I Come to Teach You Cultivation-Chapter 183 - 52: Celestial Star Bixing · Shangyang (1/3)

Chapter 183: Chapter 52: Celestial Star Bixing · Shangyang (1/3)

Tufang Kingdom, the source of Netherworld’s aura.

Li Boyang and Xiluo traveled all the way here without seeing a single trace of human life.

Only the ruins and broken walls of the former Tufang Kingdom told of its past glory.

"Where exactly are Kunwu and the others now?"

Faced with Xiluo’s inquiry, Li Boyang tossed the Celestial Destiny Bone Armor while scanning the surroundings with the third eye at his brow.

Quickly, Li Boyang led Xiluo to the front of a massive construction relic.

From the location and the surrounding traces, it was apparent.

This must have been the sacrificial site of Tufang Kingdom.

The sacrificial pits and burial sites were so numerous it was unimaginable.

In just thirty years, the traces of human activity here could not be completely erased.

Thus, every short distance Li Boyang and Xiluo walked forward, they came across scattered white bones.

The bones were not limited to humans, but included the remains of various animals and birds...

"We have arrived."

Suddenly stopping in place, Li Boyang gazed at the tall altar not far away.

On this altar, exuding a faint ghostly aura, stood a conspicuous elderly man wielding a metal staff.

The elder was white-haired and bearded, wearing animal skins, yet surprisingly robust.

As for the metal staff in his hand?

One could faintly see the faces of a hundred beasts moving upon it.

The white faces occasionally opened their mouths, as if speaking to the elder.

"Rain Master? Kunwu?"

Her gaze flicking between the elder and the staff, Xiluo hesitantly called out their names.

Though Xiluo had guarded Feilai Peak for over a thousand years, she had never seen the physical forms of Rain Master and Kunwu.

Especially Rain Master; hearing the voice and tone of the other, she had imagined the manifestation to be some non-human spirit monster?

"You’ve arrived much faster than I expected!"

With a kindly smile unique to elders, Rain Master slowly turned around.

"You old rascal, just tell me how to restore Feilai Peak!"

Not bothering with idle talk, Xiluo bluntly demanded.

The two were already considered old friends, and excessive pleasantries would only seem insincere.

Besides, Xiluo was never one to follow rules obediently.

"Politeness" and "courtesy" were never her forte.

"Don’t rush! I’ll tell you sooner or later."

"But before that, are you interested in hearing a piece of buried history?"

As he spoke, Rain Master no longer looked at Xiluo, but focused his gaze on Li Boyang.

"I suppose even if I said I’m not interested, you’d still tell it, wouldn’t you?"

With a slight smile on his face, already anticipating the answer, Li Boyang taunted.

"Moreover, I am indeed interested in that buried history you mentioned."

Looking down at the Celestial Destiny Bone Armor facing upward in his hand, Li Boyang continued to ask.

"Do you, or should I say Kunwu, have some connection to this Tufang Kingdom?"

"Were you the gods the Tufang Kingdom once worshipped, or their ancestors from a thousand years ago?"

As soon as Li Boyang finished his words, Rain Master hadn’t yet responded when a surprised brilliance appeared on Xiluo’s face.

"You can remove the words ’once’ and ’a thousand years ago’..."

"Until thirty years ago, before Tufang Kingdom was destroyed, I was always their god."

A flicker of imperceptible sorrow passed through his eyes, and Rain Master stroked a nearby stele as he spoke.

"A thousand years of unending sacrifice, a thousand years of continuous worship..."

"Even though I could no longer respond to their prayers, they still stubbornly called me ’Celestial Star Bixing Shangyang’."

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The story of Rain Master Shangyang isn’t actually complicated.

A thousand years ago, during the Southward migration of the Huai River Witch to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, they passed through Tufang Kingdom.

Of course, back then, Tufang Kingdom didn’t even qualify as the "Tufang Tribe," just a small village of gathered mountain people.

Before the arrival of the Huai River Witch, Rain Master was the deity protecting those mountain people.

As for Rain Master’s own subjective thoughts.

He never really intended to become the god worshipped by those mountain people.

Rain Master simply acted on instinct, bringing about cloud formation and rainfall during the hated dry season, inadvertently bringing life to the mountain people.

When the Huai River Witch noticed this.

She took the initiative to befriend Rain Master and taught him how to completely alter the harsh environment of Tufang Kingdom.

It wasn’t until much later that Rain Master realized the method the Huai River Witch taught him to change the environment was highly biased.

An environment with favorable weather and abundant water veins was also the foundation for human survival.

Yet seeing those mountain people cheering for him.

Rain Master had no intention of going back to settle scores with the Huai River Witch.

Because he suddenly realized, he actually liked these fragile yet resilient mountain people.

Watching them slowly build their village and homes...

Watching them cultivate bountiful harvests from the barren land...

For the first time in his life, Rain Master experienced a sense of achievement and fulfillment.

It was a joyous emotion of "life" he had never felt before.

Unfortunately, such days didn’t last long.

As the Huai River Witch chose to settle in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, engaging in magical combat with the Hundred Lands Gods, Rain Master was inevitably drawn in.

The eventual outcome was no surprise, with Rain Master and the Hundred Lands Gods sealed into Feilai Peak.

But the Huai River Witch couldn’t escape the fate of being divided and consumed either.

Thus, the current new structure and order of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range was formed.

"This is the first time I’ve heard about your background, why didn’t you tell me this before?"

The one who asked this wasn’t Li Boyang, but Xiluo, who listened quietly on the side.

If she had known about the connection between Rain Master and the Huai River Witch earlier, she would have at least treated him better in terms of attitude.

"I knew Wu Yao, not you."

Smiling, he answered Xiluo’s question.

Rain Master spoke in a refined yet extraordinarily domineering tone.

"Besides, although I’ve been sealed in Ghost God Cliff for a thousand years, our interactions have always been quite cordial."

"Since that’s the case, why force Wu Yao into our relationship?"

"I’m friends with you, you are family with Wu Yao, and Wu Yao and I have both enmity and camaraderie..."

"The relationship between the three of us is quite pure, isn’t it good to maintain such a pure relationship?"

Rain Master’s words successfully silenced Xiluo.

Instinctively, she felt his words wrong, but couldn’t find a rebuttal for the moment.

"Alright! We’ve finished hearing about your past, can you now tell me how to restore Feilai Peak?"

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