Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 142 The New Four Demons
"Don't be in love!"

In the conference room, Qin Jing sighed with some meaning.

After hearing Qin Jing's words, many of the reviewers who were originally planning to watch the show walked away silently.

As expected of the Administration, he is fearless. He only said a few words of contradiction before, but now he is really poking at someone's wounds and bringing up old grudges!

The old man from the Ke family looked angry and was deeply hurt by these words.

If he had previously looked at Ji Jingqiu simply because he felt disgusted by seeing a familiar shadow, then the way he looked at Qin Jing now was simply because he wanted to kill him.

The old man didn't say anything, just stared at Qin Jing coldly.

Sometimes, silence can better express your attitude.

Everyone around was more or less confused. It was understandable that they supported Ji Jingqiu, but the latter was most likely to have defected to the Administration.

But would Minister Qin really want to offend the representative of the Ke family to death?
Even if he is a member of the Qin family, the old man is just a representative. But if he really continues to make trouble, can he get anything good?

Maybe the elders of the Qin family would scold him for making trouble.

Qin Jing smiled, seemingly not afraid of the threat from the old man from the Ke family at all.

This made everyone suspicious. They gradually began to wonder if this was not just Qin Jing's personal attitude, but...

Administration?

"Haha, if you two want to quarrel, it's better to go outside."

Dr. Chen appeared between the two and kindly reminded them,

"Mr. Ning is watching next door."

Hearing this, the old man surnamed Ke snorted coldly and withdrew his gaze.

Under Dr. Chen's gaze, which seemed both kind and warning, Qin Jing shrugged his shoulders, thinking to himself that this old man was really patient, and then turned his back.

For a moment, the matter seemed to have ended there.

Someone coughed, breaking the silence, and asked, "Dr. Chen, what does the darkness in the ruins mean? Is there any danger?"

Dr. Chen nodded and introduced: "Yes, the ruins are located in [Yambu] among the Nine Continents. In this continent, at night, strange fog will randomly spread over the land. If there is no strong person to protect you, it is easy to encounter danger."

"Strange fog?"

Someone sighed: "There is no peace in the Nine Continents. There are crises everywhere."

Dr. Chen smiled and said, “Isn’t this a good thing for the Federation?”

The man from before laughed and nodded.

Indeed, the alien world across the wilderness is not peaceful, which should be good news for the Federation.

Dr. Chen looked at the time and raised his head and said:

"I'm sorry, everyone. I have something else to deal with, so I'll take my leave now."

He left slowly under the gazes of the crowd and quickly came to another research room where a dozen researchers were walking back and forth.

"What information have been collected so far?" Dr. Chen came to the screen and called out to a researcher passing by.

The latter said excitedly, "Boss, the fastest few are about to enter the inner city. We have already deciphered more than a dozen inscriptions."

Dr. Chen asked, "Did you find any traces left by Mu Shuai?"

"No, we haven't found any results yet that include the keywords 'outsider' and 'Mu Shitian'."

Dr. Chen nodded.

Mu Shitian, which is also Mu Shuai’s real name.

The heritage site where this group of young warriors are located is not in the [Oasis], but in [Yambu], one of the Nine Continents.

The reason why the four gods chose this place as the trial site is related to Mu Shuai.

They believe that Mu Shuai had visited here and left some traces.

Moreover, this time point was after Hela was taken in and given shelter by the Federation!

Among the seven generals, only Mu Shuai and He Shuai disappeared in the end. The former at least appeared in the mortal world, but there was no news of the latter at all, as if he had been wiped out from the world.

For the four gods, finding the traces of these two people is probably one of the few things that interest them at the moment.

“Boss, I found something interesting.” The researcher flipped through the newly deciphered divine text and said with interest, “Yamfuzhou was originally called [Youzhou], and later it was renamed to Yanfuzhou. Judging from the time scale, it was not long after Hela disappeared that the name was changed.”

Dr. Chen nodded, not surprised.

He had known this in advance.

The results achieved by the Federation's celestial warriors in going deep into the alien world are very remarkable. Even in the alien world, the celestial warriors are strong enough to defend a place.

There they have a special title - God Generals.

Like the Federation, every god general is qualified to rule and guard a territory.

Currently, some master warriors have smuggled into other continents, and the Federation’s intelligence network is being updated at an astonishing speed every day.

Two of the news are currently attracting great attention from the federal top brass.

The first is good news, that is, even in Jiuzhou, the Four Wilderness Demons are regarded as evil gods and demons, and many forces regard them as enemies.

The second piece of news made the federal top brass confused and uncertain - the intelligence currently intercepted showed that the "Four Demons" wreaking havoc in Kyushu had not been reduced to "Three Demons", but were still "Four Demons", and they were both hostile to each other and cooperated with each other.

But Hela had clearly been taken back to the Federation by the three commanders for suppression!

Dr. Chen's eyes were deep. The Federation's temporary guess was that another evil god had filled the vacancy, or there were other unknown changes.

……

……

Ji Jingqiu dug out a meter-long bamboo with its roots. As soon as he touched it, he sensed the abundant legal principles contained in it and a strange power flowing through it.

This power seems to be able to be channeled out.

But he had no time to try it for the time being.

In the dim and drifting night, Ji Jingqiu looked up.

Although nothing could be seen in the distant sky, one could vaguely feel that at the horizon where the sky and the earth merged, there was an enormous and terrifying aura rising and brewing, just like the eve of a storm.

The air gradually became sticky, making people feel uncomfortable.

Ji Jingqiu frowned and saw the direction arrow in the pop-up subtitles. Without much hesitation, he strode in the direction of the arrow.

This feels like a game.

Following the direction indicated by the arrow, Ji Jingqiu arrived at a square when night fell. There were broken buildings all around. A bonfire was burning in the center of the square. There were several pillars in each corner, all of which were broken and collapsed.

Many warriors have gathered around the campfire.

Ji Jingqiu took a quick look and saw about twelve or thirteen people.

It seemed that everyone was forced to gather together in the dark following the direction of the arrows.

After noticing Ji Jingqiu's arrival, some people looked alert, while others looked at the bamboo on his shoulders with curiosity.

The bamboo is warm and translucent, emitting a white glow in the dark night, and it is obvious at first glance that it is not an ordinary item.

Someone thought of the guards of the royal city and soon confirmed that this bamboo might also be an opportunity. There was a hint of restlessness in the atmosphere.

Ji Jingqiu raised his eyebrows without showing any fear. He looked at his two friendly soldiers and waved and called out.

Yue Yourong.

Duan Xuanji.

The latter originally had no intention of coming forward, but was called by Ji Jingqiu, so he could only smile awkwardly and come forward.

After seeing these three people gathered together, the warriors who originally had some ulterior motives silently withdrew their gazes.

Before coming in, Yue Yourong and Ji Jingqiu were both top-notch seeds. With the two of them joining hands, plus a Taoist from the Tianji Taoist Temple who was known to know everything, this fight would be difficult to win.

"It looks like you've gained a lot." Yue Yourong said with a faint smile.

Duan Xuanji looked at the bamboo on Ji Jingqiu's shoulder with great curiosity: "Brother Ji, is this also an opportunity for this relic?"

Ji Jingqiu nodded. He was going to eat the bamboo clean tonight. After all, he couldn't bring this thing back to the universe.

The few of them had a brief conversation, and when they heard that Ji Jingqiu had already sent away three people and currently ranked fifth with 30 points, they were both a little surprised.

"You are so lucky. I didn't run into anyone along the way." Yue Yourong sighed, "I didn't see anyone until I got here. The situation tonight is unclear. We have agreed not to attack each other. Let's talk about it tomorrow morning."

Ji Jingqiu glanced at the bonfire.

[Congratulations on arriving at the shelter, exploration progress +1 point]

[The bonfire contains mysterious power and can drive away the threats in the strange fog]

During the conversation with Yue Yourong and Duan Xuanji, Ji Jingqiu tentatively learned that after killing the guards of the royal city, they only had the notice of grasping the legal principles, and there was no item of [Purifying the Remnants of the Heavenly Demon].

This made Ji Jingqiu confirm one thing, that this so-called subtitle was definitely not controlled by the Crimson Laboratory!

It's clear who's behind this.

It’s either Hela or the gods.

Is this a private job for yourself?
Of course, Ji Jingqiu had no complaints.

Because the invisible and formless power obtained after purification and guarding is also one of the nutrients of the Bodhi tree.

In addition, this invisible and intangible power is somewhat similar to his Yiqi Hunyuan Jin. He even let the Bodhi tree intercept a strand of it, preparing to find time to comprehend the mystery. "By the way, are you interested in this royal city?" Yue Yourong suddenly asked, "Come on, I'll take you to see the surrounding pillars. The deciphered results are almost out."

What she was talking about were the several stone pillars surrounding the square, standing at the edge of the bonfire, like a dividing line.

Outside the stone pillar, there was a pitch-deep darkness that seemed to be shrouded in a thick fog.

Ji Jingqiu threw out a piece of gravel.

But no response was heard.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, picked up a piece of gravel, and smashed it hard towards the place outside the range of the fire!

With his strength, this blow was enough to create a huge pit and make a loud bang.

But in the end, the stone and the force it carried were swallowed up by the darkness, silently.

Suddenly.

In the darkness, there was the rustling sound of leaves being blown by the wind, which seemed even more eerie at this moment.

Ji Jingqiu looked back and saw Yue Yourong and Duan Xuanji standing in front of the stone pillar, checking the divine text on it.

He looked back again at the darkness outside the fire.

Faintly, his intuition told him that there was something standing not far from him in the darkness, staring at him.

Ji Jingqiu stroked his chin without fear, because his heart fire did not send any warning, and his intuition told him that this was not dangerous.

Honestly, he wanted to explore this darkness, because as far as he could see, even if he did die, nothing would happen, but he would be forcibly recalled.

But caution made him put aside his strong curiosity for the time being.

Curiosity should be matched with adequate preparation.

And now he was unprepared.

Let’s talk about it next time.

"Brother Ji." Yue Yourong shouted from the other side.

Ji Jingqiu walked over.

The sacred texts on several stone pillars have all been deciphered with the help of subtitles.
After being sorted out by Yue Yourong, these divine texts were translated, and the general meaning is:

[The people of this royal city originally believed in a god, but their totem suddenly disappeared one day.]

[In this land called "Youzhou", forces without the protection of gods or the strongest will inevitably perish. ]

[Because every night, the mysterious mist will overlap with reality, walking on the earth and taking away unfortunate creatures. ]

"Look at this—"

Yue Yourong suddenly pointed to a paragraph.

[Mother Goddess of the Deep Sky Sea, Mother of the Great Snake, you are the end of all things returning to silence, the weaver of fear and miracles...]

She whispered, “I have learned about this. This part is from Hela. You should already know who Hela is, right?”

Ji Jingqiu's eyes focused. Mother of snakes?
So the figure with a human head and a snake body, wearing an emperor's crown and with a phantom that seemed to contain the movement of galaxies in its palm, that he had caught a glimpse of earlier, was Hela?

Well, it's quite different from the image in the Crimson Laboratory where he was stabbed with a knife and lying on the ground without making a sound.

It’s broken. The Crimson Labs that arrived first already had the filter.

The light of the bonfire danced in Yue Yourong's eyes, sparkling brightly: "I understand, the original believer of this royal city was Hela, no wonder we landed in this relic!"

Several people continued to watch.

[For the survival of the people of the Royal City, the high-ranking officials of the Royal City had to seek shelter elsewhere. However, no strong person was willing to get involved with the followers of the Snake Mother, because there has been a legend circulating on this land that the so-called strange fog is the means by which the Snake Mother devours everything.]

[Until one day, the people of the royal city once again felt the call of God, and another god extended his wings of protection to them.]

"The mentor of the three realms, the loving father of all living things, the leader of the human and heavenly realms..."

Yue Yourong whispered the honorific name and prayer above, but stopped before the last title.

"What's wrong?" Ji Jingqiu asked. Why did it get stuck at the last step?

Yue Yourong did not answer. She stood there quietly with her back to him.

Ji Jingqiu suddenly noticed something strange, the atmosphere in the air changed quietly.

Just like a drop of ink falling into clear water, it spreads out at an astonishing speed, the clarity recedes, and is replaced by a gradually darker ink color...

It's extremely uncomfortable!
Ji Jingqiu quickly realized Yue Yourong's situation!

At this moment, she was like a person falling into the water, slowly sinking. What was even more terrifying was that she didn't even have the qualifications to struggle, and could only fall desperately into the dark seabed.

At this moment, the aura of Yue Yourong gave Ji Jingqiu the feeling that it was like the darkness outside the fire.

Ji Jingqiu's face was solemn, and he tentatively reached out and patted Yue Yourong's shoulder hard!

When it touched the latter's shoulder, an invisible and intangible force burst out from Yue Yourong's body and instantly shot into Ji Jingqiu's body!

then……

There is no more.

Ji Jingqiu was stunned.

It seems like I saw an emoticon package:

I just slid.jpg.

At this time, Yue Yourong seemed to be able to move. His face turned pale, and he staggered back a step, almost falling to the ground. He suddenly shouted:

"Everyone, do not read out the honorific names and prayers above. Even reciting them silently in your heart is not allowed, as it will attract the attention of the gods behind you!"

In other corners, the warriors who were deciphering the divine text were also shocked.

They had all more or less heard about certain alien cults from their elders and had been sternly warned to keep their distance from these guys and never have any dealings with them.

These scum are all traitors to the Federation and humanity, and they are bent on attracting the gods of the wilderness to descend into the universe.

But the question is, when has it ever been so simple to summon these gods? Just by reciting their names and prayers, or even before you finish reciting them, you can attract them?
In order to summon gods, even the bishops in underground religious groups, extremely complicated rituals are required, with specific sacrifices and specific times, to have a certain hope!
"This is not the Federation, this is their world! They are no longer separated from us by a world!"

Yue Yourong steadied his breathing and warned everyone in a hurried voice.

After calming down completely, Yue Yourong expressed his gratitude to Ji Jingqiu, and said with lingering fear: "Thank you very much. If it weren't for you, I might have already left."

"Exit?" Ji Jingqiu thought of a possibility and asked, "Did the subtitles appear just now?"

"Ah."

Yue Yourong nodded, his face solemnly said,
"I was careless before and forgot that this place is not the Federation. Before I finished reading, I felt a malicious gaze looking at me, which made me unable to move."

"When that malicious intent appeared, a warning message from the Federation appeared in front of me. If I couldn't break free within ten seconds, I would be considered dead and forced to exit..."

"By the way, are you okay?"

Yue Yourong suddenly looked worried.

Ji Jingqiu blinked. Wow! They even forced people to go offline. The higher-ups were definitely not unprepared and had made such careful preparations.

"I'm fine." Ji Jingqiu shook his head.

"Don't read this sacred text anymore." Yue Yourong emphasized.

Ji Jingqiu nodded, turned around and let his subtitle prompt start deciphering the divine text. It seemed that because someone had already deciphered it, the progress bar was very fast.

Ji Jingqiu silently thought in his heart:

[The teacher of the three realms, the loving father of the four lives, the leader of the human and heavenly realms, the venerable one in the world...]

After the honorific name was read, Yue Yourong's previous experience did not happen again.

Ji Jingqiu recited it again in disbelief, but still no response, so he had no choice but to give up.

Yue Yourong said softly:

"I climbed up to take a look before I came here. There are about twelve such shelters in the entire royal city. Not every shelter is as harmonious as ours."

"There will probably be a screening process tonight, and the ones left will either be the strongest or a group of warriors who choose to join forces and work together."

The major forces in the Federation are deeply intertwined and have complicated relationships with each other, and there has never been healthy competition between them.

There are countless grudges between them. Even if they were not big grudges at the beginning, they have become a mess over time.

Some are even blood feuds that will never end.

Although on the surface everyone has reached a delicate balance of power due to the rule of law, the intrigue behind the scenes has never stopped.

The conflict between the younger generation of warriors is an important part of it, because young people represent the future.

As far as Yue Yourong knew, the current war in the western part of the Federation was the result of open and covert struggles among certain forces in the Federation.

Ji Jingqiu looked back at the bonfire in the center of the shelter.

The firelight flickered and the fog in the darkness seemed to dissipate a little. The nearby trees and buildings could be seen casting twisted and hideous shadows under the firelight.

In the deep darkness, the grass and bushes rustled, as if countless pairs of eyes were peeping at this place in secret, but they were blocked by the fire and could not enter.

Ji Jingqiu and Yue Yourong agreed to take turns to keep watch in case of any emergency. Yue Yourong nodded and said that she would keep watch first while she needed to adjust her condition.

After warning her to be careful, Ji Jingqiu walked aside, sat down at the bottom of the crossbar, and entered a state of cultivation.

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