After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

Stepping over the broken limbs and pieces of flesh scattered on the ground, the ghost generals led their soldiers to the front of the Demon-Slaying Ancestor's mansion.

The Demon-Slaying Ancestor's Mansion is not large, covering only 15 acres. Normally, when a general encounters such a building, he would simply lead his troops to charge in one wave. However, this place is the sacrificial residence of the True Martial Emperor.

More than a dozen generals who have gone down in history only dared to have their own ghost soldiers surround the entire Demon-Slaying Ancestor's Mansion. Then, Bai Qi, Xiang Yu, Li Jing and others dismounted and entered the Demon-Slaying Ancestor's Mansion with their weapons in hand.

The first obstacle after entering is the two stone statues of a golden boy and a jade girl behind the door. As soon as the two statues sensed someone's arrival, they unleashed their power and charged towards the ghost generals of Little Yama.

Bai Qi took a deep breath, and the murderous aura that was almost taking shape spread out, transforming into countless twisted, crazed, angry, and desperate faces that entangled the Golden Boy and Jade Girl statues. Then, he grabbed the other Human Slaughter Swords, rushed to the statues, and fought against the two statues.

Even with Bai Qi's martial prowess, Qi was overwhelmed by these two stone statues and could only manage to hold them off; he dared not claim any merit.

4 The remaining ghost generals ran deeper into the mansion.

Upon entering, the entire mansion seemed to come alive, with various air currents and yin energies converging into vortexes, and the stone carvings and lanterns used for decoration coming to life.

Lu Bu was entangled by a dragon-like creature that flew down from a rooftop.

Li Jing was struck by lightning halfway through his journey and reduced to ashes. It's estimated that he won't be able to be resurrected by Little Yama for another week.

Other figures like Chang Yuchun, Zhao Zilong, and Zhang Fei were successively entangled by various heavenly lightning and earthly fire, and the stone sculptures that came to life were also entangled one by one.

Nine out of ten of the ghost generals, each capable of rivaling a top demigod, were easily stopped by the restrictions of the Demon-Slaying Ancestor's Mansion.

Eight. This is the Demon-Slaying Ancestor's Mansion. Even a few demigods would die behind the door, but behind Little Yama's ghost generals is a true god who is the second-in-command of the underworld.

After overcoming countless obstacles and inexplicable thunder and fire, the three ghost generals, Li Mu, Wang Jian, and Lian Po, rushed to the front of the Hall of the Demon-Slaying Ancestor.

The palace doors were wide open. Looking in from the outside, one could see five statues of various deities on each side of the palace. And at the very front, sitting high on a throne, was the master of the entire Demon-Slaying Ancestor's Mansion.

Nine Heavens Demon-Subduing Ancestor, Xuantian Shangdi, Zhenwu Dadi.

However, the statue of Zhenwu the Great seems to have suffered some accident. It broke off starting from the left shoulder, and the fracture extended to the other side of the body, causing the upper part of the statue to shatter on the ground.

Along with the shattered upper body of the statue, there were also fragments of swords scattered throughout the temple.

The True Martial Demon-Subduing Sword that Little Yama found is the sword that this statue carries.

The three generals looked at each other when they arrived at the Temple of the Demon-Slaying Ancestor, and then rushed into the temple together.

The moment the three ghost generals entered, the statues on both sides of the temple moved slightly. The three generals didn't notice anything, but Wang Jian and Lian Po were both shocked.

However, these two famous generals were also veterans of the battlefield. The moment they felt something was wrong with their bodies, they used their own bodies to shield Li Mu, allowing the rushing Li Mu to reach the nearest fragment of the True Martial Demon Subduing Sword.

If they could just get this fragment—or rather, not even get it, but just swipe it backwards and send it flying outside the door—then all those deaths would have been worth it.

However, Wang Jian and Lian Po did not seem to have gained that much time. Just as Li Mu reached out to the nearest fragment and was about to grab it and throw it out the door, Li Mu's lower body shattered, and thick yin energy filled half of the temple.

It then spread rapidly to Li Mu's upper body.

The moment Li Mu grasped the fragment, it completely transformed into Yin energy, leaving him with no strength to throw it away.

But as the yin energy exploded, a little girl leaped out from within it. She grabbed a fragment of the sword and threw it outside the temple gate. Then, her entire body rapidly collapsed, centered on her chest.

Yin energy leaps and shifts.

Little Yama possesses a magical technique that allows him to continuously shift his body within a sufficiently concentrated environment of Yin energy.

Little Yama leaped outside the temple to Chang Yuchun's Yin energy, which had been burned into Yin energy by the earth fire, and then flew to Bai Qi, who had been turned into a ball of Yin energy by two stone statues inside the gate. After that, he touched the ground with his toes and flew out of the Demon-Slaying Ancestor's Mansion in a few steps.

As soon as he went out, before Little Yama could even catch his breath, one of his arms fell off, followed by an eye exploding.

Little Yama touched his blood-covered face and sighed.

"Damn it, I almost died in there."

Just now, when Little Yama used a sufficiently concentrated amount of Yin energy to leap into the Hall of the Demon-Slaying Ancestor, the statues guarding the statue of the Demon-Slaying Ancestor also attacked Little Yama. However, Little Yama was faster than the ghost generals and was not killed on the spot.

However, the sword fragment I chose this time was the closest one. If I come back to get it next time, I'm afraid I'll have to choose a fragment that's farther away. Will I still have such good luck then?

Damn it, I've really wasted too much effort trying to win over that old bastard Xuanwu.

Thinking about it, Little Yama looked at a street not far away. At the end of this street was the Ziwei Mansion, which was also the place where Lu Wu found the Destiny Plate back then.

Even someone as powerful as Lu Wu only managed to find a piece of the destiny chart before running back.

Own……

Footsteps sounded from behind the now-recovered Little Yama. Little Yama turned around and saw Ma Chao walking over, carrying a fragment of the True Martial Demon-Subduing Sword.

Before Little Yama fled, he threw the fragment out of the Hall of the Demon-Slaying Ancestor. After Little Yama left, Ma Chao picked up the fragment and presented it to Little Yama.

Little Yama took the fragment and muttered something under his breath.

"The statue is half broken..."

Little Yama is sometimes truly afraid that even a powerful figure like the True Martial Emperor died in the great calamity a thousand years ago.

With their objective achieved, a large number of ghost generals emerged from the Demon-Slaying Ancestor's Mansion and stood beside Little Yama. Little Yama put the sword fragments into his robes, preparing to return to the Netherworld for his patrol and then go back to the mortal realm.

But after taking just one step, Little Yama's eyes lit up.

This light wasn't from the eyes of the Little Yama King, but rather a reflection of light from a building on a street diagonally opposite him.

Sou Xiaoyanjun turned his head in surprise.

In the eyes of the little girl, two lanterns lit up at the entrance of a mansion at the end of the street diagonally opposite, dispelling the surrounding darkness.

Reality isn't a horror movie, especially in a sinister place like Yin Du. The lanterns lighting up in front of the door are definitely not a good thing. Even if Little Yama were to do something stupid, he wouldn't go to such a place.

i then looked away, deciding not to investigate the place where the anomaly had suddenly appeared.

But the moment his gaze returned, the lines of color in front of Little Yama suddenly lengthened, and the whole world became distorted and chaotic, like a reflection in water being rippled by the wind.

Yi Xiao Yanjun's expression changed slightly. Just as Xiao Yanjun was preparing to leap away from this strange environment with his Yin energy, the surrounding environment suddenly began to return to normal.

The lines began to straighten, and the colors began to converge.

Little Yama saw the ghostly soldiers and generals that were originally beside him getting further and further away, while the mansion with its lanterns lit up was getting closer and closer, to the point that Little Yama could even see a vermilion plaque above the entrance of the mansion illuminated by the lanterns.

The plaque reads "Nuwa Palace".

Qi Xiaoyanjun's pupils contracted as he waited for the surrounding lines and colors to fully recover. Xiaoyanjun had already arrived in a grand hall.

Inside the main hall are three jade pillars with coiled dragons. Around the pillars are sculptures of birds, beasts, living beings, and demons. Surrounding these sculptures is a deity with a human body and a snake tail.

Without needing to make any judgments, just seeing the three words "Nuwa Palace" made Little Yama know that he had arrived at the temple where Nuwa was worshipped.

Unlike the Zhenwu statue in the Demon-Subduing Ancestor Hall where the Nine Heavens Demon-Subduing Ancestor was enshrined, the statue of Nuwa is still intact, and even the Little Yama King cannot see any damage to it.

However, these are all minor matters; Little Yama's vigilance has been raised to the limit.

The temple of the True Martial Emperor has a restriction that can kill oneself, but this Nuwa Temple...

How terrifying would it be...?

However, Little Yama knew he was no pushover either. Besides, this place was deep in the underworld, so killing him would be easy, but completely killing him was just a pipe dream.

Even if this place is the Nuwa Temple, it's the same.

"Rusting..."

The Nuwa statue, surrounded by other stone statues, suddenly trembled. Little Yama had no choice but to turn his attention back to the Nuwa statue, whose lips slowly parted.

Whether it was a misperception or not, Little Yama felt that Nuwa had a slight smile on her face when she opened her mouth.

A gentle, maternal voice emanated from within the temple.

"Tell Xiaobai..."

"The Five-Colored Stone is in Qingqiu..."

Chapter Two: Yinglong, you hilarious dragon!

Inside the prefectural government building in Shizhu City, Qingjiang Prefecture.

A large number of reporters sat in the state government's conference room. Jiang Wanqing, dressed in a smart suit, stood at the front of the room, reading her prepared remarks to reporters from all over the country.

"After nearly half a year of hard work, we have rescued..."

"Afterwards, the government will 7, ⊙露{|＋婈.〗柒≠[8燯中〈^转#±Ｑn：向……"

"We will implement free education and large-scale healthcare reform in the future..."

“We will select the smartest people from the public to serve as city councilors and state legislators…”

"All our funds will be transparent; there will be absolutely no opaque financial transactions..."

After the press release was read aloud, the reporters began to stand up and ask questions.

"Councilor Jiang, I have a few questions..."

"Councilor Jiang, I've heard that some people here are very dissatisfied with the government's discriminatory policies..."

"We hope that Representative Jiang will explain the following questions..."

Reporters asked questions from morning until noon. After the press conference ended, Jiang Wanqing left the conference table to have a simple meal, and then went to the nearest Jiangbin Hotel.

Four months have passed since the end of the four-school competition. In those four months, many awakened individuals have led their teams to recapture several cities. With a larger population and more resources, the awakened governments of the surrounding states of Qingjiang Prefecture have begun to extend their reach to other states, preparing for mutual support and the exchange of resources and manpower.

This matter should have been led by the federal government, but the national system of the Eastern United States is not centralized. A large part of the power of each state is in the hands of its own state government. As a result, the state governments of the states that are restoring order are too lazy to contact the federal government and start holding various banquets and parties and initiating interstate cooperation on their own.

Jiang Wanqing had been in contact with government members of neighboring states for half a month, and today, in particular, several state legislators from the new state government came from afar, preparing to join the joint exchange among the states.

When Jiang Wanqing arrived at the hotel banquet venue, there were already many people inside.

These people are either demigods or state legislators from other states, and each of them oversees at least one major city.

Since this was mainly for exchange, the people present didn't drink or eat; they just gathered in groups. Some said their family's minerals could be exchanged, others said their family's timber was very good, and still others went around asking who had grain or whose family had many skilled industrial workers.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone present was impeccably dressed and mostly high-level Awakened Ones, Jiang Wanqing would have wondered if she had stumbled upon a vegetable market or job fair.

As soon as Jiang Wanqing entered, a state legislator from another state came up to her and smiled.

"Oh, isn't this our most beautiful 'colorful diamond' Jiang Wanqing, Councilor Jiang, from Qingjiang Prefecture?"

Jiang Wanqing smiled.

"Councilor Wang, you're too kind."

Councilor Wang surrounded Jiang Wanqing and asked her questions.

“Congressman Jiang, does your state have any surplus medical equipment? Our state can exchange clothes for it.”

In the state where Representative Wang lives, the most developed industry is clothing.

Jiang Wanqing nodded.

"Sure, how much do you want..."

Jiang Wanqing's prefecture is most famous for its various medical devices, from scalpels and masks to a CT scanner worth millions and a heart bypass surgery costing tens of thousands. Qingjiang Prefecture has them all.

Currently, all states are in dire need of reconstruction. Many state and municipal governments are facing difficulties due to internal conflicts. In one state, hospitals were vandalized by rioters, and much medical equipment was damaged. Consequently, the value of medical equipment in Qingjiang Prefecture has skyrocketed.

Some capitalists, seeing the huge future market potential of medical equipment, have already made connections with Jiang Wanqing, preparing to purchase medical devices in advance and then resell them at higher prices when other states need them in the future.

If Jiang Wanqing were just an ordinary state legislator, she would certainly welcome capitalists who profit from national crises. However, she is constrained by Xiao Yanjun's system, so she rejects all those who are planning to hoard medical equipment to profit from national crises in the future, and forces her own capitalists to relax restrictions on medical devices so that they can be used by ordinary people at affordable prices.

While chatting with the councilors around her, they arrived at the banquet center. More state councilors who saw Jiang Wanqing came up and started talking to her. Jiang Wanqing didn't know how long they talked when suddenly someone called out.

“Councilor Zhou from Dongyangzhou has arrived.”

Everyone around Jiang Wanqing was quiet.

Many people looked toward the main entrance to the banquet hall.

A few seconds later, Zhou Yan and Jiu Feng, who was clinging to Zhou Yan's arm and practically hiding her head in his arm, walked in.

Several female councilors went up and, after a brief introduction, began chatting with Zhou Yan.

Jiang Wanqing listened carefully.

"Councilor Zhou, do you sell medicine?"

More female councilors gathered around.

“We have a few good cities here, Congressman Zhou. How about we sell some land to exchange for medicines from your state?”

Are you selling food?

Councilor Wang, who was standing next to Jiang Wanqing, leaned in and said jealously.

"It seems like this Councilor Zhou has gotten involved with the Vermilion Bird and Azure Dragon; the Azure Dragon hasn't cut off his family's food supply."

Jiang Wanqing nodded secretly.

The most famous product in Dongyang Prefecture is the pharmaceuticals of the Liu Group. As a monopolistic pharmaceutical company, after Zhou Yan pacified Luomen City, this company began to show great vitality. Today, the company's stock has multiplied several times, and its cheapest cold medicine is in short supply.

Of course, these are just icing on the cake. The most impressive thing about Dongyang Prefecture is that Qinglong has somehow cooperated with its government and has never stopped supplying food to Dongyang Prefecture.