North of Flying Horse Camp, inside a small wooden cabin with a two-meter-high ceiling.
"Is someone trying to seize the deity statue?"
"Yes. The Dragon Locking Institute has indeed learned of this matter." Xie Ji nodded at Chen Mu.
"The City God of Qiluo Mountain is exceptionally powerful, which is why Luandu County enjoys favorable weather, abundant harvests, and flourishing incense vital qi."
"For that very reason, the City God of Luandu County is especially attractive to certain hidden forces and Noble Clans."
"They cannot obtain more incense vital qi through the Dragon Locking Institute, so naturally they came up with the idea of seizing the City God deity statue, setting up their own training ground, and then plundering incense vital qi."
So this crisis was caused by me?
The Lingbao Shuji Pian strengthened the training ground, drawing in the Dragon Locking Institute and Flying Horse Camp, which in turn pushed me to master the Qing Nang Chapter.
That let me leave the training ground, but it also brought trouble?
Chen Mu could not help baring his teeth.
Blessings and misfortunes were intertwined indeed!
"If the City God deity statue is damaged, will the Living God really suffer along with it?" Chen Mu asked.
"Most likely." Xie Ji nodded. "According to the Dragon Locking Institute's records, Living Gods are bound within their deity statues. If a deity statue is damaged during a struggle for it, the City God inside will likely suffer as well."
Chen Mu's teeth immediately began to ache.
There was a Cave Heaven inside the deity statue. If the statue were destroyed, the Cave Heaven would certainly collapse.
In that case, it was only natural that the Living God, bound within the Cave Heaven by the Deification Contract, would be affected.
He suddenly thought of Qingyang City