The Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag

On the tranquil lakeside, a figure dressed in green, resembling a fairy, stood gracefully by the water, seemingly detached from the world.

At first glance, everyone is captivated by her unparalleled beauty. But upon closer inspection, the two fluffy white fox ears atop her head and the nine large, white tails cascading down her back reveal that she is not a fairy, but a Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox.

However, probably no one would consider her a seductive vixen just because of her fox fairy origins.

Those emerald-like eyes held a gentle compassion. The design of the vase in the left hand and the branch of a precious tree in the right added a touch of divinity.

Even with careful evaluation, one would still believe that this fox fairy, in the form of a deity, Avatar descended to earth to save people.

But upon closer inspection, one realizes that this is not a celestial being descended to earth, but an extremely exquisite statue of a deity.

Or perhaps it is precisely because this fox fairy is so exquisitely inhuman that people can recognize at a glance that she is not True Person.

However, this is not the only lifelike fox spirit statue on the lakeside.

Before the statue, a girl of about ten years old sat cross-legged on the ground, her eyes closed in a gesture of facing upwards. What was truly astonishing was that between the girl's hands was a black command flag, suspended in mid-air.

As if following the girl's breath, it rose and fell slightly, swaying up and down.

Suddenly, in an instant, the black command flag seemed to be enraged, and a thin arc of electricity flashed across its surface, striking straight at the girl.

Just as the lightning was about to strike, a talisman suddenly flew up from the girl's body. A golden light appeared, deflecting the arc of electricity and preventing it from actually hitting her.

However, this unexpected situation disrupted the girl's cultivation, causing her to open her eyes.

As the girl opened her eyes, the black command flag seemed to lose its support and fell straight to the ground.

"Ugh, so slow!" Unable to contain his frustration, Yin Yunze picked up the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag from the ground with a mixture of love and resentment. "You! You can only grind a little bit each day. Are you really going to grind it for a hundred days?"

Why can't they just behave and be more sensible?

The girl sitting here cultivating is none other than Yin Yunze, whose Spirit Descent upon Zhao Wan. And Yin Yunze has also learned the name of this black command flag in the past few days: the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag.

It can be said that Yin Yunze's biggest gain from that trip was this Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag.

Therefore, after returning to Clear Creek Village to retrieve the Land God Divinity, aside from important matters, Yin Yunze spent all his time studying how to use the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag.

As the research continued, Yin Yunze obtained two pieces of information, one good and one bad.

The bad news is that the owner of this Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag, the highly skilled cultivator who had a love-hate relationship with Prince Jing at Tomb of Prince Jing, was indeed not dead.

The Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag still bears the imprint of his Divine Sense. Before removing this imprint, Yin Yunze cannot directly use the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag for his own purposes.

The good news is that Yin Yunze has found a way to remove this Divine Sense Mark.

Of course, this is not hard to guess; it is still Yin Yunze's fundamental method: the Power of Incense Offerings. By using the Incense of Faith to erode the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag, Yin Yunze can gradually erode the Divine Sense imprint on the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag.

Of course, there is a potential drawback to doing this.

Although using the Power of Incense Offerings to gradually erode his power is extremely discreet, the master might not notice it at first. However, as time goes on and Yin Yunze's share increases, it is very likely to anger the master in the Tomb of Prince Jing.

However, this potential problem made Yin Yunze hesitate for a moment before he finally decided to go for it!

As I said before, if something goes wrong, Yin Yunze can simply throw the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag back into the real world. The other party can't possibly chase him into the real world!

After several days of effort, Yin Yunze had finally managed to erode about three percent of the content. Although he was still far from being able to control it, he had obtained relevant information about the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag as a result.

For example, the name "Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag," and besides the name, Yin Yunze also learned that there were a total of seven Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag in this set.

In other words, there might still be six Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag lying quietly at the Tomb of Prince Jing, waiting for Yin Yunze to activate the pickup function.

However, Yin Yunze did not feel much greed for those six poles.

There's no point in risking searching for those six shots when we haven't even finished the one we're dealing with yet.

After all, at the current pace, Yin Yunze would probably have to work for another three months to get it done.

The sheer scale of the project robbed Yin Yunze of any motivation to take the risk.

This process cannot be improved simply by Yin Yunze working overtime.

Once Yin Yunze uses the Power of Incense Offerings to erode it to about one percent, the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag will enter a state of emergency, as if it were automatically defending itself.

Although they won't pay attention to you if you touch or step on them, once Yin Yunze tries to erode the Power of Incense Offerings again, the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag will keep discharging electricity, interrupting Yin Yunze's progress.

Each stressful state lasts for about twenty hours before the body recovers from this irritated state.

Therefore, although Yin Yunze was extremely eager for it, he could only make up for one percent of the progress each day.

After sitting for a while to calm down, realizing that such things couldn't be rushed, Yin Yunze tiptoed and inserted the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag into the clean bottle of the statue.

After returning to Clear Creek Village, Yin Yunze began to expedite the progress as the client.

Unfortunately, while the statues are complete, the temple itself is still a bit behind. The overall framework is largely finished, but the interior decoration and ventilation after completion will take some time.

So, with no other choice, even though there wasn't even a place to shelter from the wind and rain, Yin Yunze had to move the newly made statue inside.

It must be said that they used a lot of money and materials; the result is exquisite and lifelike.

However, perhaps the villagers haven't truly accepted Yin Yunze's new image yet, or perhaps the golden statue only works when paired with a temple.

Although it had some effect, it wasn't significant.

For the time being, Yin Yunze can only use this statue as a marker for his descent. He wants to become an anchor point for the Land God Divinity like Zhao Wan, but he is still far from it.

However, given that time was still short, Yin Yunze was not in a hurry. As the owner of the statue, Yin Yunze could feel the Incense of Faith gathering within it, bit by bit.

I'm not afraid of slow results, I'm afraid of no effect at all. Even if it's slow, it's still one percent faster than the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag every day!

Examining the statue closely, and thinking about that abstract, rat-like thing, Yin Yunze became more and more satisfied. Even just glancing at it a few times a day when he had nothing else to do was a good pastime.

However, what troubled Yin Yunze a little was those green eyes.

"Although the green one is also nice, I definitely prefer the red one—it suits my aesthetic better."

"Lord Yi Yun, do you prefer wearing red clothes?"

Hearing Yin Yunze's offhand remark, Zhao Wan assumed he was referring to the green robes of the statue and asked him a question out of curiosity.

I wasn't talking about clothes!

Just as Yin Yunze was about to answer, he sensed someone walking in from outside.

Since Yin Yunze temporarily designated this place as a forbidden area, only one person has dared to enter.

Turning my head, I saw Sun Qin, dressed in a red and white shrine maiden outfit, slowly walking in from outside.

"Lord Yi Yun ----"

Although she had seen it many times, Sun Qin was still captivated by the Celestial Person -like and incredibly lifelike statue each time. Even as a woman herself, Sun Qin couldn't help but be mesmerized by its near-perfect appearance.

When Sun Qin first saw the statue, she thought it was Yin Yunze in his true form.

Later, when she learned that it was just a statue of a deity, Sun Qin was even more moved.

Such exquisite items are indeed beyond the skill of human artisans.

After a moment of stunned silence, Sun Qin realized she had drifted off into thought again and couldn't help but quickly glance at Yin Yunze, who was residing inside her daughter's body.

Seeing that Yin Yunze did not respond, Sun Qin lowered her head and said, "The village chief of Lower Creek Village is waiting outside. He said that Lower Creek Village is willing to worship Lord Yi Yun from now on! He only asks to see your true face before that!"

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