Starting with the Earth God, the path to immortality is deduced!

"Strange Tales of the Gods and Monsters" is like a cat that has smelled blood.

The pages rustled.

He absorbed all the incense and prayers.

Followed by.

A line of small print appeared on the page.

[Pure incense offerings and prayers detected.]

Should it be converted?

[Conversion ratio: One wisp of incense = ten wisps of yin energy!]

Zhou Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Holy crap?

This works?!

He had always thought so.

This tattered book can only be used to cultivate by killing ghosts and offering sacrifices to evil spirits to obtain yin energy.

did not expect.

It can even be transformed through incense offerings!

And this proportion...

That's outrageous profit!

One wisp of incense is equal to ten wisps of yin energy.

If all the people in the city came to offer incense...

Then why is he still struggling to catch ghosts?

You can level up just by lying down!

This moment.

Zhou Yuan looked at the people outside.

changed.

Those are not ordinary people.

Those are clearly walking experience packs!

They are his bread and butter!

"call……"

Zhou Yuan forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart.

he knows.

They wanted to receive offerings.

Miracles alone are not enough.

I still have things to do.

We must make the people feel that way.

You god.

They really do get things done!

Just then.

Suddenly a commotion arose outside the temple.

"Lord Earth, save me!"

"There's a ghost!"

"That Wang Ermazi owes money and won't pay it back, he's even releasing ghosts to bite people!"

A man covered in mud.

They scrambled and stumbled into the temple gate.

Behind.

A chilling wind followed.

A pale-faced, vengeful spirit could be vaguely seen.

They were chasing after it, baring their teeth and claws.

And behind the vengeful spirit.

There was also a man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks.

He was smugly cursing:

"run?"

"Where do you think you're going to run to!"

"Paying back debts is a matter of course!"

"If you don't return those three taels of silver today..."

"I'll let this powerful spirit drain all your yang energy!"

Good guy.

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.

Business is on the way!

Zhou Yuan hadn't spoken yet.

Wang Bo, who was standing nearby, got angry.

"presumptuous!"

"How dare you make such a ruckus in front of the local earth god's temple!"

"You still dare to unleash ghosts to commit murder?"

"This is absolutely outrageous!"

Although Wang Bo was just an ordinary person.

But at this moment, he was holding a golden book.

He was also blessed with divine power.

This angry shout.

It even carried a hint of authority.

This startled the man with the pointed face and monkey-like features.

But that vengeful spirit.

He's clearly short-sighted.

It saw that Uncle Wang was an old man.

They thought they were easy to bully.

She screamed.

They were about to pounce.

"court death!"

Zhou Yuan snorted coldly.

He didn't even get up.

He simply sat on the newly formed grand master's chair.

I tapped the armrest lightly with my finger.

Boom!

A muffled thud.

It was as if it had struck the heart of that vengeful spirit.

"what!"

The vengeful spirit let out a miserable scream.

He looked so fierce just a moment ago.

It was like a balloon being punctured in an instant.

He collapsed to the ground.

Shivering.

It sensed it.

Just a moment ago.

A terrifying pressure that froze its soul.

It's locked!

That is……

god!

"In front of me."

"You dare to act so violently?"

Zhou Yuan spoke slowly.

The sound wasn't loud.

Yet it was clearly heard by everyone.

He stood up.

They walked down from the temple step by step.

Every step taken.

The divine light emanating from his body intensified.

That man with the pointed mouth and monkey-like face.

His legs were already trembling with fear.

He knelt down with a thud.

"Earth...Earth God, spare my life!"

"This humble servant...this humble servant had no idea that Your Majesty had appeared before him!"

Zhou Yuan ignored him.

Instead, he looked at the trembling, vengeful spirit.

Golden light shimmered in his eyes.

[The Eye of Delusion and Illusion]!

Just one glance.

He saw through the origins of this vengeful spirit.

He was just a lonely ghost.

They were brought here using evil magic.

It was forcibly turned into a tool that harms people.

"As a wandering spirit, one is not subject to reincarnation."

"They were instead driven by wicked people to harm living beings."

"They should be punished!"

Zhou Yuan reached out and grabbed.

The vengeful spirit flew uncontrollably into his hand.

Zizizi!

Divine power scorching.

The vengeful spirit let out a painful wail.

The resentment emanating from him.

It is being purified little by little.

"I think you were forced into it."

"He may be spared the death penalty, but he cannot escape punishment."

"You're punished by serving three years in the ley lines."

"Reclaim the land and water, and atone for our sins!"

Done.

Zhou Yuan waved his hand casually.

The vengeful spirit was then banished underground.

They became laborers maintaining the earth's veins.

After dealing with the ghost.

Zhou Yuan looked at the man again.

"Let ghosts run rampant and commit murder."

"Disrupting Yin and Yang."

"capital offense!"

Upon hearing this, the man...

He was so scared that he urinated and defecated.

He kowtowed desperately.

"Spare me!"

"Spare me!"

"I was just following orders!"

"It's Master Zhao from the east of the city!"

"That's the method he taught me!"

Zhou Yuan's gaze turned cold.

Master Zhao?

Is this yet another fool trying to get rich by using the power of ghosts and monsters?

It seems.

This mess in Fengzhou City.

It's bigger than I imagined.

"Uncle Wang."

Zhou Yuan spoke calmly.

"exist."

Uncle Wang immediately stepped forward.

Write it down.

"This person uses ghosts to harm people; his crime is unforgivable."

"Twenty years of your lifespan will be reduced."

"I've been plagued by bad luck for thirty years."

"After death".

"Enter the Hell of Tongue Pulling Out."

With Zhou Yuan's words.

The golden book in Wang Bo's hand.

Lines of blood-red text automatically appeared.

Followed by.

A gray aura.

It flew out from above the man's head.

That's his luck and lifespan!

"ah--!"

The man screamed in agony.

He looked ten years older in an instant.

His hair is gray.

Skin is loose.

He fainted immediately.

"Drag him out."

Zhou Yuan waved his hand.

Two bold civilians immediately stepped forward.

They dragged the man away like a dead dog.

After doing all this.

Zhou Yuan looked around.

Looking at the people kneeling on the ground.

He said in a loud voice:

"I am the landowner of Fengzhou."

"Now I have been appointed by Heaven to govern this region."

"If any of you have been wronged, you may come and report it."

"But if there are those who commit crimes, deceive gods and ghosts."

"This is what happens!"

boom!

The people bowed in worship once more.

This time.

The incense offerings and prayers are more than ten times stronger than before!

"The Earth God has appeared!"

"Oh, Your Honor!"

Listening to the cheers around me.

Zhou Yuan, however, did not show much joy.

His gaze.

It pierced through the noisy crowd.

It pierced through the thick earth.

He looked once again at the bottomless abyss.

With the blessing of divine power.

He saw it clearly.

Beneath those intricate and complex ley lines.

At that point where yin energy gathers.

There were black pustules.

That is……

A den of evil spirits!

and.

The way these nests are arranged.

Indistinctly.

It actually formed a huge formation!

The aura of this formation.

It was cold and damp.

Surprising.

It carries a greed that devours everything.

The same aura as that of the ghost scholar from before.

same!

It was the work of the Wukong Sect!

Zhou Yuan's heart.

It sank slightly.

He originally thought...

They killed the ghost scholar.

That's the end of it.

Now it seems...

This is just the tip of the iceberg.

The entire underground of Fengzhou City.

It has long been infiltrated by the Wukong Sect and turned into a sieve!

If these pustules are not squeezed out...

If this great formation is not broken...

He is the local earth god.

Even sitting still is unsettling!

"What's wrong?"

Ma Ling'er noticed the change in Zhou Yuan's expression.

He leaned closer and asked.

"What did you find?"

Zhou Yuan withdrew his gaze.

The golden light in his eyes slowly faded.

Instead.

It was an unprecedented solemnity.

"It seems so."

"This food."

"We won't be able to eat it for a while."

He turned around.

Looking at the newly renovated earth god temple.

Looking at Uncle Wang's joyful face.

He looked at the people who worshipped him.

At last.

My gaze fell upon the deep night sky.

"Ling'er".

"Uncle Wang."

Zhou Yuan's voice.

Low and resolute.

"Get ready to get to work."

"The sky over Fengzhou City."

"It needs to be washed again!"

"I'm going to clean up this filth underground."

"One by one."

"Get out here, all of you!"

Zhou Yuan had just finished speaking.

That awe-inspiring divine power was still trembling.

Just then.

In the darkness outside the temple.

Suddenly, a violent coughing sound came from behind.

"Cough cough cough..."

hoarse voice.

It sounded like an old, worn-out bellows being pulled.

He exuded a weakness that was hard to conceal.

"Who?!"

The little wooden figure reacts fastest during the day and night parade.

He suddenly raised the stern rod in his hand.

The divine light on that black armor instantly shone.

Although small in stature.

But this is the situation.

It really does have a bit of the feel of a lone warrior holding off an enemy.

"Don't do it..."

"They're one of our own."

The voice grew even weaker.

Followed by.

A staggering figure.

They emerged from the darkness.

By the golden divine light shining in front of the temple gate.

Zhou Yuan got a clear look at the person's face.

His pupils suddenly contracted.

My heart felt like it had been violently clenched by something.

"Uncle Liu?!"

The person who arrived was none other than Uncle Liu, who had been missing for a long time!

But at this moment, he is...

Where is that shrewd and capable demeanor of the past?

He was dressed in coarse linen clothes.

It had long since become dilapidated.

It was covered in dark red bloodstains.

Her hair was originally gray.

It was in complete disarray at that moment.

They looked like they had just crawled out of a pile of dead bodies.

But his eyes.

But it was frighteningly bright.

He stared intently at Zhou Yuan in the temple.

Or.

They were staring at Zhou Yuan's black and gold official robes.

as well as.

The one that Zhou Yuan was wearing at his waist.

It was just found on the ghost scholar.

A black token representing identity.

"you……"

Uncle Liu's voice trembled slightly.

He pointed at Zhou Yuan.

He then pointed to the token.

His face instantly turned ashen white.

Even if they are seriously injured.

Even when facing life and death.

He had never shown such a terrified expression before.

"You actually..."

"You actually took that step?"

Uncle Liu swayed slightly.

I almost fell to the ground.

"Uncle Liu!"

Zhou Yuan could no longer sit still.

His figure flashed.

It left a golden afterimage.

He appeared in front of Uncle Liu in an instant.

He caught his swaying body.

Within reach.

A chilling coldness.

Inside Uncle Liu's body.

There was an extremely insidious power at play.

It is frantically destroying his life!

"quick!"

"Let's go to the temple!"

Zhou Yuan didn't say a word.

They helped Uncle Liu directly into the main hall.

With a casual wave of his hand.

A pure and potent incense offering.

It was instantly injected into Uncle Liu's body.

Zizizi!

That insidious power encountered divine power.

It's like snow meeting boiling oil.

It made a piercing sound.

Puffs of black smoke billowed out.

Uncle Liu's expression.

It then became slightly rosier.

But there was worry in his eyes.

But it did not decrease at all.

It actually became even stronger.

He grabbed Zhou Yuan's wrist.

He has incredible strength.

His eyes were extremely complex.

There was both shock and disbelief.

There was also some relief.

But more.

It's a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Xiao Yuan..."

"This time..."

"This is a huge problem."

Zhou Yuan was taken aback.

trouble?

He just beheaded the ghost scholar.

The local earth god was enshrined.

It was a time of great pride and high spirits.

What trouble is this?

"Uncle Liu."

"What's wrong with you?"

"What's the trouble?"

"That damned scholar has already been killed by me."

"The sacred path of Fengzhou City."

"It's now in my hands!"

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice.

I tried to give Uncle Liu some confidence.

however.

Uncle Liu gave a bitter laugh.

shook his head.

"You killed that ghost scholar?"

"That's a good thing."

"That's a bad thing too."

Uncle Liu struggled to sit up straight.

His gaze swept over Ma Ling'er, who was standing to the side.

I glanced again at the little wooden figure standing guard at the door.

Finally, the object landed back on Zhou Yuan's face.

"What do you think?"

"The Wukong Sect has been setting up its plans in Fengzhou City for so long."

"Just for a mere ghost scholar?"

"Just for this little bit of incense?"

You're wrong.

"Completely wrong!"

Uncle Liu took a deep breath.

It was as if she was calming the turmoil in her heart.

"Their goal."

"They have never been citizens of Fengzhou City."

"Not even the position of this land deity."

"Their goal."

"From the very beginning."

"That's me!"

As soon as those words were spoken...

The entire hall fell silent instantly.

You could hear a pin drop.

Zhou Yuan was stunned.

Ma Ling'er was also stunned.

Even the pandas that were gnawing on bamboo.

They also stopped moving.

He tilted his head and looked at Uncle Liu.

"you?"

Zhou Yuan found it hard to believe.

Uncle Liu in his memory.

He has always been an ordinary earth god.

Although I know a little about Yin-Yang numerology.

But only there.

How could they become the target of such a behemoth as the Wukong Sect?

"Am I just a gravedigger?"

Uncle Liu chuckled self-deprecatingly.

His eyes became somewhat unfocused.

It's as if it has traversed time.

We returned to that era of war and chaos.

That was in the past.

"Xiao Yuan."

"You've always found it strange, haven't you?"

"Why do I know so many secret techniques?"

"Why can I see the direction of the earth's veins at a glance?"

"even……"

"Why did I adopt you?"

Uncle Liu slowly closed his eyes.

His voice was deep.

It carries a sense of vicissitude.

"My name is Liu Changqing."

"Twenty years ago."

"I am a descendant of the Earth God lineage of the Great Spirit Dynasty."

"Back then."

"Although the way of the gods has weakened."

"But it has not been cut off."

"I am searching for the truth behind the severance of the divine way."

"At the same time, it is also to investigate the source of the extraterrestrial anomaly."

"I am willing to destroy my cultivation."

"To live in anonymity."

"They infiltrated the then-emerging Wukong Cult!"

boom!

This news.

It was like a thunderclap.

It exploded in Zhou Yuan's mind.

Holy crap?

Uncle Liu was actually an undercover agent?

And an undercover agent of this level?

Even Ma Ling'er's eyes widened in surprise.

He looked completely incredulous.

"Twenty years ago..."

"The Wukong Sect..."

"etc!"

Ma Ling'er seemed to remember something.

He exclaimed in surprise.

"I remember now!"

"I've heard my ancestors mention it."

"Back then, the Wukong Sect was at its zenith."

"It claims to have a million followers."

"Even the imperial court can't do anything about them."

"And then, overnight..."

"The main headquarters has been breached."

"The top leadership is almost entirely dead or wounded."

"It is said that..."

"It's because there was a mole inside!"

Ma Ling'er stared intently at Uncle Liu.

He swallowed.

"That mole..."

"Could it be you?"

Uncle Liu did not deny it.

He simply nodded bitterly.

"That's right."

"it's me."

"I was already in the Wukong Sect at that time."

"He has fulfilled his role as a protector of the Dharma."

"He enjoys the deep trust of the cult leader."

"That was around that time."

"I've uncovered their true conspiracy."