Chapter 27: Picking Lotus

Qingyun Temple, middle courtyard!

Lu Qingshan, who was lecturing on the Yellow Court scriptures to his disciples under the ancient pine, suddenly seemed to sense something. He was stunned for a moment, his face confused. Suddenly, he felt like he was being spied on, but it disappeared in an instant, leaving him unable to track it.

Seeing that the master was lecturing, but suddenly interrupted, seeming to be stunned for a moment, one of the young and beautiful female cultivators asked in confusion.

"Master, what's wrong with you? What happened?"

Lu Qingshan seemed a bit unhappy and said absent-mindedly.

"Nothing, the master is just a bit tired!"

"Cailian, you are the eldest senior sister, you lecture to them for the master!"

After speaking, he handed the Yellow Court Scripture to the female cultivator and went to the back hall alone. He saw him hesitate for a moment, then lit three sticks of incense and bowed to the sky, saying in a low voice.

"I don't know which passing god is teasing the disciple. If the disciple has any disrespect, I hope you will be magnanimous!"

After speaking, he inserted the three sticks of incense into the large incense burner in front of the hall, then formed a seal with both hands and flicked it gently. Immediately, a wisp of light smoke drifted directly toward the direction of Yunmeng Lake.

Lu Qingshan was stunned.

"Eh? Could it be the Yunmeng Water God?"

"Sigh, ashamed, if he hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten. It's been half a year! Another day I will bring some incense candles and offerings and still go to the lakeside to pay respects!"

However, the irrelevant Yunmeng River Earl could not help but sneeze, feeling puzzled in his heart, "Who? Who is discussing me behind my back."

However, Su Yuanshan smiled slightly, seeming to know everything about this, because he had seen Lu Qingshan's reaction clearly through the grass and trees, but did not point it out.

Seeing him smile, the old fisherman asked with a smile.

"Why is the young master laughing? It seems you are in a good mood today!"

Su Yuanshan smiled, standing with his hands behind his back, looking at the distance, and said lightly.

"Sunset clouds and a lone wild duck fly together, autumn water and the long sky are the same color. Doesn't the old man feel happy about such beautiful scenery? Su is just feeling the same!"

"So that's it, so that's it, haha!"

"It seems the young master is a person of temperament. Can you drink a pot with the old man? Let's use the beautiful scenery to accompany the wine."

The old fisherman's laughter startled the water birds and spread far away...........

Su Yuanshan took the little white fox back to the Nanzhou Town Chenghuang Temple. Looking at the fallen leaves in the courtyard, he flicked his sleeves gently, blowing the courtyard full of yellow leaves clean.

The City God's plaque remained, but the position of the statue was empty. Beside the City God's plaque, there was an extra plaque for the subordinate god Fox Immortal.

Su Yuanshan sat cross-legged at the statue above the altar, closed his eyes, and began to comprehend the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Immediately, lines of golden text appeared on the spirit bead:

【Spirit Perception Art +1】

【Spirit Perception Art +1】

【Spirit Perception Art +1】

In the haze, he sensed that "threads" were drifting between heaven and earth. The threads were as white as clouds, drifting with the wind, seeming to drift out from all things in heaven and earth, playing in the stream, jumping between grass and trees, floating on the birds in the sky, flowing in the mountains, and hiding in the clouds and mist.

Then he began to operate the Spirit Swallowing and Qi Refining Art, refining this wisp of spiritual energy into his body.

Then lines of golden text appeared on the spirit bead again:

【Spirit Swallowing and Qi Refining Art +1】

【Spirit Swallowing and Qi Refining Art +1】

【Spirit Swallowing and Qi Refining Art +1】

Not only was he swallowing spirit and refining Qi, but the spirit bead was also automatically absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

I don't know how long it had been, suddenly he felt his body shake, seeming to have some sudden enlightenment, and there were new changes on the spirit bead.

【Spirit Swallowing and Qi Refining Art Level 5 → Level 6】

【Obtained Spell Effect: Specialization (Mortal Grade)】

Su Yuanshan could clearly feel that his speed of swallowing spirit and refining Qi had accelerated significantly.

Suddenly, a warning sign rose in his heart, and he opened his eyes abruptly and snorted coldly.

"Bold demon, is my dojo something you can peek at!"

"Leave it for me!"

While scolding, he drew a wisp of spiritual energy from the spirit bead and flicked his sleeves.

A black phantom was about to escape. Hearing a "Thump" sound, following a scream, that wisp of pure spiritual energy directly pierced the black shadow, falling to the ground. It was actually a dead black dog.

Demonic energy flowed on the black dog, and Su Yuanshan even felt a wisp of it was somewhat familiar.

Ghost servant? Another ghost servant!

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and cold murderous intent leaked from his eyes. When he opened his mouth, it was a rumbling divine voice that resounded through the mountains.

"Baiehou! Are you provoking this lord?"

".... provoking this lord?"

".... provoking this lord?"

The majestic voice echoed in the valley, like thunder, lingering for a long time.

Suddenly, a fierce wind rose, and a huge demonic energy came overwhelmingly, stirring the clouds, faintly having the momentum to contend with Su Yuanshan. That momentum made Su Yuanshan frown, feeling a bit surprised and faintly unhappy.

He thought to himself, this guy's cultivation has improved quite fast. With such rich demonic energy, I'm afraid he has reached the late stage of Demon Core (Golden Core). No wonder he is restless again.

Su Yuanshan is only in the initial stage of spirit irrigation, belonging to the twelfth divine grade stage, equivalent to the Linglong stage of demon cultivation, one big realm lower than the Demon Core stage. Whether he is the opponent of this guy if they really fight is hard to say.

However, it would be another matter if he used the authority of a god.

But the authority of a god has many restrictions when used. For example, it needs to consume a large amount of divine power. These divine powers need incense and merit to supplement and improve, and it is only effective within his jurisdiction. Once it exceeds his jurisdiction, the authority of the god becomes a display and cannot be called at all. Otherwise, it is overstepping authority and violating the heavenly law, which is not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao.

And to call on mountains and rivers in a larger range, puppet underworld officials, and spirits of heaven and earth, one needs higher divine authority, and one needs to be promoted to a prefecture city god to do it.

However, fortunately, that demonic energy gradually faded away in the end. Clearly, Baiehou was not yet ready to fight hard with him, this City God. But having been teased several times.

Su Yuanshan had already developed the intention to kill!

However, he thought he did not have the strength to crush Baiehou, so he was very cautious.

Plus, the day to report for duty in Huangliang County was already very close, and he had no time to take care of other things.

He thought to himself, when I officially take over as the County City God, I can use the resources I can call, collect more incense, earn more merit, and after raising my divine power to a higher stage, then cleaning up this demon king won't be easy, like a hawk tying a rabbit?

So let him be arrogant for now, let me see how long you can be arrogant!

With his mind made up, Su Yuanshan packed his bags and planned to set off. Saying packing, there was actually nothing to pack. It was just an abandoned mountain and a remnant village, a broken temple that had long been without incense offerings.

Besides the weeds in the courtyard, the open roof, the old divine curtains swaying in the wind, the peeling wooden pillars, and the moss in the corners, there were only two divine plaques, one was the City God plaque, and one was his subordinate god Fox Immortal plaque.

Putting the two plaques into the Spirit Void Ring, Su Yuanshan took the little white fox out of the temple gate, looked back at the dilapidated Chenghuang Temple, and felt emotional in his heart.

This was his first foothold after coming to this world, and it was not an exaggeration to say it was his birthplace. Now that he was about to leave, he could not help but feel mixed emotions. ===== CHAPTER 28 =====