Calabash Fairy

Chapter 107 The Sixteenth Merit

"Iron Boy, so you're saying that it was you who kept praying to the Mountain God of Qingfeng Mountain that caused him to send the Crow God to save everyone?"

The village chief of Gurong Village stood in front of the crowd, looking at the rather smug young man before him.

Just then, a man stepped out from the crowd and approached the village chief, saying hurriedly, "Village chief, it's all true! Tiewazi asked me for half a stick of incense a couple of days ago, saying he was going to worship the mountain god of Qingfeng Mountain."

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"Half an incense stick's worth?!"

The village chief's voice suddenly rose a notch.

After what happened yesterday, and with the men in the village who had contracted the strange illness that day now recovering, the village chief no longer doubted whether the Qingfeng Mountain God truly existed.

The question now is, did Tiewazi really manage to summon this deity with just half an incense stick's worth of time?!

"Nonsense! Since we received the mountain god's favor, we should offer tribute as soon as possible to repay our vow! Why haven't you done anything yet! The child doesn't know, and neither do you?!"

Seeing the village chief get angry, the crowd snapped out of their joy and began to discuss among themselves, somewhat at a loss. The village chief sighed and looked at the young man in front of him.

"Iron Boy, which mountain god did you worship at?"

Upon hearing this, the young man quickly pointed to a clay sculpture that barely resembled a gourd next to his family's woodpile.

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Unbeknownst to everyone in the village, in the mountains outside the village, after Black Flame sealed the gap in the underworld that had appeared using the spirit-locking and yin-locking talismans crafted by its master, it began searching for the wandering souls that had flown out during this time.

If these chaotic and uncommunicative problems are not resolved, people will still have their yang energy drained by accidents in the future, which may result in serious illness or even death!

Fortunately, the spiritual fire it had cultivated over the years contained a wisp of pure yang energy, which prevented these wandering souls from passing it even once.

Hei Yan wandered around the area for a full day and night before finally dealing with all the wandering spirits, and then made his way back to the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

In the Qingfeng Secret Realm, Fang Yan closed his eyes to cultivate in the stone pavilion, while in front of him, the Mountain God Seal was once again enveloped by the blazing divine fire.

At this moment, the Mountain God Seal was merging with the sixteenth merit he had gained over the years of protecting Xiahe Village.

[Heavenly Path Mission: Obtain a Golden Light of Merit]

[Reward: One of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Techniques: Nine Breaths of Breath Control, Subduing Dragons and Tigers]

[Merit: Sixteen (Every hundred merits can be condensed into one golden light of merit)]

Over the years, under Fang Yan's protection, Xiahe Village has gradually accumulated some merit. Although it is still far from receiving a golden light of merit, it is still making progress.

He wasn't in a hurry about it. Although the two Heavenly Gang Divine Powers were good, he couldn't unleash much of their power at the moment. Moreover, there was still a lot of room for improvement in the many methods he was currently practicing. He needed to keep studying them and shouldn't be greedy for more.

After a while, Fang Yan slowly opened his eyes, counted on his fingers for a moment, and then smiled.

"Hei Yan did a good job this time. Raven God General, this little guy knows how to seal himself, but it's good that way."

"These little guys on the mountain are slowly growing up..."

Fang Yan slowly got up, picked up the stone bowl on the stone table, pinched the fish food he had casually made, and sprinkled it onto the lake.

In an instant, with a series of splashes, many spirit fish leaped into the air, swallowed the fish food, and then fell back into the water.

The spirit fish that Fang Yan obtained from the Money Rat were mostly ornamental spirit fish of low quality but beautiful appearance. It is said that many small immortal sects would buy them in large quantities to make a show of themselves.

Fang Yan didn't care about this. He bought these spirit fish simply because the spirit lake was empty and he wanted to make the most of the space and add some aesthetic appeal.

Before long, as Fang Yan finished throwing away the fish food in his bowl, the Spirit Lake returned to calm, with only lotus leaves and flowers swaying in the water.

Fang Yan put the stone bowl back on the table, then picked up a white jade pendant that had become somewhat dull and rubbed it a couple of times.

"That senior seemed kind and approachable, but his lightning sword intent was so domineering, it seemed capable of annihilating everything..."

There is also a sword intent called Thunder Sword Intent in the sword tower within the sword inheritance space, but compared to this senior, it is simply insignificant and incomparable.

"If I could learn this sword intent, it would be a significant improvement for me. That senior has already explained it very clearly."

Those who learn from me live, those who resemble me die.

It depends on whether he can grasp the essence and integrate it into his own style of swordsmanship.

"I always felt that when that senior entrusted me with this understanding of sword intent, it wasn't just for me to use as a reference; perhaps there were still some aspects that I hadn't fully grasped..."

Fang Yan pondered, intending to enter the jade tablet again with his mind to comprehend the sword intent within, but at that moment, a familiar aura suddenly appeared in Fang Yan's perception.

"Hmm?...Qilian?"

South of Qingfeng Mountain, Qilian, dressed in a dark blue robe with animal patterns, flapped her wings and flew towards Qingfeng Mountain.

At this moment, Qilian had clearly resolved the problem in his soul, and he had a smile on his face, and his expression was much more lively than before.

Compared to his previous state of being a living dead, he now seemed to have been reborn.

In fact, three years ago, Qilian had already completely resolved all the hidden dangers. In the following three years, he once again entered the Ten Thousand Mountains and went around to find powerful enemies to fight.

Only now, having fully mastered all his talents and abilities, has he returned to Qingfeng Mountain.

However, Qi Lian stopped halfway through the journey, sensing the noticeable changes in the spiritual energy and earth veins around him.

"This is... the territory of Qingfeng Mountain has expanded? It's probably now a thousand miles in radius..."

Qi Lian was somewhat amazed. Although the powerful demon forces within the Ten Thousand Mountains had far wider territories than this, the Qingfeng Mountain territory of the Divine Path was quite different from the territory controlled by the Demon King.

"This being's existence is truly difficult to understand. Fortunately, I am friends with this mountain god, not enemies, and the mountain god has helped me a great deal."

Qi Lian felt somewhat fortunate, and just then, he saw the figure of the Mountain God of Qingfeng Mountain appear before him in a flash of golden light, riding on the wind.

"It seems your problem has been completely resolved."

Fang Yan looked at Qi Lian with a smile, but was slightly surprised. Not only had this person's aura become completely unified, but judging from his aura, his cultivation level had actually reached five thousand years, and his aura seemed quite stable.

However, this being is somewhat incredible in itself, so it's not surprising that he or she has secrets.

"I must thank the Mountain God for his help earlier. Please rest assured, the Mountain God, Qilian will never forget your great kindness."

Qi Lian spoke solemnly, then took out a package from his sleeve and handed it to Fang Yan.

"This is a small token of my appreciation; please accept it, Mountain God."

"Qilian has come here this time with a difficult request..."

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