Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 338 - 335 Beimang Mountain Landlady

Chapter 338: Chapter 335 Beimang Mountain Landlady

In the bedroom by Mirror Lake.

Taibai’s incarnation was gently stroking the smooth back of his Taoist partner, as if soothing her to sleep.

In the floating orb of light before his eyes, images from Huang Wu’s dreams played continuously.

However, as the little ghost girl took her seventh step on Butterfly Bridge, the orb of light suddenly darkened, as if it had been severely disrupted, no longer displaying any images.

"Hmm? Something’s gone wrong!"

His sharp eyebrows furrowed suddenly.

At the same time, he clearly felt Huang Wu’s body tremble abruptly, her eyelashes quivering slightly, yet she did not awaken.

Reaching his hand under the moon-white silk robe, he found her porcelain-like skin now drenched with a cold, slippery sweat.

Both her hands and feet were also ice cold.

"In a dream realm, distance is not an issue, going to the ends of the earth is no different from stepping next door.

But she just entered reality, and immediately anomalies appeared.

It seems like she accidentally intruded on a special formation or an independent realm, where the waters of the dream sea are very shallow, or perhaps completely devoid of any living dreams.

The reaction of this ghost body seems to be as if my sister’s dream realm had inadvertently run aground on the shallows of the dream sea."

Although Huang Wu had not yet sent a distress signal, and the "Calamity Butterfly" would at least ensure her safety, Wang Yuan couldn’t help feeling anxious.

Almost without hesitation, his true self, who was currently presiding in the City God Temple of Shanyang City Mansion, vanished in an instant, leaving only a Yama’s Avatar adorned in Crown Robe in his stead.

It was every boss’s dream ability—to split oneself into three, which to Wang Yuan was no trouble at all.

Nie Renxiong, standing beneath in the state mansion of Dengzhou, regarded the scene with even greater respect:

"Old Master, both the city gods of Dongchang Mansion and Wuding Prefecture have already sent in their documents, agreeing to cooperate with our blockade operation.

Our Black Law Judges have also been dispatched, and the talented ones in these two prefectures will surely weep tears of gratitude for the Old Master’s bestowed dharma..."

After becoming a mage, the "Power · Command City Gods" allowed Old Master Wang’s influence to keep growing.

In the future, once he is promoted to "Earth Essence" and transforms the "Small Book of Life and Death" into his "Lifebound Magic Treasure,"

he would be nearly able to bring the entire city god system of Yu State into his pocket.

Even for the moment, aside from Dengzhou Prefecture, expanding to control two more prefectures was entirely manageable.

Upon receiving the news of the rat plague from Huang Wu’s dream divination, Wang Yuan immediately took the opportunity to issue decrees to the City God Temples in the two neighboring prefectures at the first instance.

He ordered the human ghosts and Yin officials in the temples to cooperate with Dengzhou Prefecture to halt the spread of the plague.

Incidentally, he reproduced everything he had done in Dengzhou Prefecture.

Distributing liberally the "Black Law Judge Method," which could prevent humans and ghosts from turning into clay or wooden statues, he surreptitiously inserted loyalties that were one hundred percent devoted to him.

The Yama’s Avatar gave Nie Renxiong a slight nod, affirming his work.

He then took out a middle-grade flat peach and handed it to him, straining to say:

"Judge Nie has already reached the limit of the ’Yin God’ realm, it would be best to leave the trivial matters to others.

Your most important task now is to break through the Yellow Seal.

Becoming a Civil Judge with the ’Prison Law True Body’ or a Military Judge with the ’Heavenly Punishment Body’ through the ’Black Law Judge Method’ is simple and crude. You just need to judge and capture enough significant evil demons.

The more demons you capture, the more perfect your Dharma Body will be."

As he spoke, the Yama’s Avatar’s eyes flashed with a cold light.

"You should soon have the opportunity you need!"

In Corpse Forest on Beimang Mountain,

the group of white bone monks from the "Nine Similitudes Corpse God Dao" did not show the slightest weakness in the face of the brazen challenges from "Plague Dao."

Their throat bones vibrated, emitting a hoarse and ear-piercing roar:

"Ha! Hear this, you Plague Dao sickly ghosts!

When your White Bone Grandpa planted the ’Corpse Forest’ on this Beimang Mountain, you lot didn’t even know which corner you were being chased into by those dog-like Immortal Officials from ’Nine Soldiers.’

The more people die on this mountain, the stronger the power of my ’Corpse Forest.’

The roots of the Ghost Face Bodhi will soon pierce through Earth’s veins and contaminate the Blessed Land, it should be you who have to roll out of here!"

With that, the two sides of demons started hurling insults that filled the air.

One day, several Devil Taoists from "Plague Dao" brought the "Yellow-Skinned Dharma King" to Beimang Mountain, wanting to seize the "Beimang Mountain Blessed Land" before anyone else, and especially to beat the rival "Nine Similitudes Corpse God Dao."

They hadn’t expected to miscalculate and spent too much time obtaining the enormous support of the "Yellow-Skinned Dharma King." Despite rushing, they still arrived a step slower than their opponents.

The white bone monks from "Skull Temple" had arrived at least ten days earlier than them.

Using the multitude of corpses scattered across the mountain, they easily planted the extensive "Corpse Forest."

The monks, bolstered by the "Nine Similitudes Corpse God Dao" dharma powers, began to contaminate Mang Mountain’s Earth Realm and assimilate the Blessed Land of Beimang Mountain.

Upon seeing this, the Devil Taoists of "Plague Dao" led by "Sick Weimo" Sun Fenghan, Uncle Sun, knew they had to act fast.

After two fierce duels, with both sides losing a few disciples, they managed to take control of the lands on both sides of Owl God Snatching Food Array, with Bird Beak Slope at the center.

While secretly competing to strengthen their own forces, they both constantly sought to completely kick their rivals out of the game.

After a few insults, they couldn’t help but start fighting again.

Sun Fenghan, who occupied the eastern hilltop, was the first to wave his "Plague Umbrella."

"Plague Formation" suddenly unfolded to its limit, and a cloud of yellow gas, resembling a giant python, weaved through the mountains without stopping, incessantly hissing "ssssss" as it went.

Wherever it passed, flowers and leaves withered, all vegetation dried up, even the tiniest insects in the soil would instantly fall dead on the spot.

And the ever more powerful aura emanating from the [Yellow-Skinned Dharma King] was precisely the location of the formation’s "Array Eye".

In the past, Zhou Yi, the Yili King who merely brushed past the Yellow Seal Mage, was able to swallow up Beimang Mountain and the neighboring eight counties with the help of [Owl God Snatching Food Array].

This true [Earth Essence] realm mage, when deploying formations, naturally exhibited might far surpassing that of the previous [Owl God Tomb].

The Skull Temple camp was not to be outdone.

A row of White Bone Monks stood in the forest, each holding a green bronze bell plastered with talismans, frantically shaking them.

Bells ringing...

The piercing sound of the bells that could penetrate the True Spirit mixed with the giggles of the Bodhi Seeds, was rapid and dense, making Huang Wu involuntarily frown.

Then, the ground cracked in succession, and one after another, black bodies with a sheen of metallic gold, [Iron Armor Corpses] rose up into the air.

If Wang Yuan and Lady Peach Fairy saw them,

They would recognize at a glance that these [Iron Armor Corpses] bore the same ingenuity as the Ma Brothers brought by Master Ge.

Even their essence was essentially identical.

Clearly, the Corpse Forest was not merely a grave and cemetery; it was also an excellent breeding ground for corpses.

Under the control of the bell’s tolling, they were like bolts shot out from a crossbow, flying towards the opposite side.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

The skin-and-bones old monk "Ghost Gate Arhat" Xu Yun, looking at the opposing Yellow Snake, snorted coldly:

"This method of raising corpses, there are few in the world who can compete with my ’Nine Phases Corpse God Dao’, even the prominent Side Door sect ’Iron Coffin Dao’ from the south is slightly inferior to us.

The lower-level method can freely animate corpses, giving them endless strength, allowing them to leap and fly, to form ranks and arrays, capable of killing mages.

The middle-level method refines the body to be both tangible and intangible, with a protective retinue resembling true Divine Generals of Daoism.

The superior method allows one to refine their [Lifebound Corpse General] into an immortal golden pill, swallowing it into the belly is comparable to a true Daoist Sage, as an outward [Corpse General], as an inward golden pill, its uses are boundless!

I, the old monk, will let you taste the might of my ’White Bone Thousand Corpses Formation’!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the old monk stepped in the form of Yu’s Step, holding a stark white bone sword seemed to be made from human tibia, muttering continuously:

"Iron Armor, Iron Armor, command these valiant generals, with fierce faces to move southward!

Cast an eye to dispatch the envoy, and shake the Thunder God. Strive the eye to deploy the troops, arrayed in camp formation. Eight ferocious strikers chase the winged stars. Divine soldiers, by order of the Nine Heavens’ decree. Dare not to comply, and I shall annihilate thy form. Kill!"

"Nine Phases Corpse God Dao" is clearly an improved version of the Ten Thousand Enemies Skill, needing neither a [Dao General] nor a [Military Leader] to command, directly using Daoist Skill to conjure strange military aura!

A group of [Iron Armor Corpses] threw back their heads and howled, a puff of black-green corpse qi erupting from their chests, converging into a huge bone claw above the Corpse Forest, ablaze with ghastly green phosphorus fire.

It viciously reached for the giant serpent weaving through the mountains.

These two vanguards dispatched by their own Tao Lineage both possessed Yellow Seal second realm [Earth Essence] level Taoist Ability!

Comparable to Qing Yezi of "No-Life Dao", their capacity to duel was clearly even above that of the Kun Dao.

"No-Life Dao" has dozens of branches, with just the leading northern branch "Three Yang Sect", commanding more than a dozen Yellow Seal Mages.

The leading southern branch "Smell Fragrance Sect" is no less sizable.

By observing them, it is apparent that the collective might of various sect forces is truly formidable.

Although "Plague Dao" and "Nine Phases Corpse God Dao" were not as populous or powerful as the rebel leader’s "No-Life Dao", each branch held considerable power in its own right.

Moreover, the Taoist Masters and Sect Master Marshals exerted stronger control over their disciples.

Unlike the [Nine Soldiers] and those of the Righteous Path who needed to extinguish fires across Red County Shenzhou, they believed by concentrating their forces on a single point, they would surely establish a local advantage in battle!

By the time the [Nine Soldiers] caught on, their own forces would have long held dominance.

To thoroughly conquer Beimang Mountain Blessed Land, and within this naturally nurturing Small Heaven and Earth, successfully construct a [Sealing Boundary] akin to that of "Pengxuan Grotto Heaven".

Ordinary people wouldn’t even be able to find an entrance.

Even if one wanted to send troops to attack, unless a [Green Seal Sage] was dispatched, they would only return in defeat.

And now, the only thing standing in their way to achieving their goal was each other!

Boom boom boom...

They demolished mountains and uprooted earth without mercy.

Meanwhile,

Within the Corpse Forest, several ghastly looking White Bone Monks, led by a mage, also drew out [Talismans] and [Deceit Objects], closing in on Huang Wu.

"Benefactor, since you and our path are fated, as you’ve entered our Corpse Forest without flesh, then please offer up your soul."

There’s no cause that the "Skull Temple" cannot convert, and any outsider who trespasses into the Corpse Forest must die!

At the moment, Huang Wu not only didn’t feel afraid, she instead chuckled lightly.

Even the gloomy and fearsome Corpse Forest seemed to brighten up a bit in that instant.

"Heh, your Corpse Forest? Asking me to make offerings?

As her body retreated ever so lightly, a hand suddenly emerged from the void and pulled her back out from the eerie forest and into the dream realm.

In the forest, only the sweet voice of the girl lingered.

"You two factions of demons were arguing about who should go first, weren’t you? Fight your little heart out! You didn’t even go out and learn about the name of the landlady of Beimang Mountain!

This Earth Realm has been lived in by my mother and grandma for over a thousand years.

If you have the guts, don’t run away—wait for me to come back and collect your rent!"