The Beginning of the Troubled Times Chapter 40 The Forbidden Land of the Xu Family
After Xu Changzhi came out of the ghost town, he always felt that the answer he got from the Emperor Xudu was a little strange, although on the surface his proposal was approved by the Emperor Xudu, but the attitude of the Emperor Xudu made Xu Changzhi have the illusion that the Emperor Xudu had compromised with him. "It must be my own delusion, that is the Emperor Xudu, the supreme deity of the entire underworld. He is just a courtier with small hands, and there is no reason for a monarch to compromise with his courtiers from ancient times to the present. It must have been the delusion that the news he heard from Hussein today was too shocking and made himself too nervous. Xu Changzhi thought.
After dissipating the unrealistic ideas in his mind, Xu Changzhi summoned all the "ghost servants" in the family to the courtyard in front of the ancestral hall, and the originally deserted Xu family ancestral hall became lively all of a sudden, if Hussein was still in the Xu family at this moment, he would be surprised to find that the servant who went to the Xu family's treasury to get the "Soul Gathering Flag" at the beginning was actually the only human among all the Xu family servants, and all the remaining servants were actually "ghost servants". At this time, dense "ghost servants" filled the entire Xu family ancestral hall. There are even some "ghost servants" who can't find a place to stay in the courtyard, so they float into the air in desperation. Wait until all the "ghost servants" are present. Xu Changzhi said: "The 'Ghost Festival' has descended, and after the decree of the Emperor Xudu, all the personnel of my Sect Spirit Seven Non-Heavenly Palace will assist the Eastern Ghost Emperor and the Ten Hall Yama to be responsible for the security of this 'Ghost Festival'. As soon as Xu Changzhi's words were finished, the "ghost servants" below began to talk in a low voice.
Seeing the group of ghosts discussing in a low voice below, Xu Changzhi continued: "I also know that everyone is very confused, the security work of the 'Halloween Festival' is not within the scope of my Zongling Qifei Heavenly Palace's responsibilities, but since the Emperor Xudu handed over this job to us, there must be a reason. So don't have any more objections. Now I'm going to assign a task. Hearing that the palace master of his family had expressed his attitude, the "ghost servants" in the hall no longer discussed, and listened carefully to Xu Changzhi's assignment.
"Xu Wen, you immediately set off for Yizhou City. Pick up the young master and lady from school. I have to be home by dinner tonight. Xu Changzhi said to the only human servant. After Xu Wen heard Xu Changzhi's order, he immediately replied, "Yes, Palace Master." After answering, Xu Wen set off and flew towards Yizhou City.
"Xu Ying, Xu Jie. Xu Changzhi continued to shout. "You two, immediately issue a summoning order to all the Xu family disciples in the country, including the registered disciples, so that everyone can rush back to the sect as quickly as possible. Xu Ying and Xu Jie also left immediately after receiving the order.
"Xu Yu, Xu Ze. The two of you immediately rushed to the old house of the Xu family in Gyeongju City and invited the four uncles back......" Instructions kept coming out of Xu Changzhi's mouth, and there were fewer and fewer "ghost servants" in the courtyard, and finally when there was only one "ghost servant" left in the courtyard, Xu Changzhi's order was also issued. Looking at the compound that had become empty again, Xu Changzhi suddenly felt a sense of urgency that the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings. After a pause, he said to the only "ghost servant" in the courtyard: "You go and prepare incense, candles, paper money, and then accompany me to the family forbidden land." ”
"If those five seniors can help this time. Then this year's feast of 'Ghost Door Wide Open, Hundred Ghosts Night Walk' can ensure that nothing goes wrong. Xu Changzhi thought. Thinking of this, Xu Changzhi couldn't help but smile bitterly again. "Those five predecessors are all heroes of the Chinese nation, and they fought wits and courage with the five ghost kings of Japan in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression for several years, and finally won the victory. However, the five seniors themselves were also seriously injured, so they recuperated in the forbidden land of the Xu family. For decades, I don't even know if the five seniors have come to their senses. How could he have thought of letting the five seniors help?" Xu Changzhi himself felt that his thoughts were a little funny.
Just as Xu Changzhi was smiling bitterly, the "ghost servant" named Xu Fu had already prepared the incense candles and paper money, and said to Xu Changzhi: "Palace master, the things are ready, and you can leave for the forbidden place to worship." Xu Fu's voice was very soft, but it also startled Xu Changzhi, who was distracted.
"Oh! Xu Changzhi hurriedly got up and used this to hide his embarrassment of being frightened. After getting up, Xu Changzhi issued a simple Taoist technique casually, and a space gate appeared in front of him and Xu Fu, through this space door, he and Xu Fu came to a small artificial space, this space is about the size of a small town in the present world, and the whole small world is shrouded in thick fog, which is condensed by the power of pure souls. In the dense fog, there are graves built with chaotic stones, and under these graves are buried the martyrs of the "Demon Sword Family" who died in the battle against the dark race, and most of the owners of these graves did not even leave corpses and souls, so most of the graves here are clothed mounds. After entering the forbidden land, Xu Changzhi lit the incense, candles, and paper money, and worshiped three times to the graves of these martyrs, and then said: "The one hundred and seventy-first descendant of the 'Demon Suppression Sword Family', Xu Changzhi, the current palace master of the Seven Non-Heavenly Palaces under the throne of Emperor Xudu. The martyrs of the Xu family were invited to appear. After finishing speaking, a small number of souls began to float out of the mounds, and these souls slowly gathered in front of Xu Changzhi after floating out. After all the souls were gathered, one of the souls who seemed to be the oldest stood up and asked Xu Changzhi, "Changzhi, what are you doing to wake us up?"
"Hello Ancestor, I woke up all the martyrs this time to ask you for a favor. Xu Changzhi said to the old ancestor who asked the question.
"I don't have all three souls and seven souls, I don't know where you can use my crippled soul. The old man said.
"I don't want to go around in circles with all the martyrs, I believe you have all heard the legend of 'July and a half, nine stars in a row, and the demon king is now'. Originally, Chang Zhi didn't believe in this legend, thinking that it was just a rumor spread by those people. But this morning, I got a piece of news...... "Xu Changzhi repeated what he had said to Emperor Xudu before. After Xu Changzhi finished speaking, the ancestor who asked him before was puzzled: "Holy See, what Holy See, what does it have to do with the Demon King's current life? What is a vampire, is it a branch of the Dry Devil Clan?" After he finished speaking, more than a dozen ancestors behind him nodded at the same time. said that he agreed with this ancestor's opinion.
After seeing the reactions of these ancestors, Xu Changzhi immediately reacted that when these ancestors died, none of the Western Sons had yet come to the world, and of course he didn't know what the Holy See was. Just as Xu Changzhi wanted to explain, a relatively young ancestor beside these ancestors began to popularize the history of the Holy See and vampires to these ancestors. After listening to the popularization of knowledge, this ancestor said again: "Chang Zhi, such a big matter is not something that one of us can sustain as a sect spirit Seven Heavenly Palace, you should report to Emperor Xudu, instead of coming to the forbidden land to ask us for help." ”
"I have already reported to the Emperor Xudu. Xu Changzhi said, and then he told the situation of his meeting with Emperor Yudu in detail. After hearing the attitude of Emperor Xudu, the martyrs of the Xu family below exploded all at once. An ancestor with a relatively short temper said: "Emperor Xudu, why do you have such an attitude? Is this a long time to live and be confused? Can such a big matter be solved by adding a few guards to the Yin Army?"
"That's not necessarily, didn't the Emperor of Xudu say it? If the Drought Clan and the Demon Clan really want to take the opportunity to start making trouble, they can't resist it with the power of a ghost city alone. A more rational martyr of the Xu family said: "Didn't the Great Emperor go to the Emperor of Heaven to discuss." ”
For a while, the entire forbidden land was like pouring a scoop of water into the oil pot. In the end, it was the previous ancestor who stood up to silence all the ancestors of the Xu family. After everyone was quiet, the ancestor asked again: "Chang Zhi, you also know that our three souls and seven spirits are not complete, and it is all because of the nourishment of the mist condensed by the pure soul power in this forbidden land that we have been able to survive until now. If we leave this forbidden place, our soul will be scattered in less than half an hour. I wonder if there's anything we can do to help you?"