Heaven Official's Blessing Chapter 151-160
Ch.151: Panic Left and Right; East or West Undecided 3
“Really? How can you tell?” Xie Lian asked.
Hua Cheng was about to speak when Pei Su, whose speech was broken, extended his
trembling finger and started writing on the ground. Out of some unknown respect, the group
gathered to watch him, and crookedly, the words ‘battle formation’ were formed under his finger.
Once he was done writing, it was like he had used up the last bit of his energy, clenched his
hand into a fist, and stopped moving.
Hua Cheng raised his head, “This is it exactly. The Protection Steed of the Rain Master is a
black ox transformed from the golden beast on the knocker to the gates of the Royal Cultivation
Hall of the Kingdom of YuShi. Usually when it walked it wouldn’t leave traces, but once it enters
battle, it would change form. So, this hoof mark is different than the shapes of normal hoof
marks; it’s much bigger.”
“Lord Ghost King is shockingly well-informed.” Pei Ming commented.
Hua Cheng pointed at the marks on the ground and continued to speak to Xie Lian, “Gege, look
here.”
Xie Lian moved his head closer, “Yea, you’re right... this hoof mark appeared very suddenly, so
it must’ve also been very sudden when they ran into the enemy.”
“Yea,” Hua Cheng said, “And this hoof mark is deep, so it’s obvious the enemy wasn’t weak.
That ox fought the enemy here with its horns, and was pressed deep into the earth for more
than two inches.”
The two were simulating the fight scene that had just passed, and Pei Ming also didn’t back
down, “But in the end, both sides ended in a tie.”
“That’s right.” Xie Lian agreed.
There was no trace of blood around nor dispersing essences of evil, so it appeared, when they
ran into each other, they matched on quick and hard, but once they found each other a pain to
deal with, they both abandoned the fight.
Hua Cheng informed them that the creature in the east had changed its direction, and the group
continued on westward, but now their pace slowed. Soon, a giant, peculiar building appeared on
the side of the road. Looking from afar, it was more impressive than all the other houses around,
and even though some of its enclosures and eaves were collapsed, it still assumed a presence
of awe. Xie Lian unconsciously stopped in his step, “What is this place?”
Hua Cheng only gave it a glance and answered, “WuYong’s divine temple.”
Pei Ming had one of Pei Su’s arm hooked over his shoulders to drag him along, “And how does
Hua Chengzhu know it’s a divine temple?”
“Because it’s written on it.” Hua Cheng said.
Hearing this, the group looked up. On the surface of the stone beam before the gates of this
building, indeed there were engraved a row of giant characters. Although worn through the
ages, and there were some strange scratch marks, but they were still considerably clear.
However, after some silence, Xie Lian said, “There’s certainly writing, but...”
But he couldn’t understand this writing at all!
He had never imagined that not even something like this could trip up Hua Cheng.
He turned to Xie Lian, “The gist of the meaning to that row of words is ‘Eminent Crown Prince
Descends With Light to Shine Everlasting Unto the Land of WuYong’ and such nonsensical
praises. Gege look, the last couple of characters at the end there, don’t they resemble ‘Wu’ and
‘Yong’?”
When he heard ‘Eminent Crown Prince’, Xie Lian’s expression twitched unnoticeably, and when
he looked closer, sure enough although that row of characters looked like the drawings of
children, all circles and curves mixed with many odd symbols, but the words ‘WuYong’ were in
shapes and strokes he was familiar with, like they were just derivative writing.
“Hua Chengzhu can actually read and interpret the lost writing of an ancient kingdom, I am truly
in awe.” Pei Ming said.
Hua Cheng cocked an eyebrow and smiled fakely, “I’ve stayed in Mount TongLu for ten years.
Much can already be done in a month, if I can’t even interpret some words after ten years, then
what am I doing on this earth, am I right?”
Not even the top ten civil gods in the Upper Heavens might dare proclaim such words, and as a
martial god, what could Pei Ming do? So he could only smile fakely too, “Perhaps.”
Xie Lian puffed a breath lightly, “Thank goodness San Lang is here.”
“I can only maybe translate some rough WuYong words.” Hua Cheng said, “If we run into more
difficult ones then I’ll need to ask gege to help evaluate together.”
Xie Lian sweated, “Um... I’m sure I’m not as good as San Lang in this. But, the god worshipped
by WuYong, is it also their crown prince?”
Hua Cheng hugged his arms, “I think so, yes.”
Xie Lian frowned to think, “If my master knew of the crown prince of WuYong, then he must also
know if he ascended. So why did he tell me that that crown prince ‘died’?”
“There are three possibilities,” Hua Cheng said, “First, he didn’t actually know; second, he’s
lying; third, he didn’t lie, and the crown prince of WuYong really did die, but it wasn’t a typical
death.”
“If the Emperor was here then perhaps we could’ve asked if he knew of this kingdom, if he knew
such a person.” Pei Ming said.
However, Hua Cheng said, “Maybe not. The Kingdom of WuYong disappeared over two
thousand years ago. In comparison, Jun Wu is only a young’un. They’re of completely different
dynasties.”
Jun Wu ascended around one thousand five hundred years ago, and was a famed general of a
warring era who later proclaimed himself king and successfully became an immortal after ruling
for some time. As the number one martial god who ruled for a thousand years, his background
was already completely out in the open. As for the ‘dynasties’ Hua Cheng spoke of, he was
referring to the dynasties of the heavens.
Currently, Jun Wu was the ruler, and hundreds of heavenly officials formed the Upper Court,
making the current dynasty, and the government before them belonged to a different dynasty.
Just as how regimes change in the mortal realm, the heavenly realm would also go through
dynasty changes. Although the time it’d take would be very, very long, but fundamentally they’re
the same. New worshippers would replace the old, and new gods would replace the old ones.
Sometimes, the decline of a god wasn’t caused by any mistakes he might’ve done and was
banished as a result, but because another, more powerful god had appeared, for no other
reason than because people’s lives and beliefs gradually changed and no longer needed him.
For example, a heavenly official who controlled horses must dwell very well because people
couldn’t leave their horses and carriages alone when they were in need of transportation. Who
wouldn’t want their horses to be strong and healthy, their travels safe? Thus, his donations
would never cease.
However, if one day mortals discovered something completely new that ran faster than horses,
then when this new invention overtook horses, worshippers of this heavenly official who
controlled horses would inevitably decrease. Such heavenly officials who flash by like shooting
stars make up the majority of the heavens.
This way of decline was the cruelest, because the process could not be turned around. Unless
that heavenly official jumped down from the heavens and return to being mortal to re-cultivate a
new path, to become a brand new god and ascend, then he would be destined to watch his own
decline until he disappeared. However, not everyone possessed the courage and fortune.
The gods of the previous dynasty were said to have faded thus, and some also said it was
because they caused a great calamity, fought a chaotic battle, which was why they all fell from
grace at the same time. But, it couldn’t be proven, and it wasn’t important anymore. Since, a few
centuries later, Jun Wu was born, and created a new heavenly dynasty. Also, following right
after him, a great number of heavenly officials of the new age ascended incessantly, filling the
gaps for the worshippers, and gradually formed the stable Upper Court of today.
Which meant, unless there were heavenly officials older than the one thousand five hundred
year old Jun Wu, there was no one who could know of how the god worshipped in the Kingdom
of WuYong was silently wiped of all traces.
The group of them crossed over the mostly collapsed enclosure and entered the dark great hall.
It only took a few steps for Xie Lian to notice something amiss.
He had thought the great hall was dark on the inside because the interior hadn’t seen light for
years, the windows all shut. Yet, after looking around, the more he looked the more he found
things peculiar. He walked next to the wall, his fingers brushing lightly across, and when he
brought them before his eyes, he blurted, “This is...”
“Black.” Hua Cheng said.
It wasn’t that the light was dim, it was that the walls of this immense divine hall were all black!
“As far as I know, almost all