Wandering Gods of Day and Night-Chapter 368 - 214: Music Master, Play a Tune?_3

I, the Music Master, along with Shang Wenjun, the Witch, consider myself someone who doesn’t have my vision clouded by personal gain. Over the years, we’ve tried to suppress the kidnappers’ influence to a single boundary.

"How was that boundary established?" Zhou Xuan asked.

"When our suppression of the kidnappers exceeds a certain point, the gods send veiled warnings through connections, implying that we’ve reached their bottom line and must immediately stop."

This is the balance the Painter spoke of.

The result of this balance is that most of the regions in Mingjiang Prefecture remain relatively peaceful, but in small pockets, the kidnappers are strikingly rampant.

"No wonder the kidnappers are so brazen in Mingjiang Prefecture; it turns out they have support from above."

At this moment, Zhou Xuan understood that Jing Country’s human world was nothing more than a dark prison, and the so-called God-level beings above the Heavenly Dome were merely wearing the mantle of "divinity."

Simultaneously, he also understood the words Yun Ziliang had spoken after finding the tenth Heavenly God Aura within his body—Bow to the Earthly Guardian, the protector of the human realm.

The protector of the human realm doesn’t just slay rampaging Alien Ghosts, bloodthirsty evildoers, and meddling spirit monsters or Evil Ghosts; they must sever the control of the Heavenly Dome gods who disregard human world rules.

Fear not petty ghosts taking charge; fear the King Yan turning into a ghost!

"Was that why you slaughtered the Daoist who descended to the human world back then?"

Zhou Xuan suddenly questioned Yun Ziliang.

Yun Ziliang looked up to the heavens and scoffed, "Hidden Dragon Mountain’s Dragon Seeking Heavenly Masters wanted to spread the filthy secrets of the gods to every corner of Jing Country,

The gods feared us, sent Daoists to hunt us down, and exterminated our Hidden Dragon Mountain people,

But no matter how many were killed, they couldn’t crush the backbone of our Dragon Seeking Heavenly Masters from Hidden Dragon Mountain."

Yun Ziliang hid within the painting for three hundred years; it wasn’t cowardice but to preserve the last ember of Hidden Dragon Mountain.

As long as he remained alive, the Dragon Seeking Heavenly Masters of Hidden Dragon Mountain had a chance to find the True Dragon of the human world.

In Yun Ziliang’s heart, there was a great secret he hadn’t revealed to anyone,

The true reason Hidden Dragon Mountain was hunted wasn’t merely exposing the gods’ corrupt faces,

The real cause was that seventy-nine Dragon Seeking Heavenly Masters of Hidden Dragon Mountain joined forces in prediction, and they were just half a step away from predicting the "God-slaying Method."

Although it was still incomplete, Yun Ziliang vaguely glimpsed the possibility of slaying gods, and perhaps in the future, he could refine this method to clarity,

But for now, Zhou Xuan, whom he was assisting, lacked sufficient incense offerings, and the timing wasn’t right. Revealing the God-slaying Method would undoubtedly lead Zhou Xuan down Hidden Dragon Mountain’s ruinous path.

"There will be an opportunity." Yun Ziliang gazed closely at Zhou Xuan, sighing inwardly. frёewebηovel.cѳm

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The Painter, upon hearing of Yun Ziliang slaying the Daoist from above, immediately furrowed his brows, questioning, "Dare I ask, Mr. Yun, who are you truly?"

"Hidden Dragon Mountain’s Dragon Seeking Grandmaster, Ru Yun Mountain Man."

Suddenly, the Painter’s expression shifted drastically, admiration flashing in his eyes. The silent Yun Ziliang had turned out to be Ru Yun Mountain Man from three centuries ago.

"A mere four incense periods, and you swept across the Mysterious Sect—Ru Yun Mountain Man, you’re a legendary figure."

"Legends are past; nowadays, I’m nothing but an old man."

Pointing at Zhou Xuan, Yun Ziliang said, "Your Mingjiang Prefecture’s Bone Elder Association, City God—all these forces, if even one possessed Xiao Zhou’s steel resolve, how could you let the kidnappers run rampant?

So-called balance is merely the measure of your cowardice. This time, cowardice is not an option; dig three feet into the ground if necessary, but find the kidnappers’ leaders first."

"This... might need some deliberation." The Painter, long accustomed to maintaining "balance," hesitated despite now wishing to move against the kidnappers. He still felt compelled to contact the Music Master and Shang Wenjun to discuss the plan.

He returned to the inn, lit two clusters of fire again, and buried the plan to capture the kidnappers and its details within the flames—one to the Music Master,

And the other to Hall Master Shang Wenjun, the Witch.

...

Outside the inn, Zhou Xuan spoke to Yun Ziliang, "I now understand the role the kidnappers play in Mingjiang Prefecture."

"What role?"

"Black gloves." Zhou Xuan said, "The kidnappers are like the black gloves worn by Mingjiang Prefecture’s five gods. Their cruelty is less their own than a reflection of the gods’ filthy hearts and ruthless minds.

However, this Kidnapper Hall is very cunning—they act as the gods’ black gloves on the surface, but in reality, they’re also black gloves for the Evil God.

The gods cannot possibly ally with the Evil God Master."

The gods strive to enhance their strength, aiming to secure their dominion over the Heavenly Dome.

The Evil God, being closest to the source of godly power, poses a tremendous threat to the gods once it grows stronger.

Evil Gods and Heavenly Dome gods are irreconcilable.

Thus,

While the gods may tolerate the kidnappers as black gloves, they absolutely wouldn’t permit them to cultivate the human-world Evil Gods.

Li Chengfeng, hearing this, supplemented Zhou Xuan’s thoughts, "So, the darkness in Mingjiang Prefecture actually comes from two forces—a kidnapper faction and the Evil God Master faction."

"Indeed."

Zhou Xuan added, "Kidnapper Hall treads the line between gods and the Evil God Master, with dealings with both sides, yet their true motives remain unclear."

Initially, Zhou Xuan believed the kidnappers’ motives were merely money, incense offerings, or status,

But now, it seemed far more complex,

If it were simply about those ambitions, they wouldn’t need to ally with the Evil Gods—they could just focus on serving Mingjiang Prefecture’s five gods properly.

Mingjiang Prefecture belongs to the five gods. If they can handle the gods well, status, incense offerings, and wealth wouldn’t be an issue.

"Kidnapper Hall has its own agenda—it’s not about money, not about status, not about incense offerings... then what could it be?"

For the first time, Zhou Xuan found himself at a loss.

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