"Could it be that this Divine is also a god of China, who has not perished but survived to this day?"

Chen Shi looked around and found that there was still evil qi in the surrounding heavens and earth. Although there were the Sun and Moon in the sky, and above them, stars, they were not the Sun and Moon of the Ancestral Land Divine Continent, but more akin to the Outer Heaven True God.

As for the shapes of the stars, they were bizarre and fantastical, more like creations conjured from imagination.

Chen Shi retracted his Primordial Spirit and said, "Black Pot, be careful."

Black Pot, sitting in the car, was looking at the Geographical Map. Hearing this, he immediately put down the map, leaped off the vehicle, and followed behind him, vigilant to the maximum degree.

This village and town were very peculiar; if danger arose, Black Pot would be Chen Shi's best aid.

Chen Shi and Black Pot, one in front and one behind, headed towards a temple.

Outside the temple, there was an old man sitting on a stone, playing an erhu. Its strings were very dry and harsh, but gradually the sound became much smoother.

The old man sang, "Lotus skin texture cooking fresh fragrance, milk made into wontons people vie to taste. Both arms cut first hanging in the butcher shop, slowly slice the fat to make soup. Not allowing life to end, wanting fresh meat, piece by piece watching people hunger in their bellies. Men's meat is rank and inedible, women's flesh, fat condensed without beads of sweat."

Many people stood nearby listening to the song. When the old man stopped his movements, he said, "Outside, people call it two-legged sheep. Powerful cultivators prey, capturing people all around. Once caught, they hang live people in the butcher shop and jokingly ask which part of the meat customers want to buy. It's indeed cultivators, the knives are swift, cutting meat from the living without killing them."

The old man explained for a moment, then resumed playing the erhu, its sound dry and harsh, and continued singing, "Three days' meat gone, leaving one soul, asking husband where in the twilight dusk. Naturally born women make good vegetable people, can make husbands return and grow old. Alive buried in the intestines full several people, luckily the black kites do not peck early."

Singing and weeping at the same time, he sobbed, "Audience, outside is already hell! How can it compare to us, under the protection of Liu God, with no worries about food and clothing."

Chen Shi was moved upon hearing this, unwittingly stopping in his tracks.

The situation the old man sang about, he had also encountered; indeed, there was cannibalism, inventing various ways to eat, unbearable to behold.

After the old man finished singing, the surrounding people gave him some money, but the old man shook his head, saying, "No need, really no need. I only wish for everyone to cherish the current life, and not go outside to suffer. The outside world is truly not a place people can live in."

He lifted his trouser leg, and everyone was in an uproar, only to see the old man's legs were just bare bones, without a bit of flesh, cleanly scraped off.

"I am one saved by Liu God. The butcher hung me in the meat shop, first carving the meat from my legs, and after most of it was gone, I became like this."

The old man lowered his trouser leg and continued playing the erhu, its sound dry and harsh.

Chen Shi shifted his gaze back and continued walking toward the temple ahead, where many devotees, holding lit incense sticks, formed a line, bowing step by step with sincere devotion as they approached the temple.

Many others were coming out from the temple, their faces lit up with joy, saying with laughter, "Liu God granted my wish, once it's fulfilled, I'll come back to fulfill my vow."

Chen Shi did not directly enter the temple. Instead, he queued up behind the others, moving forward.

When it was his turn, Chen Shi entered the temple and saw a divine statue inside, about twelve or thirteen feet high, of a young girl about fourteen or fifteen years old, with an innocent and pleasing appearance, a large green snake coiled around her body. The snake's body was slender and lifelike.

Chen Shi approached the incense burner, inserting incense into the burner.

"Fellow Daoist, I dare not accept the incense."

The incense in the burner suddenly toppled over, and a pleasing female voice sounded, gently saying, "Fellow Daoist, you have come from afar, and I saw only a red glow, like a great Sun lurking in the Eastern Sea, floating out, so I knew a great figure had arrived here. Your merit far exceeds mine, I dare not accept the incense."

Chen Shi looked up to see the girl statue suddenly change from stone to living flesh, bowing to him, saying, "Liu Qinghong greets Fellow Daoist."

Chen Shi's gaze fell upon her, the green snake slithering, also reviving from stone.

"Chen Shi greets Fellow Daoist."

Chen Shi gazed intently, saying, "For a member of the Demon Clan to cultivate to your level is truly rare."

His gaze was incredibly sharp, piercing through Liu God's origins, revealing her true form as a large green snake with a massive body, already cultivated to the Returning Void Realm.

The Sun, Moon, and Stars they saw earlier were all part of her Void Great Realm.

They unwittingly entered this place, which meant entering her Void Great Realm.

——The cultivator's Void Great Realm can be closed, turned into a halo, or suspended in the sky. It can also be open, boundless and limitless. Liu Qinghong chose to open her Void Great Realm to shelter these people.

Liu Qinghong, barefoot, jumped down from the Divine Shrine, bowed to Chen Shi, saying, "Mr. Chen, you may not know. I was originally a small snake in the Purple Bamboo Forest of the Water Moon Sacred Realm, coiled on the purple bamboo, pretending to be a bamboo branch, quietly waiting, watching the sky. When a bird would land, I would swiftly strike, biting its body, injecting venom. Sometimes a day, or two or three days, I could always catch a few birds. A little novice from the Water Moon Sacred Realm saw me killing, so he sat in the bamboo forest, reciting the Buddha's Crown Supreme Victory Mantra for me. After listening for a long time, I awakened my spiritual intelligence."

She walked barefoot out of the temple, and along the way, the believers, upon seeing her, became excited, knelt on the ground, calling out for Liu God to manifest.

Liu Qinghong helped them up, saying, "The little novice later became the World Honored One of the Water Moon Sacred Realm, named Bai Zang World Honored One. I also received his guidance, continued to cultivate in the bamboo forest, living on the wind and dew, no longer eating birds. I muddled through cultivating in the Water Moon Sacred Realm, decades passed without knowing, until one day Bai Zang World Honored One came again to the bamboo forest, chanting the scriptures for me. He was very old then, after finishing a piece of scripture, he told me he was going to die and had come to bid farewell.

"So, I transformed into this appearance, asked him if he had any last wishes. He said, he wished for me to have a compassionate heart. Later, the Water Moon Sacred Realm changed over a dozen World Honored Ones, they all died as well. So I continued to cultivate silently, until three years ago, when the world changed dramatically. Seeing the mortal world become like hell, with people suffering, I remembered Bai Zang World Honored One's words, so I secretly slipped out of the Water Moon Sacred Realm and came here."

She supported a woman, wiping the dust from her face, saying, "I have been managing this place for three years. My abilities are limited, I can only protect one region, initially planning to be a godmother. Later, people built a temple here for me, offering worship."

Chen Shi followed beside her, asking, "With so many people, how do you sustain their food supply?"

"By hunting ghost monsters, providing meat."

Liu Qinghong replied, "Nearby there is also a Blood and Flesh Mountain left by the Evil Transformation of an Immortal, called Taisui Mountain. Cultivators go mad upon eating it, mortals eat it without harm, on the contrary, it strengthens their bodies. In the mountains, there is also a great locust tree, its flowers can be picked as vegetables. Additionally, a river of lava flows nearby, with fish in the river that don't burn in fire but cook when exposed to water."

Chen Shi looked towards Black Pot, who nodded lightly.

Chen Shi was utterly astonished, what Liu Qinghong said was all true, not a single falsehood!

Liu Qinghong asked, "Are you here to suppress demons and slay me? Please wait a moment, I'll write down all the food that can be collected nearby. After I die, you can keep my Void Great Realm; the Sun and Moon can burn for a long time."

Chen Shi inquired, "You won't resist me?"

Liu Qinghong shook her head, "I am a demon, seeing you is like seeing the rising red sun, pressing on me so that I can't breathe, I am inexplicably terrified of you. You possess a terrifying power, if you wish to kill me, it's as easy as a flick of the wrist."

Chen Shi was slightly stunned, where did this power come from?

Could it be the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Sword?

"It's these few temples."

Liu Qinghong pointed behind her head, saying, "I sense that you have power over my life and death, making me dare not to resist."

Chen Shi was utterly surprised, thinking, "Does godmother's authority have such a reach?"

He smiled slightly, saying, "Fellow Daoist Liu, I haven't come to kill you, I've come to enthrone you."

He raised the West King Jade Seal, smiling, "From today on, you will be the official god of Changyi County, Donglin Province! Liu Qinghong, receive the talisman and accept the decree!"

——Today's update.

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