Chapter 592: Return to Yin-Yang Mountain
“I’ll soon be leaving the Jinyang Road myself,” Virtuous Duke Wang continued. “In recent years, for reasons unknown, this road has seen a surge in demonic activity. Some are newly spawned, others have reappeared after years of absence. I’ve always lacked the ability to deal with such things, and I’ve long been ashamed. But now that your two disciples are ridding the road of evil, I can finally leave with peace of mind.”
“Oh?” Song You asked curiously, “Where are you heading?”
“It’s not that I’ve chosen to go anywhere. Rather, I was summoned. A higher deity has ordered me to take up a new post elsewhere.”
“What’s prompted this sudden reassignment?”
“Mister, have you heard of the underworld and the nether realm?”
“I’ve heard a little.”
“And what about City Gods?”
“I know a thing or two.”
At that, Song You began to understand.
“Three years ago,” said Virtuous Duke Wang, “the Ministry of Rites ordered a City God Temple to be built in Yidu. They appointed the highly respected Mr. Luo from just outside the city as Yidu’s City God. Half a year ago, a City God Temple was also built in Nanhua County. I received two official orders, one from the Ghost City Palace Lord of Fengzhou and the other from the City God of Changjing, summoning me to take office at the new Nanhua temple. What’s more, the decree from the Ghost City palace bore the name of Divine Lord Yuewang, making it impossible to decline. Soon, I’ll head to Changjing to receive the City God’s seal and official edict before returning to assume my new post.”
“I see,” Song You said with a nod.
Yidu was the homeland and territory of Divine Lord Yuewang, the divine general. Though Divine Lord Yuewang was known for his idleness and rarely involved himself in such matters, many local deities in Yidu still held him in deep respect and considered him their patron.