Chapter 119: Mountain Guardian Deity
Chapter 119: Mountain Guardian Deity
“Ding ding dong dong.”
In the territory of the Yunhua Sect, Li Si spent the whole morning building a temple for himself. He carved three Divine Idols out of stone: one for immediate use, one as backup, and one for emergencies.
Then, by connecting them with the Yunhua Law Seal, they became his Statue Avatars.
Next, Li Si worked quickly and drew ten Demon Sealing Talismans, ten Evil-Warding Talismans, and ten Golden Radiance Chants. He slapped them all onto the outside of the temple.
This was the most effective method. As long as they weren’t activated, these Talisman Papers could last for more than half a year, even a year.
After that, Li Si drew ten advanced Spirit Gathering Talismans and set up a concealment Formation Array around the temple.
Once everything was ready, he found a spot to sit down. He took out the Thousand-Eyes Mask, gently stroked it for a moment, and then suddenly put it on.
“Do you know what this place is?”
“N…no. After you spoke with the Strange Tribe last night, I couldn’t observe anything.”
“Then do you know the Yunhua Sect?”
“I’ve heard of it, but I don’t know the details. I’m not the main body.”
“Use your old skills and find me some treasures.”
“This… this isn’t appropriate. Actually, my so-called treasure-finding ability is just attracting trouble. I’m completely unfamiliar with this area. I’m afraid it might bring out something bad…”
Li Si laughed heartily. The Thousand-Eyes Mask was quite cautious.
“Don’t worry, just search. There must be treasures within a hundred-mile radius. If you satisfy me, I’ll set you free.”
“Better not. I feel just fine staying with my master.” The Thousand-Eyes Mask was full of the will to survive.
“As you wish, but you still have to find treasures for me.”
“What kind of treasures? You have to give me some description.”
“None. Just search randomly.”
Li Si smiled faintly, his tone leaving no room for doubt.
The next moment, the compelled Thousand-Eyes Mask released three streams of black smoke, which turned into three little ghosts. They whooshed into the ground and dashed off in three different directions.
Li Si then removed the Thousand-Eyes Mask and closed his eyes to rest. Well, the Thousand-Eyes Mask didn’t know what it would find, but he did.
Because this was also the reason the Yunhua Sect was trapped here.
Yes, it was recorded in the Yunhua Law Seal.
These tech geeks, having nothing better to do, forged nine Mountain Guardian Deities five hundred years ago.
They were similar to mechanical puppets, each possessing the strength of the Nascent Soul Realm. In normal times, combined with the Dragon-Locking Heaven Formation Array, these nine Mountain Guardian Deities would have been extremely powerful.
However, the tech geeks didn’t expect the contamination power of the Evil God to be so strong. All nine Mountain Guardian Deities underwent mutations one after another, then fell into depravity. In the end, the people of the Yunhua Sect couldn’t leave or escape, trapped tightly in this small town.
In short, this area was a death trap.
As for why the nine Fallen Mountain Deities weren’t alerted when Li Si arrived last night, that was thanks to the Strange Tribe’s ability. With it leading the way, Li Si could block out everything.
But now, without the help of the Strange Tribe, if Li Si wanted to leave, he had to first deal with those nine Fallen Mountain Deities.
Well, that wasn’t the right way to put it. Towards VIP clients, one must show respect.
Have lofty reverence and a grateful heart.
“Crack!”
About five minutes later, a crack appeared on the Thousand-Eyes Mask in Li Si’s hand. Bright red blood flowed out like lines of aggrieved bloody tears.
Li Si felt pained, but before he could do anything to save it, another crack appeared. Blood gushed out like a fountain.
Whoosh! One of the little ghosts fled back like a scared dog, diving headfirst into the Thousand-Eyes Mask, trembling like a sieve…
At the same time, through the Yunhua Law Seal, Li Si saw a bewitching woman standing on a high hill, gazing deeply.
It was as if there wasn’t a hundred miles between Li Si and her, but a negative distance.
Her gaze was so affectionate, so innocent, so pitiful that Li Si could hardly resist.
Information appeared.
“Soul Alienation Contamination +300%!”
“Physical Alienation Contamination +500%!”
“You are being watched by a Fallen Mountain Deity. You have been locked on by the Fallen Mountain Deity. Cannot be exempted.”
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“Strong flavor!”
Li Si was overjoyed. A client had arrived. He liked the kind who were bold, unreasonable, and threw money without a second thought.
“You’re crazy, you’re crazy!”
The Thousand-Eyes Mask screamed in agony. It was still bleeding nonstop, and now it was sizzling with smoke. A rotten smell spread—it was decaying.
Plop!
The little ghost was spat out, landing on the ground and immediately turning into mud.
Then the Thousand-Eyes Mask finally calmed down, but it was on its last breath.
Wow, that Fallen Mountain Deity was really powerful. Even the Thousand-Eyes Mask, as an Evil Entity, was almost destroyed.
Utterly ruthless.
At that moment, Li Si suddenly felt another surge of panic. Involuntarily, he saw a total of eight people appear on the surrounding hilltops.
An old man, a child, a woman, a man—all kinds.
They all turned their gaze toward him. This time, Li Si didn’t dare to be careless. He immediately raised the Yunhua Law Seal to block their stares.
“Crash!”
The Statue Avatar he had just built that morning shattered. Black mist spread, and inside, a blackened Evil Spirit was about to be born. Li Si casually threw a Golden Radiance Chant at it, and it immediately quieted down.
The light emitted by the Yunhua Law Seal dimmed slightly. It had blocked at least two-thirds of the contamination.
Li Si’s expression remained calm. He retrieved the Yunhua Law Seal, injected a hundred strands of Gray Fortune into it, and instantly purified it until it looked brand new.
The next second, he appeared a hundred miles away and beckoned toward a hilltop.
Boom!
The mountain peak exploded, and a hundred-zhang tall giant leaped out. It covered dozens of miles in one step and slapped down at Li Si with terrifying force!
“Hum!”
Brilliant light filled the sky, divine patterns fluttering. The Yunhua Law Seal easily blocked the attack.
This was normal. The power of the Yunhua Law Seal was much stronger than the Kaoshan Law Seal Li Si had in Kaoshan City. If the giant hadn’t stepped within the hundred-mile range, it could have been knocked down instantly.
However, that Fallen Mountain Deity was clearly smarter than Li Si and didn’t take the bait at all.
Li Si hadn’t expected it to fall for it either. Everyone here operated by their own skills—who was to look down on whom?
“Heart Cleansing!”
He cast a Heart-Clearing Domain over the giant’s head, instantly confusing it for a second. After all, it was a fallen type, not like those Evil Spirits that had no physical form and were born from the Illusory Void. So the Heart Cleansing Curse was quite effective on it.
Especially since Li Si was a kind person.
He followed up with another Heart Cleansing, and then another…
He slammed a total of eighteen Heart Cleansing Curses onto it. The hundred-zhang giant quieted down, as tame as a little kitten.
It stood there quietly, and the Yunhua Law Seal no longer suppressed it, as if they were old friends reunited after many years.
“Come here.”
Li Si crooked his finger again, and the hundred-zhang-tall giant rumbled its way into the territory governed by the Yunhua Law Seal.
Instantaneously, the Yunhua Law Seal hovered above the giant’s head. With just a thought from Li Si, it would be smashed into dust forever.
Never underestimate the power of a Land Deed Seal on its own turf—it was like smashing something with the Fortune of Heaven and Earth behind it.
After all, even four Nascent Soul Realm Bloodline Divine Emissaries had been directly suppressed by the Kaoshan Law Seal back then, let alone this even more formidable Yunhua Law Seal.
“Temporary allegiance of the Mountain Guardian Deity obtained. Validity: 36 hours.”
Seeing the information appear, Li Si smiled. He cupped his hands and bowed respectfully toward other directions, then leisurely leaped onto the shoulder of this Mountain Guardian Deity and headed home. Thanks for the show, everyone.
In the distance, beyond the eight mountain peaks, the remaining eight Fallen Mountain Deities watched warily, their eyes flashing, but none dared act rashly.
When they were first forged, those daring tech geeks had gifted them remarkable intelligence. Later corrupted by the Evil God’s power, though twisted in countless ways, their intellect remained. Now, they keenly felt the chill of domination.
Li Si paid them no mind. Come on, then. Dare to step within a hundred-mile radius, and I’ll smash every one of you.
At that moment, Li Si was already frantically reviewing the Yunhua Sect tech geeks’ data on the design philosophy behind the Mountain Guardian Deities.
He needed a once-and-for-all solution. He couldn’t be hurling eighteen Heart Cleansing Curses every three days!
But after scouring the data, Li Si wasn’t exactly despairing, but it was close enough.
He discovered that according to the geeks’ specs, a Mountain Guardian Deity could only function normally for 60 years before needing an “Immortal Stone” replacement.
Immortal Stone! Hah! What an ancient relic. This world doesn’t even have Qi anymore, let alone Immortal Stones.
The hard truth was, these Mountain Guardian Deities were fundamentally broken. Their continued existence and increased power weren’t by design—they were just creatures warped and powered by the Evil God’s corruption. Degeneration, or evolution, depending on your view.
From an outsider’s perspective, this existence was a bizarre marvel; an extraordinary aberration.
It sparked a wild idea in Li Si: Could the Evil God’s power be made controllable? Like controllable nuclear fusion…
Forget fusion. Give me a thousand years and I wouldn’t touch that mess. But this… I think I see a way.
Standing on the shoulders of giants, perhaps.
The answer lay in the Five-Tone Ruins and the Seven Emotions Medicine Field.
Clearly, the Five-Tone Ruins controlled the Seven Emotions Medicine Field.
What was the fundamental principle behind the Seven Emotions Little Mushrooms?
It’s emotions spiraling out of control, right?
If the Five-Tone Ruins controlled the Seven Emotions field, could sound—or something similar—control the Evil God’s corruption?
Damn, this is the kind of problem those tech geeks should be solving!
In the end, Li Si stopped pondering. He decided on a different tack.
“Let’s just keep upgrading and strengthening the Heart Cleansing Curse.”
Yes. It was the simplest, most direct, effective path.
Summoning the Fate Forge, Li Si activated the fragmented scroll interface and focused his attention on the Heart Cleansing Curse.
After a long time, a line of information surfaced:
“Continue evolving high-level Divine Ability [Heart Cleansing Curse] to a higher tier? This process requires consuming one portion of Azure Fortune and requires at least Golden Core Realm cultivation base.”
Zero pressure!
Li Si decisively split one bundle of Golden Qi Luck Firewood, obtaining one hundred bundles of Fortune Fuel. Smelting them yielded one portion of Azure Fortune.
Consume!
In that fleeting instant, Li Si’s four Soul Lamps erupted into visibility. His entire body’s Magic Power was drained dry, and his very soul was pulled into an unfathomable realm. Within this space, he personally experienced every nuance of releasing the Heart Cleansing Curse, every elusive transformation, gradually touching upon the very essence of the soul…
A blinding, sun-bright radiance blazed forth, illuminating Li Si’s divine soul. At that moment, he comprehended a new, enigmatic rune—a manifestation of power capable of touching the soul.
BOOM!
Li Si awoke. Carved deep within his divine soul was a profound Primal Divine Ability, its presence as natural as breathing.
Evolution successful!
[Clear Heart Spell: Primal Divine Ability, cannot be strengthened further.]
[Release Condition: Requires True-Soul Dual Cultivation; minimum Golden Core Realm (Nascent Soul Realm recommended)]
[Release Effect (Minimum Standard): Cost = 100,000 Magic Power + 100,000 Soul Power. Generates a Primal True-Soul Force Field. Can be applied to self/allied units.]
[Effect: Instantly resolves 1000% Soul Alienation Contamination and 1000% Aberrant Corruption (physical).]
[Additional Gain: Nine Unyielding Mountain True-Soul Seals.]
[Effect per Seal: Resolves 100% contamination (both soul and physical).]
[Against Enemies: Can be activated to instantly interrupt enemy attacks, silencing most of their offensive capabilities for 3 seconds. Simultaneously, all nine Unyielding Mountain True-Soul Seals detonate, causing the enemy to enter a state of intense Soul Confusion for 9 seconds.]
[Note: Effects may be mitigated by enemy-specific immunity Divine Abilities or protective artifacts.]
[Against Corrupted/Abberant Targets: High probability of restoring calm/reasoning. Note: Effects significantly enhanced by multiple stacked casts.]