Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Three Ghost Eaters
"Nine ghost kings are here? Now we are in trouble." Shan Taoist next to him paled slightly. If Li Xiuyuan, a human saint, was not here, he would have turned around and fled.
There are ten ghost kings gathered here. God knows what will happen next.
If there is a disagreement, he is no match for him.
"It is a rare grand occasion for nine ghost kings to attend a banquet together. Please come in and sit inside." Li Xiuyuan saluted, then extended his hand to indicate.
Regardless of whether it is good or evil, since he is entertaining ghosts and gods, he cannot be hostile to the ghosts and gods attending the banquet. Otherwise, if he holds the banquet with malicious intent, wouldn't it become the Hongmen Banquet? In this way, the next time he entertains the ghosts and gods, it will be different.
Which ghosts and gods dare to come?
However, his invitation to guests was not responded to.
The nine ghost kings stood outside the Jade Tower, looking at Li Xiuyuan in the main hall with a half-smile but not a smile. They did not move even a step and had no intention of entering for the banquet.
"The nine ghost kings are lingering here. Is it because I'm being rude in some way? Or is it because I'm not being well-received in some way?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
"Your etiquette is very dignified and your attitude is very humble. However, I saw that there was no food and wine on the banquet table. I wonder what kind of banquet you, a saint on earth, hosted." A ghost king grinned, and his voice was hoarse and strange, which made people endure.
He couldn't help but frown.
Li Xiuyuan said: "My banquet today is not for eating and drinking, but for this Yangzhou. I am willing to make a banquet with the incense and fire of this state, and ask all the ghosts and gods to share it. Isn't it enough to feed the bellies of all the ghosts and gods?"
Share the Yangzhou incense?
As soon as these words came out, the ghosts and gods in the hall couldn't help but change their expressions.
This human saint is so ambitious that he actually wants to seize a state.
But...it seems that the human saint has reached some agreement with the Heavenly Palace. In the past few months, the consecrated ghosts and gods in Yangzhou have been withdrawn. Perhaps the Heavenly Palace has handed over the jurisdiction of Yangzhou to this human saint.
indefinite.
In this way, the food and drinks at this banquet are really sumptuous.
Thinking of this, many ghosts and gods are tempted. If they are saints in the human world, they may not be able to become gods on behalf of heaven. Ghosts and gods who have no status may be able to rectify their names from now on.
However, the ghost king grinned and said: "I didn't see the incense. I only saw the countless delicious food lingering nearby. Since the saints in the world are stingy with food and wine, then I, the guest, can make my own decisions.
got it."
After saying that, a fierce light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he stretched out his hand to grab into the dark night not far away.
His arm suddenly stretched out, grabbed a two-hundred-year-old ghost that was wandering nearby, and then raised it in front of him. Then he opened his mouth, revealing densely packed fangs. Among the fangs was an abyss-like throat.
The darkness inside seemed deeper than hell.
"Ah, help, help, don't eat me." The old ghost suddenly screamed in shock.
This ghost king actually wants to eat this old ghost with two hundred years of experience.
It is not unheard of for ghosts to eat ghosts. It is said that Zhong Kui likes to eat ghosts, but what he eats is heinous evil spirits. Not all ghosts eat them, but this ghost king actually wants to eat them indiscriminately.
This old ghost.
Although they are both ghost eaters, their nature is completely different.
Moreover, this ghost king still ate ghosts in front of Li Xiuyuan, which was undoubtedly a slap in the face in front of everyone.
Immediately, Li Xiuyuan's face darkened, and then he said coldly: "If you dare to take a bite of him, you will be stabbed by me."
The Ghost King who opened his mouth to devour this old ghost couldn't help but turn his head and look at Li Xiuyuan when he heard this and said: "I should have announced my name just now. My name is the Ghost-Eating Ghost King. Naturally, I want to feed on ghosts.
Now I am a little hungry, but there is no food or wine at this banquet, so I am naturally looking for something to satisfy my hunger. This old ghost seems to have some weight, so why should I use him to satisfy my hunger?"
In a few words, he said that he had eaten ghosts as confidently as if a tiger in the forest eats a rabbit or a fish in the water eats shrimp.
"He is my invited guest. If you eat him, I will kill you." Li Xiuyuan said.
The Ghost-Eating Ghost King grinned and said: "This is unfair. I am also your guest. Why would you kill me if I eat a ghost?"
"Since we are guests, there is no reason to eat other guests." Li Xiuyuan said.
The ghost-eating ghost king said: "This is a moral restraint in the mortal world, but ghosts do not have to respect it. And don't you also have things like exchanging children and eating them in the world? Since this has happened, it means it is acceptable. I, the king, eat
What’s wrong with one ghost? There are so many ghosts here, and one less one won’t have much impact. Moreover, it’s just a two-hundred-year-old ghost. He can’t even get in for a banquet here, so how can he be considered a guest?”
"You, the saint in this world, said that you want to share the incense of Yangzhou and use the land of one state to make a banquet. Well, there are so many ghosts and gods here now, and the incense is probably not evenly distributed. Wouldn't it be better if there are fewer ghosts and gods who eat and drink?
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Li Xiuyuan frowned deeply.
This ghost-eating ghost king was not provoking himself mindlessly, but a premeditated and planned provocation.
If he eats this, his majesty as a saint in this world will be gone. Not only that, this banquet will not be able to go on.
If you can't even save a kid, who will believe him and follow him?
Do you rely on your status as a saint in the world?
"Young master, you must not let this ghost king eat ghosts, otherwise this banquet will not be held. Killing people will be heartbreaking." Li Linfu didn't know when he came to the back of the palace and reminded him in a low voice behind him.
As a former prime minister, he saw everything clearly.
Even without Li Linfu's reminder, Li Xiuyuan knew that he could not let this ghost-eating ghost king eat ghosts here.
The consequences of the incident were not as simple as the death of a ghost, but the complete failure of his plan to govern Yangzhou.
Li Xiuyuan's eyes immediately became sharp. He stepped down from the main seat and walked step by step towards the outside of the hall. Wherever he passed, the ghosts and gods in the hall gave way.
The breath of the saint on earth is approaching, and no ghost or god can bear it.
"As the saying goes, guests do as they please. The banquet I host is my decision. If you abide by my rules, I will let you attend the banquet. If you don't abide by my rules, then you are here to cause trouble. Even if you are the King of Ghosts, the same is true.
It's easy to let this old ghost go. If you insist on eating him, you are an enemy of me. I have killed the Black Mountain King, killed the Dragon King of Wujiang, killed Huagu, and eliminated the thousand-year-old tree spirit. Only this one
I haven’t killed the Ghost King of the Underworld yet, so you don’t want to start this fight today, do you?”
Li Xiuyuan stared at the ghost-eating ghost king and approached him step by step.
From the previous distance of nine feet, to eight feet, seven feet, six feet... His breath was compressed along with his momentum.
Go straight towards the nine ghost kings.
The other ghost kings all felt a strong and powerful aura coming towards their faces. This aura was like burning fire cooking oil and was unbearable to them.
At first, I could still resist with Taoism, but once I passed the six-foot range, I exceeded the range of resistance. My whole body seemed to be facing the scorching sun, and like a ghost entering a frying pan, pain came from all directions.
"Chichi~!" The long-tongued ghost king's bright red tongue seemed to have been tortured by a cannon, and he retracted it for a moment in pain.
"Wow, wow!" The ghost baby in the arms of the Mother Ghost King let out a shrill scream. It was in so much pain that it actually left the side of the Mother Ghost King and crawled behind it, constantly moving away from here.
"Hey, the aura of the saint in this world is indeed terrifying, but under this aura, I don't know whether I will die first or this old ghost." The Ghost-Eating Ghost King grabbed the old ghost and stretched it out to Li Xiuyuan and said, "Don't hold back."
Painful, he grinned.
The ghost king felt pain, let alone the old ghost.
The old ghost was wailing and screaming at this moment, his body was rapidly fading, and the ghost energy all over his body was being driven away.
He will die in just a few moments if this continues.
Li Xiuyuan stopped immediately, looked at the ghost-eating ghost king with cold eyes, and finally had to take a few steps back.
In the first confrontation, he was defeated.
"Do you know? What you did today is actually playing with fire and burning yourself. You claim to be the King of Ghosts in vain. You have practiced Taoism for thousands of years, but you can't even see the situation clearly." Li Xiuyuan said.
The ghost-eating ghost king smiled and said: "You are a saint in the world, but you are also a human being. Being a human has weaknesses, and having weaknesses means that there is nothing to fear. The long-bearded ghost king abandoned the Ten Kings Palace and took refuge in you. Is it possible that you think that the world is the best?"
Are ghosts and gods willing to curry favor with you, a saint on earth? You have your way, we have our way, and you should not come to forcibly interfere with the operation of our Ten Kings Palace."