could no longer penetrate the ground.

They could only leap among the trees, running towards the center of the Burial Forest.

Li Wushou stared at this scene expressionlessly, took a step, disappeared into the air, and reappeared in the Burial Soul Forest.

Sensing the decay and darkness of the forest, Li Wushou murmured:
"Eat as you please!"

The dark shadow behind him suddenly stood up, shaking its body excitedly. The forest was too dark, and the shadow's body was not clearly visible. If one was not watching closely, one would only feel that the forest behind Li Wushou was even deeper.

Then the shadowy figure suddenly vanished from its spot and began hunting down the leaping, ghostly infants.

A silent roar echoed throughout the Burial Forest moments later.

A flash of crimson light appeared in Li Wushou's eyes, and he inexplicably gained a more ferocious aura. Then, he took a step and rushed towards the direction of the Tree Goddess.

In the very center of the Burial Forest, tree roots intertwined on a throne suspended in mid-air, the Tree Goddess rested her chin on her hand, her face filled with resentment.

Zhu Sihai is dead!
The ambitious city lord who promised her a golden divine position is dead, and her wish to return to Wangxian City has been dashed once again!

In recent days, she has sacrificed several substitute leaves, and even broke two branches of the old tree. She has also sacrificed over a hundred ghost infants. Despite such losses, it all came to nothing in the end.

How could she be willing to do this?
Unlike the baseless paper goddess, even though she sensed Liu Qingmei's pure yang energy, which was as bright as the sun, she was not afraid. She knew that if Liu Qingmei dared to kill her, she would have done so long ago!
She had long seen through it that Liu Qingmei, like herself, harbored a deep-seated obsession, and that the other party probably also wanted to return to Wangxian City!
Sensing Liu Qingmei's pure yang energy, the Tree Goddess finally understood why Liu Qingmei had always refused to let her enter the City God Temple to erect a golden statue.

It turns out that the other party doesn't even have enough incense offerings of their own, no wonder the City God Temple is full of shabby people, apart from the civil and military gods.

No, except for Li Wushou!

That damned Li Wushou, how dare he ignore me like this? It seems that the disappearance of that branch in Cui Family Village last time was also related to him.

We have to find a chance to kill him!
The Tree Goddess thought bitterly, then suddenly her expression changed drastically. She looked up at the sky and saw a large seal at the top of the huge tree canopy, connected to the earth's energy, sealing off the entire Burial Soul Forest.

"The Seal of the Five City Gods?"

At the same time, her children screamed mournfully in the forest, as if some evil spirit was chasing and devouring them. The Tree Goddess gritted her teeth and roared at the great seal above:
"Mu Tong, how dare you slaughter the Soul Burial Forest? Don't think that just because you're the City God you can be so insolent!"

As a registered deity of the Five Directions City, the Tree Goddess naturally heard about Liu Qingmei's abdication to Mu Tong. The one who could wield the Five Directions City God Seal was naturally the City God; she hadn't expected the other party to be so audacious!

The infant ghosts screamed in agony, and the Tree Goddess was extremely anxious, but received no response. Suddenly, the Tree Goddess stood up from her throne at the tree root.

The tree trunk behind him trembled violently, and two dark green leaves flew out from the canopy, spreading out to cover the sky and blocking the Five City God Seals from the outside.

The tree roots stirred the earth wildly, and the entire Burial Soul Forest instantly boiled over. Despite the seal of the Five City Gods, the Tree Goddess still managed to draw in enough earth energy. The dark green leaves behind her fluttered down and transformed into beautiful women the moment they hit the ground.

The once gloomy and dark Burial Forest seems to have recreated the bustling Shanghai of yesteryear.

The Tree Goddess's eyes were filled with malevolence as she stared in the direction where the strange infant was constantly dying.

She wanted the newly appointed Mu Tong to know that the Burial Soul Forest possessed the methods he had left behind. Even if you hold the Five Directions City God Seal, you are not someone a City God who has not yet taken office in the City God Temple can offend!

Just as the Tree Goddess was on high alert, she suddenly felt a pain between her brows, and the surrounding beauties cried out in surprise as their figures became ethereal.

The Tree Goddess sensed something was wrong, and then turned around in horror to look at the tree trunk behind her.

A young man dressed in a green robe stood expressionlessly to one side of his tree trunk, his presence utterly silent, like a ghost.

The other person stuck one hand into the tree trunk. Seeing the Tree Goddess look up, they slowly raised their head to meet her gaze, then smiled and said:
"It's been a long time since I've seen you, Tree Goddess! I've come to visit you at your invitation!"

(End of this chapter)