Chapter 438: Chapter 27: The Feathered Serpent God Returned from the Underworld

In the Great Xia’s system, the relationship between the gods and the Great Witches is quite subtle.

For among the Great Xia gods, there are neutrals who are biased toward humans.

However, among the group of Great Witches, there are self-interested individuals who do not care about human interests.

The first-generation Gonggong and the second-generation Gonggong were the neutrals among the Great Xia gods.

Focused solely on the pursuit of knowledge, Wu Zhen is the self-interested one among the Spirit Mountain Ten Witches.

A few years ago, although Wu Zhen received instructions from the Spirit Mountain Ten Witches and Xingtian City to find the Red Eye Tripod before the Great Xia gods got to it.

Faced with Li Boyang, Wu Zhen decisively chose to give up the second Red Eye Tripod.

Subsequently, Wu Zhen faithfully kept her promise and did not spy on that Red Eye Tripod again.

This shows that Wu Zhen actually doesn’t care about the so-called Great Xia; she only cares about her own interests and those of Xingtian City.

Therefore, when Yu Guo took the initiative to come to her, Wu Zhen truly felt the other party was a huge trouble.

She just wants to quietly study "Mechanical Dynamics" and the Yin Yang Talisman and doesn’t intend to let that Celestial Being come looking for her again.

Here, it has to be mentioned.

"Mechanical Dynamics" and the Yin Yang Talisman were Wu Zhen’s return gift for helping Li Boyang last time.

The Yin Yang Talisman was willingly asked for as a reward by Wu Zhen after she understood the Proverb Talisman system.

"Mechanical Dynamics" was specifically written by Li Boyang after seeing the technological system of Xingtian City, to teach Wu Zhen.

This book is full of Li Boyang’s personal ideas, thoughts, and concepts, and only people like Wu Zhen can understand it.

"This matter has nothing to do with Hundred Lands Mountain Range."

Wholly unexpectedly, Wu Zhen became so obedient, and Yu Guo remained silent for a long time before speaking again.

"It’s the Great Xia side; my subordinate god or Kang Hui is planning something..."

"I understand their nature, especially in this turbulent period. It’s not surprising what they might do."

"I want to know what they are actually doing and if they can be stopped in advance."

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhen frowned even more.

"What happened to your true form? Why can’t you come yourself?"

"Are you going to remain in this half-dead state?"

Seeing through Yu Guo’s situation at a glance, Wu Zhen couldn’t hide the surprise and confusion on her face.

After all, since that battle in the East Sea, Yu Guo had disappeared and had never appeared again.

But everyone knows Yu Guo didn’t die, and the fact that the Yu Guo statues dedicated near the East Sea didn’t crumble is proof enough.

"It’s a long story..."

Before Yu Guo finished speaking, Wu Zhen interrupted impatiently.

"Either leave my place right now or make it short."

"I have no interest in conversing with you old monsters who have lived for god knows how long, nor do I want to get involved in any trouble."

"At least before my patience runs out, you’d better convince me."

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The events that happened to Yu Guo were far more complicated than outsiders imagined.

In the great battle back then, due to a backstabbing by Great Xia gods.

Wu Yi’s Primordial Spirit did not successfully kill Yu Guo.

But Yu Guo’s situation was not good either, and he had to entrust the Red Eye Tripod to the Xuansu Clan for safekeeping.

However, what Yu Guo did not expect was, due to his weakened power, a group of powerful Ghost Gods escaped from the Nether Spring of the Underworld.

The Nether Spring of the Underworld is connected to the Underworld and is the final destination of Yin Spirits and Ghost Gods.

According to the operation order of the Yin and Yang Realms, only when a strong grievance turns into a Ghost God reluctant to leave the mortal world, will it incur a cross-realm intervention by the Yin Spirit.

But the intensity of such an intervention is not as strong as everyone would imagine.

Referring to the previous instance of the Ox-headed one, as well as the Tu Fang Clan post the destruction of the Tufang Kingdom.

One can see that the cross-realm intervention of the Yin Spirit, more often than not, resembles a sort of "routine patrol."

— If it can be handled, handle it; if not, it’s no big deal.

Especially when dealing with those who have fallen from gods into Ghost Gods, the approach of the Underworld is typically to let it be.

The more responsible ones might personally come by like the Ox-headed.

But the chance of failure like with the Ox-headed is also high.

The less responsible ones will only glance from afar, and at most remind nearby gods of what happened, which is already quite diligent.

As for the living beings on this land?

Even the local gods don’t care about those living beings.

How could you possibly expect these intervening Yin Spirits to care much?

During the thousands of years Yu Guo guarded the East Sea, naturally, similar things occurred.

However, unlike general gods, after Yu Guo discovered those Ghost Gods, he would often use force to expel them.

Anyway, as the Nether Spring of the Underworld is connected to the Underworld, Yu Guo driving those Ghost Gods back counts as completing the duties inherently belonging to the Yin Spirits.

However, Yu Guo’s approach had a key issue.

Those Ghost Gods repelled back to the Nether Spring wouldn’t be scattered across the Underworld but concentrated on the other side of that Nether Spring.

Harboring hatred and anger towards Yu Guo, they were always thinking of launching an offensive against the mortal world.

Given such a scenario, when Yu Guo’s power waned, a counter-offensive by the Ghost Gods was predictable.

Under the siege of many Ghost Gods, a Ghost God named Shaohao emerged as the ultimate victor of that battle.

Shaohao not only defeated Yu Guo but even seized his body.

This explains why the Yu Guo statues dedicated near the East Sea didn’t crumble.

"Shaohao?"

"Is it the Shaohao I know?"

After hearing Yu Guo’s account, Wu Zhen couldn’t help but ask back.

"Yes, it’s the Shaohao you know — Feathered Serpent God, Shaohao."

With a gentle nod, Yu Guo, through Ying Long’s body, gave an affirmative response.

In the early days of the Great Xia’s founding, during that era when the first Witch King dominated, the Shaohao Tribe was one of the few that could contend with the Witch King.

Although most of the Shaohao Tribe chose to integrate into the Fang Kingdom system of Great Xia under the Witch King’s appeal.

Yet there was still a branch of the Shaohao Tribe unwilling to submit, who sought a chance to escape to the islands of the East Sea.

This unsubmitted branch of the Shaohao Tribe worshiped their earliest ancestor god — Feathered Serpent God, Shaohao.

After Yu Guo arrived in the East Sea, conflicts between the two sides were inevitable.

Shaohao, who was already a defeated general, could not possibly be a match for Yu Guo at his peak.

Expectedly, Feathered Serpent God, Shaohao, perished, and then transformed into a Ghost God in his anger and unwillingness, only to be expelled back to the Underworld by Yu Guo.

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