93: The rain, bought with lives! The City God arrived! The rain stopped!
Fengyang County.
Underworld Division beneath the City God Temple.
A group of Underworld Officials gathered in the hall again, each with a worried expression, their eyes full of anxiety and confusion.
"My Lord, what should we do now!"
"Your Majesty is hosting a banquet for Cultivators from all over the world, and precisely at this time, several places in Yunzhou are in chaos. Why do these two things have to happen together!"
"I heard Your Majesty is furious and ordered the border army to mobilize, but why is there no Yellow Register?"
"Today's Incense Offerings are even less. How can this go on? If this continues, our City God Temple's Incense Offerings might be cut off!"
"What is the Fengxian Division in the capital thinking? Why are they delaying the decree? Now that the common people are suffering, wouldn't we gain a large amount of Incense Offerings by bringing rain?"
The Judge, Captain, and Underworld Messenger were all discussing, and the entire hall became noisy.
Fengyang City God sat at the head, his face grim and solemn, his brows furrowed with worry.
He felt that he had been extremely unlucky these past two years, with almost no peaceful days, always encountering all sorts of troubles.
When did it all start?
Fengyang City God thought to himself, a green figure appearing in his mind.
He suddenly woke up, his brows tightly knitted.
Ever since a snake demon suddenly appeared in the big mountain, his luck had become extremely bad!
That damned beast!
Fengyang City God cursed under his breath, his mood instantly becoming even more irritable and depressed.
The Incense Offerings had been decreasing recently, and some common people even began to secretly curse the City God Temple for not doing its job!
If this continued, the City God Temple's Incense Offerings might be cut off!
The discussions in the hall grew louder and more astonishingly noisy.
However.
Just then.
"Rumble!"
A dull roar penetrated the earth and reached the Underworld Division beneath the City God Temple.
The discussions in the hall suddenly ceased.
Including Fengyang City God, Huang Yushu, all the Underworld Officials stiffened.
"That's... thunder?"
A Judge murmured, somewhat uncertain.
Immediately after.
All the Underworld Officials' expressions changed.
The next moment.
Their figures suddenly vanished.
Above the City God Temple, figures invisible to ordinary people appeared.
These Divine Dao Cultivators looked up at the sky, their expressions strange, their eyes full of astonishment and confusion.
They saw dark clouds quietly appearing in the sky above, with flashes of lightning occasionally flickering within them.
"Rumble!"
A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, its dazzling electric light illuminating the faces of the Underworld Officials, and the roar woke them from their stupor.
After realizing what was happening, the Underworld Officials immediately erupted into an uproar.
"What's going on? Who is performing the rain-bringing Spell!?"
"Could it be the local deity? But it doesn't make sense, why haven't we received the imperial decree? It can't be that biased!"
"Go ask! Quickly go ask!"
Before any Underworld Official could go to the Earth God Temple to inquire.
A yellowish-brown light shone from the north of the Region, and then a small old man appeared before the Underworld Officials of the City God Temple.
"It's you..."
Fengyang Earth God suddenly stopped speaking. Seeing the expressions of the Underworld Officials before him, he understood.
"Who exactly is it!"
Fengyang City God's face was extremely grim as he shouted angrily.
If the imperial court had ordered rain for the Fengyang area, as the City God of Fengyang, he would definitely have received the decree first.
Now, without even a shadow of a decree, someone was performing a rain-praying Spell.
This was undoubtedly unauthorized rain-bringing, a capital offense!
"Investigate! Quickly investigate! Otherwise, none of us can escape blame!" Fengyang City God said in a deep voice.
"Yes!"
The Underworld Officials instantly dispersed like a gust of yin wind.
It only took a moment.
"My Lord, the source has been found, near Jiangliu Village!" a Captain came to report.
"Jiangliu Village." Fengyang City God raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that a village near Jingyue River? Could it be that Jingyue River God dared to bring rain without authorization?"
Pitter-patter!
At this moment, the heavy rain had fallen.
The rainwater soaked into the earth, like a healing elixir, curing the dry cracks on the ground.
Countless common people walked out of their homes, looking at the sky in disbelief, feeling the coolness and dampness in the air, and instantly became extremely excited.
They cheered and rushed into the heavy rain, feeling the life-saving rainwater.
"Heaven has shown mercy!"
An old man knelt excitedly on the ground, prostrating himself completely.
"How outrageous!"
Seeing this scene, a cold light flashed in Fengyang City God's eyes. He summoned the various Underworld Officials of the City God Temple: "Quickly follow this official to Jiangliu Village!"
...Near Jingyue River.
Outside a village.
Under the pouring rain, Li Xuanxiao stood on the altar, looking up at the sky, the blood on his face washed clean by the rain.
His Daoist robe was soaked through, revealing his somewhat gaunt body.
"Cough cough."
Li Xuanxiao spat out fresh blood. He could feel the vitality in his body dissipating, and his internal organs were throbbing with severe pain.
Performing a Spell of such magnitude had exceeded his limits.
Moreover, he had just recovered from a serious injury and suffered such a heavy blow again; his body was already on the verge of collapse.
Now, he didn't even have the strength to escape.
Li Xuanxiao hadn't even thought of escaping.
He simply leaned against the altar and sat down, fumbling in hisIn my arms with trembling hands for a moment, taking out a spirit fruit that was entirely dark green.
"Crunch..."
The Daoist bit into the spirit fruit, and immediately his face broke into a smile: "Sweet."
Dense footsteps approached.
The villagers from Jiangliu Village in the distance rushed over. Hundreds of villagers were silent, then knelt down led by the village chief.
"Daoist Priest, your righteousness is immense. This old man, along with the three hundred and ten people of Jiangliu Village, kowtows in gratitude to you, Daoist Priest!"
The sounds of kowtowing rose and fell.
An ignorant child curiously looked up, his eyes fixed on the spirit fruit in the old Daoist's hand.
The old Daoist laughed heartily, feeling immensely pleased.
He raised his hand, holding the spirit fruit, and said to the child: "Have a taste."
However.
Before Li Xuanxiao could say anything more.
"Audacious Li Xuanxiao! How dare you bring rain without authorization, you deserve death!"
A furious shout came from afar.
Immediately, a yin wind howled, and figures in magnificent official robes appeared.
"Seize him!"
Fengyang City God roared, then turned and said, "Quickly stop the water essence and cease this rain!"
"Yes!"
Several Underworld Officials immediately took action, consuming Incense Offerings Divine Power to stir the dark clouds in the sky.
Instantly, the originally ink-black clouds gradually thinned, and the rain instantly lessened significantly.
"You...!"
Li Xuanxiao's face changed drastically, and he shouted, "I'll take responsibility for the crime of bringing rain, why do you...!"
Before he could finish, his body finally reached its limit, coupled with anger rushing to his heart, he fainted directly.
And just then.
After consuming a lot of Divine Power, ninety percent of the dark clouds in the sky had already dissipated! The great rain that Li Xuanxiao had exchanged with his life, before it could even pour down, was instantly halted by Fengyang City God and the others.