Bodhisattva, please help me in my spiritual practice!

Ao Peng spent nearly twelve hours in the courtyard getting the gray fairy to bring up the family members from the family tree.

Even without a system reminder, he would need to return to the real world first.

He glanced at the multitude of rats, big and small, in the courtyard. Killing them directly wouldn't be worth much, but if he were to ask for a reward, he could scrape together five coins for their lives...

Sweeping across them with Ao Peng's gaze, the gray fairies were all terrified and wanted to burrow into the ground, but for now they only dared to keep their heads down.

Some of them had tried to escape, but they couldn't escape Little Chaos's keen eyes.

Chaos has eyes but does not see, and ears but does not hear. It judges things more by its unpredictable intuition and is not bound by any specific morality or law, so it is both good and evil.

These gray immortals had shallow cultivation; the moment they had the thought of escaping, Chaos could sense it and swallowed the fleeing rats whole.

Ao Peng pondered for a moment, then summoned the original Gray Fairy, who had given himself the name "Gray Diamond Mountain." Ao Peng was too lazy to remember it, so he changed his name to "Little Drill Wind."

"Sir, I'm here."

Little Drill quickly stepped forward.

"Do you know any divination techniques?"

Little Drill looked troubled. He wasn't very skilled; he had learned some divination techniques, but at most he could only ask for directions. However, at this moment, he could only bite the bullet and say, "Master, I know, I know."

Ao Peng nodded and said, "Alright, tell me what I'll encounter if I continue down this path?"

From the system's prompts, he understood the role of these gray and yellow fairies: their existence allowed the system to better guide people from the real world into the game in the early stages.

Of course, dying won't cause any major problems for the system, it just takes a little more effort.

Ao Peng cannot directly trade with the system to decide the life or death of these gray rats, but he can use the method of divination to make shady deals, bypassing the system's restrictions. The weasel's enlightenment is a good example of this.

So as long as the gray fairy divines well and gives me a clear clue, it means the system is willing to make this deal, exchanging a clue about the back of the old earth world for the survival of these five hundred gray fairies.

Hui Xian quickly brought over a basin of water and placed a green locust leaf, which had been blessed with magic, into the water.

Then, having already prayed to all the gods and Buddhas in his heart, he looked down at the water basin and began to recite his prayers.

"The little fairy of the gray family seeks guidance for her future, and consults the oracle about the path ahead for the adults."

"First, we pay homage to the Heavenly Gate Lord; then we pay homage to the Earthly Gate Pass; and finally, we pay homage to all the gods and Buddhas of the Nine Heavens and Nine Earths."

"Which deity has so graciously departed from the mountain gate and descended to the mortal realm? Please ascend and reveal the path ahead!"

The Five Immortals' divination techniques all involve possession, a very sinister method. Who knows what might possess them? Ao Peng himself certainly wouldn't use it.

Even under normal circumstances, the Five Immortals themselves don't use it; they let their shamanic disciples use it. Everyone is not stupid.

After reciting the incantation once, Gray Fairy Little Drill Wind picked up a locust leaf, stuck it to his forehead, sealed his yang fire, and opened the passage for the yin spirit to enter.

Then, as if struck by lightning, he became delirious and trembled uncontrollably.

Suddenly, a chilling wind swept through the surroundings, and shadowy figures surged in from all directions, all wanting to possess the powerful gray immortal.

However, this change didn't last even a second or two before it vanished, and the entire courtyard remained quiet without any further changes.

Ao Peng sat up straight, his expression becoming serious.

He had only ever seen this unchanging threat manifest in one person: the True Lord of Abundant Wealth.

Grey Fairy raised her head, her eyes pure white, and spoke in a calm, even tone.

"Don't be greedy in Shoucai Town, for gambling and cheating are the only truths. In the Year of the Horse, you'll have great luck by bumping into a horse, and the Five Wrathful Soldiers will display their might."

After reciting these four prophetic words, Little Drill trembled all over and collapsed to the ground, only recovering after a long while.

Ao Peng rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a moment. As expected of a shady deal, the system's hints were absolutely clear.

He hadn't encountered the first three sentences yet, but the last one...

He looked at the five hundred gray immortals and thirty-four yellow immortals before him, "I've heard that you have a method for establishing a shrine. I wish to build a shrine here, with four beams and eight pillars. Are you willing to acknowledge me as your leader?"

The so-called "leader" is the head of a sect.

The gray fairies looked at each other in bewilderment.

Establishing a sect is no small matter for them. Once they enter a sect, their life and death are in the hands of others. Just like martial arts sects, even if they want to leave, they have to go through a folk version of "three cuts and six holes," which means stripping away their immortal bones, shaving off their wisdom and intelligence, and returning them to the animal realm.

The weakened Little Wind cursed himself for being a fool, and hurriedly bowed, saying, "This humble immortal is willing; please, Master, bestow upon me a title!"

If he doesn't help Ao Peng establish this shrine today, and Ao Peng happens to take pity on him and release his entire family, it will only harm him.

He'd probably be torn to pieces by his own family, so it's better for him to be like a wronged ghost, dragging his whole family into the temple, so that they can all be together in harmony.

Ao Peng laughed heartily. With someone willing to help, things became simple; those who disobeyed could simply be killed.

Anyway, he was essentially giving these gray fairies a way out, but if they didn't choose it, then they wouldn't be to blame him.

Establishing a shrine requires various materials, mainly for the secret methods of building a shrine.

Little Drill Wind originally wanted to recruit his own shamanic disciples, so he prepared some of these materials.

While listening to Xiao Zuanfeng's explanation, Ao Peng took out two more suitable materials: five-colored soil and top-grade Tianhuang stone, both of which are good for laying foundations.

After the materials were prepared, Xiao Zuanfeng presided over the ceremony.

He began to recite a lengthy incantation for opening the hall. This incantation was a type of auxiliary incantation, but unlike other auxiliary incantations that used the word "invite," Xiao Zuanfeng's incantation used the word "control." Ao Peng was the leader of the hall, so he used the auxiliary incantation to control, not to invite.

The Ghost Lord of Qingfeng opened the way.

The Goddess of Smoke Souls came to offer incense.

Then teach the five armies to raid the camp!

The Hu family's stability is threatened if no one from the main hall comes to visit.

The Huang family's absence means the order is not strictly enforced!

If the python doesn't come often, the disease is difficult to cure.

The medicine won't work without the Bai family's help!

If the gray family doesn't prosper, their path to wealth will be blocked!

Oh, old immortal!

Don't complain that this main room is small, don't complain that this space is narrow.

Today, the leader of the sect is summoned from the lotus throne.

May the offerings of incense never cease!

We respectfully invite the leader!

Little Drill Wind gave its final, loudest note.

The five hundred gray immortals, dozens of yellow immortals, and several scapegoats below also hurriedly joined in the chanting.

"We respectfully invite the leader!"

Although the fairies present were not highly skilled, the hundreds of them used rituals to recruit people and managed to gather several python fairies, white fairies, and fox fairies from the surrounding area to form the Five Witches Army.

In the center of the hall was a lotus platform built with five-colored soil. However, there was not enough five-colored soil, and even when mixed with other materials, it was not enough for Ao Peng to sit on. Ao Peng had a sudden inspiration and summoned his own Xuan Nu.

The young goddess, clad in battle armor, with five-colored flags fluttering behind her like a cloak, her chubby face serious, held a seal made of Tianhuang jade as she stepped onto the lotus throne.

The moment she stepped onto the throne, the gloomy sky over the small courtyard changed, and a phantom sun slowly rose, reflecting a vast landscape of mountains and rivers within the three-zhang-wide courtyard.

The incense offerings in Ao Peng's system were rapidly depleting, and after spending 50,000 incense offerings...

A pattern condensed in the landscape, forming a half-illusory, half-real Wuchang military camp.

He condensed his first inscription, Five Rampant Chaos.