A confrontation lasting a thousand years (2/3)

"Alright! We've heard about your past. Now, tell me how to repair Flying Peak, shall we?"

After a brief silence, Xiluo began to press on relentlessly.

The place Flying Peak holds in Xiluo's heart.

It is no longer simply a sealed place that imprisons numerous Ghost God.

That was the last memory the Witch of the Huai River left her, and also the home she had lived in for a thousand years.

Therefore, Rain Master could quite understand Xiluo's anxiety.

"Xiluo, you really need to change your impatient nature."

Now that I'm standing before you, are you really afraid I'll break my promise?

With a playful wink, Rain Master continued in his unhurried tone.

"If you simply want Flying Peak to be restored, then you only need to ask a few mountain gods for help."

3

"But if what you want to repair is Ghost God Cliff, which can seal away a host of Ghost God, things won't be so simple."

As he said this, Rain Master gave Li Boyang a warning look with a half-smile.

It was obvious that Rain Master had long since noticed Li Boyang's little scheme, knowing that the other party actually wanted to completely resolve the troublesome Ghost God Cliff.

As for the Ghost God involved?

Whether they escape or die, Li Boyang doesn't care.

Li Boyang simply wanted to resolve the hidden dangers of Flying Peak, and he didn't care about the lives of the Ghost God.

Rain Master even vaguely guessed Li Boyang's subsequent plans.

The other party will definitely eliminate those unstable factors secretly, without telling Xiluo, before the great flood officially arrives in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

This posed no challenge whatsoever for Li Boyang, who had mastered the Heavenly Mandate Bone Plastron and the "Nine Chapters of the Lower Mysteries."

However, the Rain Master did not like Li Boyang's approach.

She didn't want the Ghost God that the Witch of the Huai River had spent a thousand years trying to convert to be simply used as a scapegoat by Li Boyang.

At the very least, some of these Ghost God, who were not inherently cruel but simply ignorant of good and evil, deserved a better ending.

Coincidentally, Rain Master saw the possibility of that ending in Li Boyang.

Do you know?

"Actually, the place where you are standing now is the place where the Guirong Clan was once sealed."

Upon hearing this, not only Xiluo was startled.

Even Li Boyang looked down in slight surprise and glanced at the ground beneath his feet.

Guirong Clan is the other half of Heaven-Eroding Lord, and also Gods of the Five Directions of the Guifang Kingdom.

Li Boyang always believed that the Roaring Heaven Clan had only come into contact with the Guirong Clan by fortuitous opportunity.

The two sides complemented each other; Roaring Heaven Clan ascended to Heavenly Deity with the help of the Guirong Clan, while Guirong Clan escaped the seal with the help of the Roaring Heaven Clan.

But now it seems the situation isn't as simple as Li Boyang imagined?

"Thirty years ago, before the Tufang Kingdom was destroyed, the Guirong Clan was actually sealed here."

A rare hint of complexity appeared on his face.

The Rain Master couldn't tell whether the Witch of the Huai River were intentional or unintentional.

However, judging from the outcome, the other side's decision to seal the Guirong Clan in the Tufang Kingdom was undoubtedly a brilliant move.

The fact that the belief in the Rain Master has been passed down for thousands of years and that sacrifices have continued uninterrupted is enough to demonstrate the character and perseverance of the Tufang Kingdom people.

It was precisely because of this character that the Guirong Clan was never able to truly bewitch the people of the Tufang Kingdom and replace the Rain Master's faith with their own.

Under these circumstances, it would be even more impossible to get the people of the Tufang Kingdom to release the Guirong Clan.

Left with no other choice, the Guirong Clan had to cooperate with the outside world, hoping to break their seal through other means.

The Roaring Heaven Clan and the Guifang Kingdom were another target carefully chosen by the Guirong Clan.

A thousand years ago, the Guirong Clan helped the Roaring Heaven Clan, who were not yet Heavenly Deity at the time, to grow and helped the Guifang Kingdom develop from a small tribe into a powerful state.

The ultimate goal of the Guirong Clan was for the Guifang Kingdom to annex the Tufang Kingdom and then release them.

Unfortunately, the Guirong Clan, who spent his days hunting geese, ended up having his eyes pecked by one of them.

He thought his interests aligned with those of the Roaring Heaven Clan, but he never expected how much the Roaring Heaven Clan, as Ancestor God, valued the Guifang Kingdom.

After realizing that the Guirong Clan was none other than the Heaven-Eroding Lord who had nearly devoured the sun.

Roaring Heaven Clan, without the slightest hesitation, chose to betray the alliance with the other side.

Moreover, for the next thousand years, the Roaring Heaven Clan deliberately suppressed the Guirong Clan's power in the Guifang Kingdom.

From the initial Primordial Spirit to the current Gods of the Five Directions, this seemingly peculiar pantheon of deities was originally created to suppress the Guirong Clan.

Four of the Gods of the Five Directions take turns sleeping.

The situation has always maintained a state of conflict between a deity and the Guirong Clan.

Even the fact that the Tufang Kingdom was able to exist for over a thousand years right under the nose of the Guifang Kingdom was partly due to the deliberate guidance of the Roaring Heaven Clan.

Unfortunately, when we moved forward thirty years, everything had changed.

The genius high priest at that time You Hao, was bewitched by the Guirong Clan and became determined to become the next Ancestor God of the Guifang Kingdom. Therefore, he chose to wage war against the Tufang Kingdom.

By the time Roaring Heaven Clan awoke from his slumber, it was already too late.

Guirong Clan used the power of the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron to refine the entire Tufang Kingdom into a Ghost God, both to vent their anger and to counterbalance the Roaring Heaven Clan, Green Wood Clan, and Tide-Swallowing Clan.

"Only after this battle can the Guirong Clan truly break the seal."

When the Rain Master got to this point, a look of realization flashed across Li Boyang's face.

By piecing together all the clues and events, some of the truths that had troubled Li Boyang naturally came to light.

It was after this battle that You chose to defect to the Guifang Kingdom.

This was also because he had personally witnessed the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron's ability to refine Ghost God.

Even when You Cai fled, he did not forget to take this national treasure with him.

Of course, this takes into account the existence of the Guirong Clan.

Whether the Guirong Clan was behind the theft of the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron is a matter of opinion.

From Li Boyang's perspective, he was more inclined to believe that the Guirong Clan deliberately let You Ma take away the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron.

This was to prevent the Roaring Heaven Clan from continuing to use the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron to create Ghost God similar to the Tufang Clan to hinder them.

In fact, ever since they learned that the Guirong Clan was actually the Heaven-Eroding Lord...

Li Boyang actually had his own judgment about the origin of the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron.

The Speech Talisman Incantation on the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron are an incomplete variant of "Energy Talisman Incantation" constructed using an exhaustive method.

Who else, besides the Heaven-Eroding Lord once admired the Witch of the Huai River, could have done this?

Li Boyang estimated that the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron was probably the initial reward given by the Guirong Clan to the Roaring Heaven Clan and even the Guifang Kingdom.

At the very least, it's a backup plan if the Roaring Heaven Clan fails to become a universal-level Heavenly Deity.

Given Roaring Heaven Clan's personality, he would never hesitate to become Ghost God like Tufang Clan for the sake of the Guifang Kingdom.

"After all this beating around the bush, what are you trying to say?"

After staring at Rain Master for a long time with a frown, Xiluo's impatience made him laugh again.

"Have you ever wondered how Wu Yao sealed away the Guirong Clan back then?"

"He is the manifestation of the Heaven-Eroding Lord's evil intent, possessing most of the Heaven-Eroding Lord's Divine Ability abilities."

"What kind of seal do you think could suppress him, and even prevent him from breaking free for a thousand years?"

After a slight pause, Rain Master continued with a meaningful smile.

Li Boyang hadn't reacted yet.

Xiluo suddenly opened her eyes wide, as if she had realized something.

"Could it be that my sister left 'something' here?"

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