I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night-Chapter 1204 - 637: Huaizun: In This World, It’s All About Connections! _2
"You’re talking nonsense!"
The young Martial Artist shouted, "They wanted to kill us, if it weren’t for this young lady, we’d all be dead already!"
The scholar with the surname Zhu looked conflicted, and dared not say much for a moment.
"..."
The girl suddenly thought of something, sheathed her blade.
In an instant, the young Martial Artist, the scholar with the surname Zhu, and the woman in the flower dress behind her all turned pale.
The leader of the caravan sneered, "Ninth Master is still powerful, this little girl knows when to concede."
"With the might of my ancestor here, how could a little girl possibly stand against it?"
The Cultivator raised an eyebrow, thinking about what he had just heard.
Yet at this moment, the girl looked up at the distance and said, "On Huaizun’s turf, a Cultivator appears, you need to give me an explanation."
"Auntie, I was out yesterday boasting for Huaizun, I mean, giving lectures. This guy just arrived; I didn’t know either."
A gilded bird descended from the sky.
But as its brilliance retracted, it turned out to be a black myna.
"So it was you causing trouble, bragging outside. Next time I’ll give both you and your master a blade, so you learn your lesson!"
The girl coldly chuckled.
"Auntie, leave it to me."
The black bird said proudly, "We’ve at least shared some of the Human Clan’s incense, times have changed, a mere evil spirit—see how I’ll deal with it..."
"You..."
The woman in the flower dress’s face changed, exclaiming, "You’re colluding with demons?"
"What pampered dimwit is this?"
The girl slightly frowned, thinking, "Even a small family in the city can spoil such brainless creatures... The city’s peace really is no good."
"Are you Huaizun’s envoy?"
The Cultivator’s face suddenly changed drastically.
"Good that you recognize, but it’s too late!"
The myna said in a cold tone, sweeping its wings.
The power of incense spread out.
In a moment, both the Cultivator and the caravan leader were instantly killed.
"You..."
The woman in the flower dress quivered and said, "You know Huaizun’s envoy, who exactly are you?"
"..."
The girl didn’t respond, she just looked toward the distance and said, "I told you not to follow, and yet you still came. Aren’t you going to clean up?"
In the distance, more than a dozen Martial Artists appeared, hurried forward and bowed.
The leader was evidently a trusted aide to the Great City Guard, a young man surnamed Liu.
"Place these three properly, especially this Martial Artist; no need to go to Taixuan Divine Mountain, take him back as a Little Flag. His skills are lacking, but his disposition is acceptable."
The girl waved her hand and then looked at the young man surnamed Liu and said, "Actually, I’ve heard about your father’s story, if you’re here to repay a favor, you’re excused... Your father is worthy of that Spirit Talisman, but the talisman wasn’t given by me, no gratitude is owed to me."
"Yes."
The young man surnamed Liu immediately kowtowed, and added, "Settle this scholar somewhere, find a reliable caravan, send him back the way he came, and as for you, Martial Artist... come with me back to Sky Shadow City then."
Once he finished speaking, the young man surnamed Liu stepped forward and slapped the woman in the flower dress across the face, saying, "The enemy attacks; they save your life, and you babble on, causing harm. If not for the law, I would have killed you!"
"You dare hit me? Do you know my Gao family... even the Xu family in the Inner City has to show some respect!" The woman in the flower dress exclaimed angrily.
"What’s this Gao family in Sky Shadow City?" The young man surnamed Liu furrowed his brow and asked the people beside him, "Why haven’t I heard of it?"
"It’s normal if you haven’t heard." Another trusted aide whispered, "This morning, the Xu family from the Inner City came to visit, but you were in a hurry to leave and dismissed them... The Xu family has a clansman in the Outer City who runs a tavern and hired a dozen Martial Artists as guards; the so-called Gao family, six train in the martial arts, currently all working as tavern guards."
"..."
The young man surnamed Liu rubbed his forehead and said, "Forget it, don’t bother me."
With that, he walked to the girl’s side.
"Don’t bother me either!"
The girl said, "I can return to Qifeng Prefecture City myself." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
The young man surnamed Liu whispered, "Commander, I’m here under military orders, unless I die otherwise I can only escort all the way! You might as well kill me..."
"You’re the City Supervision Heavenly Commandant?"
The scholar with the surname Zhu’s pupils shrank in exclamation.
The other two were struck like thunder, full of disbelief.
"What? Don’t I look the part?"
The girl pouted and waved her hand gesturing.
The golden mynah, having withdrawn its incense fire divine light, descended.
The young girl reached out with her left hand, and the bird landed on her palm.
Then the girl extended her right hand.
Two slaps, crisp and clear.
She smacked the mynah until it was dazed and confused.
"Take me to see Huaizun."
"Alright... alright... grievances have origins, debts have owners, go find my godfather..."
"Go!"
——
At this moment, Huaizun was rooted firmly in the earth.
As a tree demon acknowledged by the Human Clan,
He gathered incense from all directions and provided protection to passing travelers on this land.
Inadvertently, he became a different kind of pure land.
As a result, his incense was quite abundant.
With the power of incense, he deterred nearby evils.
Within his sphere of influence, no evil was allowed to invade, no harm to the Human Clan.
Currently, numerous structures were built around Huaizun, resembling a village.
In the locust tree, several exotic birds perched.
These were Huaizun’s adopted little demons, serving as godsons, to scout the surrounding activities and maintain connections with various human cities, blessed lands, and pure lands.
"Godfather, is this wound left by the Saint Master all those years ago?"
"Of course, back then the Saint Master battled old me, he left this scar on me."
The branches of the locust tree swayed, emitting an elderly voice, sighing, "After that strike, the Saint Master knew he was not my match, so he offered three sticks of incense, and later brought sacrifices several times wishing to learn from me. It was only after he became a nuisance that I moved here..."
"God-grandpa..."
At that moment, a young mynah bird quietly spoke, "My dad said that over the years, you’ve taken in so much incense, if used for cultivation, you might have already broken through to a realm akin to Refining God Realm..."
"Silly child, what is the Refining God Realm?"
The locust tree slightly swayed, saying, "All these years, grandpa has poured all the power of incense into maintaining the wound left by the Saint Master’s strike, sustaining the Qi mechanism of the Saint Master, even enhancing his aura..."
He said softly, "Sensing the might of the Human Clan’s Saint Master, even the Human Martial Saints dare not act recklessly. Among the world’s evils and strange creatures... those Demon Kings and Evil Venerables surpassing the tier would surely shiver in fear, isn’t that stronger than the Refining God Realm?"
Saying this, the tree branches gently stroked the young mynah, saying, "Just like you, little one, and your father, go outside claiming to be Huaizun’s descendants, who dares to touch you out there?"
"Grandpa has even crossed swords with the Human Clan’s Saint Master!"
"If it weren’t for grandpa’s guidance, the current Saint Master’s older brother, the Great Temple Priest of High Willow City, would have become a Chang Ghost long ago."
"Whenever that Great Temple Priest sees old me, he respectfully offers three sticks of incense."
"Even Shen Jiang, a Holy Alliance elder, owes a great favor to the Saint Master and created realms of landscape, every time he passes by here, he pays respect to old me."
"What use is the Refining God Realm?"
"Out in the world, what matters is your background!"
"The old Demon Domain has now become territory of the Human Clan."
"Speaking of background, grandpa leans on the Human Clan’s Saint Master, whose background is deeper than mine?"
The locust tree lightly swayed, appearing rather ostentatious.
Suddenly, a girl’s voice was heard.
"And what about me?"
"..."
All branches of Huaizun froze completely.
Unmoved even under the night breeze.
In the next moment, he waved his branches joyfully and said, "Little Grandmother, it’s been a long time, how’s your father lately? Little Locust has missed you..."
"You’d better first explain to me how you severed the Saint Master’s arm, making him submit to you..."
The girl drew her blade, caressing the blade, said, "Who knows, maybe in the future you’ll have another blade scar on you, adding another victory over a ’Saintess’!"
As the voice fell, the girl was about to step forward when her expression suddenly changed, "Ten Directions Thunder Sealing Formation?"
In the next moment, outside Huaizun, lightning suddenly flickered, encasing the locust tree!
"Grandmother save me!!!"
Huaizun frantically waved its branches, shouting loudly, "What the hell is going on? Who’s setting me up..."
"Finally, I’ve got you!"
In the sky dome above, a dense Yin cloud gathered, a gaze looking down, landing on the girl, saying, "Sky Shadow City Observatory Commandant, also special Inspection Envoy of the Holy Alliance’s Demon Suppression Department, the most remarkable prodigy of the young generation of the Human Clan, niece of the Saint Master, Lin Xiaoyue!"
