Chapter 381: Fierce Night (1) Thank you for the reward of the book friend "Flightless Salted Fish"!
Night is finally falling, and it's time to come.
The whole Taiping Town was brilliantly lit up at this time, and it was bright everywhere.
Countless torches have been prepared, and braziers are burning all over the town.
The darkness brought by the night swallowed up all space outside the place illuminated by the torches, and all the intersections that could enter Taiping Town were placed with antlers to reject the antlers.
These improvised antlers are made of sturdy twigs tied together, and the sharpened parts of the branches take on a blue-yellow color that is very different from the blue-gray bark, and the swaying of torches leads to the front, showing a firm faith.
Once the whole town is mobilized, the energy is enormous.
The stout trees around the town are made of antlers, the sharpened branches are used as spears, and bows and arrows are made from bamboo. From Dong Tianxiong's house, a lot of blades were also found, and even a few sets of fine armor.
These equipment have been able to arm most of the town's elites.
The old and weak women and children in the town were gathered in the open space outside the yamen, the houses on the high places were guarded, and the squads of able-bodied people patrolled and monitored every street and alley under the command of the big men in the town.
The Taishi chair in the public hall was carried to the gate of the yamen, and Jiang Yuan was sitting on it.
Around him, there are the leaders of the town, such as the county commander, Yuheng Zhenren and others.
Su Yan's family of three also stayed by Jiang Yuan's side, and only the closest to Jiang Yuan could they get Jiang Yuan's care.
Although the rainstorm last night had stopped, the sky was still terribly gloomy, and the dark clouds were closed, just as Jiang Yuan had seen back then.
There was still mud on the ground after the rain, and the night wind blew, making the humid air even colder.
A group of old and weak women and children outside the yamen stayed nervously together, and although some of them brought hot water to eat, they still could not dispel the fear in their hearts.
Everyone's eyes were vigilantly staring in all directions of this cold night, for fear that some terrifying sight would appear inside.
After all, last night, the scene of a group of ghosts dancing around still made people's hearts uneasy.
"Cousin, drink tea. Su Yan continued to pour tea for Jiang Yuan.
Not far away, my cousin and my aunt were arguing, and their quarrel was sharp and harsh, as if the cause of the quarrel was because of a beautiful woman that my cousin had been bringing with him.
This kind of quarrel is very abrupt, especially when others dare not come out.
"Shut them up. Jiang Yuan said impatiently.
Su Yan hurriedly put down the teapot and turned around and shouted at his father:
"Cousin, tell you to stop arguing!"
The quarrel subsided instantly, and the atmosphere became quiet again.
Jiang Yuan continued to drink the tea, but then he jerked his head up again, staring at the cloudy night sky.
He suddenly noticed that the ghost qi had reappeared in the night sky, shooting towards the four eight directions, and some of them had also fallen towards Taiping Town and its surroundings.
These ghosts are extremely subtle, but they are like a wide seed.
As long as the seeds are sown, then they will be like weeds in the plains, and they can grow vigorously as long as the spring breeze blows.
If it was last night, Jiang Yuan still suspected that someone was playing tricks in such a situation.
Then at this time, this kind of scene appeared again, but Jiang Yuan could already roughly determine that the appearance of the ghost qi was definitely related to the sacrificial field.
"The sacrificial ground has existed since time immemorial...... Could it be that the creation of demons has something to do with it?"
Jiang Yuan didn't know if his guess was correct, but he knew that Wu Zhen must know.
History and poetry all originate from witches.
Poetry is derived from witchcraft spells, blessings, or curses.
In ancient times, people engaged in activities such as worshipping gods and ghosts, divination, etc., were called "witches", and those who were in charge of astronomy, astrology, almanacs, and annals were called "history". But these positions were often initially held by a single person, known as the "witch history".
Witches are a group of people who often control the deepest and most obscure secrets in this world.
At this moment, I suddenly heard only the person on guard in the high-rise building shouting:
"It's foggy!"
Everyone's eyes looked into the mountains and forests around Taiping Town, and they saw a thick white mist emerging from the darkness, rolling and spreading in the mountains and forests.
Along with the thick fog came bursts of ghost laughter and ghost crying, and some other unknown thing wailed, which was creepy.
"Eternal Mist...... Jiang Yuan once again felt this strange fog, and finally had his own discovery, "Powerful and mysterious spell ......"
He had already clearly felt that the magic power around him was surging wantonly, forming such a profound spell.
The feeling of this spell is very similar to the feeling when Gu Shentong used magic weapons to trap himself and Lu Junsheng and his party in a village.
It's just that Jiang Yuan hadn't been able to feel the power of the law at that time, so he didn't understand what was going on.
Now, as Jiang Yuan understands the power of the law more deeply, his feelings about all this become more intuitive and thorough.
At this time, many of the ghost qi that fell from the sky were already approaching Taiping Town, and they were like tiny black snakes swimming and landing, looking for the living people on the ground.
Jiang Yuan raised his hand, and countless black qi shot out from his palm.
Those black qi were like countless straight and strangely long steel needles, extending out for dozens of zhang, accurately stabbing the black snake-like ghost qi that landed from the sky, and then all those ghost qi were absorbed in an instant.
Jiang Yuan's movements were very fast, from shooting out black qi to absorbing ghost qi, it was just a blink of an eye.
Ordinary people couldn't notice all this at all, only Yuheng Zhenren on the side looked around in confusion and surprise, and finally secretly focused his eyes on Jiang Yuan.
Yu Heng Zhenren felt something, but he didn't really feel it, and he wasn't quite sure what had just happened.
After these ghost qi falling from the sky were eaten by Jiang Yuan, there would be no demons and ghosts in Taiping Town.
At this time, the only thing the living people in the town need to face is the threat in the thick fog outside the town.
The thick white mist was already rolling closer and closer to the town, and just when people thought it would flood into the town in an unstoppable manner, completely covering the place, they all stopped.
The wriggling and tumbling white mist, all of which came to a halt a few feet away from the town, encircled the town like a tall wall of fog.
"This white fog is so strange," the county magistrate couldn't help but exclaim, "why is it all around the town and not coming in?"
Such questions are hidden in everyone's heart.
When Yuheng Zhenren saw this scene, he seemed to have finally confirmed the worry in his heart, which made his face full of ashes:
"It's the Eternal Mist, that's right...... I didn't believe it when Jiang Gongzi said that Taiping Town was going to face a sacrifice field, but now it seems that ...... We can't get out......"
Hearing that Yuheng Zhenren had determined the sacrificial ground, the county order also began to tremble, facing life and death, not everyone could be easy.
At this time, Yuheng Zhenren's eyes lit up again, and he hurriedly turned his gaze to Jiang Yuan:
"Jiang Gongzi knew that there would be a sacrificial ground here, but he still stayed. Could it be ...... Is there a way to save people?"
Jiang Yuan was staring at the eternal fog around the town, and something came out of it.
With a low roar, several monsters that looked like dogs and not dogs came out of the fog and wandered by the antlers at the intersection of the town.
These monsters are the size of calves, and although they look like dogs, they are skinned dogs, with their muscles exposed.
Their mouths don't bite down the hill like dogs, but they bite left and right. It was as if a slit had been torn in the middle of the head, and it was full of fangs.
On the two heads split in the middle, each head has eight lychee-like eyes that have been shelled. There are also their claws, which are even more different from dog paws, and look more like human hands.
As these monsters appeared at the entrance to the town, the living people guarding there suddenly took action.
Countless feathered arrows instantly rained down on these monsters, shooting them densely like hedgehogs.
And this kind of damage did not cause damage to these monsters, and they were seen to jump over the antlers with their limbs and pounce on the living people behind.
A row of wooden spears immediately greeted them, and the first few monsters were immediately pierced.
However, these monsters suffered such a heavy blow and were all right, they were extremely powerful, and they quickly broke the wooden spear, and their large open mouths immediately bit the body of the living.
Many living people were suddenly torn apart by the monsters, and some living people were dragged into the thick fog by the monsters, and only a terrible scream was heard.
The sturdy guards at the intersection of the town are just ordinary people, and they have been able to hold out in the face of these monsters until now.
As soon as a dead man saw blood, these living people immediately panicked and collapsed. They threw down their weapons and fled into the town screaming in terror, not daring to fight the monsters anymore.
The collapse of the defensive force made these dog-like monsters suddenly feel like no one. They crawl on walls or onto rooftops and pounce on fleeing living people.
Yuheng Zhenren glanced at Jiang Yuan twice, gritted his teeth and said:
"I'll deal with them!"
Jiang Yuan stretched out his hand and stopped Yuheng Zhenren:
"These puppies don't need real people to do it. ”
As he spoke, Jiang Yuan took out the gold silk bag around his waist and pulled out the stopper to summon the demon inside.
With the black qi shooting, Aunt Hong, One Eye, Big-headed Ghost, Hanged Ghost, Fat Man, and One Eye appeared in front of Jiang Yuan.
These five demon ghosts immediately knelt down in unison and said respectfully:
"Master, what do you command?"
The appearance of these demons and ghosts immediately startled everyone around.
The old and weak women and children gathered outside the yamen retreated in terror, and the screams of women and the cries of children were endless.
The county magistrate and the officials only felt that the surrounding area was unbearable, like falling into an ice cave, and their legs trembled and softened into noodles.
Even Yuheng Zhenren was shocked on his face, these five demons and ghosts were all extraordinary, and I am afraid that they were not under him. Especially the tall eight-headed demon ghost, whose momentum is so ferocious, I am afraid that it has reached the fierce realm.
"Don't panic, everyone!" Jiang Yuan said loudly, "These demons are kind by nature, they are inspired by me to save you!"
Hearing Jiang Yuan's words, and seeing those demons and ghosts kneeling in front of Jiang Yuan, people's hearts calmed down a little.
People know that Jiang Yuan is very powerful and can fly. But no one knows how powerful Jiang Yuan is, after all, no one has ever seen Jiang Yuan make a move.
And now that they saw that even the demons and ghosts had surrendered to Jiang Yuan, everyone couldn't help but have hope in their hearts, it seemed that Jiang Yuan could really help them get through this dangerous night.