Chapter 83 I am faith

Zhuang Jin felt a violent impact on the barrier beneath her palm, and she used her magic to repair the barrier that had been destroyed by the earthquake.

As soon as the magic was used, it spread out immediately, and the earth barrier was restored to its original state, but something was still gripping the earth barrier.

It can't be broken.

Suddenly, a divine force pierced through the earth's barrier.

The locked object was pushed to the surface through the breach.

"What is that?!" someone exclaimed.

A hornless dragon-like creature burst from the ground, bearing several circular sword wounds. Ling Shu recognized these wounds; they were the very wounds she had inflicted with the Heaven-Slaying Sword. This was... Ban Kou, the dragon who had escaped the Nether Sea for the second time.

At the tail of the dragon, two bright sword lights emerged, one in green and one in yellow. The woman in yellow caught the person who had been thrown into the sky by the dragon breaking through the earth and fell down. The woman in green also went to save the person. Ling Shu heard them talking.

The woman in green said, "Yiyun, Yiyun, listen to me, I've been waiting for you." The woman in yellow replied, "Get lost."

Is it Gu Wanhe... Yi Yun?

The two subdued the dragon in the air. Zhuang Jinfu repaired the damaged barrier, while Ling Shu stayed by her side, quietly waiting in place.

The barrier around Lai City has been repaired, but the barrier caused by the 420-mile-long fracture zone is not easy to repair. It is pitch black at night, so it is impossible to go to the damaged area in person.

Someone exclaimed in surprise, "Immortal Venerable! The Immortal Venerable has arrived!"

Zhuang Jinfu anticipated that she would be recognized, so she didn't pay much attention. She focused on sensing the earth's protective barrier and reinforcing the barrier around Hollywood. The people immediately surrounded her, saying hopefully, "The Immortal Venerable has arrived! We're saved!"

Ling Shu waved his hand, sweeping his magical power around the crowd. The people were frightened and quickly retreated. Ling Shu said, "The Immortal Venerable is busy repairing the earth barrier. Please do not crowd around."

This magical power landed in a circle, and onlookers could only remain outside the circle.

Zhuang Jin felt the restless earth energy vibrating deep within her palm. She reinforced the earth barrier with a layer of protection, then got up and called Ling Shu to leave.

Seeing her anxious expression, Ling Shu flew overhead and asked her, "What did Master sense?"

"There is restlessness underground, and there may be further earthquakes."

Zhuang Jin flew towards the outskirts of Laicheng.

Lai City was built in the middle and lower reaches of the river. In addition to Lai City, there are also medium and large cities such as Ou City and Cheng City built here. Each city has a population of more than 30,000. If the earthquake were to reach this area, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The two stopped on the outskirts of Laicheng.

"Ling Shu, take out the Five-Colored Furnace and come with me to reinforce the earth barrier of Lai City and the surrounding thousands of miles."

Zhuang Jinfu taught her the magic of repair, and Ling Shu used the Five-Colored Furnace to expand the upper limit of her magic power and go to the sky above Oucheng. They split up and each stayed in one place, which would be more efficient.

Ling Shu flew to the sky above Oucheng, where she encountered a person.

Canglu.

Ling Shu had a good impression of this person. She was fair and selfless. It was Cang Luo who secretly let her escape during the prison break. Cang Luo herself admitted that it was Wang Lifu's instruction. In addition, the deaths of Sun Wang, Qian Yu, and Zhou Qi were all orchestrated by them. They said they could not tolerate anyone with disloyal intentions remaining in the Shangqing Sect. Ling Shu thought to herself that the bastard was sometimes quite pleasing to the eye.

"Hello, Master Cang? Are you here on business?" Ling Shu greeted him with a smile.

The next moment, Cang Luo stretched out her hand, and a longbow appeared in her hand. She grasped it, nocked an arrow, and aimed it directly at her.

Ling Shu was stunned. Why did they want to kill her?

"So it was you who tried to assassinate me at Pen Talk Mountain last time!"

Ling Shu was unwilling to fight, because she had more important things to do. The lotus-patterned jade pendant on her waist lit up, and Zhuang Jinfu asked her softly where she was.

Ling Shu replied, "Still on the way."

Zhuang Jinfu continued his repairs in an orderly manner. Ling Shu replied, "Still on the way," and then fell silent. Perhaps she was really on her way. After the barrier around Lai City was reinforced once again, they flew to Cheng City.

Before even reaching Chengcheng, the sound of rocks collapsing could be heard from below.

The earthquake struck before she could react.

But it doesn't matter, the entire Shangqing Realm is covered by earth barriers, and the original earth barriers can hold out for a while.

Upon reaching the skies above Chengcheng, they reinforced the earth barrier amidst the earthquake. They also visited the remaining villages and towns surrounding the city, only missing Ling Shu's area.

Ling Shu was shot in the arm with an arrow. "I came to help my master strengthen the earth barrier. Are you stopping me so that she will be punished by heaven?"

“I can also help her strengthen the barrier,” Cang Luo said disdainfully. “You, without you, how could she be so attached to the mortal world?”

"What's wrong with the mortal world? It's you who have been forcing her to become someone she doesn't want to be. You want gods, so why don't you become gods yourselves?!"

"It is you who constantly tempted her, making her so indecisive! She is the one who bears the lives of all living beings on her shoulders, how can you be allowed to break her magic and make her feel ashamed before all living beings! All living beings die because of you, you are a sinner for all eternity!"

"I don't have time to waste with you."

Ling Shu secretly cast a spell in her sleeve, infusing the Five-Colored Furnace with magical power. Instantly, the sky changed color, and a white halo rose into the sky, illuminating the entire firmament.

"A five-colored furnace. How could she give you a five-colored furnace?!"

"She gave it to me, so what?"

"She actually allowed an ancient magical artifact to fall into the hands of a monster like you! Absurd! Utterly absurd!"

Canglu's magic struck directly at Ling Shu's injured arm, worsening her injury. She lost her grip on the Five-Colored Furnace and was immediately knocked to the ground. Ling Shu ignored her pain and swooped down to grab it.

Daylight instantly turned into night.

Cang Luo was a Mahayana cultivator, and her speed was faster than Ling Shu's. Ling Shu had not yet had time to fully utilize the Five-Colored Furnace, and had only expanded her cultivation to the early Nascent Soul stage. She could not withstand the attack of a Mahayana cultivator.

Cang Luo seized the back of her neck, and the Five-Colored Furnace also fell into her hands. A Meridian Killing Array landed on Ling Shu, imprisoning her on the ground.

Ling Shu yelled at her, "Give it to me! Give it to me! This is what she gave me to mend the ground, I need to save people! Let me go!!!"

Cang Luo ignored him and tried to use the Five-Colored Furnace by pouring magic into it. Unable to inject magic, Cang Luo demanded, "You've placed a restriction on me? Release it now!"

Ling Shu's body was drained of its vital energy by the killing array, and she began to weaken: "Give it to me!!! It's too late! I need to repair the earth barrier, give it to me now!"

"You think I'd believe your nonsense?"

The earth shook violently as soon as he finished speaking.

Ling Shu watched helplessly as the mountains collapsed, the city lights went out one by one, and screams and howls filled the air, along with the incessant barking of dogs.

Cang Luo stood there, wondering if what she said was true.

Ling Shu's face turned pale. He gripped the scalding killing array pole, desperately reaching out to snatch it away. Tears welled in his eyes as he pleaded, "It's too late... Give it to me..."

The killing formation was broken, and Ling Shu was released. She pounced and snatched the Five-Colored Furnace. She poured her magic power into it, and instantly the world changed from yin to yang, from night to day, and from the moon to a golden crow. A white halo surrounded the golden crow, and the furnace light flowed. A burst of energy was released, and the earth barrier that had been damaged by the earthquake was repaired once again.

The earthquake subsided.

The number of casualties was displayed on the five-colored stove.

1,300 people died, 527 were injured, and 41 went missing.

Cang Luo froze upon seeing the word "death." Ling Shu put away the Five-Colored Furnace, grabbed her collar, and angrily scolded, "Didn't you hear what I said? Why don't you believe me? These people died for no reason because of you. Where can they seek justice? You keep saying it's for Zhuang Jinfu's good, for the good of the people, but is it for her good to let her fall into injustice? Is it for the good of the people to let the people die in disaster?"

"You are the sinner for all time!"

Cang Luo stood there dumbfounded. She had been tracking Ling Shu for a long time and finally waited until Ling Shu was alone. She hated Ling Shu for making her sisters unable to weigh things before such an important matter. In the midst of the disaster of the Bi Tan Mountain Wilderness Array, she actually wanted to force her way into the array that could have killed her, just to save Ling Shu.

Ling Shu, a half-demon, why should she be worth so much? The demon race is doomed, what is there to protect? If this continues, sooner or later Zhuang Jinfu will lose his current status and cause a great disaster.

Can a deity abandon the common people?

She can't let that happen!

But she really made a mistake tonight.

The people died from the natural disaster, and divine retribution will descend, punishing Zhuang Jinfu.

Ling Shu released her hand.

Zhuang Jinfu's anxious voice came from the lotus-patterned jade pendant: "Shu'er, what happened to you?"

Ling Shu calmed herself down, but hearing her words made her want to cry. She hadn't been able to help Zhuang Jinfu, and what would happen if the Heavenly Realm punished her? Her voice was trembling with tears as she said, "Master, I didn't repair the barrier in time."

Who did you run into?

Ling Shu rubbed her eyes and said aggrievedly, "Cang Luo..."

Cang Luo, overwhelmed by guilt, choked out, "Qing Xi, I'm sorry."

After a long silence, someone on the other end said, "It's my fault."

Ling Shu burst into tears, while Cang Luo was utterly astonished.

The earthquake struck again, this time even more violently than before. People standing on the ground could not maintain their balance at all. Landslides caused rocks to fall, and several large cracks appeared in the earth, spewing out fragments that exploded and crashed down from the sky. In the city... who knows how many more people died in this cataclysmic earthquake...

The Five-Colored Furnace was running continuously. Cang Luo composed himself, placing his palm on Ling Shu's back. Ling Shu's palm was pressed against the ground, and his magical power spread and diffused underground. Suddenly, it collided with a cool magical power, as if testing the other party. The scorching magical power touched it and then withdrew. The cool magical power chased after it and pressed against it. The scorching magical power knew who the other party was and rushed forward. The two magical powers merged and together spread out a larger barrier.

With the addition of Canglu's magic, she could reach farther places. She sensed a huge crack in the ground, spreading outwards from Laicheng, through Oucheng, Chengcheng... and extending to even more distant places. Other places, affected by this earthquake, also developed cracks.

The entire barrier of the Upper Clarity Realm is damaged.

Ling Shu shook her head, "No...no..."

Cang Luo said from behind, his voice trembling, "We did our best..." Sensing the huge breach, Cang Luo's lips also trembled. Cang Luo's faith collapsed as he thought of the person who bore the lives of all people.

How is she supposed to accept reality?

When the earthquake struck Laicheng, Zhuang Jinfu had already estimated its intensity. It was extremely intense, at intensity twelve. The earth's barrier was completely broken. Her palm touched the ground, and a tear fell from her eye.

She felt a sense of bewilderment she had never experienced before.

This is a power that no human can resist, not even a god can resist; it comes from—

The power of nature.

Even true gods and Buddhas cannot save them.

Gu Wan subdued the dragon, and Yi Yun escorted her to the underworld. Gu Wan came to Zhuang Jinfu's side and wanted to tell him the truth about the "Guardian Immortal Venerable".

"In fact, the Heavenly Court also knows that no one can resist nature. The so-called 'Guardian Immortals' is just an excuse for the Heavenly Court to appease the hearts of mortals. People trust the gods so much, the Heavenly Court cannot allow itself to lose credibility in front of people. If it loses credibility, the gods will lose believers."

"You're just a tool pushed out to take the fall."

Even so, would you still save him?

Zhuang Jinfu silently raised her hand, gathering a ball of immortal power in it. She watched the ice flowers dance in the flowing magic power, then she knelt down with her palm facing down.

"save."

"People need faith."

"I am faith."

Zhuang Jin covered the ground with her palm, her boundless magic spreading out. She did not give up for a moment, exhausting all her cultivation to barely hold on and quickly repair the hole in the barrier, saving as many people as she could.

there.

Ling Shu wiped away a tear, opened her arms, and activated the power of the demon core within her body.

Cang Luo grabbed her wrist, stopping her movement, and asked, "What are you trying to do?"

Ling Shu's eyes swept out a crimson tail, and a fox tail unfurled behind her. Then, another tail grew, and another, until she had nine tails. Ling Shu said in a resolute voice, "Break through the final restriction, fully mobilize the millennia-old demonic power, I will mend the earth!"

"Are you crazy? Are you out of your mind?! Do you know that using your Golden Core stage cultivation to support a level comparable to the Mahayana stage will cause your magical power to go berserk and your demonic nature to become uncontrollable?"

"I know."

"But this is the only way right now."

"I need to save people."

"I cannot let my master down."

A tremendous and powerful force was poured into the Five-Colored Furnace, expanding her magical power to the Golden Immortal level.

A hint of surprise flashed in Cang Luo's eyes. Zhuang Jinfu had made the right bet, while Wang Lifu and she had both made the wrong bet.

Ling Shu is a person of pure and innocent heart, utterly kind and good.

"Okay, I'll help you."

With Cang Luo added, they would reach the level of a Taiyi Golden Immortal, their powerful magic power meeting another magic power underground.

Zhuang Jinfu's lips curled into a smile.

Ling Shu also grinned.

They understood each other implicitly, though separated by distance, they were of one mind and worked together to repair the land!

The true golden crow rose into the sky, and a thorough and satisfying land replenishment was completely completed.

The Shangqing Realm barrier has returned to its original, intact state.

Suddenly, a thunderclap struck.

Based on her senses from underground, Ling Shu knew that it was Zhuang Jinfu's direction.