"Later, a city was built that stretched fifteen miles from north to south."
Looking at Jiang Xuan's surprised eyes, Qujiu Lang added, "It's just that something happened during the construction of the city."
Taking another swig of strong wine, he continued:
"At that time, with the help of monks, the three city walls in the south, west and north of Jersey County were built in only about ten days."
"The east wall alone collapses every time it is repaired. As long as the height exceeds five meters, it will inevitably collapse, even if the monks use magic to build the wall."
"When everyone was helpless, a leftist monk said that evil spirits were causing chaos and ruining the atmosphere of Jersey County."
"If you want to build the east wall, you need to find girls born on a certain day in a certain year, put them in a big urn, and bury them in the ground, so that the city wall can be erected."
"How can these arrogant monks be willing to do this?"
"There were even a few bad-tempered Shenxiao monks who immediately prepared the Thunder Technique to blast the leftist monk into ashes."
"Of course, your seniors were eventually stopped, otherwise things wouldn't have happened like this."
Jiang Xuan heard this and drank the strong wine in the cup in front of him in one gulp.
If he found out who was using girls as human sacrifices, he would probably be following the same path as those senior sect disciples.
Even if he can't defeat him, he will send a message to the masters so that those who can defeat him can come.
In the midst of his thoughts, Qujiu Lang's words reached Jiang Xuan's ears again:
"The monks naturally would not believe the words of the left-behind monk, so they used magic to prepare to build the city elsewhere."
"The result is the same as what the leftist monk said."
"As long as a city wall is built within Jersey County, no matter what happens, the wall facing east will definitely collapse."
"Even if we make the east wall into an obtuse angle, it won't work."
"Just when the monks spread the word to the sect and wanted to ask the strong men of the sect to move the people to other areas, the magistrate of Jersey County took action."
"He found the Zuo Dao monk who proposed the human sacrifice, and then together they found the girl's parents and told the whole story."
"But how could that girl's family be willing to let their child be buried under that city wall?"
"In the end, the magistrate promised the girl's family a thousand taels of gold and gave her the status of a scholar as her eldest brother, so that the girl's family relented."
Having said this, Qujiulang showed a complicated expression on his face:
"However, the county magistrate had some conscience and did not sacrifice her alive. Instead, she went to my Qu's house to beg for a portion of apricot blossom wine and made the girl drunk before burying her under the city wall."
"By the time other monks know the news, the city wall has already been erected."
"In anger, Brother Shenxiao left first."
"It's just that your senior disciples didn't leave directly. Instead, they first cleaned up the evil spirits on the ground to vent their anger, and then returned to the disciples."
"The remaining monks drew hasty patterns on the city wall and left one after another, leaving the left-handed monk alone to be grateful."
After saying this, he took another sip of strong wine.
As for Jiang Xuan, when he heard this, he came to his senses:
"So the girl became a wall maiden, and her ghost is still lingering on the city wall?"
"As for this apricot blossom brew, has it become a medium to communicate with the wall girl?"
"That's not right. If it were a resentful spirit, this city wall would have collapsed long ago."
"Yes, she is not a resentful spirit, so I want to save her, Taoist priest."
This time it was Shen Xuzi who answered Jiang Xuan's question.
Turning to look at Shen Xuzi, Jiang Xuan found that he had taken out a white flower from the other side at some point.
"Brother Jiang, Taoist priest, I broke your bottle of apricot blossom wine. You won't blame me, Taoist priest, right?"
Seeing Jiang Xuan shaking his head, Shen Xuzi smiled wantonly and poured the apricot blossom stuffing onto the other side flower he placed in the corner.
The next moment, the originally somewhat wilted Bianhuahua emitted a pale light, and a gray mist also spread on the city wall.
Seeing the fog on the city wall, the city guards on duty fled off the city wall as if they had seen a ghost.
After a while, the entire city wall was wrapped in gray mist.
Countless ghost shapes condensed into the mist, making the entire city wall look like the Nine Netherworld Prison.
But the candles on the top of the city, which had only the flickering light, seemed to have become guiding lights, guiding the living souls in the direction of their return.
Under the candlelight, Shen Xuzi pressed the soul-calling seal with his hand and recited the soul-calling mantra in a low voice:
"Where can the wandering souls remain? The three souls have descended early, and the seven souls are coming.
Riverside wilderness, temples and villages; palaces and prisons, tombs and forests.
False alarm, weird, lost true soul.”
The county government in the city.
The magistrate, who had already fallen asleep, was woken up from his sleep by the guards. After hearing what happened on the east wall, he hurriedly climbed to the inner wall wearing a nightgown.
"Master Yang, are you here?"
As soon as he climbed onto the tower and before he could stand firm, a scribe came to him and said, "Taoist Master Xu and the others are already waiting in the tower."
With that said, he handed over a set of official uniforms.
Putting his official uniform on his body, Yang De nodded to the scribes and entered the tower.
As soon as he entered the tower and saw the monks who wanted to greet him, he quickly waved his hands and asked:
"Shen Xuzi sacrificed to the wall girl again?"
Hearing Yang De's question, the monks showed complicated expressions. Finally, the monk named Xu Daozhang nodded, "Yes, he went to sacrifice the wall girl again."
"I have offered sacrifices eight times before, and counting this time, it will be nine times."
"Nine thousand lights."
Xu Wen's voice was full of emotion.
As he finished speaking, the monks' praises suddenly rang out from the tower:
"Taoist Master Shen, there is a way to truly cultivate."
"Pindao is not as good as him. Even if Pindao is lucky enough to enter the magic realm, Taoist Shen is still in the Daoji realm, but he is still not as good as him."
"Nine thousand lights have been sacrificed to the wall girl, but there are still a thousand lights left to achieve perfection."
Listening to the monks' praise, Yang De had a look of worry on his face, "There won't be any problems this time, right?"
"More than ten years ago, when Taoist Master Shen first brought lights to sacrifice to the Wall Girl, the soldiers on the city wall all received the Soul Leaving Certificate, and it took a full three months for them to wake up."
Seeing Yang De's uneasy expression, Xu Wen waved his hand and comforted him, "Don't worry, Mr. Yang, it's okay."
"That's when the Wall Girl appeared for the first time, carrying resentment that had been suppressed for a long time. She only let the guards leave their souls for three months. She was already kind-hearted."
"Now that the Wall Girl has been sacrificed eight times, she has almost no resentment, so she will naturally not have any impact on the county."
"But it seems that Daoist Shen wants to sacrifice to the Wall Girl ten times in order to complete his merits and free the Wall Girl's spirit body from its troubles."
"So you have to worry about how to place the wall girl after she escapes."
"After all, the Wall Girl's body has been integrated with the city wall for a long time. After she escapes from the trap, she cannot leave Jersey County."
Hearing Xu Wen's words, Yang De suddenly frowned.
Jiang Xuan naturally didn't know everything on the towers of the inner city wall.
At this moment, he was looking at the little girl counting bricks on the city wall.
"One hundred and thirty-six thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven, one hundred and thirty-six thousand, seven hundred and seventy-eight, one hundred and thirty-six thousand, seven hundred and seventy-nine."
As she kept counting, she seemed to suddenly feel something was wrong. She looked up and immediately showed a surprised expression, "Brother with kidney deficiency!"
With a cry of surprise, she flew up and threw herself into Shen Xuzi's arms.