Chapter 1 Wang E City God Temple?

City God Temple is just City God Temple, why add your own name?

Sa Wuling's heart stirred, and he became somewhat interested.

Yan Xiake naturally felt the power of incense from afar, and his thoughts also stirred.

This E Province is extremely dangerous, with countless demons, ghosts, and evil cultivators. There is actually a City God?

Is he in cahoots with demons and ghosts, or does he have the power to protect himself in such a vile place?

With a thought, he hoarsely said:

"Increase speed and land as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

The sailors on the boat responded loudly.

Immediately, the giant ship pierced through the waves, like an arrow cutting through the great river, heading towards the place surrounded by incense.

As the saying goes, those who live near the mountains live off the mountains, and those who live near the water live off the water. People living near mountains and rivers may not live better than those in the plains, but they will not give up the prey in the mountains or the fish in the water.

But in E Province, it is different.

He had traveled all the way, but wherever he went, along the mountains and rivers, there were few people. Not to mention fishermen, not even a single merchant ship could be seen.

But as he approached 'Wang E City God Temple', the population became dense. Along the river, there were quite a few small boats fishing on the river, and along the river bank were ditches for drinking water and irrigating farmland.

Many women were washing clothes by the river.

Even small villages could be seen scattered around the City God Temple.

"It seems to be a benevolent City God?"

Sa Wuling stroked his beard, lost in thought.

Whoosh~

The giant ship came like a mountain, pushing aside waves of water several feet high, with an extremely fierce aura.

From afar, the many small boats on the river dodged one after another, exclaiming in shock and looking at the behemoth in horror.

They had lived by fishing on the river for a long time, but they had never seen such a large giant ship.

Whoosh!

Sa Wuling reached out and pressed down, and the speed of the giant ship suddenly decreased sharply, stabilizing.

"This place..."

Facing the surprised and uncertain gazes from all around, the faces of the group following Sa Wuling and Yan Xiake, who had traveled north and south, were a bit strange.

From afar, it could be seen that E Province was filled with deep demonic energy, but unexpectedly, there was such a 'utopia' hidden here.

It was truly unbelievable.

Whoosh~

Not long after, the giant ship docked, and two sailor-dressed men carried anchors weighing thousands of pounds onto the shore, securing the giant ship to the riverbank.

Only then did the group slowly disembark.

Sa Wuling strode off the giant ship, raised his eyes and saw that many villagers and fishermen around him, with frightened and apprehensive expressions, surrounded him with knives and forks.

"You, who are you people?"

A dark-skinned, tall middle-aged man swallowed and asked loudly.

Their voices were extremely high-pitched, with a strong local accent, extremely obscure, and many people present could not understand them.

Sa Wuling naturally understood. In his sixty years, he had learned at least a hundred different state and county languages. With his ability to connect the dots, he naturally understood and learned them instantly.

"We are from the capital, and we have come to E Province to subdue demons and establish laws."

He smiled and cupped his hands:

"Who are you people?"

The Da Qing territory is extremely large, and most of the major provinces were originally independent countries, forcibly integrated by the Underworld Monarch. Not to mention accents, even the writing has not been completely unified.

This time, they are promoting new laws, and incidentally promoting unified weights and measures, writing, language, and some enlightenment textbooks.

"Capital?"

The villagers and fishermen looked at each other. Their world only consisted of this great river, and not everyone even knew the name of E Province.

Not to mention the capital.

"My lord, leave it to me."

An old man with a goatee walked forward from the crowd, bowed slightly, and after receiving Sa Wuling's permission, he walked towards the villagers.

This old man was a rogue cultivator recruited by Sa Wuling on the road, named You She. Although his cultivation was only at the Nascent Soul stage and he had not yet entered the Dao, he was quite slippery and best at socializing. All the conversations along the way were done by him.

Sure enough, after a while, the villagers, although still somewhat suspicious, still made way.

Of course, the price was some specialties brought from other states.

"My lord."

You She followed behind Sa Wuling, reporting:

"This great river is called Evil Dragon River. The nearby villagers all rely on this river for a living. Because they are protected by the City God, they have not been rich for many years, but they are safe.

Later, after the old City God died, this river was plagued by Jiaolong, and the people were in dire straits. Later, a young man named Wang went into the water to fight and kill the Jiaolong King, eliminating this scourge for the villagers..."

"So, this City God Temple was erected by the villagers after that Wang E died?"

Someone asked curiously.

They had followed Sa Wuling for decades and knew a lot about the City God. They knew that the City God was not immutable. Whenever the old City God was about to die, he would find a successor.

This process is also called 'Examining the City God'.

But in addition to this, if the old City God died suddenly without finding a successor, people spontaneously elected by some nearby villagers would be recognized and become the new City God.

This is called establishing a temple.

Not only the people, but the court also has similar methods.

"No..."

Sa Wuling shook his head slightly:

"He is still alive."

Alive?

Everyone was stunned.

Can a living person also be a City God?

They had traveled north and south for so many years and were considered knowledgeable, but they had never heard of such a thing.

How can a living person be a City God?

"Since he is alive, how can he be a City God?"

Someone asked in confusion.

Sa Wuling did not explain, walked past the crowd, and came to the front of the City God Temple.

This City God Temple is not very large, but it is quite clean, and the incense is quite strong. What is strange is that there is no temple master and no gate.

All the incense is burned outside the temple.

When they came here, there were still people kowtowing and burning incense, but none of them stepped into the City God Temple.

Everyone was even more curious.

"Get out!"

Just as everyone arrived in front of the City God Temple, they suddenly heard a roar that exploded in the air.

Evil winds blew out from the City God Temple, instantly extinguishing all the incense burning outside the temple, and blowing all the people kowtowing and kneeling to the ground.

Several of them fell with their heads bleeding and their bones broken.

Sa Wuling's expression did not change, but the others were all angry. If Sa Wuling had not spoken, they would have immediately stormed into the City God Temple.

"City God, spare us!"

"City God, calm your anger! We'll get out of here, we'll get out of here!"

The people kowtowing were so frightened that they lost all color and fled in panic.

In the blink of an eye, only Sa Wuling and his party were left in front of the City God Temple.

"My lord, this..."

You She was a little surprised.

As far as he knew, these villagers respected the City God very much. In fact, the reason why they could fish for a living on this great river was because of the City God's protection.

But at this time, it seemed that the relationship between these villagers and the City God was not very good.

"We'll know after we go in."

Sa Wuling stroked his beard and glanced at the villagers in the distance with frightened and apprehensive expressions, lost in thought.

He stepped into the City God Temple.

Although it is called a City God Temple, this City God Temple is more like an ordinary Taoist temple. The outside is surrounded by incense, but there is no incense inside.

"Get out!"

The moment Sa Wuling stepped into the City God Temple, a giant roar reappeared:

"You're already dead, what's the use of burning more incense? If you come to burn incense again, I'll chop you up!"

This angry roar exploded like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, and then the air swept across, stirring up evil winds that swept across, blowing ripples in the void.

"How dare you!"

A soldier coldly shouted, stepped forward, and drew his saber an inch. The sharp aura had already risen, cutting through the howling evil wind.

"He has no malice."

Sa Wuling waved his hand, and the soldier involuntarily sheathed his saber and took a step back.

The others still wanted to say something.

Sa Wuling had already stepped forward, stood in the temple where the angry roar came from, and said lightly:

"Guests have come from afar, is this how the host treats guests?"

Whoosh~!

Before he could finish speaking, a burly man had strode out of the City God Temple.

Seeing this burly man, everyone's eyes lit up.

The giant man was more than eight feet tall, taller than everyone present by more than a head. He had a red face, a beard, a broad back, a strong waist, long arms, long legs, and was majestic and valiant.

He didn't look like a City God at all. People would believe it if he was said to be a battle-hardened general.

What was even more striking was that there was a deep vertical line between the giant man's eyebrows, like a vertical eye, which added to his power.

"This City God is really a living person?"

Someone couldn't help but exclaim.

This drew a frown and a cold smile from the giant man:

"What? Who says a living person can't be a City God?"

His voice was extremely loud, and making a sound was like thunder, stirring up bursts of air.

Only then did everyone realize that what they had heard earlier was not his angry roar at all, but simply his normal way of speaking. He was truly gifted.

"Good physique."

Sa Wuling stroked his beard, his eyes gleaming with a divine light.

Vaguely, he felt a touch in his heart. This person seemed to have some kind of connection with him.

He cultivated the inner family boxing passed down by 'Hand Grandfather' and had successfully condensed his Qi Seed. His heart was clear and transparent, and he had some perception of the world. At this time, when he felt something, he became even more concerned about the giant man in front of him.

"Whether your grandpa's body is good or not is none of your business?"

The giant man coldly shouted, his face extremely impatient:

"No matter what you have come here for, get out of here, don't wait for me to do it!"

"You!"

The people behind Sa Wuling were all angry, but they restrained themselves.

"This is not your territory."

Yan Xiake said lightly:

"You are not the City God either."

His voice was not high or low, and was hoarse and unpleasant. When the giant man heard it, his face became a little more solemn.

"I misjudged you."

The giant man glanced at Sa Wuling and Yan Xiake, and snorted coldly:

"I'm too lazy to care what you're here for! In short, while I'm guarding my godfather's mourning period, no humans, ghosts, or demons are allowed to cause trouble here, otherwise, you're my enemy!"

Speaking of this, Wang E's eyes were fixed on Sa Wuling:

"After I leave, whether you want incense or human blood and souls is up to you. Even if you kill all these people, I won't care!"

"You have hatred in your heart, is it towards these villagers?"

Facing Wang E's cold eyes, Sa Wuling said calmly:

"Then why don't you do it yourself and kill them all?"