Chapter 208: Flipping the Table, Climbing the Heavenly Ladder (5k)

Grand Uncle Master was so angry he kept cursing, his beard puffed and his eyes bulging.

Wen Yan also understood now—giving Wang Xueqi’s bones the Scorching Sun blessing might not be very effective, that’s what he meant.

Thinking of this, he just asked directly.

"That’s her remains, it might actually work better than facing her Water Ghost form head-on. But just blessing it with Scorching Sun, that’s probably not enough. Cai Qidong, that bastard, doesn’t know shit!"

"So has she already started turning into this so-called deity?"

"The moment she walked this path, it already began. And believe me, there’s no turning back."

When he heard this, Wen Yan instantly understood.

That day, he wanted to bestow a blessing on Jiang Yanyan, to help her form her Golden Body.

And Jiang Yanyan definitely doesn’t have the ability yet—these things aren’t actually hard to trace.

At this point, how could he not see what’s going on.

Wen Yan was so pissed he was hopping mad, yelling and swearing at the funeral hall entrance.

"Cai Qidong, fuck your whole family!"

In the condolence hall, a bunch of Scorching Sun Department members all turned their heads, staring at Wen Yan in shock, listening to him curse up a storm.

Wen Yan stiffened his neck and glared right back.

"What’re you looking at? If Cai Qidong was in front of me, I’d still yell at him, I’d spit right in his damn face!"

Wen Yan angrily clutched his phone, grabbed a set of car keys from the doorman, and floored the gas, tearing out of there.

He needed to see Jiang Yanyan, only Jiang Yanyan had just the right Temporary Ability for this.

He needed this Temporary Ability right now, to help Wang Xueqi break through the last bit of the journey.

He called Feng Yao.

"Where are you? Can you get in touch with Jiang Yanyan? Tell him to come to me, I’m heading over now, I need to see him."

"I can. After all, he’s now been formally recognized as a River God. The temple isn’t built yet, but there’s already a temporary Temple Keeper."

He hung up, fastened his seatbelt, floored the accelerator, and sped crazily down the highway.

More than half an hour later, just over halfway to Duanzhou, Wen Yan got a call—Jiang Yanyan was already down by this side of the river.

Wen Yan got off the highway, arrived at the riverside, and saw Jiang Yanyan grinning wide, little eyes bulging, appearing on the water’s surface.

The new prompt overlaid the old one—Wen Yan immediately temporarily equipped the Blessing onto the Temporary Ability.

Wen Yan stretched out a finger, poked Jiang Yanyan’s soft forehead, and bestowed Blessing on him.

Then tossed him a cell phone.

"I’m busy, instructions are in the phone."

Wen Yan got back in the car and sped off again, calling Jiang Yanyan on the way to tell him the details.

"Wang Xueqi is about to ascend, she has to walk the last stretch herself.

But this is going to piss off a lot of the water system gods.

Originally, I wasn’t planning to get you involved, but in everyone else’s eyes, your ass’s already firmly in the Scorching Sun Department’s camp.

If that’s the case, don’t play both sides, or you’ll piss off everyone and have nothing left.

Call Granny Fox, ask her first."

He hung up and focused on the road, racing ahead.

Jiang Yanyan was totally baffled, but after forming his Golden Body he started happily playing with the phone.

Can’t lie, having hands is great.

He called Granny Fox and repeated what Wen Yan had said.

On the other end, Old Lady Fox held her phone and stared into the distance, as if she could see the rolling black clouds far away.

Old Lady Fox was moved.

Wen Yan really looks out for his own people, getting Jiang Yanyan officially recognized.

Now that water ghost girl is going to ascend—maybe Wen Yan also talked Cai Qidong into it.

Cai Qidong... Old bastard’s even more of a troublemaker now than when he was young.

He really does have guts.

"Do what your brother says—he’d never set you up.

And he’s right, when things get heated, playing both ends always gets you hated by all sides.

Especially since you just got officially recognized; you really can’t play it safe now, you need to learn to reciprocate.

You don’t have to do much, honestly you can’t even do much.

Just show up, stand on the stage, make a gesture.

You’re a demon by nature, that won’t ever change.

These years, demons and Scorching Sun Department have gotten along alright. No need to drag your heels for the water gods now.

Those guys won’t give you a damn thing anyway.

Just do your thing, don’t be afraid. If you don’t understand, say nothing, just show up."

Old Lady Fox carefully emphasized a few little details, then hung up.

She didn’t buy that Cai Qidong would dare to do any of this on his own—it had to be Wen Yan, that good kid, talking him into it to fulfill the girl’s wish.

After all, she knows the little water ghost too. A lot of people would benefit from this, but the biggest winner is definitely not the little water ghost girl herself.

And as for Wen Yan, that kid probably doesn’t care about any of that, he only cares about granting her deepest wish.

Really gutsy.

As for the ascension ritual—Old Lady Fox knew it inside out.

These days, she liked Wen Yan more and more. It’s one thing to get things done, but to take care of everyone’s interests and get them to help willingly, and get the job done—that’s rare.

So she had to help out at least a little.

She picked up the phone and started dialing, one number after another.

Meanwhile, Wen Yan, the good kid, was still gritting his teeth, cursing out Cai Qidong, and stomping the gas all the way.

Elsewhere, on the section of the West River in Luoyue County, the weather was gloomy, the river roaring fiercer and fiercer. Today, all shipping notices had gone out early—traffic stopped, and the banks had warned: the upstream gates would open to release floodwater, so departments all along the way should pay attention.