With the Yin soldiers and ghost generals, Li Xiuyuan quickly returned along the original road and arrived at the Chenghuang Temple.
Because the victims of the disaster have returned to their homes in the city, the City God's Temple is now deserted and deserted. Even the collapsed City God's head has no one to take care of it. When cleaning it, the clay sculpture's head is still smashed in front of the altar table, and the cloth is
It fell there full of cracks.
However, although the Chenghuang Temple is no longer inhabited, the temple is still filled with the smell of incense.
The rich incense coiled around the Chenghuang Temple, but no ghost or god dared to take it away.
"Young Master."
At this time, in front of the City God's Temple, the black-faced Yin soldiers were waiting here with more than thirty Yin soldiers and hundreds of ghost servants.
"How did things go?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
The dark-faced Yin soldier hurriedly said: "I am lucky that I have lived up to my command. Everything the young master ordered has been done properly. All the ghosts in this city have been arrested, and not a single ghost has been allowed to do evil."
"Very good, you didn't waste all my cultivation." Li Xiuyuan nodded.
At this time, the dark-faced Yin Soldier said again: "Young Master, there are many wronged souls in the City God's Temple now, the cages are full, and even the Little Ghost Palace is full of wronged souls. I don't know how the Young Master will deal with these wronged souls?"
Li Xiuyuan said: "I have made arrangements for you to escort this wronged soul to the red-haired ghost king in the underworld, and he will accept it all."
"Yes, young master." The dark-faced Yin soldier looked at the green-faced brother and immediately nodded in agreement.
Since the eldest young master has returned from a trip to the underworld, everything must have been arranged.
"You guys go down and do your work." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand.
The dark-faced Yin soldier responded and retreated.
At this time, Li Xiuyuan said again: "Two ghost generals, although the evil spirit of Guo Beicheng is gone, there are many evil spirits outside the city. I would like to ask you two to lead the Yin soldiers to arrest them. However, please give me some ideas when the Yin soldiers go out.
Don't collide with a living person. According to your way of doing things, if a living person is collided, he will inevitably become seriously ill. By then, I don't want to see the incident of this innocent soul end, and your troubles will come again."
"In addition, there are many demons and ghosts in this world. Mao Shenye Dao, you must be more vigilant. If something happens, I will not be able to save the fire from far away."
"Don't worry, Mr. Li, we understand."
The two ghost generals cupped their fists and said, "If there are no other instructions, we will set off immediately. The Ghost King has an order that we must return to the underworld on the 30th. We just hope to complete the task as soon as possible and go back as soon as possible."
Li Xiuyuan nodded and said: "I have no other instructions, please come."
"Master Li, I'll take my leave."
The two ghost generals saluted, immediately rode on ghost horses, said hello, and led two thousand Yin soldiers to rush out of the City God's Temple, along the avenue, towards the outside of Guobei City.
For a moment, a dark wind blew up in the city, and this wind also carried the faint sound of the neighing of war horses and the clash of armor.
It was as if an army were traveling.
A slovenly Taoist came back from outside the city in the middle of the night. He happened to encounter this scene and couldn't help being slightly surprised: "The ghost general is leading his troops? Why are there so many yin soldiers in Guobei City? Where did these yin soldiers come from?"
, you must know that there are not so many Yin soldiers under the command of the City God?"
The Mu Tao people were surprised and suspicious, but they avoided this group of Yin soldiers and waited for them to leave the city before entering the city.
Such a large number of Yin soldiers are not found everywhere, not to mention that there are two ghost generals in front of these Yin soldiers.
Such strength cannot be possessed except by the great forces in the underworld.
"While Pindao was away, this nephew might have caused trouble in the city." Mu Taoren thought to himself. When he walked to the street, he realized that although the street was deserted, there were no unjust souls who died.
It is very unreasonable that so many people have died but there are no innocent souls.
He had originally chosen the right time to come here to subdue the souls of enemies and bring peace to this place.
Now it seems that someone took away the evil spirits here first.
There are only two people in the city who can do this, one is the city god, and the other is his nephew, the saint in the world.
Mu Taoist came to the City God's Temple and prepared to pay homage to the City God. However, when he walked into the City God's Temple and saw the collapsed statue of the City God and the smell of incense filling the temple, his expression suddenly changed slightly.
The city god is dead?
If the statues of the gods have collapsed, how can the gods not die?
"Oh, Uncle Master, are you here? Uncle Master, where have you been these past few days? Why haven't you seen anyone?"
Li Xiuyuan saw Mu Taoist standing in front of the City God's Temple. He was meditating in the temple and immediately spoke.
"Master Nephew, have you killed the City God?" Mu Taoist said with a strange look on his face.
"Well, behead him. This city god has impure thoughts, and today's disaster is also caused by him. His inaction has indirectly harmed the people. Shouldn't he be allowed to continue to enjoy the incense? If he is not beheaded, I will feel sad in my heart.
It's not pleasant." Li Xiuyuan said.
Mu Taoist shook his head helplessly: "That's all, Pindao won't say more. You have killed the Dragon King of Wujiang, and this city god is not missing. Pindao has not been idle these days, he has been running around for you.
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"Running around for me? What do you think, uncle?" Li Xiuyuan said.
Mu Taoren said: "After you killed the Dragon King of Wujiang a few days ago, Pindao took the body of the Dragon King of Wujiang and made you a pair of armor and a treasured bow. They can be regarded as gifts from my uncle."
After saying that, he took out a pair of armor and a treasure bow from the Ghost King's cloth bag.
The armor is completely black with dragon scale patterns on it, making it look majestic and extraordinary.
The treasure bow is also completely black, but the bowstring is golden, as if it were made of gold, with a bit of mystery.
"I see, but the matter of armor, bows and arrows is not urgent at this time. Why should my uncle refine weapons for me when the disaster comes?" Li Xiuyuan said: "There are still many things in the city that need my uncle's help."
Mu Taoren shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Pindao doesn't have this time. At noon in three days, Pindao will be struck by lightning and die. I want to prepare a coffin in advance when I return to the city today. I would like to ask my nephew to come and help me."
Build a tomb and erect a monument. If you have time in the future, you can just pay homage. I have been practicing Taoism since I was a child and have no descendants. I can only trouble you with this memorial matter."
"Uncle Master, why did you die from a lightning strike when you were so good?" Li Xiuyuan was immediately surprised.
Mu Taoist sighed and said: "Of course it is because of too much sin that one would die from a lightning strike."
"Uncle Master is a Taoist who does not commit murder and accumulates merits in daily life. Why did he suddenly commit too many sins?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
"A bit of greed caused mischief. I took something I shouldn't have taken and violated a taboo."
Mu Taoren took out something from his arms and said, "My nephew, I remember this."
It was a crudely sewn cloth bag.
"I know, this is the cloth bag on the red-haired ghost king. Uncle Master said that there is a universe inside this bag, and it can hold a small mountain." Li Xiuyuan said.
Mu Taoist said: "Yes, there is a universe inside, which can contain a small mountain. Since it can contain a small mountain, it can contain all the people. Do you understand, nephew?"
Li Xiuyuan frowned immediately.
"Sure enough, it is not easy to get things belonging to saints. Poverty has five disadvantages and three shortcomings. Without wealth, he is doomed to live in poverty. He has been practicing Taoism for many years and does not have a single magic weapon on his body. That day, my nephew, you, take this ghost king bag with you.
Since I don't know how to use it and it looks like a useless piece, I got a little selfish and wanted to borrow it, so that I could have a magic weapon with me." Taoist Mu sighed helplessly again.
"Who could have imagined that such a disaster would happen later? It was only after the incident that I discovered that I had been guilty of sins for some time. After careful calculation, I realized that the problem was with this ghost king bag."
Li Xiuyuan said: "This matter has nothing to do with my uncle. The disaster has already begun that day. Even if I have the Ghost King's bag, how can I hold all the people in it?"
"Although this is the case, the death of the people in the city and such a big sin need to be shouldered by some people, so the Dragon King of Wujiang has died, the city god has died, and now it is Pindao's turn, so Pindao has killed the Dragon King of Wujiang in the past few days.
After my body was refined, I left you two weapons, which can be regarded as a token of my gratitude to Pindao, my uncle."
Mu Taoist said.
"If my uncle is going to die from a lightning strike, I might be able to save him," Li Xiuyuan said.
Mu Taoist shook his head and said: "It's useless. I have to endure this lightning strike. Only in this way can I have a chance of survival. Even if I escape this disaster with your protection, I will definitely die in the future."
Li Xiuyuan also somewhat understood the taboos of Taoists.
There are certain calamities that those who practice Taoism must take the initiative to face and cannot escape, otherwise the consequences will only become more serious.
"What can I do for my uncle?" Li Xiuyuan was silent for a moment and asked.
"It's enough to give Pindao a piece of clothing you have worn." Mu Taoren said; "Maybe I can leave Pindao a whole body."
Li Xiuyuan remained silent and just took off his coat and gave it to him.
After taking the clothes, Mu Taoist put down the Ghost King's cloth bag and said: "Senior brother Pindao will soon complete the Golden Elixir Avenue. When the time comes, he will come to you to protect you."
After saying that, he strode away.
From the beginning to the end, Mu Taoist looked calm, without any fear of death.
Perhaps this is what an accomplished person should look like.
Don't be afraid of death and be ready to face life and death at any time.
An ordinary person would probably be frightened to death if he heard that he would be struck to death by lightning in three days.
Li Xiuyuan remained silent until he saw Mu Taoren leave.
He wanted to prevent such a thing from happening, but Mu Taoist refused his kindness. He took away a piece of his clothes to protect his body from being broken, leaving a complete
corpse.
"If there is really a chance of survival, I hope that my uncle, the master, can escape this disaster." Li Xiuyuan thought secretly in his heart.
The disasters faced by those who practice Taoism can only be resisted by those who practice Taoism.