Chapter 36: The City God
"Hmph, a small city god, the incense is already close to drying up, but it is just the end of the strong crossbow. The two-star white envoy in front said in a weird manner.
"Formation!"
The five pairs of Yin and Yang envoys respectively sacrificed the life and death divination and soul hooking flags in their hands, and began to chant a mantra in unison that sounded like a dialect somewhere.
For this scene, Li Xue trembled with fright, and Ji Zijianque, who was on the side, had already seen no surprise, it was none of his business, but when he heard what the white envoy said about Chenghuang, he reminded himself of some legends in wild history, shouted "Look for death!", jumped up, and rushed down the hillside.
Li Xue didn't understand Ji Zijian's shouting to find death, whether he beckoned himself to look for death, or scolded the enemy for looking for death, looking at this second goods just standing there and listening to a few words, for something completely unrelated to him, he suddenly burst out, stomped his feet angrily, hesitated slightly, and rushed down lightly.
Ji Zijian wandered the dragon step out, and in a moment, he rushed to the group of ghosts, his arms were in the shape of a furnace, and the breath in his body was flowing rapidly, which was the starting hand style of the dragon fist leading the dragon, the fist led the double dragon, the legs jumped, and a pair of iron fists smashed towards the two-star black impermanence in the back.
The reason why he chose black impermanence is because Ji Zijian has never figured out how to know the name of the soul hooker in that book of life and death, and because he can't figure it out, he is even more jealous.
"Presumptuous!"
When the ghosts saw Ji Zijian rushing towards the black impermanence, they finally reacted, and they all roared angrily, the so-called roar sounded like a sissy.
Hei Wuchang Ji Zijian is fierce, and the roar is faintly mixed with the dragon qi of the sun, I want to move my body to dodge, but Ji Zijian's dragon step is the footwork of the dragon fighting in ancient times, no matter how Hei Impermanence dodge, Ji Zijian always follows him.
Seeing that Ji Zijian's pair of iron fists were close at hand, Hei Wuchang hurriedly picked up the life and death divination in his hand and sacrificed it.
It looks black and quaint, with two silver-white six-pointed stars falling on it, faintly shining under the bright moon. That weird feeling made Ji Zijian dare not regret it, and his body twisted around life and death in an unbelievable posture, and smashed it with a punch according to the black impermanence.
Until Ji Zijian passed through Hei Wuchang's body, he stumbled and smashed his fist on the tree behind Hei Wuchang.
"Xue'er, run!" Ji Zijian, who turned around suddenly, couldn't wait to slap himself twice, he couldn't hurt his soul body at all, but the matter was urgent, and when he heard the word Chenghuang, his head was hot and he made two mistakes again, and this time, it also affected Li Xue who followed.
Li Xue, who was following Ji Zijian closely, was frightened back when she saw the legendary black and white impermanence, and after listening to Ji Zijian's shout, she hurriedly stopped in place, screamed and ran back along the same road.
The ghosts watched as the two of them suddenly turned straight down from the initial terrifying momentum. I couldn't turn the corner for a while, until the black impermanence on the side let out a mocking sound of "hehe", and all the ghosts laughed with him.
Li Xue, who ran to the hill, looked at the ghosts in the field and smiled gloomily and surrounded Ji Zijian in the center, but he didn't dare to go up, and he didn't want to retreat, so he could only stomp his feet on the spot and be in a dilemma.
Hei Wuchang, who was the first to laugh, suddenly screamed "ah" in five or six seconds, "Save me!" I saw Hei Wuchang suddenly clutching his chest, where there was a small hole that penetrated his body and slowly expanding.
"Formation!"
The two-star white envoy shouted, and the ghosts hurriedly formed a formation again, Bai Wuchang held the spirit flag, and stared nervously at Ji Zijian in front of him: "Boy, who are you?
"What are you afraid of?" Ji Zijian subconsciously glanced at the ancient Taoist temple. The death of black impermanence is probably related to the essence and blood of the fat relics in his body, but it seems that the power is a big difference with the fat relics, looking at the black impermanence that began to roll on the ground, Ji Zijian pretended to be calm, but there was still a trace of fear in his heart.
The means of black and white impermanence to detain the soul are too mysterious, and Ji Zijian is quite afraid of this power because he doesn't understand it.
"My lord, she still has a yin spirit hidden in her. A one-star white envoy next to Bai Wuchang came up and said.
"Yes, you have the ability, come and get it!" Ji Zijian hooked his hand and made a very provocative gesture of hooking his fingers.
Bai Wuchang stood there with a gloomy face, and after a while, he waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to carry away Hei Impermanence, and he was responsible for the back, and retreated vigilantly, leading the ghosts to disappear into the night.
Watching the ghosts gradually move away, Ji Zijian finally sat on the ground. I didn't realize it when I was too far away before, and the gap between one star and two stars was definitely not a star and a half. Just from this short contact, I felt chills all over my body, and I was eroded by the yin qi emanating from the two-star white envoy's body, and my movements felt a little sluggish.
"Are you okay" Li Xue, who hurriedly rushed over when she saw this, helped Ji Zijian. Chen Yuanyuan also broke free from the talisman and said angrily: "My lord, you were really too risky just now, hmph, and you often ran into what you often call 'pig teammates'." After speaking, he glanced at Li Xue disdainfully.
Li Xue also seemed to be apologetic for her cowardice, she had always been arrogant, but she didn't refute Chen Yuanyuan's words, she lowered her head and whispered, "I'm sorry." ”
"Okay, Yuanyuan, don't blame her, the girl is cowardly when she sees the ghost!" Ji Zijian looked at the two who didn't know when the relationship became not very harmonious, and added, "What's more, I'm fine, let's go into the Taoist temple and hide, I guess there may be something in the Taoist temple that makes them very embarrassed, if they heal their injuries and come back to us for liquidation, it will be over." ”
Chen Yuanyuan, who was on the side, pursed his lips when he heard this, and quietly stepped aside: "My lord, there are laws prohibiting it in the Taoist temple, and the slaves and maids will not go in." ”
"You can still see that there's a ban there?"
"Where there are Taoist monks, the laws of the Tao will be gathered, and the construction of the Taoist temple is designed according to the established Feng Shui, which itself is a spiritual array that gathers spiritual energy and drives away ghosts.
Not to mention whether there are any formations left by ancient Taoists in this spiritual array, just this Taoist temple array is not something that ordinary ghosts can set foot in. This is also the reason why those soul arresters just now did not make a move. ”
Ji Zijian hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll put the talisman pen here, don't leak your figure, if there is a situation, we will arrive as soon as possible." ”
"Yes, sir. ”
Li Xue helped Ji Zijian and walked shallow and deep towards the Taoist temple.
The dilapidated wooden door of the Taoist temple has long been unlocked, and the wooden railings embedded horizontally and vertically on the window have also been crooked and slanted without their original appearance, and the moonlight shines through the grid on the window and shines into the Taoist temple, and it is vaguely seen that it seems to be a hideous statue inside.
Accustomed to watching the scenes on TV where the night is dark and the wind is high, the barren mountains and mountains, and the sudden appearance of ancient temples, coupled with the erosion of the yin qi that has just hooked the soul, Ji Zijian himself has goosebumps all over his body, and Li Xue on the side is even afraid of a mouthful of silver teeth.
Ji Zijian slapped Li Xue's left buttocks, causing Li Xue to scream, which sounded so harsh in the dark night.
"Scoundrel, what are you doing!"
"You've even seen the black and white impermanence that detains people's souls, what are you still afraid of?"
"You care about me, I'm just scared, stinky rascal. Li Xue lowered her voice and scolded, thinking in her heart that it seemed to be right, in this world, is there anything more frightening than ghosts and ghosts?
After walking a few steps to approach the Taoist temple, Ji Zijian felt that his body was surrounded by a layer of warm airflow, and he was indescribably comfortable, and the meridians that had just been eroded by Bai Wuchang's yin qi were magically better by more than half.
Ji Zijian limped in front, and Li Xue, who followed behind, grabbed Ji Zijian's shirt tightly.
Like, it's become a habit.
With a soft sound of "branch", Ji Zijian pushed open the dilapidated wooden door, but the door beam still looked sturdy, and through the bright moonlight, a large cloud of dust fell to the ground.
The Taoist temple is just a very ordinary Taoist temple, with its back to the north and facing south. The walls of the Taoist temple look like there should be some murals, but they have long been unrecognizable under the erosion of time, and even some grass residue that was originally piled up in the earthen walls has leaked out.
On the left hand side of the entrance is a drop platform, which is a shelf used to insert cold weapons such as spears and knives in ancient times, but it is empty. On the right hand side is a drum, the drum skin looks crumpled and should have been down for some years, because Ji Zijian noticed that the drumsticks that were supposed to be hanging on the side had already fallen to the ground and rotted.
Ji Zijian glanced at the surrounding environment hastily, folded his right arm back, protected Li Xue who followed lightly behind him, and looked up at the statue of the city god in front of him, which was about another adult's height, looking thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a hideous face. This clay statue is no different from the statue of the gods enshrined in the usual Taoist temples, with a spear standing in its left hand, but the spear has been corroded and half of it is left.
If there was any difference, Ji Zijian noticed that the finger pinched by Chenghuang's right hand seemed to be somewhat similar to the finger he got on Ranke Mountain.
"Junior, so daring!"
"Who?"
Ji Zijian didn't want to subconsciously call someone when he heard something like in ordinary novels or TV, but Li Xue behind him trembled and shouted timidly.
"I've seen Lord Chenghuang, the night is dark and the wind is high, please forgive the villain for not being able to kneel and bow. ”
Li Xue looked a little unnaturally at Ji Zijian, who had always been hippie and smiling, becoming serious,
"It's okay, you know Chenghuang?"
"Very little. ”
There are many legends about the City God. Even after the successive emperors succeeded to the throne, in order to maintain public order and stability, they also successively divided the city gods. Such as Xiao He, Fan Zeng and so on. The city god is usually the lord of a city, the chief of the living and the dead, rewarding the good and punishing the evil, life and death, blessings and misfortunes, etc., and the county officials of a place have one yin and one yang, and jointly govern a place.
The last time about the division of the city god was in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang sealed the title of the city god in the world, divided into king, duke, wait, uncle, etc. The sacrifices were made by the king and the prefecture and the county respectively.
"I was born in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and now I am almost 400 years old. Contrary to Ji Zijian's expectations, Chenghuang didn't talk about any feats in his life, but just like an old man, his tone sounded a little bleak.