The growl of the Howling Celestial Dog came from its throat, almost rolling out, extremely soft and quiet. Even human breathing would be louder than this.
But Qin Ye's attention was completely focused on Nezha's Dharma Form Heaven and Earth, and he clearly caught the sound made by the Howling Celestial Dog.
At that moment, Qin Ye stopped his movements. He no longer clashed head-on with Nezha, stepped into the air and dodged Nezha's attack, circling around to the front of the Howling Celestial Dog's head.
"Howling Celestial Dog." Qin Ye looked. On the face of the Howling Celestial Dog, a human-like expression of struggle appeared.
He called out again twice in succession.
Not long after, the eyes of the Howling Celestial Dog, aside from being completely pitch black, had a faint and extremely subtle trace of clarity.
"Howling Celestial Dog, what happened in the Heavenly Court? How did you all end up like this?"
Qin Ye asked without hesitation and continued, "This is the mortal realm. I am a person of the mortal realm."
At first, when the Howling Celestial Dog heard Qin Ye's words, the clarity in its eyes increased with a trace of struggle, like a person trapped in a swamp, the more they struggle to escape, the deeper they sink.
But when Qin Ye said the two words "mortal realm," those two words were like a rope dropped into the swamp, allowing one to escape from it.
The Howling Celestial Dog lifted its eyes with difficulty, looked at Qin Ye, and used all its strength to say, "No… cannot speak…"
Just three simple words, but it seemed as if the Howling Celestial Dog used all of its divine power to say them.
Qin Ye immediately said, "What do you mean? What can't you say? You mean the questions I asked, you can't answer them?"
"…Yes."
The Howling Celestial Dog continuously vomited black, thick liquid from its mouth.
"Why can't you say it? What happened to the Heavenly Court? Was it attacked by other mythologies, or was it something else?"
Faced with Qin Ye's questioning, the Howling Celestial Dog opened its mouth, as if it really wanted to say something.
But its throat filled with the black thick liquid, and after several struggles, it could only utter one phrase, "Cannot… be spoken."
"Cannot be spoken? What is there that cannot be spoken?"
Qin Ye looked at the Howling Celestial Dog with a strange expression, but before he could continue, the Howling Celestial Dog's voice came again:
"Those… cannot… no… be… spoken…"
"Those cannot be spoken? Howling Celestial Dog, what are you trying to say? Are you, like Old Brother Hu San, also fond of speaking in riddles?" Qin Ye said instinctively.
But as he continued, Qin Ye suddenly realized.
"Howling Celestial Dog, are you trying to say, you have reasons beyond your control, and that reason prevents you from speaking?"
If it were only Old Lord Hu San who couldn't speak, Qin Ye might not have understood for a moment. But now the Howling Celestial Dog was the same.
This made Qin Ye unable not to suspect, after all, even the Heavenly Court had fallen, and the Howling Celestial Dog's own life was nearly gone, what could possibly be unspeakable at this point?
The Howling Celestial Dog made no response. It only used all its strength to lift its eyes and stared hard at Qin Ye, as if wanting to silently convey something to him.
Even though the Howling Celestial Dog looked terrifying, spewing black, thick liquid, its intense gaze was still captured by Qin Ye.
Qin Ye immediately said, "So it's true, you all are unable to speak of the reason for the fall of the Heavenly Court."
"Is it this black liquid that causes it? Prevents you from directly speaking the truth, or directly expressing anything related?"
Saying this, Qin Ye looked into the Howling Celestial Dog's eyes and said coldly, "Once spoken, will the source behind all of this become aware?"
He cast a probing gaze toward the Howling Celestial Dog.
Yet, the Howling Celestial Dog still didn't speak, continuing to stare at Qin Ye with fixed eyes.
Seeing this, Qin Ye understood in his heart. He had guessed the situation correctly.
"No wonder Heaven fell. Looks like Heaven and the Heavenly Court, Heaven fell first."
At these words, Qin Ye blocked Nezha's Dharma Form Heaven and Earth's attack and glanced diagonally in the direction of Europe.
In the following time, while dealing with Nezha's Dharma Form Heaven and Earth, Qin Ye took advantage of the Howling Celestial Dog's brief clarity to continue asking and conversing.
———
[Europe, Vatican City.]
The Black Mist and the Lady of Miao Gu had already arrived at the Vatican. Under the guidance of clergy, they entered a church.
As soon as they entered, the two saw archbishops holding hands in a circle.
And after some conversation, from Archbishop Laurent, the Black Mist learned that their actions just now were a prayer, and the meaning of that prayer.
"Your way of praying is somewhat similar to how we worship gods in Daxia." The Black Mist said.
"Yes, indeed somewhat similar. In Daxia, people often go to Buddhist temples, fold hands before statues of Bodhisattvas and Buddhas, worship and pray for blessings, thus, the Buddha and Bodhisattvas can hear the prayers in the hearts of believers."
Archbishop Laurent stood before the statue of God, his tone becoming devout and slow.
"Our God can also hear the voices in the hearts of believers. However, it's not exactly the same, because we don't need to go to the front of a statue. As long as our hearts are devout, and we speak of God, the great God will be able to hear what we believers see and hear."
At this time, Archbishop Versailles also said, "In fact, it's not just prayer. As long as we mention God, He will know. God can hear everything that involves Him, people, things, and events."
———
[Daxia, Fujian.]
After talking with the Howling Celestial Dog, Qin Ye asked several questions in succession. Whether by indirect hints or other ways, as long as they involved the origin of the Heavenly Court's fall, the Howling Celestial Dog didn't know anything.
The only answers were always "cannot say" and "unspeakable."
But even such answers, Qin Ye confirmed the truth behind Old Lord Hu San and the Howling Celestial Dog's riddles.
"Similar to the omniscient hearing of God."
Qin Ye looked at the Howling Celestial Dog.
"Only applied to the origin of the Heavenly Court's fall, it has instead become something indescribable, unspeakable?"
The Howling Celestial Dog still didn't respond to Qin Ye's words.
But unlike before, now, the trace of clarity in the Howling Celestial Dog's eyes was gone. In the end, it couldn't escape the infection and completely merged with Nezha into a twisted creature.
Qin Ye no longer hesitated. He acted decisively.
Before the immortal gods could infect Xiao Wen and the other two girls, he forcibly dragged the three out with immortal arts.
Qin Ye didn't care about the other two girls. Back when the god-possession ritual began, Qin Ye had no intention of playing martyr. To avoid fighting three at once, he immediately ended the possession for two of the girls, only allowing Xiao Wen to proceed.
At this moment, Xiao Wen had her eyes closed and was in a coma.
Qin Ye checked her condition.
"Sure enough, Xiao Wen isn't infected." Qin Ye wasn't surprised. After all, if Xiao Wen were so easily infected, she wouldn't have tried to kill herself after the possession began.
Thinking of this, Qin Ye raised an eyebrow and said, "Maybe people with spiritual roots aren't just harder to infect, they can also suppress the infecting gods. Old Man Li said that Brother Hu San fused with the Old Master of the Liu family and his strength increased."
"Nezha's strength was already great. After merging with the Howling Celestial Dog, it should have become stronger too, but in our battle, at best it was peak level, still too weak." Qin Ye spoke while seeing Xiao Wen unharmed. Then he pulled out his phone and dialed a number.
Not long after, the call connected.
"Old Man Li."
Before Li Hanguang the Taoist could ask anything, Qin Ye asked first, "Old Man Li, let me ask you something. That day when you encountered Brother Hu San, did he attack you first, not anyone else? And when Xiao Wang arrived afterward, he attacked Xiao Wang instead?"
"Yes, Qin Ye, how did you know? I told you about what happened, but I never described in such detail the order in which Old Lord Hu San attacked."
Li Hanguang the Taoist was shocked. Over the phone, Qin Ye's voice came through. He quickly told Li Hanguang about the matter of the spirit medium's god possession.
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