Chapter 141: 195, 196

On Jilei Mountain, atop Yaochi Peak.

The old man and the child were arguing incessantly.

And many of Song Cheng's doubts were finally answered.

The blank space in history existed because this land had once experienced an "Extinction," and the Jilei Mountain Mountain God and the Wu River God had profited from this "Extinction," reaching a further level.

This step should be "Earth Grade Grade D." If Song Cheng's guess was correct, this step was "Suppression."

"Even if it is just a statue of Suppression," it could protect those in the "Reappearance Tribulation," precisely because "Suppression" contained extremely strong Yang energy.

The blank history and the extinct land slowly recovered because of "Suppression," becoming suitable for human habitation once again; thousands of years of recuperation allowed this place to flourish anew, subsequently entering the era of "Jianghu Sect Partition" under some deliberate guidance.

However, Ghosts did not disappear.

The Ghost that once extinguished this land was the Doctor.

The Doctor was a complete aggregate composed of eight Ghosts, a terrifyingly incomparable existence; yet, as if reaching some kind of limit, the Doctor developed spiritual intelligence, and he began to wander, to ponder, and to search. It spent a long time and finally found a way to go further—to become a Jue Jin Jin.

Only by becoming a Jue Jin Jin could it go further.

In this world, the waters of Canghai always flow downward, but all those with spiritual intelligence strive to go upward.

The Doctor was the same.

Thus, the Doctor began to "conduct experiments" on this land, and the "Extreme Bliss World" was merely a "defective product" of his experiments.

And finally, he succeeded; he brewed the perfect experimental subject—a person possessing an extremely twisted Soul.

With this twisted person, he was successfully born, though perhaps it was not smooth; perhaps... it was only after an unknown number of couples died that he successfully arrived in the human world and was reincarnated as a Jue Jin Jin.

In the process of becoming a Jue Jin Jin, the Doctor bewitched outsiders—such as the reincarnated followers of the Holy Heaven Buddha—and taught them a "seemingly correct" method: to mobilize Yin and Yang through the method of division and union, and to drain Ghosts into the sea through the method of the Yunhe.

Yet the true purpose of this method was to pierce through his old rivals—the Jilei Mountain Mountain God and the Wu River God.

The Wu River God died, and the Jilei Mountain Mountain God planned to stake everything on one throw, using a Flat Peach as bait to plunge himself into weakness, waiting for the Doctor to come knocking.

Then, both sides began this state of "quasi-fusion."

Of course, whether it was the Mountain God or the Doctor, both tacitly avoided saying "fusion," only claiming it was to eliminate the other, yet Song Cheng felt it was not so.

At this moment, the two were still arguing; if Song Cheng could not threaten them, then... neither would care about this ant.

But Song Cheng's strength happened to be heaven-defying enough to participate in this decisive battle.

This was a variable beyond their expectations.

Both were forced to appear.

Song Cheng looked at the Jue Jin Jin that the Doctor had reincarnated into, his mind still echoing with his words—Ghosts cannot die, Jue Jin Jin can advance. If one is neither Ghost nor Jue Jin Jin, then one likely only has the hundred-year lifespan of a mortal.

These words made his heart ache as if pierced by knives.

Because A Ting carried immense weight in his heart.

Even though Xiao An had produced many descendants, the so-called "affinity for the next generation" had not appeared in him. As for Xiao Mo'er, he also owed her much, but compared to A Ting, it was still lacking. Furthermore, compared to A Ting's Double Ghost, Xiao Mo'er was an eight-Ghost, and she was not without hope.

Yet compared to her luck, A Ting... was so pitiful.

Called a Ghost, yet she was a human.

Called a human, yet she hid the power of a Double Ghost, making it impossible to cultivate even a little, impossible to reach the Qi Realm to extend her life.

Called a Jue Jin Jin, yet she lacked the foundation and her power was insufficient, making it impossible to take the next step.

And A Ting was already thirty-two years old this year; her body was not that healthy, and perhaps in the next moment of distraction during his cultivation, he would never see this daughter again.

The childish sound of "Daddy, Daddy" still echoed in his ears, and the girl who drew pictures on the bed and smiled like a flower while holding a little rabbit in the snow still remained in his mind.

The more beautiful the memories, the more painful and tear-jerking they became as the end approached.

Many thoughts flashed by, and Song Cheng scanned the data above the heads of the Mountain God and the Doctor.

The "favorability" of both remained at 0, never changing at all.

Perhaps in the depths of their hearts, he was just a target to be temporarily humored; once the matter between them ended, they would surely kill him.

Thinking of this, Song Cheng suddenly said: "I will not hide it from you two."

As soon as he spoke, both the Mountain God and the Doctor stopped.

Song Cheng said: "My daughter A Ting is indeed a surviving Double Ghost; which of you has a way?"

After speaking, he added: "Whoever can help me, I will help them."

Once these words fell, both the Mountain God and the Doctor fell silent.

The Mountain God almost spoke, but did not make a sound.

Neither was a fool.

In this kind of matter, one must certainly deliver the goods before receiving payment; if you promised to help A Ting but failed to do so later, wouldn't that be pushing this King Song toward the other side?

The Doctor murmured: "Impossible, King Song, a Double Ghost cannot be reincarnated, but if such an accident really happened, then no one has a way... Her power is insufficient; it is completely impossible to complete the path toward the next step."

Song Cheng said sternly: "Then what is the next step?"

The Doctor said: "Help me, and I will certainly tell you."

The Mountain God hurriedly said: "He doesn't need to tell you; I know it too."

"King Song, I am, after all, the Suppression of this land, and can also be called the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers."

"You should help me! Otherwise, once this Jue Jin Jin succeeds, the Great Shang will step into a catastrophe with no hope of survival, and everyone will die!"

The old man spoke tremblingly, extremely agitated.

But Song Cheng knew this old thing was no good either.

This old thing kept saying the previous "Extinction" had nothing to do with him, but Song Cheng felt that was not necessarily true.

However, he had already made up his mind, so he replied: "Fine! To tell you the truth, when I first started out, I almost died in the Extreme Bliss World in the Hou Shan of Tanghe Village, and that was the Doctor's doing—we are natural enemies. Mountain God, I will help you!"

The Doctor:??? The Mountain God:!!! "Good, good, good!" the old man said with wild joy, "King Song cannot enter the territory of Yaochi Peak with his troops, but he can attack from the periphery. I will designate the location of this Jue Jin Jin for King Song; King Song only needs to shoot at it from afar with an arrow, and that will suffice."

"Fifty miles, about fifty miles away... King Song should be able to try! As long as this Jue Jin Jin is severely wounded, I will certainly tell you everything truthfully, and afterwards, I will personally treat the child named A Ting."

He said these words excitedly and enthusiastically, but unfortunately, his favorability did not change.

The doctor thought for a moment, only then recalling that "Extreme Bliss World"; it was merely an Evil Seed he had planted casually back then, could this also be related? He was about to speak, but saw Song Cheng had already retreated, saying from afar: "I shall wait for the Mountain God's instructions."

The doctor said venomously: "Song Cheng, you help him and not me, you will regret it!! What Spirit of Mountains and Rivers! To be able to cultivate to this point, his hands are much dirtier than mine!"

The Mountain God said: "King Song, do not listen to his nonsense; you and I join forces to eliminate this scourge! This Ghost is currently in its weakest state; to eliminate it, now is the easiest time!"

"Just as the Mountain God says, you are the deity guarding these mountains and rivers of ours, I naturally trust you." Song Cheng replied respectfully.

The Mountain God was overjoyed.

Song Cheng stopped wasting words, retreated a few steps, and quickly exited the mist amidst the doctor's venomous words like "you will regret it."

"Your Highness, are you alright?" A general saw Song Cheng appear, but did not rush forward, instead watching him vigilantly.

Song Cheng waved his hand and recited the secret code he had previously set; the general breathed a sigh of relief, bowed respectfully, and retreated.

Song Cheng fixed his gaze on the armored soldiers gathered before Yaochi Peak and shouted: "There is an evil ghost hidden within this mountain; today, follow me to slaughter it!!"

"Slaughter it!"

"Slaughter it!"

"Slaughter it!"

The soldiers shouted aloud.

In their hearts, Song Cheng was also a god-like figure. The key was that this god's home was in the Imperial Capital, his reputation was very good in daily life, and he even had only three wives and concubines; this was a true pillar of the nation.

With him in command, morale was high and extremely difficult to collapse.

Song Cheng looked into the distance, gripping the Golden Crystal Strong Bow, his Dharma manifestation a hundred zhang tall, locking onto the red and black mist that was steaming and no longer the green mountains and clear waters.

The double-tailed fish swirled in mid-air. Beneath it, the Mountain God and the doctor were still tightly gripping each other.

Song Cheng had guessed correctly.

They were merging.

The "Zhen" has a body, but its Soul is insufficient, so it needs to absorb powerful soul nutrients to complete itself, thereby stepping into the next level without any further lack.

The "Ghost" has a Soul, but its body is insufficient, so it needs the body of the "Zhen"—the "Zhen" is pure Yang.

The "Ghost" is pure Yin.

Before the Earth Tier realm, the two sides kept to themselves, but now, it had reached the point where one must annex the other.

The Mountain God's mind stirred, and that red mist suddenly revealed a clear passage; as long as Song Cheng could perceive it, he could see the doctor's true form at the end of this passage.

How could the doctor be willing to stretch out his neck for the slaughter? Yet he was troubled by being unable to let go. This was the moment when both were resisting with all their might; if he let go, it would be a total defeat like a collapsing mountain.

The doctor glanced sideways at the opening and roared ferociously; numerous black mists instantly permeated, obscuring the red mist and stirring it up, making the red and black look like a pot of stew, the two colors becoming increasingly mixed together, chaotic beyond compare.

The Mountain God continued to manipulate the magic.

The doctor, meanwhile, countered.

The double-tailed fish of the red and black mist was sometimes clear and sometimes chaotic; viewed from afar, it looked like two dragons fighting, and all living things within a dozen miles were swept in, their bodies dying and souls extinguished.

Song Cheng squinted, watching.

Thus, he did not know how much time passed, but at one certain moment, he finally saw where the doctor was.

His expression brightened, and he pulled the bow violently.

He had held back, hiding his strength, so he only pulled the bow with the Three Phases Power of "Mysterious Grade Grade B." The doctor was frantically fighting the Mountain God, but suddenly felt a terrifying force coming from afar; he could usually handle such power, but at this moment, he could not handle it at all.

"No!!" The doctor roared unwillingly.

Boom! The arrow traveled fifty miles, still precise, and slammed fiercely into the doctor's body.

The doctor's power faltered, and the Mountain God immediately increased his strength, took a step forward, and the suction in his hands doubled; the child instantly turned transparent, following the Mountain God's palm into his body.

He struggled desperately, but it was in vain.

Song Cheng slowly lowered his bow, and the old man with the pear-wood staff from before the foot of the mountain walked out again, bowed from afar, and said: "Many thanks, King Song."

Song Cheng swept a glance at the soldiers behind him and waved his hand, saying: "You all return to the city first."

The leading general was stunned for a moment, but still obediently bowed and took his leave. The Mountain God watched this scene and breathed a slight sigh of relief, because since Song Cheng's army could severely wound the doctor, it could also hurt him. However, if he were given more time to merge with the doctor, then even if this army came, it would be useless.

But Song Cheng being so cooperative still made him quite satisfied, so the favorability rating changed from the original "0" to "10," though it was only "10."

As for King Song, after he successfully merged, if he found him pleasing to the eye, then keeping him as a dog to execute his orders would already be a mercy. Otherwise, merely leading an army to threaten him was already a great disrespect.

Besides that, the A Ting that King Song mentioned was quite interesting and could be captured to take a look; after all, a soul that naturally possessed a Double Ghost but was not a Ghost had extremely high research value.

Even if it could not be researched, perhaps it could be turned into nutrients to supplement himself.

'Little brat, still too naive.' The Mountain God thought this in his heart, yet his expression was very polite, and then he took the initiative to say, "King Song is deeply righteous, this old man admires you. With King Song guarding the mountains and rivers, they should be safe."

Song Cheng bowed respectfully and said: "I cannot compare to the Mountain God guarding this place for a thousand years."

The Mountain God chuckled, then said: "This old man will now tell you the next step truthfully."

Song Cheng said: "This junior is all ears."

The Mountain God smiled: "King Song should have now condensed a Dharma manifestation; you can wait for the Four Fierce Lands to temper your body and soul, and once successful, you can step into the next level, and subsequently use Dharma Heaven and Earth; possession will no longer be limited to one or two times, and at this time, you can be completely invincible in the human world."

Song Cheng nodded in realization and said: "So that is how it is."

Afterwards, he asked impatiently: "And then?"

The Mountain God said: "After that, one must only quietly wait for a nation to face Extinction."

Song Cheng asked curiously: "Why?"

The Mountain God said: "Yang energy is like a great fire; if it is doused by an Yin river, it is not extinguished all at once, but rather shattered and broken."

As for the mountains and rivers of the earth, the mountains and rivers are the body, and the Yang energy is the Soul.

Since the Yang energy is tottering, why does King Song not take this opportunity to possess those broken mountains and rivers? Thus... you can become the Spirit of Mountains and Rivers, becoming a Mountain God, a River God."

Take advantage of the nation's impending doom to possess the mountains and rivers?? Song Cheng did not know if this old thing was speaking the truth or not, but this theory was truly bizarre; yet thinking about it carefully, it was reasonable. The Mountain God said: "Once you become a Mountain God or River God, from now on, your lifespan will increase by five thousand years, but if you want to go a step further, you must quietly wait for a Ghost."

Eliminate the Ghost, absorb its soul power to strengthen yourself; only then can you match the mountains and rivers and dominate the mountains and rivers, rather than just being confined to them.

If a Ghost wants to go a step further, it also needs to do this; if successful, the increase in lifespan is immeasurable.

However, this old man truly does not know the situation regarding King Song's daughter, but since this old man has already promised, he will definitely break through with all his might; once he breaks through, he will personally check and help her extend her life."

Having said this, he added sincerely: "Please rest assured, King Song. This old man has seen a thing or two over several thousand years; I certainly would not let King Song be disappointed."

Song Cheng nodded gratefully.

Truly.

If not for the fact that he could see such a large "【Favorability: 10】", he really would have believed the Mountain God's rhetoric before him, then started foolishly forming a friendship with the Mountain God, and once the latter succeeded completely, invited him into his home, thereby bringing a terrible catastrophe upon his family and himself.

If one were to fall into the hands of such an extremely experienced old demon, "death" would be a luxury.

A Ting and Xiao Mo'er, such freaks, would likely be repeatedly experimented on by this old demon.

Thinking of this, Song Cheng revealed an even more grateful look, then added: "Then this junior will wait quietly for the Mountain God."

The Mountain God was in a great mood, nodded, and said: "Rest easy, King Song."

Immediately, Song Cheng took his leave.

The old man smiled faintly and his figure vanished amidst the misty gray mountains, no longer visible.

The next day.

The Jilei Mountain Mountain God had no more worries and was completely immersed in digesting the Doctor's Soul power.

The Doctor had also gradually lost the strength to resist.

Looking at the sky, among those red and black fish, the black fish was already fragmented, left to be devoured by the red fish.

At midnight, a man wrapped in a cloak stood at a place nearly a hundred miles away from Yaochi Peak.

He casually pulled off his cloak, his figure rising rapidly, rising as high as that mountain reaching into the clouds; his form was precisely a giant crimson Kunpeng, its claws and wings all burning with sky-scorching flames, instantly steaming away the cold air in the mountains completely.

A mountain's harsh winter vanished in an instant, and the dog days of summer arrived abruptly.

This was the power of gods and demons, which mortals could hardly fathom.

The Sun Phase Buddha Sutra, Azure Dragon Transformation Art, Separating Fire Kunpeng Skill, and Wonderful Brush Book were the techniques Song Cheng practiced to reach the Mysterious Grade Jiappin Completion, so his Dharma Heaven and Earth form could take four shapes: Buddha, dragon, Kunpeng, and scholar.

Previously, in the Battle of Hanting Valley in the Wanling Empire, he had manifested the Buddha body; now, it was the Separating Fire Kunpeng.

The Kunpeng soared into the sky, swallowed the moonlight in one gulp, then spread its wings, flapping across dozens of miles.

Boom!!

Old trees across the mountains were uprooted, and giant boulders like gravel flew all over the sky.

The sound of the impact was like thunder, rumbling incessantly, tearing at people's eardrums.

The sky-covering red shadow of the Kunpeng carried the power that truly belonged to Song Cheng—that was the terrifying killing move blended from the power of many Souls, the power of the Dharma Heaven and Earth body itself, and the power of the Double Ghost—the Three Phases combined into one claw, without any warning, without any dialogue, falling abruptly onto Yaochi Peak.

The Mountain God was immersed in absorbing the Doctor's Soul, but was suddenly startled and looked up violently, only to see a gale like a tsunami, and in another instant, that terrifying dark golden giant claw had already fallen from the sky.

This was Song Cheng's full-force strike, a strike that reached "8263".

But the Mountain God only had "6170", plus the consumption from fighting the Doctor, and being schemed against—he had no time to react at all.

"Who?!!!"

He was suspicious and uncertain, hurriedly trying to mobilize his power, and a silhouette had just appeared in the void, but it was torn to shreds by that claw like dry wood, and then the claw chiseled into Yaochi Peak.

Bang!!! The earth was as if smashed hard by a cosmic giant reaching down from space, and violent seismic waves rippled outward.

Crack!!

The Kunpeng claw hooked up, inserting into Yaochi Peak; this mountain peak was the Mountain God's true body.

Crash!! The mountain peak was pulled up violently.

Without waiting for the Mountain God to react, Song Cheng's other claw fell again.

He attacked indifferently, every strike at full force, every strike without reservation, every strike "hitting where it was fatal," every strike falling rapidly without hesitation, and he would absolutely never stop suddenly after a few hits to "see if the opponent was dead."

Impossible.

Yaochi Peak turned into powder, so the opponent was naturally dead.

What was there to look at?

Whether it was the Mountain God or the Doctor, both were too dangerous. He showed himself to others with the power of "Mysterious Grade Grade B," feigning weakness to the enemy, then first united with the Mountain God to eliminate the Doctor, then took the initiative to withdraw his army to show goodwill, and then, while the other party relaxed their vigilance, attacked with full force without any warning, blasting both of them to death!! This was Song Cheng's plan.

As for information, he had already obtained what he could.

What he could not obtain, he did not expect this old demon with extremely low favorability and unknown amounts of blood on his hands to tell truthfully.

It was better to kill him and then "search the corpse."

He attacked with full force because he could not bear the consequences of failure.

Whether it was the Doctor or the Mountain God, once such slippery existences escaped, Song Cheng could not imagine the consequences.

And at this moment, the Jilei Mountain Mountain God was aggrieved to the extreme; his body was falling apart.

"Zhui" is when a Ghost is at its weakest, and "Zhen" is when a practitioner of Yang energy is at their weakest, is it not? The former loses its immortal body, and the latter is bound to one place.

But as long as one breaks through to a higher realm, that is true freedom!

"Who?!!! Who?!!!"

In thousands of years, he had never encountered such a great enemy; how did one suddenly appear?

Vaguely, the Jilei Mountain Mountain God discerned that the giant Kunpeng seemed to be the technique path of the Zhao Family of the Great Shang Dynasty, but the strongest of the Zhao Family were merely ants before him, and the Zhao Family's techniques did not even have a "Dharma Heaven and Earth Chapter"—how could this be?

Who exactly was it?

"Stop, stop!!"

The entire earth's gale swirled, and tornadoes were roaring these two words.

However, the Separating Fire Kunpeng did not stop at all, seemingly feeling that the Kunpeng body was inconvenient for fighting.

Song Cheng suddenly transformed, turning into a Buddha, riding entirely on that Yaochi Peak, holding two dark golden fists the size of towering palaces, smashing down like a rainstorm.

One hundred hits, two hundred hits... three hundred hits... four hundred hits... the wind on the earth slowly slowed down.

The indestructible Yaochi Peak began to collapse; when the mountain peak turned into flat ground, an invisible ghost emerged. Song Cheng was about to strike, but saw that ghost entangled by countless strange black evil souls. Those evil souls also looked uncomfortable, and the whole thing began to be pulled, as if both had suffered a powerful backlash.

This seemed to be the consequence of the complete failure of the fusion of "Zhui" and "Zhen"!

Song Cheng suddenly felt something was wrong and was about to pull away, but heard a piercing explosion.

With Yaochi Peak as the center, the entire Jilei Mountain began to collapse in an incomparably strange way; if one had to describe it, it was a bit like "a pixel world splitting into tiny individual blocks."

The sky turned black.

The earth turned black.

All things became invisible.

Song Cheng's movements were not slow; before this explosion, he transformed into a Li Fire Kunpeng, flapping his wings to cover tens of miles in a single stroke, and though he thought he had flown out, upon looking again, he discovered the surrounding scenery had not changed at all.

He was filled with suspicion and uncertainty, cautiously landing on the ground instead of remaining in the air.

After what seemed like a very short time, or perhaps a very long one, the darkness dissipated, and a wasteland appeared before his eyes.

He let out a breath and hurriedly began to leave this place, but after circling around and around, he discovered he was lost.

The four words "Chaos Journey" suddenly appeared in his mind.

At this instant, he became lost in thought.

The "Chaos Journey" between continents might perhaps all be the "corpses" left behind after the fusion of those "Zhan" and "Zhen" failed.

"No, this won't do, I must hurry back! Ghost knows how many years will have passed if I waste time here!"

Song Cheng grew anxious.

He began to search for an exit like a madman.

He could afford to wait, but his loved ones could not! PS: It's the beginning of the month; readers with monthly tickets, please tap your fingers and cast them for Peach Blossom Su, thank you!

(End of this chapter)