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Chapter 763: Even Mosquito Meat is Meat

"Another..."

Zhenwu landed in the temple, walking among the still crowd of mortals, looking at the plaque of [Chang'an City God Temple]. He was so annoyed that he also had the urge to wipe out this place with a sword.

This is not Luoyang, this is Chang'an.

Following Luoyang City, the City God Temple of another big city was attacked by Hu Xiuwu.

No one in the City God Temple was spared, and all the Yin gods fell into reincarnation. Even if the Great Emperor Zhenwu went to the underworld in person, found King Yama, and used the Book of Life and Death to search for the whereabouts of the Yin gods, it was of no avail.

The Yin gods all passed through the Wangchuan River, and what they found were new souls that had forgotten their past. It was completely useless. Zhenwu and others didn't even know what method Hu Xiuwu used to quietly destroy the City God system without being discovered.

The City Gods of Luoyang and Chang'an are not just in charge of one city.

The city gods are also divided into three levels: duke, marquis, and earl. The capital city god (duke, Duke of Weiling) is in charge of the province; the prefecture city god (marquis, Marquis of Suijing) is in charge of the prefecture; the county city god (earl, earl of Xianyou) is in charge of the county.

Although the background of Journey to the West is the Tang Dynasty, the book was written in the Ming Dynasty, so the system of gods was set according to the Ming Dynasty.

The system of dukes, marquises, and city gods, which was established during the Ming Dynasty, is already in use today.

The City God of Luoyang City and Chang'an City is the Capital City God, and the City Gods of the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction are all under his jurisdiction.

Therefore, with the death of the City Gods of these two places, not only did the Heavenly Court lose control over Luoyang and Chang'an, but even the City Gods of the prefectures where Luoyang and Chang'an were located were affected.

"He did it on purpose."

Heavenly Master Xu Xun stroked his beard and said.

After Luoyang City God fell, the Jade Emperor was furious and the Four Heavenly Masters were sent to assist the Zhenwu Emperor in capturing Hu Xiuwu.

Now the Jade Emperor is still in a state of restraint and does not take any action personally.

If Hu Xiuwu made a bigger noise again, he would probably not be in the mood to sit on the throne of the Supreme Being of the Three Realms, and would have to personally go out and investigate Hu Xiuwu's movements.

Xu Xun said that Hu Xiuwu did it on purpose because Luoyang and Chang'an seemed to be not far apart, but in fact they belonged to different states in the "City God Incense Map".

Destroying the two temples will affect the production of spiritual energy in the two states.

Zhang Daoling said decisively: "This is a big thief, we must get rid of him quickly."

"It's just killing a few officials and beheading a few earth gods, then we can just establish another one."

Nezha didn't understand why Zhenwu and the Four Heavenly Masters seemed to treat Hu Xiuwu more cautiously than they treated Sun Wukong.

It was Sun Wukong who caused a big disturbance at the Queen Mother of the West's Peach Banquet and ate the Jade Emperor's golden elixir. His crime was more serious, right?

The Great Emperor Zhenwu was silent.

Ge Xuan smiled warmly and explained: "Third Prince, you don't know that it is easy to replace gods, but it is difficult to increase the number of gods. Before the Nine Provinces City God system is disbanded, even His Majesty the Jade Emperor cannot increase or decrease the number of gods at will."

It is easy to be a god, but it is difficult to obtain the position of god.

The mountain gods, river gods, land gods and city gods are all shepherds acting on behalf of heaven, cultivating and harvesting spiritual energy for heaven.

The god is the farmer, and the god's throne is the water mill. The farmer can be changed at will, but the construction of the water mill takes years.

Not to mention that the new divine domain and divine position still require more adjustments in order to be integrated into the existing system.

The most crucial thing is that the deity must be recognized and cooperated by Heaven, and then it can become wind, rain, thunder and lightning to play its role.

To be honest, the heavenly realm absorbs spiritual energy from the human world to nourish itself, which is essentially digging at the foundation of the way of heaven.

Those blessed places, the Thirty-three Heavens of Taoism, the Three Thousand Worlds of Buddhism, which one was not built on the foundation dug from the Three Realms.

Considering the nature of the gods in the black myth, could it be that it was built by the Buddha cutting off his own flesh, the Jade Emperor bleeding, and sacrificing his own self?

The number of deities has been reduced with great difficulty, and the speed at which the Heavenly Court absorbs spiritual essence has slowed down. Of course, the Heavenly Dao will not easily be willing to reopen the number of deities. This involves the deepest secrets and dark side of the Heavenly Court.

The Heavenly Court is not what it claims to be, the guardian and maintainer of the Three Realms.

On the contrary, these immortals and gods do not produce anything. They are like leeches, wireworms, and mistletoe lying on the three realms.

Absorbing spiritual essence, not doing business. If it weren't for the fact that the Jade Emperor and Taishang Laojun were stronger than the heavens, the way of heaven would have imposed natural disasters on the immortals, gods and Buddhas long ago.

So, in a sense, what Hu Xiuwu did was indeed more serious than what Sun Wukong did.

At best, Sun Wukong picked some fruits and flowers from the towering tree in Heaven, but Hu Xiuwu was cutting the roots of Heaven.

Fruits and flowers can regenerate, but if the roots are broken, the tree will collapse.

However, the Heavenly Master could not have said it more clearly. Immortals like Nezha and Yang Jian, who still maintained young bodies and young mindsets, still retained an innocent sense of justice.

The more he is told, the more Nezha will become disgusted with his own position and will not put in any effort.

Just like Yang Jian, he was in a mess at Guanjiangkou.

In fact, Yang Jian was also summoned to hunt down Hu Xiuwu this time. However, the messenger from Heaven who announced the decree did not even see Yang Jian. He only heard the Meishan brothers say that Yang Jian was in seclusion and it was inconvenient for him to go out.

After all, Yang Jian had a different status, and the messenger from Heaven did not dare to force Yang Jian. After being rejected, he could only return in disgrace to report to the Jade Emperor.

The Jade Emperor did not punish Yang Jian, but simply replaced Yang Jian with one of the Four Heavenly Masters, and the matter was left unresolved.

This matter was too sensitive, and the Great Emperor Zhenwu did not want to talk about it any more. He changed the subject and said, "Masters, can you guess where Hu Xiuwu will go next?"

The four Heavenly Masters bowed and said they dared not.

The Great Emperor Zhenwu is one of the Five Elders, and his status is higher than that of the four Heavenly Masters. Of course the Heavenly Masters did not dare to directly accept the courtesy of the Great Emperor Zhenwu.

Zhang Daoling thought for a moment and said, "If he were to attack the City God system next, he would probably choose the City Gods of other states as his targets."

Xu Xun raised a doubt: "Hu Xiuwu is more cautious than Sun Wukong. He attacked the city gods twice. He should also know that we will strengthen the protection of the remaining city gods."

"Will he really attack the remaining city gods?"

Ge Xuan said regretfully: "Hu Xiuwu's hiding method is really clever. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. It is really hard to guess his goal."

Sa Shoujian glanced at Ge Xuan with a sneer, but didn't say anything. He guessed what Ge Xuan was saying.

What's the point of the enemy being in the dark and me being in the light? Ge Xuan was regretting that Hu Xiuwu had no leverage over him in the world, and he was the only one left.

If there were any descendants of Hu Xiuwu, or good friends or teachers in the world, he would definitely suggest controlling them and forcing Hu Xiuwu to show up.

It was just like when the Heavenly Palace directly surrounded the Flower-Fruit Mountain and forced Sun Wukong to fight head-on without being able to escape.

"Report~"

The messenger from heaven arrived quickly, riding on a rainbow-colored Pegasus, with four apricot-yellow signal flags on his back.

The messenger from Heaven came to the Great Emperor Zhenwu and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, the city god of Heqing County has been breached."

The Great Emperor Zhenwu finally couldn't hold back any longer, and with one sword he slashed through the clouds in the sky, roaring with his eyes wide open:

"Hu Xiuwu, you are bullying the weak with your power, you need to save your dignity!"