Yellow Skinned Taoist Master

Chapter 149: Deities Fall Like Rain

The sun set and the moon rose.

When the last ray of sunlight disappeared.

The moon, however, did not rise.

Because it hadn't yet entered the night.

The numerous sentient beings within Xuzhou City all looked at the ink-like darkness above their heads, completely at a loss for what to do.

That darkness came too quickly, intermixed with a certain indescribable malice.

Just taking a single glance at it instilled a panic that felt like one's mind and soul were being torn apart.

The cultivators realized that something was wrong.

The mortals were completely helpless.

But it wasn't their turn yet.The first to bear the brunt were the high and mighty deities suspended in the sky above Xuzhou City.

They heard a sound.

A frenzied, greedy, and ferociously vicious roar.

The instant the roar sounded.

The thousands of deities were all incomparably terrified.

Some deities screamed, "The City God, it's the City God's voice."

"How could he turn into an evil spirit?"

"What happened? Who can tell this god what happened?"

"Ahhhhhh!!!!"

Some deities were growling in pain, clutching their heads as they roared, "Pain, pain, pain, it's too painful."

This deity's eyes turned blood-red.

As if it had been influenced.

Upon seeing this, the expressions of the other deities instantly flickered continuously.

Before they knew it, large patches of purplish-black scars had already surfaced on the body of the deity that roared earlier, as if it had been polluted by something.

There was even an extremely bizarre aura surfacing around its body.

The deities were too familiar with that aura.

It was the aura of an evil spirit.

"Flee!!!"

"Hurry and flee, Xuzhou City is finished."

"Staying here only leads to a dead end. Hurry and flee!"

The deities merely exchanged glances and immediately reached a consensus.

Although Song Yuzhang had inexplicably turned into an evil spirit.

He was the City God, and moreover, he was located within Xuzhou City. In a certain sense, he and Xuzhou City were integrated as one.

He was also the main god of Xuzhou City.

As for the other deities, whether they were minor grassroots gods or those who possessed canonizations and official titles, or even the county City Gods of the four counties under Xuzhou City's jurisdiction, they were all his subordinate gods.

If the main god turned into an evil spirit, it was absolutely impossible for him to let the subordinate gods off.

Therefore, they had to flee!

Moreover, they had to flee urgently!

However, just as these deities stirred up their divine power and attempted to escape Xuzhou City.

That terrifying, ferocious, greedy, and frenzied sound echoed in their hearts again.

"Become one with me, merge with me."

That sound no longer resembled a human voice.

But rather the voice of a thoroughly complete evil spirit.

Just from hearing that sound, the deities with weaker divine power felt their minds and souls becoming overwhelmed. Large patches of scars surfaced all over their bodies, and then they plummeted into Xuzhou City like meteors crashing to the ground.

"Don't listen! Don't listen!"

A county City God roared at all the deities, "He wants to pollute us, to make us become a part of him. If he succeeds, nobody should even think about surviving by then."

As he spoke, a flash of ruthlessness passed through this county City God's eyes.

He then fiercely raised his hand and extended three fingers, forming a sword shape.

"Sever for this god!"

The county City God roared, and a golden sword light slashed down towards his own divine body.

Puff...

A massive amount of golden divine blood sprayed out, dyeing the ink-like sky golden.

Along with it, an incomparably vigorous human qi also surged into the sky.

This county City God had already realized why Song Yuzhang was able to influence them.

It was human qi.

Deities fed on human qi.

Other than that, the human qi in Xuzhou City would only be distributed to two places.

One place was the City God of Xuzhou City.

The other place was the golden seal of the Governor of Xu Province.

That golden seal had long been taken away by Song Tiangang, so the human qi meridian network within Xuzhou City was naturally entirely controlled by Song Yuzhang.

Regardless of whether the deities present realized this point or not, the county City God did.

"Success comes from human qi, and defeat also comes from human qi."

"So be it, I don't need this human qi anymore!"

"Sever! Sever!"

"As long as the green hills remain, there will be no fear of lacking firewood!"

The deities successfully severed their own human qi one after another.

Streaks of human qi soared up into the sky like wolf smoke, and a massive shower of golden blood rain fell within Xuzhou City.

Miserable shrieks sounded endlessly.

These were not the miserable shrieks of the deities.

But the wails of those mortals.

The blood rain of the deities was not something they could withstand.

"My leg, my leg!"

A mortal fell to the ground, hugging his leg in pain and wailing helplessly.

It was just a single drop of golden blood rain smashing onto the sole of his foot.

The sole of his foot instantly melted by the divine power within the blood rain.

Furthermore, the range of the melting continued to spread higher.

First, the flesh and skin of the entire foot disappeared revealing the bone. Then the bone turned black, as if it was being burned by fire, and the bone also turned into ashes. Next was the calf. At this point, the speed of the flesh and bone melting slowed down, and then it reached the thigh.

His entire thigh was melted by half.

All over the ground was an awful-smelling liquid mixed with fresh blood, melted flesh and bone, and mud.

This person extended a hand, wishing to seek help from the companions around him.

"Save me, I don't want to die, my family still has a child studying."

But just as that companion ran towards him, a drop of blood rain fell onto his forehead.

Patter...

The latter didn't even have time to let out a single cry. His entire head was melted on the spot by the blood rain, then his body swayed left and right, collapsing onto the ground with a thump. Only his torso remained, twitching continuously. Seeing this, the man who had lost more than half of his leg broke down on the spot.

Because as he looked up.

He saw large swaths of golden blood rain falling into his eyes.

As well as gigantic divine bodies plummeting downwards.

...

Inside the restaurant.

There were still people who didn't know what had happened.

The Fox Mountain God stood on a table near the window, its jade-green beast pupils shrinking straight into a sliver as it looked at this scene occurring within Xuzhou City with incomparable astonishment.

To the side.

The shopkeeper, the waiter, and a group of dining guests were all wearing obsequious smiles, waiting upon it.

"Lord Mountain God, please eat and drink well."

"As long as you want it, and as long as the shop has it, whatever you wish to eat, you may have it."

"Lord Mountain God, from now on this lowly one is your believer."

"This lowly one wants to strike it rich and have sons. Mountain God, do you think this lowly one still has a chance?"

"It's gone, it's all gone."

Looking at these mortals, the Fox Mountain God couldn't bear it in its heart and said, "Xuzhou City is finished. This god has weak divine power, so even if you guys believe in this god, this god cannot protect you."

Fortunately, ever since it had inhaled that thing—who knows if it was spiritual qi or immortal qi—that Chen Huangpi produced while boiling the Guanzhu, its fundamental nature had undergone a transformation.

It no longer needed to inhale and feed on human qi to maintain its current state.

Therefore, it didn't absorb the human qi of these common, shallow believers.

Otherwise, it truly couldn't find the heart to say such words.

"All of you, hurry up and flee for your lives. If your luck is good, perhaps you can still die a bit quicker."

"Lord Mountain God, you sure know how to joke."

The shopkeeper flattered, "Xuzhou City has so many deities watching over it; how could it possibly be finished? Come, come, come, let this lowly one offer you another toast."

There were indeed many deities within Xuzhou City.

But those deities were high and mighty. Unless it was a time of giving birth when the deities might send down their divine power, usually, no matter how much you worshipped, you couldn't see a trace of them.

This Fox Mountain God was different.

Not only did it mingle harmoniously with the mortals, but the way it spoke was also very interesting.

He had to fawn over it well.

He also needed to find a scholar to write an essay on behalf of the Fox Mountain God, enthusiastically documenting what the Fox Mountain God had eaten and the wine it had drunk. With this done, how could he possibly worry about business being bad?

However, the Fox Mountain God shook its head and said bitterly, "With your mortal bodies and fleshly eyes, you don't know what has happened to this Xuzhou City. But this god is a Mountain God, and this god can see that those deities are transforming into evil spirits."

"Moreover, this sky is acting as if a large black cooking pot has been clamped over it; this is a seal."

"Xuzhou City has been sealed; nobody should even think about going out."

As these words came out, the entire crowd was shocked.

The deities are transforming into evil spirits?

Xuzhou City has been sealed?

The Fox Mountain God said, "This god cannot manage you guys anymore. This god is going to look for Chen Huangpi. It is still safe around this restaurant for now. If you guys don't want to leave, staying here to await death is also not a bad outcome."

After speaking, the Fox Mountain God's figure instantly disappeared.

Only leaving the crowd in the restaurant looking at each other in dismay.

But before they could even react.

The Fox Mountain God's figure appeared again.

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Lord Mountain God, why have you returned?"

The Fox Mountain God said helplessly, "Don't ask. If you're asking, it's just this god returning to share life and death with you together."

As it spoke, the Fox Mountain God took a deep breath.

Then it blew a strong gust of wind towards the surroundings within the restaurant.

Bang, bang, bang.

All the windows and the main door closed.

Following closely, the Fox Mountain God sat cross-legged on the floor, pinching hand seals with its two paws, and gritted its teeth as it said, "Fog has risen outside. This god cannot see through that fog, and can only temporarily isolate this restaurant from the outside."

"One stick of incense's time, this god can last for one stick of incense's time."

"If our luck is good, and the things in the fog don't come looking for us, we can survive a bit longer."

"If our luck is bad, this god is afraid it also won't escape the fate of transforming into an evil spirit."

The Fox Mountain God felt incomparably bitter in its heart.

How could this outside world be even more dangerous than the Hundred Thousand Mountains?

And also that Chen Huangpi, he was truly a genuine jinx.

How long had it been since he first arrived in this Xuzhou City?

Such a massive transformation suddenly occurred in Xuzhou City.

If it had known earlier, it would have been better off staying in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Previously, the Fox Mountain God had gloated over Gold Horn's misfortune of being trained like a dog by the Great Guanzhu, being dragged and running all over the mountains, and being thrown into an alchemy furnace to be refined by fire. But given this scenario, an envy actually spawned within its heart.

"Chen Huangpi, foxes are dogs too!!!"

...

At this moment.

In the Song Manor, within that City God Temple.

Chen Huangpi didn't know that the outside had already completely descended into great chaos. He was still together with the brass oil lamp, unceasingly staring at that Song Yuzhang who was cultivating Ancient Methods and turning into an evil spirit.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Song Yuzhang's expression was frenzied, and in his bloody maw, there were countless ashen human faces roaring.

"Become one with me, merge with me!"

"Flesh and blood, hahahaha!"

"Flesh and blood!"

Song Yuzhang's aura became increasingly terrifying.

Meanwhile, the Imperial Envoy who had remained standing in front of him all along silently took in all of this scene.

Emperor conducted an experiment.

However, the result of the experiment was vastly different from what was envisioned.

Originally, according to the desired outcome of this experiment, Song Yuzhang would turn into an evil spirit, then devour all the commoners and deities in Xuzhou City, after which a nail would be driven in to help him recover his sanity.

But now, this Song Yuzhang had transformed into an evil spirit.

And he was going to devour all the commoners in Xuzhou City.

However, his true body was not located here.

Because Song Yuzhang and Xuzhou City had integrated as one.

Any deity stained with human qi would be polluted by him, becoming an extended vessel for his will.

Which meant to say, if one wanted him to recover his sanity, they would have to drive a nail into all the deities.

In doing so, the loss outweighed the gain, tending to one thing and losing track of another.

Thinking of this, the Imperial Envoy shook his head in disappointment and turned around, preparing to leave.

Yet right at this moment.

From behind, a sinisterly cold and cruel voice suddenly sounded, "Since you are in the city, you must merge into one with me. Otherwise, you cannot go anywhere."