Chapter 220: Deceiving the Earth Mother

"Although the battle achievements of the Disaster Star Order Master had already begun to spread when the 【Immortal Qin Strange Domain】 ended, the scope was limited. Now, with this stunt by the Demon Star Order, he has truly become famous."

"In the past, when the overall settlement occurred, the top contributor was usually a high-sequence powerhouse from the Reincarnator side, such as the last one, Grand General Li Geng of the Jing Kingdom, who was a Sequence 4 【Seven Kill General】 of the Red God Path, or the one before that, Liu Yuan of the Dry Kingdom's Vast Heaven Sect, who was a Sequence 4 【Director of the Imperial Observatory】 of the Star God Path."

"This time, it has plummeted to a Sequence 6. Although he is a Myriad Changes God-Chosen, it is enough to stir up a massive storm. This is truly becoming famous throughout the world in one fell swoop."

"It is a pity that Fellow Daoist Disaster Star likely does not want this kind of fame. In the next Strange Domain crusade, as long as he reveals his identity, he will inevitably be targeted."

"Perhaps after the next mission, the Disaster Star Order will also be reforged."

"I don't think so!"

Li Yu discovered that most of the group messages were not optimistic about him, so seeing one that was, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

Until the next moment, this person continued:

"Although Fellow Daoist Li has not yet been able to display powerful combat strength, his ability to bring disaster to others and to the world is unprecedented. It will be hard to find another Disaster Star Order Master like him, wouldn't you agree, Brother Shang Yang?"

"Agreed!"

"Seconded!"

Watching this group of unscrupulous Order Masters start using him to whip Shang Yang's corpse again, Li Yu's brow twitched, and he returned to reality.

Immediately, he came to the console and looked out toward the Wanfu City area.

Even from a great distance, he could feel the jubilant atmosphere in the city.

Whether it was the Demon Star faction winning or the "Demon Star Descent" being triggered again, it was enough to plunge Wanfu City into a celebration.

But this time!

Everyone's happiness was built upon the suffering of him, Li Yu.

Being known to the world seems like a great achievement.

But for someone like Li Yu, it was very ominous.

This meant he would be an enemy of the whole world.

In the future, when entering a Strange Domain, as long as he accidentally revealed his identity, the True God faction might hunt him down crazily, and the Demon Star Order Masters would also be very wary of him.

Called a Disaster Star, he would actually be treated as a Calamity Star.

When he previously sabotaged Shang Yang, the other Order Masters only mocked him.

But now that Li Yu's battle record included "King Xi," the meaning was completely different.

This was an overlord of the Eastern District, a long-standing old demon, and a Sequence 4 【Filthy Father】 of the Forbidden God Path.

Even existences of the same sequence were not necessarily his match, yet he had been tricked by the Disaster Star Order Master into losing half his life, and in a chain reaction, the entire King Xi Mansion was about to be wiped out.

No one could ignore this astonishing battle record, and even less dared to associate with him lightly.

"Although this reputation is not unusable for calculating against others, it ultimately brings more harm than good."

"Subsequent Strange Domain crusades must be handled with extreme caution; I cannot expose myself easily."

Depressed as he was, it wasn't all bad news.

After Li Yu informed Hong Dou of the Demon Star Order notification, he immediately saw a brilliant light shine within his maid's fox-like eyes.

She expressed her anticipation and joy with absolute clarity.

And immediately, she spat out the reason.

At the same time, she proposed a request that Li Yu could not refuse.

"Based on inferences from numerous cases in the database, Hong Dou, having recovered part of her wisdom core, perfectly meets the selection criteria for the Demon Star Order and the Reincarnation Order."

"The probability of Hong Dou being selected by the 【Demon Star Order】 is estimated at 80%, and the probability of being selected by the Reincarnation Order is estimated at 90%."

"Regardless of which side selects her, the help Hong Dou can provide to her master will be doubled."

Even though they were in Wanfu City.

Hong Dou believed her chance of becoming a Reincarnator was higher than that of a Demon Star Order Master.

But thinking about it carefully, it was quite reasonable.

Hong Dou was one of the seeds awakened after the will of the "Heavenly Work God" shattered; in a sense, she was of the same family as the Reincarnation Heavenly Net.

If they weren't in a place of demons like Wanfu City, the probability of being selected might have been 100%.

"To increase the probability!"

"Please, Master, continuously replenish Hong Dou's spirit for the next three days."

Looking at Hong Dou's eager and expectant appearance, Li Yu could not say a single word of refusal.

Perhaps it was the succession of surprising scenes and shocking news that caused Li Yu to forget the "appointment" between himself and Lady Ba.

And as a mechanical lifeform, Hong Dou naturally could not forget.

But she had the authority to prioritize her master's affairs, and at this moment, the highest priority was undoubtedly the matter of her master advancing to the next sequence.

Hong Dou's wisdom core whirred, and based on the information Li Yu provided, a highly feasible and detailed plan was generated and spat out:

"Master!"

"Your idea has a high probability of success, but it is best to start by deceiving the most benevolent True God, 【Earth Mother】."

"It is rumored that in the Earth Mother's Divine Kingdom, there are three types of spiritual objects that can be called Immortality Medicines: Jade Flat Peach, Yellow Spring Water, and Lunar Marrow."

"Master's target is the Jade Flat Peach!"

"Master needs to play the role of a 'Corpse King' whose lifespan is nearing its end and send a prayer to the Earth Mother... If the environment is more suitable, the success rate of the deception can be increased. Starting to scan the surroundings for a corresponding location."

"Beep, beep, beep!"

"Scan successful. There are three locations near the Ancient God Camp that meet the requirements for a 'Place of Slumber for a Corpse King'."

"The optimal choice has been selected. Shall we depart immediately?"

"Let's go!"

At any other time, Li Yu, having just finished the slaughter in the Strange Domain, would have chosen to rest and slack off for a few days.

But now, that was not possible.

Because of this damned "faction settlement," Li Yu's bad reputation had expanded at least tenfold.

The death threats that followed had also doubled.

And the benefits? A mere 50,000 merit points.

After receiving them, he called upon the Demon Star again, wanting to see if the total of 70,000 merit points could directly exchange for a top-tier Immortality Medicine.

The result was: no.

He could directly exchange for three portions of degraded Immortality Medicines that could be used, such as "Black Tai Sui" or "Mermaid Flesh."

If it were an ordinary Daoist physician, they could take the secret medicine now to advance to a Longevity Daoist.

But Li Yu was not satisfied.

He wanted a top-tier advancement!

Just as ordinary Daoist physicians could not satisfy his appetite, he was equally unwilling to be an ordinary "Longevity Daoist."

Therefore, if possible, Li Yu would have liked to return the merit points in exchange for not having his name announced.

Unfortunately, spilled water cannot be gathered.

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Li Yu had no choice but to accept reality, and driven by a sense of crisis, he resolved to achieve a top-tier advancement as quickly as possible.

"My current Demon Body is already close to being 【Immortal】; splitting off another Li Yu is not a problem. If I add a Longevity Body after a top-tier advancement, could I achieve true immortality? For example, if only a drop of blood or a piece of flesh remains, could I still be resurrected?"

"And that 'Spirit Venerable Point Allocation,' which divine ability should I choose to enhance?"

With such thoughts, under Hong Dou's guidance, Li Yu soon appeared in a place of extreme yin and extreme cold near the Ancient God Camp.

After personally digging out a "Long-haired Cold Elephant Corpse" that had been lying there for who knows how many tens of thousands of years to let it bask in the sun, he lay down inside himself.

The moment he lay down, his body began to change.

An extremely terrifying and intense divine aura was extracted by him from who knows where and then poured into his own body.

The ability of a top-tier Daoist physician was immediately activated.

In an instant, an ancient, aged zombie appeared.

In terms of external appearance, Li Yu also referenced the Cold Corpse King captured by the flesh satellite earlier.

Coupled with the immortal extreme yin divinity from the most benevolent and powerful Mother God, 【Earth Mother】, it could be said to be exactly the same as the other party.

Of course, the divine aura coming out of that "Immortal Qin Jade Seal" was all degenerate and filthy.

So at this moment, Li Yu, transformed into a Corpse King, had some other attribute characteristics in addition to extreme yin.

Covered in long hair!

Full of ominousness!

Originally, this deep valley was a treasure land for raising corpses, with good scenery, misty cold fog, and blowing ice and snow.

But this time, Li Yu's visit caused this treasure land to start growing hair and becoming filthy as well.

However, he didn't care about these things. After confirming that everything was ready.

Li Yu did not delay in the slightest and immediately began to chant a passage of scripture from the Earth Mother Sect's only holy scripture, the "Earth Mother Sutra," praying to the Mother God in his heart.

His role-playing was a change that was consistent both inside and out.

So at this moment, he seemed truly like a Corpse King about to pass away.

His thoughts and consciousness had already become dull.

It was as if even his soul had begun to stop functioning.

It took a very, very long time to finish chanting that passage of scripture, after which he attached his own prayer.

Normally, a devout believer would not make things difficult for their own Mother God by making some rude request.

Therefore, Li Yu had also prepared a very reasonable excuse:

"Great and merciful Earth Mother, your believer has accidentally become trapped in a forbidden land of evil spirits and is about to grow old and die in this cold dwelling... My soul is willing to return to the embrace of the Earth Mother... However, my body does not wish to sleep forever here... This place is filthy and ominous, defiling the corpse bestowed upon me by the Mother Goddess."

"Please, Mother Goddess, bestow upon me a 【Jade Flat Peach】 so that I may awaken and gain a little strength, allowing me to step by step walk out of this land of evil... When that time comes, I am willing to sleep forever when my lifespan ends."

"Great and merciful Earth Mother..."

"Great and merciful Earth Mother..."

"Hmm?"

Li Yu had originally thought that he would need to chant many times before he could possibly deceive the Earth Mother and receive a response from this powerful Mother Goddess.

But he did not expect that on the third time,

an infinitely vast and gentle "spiritual response," filled with maternal nature, descended.

In a trance, Li Yu only felt that he had arrived in an infinitely warm world, where both his body and soul were enveloped by the radiance of maternal nature.

This wonderful sensation even dispelled the filth and ominousness he had released.

But soon, both this spiritual response and the maternal nature began to recede.

It seemed he was being expelled, being returned.

Was he seen through?

How could that be?

Just as Li Yu was startled and already preparing to accept his fate,

suddenly, the illusion before his eyes changed, and scenes of birds singing and flowers blooming, the lunar moon, and shimmering emerald clouds flashed by in an instant.

At the same time, in this instant, a "spiritual response" belonging to another True God emerged in his mind.

After that, he returned.

Everything happened too fast, so fast that Li Yu did not even react to what had actually occurred.

He only vaguely felt that he had been seen through and rejected by the Earth Mother, and then briefly lingered for a split second at another Goddess's place.

Now that he had returned, he was just about to ponder where exactly he had revealed a flaw.

But as soon as Li Yu opened his eyes, he immediately saw the void above his forehead rippling, with half of a lunar moon, set off by rosy clouds, spilling out; at the tip of the moon, a drop of liquid that looked quite viscous and white as jade was slowly dripping down.

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