Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 151 Inviting the High Priest to a Meeting

The Dragon King comes quickly and goes quickly!
After concluding that Mu Tong had succeeded to the position of City God, he returned to the Hengyang River.

They didn't even greet the person from the Liu family who came along!

The ascension of the Heavenly God of Huazhou is imminent. This opportunity has been waiting for him for hundreds of years. He needs to return to the Hengyang River and make preparations as soon as possible.

He was not unaware that the sounds inside the suspended mountain had become increasingly noisy in recent years.

The "Kong" lineage was somewhat dissatisfied with his steady progress over the years and had repeatedly hoped that he would lead the thirty-six City Gods to explore more mysterious and perilous lands.

However, the foundation laid by the Suspended Mountain in Huazhou was hard-won, and a single misstep could destroy hundreds of years of effort.

Both the "Floating" pulse and he disapproved of rash action. As long as the thirty-six cities were stabilized, enough incense offerings could be accumulated sooner or later to support a celestial being. Why rush things?

Although the character “空” did not elaborate further, his dissatisfaction was evident.

Now, Huazhou has finally received a Heavenly God's Decree, but there are many different opinions within the Suspended Mountain regarding the selection of the Heavenly God.

This made him both angry and helpless!
This is the tragedy of the divine way: the path ahead is never under one's own control.

But he was absolutely unwilling to hand over the foundation he had built up over hundreds of years to others. Even the Suspended Mountain could not make such a decision on this matter!

Suddenly, he thought of Liu Qingmei's stubbornness when she was young. More than a hundred years ago, he actually found it difficult to empathize with Liu Qingmei. To him, whether it was the path of gods or the path of immortals, it was all a path to longevity.

But now he is slowly coming to understand the helplessness and sorrow of Shinto!

Liu Mu stood on the deck of the merchant ship and slowly entered the northern city.

The veins on his hand, which held the palm-leaf fan, bulged.

He did not expect that after the Dragon King arrived in Wufang City, he simply went through the motions and then officially approved Mu Tong's appointment as the City God.

Before he could react, the golden-robed figure standing in front of him and the dragon god's avatar in the sky vanished simultaneously.

The Dragon King left, ignoring his uncle's request and not even offering a word of farewell.

From the very beginning, the Dragon King looked down on him, and now he completely ignores him.

This humiliated him, but he had no choice.

He can't afford to offend the Dragon King!

Even if he were to become the head of the City God Temple in the future, he would still be just a City God under the Dragon King, so he dared not complain.

The loss of the position of City God was very upsetting to him, but since Mu Tong had already accomplished it, and the timing was sensitive, as long as there were no fatal oversights, Wangxian City would not make a big fuss to replace the City God now.

This is why he dropped everything and rushed over as soon as he received the news.

I had hoped to take advantage of the chaos to get things done first, but I was still a step too late.

Liu Mu, his expression gloomy, listened to the bustling noise and enthusiastic celebrations around him welcoming the return of the merchant ship. He snorted coldly and disappeared into the crowd.

He needed to investigate another matter thoroughly before the merchant ships returned to Wangxian City.

According to his great-uncle, it was entrusted to him by a prominent descendant of the "Kong" lineage of Suspended Mountain, who asked him to find out exactly what happened to the destruction of the Burial Soul Forest outside Wufang City.

How amazing must someone be to be praised as a remarkable person by even your great-uncle?

Liu Mu felt a sense of longing and envy. His talent was extremely ordinary; otherwise, he wouldn't have set his sights on the position of City God.

However, if you can leave a good impression on the other party, you may have a chance to become the head of the City God Temple in the future.

I want to see how long Mu Tong can hold onto this position!

Looking up at the City God's image, Liu Mu walked towards the west side of the city, wanting to vent his emotions!
City God Temple

Mu Tong withdrew his Dharma body, took a step, and was already in the back hall of the City God Temple.

When the golden light faded, she still had that innocent and charming appearance of a twelve or thirteen-year-old.

The Dragon King's words had left a shadow in her heart.

The five directions had just suffered a great change, and the incense offerings were consumed wave after wave.

She had previously been in charge of the incense offerings at the City God Temple, so she naturally knew about the situation in Wufang City.

Aside from the annual tribute of incense, she and the Martial God only consumed some incense offerings for their spiritual practice each year.

Logically speaking, Wufang City is not a small city, and it would be feasible to support some more gods, but Wufang City has always been in a state of shortage of incense offerings.

So Xiao Panshan served as a high priest for so long, and only at the very end did he have the opportunity to cultivate the Yin Spirit.

In the past, Liu Chenghuang always said that quality is more important than quantity in people, which makes some sense, but she knew that it was just an excuse.

The truth is that the City God Temple no longer has enough incense to support new deities.

But she knew she couldn't blame Liu Chenghuang. She was much smarter than that brute, the Martial God. She had seen many things and naturally knew what Liu Chenghuang was thinking.

Over the years, whenever the other party repeatedly entered the Land of Misfortune, she would help cover for them and help them avoid Zhu Sihai's surveillance.

Thinking of the words left by the other party in her City God's position, Mu Tong's mind was in turmoil.

On the night of Zhu Sihai's rebellion, she and the Martial God were sent by a mysterious person to the East City School Guard Camp to block Zhu Liuli. Zhu Liuli was furious, but she could not see through her and the Martial God's true forms. This shocked not only Zhu Liuli, but also her, because she could not see through what kind of method this was.

Ever since the day the Martial God suddenly broke into the White Paper Taoist Temple and inexplicably rescued her.

She and the Martial Priest remained in a daze, only able to sense that they were in a mysterious place, with the roars and whispers of gods and immortals constantly echoing in their ears—a profound and terrifying sound that chilled her to the bone.

If you try to project your mind onto the clay sculpture, you can feel a sense of impending doom.

Mu Tong dared not cross the line, and the Martial God was sleeping soundly.

She kept guessing about the identity of this mysterious person, and in the end, she could only conclude that he was Liu Chenghuang's backup plan.

In the days that followed, Mu Tong felt her golden body being constantly shaped, which further solidified her idea, since this method of shaping a golden body originated from the lineage of the City God.

However, the other party's craftsmanship seemed exceptionally poor; it couldn't even be called gilding, but rather a shoddy job!
This left Mu Tong somewhat bewildered. When she regained her senses, it was the night Zhu Sihai plotted his rebellion.

The mysterious man instructed her and the Martial God to go outside the East City to stop Zhu Liuli, while he went to kill Zhu Sihai.

Immediately afterwards, she was defeated by the Martial God and captured by Zhu Liuli, who took her to the sky above the City Lord's Mansion. Liu Chenghuang awoke and helped her refine the City God's position, passing it on to her. After that, she was constantly refining incense offerings.

After it was all over, she thought that everything was as Li Wushou said, that Liu Chenghuang had turned the tide with the power of pure yang, forced away the Sparrow Venerable's Dharma body, and saved Wufang City.

But it wasn't until a few days ago, after she had completely refined her divine position, that Liu Qingmei suddenly appeared, and she realized that things were not as simple as she had thought.

"Mu Tong, the City God Liu Qingmei is dead. Wufang City is now in your hands. A powerful figure is living in seclusion within Wufang City, and he saved the city. High Priest Li Wushou has a deep relationship with him, so you can leverage his power. Wufang City has been lacking in strength over the years because of me, so you'll have to work hard from now on!"

After Liu Qingmei finished speaking, she vanished in an instant.

Mu Tong was stunned for a long time, because she seemed to hear a farewell, which dissipated into the sobbing of the Yin Qi River.

"Goodbye?" Mu Tong murmured, then a smile appeared on her lips.

She vaguely guessed that there was something more to the story of Liu Chenghuang's death, because after returning to the City God Temple, she used her divine eyes to observe the surroundings, but she could not find Liu Chenghuang's true form.

Those who enter the path of divinity usually don't care much about their original bodies. They generally refine them into golden bodies so that they can unleash the power of their Yin spirits.

The body that has been refined is more like a magical artifact that is naturally compatible with the Yin spirit!
However, Liu Chenghuang's original golden body is different. For more than a hundred years, she has been nourished by blood and flesh, and her vitality is almost no different from that of an ordinary person.

In recent years, she even sold Nancheng to the Blood Buddha Temple in order to obtain the Blood Buddha Temple's flesh and blood spirit official to help her physical body undergo transformation.

Since returning to the City God Temple, she has not seen that original golden body.

Even when she subtly inquired about Xiao Panshan and the others, no one knew where they were. They only knew that after Li Wushou and the others cast the golden statue last time, the golden statue of Liu Chenghuang had never been seen again.

Is the City God Liu Qingmei dead?
Will we meet again next time as the immortal Liu Qingmei?
Mu Tong was very happy; this made her even happier than when she took over the position of City God.

She awakened her divine eyes in her childhood and often saw evil spirits that others could not see. Her family thought she was an omen of bad luck, so they took her to the City God Temple to pray for blessings. Liu Qingmei took a liking to her at first sight and kept her by her side.

To her, Liu Qingmei was like a master, but even more like an older sister.

Since her family members all passed away, she has long regarded the City God Temple as her home.

She wanted to cry when Liu Qingmei died, but she couldn't!

Because she was the new head of the City God Temple appointed by Liu Qingmei!
This family will have to rely on her from now on!

After regaining her senses, she became interested in Li Wushou, whom Liu Chenghuang had mentioned.

Starting with the corpse mover in the southern city, the more Mu Tong learned about Li Wushou, the more she realized his extraordinary nature. But thinking about it, it made sense; someone who could be associated with the powerful figure mentioned by the City God Liu couldn't be simple.
Moreover, as she got to know him better, Mu Tong developed a genuine liking for Li Wushou, whom she had never met before.

I have a strange sense of familiarity with Li Wushou.

This feeling was strange, yet it also seemed perfectly natural.

Since assuming the position of City God, she discovered that everyone in the City God Temple had a very good impression of this high priest, and could even be said to have highly praised him.

Even Xiao Panshan, who had already been promoted to the rank of Civil High Priest, maintained an extremely humble posture when facing High Priest Li Wushou.

She always prioritized the High Priest's thoughts and stance. She found it novel, but also thought it was quite good.

Even when the Martial Priest woke up a few days ago, he praised the High Priest Li Wushou, whom he had met once before, and thought that the other party was a promising talent.

Mu Tong scoffed at him. "They have powerful people looking after them. How dare you, a fool, try to be such a good-for-nothing?"

Thus, Mu Tong accepted the fact that she had feelings for Li Wushou, believing that it was very likely due to Li Wushou's personal charm.

Then I thought of what the Dragon God had conveyed today: the raising of a Heavenly God in Huazhou was a major event.

This involves more than just the matter of incense offerings; it could even involve taking sides.
Because Mu Tong heard a trace of resentment from the Dragon King's words. The position of City God was not up to him, nor could it be decided by Wangxian City. Only the Xuankong Mountain could agree.

But which of the City Gods on both sides of the Hengyang River wasn't chosen by Wangxian City for the Dragon King to select?

The Dragon King's words, seemingly referring to the position of City God, are likely actually a reference to the position of Heavenly God!

Similarly, the Dragon King's decisive decision to appoint her as the City God may well have been motivated by a desire to do her a favor!

After much deliberation, Mu Tong summoned Xiao Panshan and gave him instructions:
"Go to the Three Immortals Hall and invite the High Priest to come for a meeting!"

(End of this chapter)