Chapter 209 City God

The City God's mansion exists between the virtual and the real, and can be expanded at will.

At this time, within the City God's mansion, which was much larger than before, nearly two hundred City Gods looked up together, coldly staring at the three uninvited guests in mid-air.

Silence!

Silence to the extreme.

For a time, the huge City God's mansion was silent. All the little ghosts forgot to wail, or rather, couldn't make a sound.

A majestic aura that almost overwhelmed everything enveloped the surroundings. Under the heavy pressure, even An Qisheng, sitting on the left, felt a slight sense of oppression, let alone some little ghosts.

"Tian Yi Jiao (Heaven's Will Sect)!"

An Qisheng held his wine glass, watching this scene with interest.

He expected the Tian Yi Jiao to send people, but he didn't expect it to be so coincidental. Three *benming* Daoists (lifebound Daoists) would be enough to kill Pei Yuanhua even in the City God's mansion.

But they probably didn't expect that there would be so many City Gods here today.

"I, I, I... You, you..."

In mid-air, the three Daoists from the Tian Yi Jiao were all dumbfounded, their minds blank.

What's going on?

Have they stumbled into the State City God's grand banquet, held once every hundred years?

So many City Gods, it's simply terrifying!

"I..."

Li Daogu's (Daoist Nun Li) body felt a little weak, and her heart was filled with chills.

One hundred and seventy-one City Gods.

How could there be so many?

How could there be so many?!

Have all the City Gods of Liang Prefecture come?

Daoist Zheng was even more不堪 (unworthy), his limbs weak, almost falling from his sword light, his heart icy cold.

With their strength, killing a City God would naturally be no problem, but right now, there are nearly two hundred City Gods...

"Good, good, good!"

Surrounded by cold and stern gazes, the middle-aged Daoist felt his body hair stand on end, his heart filled with panic.

But he knew that there was no way to resolve the situation peacefully at this point. Instead, he gritted his teeth and shouted:

"City Gods gathering in private, are you all plotting rebellion?! Where is the State City God? Why hasn't he come to see me yet?"

"Heh."

A burly middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table with Pei Yuanhua suddenly laughed.

His name was Sun Qi, the Zhenghe City God. In name, he was Pei Yuanhua's superior god, but in reality, the City Gods didn't have a strict hierarchical system. Even the State City God or the Capital City God was only a nominal superior god.

Because the You Ming Yin Si (Netherworld Underworld) was the superior god of the City Gods.

That is, Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, Civil and Military Judges, Kui Xing, and the You Ming Fu Jun (Netherworld Governor).

However, things were naturally different after the Netherworld was sealed.

"The Tian Yi Jiao is extremely arrogant. Today, so many of our colleagues are here, and you still dare to speak wildly. If we weren't here, Pei City God would have been stripped of his title by you today!"

Sun Qi slammed the table heavily, his face gloomy.

During the gathering, he was somewhat doubtful when Pei Yuanhua mentioned this matter, after all, the Xuan Guang Shu (Profound Light Technique) could be faked, and what Pei Yuanhua said might not be the truth.

But now, seeing these three Tian Yi Jiao Daoists rushing in recklessly, disregarding the City God's laws, and even calling them 'dogs', how could their attitude be described as merely arrogant?

It's simply outrageous!

"That's right! The Tian Yi Jiao is truly deceiving the gods too much!"

"What do you think you are? How dare you bare your fangs at us? If it weren't for Tian Yi Zhenren (Heaven's Will True Man), your Tian Yi Jiao would have been uprooted by us long ago!"

"Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving! First break your magic power, sever your tendons and bones, lock your souls, and wait for the Tian Yi Jiao to give us an explanation!"

As soon as Sun Qi finished speaking, the other City Gods could no longer bear it and shouted angrily.

For a time, it was a chaotic uproar, and the blazing anger made the faces of the three in mid-air turn ashen, their bodies trembling, like a lone boat wandering in the sea in a storm, ready to fall and die at any time.

"Sun City God, there's a misunderstanding. We're here to investigate the cause of death of Senior Brother Jia An. My Senior Brother was also overwhelmed with grief and spoke improperly. Please don't blame us, City Gods..."

Seeing the crowd surging, Li Daogu's face turned even paler, and she explained weakly.

"Sun Qi, we're here with the Deputy Sect Leader's decree. Don't make a mistake!"

The middle-aged Daoist's attitude was tough, as if he was certain that these City Gods wouldn't dare to attack.

"Heh!"

Sun Qi stood up tall, looked at the three in the air with a grim expression, and asked indifferently, "You Daoist, do you know what I used to do for a living?"

"Wh-what?"

The three were all stunned.

Li Daogu felt uneasy and reluctantly continued, "I don't know..."

"Then I'll tell you, this City God was..."

At this point, Sun Qi paused and slapped his hand over:

"A mouth-slapping specialist in the yamen (government office)!"

Boom!

As his hand rose, a strong wind suddenly rose above the City God's mansion, the air currents rolled, and the majestic power of incense burned with dazzling flames, instantly illuminating this Netherworld, which had no light at all!

He attacked as soon as he said it!

The faces of the three Daoists in mid-air all changed. They activated their sword techniques and rose up to meet the attack.

"Attack!"

Pei Yuanhua shouted loudly and attacked as well.

In the next instant, in the hall of the City God's mansion, nearly two hundred City Gods attacked together, without a moment's hesitation.

Even those who were afraid of and dreaded the Tian Yi Jiao had to attack at this time. If they didn't, they would be ostracized by all the City Gods in the future.

It would be difficult to gain a foothold in Liang Prefecture.

They might not even be able to leave An Nuo County alive!

Rumble!

In an instant, the City God's mansion shook, and the surrounding void seemed to be distorted and stretched. At a glance, countless attacks transformed from the overwhelming power of incense enveloped everything.

"I!"

At this moment, even the middle-aged Daoist could no longer pretend, but there was no chance to speak at this point.

Before he could utter half a word, he was drowned by the overwhelming attacks.

Under such terrifying attacks, the sword cultivator's ability to break ten thousand techniques with one sword, and the strongest escape techniques, were of no use at all.

The sword light and magic power aura of the three were broken almost instantly, and the raging attacks sent them from the sky to even higher in the sky.

They had no power to resist!

"Ah!"

The screams of the three Daoists flashed and disappeared, and all their defenses were completely shattered.

If Sun Qi hadn't been quick-witted and reached out to protect the three's bodies, this wave of attacks would have turned them into dust.

Even so, the three's clothes were torn to shreds, their limbs had completely disappeared, their bodies were riddled with holes, and their internal organs were visible.

They were only barely holding on with their magic power.

And this was under the circumstances that the City Gods hadn't used their full strength.

The large hand condensed from incense threw the three half-crippled bodies on the ground. Sun Qi swept over the City Gods and landed on An Qisheng:

"I heard that Zhenren (True Man) killed Jia An, but we can't rest assured until we see it with our own eyes..."

The other City Gods also looked at An Qisheng.

Although Pei Yuanhua had already said it once during the previous banquet, seeing is believing. No one dared to be careless about such a major event.

"What does City God Sun mean..."

An Qisheng slowly put down his wine glass, his expression calm: "Do you want me to kill these three?"

"Zhenren, don't blame us. This matter is of great importance, and we have to be cautious."

Before Sun Qi could speak, Pei Yuanhua had already cupped his fist and said:

"After today, all the City Gods in Liang Prefecture, whether they want to or not, will be completely on the opposite side of the Tian Yi Jiao. We really can't tolerate a single mistake."

"That's right! Since Zhenren has already killed Jia An, you wouldn't mind killing three more, would you?"

"Starting tomorrow, we will move mountains and gather fortune for Zhenren. Leaving aside the longevity secret technique for now, Zhenren should at least let us see a trace of sincerity!"

"That's right, Zhenren, don't blame us. We've lived too long, and we've become a little timid."

The other City Gods spoke one after another.

"Heh."

An Qisheng swept over the City Gods and smiled faintly.

Half of the banquet had passed. Although the time wasn't enough for him to put every City God in the room into a dream, it was enough for him to have a subtle understanding of the City Gods.

These City Gods eat human incense, but not human food. They don't care much about the human world, because the harsher the environment, the more devout the incense of the masses.

Naturally, for this reason, they rarely interact with mortals.

But this doesn't free them from their thinking habits before death. They are cautious, timid, shortsighted, afraid of death, and have all the other shortcomings of ordinary people.

This time, if Pei Yuanhua hadn't explained the stakes first, and he hadn't taken out the longevity method later, and Sun Qi hadn't been so decisive and attacked when the anger of the City Gods was at its peak.

They might not have become enemies with the Tian Yi Jiao.

And now that they've made such a big decision, they naturally wouldn't let An Qisheng, an 'outsider', stand by and watch.

The name of killing the people of the Tian Yi Jiao must be borne by him!

Perhaps, when the situation becomes irreversible in the future, they might even have the intention of pushing him out.

"Since everyone requires it so much, it's naturally not impossible."

An Qisheng saw through the thoughts of the City Gods like a torch, but naturally, he didn't care.

No matter who killed the people, these City Gods were destined to bear the blame.

Because even after trying many times in his dreams, he couldn't completely kill the souls of these Tian Yi Jiao people. He guessed that these Tian Yi Jiao Daoists must have left a glimmer of their souls somewhere.

No matter how ruthless the methods, it would be difficult to completely destroy their souls.

However, although he couldn't completely destroy their souls, after several attempts, he had mastered the means to sever the important information in these souls.

If these City Gods didn't scheme against him, he would naturally take action to sever the important information in the souls of these three.

But since they had other intentions, he couldn't be blamed for holding back.

Hoo~

After saying this lightly, he pointed a finger out.

Buzz~

A wisp of divine light spewed out from his fingertip, carrying a restrained and pure sword energy, and disappeared in a flash.

Pei Yuanhua only felt a blur before his eyes. The three bodies had stiffened and lost all their aura, dead from soul to body.

"So fast!"

The hearts of the City Gods trembled.

They were all paying attention to An Qisheng's movements when they were speaking, but even so, they didn't see the true color of that sword light.

Only Sun Qi frowned slightly. His focus wasn't on An Qisheng, but on the three Tian Yi Jiao Daoists, guarding against any life-saving items they might have.

But the three of them just died like that...

Had the Tian Yi Jiao's power become so strong that they didn't care about cultivators in the *benming* realm?

He frowned slightly. For some reason, he vaguely felt an ominous premonition.