Chapter 123: Chapter 92: Killing Cheng Huang, Accepting the ’Night God’ Inheritance!_4
His arrival was preluded by his voice, already stirring up the quiet in the Sutra Depository.
Creak~!
Upon reaching the entrance of the Depository, Mao Ruxue didn’t bother knocking, directly bursting through the doors.
Then she found out that her Senior Brother Chen Chang’an had already gotten up that morning.
At this very moment, he was leisurely watering the flowers in the courtyard.
A casual stroll.
"Senior Brother, there’s trouble," she said,
Approaching Chen Chang’an with urgency.
Subsequently, she pulled out City God’s corpse.
"Senior Brother, take a look at this."
Chen Chang’an gave City God’s corpse a glance, then feigning ignorance, he asked,
"Junior Sister, where did you find this corpse?"
"And
moreover, isn’t it just a regular corpse? Why
are you making such a big fuss about it?"
"Senior Brother, that’s not it."
"This isn’t just any corpse."
"This corpse was found halfway up our Daoist mountain!"
"Moreover, he isn’t just some regular person!"
Upon hearing Chen Chang’an’s words, Mao Ruxue, unable to restrain her distress anymore, blurted out.
She was evidently trying to convince him of something.
"Not a regular person? Then who is he?" Chen Chang’an asked.
"This man is the City God of Rebirth Hall!" said Mao Ruxue quite seriously.
Upon saying this, a sense of urgency began to flare in her eyes, she anxiously added,
"Senior Brother, as a follower of Emperor Song, you must know that City God serves as his right-hand man."
"Now that he’s dead and found in our territory, given Emperor Song’s vengeful nature, a catastrophe is imminent for our Daoist Mountain!"
Upon hearing Mao Ruxue’s words, Chen Chang’an simply shook his head and responded,
"Junior Sister, don’t joke with me, if this person was indeed City God, how could he have died on our mountain?"
"Senior Brother, please believe me, I swear to you I am not lying."
Seeing that Chen Chang’an didn’t believe her, Mao Ruxue became desperate.
This was a matter of life or death for their Sect.
"Senior Brother, truth be told, before becoming a disciple, I worked in the lower mountain for a while."
"During that job, I happened to cross paths with City God once."
"I might have only seen him once, but I vividly remember his aura."
"You know that I have always had a good memory."
"So there’s no chance of me being mistaken, this is unequivocally City God!"
"Someone definitely wants to bring disaster upon our Daoist Mountain!"
At this moment, Mao Ruxue was highly alarmed.
As cunning as she was,
in the face of Emperor Song’s absolute power, she knew that her tricks were rendered useless.
This time, she was really in a state of despair!
But Chen Chang’an merely chuckled,
"Junior Sister, don’t worry about this. I believe Emperor Song to be a reasonable sort of person!"
"He wouldn’t blame us without reason."
"Moreover, this City God may have died here indeed,"
"But if you don’t reveal it and I keep mum,"
"Who will come to know that he died here?"
"After all, we don’t possess the ability on this mountain to have killed a Demon Master of the seventh realm, do we?"
"So, we really don’t need to worry about it, right?"
"On the other hand, if we could bury City God’s corpse below our Daoist Mountain,"
"who knows, in a hundred years it might serve as an invaluable training ground for us!"
"Senior Brother, so are you suggesting that we bury him?"
At Chen Chang’an’s words, a great deal of the worry in Mao Ruxue’s heart disappeared.
Indeed, as long as they kept City God’s corpse well-hidden and kept silent about it, who could possibly discover that he died on the Daoist Mountain?
After all, Mao Ruxue could remember quite clearly.
When City God died, the Heaven and Earth didn’t react at all.
As there was no reaction from Heaven and Earth, no one would know that he was dead.
Moreover, City God was a Great Demon Master of the seventh realm.
Although he was dead, his corpse was steeped in the infinite Demon Qi.
If his body was to be buried at the foot of Daozang Mountain, in a hundred years, a desolate land would definitely form around Daozang Mountain.
What a perfect solution!
"Yes, bury it. Disciple sister, I’ll leave this task to you." Chen Chang’an nodded.
However, after he finished speaking, his face suddenly paled.
He then looked up at the sky in horror.
Hum~!
In the sky at this moment, a large patch of blood-red clouds formed instantly.
Then, a rain of blood fell down from the sky vehemently.
Hum~!
At the same time, mournful cries resonated between heaven and earth.
The Dao Master has fallen, and heaven and earth mourn together!
"Old man, old man, why did you have to do this?"
Seeing this scene, Chen Chang’an murmured lowly.
A wave of sadness also flashed through his heart.
Dao Tian, the old ancestor, is dead!
Chen Chang’an said to Mao Ruxue:
"Disciple sister, let’s hold off on burying this for now."
"Let’s go to the main peak."
"Ah? Elder brother, why are we going to the main peak?" Mao Ruxue, who had also witnessed the blood rain, asked.
Due to her low cultivation level, she was already involuntarily filled with sadness.
"Dao Tian, the old ancestor, is dead!"
....
"Greetings, Master Uncle Chen, Master Uncle Mao."
Soon, Chen Chang’an and Mao Ruxue arrived at the hall on the back mountain of the Tianshui Peak.
Originally, it was the place where Dao Tian, the old ancestor, had secluded himself.
But now, it was surrounded by people.
Not only the disciples of Tianshui Sect but also all the elders and mountain lords had arrived.
And in the center of the crowd lay an old man with white hair and beard, motionless in a black coffin.
In front of Dao Tian’s coffin, the Great Elder Li Xuandao stood with Li Daoran and others, their faces sad.
"Disciple brother, disciple sister, you have arrived."
Seeing Chen Chang’an and Mao Ruxue enter, Li Daoran immediately stepped forward.
"Elder brother, I apologize, I arrived late."
Chen Chang’an apologized to Li Daoran.
Such an important event in the Sect, and he was the last one to arrive. This made Chen Chang’an feel bad.
"Disciple brother, it’s not your fault. The old ancestor specifically ordered not to inform you."
In response to Chen Chang’an’s apology, Li Daoran shook his head and said something that was both expected and unexpected to Chen Chang’an.
"Disciple brother, come with me."
Then Li Daoran led Chen Chang’an to the side.
He then took out a jade thumb ring and handed it to Chen Chang’an.
The Daoist Qi surged on the face of the thumb ring.
"Sect Leader Elder Brother, what is this?"
Seeing the thumb ring, Chen Chang’an immediately expressed his confusion.
"Disciple brother, I don’t know either."
"This is something that the old ancestor left behind and asked me to deliver to you before his death."
"He said that he had mentioned this to you before, but you never agreed."
"He told me to forcibly give this thing to you."
"And said that you must accept it, because this thing can only be used by you."
"Moreover, the old ancestor also said that the thing inside involves the secret of your master’s sorrow."
"If you want to know all of this, wear this thumb ring, and you will understand everything."
"Oh, right, the old ancestor specifically instructed."
"When you put on this thumb ring, make sure you are alone."
"And if necessary, even I have to go and check your existence."
Saying this, Li Daoran handed the jade thumb ring to Chen Chang’an.
After some hesitation, Chen Chang’an reached out and accepted it.
As for what exactly was left behind by the old ancestor Dao Tian, at this moment, he had already deduced.
It was the ’Night God’ legacy!
As long as he wore this thumb ring, he would receive the legacy of the Night God that could lead him directly to the seventh realm.
From then on, he would become a Night God who wanders between the righteous path.
