I am a living immortal.

The dark clouds in the sky are getting thicker and thicker, and have been accumulating for several days.

A torrential downpour is about to fall.

The captain of the police and Master Zheng returned to Yuannan City. The depressing atmosphere made them both confused. After asking around, they learned that something strange had happened to the Chu family. People were being injured and eaten in the streets, and they had become neither human nor ghost.

Because the captain is not here.

So it was the elites defending the city who took action, killing seventy-two people, capturing thirty-nine people, and injuring two hundred and eleven people.

This was considered a shocking case in Yuannancheng, but it was suppressed by the county magistrate.

Except for Chuzhou who was temporarily staying in the City God Temple, no one in the Chu family was spared, including the Chu family's servants.

This made other big families panic. The Chu family could be destroyed, or even all of them could die, but they couldn't die in such a strange way. This feeling of being uncontrollable made the big families feel very insecure.

When the captain of the police brought Master Zheng back to the county government office, the county magistrate was exhausted. Too many things had happened in his little Yuannan recently. Strange things had happened one after another during this period of time, giving him a headache.

When he saw the captain and Master Zheng, he was even more surprised: "What are you doing?"

After hearing the whole story, he sighed deeply and pinched his brows: "Thank you for your hard work. Pay the pensions to those brothers who died. You can go down and rest."

The two men seemed to want to say something, but after seeing the county magistrate's expression, they swallowed it and said goodbye and left.

After seeing Master Zheng fight against the Yaksha and escape unscathed, the captain's attitude obviously changed. He called Master Zheng "Master" and told him to let him know if he needed anything.

Master Zheng, who had wasted half his life, finally gained the respect he wanted in Yuannan. This battle was not in vain.

The sense of accomplishment even suppressed the pain in my arm.

The magistrate of Yuannan County in the room was looking at the documents on the desk and had no mind to deal with them. The meaning revealed in the words of the temple priest of the City God Temple rang in his ears, and it seemed that there might be a greater disaster to happen later, or maybe not.

This ambiguous reminder made the county magistrate very uneasy.

Looking out the window, the gloomy sky makes people feel even more depressed, and the dark clouds seem to be pressing down on the city, as if it is about to be destroyed.

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City God's Temple.

Recently, the number of people coming to worship has returned to normal. Since there is no effect, most people go to worship the unfinished lake temple.

After more than half a month of working day and night, rain or shine, the Lake God Temple has begun to take shape.

It is true that something is wrong with Xunyang Lake recently. Even the common people have sensed the abnormality. The dark clouds that have lingered for a long time are also abnormal. Such a thing has not happened in the past ten years. These dark clouds seem to be within reach and can be touched.

The rain is about to stop, and it seems that a big wave is brewing.

In such a depressing atmosphere, public security problems are increasing day by day. The inexplicable anxiety makes everyone seem to have lost their former kindness and become easily irritated. The chief constable has been very busy recently.

Even the big families in Yuannan City have quieted down. However, Master Zheng has recently become the new upstart in Yuannan, and the big families will ask him for help in arranging feng shui and rituals.

It was mainly because of the Chu family's affairs that scared these people.

However, the turmoil outside did not affect the City God Temple, which remained peaceful. Chuzhou stayed here every day, chanting scriptures and burning incense beside the temple priest, and receiving pilgrims when he had nothing to do.

Except for the time when the Chu family incident happened, he walked out of the City God Temple and went to see his nominal father. Although he had only been with this father for a few days, he had never lacked food, clothing and other necessities since he was a child, so he still went to see him.

But the father who used to be somewhat wealthy was now emaciated, with a fierce look in his eyes, and he looked like a wild beast ready to devour anyone.

He asked the temple keeper, who said that his father's intelligence had been completely polluted and he had become a walking corpse with only instincts.

I wouldn’t say I’m sad, but I do feel a little emotional.

After that, Chuzhou never left the City God Temple again. However, the county magistrate came and brought him some news. His father starved to death in prison and turned into a pile of ashes.

The Chu family's property has also been transferred to his name.

Then he talked to the temple keeper for a few words and left with a sad face.

As for why the Chu family’s inheritance was not taken away by other families.

These families know which is more important, money or life. They are now avoiding the Chu family for fear of following in their footsteps. How could they get close to them?

The days in the City God Temple were quite carefree and comfortable.

He felt a tingling sensation on his scalp within the City God Temple, as if a stream of air was pressing on his head. It might have been an illusion.

Ever since meeting the Sun Tour Patrol, Chuzhou has been very curious about everything in the City God Temple, especially the goat that he takes special care of. However, this goat does nothing but eat and jump around everywhere, and sometimes even attacks him for no apparent reason.

Chuzhou was observing the goats.

The temple keeper was also observing Chuzhou. He found that the young man's spiritual perception was extremely strong, which was why he was entangled by the water ghost. Such talent was very rare even for the temple keeper. He was smart, perceptive, and patient, and did not find chanting scriptures boring.

This is also the reason why the temple keeper is willing to take Chuzhou with him.

The temple keeper was already very old. He had been a temple keeper for his whole life and it was time for him to find a successor. At this time, Chuzhou appeared. Of course, the temple keeper did not force him. He would talk to him at the appropriate time.

After all, the Chu family is finished, and the family fortune left behind is enough for Chu Zhou to squander for a lifetime, whether he is a rich young man or a temple priest.

If this was before he had even set foot into the mysterious world, Chuzhou might have chosen the former, but after having experienced the real world and having walked through the gates of hell, his choice was obvious.

It will only be a two-way ending.

In addition, the temple keeper knew that there was another road to Chuzhou. That road was the real road to heaven, the real road to immortality, but this road was simply impossible.

The temple keeper looked up. Seeking immortals and the way to enlightenment has never been about talent or distance, but about fate. The way to immortality is the most ethereal, and is two completely opposite paths from the Shinto way of faith in merit and virtue, and taking on the responsibility of one's status.

He doesn't need to say it, this law of cause and effect exists or not.

So he still did the work that Chuzhou was familiar with as a temple priest, and even passed on his lifelong learning to him bit by bit, and Chuzhou accepted it all.

Days like this passed one after another.

Until the day before the Cold Dew, the weather turned into autumn overnight, and the cold wind kept howling. One of the oldest craftsmen in the Lake God Temple reverently put eyes on the statue. At this moment, the Lake God Temple was truly completed. At the same moment, a figure in Xunyang Lake slowly opened his eyes.