Even if Jiale cleans the house very well, with so many capable people checking it with magnifying glasses, they will eventually find something.
In other words, Huo Wu possesses the Kunlun Mirror, which can block most of the deductions and divinations. Otherwise, it is estimated that what kind of underwear Jiale is wearing would have been calculated by now.
"Looking at the traces of thunder magic, the attainments are quite good. It should be a Taoist inheritance. In the cultivation world, there are not many immortal sects that are proficient in thunder magic. The first one is Shenxiao Sect, followed by Longhushan and Maoshan. But please forgive me for my poor eyesight and I really can't tell where it came from."
This old Taoist has an immortal look. The Sanxian Temple where he works is also a first-class temple in Yangzhou, second only to Mount Mao.
When they saw the commotion, they rushed over. There are many people like the old Taoist. Yangzhou is not small, and there are many immortal gates. The largest of them is definitely Maoshan, but the other Buddhist and Taoist immortal gates should not be underestimated either.
When the old Taoist spoke, his eyes were looking at the master of Mount Maoshan.
In fact, compared to the scene where there were not many traces, they were more concerned about what had happened or who had caused the master of Mount Maoshan, who had not been out of the mountain for a long time, to walk out of the mountain gate.
The Lord of Mount Mao naturally knew exactly what these people were thinking and shook his head.
"It's not my Maoshan's Shangqing Thunder Method, but more like a magical power."
The Lord of Mount Maoshan had some thoughts in his mind, but he immediately denied them. The Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Techniques were not the laws of the human world, and no one could obtain them. The Lord of Mount Maoshan was also wondering whether what happened here was related to the person who practiced the Shangqing Dadong Sutra.
Before leaving the mountain, he had already checked all the factions of Maoshan that were scattered outside, but he still had no clue.
The Maoshan sect is descended from the Shangqing sect. Based on the purpose of teaching without distinction and spreading the Dharma widely, it has flourished in the cultivation world. Although it is based in Yangzhou, it is not an exaggeration to say that Maoshan disciples are spread all over the world. Although only the direct descendants can obtain the Shangqing Great Cave True Sutra, there are also many direct descendants who have gone out and never returned . It is just unknown which one of them ignored the Maoshan taboos and passed on the Shangqing Great Cave True Sutra.
However, judging from the aura felt that day, the unnamed disciple was probably already at the level of Spirit Refining and Returning to the Void. Although it violated the sect's forbidden rules, it was undoubtedly a good thing for Maoshan now. I just don't know why he didn't return to the mountain gate.
"Compared to this thunder method, we should be more concerned about the demonic energy. Don't you think this demonic energy is familiar? I'm afraid it is the things in the Demonic Abyss. It seems that as time goes by, the seal is beginning to loosen step by step. There are already demons that have broken through the seal and entered the human world."
Hearing what the Lord of Maoshan said, the faces of the others also became serious. Yes, compared to worrying about who attacked here, it would be better to spend more energy on the monsters. There are records about monsters in their sects, and they know how powerful monsters are. It is also because of those monsters that the current cultivation world is regressing step by step. This world can no longer afford another attack from monsters.
Jiale naturally didn't know that the top forces of the entire Yangzhou had gathered in Qianyun Mountain. At this time, he had already returned to Jinhua County.
Sun Mansion.
Jiale healed Wansheng's wounds, and with the help of the healing pills made from Rouzhi, Wansheng should be able to recover in a month at most.
After arranging for Lin Ting to take care of Wansheng, Jiale entered into the state of cultivation again.
Four spirit-refining-level energy beads and more than thirty spirit-transforming-level energy beads will be able to be used for a while this time.
The business of Qunxian Tower was not affected by the death of Qingkui. Although there were many immortals in Qianyun Mountain, they could not affect the peace of Jinhua County.
Holding the energy bead in his hand, Jiale didn't want to care about anything in the outside world and began to practice cultivation wholeheartedly.
The Shangqing Dadong Sutra is divided into thirty-nine chapters. The first chapter corresponds to the state of transformation of the spirit, and the second chapter corresponds to the state of refining the spirit and returning to the void. Although such a profound method consumes spiritual energy when practicing, it has a solid foundation and is of great benefit when breaking through bottlenecks.
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.
More than thirty spirit-transforming energy beads and one spirit-refining energy bead were consumed, allowing Jiale's spirit to be completely integrated.
"Go to Jinling!"
During the time that Jiale was practicing, he left paper men outside to deal with the situation. As his grandson Zichu's provincial examination was approaching and he had to go to Jinling County, Jiale also had an idea and decided to go to Jinling County.
The pond in Jinhua County is too small. The appearance of the Qianyun Mountain Demon Dragon was already a surprise. It is not easy to obtain energy beads again. It is time to move.
Jinling County is the seat of Yangzhou Prefecture. Wherever dragons gather, there will definitely be monsters. Jiale is needed to save them.
"Okay, I've also been wanting to go to Jinling County these days, so we can set off together tomorrow."
Sun Zichu was overjoyed when he heard this and hurried back to prepare.
Although most of the Sun family's wealth is in Jinhua County, they also have considerable influence in Jinling County. Sun's father has been the magistrate of Jinling County for so long, and it was certainly not in vain. Going to Jinling is no different from going home.
The second day.
After Jiale handed over the Sun Mansion to Lin Ting, he set off with Wansheng, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and Sun Zichu.
After half a month of recuperation, Wansheng has recovered a lot. Although he is not suitable to ask the gods to possess him for the time being, his normal actions are no longer affected.
Moreover, Wansheng also benefited greatly from this possession, and his cultivation level, which had just broken through to the Grandmaster level, also showed signs of improvement.
In fact, in Daqian, the Grandmaster realm is already a very high status. Even if you enter the core, you still have a place. However, Wansheng knows that Jiale is very powerful, so why would he care about these things? Of course, he would rather follow Jiale.
It only takes three days to travel from Jinhua County to Jinling County. Jiale was not in a hurry, so he practiced in the carriage, feeling relieved with Wansheng driving the carriage.
at night.
"Master, there is a dilapidated temple ahead. Why don't you rest here tonight?"
Ruined temple!
Jiale suddenly opened his eyes. The Daqian Dynasty was very big, but as it was big, there would naturally be many deserted places, especially when it was in a state of decadence.
Although the distance from Jinhua County to Jinling County cannot be said to be full of dead bones, it is mostly desolate. Jiale and his party are in a hurry to travel, so they naturally will not rest directly when they see a village in the daytime. Now that it is night, it is a good thing that they can find a dilapidated temple to take shelter.
However, it is better to live in a desolate grave than in a ruined temple. This is not just talk.
There are many forms of temples, but most of them are temples of gods and temples of Buddha.
But these temples will not be destroyed without reason. Everything that happens has a reason. If a temple loses its magic and no one takes care of it, it will naturally fall apart slowly . But no matter it is the gods in heaven or the gods in the underworld, they all make a living by offering incense. They are very meticulous about the management of incense. They will not let the incense be lost unless it is absolutely necessary, unless there is a problem.
In fact, compared to immortals, gods are the most likely to have problems.
When the monastic circle comments on God, they always say one thing: incense is poisonous, faith is poisonous.
That’s right, in the eyes of the monks, incense and faith are both poisonous, and the gods worshipped by incense and faith are even more poisonous.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can understand this statement.
Gods can improve their strength as long as they have incense and faith. Compared with cultivating immortals, it is actually much easier. No matter whether they are gods or immortals, they must be extremely persistent in the pursuit of power. It’s just that immortals are diligent in cultivating their hearts and can mostly control themselves. But gods are different. They are grateful for the faith of mortals and feel the seven emotions and six desires of mortals. They are most easily infected and thus lose themselves.
They are obsessed with incense, and in the pursuit of power, they gradually go astray and begin to violate divine laws for the sake of incense. They spend all their thoughts and efforts to plan for incense, but such behavior is already the means of evil gods. From a protector god to a man-eating evil god, sometimes the transformation is just a matter of a thought.
The common people would not worship an evil god who ate them, so the temple would naturally exist in name only. Heaven and underworld would not allow such a stain to appear either, so after the mountains were destroyed and the temples were cut down, the temple would naturally cease to exist.
As for the Buddhist temple.
Buddhism emphasizes conversion. After subduing demons, people always think of giving the demons a chance. Instead of killing them, they lock them up in Buddhist temples in an attempt to convert them with Buddhist teachings. Of course, doing so is meritorious and most of the time it is effective, but there are always those who are stubborn and refuse to change. Over time, some demons will be able to comprehend something from Buddhist teachings and thus greatly improve their strength.
Once the time comes that even the Buddhist temples can no longer suppress them, it is time for these demons to destroy the temples.
There may be evil gods in the temples, and there may be demons in the Buddhist temples. Even some of the methods left behind by the evil gods and demons are enough to cause some ordinary people to be doomed.
What's more, passers-by want to find a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and those demons and monsters who want to suck the blood of living people will naturally think of squatting in such a dilapidated temple and waiting for their chance. Isn't that the case with Lanruo Temple? Therefore, this dilapidated temple is more terrifying than a desolate tomb. After all, in a desolate tomb, you may just meet an old ghost, which is definitely not too powerful and there is still a glimmer of hope. But no one knows what you will encounter in this dilapidated temple.
However, Jiale didn't care about these things. He actually hoped to meet some monsters and ghosts to have a snack.
"good."
Seeing Jiale agreed, Wansheng, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu began to prepare.
The dilapidated temple is not big, but judging from its specifications, it should be a temple. And it is not the kind of temple for gods appointed by the heaven. It should be the kind of temple for gods appointed by emperors on earth and worshipped by the people.
After entering the temple, Wansheng and the other two began to clean up the messy yard and the house covered with cobwebs without any instructions.
There are only a few houses in total, and the only one that can barely shelter from the wind and rain is the temple.
Wansheng had already cleared out a piece of open space and started a fire.
Zhang Long and Zhao Hu took the luggage from the carriage and made the bed for Jiale, and Sun Zichu also helped.
"The Great General Xuanwu, the Mighty Spirit and the Holy One!"
Sun Zichu stood in front of the dilapidated statue, looking at the sacrificial texts engraved on both sides, and couldn't help but murmur.
The statue is an image of a military general, holding a Green Dragon Crescent Blade and wearing a Wuwei Qilin Armor. Even though the statue is worn out, it is still quite majestic. Perhaps it was because the carving master at that time had good skills. If you look closely at his eyes, you can actually feel murderous intent. One can tell at a glance that this must be a veteran who has fought in many battles.
"Zi Chu, do you know the origin of this general?"
Hearing Jiale's question, Sun Zichu hurriedly answered.
"General Xuanwu Weilingxiansheng is not a general of this dynasty, and no one dares to use this title in this dynasty. I have heard of this general in a biography. He is the last general of the previous dynasty. The monarch of the previous dynasty was incompetent and the people were living in poverty. Taizu raised an army and captured cities and strongholds along the way. After conquering the north, the monarch of the previous dynasty also moved the capital all the way to Jinling City.
In order to stop Taizu, the monarch of the previous dynasty appointed a military general named Guan Fei as the commander-in-chief and stopped Taizu in Hefei.
And this General Guan Fei was indeed a formidable man. Not only did he stop Taizu's steps to the south, he also ended Taizu's record of winning every battle since he started his army. He used both strange and orthodox tactics in his military operations, and taking advantage of a great victory, he actually went out of the city to attack. Taizu was defeated and retreated all the way to the north, and Guan Fei actually recovered half of the lost territory in the state.
The monarch of the previous dynasty rewarded Guan Fei all the way. When Guan Fei recovered half of Yanzhou, he was promoted to the rank of general and given the honorific title of General Xuanwu Weilingxiansheng.
At that time, the people of the previous dynasty also thought that Guan Fei would continue to win and then let the previous dynasty return to the Eastern Capital. However, this was only their wishful thinking. The previous dynasty was already rotten, the monarch was incompetent, and there were treacherous ministers in the country. Guan Fei saved Nanjing from danger, and the monarch of the previous dynasty began to enjoy himself, and the treacherous ministers abused their power. They were even afraid that Guan Fei would affect their power, so they designed to cut off his food supplies.
Without food and grass, Guan Fei had no choice but to retreat. As the saying goes, when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked. The previous dynasty had not yet recovered the lost territory, but had already begun to trap loyal officials. Guan Fei had military strategy and bravery, but no political awareness. In the end, he was suspected and beheaded by the monarch due to the slander of treacherous ministers.
Without Guan Fei, Taizu could go south again without any obstacles. The fortune of the previous dynasty ended with Guan Fei, and our dynasty was unified since then. Taizu appreciated Guan Fei's bravery and ordered people to build a temple for Guan Fei in Jinling. However, as time passed, Guan Fei gradually disappeared from the people's impression. It was only today that I learned that the Temple of the Great General Xuanwu Weilingxiansheng was actually here. "
Hmm! I didn't expect this god to have such a history. No wonder it has been hundreds of years. The temple has been destroyed and the statue has been damaged, but there is still a trace of godliness in it.
That's right, although the temple was ruined, the general was not dead yet, but he was almost dead. Even if he could hold on, it might only be a few months. It seemed that there was a trace of unwilling obsession supporting him. After listening to Sun Zichu's story, Jia Le felt a little sorry for General Guan Fei. He fought to the death for his country and had the hope of continuing the previous dynasty's fortune for another hundred years, but in the end, he was killed by the emperor he was loyal to.
Well, this suddenly reminded Jiale of the tragic general. He had read some books recently and knew that Taizu of Daqian was wise and brave, and he loved talents. There were not many emperors who could confer titles and build temples for the military generals of the previous dynasty who prevented him from unifying the country.
Woo woo woo!
Outside the temple, the wind seemed to have started blowing, making the doors and windows whistle.
Jiale looked outside, with a hint of smile in his eyes.
"Zichu, Wansheng, burn some incense for this general."
Um!
Wansheng didn't say anything and went straight forward to burn incense. This was also the first time he heard of General Guan Fei, but just by listening to what Sun Zichu said, Wansheng had already developed a sense of admiration for Guan Fei. Even if Jiale didn't say anything, he would have burned some incense.
However, Sun Zichu had some concerns. After all, he was a military general of the previous dynasty. Although he was granted a deity status by Taizu, not everyone in the court admired General Guan Fei. Otherwise, the temple would not have fallen into the state it is in today.
However, Sun Zichu really admired General Guan Fei, not to mention Jia Le's words. After thinking about it, Sun Zichu followed Wansheng and burned a stick of incense.
I don’t know if it was Sun Zichu’s illusion, but after he burned incense, the statue’s eyes seemed to move.
Woo woo woo!
The wind outside the temple became louder, and the fire in the temple seemed to be deformed by the wind, and the temperature of the entire temple dropped suddenly.
"Master, I'm going to go out and relieve myself."
Zhang Long suddenly sat up and spoke. Jia Le took a look and said slowly, "There are ghosts outside. If you are not afraid of making this the last time you pee in your life, then go ahead."
"A ghost is good, and it would be better if it was a female ghost. I will let her know how great I am, haha."
Zhang Long actually made a little joke when he heard this and walked out of the temple gate directly. It was not that Zhang Long was not afraid of ghosts, but Zhang Long thought Jia Le was joking with him. He was not Wan Sheng and did not know how powerful Jia Le was.
Not only Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and Sun Zichu also thought so. Wansheng was already on guard, "Master, can I go with you?"
Jiale nodded and continued to practice with his eyes closed.
Outside the temple.
Zhang Long found a corner and released all the water in his body.
call!
A gust of cold wind blew by, and Zhang Long shivered unconsciously. Just as he was about to pull up his trousers, a hand suddenly rested on his shoulder.
hiss!
Zhang Long's heart couldn't help but tremble at this moment. He was already secretly saying that Jiale was a bad-mouthed person. Could this really be a ghost?
"Brother, people have their own paths, ghosts have their own paths, and we should not offend each other. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Zhang Long didn't even have time to fasten his pants after saying this, and was about to run, but he suddenly heard a voice behind him, "Don't you want to let the ghost feel your greatness? Why are you running away?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Zhang Long slowly turned around and saw a familiar face. It was Wansheng.
"Brother, don't you know that scaring others can kill them? But I was so scared that I actually thought I was bewitched by a ghost. Don't make such jokes next time. My heart is about to jump out of my chest."
Wansheng shook his head and said, "Wait a minute, let's go back together."
Wansheng didn't notice anything wrong, but he felt that since Jiale said so, there must be a problem, and it wouldn't be wrong to be careful.
"Okay, hurry up, it's freezing outside. It wasn't this cold when we entered the temple just now."
Zhang Long muttered in his heart. He had to say, even if it was a false alarm, Zhang Long was still a little nervous at this moment. He looked around carefully, feeling that there was something staring at him in the darkness.
Bang!
Another pair of hands was placed on his shoulders. This time, Zhang Long did not panic. He pushed the hand away with his backhand. It was quite cold.
"Fuck, did you pee on your hand? Why is it so cold? That's not right, isn't pee warm?"
Zhang Long complained loudly and turned around. Just this turn, his heart almost jumped out of his chest. Damn it, how did Wansheng become a girl?
In the same background, the person who caught Zhang Long's eyes this time was not Wansheng, but a person whose hair covered most of his face, leaving only one eye exposed, which was not enough to make people associate her with her full appearance. Only the two bulges on her chest made people think that this should be a woman. However, seeing a single woman suddenly appear in the middle of the night, Zhang Long felt something was wrong.
He didn't even dare to show him his greatness as he had joked before. He was frightened in his heart. Zhang Long was not a good-for-nothing. In fact, it was impossible for a good-for-nothing to enter the Sun Mansion. Although his talent was average, Zhang Long at least had a clear mind. Wansheng, who had just urinated behind him, had disappeared. Instead, there was a weird woman with long hair covering her face. This matter was outrageous no matter how you looked at it.
"Wansheng! Wansheng! Brother Wan, Master Wan, stop it and come out quickly."
Zhang Long's voice was trembling a little. If Jia Le hadn't said that before, Zhang Long might have been calmer. But with Jia Le's words, Zhang Long was already worried. Thinking of the coldness of that little hand when he slapped him just now, Oh my God, where is Wansheng? He wouldn't have been stabbed while he was peeing, right?
At this time, Wansheng had finally finished peeing. Looking at Zhang Long in front of him, he put his hand on Zhang Long's shoulder.
hiss!
cold!
A divine light flashed on his body, which made Wansheng wake up instantly. When he looked forward again, he saw that it was not Zhang Long at all, but a sinister ghost emitting a foul odor.
Inside the temple.
Jiale opened his eyes and looked outside, then looked at the statue on the right.
I saw that the statue was glowing faintly, and a ray of divine light flew out like a meteor.
Jiale nodded when he saw this scene. The incense was not burned in vain. The reason why Jiale asked Sun Zichu and Wansheng to burn incense was to let them have a bond with General Guan Fei.
Guan Fei's divine light is almost completely gone. If nothing unexpected happens, it will only take half a month.
But it is different with Sun Zichu and Wansheng burning incense. One of them has the luck of Qingjin and the other has Kuixing as the star of destiny. Among ordinary people, they are already invaluable. Having them burn incense is like having ten thousand people worship together. The power of the incense transformed from these two incense sticks is enough to wake Guan Fei from his slumber and give him new vitality. If there is no other consumption, he will have no problem supporting himself for ten years.
Guan Fei was obviously not a man who would not repay a favor, so he left divine seals on the two of them. Now that Wansheng was in danger, Guan Fei rushed over directly to help.
Outside the temple.
Wansheng was calm when facing ghosts. The divine seal allowed Wansheng to break through the ghost domain and see the true face of the ghosts, which helped Wansheng solve the only flaw in martial arts in dealing with ghosts.
The ghost in front of him was just a ghost soldier. Wansheng was a martial arts master with strong blood. Facing the ghost, he chopped it down without hesitation.
After being possessed by Kuimu Lang last time, Wansheng integrated Kuimu Lang's inheritance faster and now he has mastered the method of using star power to attack.
When he drew his sword, Kuixing took advantage of the force, and in the dim night, a ray of starlight cut through the sky and instantly cut the ghost.
From the moment the ghost domain was broken to the moment the star knife hit the body, it actually only took a split second. At this time, the ghosts had no time to react and did not have time to dodge, so they were hit directly.
This knife is full of starlight, this knife is full of blood and energy , this knife frightens all gods and ghosts!
boom!
With one blow of the knife, not only the ghost's body was blown apart, but also the ghost domain of another ghost.
Wansheng put away his knife and stood up, looking at Zhang Long in front of him who was holding his pants and refused to let go. He was a little speechless. When it really came to the critical moment, you were unable to do it.