The majestic man said unhappily, "Be careful with your words! Be careful or the Ci Guang Clan will take you away."
The young man in red waved his folding fan and chuckled softly, "Uncle, don't be so serious. If the Ci Guang tribe were truly that powerful, they would have taken over the entire Living City long ago. The deity they worship... oh, who knows what it is? Perhaps their years of worshipping the statues have given them spirituality, granting the Ci Guang tribe their unique abilities..."
The dignified man shook his head and said, "It's not as simple as you think. The deity worshipped by the Ciguang tribe really exists, but it doesn't like the environment of the Living City, so it has only occupied the swamp and has not continued to expand its territory... Recently, the Ciguang Swamp has required more sacrifices, and it has even actively expanded the white mist. I don't know what is going on inside..."
The young man in red asked in surprise, "Uncle, judging from your tone, could it be that you have seen that... so-called god?"
The majestic man nodded silently.
"What's the deity's name? Is it beautiful?" The young man in red asked curiously, closing his folding fan. "I think a deity must be a powerful cultivator... right?"
The dignified man avoided answering, "It's not good for you to know too much."
The young man in red said, "Is the spirit male or female? You can tell me that, right?"
The majestic man shook his head.
The young man in red got angry and said angrily, "If you don't tell me, then I'll go to Ciguang Swamp myself. I want to see what's so special about this statue. Practitioners go against the will of heaven and don't believe in gods or Buddhas. How can mortals gain power by worshipping gods? And they use human lives as sacrifices. It must be evil cultivators or demonic cultivators impersonating gods, which makes believers do such things."
"Shut up!" The majestic man was furious. He was the mayor of the Living City. Ordinary people would not dare to speak to him like that. Only his nephew would be so spoiled and rude. However, this was all caused by the mayor's own behavior.
The city lord's surname is Zhuge. He was raised by his elder brother. Later, his brother died to save him. He has always felt guilty. As for the young man in red, his name is Zhuge Chengxi, which means carrying hope. He is the only offspring left by his brother. When his brother died, Zhuge Chengxi was only one month old. The city lord has always felt guilty, so he treats Zhuge Chengxi as his own son... Oh no, to be precise, he is closer to him than his own son, because the city lord has more than 20 sons and more than a dozen daughters, but he only has this one nephew.
If the words just now were spoken by the city lord's son, City Lord Zhuge would have beaten his son half to death and put him in solitary confinement without saying a word. But since these were spoken by his nephew, the city lord could only glare in anger.
Zhuge Chengxi glared back unwillingly.
Finally, the city lord was defeated and waved his hands helplessly, saying, "Stop messing around. I can tell you some information..."
"The deity worshipped by the Ci Guang and Compassion tribes is known as the Lord of All Evils. He is a ferocious beast in human form."
"Even if a normal spiritual master reaches the highest level of cultivation, he cannot gain faith from the mortal world, let alone bestow abilities upon his followers."
"But the Lord of All Evils can have believers. He can also bless his believers. The more devout the believers, the more powerful they can gain from the Lord of All Evils. It is said that the Lord of All Evils has several divine messengers around him, and each divine messenger possesses different powers."
"The Lord of All Evils is male, just like you and me. I once saw him from afar. His beauty blurred the lines between genders. What impressed me most were his eyes... I can't imagine how to describe them, but his pupils were absolutely beautiful. When I looked into his eyes, it was as if I could step into his inner world, understand his compassion and sympathy for the world, and feel his kindness and greatness... In that moment, I wanted to kneel before him immediately, become his believer, solve his problems, and soothe his frown."
Hearing this, Zhuge Chengxi was skeptical, "Is it really that mysterious?"
The City Lord said, "Of course. Fortunately, the ancestor stepped in and woke me up in time, otherwise I would have definitely become his follower... The ancestor negotiated with the Lord of All Evils, and the two sides reached an agreement. The Lord of All Evils would not annex the Living City, and similarly, the ancestor would not send anyone to interfere with the sacrifices in the Ciguang Swamp. For these hundreds of years, we have been living in peace and harmony because the ancestor was in charge of the rear."
The old ancestor of the City Lord's Mansion has been in seclusion for hundreds of years and will not come out unless there is something urgent.
Zhuge Chengxi has never seen the ancestor in his life.
"I understand. This Lord of All Evils must be very good at deceiving people. The so-called recruiting of believers is nothing more than using sophisticated magic to confuse the minds of believers..."
"Chengxi!" The City Lord interrupted his nephew, emphasizing his words. "No matter what abilities the Lord of All Evils possesses, he's a powerful being. The strong are respected in Living City, so you must respect him... Don't dwell on him or dwell on him. Do you know why I didn't tell you his name? Because a powerful being of his level, if someone pronounces his name, he'll sense it and, guided by the mysterious laws of nature, find you."
Zhuge Chengxi said, "So powerful? What if I make a friend in the future, and my friend's name happens to be the same as the Lord of All Evils'? I call my friend and the Lord of All Evils notices me, what should I do? After all, there are so many people with the same name in this world..."
Upon hearing this, City Lord Zhuge felt a little tired, feeling that his nephew was just being argumentative again. He said, "It can't be such a coincidence. The surname of the Lord of All Evils is quite rare..."
Zhuge Chengxi asked, "What's his last name? If I don't ask for his first name, just his last name, that should be fine, right?"
"My last name is Song, like the pine tree." The city lord was left with no choice but to respond with a headache. "Alright, that's all for now. I've told you everything I can. There's still some information I can't share... Also, everything I tell you today is a secret. Few people know the true situation in the Ciguang Swamp. You are not allowed to leak this information. Many low-level practitioners in the Living City are accustomed to calling the Compassionate Clan a sacrificial clan."
Zhuge Chengxi thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, I have one last question."
City Lord Zhuge twitched the corners of his lips, feeling exhausted. "Ask."
Zhuge Chengxi asked, "If I fight a member of the Compassion Tribe one-on-one, who has a better chance of winning?"
City Lord: "..."
"Uncle, why are you silent?"
"Because I think you're asking this question to humiliate yourself. You're definitely going to lose, so there's no need to even ask."
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