Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 199 Chapter 198

"So, the gods must die."

"Even if the biggest fault is not theirs, they have great power but are indifferent to the world. They are the root of all faults."

"Destroying the gods won't solve the problem. More gods will pop up soon. So only by letting people see the gods they believe in fall with their own eyes can we completely change the world."

The Lady of Wind and Rain looked up and saw that the branches of the giant tree were dense and crisscrossed, but there was not a single green leaf.

Feng Xiuhu walked forward and only when he got closer could he see clearly.

It turns out that the giant tree was not originally pitch black. The black color seen before our eyes was the result of being completely burnt and showing a completely charred appearance.

Feng Xiuhu murmured, "So Xijun killed her."

Lady Fengyu nodded in affirmation, taking it for granted. "The divine priest also fell into the sea of ​​fire along with the Five-Colored Feather. Xijun originally wanted to burn the entire Fan City to ashes, along with those foolish believers. I stopped her and settled for the next best thing, driving those stubborn believers to the seaside and leaving them to fend for themselves."

Feng Xiuhu pursed her lips and nodded: "I can understand that. After all, this is your hometown, so you must have some feelings for it."

Lady Fengyu glanced at him and said, "You're overthinking it. It's because Fancheng can't be overturned like this."

"Sail City is located at the southernmost part of the continent, facing the sea outskirts of the Mermaid Country from afar. Therefore, I must stay here to suppress the Seven-Colored Scales' disturbances in time."

After saying that, she continued to walk deeper.

Feng Xiuhu followed and asked, "Why didn't Qicailin come to help when Xijun and Wu Seyu were fighting?"

Lady Fengyu nodded slightly: "Of course he came, but he was blocked outside by the Five-Colored Feather."

The road ahead gradually narrowed.

Feng Xiuhu felt that they were going uphill.

The cliff walls pressed in from both sides, and light appeared in Feng Xiuhu's field of vision again.

He looked towards the source of the light and found that it was a night-shining pearl embedded in the cliff wall - exactly the same as the one he had seen in the pool before.

With the help of the dim light, Feng Xiuhu could also see the scene on the cliff clearly.

The cliff walls are painted with murals like a marquee. It can be seen that the murals were colorful at the beginning, but after being baptized by fire, most of them are left with only charred marks.

The remaining patterns were enough for Feng Xiuhu to see a lot of things.

There are giant birds soaring in the rainstorm, there are huge trees blocking out the sun, and dense crowds of people gathered and kneeling under the trees.

In addition, Feng Xiuhu also saw another human figure.

A mermaid with a human body and a fish tail came walking on the sea and performed some kind of handover ceremony with the people under the tree. A giant bird swooped down, and a big fish half emerged from the waves, as if responding to the giant bird's cry.

Lady Fengyu noticed Feng Xiuhu's curious gaze.

She said calmly, "These are mermaid pearls. Back then, because of the five-colored feathers and seven-colored scales, the gods and the mermaids often came into contact and would exchange items as a sign of friendship."

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Feng Xiuhu felt that they had reached a certain height.

The Lady of Wind and Rain finally stopped, and the road seemed to have come to an end.

Feeling the wind ahead, Feng Xiuhu looked up.

There was nothing in front of him until he was dozens of meters away, where his view was blocked by a "wall of water".

"what is that?"

Feng Xiuhu asked subconsciously.

Lady Fengyu replied, "The sea."

Feng Xiuhu reacted and raised his head to look up.

Nearly a hundred meters above, he could vaguely see the sea surface. "It really is beneath the sea..."

Feng Xiuhu whispered, "Why isn't the seawater pouring in?"

Lady Fengyu pointed forward: "The wind barrier was left by the Five-Colored Feather."

"During the battle that year, Qicai Lin wanted to pour the sea water into the valley, and saved Wucai Yu from Xi Jun."

"Wuseyu knew that Qicailin would never be Xijun's opponent if he left the sea, so he used all his strength to set up a wind barrier to block Qicailin's path."

"The Seven-Colored Scale and Xi Jun's authority restrain each other. If they were to fight in the sea, Xi Jun would not be sure to keep the Seven-Colored Scale."

"So Xijun delayed killing Wu Se Yu in order to lure Qi Cai Lin to leave the sea. However, Wu Se Yu saw through her intentions, causing her plan to fail."

"Having witnessed the Five-Colored Feather reduced to ashes in the blazing fire, Qicai Lin's hatred for Xi Jun was intensified."

"But the one he wanted to kill the most was actually me."

Feng Xiuhu sat down against the cliff and said, "Every wrong has its perpetrator. You're just a scapegoat. If he has the guts, let him go and settle the score with Xijun. How can you be so brave as to pick on the weak?"

"You're wrong again."

Lady Fengyu smiled helplessly: "Compared to seeking revenge on Xijun, he wants to save Wu Se Yu more."

"Although Wu Se Yu's physical body and spirit are no longer in existence, the power over wind and rain is in my hands."

"Qicai Lin has always wanted to reclaim power, then use Wu Se Yu's lingering resentment to reshape his divine bones. He would then nurture them over the long years, waiting for a new spiritual body to be born, and then reshape his physical body accordingly. Perhaps by then, the newborn god would be a completely new god, no longer the Wu Se Yu of old. But for Qicai Lin, this is his only hope."

"So for countless years, Qicai Lin has been looking for opportunities and stirring up trouble, just to kill me, and then completely submerge Fancheng, to regain power and resentment."

"But……"

Feng Xiuhu suddenly asked, "Has the deity really disappeared?"

Lady Fengyu looked down at him and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Squatting on the ground, Feng Xiuhu folded his hands and said, "I think the shrine just changed its name. Maybe it's called a church or a temple or something."

Lady Fengyu smiled and said, "Do you think we are just replacing them?"

Feng Xiuhu shook his head. "Replacing them is too one-sided. The previous Shensi was like a makeshift team. Now at least you are more standardized, and your business is thriving. I think it won't be long before you go public."

"It seems you still don't understand."

Lady Fengyu shook her head and led Feng Xiuhu back.

"You have no idea how much we have done. Everything we have done is to change the world."

"During the divine worship era, monks abused the law and restrictions. After losing their gods, despair drove them mad, and they relied on their magical powers to wreak havoc on the world. Therefore, new gods had to emerge to restrain them."

"Over a long period of time, we modified the techniques and imposed limits on the cultivators' powers. This is how peace came to the world."

"Reform the ritual system, eliminate barbaric nature; rectify the moral principles, and reject bad customs. This has been passed down from generation to generation, and only then have we achieved what you see today."

Feng Xiuhu pointed at her and laughed, "Hey, I've heard that people have also sacrificed young boys and girls to you."

Lady Fengyu's smile turned cold: "So you don't understand anything."

"No change happens overnight. The ignorance in people's hearts won't change instantly just because I say something. Even the evil custom of human sacrifice took hundreds of years to disappear."

Feng Xiuhu shook his head. What he was talking about was more than just sacrifice.

The one who didn't understand was Queen Fengyu, but Feng Xiuhu didn't intend to argue anymore.

Because this is caused by the limitations of her cognition - the best world she can imagine is what it is now.

(End of this chapter)