Chapter 429: Chapter 393: Aftermath
Cheng Ge stumbled out of the dense forest, looking at the devastated Five Spirits Altar and the bizarre-looking Opera House standing on it.
Sang Que sat on the steps outside the Opera House, her Ghost Realm only maintained around the Opera House.
"Where is the Five Spirits God?" Cheng Ge asked nervously.
Just now, Sang Que used the Demon-Subduing Pestle to seal the Five Spirits God, and Cheng Ge clearly saw the whole scene. He could hardly believe Sang Que, a fifth-layer Yin Walker, dared to attack the Five Spirits God and even succeeded.
But for the Yunzhou people, this was sacrilegious; they could not allow anyone to disrespect the Five Spirits God!
Venomous snakes slithered out from Cheng Ge’s sleeves, raising their heads toward Sang Que.
Sang Que sighed, slowly rolling up the scroll she had just retrieved, the shotgun already reloaded back into the scroll, leaving the scene relatively clean.
Facing the angry Cheng Ge, Sang Que was too exhausted to bother.
At this moment, Cheng Ge felt a chill behind him, seeing red paper fragments flying, and his Snake Gu was rapidly transforming into paper.
Scissors appeared out of thin air, and with a snip, the heads of many paper snakes fell to the ground.
The Paper Macher quietly stood behind Cheng Ge, holding the scissors against Cheng Ge’s shadow, illuminated by the setting sun.
Footsteps approached as the Ghost Vendor and Qiao Ling noticed the commotion subsiding at the altar and rushed over. Before Qiao Ling could get close, the hair hidden in her bag flew out, transforming into Xia Chan on the ground.
"Sister!"
Xia Chan bypassed Cheng Ge, running to Sang Que’s side.
Sang Que’s tired eyes swept over the Ghost Vendor and Qiao Ling, finally landing on Xia Chan’s face. She smiled faintly to show she was alright.
In fact, she brought Xia Chan this time not to ask for her help, but because she feared something might happen, and Qiao Ling wouldn’t be willing to leave; Xia Chan could pull Qiao Ling away.
Cheng Ge swallowed hard. Half a year ago, it was Sang Que facing him helplessly. Unexpectedly, so quickly the situation reversed, and now it was him powerless against Sang Que.
Sang Que placed the rolled-up scroll into the bamboo tube on her back and said to Cheng Ge, "Your Five Spirits God won’t die, but perhaps, another might come to take its place."
Cheng Ge’s eyes widened with shock, immediately thinking of the Yin Child. Could it be she intended to devour the Five Spirits God and replace it?
Cheng Ge recalled a rumor about the Yin Child. Many people in the villages said that when the Yin Child was still the Five Spirits Saintess, she willingly let herself be abducted by the Xuan Dynasty’s spy sent to her.
Because the Yin Child was very resistant to becoming the Five Spirits Saintess, yet it was she who was chosen.
The Yin Child wanted to learn skills, unwilling to be sacrificed in the future, and because she believed in the sweet words of the Xuan Dynasty spy, she was coerced, eventually becoming the Yin Child.
If not for the Yin Child’s willing cooperation, it would have been as challenging as climbing the sky for the Xuan Dynasty spy to take her out of Yunzhou.
At this moment, Cheng Ge couldn’t help but wonder if the Yin Child, after so many years outside, experiencing so much, going from a weak saintess manipulated by others to a Yin Child capable of wiping out a city with a wave of her hand, was all for this moment!
Cheng Ge’s momentum of seeking justice completely dissipated; now he didn’t know what to do.
What the Yunzhou people needed was the power of the Five Spirits God. As long as the Five Spirits God remained, nothing else mattered. But if the Yin Child really replaced the Five Spirits God, wouldn’t Sang Que, who controlled the Yin Child, become someone above the Five Spirits God, even dominating the whole of Yunzhou?
But she’s from the Xuan Dynasty!
No, if the Yin Child truly replaced the Five Spirits God, she would be at least a sixth-level existence. Sang Que was only fifth-level; at that time, she wouldn’t be able to control the Yin Child at all.
Sang Que saw through Cheng Ge’s thoughts and, at this point, there was nothing more to hide. She took out the Mountain Ghost Token representing the leader of the Nine Songs and tossed it to Cheng Ge.
Cheng Ge caught the token, not understanding, but the words ’Mountain Ghost’ on it, he had seen on the Divine Statue of the Witch Lady that the Old Gu Master burned incense for daily.
The Old Gu Master was part of Nine Songs, was Sang Mulan too?
Qiao Ling ran to Sang Que’s side, gently holding her wrist to diagnose her, while the Ghost Vendor walked towards Cheng Ge to explain.
"This is the Mountain Ghost Token that only the leader of our Nine Songs can hold. The person in front of you is the leader of this generation of Nine Songs, the Witch!"
Cheng Ge’s eyes widened even more than before, staring at Sang Que, unable to connect her with the leader of Nine Songs, after all, Sang Que looked too young!
But her strength... she indeed deserves it.
The slight resistance Cheng Ge had towards Sang Que vanished upon knowing her true identity. He even felt relieved, relieved it was Sang Que who controlled the Yin Child and subdued the Five Spirits God.
Sang Que said, "I have no intention of interfering with your Yunzhou affairs, but everything happening here needs someone to help me explain to the other village leaders. Today’s turmoil was caused by me, and if any compensation is needed, feel free to ask."
"Additionally, I know you have always wanted to rescue the Old Gu Master. He belongs to Nine Songs, and I won’t stand by. Once things are settled here, I will make a trip to Shengjing to think of a way to rescue him."
As her words fell, both the Ghost Vendor and Qiao Ling looked at Sang Que in surprise.
Going to Shengjing was extremely dangerous for Sang Que. Rescuing the Old Gu Master was necessary, but neither the Ghost Vendor nor Qiao Ling had thought of letting Sang Que go herself. She was the backbone of Nine Songs; nothing could happen to her.
Hearing about this, Cheng Ge was also very excited, "I want to go too!"
In Cheng Ge’s heart, the Old Gu Master was his closest teacher; rescuing his teacher was a matter Cheng Ge must personally attend to.
Sang Que weakly said, "First, help me resolve the current situation, and the rest we can discuss slowly."
The Paper Macher was reclaimed by Sang Que, and after some thought, Cheng Ge eventually nodded, expressing his willingness to help Sang Que explain to the leaders of the other villages. At this point, as long as the Five Spirits God didn’t disappear, Yunzhou’s foundation remained, and everyone wouldn’t quibble over small details.
Moreover, Sang Que is the leader of Nine Songs, and the witchcraft in Yunzhou was passed down by generations of Nine Songs Gu Masters.
After Cheng Ge left, Sang Que’s body weakened, and Xia Chan quickly ran to support her, asking nervously, "Sister, what’s wrong? Are you hungry? Little Chan has food; it’s all for you to eat."
Xia Chan hurriedly pulled out a piece of chocolate that had melted from her body.
Sang Que weakly said, "I’m fine; keep it for yourself to eat."
Eating chocolate won’t help. This is the side effect of the medicine, even the trigram of the Mountain Ghost Coin couldn’t offset it, and the Ghost Vendor didn’t have anything to help Sang Que use.
Qiao Ling spread out a needle bag and swiftly applied acupuncture to Sang Que’s pressure points.
Qiao Ling was well aware of how strong the medicine she made was. If not for Sang Que having multiple life-saving methods, she wouldn’t have given her such medicine.
Now Sang Que needed to rest for at least three months without using ghost powers again, to fully recover her body, otherwise, the consequences would be dire.
"Are you really planning to go to Shengjing?" Qiao Ling asked.
Sang Que glanced behind her; she had spoken confidently earlier, but she wasn’t sure in her heart, and could only pray for the Yin Child.
"Yes, I do plan to, but I won’t rush it. I need to make a trip back to Bright Moon Mountain first."
When the research institute is ready, Sang Que plans to open the gate at Bright Moon Mountain there. After all, that’s her turf. Then she can use modern power to build it better, and provide the researchers with a safe place to slowly explore everything about the Deceit Dynasty.
The problem now was how to traverse the current Qinzhou, and Sang Que looked at the Ghost Vendor; they still had to rely on him for this matter.
