"I would make sure you watch from start to finish, then you ponder over it yourself.
As an Earth Deity, you are most aware, Big Ghost offers incense, and the incense fire contains poison, but is there a possibility for this poison to breed pure Demonic Qi?
I won't argue with you.
You yourself are full of Evil Qi, but Evil Qi and pure Demonic Qi are entirely different.
Stop scolding me, it's useless to scold me, just watch closely, and in the end, you'll know whether you're right or I'm right.
If one day, you realize I'm right, all I need is for you to apologize to me."
Yu Ziqing spoke politely and didn't argue anymore. The Earth Deity's face was solemn, understanding scolding Yu Ziqing was pointless and wouldn't stop him from doing anything.
"I've already slaughtered a City God, and before there was another one who was slain by someone else.
Now I'm going to randomly select one from the other ten.
If he is like you, genuinely believing this is good for Dadui and the people, just a deluded fool, then I'll spare his life and let him watch too.
If he is like the Evil God I encountered before, just wantonly pillaging for his Earth Deity path,
Then I'd slaughter him and smash his temple.
If you have a way to get the message out, you better notify them now.
It's very close to Jiazi City here, I might visit Jiazi City."
The Earth Deity's face slightly changed.
"What does this Evil Demon of yours intend to do?"
"I'm just holding a grudge, this grudge bottled up in my chest, even slaughtering a City God and tricking Emperor Dui, I can't eradicate it.
My mind was not clear, the spirit of the stubborn one was burning, I knew some matters, killing wouldn't solve, nor would strength.
Even if you secretly spread a message using Earth Deity means, I wouldn't kill you, I just want you to watch.
Let all of you watch, one day, I want you and your people, to willingly apologize to me."
"You know, yet won't kill me? Who exactly are you? What do you want me to see?" The Earth Deity's mindset started to crumble, wavering slightly.
"Just follow and watch, whether to send a message or not, it's up to you.
Now I'm more certain than ever before.
If you know the truth later, understanding the truth, the apology would be trivial, the self-inflicted torment would be immense.
You want to know who I am? You recognize this, right?"
Yu Ziqing took out a Big Seal, dim and dust-covered.
"That meteor you saw, it's what I obtained after resolving the Meteor Disaster.
I had resolved hundreds of sealed disasters in Dadui.
Succeeded the Big Seal, but now, having come here, the Big Seal was like dusted, no longer shining, just like the current Dadui.
Dadui is about to fail, I was just saving it.
Because I am soft-hearted, I don't want the innocent to perish with Dadui.
What I did for Dadui far exceeded you, exceeded everyone.
The Earth Deity blankly stared at the Big Seal in Yu Ziqing's hand, listening to his words as the firmness in his heart began to crack wider and wider.
Yu Ziqing slightly smiled, looking at the Earth Deity.
"Do you know why you are merely an Earth Deity?
Because even in such a ghostly world, someone like you who isn't wicked or ruthless enough, can only be an Earth Deity.
Come, let me first take you to see a County City God's or City God's Divine Country, let you gain some insight.
See how they plunder resources, incense fire, rely on a mixture of benevolence and awe to kill, to control those Incense-eating People.
Unlike you, in your fief, no one died unjustly, even that can be an occasion for pride.
I have seen with my own eyes, where the offering was too little, was deemed to have died of old age on the spot, and was immediately beaten to death with a Water and Fire Stick by the Government Official, even the Divine Soul was devoured.
Others had enough offerings and were directly promised an extension of sixty years.
This is the proper way to plunder, and you only rely on people voluntarily worshiping you, when will you ever advance?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" The Earth Deity was severely shaken, his body trembling, and as he spoke, he deflated like a withered balloon, whispering in anguish, "You're talking nonsense, absolutely impossible, Divine Dynasty's iron rules are strict, it's impossible..."
Yu Ziqing shook his head, ignoring him, and the stifling breath inside him inexplicably eased.
After a moment, the Earth Deity suddenly raised his head, glaring angrily at Yu Ziqing.
"Fine, I'll see what exactly you want me to witness. I will not expose any of your whereabouts, nor will I let others find me."
"Good, rest assured, I won't kill you, if I got angry and killed you, it would make it look like I lost."