Twenty years ago, this god saved your life and I made a promise in exchange for the sword manual. We are now even. Do you acknowledge it?"
Blacksmith Chen was stunned upon hearing this. Surviving the fish monster's mouth twenty years ago wasn't just a coincidence?
It turns out that the person my grandfather gave the sword manual to was not Li Changting, but...Empress Sheng Ji!
Grandpa actually used a sword manual to get a god to live in seclusion beside them for twenty years?!
"Blacksmith Chen Wu, do you recognize him?"
Hearing the question again, Chen the Blacksmith came to his senses and nodded repeatedly.
He recalled many past events, including how Fengfeng suddenly recovered from her serious illness, and how Sister Wang escaped danger while slaughtering pigs in the mountains...
I'm afraid that all of this was resolved secretly by Empress Ji. Her kindness has long been greater than her promise, so why would he not acknowledge it?
Fengfeng listened to her father's conversation with Aunt Sheng, but she didn't share her father's surprise and caution. She looked at Xiang Sheng silently, her eyes full of complexity.
Xiang Sheng felt the gazes on him, turned around and saw Feng Feng with a look of loss on her face. He couldn't help but smile slightly and raised his hand to rub the little girl's head.
Feng Feng's eyes were filled with tears, and she said with a suppressed mouth: "Auntie Sheng, are you leaving?"
Xiang Sheng nodded gently and said calmly: "I have stayed on the path of cultivation for too long. It is time to move on."
Fengfeng held Xiang Sheng's hand tightly, "Will Aunt Sheng still remember me in the future?"
Xiang Sheng smiled sweetly, "Of course."
"Okay then."
Fengfeng readily let go of Xiang Sheng's hand, staring at her without blinking, and said seriously, "Aunt Sheng, have a safe trip."
Xiang Sheng was slightly surprised, and then seemed to have thought of something. He touched Feng Feng's eyebrows with his fingertips, leaving a trace of divine thought, and then turned around, and his figure instantly turned into a sky full of stars and disappeared.
Fengfeng stared blankly at the scattered stars, and tears finally overflowed from her eyes.
Chen the Blacksmith looked at her and sighed softly, "Fengfeng, there is a barrier between immortals and mortals. It is a great blessing for Empress Shengji to be able to form a bond with us. We must not ask for more."
Fengfeng wiped her tears and was about to say something else when she suddenly felt the ground shaking.
The people who were repairing the city gate immediately panicked.
"What's going on?"
"Another demon cultivator is coming?"
"Everyone calm down!"
The city lord shouted softly, suppressing the noisy voices. He then concentrated his mind for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He said, "The source is in the north of the city, it's the Shengji Temple. It must be something that Empress Shengji has done. Let's go and take a look!"
Upon hearing this, Fengfeng picked up her sword and rushed to the north of the city without saying a word.
At the same time, the same scene was happening in all the places where secular people gathered in Dongzhou.
"The temple shook, and Shengji appeared!"
"Go and pay your respects!"
The power of incense surging everywhere gathered from the sky above the temple, and along the illusory lines of incense, condensed into a huge Dharma image that occupied the entire view of the sky.
His appearance was solemn, his eyes lowered, and with a wave of his hand, the incense flames formed into thousands of talismans that scattered in all directions. Following the line of cause and effect of the incense flames, they accurately fell on the heads of all the monks who had committed the sin of killing, rendering them unable to move and forcing them to beg for mercy in fear.
"Those who practice evil and are worldly beings are harming the Way of Heaven. Today, I, the God, will slay tens of thousands of cultivators to set things right.
From now on, cultivators are not allowed to disturb the secular world of Dongzhou. Anyone who violates this rule will be annihilated!"
The moment the resounding sound fell, countless demon cultivators’ bodies were instantly torn apart, and blood splattered in the air.
The resentment that had been building up over the past twenty years was also cleared away.
The Dharma image fades away, the sky becomes clear and the air becomes fresh.
From then on, the fear of facing the gods was engraved in the hearts of every Dongzhou cultivator, and no one dared to set foot in the secular world anymore.
The secular world quickly returned to its former peace. Although wars still occurred, they were nothing compared to before.
"Using incense as a guide, we create miracles and establish a new order."
Jian Feng's sigh echoed in Xiang Sheng's second test, "Fellow Daoist Xiang, this method is really wonderful. I am ashamed to be inferior to you!"
"Senior, your praise is unbelievable."
Xiang Sheng walked through the mountains and chuckled in response, "But I think it's better to use resources wisely. The frequent resentment brewing in the Earth's core is also a problem for me."
"Haha, there's no need to be so modest, fellow Daoist Xiang."
Jian Feng laughed: "Speaking of which, Brother Xiang has completed his clone and things in East Continent have been concluded. I wonder when he will be heading to West Continent?"
"There's one thing left to do."
Xiang Sheng quickened his pace slightly. "This is exactly why I forcibly woke you up, Senior."
"oh?"
Jian Feng's spirits perked up slightly. "What could have concerned you so much? I'd like to take a closer look."
After a while, Xiang Sheng stopped at the edge of a cliff, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked down.
This is the place where she fell after escaping from the Blazing Flame Sect more than a hundred years ago.
"Senior, please mobilize some of the Heavenly Dao and follow me to sense it carefully."
After Xiang Sheng finished speaking, he stepped off the cliff without saying a word and fell straight into the mountain.
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