"It's nothing, just a bunch of stuff illegally occupying state-owned land. In response to the 'return farmland to forest' campaign, we quickly burned it all! If we waited any longer, things could get...Every time Jiang Qiyun called himself "this seat," he looked cold and aloof.

As an exalted celestial deity, he has rules and regulations to abide by.

As a deity, he governs the underworld, balances Yin and Yang, and ensures harmony between the two realms.

I have never seen Jiang Qiyun fight so fiercely with a person before.

Perhaps the celestial beings like the Lord of Calculation and Lord of Destruction engage in squabbles out of boredom or a stubborn attachment.

They fought each other just for the sake of argument, exchanging blows while hurling insults like "idiot," but it wasn't a truly life-or-death struggle based on opposing ideologies.

Ke Jiang looked at Chong Mo's eyes, a clear difference in their gaze.

Those deep-set eyes held a chilling indifference.

He saw Chong Mo run outside, but he just glanced at him coldly and didn't chase after him. He turned to me and said, "What's wrong with your hand"

"He just got angry, twisted it, and now he can't move it... It seems like it's broken..." I looked at Jiang Qiyun's face and said softly.

She seemed a little angry, but she didn't take it out on me.

He's so much nicer to me now...

"Come over here." Jiang Qiyun sheathed his sword and took the jade ruyi from my hand, placing it in my small bag.

"You're pretty composed now, aren't you" he snorted. "Not even a tear when something like this happens."

When did I cry so hard!

"It seems like from now on, I'll not only have to teach you how to cast spells, but also how to wield a sword." Jiang Qiyun held my shoulder with one hand and lightly supported my arm with the other.

"I'm not a child anymore, I can't learn martial arts. My bones are already hard, how can I practice swordsmanship... Practice Tai Chi sword with the old ladies and gentlemen in the park... Ahhhhh!! It hurts!"

I was talking, when suddenly Jiang Qiyun pushed my arm. It hurt so much that I cried out in pain and tears streamed down my face.

“Hmph… I just pushed your dislocated joints back in.” He pinched my chin with his lips and shook it: “You don’t have to hold back your grievances. Just like this, cry if you need to, yell if you need to... even if I'm busy, I still make time to take care of you.”

This hits me right in the feels.

Once upon a time, I feared him, I resented him.

My days without him are filled with only nights, spent anxiously and fearfully awaiting his arrival under the moon.

He worries that he will be late. He worries that he will not come.

When I seriously started practicing Taoism, I was even more afraid that my actions would add to his karmic burden.

Even immortals need to go through tribulation, and if there are too many tribulations, they will naturally not escape them.

He had once sat in contemplation for a hundred years, how could I bear to be separated from him for another hundred

A day apart feels like a lifetime, how much more a hundred years.

"Mu Xia Qiao, what are you afraid of" Jiang Qi Yun narrowed his eyes slightly and leaned down to look at me: "From the moment you were in danger to now, I haven't heard you chanting incantations. What are you afraid of"

"...I haven't forgotten, I just didn't have the opportunity." I replied in a low voice, looking down.

"When you have the chance, you're busy purifying heaven and earth, breaking curses... Do your hands hurt Are you still crying" Jiang Qiyun reached out to lift my face.

I shouldn't have read the scripture of the Underworld Emperor.

Then Ah Meng and Ah Dai wouldn't rush over so quickly, and they wouldn't be swallowed by the gaping maw of that other world.

"Qiyun... Ahmeng and A-dai were eaten by that ferocious beast..." I couldn't help but cry, tears rolling down my cheeks and splashing on his clothes.

Red palace lanterns flickered to life beside him, one by one...

That eerie light in the darkness added a touch of warmth to me.

Jiang Qiyun reached out and hugged me, whispering, "I know, the ghosts of them returned to the Underworld one after another, straight to my side to report."

"Message I looked up, "Are they alright"

"How is that possible… The ferocious beast, the shadow owl, devours flesh and souls, its voice like a baby's, fierce and violent. It can be domesticated… but few people are capable of raising it…" Jiang Qiyun said in a deep voice.

"Well, little errand boy..."

“Guarding the Mother Goddess naturally benefits the Underworld. Even if there is only a wisp of ghost qi left, gathering it in Mount Luofeng and letting it briefly sink before being reborn into a good family with blessings, if they can accumulate virtue and do good deeds throughout their lives, then when they enter the Underworld again, I will leave them behind.”

This comfort from Jiang Qiyun only made my heart ache even more.

If I say this, they're still "dead." How many years will it take for me to see them again

And who remembers things from their past life One journey through the human world, and back to the underworld, one remains a clueless soul.

"Crying again" Jiang Qiyun was a bit puzzled. "Didn't we say they protected the mistress well"

"It wasn't luck, it was my fault... I shouldn't have recited the Treasure Scripture, I didn't know such a terrifying beast would appear, and it was so fast—Ah Meng didn't even have time to react before being swallowed! I, I..."

My tears just won't stop. I'm so useless. Now, besides crying and regretting, what else can I do

"...Your eyes are swollen, and you were crying" Jiang Qiyun frowned, leaning down to bite my lip.

I tried hard to hold back my tears, but I couldn't contain the remorse in my heart.

I have no idea who Chong Mo is. I shouldn't act rashly. If I stall for a while, perhaps nothing will happen.

Even if Chong Mo did something to me, the little demon would notify Jiang Qiyun in time.

Compared to life and death, even if you break my two arms, it doesn't matter.

Life and death… existence and non-existence...

By reciting this Buddhist scripture, I lost two friends.

"Don't cry, we can talk about them later... First, tell me, what did that man do to you" Jiang Qiyun was a little helpless with my crying and awkwardly changed the subject.

I sniffed and recounted what had just happened.

"Chong Mo pressed my blood onto a doll, and the doll was grabbed by a small monster and jumped into the whirlpool."

Jiang Qiyun looked at the broken table. The black mist had long since dissipated, and the vortex-like hole was gone.

"Qiyun, is this a ghost surge"

"Ghosts Hmph... Do you think they look like ghosts" Jiang Qiyun sneered.

"Not quite… Though they do have a sort of dark aura, it's not the eerie, ghostly kind… I feel a rawness, and there's a fire burning intensely in their eyes…"

"Of course, the… the fact that the Situ family had raised Corpse Demons for generations before this... likely affected the balance of space. They perhaps... were also deeply harmed by it." Jiang Qiyun frowned.

The Corpse Demon's size was beyond description, having devoured countless things. And besides that, there was such a vast expanse of corpse mire.

"Shun Mo said, 'A corpse demon like that, such a chaotic and stupid creature, is it even worthy of being called a demon... Are they demons at all"

Jiang Qiyun raised an eyebrow: “You want to know”

Of course, I want to get back at Ah Dai and Ah Meng, but… but… I can't do anything about it right now. But I will definitely remember this.

A strange bird call echoed outside, repeating over and over again.

Jiang Qiyun frowned and said, "…noisy!"

He took my hand and stepped out through the broken gate.

This is a very dilapidated temple, the incense burner at the entrance has a broken leg and leans precariously on one side.

A long-tailed bird was perched atop the incense burner, letting out a series of calls.

The sound traveled far, causing roosters from who knows where to begin crowing.

As the rooster crowed, the strange atmosphere around dissipated faster.

That big bird turned its head and nodded at me and Jiang Qiyun. It suddenly opened its mouth and said, "Hee hee, Imperial Lord, Little Empress, how's my method"ourself, so you command me instead!"Since your sword is already dirty, why not just settle it once and for all Go back and clean it properly.I glanced at Ji Du. He reluctantly took the old king's bone...