In Ningyun Workshop's small courtyard in Feng'an City.
Chen Mu absently rubbed the Jade Plate containing information on Living Gods.
According to the Jade Plate, a Living God had to travel to Yin Mountain Prefecture City and sign a Deification Contract lasting one hundred years. During that period, the Yinling would be confined near the deity statue in the Training Ground and forbidden from leaving.
"No wonder the rewards are so generous, yet they still force conscription. This is basically going to prison."
The Jade Plate also recorded that, beginning over a thousand years ago, vast amounts of Earth Spirit Vital Qi had begun erupting throughout Kangzhou. Demons, monsters, Qi-Refining Cultivators, unorthodox cultivators, and others had appeared in their wake. Wars frequently broke out across the land over territories rich in vital qi. Many Living Gods had been caught up in them and perished alongside their Training Grounds.
"Then what the hell is the point?" Chen Mu's expression darkened.
Yin Mountain Prefecture's City God Dao Field was located in Kangzhou. Kangzhou was currently in chaos everywhere. He was already trying to avoid it—why would he willingly walk into the mess?
"Maybe I could take a look at Taishan Prefecture next door to Yin Mountain Prefecture."
Taishan Prefecture's City God Dao Field was built in Fenzhou, far from Kangzhou. It was probably safer there.
"That Deification Contract is troublesome too."
"A hundred years trapped inside a drawn boundary? If I really did that, would I still be a Qi-Refining Cultivator?" Chen Mu curled his lip, shook his head, and put away the Jade Plate.
"I'll lay low in Feng'an City for a while first."
He had been in the Netherworld for nearly three years, two of which had been wasted in Nether Demon Heaven. His understanding of the Netherworld was limited,