Chapter 135: Blind Frog Encounters Dead Mosquito

This cult leader's position is far from peaceful.

On Seek Strategy Barrel's side, things had just started to improve, but Li Changshou had no choice but to temporarily hang up a wooden sign saying 'Cat Immortal is not at home.' He sat in his alchemy room, carefully pondering the situation in his heart.

The omen he sensed this time was accompanied by bloodshed and danger.

Why would he have such a premonition?Li Changshou couldn't say for sure, but he could interpret it as the protection of the Heavenly Way for those guarded by merits.If he thought about it more deeply, it might even be that the Saint of Ren Jiao had casually guided him from the shadows.

Sitting in the alchemy room, Li Changshou assumed a cultivation posture and tallied up the power of his incense merits. He gathered these incense merits around his primordial spirit, forming a thin layer of...

Four-corner pants.There was no way around it; his incense merits weren't abundant enough yet, and the primordial spirit didn't have specific vital points—it was simply the elevation of the soul.Dressing the primordial spirit figure naturally started with the first piece; he couldn't possibly begin with socks...

Back to the main matter.Li Changshou first used his connection to the idols to thoroughly investigate the state of the entire Nan Hai Shen Jiao.Everything was stable, with no disasters;A large area along the Nan Hai coast in Nan Zhan Bu Zhou and a small area along the East Sea shoreline were now territories of Nan Hai Shen Jiao's incense worship.The Dragon Clan had dispersed and stationed over a dozen experts there, including two Jin Xian and twelve Tian Xian peak experts, all serving as protectors of Nan Hai Shen Jiao and sharing in some incense merits.Li Changshou wasn't about to let them work for nothing.Although the Dragon Clan's main purpose was to escort and protect the Second Prince of East Sea Dragon Palace, Ao Yi.

'Could this omen be related to the Tian Ting?'Now, Nan Hai Shen Jiao was on the verge of being officially enfeoffed by the Tian Ting, with only one or two hundred years left in the process. The Jade Emperor had already spoken about it in the Ling Xiao Bao Dian...Was someone unwilling to see the Tian Ting grow stronger and thus targeting Nan Hai Shen Jiao?That didn't make sense; opposing the Tian Ting meant opposing the Jade Emperor;Opposing the Jade Emperor meant opposing the Dao Ancestor.If judged as 'defying the Heavenly Will' by the Dao Ancestor, that greatest winner of the Great Desolation wouldn't even need to act personally—the Three Pure Ones could wipe out the schemer...No, a strike of the Zi Xiao Shen Lei would leave not even ashes!No matter how you looked at it, the Jade Emperor was a lifesaving talisman for Nan Hai Shen Jiao.Although the secrets of the Feng Shen Da Jie hadn't yet emerged, who would target a minor Nan Hai Shen Jiao just for its enfeoffment by the Tian Ting?Moreover, the Tian Ting's influence was too weak at this time, overshadowed by the great saintly sects...Li Changshou couldn't rule out this possibility but only gave it a ten percent chance.He assigned the remaining ninety percent to the worst-case scenario—The Xi Fang Jiao was about to make a move.

'If it's them, what's their motive? Just to seize the incense worship?'Li Changshou felt his thoughts were getting muddled, so he activated the internal array of Xiao Qiong Peak and went to the underground chamber.He took out paper and brush, spread them on the ground, and began to analyze and write in detail.He couldn't mention the saints' names, so naturally, he wouldn't write them down. Li Changshou used some codes that he understood himself.For his own Tai Qing Saint, he used a chicken leg to represent it, indicating a great support.For Tong Tian Jiao Zhu and Yuan Shi Tian Zun, he used a luminous cup and a bamboo basket;For the two saints of Xi Fang Jiao, Jie Yin was a orchid grass, and Zhun Ti was a slingshot.These had no real meaning and avoided any association with the saints.Even if he were deducing schemes among saints, it would just be the orchid grass brushing against the slingshot, and the slingshot knocking away the luminous cup...Of course, Li Changshou wouldn't actually do such deductions; he was only analyzing possibilities around himself and Nan Hai Shen Jiao.Only by understanding what the enemy was planning could he find the right way to counter it.Li Changshou wrote and sketched, quickly falling into deep thought.However, this time, Li Changshou miscalculated; he got the cause and effect wrong...But by a stroke of luck, he corrected it himself.

Three days later...In An Shui City, at the main altar of Nan Hai Shen Jiao, inside the now grand and golden temple.Late at night, the worshippers had all left;The doors of the Sea God Hall were closed by the sturdy divine envoys, and six divine envoys stood guard there through the night.The three-zhang-tall gilded Sea God idol gradually emitted a faint immortal light, which quickly faded away.From the blurred face of the Sea God idol, it seemed a gaze flew out, bending around to land on the nearby two-zhang-tall idol of the Second Cult Leader, which was inlaid with jade and gold, had a coral base, and was armored with a cloak.

'Ao Yi...Ao Yi?'Between the two idols, strands of divine thoughts quietly passed.

At the same time, at the junction of Nan Hai and East Sea, by the treasure pool on Jin Ao Island.Ao Yi, who was sitting on a lotus platform in meditation, suddenly opened his eyes, then quickly closed them as if remembering something.In a hazy, dreamlike state, Ao Yi arrived in a realm of drifting clouds and mist, seeing a massive Sea God idol.Li Changshou stood at the foot of the idol, waiting for him in the distance...This scene confirmed Li Changshou's identity as the 'merit proxy,' with the true expert still in the background...A small detail.Ao Yi hurried forward, bowed with a dao salute, and said joyfully:"Greetings, Cult Leader brother!"

Li Changshou, however, looked worried and whispered:"No time for small talk; let's get to the point.Brother Yi, the Dragon Clan is in trouble."

"How could such a calamity befall us?" Ao Yi was stunned at first, then quickly asked, "Please explain, Cult Leader brother!"

Li Changshou sighed inwardly.He didn't want to deceive Ao Yi, but to get the Dragon Clan involved, he had to adjust his words a bit.In Li Changshou's calculations, the upcoming omen was most likely the Xi Fang Jiao's move to 'reclaim lost incense territory,' launching attacks by mortals and immortals.The conflicts among mortal followers and the covert strikes on the Sea God temples would happen simultaneously...If he told the Dragon Clan directly, they might fear the Xi Fang Jiao saints and abandon Nan Hai Shen Jiao.So, this time, Li Changshou had to be a bit unscrupulous to keep this strong ally.If the Dragon Clan suffered heavy losses, he would later give them forty percent of Nan Hai Shen Jiao's incense as compensation...

Li Changshou said:"Brother Yi, are you aware that those two entities to the west have long been eyeing the Dragon Clan?"

Ao Yi was startled, recalling words he had heard from two elder dragons at a Dragon Clan banquet.The Xi Fang Jiao had once tried to enfeoff the Four Seas Dragon Palaces, making the Four Seas Dragon Kings their protective heavenly dragons, and promised to use the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus to suppress the Dragon Clan's destiny.But how could the Dragon Clan not know that the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus was already suppressing who knows how many experts incorporated into the Xi Fang Jiao!Even if a innate spiritual treasure was powerful, it had its limits;The Dragon Clan's great destiny was something the Xi Fang Jiao couldn't suppress or control.Thus, the Dragon Clan had directly refused.—This had happened just a few years ago.Now, with Li Changshou mentioning this, Ao Yi immediately connected the dots and thought of many things...

"Brother Changshou, what do you think?"

Li Changshou pondered for a moment and said seriously:"A combination of grace and force, the way to subjugate.If they use one open and one covert approach—wounding the Dragon Clan in secret, then appearing at a critical moment to save them—how could the Dragon Clan not submit?"His words were so convincing that Li Changshou almost believed them himself.

Ao Yi inhaled sharply and paced back and forth in the dream realm.He wasn't foolish, though he had two embarrassing moments in his dragon youth...Soon, Ao Yi whispered:"Could it be that they...Want to use Nan Hai Shen Jiao as bait? Luring our Dragon Clan experts, then ambushing or trapping them, and having their open forces rescue them?"

"That's right!It should be like that, and Nan Hai Shen Jiao will soon face a bloodshed disaster, which matches this."

Li Changshou said:"Brother Yi, we must act quickly. Please contact your father the king and report this matter.I have two plans.The first is for us to abandon Nan Hai Shen Jiao, allowing the Dragon Clan to preserve itself.If they attack, I'll send dreams to the divine envoys and followers to have them defend and retreat without conflict.The second, if the Dragon Clan doesn't want to give up these merits and wants to confront them, we'll plan ahead, set up ambushes early, and trap the enemy for a decisive strike!"

Li Changshou paused and said:"We mustn't delay; Brother Yi, hurry and contact the Dragon Palace to make a decision."

Ao Yi nodded immediately, bowed with a dao salute to Li Changshou, and the dream realm quickly dissipated.

In the underground of Xiao Qiong Peak's alchemy room, Li Changshou opened his eyes and let out a small breath of relief.The decision was now in the Dragon Clan's hands...This was also scheming against the Dragon Clan, owing them a favor.Once he weathered this 'great ominous sign,' they could discuss other matters.Li Changshou didn't stop; he continued to expend his mental energy, using the idols to send dreams to the influential divine envoys within Nan Hai Shen Jiao.Xiong Village Chief—er, the old divine envoy—was naturally the first to receive the dream.No matter what, he had to prepare;He instructed the divine envoys in Xiong Village to mobilize, restrain the followers, shrink the territorial boundaries, and be ready for potential conflicts.Nan Hai Shen Jiao's forces were spread out in a long strip, making defense troublesome.Even if this bloodshed omen turned out to be just a minor religious conflict, they could treat it as a disaster drill...After sending the dreams, Li Changshou still had a lot to do; he had already dispatched seventy percent of his paper effigies and paper figures to Nan Zhan Bu Zhou and Nan Hai Shen Jiao.His own religion required his own efforts to protect.Next, he needed to find the descendants of those old trees, extract a bit of tree sap, and make more paper effigies and paper figures as backups.Li Changshou could sense that the shadowy hand reaching for Nan Hai Shen Jiao was getting closer.To guard against even the slightest possibility;The large group of jade-eating frogs from Xiao Qiong Peak had also been taken by the paper effigies in spirit beast bags, with most heading to aid Nan Hai Shen Jiao.

Meanwhile...In a hidden forest in Xi Niu He Zhou, within a river valley concealed by multiple great arrays.Over a dozen figures arrived from various directions, landing in the valley. Most were at the Tian Xian realm.They included both men and women, mostly with aged appearances, each with a hint of wariness in their eyes.These people were all familiar with one another, and they shared an identity—The merit proxies of Xi Fang Jiao.Their idols were distributed in the southwest of Nan Zhan Bu Zhou, near the Nan Hai Shen Jiao's sphere of influence.Now summoned, they vaguely guessed that this meant action against Nan Hai Shen Jiao.These so-called merit proxies established religions in their own names, developed followers, and absorbed incense merits, but ninety-five percent of it was taken away.Still, keeping even that small portion was a huge boon for them, not to mention the backing of a saintly religion...

"Oh, everyone's here?"An enchanting figure appeared in the valley;Dressed in a pink gauze skirt, with long hair cascading to the waist, she was quite captivating even from a distance.With one step, she reached the group of over a dozen, startling them all.This was naturally Wen Jing Dao Ren.He took out a golden token from his embrace and shook it lightly, and the group immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look directly.

"You don't need to know who I am or where I come from.I'm just here to discuss a small matter with you."

The group was about to speak but found their throats felt like they were pierced by needles, and they were unknowingly drenched in cold sweat.A sense of fear and dread slowly rose in their hearts.Wen Jing Dao Ren swayed lightly, his enchanting figure moving with each step, his narrow phoenix eyes scanning each of them...

"A bit lacking in spirituality, but plenty of merits—quite a delicacy.But don't worry, you all have your duties, so I won't use you as a snack. There's a more lavish feast waiting for me later.I want you to do one thing: in one month, simultaneously incite the mortals to go to Nan Hai Shen Jiao and cause destruction and looting.At that time, I'll have some puppets assist you.Your goal is to draw out the Dragon Clan protectors in Nan Hai Shen Jiao, kill half of them, spare half, and lure more Dragon Clan experts there.Then, your task is to keep inciting the mortals to block these Dragon Clan..."

Wen Jing Dao Ren paused, not continuing.His gaze swept over the group, and he realized they were too frightened by his dao rhyme to speak.With a cold laugh, Wen Jing Dao Ren said indifferently:"For what I just said, if anyone opposes, step forward half a step."

An old woman hesitated and stepped forward half a step, opening her mouth to speak.But Wen Jing Dao Ren's figure flashed, appearing before her, and with a flick of his slender finger,This half-step Jin Xian realm old woman turned into wisps of black dust and scattered away.

"Now, who agrees, who opposes?"

The remaining dozen or so turned pale, each lowering their heads without any sign of dissent.Wen Jing Dao Ren smiled lightly, and in his heart, the image of that figure seen through the water curtain surfaced...

"Hmm..."Compared to these blood meals, that one was a true living being.