One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 36 36: Centipede God

The Li Clan Ancestral Hall is the largest ancestral hall in Wuze.

Their ancestral hall is also called the Black Temple. Compared with the small dark rooms set up in other people's homes to worship the Gu God, this one is huge.

The statue in the ancestral hall looks like a monster. It looks a bit like a human at first glance, but it is actually a real monster.

It looked like a centipede with its upper body standing up, its pair of large pincers looked like a knight's lance, and its head looked like a person wearing an iron helmet, hideous and terrifying.

However, at this moment in the Li clan ancestral hall, there were two people standing in front of the ferocious statue.

One was the Li clan leader who had visited Zhao Fuyun before, and the other was Li Xiyu.

Li Xiyu once participated in a Gu fight and won the title of "Snake King", but because she was a woman, she was called Snake Grandma.

At this moment, in this ancestral hall, both the Snake Grandma and the snake in her sleeve felt a chill. The snake in her sleeve was telling her that it was being watched by the Gu God.

As an elder of the Li clan, she could only guess that the Gu God might be a centipede. Moreover, she also knew that if she wanted to become the clan leader, she had to offer the Gu that she had raised for many years to the Gu God to eat. From then on, she would be able to communicate directly with the 'Gu God'.

She had been injured by two people who suddenly broke into the cave before, and was still recovering from her injuries. When she was called here, she inexplicably had a bad premonition in her heart.

"Xiyu, you should know something about that teaching, right?" said the Li chief.

"I don't really know much about him. I just know that although Teacher Zhao is young, he has profound knowledge of Taoism. He is worthy of being a senior disciple of a Taoist sect like Tiandu Mountain." Li Xiyu said.

"I know this. That night, the fire in the house burned most of the poisonous insects in Wu Ze. This is enough to prove that his magic skills are powerful. But what I want to ask is his character. Is he a man who keeps his word?" said the Li clan leader.

"From what I've observed, Teacher Zhao doesn't make promises easily. He's not someone who is willing to make promises to others," said Li Xiyu.

“That is to say, if such a person makes a promise, he will definitely fulfill it.” said Chief Li.

"That's probably the case." Li Xiyu sighed.

The Li tribe leader was silent for a moment, then said, "Today, we were in front of the riverside temple and said that no one was presiding over the Gu sacrifice, and that the Gu and ghosts in the city might cause unrest. He then said that we only needed to burn down the Black Temple, and there would be no need for the Gu sacrifice. We were just testing him, but he said so, which shows that he already had the idea of burning it. Xiyu, what do you think we should do?"

Li Xiyu was already worried, and she couldn't help but say, "Teacher Zhao may have just mentioned a method. He doesn't know that this is just a test from the clan leader."

"But he has revealed his true feelings! Centipede God, we can't just sit there and wait for death. The Centipede God said that the female Taoist came again last night and stared at this place." said the Li tribe leader.

"Chief, what do you think?" Li Xiyu asked.

"The centipede god said he wanted to return to the mountains," said the Li tribe leader.

"That's fine too." Li Xiyu said.

"But the Centipede God said that returning like this would be like planting crops and then abandoning them when it's time to harvest. So, please, Xiyu, offer your black-headed snake to cheer the Centipede God on." Chief Li said slowly.

Li Xiyu turned around and left, but in an instant, the ground shook and a huge monster broke out of the ground.

Gravel and dirt were flying everywhere, and evil spirits were everywhere.

Li Xiyu said nothing and waved her sleeves. A black snake emerged and swam windingly in the void. Black light surged and in the blink of an eye it turned into a big black snake and fell to the ground. She wanted to use her snake to block the monster and also to feed the monster.

She wanted to leave, but the door was tightly closed.

The black snake was afraid in front of the monster, but the monster pounced on it excitedly, and clamped its body with a pair of huge pincers. The snake spit out a poisonous mist, and the monster clamped its head with the other pincer, then opened its sharp mouth and bit it.

"The Immortal of Tiandu Mountain is nearby. What do you want to do? Aren't you afraid of being burned to ashes by fire?" "The Immortal of Tiandu Mountain has already gone into the mountain. He is not here tonight. Tonight, the centipede god wants to eat people." The Li tribe leader laughed.

The huge centipede bit the black snake. After a while, all the energy in the black snake's body was devoured, leaving only a skin bag that fell limply to the ground.

Li Xiyu was terrified, but still said, "You can't escape."

As soon as she finished her words, the huge centipede god, which was as big as a knight, raised its upper body and ran with its lower body like a horse. In the blink of an eye, it was in front of Li Xiyu, and its huge claws had already pierced into her chest.

A sharp big mouth bit her head in one bite.

"Centipede God, today is a good time. Once you enter the mountains, no one will be able to find you."

The giant centipede remained silent, but Li Xiyu was left with only a layer of skin and flesh, lying limply on the ground.

The 'centipede god' did not break out of the door, but drilled into the ground. The ground rolled over like water waves, and its body quickly drilled into the ground and disappeared.

……

Zhao Fuyun was standing in the courtyard of the Chijun Temple, with Zhu Puyi next to him.

Zhu Puyi's stomach was growling with hunger. He went around the kitchen and found that there was nothing edible. He decided that when he got back, he would have someone open two plots of land outside the temple and plant some edible fruits and vegetables, so that he wouldn't have to go hungry if he had to live here again one day.

Just as he sat down on the stone under the eaves next to Zhao Fuyun, he suddenly heard a voice in his ears: "My Lord, My Lord, My Lord..."

"Mr. County Magistrate..."

Zhu Puyi stood up and said, "Did someone call me?"

Zhao Fuyun also opened his eyes and said, "Someone is calling you."

"Who would call me at this time?" Zhu Puyi wondered.

"My Lord, my Lord, why haven't you come back to the county government? I have been waiting for you for a long time and have prepared wine and food for you. Why haven't you come back yet?"

"Yes, Mi San, he is on duty at his county office today." Zhu Puyi said, "Why is he here? Why doesn't he come in?"

"My Lord County Magistrate, My Lord County Magistrate, are you in there? Answer me quickly, I have something urgent to report... My Lord County Magistrate..." The voice outside was shouting urgently, and it was getting more and more urgent.

Zhu Puyi also began to show anxiety at this moment.

He walked back and forth, muttering to himself, "Mi San is a quiet and honest man. He suddenly came here to shout. There must be something urgent. But what could it be? It must be something urgent, or something big."

"Could it be that an official letter has arrived, allowing me to return home?"

"Could it be this? Could it be this?..."

After this thought came to Zhu Puyi's mind, he strode out of the temple, almost running.

At this moment, he forgot all the dangers and strangeness and only thought about that tiny fantasy. He came to the temple gate in front and when he passed by the statue of Chijun, he seemed not to see it.

At this time, his mind was confused and there was no God in his heart, so how could he receive God's blessing?

(End of this chapter)