28: Chapter 28 Huh? Huh? Oh dear!

A few breaths ago.

This golden light.

It sped toward the summit of Little Yao Mountain.

It stopped in front of the offering table in the Mountain God Temple, right above Feng Yifan's head.

The object arrived too quickly for him to even react.

Fortunately, it wasn't dangerous.

It carried a Divine Thought, directly stating it was a calling card sent by the Xinan County City God to the Lord of Xiao Yao Mountain.

Still, he was very cautious, putting on a disguise and wrapping himself in a layer of merit golden light before touching it.

The original Mountain God Position of Little Yao Mountain had already been devoured by his awakened Evil God tablet.

However, this devouring of a divine position was different from swallowing flesh and demonic power to directly convert them into one's own cultivation.

It was more like a struggle for hegemony between different factions, where the strong annexed the weak.

It was like capturing a city; the flag on the city wall changes, and the owner is different, but the city itself remains the same city.

With a bit of tidying up when necessary, it wasn't difficult to pretend it hadn't been annexed.

So, with a single thought, Feng Yifan 'plucked' the Mountain God Token out from within the Evil God position.

He then washed it with merit golden light, wrapped it up, and used it to catch the golden light.

As the Mountain God Token drew near, it seemed to sense the aura of an orthodox deity. The golden light faded, revealing the calling card.

The content was simple, just three lines of text.

The first line read: To be opened by the Lord of Xiao Yao Mountain.

The second line: Come over for tea and chess when you have time.

The third line: Xinan County City God, Liu Mengmei.

"...Tea and chess, with me?" Feng Yifan blinked, looking up at the card, then down at himself... the fur on his chest and his two large paws.

He then spread his paws, popped out his sharp claws, and picked his teeth.

"Tch!"

Setting aside that he was currently an Evil God and a tiger demon—identities that couldn't exactly be brought into the light—even if he were in human form, it was impossible for him to go to Xinan County to play chess and drink tea with a City God.

Because he didn't know how!

"Wait, Liu Mengmei?" he muttered. "Why does that name feel familiar? Where have I heard it before?"

He thought for a moment but couldn't recall.

Forget it, it's not important.

Judging by the wording of the card, the other party probably wasn't very sincere about making his acquaintance.

Sending a card was more like a polite formality born of habit.

It was roughly equivalent to saying, 'Let's grab a meal sometime.'

As for when that 'sometime' would be, that was left to fate.

Feng Yifan had no plans to enter the city in the short term.

It was already a fait accompli that Second Uncle Li and the others controlled the Li Residence.

Since the City God hadn't intervened from the start, the likelihood of him acting later was slim.

Therefore, the two sides would most likely maintain a state of peaceful coexistence.

Feng Yifan studied the card and, following the example, prepared a reply.

He sent it back in the same manner as the other party.

This wasn't difficult to do; he just had to use his Divine Thought to activate the Mountain God Position and pour demonic power into the card.

However, since he didn't have the special yellow paper used by the City God, he simply sliced off a piece of braised beef tongue, 'wrote' on it with his Divine Thought, and sent it over.

"Compared to yellow paper you can't eat or drink, mine is much more practical!" Feng Yifan was very satisfied. "It even has a fragrance!"

He had heard that in ancient times, some children of great families liked to scent their calling cards and bookmarks.

Isn't the smell of braised meat also a fragrance?

No problem at all!

After sending it, he put it out of his mind.

He continued to Cultivate.

However, he still felt a bit of anticipation, wondering how the Xinan County City God would react upon receiving this flying message with its special 'scent'?

Unfortunately, the other party didn't show any reaction over the next few days.

It was just as he had thought.

This City God had adopted a stance of staying out of things that didn't concern him.

He turned a deaf ear to everything happening at the Li Residence and ignored it.

Li Feipeng and the others waited for a day, and seeing that the City God indeed had no intention of interfering—just as the minor ghost messenger had said—they grew bold and began to take action.

First, they beat and detained the masters, who were the direct Bloodline of the Li Residence.

Next, they dealt with the managers and wicked servants who had committed numerous misdeeds; some were sold off, while others were handed over to the authorities.

In the Li Residence, the Old Master's word was law.

No one dared to question his decisions.

And since they controlled Li Youfu, whatever they said was taken as his command.

Moreover, Second Uncle Li, as a White Bone Ghoul, hadn't just put Li Youfu under house arrest; he had turned him into a ghost servant, manipulating him to speak and order people around.

So to outsiders, it looked like Old Master Li had somehow suddenly hardened his heart and decided to clean up the family's conduct.

With Li Feipeng and the other young men, along with the guards keeping things under control, everything went smoothly.

After that, it was time to bring some things from the Li Residence back.

By this time, several days had passed since the incident where the Demon Rats injured people.

To the public, it was said that Old Master Li couldn't bear to part with the fields cleared by the Li Clan, and Li Feipeng and the others also wanted to return to guard the clan's ancestral graves.

They had arrived with handcarts, but when they left, it had turned into a cattle cart.

It was still covered with a straw mat.

Outsiders had no way of knowing what was hidden under the straw mat.

"But from the looks of it, it can't be anything too valuable; it just looks like some grain," the person Advisor Liu sent to watch the Li Residence reported back.

"Just some grain?" Advisor Liu's brow furrowed.

There had been quite a lot of movement in the Li Residence these past few days, and he couldn't help but suspect that some change had occurred.

In just these few days, more than a dozen wicked servants and managers had been sent over.

Even several bailiffs from the manors outside the city, along with some harbored criminals and bullies, had been handed over.

This included relatives, in-laws, and even the families of concubines from the Li Residence who were somewhat implicated.

Once these people were interrogated, they would surely implicate even more.

When that happened, it would definitely drag in Li Youfu and his sons.

Could Li Youfu not have foreseen such consequences?

"There is definitely something going on!" Advisor Liu muttered to himself after dismissing the informant.

He then went to ask the County Magistrate what to do next.

"Naturally, we shall interrogate them as they should be interrogated," the County Magistrate laughed. "Since they did this, they must have already figured out how to wrap things up. No need for us to worry."

...

Little Yao Mountain.

The Li Clan settlement.

The Li Feipeng brothers had just arrived with the cart.

It was just before sunset, the time when the clansmen were having dinner.

Everyone ran over to check when they heard the noise. Seeing it was them, they swarmed forward to help unload.

"Only move the grain!" Flying Fish said. "Don't touch what's under the Wolf Skins."

Hearing this, the others immediately understood.

They knew that what lay beneath was likely the greatest harvest of this trip.

"Well? Was it smooth?" the Old Clan Leader asked.

"Smooth!" Li Feipeng laughed heartily. "It couldn't have been smoother."

"Grandpa! Why are you guys only eating now?" Li Fusun couldn't help but rub his belly. "Could it be you knew we were coming back and had it ready and waiting?"

"You must be hungry; eat first if you are," Granny Daohua smiled. "This wasn't to wait for you. We finished our two meals long ago."

It was the Mountain God who insisted on eating three meals a day!

What a waste of food!

But they didn't dare disobey!

"The Mountain God ordered it? Then eat!" Li Feipeng said. "We also brought back some offerings. Clan Leader, why don't we burn them now as an offering to the Mountain God?"

"What offerings?"

"They say it's a Gu Doll possessed by an evil spirit."

A moment later.

A bonfire was lit.

...

At the summit.

Feng Yifan, who was in the middle of Cultivating, suddenly felt a surge of powerful demonic power fill his entire body.

"Eh? Eh-eh? Oh my!"