The princess was ordained by Heaven.

Chapter 199 Divine Chapter

The story begins in the middle of the night.

At that moment, Zheng Xun was halfway through his cultivation when the rain that had been brewing all evening finally began to fall.

Suddenly, she clearly heard footsteps amidst the sound of rain.

Thinking it was some kind of villain, she opened the live stream and saw that Grandma Yin had put the incense burner under her eaves again.

This time, her offerings were upgraded.

She caught a live chicken, tied its feet, and placed it in front of the incense burner.

The chicken clearly refused to accept its fate, clucking and struggling.

Unfortunately, Granny Yin did not soften her heart; she simply tied the hen's beak along with the beak.

But the chicken wouldn't give up, and after struggling for a while, it actually managed to break free.

The brave rooster refused to back down. After escaping its predicament, it did not flee but instead kicked the incense burner away, pecked the other two sacrificial animals to pieces, and even loosened the belt around Granny Silver's waist.

It ran and jumped freely in the rain, splashing rainwater and mud all over itself.

Grandma Silver was all dry and clean, but it soon turned her into a drowned rat.

Zheng Xun numbly covered his face as he watched the scene on the light screen of Granny Yin chasing and cursing the chicken.

On this night of torrential rain, instead of enjoying her martial arts practice, she watched a man and a chicken chase each other for over an hour.

When Zheng Xun woke up the next day, he was unusually tired.

But she had no intention of taking a nap. Instead, she abandoned the silver notes and the useless veiled hat and fled with Zheng Jiu and Zheng Shi early in the morning.

Grandma Yin spent most of the night battling the hen, so she woke up late the next day.

She knocked on Zheng Xun's door with a mixture of trepidation and excitement, but received no response.

After a long pause, she mustered her courage, muttered "I'm sorry" to herself, and then slowly pushed open the door to the room.

Everything in the room was restored to its original position. If it weren't for the extra silver and veil on the table, she would probably have thought that everything yesterday was just a dream.

She carefully put the veiled hat away.

This is an old item belonging to the goddess; seeing it will inspire boundless courage in anyone who sees it.

……

Zheng Xun rode his horse and fled in disarray.

Zheng Jiu was on night duty last night, and he witnessed everything from a dark corner under the eaves.

Only Zheng Shiyi was confused: "Why leave in such a hurry?"

Zheng Jiu said in a serious tone, "You don't know, there are chickens chasing us!"

"Chicken what? What chicken?"

Zheng Xun was afraid of these female devotees.

She simply sent Zheng Jiu and Zheng Shi to a nearby town to buy some everyday items, dry food, and water, and then set off on a secluded mountain path.

They forged their way through the roads, and even created their own paths where none existed, until they finally reached their destination—Liuhe Academy.

Liuhe Academy is located halfway up the highest peak in Liumu Mountain, Yunu Peak.

Although it's halfway up the mountain, climbing it is much more difficult than climbing Wuzhou Academy.

On the way to Liuhe Academy, you can even see hunters and herb gatherers walking in the deep mountains, which shows how remote Liuhe Academy is.

Because the mountain road was difficult to traverse, when we saw the gate of Liuhe Academy, we had the illusion that the clouds had parted and the sun was shining.

In front of the unadorned, ancient stone gate, two simple-looking boys are sweeping snow.

The mountains are chilly, and a heavy snowfall has blanketed everything in white.

The two boys' hands were red from the cold, but they were still chatting and laughing.

Seeing Zheng Xun and his companions approaching with umbrellas, the two young men gently put down their brooms, raised their hands in a respectful bow, and asked, "Young lady, what brings you here from afar?"

Zheng Xun spoke softly, his tone gentle, as if afraid of startling the snow falling from the treetops.

"Looking for someone."

"Whom are you seeking, young lady?"

"Jiang Yang".

"Does the young lady have a visiting card?"

"Please inform Jiang Shanzhang that I have come to pay a visit on the recommendation of Jing Shui."

Upon hearing the words "still water," smiles involuntarily crept onto the faces of both boys.

One boy nimbly ran back to fetch someone, while the other, palm up, gently extended his hand forward: "Miss, please."

Zheng Xun readily agreed and walked ahead of him.

The scenery inside Liuhe Academy blends perfectly with the natural scenery of Yunu Peak, giving one a sense of freedom as if they were in the mountains, reaching out to pluck a breeze and nodding to gather wild grass.

Zheng Xun admired the scene for a moment before turning to the boy behind him: "Your academy, can you enter without a formal invitation?"

The boy smiled and said, "My junior master said that if a little immortal of about ten years old comes to the mountain, we must not neglect him."

Zheng Xun paused, "Little Immortal?"

"Yes, Goddess."

Zheng Xun originally thought that these scholars wouldn't believe in the goddess thing, but unexpectedly they also tacitly accepted that she was a minor deity.

"You were just calling me 'Miss,' why are you changing your tune now?"

"Since there were other people present, the goddess probably doesn't want to reveal her identity. As your believer, we should naturally cooperate."

His eyes were lowered, and he never looked directly at Zheng Xun, maintaining his respectful posture.

Zheng Xun let out two snorts of laughter.

This world is getting more and more interesting.

From tragic romance novels to political intrigue, and from martial arts novels to supernatural tales.

Her system couldn't find the reason, and she, as the person involved, knew the least.

Zheng Xun lowered his eyes and asked, "What does the goddess look like in your eyes?"

"How dare believers look directly at the face of a goddess?"

"Really?"

"It's fake, I peeked at it."

Zheng Xun: ...

"Go on."

"The goddess statues in the current goddess temples are all exactly the same, but the original goddesses did not look like this."

Zheng Xun opened the system and searched through it. Sure enough, the system did not cover this point at all.

So, it doesn't lie, but it does hide things, right?

At this point, the young man said with a hint of pride, "However, there aren't many records about this matter, but coincidentally, I happen to know something about it."

Seeing Zheng Xun listening attentively, the boy lowered his voice and said, "Actually, at the beginning, all six goddess statues had the same face, but each statue's clothing was different."

"There was one statue, a little girl about your age, holding a strange-looking rabbit; the second, wearing a dress that exposed her arms and legs, with disheveled hair; the third, wearing tattered, dirty clothes, covered in wounds; the fourth, with hair cut almost to the scalp, holding a crescent-shaped dagger, looking rather fierce..."

After hearing his words, Zheng Xun seemed to recall something, and his expression became somewhat subtle.

She thought she knew why the goddess's followers thought she resembled the goddess statue.

Because the original goddess statues all depicted Zheng Xun, only at different ages and in different circumstances.

Too many coincidences mean there must be something hidden here.

Zheng Xun's mind went blank for a moment, as if a thin mist had enveloped her thoughts.

Her mind was rigid, and she could only instinctively bite her tongue lightly to prevent herself from losing control.

Do you know who built the statue of the goddess?

"There's no record of that..." He paused, then asked hesitantly, "Does the goddess not remember things from the past?"