At this moment, King Xishan's previously proud demeanor was gone, leaving only cunning in his eyes.

"You're trying to screw me over like a motherfucker? What happened to the noble spirit of the Fox Clan?"

"Guess why people from Jing Country, when condemning someone's cunning, call them an old fox? Cunning is the ancestral spirit of our Fox Clan!"

"..." Zhiming Monk.

Zhiming Monk never expected that a moment ago, King Xishan, who appeared so otherworldly and dignified, would become a player in a scheme.

He thought the other had deep Taoist cultivation, but never expected it was all shrewdness without a single secret divine trick.

"King Xishan, you living beast..."

Before Zhiming Monk could finish speaking, King Xishan had already swallowed back the spirit bone of the Fox Ancestor.

"If you only cultivate bravely without using your brain, how can you become an immortal?"

King Xishan smugly scolded.

Not even a round had passed, and Zhiming Monk was the first to fall, and in a remarkably foolish manner, leaving Boat Monk, Mo Ya Monk, and Treasure Tree Heavenly King momentarily stunned.

"King Xishan, as expected from you."

Painter, King Xishan's old friend for many years, gave him a thumbs up.

With years of friendship, Painter knew very well that King Xishan had Taoist skills not weaker than Lord Jian, and also... an exceptionally high combat intelligence.

When the truth seems false and the false seems true, real and unreal, every tactic seems deceptive, King Xishan could always outsmart even higher-level opponents.

With Zhiming Monk disposed, King Xishan reviewed the battlefield again, observing Boat Monk attempting to enter the Flower Sea but blocked by Lord Jian, while Lord Jiu and Yuan Buyu were regrouping. Other Day Patrol Deities were eager to save Zhou Xuan, and all were from a distance, using Taoist skills to disturb Boat Monk,

While Music Master and Painter were clearly suppressed by Treasure Tree Heavenly King,

With his natural combat instinct, King Xishan made a decision in a flash, throwing the fox fur out, flowing like a cloud, surging towards Treasure Tree Heavenly King.

King Xishan ran while simultaneously using the reputation and influence he had built up over years in the deep mountains of Mingjiang, issuing orders to sixteen Yin Halls.

"Sixteen Hall Masters, listen to my orders, blow the horn, sing the lament, activate the ancient altar, and crush these three trifling demon monks."

Each of the sixteen Yin Halls had an Evil God behind them.

Though these Evil Gods had obviously been incorporated by "Gong Zheng," with no new orders appearing, nor any prior orders from the High Priest or Great Elder of the sixteen Yin Halls, they collectively rebelled against Mingjiang Prefecture.

Since there were no Evil God's orders and King Xishan gave an order, who should they listen to? It was clear.

In an instant, laments were sung from the mouths of over two thousand village tribesmen,

The sound of horns and cowbells rang loudly, and the filthy bloodstains on the ancient altar seemed to gain a soul, flowing of their own accord...

...

"Idiot!"

Boat Monk, eager to enter the Flower Sea, seeing Zhiming Monk jumping into King Xishan's trap, immediately cursed in anger.

Despite the cursing, his movements were not slow.

He held a bamboo stick, about ten feet long and as thick as a calf.

He gripped the stick with both hands, making a motion like rowing a boat,

"Swish, swish."

Inside Gangfeng Cave, originally a natural dry cave with no underground rivers, streams, or springs, there suddenly came the sound of rushing water.

Since his Buddhist name was "Boat Monk," he indeed had the ability to navigate waters, with one push of the bamboo stick, the area within several hundred feet turned into a water domain.

In the water domain, waves rippled, mist and water vapor rose, and around the domain, tall reeds grew in abundance.

Each reed was like a living steel whip, wantonly lashing at the surrounding village tribesmen and Day Patrol Deities, making it almost impossible for them to approach,

Under the feet of Boat Monk, a small wooden raft appeared, and the bamboo stick in his hands became a pole propelling the raft through the water towards the Flower Sea.

Only Lord Jian, in a white robe, stood on the river, eyes closed, concentrating, just waiting for Boat Monk to propel closer, planning to draw his bow and shoot when the raft was fifty steps away.

Unexpectedly, before the raft could move many steps, a splash of scarlet suddenly appeared in the water, and a ghostly hand emerged from the water, reaching for Boat Monk.

Boat Monk's pole transformed into a Spiritual Snake, intertwining with the ghostly hand, and then with a mighty force, he forcibly pushed the raft several feet backward.

"Where's this sneaky character from?" the monk cursed.

A whirlpool spun in the water, and when the whirlpool calmed, a figure in red appeared, a frail woman holding a coffin in her right hand, blocking the river ahead.

The intruder was none other than Lady Hong Guan of Eight Incense.

"A Bitter Ghost from Yellow Field Prefecture?"

Recognizing the red outfit and the coffin, Boat Monk identified Lady Hong Guan.

Guan Niang hurled the coffin from her hand, stood with hands behind her back, and said, "Most of the Bitter Ghost's abilities are on water. I was just worried that without water in Gangfeng Cave, I couldn't use my skills. But then you, Demon Monk, actually created a water domain."

"Guan Niang, what brings you here?"

In the Flower Sea, seeing Guan Niang's arrival, Zhou Xuan asked.

Not being near the Zhou Family Willow Tree, Lady Hong Guan couldn't use it to transport into Gangfeng Cave, and she wasn't a You Shen of Mingjiang Prefecture, so she couldn't swiftly come using the Divine Lantern.

"Today, within Yellow Field Prefecture, a great wind arose, spinning a huge vortex in the Huangyuan Water Village within Yellow Field Water Area. Our Bitter Ghost's Master predicted a strange and powerful force connecting Yellow Field Prefecture and Ping Shui Prefecture.

I guessed it was this altar causing turmoil, so I hurried here to check. Upon checking, I found it truly was a major event."

Turning back, Lady Hong Guan shouted to Zhou Xuan, "Within the passage, there is strong Demon Qi. It seems... the Yellow Origin Great Demon, who had been hiding from the world, made a move today."

"Yellow Origin Great Demon?"

Zhou Xuan silently repeated the name...

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