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

Chapter 55 Welcoming the Land God and Learning the Secret

Su Ji arrived in Dongsang Village on the fifth day of the second lunar month, and today is the seventeenth day of the second lunar month, exactly twelve days later.

For some cultivators, twelve days might only be enough to master a low-grade spell...

For Su Ji, the twelve days were far more exciting than the previous year, and they also determined his path forward.

Now, the mountain demons' revenge has completely failed.

Su Ji not only saved the vengeful ghost Zhou Wu, but also dragged the wandering spirit of the mountain god temple into the mess. As for the battle on the other battlefield, it all depends on the local earth god's abilities.

As time passed, the spring rain began to weaken, and it seemed that it would gradually stop in just a few minutes.

The Firebird Demon General waited for more than ten breaths, but not only did it not see the figure of the Day Wandering Spirit General, but the Snake Demon Great Ghost General also disappeared. It immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Not daring to leave a criminal record, it could only try to find out the truth by bypassing Dongsang Village.

Before they had even circled halfway, the Firebird Spirit General spotted the Day Wanderer Spirit General in the rain and immediately used telepathy to explain his purpose.

"Grandfather, the Monkey King is fighting against the high-ranking cultivators of the Xuanmen..." Firebird is the grandson of the Day Wandering Spirit General.

"what!"

The spirit of the mountain god temple had long suspected that the snake demon's motives for coming here were wrong, and now he finally understood the cause and effect.

"...If the Monkey King is captured, will he implicate me?"

The gods appear to be in harmony, but undercurrents are brewing beneath the surface.

There are only so many shrines in the mountain god temple, but there are countless demons and ghosts in the White Rock Mountains. The reason why the Day Wandering Spirit General helped the Monkey Demon King was to pave the way for his grandson's future.

It should be noted that even this day-roaming spirit general of the mountain god temple has not had the opportunity to place his clansmen under his command as day-roaming spirit soldiers, let alone the countless ghosts and gods who covet his position as day-roaming spirit general!

"After the snake demon was severely injured, it may have lost its memories of me... but the Monkey King must not fall into the hands of a high-ranking cultivator from the Xuanmen sect!"

Today's events may not lead to his dismissal or investigation, but they will certainly have an impact on his future career.

Upon realizing this, the Day Wandering Spirit General leaped into the air, adding before leaving, "The snake demon won't last long against my divine powers. You all will take care of things here!"

In reality, when the Day Wandering Spirit severely injured the demon, he could have left openly; he only stayed to silence the demon.

Zhongliu Shenlingbing wanted to keep Riyou Lingjiang a little longer, so he said, "Why is Riyou Lingjiang in such a hurry? Why not find the snake demon, wash it clean, and then leave?"

The Mountain God Temple's Day-Wandering Spirit General, already airborne, suppressed his anger and said, "Everything has its priorities. Right now, there's a battle at the Ghost King level outside the White Rock Mountains—"

It had only spoken half its sentence when it suddenly stopped, and its swift, arrow-like form came to a halt.

It wasn't that it changed its mind, but rather that two powerful figures appeared in the rain: one was a high-ranking Xuanmen cultivator whose soul was as smooth as jade, and the other was a monkey spirit ghost king whose fur had been plucked off.

The former simply stood there, yet his aura seemed to pierce the sky; the latter, impaled on the staff by the former, was weak and his soul incomplete, as if he had fallen to the level of a Great Ghost General.

"Hiss—" Riyou Lingjiang couldn't help but gasp.

Ghost cultivators are related to the lineage of immortal cultivators, both cultivating their life spirit through the method of inner alchemy... The reason why the Monkey King's cultivation level dropped must be because his inner alchemy was severely damaged.

Furthermore, the monkey spirit's inner core had already fallen into the hands of a high-ranking cultivator in the Xuanmen sect.

Just now, the Day Wandering Spirit was thinking that if he couldn't help the Monkey King escape, he would "accidentally" kill him on the spot to avoid implicating him.

At this point, the Monkey King had been captured, and the other party had entered the area of ​​the Earth God Temple. It was too late to say anything...

"Does this mean we have no choice but to take the risk?"

This high-ranking cultivator from the Xuanmen sect never used the Cave God Technique from beginning to end, so he is most likely not a registered talisman sect cultivator. If he were to strike first in the name of the Day Wandering Spirit General, it wouldn't be unreasonable for him to bully such an "outsider" cultivator.

Just as the day-traveling spirit was about to make a move, a [talisman] suddenly flew out from the earth god temple, and all the spirit soldiers bowed deeply in reverence.
"Welcome, Earth God!"

"Congratulations to the Earth God on your victorious return!"

"Congratulations to the Earth God for taking down the mastermind!"

"..."

It wasn't that the spirit soldiers didn't understand the timing; rather, it was the local earth god who personally gave the instructions.

From this day forward, the Earth God is Dongxuan Gaoxiu, and Dongxuan Gaoxiu is the Earth God of this place!

This scene not only left the Firebird Ghost General speechless, but even its grandfather, the Day Wandering Spirit General, was stunned into silence.

Subsequently, Riyou Lingjiang and his grandson came to understand many things.

Why did the high-ranking cultivator of the Xuanmen happen to stumble upon the Black Tiger Demon entering the village? Why did the high-ranking cultivator of the Xuanmen reappear after disappearing for many days? In fact, when it arrived here, the local earth god should have at least shown his face.

Everything had an answer at that moment.

The daytime spirit general of the mountain god temple had no idea what to do. It was understandable for it to bully a high-ranking Taoist master who was "out of power," but to bully a local spirit official?
That's like an old man hanging himself – he's tired of living.

It's not entirely because the Earth God is backed by an entire pantheon of land deities; it's also related to the current state of the universe.

The Mountain God Temple is related to the Mountain God Bureau of the Underworld. In reality, they are just two forms of the human world and the Underworld. The highest level of both is the Azure Emperor, one of the emperors of the Heavenly Court.

The highest level of the two major pantheons, the Earth God Temple and the City God Temple, is the Yellow Emperor, one of the emperors. What's more, the Heavenly Emperors take turns, and the current Heavenly Emperor is none other than the Yellow Emperor!

How to deal with the local earth spirit within the boundaries of the earth temple?

If it is a demon, it will be eradicated even if pursued for thousands of miles; if it is a wandering spirit general, it will be dismissed from its post and investigated, and its entire race may even be ostracized by other races...

"call--"

The spirit of the mountain god temple exhaled a long, scorching breath, and then, having no further thoughts, simply bowed and said:

"So the high-ranking cultivator from the Xuanmen sect is the local earth spirit official. He has slain the black tiger demon and captured the monkey spirit king. He will probably be promoted soon!" For a moment, the day-roaming spirit general of the mountain god temple was deeply wary of the earth god in front of him.

Since the other party dared to make such a move, whether their backing is the Jin Feng County City God Temple or the Yu Zhou State Society, they are not people it can afford to offend.

The spirit general of the Mountain God Temple pondered for a moment... At worst, he could just insist that he had been deceived by the Monkey King and that's why he did so many things. Even if he lost his chance for promotion, it would be better than being expelled from the Mountain God Temple!
Meanwhile, the Earth God grabbed the Earth Spirit Official's [talisman] and then completely suppressed the Monkey Demon King.

Only then did the local earth god adopt a businesslike demeanor, saying, "I was wondering why the mountain demons were so rampant; it turns out they were here because the Day-Wandering Spirit General wasn't in the mountains..."

The local earth god was well aware of the cause and effect, but he couldn't very well explain it away.

As for his decision to proactively reveal his identity as a high-level cultivator of the Dongxuan realm, it was the result of careful consideration.

The reason why the local earth god hid his identity and "played dumb" was because he knew that the mountain god temple would not allow outsiders to interfere in the investigation, and that getting results would be extremely difficult.

Note——

What did the Mountain God Temple do before the Black Tiger Demon was killed?

Today, the cunning Monkey King is dealing with the Earth God Temple; how could the Mountain God Temple be completely unaware of this?
...The mountain god temple in front of us, with its daytime spirit general, is the most obvious evidence!
Whether it's feigning weakness to lure the enemy out or luring them out, it's all just a last resort for the local deity. It's called "fishing," but in reality, it involves enormous risks.

Fortunately, he had a group of spiritual soldiers to help him, and the awakened golden toad turned the tide...

However, the Earth God's current strength is enough to suppress the Monkey King Demon King. If he were to provoke an even stronger being, his profound cultivation level might be of little use.

It would be better to speak frankly and let the government act according to the rules.

Even if it's difficult to find any further information about the mountain god temple in the future, it will still be enough to teach the mountain god temple in the Baiyan Mountains a lesson.

"Phew—" With the Earth God back, Su Ji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Ji wasn't worried about the daytime spirit generals from the mountain god temple causing trouble, so he and a group of spirit soldiers worked together to capture the snake demon from the bottom of the river.

It turned out that the snake demon's soul was corrupted by the Yang Fire poison, so it used most of its power to deal with the Yang Fire poison, and had little power to resist when it was captured.

"We've finally caught the snake demon!"

This turn of events was unexpected for many of the spirit soldiers, and they quickly became excited.

Nothing more. The haunting case only involved the Black Tiger Demon. This time, in addition to the Snake Demon General, the Monkey Demon King was also captured.

In this way, not only will they be credited with a great achievement, but the rewards they will receive will also be of considerable value.

"Earth God, go to the City God Temple immediately!" The Earth God had given a new order.

To prevent any accidents, the local earth god did not directly escort the criminal to Jinfeng County, but instead sent earth god soldiers to the City God Temple to invite someone to receive him.

After all, the perpetrators could still be robbed on the way.

"Your subordinate obeys!" The local spirit soldiers immediately set off.

The spring rain in Dongsang Village is gradually subsiding, but the spring rain is still heavy in the direction of Jinfeng County. The local spirit soldiers should not be back for about 45 minutes.

The mountain god temple's day-roaming spirit general dared not linger and hurriedly took his leave, saying, "I still have duties to patrol the White Rock Mountain Range. Now that this matter is settled, I should return!"

Before the local earth god could speak, the day-wandering spirit general of the mountain god temple summoned the firebird ghost general, and together they headed towards the White Rock Mountains.

"So be it—" the land deity shook his head and sighed inwardly.

The firebird ghost never made a move from beginning to end. Leaving it behind would not only be useless, but might also anger the daytime spirit general of the mountain god temple, so the local earth god let it go.

Most importantly, the snake demon general and the monkey spirit king must be imprisoned until the spirit soldiers and generals of the City God Temple come to take them over. Only then can the matter be considered settled.

With the gates of the underworld dungeon of the Earth God Temple opened, the criminals were imprisoned separately. The Earth God, holding the inner core of the Monkey King, was not afraid that it could break out of the dungeon.

"Left and right, keep a close eye on the Monkey King!"

"Yes!"

After instructing the left and right door gods to guard the underworld dungeon, the Earth God flew into the air.

By this time, the sky was already bright, and the day-roaming spirit soldiers had already been patrolling in all directions.

Su Ji handed over the tour task to Yan Tianchou, while focusing most of his attention on the spiritual artifact, the Golden Toad.

At this time, Zhou Wu's injuries had stabilized. Although he had lost more than half of his soul body, he was no longer plagued by so much resentment and obsession.

The first thing to be affected is the sixteen years of childhood memories, ninety percent of which have been swept away by the wind, leaving only some deep memories behind.

Secondly, there's Zhou Fengzi's experience over those twelve years; at least 70% of his memories have disappeared...

Finally, regarding my life experience in Qilihu over the past two years, I only lost 30% of the unimportant parts.

Even more surprisingly, Yan Tianchou inadvertently uncovered some secrets.

"The reason why Zhou Wu was able to achieve such cultivation in two years is not only due to the full support of the clam spirit, but also related to the deep abyss at the bottom of Qili Lake."

"As far as Zhou Wu knows, there are at least three layers of the abyss at the bottom of the lake. He only reached the second layer of the abyss and obtained a spiritual object that allows him to use the Water Spirit Body."

"From Zhou Wu's perspective, there seems to be a mysterious place of Yin at the bottom of the lake. Perhaps after circulating Yin and Yang energy, he can go to the bottom of the lake to comprehend the mysteries of Yin..."

Su Ji is about to become a Dongxuan Master next month, so he attaches great importance to this mysterious Yin-attribute land at the bottom of the lake.

However, after helping Zhou Wu remove the impurities from his soul, the clam spirit ended the dream and is now rushing over as a celestial soul.

Just then, the Earth God was about to fly over, and Su Ji had the idea of ​​asking him a question.

(End of this chapter)