Chapter 635: The Unmannered Wild Monster
The Immortal Jin Ting said, "He's a living soul, not a dead soul. A soul can't stray too far from the body. Hasn't the Great City God already sent people to look for him? We'll know the truth sooner or later. If his soul returns, it won't be hidden from the Great City God's eyes and ears. If he doesn't, it can only mean one thing."
The Great City God twirled his beard, frowned, and said, "You mean..."
"Someone is interfering and maybe he is using us to set up a trap." Jin Ting Daxian said sinisterly.
The City God paused twirling his beard and fell into deep thought.
Setting up a scheme. Is that even possible?
The Chenghuang Temple and Shangfangshan families have bet on the Wuwang Mansion and have been planning for many years to connect the Yin and Yang worlds.
But this matter does not only involve these two families. Just as there is the ghost city of the underworld behind Shangfang Mountain, there are also people supporting the City God. Otherwise, relying solely on these two local ghosts and gods, they would never dare to dream of ruling the world.
What is obvious is that the King of Wu feared ghosts and gods and could not distinguish between yin and yang. He respected the City God very much and had the same respect for the Five Gods.
Under this, the two halls, Chongming and Chixiao, one bright and one dark, were all taken in for their own use.
In the eyes of practitioners, such as those of Hanshan Temple and Qionglong Mountain outside the city, although the Great City God and Shangfang Mountain cannot be said to be fighting to the death, they never deal with each other.
One was a righteous deity of the dynasty, on good terms with nearby cultivators, with whom he frequently interacted. The other was a local evil deity, devious in its consumption of both meat and vegetables, and treacherous in its methods. If it weren't for its widespread connections, immense magical powers, and close ties to the King of Wu, it would have been eradicated.
To make an analogy, the former is an important official of the imperial court, following the legitimate path, while the latter is a local tyrant, following the shady path.
If one wants to set up a scheme, he must first discover the collusion between the two, and then have the ability to offend both families - no, all three families including the King of Wu.
The City God actually didn't think that this was a setup, but for some reason he felt worried.
The Great City God glanced at the Immortal Jin Ting and said, "You came to see me just to talk about this, didn't you?"
The Immortal Jin Ting said, "As my brother has entrusted me, this matter has been fully entrusted to me. We will not suffer this loss without knowing why, and neither will the Great City God. Naturally, I am here to assist the Great City God."
The Great City God could not deny it and said, "What ability do you have to help me? Don't you still need to rely on my troops?"
The Immortal Jin Ting smiled and said, "The Great City God has his own methods, and I naturally have mine. I will stay in Gusu for the next few days. If the Great City God has any orders, just come and find me."
As he spoke, he squeezed out of the Great City God's divine domain.
The Great Immortal Jin Ting was a bit arrogant. The City God just said a word to him, and he used the Taiyin Soul-Slaying Sword to silently cut a crack in the divine realm and left calmly without the master's consent.
The Great City God looked at the long, narrow knife mark he had left, his face suddenly turned ashen, and he shouted angrily, "What an ignorant wild monster!"
The wound in the divine realm was healed in a moment, but the City God's bad mood would not improve for a while.
Day and night, the ghosts spread out like a net of heaven and earth, and the people inside and outside the city were all under the control of the city god.
In the villages and communities, and in remote places in the mountains and wilderness, there are all kinds of rampant spirits.
The King of Wu had no intention of putting all his eggs in one basket, so he came out of the City God Temple and summoned the practitioners from Chongming Pavilion overnight.
The first to be summoned was Chongming Pavilion. The presiding monk of Chongming Pavilion knocked on the door of Yuanmiao Temple overnight and invited Yang Dongwei over.
Yang Dongwei learned from Taoist Tiezhu of Qionglong Temple and was ordered to work in Chongming Pavilion, but he usually did not live in Chongming Pavilion, but settled in Yuanmiao Temple.
There are many practitioners in Chongming Pavilion. After all, they are supported by King Wu. Firstly, they don’t have to look for money, treasures, and elixirs. Secondly, it is easier to do things through the government, whether it is to accumulate good deeds or to gather luck, there are always benefits.
Among them, the most respected were Yang Dongwei and the young monk Yujin. The former was from Qionglong Mountain, and the latter from Hanshan Temple, the largest Taoist temple and Buddhist temple in the area, with a true master presiding over it.
Yang Dongwei and Yu Jin went to see King Wu together. King Wu stood with his hands behind his back. There was a painting of mountains and rivers hanging in the hall, and it was brightly lit.
King Wu said, "The Crown Prince accidentally fell into the water while I was fighting a rebellion, and has since lost his soul and remains in a coma. You two are masters of great learning and pillars of Chongming Hall. I wonder if you could help the Crown Prince out of this predicament?"
Yang Dongwei and Yu Jin had already received the news. The mage accompanying the army was from Chongming Pavilion and had naturally passed on the news. However, they had not expected the King of Wu's army to return today, not even having the patience to wait until tomorrow, summoning them at night.
Yang Dongwei and the young monk Yujin exchanged a glance and said, "We'll have to wait until we see the Crown Prince before we can make any plans."
The King of Wu personally led them to see the Crown Prince. The Princess sat in her room with lifeless eyes, distraught and utterly lost. Seeing the monk and the Taoist priest coming in, she managed to muster up some energy and said, "Please, both of you, save my son."
Yang Dongwei and the young monk Yu Jin went forward to check on the prince's condition, and then silently used their magical powers to try to calculate the whereabouts of the prince's soul, but all they saw was a vast expanse of white like heavy snow, and they could not see anything.
With their eyesight and supernatural powers, they might not be able to retrieve the prince's soul, so Yang Dongwei and Yu Jin could only report the truth.
The King of Wu hadn't expected them to be able to rescue him. He had called them here because of Qionglong Mountain and Hanshan Temple behind them. He said, "If you two have no other options, why not ask for the advice of Master Tiezhu and Master Pobi? If you can rescue the Crown Prince, I will reward you generously."
Yang Dongwei and Yu Jin obeyed the order.
After leaving Prince Wu's mansion, Yang Dongwei and Yu Jin looked at each other and said, "How strange."
The young monk Yujin said with a chuckle, "Your Highness is being vague. The Crown Prince's disappearance is bizarre and unexplained."
Yang Dongwei said, "Logically speaking, the prince was at the peak of his destiny. What kind of evil magic could have taken his soul away? Even if he drowned in the river, it's more likely than losing his soul."
Yu Jin put his hands in his robes and said, "People from the Heavenly Family have the protection of ghosts and gods, but ghosts and gods can't protect us?"
How strange and bizarre.
The two of them didn't figure it out, but they could sense something unusual about it.
In the darkness of night, the ghosts and gods from the City God Temple flew by, and the Night Wandering God explored everywhere, as if he was looking for something.
All these unusual signs indicated that they seemed to be caught in a turbulent flow, but they could not see clearly what was hidden in this turbulence.
Yang Dongwei and Yu Jin parted ways, one went to Qionglong Mountain and the other went to Hanshan Temple.
They couldn't see clearly, but perhaps someone could help them see clearly. The aura of Gusu was so strange and unpredictable that it made people feel a chill.
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