It was dusky all over, made of an unknown type of wood.
Fan Wu squeezed it slightly with some force, yet did not break the City God's Command, indicating that it was quite solid, even more so than ordinary steel.
Carved on it was a column of small characters—City God of Yinghe Prefecture!
Below that was a vermillion talisman script.
Although Fan Wu did not understand talisman script, he could vaguely make out that it was likely the character "command."
Because it looked very much like "command."
Then he took it as the character "command!"
"Tomorrow, at midnight, during the hour of Zi, is my birthday. If you are interested, visit the City God Temple again. I will, on that night, enlighten mortal cultivators and well-intentioned strange creatures on the teachings."
As these final words fell,
Fan Wu faintly heard the sound of a bell again, the lingering bell tones echoing in his ears, mind, and soul.
The next instant.
The scenery changed once more!