I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 309 - 220 Little White Ape: My Mother is Gone?

Chapter 309: Chapter 220 Little White Ape: My Mother is Gone?

The sky was already bright.

Lin Yan stood above the great river, slightly bowing his head, looking at the riverbed below.

Last time he had been trapped in a dangerous situation, unable to extricate himself, was beneath the slaughterhouse.

At that time, he had slashed the physical body of Jiazi Taisui, while the Great Commander Zhao Zhou fought desperately to carry him out on his back.

And this time, he fell into the Netherworld, similarly unable to free himself.

However, it was the woman in red who blocked all the strong enemies and brought him out of the Netherworld.

Although he did not know why she chose to stay inside the Netherworld rather than leave.

Ultimately, it was the woman in red who had saved his life.

Lin Yan sighed.

Mr. Lu had foreseen the matter of the Netherworld long ago.

Therefore, he was convinced that there must be a way back from this trip to the Netherworld.

But he had never imagined that this lifeline would be found in that woman in red.

Owing a life debt, how should he repay her?

"Master!"

Little White Ape, holding a long halberd, flew over on fluttering wings and landed beside Lin Yan, speaking in a low voice, "Did you see my mother?"

"..."

Lin Yan fell silent for a moment, then turned his head and asked, "How did you know?"

Little White Ape said in a muffled voice, "When you just followed those Yin soldiers against the current, my mother came, and even patted my head. Then she followed up the river behind you, surely she came to save you."

"She can’t come out from the Netherworld anymore."

Lin Yan paused, then asked, "Did you bring incense?"

Upon hearing this, Little White Ape slightly startled, then said, "The Observatory indeed supplied willow branches, Night Lamps, and incense candles. What for?"

"Bring three sticks of incense for your mother," Lin Yan breathed out and said, "Previously, the gates to the Netherworld were not completely sealed, and I offered the heads of two people here to commemorate Brother Pei! Looking at it now, the incense had its use..."

He stopped for a moment and added, "Now that the gates of the Netherworld are completely sealed, whether it still serves any purpose is uncertain, but let’s put in the effort."

Afterward, Lin Yan and Little White Ape were each seen holding three sticks of incense.

Lin Yan paid his respects to Pei Xiong.

Little White Ape worshipped the woman in red.

"Let’s return to the city."

Lin Yan waved his hand and walked downstream along the river.

At that moment, as if something had occurred to him, he suddenly reached into his bosom and took out that piece of gold.

At this moment, the gold was as thin as the wing of a cicada, perfectly square.

It resembled a page from a book of gold.

The word "seal the gate" that was on it before had vanished.

Yet faintly visible on it were some patterns.

Mountains undulated, great rivers surged.

Upon closer inspection, they seemed to depict scenes from within the Netherworld.

Moreover, the scenery on the golden page was still changing, as if it was expanding.

"What does this mean?"

Lin Yan’s brows furrowed slightly as he pondered.

Little White Ape, following beside him, said in a muffled voice, "Master, is my mother really gone?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yan couldn’t help but glance at it.

He saw that the Little White Ape seemed somewhat dejected.

"At first, I also thought she was just an Evil Spirit that liked to adopt sons."

"But now, it seems she’s not quite the same as the ordinary Evil Spirits, at least towards us father and son, she bore no malice, quite the opposite, she was rather affectionate."

"If she were here, I’d say, in the future, if I go out of the city at night, I feel somewhat more confident, not so scared."

"If she’s gone, I just feel a bit..."

Little White Ape stopped mid-sentence, raised its head unwillingly, then in a muffled voice said, "Forget it, I won’t say anymore. You’ll probably say I’m useless again..."

"She’ll return."

Lin Yan looked at the golden page in his hand and slowly said, "If she can’t come back, I, as her master, will personally find her and bring her back."

——

High Willow City.

The city seemed to have undergone a dramatic upheaval.

The Liu Family patriarch had died.

The Liu Family had fallen, and various other powers had devoured the Liu Family’s assets.

But all of this was under the oversight of the Observatory.

And now, the Supreme Commander of High Willow City was sitting inside Linjiang Square.

Mr. Lu removed a needle from the top of the Commander’s head.

"It’s stabilized quite a bit now, and won’t lose control for the time being, but yesterday you still overdid it, you shouldn’t have taken action," Mr. Lu said.

"I had no choice, had I not acted, one of those two from the Tribulation Ash would have escaped," the Commander said helplessly.

"Lin Yan had given you the scroll, with the True Qi of the Li Shen Sect within it, couldn’t you handle it?" Mr. Lu mused, "It seems that those two from the Tribulation Ash were stronger than we anticipated..."

"After all, they intended to take my head, naturally they weren’t ordinary," the Commander laughed briefly, then said, "Besides, the Li Shen Sect’s scroll has not fully recovered; without my intervention, they couldn’t have been detained directly."

"Oh?" Mr. Lu reflected, "Considering the power that, at the time, took down the Great Elder of the Tribulation Ash in one fell swoop, even if the True Qi within the scroll hadn’t fully recovered, it should have been sufficient."

"Last time, when we killed the Great Elder of the Tribulation Ash, a major reason was that the scroll contained Li Shen Sect’s intentions, so the incarnation of that True Qi was as if it were him himself," the Commander responded, shaking his head slightly, "This time, the Li Shen Sect that emerged from the scroll was nothing but an empty figure! It sufficed against common Qi Refining Realm, but not against Xu Gou and Autumn Official; I had to intervene..."

He paused, then the Commander said, "Don’t spread word of my injury, Mr. Lu."

"Why not?"

"It’s embarrassing."

"..."

"The outside world is saying that I, at the cost of a severed arm, killed the Great Elder of the Tribulation Ash," the Commander said with a smile, "I’m a dying man already, having such a reputation would be a not-so-bad legacy! But if it comes out now that Xu Gou and Autumn Official also chopped off my leg, it would damage my prestige as the Commander..."

He patted the leg, and followed up, "Anyhow, it’s been reattached. Mr. Lu, if you don’t tell, no one outside will know."