As soon as the middle-aged Taoist priest finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly became noisy. Guanjiang City has been embarrassed recently, and the city lord's palace has been conducting inspections to no avail. They thought there was a monster causing trouble. This Taoist priest was the old city lord who came from Izumo two hundred miles away a few days ago.
The Taoist priest invited by the audience was known as the Great Master Qingling. Many residents in the city had seen him perform spells. When these words came out of the mouth of the Great Master Qingling, everyone was convinced.
"How come there are no monsters? Last night I saw two big monsters fighting in the river. My grandfather had invited many eminent monks and wizards before, and they all said that there are monsters in the river!" At this time, only the little girl next to the old city lord said
doubted.
Master Qingling frowned, seeming to be very dissatisfied with the little girl's words.
The old city lord hurriedly covered the little girl's mouth, smiled apologetically at Master Qingling and said, "Tong Yan Wu Ji, please don't be offended, Taoist Master."
Grand Master Qingling was noncommittal, "Old City Lord Yang, have you invited someone to come and see it before?"
The old city lord said hurriedly, "Yes, I had suspected that there were monsters making trouble in the river before, so I asked many Taoist monks to come and have a look. They all said that there were monsters in the river, and their Taoism was not shallow. There was nothing they could do. Some of them
A great man went down the river to slay demons and never came back up again."
When Master Qingling heard this, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly covered up by him, and he chuckled, "They are all a bunch of charlatans, how can they be as good as my Xuanmen authentic sect, those so-called masters
People who mistook the River God for a monster and angered the River God must have died at the bottom of the river long ago!"
"Master's magic power is great, please rescue me and Guan Jiang City's hundreds of thousands of people! The reward promised to the master before will not be less than half a penny!" The old city lord panicked, what should I do if this annoyed Jiang Shen?
"The loss of population in your city must be a punishment from the River God!" Master Qingling smiled and stroked his beard. He said enigmatically, "Now the River God is angry. There is only one way to save him!"
"What method, please tell me from the Taoist Priest!" As soon as he heard that there was a way to rescue him, the old city owner's eyes suddenly lit up, and the people next to him quickly listened.
Master Qingling said, "Sacrifice to the gods, use living people to sacrifice to the gods!"
"ah?"
After exclaiming in surprise, the old city lord hurriedly said, "Taoist Master, we have tried this method before. We found living people to sacrifice, but every time the people to be sacrificed were washed ashore by the river, this method doesn't work!"
"Huh?" Archmage Qingling heard this and suddenly looked a little surprised. This person who was offering sacrifices could be washed ashore. Is there such a strange thing?
The Great Master Qingling rolled his eyes and said, "Humph, your method of sacrifice must be inappropriate. You must use boys and girls to sacrifice to the River God. If you use the filthy bodies of adulterers and adulterers,
Of course Jiang Shen is not happy, it would be strange if he doesn’t return it to you!”
"Ah? What should we do?" The old city lord panicked for a moment. But it turned out that the method of offering sacrifices was wrong. Is this River God still picky about food?
Master Qingling put away the compass and said, "We have found ten boys and girls, and Pindao will personally preside over the sacrifice. Communicate with the God of the River, and I will ensure your safety!"
"Ten boys and girls?" When the old city lord heard this, his whole body trembled violently, and he seemed very excited.
"That's right, ten boys and girls, no less than one! Just like your old granddaughter!"
"Ah?" The little girl was so frightened that she hid behind the old city lord, and the old city lord stared wide-eyed.
The old city lord hesitated. Ten boys and girls were ten living little lives. Who would want them to die?
Turning to look at the surging black water in the river, the old city lord struggled in his heart for a long time. Suddenly he became heartbroken and slammed his crutch on the ground. He said with a firm expression, "Okay, I will go and get ready in a moment."
Please trouble Taoist Priest to preside over the sacrifice and restore peace to Guanjiang City as soon as possible!"
Compared with the tranquility of one side, ten boys and girls are nothing. Guanjiang City is located in a remote area. The old city lord is also a highly respected person elected by the people of the side. He is not an ancient martial artist appointed by the ancient martial arts sect. The folk customs are relatively ignorant.
, the old city lord was sick and rushed to seek medical treatment. He only regarded the Taoist priest in front of him as a life-saving straw and was convinced by his words.
Hearing the agreement of the old city lord, everyone present became excited. Those who did not have children at home had a look of luck on their faces, while those who had children at home had a look of apprehension on their faces, fearing that the ten children
Among boys and girls there will be children of their own.
"Asshole, you ignorant villagers, how can you let this liar do what you want?"
A loud shout resounded throughout the world, causing everyone to tremble. Everyone followed the sound and saw a young monk and a young man walking out of a reed swamp on the river bank.
Both of them had gloomy expressions, and it was the young man walking in front who spoke.
Chen Jinyuan was very angry now. These people were so ignorant that they were willing to sacrifice living people at the instigation of a charlatan, and they were still boys and girls. This was simply taking human lives as a child's play.
"who are you?"
Archmage Qingling frowned. He was very annoyed that these two people dared to interrupt him. The old city lord also looked at these two unexpected visitors with a puzzled look on his face. He didn't know why these two people would do this.
Come out of the reed marsh.
"Amitabha, I don't know the name of this Taoist priest!" Huasheng walked forward and clasped his hands in front of Master Qingling.
"Hmph, Izumo-Kan Qingling, you are the novice monk of that small temple again? Why are you obstructing the poor Taoist from helping the villagers solve their problems?" Master Qingling's tone was quite unkind, and he just thought he was here to give him reincarnation.
Stealing business.
"Amitabha, the little monk named Huasheng is just an ascetic monk. The Taoist priest keeps trying to help these villagers solve their problems, but why do they need to harm the lives of those innocent children?" Huasheng asked.
"Hmph!" Master Qingling's face suddenly changed, "What do you, a little monk, know? These villagers offended the River God, and the River God punished them. We can't quell the anger of the River God without the sacrifice of boys and girls!"
"No, no!" Huasheng shook his head gently and said, "There is a difference between what the Taoist said. The Jiang Shen you mentioned in your mouth, since he can become a god, has a compassionate heart, how can he harm people's lives?
?”
Everyone heard the words and felt that they were reasonable, but Master Qingling's face turned red and he shouted angrily, "Where did the young monk come from? Old city lord, please open them quickly, lest you miss the right moment and Jiang Shenke will get angry again!"
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The old city lord came to his senses and did not dare to offend the Taoist priest. He quickly ordered people to come forward and drive Huasheng and Chen Jinyuan away.
"Why are you talking so much nonsense with him?" Chen Jinyuan frowned, moved his Tai Chi cloud hand, and with a slight move, he led those people aside, stepped in front of the Qing Ling Archmage in two steps, and waved
