My Enemy Became My Cultivation Companion-Chapter 821 - 510: Baolian Temple (2-in-1), Part 3

Chen Yi suddenly froze, the words he had just prepared were all blocked back.

This little fox was too unconventional, he instinctively wanted to let out a bitter laugh, but immediately stopped himself, instead sighing, stepping forward to hug Yin Tingxue, listening to her soft, weak whimper, then finally letting her go.

"Go freshen up."

Chen Yi patted her back and said.

Yin Tingxue took small steps to freshen up, while Chen Yi turned around, picked up the Sword Box, and placed it on the table, his eyes deepening as he pondered.

Was last night an accident, or...

His fingertip lightly tapped the Sword Box, the vermilion box didn't move a bit, as if last night was just an illusion. After Yin Tingxue finished freshening up, Chen Yi still hadn't figured out what he wanted to think about, so he got up to leave the inn, determined to take Yin Tingxue to look around.

Next they would take a boat downstream, quickly within a night or slowly within three days, they could reach Hu-Guang, time wasn't pressing, in fact they had leisure, a day or two didn't matter, so Chen Yi wanted to stroll around this county town.

When you see a mountain, pay respects to the mountain, when you see a temple, pay respects to the temple, upon arriving in the town, naturally, one must pay respects to the local City God,

This county town is small, there's not much to see, the whole town only has the City God Temple with decent scenery, there's no temple or Daoist Temple inside or outside the county town. In front of the City God Temple, Chen Yi bought Little Fox a rabbit sugar painting, and she bit off the rabbit's head in one bite.

In front of the City God Temple, an old man in plain clothes walked slowly into the temple.

Yin Tingxue was taken aback for a moment, how could this old man look so much like the City God statue in the temple?

She peeked inside from the temple gate, seeing the worshippers seemingly ignoring the old man, the old man didn't seem different either, directly crossing the tribute table to sit in the position of the City God statue, his face merging with the statue.

Chen Yi pretended not to see the old man.

Yin Tingxue stared at the City God statue for a while, then suddenly pulled her head back, she saw the City God's eyeballs seemed to move.

After the two of them lit incense and turned to leave the City God Temple, they hadn't walked a few steps when a voice suddenly called them from behind.

In the street alleys, the plain-clothed old man they saw earlier beckoned to them, while the surrounding crowd seemed not to notice as they brushed past him.

"That's the City God," Chen Yi said softly.

Yin Tingxue nodded, so he really was the City God.

When Chen Yi walked up, the old man in plain robes clasped his hands in a salute and said:

"Liu Zheng, the Northern Yin City God, thanks you for your righteous help last night in eliminating such evil spirits."

Chen Yi raised an eyebrow.

Liu Zheng had a kindly expression, softly explaining, "Last night you sent Lu Qun and others to the underworld, one day on earth equals a year below, how could I not know about last night's events when King Yan's decree came down?"

"I see, I wonder why the City God visits this time?"

"One is to make the acquaintance of a colleague, and the other is..." Liu Zheng looked Chen Yi up and down, unable to hide his surprise, "In all my hundreds of years before and after death, this is the first time I've seen a living Yin Official."

The three of them came to a teahouse.

The teahouse was called Chun Yuan, the building followed ancient styles, with beams and pillars mostly made of cypress wood, exuding a rich wood fragrance. The teahouse hosted tea girls skilled in tea making, but the county town was small, so the teahouse had no famous teas.

In the upper room, there were a few plates of pastries on the table, the tea girl on the side brewed the tea, the City God turned mortal rose with a salute, giving a late year greeting, Chen Yi returned the greeting in kind, exchanged a few words, then simply introduced Yin Tingxue, this time without borrowing Little Fox's name, but formally explained her origin from Yin Sword Mountain.

The tea before Ming was fragrant and mellow, after the tea girl finished preparing the tea, she bowed and left, Liu Zheng personally poured the boiling tea into Chen Yi's bowl.

"Still, many thanks for your help last night, that monster is cunning and heavily malevolent, without your presence, it would've long escaped downriver, and if a patrol came, I might not be City God anymore."

"It was just a minor effort," Chen Yi replied without a mistake, then continued, "Liu City God, there's just one thing I don't understand."

"What do you not understand?" Liu Zheng asked.

Chen Yi's eyes lowered slightly, "How is it that the spider monsters' flower boat has been moored for days, yet Liu City God knew nothing?"

The atmosphere suddenly became cold and eerie.

Yin Tingxue picked a few pieces of pastry into her bowl, acting as if saying, you chat, I'll eat mine.

The City God hesitated for a moment, then finally sighed and said, "To tell the truth, the origin of this spider monster is not superficial, and it has some connection with me."

"Oh?"