My whole family are full of geniuses, I really don't want to be a succubus!

The old man, who was still sobbing, fell silent instantly and stared blankly at Su Yi.

"What do you mean, Immortal?" the dry-faced old man stammered.

"In other words, you'll be in charge of this signboard from now on, how about it?" Su Yi asked, pointing to the signboard that had been brought back by the flying sword.

The old man's eyes instantly lit up with fervor, but he still humbly said, "I, a lowly deity, am of meager strength and unworthy of the position. The position of mountain god should rightfully belong to the virtuous..."

Su Yi frowned, looking at the old man rambling on and on, and rudely interrupted him, "If you don't want to be one, then forget it!"

Seeing that Su Yi wanted to take back what she had just said, the dry-faced old man, who had originally intended to modestly decline, suddenly became anxious: "I want to! I want to, Immortal! My master is dead, and the divine artifact is wandering far away. I often feel heartache. If I were to succeed to the position of god, I would surely carry on my master's legacy..."

Old Man Ganba was originally a small wandering soul. In "The Immortal Path", after a living being dies, it loses most of its memories of its previous life and becomes a wandering soul drifting between heaven and earth.

Living beings have a lifespan of 200 years, while wandering souls can have an additional 100 years of lifespan.

For a wandering soul, if it does not wish to become a vengeful ghost, it can only roam between heaven and earth until it perishes.

Becoming a god is the best possible fate for the wandering souls of the dead!

If one's cultivation is profound, one's wandering soul can exist between heaven and earth for a long time until one's consciousness perishes after a hundred years and returns to heaven and earth.

Even wandering spirits cannot exist in the world for more than a hundred years.

Then some people might ask, why can the City God have an immeasurable lifespan?

It's very simple. The City God has received a large amount of incense offerings from the people, and to a large extent, he has become a vessel for incense offerings. He has been cut off from the seven emotions and six desires and is just a heartless working machine.

As long as the golden statue remains intact and the machine keeps running, the City God will naturally never perish.

Compared to the City God, the wandering gods of the countryside and the wild gods of the wilderness have a relatively higher degree of freedom, but their lifespan is also limited.

Although the spirits of the countryside can prolong their lives through incense offerings, if this prolongs their lives too long, they will become a vessel for the incense offerings and a part of the incense offerings themselves.

The wild gods, on the other hand, have fewer restrictions and live a peaceful and carefree life. Although their strength is low, they can hide in mountains and rivers, unaffected by karma.

Aside from having a short lifespan, otherwise that scorpion wouldn't have been able to take advantage of the situation and seize the divine status.

Su Yi had her own reasons for making the withered old man in front of her the master of these mountains.

With the title of Mountain Lord, the old man in front of them could use some of the divine authority, at least to connect with the earth's veins and point them in the right direction.

In the end, after killing a mountain lord and supporting a deity, Su Yi and his companions were only after finding a direction to Yongzhou.

If this had happened before Su Yi transmigrated, when theocracy held sway, any cultivator who dared to kill a god would be hunted down by the entire theocracy.

Let alone a mountain lord, even a wandering village god dares to question the Thirty-Six Immortal Sects, and the sects even have to explain to him politely.

If being a god is so great, why doesn't Su Yi choose to become a god?

Because the Taoist priest has now lost his divine power, his divine authority still resides below the Immortal Path.

Your brother Su is now a noble cultivator. Even a righteous god like the City God of a prefecture would respectfully address him as "Immortal!"

Who could have imagined that, a little over a decade later, the status of immortals and gods in the world would undergo a complete 180-degree reversal?

The once high and mighty cultivators are now barely surviving, but under the leadership of the great empress, the loyal divine path will flourish!

This is also why Su Yi remains true to her original aspirations and still tends to serve the Empress as her lackey in the future.

Since the will of the world cannot be changed, why not just lie back and quietly enjoy it?

Changing the world requires extraordinary figures who appear only once in a thousand years. What does it have to do with a small, ordinary person like myself?

So Su Yi unhesitatingly relinquished the position of mountain lord to the withered old man who only reached her ankles: "Since you are willing, from now on you are the owner of this mountain god tablet!"

The old man, who had suddenly been hit by a huge windfall, was still in a daze even after he entrusted his true spirit to the mountain god plaque.

Just moments ago, I thought I had desperately stuffed rice into my mouth with a little incense, and now I've become a mountain lord just like my former master?

When he entrusted his true spirit to the mountain god plaque, he felt the abundant spiritual energy of the mountains and rivers cleansing his body, and the originally dry and withered old man swelled up like a balloon.

Before long, the dry-faced old man reached Su Yi's knees and began to look more prosperous.

The mountain god plaque flashed with light and transformed into a walking stick, becoming the old man Ganba's ritual implement.

As if blessed with good fortune, the old man with dry skin straightened his chest and declared loudly, "Today, heaven and earth bear witness, I have become the master of this mountain, and I will dedicate myself to it to the utmost, even unto death!"

A gentle breeze caressed the mountain, the deep forest swayed, and under the full moon, the old man with dry skin was enveloped in golden light.

Countless withered yellow leaves surrounded the dry-baked old man, transforming into a brocade robe that draped over his body.

A faint smile appeared on his originally sorrowful, withered, and wrinkled face, making him look like an old man who had attained enlightenment.

Although the old man was only as tall as Su Yi's knee, he already possessed a trace of the mountain lord's majesty.

Seeing the dried-up old man who had successfully transformed, Su Yi and the others did not show any change in their expressions.

To Gu Wanquan and his two companions, the position of mountain lord was not even worth their attention; it was merely a human signpost to be summoned and dismissed at will.

Su Yi had seen this scene countless times in "The Immortal Path," so it was nothing new to her.

After the old man had fully adapted to his body, he faced the four human youths who had bestowed upon him the title of mountain lord. With a respectful and reserved smile, he bowed to Su Yi and said, "Thank you, esteemed immortals, I am deeply grateful!"

"Stop talking nonsense, do you know how to get to Yongzhou?" Su Yi asked impatiently.

The old man with the dry skin looked troubled and said, "Immortal Qibing, although you currently hold the position of mountain lord, you are only in charge of these three mountains within a hundred miles. As for where Yongzhou is, this old man truly does not know!"

Su Yi was furious. He was the only one in his life who had ever taken advantage of others, and today he had been taken advantage of himself!?

Su Yi grabbed the old man's newly grown beard and said fiercely, "Now spit out your divine spark! You're useless, yet you dare to occupy this position!"

Faced with Su Yi's astonished gaze, the old man shuddered and hurriedly said, "Although I don't know, I can ask the mountain gods and water gods nearby. Please wait a moment, esteemed immortals!"

Deep in this forest, with its continuous mountains and rivers, there is naturally more than one mountain lord. After the old man took over the position of mountain lord, he gained the means to contact the other mountain lords and water gods.

The old man closed his eyes slightly, and after a short while, he opened them, smiled, pointed in a direction, and said:

"I've got it, esteemed immortals! Yongzhou is in the northwest, thirteen thousand li from here!"