Chapter 610: Mysterious Beings! Not to be Provoked! Names Cannot Be Spoken! Investigating the Fox Immortal Lady Temple!

“Everyone, this matter was my oversight. I will now return the temple deity back to Gaoling County,” Li Yanchu said with a smile.

𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

He immediately took out the Heaven-Earth Demonbane Godshuttle, and everyone’s eyes lit up.

This was a famous flying artifact. Yet in Celestial Master Zhao’s eyes there was a trace of worry.

Do you even know what kind of being you’ve brought back? This is someone we dare not provoke!

Celestial Master Zhao thought to himself.

Just as Minghe was about to go along, Li Yanchu suddenly stopped her.

“You stay here in the prefectural city and wait. It’s just one extra trip. I’ll go and return immediately,” he said with a smile.

Minghe was momentarily stunned, then smiled. “No matter, I’m free anyway. Don’t make the trip alone.”

Li Yanchu shook his head. “No need. I will personally escort the temple deity.”

With that, he invited Lady Hu onto the Heaven-Earth Demonbane Godshuttle.

Minghe was left confused, completely bewildered. Why had he suddenly changed his tone so sharply? Yet her instincts told her that something wasn’t quite right.

Li Yanchu activated the divine shuttle, which transformed into a streak of light and shot into the sky.

The four great Yang Spirit experts and Minghe remained standing on the ground.

“Strange... I just feel like something isn’t quite right,” Minghe muttered to herself.

“That’s correct. It was the right decision to send this temple deity away,” Celestial Master Zhao said calmly.

“What do you mean by that, Master?” Minghe asked.

It wasn’t just Minghe; Xu Tiannan, Master Baoshu, and Master Wuse all looked over as well.

Celestial Master Zhao repeated what he had just said to Li Yanchu. Upon hearing it, everyone fell silent. Surprise flickered in their eyes.

The Yang Spirit realm was divided into rudimentary, intermediate, and advanced stages.

These men were all rudimentary cultivators. With a condensed Yang Spirit, they could travel freely and manipulate objects.

But advancing from rudimentary to intermediate Yang Spirit realm was no easier than condensing a Yang Spirit from a Yin Spirit. Every step was extremely difficult, not to mention the Land Immortals were above the Yang Spirit realm.

The group watched Li Yanchu’s departing figure.

“This matter... is actually connected to a Land Immortal!?” They couldn’t help but admire Li Yanchu’s decisiveness and sense of responsibility.

He faced it without changing expression, choosing to confront it himself.

“What exactly is going on??” Minghe asked urgently.

“My divination can only vaguely deduce that this Lady Hu is connected to a Land Immortal. Predicting such a being... the information is far too unclear,” Celestial Master Zhao said slowly.

Minghe’s heart sank. Here were four Yang Spirit experts, and the best experts of all Donglin Prefecture had been gathered. Even if some major incident occurred, wouldn’t it be easier to handle with so much support?

Sigh.

She let out a silent sigh in her heart.

***

Whoosh!!

A streak of light cut across the horizon; Li Yanchu and the temple deity Lady Hu had returned to Gaoling County. On the way, Li Yanchu chatted casually with Lady Hu, but couldn’t glean any useful information.

Earlier, Celestial Master Zhao had said the celestial secrets were too vague to divine more, yet it had been enough to make him stop. This was rather puzzling.

“Fellow Daoist Hu, we part here. Until we meet again,” Li Yanchu said, clasping his fists toward Lady Hu.

After escorting Lady Hu back to the temple, he turned and left.

Lady Hu smiled faintly at Li Yanchu, showing no resentment at all. Honestly speaking, she held no ill will. If anyone else were handling this matter, they would probably be just as careful.

Lady Hu turned and walked into the temple. The surrounding villagers didn’t even notice her; they could not see this deity of the incense at all.

However, Li Yanchu did not leave. He was still somewhat curious about Lady Hu. The Lady Hu who dealt with him, though challenged by his tricks, had never shown a trace of malice in her eyes. If she weren’t a top-class actor, then perhaps she truly was a kind-hearted person.

Yet Celestial Master Zhao had explicitly told him to stop, saying that Lady Hu was connected to a Land Immortal, and that the matter was of great consequence.

Li Yanchu put on the Golden Radiance Crown; a flash of light passed, and he vanished from sight.

With a single movement, he followed Lady Hu into the Fox Immortal Lady Temple. Inside the temple, it was crowded with worshippers, a dark sea of devotees offering incense.

Li Yanchu’s eyes glowed with divine light. He could see the incense spiritual energy from the devotees flowing toward Lady Hu.

This was not some forbidden magic; it was proper, orthodox incense-based deity practice. This energy came from their faith; even if absorbed, it did not harm their bodies or primordial spirits.

Li Yanchu watched the ethereal Lady Hu enter the temple, then ascend to the golden statue, slowly vanishing into it. The statue stored a dense concentration of incense spiritual energy, which could aid her cultivation.

Lady Hu did not sense Li Yanchu’s presence at all. The Golden Radiance Crown could block the perception of a third-realm Yang Spirit. For someone in the Yin Spirit realm, she would be completely undetectable.

Li Yanchu moved quietly through the temple, using the crown’s invisibility to investigate the place.

Yet he found nothing unusual. Nowadays, many Buddhist and Daoist temples were chaotic and filled with disorder. But this Fox Immortal Lady Temple radiated a quiet, peaceful energy.

Li Yanchu used his Spirit Eyes to examine the devotees on the ground. They carried no special curses or anomalies; they were simply ordinary, faithful worshippers.

“Then why would Celestial Master Zhao tell me not to be involved in this matter?!” Li Yanchu wondered.

He lingered in Lady Hu’s temple for some time, using the invisibility of the Golden Radiance Crown to try to glean information from the devotees.

A corpulent merchant knelt sincerely, speaking aloud, “Lady Hu, please bless my wife so she can give birth to a healthy boy. You were so generous to that little beggar before, curing her mother’s illness. Every year I offer so much incense, please grant me your blessing!”

Originally, Li Yanchu passed by without noticing anything unusual. But upon hearing these words, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

“That little beggar just now... She looked mentally unwell, yet somehow moved the Fox Immortal Lady, curing her mother’s illness. Judging by how she acted, it seems she truly saw the Lady’s incarnation,” said a thin, middle-aged man nearby in awe.

“The Fox Immortal Lady manifested her power just now?” Li Yanchu froze, frowning.

He had taken Lady Hu from Gaoling County to the prefectural city and back; it took no more than an hour.

Earlier, when he had entered the temple with Lady Hu, he had never seen any little girl, never witnessed any divine manifestation. In other words, it happened after he left with Lady Hu.

The Fox Immortal Lady had truly manifested her power!

At that thought, Li Yanchu began paying attention to any information about the little girl. Sure enough, many people around were talking about the extraordinarily fortunate little girl from just now.

“Critically ill, on the brink of death... and her mother was saved?” Li Yanchu’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Calmly, he glanced at the gilded statue of Lady Hu.