Not long after nightfall, it began to rain in the spring, sneaking into the night with the wind, moisturizing things silently, wet streets, reflecting the light of the lanterns of the shops along the street, accompanied by the moist and fresh earthy smell, Song Qizhen looked calm and serene. As the sun approached, there were seven or eight lanterns in the distance in the drizzle, and gradually the footsteps of the group shattered the silence of the night, and the barking of dogs in the surrounding alleys came one after another, resounding one after another.

There are more than 20 people in this line, there are eight people in front and four people in the back, two people in the middle to escort a scholar in a flail and a lock, in the back of these three people is a middle-aged man wearing a seven-grade civil official uniform and two are engaged, and then behind are eight Taoist priests in Taoist robes holding various magic weapons in their hands, two of which are the head of the Qingxu Temple of Yangqi Town and Li Zucheng, and the rest are Taoist priests of the Taoist Temple of Song Qizhen.

This group of people came to the square in front of the Chenghuang Temple in Song Qi Town, more than a dozen people quickly held the periphery to stand on guard, four Taoists set up a spirit flag in the center to hang up the statue of the ancestor of the three Qing Daoists, arranged the incense case, placed the peach wood sword, the demon mirror, the rune paper, the cinnabar pen, the candlestick, the incense burner, the big seal and stood around, Li Zucheng and a Taoist candlestick plugged in the candle and lit it, lit the three incense sticks, separated the incense case left and right to protect the Dharma, waited in the inner side, and the rest of the people stood in the center.

These people are led by the county officials, together with the Taoist priests of Song Qi Town, to force the evil ghost to appear and arrest tonight, the Taoist Temple of Song Qi Town is a branch of the Taoist Temple of Yang Qi Town, the master of the view is afraid of low mana, and spread incense to Yang Qi Town, Lingxu Taoist led two disciples to come to help overnight.

At this time, an elderly man in the City God Temple leaned over, carrying a pole and a lantern, and went out of the door, seeing that the formation in the square was not alarmed, and the people in the court bowed their hands slightly, and then 'Bang-Bang, Bang', the third watch, knocked. The sound of the beating of the watch was like a drum beating in the hearts of everyone, and everyone present had a sense of horror, as if they felt some kind of danger approaching.

The county magistrate, took out the county newspaper document, which was stamped with a big red official seal, came to the gate of the city god temple, and said loudly: "This county magistrate, investigate the case, and in case of evil spirits, I implore the lord of the city god to show the law and help catch the demons and clean the township." "Send the paperwork to the brazier.

Everyone is looking at the sky above the City God Temple, and the local court appoints the chief official, as long as the official seal can be used to invite the City God, after the details are clarified, the City God can suppress the evil things. For the temple to support the various priesthoods, within the scope of their duties, all things to ask each other, if the three can not be invited, you can give the court, the court depending on the size of the matter, the severity, every year when presenting the Haotian Chapter, you can say that the priesthood is on duty, Haotian can be removed or even assigned to the inappropriate value of the gods after the discovery.

Half of the incense, the sky is still drizzle, the sky above the city god temple did not see the slightest abnormality, the county commander helplessly picked up another letter to invite the gods, continued to read, the words were burning, and sent the document to the brazier again.

There was still no sign of the arrival of the city god, and the county order lit the third letter of invitation to the gods, and then said loudly: "Fetch the lantern." ”

The candlelight in the City God Temple was dim and it was not clear to see clearly, a servant carried a lantern into the door, and the county ordered it to be held high, looking up and looking carefully, but it turned out that the statue of the City God was covered with a wire mesh from the head to the upper half of the body, which was the Tianluo who often detained the gods, and could not be seen in the darkness.

Seeing this, the county commander shouted: "You two go up and take down Tianluo, Zhang Dutou, Li Dutou, you go and arrest that husband!"

Hearing the sound, two quick servants immediately broke into the temple gate, while the other two shopkeepers quickly ran towards the place where the husband had disappeared.

The Taoist priest at the scene was not aware of the abnormality, and was wondering, and heard two screams in the City God Temple, and then plopped, plopped twice, Lingxu Daoist hurried forward, but only asked outside the door: "Lord County Order, what happened?" The monk does not enter the Taoist temple, and the Taoist does not enter the temple.

The county commander hurriedly withdrew from the temple gate, and shouted to the Lingxu Dao Chief with a panicked face: "Dao Chief, it's not good, the city god was secretly moved by someone, and he was trapped by Tianluo, there was fire and thunder in Tianluo, and the two subordinates were hit and fell off the throne, and the injuries were not light. ”

Lingxu Dao Elder shouted: "Zu Cheng, you two take off your Taoist robes and enter the temple to check. Then he asked the county magistrate: "Lord prefectural magistrate, can you confirm that the husband did it?"

"Exactly, I saw that the husband didn't have the slightest panic when he saw us, he missed the change three times, but I only heard it once, and just now he really put his mind on inviting God, and failed to attract attention, so he has already arranged for someone to arrest him. "The county order has a very clear idea and immediately grasps the key point of the matter.

"It should be like this, you two be careful, Tianluo and I have indeed heard of it, but we have never seen it. ”

The two of them responded to the order, took off their robes, flashed into the temple, and first carried the injured two people on the ground out of the door.

Then a bad voice came out, and when I heard it, it was Zu Cheng's voice: "Honorable Elder, there is thunder and lightning released from Luo this day, we can resist it, but it is too tight, there must be a spell bonus, if you want to take it down, you must have a spell." ”

The county commander and the Lingxu Dao chief looked at each other, and the county commander said tentatively: "Otherwise, the immortal chief has also taken off his robe." ”

The Lingxu Daoist subconsciously covered the collar of the Dao robe, "This is not good, Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, it is not necessary." ”

"Honorable Elder, what should we do? If we continue to fight, our spiritual power will be exhausted. Hurry up and think of a way!" came Zu Cheng's shout from inside

The county commander looked at the Taoist chief with some pity, and the Lingxu Taoist couldn't bear to look at the county order's eyes, which was related to the reputation of the Taoist, and he was in a dilemma, just at this moment, someone not far away shouted: "Catch it, catch it!"

The county commander and the Lingxu Daoist looked towards the center of the square, and saw that two people were escorting a hunchbacked old man through the square, bypassing the offering table and walking towards this side, and the two of them were snickering together, this husband must know the spell. Almost at the same time, he shouted, "Bring it here!"

At the same time as the three of them bypassed the offering table, the mutation protruded, and they saw the two catchers fall to the ground in unison, and as soon as the husband in the middle made a move, a fireball half a person high instantly engulfed the offering table and the magic weapon on the table, and at the same time, the husband pulled out the only remaining piece of incense, sneered playfully, and threw it on the wet ground, gently stepped on it, and crushed it.

"It's not good, you retreat quickly, and the disciples form a formation. As he spoke, the Lingxu Daoist took out the dust, and a spell rune appeared in his hand, which was lit in the wind, and a thunder fireball shot towards the man like a meteor, and the thunder roared, getting bigger and bigger and more than a foot in diameter.

Taoists are good at talismans, which are generally made by teachers for their disciples, and there are also those who make their own talismans, depicting spell formulas and hand-formulas with special pens on special paper, and adding spiritual power to each stroke according to the actual spell casting steps. Different from casting, the beginning of the talisman to write the spirit of the trick, after the painting of the spell, to write the lock of the spirit, the above is the general method of drawing the talisman, of course, the Taoist also has many talisman secrets, will not spread the sect. Everyone's talisman has different eyebrows and inscriptions, outsiders can't understand it at all, and the seal is different, which is the unique talisman formula of each sect. When you release the talisman, you can recite the mantra and ignite it to release the spells in the talisman. According to the material, the level of the talisman maker, and the amount of spiritual power blessed, half of the talismans can be divided into primary, intermediate, advanced, and special grades:

The primary talisman is in name only, but there is no reality. The talisman does not reach one percent of the power of a spell

Intermediate talismans are generally similar to New Year's red envelopes between uncles and uncles of the same sect, and are given to juniors, with a power of about one-twentieth

High-grade talismans are generally given by the master to the disciples for self-defense, and each talisman is made with all his might, and it is also a high-grade material used, which can achieve one to two percent of the power of spell casting

There are basically no special talismans, the cost of making talismans is too huge, and the power is only thirty percent

What the Lingxu Daoist sent out was a high-grade talisman, or the last time the Fire Daoist drew it for him, or the Lingxu Daoist would have been happy to learn that the master was coming.

This time, I wanted to set up an incense case, and invited a doppelganger of the master, of course, it was not a casual invitation, even if it was a doppelganger, the master had to cultivate, and it also depended on the mood. Therefore, if there is no special need, the disciple is really uneven, so it is worth using it to invite God once, and the trivial harassment must be scolded.

The process of burning the incense is the process of paving a road to heaven, and when the incense is burned, the road is paved, and the information and doppelgangers can be instantaneous with the help of this path.

Therefore, at the beginning, the Lingxu Daoist lit the incense and arranged for the two disciples of Zucheng to protect the Dharma, the Lingxu Daoist originally wanted to see the size of the other party's head, if it was big, it was not in vain to pave the ninety percent of the distance in advance, and the rest of the short section could be picked up by the master's doppelganger, which could save time in case of emergencies;

didn't think about it, the other party first trapped the city god, and then transferred the Taoist priest, and gave him a blow lamp and wax pulling in a face. Cutting off the help of both Shinto sides is a necessary killer, and it can't be good tonight.

Lingxu Dao is so long that he has no reservations, after igniting the fire and thunder talisman, he did not hesitate to ignite the bundle of immortal talismans, a thick golden rope, stretched out more than ten zhang in the air, like a python hovering away according to the fixed husband, and finally ruthlessly, lit the life talisman given by the master, please Shen Rune, with a wisp of the remnant soul of the fire Dao people, the law of the fire Dao people is about ten zhang high, vaguely appearing in the square, and gradually condensing.

At this time, the seven Taoists each wielded their magic swords, stood in the gossip position, and left the cadre position alone to the Lingxu Dao Chief, who stepped into the position and launched the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, and swept away to the position of the husband.

But said that the husband, when the fire and thunder rushed with the momentum of thunder, the golden rooster was independent, a move Yaksha to explore the sea, a flying sword from the fontanelle came out of the body, directly hit the center of the fire and thunder, banged loudly, detonated the fire and thunder, the flying sword collapsed and flew out in the sorrow, the fire and thunder did not disappear, and the husband was affected and retreated more than ten steps before it was completely resolved, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

The blood immediately turned into a blood shield in front of him, which is a medium of several years of cultivation, condensed by the momentum of the spring rain, the water shield is completed, the surrounding drizzle immediately becomes larger, and the rain within a radius of 100 zhang is all gathered here, and the water shield surrounds the circle of the husband and rotates wildly, at this time the golden rope has arrived, the whole body is shining with golden light, obviously a metallic magic weapon, after circling more than ten times, it suddenly tightens to the center, and then encounters the water shield at the same time, the golden rope is increased and thickened several times, the water shield is a water attribute spell, gold can produce water, the water shield is also a rising water, and then it becomes stronger and thicker, and the two cannot hold each other, and the spiritual power is poured into it like a tide, turning into a war of attrition, which side has a weak spiritual power, that side means collapse.

When the golden rope is added to a certain node in the spiritual power, it suddenly breaks, and it breaks inch by inch and turns into pieces of paper ash. The water shield is constantly expanding its posture to resist the shaking of the golden rope, and it is also doing its best. At the moment when the golden rope broke, the external force was suddenly lost, the power was poured, the water shield was scattered, the shield was not there, and it was difficult to recover the water.

After breaking the two runes of the Spirit Void Dao in a row, the husband was already sweating and panting, and his spiritual power was already weak.

At this moment, a more than a law minister appeared in front of him, looked at the husband with contempt, turned back to the Lingxu Daoist and said, "It's just for such a good thing, invite your master and me down, it's not a shame!"