A Cry for Help

The morning sun shines down, illuminating the roof of the Qingnü Temple.

The glazed tiles, resembling celadon porcelain, reflected the morning light, shining brightly and exuding an aura of purity.

On this rooftop, however, lay a person in a somewhat sacrilegious manner.

Or perhaps it shouldn't be said to be a single person.

Because this person is none other than someone else.

Instead, it is the master of the Qingnü Temple, Primordial Lady of the Azure Heavens · Green Hill Yi Yun.

Of course, she also has a real name that no one in this world knows: Yin Yunze.

I lay on a fluffy bed made of nine tails.

At this moment, a seemingly ordinary copper coin was constantly rolling between Yin Yunze's right fingers.

After fiddling with the copper coin for a while, Yin Yunze flicked it into the air with his thumb.

Watching where the copper coin landed, Yin Yunze casually reached out, ready to catch it.

Just as the copper coin was about to fall into Yin Yunze's palm, a gentle breeze suddenly arose out of nowhere.

The wind wasn't strong, but it blew right past Yin Yunze's outstretched palm.

It caught the unruly copper coin by wagging its tail and then casually put it into its palm.

Yin Yunze looked up at the sky and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

It has been more than a month since Yin Yunze was bestowed the title of Primordial Lady of the Azure Heavens by Prefect Liu Zhengyuan.

Of course, in the real world, only a week would have passed.

The different flow rates of the two worlds have made Yin Yunze increasingly less sensitive to time.

Everything else has been fine for the past thirty days or so.

With the help of Peng Shulan, Zhang Liuyun, and a group of lesser demons, Guo Jing has become completely familiar with all the affairs of the City God. He is just waiting for the imperial edict from the capital to arrive so that he can take over the position of City God.

The little fox spirit and her great-grandmother had already wiped out the demons in the eight disaster-stricken counties. Now they were planning to sweep through the remaining half of Anqing Prefecture.

Sun Qin continued to diligently serve the growing number of believers for Yin Yunze, keeping to her small plot of land. Apart from the increasing respect others had for her, the "Immortal Maiden Sun," nothing much had changed.

Zhang Yufei, along with the little witches, also began to spread the glory of Primordial Lady of the Azure Heavens to the other half of the prefecture.

As for the little witches, Yin Yunze had summoned them back once a month ago and they had rested for a few days.

After recalling the young witches, Yin Yunze discovered that these witches, who were still young in her eyes, had already gained followers.

Yin Yunze was somewhat surprised to see that each little witch brought back two or three girls who were even younger than them.

Although he is a deity, Yin Yunze can hear the prayers and requests of every believer.

However, as the number of believers increases, their prayers can become noise.

To have some peace and quiet, Yin Yunze had long ago disabled the effect of his followers' prayers on him.

Unless the emotions are extremely intense, such as a prayer for help.

For ordinary prayers, Yin Yunze would simply ignore them.

After the functions of the Mutton-Fat Jade Purification Vase and the Jeweled Tree Glazed Branch were nearly fully formed, Yin Yunze paid less attention to the little witches.

Actually, regarding receiving believers...

After Sun Qin was assigned to Subordinate Deity and could exercise some authority, Yin Yunze Sun Qin handed over all of his power to her.

Therefore, Yin Yunze didn't actually notice that the little witches had also taken in other girls.

The little girls brought back by the witches were all girls whose families could no longer afford to raise them, and who begged the witches to take them away.

That's how things are during famine years; girls are always the first ones their families choose to abandon.

It would be better to let the little witches take them with them than to sell them.

Perhaps this reminded the young witches of their own experiences, yet none of them refused such a thing.

The little girls brought back by the witches this time were among the girls they had taken in, and were generally of the best quality and most devout in their faith in Yin Yunze, the Primordial Lady of the Azure Heavens.

The little witches, however, all shared the same goal: to have Yin Yunze assess whether these little girls were qualified to become Yin Yunze witches.

Yin Yunze naturally had no objection to this.

As the business expanded, Yin Yunze needed more and more manpower.

However, Yin Yunze hadn't had time to recruit people before because of his relationship with the City God.

Yin Yunze was naturally pleased that the little witches could take the initiative to recruit talent for Yin Yunze.

However, realizing that the number of shrine maidens might increase in the future, Yin Yunze casually adjusted the shrine maiden system.

Zhang Yufei was appointed as the Chief Priestess, Qi Rongrong as the Deputy Chief Priestess.

The seven little witches are all first-class witches.

The little girl brought back by the junior priestesses was a second-level priestess.

As for whether there will be Level 3 or Level 4, that depends on future developments.

After being promoted to the Primordial Lady of the Azure Heavens, Yin Yunze also made some progress in the Incense Divine Dao. Now, Yin Yunze can directly compose some divine spells with different effects and give them to the little witches to use on their own.

As long as they are within Yin Yunze's territory, these divine arts automatically draw upon the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to activate.

Compared to the initial method, where Yin Yunze had to seal away the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi as a skill, this was much simpler and more sophisticated.

Furthermore, since these little witches hadn't caused any problems during this time, Yin Yunze raised their martial arts level to the Innate Realm.

In short, most things are developing well and progressing steadily in a positive direction.

There was one thing that made Yin Yunze very uncomfortable.

And this is very important!

That is, the divine office of the Agricultural God that Yin Yunze chose for himself has still not been able to solidify after a month or so.

At first, Yin Yunze thought that the divine office of the Agricultural God was difficult to condense, or that the people were not yet aware of it, and thought that he would just have to wait a few days.

But it wasn't until more than half a month later that Yin Yunze realized something was wrong.

After careful investigation, Yin Yunze discovered that this was entirely due to the drought.

After all, it's a very real situation.

If Yin Yunze is an agricultural god who can guarantee favorable weather and abundant harvests, why doesn't he solve this drought?

Whether Yin Yunze can't do it or doesn't want to do it.

This drought was a real and pressing problem for Yin Yunze.

Even during this period, Yin Yunze frequently experienced frost and snow, which were used to replenish water sources in various places.

But frost and snow are not rain, so they lack something.

Often, success or failure hinges on just that one small detail.

What's even more frustrating is that this situation was only discovered after Yin Yunze had already established his reputation as the Primordial Lady of the Azure Heavens.

As a result, Yin Yunze now has no way to turn the boat around.

After all, changing clerical positions without a reason is very damaging to the foundation.

Therefore, Yin Yunze helplessly discovered that the Tomb of Prince Jing, which she had always wanted to ignore, had ultimately become a problem that she had to solve herself.

The most awkward part of this matter is that if Yin Yunze were truly an agricultural god, he wouldn't be affected by the drought-related powers that had been dispersed from the Tomb of Prince Jing.

But Yin Yunze now needs to address the impact of the drought in order to truly become an agricultural god.

What Yin Yunze had just been pondering and trying to Divination was precisely this matter.

Unfortunately, because the Supreme Elder's position was too high, he could not arrive at a conclusion simply by Casting Stones to Ask the Way.

If one Burning Incense to Seek the Way ----

When Yin Yunze used it, it was tantamount to announcing his intention to take action against the Tomb of Prince Jing.

Making a scene like this, alerting the enemy, would actually make it unnecessary.

Back then, Yin Yunze had even complained in his heart that the City God just watched the Tomb of Prince Jing's tomb stand there without doing anything about it.

But now, Yin Yunze has become the tallest person here.

Yin Yunze realized that she really didn't want to move anymore.

After all, unlike the City God who could only watch the people suffer, Yin Yunze had ways to help them get through these past few years.

Without a direct conflict, it's unlikely that the Supreme Elder of the Yin Immortal Sect would cause trouble for Yin Yunze later.

However, if Yin Yunze chooses to take action, he will incur a grudge.

From a purely profit-driven perspective, it's naturally safer to ignore it.

However, as a human being with some kindness in him, Yin Yunze couldn't really make up his mind.

Especially these days, after learning that Yin Yunze is the Agricultural God, nine out of ten believers who come here to burn incense and worship pray that the drought will end soon.

Even though Yin Yunze tried to block it out, he could still hear the prayers of the people begging for an end to the drought from time to time.

"Well----"

After thinking for a long time, Yin Yunze sighed again.

An imperfect day begins with decision paralysis.

"Goddess Yuanjun! Help me!"

Suddenly, a desperate cry for help echoed in his mind, which gave Yin Yunze a jolt of energy.

This was, in fact, the first time Yin Yunze had ever received a prayer for salvation.

With his eyes slightly narrowed, Yin Yunze directed his spiritual energy towards the source of this plea for help.

Then, Yin Yunze saw a pretty girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in a bright red dress.

The scene depicted him wielding a long sword, slashing at the little demon who had begged Yin Yunze for help.

The little demon who sought help from Yin Yun was actually a leopard spirit.

Moreover, this area has already gone beyond the boundaries of Qingling County.

However, for Yin Yunze now, this is also her territory.

"That was close."

With a silent thought, Yin Yunze immediately used his Avatar skill.

Creating a clone, Yin Yunze reached out and caught the longsword, blocking its power. Then, with a flick of his finger, he sent both the sword and the girl wielding it staggering back several steps.

"Who are you?" Looking at the suddenly appearing Yin Yunze, the girl in red was full of wariness. "Why are you helping this monster?!"

Because the situation was unclear, Yin Yunze's Avatar did not conjure fox ears and a tail this time. Instead, his hair and eyes turned to normal black. However, Yin Yunze was facing away from the girl, so she couldn't see his true face.

Are you alright?

He subconsciously asked the little leopard demon a question, then Yin Yunze realized that his question was somewhat unnecessary.

After all, there was a clearly visible hole in the little demon's shoulder.

Although it's not to the point of having air intake but no air output, it doesn't look like it's okay at all.

"Wait a moment, I'll save you right away!"

Although it looked somewhat frightening and its condition wasn't good, the sword strike didn't hit the little demon's vitals.

Therefore, he did not use the nectar, and Yin Yunze gave the County God- level Heal Wounds and Cure Illness medicine to the little demon.

As the wound quickly stopped bleeding and healed, the little demon also recovered rapidly.

Looking closely at the little leopard demon, Yin Yunze only then noticed it from its aura.

This little leopard demon was one of the thousand little demons who fought alongside her against the City God's ghostly soldiers a month ago.

No wonder this plea for help reached Yin Yunze's ears so clearly; after all, it was something Yin Yunze had promised.

"You, you are----"

Although Yin Yunze is now a limited edition with black hair and black eyes, the little leopard demon still recognized him very quickly.

Faced with the personal appearance of Yin Yunze, the Primordial Lady of the Azure Heavens, the little demon was both surprised and delighted, but too excited to speak.

"Hey!" Just then, the girl in red said somewhat angrily, "You're also a cultivator! Why did you try to save that monster!"

"First of all, I didn't call you 'Hey.'" Turning to look at the girl in red, Yin Yunze said softly, "Secondly, why can't I heal it? On the contrary, why did you kill it?"

The girl in red was about to speak, but when she saw Yin Yunze's appearance, she froze on the spot.

"How can there be such a good-looking person?!"

Seeing the red-clad girl's appearance, Yin Yunze glanced at the little leopard demon again.

Although it carried some Blood Qi, it indicated that it had killed many living beings.

However, since it is a carnivorous animal that has become a spirit, it would be abnormal if it did not have Blood Qi on its body.

Although there were signs of harm within this Blood Qi, there was no evidence of blood being consumed.

All things considered, it's not a bad monster.

Yin Yunze wouldn't be so angry just because the little leopard demon had injured someone.

In such an ancient environment, where the living areas of humans and animals overlapped to some extent, conflicts between humans and animals were quite normal.

Aside from eating people, Yin Yunze wouldn't simply abandon the little leopard demon and leave it behind just because it had injured people before.

Actually, compared to other demons, this little leopard demon is considered to have a relatively pure aura.

Therefore, Yin Yunze thought for a moment and then asked, "What did you do?"

Hearing Yin Yunze's friendly question, the little leopard demon was flattered and hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, I didn't do anything—I don't know why—I was eating when this brat rushed up and stabbed me—"

I ran for miles, but she still wouldn't let me go!

"Lie!"

Hearing the little leopard demon's words, the girl in red immediately came to her senses and hurriedly said, "Sister, don't believe this monster's nonsense! I clearly saw it! This monster stole sheep from a farmer's house! That poor family only had a few sheep, and this monster actually—"

It has to be said that sometimes being good-looking is an advantage.

Upon seeing Yin Yunze's true appearance, the little girl's attitude changed, and she immediately began calling him "sister."

However, Yin Yunze didn't care about this detail; she was more concerned about the points of conflict between the two.

What's this? A bloodbath caused by a sheep?

Hearing that this whole thing started because of a sheep, Yin Yunze was speechless.

No, they are cultivators and demons after all!

If you were fighting over heavenly materials and earthly treasures, that would be one thing.

It would be shameful if word got out that they fought to the death over a sheep!