Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 269 The Divine Decree of Sacrifice to Heaven, Drawing a Dragon

The Dragon King didn't seem particularly happy when he heard the painter's words.

He felt a sense of inexplicable anger, as if he had given his all but others had dismissed him.

In preparation for this incense-making project, he even hatched the dragon seed that he had been cultivating for many years ahead of schedule.

Is this the result?

He really can't accept losing, but winning like this seems to lack something.

The crowd erupted in uproar. The leaders of the North Bank and even some of the Golden Core cultivators felt like they had been tricked, while the South Bank was beaming with joy and excitement.

The patriarch of the Fu lineage looked at his junior brother with a questioning gaze.

But the other party didn't seem surprised at all by the artist's words.

He sensed something strange for some reason. The founder of the Floating Character Clan simply didn't want to compete, but that didn't mean he was stupid.

He can accept losing fair and square, or even skipping the competition altogether, but he hates the feeling of having to scheme and plot.

What's more, the one plotting against him was his own junior brother.

The founder of the Fuzi lineage gave a low snort, his tone turning cold.

"Since the painter has no offerings, let's proceed directly to the third step: receiving the decree from the gods and raising up the gods!"

Without waiting for feedback from the founder of the Kongzi lineage, he waved his sleeve, and suddenly auspicious clouds floated out of the floating hall, pulling a dazzling star out from within.

Surrounded by cloud patterns, the Heavenly God's Decree floated above everyone's heads, shining brightly.

The founder of the Fuzi lineage glanced at his junior brother and the painter again, and seeing that the two still looked normal, his brows furrowed involuntarily.

What on earth are these two up to?

At this moment, the Dragon King stood up from his cloud chair. It wasn't that he didn't notice the abnormality, but no matter how he thought about it, he knew that the other party couldn't possibly turn the tables.

Instead of guessing, it's better to directly obtain the approval of the Heavenly Decree.

Once everything is settled, no matter what the other party is planning, I will have enough time and energy to play along with them to the very end.

The two patriarchs, Xiang Fu and Kong, nodded, and the Dragon King walked to the bottom of the Heavenly God's Decree, with the incense dragon pearl floating above his head following closely behind.

The Dragon King had a solemn expression, with golden dragon scales appearing on his face, and flesh-colored dragon whiskers flying up and connecting to the incense dragon pearl.

With hands forming a mudra in front of his chest, he suddenly shouted:
"I am the Dragon God of Hengyang River beneath the Hanging Mountain. Today, I have entered the Land of Misfortune and personally slaughtered two barbarian cities, devoured ten Golden Pills, a hundred cultivators, and nearly ten thousand civilians to refine them into incense offerings. I humbly inquire whether the Heavenly God Decree of Huazhou is worthy of being called a Heavenly God?"

Upon hearing this, it was as if a dragon's roar echoed in the ears of everyone present.

At the foot of the suspended mountain, in Wangxian City, Chi Xiu had just arrived at the neighborhood where Zhu Junzi had disappeared and was preparing to find the house according to the address provided by Li Wushou.

His divine sense probed the surroundings and suddenly he found that the pedestrians around him were all frozen in place.

Then one by one they knelt down and murmured:

"The Dragon King should be a celestial being."

Huh? Someone's raising a god?

Fellow Daoist Li Wushou is creating a destiny star to help the Dragon King, whom these people keep talking about, ascend to the position of a celestial god?
The other party seems to have a pretty good grasp of the art of incense offerings.

Chi Xiu looked at it for a moment, then looked away.

He's just a god; it's not like he hasn't raised one before.

At this moment, he is rebuilding the foundation of his divine path. If there is enough incense offering, he can immediately raise it again, which is nothing new.

He shook his head and continued walking forward, searching for the small courtyard where Zhu Junzi had disappeared.

Hanging Mountain
The dazzling stars that the Heavenly God had manifested as trembled continuously, emitting bursts of buzzing, and even the void began to ripple.

A pure, fragrant aroma of incense suddenly rose from the Heavenly Decree.

As more and more incense offerings gathered, the world suddenly changed.

The incense burning above the Heavenly God's Decree quietly transformed into a starry sky.

Li Wushou looked up and saw that the founder of the Kongzi lineage, for reasons unknown, adjusted the color of his crystalline body that covered the sky above the suspended mountain as the starry sky appeared.

In an instant, the sky turned from day to night, and the same was true for Wangxian City, which was located under the suspended mountain and within the water curtain.

The stars in the sky, which had been transformed by the overflowing incense offerings from the Heavenly Decree, suddenly became bright.

Upon closer inspection, everyone realized that the distribution of these stars clearly corresponded one-to-one with the layout of the Hengyang River on both banks of Huazhou.

As everyone knows, these stars represent all the people on both sides of the Hengyang River, including Wangxian City.

At this moment, starlight was lit up one by one, shimmering with golden light. These were the responses of the people of Huazhou to the Dragon God who lifted up the heavens.

Almost the entire population expressed their approval!
Upon seeing this, the Dragon King smiled slightly.

The incense and dragon-shaped offerings above their heads rose up and floated toward the Heavenly Decree.

As long as the Heavenly God accepts his incense offerings, it signifies acceptance of him.

Once he swallows the Heavenly God Token and uses the power of incense to refine the destiny star above Li Wushou's head, he will become the first Heavenly God of Huazhou.

The Dragon King stared intently at the Heavenly Decree, while Li Wushou focused intently on the painter.

Just now, he clearly saw the girl behind the painter lightly tap the air, and then he saw a paintbrush suddenly fly out of the book basket behind the painter.

When he tried to look again, the void rippled at the girl's fingertips, then silently concealed the painter and her.

When Li Wushou tried to focus his attention and investigate further, he discovered that layers of barriers had suddenly risen in front of the two of them.

To outsiders, the painter still appears to be sitting upright on the cloud chair while the girl stands behind him.

Even the patriarch of the Fuzi lineage seemed unable to see through it, which was also related to the fact that the other party's attention was drawn to the Dragon King.

He glanced at the patriarch of the Kongzi lineage without making a sound, but he didn't expect that the patriarch of the Kongzi lineage also knew about all this and tacitly approved it.
It's unclear whether the founder of the Kongzi lineage knew everything about what the two had done, or only knew a little. But at this point, Li Wushou didn't intend to continue guessing; it was time to reveal the truth.

Li Wushou patted Mu Tong, who was still somewhat dazed, and instructed her, "Be quick-witted later."

He then slowly stood up from the cloud chair.

Li Wushou, with his destiny star above his head, stepped down and stood not far behind the Dragon King.

The Dragon King noticed Li Wushou's actions and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, good! I'll trouble you, High Priest, to deliver my life star."

Li Wushou glanced at the scene above the Dragon King's head, where the Heavenly God Decree was devouring the incense that the Dragon King had refined, bite by bite.

He didn't reply, but continued walking until he reached the painter and the girl.

Everyone present was puzzled. What was the high priest up to now?
The patriarch of the Fuzi lineage and the Dragon King noticed Li Wushou's actions and looked over at the same time.

The next moment, the two noticed something amiss: when did so many void barriers appear in that void?
This was clearly created by the founder of the Kongzi lineage.

What is the patriarch of the Kongzi lineage trying to cover up for the painter?
The two then turned their gaze to the founder of the Kongzi lineage, and were about to ask him questions when a magnetic field suddenly rose up in the field, directly shattering the void barrier of the founder of the Kongzi lineage.

The void cracked and spread to Li Wushou, but was suppressed and restored by an invisible force field.

The physical body, though without form, presses down on the void, and at this moment, it takes form.

The founder of the Kongzi lineage had a sharp look in his eyes and simply waved his hand to dispel the void barrier.

Li Wushou gazed at the quietly seated illusory figure of the painter before him, and the silent, mysterious girl standing there, and spoke softly:
"What is the artist drawing? Let me see."

The moment she spoke, the Dharma Domain quietly unfolded, forcefully smoothing out the void distorted by the mysterious girl.

The two figures faded away, and the world returned to its original state.

The mysterious girl standing behind the painter raised her eyebrows, her starry eyes showing a hint of surprise.

This Dharma Domain? Could it be that Li Wushou has reached the Nascent Soul stage?

The opponent has a strong physical body and can also use the teachings of a great master to obtain some precious medicines or methods to enhance their physical body.

Qi cultivation is different from physical cultivation; it requires years of diligent practice.

It's only been a short time since we last met, is it even April?
Unlike the girl's astonishment, the artist remained expressionless, his brushstrokes flowing freely in the air.

As Li Wushou smoothed the void and finished speaking, the other party simultaneously drew the last stroke, then looked at Li Wushou with a sinister gaze.

That high priest is really annoying!
His heart blazed with murderous intent, yet he snorted and asked:
"The Dragon God elevates the Heavenly Gods, yet the High Priest doesn't offer his Destiny Star to the Dragon God for purification, but instead wants to look at the painting?"

Sensing the intense emotions of the painter Yan Qiubai, Li Wushou smiled slightly, then quickly composed himself and replied earnestly:

"The Star of Destiny Refining can wait. I need to confirm first that the Dragon King is still the same Dragon King."

This statement shocked everyone present. What on earth was this high priest thinking?

The Dragon King's pupils constricted slightly, as he thought Li Wushou had sensed the state of his flesh and blood transformation.

Upon hearing Li Wushou's words, he immediately turned his gaze to the Dragon King's ancestor of the Fu lineage. Seeing the Dragon King's expression, his heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that something has really happened to the Dragon King?

How can this be?

The artist slowly stood up, the sharpness and chilling look in his eyes unexpectedly fading away.

A patch of ink moved before him; it was the painting he had just finished.

Upon hearing Li Wushou's words, the painter immediately realized that his scheme had been seen through.
This disciple of the Great Venerable is quite interesting. He thought the other party was just a hothead who relied on brute force.

But how did the other party see through it?

Could it be through the painted infants on those three good-for-nothings, Yun, Shen, and Gongsun?

His purpose in drawing infants for these three people, besides enslaving them, was actually to have them collect more star fragments so that they could create a high-quality destiny star.

In fact, he never took Li Wushou and the other two seriously, nor did he care about them.

Unexpectedly, a series of unexpected events occurred, and the three men's attitudes suddenly became strange.

At this point, although the artist was somewhat angry, he didn't really care. He still managed to create the left and right natal stars, and they were of excellent quality, meeting his requirements.

That's good, even better in Li Wushou's hands.

According to the plan, after the Dragon God offered incense to the Heavenly God's Decree, he should have swallowed the Heavenly God's Decree and begun to refine his Destiny Star.

Isn't the Dragon God's Refining just helping him refine?
This saves him a lot of effort, allowing him to get things done in one go.

Unexpectedly, Li Wushou jumped out again at this moment, looking as if he had seen through his plan.

This made the artist instantly realize that he had been underestimating this great disciple.

No wonder the saintess kept saying that the other person was a very interesting person.

The artist was initially dismissive, thinking the other party was just lucky.

Having realized this, the artist instead put aside his emotions and took the task seriously.

Since the opponent is a worthy adversary, it's normal to be able to thwart some of his plans.

But the outcome is already decided; it's just a matter of putting in a little more effort!
Seeing Li Wushou staring intently at the ink before him, the painter smiled slightly.

"Since the High Priest wants to see my painting, then take a look. This is a dragon I just painted while the Dragon King was offering incense to the Heavenly God!"

The moment he finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved it, causing the ink to spread out in front of him, and a dragon's roar suddenly echoed in the sky.

When everyone looked up, their eyes widened in horror!

(End of this chapter)