Chongming saw something amiss and said, "Why don't you come back to the Cangling Hall with me and stay for a while?"
Yaohua was puzzled. "Why? If I go back, it'll be even harder for you to catch the culprit."
Chongming then said slowly, "The evil thing is probably hiding in your shadow. But for now, I don't know the reason."
"What should we do then?" Yaohua couldn't help but feel a bit panicked. She looked at her shadow, her heart filled with complex emotions.
"The Cangling Hall has an array that can seal evil spirits. Once you stay inside, this thing shouldn't cause any more trouble." Chongming ruffled her hair. "Don't worry. I'm here for you."
After they returned to the Cangling Hall, Yaoyao brought back the news that the mysterious thing indeed didn't appear again. Yaohua was both happy and disappointed. She still didn't know the source of those mottled bloodstains. If the thing in her shadow went out to do evil, wouldn't it be like she was the one doing it?
The couple immediately chased after the traces of the black shadow. They wanted to ask the God of Shenyu, but they heard that Shenyu had gone into seclusion.
Meanwhile, upon hearing that the couple had come out of seclusion, old acquaintances kept coming to visit. Along with their visits, the couple inevitably learned about the absurd things the God - Lord had done in recent years.
"The God - Lord is really a scumbag," the God of Wenhua complained. "At first, he just carved a memorial tablet for Tu Yang. He neither ate nor drank, sometimes laughing and sometimes crying. Then he deliberately regained some power and formed his own small tribe. He didn't do anything serious every day but just missed Tu Yang."
"Moreover, he named his small tribe the Matchmaker Tribe and took in all the lovelorn men and women in the world. For anyone who came to this tribe, he would personally help them achieve a good marriage, regardless of whether the other party was willing or not."
"Over the years, he has ruined many people's marriages. There have also been cases of forced marriages. But since he is the God - Lord, everyone gives him face. No one dares to interfere with such a minor matter as ruining mortals' lives..."
After seeing off the God of Wenhua, Chongming's mood visibly turned down.
Yaohua comforted him, "The absurd things the God - Lord has done are all his own problems. You're not his father. There's no need to worry about this."
The system said in a cheeky tone, "If you two hadn't been so eager for leisure and chosen to live in seclusion instead of taking charge of the Three Realms, there might have been fewer men and women being ruined. You should know that for you, they are just lowly mortals, but for them, this seemingly insignificant love can trouble them for a lifetime."
Yaohua was not polite to it. "Shut up!"
The system laughed instead of getting angry. "You're being rude to me now. There will surely come a time when you'll beg me."
It had a premonition that a disaster was coming. By then, as a planting system, it would play a crucial role.
The system's premonition soon came true.
Within two days, while Chongming was still pondering over Yaohua's shadow, the God of Wenhua stumbled in, his face as pale as paper. "It's bad! The God - Lord is trapped by love and has caused a huge disaster..."
Before his voice faded, there was already a rumbling sound outside.
The couple's faces changed drastically. They came to the window and saw countless fiery meteors falling from the sky to the ground.
They opened the water mirror. In the mirror, the mortal world's land was cracked, and the flood was pouring back. It was clearly another natural disaster.
The God of Wenhua stamped his feet anxiously. "All these are the work of that damned God - Lord. He somehow managed to trigger a natural disaster. The Three Realms had just barely recovered. What should we do now?"
Chongming's face was as cold as ice. "I'll go and stop him right away!"
At this moment, looking at the fiery meteors rolling in from the horizon, the God - Lord hugged the memorial tablet in his arms and laughed maniacally. "Tu Yang, wait. I'll revive you soon."
"If Tu Yang knew what you've done for her, she probably wouldn't be touched but would think it was a bad omen!" Yaohua said coldly. She drew her Phoenix Fire Bow and shot directly at the memorial tablet.
The God - Lord immediately panicked. "What are you doing? You're not allowed to hurt Tu Yang."
The Phoenix Fire couldn't be extinguished by ordinary means. Instead, it burned more vigorously. Watching the memorial tablet being burned to ashes, the God - Lord rushed towards Yaohua with red eyes, looking like a madman. "You destroyed Tu Yang's memorial tablet. I'll kill you!"
Yaohua took a step back and was about to fight back when a black shadow suddenly flashed by.
The black shadow emerged from her shadow and directly got into the God - Lord's body.
"No!" Her face changed drastically. She shot out a series of Phoenix Fire, but the God - Lord seemed to have been parasitized. He stopped his forward rush and left without looking back. In a few flashes, he disappeared.
Chongming's face was solemn. "This movement technique is so strange. Where did he learn it?"
"It's the black shadow!" Yaohua said regretfully. "I shouldn't have come out in the first place."
The God - Lord disappeared, but the Three Realms were already in chaos.
There was a plague spreading in the mortal world, and there was a shortage of herbs. The plague was so fierce that it was almost spreading to the demon realm.
Despite the system's opposition, Yaohua took out the Soil of Vitality to plant unpolluted herbs.
The herbs grew extremely vigorously in the Soil of Vitality, and their growth rate was several times faster than usual.
The system was heart - broken. "This is the Soil of Vitality, the chaotic soil that existed since the beginning of the world and one of the most precious treasures in the world. Yet you use it to plant these ordinary herbs just to save the lives of lowly mortals."
"If there were no mortals, where would the gods get their faith?" Yaohua wiped the sweat from her forehead and retorted speechlessly. "A treasure is meant to be used by people. Besides, I'm just planting some herbs. I haven't ruined the soil. How is it a waste?"
The system couldn't argue with her and could only mutter, "Fine, fine, fine. Do whatever you want."
But just then, a figure suddenly appeared. Yaohua was still holding the freshly picked herbs in her arms. Before she could react, she saw the huge Soil of Vitality quickly shrink into a small piece and fly towards the horizon.
There, the God - Lord reached out and caught the Soil of Vitality, then quickly fled with his strange movement technique.
Yaohua was stunned. Then she said hatefully, "You're crazy! Why are you robbing my Soil of Vitality?"
"Besides being able to plant herbs, the greater function of the Soil of Vitality is to create a new body, or even a divine body," Chongming rushed over. Seeing that the Soil of Vitality had been taken away, he could only sigh slightly. "The God - Lord is going to create a new god and welcome Tu Yang's rebirth."
"What's the relationship between the new god, the divine body, and Tu Yang's rebirth?" Yaohua felt that there were so many mysteries in this.
Chongming shook his head. "We don't know the reason for now."
"No, we must get the Soil of Vitality back as soon as possible to save the people in the world." Yaohua paced back and forth anxiously. "He has that strange movement technique. We can't catch him. So we can only try to persuade him gently. But what reason can we use to convince him?"