"The Nine Heavens Yingyuan Mansion, the Supreme Jade Qing King... is in charge of the five thunders, running the three realms. The father of all beings, the master of all spirits. The great sage and great mercy, the emperor and the Tao..."
On the altar of law.
Luo Yuqing chanted "Lei Zu Bao Gao" loudly.
As he chanted, the thirty-six pillars of incense around the Dharma altar burned rapidly, and the rising light smoke lingered, and various strange phenomena appeared in the smoke.
then.
Luo Yuqing took out another handwritten letter and wrote in cinnabar the words "Disciple Zhengdao Luo Yuqing is writing this on behalf of the Heavenly Master". Then he stamped it with the seal of Yang Ping's rule of the capital and threw it into the brazier. Then he held the jade gui, kowtowed and exhaled.
God’s name:
"Nine heavens respond to the sound of thunder and universalize the deity."
The words just fell out.
The handwritten letter turned into flying ashes with a "bang", and the surrounding light smoke suddenly gathered and turned into an arrow that shot straight up into the sky.
Immediately afterwards.
There was a crack of thunder in the clear sky.
A cold wind came from nowhere, blowing smoke and dust in all directions, flags turning and flags waving.
And looking at the clear blue sky, like ripples on a flat lake, there are clouds floating all over the sky with shallow patterns. The clouds were shallow and sparse at first, then thick and dense in the blink of an eye, and in the blink of an eye they were connected into a dark cloud curtain.
It's blocked out the sky.
Everyone below was exclaiming, and even Li Changan couldn't help but click his tongue, thinking: This effect seems to be a bit more powerful than artificial rainfall.
But.
On the altar of law.
The instigator of all this, Zhengdao Zhenren Luo Yuqing, raised his eyebrows.
slow!
He glanced at the Thousand Buddhas Temple opposite.
In his Dharma eyes, the last bit of Buddha's light is like a candle in the wind in the overwhelming demonic energy. In another half hour... no! Maybe not even half a quarter of an hour, the Buddha's light will be extinguished and the Buddha will be dead.
will be born.
too slow!
He said to himself.
Despite Luo Yuqing's sworn appearance in front of Long Tu and other juniors, how could this Shenxiao Thunder Department be summoned in a short while?
He knew very well that he was competing for time and taking a gamble.
If he invites the gods of the Thunder Department first, the Corpse Buddha will die; if the Corpse Buddha is born first, then his fate may have to be handed down here. As for the military formation to protect the Dharma and even Li Changan under the Dharma platform, everyone
How long can the devil last when it comes out of its nest?
Time is running out.
Luo Yuqing, on the other hand, showed some hesitation.
But within seconds.
He scratched the back of his head and said to the Heavenly Master with a flattering smile, "Forgive me, Patriarch."
Then, he took off the gourd from his waist and placed it on the table.
With a "pop" sound, he slapped the table, glared at the gourd and cursed:
"Mr. Taihu, in the past you recklessly drove away the floods, flooding crops for 800 miles and swallowing 600,000 lives. Your crimes were extremely heinous and you should have been executed by the banks of Zhenze. However, I remember that you had meritorious deeds in heaven and earth.
If you open one side of the net, you will be imprisoned in this gourd for one thousand two hundred years."
"Today, the situation is dangerous, and it's time for you to make up for your mistakes. If you can give me a helping hand, and make the clouds gather rain for me, I will take on the responsibility and reduce your sentence of a hundred years!"
Say it.
The gourd seemed to respond and shook itself.
But the old Taoist's expression froze, and then his old face suddenly turned red.
"Two hundred years? What a fart! You have already served a thousand years in prison, and I want to deduct two hundred years for you? It would be better to just let you go back to the sea."
He was so angry that he walked back and forth on the stage, stepping on the wooden platform and making a "bang bang" sound. He cursed "worms" and "earthworms" for a while, but finally stamped his foot.
"Okay! Two hundred years is two hundred years."
He gritted his teeth and said.
"But this magic cube must be removed to redeem it."
The gourd shook again.
The old Taoist nodded, stopped dilly-dallying, picked up the magic sword, stepped onto Kuidou, and recited:
"I will give you the officer who chases the wind, I will give you the cloud soldiers, I will give you the general who will open the sky, and I will give you the vanguard flag."
The magic sword was pointed repeatedly in front of the gourd.
then.
"Edict."
He threw down a token and drank:
"Raise the wind and thunder, gather clouds and rain, crush the demon city, go!"
Suddenly I saw a green light rushing out of the gourd's mouth and going straight up into the clouds.
Immediately.
Then there was a slight rumble of thunder, like a surging tide.
Also at this time.
Directly above Thousand Buddhas Temple.
It was as if a hole suddenly opened in the sky, and the rain clouds in the sky rotated and converged towards the "hole".
Turning the entire sky into a huge whirlpool.
If the blue sky is compared to the inverted sea, then it was filled with blue waves and smoke, but now it is empty of turbid waves.
soon.
This "sea" with turbulent waves is getting darker and darker, and it is getting lower and lower, as if it will collapse in the next moment and submerge the world, so heavy that people can't help but shrink their necks.
And on top of Ye Mountain, in the center of the whirlpool.
The clouds have already swarmed into a majestic cloud mountain, hanging down from the sea of clouds. Its color is like that made of dark iron, weighing heavily towards Ye Mountain.
Thunder light burst out from time to time.
A huge creature could be vaguely seen with only a scaly claw exposed.
…………
No mortal has ever seen such glorious heavenly power.
In front of the altar, the military formation, which was relatively neat just now, has long been in chaos. Praying, chanting, crying, and laughing can be heard endlessly. Some people bowed their heads and prostrated, while others simply knelt on the ground and muttered words.
Suddenly.
A young soldier kowtowed and stood up, and found that there was some wet and sticky substance on his forehead. When he wiped it with his hand, he found that it was some putrid and black liquid.
Where did it come from?
He subconsciously looked down.
But I saw that the green wild grass under me was dotted with bright yellow wild flowers, but in just a few seconds, it curled up, turned black, rotted, and finally turned into a pool of rotten water with soft and rotten roots floating on it.
He looked up blankly, and everything he saw was rotten and black.
He screamed and jumped up from the ground as if he had been bitten by a snake.
Also at this time.
People who were attracted by the strange phenomena in the sky finally realized that the corruption was spreading under their feet. They were so shocked that they retreated for more than ten steps before finally stopping.
But he didn't have time to take a breath.
"Look!"
The same young soldier pointed forward and made a sound in panic.
Everyone looked around hurriedly.
But when I saw that Yeshan was still full of green mountains just now, only countless bare tree trunks were left, poking out from the rotten water, like rotten hedgehogs.
Without the cover of the leaves, everyone could clearly see that there were always figures flashing in the strange forest.
It was a group of living corpses descending from the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, opposite a group of living people.
Converging into an endless tide of corpses.
"Master Zuzu!"
Long Tu, who was assisting with the ritual, exclaimed.
"Um."
Luo Yuqing had a sullen face and nodded.
There is no need to say more about this situation and this scene.
The Buddha's light has disappeared, and the corpse Buddha has appeared.
…………
On top of the military formation.
There are only pale faces and pairs of hesitant eyes.
And the young soldier's legs were trembling, and there was a slight dampness in his crotch.
Suddenly.
A rough, big hand pressed down on his head and pushed him to stagger.
then.
A general with a phoenix-winged helmet on his head and bright light armor stepped out from the crowd. He stepped on the rotten water with his iron boots and walked for more than ten steps in a row, then stared at the group of corpses with his arms akimbo.
"Pooh!"
He spat ferociously, then turned around, Shi Shiran took off his coat, revealing his pale hair.
But he is a veteran with gray hair and beard.
His voice was loud and deafening.
"My surname is Lu, I am sixty-two years old, and my home is in the south of the city. When the late emperor was in power, he also served as a general for several times. He fought against pirates, suppressed monster bandits, and defeated barbarians. He was tired of killing people.
, it has been more than ten years since I resigned and returned home. When I heard that the demons were causing trouble, everyone in the city changed their minds, but I didn’t say a word and recommended myself to be your commander-in-chief."
Someone in the crowd said.
"I recognize him. He is Yuanwai Lu, and I worked as a servant in his house."
The veteran angrily said:
"Shut up! On top of the military formation, you have to call me General!"
As soon as he said this, the army immediately groaned. He nodded and continued:
"Before I left, my old wife asked me. The adults in the state capital are still cowardly, and you, an old man who can't lift a sword, can do anything. Aren't you afraid of monsters?"
At this time, there were more and more living corpses at the foot of the mountain, and a strong rotten smell was blowing along with the mountain wind.
There was another commotion in the military formation, and the veteran seemed unaware of it, and only continued:
"Afraid! Why aren't you afraid? Everyone is afraid! I was so scared that I ate two more bowls of wild cabbage dumplings."
The wild vegetable is Houttuynia cordata, also called Zheergen. Because of its fishy and weird smell, it is a wild vegetable that only poor people eat. (PS: No curse, I eat this stuff too.) I heard that Yuanwai Lu was such a dedicated general.
Eating this kind of food also caused a few bursts of laughter even though the atmosphere was tense.
The veteran said seriously:
"Don't laugh. I suffered from hunger when I was young. Now even if I am rich, I can only eat this one. If I don't eat some at every meal, I always feel not full. I have no other meaning to eat those two bowls more..." He photographed
He patted his belly and smiled calmly, "I'm just afraid that if I die here today, I won't have the chance to eat again."
As soon as these words came out, the army became more and more anxious, and some people even faintly heard crying.
The veteran just looked calm.
"My old wife asked me again: I'm afraid, why do I still come?"
In the military formation, those who were wiping away tears raised their heads, those who were lost in despair came back to their senses, and turned their eyes hesitantly.
"Simple."
Under the gaze of various complex eyes, the veteran raised his hand, clasped his fingers and said one by one:
"Because the millet in the field is not yet ripe; because the melons and fruits in the garden have just sprouted; because the ewe in the pen has just given birth to a calf; because the ancestral house has just been renovated; because the old mother, who is nearly eighty years old, is sick in bed; because she is old.
My wife’s legs and feet are inconvenient; the eldest grandson has just learned to walk, and the younger son is still in his mother’s womb!”
This rambling was all about family matters, but it made everyone's breathing gradually become heavier.
"So I came here." The old general pointed to his feet, "I came here to fight those monsters!"
"because I know……"
His voice gradually became excited and hoarse.
"If I don't fight hard, my land will be destroyed by monsters; if I don't fight hard, my wife, children, and children will be killed by monsters; if I don't fight hard, my Lu family will have no descendants, and all generations of ancestors will poke me in the ground.
The spine!"
The veteran's face was already ferocious, and his hair and beard were all spread out.
"Now, I ask you again..."
His eyes seemed to be bursting with fire, burning everyone in the army.
"Do you have any land?"
Only a few people returned:
"have."
"Do you have a wife or children?"
The response was a little more enthusiastic:
"have."
"Do you have any ancestral graves?"
Finally they shouted in unison.
"have!"
"Okay! I'll ask you again."
The veteran paced in front of the formation, staring at no one.
At this moment, the group of corpses began to squirm, as if they were about to launch an attack. However, no one in the army paid the slightest attention. They only stared at their commander with burning eyes, waiting for him to ask questions again.
"Do you have any weapons in your hands?"
"have!"
"Do you have any brother Pao Ze around you?"
"have!"
"Do you have balls in your crotch?!"
"have!"
The voice was loud and the crowd was enthusiastic.
The veteran nodded with satisfaction. He strode back to the formation, but when he passed the young soldier who was pushed away by him, he stopped in his tracks.
Under the turban of the soldier, there was an extremely childish face, with only some down on his lips. He looked about fourteen or fifteen years old. He was looking at his commander, trying to straighten his chest, trying to hold up his slightly slender face.
A broad, crude armor.
The veteran's mouth moved, but in the end he didn't make a sound. He just pressed his pocket on the head of the soldier, patted his shoulder again, and went straight to the Chinese flag without stopping.
"Follow my orders."
"go ahead!"
Amidst the beating of drums, the military formation moved forward against the black mass of corpses.
They walked forward for more than ten steps until they reached the defense line formed by fences and antlers before stopping and regrouping.
at this time.
The group of corpses suddenly came rushing in like a wave.
The veteran's voice also sounded again.
"Where is Jun Zheng?"
A general next to him came out in response.
"Today's battle is about progress and no retreat! If a troop retreats, the leader will be killed; if a troop retreats, the leader of the group will be killed; if a group retreats, the leader of the team will be killed; if a group retreats, the captain will be killed; if a battalion retreats...
…”
He took off his saber and handed it to Jun Zheng.
"Just cut off my head."
As soon as the military law was announced, everyone was horrified and solemn.
At this time, the tide of corpses had already arrived a hundred steps away from the military formation, and everyone could clearly see the ferocious face, ragged clothes, even mutated limbs, blackened bones, and wriggling organs.
The military orders were shouted hoarsely.
"Crossbow!"
Then there were soldiers with their bows and arrows bent, ready to go.
"put!"
Suddenly, the sound of strings echoed with the thunder in the sky.
The dense arrows were like clouds of smoke rising from the military formation, shrieking and covering the corpses.