Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 126 Divine Operation, Successful Transaction

"Humph!"

Seeing this, Su Ji gave a cold snort on the surface, but in reality, he felt a little panicked.

Apart from the first blazing crystal, the remaining four were all just refined tonight and had no time to absorb sunlight.

Fortunately, in order to deal with the dangers on the road, Su Ji specially used high-grade earth yang stones to charge the four blazing crystals, giving him nine blazing crystal rays and one solar ray version of the blazing crystal ray.

If the Bull-Headed Demon King leads three pseudo-demon kings to continue attacking, Su Ji still has five ordinary blazing crystal rays and one Taiyin Heavenly Light, making it difficult to kill the Bull-Headed Demon King, the three pseudo-demon kings, and the Black Fish Demon.

Fearing a desperate counterattack, Su Ji did not give chase. Instead, he turned and flew towards Qili Lake, his mind filled with many speculations.

"These demons and ghosts must come from a powerful force. Could they be the source of this great calamity in the northeast?"

If several ghost kings join forces to intercept and kill, it is possible that they have formed an alliance for mutual benefit.

The three false ghost kings and the bull-headed ghost king all possessed a strange aura, which meant they could only have come from the same faction.

Furthermore, Yan Tianchou made a startling analysis: "The master of the three pseudo-ghost kings may not be the Bull-Headed Ghost King. There is probably another powerful being behind the four of them and the Black Fish Demon!"

An entity capable of elevating a demon general to the level of a pseudo-demon king is not incapable of subduing a bull-headed demon king; the current ambush operation may only have deployed a portion of its forces...

Su Ji had never heard of either the Minotaur or the three pseudo-ghost kings, but fortunately, the Black Fish Demon brought a clue.

The black fish demon disappeared into the water veins at the bottom of the lake. Instead of dying, it joined this powerful force, and the water veins became Su Ji's focus.

"The water veins lead to various places. Could this strange force be located somewhere along the path of the water veins?"

According to Qian Feng, the water vein is gradually drying up, which is very likely due to the influence of this strange force.

If the water veins were to completely dry up, this strange force could even reach Qili Lake directly.

Immediately, Su Ji was startled: "Has the abyss at the bottom of Qili Lake been infiltrated by this strange force?"

Qili Lake is teeming with demons and ghosts. On the surface, the Water Palace and the Guardian Spirit General White Turtle maintain order, but in private, there are also some high-level cultivators and ghost kings who cultivate there. No one knows that those cultivators are actually spies of a strange force.

As for the Bloodline Demon King at the bottom of Seven Mile Lake, Su Ji had nothing to worry about.

However, the Bloodline Demon King possesses a physical form. Even if he can conceal his appearance, he still needs a large amount of flesh and blood to maintain his vitality. Once he causes trouble, he must be prepared to occupy a region and oppose the entire pantheon.

The world was still in a period of peace and prosperity. Even the ancient tiger king of the White Rock Mountains did not dare to act recklessly, let alone the bloodline demon king at the bottom of Seven Mile Lake.

So, Su Ji calmly flew towards the Seven Mile Lake Water Palace and informed the Water Palace Spirit Officer, the Carp Spirit, of the matter.

"What? There are demons lurking a hundred feet away from Qili Lake!"

In the battle just now, the spells cast by the pseudo-ghost kings were not very powerful, and the black circle of the bull-headed ghost king's horns was only used to trap the enemy... Su Ji's sunlight was even more concentrated in power.

As a result, the fighting noise, after traveling over a hundred feet and being diluted by the lake water, did not attract the attention of the Water Palace at all.

The Water Palace Spirit Officer, a carp spirit, was extremely serious. This matter not only involved the Xuanmen Dao Seed Golden Toad, but also several Ghost Kings... It had already been classified as a heinous case.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Jin, I will immediately dispatch deities to investigate and gather evidence, and try my best to find out the origins of those ghost kings!"

Su Ji didn't have much hope, but instead brought up the matter of the black fish demon.

"Half a month ago, the Black Fish Demon disappeared into the water veins. I strongly suspect that the lair of these demon kings is near the water veins!"

Su Ji is very busy right now. Besides pinning his hopes on the City God Temple, he also looks to the Seven Mile Lake Water Palace. Besides, these are the duties that the gods should be responsible for.

"Water veins..."

The Water Palace Spirit Officer Carp Spirit sighed, "The water veins may seem visible, but they actually flow through countless underground rivers and contain considerable dangers. It may take a lot of time to find the so-called strange forces in the water veins."

"Moreover, since their attempt to ambush you failed this time, they've probably become more cautious. Even if they don't change their hideout, they might still be keeping a close eye on the water veins..."

Although there are many demons and ghosts in Qili Lake, it is all because of the deep abyss at the bottom of the lake. The real Qili Lake is only seven or eight li long, and the highest deity is just this spirit official.

Ghost generals and Dongxuan mages can serve as spirit soldiers, but Ghost Kings and Gao Xiu would never be willing to do so, and the position of Guardian Spirit General has always been held by Bai Yuan.

If only spiritual soldiers are sent to investigate the water veins, even if they find something, they might also be captured on the spot...

Therefore, the Water Palace Spirit Official could only say, "Then we can only ask the Guardian Spirit General to explore the water veins with its Heavenly Soul and Spiritual Nature. With its profound cultivation level, it can move freely!"

The white turtle has lived for so long that even the carp spirit, the Water Palace official, privately addresses it as "senior."

However, the guardian spirit of the abyss might not be awake, so Su Ji entrusted the matter to the spirit official of the Water Palace and then headed towards Jinfeng County.

The closer they got to Jinfeng County, the more villages they found, not to mention the Ren family, a family of cultivators, located on the west bank of Qili Lake. Su Ji's journey was very safe.

Soon, Su Ji arrived at the City God Temple and reported the incident of being intercepted and killed to the City God.

"What?! A ghost king is blocking our way and trying to kill us!"

The Water God only thought Su Ji was a seed of the Xuanmen Daoist sect, but the City God Temple deities had firsthand information. Su Ji was not only likely to be the reincarnation of a cultivator who had reached the pinnacle of cultivation, but he was also related to the Great Sun Immortal Realm and the Bright Moon Immortal Realm plans.

If Su Ji were captured or even killed in this ambush, the gods of the City God Temple would feel as if the whole sky had collapsed.

After all, if the artificial fairyland succeeds, the biggest beneficiaries will be the gods of the City God Temple.

"This matter is of utmost importance. Please wait a moment, Supervisor Ling. I will go and fetch the City God immediately!"

Before long, the statue of the City God on the main seat in the City God Temple flashed with light, and a majestic deity dressed in armor and a battle robe appeared.

"Is the Guardian of the Sun injured?" The City God immediately inquired about Su Ji.

Although Su Ji knew that this concern might just be polite, she still felt a warmth in her heart.

"Thank you for your concern, City God!"

"I possess several high-grade blazing crystal artifact embryos that can emit sunlight comparable to high-grade spells, forcing back three ghost cultivators with the power of ghost kings. "I also used a secret technique to gather a ray of sunlight, which not only injured the Ox-Headed Ghost King but also frightened them away..."

The City God breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the City God Spirit Officer with a solemn expression: "This case is extremely heinous. Quickly summon the Day-Wandering Spirit General, the White Impermanence Spirit General, and the Shackles Spirit General..."

Not to mention that Su Ji was the initiator of the Great Sun Wonderland and the Bright Moon Wonderland, the news of appointing Su Ji as the Sun Watcher Spirit General was also publicly proposed by the City God at the City God Temple God Assembly. This time, it should be a big fuss.

Soon, the gods who had already "clocked out" arrived at the City God Temple. Some of them, who had been somewhat sullen, all showed expressions of shared hatred after hearing the content of the meeting.

The spirit general of the City God Temple said in a deep voice, "One bull-headed ghost king and three ghost kings with the power of ghost kings, could it be the White Rock Mountains?"

During the previous case of the walking corpses in the Wu family, many deities in the City God Temples chose to stay out of it for fear of being drawn into the struggle between the Mountain God Temple and the Earth God Temple.

Now, Su Ji is not only about to become the Sun Guardian General, but the artificial fairyland project also concerns their great interests, so they are not afraid to fight against the Mountain God Temple.

The City God Spirit Officer shook his head: "The Mountain God Temple in the White Rock Mountains has already paid a sufficient price, and it shouldn't cause any more trouble."

After the last Three Temples Conference, the Mountain God Temple compensated the Monkey King with treasures worth tens of thousands of strands of divine power in order to protect him... The Mountain God Temple should not cause any more trouble.

The White Impermanence Spirit General of the City God Temple, a female spirit general, considered things more carefully: "The Sun Watcher Spirit General said that the four ghost cultivators all had a strange aura on them, and that they were related to the water veins of the deep abyss at the bottom of the lake. Could it be that they are related to the spiritual realm within the water veins?"

The reason why so many demons and ghosts gather in the deep abyss of the lake is that, in addition to possessing some extraordinary places, one can also occasionally encounter spiritual realms that come with water veins, earth veins, and even yin veins.

These spiritual realms don't require spending divine power to purchase tokens; you can enter and explore them as long as you stumble upon an opportunity. No one has pre-collected the treasures inside, and even if you can only stay for a few hours, you can still reap enormous rewards.

Spiritual realms can travel along water veins, earth veins, and yin veins, and naturally, they may also be stranded or even remain in a certain place.

If discovered by cultivators, they can not only obtain a large amount of resources from the spiritual realm, but also build it into the foundation of a cultivation family.

Immediately, many deities thought of the Ren family in the east of the city.

Back then, the Ren family ancestors discovered a spiritual realm and secretly developed it for many years before it became known to outsiders.

The Water Mansion's spiritual realm wandered into the jurisdiction of the City God Temple. When they tried to reclaim it, they found that the spiritual realm had become one with the real terrain. Neither the City God Temple nor the Water Mansion could do anything about it, and the Ren family was left to reap the benefits.

This kind of spiritual realm, which blends into the terrain, is also known as a small blessed land. It may gradually become ordinary, or it may be maintained or even grown stronger through various means.

"Could it be that these cultivators who intercepted and killed the Sun Guardian Spirit General possessed a spiritual realm or even a small blessed land?"

The spirit realm would instinctively try to prevent the Ghost King and Gao Xiu from entering, but the small blessed land had already blended into the terrain and had no ability to stop the Ghost King and Gao Xiu.

The cultivators who intercepted and killed the Guardian Spirit General were connected to the water veins, and it was even possible that they used the power of the water veins to irrigate the small blessed land. Their value alone made many gods very interested.

Therefore, several ghost kings and high-level deities began to petition, preparing to go to the bottom of the lake and enter the water veins to search for evidence after fulfilling their divine duties.

In response, Su Ji couldn't help but sigh, "Indeed, self-interest moves people's hearts!"

In the past, the treasures obtained by the top-ranked person on the Human Ranking generally did not exceed three thousand strands of divine power, and those exceeding five thousand strands of divine power were extremely rare.

Not long ago, Mo Linglong broke the 10,000 mark, and then the Golden Toad, a spirit soldier who travels during the day, surpassed Mo Linglong to become the number one on both lists. These ghost kings and high cultivators who couldn't enter the spirit realm were extremely envious.

Now, these people have set their sights on the spiritual realms or small blessed lands owned by the intercepting forces.

If you're lucky, you could get treasures containing tens of thousands of strands of divine power. If you're extremely lucky, you might even get treasures worth hundreds of thousands of strands of divine power... not to mention the possibility of gaining a lot of merit.

"Rest assured, General Jian Ri Ling, with so many deities willing to help, the villains who attempted to assassinate you will surely be brought to justice!"

As the City God finished speaking his last words, the City God Temple meeting officially ended. Several deities who were not on duty set off together, heading excitedly to Qili Lake.

Su Ji was kept behind by the City God.

The City God said with a serious expression, "Although the Supervising Spirit General is quite powerful, we still need to be wary of villains resorting to desperate measures... Until there is a result, it is best to stay in Jinfeng County!"

Su Ji's heart stirred slightly, then he shook his head: "Thank you for your kindness, City God, but I still plan to stay in Dongsang Village... As for the risks on the road, I intend to ask Miss Mo Linglong from Qianbian Town to accompany me, so I'm not afraid of those villains!"

Mo Linglong is the reincarnation of a Xuanxian. Although her cultivation level is only at the peak of the Dongxuan Dharma Master realm, her realm is extremely profound. Not to mention, Mo Linglong also has high-grade mechanical puppet spirit artifacts protecting her.

The City God was then relieved and did not insist any further.

Su Ji also made arrangements with Qian Feng for treasure hunting and then directly entered the Bright Moon Spirit Realm.

Along the way, Su Ji did not stop. After arriving at the Yin Gate of the Bright Moon Spirit Realm, the first thing he did was to find Grand Scholar Deng.

"Lord Deng, this is the agreed-upon delicacy from the realms of Yin and Yang..."

Su Ji took out various delicacies from the Five Aperture Heart Stone, which were so fragrant that they filled the air with aroma.

Grand Scholar Deng swallowed hard, then quickly packed away the delicacies from the Yin-Yang realm into a cardboard box: "These delicacies are enough to make a name for ourselves in Wusheng's hometown; even the gods might be tempted to come and try them!"

The delicacies from the Yin-Yang realm created by Zhang Xiaolian cannot improve one's cultivation level; their value lies in the resonance of soul memories, a flavor that can only be experienced in reality.

Firebirds like the Mountain God Temple Day Wanderer Spirit General had never eaten anything delicious in their lives and were completely indifferent to the delicacies of the Yin-Yang realm.

Most ghosts, even if they had never eaten pork in their previous lives, had at least seen pigs run. Everything in Wusheng's hometown was good, except that the food was tasteless, which created a large market for delicacies in the Yin-Yang world.

Then, Grand Scholar Deng said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, I have brought all the incense offerings and prayers that we agreed on yesterday!"

Currently, only the guardian deities, including Grand Secretary Deng, can freely enter and exit Wusheng's hometown through the Yin Gate. Therefore, Grand Secretary Deng must "go to work" today to retrieve the incense and prayers.

Immediately, Yan Tianchou said excitedly, "There are a total of 360,000 strands of incense offerings and vows, which are expected to be converted into 40,000 units of computing power!"

As agreed, the incense offerings and prayers were worth exactly ten thousand strands of divine power.

The Heavenly Calculation Technique can convert a wisp of divine power into three units of computing power, and ten thousand wisps of divine power into thirty thousand units of computing power.

Although the price of incense and prayers is twice as high as normal because of the taxes levied by the City God Temple.

However, Su Ji did not feel that he had lost out in this transaction, and was even full of expectations for the future business in Wusheng's hometown.

(End of this chapter)