CHAPTER 255: CHAPTER 255: THE DISAPPEARING POWER OF FAITH

Qing Xuan decided to put this matter aside for now and ask in detail after she had reunited with Lin Feng. She continued to investigate the underground structure of the Slaughter City. In the black palace in the depths, she discovered the King of Slaughter and the Asura Demon Sword.

She secretly frowned. "Is this also one of the Asura’s successors? To be able to use this divine weapon, the Asura Demon Sword, logically speaking, the divine trial should have already progressed to the last few stages."

"But why is the aura on his body more like the Rakshasa’s... wait a minute, he’s been possessed?! A Limit Douluo has been possessed by a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and has lost his own consciousness??? Is this really the successor that the Asura has chosen? To be so easily possessed... his talent is not bad, but his character is a little lacking."

Qing Xuan’s heart was strange. "Or rather, he is an abandoned successor. Because he had lost himself while undergoing the divine trial and was abandoned by the Asura. The Asura then turned to look for a new successor. And the human whom he had just granted divine power to for rescue was his target."

"But what was his intention in leaving the divine weapon to this King of Slaughter, who seemed to be a human but was in fact a soul beast? Was it simply that he didn’t want to take back his own divine weapon, or did he want to use this to influence and monitor the Douluo Continent?"

Time quietly flowed by. In the blink of an eye, it was the time agreed upon with Lin Feng. Qing Xuan’s figure moved, and in an instant, she appeared at the entrance of the restaurant, just happening to see Lin Feng leisurely sipping his tea.

"You’re finally here," Lin Feng smiled faintly and poured a cup of tea for Qing Xuan.

Qing Xuan took the teacup, took a light sip, and then immediately frowned. "The Asura has given a human divine power there. It looks like it should be for his treatment. But due to his divine power’s characteristic of being violent and slaughterous, it is not a treatment in the true sense, but a forceful suppression of his injuries and a stabilization of his mind."

"Mmm."

"The injuries on that human, was it your doing?" Qing Xuan’s brow raised, her gaze looking directly at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng nodded lightly, his expression still calm. "That’s right. It was my doing."

Hearing this, Qing Xuan’s pretty brow furrowed slightly. "For you to do this, isn’t it a little too much? He is, after all, the successor chosen by the Asura God. If something really goes wrong, I’m afraid the Asura God will not let it rest."

"If he really finds his way to you, then it will surely be very troublesome. If he were to have a killing intent towards you, if I wanted to protect you, I would have to descend with my true body. At that time, what would follow..."

The more she spoke, the more agitated she became, and the expression on her face also became a little grave.

Lin Feng, however, chuckled lightly and raised his hand to interrupt her words. "So concerned about me?"

Qing Xuan was stunned for a moment, and a blush couldn’t help but appear on her cheeks. She immediately glared at Lin Feng. "Who’s concerned about you? I’m afraid you’ll cause trouble and implicate me!"

"You know I shouldn’t have stayed in this human world for so long. If they were to know I had run off to the lower realm, and had also hidden so much news, it would be very difficult for me on the Divine Realm’s side."

"And, you clearly know that the Asura God’s power is not to be underestimated. Why did you have to deliberately touch this bad luck?"

Lin Feng said with a shallow laugh, "Just a little probe. I wanted to know if the Asura was really paying attention to that fellow, and if he could send down his own power to protect his life."

"From the looks of it now, the Asura God did indeed do so. And very blatantly, wasn’t it? That fellow hadn’t even obtained the Slaughter God Domain and was just in the Slaughter City."

Hearing this, Qing Xuan sighed. "You mean to say that the Asura has been paying attention to the Douluo Continent all along, and has been using means to influence and control it?" Her eyes revealed a trace of worry.

"That’s right. That Tang San should have perished. He still chose to make a move."

Qing Xuan was silent for a moment and slowly said, "In that case, I have also discovered another matter in the Slaughter City. The Hell Road in the depths of the earth, and the entire Slaughter City, are like a huge purgatory formation, continuously absorbing blood qi, killing intent, and the power of faith. These powers all seem to be converging towards the center of this city."

"A large part of it has gone to the central black great hall, which is where the King of Slaughter is. A part has been absorbed by the Asura Demon Sword. And a very, very small part has been swallowed by the purple moon in the sky."

"I think," Qing Xuan paused for a moment and continued, "this is perhaps the way the Asura God obtains the power of faith in the mortal realm."

"And the Rakshasa," Lin Feng added. "The purple moon in the sky is the Rakshasa’s handiwork. The evil intent is using the moon as a medium to influence the Slaughter City. This Slaughter City should have the traces left by the two of them."

"No matter what the Asura God had done at the beginning of the creation of this Slaughter City, for him to let the Rakshasa leave her divine power here is already an irresponsible act."

"From a pure world of slaughter to the current absurd place, I’m afraid he had also done it intentionally. After all, the fellows in the Slaughter City now, the vast majority of them have lost their self-consciousness and have been brainwashed."

"Their faith is very simple. And that is the King of Slaughter. To collect the power of faith through the King of Slaughter and the Asura Demon Sword there is much easier. And in this environment, it is also better to choose his successor, isn’t it?"

Qing Xuan nodded lightly. "In that case, the Asura probably has a tacit approval of what the Rakshasa has done. These two, one is in charge of slaughter and judgment, and one controls evil and desire. They seem to be in opposition, but in fact, in some aspects, they may have a common interest."

"They have always been at odds in the Divine Realm, yet they have jointly shaped the Slaughter City here."

"The Asura God, who calls himself a law enforcer of the Divine Realm, it seems he is also not so pure, is he?" Lin Feng smiled at Qing Xuan.

Qing Xuan pursed her red lips, her heart a little complicated.

Lin Feng snorted. "Not only that. Ten thousand years ago, the Seraphim, as a newly-ascended god of the Douluo Continent, had proven her Dao and become a god by cutting down all the sin and disease in the world."

"At that time, the Douluo Continent was illuminated by the light of the Angel. Evil and disease were continuously dispelled. The people lived in peace and tranquility. And the Seraphim had received the gift of the power of faith from the entire continent."

"The Douluo Continent, lacking in chaos and slaughter, would mean a source of the power of faith for the two of them was gone. The birth of the Slaughter City probably has this reason as well."

"In addition, the Seraphim had fallen. The deeds she had left behind were still known by the people of the continent. The power of faith produced by this, logically speaking, should have automatically been attributed to the Angel statue, this divine statue that had been left with the Angel’s inheritance."

"Such a majestic power of faith, logically speaking, should have always been able to be transformed into a little bit of divine power and be stored within the divine statue. But you and I both know that in these thousands of years, the energy left by the Angel’s inheritance has never changed. It is just barely able to complete the specifications of the divine trial."

"The final trial even requires the Great Priest of Spirit Hall to sacrifice himself to start it. Aren’t you curious where the power of faith of the continent has gone all these years?"

Hearing this, Qing Xuan’s pupils sparkled, as if in thought. "You mean to say that this power of faith has also possibly been secretly intercepted by a god of the Divine Realm?"

Lin Feng smiled faintly. "Do you still remember I told you about the fall of the Seraphim?"

"Those two criminal gods?" Qing Xuan frowned. "You mean to say it was the two gods who had secretly harmed the Seraphim who had made a move, and had seized the power of faith that had been born during this period on the continent, which was why the energy within the Angel statue had not been replenished?"

"But, those two criminal gods, on earth..."

Qing Xuan suddenly’s eyes widened. She looked at Lin Feng in disbelief. "Could it be that those two criminal gods are the Asura God and the Rakshasa God? Was it they who had killed the Angel?"

Her heart was anxious. If that was really the case, then she, as the Goddess of Life, one of the five great God-Kings of the Divine Realm, how on earth should she choose?

Lin Feng shook his head. Seeing this, Qing Xuan’s heart had just slightly calmed down, but she had not expected Lin Feng to continue, "The Rakshasa is not. But, the Asura is one of them."

"This... how is this possible?" Qing Xuan’s voice trembled a little. "The Asura God, he is a law enforcer of the Divine Realm. How could he..."

Lin Feng sighed lightly and said, "Qing Xuan, do you believe me?"

Qing Xuan raised her head, suddenly meeting Lin Feng’s... suddenly meeting Lin Feng’s deep two pupils. One was the Lin Feng whom she had known for a short while. One was a colleague of the Divine Realm. Who should she believe...

She pursed her lips. After a moment of struggle in her heart, she finally nodded. "I believe you. But this matter is too major. We need more evidence."

Lin Feng said softly, "I forgot to tell you that the matter of the two gods who had caused the Angel to fall was a long time ago. I have long since grasped the evidence. Even the witness is here."

"A witness? How is that possible..." Qing Xuan’s sandalwood mouth opened slightly. "You mean to say, Xue’er, she has the memory of that time?!!"

"That’s right," Lin Feng replied with certainty. "Xue’er possesses the inheritance memory of the Seraphim. The memory also includes the truth of the fall of the Seraphim. Although she has not yet completely become a god, the memory has already begun to surface. She already knows everything."

"This..."

Qing Xuan only felt a great headache. Back then, Lin Feng and he had said that there were two gods who had secretly harmed another god, but had not said who the three gods involved in this matter were.

But now, two of the ones involved in this matter were actually the Seraphim and the Asura God. The Asura God, as a law enforcer of the Divine Realm, had even more so appeared in the capacity of the main culprit. As her colleague and comrade-in-arms of many years, how could she accept this?

Not just for this reason. Because of the Asura God’s identity, for him to have killed a first-level god, the Angel, and for not a single bit of news to have been leaked back then... Qing Xuan only felt her heart was in a mess. The Asura God had known the law and had broken the law, yet had hidden it for ten thousand years. And now she, who had learned of this matter, what should she do?

She suddenly felt a trace of regret. She shouldn’t have come here. She, who had heard of this matter, could she still stay out of it?

After a long silence, she looked at Lin Feng with some resentment. "You have harmed me so much~"

She frowned. "I was wondering why you were always asking me from time to time what my choice would be if you were to be an enemy of the Divine Realm. It turns out you were waiting for me here..."

Lin Feng lightly sighed, a trace of apology in his eyes. "Qing Xuan, I did not intend to place you in this kind of a dilemma. But this matter is indeed related to Xue’er. I will not compromise."

Qing Xuan rubbed her temples with a headache. "You really want to take his life? The Divine Realm cannot be short of a God-King!"

Lin Feng’s expression became serious. "Qing Xuan, you and I both know that the Divine Realm cannot be short of a God-King, but it even more so cannot have a God-King who knows the law and breaks the law. If the Asura God continues like this, he will be a hidden danger for the entire Divine Realm."

"But, but he is going to leave soon..."

"Yes. It is precisely because he is going to leave soon," Lin Feng repeated.

Qing Xuan was stunned for a moment. The Asura said he was going to travel the universe. Could it be that he also had the thought of escaping? Lin Feng meant to say that he was going to leave, so to liquidate him had nothing to do with the Divine Realm?

"You have also seen the successor he has chosen. The human, Tang San, in the Slaughter City just now. What do you think of his character and talent?"

"Paranoid, self-centered," Qing Xuan said softly. "He is looking for a successor who can act on his behalf and continue to execute his will. Lin Feng, who is the other criminal god?!"

She raised her pupils to see. "The Seraphim, as a first-level god, even if she had just been promoted not long ago, with just the Asura God, a single God-King, it should not have been possible to completely cover up the fluctuation of their great battle back then. The other god must be a first-level god. It’s not the Rakshasa, then who is it?"

Lin Feng’s gaze became deep. He slowly said, "The other god, you are also very familiar with. He is the Sea God."

"The Sea God?" Qing Xuan’s eyes widened in astonishment. "How is that possible? The Sea God has always been an existence that maintains the peace and justice of the ocean. How could he have joined forces with the Asura God to secretly harm the Seraphim?"

Lin Feng snorted lightly. "If not for the fact that there was no place for him on the continent, how could he have needed to travel far across the ocean, to collect the power of faith on the great sea to become a god? The Seraphim’s power of faith, the Asura actually did not need, because their attributes did not match."

"But the Sea God is different," Lin Feng’s gaze became sharp. "Although the Sea God on the surface maintains the peace of the ocean, in reality, he is ambitious. It is all just for the sake of becoming stronger that he has shaped his own great, illusory image. Between him and the Asura God, there is an unknown secret deal."

"The Asura let slaughter reappear in the human world, while the Sea God seized the power of faith that should have been obtained by the Seraphim to consolidate his cultivation."

"Qing Xuan, although the Sea God had become a god through a postnatal method, his strength, has it grown very rapidly during this period?"

Hearing this, Qing Xuan couldn’t help but fall into a deep thought. She had indeed once noticed that the Sea God’s strength had had a significant improvement in recent years. But she had never connected it with the Asura God, let alone thought that there was such a deep secret hidden within.

"Indeed... so. If we are just talking about combat power, the current Sea God, among the first-level gods, should be steadily ranked at the forefront. He is one of the strongest combat powers besides the God-Kings. If we are just talking about the first-level gods of the Douluo plane, I’m afraid to say he is in the top three is still being conservative."

Qing Xuan’s heart was in a mess again. The Sea God and the Asura God had joined forces to secretly harm the Seraphim?

"Why are you willing to tell me today?" Qing Xuan slowly leaned back, let out a deep sigh, her gaze resentful.

Lin Feng’s gaze became gentle. He said softly, "The current you, I can trust."

"So you didn’t trust me before?!" Qing Xuan’s eyes widened. She looked at Lin Feng in disbelief, her fair finger pointing at him, trembling slightly. "You... you you..."

"I’m so angry!"

Qing Xuan snorted coldly, her figure flashed, and she left this place, leaving Lin Feng alone on the spot, in a daze.

Lin Feng was annoyed in his heart. Damn it! What kind of ghostly words was I just saying? But sister, your reaction is a little too big, isn’t it?