Chapter 423 - 191: Grand General Altar, Divine Monarch Temple, Grass Deity Divine Armor, the Razing of Mountains and Temples Begins With Me

Chapter 423: Chapter 191: Grand General Altar, Divine Monarch Temple, Grass Deity Divine Armor, the Razing of Mountains and Temples Begins With Me

So, he went to the mountain towns and Hunting Manors supposedly connected with ’rural Wild Fox Zen and Outer Dao Wild Deities.’

And Wushan Town happened to be the one closest to the Earth Dragon Cave.

Carrying the Martial Saint Blade Plaque on his back and clad in light, practical attire for mountain travel, he arrived before a large residence of cyan bricks and green tiles.

"Might I ask where you’ve come from, sir...?"

An old Steward dressed in the Song Family livery had opened the main gate. He looked at Ji Xiu, who was holding a long saber and possessed an extraordinary bearing. His heart thumping with unease, he ventured the question.

"Anning. Ji Xiu!"

A few simple words.

Yet they caused the Steward’s expression to change in an instant. Fear gripped his heart, and his voice began to tremble.

"Ge-General Manager Ji!?"

Ji Xiu!?

What kind of figure was that?

He was the legendary figure who had dominated Anning less than half a year ago, the man who then rode a Flood Dragon and burst into the Prefecture City!

He was also the General Leader whom the former Manor Master, Song Chai, had admired and practically worshipped!

’But a dragon among men like him... wasn’t he said to have already left this godforsaken corner of the world? Why would he be back...’

"You... I..."

For a moment, the old Steward, whose conscience was clearly not clear, became utterly incoherent.

Seeing his reaction, Ji Xiu immediately understood. Without another word, he stamped his foot!

In an instant, a Divine Thought shot toward the heavens, rising majestically. Carrying the intense, scorching power of the Divine Talisman Fire—a Daoist Seed planted within his very being—it completely enveloped the entire cyan-brick and green-tile estate!

In just a moment.

Ji Xiu immediately detected several Qi Mechanisms different from those of a Martial Artist. They belonged to Spirit Monsters, to demonic specters, and even...

...carried the faint trace of Divine Qi he had encountered before!

So Ji Xiu said no more. He lightly raised his palm, and a great, invisible force surged forth, sweeping the Steward of Wushan Hunting Manor aside.

He then kicked the door open, causing it to explode into a shower of splinters, utterly blown to pieces!

The massive commotion instantly drew attention.

As Ji Xiu strode over the threshold, his piercing gaze swept across the courtyard.

There!

He saw a Divine Shrine, erected in an open space in the courtyard, receiving worship. Throngs of the Mountain Town’s hunched residents were kowtowing before it.

At the same time, the faint scent of blood permeated the air...

And to one side.

A tusked pig-man sat on a stone chair, an expression of contentment on his face. He had taken on a human form, and his Qi Mechanism was on par with the three Great Demons who had once brought disaster to Anning and invaded the county seat.

The stench of blood emanated from between his saliva-slicked teeth, filling one with disgust and revulsion.

Meanwhile, a young man who bore a striking resemblance to the former Manor Master of Wushan, Song Chai, was fawningly ordering servants to prepare various bloody meals for it.

Among the food were incessantly crying infants, but the mountain folk, including the servants of the Song manor, were all trembling in fear, not daring to speak a word.

And the small idol inside the Divine Shrine was, shockingly, an effigy of that very tusked pig-man!

The scene was, for a moment, utterly absurd.

But upon seeing Ji Xiu burst through the door, everyone’s expression changed dramatically.

"Where did this madman come from? Don’t provoke the Upper Deity!"

The Pig Demon, however, bared its tusks.

"Another Martial Artist who doesn’t know his place?"

"Perfect. Just what I needed for a change of palate..."

He tossed aside the morsel in his hand with a look of mock regret, then stood up like a mountain of flesh. He let out a full belch, a satisfied look on his face.

’Before, in the Earth Dragon Cave, I was just a minor Demon, my territory spanning only three or four hundred li.’

’Although I had a few Hundred Years of Dao Practice, I was still far inferior to the three clans that had once dominated the Earth Dragon Cave for decades—the Long-armed Ancient Ape King, the Red-striped King Python, and the Thunder Roaring Leopard Lord.’

’But the catastrophe in Anning County wiped out the elites of those Three Demons’ clans, allowing his own batch of Spirit Monsters and Demons to emerge.’

’Then the Realm Gate opened wide. A magnificent True Deity arrived with a verbal edict and had his Divine Armor take control of the entire Earth Dragon Cave.’

’After we Great Demons submitted, we were enfeoffed as Mountain and Earth Deities, responsible for suppressing and absorbing the outlying mountain towns.’

’My Dao Practice, which was originally only at the Skin Refining level, skyrocketed in an instant. Although it cost me my potential, it tempered my Horizontal Bone, allowing me to take an upright human form—making me more terrifying than even a Martial Artist Immortal Robe!’

’In Anning County, I’d be considered an unparalleled figure at the county seat level!’

’If that Divine Monarch hadn’t held back his orders, as the officially appointed ’Mountain Lord’ of Wushan, I would have long since stopped messing around in a place like this.’

’I won’t just set up a Divine Shrine and temple in this paltry little Mountain Town!’

’I’m going to march into Anning County, erect altars and temples, and become a major figure under that Divine Monarch—a truly major figure!’

The Pig Demon licked his tusks.

’It wasn’t as if no Martial Artists had been dissatisfied and wanted to challenge him recently.’

’But I even managed to pierce the shoulder blades of Wushan’s Manor Master, Song Chai, and throw him in a water prison. His son, meanwhile, switched sides immediately and has been fawning over me ever since.’

’What was left that could possibly stop him?’

In his limited understanding, he was backed by the Three Five Evil Slayer Divine Monarch. He was a proper deity, a Mountain Lord, the vanguard for the Royal Carriage itself!

’In all of Anning County, there wasn’t a single person who could stand against me!’

And so, seeing Ji Xiu interfere with his tribute collection, the tusked pig-man let out a savage grin and charged, a mountain of flesh hurtling toward him!

However...

The young-looking Martial Artist, his face a mask of cold fury, didn’t move an inch. He stood rooted to the ground like a pillar.

’Is he scared stupid?’

The Demon Fiend, this "Wushan Mountain Lord," gave a cold snort. He was just about to snatch the man with one palm and refine him on the spot, when...

"Hm? What’s that smell of something burning?"

"Why does it smell so much like roast pig... HUH?!!"

WHOOSH!

A gale blew in from nowhere, swelling with sudden force. The expression on the face of the porcine Mountain Lord—a leaping mountain of flesh—changed in an instant!