Chapter 1559

Guide Liu stepped forward to ask, and only then did he know that this was the place where the city residents had stoned the City Governor Liu to death. After the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds left, Garrison Commander Yang led everyone to erect a statue of the Black Flood Dragon for him, and many people come here to worship every day.

Bai Ziqi ordered his subordinates to disperse to collect information on the two battles, while he himself asked the old woman at the foot of the wall about the location of the Puyin Temple.

The old woman was worshiping the wooden carving, not even opening her eyes, and said indifferently, "Go back, go to the back of the city, go to Bayuan Township."

Bai Ziqi walked toward the back of the city in the direction she pointed. During this time, he passed through a market. In addition to common agricultural products, there were several stalls selling necklaces, small statues, and evil-warding cloth bags. Although the craftsmanship was poor and looked a bit abstract, everyone could see at a glance that they were imitating the Black Armor Man or the Black Flood Dragon image.

The Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds is very popular here.

Passing through a mountain pass, a small temple stood on a hill.

The temple was a bit broken, and a corner of the eaves was missing.

Bai Ziqi ordered everyone to wait, and he entered the temple alone.

The temple was empty and deserted, and the statue was covered with a thick layer of dust. On the offering table, there were only a plate of cold steamed buns and a bunch of not-so-fresh grapes, which formed a sharp contrast with the flourishing incense and mountains of offerings at the Black Flood Dragon totem behind the Shizhoutou city gate.

A stick of incense had burned to the butt and was about to go out.

Bai Ziqi offered six sticks of incense, then waved his hand, and the doors and windows automatically closed tightly.

After the smoke became straight, he whispered a few words.

A dozen breaths later, the smoke suddenly stalled, condensing in the air without dispersing, as if it were about to gather into a shape.

However, Bai Ziqi waited for a long time, but it didn't take shape after all.

Seeing that the smoke cluster was about to disperse again, he simply took out a pale gold candle from his bosom and carefully placed it on the offering table.

With a 'puff' sound, the candle ignited without fire, but the flame core was a strange pale green, and at the same time, the smoke cluster in the air naturally dispersed.

Bai Ziqi asked, "Puyin God?"

The flame of the pale gold candle jumped more than a foot high, changed a few times like plasticine, and squeezed out a blurry rectangular face, but without facial features.

"This is the spirit of the Everlasting Lamp of the Lingxu Gods..." A turbid voice sounded. "Whose god official are you?"

"Star-Plucking Tower, Envoy of the Clouds."

"Oh?" Puyin God seemed to wake up from a long sleep, even wanting to yawn. "A slave of the main gods of Lingxu, what are you doing in my temple?"

"Your temple's incense is about to be cut off." Puyin God's temple keeper had run away, posing no threat to Bai Ziqi, so he didn't speak very politely. "The believers seem to have been snatched away by the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds."

"..." Puyin God said unhappily, "What exactly is your business?"

Is it the only one whose incense was snatched away on the Flash Gold Plain? It didn't have much incense here in Shizhoutou, originally having hundreds of believers, but after the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds appeared, there were less than ten left now.

Without believers, the temple naturally fell into disrepair.

"My Lord couldn't find you in the God Realm, so he sent me to Bayuan Township." Bai Ziqi held his head high. "Are you hiding?"

Puyin God chuckled. "Where I go, what does it have to do with them?"

"Why are you dodging and hiding? Don't tell me you want to imitate Lady Mitian from back then?"

The name "Lady Mitian" is a taboo in the God Realm. As soon as he said it, Puyin God also felt it was harsh. The human face transformed by the lamp spirit leaned in, almost sticking to Bai Ziqi's face, but the latter didn't move at all.

"You are a god envoy of Lingxu, but you are also a lowly human! Didn't your master teach you to know awe when facing a god?"

Bai Ziqi raised his hand and poked, and the lamp spirit jumped back to its original position. He stood tall. "Status is determined by strength; I only serve my Lord."

The lamp spirit shook violently and transformed into Puyin God's face again. "Those masters of yours can't stand others having treasures in their hands. If I don't hide, I won't have a share of the Emperor's Flowing Pulp that will erupt in more than two months."

Bai Ziqi understood. What can be called a "treasure" by a Heavenly God is very likely the Punishment Dragon Pillar.

This wild god didn't know where it got the Punishment Dragon Pillar, and it was discovered by the gods of Lingxu, so Puyin God began to hide here and there.

In the current God Realm, the struggle surrounding the Punishment Dragon Pillar is intensifying, and even a true god has fallen. Small gods like Puyin God know the principle of "an innocent man harboring a treasure is a crime" very well.

"Don't worry, I'm not here for your Punishment Dragon Pillar, just acting on the orders of the Holy Venerable to investigate the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds." Bai Ziqi said sternly, "It is said that the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds first appeared in Shizhoutou. I would like to ask, does Puyin God have any clues?"

"Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds?" So that's it, the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds also threatened the faith of the gods of Lingxu? Puyin God was silent for a while before saying, "You have been at sea for a long time, haven't you?"

"Yes."

"Recently, the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds has another title: Reincarnated True Dragon. It is spreading everywhere on the Flash Gold Plain that he is the reincarnation of the Black Dragon God Venerable."

Black Dragon God Venerable? "Where did these messages come from?"

"Not clear, it's spreading everywhere." Puyin God chuckled. "Don't you see where you are standing? Flash Gold Plain, a place of chaos; do you want to find the air hole of the wind here?"

"The Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds has been to Shizhoutou, which is very close to Bayuan Township. You know that, right?"

Puyin God said, "Giving you clues, what good is it for me?"

"This lamp spirit will be given to you." The Everlasting Lamp Spirit is one of the treasures bestowed by the Heavenly Palace, with infinite wonderful uses. An ordinary lamp-holding envoy might not be able to warm and nourish one in a lifetime. With the lamp spirit, Puyin God can have many uses.

Otherwise, with the temple keeper not here, it wouldn't even be able to talk to humans.

Bai Ziqi didn't even blink. "Besides, if I can dig out the true body of the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds, isn't that a good thing for you?"

The sharp decline in faith on this Flash Gold Plain has already made a group of wild gods complain. So Puyin God no longer put on airs. "The Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds has been here."

"Here?" Bai Ziqi was slightly surprised. "In this temple?"

"He once stood where you are now." Puyin God whispered. "At that time, he was in that outfit, wearing a mask on his head, but there was no karmic fire steaming around his body, and he was accompanied by a subordinate wearing a wolf mask."

"Karmic fire?" Bai Ziqi grasped the keyword. "The black flames around his body are not a divine ability?"

"Listen to me first." The servant of the Holy Venerable of Lingxu was almost as rude as his master. Puyin God said unhappily, "At that time, the garrison commander of Shizhoutou, Yang Meng, was still praying in my temple, because the invading Zhao Guangzhi had already retreated, but the city lord Liu Shuheng had led troops to attack his own city instead. After the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds came, he repeatedly asked me what happened in the God Realm and why the gods were constantly falling. He also asked about the recent situation of the Netherworld and the date of the arrival of the Emperor's Flowing Pulp."

"Questioning the God Realm?" The Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds is so interested in gods? "Why ask about the Netherworld separately?"