Chapter 431

The newcomer bears ill intent.

Hu Sanmei told me that back then she had been injured in her foundation by heavenly thunder, making it impossible for her to leave the environment of Yin Mountain; only after recuperating for so many years did she slowly recover.

Even though she spoke vaguely, I still understand just how perilous that Heavenly Tribulation was back then.

But it's obvious Second Master Liu knows the truth; he even used this matter to tease Hu Sanmei.

Rubbing salt into someone else's wound, he's truly despicable.

Who gave him the nerve to dare show up and act rudely today?

After all, in my previous understanding of him, he would never dare take this step.

Hui Moqiong instantly couldn't hold back, his fists clenching with a crackling sound, but Hu Sanmei raised her hand to stop him, calm yet with an extremely grave tone: 'Old Second Liu, am I giving you face?'

Second Master Liu, however, showed no fear; he shrugged his shoulders and said innocently: 'After all these years, it's rare for us all to gather so completely; I'm merely trying to kindly remind everyone of a few things.'

Hui Moqiong said through gritted teeth: 'Speak up if you have something to say, let it out if you have gas! We don't welcome you at Dang Pu.'

Second Master Liu raised an eyebrow: 'How so? After spending so long being someone's lackey, have you forgotten who your true master is?'

Hui Moqiong flew into a rage, raising his fist to strike Second Master Liu's face.

Crack!

Just as Hui Moqiong's fist was about to come down, a thunderclap suddenly boomed, and blinding white lightning streamed in through the doorway, flashing several times in succession.

During those flashes, Second Master Liu sat upright there, towering and unmoving.

The lightning's light fell on his face, making every fine hair on his face clearly visible.

Besides the hairs, we also saw something else… his smooth skin was covered with something like fish scales, packed tightly together, and beneath that fine scale layer, another copper‑coin‑shaped thing after another showed through.

Copper coins stacked one on top of another, each pressing on the one below, as if beneath Second Master Liu's outer skin lay a hidden Copper Coin Person!

I would even rather believe I was just seeing things.

But Hui Moqiong jerked back a step, pointing at Second Master Liu's nose in disbelief and demanding: 'You… who are you?!'

The thunderclap faded in an instant, the lightning withdrew, dark clouds covered the sky, and the light in the living room dimmed all at once.

Second Master Liu's figure lurked in the shadows, his face bearing a smile that was hard to fathom.

Clearly it was still the same person sitting there, yet he seemed no longer the original one.

"Third Sister." After a while, Second Master Liu spoke: "Those three youngsters have unstable dispositions; back then, we two led the charge on many matters—you had Yin Mountain, I had Wangting Mountain. You refused to compromise, and whatever hardships you suffered, you've forgotten."

Having said that, he crossed his hands over his knees and gazed at Hu Sanmei with a self‑satisfied air.

Hu Sanmei's lovely face also darkened with a shadow: 'So, you compromised, is that right?'

"Without a doubt, the path I have chosen is the correct one." Second Master Liu said, not without pride: "Even if Liu Junyan is formidable and his backing powerful, he is merely usurping the magpie's nest—he is not the true Supreme God. Now that the Supreme God has returned to his station, we… must not forget our roots!"

His eyes first fixed deeply on Hu Sanmei, then swept over the faces of Hui Moqiong and Bái Sōnglán.

He didn't even spare a glance for Huang Fan, then spread his arms and leaned lazily against the back of the sofa.

He acted as if he were the master of Dang Pu.

Huang Fan is a junior; Second Master Liu doesn't even regard him.

Hu Sanmei fell silent.

On Hui Moqiong's clenched fists, veins bulged prominently.

He stepped forward and slammed a heavy punch into Second Master Liu's head.

His strike was extremely swift, his explosive force unprecedentedly strong, carrying a resolve to face death as if returning home.

I have never seen such a violent Hui Moqiong!

That punch directly shattered Second Master Liu's head; Hui Moqiong's fist also broke, hanging at his side, dripping blood continuously.

The right half of Second Master Liu's head sank inward, and beneath the torn flesh lay layer after layer of copper coins twisted and deformed by the blow.

Before our eyes, those twisted copper coins gradually unfolded, self‑repairing; in less than half a minute, Second Master Liu returned to his original state.

He displayed this process openly before our eyes—a show of bravado, even more a threat.

He reminded me of the Copper Coin Person who had once been enshrined on the main deity's seat in the shrine, and he now… is alive!

Is this what he meant by the "main deity's return to its seat"?

My gaze darted between Title: Second Master Liu and Hu Sanmei, they were speaking in riddles, the huge amount of information burned out my brain.

If I haven't misunderstood, this "main deity" was originally meant to fall upon Hu Sanmei, but she rejected it.

Hu Sanmei is likely injured because of this.

Earlier in Yin Mountain, her words to me, "young and reckless, not sensible," rang deafeningly at this moment.

And what Hu Sanmei refused back then has now fallen upon Title: Second Master Liu.

That is to say, now, Title: Second Master Liu is the main deity among the Five Blessings Immortals.

Then what about the other four?

Five Blessings Immortals… main deity… Four Blessings Immortals… this combination inexplicably gives me a sense of familiarity.

My temples throb, as if something is about to surface.

Five Direction Gods… main deity… Four Direction Gods…

Through the Black Phoenix's dream, I saw the interior scene of that temple; the final layout, under Fang Chuan Zong's analysis, actually matched the layout of the Five Blessings Immortals at Dang Pu to a high degree.

Liu Junyan needs to survive the Millennium Great Tribulation; Hu Sanmei, seizing this critical moment, walked out of Yin Mountain, gathered the Five Blessings Immortals, intending originally to help me hold the whole situation.

But I never expected a Cheng Yaojin to pop out halfway!

The appearance of Title: Second Master Liu shattered all of Hu Sanmei's plans and also crushed Hui Moqiong's emotions.

Hui Moqiong stepped forward, grabbed Title: Second Master Liu's collar, yanked him up from the sofa, forcibly dragged him out of Dang Pu, and shoved him into the rain: "Get lost!"

Title: Second Master Liu, however, didn't care at all; he tidied his clothes, gave an evil smile, and threw down a line: "You'll beg me to come back; I'm waiting!"

Then he left.

Hui Moqiong returned to the living room, then turned his spear toward Hu Sanmei: "As fellow Five Blessings Immortals, why are you colluding with him? Which side are you really on?"

"What are you yelling at me for!" Hu Sanmei's elegant composure also completely collapsed at this moment, "I'm more wronged than anyone else—what did I even say?"

Hui Moqiong sneered: "Of course you wouldn't say anything—because the one who was first selected and valued was you, Hu Sanmei. I've always respected you so much, it turns out you want to climb up on our corpses."

"Bullshit!" Hu Sanmei slapped the tea table, a few teacups instantly shattered, she pointed at herself and made a gesture from head to toe, her tone also very unfriendly: "You think I don't want to say it? I've been placed under a forbidden curse! These years, whenever I wanted to tell someone this secret, I would be tormented by the forbidden curse."

"I can't speak, can't write, can't draw—even if I talk in my sleep, I'll suffer backlash from the forbidden curse. Otherwise you think I've been hiding in Yin Mountain all these years just slacking off, playing house? My fucking inner elixir was shattered by heavenly thunder, I broke my teeth, mixed with blood and swallowed it, I didn't even utter a single 'pain'! What right do you have to blame me?"