Enshrinement as a God

"Is that the attitude to show to a benefactor?"

Tu Xingsun, after taking off his mask and revealing his identity, stealthily looked at the woman by his side.

It was a look that naturally hoped that she would also reveal her identity.

But the woman, as if she did not care about Tu Xingsun's gaze at all, turned her body and was about to go back.

"Although you are a master of the Black Contemplation Fortress, it is a clear fact that I have received help. I, Xi Xibal, have incurred a great debt."

Although he fully understood the reason why Liu Yezhi was wary of him, it was a clear fact that Tu Xingsun had helped them.

"Sect Leader Xi certainly knows how to treat a benefactor."

As Xi Xibal thanked him again, Liu Yezhi also reluctantly cupped his fists.

But although he had bowed his head, he did not completely trust Tu Xingsun.

This was because he did not think that he would have saved them at such a risk just because he had met him once.

"Then... who is this female hero?"

"She is a master of a great sound attack. If it weren't for this young lady, you would never have survived."

Tu Xingsun chimed in and answered Xi Xibal's question.

The woman, who was about to go back, paused at Xi Xibal's question and then, as if she were thinking of something for a moment, turned her head and looked at him quietly.

"If she is a master who can display such a sound attack in the martial world, there are not many, and in my opinion..."

"You must not come here again."

As Tu Xingsun was about to ramble on about his guess about the woman's identity, a short word came out of her mouth.

"What do you mean?"

"Although you were lucky today, it is not known whether it will be the same in the future. It is better for you not to get involved with the Black Contemplation Fortress. In addition, you should also forget my existence."

Tu Xingsun, hearing her soft voice, blew away all the candidates for her identity that were in his head.

This was because he could guess her identity just by her voice, without having to guess.

"You..."

Although Tu Xingsun was about to say something, her gaze pushed his words back into his throat.

"Although I am grateful for your words, benefactor... as the sect leader of Qingcheng, I cannot let this go. Since I have received great help, I really want to repay you. Could you at least tell me your name?"

When he recalled Su Hu's unbelievable martial prowess, it was absolutely impossible for Tu Xingsun alone to completely get them out of his grasp.

Then, according to the circumstances, it meant that this mysterious young lady was a master with a considerable skill, enough to have helped Tu Xingsun and to have saved them.

"Xiang..."

"Xiang... is that your name, young lady?"

"Keep in mind. Next time, unlike this time, you may be unlucky."

Xiang, after finishing her words, flew her body.

Even in the sound of the wind that remained in the place where she had left, her scent and tone seemed to remain.

"Young... young lady!"

Xi Xibal blankly watched the scene of her disappearing.

Since she had helped them without revealing her identity or reason, he could only think of it as a help from heaven.

Therefore, whether he could promise a next meeting...

Only regret remained for Xi Xibal.

"As Miss Xiang said, don't even come near this place anymore. Although you were really lucky this time, next time my sword will be aiming for your neck."

Although Tu Xingsun also seemed a little flustered, he soon came to his senses and also prepared to leave.

Although he was far from the Black Contemplation Fortress, since such a commotion had occurred, if people were to be dispatched from the fortress for investigation, it would be just as troublesome for him.

"I will keep that in mind. This debt..."

"That's enough. How much of a debt can I receive from the Qingcheng Sect or Sect Leader Xi anyway?"

"Really... are you just going back?"

Although Liu Yezhi had thought that Tu Xingsun had helped them for a certain condition or reason, he was just puzzled that he was also just leaving like the mysterious woman.

"Surprisingly, I also just helped, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Then Miss Xiang..."

"She is a person I don't know. Moreover, even if I knew, I have no intention of telling Sect Leader Xi."

Tu Xingsun was able to be sure of her identity from her voice and the one word she had revealed.

The two women who were by Su Hu's side.

Su Hu had three daughters, and the eldest, Su Daji, was by Jeshin's side.

And Xiang...

Su Xiang was surely one of the remaining ones.

Tu Xingsun also could not know for what reason she had helped him and had disobeyed Su Hu's order.

But since he had also committed an act against Jeshin, it was not incomprehensible if he thought that her action was also for the same reason as his.

But although she had helped him this time, if he recalled Daji, she was by no means a woman he wanted to get close to.

However, unlike him, who had gone through all sorts of hardships, the naive Xi Xibal seemed to be captivated by her existence, which was a pitiful sight.

'Tsk, tsk... even if he is young, he should be allowed to get close to women and to gain experience so that such a naive appearance will disappear...'

It was unlikely that the righteous path people who were stiffly keeping up appearances, and moreover, the stubborn people like Liu Yezhi in the Qingcheng Sect, had given Xi Xibal a future-oriented education like sex education.

Tu Xingsun briefly imagined that if he were Xi Xibal's subordinate, he would have given him a deep teaching about the world of the pleasure of clouds and rain.

"Benefactor?"

Although it was short, it was a more enjoyable imagination than he had thought, and Tu Xingsun was lost in thought for a moment, but he erased the momentary thought at Xi Xibal's voice.

Although he did not know that he had such a hobby, strangely, whenever he saw the boy in front of him, the desire to do something for him would suddenly arise.

"Stop with that word, benefactor. I am the Dust Division Leader, Tu Xingsun."

Tu Xingsun, thinking that his head would become strange if he stayed here, uttered a short word and immediately left the place.

Unlike usual, he felt that he had done a good deed without a reason, and his insides were twisted and at the same time his skin was itchy, so he himself could not tell whether he was in a good mood or a bad mood.

"Let's hurry up and get out of here for now."

As the two were left alone, Liu Yezhi also looked around and hurriedly urged Xi Xibal.

Xi Xibal, after watching the direction where Tu Xingsun and Su Xiang had disappeared for a very short time, followed Liu Yezhi and hid in the darkness.

After Liu Yezhi and Xi Xibal had left, half a moment later, a desolate wind suddenly began to blow, and a biting chill began to linger.

Writhe! Writhe!

A black energy lingered on the ground where Zhang Gui had risen with his technique, and it began to suck in the bones of the skeleton horse and the corpse of the coachman that were scattered around.

Hiss!

As the mound of earth, which was long like a snake crawling on the ground, writhed, the grass and trees that were left in the surroundings lost their vitality, and the grasshoppers and flying beasts fell to the ground and began to be sucked into the soil.

"This is the power of another world!"

A pair of eyes as large as the moon flashed above the darkness and emitted light.

A large white tiger that was nobly circling the sky.

And Shen Gongbao, who was leisurely riding on its back, appeared.

Shen Gongbao, who had set out for the Black Contemplation Fortress right after causing trouble at the Sichuan Tang Clan, had traversed Sichuan as if he were using a shrinking technique, using the fast feet of the Black-Spotted Tiger.

And while he was circling the surroundings of the Black Contemplation Fortress, he had noticed a suspicious sign and had been watching all the scenes that had occurred here, hiding in the darkness.

'Was I really just a handful of dust in the plan of heaven...'

As Shen Gongbao himself had predicted, the boy with the fate of Pojun had suffered a great danger.

Although he had rushed to the Black Contemplation Fortress with all his might for him, the sect leader of Qingcheng had safely escaped the danger with the help of others, and Shen Gongbao had arrived a step late and had to watch the scene.

Shen Gongbao felt a sense of futility and powerlessness for a moment.

But his work here was not completely over.

"Black-Spotted Tiger... look carefully. That strange power is now taking away the lives of the surroundings with its own will."

The rising soil gradually cracked its surface and began to reveal a smooth skin like a hard brick.

Although it had no eyes, nose, or mouth, its shape was long and thick like a snake, and its thickness was as thick as an adult with both arms spread out, so it also looked like a huge club at a glance.

"I want to watch a little more..."

Although he was curious and wanted to watch more to see how it would change, it now seemed to be showing signs of moving somewhere, as if it were not satisfied with the vitality of the surroundings.

And it was clear that its first target would be a private house not far from here.

As a disciple of the Mountain and Sea Sect, he could not watch a massacre of small creatures for a day because of curiosity.

Shen Gongbao jumped down from the back of the Black-Spotted Tiger in one go.

Crack!

As Shen Gongbao, who had jumped from a height of about three feet, trampled on the mound of earth, the surface of the mound of earth that had touched Shen Gongbao's foot shattered like a piece of pottery, and a black smoke began to scatter.

The empty mound of earth, as if it were writhing in pain, twisted its shape and tried to run away from Shen Gongbao.

Although Shen Gongbao's two legs were trampling on it like a stake, it was just writhing and could not run away.

Swoosh!

Although the black energy, as if it were angry, circled around him, it just vaporized and scattered when it touched the blue energy that was shining faintly around Shen Gongbao's body.

The protective qi of Shen Gongbao, who had learned the essence of the orthodox martial arts with the power of demon subjugation, was too powerful for the black energy to harm him.

"Mus... tsura... sarata..."

Shen Gongbao dug his ear at the words of the death throes that were tickling his ear.

As it could no longer maintain its shape due to Shen Gongbao's power, a black energy began to rise explosively from inside the mound of earth.

As the black energy spread wide like a mist, enough to surround Shen Gongbao's body, it seemed that words that Shen Gongbao could not understand were flowing into his head from the air.

"Are you, who are just the remnants of a small creature, trying to tempt this Shen Gongbao with words that I can't even understand?"

Shen Gongbao, who was already in an unpleasant mood, threw a sneer and swung his palm wide.

The black energy, which had barely maintained its shape, began to emit a bright light and to vaporize when it touched Shen Gongbao's palm.

"Mu... s... tsu..."

As the black energy gradually disappeared, the words that had been heard chaotically in Shen Gongbao's ears also began to gradually subside.

Shen Gongbao snorted and wiped away all the black smoke as if he were dusting it off.

"A demon god... they truly worship such insignificant things as gods."

Shen Gongbao, who had shaken off the energy that Zhang Gui had proudly called a demon god, raised his head and looked in the direction where Xi Xibal had fled.

If it were like this, he would safely return to the Qingcheng Sect, so he did not need to worry about that side for a while.

"Then... shall I now watch what King Seong is doing?"

Even Shen Gongbao could not observe the situation as closely as this time.

It was obvious that a strong person like King Seong would easily notice his approach.

Although he could not get close and observe them, there were many opportunities to watch King Seong's movements from a distance.

Although it was unexpected that the group of King Seong who had fled from the Hermit's Valley was hiding in the Black Contemplation Fortress, Shen Gongbao did not feel like telling Jiang Ziya the news.

This was because if Jiang Ziya knew their location, he would surely turn his feet to the Black Contemplation Fortress to meet them, and if that happened, Jiang Ziya would soon face a great crisis.

And if Jiang Ziya were to be in a life-threatening situation, it was also obvious how he, who was watching it, would act.

"That's not right..."

For him to confront the group of King Seong was only helping Hongjun's plan.

Shen Gongbao calmly scratched the chin of the Black-Spotted Tiger and got on its back in one go.

(End of Chapter)