After eating and drinking her fill, Qin Meng's consciousness gradually blurred, and her dark eyes slowly closed.
Actually, living in seclusion on Mount Buzhou to accompany him wouldn't be bad...
...
"High Priest! High Priest!"
Outside the temple in Longyou City, a man dressed in a bright green priest's robe rushed in and shouted to Shen Ye, who was earnestly worshipping Zhulong and Shennong, "High Priest! Something terrible has happened!"
"What business do you have that you dare to make such a racket in the temple?" Shen Ye's tone was rather unpleasant.
The priest snapped out of his daze, stopped in his tracks, and with a look of fear and piety, quickly bowed to the statue of the Candle Dragon. Then he hurriedly said, "High Priest, something has happened in Flowing Moon City!"
Shen Ye's expression shifted.
The city of Liuyue was deserted. Apart from the priest who had just delivered the message, only Shen Ye, Cangming, and Xie Yi had come here.
“The branch of the Jumu God Tree has broken off…” Shen Ye murmured.
The canopy of the silent, towering Jumu sacred tree looked sparser than before, with many branches showing signs of withering.
“Indeed, and we have also discovered that those broken branches contain demonic energy, which suggests that the Jumu Divine Tree has long been corrupted by the Liying.” The messenger priest said, respectfully presenting a Jumu branch, which was entwined with some strange aura.
Shen Ye took the branch, and purple mist quietly escaped from it, trying to entangle his hand, but was frightened back by a strange silver light.
Shen Ye's tone was unfathomable: "Li... Ying..."
"Ah Ye, should we inform the God of Candle Dragon about this?" Cangming asked.
Shen Ye slowly turned the branch, and after a long while said, "No."
"But Master, if we don't inform the God of Candle Dragon, what would happen if the branch of the Jumu tree containing the demonic energy of the heart demon fell into the lower realm...?" Xie Yi asked with a hint of worry.
Shen Ye remained expressionless, his voice deep, mellow, and steady as he slowly said, "The God of Candle Dragon is currently unable to leave the territory of Buzhou Mountain and can only rely on his clones to travel in the mortal world. If the God's spiritual clones were useful, he should have already discovered the hidden dangers of the Jumu Divine Tree when we migrated to the lower realm."
“But if you don’t say it…” Xie Yi tried to persuade him to change his mind, but Shen Ye raised his hand to stop him.
The high priest raised his head, gazing up at the sacred tree that had sheltered the people of Liuyue City for countless years, and had also imprisoned them for countless years, and said softly, "We can't let the gods always be toiling away for us mortals..."
Cangming Xieyi was immediately awakened.
Cangming nodded and said, "Aye is right. The Supreme God has already done us a great favor. How can we trouble him again and again? Besides, the Jumu matter was caused by our own inner demons. We should resolve this matter ourselves."
Xie Yi added, "The most urgent matter is dealing with those scattered branches of the Jumu tree in the lower realm. If the inner demons and demonic energy spread, countless people will lose their lives as a result."
Shen Ye nodded slightly, looked at the priest, and asked, "Did you see where those branches of the Jumu tree fell?"
"It should be the area around Juandu," the priest said, somewhat uncertainly.
Upon hearing this, Cangming said, "Xie Yi, you go to Juandu first and see how things go. Aye and I will return to Longyou City, gather the other priests, and then head there."
"Yes." Xie Yi didn't say much. After bowing, he strode out of the Liuyue City Temple. Once outside, he determined the direction and then used his flying technique to head towards Juandu.
Cangming and Chenye returned to Longyou City, accompanied by several high-ranking priests, and then headed towards Juandu.
Inside and outside the city of Juandu, it was already a scene of carnage, with only an eerie purple mist slowly spreading in the night.
A general, fully armored and riding a fine horse, looked at the ruins before him, bewildered, gripping his spear but remaining silent.
"General! The army has withdrawn from Juandu, the city gates are closed, and the Juandu people can't catch up!" A young general rode up, dismounted, and clasped his hands in a fist salute.
Le Shaocheng closed his eyes slightly, and when he opened them again, he had regained his general's majesty: "Order the army to return to the capital!"
"yes!"
The young general looked at him with awe and admiration, then mounted his horse, rallied the remaining troops, and relayed the general's orders.
When some of these people gathered together, a brutal glint would involuntarily flash in their eyes.
Suddenly, a faint cry reached his ears, and Le Shaocheng's expression changed. He spurred his horse toward the direction from which the sound came.
On the roadside, hidden by grass and trees, a woman's corpse lay on the ground, and the sound of weeping came from her arms.
Le Shaocheng dismounted and turned over the woman's body. He found an infant lying in swaddling clothes, crying angrily with its arms outstretched, perhaps because of hunger.
His expression shifted, and he instinctively bent down and picked up the child.
...
Xie Yi stood blankly outside the city, staring at the closed city gates and the raging fire inside the city that had been burning for who knows how long, and murmured, "We're too late..."
Shen Ye Cangming and the other people from Liuyue City stood behind him, silent.
After a long pause, Yu Feng finally spoke: "Why are you all looking so mournful? Hurry up and save them! If the gods knew that such a serious matter had occurred and you were still standing here in a daze, they would surely punish you!"
Yu Feng always spoke arrogantly and unpleasantly, but his words at this moment made the people of Liuyue City realize the situation. Some quickly cast spells to put out the fire, while others stepped forward to work together to clear away the branches of the Jumu tree.
I just hope that I can salvage the situation, however small.
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