On the iron ruler, the word [Punish] was engraved.
As the Martial Judge swung it, the iron ruler rapidly expanded to about a zhang in length, and the word [Punish] emitted a faint black light.
If it were an ordinary wild god, being illuminated by the black light would be like sharp thorns entering the body, causing excruciating pain.
It could even reduce one's cultivation and scatter one's soul.
The Martial Judge's voice was majestic, and his gaze was gloomy.
"Without magical artifacts, this Judge wants to see what you will use to fight!"
Chu Xun stood in the temple, not panicking in the slightest.
Whether it was a monster magical artifact or a tal essence magical artifact, in the Martial Judge's eyes, they might already be very formidable.
But to Chu Xun, any external force was rely an external force.
What made him truly powerful was not magical artifacts, but himself!
The ground shook, and earth spikes instantly acted like living creatures, trapping the charging Martial Judge within.
The Martial Judge swung the iron ruler, striking forward.
The cage shook, but it only shook.
The spiritual energy of the Foundation Establishnt stage was enough to make this cage so hard that it couldn't be broken by the Martial Judge.
Just as the iron ruler fell, water vapor turned into countless fine needles and pierced over.
Seemingly ordinary, but as the water needles entered his body, the Martial Judge emitted black smoke all over.
He cried out in alarm, "What is this!"
No matter how he struggled, he couldn't force the water needles out, and could only let them wreak havoc wildly in his body.
Watching the Martial Judge gradually being enveloped by black smoke, and hearing his shrill cries, Chu Xun's expression beca increasingly calm.
Five Elents Spells.
Water Elent, Greatly control the marsh of heaven and earth within a thousand zhang.
As early as a few months ago, his Water Elent Spell had already been upgraded to perfection.
There were no longer numbers for proficiency, and the suffix description only changed from limited control to great control.
Although the change seed small, it was actually a world of difference.
Now Chu Xun hardly needed to use spiritual energy to freely control the marsh of heaven and earth within a thousand zhang.
For the sa water cone, if he used it to strike a Rank 1 martial artist now, just one would be enough to make the opponent's whole body burst.
It could even be said that Chu Xun only needed a single thought, and a Rank 1 martial artist would have to die.
Because water inherently exists in the human body.
Not only that, the Essence of Ren Water had also progressed from condensing one wisp every ten days to three days.
Only then did Chu Xun extravagantly try to integrate the Essence of Ren Water into the water he controlled.
The process wasn't troubleso. Water only existed as a container, and being of the sa origin, the Essence of Ren Water easily integrated into it.
The water carrying the Essence of Ren Water scattered into countless particles.
Let alone ordinary people, even the Martial Judge didn't notice the existence of this thing.
And this was Chu Xun's trump card "magical artifact"!
However, the integrated Essence of Ren Water wasn't much, so even just killing the Martial Judge would take so ti.
Inside the cage, the Martial Judge didn't have long to live. He finally realized the truth and let out a blurry cry.
"You are not an ordinary evil cult wild god... You, you also have physical cultivation..."
At the sa ti, in the City God Temple of Zhangnan County.
The City God's golden body vibrated violently, and the Civil Judge imdiately appeared.
"What happened!" the Civil Judge asked in alarm.
A massive figure, a full zhang tall, materialized from the tall god statue.
Wearing a purple official robe, a feather crown on his head, holding a jade tablet in his hand, and a heavy City God seal floating beside him.
His face was much clearer than the Civil and Martial Judges, and one could already clearly see it was a solemn-faced old man.
This was exactly the City God of Zhangnan County, the civil official Liang Simiao from the previous dynasty.
He was originally the County Magistrate of Zhangnan County, known for loving the people like his own children.
During a flood, he personally led the yan runners in disaster relief.
But because he tried to save a few children, he unfortunately fell into the water and lost his life. Later, when Emperor Taizu conferred orthodox gods, he was conferred as the City God of Zhangnan County.
At this mont, this Lord City God had a serious expression, and his voice was like muffled thunder.
"The Martial Judge's life is in danger, you all follow to reinforce him quickly!"
The Civil Judge was sowhat surprised. The Martial Judge took the Night Wandering God and Underworld Emissaries to catch an evil cult wild god.
Logically speaking, it should be an easy catch. How could his life be in danger?
But since the City God said so, it must be true.
He imdiately summoned the Underworld Emissaries and flew out of the temple together with the City God.
In the Songliu Water God Temple, the Martial Judge had already been worn down to the point where his soul was almost scattered.
Chu Xun was quite satisfied with this result.
"Adding the Essence of Ren Water, it is indeed extraordinary."
He seed to sense sothing in his heart and glanced in the direction of Zhangnan County.
"They ca so fast!"
He selected a white silk ribbon in his mind, and with a thought.
That silk ribbon rapidly transford from white to light blue.
[Water God bless my husband Shitou to return safely from the battlefield]
Chu Xun didn't delay any further, dispersing the cage and water needles, and taking away the fragnts of the long sword on the ground as well.
Then he took a step, and was a hundred ters away.
Earth Elent, Greatly control the earth of heaven and earth within a thousand zhang.
Compared to before, his speed was now nearly three tis faster.
In a few steps, he disappeared without a trace.
The Martial Judge collapsed dejectedly, unable to maintain his figure anymore.
When the City God arrived here, he only saw bursts of black fog scattering.
Without another word, the City God urged the seal beside him, which turned into the size of several zhang.
However, rushing into the temple, it was completely empty.
He looked around, his gaze like a torch, and could only see the already stiff corpse of the refugee in the corner.
"Arrived too late!"
The Civil Judge reached out and beckoned, bringing over the token and iron ruler left behind by the Martial Judge, and presenting them to the City God.
Chu Xun wasn't tempted by these Underworld magical artifacts. Any fool would know that taking these things would only bring disaster.
The City God stored the two magical artifacts into the seal, his gaze gloomy.
"My Lord, should we send people to search?" the Civil Judge asked.
The City God shook his head and said, "His aura has already disappeared. Even if you find him, you are not his match!"
Pausing for a mont, the City God said in a deep voice, "Such an audacious wild god will definitely not appear only once! Next ti, this City God will definitely act personally, making his soul scatter and never be reincarnated!"
Over ten miles away, Chu Xun had already slowed his pace.
The ti the divine office could be hidden had recovered to 4379 hours again.
For the next nearly a year, he wouldn't have to worry about the Underworld coming to cause trouble.
Walking towards the direction of Pinecone Village, Chu Xun looked at his other spells.
Fire Starting Spell 20963/30000, Can produce a very small fla.
Compared to an incense stick's ti ago, it had increased by nearly ten thousand points!
This ant that in such a short ti, he had already cast the Fire Starting Spell tens of thousands of tis.
Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a few months.
Chu Xun saw clearly that when he killed the Night Wandering God, it increased by two thousand points.
When the Martial Judge died, it increased by three thousand points.
"Looking at it this way, the City God must be worth at least four or five thousand."
An impulse suddenly surged in Chu Xun's heart to imdiately uproot the Underworld of Zhangnan County directly, turning all the Underworld subordinates into food for his advancent.
The temptation brought by a windfall is huge.
But Chu Xun still quickly suppressed this impulse.
Judging from the previous battle, his strength was above the Martial Judge, and should be about the sa as the City God.
What was certain was that whether it was tal essence or the Water Elent Spell integrated with the Essence of Ren Water, both had great restraint and lethality against the Underworld.
Now Chu Xun didn't have the slightest worry about the Underworld, but instead felt like a tiger seeing a tender lamb.
A county-level City God could bring so many benefits. If he really killed all the orthodox gods of the Underworld in the Jing Kingdom, the Five Elents Spells might instantly reach perfection!
Especially now that the divine office was hidden, it was even more convenient to launch a sneak attack when they were unprepared.
But doing so would an completely exposing himself.
Chu Xun had seen a higher-level Civil Judge in the Capital City, and the difference in strength between him and the Martial Judge he just killed was like heaven and earth.
Obviously, the Underworld also had different ranks and grades.
Recalling the very first Underworld Emissary, his completely different attitudes before and after his exposure.
After knowing he was the true body of the Songliu Water God, even knowing he was no match, he still charged over unafraid of death.
This was enough to show that the inability of the Underworld and loose gods to coexist had already been integrated into their instincts.
Once completely exposed, it was very likely that there would be no place for him in the Jing Kingdom.
Turning his head to glance in the direction of the Songliu Water God Temple, through his control over the marsh of heaven and earth, he could clearly sense that the City God and nurous Underworld Emissaries were still lingering nearby.
That huge seal, as well as the jade tablet in the City God's hand, both made Chu Xun vigilant in his heart.
He had the Five Elents Spells, and the other party also had Underworld magical artifacts; they could not be underestimated.
"The enmity with the Underworld is already irreconcilable. If I want immortality, I must replace them!"
"No rush."
"Integrate more Essence of Ren Water, accumulate tal essence, and plan slowly!"
The silk ribbon thoughts in his mind still existed.
Except for the one that turned blue, the others were all gray.
"Can only fulfill one of them currently?"
Chu Xun smiled freely. One is one, it cannot be forced.
Thus, he leisurely returned to the village without alarming anyone.
Only the crows on the eaves opened one eye and slightly flapped their wings.
Chu Xun smiled and casually flicked out so water droplets containing spiritual energy, which fell into the mouths of these crows.
In a good mood today, rewarding you with more.
The crows flapped their wings, stirring up a strong wind.
Even Qi Ermao, over a hundred ters away, heard it and muttered drowsily, "It's going to rain again, Chunni, close the window..."
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Over a thousand miles away from Pinecone Village, even past the borders of the Jing Kingdom, arriving at the territory of the Wusun Kingdom.
This place was indeed as Wei Ting had said, filled with fog.
In the mountain forest full of heavy fog, the humid and sweltering environnt made even wild beasts unwilling to run outside often.
In the valley, miasma floated at a height of about a ter.
If a human walked in, they would be poisoned to death in less than half an hour.
Only low-lying poultry and livestock could survive here.
Near the stone wall, a few field mice, which were extrely rare here, were diligently digging holes.
Two rabbits nearby had already finished digging their holes and were pursing their mouths, lying at the entrance of the hole, watching the field mice work.
The few field mice seed sowhat unhappy, turning their heads and squeaking at the rabbits, as if complaining that they didn't co to help.
The rabbits ignored them, turning their heads and licking each other's snow-white fur.
Angering the field mice to use their small paws even harder, sending dirt flying.
Not far away, a dark brown mole cricket with broken wings twisted its body, drilled out of the ground, and then drilled back in.
Not long after, it drilled under a fibrous root.
Instinctively sensing that this fibrous root would be exceptionally delicious to eat.
It imdiately drilled over impatiently, and just as it was about to open its large teeth on both sides to bite, that root actually stretched over like a living creature and entangled it.
Easily tearing it into two halves, then breaking through the dirt and throwing it directly out.
The erald green leaves trembled slightly a few tis. For so unknown reason, it actually made one sense a bit of disgust.
The field mice and rabbits all looked up, watching the pitiful mole cricket being thrown over ten ters away, and all squeaked and grunted.
In that sound, there was a bit of inexplicable schadenfreude.
A small field mouse climbed under the green leaves and opened its mouth wide.
After waiting for a mont, a drop of green sap fell from above.
Just as the small field mouse drank it, before it had ti to close its mouth, its abdon was wrapped by a leaf and it was also thrown out.
It just wasn't killed like the mole cricket was.
The small field mouse fell to the ground, fat and plump, not minding it at all, squeaking and crawling back to continue digging the hole, seemingly already used to it.
The main stem that was cut off at the top had already healed, and twenty leaves fluttered in the wind.
The roots plunged underground, absorbing the faint spiritual energy.
Although the amount was small, it was continuous.
The main stem swayed a few tis, then turned towards a certain direction, as if looking around.
Walking straight west from this direction, one thousand eight hundred miles later, was Pinecone Village.
Although it couldn't speak, let alone leave the spiritual energy land it had finally found before becoming a formidable monster.
But relying on its own bonds, it still sensed that person extrely far away.
The leaves trembled in waves, and the two rabbits nestled at the entrance of the hole seed to have noticed.
They hopped over and snuggled beside it, pressing tightly together.
Subsequently, the field mice also gathered over.
Leaning under the leaves, squeaking softly.
Not long after, a few field mice were flung out by the leaves.
It was very disgusted with the field mice, always squeaking non-stop.
So noisy!
The next day.
The pilgrims who went to the City God Temple in Zhangnan County to offer incense were all astonished to find that the statues of the Martial Judge and the Night Wandering God in the temple had inexplicably cracked into seven or eight pieces, scattered all over the ground.
"Who is so bold as to actually smash the god statues!" soone exclaid.
This matter beca a topic of conversation in Zhangnan County for a period of ti.
So said the craftsmanship of the god statues was too poor and the wood used was not good.
Others said that thieves went in to steal things, couldn't find anything good, and took their anger out on the god statues.
After Chu Xun heard about this, he just laughed it off.
The clinking sounds in the courtyard were continuous.
The flas in the furnace burned for a long ti without extinguishing.
Autumn of the eleventh year of Chongming.
The refugee army, led by Huang Qi, split into two routes.
One route headed straight for the Capital City, and the other route headed straight for Mingxiu Prefecture.
Many years ago, Mingxiu Prefecture was one of the Upper Prefectures.
With outstanding people and a beautiful environnt, it also had the reputation of being the world's granary.
If the refugee army wanted to gain a firm foothold, they had to take down Mingxiu Prefecture.
The Capital City was more like a decoy.
However, this route of the army could not be underestimated either, bringing imnse defensive pressure to the Capital City.
The Minister of Revenue, Zhang Jingheng, scolded the Minister of War like a grandson in the imperial court.
It's one thing that Red Maple Pass couldn't be held, but to actually let the refugee army drive straight in all the way, what is your Ministry of War doing!
So much silver for military pay is distributed every year, was it all distributed for nothing?
Zhang Jingheng requested orders from Emperor Chongming to personally hold the fort at Hulao Pass.
And invited back the old general Hong Zexu, who was advanced in years and had resigned from office for several years.
Hulao Pass was the last major town leading to the Capital City. If this place was taken down, the Capital City would be less than two hundred miles away.
Although Emperor Chongming was suspicious and wary of these old generals in the army.
But at a critical mont, he had no choice but to yield.
The old general took command and personally selected a few capable generals to assist him.
In front of Hulao Pass, Zhang Jingheng sent the army out of the city.
Beside him, the Vice Minister of War, Huang Jingqing, said worriedly, "Commander Hong is already old. If the war drags on, I fear he will lack the strength to carry it through."
Zhang Jingheng glanced at him and said, "Although Commander Hong is old, he is vigorous in his old age. You all are young and strong, yet lack spirit and strength."
These words made Huang Jingqing and the several Ministry of War officials behind him blush with sha, unable to reply.
At the sa ti, the thirty thousand strong army led by Liao Shouyi entered Fenggu City.
A scout ca to report,
"The refugee army has arrived within the borders of Zhangnan County!"
[End of Chapter]
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