Chapter 28 28 Then... I'll ask for you next time we meet? ...

After Wu Ci Yan killed the black dragon, he wandered around in the woods for a while and found a dragon heart.

It is most likely the Qinqing fruit hanging on the tree.

Murong was stunned. "It wants to use this to break the seal?"

Wu Ciyan chuckled and said, "That's true, but who came up with the idea? Who brought out his magic power? And who set the scene for him? Before the seal was broken, he couldn't even use his magic power, so how could he freeze Xixi Lake? Also, I heard there's a black dragon sealed at the bottom of Liu Lake in the south. This is the first I've heard of that in Xixi Lake. I wonder if the one in Liu Lake is still there."

He didn't point it out, but both of them knew it.

Only gods have the ability to move the seal. Moreover, moving the seal is a big deal and must go through layers of approval. The power of a god alone cannot move such a strong seal.

This matter was a joint effort of Heaven.

He wanted to drive the tiger to eat the wolf, but ended up identifying the wrong tiger.

Six years ago, the immortals in heaven had tricked Wu Ciyan into revealing themselves using fake Qinqing fruit. He suspected a trick, but after three hundred years of searching, he refused to let go of such an opportunity. Before leaving, he even purchased a skin from the ghost realm to ensure it was flawless. However, the immortals weren't so easily fooled, and he was captured nonetheless.

Now, Wu Ciyan had returned, using his old tricks, but the gods were powerless against him. Any scheme was useless in the face of absolute power.

Murong frowned, feeling guilty, and said, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly when I get back."

Wu Ciyan stood up and patted her shoulder. "No need. You don't have to make enemies with the Heavenly Court for me. Killing the Black Dragon and absorbing some of his magic power is also a profit."

Absorbing mana is extremely dangerous. If you absorb too much and it exceeds your body's capacity, you will explode and die. If the mana you absorb is inconsistent with your own cultivation, your blood vessels will burst due to rejection.

But ever since Wu Ciyan survived six years ago, it was as if his Ren and Du meridians had been opened, allowing him to absorb any kind of magical power, whether it was divine power, demonic power, or ghostly energy. It was as if his body had a bag specifically for absorbing the magical power. Even if he couldn't digest it immediately after absorbing it, it didn't matter; he could slowly integrate it.

In reality, this "bag" could be cultivated through practice, creating a dedicated space within the body to store other magical powers. Wu Ciyan had invented it and successfully cultivated it. The problem was that he remembered bursting the bag while in the Demon Locking Tower, and his death was almost certain.

Back to the lost obsession.

Wu Ci Yan covered his forehead and said, "I can't remember. That's all."

Wen Lanzhi slept until the afternoon, and the three of them were about to separate at the door of the inn.

Wu Ciyan said, "I have something else to do. Why don't you take Wen Lanzhi with you?"

Murong looked at Wen Lanzhi and said with a smile, "Would you like to come with me?"

Wen Lanzhi looked like she was still asleep and nodded blankly.

Wen Lanzhi said she wanted to eat wontons, so Murong took her around the neighborhood. They didn't find any place selling wontons, but they did find a temple.

Xixi Lake cannot be completely considered a mortal realm. It is really rare to see a temple here.

Murong was not interested, but Wen Lanzhi insisted on going in to take a look.

Murong smiled and said, "Okay, let's go in and take a look."

The first thing you see is a small temple with golden statues inside. At the top is written "Temple of General Qin Feng".

It was beautiful, but there was no cushion, and there was an indescribable odor. Murong was suspicious, thinking it might be because no one had visited for too long.

Seeing Wen Lanzhi staring blankly without reacting, Murong explained, "A deity who protects safety."

Wen Lanzhi asked, "Why the general?"

Murong said, "The Great General of Heaven, um... but not many people worship him now. It is said that he is not effective."

Murong didn't say that the main reason it didn't work was because his magic power was sealed and the sword was broken, which he had asked for. Originally, Wu Ciyan wanted him to die with dignity, as a loyal martyr, but he voluntarily exchanged all his magic power and treasures in exchange for Wu Ciyan's mercy.

Wu Ci Yan didn't want his magic power and thought it was dirty, so he sealed it, broke his sword, and burned down his treasure house.

Now he is still lingering in heaven, but the Emperor of Heaven is dead and no one is in charge of the affairs in heaven, so he is still a general.

There is a plaque next to the statue of General Qin Feng, which is usually used to write about the glorious deeds of gods.

Murong rarely saw offerings to Qin Feng, so out of curiosity, she went over to take a look.

Murong: “…” You don’t know until you see it, and you’ll be shocked when you see it.

The sign did not write anything good about General Qin Feng, but instead wrote about all of General Qin Feng's embarrassing moments. It described in detail how he was defeated by Wu Ci Yan and how he was barely surviving in the heavenly realm. It also praised Wu Ci Yan greatly.

Wen Lanzhi also came over. She looked at it carefully for a long time and muttered, "How amazing."

Murong: "..." I don't know who she was praising, but it definitely wasn't General Qin Feng.

Murong walked forward and touched the statue, and found that the golden statue had faded.

Murong: “…”

It’s no wonder that this kind of temple is enshrined in the demon world.

A monster walked in and Murong looked at him.

He spat into the spittoon in front of the statue.

Murong then discovered that there was a spittoon in front of the statue.

"Wow!" Wen Lanzhi walked over and wanted to imitate him.

"Hey hey hey hey!" Murong pulled her back, "It's indecent, too indecent. Let's go out and take a look."

Coming out of General Qin Feng’s “temple” and going around to the back, there is another hall.

This must be the Temple of the Emperor of Heaven, Murong thought.

When I looked up, it turned out to be Murong Temple!

She thought about it and felt that she didn't have any particularly embarrassing things, except for the time when she was demoted to the mortal world. But she didn't do anything wrong and didn't think it was embarrassing. As for being in the mortal world and becoming a mortal, no one would know who she was, so it was even more impossible for her to have any embarrassing things.

While she was thinking, Wen Lanzhi had already pushed the door open.

She came to her senses and saw Wen Lanzhi pushing the door, but didn't go in and closed it again.

Murong felt nervous.

Wen Lanzhi turned around and said, "Sister Murong, I don't think the people in this temple like you very much."

Murong: “Uh…” I can see that.

Wen Lanzhi said, "General Qin Feng's statue is made of gold, but your statue looks like it's made of stone. Let's go."

Murong breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, the statue of General Qin Feng was not made of gold.

She took the initiative to step forward, pushed open the door, and said, "Because people who worship me have discovered that my stone statues are more powerful than gold statues. The cheaper the stone, the more powerful it is."

The atmosphere here was completely different from that of General Qin Feng's temple. There were fresh fruits and vegetables in front of the statue, two clean cushions on the ground, and incense burning on the table next to it. Although the statue was not made of gold, the splendor of the temple made it look much more expensive than a gold statue.

Murong leaned over to look at the sign next to it, and this time it was normal.

Wen Lanzhi asked, "Why are cheaper stone statues more powerful?"

Murong said, "I didn't do that before, but after my journey down to the mortal world, I realized that the people who needed their wishes fulfilled the most were the poor. After I was reinstated as an immortal, I withdrew all the magical powers from the golden statue. It's not that I didn't want to bless the rich, but I wanted them to stop wasting their money on statues. Especially those... officials. The more gold those officials have, the less copper coins the people have."

She sighed, held her forehead and said, "But it's no use."

They stopped building golden statues and started building temples. The money was still spent and the money was still embezzled.

At most, the threshold for poor people to make wishes has become lower, but Murong's magic power that can be dispersed on the statue is limited, and wishes are sometimes granted and sometimes not, so the help she can provide is also limited.

Wen Lanzhi knelt down, kowtowed twice, and said, "May Sister Murong have more and more magical power. Mm... so much that you can never use it all."

"Heh—" Murong was amused and patted Wen Lanzhi's head. "Okay, I will practice hard and fulfill your wish."

Wen Lanzhi looked up and asked, "Oh, right, but the Murong Temple that Wu Ciyan took me to last time had a golden statue?"

Murong grinned and said wickedly, "He's rich, so why not kill him? A dragon's eyeball the size of a fingernail is enough to build a hundred golden statues, and he has a lot of it."

The two walked for a while and finally found a wonton shop.

But the taste was not very good. Murong noticed that Wen Lanzhi frowned after taking a bite.

Murong hid Wen Lanzhi in her sleeve and brought her back to heaven.

As soon as I arrived at the Heavenly Palace, I found that the gods had surrounded me in a huge circle, three layers inside and three layers outside. Even the gods who did not originally live in the Heavenly Palace came to watch, making a lot of noise, and none of them had a good face.

Murong saw Bai Xu coming out from the inner circle and hurriedly stopped him. She stepped forward and asked, "God Bai Xu, what happened?"

Lord Bai Xu twitched his lips, unable to smile. "Lord Murong didn't know?"

Murong said, "I just returned to Heaven. Even if the news gets out faster, it won't reach me."

Bai Xu Shang Shen said: "Go and see for yourself."

Murong stepped forward, squeezed in, and almost screamed out.

It was the dragon's head. She turned her head and saw the dragon's body cut into many pieces next to it.

I guess it’s difficult to move the entire dragon.

Whose hand is it? No need to ask.

The gods discussed:

"He's not going to... take revenge..."

"He has no evidence."

"Does he look like someone who would reason based on evidence?"

"That shouldn't be the case. Didn't he just ask everyone to eat dragon meat..."

"Oh, then the Jade Forest God will take it back to the palace to eat?"

Murong retreated from the encirclement and was about to return to the palace when she was suddenly stopped by someone.

"What's the matter, Lord Junqi?" Murong asked with a smile.

Junyi looked around to make sure no one was paying attention. He pulled a stack of bills from his sleeve and stuffed it into Murong's hand. "Goddess Murong, Master Wu has shaved off all the dragon's teeth, horns, and claws. Would you mind putting me in touch? I'd like to buy a dragon's tooth from Master Wu."

Murong looked at him, not knowing how to respond for a long time.

Junqi quickly added, "Don't worry, High Goddess Murong, I had absolutely no involvement in this matter!"

Well, no need to investigate now.

Murong said: "Then... next time we meet, I'll ask for you?"