Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 241 - 238 Beside the Netherworld, Acting as the City God

Chapter 241: Chapter 238 Beside the Netherworld, Acting as the City God

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Three old horses crushed the turbid puddle water beneath their hooves, pulling a wide wagon as they raced towards the direction of Shanyang City.

Bai Mo, the Miao girl, her face pale and her clothing subtly stained with blood, leaned weakly inside the carriage, her eyes fixed on the pitch-black sky outside the small window, her brows slightly furrowed:

"Boss Jiang, something seems off. It was about to become light just a moment ago.

We’ve been traveling for a long while since boarding the wagon, so why is it still so dark? Even with dense clouds and endless rain, there should be at least a glimmer of daylight, right?"

At this moment, on this girl, a Colonel under the spellbinding command, most of her silver-decorative Silver Sheath Poison had vanished, and even those remaining had dimmed, as if severly drained of energy.

Lying by her side was Jiang Feipeng, his face as pale as gold parchment.

Compared to Bai Mo, this leader of the Dengzhou Imperial Dragon Guard bore even graver injuries with a massive gash across his chest and abdomen, as if clawed open by sharp talons, a significant chunk seemingly gouged out from his liver.

Although under the self-healing abilities of a Daoist Soldier in the Great Success Stage, he was healing slowly, the severity left him in an unprecedentedly weakened state, barely clinging to life.

Despite the countless demons and ghosts that invaded Shanyang City last night, turning Xue Mansion into a bloodbath,

Even more had fallen dead along the way.

Already cursed with misfortune and impending doom, encountering any mishap on the road was hardly surprising.

Even without any other enemies, just the Thunderclap, a firearm, or several poison worms carried could easily cause a ghastly accident.

As a result, most didn’t even make it into the city; they had already died tragically along the way.

This nearly included Jiang Feipeng and Bai Mo, both spellbinding Colonels.

Due to the contraction of the Dragon Qi Prohibition, the Imperial Dragon’s defensive focus had always been outside the city, where Dragon Energy couldn’t reach.

Thus, similar to how Wang Yuan and the others had situated the Imperial Dragon Government Office outside the city in the mountains, Jiang Feipeng and Bai Mo usually didn’t reside within Shanyang City.

During last night’s "passage of the Age Star," these two witnesses naturally hurried back at the first chance.

However, they stumbled upon other demons midway, and after a fierce battle, both parties ended up in a wretched condition.

The demons perished miserably, and both of them collapsed unconscious by the roadside.

Moreover, at least half of this was due to the Silver Sheath Poison suddenly running amok.

It wasn’t until just before dawn that they, extremely weakened, were haphazardly pulled onto this wagon, heading back to Shanyang City for help.

Only then did the two barely recover some vitality and soon realized something was amiss.

As the power of the Age Star waned, rain clouds gathered again, rendering it impossible to distinguish between day and night.

Beyond that.

Jiang Feipeng, more seasoned, only needed a glance around the wagon to immediately change his expression and shook his head quietly at Bai Mo:

"Shh!"

He then signaled her with his eyes to look at the other five individuals in the large wagon.

Indeed, it wasn’t just the two of them in this wagon.

The large wagon was a common public transport widely distributed across Great Yan, developed under the official post station system, regularly traveling between states and counties.

They typically featured talismans drawn with materials like vermillion, realgar, and black dog blood, blessed with the City God’s mana to fend off common little ghosts, little demons, and little monsters.

Even in peaceful times, most citizens dared not travel alone, opting to move in groups to avoid encountering various demons and ghosts.

It was quite normal for people to get on and off this large wagon.

With her mind still foggy, Bai Mo initially didn’t think much of it.

It was only after Jiang Feipeng’s reminder that she fixed her gaze on the other five passengers.

With just one look, she immediately gasped in a breath of cold air.

Her consciousness, previously muddied by her severe injuries, abruptly sharpened considerably.

While these five people seemed normal on the surface—comprising men, women, young, and old, apparently a family of five—their bodies all appeared excessively thin, their complexions exceedingly pale.

But all of them... had no feet!

No need for Daoist skills to tell, they were all ghosts!

Jiang Feipeng and Bai Mo immediately realized that their misfortune had not ended; having boarded this wagon carrying five ghosts, they had no idea where they would be taken next.

Even more terrifying upon careful consideration was whether the coachman who pulled them onto the wagon knew he was actually hauling a wagon full of ghosts.

Before the now barely livable duo could devise a strategy,

they heard a child among the family of five, his face marked with a blue birthmark, naively ask an old man beside him:

"Grandpa, will we be able to eat well after we enter the city?"

"Of course, the city is definitely better than the countryside we fled from. When you grow up, you can live in a big tiled house and marry a beautiful wife."

"Yes, and our family will always be together."

"Right, the most important thing for a family is to stay complete and together."

Just as their conversation ended, a massive city suddenly emerged in front of them.

Although it bore the name "Shanyang City," this city was ten times larger than the Shanyang City Jiang Feipeng and Bai Mo knew.

It was brightly lit and filled with a thick aura of incense.

In a magnificent temple at the city’s center, a golden Spirit Light soared into the sky, transforming into a vast dome that enveloped the entire city.

It was the manifestation of the "Dragon Qi Prohibition."

The two spellbinding Colonels were struck with sudden alarm:

"It’s no good, this is the City God’s Incense Fire Magical Domain, we’re afraid we might be sent into the Underworld if we keep moving forward!"

They struggled to escape.

But in their current state, barely able to breathe normally, how could they possibly flee?

Crack!

Just then, the golden Heavenly Pillar above the city suddenly buckled and collapsed, unleashing a chorus of wails throughout the city:

"It’s terrible, the City God has fallen!"

The entire domain of the City God was thrown into disarray instantly.

At that moment, the carriage they were riding in suddenly accelerated, charging towards a rather large mansion on the road.

Neither Jiang Feipeng nor Bai Mo knew why the coachman had suddenly gone mad, and they were both terrified beyond color.

Just as they were about to crash into the mansion’s tall courtyard wall, a familiar voice suddenly rang in their ears:

"How did you two end up in this cursed place? Come back with me."

In the past, such words might have meant little, but now they sounded like a heavenly melody; the pair, having found salvation in desperation, couldn’t help but weep with joy.

"Old Wang! Save us!"

A young official, majestic and holy, with two bright golden halos shining behind his head, suddenly appeared beside the covered wagon.

With a gentle reach of his hand, he plucked the two of them out of the wagon from thin air.

Meanwhile, under the coachman’s control, the carriage did not slow down, and it crashed directly into the courtyard wall of the mansion.

However, it didn’t shatter into pieces, but went straight through.

Wang Yuan did not bother with the carriage but abruptly stamped his foot, taking the two away from the chaotic domain of the City God and back to the reality of Shanyang City.

Standing on the rooftop of a large mansion, the courtyard below looked exactly like the one in the magical domain, only ten times smaller.

Having just stabilized, the three heard a woman cry out, ecstatic:

"Housekeeper, the pig has given birth! Ten at one go."

Looking downward, beneath the house was a fairly large pigsty.

Oink oink...snort snort...

Next to an old sow lay ten piglets, but five of them were continuously struggling and wailing.

On the face of one of them was a birthmark identical to that of the child they had just seen!

Jiang Feipeng and Bai Mo were immediately drenched in cold sweat.

By then, they knew exactly what had happened.

If they had not been pulled off the carriage by Wang Yuan just now, those struggling piglets would not have been five but seven!

Next to the pigsty, a middle-aged man resembling a housekeeper stroked his beard and nodded at the servants beside him, instructing:

"Keep your eyes wide open and take good care of these piglets."

"The master has said that once they reach a full thirty days, they will be at their most delicious. At that time, roast suckling pig will be made. We’ll eat one every day."

"Alright, I’ll make sure of it."

The five little piglets, upon hearing this, inevitably cried even harder.

They indeed wanted to be together as a family, but certainly not in this way.

Seeing this, Wang Yuan frowned deeply and, once again reaching out his hand, he plucked the earlier coachman, or more precisely, a Yin Soldier, straight out of the air.

Upon examining him from head to toe, he bent his finger and pulled a bloody sword-shaped token from his chest that read "Adjutant to the Office of Yin."

Now a look of realization appeared on his face.

"As expected, it’s the ’Evil God Order’ scattered by Black Taisui, showing its malevolent effects immediately.

This Yin Soldier, originally just responsible for leading ghost souls back to the City God Temple, had started transitioning towards something sinister."

In the Yellow Calendar system, auspicious and malicious gods are commonly known as Good and Evil Gods, representing special combinations of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and categorized into year, month, day, and hour auspicious and malicious gods.

"Beneficial Gods to follow" refers to gods that should be approached, as encounters with them bring good fortune.

"Malicious Gods to avoid" means those that should be steered clear of to prevent misfortune from happening.

There are innumerable malicious gods throughout a year, such as: Adjutant to the Office of Yin, Household Fire Star, Tai Sui Dui Huang, Dutian Taisui, Luo Tian Back, Sword Blade Killing Square... and so forth.

This ’Evil God Order’ contained the power of these malicious gods and was capable of creating various unusual and formidable oddities.

Just like now.

The City God of Dengzhou Prefecture had resisted the ’Age Star’ for an entire night before he declared his fall.

This directly resulted in the Yin Soldiers of the City God Temple losing their protection and easily being influenced by this ’Evil God Order’ that had fallen from the sky.

They gradually transformed into deceitful ’Reincarnation Ghost’, capable of sending living humans and newly deceased spirits directly for reincarnation without going through the underworld!

Once it grows, the public transportation system of Dengzhou Prefecture could face catastrophic disruption.

Ordinary citizens taking a ride might unwittingly find themselves reincarnated.

It would be bearable if it were human reincarnations, but if it turns into pig, dog, or mule reincarnations, that would be truly tragic."

"And with the City God fallen, the operation of the Dragon Qi Core is impaired, leading to at least a thirty percent decrease in Dengzhou Prefecture’s ’Dragon Qi Prohibition.’

Our days of suffering are coming."

Hearing Wang Yuan’s explanation, the pair also contemplated the consequences, voicing their worries:

"To firmly hold the position of City God, one must have been at least a Yin God realm Ghost Hero in life. Where could we find such a distinguished individual on short notice? What are we to do?"

Wang Yuan thought to himself, such a distinguished person who would sacrifice themselves to become a soulless clay and wood figure? A fool would not even consider it! Yet, at that moment.

Whoosh!

A resplendently golden seal suddenly flew through the air, landing precisely in his hand.

It was inscribed with six large characters—Shanyang City God Seal!

Doot doot doot...

Following this, a procession, invisible to ordinary mortals, arrived with palanquins and blaring music, led by a Yin Official who loudly proclaimed:

"The underlings warmly welcome the Lord City God to his post!"

"Please, Old Master Wang, ascend the palanquin!"

Huh?

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