57: Oolong

That black stone shaped like a Magatama was the fang of the Two-headed Serpent God, and it was the very culprit that had once turned Mount Meng into an eight-hundred-mile forbidden land!

After becoming a deity, the incense power is either used up or stored.

The Two-headed Serpent God had condensed half of the incense power gathered over a century into an Incense True Body, while the other half was stored within this snake fang, which was akin to an innate Divine Ability!

Relying on the incense power within this snake fang and this venomous tooth that was equivalent to an innate Divine Ability...

In just a few breaths' time, from obtaining that Magatama-shaped black stone to the now-giant old man.

From a minor Wandering Deity who didn't even count as a first-rank Cultivator, his strength was instantly comparable to a deity of a Third-Rank Cultivator!

As long as one absorbed the incense power, their own strength could grow infinitely.

This sudden surge in strength, compared to Cultivators who struggled to Cultivate for decades without achieving a Breakthrough, did indeed feel unfair.

"Who do you think came up with this 'deity' thing anyway?"

Just a moment ago, he was a shriveled old man who only reached his knees, and in the blink of an eye, he had turned into a giant old man over two meters tall!

Su Yi marveled at the giant old man over two meters tall in front of him, almost developing megalophobia.

Looking at this posture, he did look somewhat like the Master of Mount Meng. It turned out he had been playing the pig to eat the tiger with him just now!

"May I ask the Mountain Master, how do I get to the Daliang Sword Sect?" Su Yi asked with a hint of solemnity, as if he wasn't the one who had just been hitting the other's head with a branch.

Feeling the abundant incense power within his body, the Earth God had never felt his future was so bright!

Hearing Su Yi's inquiry, the Earth God subconsciously looked toward Gu Wanquan; whether he should speak or not, wasn't it all up to the Immortal before him?

Gu Wanquan smiled as if it had nothing to do with him and said, "If the Mountain Master has something to say, just say it. Why are you looking at me?"

Hearing Gu Wanquan's words, the Earth God tentatively spoke, "This small deity knows how to get to the Daliang Sword Sect!"

Su Yi nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at grain and echoed, "Mhm, mhm, mhm, tell us then!"

Fearing he might anger Gu Wanquan beside Su Yi, the Earth God asked cautiously again, "How do you think this small deity should say it?"

Feeling like he was being toyed with, Su Yi rolled up his sleeves, intending to show this tall old man some color. Did he really think Su Yi had such a good temper that he couldn't even wield a blade? If he played the pig to eat the tiger in front of him, Su Yi could beat him from a tiger back into a pig!

Seeing Su Yi angrily rolling up his sleeves, Yin Chaoge's eyes lit up. Fighting was his favorite thing!

A deity that slaughtered the entire Mount Meng?

Interesting!

*Clang!*

Yin Chaoge pulled out the wooden saber from his back and cursed, "Are you fucking looking for death? You really think you're all that just because you grew taller?!"

After saying that, Yin Chaoge raised his hand to strike, but he was stopped by Gu Wanquan. The Earth God across from them was so scared he seemed to deflate, shrinking back down to the height of half a person.

He begged for mercy in fear and trepidation, though his appearance was no longer as withered and shriveled as before; he now had a plump, prosperous-looking face.

"Immortal, spare my life! Immortal, spare my life! I'll speak, I'll tell you everything!" The Earth God apologized frantically while squatting down to dig through the dirt at his feet.

Before long, the Earth God cautiously presented a Clay Rooster to Su Yi, saying respectfully, "Immortal, this small deity is truly clumsy with words, so I have specially made a Guiding Needle for you all. This item can help you Immortals leave Mount Meng! Once out of Mount Meng, you will be in a gathering place of the Human Race, where naturally someone will know where the Sword Sect is!"

Looking at the fist-sized Clay Rooster held in the Earth God's hands, Su Yi curiously took it and played with it for a bit.

No matter how Su Yi shook it, the rooster's head remained steadfastly pointed in one direction—the direction the beak was facing was the way out of Mount Meng!

"Isn't this just a compass?"

Even if he were any stupider, he would still know how to look at the sun or the tree canopy, right?

"Boring!"

Su Yi casually tossed the Clay Rooster to Yin Chaoge. Facing the object suddenly thrown by his Master, Yin Chaoge, who had been hoping for a fight, caught it in a fluster.

Holding the Clay Rooster up to his face and seeing this idiotic rooster arrogantly turn its head toward him, Yin Chaoge felt as if he were being insulted!

Su Yi might not have known how much effort was spent, but didn't Yin Chaoge know? Even that White Noodle next to him had used the Nine Swords of the Sword Immortal, and in the end, this was all they got!

After all that trouble, they only ended up with this thing. Yin Chaoge, who never took a loss, threw the idiotic clay sculpture onto the ground and fiercely grabbed the Earth God's beard, saying, "Who the fuck are you trying to fool?"

The Earth God, feeling Yin Chaoge's inexplicable anger, immediately begged for mercy, "Immortal, Immortal, I am but a lowly Earth God. There are so many people in the outside world; surely someone will know where the Daliang Sword Sect is!"

He was only the Earth God of Mount Meng. Somewhere outside Mount Meng, wouldn't it be enough to just ask once they were out?

Was there any difference between that and him knowing where the Sword Sect was?

If a precise location in the outside world was required, he was just a small rural Wandering Deity of Mount Meng; how could he possibly know about the world outside?

Before becoming a deity, one's memories would be washed away by the incense power. Even that Two-headed Serpent God only learned of his origins from local legends after becoming a deity!

For a rural Wandering Deity like himself, he didn't even know if he had been a human or a beast in his past life, so how could he remember things from before?

And after becoming a deity, leaving the territory under one's jurisdiction would result in losing the supply of the incense power. Unless necessary, deities wouldn't even leave their own territories, so how could they inquire about the outside world?

In the Earth God's simple values, as long as one left Mount Meng, the outside world was all the same!

Moreover, when he had wanted to speak at the beginning, it was clearly that white-clothed Immortal who had held a sword to his neck and wouldn't let him talk!

Thinking back to before, the Earth God had started to say he knew, but Gu Wanquan had tapped the wooden sword on his shoulder and insisted he didn't.

It seemed very cool and impressive at the time, but now he looked like a complete idiot!

Beside him, the smile on Gu Wanquan's face froze. Gu Wanquan hadn't expected that even though he had already underestimated the Earth God, the other's bottom line was even lower than his own!

So this was what the other meant by "knowing where the Sword Sect was"?

Yin Chaoge's eyes lit up, not wanting to miss any opportunity to mock and strike at Gu Wanquan. He turned his head and shouted at Gu Wanquan reproachfully, "White Noodle! Look at what you've done!"

Gu Wanquan's smile looked a bit strained as he turned to the Earth God and asked, "Are all the deities in Mount Meng like this?"

The Earth God replied seriously, "Immortal, this small deity is now the Master of Mount Meng. No one understands the outside world better than I do!"

"Fine, fine, fine!" Gu Wanquan laughed, and his wooden sword was drawn in an instant. A sword light slashed toward the hand Yin Chaoge was using to hold the Earth God!

Yin Chaoge suddenly let go of the Earth God, gripped the handle of the wooden saber behind him, and cursed, "Shit, White Noodle, have you gone crazy?"

Gu Wanquan ignored Yin Chaoge, who was jumping in anger, and crushed the Clay Rooster made by the Earth God with one foot.

He pointed his wooden sword at the Earth God and said word by word, "From now on, you will stay by our side. As long as we haven't left Mount Meng, you will be at our beck and call, working like an ox or a horse!"

"Is the Immortal serious?" the Earth God asked Yin Chaoge, who had been pulling his beard, looking surprised and happy. He was just worrying about having just inherited the Incense Legacy of the Two-headed Serpent God and not having fully digested it yet.

An ordinary man is innocent, but harboring a treasure makes him guilty!

Carrying such a great treasure, the thousands of deities in Mount Meng would surely covet it and hope to replace him!

He had clearly angered the Immortals, yet they were still letting him stay by their side to protect him, allowing him to fully digest the incense power from the Two-headed Serpent God!

These Immortals really are such good people!