"He truly is my dear little treasure-bringer. Another huge haul this ti! Tsk tsk, I really wish I could rob him a few tis every day!"
Lin Tang caressed the scroll, unable to put it down, a wide grin stretching across his face.
The scroll contained a large amount of Thunder Pool Crystals. Such crystals could only form in a stable Nine Heavens Thunder Pool after precipitating for hundreds or even thousands of years. Besides being extrely yang and excellent at warding off evil, their greatest feature was stability. They could solidify a talisman that was originally ant for a single use, allowing it to be used repeatedly over a long period.
Why were talismans so precious? First, the materials were scarce. Second, many could only be used once before they were gone. It was more wasteful than burning money. With the Thunder Pool Crystals, the various powerful talismans from Lin Tang's mory now had a practical application. This kind of ultimate move, used at a critical mont in battle, could definitely turn the tide.
The Mysterious Lady had inscribed a multitude of Spoken Spirit Spells within the scroll, designed for repeated use, which was how she had forced the Lord of Gluttony to drop its armor and flee in defeat. Lin Tang was actually quite envious of these Spoken Spirit Spells, as they were incredibly effective at damaging divine incarnations. But he knew his current cultivation level wasn't high enough to control them. Besides, that scheming old fox, the Mysterious Lady, was an expert at secretly tampering with Magic Artifacts.
Therefore, Lin Tang could only tearfully erase them all and inscribe the talismans he was skilled with instead.
Just as this incarnation of Lin Tang began to busy himself crafting new talismans, Yan Qinghe and his group were holding another eting.
They had seen with their own eyes that the Lord of Gluttony's incarnation had been blasted into oblivion by Long Tianji. That ant Lin Tang, that little beast, had lost all his backing!
"This child is too extre! For such a trivial matter, he commanded a deity to wreak havoc here in a blatant attempt at rebellion. Such a reckless traitor with no regard for his sovereign, his country, or the greater good must be eliminated!"
"I agree!"
"Seconded!"
"But if we kill him directly, we won't be able to pry the great secret of the Lin Family out of him…"
"Hasn't he repeatedly stated that he doesn't know the secret? I think it's quite normal that he wouldn't. He was just a high school student at the ti."
"We cannot keep tolerating his antics just for so unknown secret!"
"Once he gets a taste of success—getting away with such an earth-shattering cri unscathed—he will definitely not miss any future opportunities to cause more destruction."
"In that case, fine. I'll sign the execution order now!"
"I'll cosign!"
"I'll sign as well!"
At the eting, eighty percent of the attendees signed their nas, a rare occurrence in recent decades.
Yan Qinghe sighed inwardly. Lin Tang, it's not that I won't protect you, but while calamities from heaven may be survivable, those we bring upon ourselves are inescapable.
Afterward, they received reports from their subordinates that a giant divine incarnation had suddenly appeared in the sky above the city. This scene had been witnessed by far too many people. A large number of innocent civilians had even been injured, vomiting blood. This kind of bombshell news spread like wildfire across the internet, no matter how much they tried to suppress it, causing an uproar nationwide and even globally. The cat was out of the bag.
So, what now? Yan Qinghe and the others frowned deeply, pondering for a long ti and discussing it amongst themselves.
If it couldn't be hidden, then why not make it public? The Underworld was about to invade anyway, and many demonic figures would soon erge to cause trouble. It would be better to inform the public in advance so everyone could be psychologically prepared.
However, for certain reasons, they still didn't directly state it was a divine incarnation when they made the announcent. Instead, they called it… an extraterrestrial creature! From a purely geographical perspective, deities did indeed qualify as extraterrestrials. Their true forms were mostly not on this planet.
"What? So aliens are real? Weren't all those old legends just rumors?"
"Heavens, that alien was so enormous! A single glance made tens of thousands of people vomit blood. That's terrifying!"
"Is this the start of a war between worlds?"
"Can our planet's advanced weapons even harm them?"
Instantly, the internet was in shock, with everyone fearing for their safety.
So people also noted that the Mysterious Lady who appeared afterward was also gigantic. But she at least had a human appearance, and she was so holy and beautiful, exuding a sense of salvation like that of the rciful Guanyin. Many people began to discuss who she might be. Was she also an alien? Why did she side with humanity and help fight that ugly, terrifying atball?
"Don't you all think the most incredible one was that flying human expert? He could set the whole sky on fire and blow up the alien atball with one punch! That's amazing!"
"It seed like he had so conflict with the beautiful one, too, but they were too far away to hear what they were saying…"
"I admit he's extrely powerful, but he's also quite sleazy…"
"Shut your mouth! Don't you dare disrespect our great Dragon King, Long Tianji!"
"According to insider information, the Dragon King is about to be awarded the National Guardian dal by Central Earth. He's our State Preceptor and guardian deity!"
"From now on, we'll have to rely on him to fight the extraterrestrial creatures…"
Suddenly, Long Tianji's na shot to the top of the trending searches. On every street corner, people were discussing his heroic deeds. He instantly beca a household na, a great hero. Countless people placed their deepest hopes in him.
For all the praise Long Tianji received, Lin Tang faced an equal amount of condemnation.
「In the tiny house where Dong Mingfeng, Shen Xin, and Shen Jiayue were holed up.」
The three of them watched with wide, hungry eyes as Mu Ping'an sat at the table, feasting on all sorts of delicacies. Their mouths watered as they swallowed hard, their faces pale. The house they had originally bought had been repossessed due to their towering debt, and they should have been living on the streets. It was only because Lin Tang hadn't given any specific instructions to the contrary that Mu Ping'an had found them this place to stay.
"Young Master Huang, Lin Tang isn't watching us all the ti. Please, be a good man and let us have a few bites?"
"Yes, I'm so hungry…"
"We're Youling's closest family, after all! Why must you be so strict?" they pleaded bitterly.
Mu Ping'an remained indifferent and continued eating. "I'm sorry, but I can't defy my brother-in-law's orders for your sake. I've told you ti and again. No one can afford to provoke the deity backing him!"
The three of them seethed inwardly. Damn it! What kind of insane, shitty luck did that son of a bitch Lin Tang have? How did he stumble upon a legendary deity? If we had found this deity and it listened to us, it would have been perfect! I'd imdiately send it to devour those casino owners, and then I'd have Lin Tang flayed alive!
They rationalized that the great deity surely wouldn't stay with Lin Tang forever. Maybe it would leave one day, or even turn on Lin Tang and kill him. For now, what was the harm in turning a blind eye and letting them have a little food?
Unfortunately, even after they had talked until they were blue in the face, Mu Ping'an paid them no mind.
Suddenly, he received a phone call.
"Oh?" Mu Ping'an's eyebrows shot up.
He then turned on the television and flipped through a few channels. The screen soon showed the footage of Long Tianji obliterating the Lord of Gluttony with a single punch.
"Hey? Isn't that the Dragon King?"
"Whoa, am I seeing things? He… he… he can kill a deity that easily?"
"Isn't that the deity Lin Tang had?"
"Doesn't that make Lin Tang a toothless tiger, with no threat left at all?"
"Pah! Him? A tiger? He's nothing but a pathetic, dying rat!"
"Young Master Huang, you see…"
Dong Mingfeng, Shen Xin, and Shen Jiayue were ecstatic, practically jumping for joy. They were overjoyed, absolutely thrilled! They had long expected Lin Tang to et a disastrous end, but they never imagined his couppance would arrive so quickly.
Mu Ping'an stood stunned for a mont, then he lowered his head and a deep, relieved chuckle escaped him. That bastard Lin Tang is finally finished!
"Go on, eat," he said, glancing at the three who were staring with desperate longing. He then stood up and walked out.
Although it was a humiliating handout, Dong Mingfeng and the others didn't mind in the least. They gratefully pounced on the food and began to gorge themselves. They were truly starving.
Mu Ping'an imdiately withdrew the n who had been closely monitoring them. As for himself, he headed straight for Shen Youling's company. He had a feeling she would be implicated by that jinx, Lin Tang, and would inevitably find herself in deep trouble.
Sure enough, his fears were confird. When he arrived at the Tianxiang Doukou Company, he found it surrounded three layers deep by ard personnel. Checkpoints were set up to tightly control every floor. Anyone who didn't know better would think they were about to take down a large criminal syndicate of hundreds. Who would have thought it was all just to target a single person like Shen Youling?
「On the top floor.」
Zhu Yingning stood at the forefront, her face cold as she faced the gas-mask-wearing intruders.
"Do you really intend to forcibly take my employee?" she demanded. "Believe , I'm prepared to start a massacre. Don't think for a second those little masks can block my poisons. Don't say I didn't warn you!"
"Hmph, Zhu Yingning, you have so nerve, openly harboring a criminal! Do you really think we won't hold you accountable? As a remnant of the Tang Sect, you should be lying low, not brazenly threatening us. It seems you won't be escaping the law today either!"
"Why are we wasting words on this woman? Count to three. If they don't surrender, kill them without question!"
"Three… two… one…"
"STOP!"
Just as a bloody battle was about to erupt, Mu Ping'an appeared, striding forward with his head held high like a savior.
He believed that at this mont, The utterly despondent Shen Youling will surely be moved to tears by my heroic rescue!
"Youling, don't worry," Mu Ping'an declared resoundingly. "As long as I'm here, no one will dare touch a hair on your head!"
As for calling her "sister," he no longer even bothered.
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