"Worldly affairs are ever-changing; last year, the Mountain God Temple was brimming with incense smoke, but now only a few broken walls remain."
Zhou Yi waved his hand and drew the god statue from the rubble. It was barely discernible as a tiger-headed human figure wearing armor; it was indeed the Wushan Mountain God.
A Demon King at the Golden Core Stage had occupied the position of the Mountain God for over a hundred years.
Last year, Jin Yangzi investigated the Linyang land case and along the way, he beheaded the Mountain God. Since it wasn't an official deity consecrated by the Imperial Court, akin to slaying a demon, not even the County Government Office's announcement mentioned it.
Spirits and Monsters of the mountains and rivers were all seen as deserving death in the eyes of the Imperial Court!
Yet, the Lord of Yuntong River, who was also a Wild God, did not receive any punishment, not even a verbal reprimand.
"Having a powerful backer works everywhere!"
