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

Chapter 58 Land Representative, Xuanmen Dao Seed?
After the battle of wits ended, Yan Tianchou returned to his comfort zone and spared no effort in offering advice and strategies to Su Ji.

"By bringing the clam spirit into our partnership, we can even have a golden toad clone stationed at the clam spirit's home to protect her while we explore the abyss at the bottom of the lake..."

In the recent battle, Su Ji persuaded Chen Dianshi and his group to deal with the snake demon through Zhu Nanshan's words, without revealing the trump card of the Golden Toad clone.

Later, even though the pig demon wasn't persuaded by the crow spirit, the golden toad's clone couldn't stop a group of pig demons, and there was no intention of using it.

Now that the local deity has wisely revealed his identity as a high-level cultivator of the Dongxuan realm, things have progressed to another level, and whether or not the Golden Toad clone is present has little impact.

Immediately, Su Ji was intrigued: "Seven Mile Lake is mysterious and unpredictable, attracting all sorts of beings to try their luck there. A little golden toad demon would certainly be a good option..."

However, it was still daytime, and Su Ji not only had to patrol the two villages, but the movements of the golden toad clones were also easily discovered by others, so he decided to wait until night.

Similarly, Su Ji also had to consider his status. If he talked too much in the village, he would be overheard. If he wanted to ask about cultivation techniques, he could only wait until night.

At such close range, Su Ji only had to think for a moment before the clam spirit entered Zhou Wu's dream again.

Zhou Wu's situation was exactly the same as what Su Ji had said. Even if his soul injury healed, he would lose many memories, not to mention that a lot of those troublesome resentment and obsessions remained.

The clam spirit couldn't help but show a look of heartache: "I still have some spiritual items for cultivation, but I couldn't find a friend to escort me in the rush, so I didn't send them over..."

Just as magic is divided into categories such as offensive, defensive, and auxiliary spells, there are also many types of spiritual objects. The spiritual object mentioned by the clam spirit is a type that targets the soul.

Su Ji's heart stirred: "Why should Fellow Daoist Clam Spirit personally deliver the spiritual item? Why don't I take Zhou Wu's spirit to Seven Mile Lake tonight and take the opportunity to witness the wonders of Seven Mile Lake..."

Besides the demons and ghosts, Qili Lake is also guarded by the Qili Lake Water God.

Su Jiming outwardly holds the identity of a daytime spirit soldier from the local earth god temple, and secretly has a golden toad clone protecting him. He's finally able to see the outside world!
"Personally escorting them..." The clam spirit had great faith in the strength of the Sun Wanderer Spirit Soldiers.

While others only saw the magical toad, the clam spirit, while in Zhou Wu's dream world, knew that there was also a higher-quality magical copper coin in the toad's mouth.

Not to mention, even Gao Xiu and the Ghost King couldn't control the Taiyin Heavenly Light, yet they were as docile as cats in the hands of this Day Wandering Spirit Soldier.

The clam spirit became even more polite: "You may call me Pearl Maiden, Your Highness... Tonight, Pearl Maiden will await Your Highness's arrival at the entrance of Seven Mile Lake!"

The title "Supreme God" does not explicitly refer to the Day-Roaming God. Although it has a somewhat exaggerated connotation, Su Ji can still bear it.

However, Su Ji did not want to stand out from the crowd, so he nodded and said, "Pearl Maiden, you don't need to call me a goddess, just call me a day-roaming spirit soldier."

The journey to Qili Lake will inevitably take place at night.

Although one doesn't need to announce their job title when leaving get off work, Su Jixin still needs to make his presence known when he arrives in a new place, at least so that most of the demons and ghosts know his public identity.

The two agreed to meet at the confluence of the river and Qili Lake at 8 p.m. After the clam spirit left behind a dream clone and got up to leave, Su Ji specially escorted it to the edge of the two villages.

Although the task will be done in the evening, it still needs to be prepared in advance.

This was Su Ji's first time traveling far from home, and Yan Tianchou quickly came up with a series of travel plans.

"...The clam spirit said it would bring its friends to welcome them, and while maintaining the dignity of the day-roaming spirit soldiers, it should also spread a certain amount of goodwill."

"Upon entering Qili Lake, the first thing to do is to visit the Qili Lake Water Spirit Official. As fellow divine beings, he will surely take care of you..."

Yan Tianchou considered every detail and even suggested that Su Ji inform the local earth god about the matter.

At this moment, the Earth God is presiding over the Earth God Temple, while the Door Gods and the Central Gods are interrogating the criminals in the Underworld.

After learning of Su Ji's plan, the Earth God nodded and smiled: "The City God Temple and the Earth God Temple have a large number of humans in their jurisdictions, and the Yin and Yang realms are well-ordered; the Mountain God Temple and the Water Palace have many monsters, so they are a bit more chaotic."

"Qili Lake is an exception. The highest deity in the Water Palace is only at the level of a Spirit Official, but the deep abyss at the bottom of the lake is inhabited by a Bloodline Demon King. Even though it has one more Guardian Spirit General than our local Earth God Temple, it is still slightly weaker."

"Furthermore, the Qili Lake Water Palace's jurisdiction is home to demons and ghosts from all over the country, and battles often occur, so the lake's deities are more tolerant..."

"Golden Toad, your trip to Qili Lake might not be taken seriously because you are just a day-roaming spirit soldier. Fortunately, Zhou Wu lived in Qili Lake for two years. Why don't you take the official document from the Earth God Temple and go there under the guise of an investigation?"

The Earth God Temple is the smallest unit in the pantheon. Although the Earth God is only a spirit official, he is the head of the Earth God Temple and his power is far greater than that of many other spirit generals.

Just like how, not long after the local earth god took office, he recruited Su Ji and Zhang Shi as his day and night wandering spirit soldiers.

The Mountain God Temple, run by the wandering spirit general, had been in charge for a long time, but he couldn't arrange a public office for his grandson, the Firebird Ghost General. He had no choice but to take a risk and seek a breakthrough from the Monkey Demon King...

As a result, the official documents made by the local earth god with the mark of the spirit official [talisman] also represent the authority of the local earth god temple, and the water palace will certainly not take them lightly.

"In that case, I will investigate Zhou Wu's experiences over the past two years tonight..."

Su Ji couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. Private matters had turned into public matters, seemingly adding another task, but in reality, it had brought countless conveniences.

"Puff-"

After the rain, the river was clear and the fish were leaping around, just to get some fresh air.

The dark clouds in the sky gradually disappeared, and the sunlight shone on the earth, making Su Ji, who was touring the two villages, feel extremely comfortable.

Although they are in a tangible but intangible state of deity, they are still affected by things such as water vapor, earth vapor, and yin energy. The sunlight is the comfortable zone for day-roaming spirit soldiers.

Not long after, a group of deities flew over from the direction of Jinfeng County.

Even from a distance, Su Ji could sense the aura of the spirit general on the left; it was none other than the spirit general who toured the City God Temple during the day.

"The Day Wandering Spirit General is not only a member of the Inspectorate, but also the strongest Spirit General during the day. He has indeed come."

When the Wu family's walking corpses were exposed last time, the Earth God sent his spirit soldiers to seek help, but many deities, fearing trouble, dared not come. The Day-Roaming Spirit General, however, declined due to his official duties. Now, other deities are temporarily taking over the Day-Roaming Spirit General's duties, which has given him the opportunity to go out…

Su Ji returned to report the matter to the local earth god as part of his duties, and then led the Zhongliu Divine Soldiers, the Well Divine Soldiers, and the Bed God and Bed Goddess to greet him at the village entrance.

"Welcome, City God!"

"Welcome to the City God Temple's Daytime Spirit General!"

"Welcome to the White Impermanence Spirit General of the City God Temple!"

"..."

The City God is a spirit ruler, and naturally he has City God Spirit Officials under his command to handle affairs. For safety reasons, he also sent the White Impermanence Spirit General, who is responsible for collecting souls during the day.

This commotion not only caused a stir among the gods and demons along the way, but also attracted the attention of the White Rock Mountains.

Before long, two figures flew up from the mountain god temple in the Baiyan Mountains. One was the solemn-faced day-roaming spirit general of the mountain god temple, and the other was the mountain god spirit official who helped the mountain lord handle affairs.

For a moment, the sky above the two villages was filled with deities. Not to mention Li Hui, who had just awakened his "Yin-Yang Eyes" that morning, even Zhu Nanshan and the crow spirit, who had seen some scenes before, were so shocked that they were speechless.

After Zhu Nanshan and the crow spirit regained their senses, they thought of the two slightly inferior quality mid-grade spiritual copper coins...

Sure enough, soon a deity came to summon Zhu Nanshan and the crow spirit, the location being the underworld of the Earth God Temple.

At this moment, the City God Spirit Officer, representing the City God Spirit Lord, borrowed the Earth God's underworld power to judge the case.

Moreover, the City God and the Spirit Official came here not only for the Monkey King and Ghost King case, but also for the Wu Family Walking Corpse case and the Zhou Wu case.

Just then, the gods of the City God Temple felt that the Mountain God Temple had gone too far and decided to give the Mountain God Temple a break before investigating the walking corpse case and the Zhou Wu case.

For a moment, only the two deities of the mountain god temple remained in the air, creating a rather awkward atmosphere.

While the mountain god and spirit official remained calm, the day-roaming spirit general of the mountain god temple became increasingly nervous. After noticing the undisguised disdainful gaze of the spirit soldiers in the middle of the mountain, he felt as if he were sitting on pins and needles.

Fortunately, the evidence in the Wu family's walking corpse case was conclusive, so this was just a formality.

Then came the Zhou Wu case.

The previous local deity colluded with demons and ghosts, but he did not personally commit any evil deeds. Now, however, he is doing evil to the people, and his end will surely be extremely tragic.

The Zhou Wu case was not difficult to investigate. Not to mention the two elderly Wu family members who attempted suicide to escape their crimes, even the mastermind, Wu Lao Er, was arrested and brought to justice.

Not long ago, when the pangolin spewed out the ghost of Wu Lao Er, Zhou Wu's sword strike was ultimately blocked by the spirit soldiers.

The City God Spirit Officer didn't think anything of it.

Besides the power of the [talisman], the gods also have their own paths of cultivation. The local earth god is a highly accomplished cultivator of the Xuanmen sect, so it is normal for him to have several capable subordinates.

Among them, the seven spirit soldiers—the Day Wanderer, the Left and Right Door Gods, the Central Stream God, the Earth God, the Well God, and the Millet God—are all Dongxuan cultivators. The Left Door God, the Central Stream God, and the Earth God are even at the Dongxuan Mage level, which makes Su Ji, the Day Wanderer spirit soldier, seem rather unremarkable.

Even though the local spirit soldiers are stationed at the local temple with the spirit official's [talisman], the two Dongxuan masters can still use the power of the spirit soldiers' [talisman] to suppress the evil spirit Zhou Wu.

The Zhou Wu case still requires interrogation of the previous local earth god, so some evidence has only been collected so far. The fact that the day-roaming spirit soldiers will be sent to Qili Lake tonight to investigate Zhou Wu's past has also been learned by the gods in the underworld.

Next up was the case of the Monkey King.

The two deities from the Mountain God Temple were finally invited into the underworld of the Earth God Temple, and everything that happened this morning became known to the deities of the City God Temple.

At this time, the details of Zhou Wu's "abandoning darkness for light" became known, and the magical artifact Golden Toad of the Day Wandering Spirit Soldiers was also mentioned.

For a moment, many of the City God Temple deities seemed to be deep in thought. The tall and mighty City God Temple Day-Roaming Spirit General laughed and said, "The Earth God has only been in office for a short time, yet he has already recruited such a powerful soldier. It is truly enviable!"

Although the gods have seen many mid-grade spiritual artifacts, most of them are held by mages or ghost generals, and even the strongest weapons of some ghost kings are only mid-grade.

Now, the fact that such a high-quality, mid-grade spiritual artifact, the Golden Toad, is in the hands of a junior cultivator who has not yet become a Cave Profound Mage inevitably raises questions.

The firebird-shaped mountain god temple spirit general had already guessed this, and now he secretly transmitted his voice, saying, "Mountain God Spirit General, I have made several attempts, but each time there have been some deviations. After thinking it over, I believe it was this boy who secretly used mystical arts to do it."

"In my opinion, this boy is probably a disciple of some esoteric sect who came here to 'gild his resume'..."

Su Ji always walked in human form, so few people knew his true identity as the Golden Toad.

Secret treasures might have the same effect, but they are not something that a lowly cultivator like him can easily control. In the eyes of the day-roaming spirit general of the mountain god temple, only mystical arts can be so silent.

"A Xuanmen Dao Seed that has cultivated profound arts?" The Mountain God Spirit Official was startled.

Even without the involvement of the daytime spirits from the mountain god temple, the mountain god temple still failed in its duty to manage the demons and ghosts in the mountains.

If the Monkey King hadn't been captured, the Mountain God Temple could have maintained its composure, but the reality was quite the opposite.

They came to demand compensation for both the loss of the Wu family ancestral hall and crops, and the impact of the snake demon on the local temple.

The difference between a Xuanmen high-level cultivator and a Dongxuan high-level cultivator may seem to be only one word, but they are worlds apart. They thought the local earth god was just a Dongxuan high-level cultivator, so they planned to compensate less.

Now, with the speculation that the day-roaming spirit soldier might be a seed of the Xuanmen Daoist sect, his belief in the identity of the Earth God has been shaken once again.

"If the local earth spirit official is indeed a highly accomplished cultivator of the Xuanmen (Taoist sect), then the matter of compensation needs to be reconsidered..."

(End of this chapter)