Chapter 892: Chapter 896: The Ancestral Chapter 892: Chapter 896: The Ancestral “Bring out the item,” Zhu Minglang said.
The male thief hastily opened his Qiankun Bag and took out a golden key, tremblingly saying, “It was my lack of vision that offended the venerable one, please spare my life, oh venerable one!”
Zhu Minglang looked at the golden key and shook his head, “This is not mine.”
The male thief was stunned for a mont, then took out a hefty silver key.
Zhu Minglang thought for a mont and said, “I must have looked incorrectly before, the golden key, and this silver one are both mine, I have three keys.”
The male thief, being a shrewd man, imdiately handed over the previous golden key, then also presented the glowing bronze key with both hands.
“I carry quite a few treasures, why did you steal this bronze key?” Zhu Minglang asked.
“This bronze key is the most valuable,” the thief said.
Zhu Minglang’s face darkened.
What does that an, he doesn’t fancy the other treasures in my possession?
Can’t you speak properly, if not, I’ll have your tongue cut out!
“Do you know the origin of this key?” Zhu Minglang asked.
“Supre one, if I say this item is a treasured heirloom from my ancestors, would you believe ?” the thief said cautiously.
“It depends on how you spin it,” Zhu Minglang said.
“It’s absolutely not made up, not made up at all. You must think, in this vast sea of people, why did I target your treasures? And as you yourself said, you have so many treasures on you, yet why did I specifically steal this bronze key…” the thief said hastily.
The thief was actually very annoyed at the mont.
It seems his opponent did not know the origin of the key after all.
He initially offered the Key of the Golden Wall, really just to save his own life, thinking the other party might be aware of the key’s significance.
“Alright, let’s hear it,” Zhu Minglang returned to his earlier seat, shooting a look to the blind girl, signaling her to continue massaging his shoulders and knees. But the blind girl stood still, unmoving. Then Zhu Minglang glanced at her blank expression and realized she couldn’t see, so he spoke up to prompt her.
The blind girl ca forward, unsure of what to say.
She continued to serve Zhu Minglang, and also took the opportunity to listen to the origin of the key.
“Once upon a ti, Ling Song, too, ca from an ancient Immortal’s House. However, my ambition was not in cultivation, so I’ve always been wandering through the secular world, rely knowledgeable in so of the Immortal’s mystical skills. My life has been rather carefree until one day, my Immortal kin found and gave two incomplete keys, and then told there was another bronze key, within the White Marsh Realm,” Ling Song said.
The White Marsh Realm.
This thief surely couldn’t know that I had just returned from the White Marsh Realm. It seed he really knew the origin of the bronze key.
The man’s words had a hint of credibility, and Zhu Minglang waved his hand, signaling to the Spirit ssenger of lightning that it wasn’t necessary to strike.
“The Key of the Golden Wall can open a door located in a more distant and hazy divine land. The Silver Dawn Key lies to the north of Dragon Tail Mountain in our North Dipper God State, and the Glowing Key is in White Marsh…”
“Wait a minute, wait a minute, where did you say the Silver Dawn Key is located?” Zhu Minglang asked.
“In the North Dipper God State… Oh, right now the divine territories have yet to be joined, so it can’t be called the North Dipper God State, but it should be close enough. That Dragon Tail Mountain is an exceptionally special Spiritual Mountain, located between Yuheng and Tianshu, where two divine territories both have a unique Vein of the Earth. These Veins are like two dragons’ tails extending into the Void and then entwined together, with the place of their coiling being Dragon Tail Mountain. Dragon Tail Mountain doesn’t belong to any one divine territory, yet it’s an extrely special location for each, since any god wishing to traverse the divine territories without being tornted by the Nothingness Fog and the Void Sea must pass through Dragon Tail Mountain,” Ling Song said.
Zhu Minglang’s eyes were already shining brightly.
It seems I’ve found what I was searching for after a long toil, Dragon Tail Mountain turns out to be the tie linking all the major divine territories!
“I’ve never heard of this Dragon Tail Mountain,” Zhu Minglang started fishing for more information.
“Venerable one, all of the divine territories had the sa divine bridges in the very distant eras, it’s just that the secret of this bridge is held by the Seven Stars God and his confidants. The laypeople and Loose Gods do not know how to navigate it. Our Ling Immortal family is quite ancient, and once held the highest status within Tian Ji Divine Area, so we’ve always been privy to this secret thod. Since childhood, I’ve disliked cultivation, preferring to travel and live freely, and now of the Seven God Territories, only Tianshu remains unexplored by , the others I’ve traversed roughly once,” Ling Song continued.
“Since the Silver Dawn Key can open a door to the north of Dragon Tail Mountain, that mountain must be extraordinary, you better explain clearly,” Zhu Minglang said.
“Indeed, Dragon Tail Mountain is no ordinary land, calling it a divine or an Immortal Mountain wouldn’t be an exaggeration. It’s impossible for either mortals or gods to step onto Dragon Tail Mountain. The mists shrouding it are the Nothingness Fog, making it seem like a separate continental boundary. No matter how many thods I’ve tried, I haven’t been able to enter, but there seem to be quite a number of people on Dragon Tail Mountain. They don’t look like sages of great power, but more akin to exceptional won graced with the spirit of a remarkable land. Later, I inquired in various divine territories and learned that Dragon Tail Mountain is the Immortal Mansion of a mysterious deity. Its followers are mostly won who have lost their way at the ends of various continents, mostly out of disillusionnt and exhaustion with this world… There’s a rumor that they have actually committed suicide, their souls drifting in the Nothingness Fog and the Void Sea, eventually reaching Dragon Tail Mountain. There’s also a rumor that these people indeed chose to hang themselves, but before they did so, a divine path appeared in the Void Sea and the Nothingness Fog, guiding them to Dragon Tail Mountain, where they have since been isolated from the world,” Ling Song said, noticing the venerable one’s interest in Dragon Tail Mountain and imdiately launching into a detailed explanation.
Zhu Minglang developed a headache.
Why does it sound like Dragon Tail Mountain is a sanctuary for Immortal Godly nuns?
Ling Song’s aning was essentially that it was a refuge sought by won who’d grown tired of worldly life, wasn’t it!
I’m a god in charge of divine judgnt, so what am I doing harboring so many world-weary won??
Sothing does not quite add up!
But what Ling Song said probably isn’t entirely false.
The Dragon Tail Mountain I saw in my dream was indeed mostly female devotees, and it was shrouded in so kind of mist as well, clearly isolated from the outside world.
Amongst gods, probably only I, a True God, have been in office for a year and still don’t know where my official working place is.
“Alright, seeing as you’ve spun quite an interesting tale, I’ll give you a chance to reform,” Zhu Minglang said to the thief.
“Thank you, Exalted One, thank you!” Ling Song hurriedly knelt in gratitude.
“But as for your hands, don’t even think about keeping them,” Zhu Minglang stated calmly.
According to the laws of Xuan Ge, a thief caught red-handed should have one hand chopped off.
Zhu Minglang is a god, even a god who judges and legislates laws. Chopping off both hands isn’t excessive.
“Please, Exalted One, calm your anger. Although Young Master Ling does have a penchant for stealing, it is not for wealth, nor does he ever steal from the poor. Most of the ti after taking sothing, he plays with it for a while and then returns it to its owner. Young Master Ling is truly not so kind of monstrously evil person, please, Exalted One, forgive him,” the blind girl said, also bowing and mustering the courage to plead for Ling Song.
“Why do you plead for him?” Zhu Minglang inquired.
“The common girl believes that the Exalted One must be a gentlemanly god of moral integrity, possessing his own principles of right and wrong,” the blind girl answered.
“You can’t see, so how did you determine I’m not an Evil God?” Zhu Minglang asked with a laugh.
“Usually, when male custors co to this shop, as soon as they realize I’m blind, most of them tend to harbor improper thoughts. I cannot see, but I can feel. Since the Exalted One entered the shop, you have just been politely experiencing my technique, harboring no other thoughts. Of course, it may be that the Exalted One has no interest in a diocre girl like , but by not disturbing or harassing , you’ve already shown a form of respect to people with disabilities like us,” the blind girl explained.
“So, you’re vouching for him, right?” Zhu Minglang asked.
“Yes, Young Master Ling is certainly not a villain. He has a kind heart and has been a great help to us lately…” the blind girl said confidently.
“Well then, since that’s the case, you can compensate for his theft,” Zhu Minglang said, a smile surfacing as he focused on the actually quite attractive blind girl.
The blind girl had not applied any makeup and had even deliberately made herself look more plain to avoid harassnt. Nevertheless, she still exuded a unique, refined charm.
The sinister smile that Zhu Minglang was showing fell into Ling Song’s eyes.
Ling Song imdiately panicked and clenched his fists slightly tighter.
Although he knew he stood no chance against such a figure, if he attempted to take advantage of the blind girl under this pretense, Ling Song was prepared to fight to the death to prevent it.
The blind girl’s judgnt was wrong.
So gods have their own standards. They won’t do sothing that might tarnish their moral integrity without cause, but given the opportunity or the other person’s consent, they were no different from ordinary people filled with desires!
“Exalted One… what compensation do you desire??” Though blind, the girl seed to sense Zhu Minglang’s peculiar gaze.
“Give a free service.”
Blind girl: “…”
Ling Song: “…”
…
Zhu Minglang didn’t just let Ling Song off the hook.
He was actually very curious about Ling Song’s thod of theft.
I’m a god with powerful Divine Sense, so how did he manage to avoid my detection, open my exclusive Qiankun Bracelet, and accurately take what he wanted from among so many things?
This is nearly as difficult as breaking into the Xuan Ge Temple, stealing an article of Xuan Ge’s personal clothing, and getting away scot-free!
“Exalted One, I’ve had no interest in cultivation from a young age but have been very fascinated by this Theft Skill. The most glorious heist was indeed taking this golden key from the Tian Ji God!” Ling Song described animatedly.
“Didn’t you say the golden key was a family heirloom?” Zhu Minglang raised an eyebrow.
“It is a family heirloom, it just ended up in the hands of the Tian Ji God.”
“Fine, keep spinning your tales,” Zhu Minglang said.
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