Volume 2 Demon Ridge Jingyanggang Chapter 22 The City God Invites
After leaving the pawn shop, Wang Liang walked around the street. This was a habit Wang Liang had developed in his dreams. No matter whether he was a civil servant or a military general, Wang Liang always paid attention to information from various places.
Seeing that it was still early, Wang Liang naturally walked casually on the street.
He may not have the ability as described in some novels to know all the shops on the street in one day, but he basically remembers the places he has been to and will not get lost.
At the same time, he also memorized some small paths, so that when necessary, he could follow them to quickly reach a certain place.
Wang Liang also saw many small stalls along the way. He found that although the county town in front of him seemed to have many shops, there were not many business people who actually owned shops. Many streets were filled with residential houses, and most of the buildings were divided into two floors.
Instead, some merchants were pushing carts or carrying baskets and hawking their wares on the streets.
From this point we can see that this city still has some problems.
Of course, Wang Liang is not here to take over Yanggu County. Whether there are problems in Yanggu County or not has nothing to do with him.
Instead, Wang Liang ate the famous duck pears from Yanggu County, and found them quite tasty. He even bought a few more, planning to eat them when he was hungry at night.
When Wang Liang returned to the Lion Tower, it had already darkened.
The Lion Tower was brightly lit at this time, and the first floor was bustling with people coming and going, making it very lively.
There were some people coming in and out on the second floor, but just as the shopkeeper said, there were really not many people on the third floor. It was obvious that the people who wanted to go up were not of high enough status.
Wang Liang was a little tired after a busy day.
After entering his room, he fell on the bed and fell asleep without taking off his clothes.
Before going to bed, he lowered the mosquito net as the waiter instructed, and pointed the paperweight on the table towards the window.
Afterwards, Wang Liang hung the alarm bell he had just obtained on the head of the bed, as a consolation to himself.
Because he was tired after a whole day, Wang Liang didn’t practice anything and just went to sleep.
When he fell asleep, the Taixuan Sutra's skills ran automatically, strengthening the magic power in Wang Liang's body.
At the same time, the Xiantian Qiankun Gong, which had been upgraded to level 2, began to stimulate Wang Liang's muscles, strengthening his physical fitness.
For Wang Liang, this is a very natural way of strengthening himself. He strengthens himself in this way every day. Although no growth can be seen in a day or two, it will always be beneficial in the long run.
At the same time, Wang Liang also studied what attributes he needed to strengthen.
He knew that a hexagonal shape balanced like a bucket wouldn't work, and he needed something that stuck out a little.
It’s just that he didn’t quite understand what he should strengthen now, so the upgraded attributes were still left there without any choice.
It was the same today. While Wang Liang was asleep, his two skills slowly transformed his body, making it more rational.
But just when Wang Liang fell into a deep sleep, he suddenly heard a ringing sound in his ear. A kind of confusion that pierced his brain interrupted his sleep and woke him up from his deep sleep.
Wang Liang turned over and stood up, the sword fell into his hand, and he was ready to chop out with the sword.
The next moment he heard a voice.
"My lord, please don't do anything."
Wang Liang took a closer look and found that a translucent figure had appeared in his room at some point. The figure was wearing some black official uniform and looked like someone from the yamen, but his legs were not touching the ground and his eye sockets seemed to be black.
"A ghost?"
"Yes, sir. I am a ghost messenger under the command of the Night Wandering God in the City God Temple. The City God knows that you are coming, so he sent me here to invite you to come to his house for a chat."
"The City God?"
Wang Liang was a little hesitant. In fact, there was such a thing as City God in the Tang Dynasty. They were local officials in the underworld, and their authority was equivalent to that of a county magistrate in the world of the living.
Generally speaking, every county town has its own City God, who is in charge of civil and military judges, various gods, General Gan Liu, General Fan Xie, General Niuma, the God of Day and Night, General Shackles and other subordinates.
At the same time, depending on the size of the city, there will be a distinction between three, six, or even twenty-four or thirty-six departments.
The Yanggu County in front of us is a small county town, with only three departments of staff.
However, no matter how small the City God of a county is, his status will not be low. The City God of a county will be given the title of Xianyou Bo, which is much higher than the status of ordinary people.
Although Wang Liang had been a high-ranking official in his dream, he was now just a commoner. When the City God came to invite him, he had no way to refuse.
He straightened his clothes and put the sword back.
"Okay, shall we go now?"
Upon hearing this, the ghost immediately invited Wang Liang to the window.
Wang Liang discovered that there was some extra incense ash near the window.
"Walk**?"
"Yes, it is already midnight. Apart from the Night Wandering God, there are only patrolling ghost soldiers outside. There are also rangers patrolling in the world of the living. It is convenient to go through the world of the living, but it is not safe. It will be faster to go through the world of the living."
Wang Liang looked the ghost up and down. He estimated that the level of the one in front of him was about 20. He should be able to kill him with one blow of his sword. There was nothing to be afraid of.
So Wang Liang stepped towards the window and stepped on the incense ash.
The next moment, Wang Liang felt as if he was being dragged outward by some force, and was flying forward rapidly.
The flying speed was getting faster and faster, so fast that I could hardly see the surrounding situation.
However, Wang Liang still tried hard to look at the situation below.
Under the night sky, Yanggu County seemed to be swallowed by a giant black beast.
There were lights only near the Lion Tower, near the county government office in the city center, and near the City God Temple in the southeast of the city.
Wang Liang took a closer look and found that it was not a light, but a special kind of spiritual light.
This spiritual light does not seem to be very strong, and it does not seem to have the intention to cover the entire city. It is just maintaining the safety of a nearby area.
As for the places not protected by spiritual light, some are protected by door gods or other means, while others can only fall into darkness.
Darkness will attract some evil spirits . Wang Liang saw some strange shadows walking on the road. Those shadows often appeared on the street and would be knocked down by some beings that looked like ghost soldiers and dragged to a place with spiritual light.
From the actions of those ghost soldiers, it can be seen that they are quite skilled in doing such things. This should be their daily routine.
However, Wang Liang soon exclaimed, because he discovered that among those who were fighting the monsters, there were actually players.
