Cold Clouds

The first prayer Lin Xiaoxiao received came from an old woman. Tears were streaming down her face as she spoke hoarsely to Lin Xiaoxiao: "The God of Burning Sins, the God of Burning Sins has appeared!"

Although Ye Yuxie sold the statue of Lin Xiaoxiao at a fixed price, the people of the Burning Sin Cult were not like that. They would give the statue away for free to the poor rural areas.

The village where the old woman lives is a poor village under the jurisdiction of a small sect called "Black Mountain Sect".

The old woman looked at Lin Xiaoxiao and choked for a long time before continuing: "My only son was captured and eaten by the mountain god... He was my only son... He was so filial, although a little stupid, but he never did anything to harm others. Why... Why..."

There is no temple or anything like that in this small village where Lin Xiaoxiao's statue stands. It is just placed next to a big tree and is quite conspicuous.

The mountain god that the old woman mentioned was a giant red-striped python lurking in the hill next to the village. It was only in the late Nascent Soul stage, so Lin Xiaoxiao killed it with ease.

But the hiding place of this giant python, which was only in the late Nascent Soul stage, actually had more than a hundred visible skeletons and fleshy horns growing on its head. This area was short of spiritual energy, so one could imagine how many people this giant python had eaten.

After burning the cave completely, the old woman seemed to have fulfilled her wish and quietly left on the bed. Lin Xiaoxiao rushed directly to the top of the Black Mountain Sect.

The old woman's son had been dead for a long time. She couldn't save him, and she didn't save the old woman either. After all, what was the point of letting the old woman live alone?

Not everyone knows Lin Xiaoxiao's appearance, but all cultivators definitely know Lin Xiaoxiao's name and Xuanming.

Xuan Ming, who had not come out for breath for a long time, held Lin Xiaoxiao obediently and looked down at the people of the Black Mountain Sect from mid-air.

As a third-rate sect, the leader of the Black Mountain Sect is only in the late Nascent Soul stage, and his cultivation is a bit superficial. He may not be able to defeat the giant python.

But this is a one-on-one situation. Does the Black Mountain Sect only have one Yuanying (Nascent Soul) leader? Obviously not. The entire Black Mountain Sect together cannot defeat a Yuanying giant python? This is impossible.

"Colluding with monsters...right?" Lin Xiaoxiao exuded a terrifying aura. She casually swept her mental power and found that there was the same aura as that of the giant python in the Black Mountain Sect.

"Do you...know your guilt?"

As Lin Xiaoxiao asked this, the other party seemed to have found a way out and knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times: "I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong!"

"Is it useful to admit one's mistakes?" Lin Xiaoxiao sneered, "All those who know the inside story of this matter, go to Futian Sect and ask for punishment. I want to see how they punish you..."

Futian Sect is the nominal superior of Black Mountain Sect, so they should be the ones to punish. If the punishment makes Lin Xiaoxiao feel dissatisfied... Hehe, then she will destroy Futian Sect as well.

Praying does not necessarily mean deep hatred and vengeance. When Lin Xiaoxiao rushed to the next place, she found that the two were arguing fiercely over a small cake.

Some people are really miserable, some are just bored and have nothing better to do than worship statues...

Isn't the Three Pure Ones sitting next to her? Why are you worshipping Lin Xiaoxiao? You're sick... Lin Xiaoxiao muttered to herself as she went to the next place.

This time, Lin Xiaoxiao arrived at a small town. Although it was already night, the lights were still on, and people were coming and going on the streets. There was still some sense of life.

The person who prayed to Lin Xiaoxiao was a middle-aged cultivator. According to his self-introduction, he should be the lord of this small town called "Quecheng".

According to him, Quecheng had always been troubled by ghosts and monsters, but the ghosts would leave after each harassment, running very fast and with great skills in hiding. Quecheng requested help from the sects several times, but to no avail.

There was really no other way, so he started to pray to the City God and the Three Pure Ones, and now he had to pray to Lin Xiaoxiao.

Not to mention, it was the right time to pray. The Lord of Quecheng said that he didn't have much hope that Lin Xiaoxiao would respond to this matter. If Lin Xiaoxiao hadn't just mastered the initial practice of "Faith, Aspiration and Recitation", he probably wouldn't have prayed again if there was no response this time.

Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly thought of Zhen Yuanzi. These true "gods" of the universe seemed unlikely to show up in the lower world. Could it be that after receiving her prayers, they tinkered with her fate line in the sky and asked her to work for them?

……No way?

It's true. After Zhen Yuanzi returned, he told Lingbao Tianzun about Lin Xiaoxiao. Lingbao Tianzun observed Lin Xiaoxiao's fate for a while and found that although she had a calamity spell, she had a trace of luck that could ascend to the great god realm of the universe.

Then it's normal for him to assign some work to Lin Xiaoxiao, who may be his subordinate in the future, in advance, right?

The only place they can easily control is the upper realm. The spiritual energy in the lower realm is too thin to support their arrival. Originally, they could only manage it indirectly through the people in the upper realm. Now that Lin Xiaoxiao is in the lower realm, she can continue to exploit it after she ascends to the upper realm...

If Lin Xiaoxiao knew what they were thinking, she would scold them for three days and three nights without repeating herself...

But she didn't know, so she had to work. Lin Xiaoxiao briefly learned about the ghost incident in Quecheng and started an investigation in the surrounding areas.

According to the words of the Lord of Quecheng, Lin Xiaoxiao could be sure that there must be places like mass graves around, and that the ghost had already cultivated to the point where it could leave places with heavy yin energy and run around.

Around the initial stage of Spirit Transformation... Lin Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, and with a flip of her hand, a black ball appeared in her palm.

"Ciba, don't sleep anymore, get up and work," Lin Xiaoxiao rubbed the ghost king ball that hadn't done anything since coming out of the Tianli Mountain Secret Realm, "Go, find the most powerful ghost around."

Ciba's little black eyes looked at Lin Xiaoxiao blankly for a while, as if it was thinking about what Lin Xiaoxiao said, and then it seemed to have figured it out, and it straightened its body and swayed from side to side.

The most powerful ghost around? Of course it's him~

Lin Xiaoxiao was silent for a moment, then started kneading the glutinous rice cake again: "Except you!"

"Gurgle gurgle..." Ciba's head was dizzy from being rubbed.

No, it seems to have no head. Ciba floated to the surrounding plains and began to search aimlessly.

Lin Xiaoxiao never thought that the glutinous rice cake could really be found. The ghost must have had some ability to hide for so long. The fastest way to find it was to use the glutinous rice cake as bait...

Although Ciba's cultivation level is not high now, her whole body is filled with strong ghost energy and she is obviously the target of all ghosts and monsters, so she just needs to hide herself and wait for the target to appear.

I’m afraid that guy won’t take the bait.

Lin Xiaoxiao hid in the dark for a while, watching him eat the glutinous rice cake here and there, and stuff everything into his mouth. Lin Xiaoxiao felt overwhelmed when she saw it.

What's wrong with this kid? Why does he eat everything? He shouldn't have a stomachache, right? Did he get hungry in Medicine King Valley?

After Ciba ate half of the grass, it finally attracted the ghost.

This ghost should have been a rare cultivator with wind spiritual roots when he was alive, but since he had turned into a ghost, a big yin creature, it was easy for Lin Xiaoxiao to deal with him.

After getting rid of this ghost, Lin Xiaoxiao still has work to do.

There were all kinds of things, such as evil dragons eating people, He Bo marrying a wife, Yaksha entering the city, and the Yellow Wind Sand Monster... Especially the Yellow Wind Sand Monster, Lin Xiaoxiao didn't understand why her statue could be sold to a town in an oasis in the heart of the desert in just two days. Is this really reasonable?

Don’t ask, the answer is fate told Lin Xiaoxiao to fight.

Lin Xiaoxiao ran through almost all the terrain of the East Continent within a few hours. I wonder why her statue spread so quickly.

Normally, monks who practice "Faith, Aspiration and Mind" will indeed make statues of themselves, but they will only give them to five or six people or villages. This will be easier at the beginning, and the power of aspiration will gradually accumulate.

But Lin Xiaoxiao is different. She has a church that supports her at the beginning. Those believers are running around, and some are already preparing to go to the Western Continent to preach.

……

At the dock of the East Continent, a believer was sitting on a ship about to head to the West Continent, holding an authentic Lin Xiaoxiao figurine in his hand.

An old man nearby asked in confusion: "Hey, young man, what are you holding?"

"Uncle," the believer smiled at the old man, "since you are interested, let me tell you about it."

……

After Lin Xiaoxiao slapped a giant man-eating ape to death and brought it back to the village where she prayed, there was finally no sound in her ears.

It's so annoying. I have done hundreds of things in the past few hours. Lin Xiaoxiao frowned. She suddenly regretted her decision to practice "Faith, Aspiration and Mind".

At that time, she was thinking of making two statues first to help others accumulate power of vows slowly, and steadily advance the progress of the practice of "Faith, Vow and Thoughts". If the abstract statue carved by the Burning Sin Cult turned into an evil spirit, she would collect it, or reveal her identity, and then officially start accumulating power of vows on a large scale. As a result, Ye Yuxie started to get busy now.

It's so troublesome. While talking about the trouble, Lin Xiaoxiao, who had solved all the problems, stretched and returned to Yaowang Valley.

Ye Yuxie has finished reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms and is reading Dream of the Red Chamber... Well, this part has been discussed, so let's skip it.

Lin Xiaoxiao covered her face with the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and squinted for a while, then sat up. She felt her wish power beginning to accumulate.

Indeed, she did hundreds of good deeds in one go, and more than a few hundred people witnessed it. Although it was impossible for everyone to believe her, at least half of them did.

"Oh~ It seems pretty good." Feeling the willpower pouring into her body, Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly felt that her meridians were relieved. "It's a pity that the effect is best only the first time, but I had so much willpower the first time, and now it seems that it may be okay."

"Faith, Aspiration and Recitation" can strengthen the practitioner's physical body, cleanse the marrow and strengthen the meridians. The first time is most effective. If there are more aspirations in the first time, the effect will be even better.

Obviously, among all the cultivators who practiced "Faith and Vow", the amount of vow power Lin Xiaoxiao collected for the first time was not small.

"Hehe, now you know how good I am~" Ye Yuxie said with a smile, "This is all thanks to me~"

"Heh..." Lin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes and ignored Ye Yuxie who was smugly taking credit for the work. She sat beside him with her arms folded, wondering what she was thinking.

"What are you doing?" Ye Yuxie picked up a carrot, rinsed it and stuffed it into his mouth, "Are you daydreaming?"

"Hmm..." Lin Xiaoxiao swayed back and forth on the bed, and finally said, "Since this wish may come at any time, can I use a clone or a puppet to do it?"

Cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Stage can split their souls, which means separating their mental power to form clones. Although they are not as strong as Lin Xiaoxiao's original body, as long as each clone brings Xuanming with them, there should be no problem. After all, there is no threat in the Medicine King Valley.

As long as Lin Xiaoxiao doesn't let them in, no one can enter Yaowang Valley. If someone with bad intentions really sneaks in, they can be kicked out directly. There is nothing to worry about.

Even if there are people who cannot be kicked out, Lin Xiaoxiao doesn't think anyone can beat her. At worst, she can just call over all the people she can.

"(⊙o⊙)Wow, you just thought of that. I always thought you just wanted to do it yourself," Ye Yuxie looked at a fool, "Forget about the puppet. I don't think it's feasible."

Indeed, Lin Xiaoxiao's current body is much stronger than any alloy puppet...

"The main thing is that it's quite troublesome to create a puppet exactly like you." Ye Yuxie added.

That's right, they have to be made exactly the same. Lin Xiaoxiao thought about it, it's okay to make them roughly the same, right? But the aura aspect also needs to be considered... Forget it, I won't make it, a clone should be enough.

The clone relies on mental power. Lin Xiaoxiao can have as many of these things as she wants. It can also change into different genders, ages, heights, weights and body shapes. If she wants, her aura can also change, but there is no need for that at the moment.

It is common knowledge that a spirit can split into two parts, even among ordinary people. However, splitting into two parts consumes a lot of mental energy, and the longer it lasts, the more mental energy is consumed.

But it was indeed beyond common sense for a person to appear in various places far apart at the same time. In an instant, hundreds or even thousands of Lin Xiaoxiao appeared, and with a group of evil spirits they began to rectify the atmosphere in the world of immortal cultivation.

Temples dedicated to Lin Xiaoxiao have been built in several border towns, and there are incense offerings. Although it is still not much, it is at least there.

With the offerings of incense, Lin Xiaoxiao's wish power is growing day by day.

Why is there a prayer in the Western Continent? Lin Xiaoxiao frowned, not quite understanding. Her clones were all in the Eastern Continent. Suddenly, there was a prayer in the Western Continent. She had to go there in person to take care of the clones.

After finishing all the messy things, it has been almost a week since the day when Lin Xiaoxiao finished practicing "Faith, Aspiration and Recitation", and Lin Xiaoxiao finally relaxed a little.

"So why hasn't Song Hanyun come back yet?" Lin Xiaoxiao asked casually while flipping through the book.

"What? Are you anxious?" Ye Yuxie said with a smile.

"How is it possible..." Lin Xiaoxiao frowned.

"You hold the book upside down." Ye Yuxie pointed at Lin Xiaoxiao and laughed.

"..." Lin Xiaoxiao paused, straightened the book, and said nothing.

"If you're worried, go see it."

Lin Xiaoxiao hesitated for a long time this time, and turned her head away: "No."