Lin Qiye kept studying the chief god shepherd boy before him, doubt rising in his eyes.
Even outside the barrier, he had sensed a terrifying aura. He had wanted to see whether the chief god stationed in the Three Great Halls was someone he remembered, but the one before him was a complete stranger.
Lin Qiye did not remember the Heavenly Court of the future having such a chief god.
"It's the Wood God Jumang!" Upon seeing the shepherd boy, Jialan immediately said, "He is a chief god of the Heavenly Court who came to the Jade Pool as the Queen Mother's guest... This is a misunderstanding!"
"A misunderstanding..."
Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes at the cow-riding shepherd boy and spoke calmly. "I'm afraid not."
"There is almost no karma on him... He is not the Wood God Jumang, but a copied counterfeit."
Jialan froze upon hearing this.
A counterfeit... How had he entered the barrier? And under which Queen Mother's orders had he come?
"The barrier laid by the Queen Mother of the West can be opened by a counterfeit Queen Mother of the West as well. It seems the real Queen Mother is truly in danger." Lin Qiye gripped Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and spoke faintly.
A roaring dragon of lightning descended from the sky, transforming into a spear that landed in Huo Qubing's palm. He slowly walked to Lin Qiye's side, his black-and-gold marquis robes swaying lightly amid the dust as terrifying battle intent shot into the heavens!
"Then we'll kill this counterfeit first, then save the real Queen Mother of the West."
Sensing the auras of Lin Qiye and Huo Qubing, the shepherd boy on the cow's back frowned slightly and spoke in surprise.
"Not gods, but mortals... Since when did the human world produce such powerful people?"
Boom—!!