[The moment those words were spoken, everyone was astonished.]
[Even Yang Chen, whose expression had remained unchanged, frowned slightly. How could a kiln-fired stone statue's belly grow larger?]
[One had to know that what was worshipped here was an Orthodox God—the river god of the Willow Catkin River—not some illicit cult deity.]
[To enjoy flourishing incense offerings in the Chen Kingdom for eight hundred years was enough to show that her origins were anything but ordinary!]
[This so-called White Snake Lady had received permission from the true ruler of this river region—Mount Fangcun. She was a mountain deity of orthodox lineage whose name was recorded in the Orthodox Investiture Register.]
[Hao Jie scratched his head and could not help saying, "Could it be that White Snake Lady has also fallen into spring longing?"]
[Hearing this, Jian Susu covered her mouth and smiled.]
[Yang Chen heavily set down his teacup. "Junior Brother Hao, mind your words."]
["White Snake Lady is no evil spirit. In her former life, she was an outstanding disciple of Mount Fangcun's inner sect. She sacrificed herself to protect the sect, and the place where her Primordial Spirit remained was established in the mortal world through rites of worship and orthodox investiture."]
[Who would have thought White Snake Lady had such a background?]
[The moment those words were spoken, everyone from Little Green Peak apart from you and Qi Ling showed surprise.]
[When you had browsed the records in the Library Pavilion, you had already learned that Mount Fangcun ruled over a vast territory. Aside from sending disciples who had failed to break through to the Dao Embryo realm down the mountain to spread their branches and leaves, it had also established temples far and wide among famous mountains and great rivers.]
[The four great mountain gods of