Wandering Gods of Day and Night

The Music Master asked Zhou Xuan a question.

It seemed he had already forgotten that Zhou Xuan didn't know much more than he did, but just now, Zhou Xuan's layered predictions in the stone house even made the Music Master believe… Zhou Xuan might have witnessed it firsthand.

"I don't know, I can only guess."

Zhou Xuan said, "Star Covering and Seven Leaf Venerable were once beings who were rightfully judged by the will of Jing Country. Although they escaped the calamity, they no longer dare to show themselves now,

The guardian of the Time-Space World is 'Xiang and Fire.'"

As for the specific level of power of this entity, Zhou Xuan was unclear, but judging from one wisp of its avatar, capable of controlling Jing Country's Nine Prefectures within the Mountain and River Map and slaughtering indiscriminately in the Buddha Country Baoshan Temple area, its power far surpasses God-level.

Though Star Covering and Seven Leaf Venerable are of God-level strength, they pale in comparison before 'Xiang and Fire.'

"In the Time-Space World, it fears 'Xiang and Fire,' and in the Human World…"

"In the Human World, they fear the Nuo God." The Painter finally saw an easy question and answered, "No one knows when the Nuo God will awaken. Star Covering and Seven Leaf Venerable are frightened by the possibility of the Nuo God's resurrection, so they dare not come to the Human World."

Zhou Xuan nodded and questioned Guangyin, "Why did you pollute the Mingjiang Ancestor Dragon? Perhaps Star Covering and Seven Leaf Venerable want to bid farewell to a life of hiding."

Guangyin shook his head: "I don't know. I know nothing. I don't know where Miss is hiding, and I know even less about why she would stain the Ancestor Dragon. I love Miss… I long to be with Miss for all eternity…"

In that moment, Guangyin suddenly turned into a "hopeless romantic."

But Zhou Xuan was unsurprised. He had heard from Zhao Wuya that during the activation of Hong Bo in Mingjiang Prefecture, Guangyin had furiously cursed Mo Tingsheng, believing he would bring harm to Miss. He seemed particularly obsessed with Star Covering...

Zhou Xuan did not continue asking questions but said to Guangyin, "You say you don't know which year Miss is hiding in the future. In truth, I believe you.

If even someone as clumsy as you could know where Star Covering is hiding, then the incense fire Taoist would surely already be aware. If he knew, Star Covering would truly fall."

After dropping this statement, Zhou Xuan turned to the Music Master and said, "Old Le, keep an eye on him. It's time to interrogate Food Heaven."

Food Heaven resides within Mr. Feng's body, and the last Divine's offspring involved in polluting the Mingjiang Ancestor Dragon is the 'Cannibal.' He also participated in the pollution of the Ancestor Dragon.

The storyteller's dream may be unable to trap the Evil God, but it should be enough to trap Food Heaven, shouldn't it?

After Zhou Xuan left with the Painter and Lady Hong Guan, the Music Master glanced at Guangyin and laughed, "You lost fairly, didn't you? The Young Master is very clever."

Guangyin hung his head low, withdrawn. He had only come to mock Bone Elder and the True God, but because of that single taunt, it was very likely Miss would perish.

The more he thought about it, the more regret consumed him. He grabbed his hair and pulled hard.

"I'm so foolish, truly."

...

In another cell, Mo Tingsheng was now imprisoned.

Having lost much of his value for interrogation, there was no need for the interrogation stone house anymore.

When Zhou Xuan and his companions arrived at the cell, Qing Feng, standing at the door, bowed respectfully to Zhou Xuan.

"Young Master, thank you for saving Mingjiang Prefecture."

Qing Feng's love for Mingjiang Prefecture far surpassed that of the Painter. He was quite different from most skilled incense practitioners.

Zhou Xuan recalled a saying from his past life: "The poor cultivate literature, the rich cultivate martial arts." Within Jing Country, this saying held true as well,

though "martial arts" had become "incense fire cultivation."

In Jing Country, many gifted individuals began spiritual practices early, but due to a lack of opportunities, once their spiritual cultivation passed, they could no longer perform incense fire rituals. With time, their cultivation abilities dissipated and they could no longer progress in incense fire practices.

Children from impoverished households had no paths for cultivation or incense worship.

This was precisely why many prodigies, lacking opportunities to worship incense, faded into obscurity and eventually became human traffickers dealing in human goods.

Qing Feng grew up poor. His father had passed away from overwork at an early age, while his mother was chronically ill,

so young Qing Feng had worked at the docks, earning meager wages to buy medicine for his mother.

Though poor, Qing Feng had never resorted to theft or robbery. His eyes always sought righteousness, and he remained warm-hearted. Whenever elderly or widows in his neighborhood faced illness or disaster, he would help care for them if he was free.

His sincere heart led the City God to choose him. It wasn't anyone from the City God Temple's Tangkou who selected him, but rather "a wisp of Qing Feng from the City God Taoist Temple."

After Qing Feng joined the City God Temple's Tangkou, he was required to spend three years walking every inch of Mingjiang Prefecture, witnessing the suffering and hardships in every alley and street.

Only after traveling through the Red Dust and seeing the pain of the masses could he develop a heart that safeguarded good and eradicated evil, becoming the embodiment of Qing Feng within the Tangkou.

During the years when the City God Temple's Tangkou was most corrupted by the human traffickers, Qing Feng never conformed to the actions of the Monument King or the Temple Master and remained a true Qing Feng within the Tangkou.

Even in recent years, Qing Feng kept to his original habits upon entering the Tangkou, often visiting slums during his leisure time.

If he encountered someone suffering from a severe illness, he would offer financial assistance. If he heard of someone abducted by traffickers, he would kill traffickers to rescue them,

but his strength was limited, and he was suppressed by the Temple Master, the Monument King, and the Suffering Scholar of the Bone Elder Association. The Painter and Music Master were too absorbed in their art and songs to concern themselves with managing the Tangkou.

With just his own strength, Qing Feng couldn't defeat the domineering traffickers.

It wasn't until Zhou Xuan appeared out of nowhere. In the struggle against Zhou Xuan, both the Temple Master and Monument King perished. Qing Feng became the chief steward of the City God Temple's Tangkou and eradicated the traffickers once and for all, venting the frustrations he had suppressed for years.