I'm just an ornamental fish in the water.

"The entrance to the small world of deities in Wushan City God Temple".

Feng Mu looked at the hole in the ground, his tone resolute, a cold smile playing on his lips.

"Just as you said, it's the darkest place under the lamp."

Jiang Li also looked at the void, a thoughtful expression on his face, and asked, "Your Highness, can you sense whether there is any energy within it?"

What he was referring to was naturally the aura of the City God of Wushan, or his subordinates.

Jiang Li is more inclined to believe that it was the Goddess Wusheng who sealed off the City God's Small World in Wushan County, forbidding anyone from entering or leaving.

To say that an entire City God Temple, including the City God himself, was destroyed would be an exaggeration.

However, Feng Mu shook his head slightly.

"At least it won't be noticeable from the outside."

Jiang Li frowned and said, "The only option now is to go inside and investigate."

"Walk."

Feng Mu made her decision very decisively, or rather, she had been waiting for Jiang Li's decision all along.

The two did not delay.

A golden light emanated from Jiang Li's hand as he activated five exorcism talismans, holding them in reserve without releasing them.

Then, together with Feng Mu, they stepped into the City God's Small World.

The small world of the City God Temple is generally not very large, about the size of a county government office in a human county town.

Logically speaking, after entering through the entrance of the City God Temple's small world, one should appear at the main gate of the City God's Mansion, or directly in the City God's Mansion's public hall.

However, after Jiang Li entered through the entrance, her vision blurred, and she found herself amidst ruins.

Then he saw something completely black swimming about a dozen steps away from him.

This thing was pitch black all over, looked like an infant, with a big head and a small body. Apart from a few sparse strands of lanugo that were tightly attached to the scalp, the most conspicuous thing on its head was its long, narrow mouth that almost split the entire head horizontally in the middle, stretching almost to the back of its head!

"Hey!!"

The infant ghost spotted Jiang Li the moment he landed, and its round limbs burst forth with terrifying speed, reaching Jiang Li's face in the blink of an eye, opening its huge mouth.

His mouth was full of densely packed, pale teeth, covering the entire oral cavity.

Jiang Li caught a glimpse of it and felt disgusted from the bottom of her heart. With a thought, she threw an exorcism talisman at it!

"boom!"

The golden light exploded and landed on the strange thing. Upon contact with its resentment and ghostly aura, it turned into golden flames.

In an instant, the strange thing was burned to ashes by the exorcising golden fire.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Jiang Li touched the goosebumps on her arm, her eyes filled with disgust.

"It's a 'qi' (鬾)."

Feng Mu, who was standing to the side, said softly, "These are the so-called child ghosts, which are transformed from stillborn infants. Such ghosts often harbor immense resentment."

Jiang Li nodded; he understood.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to be born in the Central Plains, and it is rare to be born as a human being.

To be reborn as a human is at least a sign that the ghost had no sins in its previous life and had some merit.

But after being reincarnated, he waited ten months, only to die shortly after birth.

Such a contrast will inevitably breed great resentment.

but……

"The Qi I just killed seemed extremely weak?"

Jiang Li looked at Feng Mu with some hesitation.

The fact that a mere exorcism talisman was reduced to meaningless dust hardly suggests a great deal of resentment.

"This is indeed the City God's Small World, the abode of a local deity."

Feng Mu looked around and said softly, "In such a world, all kinds of ghosts are naturally suppressed very severely."

"However, although the suppression is still there, this small world must have already become the domain of ghosts."

"Hey!!"

Before Feng Mu finished speaking, numerous ghosts emerged from the shadows of the surrounding ruins, sensing the presence of a living person.

There were more than a dozen of them that popped up immediately!

The vast majority of them were the same ghosts that had just appeared, but there were also two water ghosts, one hanged ghost, and one headless ghost mixed in!

"Imperial decree! Exorcise evil!"

Jiang Li suddenly raised his hand and waved it, throwing out the remaining four exorcism talismans that he had been preparing in his hand all at once!

"boom!!"

Within the dim world, golden light suddenly surged forth!

The mournful wails of the ghosts echoed within this small world, accompanied by the burning golden flames.

Before long, all of the dozen or so ghosts were burned to ashes.

"really."

Feng Mu looked around thoughtfully. In the shadows of the ruins, many strange things were still vaguely hidden.

However, because of Jiang Li's violent exorcising golden light just now, it dared not show itself for a moment.

"The City God's Palace has the responsibility of communicating between the Yin and Yang realms. If there are vengeful spirits or evil ghosts under its jurisdiction, they will be temporarily imprisoned in the City God's Palace's ghost prison."

Seeing the doubt on Jiang Li's face, Feng Mu explained in detail: "Judging from the situation here, it seems that someone has demolished the City God's Mansion and released all the vengeful ghosts and spirits from the Ghost Prison."

"That's why this place is now haunted by ghosts."

Jiang Li nodded knowingly and said, "No matter what, let's first get rid of the evil spirits here."

As he spoke, he activated the exorcism talisman again.

"Buzz!!"

Twenty-eight golden bees rang out in succession as Jiang Li unleashed twenty-eight golden talismans layer upon layer in his hands.

"Imperial decree!"

Jiang Li made a sword incantation with his hands, and with a slight sway, the golden talisman in his hand flew in all directions like a butterfly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

For a time, the sounds of golden light exploding were incessant, interspersed with the mournful howls and wails of various vengeful ghosts.

"call……"

Jiang Li took a deep breath, feeling somewhat exhausted.

After activating more than thirty talismans in succession, Jiang Li's true qi sea was finally depleted.

It should be noted that not long ago, he had just used his power to kill four mountain demons.

Before I had even fully recovered, I arrived at this City God's Small World almost without stopping.

Rather, considering that he had already used up most of his energy, the fact that he could still squeeze out more than thirty exorcism talismans shows that Jiang Li's total amount of true qi was already quite considerable.

"Good, it seems bringing you out was the right decision."

Feng Mu glanced at Jiang Li and praised her with a smile.

"It seems we'll have to rely on Your Highness next."

Jiang Li smiled helplessly.

He was very clear about his own position: he was just a follower, while Feng Mu was naturally the young lady.

When trouble comes, the subordinates are always the first to step up.

But now, as his follower, he definitely won't recover in two or three days, so the young lady has no choice but to step in.

"rest assured."

Feng Mu smiled and nodded, looked around, and said, "However, apart from those vengeful ghosts, there seems to be nothing else in this place."

"But there are many problems now."

Hearing Feng Mu say this, Jiang Li relaxed a little, but her brows were still furrowed.

"Is the City God of Wushan, and all the other City Gods and spirits, alive or dead?"

"Where is the true form of the Goddess Wusheng?"

"And, are there any clues here?"

"After all, the fact that this place has become like this must be related to the Goddess Wusheng."

Feng Mu blinked, looking somewhat troubled, as he listened to the questions Jiang Li posed one after another.

"Let's look for it first."

Jiang Li nodded.

There's a saying that goes, "Everything that goes by leaves a trace."

Since the situation here is most likely caused by the Goddess Wusheng, there must be some clues left behind.

Although in the extraordinary world, such traces may be hidden very deeply.

But it must exist.