The Opening and Closing Moves of a Con, Uncle Meng's Long-Awaited Return

Qin Yang had wanted to say something that sounded rather reasonable, but in truth, it would have been no different from saying nothing.

Before he could speak, Ying Bai saw Qin Yang's expression and roughly guessed what he was thinking.

She pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Though the Mountain Ghost belongs to the divine lineage, strictly speaking, it belongs to the Earth Deity lineage. As an Earth Deity, there are many restrictions, but accordingly, the divine authority itself is also immense.

Logically speaking, now that I am the Mountain Ghost of Mount Kui, within any territory belonging to Mount Kui, my authority should be the greatest. This has nothing to do with strength or realm.

Yet now, within territory belonging to Mount Kui, there are places beyond the reach of my authority. That means the deity that fell here back then possessed exceptionally high authority, high enough to transcend the limits of an Earth Deity's authority.

Even during the Ancient Heavenly Court's most prosperous era, there were no more than a handful of deities in the divine lineage with such authority."

Qin Yang frowned slightly. He truly had not paid much attention to such matters before.

He had heard plenty of legends concerning deities. The tale that Mount Kui had been formed from a fallen deity was a story so common throughout the Great Wilderness that it had practically become stale. There were no fewer than eight thousand, if not ten thousand, legends based on that premise still circulating today.

Some said Mount Kui had been transformed from the corpse of a fallen deity. Some said a deity had died while holding up the heavens, its spine unbent, becoming Mount Kui's main peak. Others said a deity had battled extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons, and after dying, transformed its body into