Wandering Gods of Day and Night
Chapter 309 - 201 East Mountain Fox Lady_2

Chapter 309: Chapter 201 East Mountain Fox Lady_2

Yun Ziliang said: "He is the most extraordinarily gifted figure in the thousands of years of Tattoo Clan heritage. According to legend, his father wasn’t human."

"His father is a demon?"

"Not exactly."

Yun Ziliang said: "He was born from a dream. It’s said that one day, his mother dreamt of entering an endless peach garden. After waking from the dream, she found herself pregnant.

After ten months of pregnancy, Peng Sheng was born. On his back was a tattoo of a peach tree, its blossoms in full bloom. Thus, some speculated that he was the reincarnation of a Heavenly God, a being formed from the condensation of Heavenly God Aura. Furthermore, since the Tattoo Clan descends from the Witch Clan, he earned the nickname: Peach Blossom Witch."

Zhou Xuan, hearing this, asked fretfully: "Could his father accept this?"

If he was formed from Heavenly God Aura, then Peng Sheng had no connection to his father. Wasn’t this another kind of "cuckold situation"?

"The Witches’ perspective on these matters differs from ours. Some tribes even have the custom of ’walking marriages’—men don’t marry, women don’t wed; men visit the women’s homes; they unite by night and part by dawn. When it comes to matters between men and women, the Witches are much more open than us. Now where was I again?"

Yun Ziliang, interrupted by Zhou Xuan, lost his train of thought. Zhou Xuan prompted him: "Walking marriages, men don’t marry, women don’t wed—please, elaborate."

"Nonsense, I was talking about the Peach Blossom Witch." Yun Ziliang ignored Zhou Xuan’s diversion and continued: "Peng Sheng carried the Tattoo Ancestor Tree on his back—a natural phenomenon. His growth was extraordinarily rapid: at the age of four, he entered the path of Incense Cultivation in the morning, and by evening, he had advanced to two sticks of incense. By his early twenties, he had already reached seven sticks of incense.

When the clan thought his progress in cultivating incense would slow, within a year, he reached eight sticks, becoming the youngest High Priest in the history of the Ancient Tattoo Clan."

"If he’s such a High Priest, how did he end up partnering with you for Dragon Seeking?"

"I sensed a Big Dragon appear in the west and embarked westward to seek it. He, gazing beneath the peach tree, foresaw that three Great Buddhas would appear in the sky above the western Snow Mountains. It’s said these three Buddhas can relieve all the troubles of the world. For the sake of his people, he journeyed west to ’See Buddha.’"

"For the sake of his people?" Zhou Xuan focused on the key point, asking.

"He said it was to save the clan, but he never explained why the clan needed saving."

Yun Ziliang continued: "The two of us traveled west together. When we reached Snow Plain Prefecture, we went our separate ways. Since then, I’ve never seen him again."

"You never heard any more tales of Peng Sheng?"

"I have heard some, but it’s hard to tell truth from fiction."

Yun Ziliang counted on his fingers: "Some say Peng Sheng’s cultivation progressed too quickly, attracting Heavenly Daoists who sought to kill him. After slaying six Daoists, he himself perished, body and soul extinguished.

Some say Peng Sheng ascended to the Heavenly Dome, slaying the old Tattooed Alien Ghost and becoming the new God-level Tattooed Alien Ghost.

Others say Peng Sheng dispersed his path, transforming himself into a peach garden once more."

"Personally, I think these accounts are all unlikely."

"So what was Peng Sheng’s character like in everyday life?"

"That goes without saying—he was extremely easygoing. Whenever he gained insights into anything intriguing, he wouldn’t hoard it but would always share it with others. The nickname Peach Blossom Witch is well-deserved. Even among the Great Divine Men and Great Yin People roaming the world, mentioning him would always prompt them to give a big thumbs-up."

In Yun Ziliang’s memory, Peng Sheng was a truly good-hearted person. This impression perfectly matched the experiences Zhou Xuan had when he traveled back in time and encountered Peng Sheng.

Yun Ziliang stated that Peng Sheng’s western journey to see the "Three Buddhas in the Sky" was to save his clan.

"Could it be that Peng Sheng led the Tattoo Tree Clan to create a Heavenly God? Was that the answer he found after seeking Buddha?"

Zhou Xuan, pondering this, asked Yun Ziliang: "Lao Yun, what’s the name of the Heavenly God of the Ancient Tattoo Clan? And what three deities connect to its aura?"

"That Heavenly God’s name is Taoyuan, also known as the Dream Realm Heavenly God." Yun Ziliang added: "The three deities connected to this Heavenly God are all tied to you in some way: namely, the Tattooed Alien Ghost ’Peng Hou,’ the storyteller deity ’Bi Fang,’ and the Alien Ghost ’Earth Child.’"

"Huh, I do seem to have a lot of ties with them."

The two-incense-stick Tangkou that Zhou Xuan belonged to, the tattoos, and the storyteller—everything pointed back to the divine entities and Alien Ghosts under the Dream Realm Heavenly God.

"Lao Yun, if the ancestor of tattoos is an Alien Ghost, how can it also be a Witch?"

"The Alien Ghost Peng Hou, after appearing between heaven and earth, was tamed by the Witch Clan. Naturally, it became part of the Witches’ lineage."

"Then Peng Sheng probably didn’t kill the old Alien Ghost, right? Otherwise, the Tattooed Alien Ghost would’ve just become Peng Sheng."

"Heavenly Dome deities and Alien Ghosts’ names don’t represent specific individuals—they denote positions, titles.

For example, if there’s a ’Peng Hou’ above the Heavenly Dome, it means the Tattoo Clan must have a God-level Alien Ghost with the title of ’Peng Hou.’

Whether the Tattoo Clan’s Peng Sheng, Peng Tian, or Peng Di become the strongest, they can ascend to the Heavenly Dome and become an Alien Ghost. That title would then be ’Peng Hou.’"

Yun Ziliang explained the rules thoroughly, but Zhou Xuan raised another question: "So, hypothetically, if I were Wuzuo and I killed the Alien Ghost ’Peng Hou,’ what would I become? ’Peng Hou’ or Wuzuo?"

"If you killed Peng Hou as Wuzuo, the Tattoo Clan would lose its position above the Heavenly Dome. That position would then transfer to Wuzuo Tangkou, with the God-level title determined by your own name."

"The twenty-four positions above the Heavenly Dome are fiercely competitive."

"It’s not as cutthroat as you think. In fact, from the time the twenty-four divine positions first appeared until now, nothing much has changed.

The main shifts come from internal competitions within Tangkou. Take the storyteller, for instance. The title of ’Bi Fang’ has already changed hands seven or eight times. That’s also why the divine forces within the Incense Fire Path set traps but don’t dare make them too deep."