"Human Race Martial Artists?"
"Heh heh heh—"
"I love eating Human Race Martial Artists the most. They're chewy, and their blood and energy are so rich."
"Let me count—"
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine—"
"So many Human Race Martial Artists?"
"Looks like I'll have enough to eat for several meals. There's even a Human Race Martial Artist at the first-tier limit..."
The enormous Fox Demon licked its lips, greed written all over its foxlike face.
Though its dull mind couldn't count how many Human Race Martial Artists were here,
at a glance, there were a lot.
It would capture every last one of them!
They were all the finest Two-Legged Sheep!
A savage expression spread across its foxlike face. Demonic energy burst from its body, turning into blood-red ropes that shot toward Li Youming and the others, intent on binding them all.
"Demonic creature, you're asking for death."
A murderous glint flashed in Li Youming's eyes.
The Qi within him surged at once.
A great volume of Qi flowed along a specific path, forming a vast bank of white clouds and mist before him in the blink of an eye.
The white clouds and mist churned, blocking every blood-red rope.
The ropes were immediately swallowed by the white clouds and mist, unable to pierce through.
And the next moment—
Li Youming pointed.
A massive golden blade, gleaming with an intense golden light, appeared out of thin air and slashed at the Fox Demon in a flash!
"Argh—!"
The Fox Demon screamed as one of its arms was severed, blood gushing out.
And the next moment—
Five golden blades appeared in midair, becoming five streaks of golden light that repeatedly slashed at the Fox Demon's neck!
The Fox Demon did everything it could to block them with demonic energy.
But the golden blades were incredibly sharp. They came one after another, and the demonic energy couldn't stop them at all!
In a flash—
The Fox Demon's neck was severed, and its head fell to the ground!
Scalding demonic blood sprayed across the ground. Its headless corpse stood there for a moment before collapsing.
Staring at the Fox Demon's corpse on the ground,
the two old men sprawled on the ground froze in place.
They couldn't believe it.
The Fox Demon was dead?
Right before their eyes, someone had killed it?
Both men looked dazed.
"Villagers!"
"I've slain the Fox Demon!"
"But this place is crawling with Demonic Creatures. Come with me to Four Seas Village at once. The Orthodox Land God protects the village there, so you'll never have to worry about becoming food for Demonic Creatures again!"
"Every family that settles in Four Seas Village will receive a house, and each person will receive five jin of meat and a hundred jin of grain!"
Li Youming spoke in a deep voice.
Amplified by the Qi within him, his voice rang across the entire Fox Village.
The villagers, trembling in their homes, froze.
What?
The Fox Demon had already been slain?
Had they heard that right?
He was saying he'd killed that terrifying Fox Demon?!
Gradually—
People peered outside through the cracks in their doors and windows. They immediately saw the enormous Fox Demon lying on the ground, and every eye widened.
The Fox Demon was really dead?
Some brave villagers had already run out. Seeing the genuine corpse of the Fox Demon before them, they wept with joy.
"The Fox Demon is really dead!"
More and more villagers came out.
At last, they all gathered together, looking at the Fox Demon's corpse with overwhelming excitement. Nearly everyone was in tears.
The Fox Demon had eaten their loved ones.
Now that it had been slain, their loved ones had been avenged!
"Benefactor!"
"Please, accept this old man's bow!"
The old man who had been the first to come out tottered toward Li Youming and bowed, choking with emotion.
"I had three sons, a daughter, two daughters-in-law, and four grandsons. The Fox Demon ate every one of them!"
"You slew the Fox Demon, benefactor. I have no way to repay you. In my next life, I'll repay your kindness, even if I have to serve you as a horse or an ox!"
All the villagers knelt before Li Youming, filled with gratitude.
"Villagers."
"Go pack your things. I'll take you away right now."
"If you stay here, you'll surely become food for other Demonic Creatures!"
Li Youming helped the old man to his feet and spoke in a deep voice.
Everyone nodded hurriedly.
They couldn't have wanted more than to leave!
And with such a powerful benefactor to protect them, perhaps they could finally look forward to a better life!
By dusk,
Li Youming had finally brought the many Fox Village villagers back to Four Seas Village.
Seeing wolf meat hanging by the door of every house, the villagers of Fox Village could hardly believe their eyes.
Every household in Four Seas Village had meat to eat?
What kind of immortal life was this?
They couldn't even remember how many years it had been since they'd eaten a single bite of meat.
They often smelled it, sure.
But that was the Fox Demon eating people!
"Chen Mazi, register them."
"Liao Jinxian, assign them houses, meat, and grain."
"If anyone is alone and has no family, put four of them in one house."
Li Youming gave his orders.
There were a total of one hundred and twelve villagers from Fox Village.
Only three were elderly, and only six were children.
The rest were men and women in their prime.
There were few elderly people—
because it was hard to survive such a cruel life.
There were few children—
because of the Fox Demon's tastes.
"Rest for tonight. Tomorrow, take them to the Land God Temple to offer incense!"
"Zhang Ronggui, you're in charge of that."
The others acknowledged his orders and immediately got to work.
The villagers of Four Seas Village also gathered around, watching with curiosity and offering friendly smiles to the somewhat timid people from Fox Village.
To the villagers of Fox Village,
everything here felt like a dream.
Bathing?
In Fox Village, they were only allowed to bathe the day before they were to be served as food.
Meat?
Eating their fill?
Clothes that covered their bodies?
They'd only ever had those things in their dreams.
But now—
they had them all here.
Quite a few people secretly wiped their tears and obediently followed instructions.
For a whole month, this continued.
Li Youming brought back a total of more than eleven hundred people from the Land of Demons and slew seven Demonic Creatures.
They had all just reached the second tier and were no match for Li Youming at all.
After all—
he wasn't a Martial Artist. He was a Temple Keeper enfeoffed by a Deity!
The Qi within him let him cast the Lesser Golden Blade Art and the Lesser Cloud and Mist Protection Technique.
These two techniques clearly let him inflict more damage on Demonic Creatures than Martial Artists of the same tier!
At this moment,
the sky had only just begun to lighten.
A great many villagers from Four Seas Village had already gathered before the Land God Temple.
The area before the Land God Temple—
had long since been cleared and leveled.
Whether they were the original villagers of the Four Villages or those who had joined Four Seas Village from the Land of Demons over the past half month, they were all kneeling on the ground now.
Everyone quietly offered incense and prayed.
Even those who had only recently arrived from the Land of Demons seemed quite devout.
After all—
compared with their former lives, when they never knew which day a Demonic Creature would eat them, things were incomparably better now!
And both the Temple Keeper, Li Youming, and the original villagers of Four Seas Village told them
that everything was a gift from Lord Zhangyue.
They also proudly recounted to them, one after another, the Divine Gift Events that had taken place in the village over the years.
The newcomers listened in rapt amazement. Without even realizing it, they too began worshiping Lord Zhangyue, and with great devotion.
Within the Divine Domain,
Li Yue watched the crowds kneeling before the Land God Temple, the corners of his mouth lifting into a smile.
[Personal Quest—Four] had been completed.
The requirement of one thousand five hundred Believers had been met.
"It's time to manifest another divine miracle..."
"Let your faith grow even more devout."
He murmured softly, his gaze calm.
He had been a Deity for over three months now, and had fully grown accustomed to looking down on all living beings from his lofty place.
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