Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 429 - 426 Taishan Prefecture Lord’s Sacrifice, Heavenly Yi’s Noble Style

Chapter 429: Chapter 426 Taishan Prefecture Lord’s Sacrifice, Heavenly Yi’s Noble Style

The Volcano Country Moluo has a total population of about twelve million, with most of the time each ruling separately in the form of vassal states.

There is only a nominal overlord.

Unless, like Su Guyun is about to do, he follows the example of Red County Shenzhou and conducts a thorough centralization reform with a war sweeping across the nation.

Otherwise, even with the technology of the "National Formation," one cannot give birth to their own Qi Fortune Golden Dragon.

Therefore, for many years, this place has been inhabited by humans and deceit monsters alike, reputed to have eight million Ghost Gods.

According to historical records, Moluo has given birth to over five hundred vassals in total, with about three hundred existing simultaneously during each regime change.

Even though every vassal state has a Ghost God for support.

But the so-called vassal state wars of the past, in the eyes of the people of Great Yan, were akin to mechanical fights or mass brawls.

However, with the recent years of successive wars, the number of vassal states has gradually decreased from three hundred to sixty-six, and it is still rapidly decreasing.

The scale of the wars is also increasing.

It can be said that today is the closest the four islands of Moluo have come to complete unification in over a thousand years.

And on Chikushido Island, located in the southwestern corner of the four Moluo islands and ranked third in size among them.

There are still nine countries as of this day: Chikuzen, Chikushou, Fukuzen, Fenghou, Hizen, Higo, Hizaki, Chuyun, and Osumi.

On this day.

Within the Osumi Domain, located in the northeastern corner of Chikushido Island.

The entire domain had conscripted tens of thousands of strong laborers, who swarmed out to Mount Cangmu near the lord’s castle to engage in massive construction.

Of course, due to the one country, one castle order, this was also the only stone castle in the Osumi Domain.

"No slacking off!"

"Haven’t you eaten? Move it! Faster!"

Crack! Crack! Crack!...

A group of overseers wielded whips, driving the labor force of the domain to dig pits and carve stones tirelessly, day and night...

Gradually, a complex and huge formation was constructed around the densely packed palace temples of Mount Cangmu.

Unlike the ordinary Moluo people, who are as dark and short as monkeys, these overseers looked significantly taller and had much fairer skin.

The higher the status, the more this was the case.

In the ancient world without Taoist Skill, a strait might be a heavenly barrier, and it was extremely difficult for a land nation to attack an island nation on a large scale.

But for the Daoist Soldiers of this world, even swimming across the strait with empty hands was not a problem.

Thus, every time Red County Shenzhou were in chaos due to war, or when rebels failed, they would flee to neighboring countries.

Among them, many would choose to conquer the local regimes directly and become new rulers.

Over time, these isolated islands overseas gradually developed a Moluo-specific "Hua Clan System" nobility.

Almost all the rulers of the vassals, including the common overlord, are descendants of exiles over those thousands of years.

To discern one’s status, one need only look at the height of adult men.

The basic principle is the taller and fairer one is, the higher their status.

Above the overseers were some pursuers who bore the features of Demons and Ghosts, some were even entirely Demons and Ghosts, repeatedly patrolling and correcting the formation to ensure there were no issues.

Meanwhile, they also scattered some misshapen bones from their Talismanic Treasure Bags on the ground, a creature with a double body, arms like blades, and a skull with seven or eight eye sockets...

There was nothing one couldn’t imagine, only things one couldn’t find.

Weird is the Activated Knowledge, which originally all came from the Human Dao.

The more perverted the person, the weirder the Weird they form.

Even without the Demon Master Dao, these four islands of Moluo are filled with all kinds of bizarre Weird objects.

A red mist gradually rose from the bones, shrouding Mount Cangmu inside and out with a layer of dark red shadow, also completely cutting off the view from the outside world.

Even if one was inside the formation, one could not see clearly beyond ten steps.

Aside from the work section one was responsible for, it was impossible to see other areas, let alone discern the overall function of the formation.

The secrecy of the work was exceptionally well-maintained.

At this time, while the Ghost Dao Magic Veins on land were sharpening their troops, the "Demon Master Dao" here were also not idle.

They were racing against time to set up a battlefield more advantageous to themselves, utilizing the home field advantage.

Moreover, the high-level members on both sides were fully confident in their own strength, each intent on annihilating the other side completely.

Within the red mist, a black shadow constantly wandered throughout the mountains, its greenish eyes seemingly unaffected by the half-finished formation.

It had quickly committed most of the base locations of the formation to memory.

"Woof, this... seems to be the Ghost Dao grand formation ’Taishan Prefecture Lord Ritual’ they’ve somehow procured, but it’s been completely altered.

The focus is no longer on the legitimate Yin Department’s Taishan Prefecture Lord but has instead become that inexplicable ’Underground Master.’

The specific function is not quite clear.

But if a Ghost Taoist enters the formation unprepared, they might really suffer heavy losses."

This black shadow was the Great Black Dog Old Black, who had the Innate Divine Ability to truly listen to heaven and earth.

It could connect Yin and Yang, shrink spaces, discern loyalty and treachery, and understand the stakes.

Wang Yuan had many Yin Officials under his command, but none were stronger than Old Black in terms of survival and investigative abilities.

Therefore, he had entrusted this arduous task to it.

In the meantime, I also used the "Small Book of Life and Death" to help Old Black get a new identity, allowing it to successfully join the "Demon Master Dao".

Of course, the cost in "Yin Morality" was all Old Black’s own private savings.

The big black dog had just finished relaying the information.

Suddenly, I heard a round of barking:

"Woof woof, I’m talking to you, junior brother!

You can’t stay in the "Taishan Prefecture Lord Ritual" for too long in one go, it’s your turn to come out and rest.

You must be extra careful these days and definitely don’t die in formation.

Once you die, you won’t even be able to become a ghost."

Old Black turned his head and saw a black tiger-fur dog from the Moluo archipelago staring intently at him from behind a rustling thicket.

"Oh, senior brother, I got it. I’ll head out right now."

Old Black’s current identity was that of an ordinary new disciple, unrecognized by anyone, requiring him to address everyone as a senior brother.

With the place crawling with demons and deceitful monsters, having a dog senior brother didn’t surprise him at all.

However, he had just agreed when he realized something was off.

The dog’s mouth hadn’t moved at all; instead, the voice seemed to be coming from its rear end.

"Nevermind, I was just about to go out myself, and since it’s rare to encounter one of my kind, let’s go together.

We’ll get to know each other better in the future."

The tiger-fur dog slowly turned its head.

The sight that met Old Black’s eyes made him gasp in shock.

There was actually a human head... attached to the dog’s rear.

Or rather, this creature had the head of a dog on one end and a human on the other.

Old Black couldn’t even tell if his senior brother’s main body was a human Magician or a naturally born Dog Spirit.

Old Black thought he had been chatting with a fellow Dog Spirit, little did he know, he had actually been talking to a...butt?

It was even more bizarre than the Lei Family’s big sister-in-law he was now accustomed to, the "Fishman" with a fish head on her shoulders.

Old Lei, the master of animal prosperity under the "Four Gods," might share a lot in common with you, wouldn’t he?

The "Demon Master Dao" is truly amazing!

...

At the other end.

Shen Xiaoyu burst into the "Cloud Tower Ghost Market" elated, but soon walked out with a dejected look.

The Magicians didn’t lie, the Ghost Market really had everything, including several editions of the Earth Department Taoism that could supposedly help one become a "Green Seal Sage".

There were also various powerful "Deceit Objects" that could be used without the need for Daoist cultivation, completely solving her problems.

But the actual problem was, she simply had no money.

Apart from going around the Ghost Market and learning a bit of common knowledge in the cultivation world,

she ended up only encountering a free fortune-telling event organized by the official Ghost Market.

"That fortune-teller said I have a ’Heavenly Yi’s Noble Life Chart’?

If I can meet a destined noble person, I could instantly soar to success, but if not, I’d be stuck struggling for life..."

Shen Xiaoyu felt the fortuneteller’s words were as good as saying nothing at all.

Just looking at my current situation, it’s obvious I haven’t met them yet.

"Heavenly Destiny, Intention Fate, Emotional Fate, Heart Fate, and Life and Death Destiny, the deeper the bond with a noble person, the better the luck of the ’Heavenly Yi’s Noble Life Chart’?

A brush of shoulders, a meeting of eyes... until becoming companions in life and death.

By then, with fortune soaring to high heavens, unstoppable momentum is certain."

Three of the best Life Charts for a noble person seated in fate are: Heavenly Yi’s Noble, Heavenly Virtue, Moon Virtue Noble.

It’s nothing extraordinary in itself.

But in the face of great adversity, there’s a high likelihood of someone lending a hand.

Especially those with a ’Heavenly Yi’s Noble’ in their Life Chart are aided by noble people throughout life, able to turn misfortune into good fortune when in danger, and even withstand destined challenges and clashes.

"Jia and Wu meet ox and sheep, Yi and Ji find the rat and monkey’s keep, Bing and Ding with pig and chicken, Ren and Gui where rabbit and snake thicken, Geng and Xin meet horse and tiger, these are the sectors where noble people trigger.

If your fate encounters these, you’ll be a noble of the Purple Enclosure, ’tis decreed!"

The only concern is that before the ’Heavenly Yi’s Noble’ Life Chart is activated, people with this Life Chart often have disproportionate effort to reward and are destined to struggle.

Only upon mutual support with a noble person can the trapped dragon take flight.

Shen Xiaoyu scratched her disheveled hair, muttering to herself somewhat worriedly:

"But where can I find such a destined noble person? Right now, I probably don’t even have the shallowest fate, a passing brush of shoulders, right?"

Gurgle~

She covered her rumbling stomach with her hand, hesitating whether to have a small piece of dried fish or not.

Then suddenly, she kicked something with her foot.

Looking down, her dull eyes instantly sparkled with brightness.

It was a small piece of broken silver that had presumably been buried in the soil for who knows how long!