Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 145 If you support the banner well, the rewards will be plentiful.

Busy priests in the City God Temple
They were startled to see Li Wushou carrying a human head into the City God Temple.

Xiao Panshan, who was directing everyone to set up the altar, was so shocked by the sight of the human head that his voice trembled.

"High Priest, is this...the Tree Goddess?"

"Ok!"

Li Wushou nodded slightly, glanced at the altar with some doubt, and asked Xiao Panshan.

"What is this doing?"

"Hi~!"

Xiao Panshan first gasped, then felt uncomfortable with Li Wushou's indifference. This was the Tree Goddess of the Burial Soul Forest, how could the High Priest carry her head like a bag of snacks?

But seeing the admiring looks from the junior priests around him, Xiao Panshan tried his best to calm himself down.

Don't make a fuss, just be part of the group!
After reminding himself of this, Xiao Panshan quickly replied to Li Wushou:
"There were many things to do last night. The orthodoxy of the City God Temple was changed, and Zhu Sihai's rebellious act needed to be announced to the whole city. However, the City God and the Martial God were not awake yet, and I had not yet burned incense at the restaurant, so I could not announce it to the whole city. That's why I set up an altar and used the power of the altar."

Xiao Panshan's words were quite humble. He was initially a little embarrassed, but he became much more natural in front of Li Wushou, who was carrying the head of the Tree Goddess.

Li Wushou nodded. Xiao Panshan was indeed a mature and experienced man, and he handled things properly.

It would be appropriate to entrust the aftermath to him.

After thinking for a moment, Li Wushou decided that he still needed to coordinate his story with Xiao Panshan, since Liu Qingmei still had to take the blame for the Blood Buddha Temple, Guanyin Mountain, and Burial Soul Forest. So he said to Xiao Panshan:
"Priest, that's perfect. You may also announce these matters to the entire city!"

Xiao Panshan's expression turned solemn, and he replied to Li Wushou, "Please explain, High Priest!"

"The first thing is that City Lord Zhu Sihai colluded with the Blood Buddha Temple, the Paper Goddess of Guanyin Mountain, the Tree Goddess of the Burial Soul Forest, and the Lifeless Envoy of the Lifeless Sect to refine talisman seeds and paper rice to deceive the people and secretly practice incense burning, intending to rebel;"

"The second thing is that the City God Liu was furious and, sacrificing a wisp of pure yang energy, annihilated all these demons and monsters."

"The third thing is that the missing merchant ship has been confirmed to have been hidden in the Burial Soul Forest by Zhu Sihai and the Tree Goddess. It will be retrieved soon, and the food shortage in Wufang City will be resolved!"

"In addition, last night Zhu Sihai's daughter, Zhu Liuli, summoned the Spirit Sealing Dao Sparrow Venerable's Dharma Body, intending to slaughter the Five Directions City. City God Liu sacrificed his Dao to perish together with the Sparrow Venerable's Dharma Body. This matter is known within the City God Temple. If Wangxian City inquires about it later, report it accordingly!"

"Once City God Mu awakens, report to the authorities to eliminate the Wusheng Sect and Blood Buddha Temple within the Five Directions City. This is City God Liu's dying wish!"

Li Wushou spoke very quickly but very clearly, and Xiao Panshan listened intently, his expression changing repeatedly!
He knew what happened last night was big, but he didn't expect it to be this big.

However, Xiao Panshan was also filled with doubts during this conversation. Putting aside the paper goddess of Guanyin Mountain and the Wusheng Envoy of the Wusheng Sect, just looking at the Blood Buddha Temple and the Tree Goddess of the Burial Soul Forest that he saw, wasn't this the work of the High Priest?

Despite his doubts, Xiao Panshan nodded quickly, making sure he remembered everything!
And just now the High Priest said that a merchant ship had been discovered?

That's wonderful! He was just worried about the rice supply, this is fantastic news for stabilizing the people!
After Li Wushou finished speaking, he was quite satisfied to see Xiao Panshan nodding in agreement. There was a loophole in his words, since Xiao Panshan and the others had participated in part of the events at the City Lord's Mansion the previous night.

However, when the mysterious figures fought against the Sparrow Lord's Dharma Body, they had already been captured in the Yin-Yang Diagram!
Li Wushou intentionally concealed this matter!

As with the previous few things, it's best to pin the blame on the deceased Liu Qingmei.

Surely the Suspended Mountain wouldn't go to the Sparrow Master to verify his testimony!

I thought I would have to use some words to persuade him, but I didn't expect Xiao Panshan to be so cooperative, not even asking any questions!
The other junior priests nodded frequently, making sure they remembered everything clearly so they could pass it on to the junior priests who weren't present later.

They didn't care what the High Priest said; they just did whatever he told them to do!

Li Wushou naturally had no objection to this. With a flick of his palm, the Five Directions City God Seal flew out and landed in Xiao Panshan's hand. Xiao Panshan subconsciously took it, and then his golden body suddenly trembled, his expression instantly changing drastically.

"This is... the Seal of the Five Directions City God?!"

Xiao Panshan's heart trembled, and he finally believed Li Wushou's words to some extent. If Liu Chenghuang had left some backup plans in the Five Directions City God Seal, then the destruction of Blood Buddha Temple and Burial Soul Forest would be understandable.

But if the City God Liu trusts the High Priest so much, why did he appoint me as the Civil Priest?

Why not even let the High Priest become the City God? Xiao Panshan thought with a somewhat dangerous glint in his eyes.

Li Wushou nodded, then said nothing more, turned and left the City God Temple, returning to the Three Immortals Hall.

Watching Li Wushou's departing figure, they wondered if it was just their imagination, but they felt that the High Priest's shadow seemed heavy in the sunlight.

Three Immortals Pavilion

When Li Wushou landed in the courtyard, he immediately saw the Paper Goddess directing a group of paper Taoist boys to fly up and down, cleaning the area.

Upon seeing Li Wushou return, the Paper Goddess immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying:
"Greetings, Second Master!"

Li Wushou was taken aback. What was going on with this paper goddess?
Little did they know that the paper goddess who was kowtowing was also stunned, and then felt a little scared. The second master was holding the head of the tree goddess.

But then came a wave of exhilaration. In the past, the Tree Goddess, relying on her powerful backing in Wangxian City, never took the evil gods outside the city seriously. Now, the two of them were in completely different situations!
Just as he was about to ask the Paper Goddess the reason, he suddenly heard the old beggar's voice from inside the side room. Li Wushou nodded to the Paper Goddess and then walked towards the side room.

This paper goddess is nothing more than the old beggar's doing; asking him won't change anything.

Pushing open the door, he saw the old beggar pointing at Chen Gou'er's nose and scolding him: "You're carrying an incense burner, how can you scatter so much incense ash? Why don't you burn me and scatter the ashes instead?"

Chen Gou'er crossed his arms, looking defiant.

"What does this have to do with me? Maybe you're the one who hid here and framed me!"

"you!"

The old beggar was about to curse again when suddenly the two men sniffed each other and then looked in the direction of Li Wushou.

Chen Gou'er jumped and landed on Li Wushou, reaching out to touch Li Wushou's chest.

"Li Wushou, you're back? What delicious food did you bring?"

He instantly pulled out the six blood-red pupils of the six eyes, and then impatiently popped one into his mouth.

"Creak, creak, creak!"

He kept chewing, his eyes narrowed with delight, and before he could even swallow, he popped another one into his mouth, his lips bulging as he said:

"Li Wushou, you're so much better than that stingy old man!"

The old beggar stood aside and reached into Chen Gou'er's arms, wanting to take a Blood Eye, but Chen Gou'er jumped away to avoid it.

The old beggar rolled his eyes in anger, then took the Tree Goddess's head and examined it carefully. Ever since entering the Three Immortals Hall, the Tree Goddess had been in a daze, and already severely weakened, she had fallen into a deep sleep.

"What a wonderful smell! Who raised this tree species?"

"Huh? You know that?"

Li Wushou was somewhat surprised to see that the old beggar knew about it, and then told him about Gongsun Wang.

The old beggar listened quietly, then suddenly slammed his hand on the incense table, startling Chen Gou'er, who was eating the eyes. The bloodshot pupil got stuck in his throat and he had to swallow it for a long time!

"Old man, what are you doing? You almost choked me to death!"

The old beggar glanced at Chen Gou'er, ignoring him. "He can eat a whole cow and not choke to death, but he'll choke to death after eating a Blood Eye?"
It's good that he choked to death; it saves him from being so angry he'll die sooner or later!

After a long pause, the old beggar sighed regretfully:

"What a pity that I, an old man, have never been to visit such a wonderful old Shanghai!"

The old beggar muttered something, then waved his hand dismissively at Li Wushou, "Let me study this one!"

Li Wushou originally thought the old beggar was angry that Gongsun Wang was killing people indiscriminately, but it turned out to be this?

Seeing that Chen Gou'er and the old beggar were both busy with their own things, Li Wushou said no more. The three immortals were working together in tacit understanding, and there was nothing more to discuss.

He sat cross-legged on the prayer mat in front of the incense table, the heavy shadow behind him. He was about to start dividing the spoils with the shadow!
Although the process of supporting the leader this time was full of twists and turns, the result was still acceptable in the end.

Although a new City God had been appointed, this new City God had, after all, spent time with the Martial God at the Three Immortals Hall, making it easier for Li Wushou to accept him.

In addition, the old beggar ate incense, Chen Gou'er ate blood-red eyes, and Li Wushou's shadow ate the Yin God and the ghost infant. Before that, it had also eaten many living souls.

Although he also lost two kidneys, overall the problem was not serious.

At the same time, Li Wushou also obtained the Yin-Yang diagram and the Yin-Yang Daoist robe from the Paper Goddess. The Yin-Yang diagram has countless uses, and he hasn't had time to study the Yin-Yang Daoist robe yet, but judging from the Paper Goddess's level of attention to it, it might be even more valuable than the Yin-Yang diagram. Li Wushou is very much looking forward to it!
Therefore, putting aside potential future troubles, from the current perspective, this move to support the bigwig has been a huge success.

However, Li Wushou still felt a sense of regret. He was very envious of Zhu Liuli's spirit-sealing technique. He had originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity to let the old beggar eat more incense and then ask Zhu Liuli for it.

However, the Sparrow Lord was so ferocious that Li Wushou immediately gave up the idea!
Calming his mind, Li Wushou activated the Yin Refining Technique, and the dark shadow began to nourish his physical body!

A large amount of Yin energy flowed into Li Wushou's lower dantian. While liquefying the pure Yin energy, Li Wushou also transformed the excess Yin energy into Yang energy through the Yin-Yang meridians and channeled it into his middle dantian.

Then, the Qi and blood are stimulated from the middle Dantian and flow into the heart, circulating through the meridians throughout the body and filling the internal organs.

At this moment, Li Wushou's abdominal cavity was completely empty, with intact fascia and blood vessels, a strong heartbeat, and gently rising and falling lungs. These lungs were the spoils accumulated by the black shadow during its recent devouring of living souls.

Li Wushou is currently focusing all his efforts on repairing his kidneys!

The kidneys are the source of essence and qi, which helps him refine pure yang qi.

This time, he wanted to try to fill all his internal organs completely, and if there was still some left, he would then cultivate pure Yang and pure Yin Qi.

After all, if his physical body is incomplete, no matter how profound his spiritual power is, he probably won't be able to form a core. Without forming a core, it will be difficult for his combat power to be further improved.

Since that's the case, it's better to first fully develop the physical body.

Once my physical body is fully developed, I'll take some time to go back to the Land of Misfortune. My bone has been implanted for so long; I wonder if it's healed yet.
Although he looks as hard as a normal person now, it's because Chen Gou'er helped him harden part of his flesh.

With his bones missing, Li Wushou always felt he lacked some strength.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have lost so badly in his previous contest with Tiger Girl.
(End of this chapter)