Chapter 64: The God Who Manifests as a Natural Disaster

A quarter-hour later, in the Li family courtyard.

Li Li Boyang sat on a small stool, facing the E-Tu with a stern expression.

Chen Yun was busy in the kitchen nearby, while Li Li Jingshu obediently assisted her.

With the storm about to strike, Li Yu, as the head of the household, would surely return home early, plus the uninvited E-Tu.

The meal for a full five people was enough to keep Chen Yun and Li Li Jingshu busy for a while.

"You say the slave-hunting brigade of the Guifang State is only a few hundred li away?"

"This hurricane we see now is actually the manifestation of one of the Five Directional Gods—the Hou Tian clan?"

Although he had long known how bizarre this world was.

Yet when Li Li Boyang heard that the hurricane was actually the manifestation of a god, he could not help but widen his eyes.

That great black dog imprisoned in the cave of the Ghost God Cliff... seemed to have mentioned something similar?

"What's so strange about that?"

"Not all gods enjoy contact with living beings, nor are all gods willing to expose their weaknesses before humans."

Glancing at the overly alarmed Li Li Boyang, E-Tu explained to him.

"A tangible body means tangible weaknesses; an intangible body means a transcendent status..."

"Ordinary gods might not achieve this, but gods of the Five Directional Gods level are clearly not ordinary gods."

Li Li Boyang nodded in understanding, roughly grasping the meaning behind E-Tu's words.

Unknowingly, Li Li Boyang even recalled the words of that great black dog in the cave of the Ghost God Cliff.

One of the advanced states of a god, it seemed, was to transform oneself into a living natural phenomenon?

"Can I simply understand it as: the Hou Tian clan, to maintain its prestige before its believers, therefore manifests in the form of a 'hurricane'?"

"After all, no matter how terrifying a tangible body is, it cannot compare to a true natural disaster."

"Wait, is the Hou Tian clan really voluntarily maintaining its current 'hurricane' state?"

Hearing this, E-Tu tilted his head slightly.

He felt that Li Li Boyang's understanding seemed to have some problem, yet he did not know how to refute him.

"Anyway, as long as you understand, that's enough."

"Since the Hou Tian clan has appeared, it means He has been thoroughly enraged."

"I wish to ask you to divine: is the old grandmother alive or dead right now?"

While saying this, E-Tu made no attempt to hide the worry on his face, which was utterly different from his usual carefree demeanor.

"What if my divination result is that she is still alive?"

After a brief moment of thought, Li Li Boyang asked in return.

"Do you intend to go save her?"

"To make an enemy of a god capable of manifesting as a natural disaster?"

To be honest, when he learned from E-Tu's mouth that the old grandmother had actually gone forward voluntarily to stop the Guifang State's slave-hunting army, Li Li Boyang was shocked.

He simply could not understand: what confidence did that old witch, who taught children to read in the Earth God Temple, have to dare confront an army of ten thousand?

However, looking at the Hou Tian clan manifesting in the form of a hurricane and thunderstorm.

Li Li Boyang felt again that he had never truly known that old grandmother.

Leaving aside other things, Li Li Boyang now seriously suspected.

That the old grandmother back then had actually long noticed him secretly learning, which was why she started teaching him again from the simplest characters.

"She saved my life, and she is the one who taught me to gradually master my own talents and abilities."

Without even a shred of hesitation, E-Tu answered firmly.

"If we use your human terms, she is both my savior and my adoptive parents."

"Whether she is alive or dead now, I am already prepared to make an enemy of the Hou Tian clan."

Words like "overestimating one's strength" or "reckless arrogance" could no longer describe E-Tu at this moment.

After all, the object of his declaration of war was a genuine god capable of manifesting as a natural disaster.

But no one would doubt the determination E-Tu displayed.

Just as when an ant tries to shake a tree or a mantis tries to stop a chariot, the ant and the mantis would absolutely not consider any retreat.

A rage that raises the hair on one's head; the courage of an ordinary man.

In such a context, these are never derogatory terms.

"Since you have said so, what more can I say?"

Gazing at E-Tu for a long time, Li Li Boyang finally sighed helplessly.

"You are my friend, and she is at least half my teacher; how could I possibly stand aside?"

Hearing the implied meaning in Li Li Boyang's words at once, E-Tu looked at him with both shock and surprise.

Yunmeng Mountain, Feilai Peak, Mountain God Temple.

"The Hou Tian clan, is it?"

Standing at the highest point of the Ghost God Cliff.

Xi Luo raised her eyes to gaze into the distance, a hint of obscure meaning flashing in her gaze.

The surging storm was slowly moving in this direction; wherever it passed, livestock were wiped out and villages destroyed.

"Do you intend to intervene?"

Just then, a emerald-green bird landed on Xi Luo's back.

"Do not forget how the witch of a thousand years ago died; excessive interference in the grievances between gods is destined to have no good outcome."

Facing the kingfisher's plea, Xi Luo remained silent, staring fixedly in the direction the storm was advancing.

"Xi Luo, you spent nearly a thousand years to escape death; do not betray the sacrifice of that witch."

Having spent so much time with Xi Luo, the kingfisher naturally saw through her little scheme at a glance.

"This time it is for that 'Red Boy', isn't it?"

"You have been prone to acting on emotion since the past, but 'Red Boy' does not possess that witch's power."

"In the end, they are all merely short-lived races that vanish in an instant..."

"Do not destroy the immortality you have so hard won for their sake."

The kingfisher's words spoke the rules of interaction among gods.

The grievances between gods involve far-reaching consequences.

A single misstep leads to scorched earth for a thousand li and floods drowning ten thousand people.

In the vast majority of cases, gods merely coldly observe the grievances between other gods and absolutely never intervene.

In fact, this was the major reason why none of the hundred deities of the Hundred Lands were willing to step forward during the previous 'God-Demon Incident'.

Even if all living beings are slaughtered, even if the ecosystem is destroyed...

For gods, at most a few hundred years are enough to restore everything to its original state.

Why should one anger other peers possessing immortal lives over such a trivial matter?

"If you truly favor that 'Red Boy' and intend to make him your priest, then bring him up the mountain!"

Seeing that he could not persuade Xi Luo at all, the kingfisher helplessly proposed another solution.

Even if the Howling Heaven Clan is tyrannical, they would absolutely not offend another god over a mere human.

As for the villages and humans below the mountain?

The kingfisher could only let them seek their own fortune and find their own way out.

"He will not agree..."

After a long while, Xi Luo finally spoke.

"He is more naive than my sister, yet he strives even harder..."

"He cannot possibly stand by and watch a baffling storm destroy his three years of 'achievements'."

"Besides, he helped me last time; this time it is my turn to help him."

Having spoken, Xi Luo turned back to look at the kingfisher on her back and asked in a deep voice.

"Did Grandmother send any message for you this time?"

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