Jiamengguan is one of the largest cities in the world.
It was originally a pass for the Yin and Shang dynasties to guard one side and defend the princes from all walks of life. However, after Xiqi captured Chaoge and Ji Fa ascended the throne and became the emperor of Zhou, all the princes in Kyushu surrendered. This pass has now lost its significance.
Meaning, there is no need to garrison so many troops, it simply becomes a large city with a large population.
However, when Xiqi's army conquered the Five Passes, a series of battles also occurred here, and countless soldiers died.
In addition, in the past ten years or so, when the Yin Shang fought with Xiqi, they also recruited soldiers and horses from here and deployed elite soldiers and generals. Therefore, even with the prosperity of Jiameng Pass, it now seems a bit depressed.
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After all, Emperor Zhou has not yet ascended the throne. Even if there is currently no war between the human races and all parties are cultivating and recuperating, they will not be able to return to their original state in a short time.
The atmosphere in Jiamengguan City has become a bit weird recently. The people in the city have closed the door early and locked the doors and windows before it gets dark every day. Every evening, before night falls, the streets are almost empty.
No one.
This situation makes Jiameng Pass, which was already much more depressed than before, look even more dilapidated and even a little weird.
It's not that the newly appointed officials in the inner city don't want to manage this Guancheng well, it's really that they have nothing to do.
Because, Jiamengguan has been haunted recently.
Every night after dark, there will be lonely ghosts wandering around. They have been bumped into by people more than once. Many people have even been killed because of it. The yang energy in their bodies has been absorbed by the ghosts. By the time they are discovered, they have already been
Totally dead.
That's why every day before it gets dark, the entire city has become as quiet as if it had fallen into a ghostland.
The officials of the City Lord's Mansion had also sought out experts to subdue the ghosts, hoping to restore Jiameng Pass to its previous state.
However, the so-called masters he found were not that good at all. The ghosts were not caught, but were caught by the ghosts.
Nowadays, several invited Qi practitioners have been killed, so some Qi practitioners who think they are not good enough no longer dare to easily accept the invitation of the city government to earn money.
It is said that those ghostly creatures came from the mass graves in the west of the city.
Ghosts only appear in the city after dark, but the mass graves in the west of the city, even during the day, are gloomy and misty, filled with ghosts and shadows, and it is so gray that no sunlight can be seen.
Some people say that there were Yin and Shang generals who died in battle there, along with a group of soldiers. Their souls did not want to return to the underworld and re-enter reincarnation, so they lingered in mass graves among the human world.
Some people say that it is the burial place of those who died tragically over the years. Because of the excessive yin energy, many ghosts and ghosts were born.
And because there were so many soldiers who died tragically after several battles, resentment was soaring and ghosts were infested, so those ghosts rushed out of the mass graves and came to the city to harm people.
Anyway, there were divergent opinions, and it caused an uproar for a while, and the people were even more panic-stricken.
The officials of the city lord's palace hired experienced experts from all over the world to catch ghosts and subjugate monsters, and at the same time they sent people to report to the emperor, asking the court to send capable people to help.
After all, when the Ji family and the Yin Shang fought for the world, there were many more bizarre things than this. If Xiqi's side had not won, what does this mere ghost mean?
When Ji Fa received the report, he immediately thought of Jiang Ziya regarding such ghosts and gods.
However, Jiang Ziya had already gone to his fiefdom, which was far away in Qi State. By the time Ji Fa sent people to rush to Qi State to see Jiang Ziya, a lot of time had passed.
But after Jiang Ziya saw Ji Fa's edict, he rejected it without thinking.
Just kidding, he is so talented and he is so old. After many lives and deaths, he finally survived the catastrophe of becoming a god and helped your Ji family gain the world. Now he has just begun to enjoy his wealth in the world.
Just let him fight with ghosts again?
Now Jiang Ziya does not have the apricot-yellow flag on his body to protect him, and he does not have the disciples of Chanjiao to protect him. If he is beaten to death again now, he will really be dead, and no one will save him again.
So how dare he provoke those powerful ghosts now?
However, after all, it was the emperor's edict, and he had no choice but to reply, so he sent someone to tell Ji Fa that you are now the destined emperor and the lord of the world. If you encounter such ghosts and gods, you can offer sacrifices to heaven and pray to the gods in heaven.
Come to help.
As for how Ji Fa planned to offer sacrifices after receiving his reply, Jiang Ziya didn't care.
Now he just wants to spend his happy old age peacefully, and it is best to have more children to continue the Jiang family's incense.
Otherwise, when his life span comes to an end, there will be no one to inherit his title of Marquis of Qi.
When he thought of the matter of continuing the incense and giving birth to an heir, the old man didn't know why, but he thought of something called Qianqianrou that was quite popular in Chaoge City in his early years.
Ahem...I don’t know how effective this thing is?
However, since it is so praised and the price is still high until now, it seems to have miraculous effects. Do you want to give it a try?!
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Jiamengguan, south of the city.
Several shadows wandered in a small alley.
There was silence on both sides of the alley, and there was no sound.
Just as these shadows drifted across the street with dull expressions, and were about to turn, suddenly, a child's voice came from behind a door: "Grandpa, grandpa, look, there are several people outside.
Uncle is so weird... huh huh?"
Before he could finish his words, someone covered his mouth.
However, it was too late, the child's voice had already attracted the attention of those shadows.
They turned their heads slowly.
He really turned his head, without moving his body, and turned his head back, looking towards the door.
There was a banging sound, and the door was blocked with various tools from the inside.
In the room, a white-haired old man nervously covered his grandson's mouth, signaling him not to speak, and at the same time used all the objects he could use to block the door.
The old man's son had already died in the battle when Xiqi's soldiers and horses attacked him, and now they are left alone to depend on each other.
It's just that the child was young and playful. Just when the old man was making the bed and getting ready to have a rest, the child noticed through the crack in the door that there were several light figures passing by the door. This immediately aroused the child's curiosity and made a noise.
The old man used all the things in the house that could be used to block the door, but he was still panicking in his heart.
He himself is old and has reached the time when he knows his destiny, and he has become indifferent to matters of life and death.
But his grandson is still young, and he will still need to inherit the family's incense in the future, so the old man does not want anything to happen to his grandson.
The old man looked around blankly, looking for something more to feel a sense of security.
Until I saw the simple stove in the corner, my eyes suddenly brightened.
Although he knew it might not be useful, for peace of mind, he still came to the stove and prayed to the statue of the Kitchen God carved on the stove.
The old man muttered softly while turning his head to look at the door, hoping that the blocked door could block the ghosts outside.
However, ghosts are originally illusory soul bodies, so how can these mere common things stop them.
Sure enough, when the ghosts outside the door saw that there was no way to enter, they turned into black smoke and slipped in through the gap in the door.
The old man screamed in horror, picked up a fire stick in his hand, and protected his little grandson behind him.
After smelling the breath of living people, the eyes of these ghosts were all bright and green, and they looked at the old man and his little grandson who was being protected behind him.
They were all transformed into ghosts by people who died unjustly in their early years. They had a lot of resentment in their hearts. After turning into ghosts, they became very violent and hated the world.
It's just that in the early years, the four generals of the Demon family guarded Jiameng Pass. These four were not weak in cultivation, and they also had powerful magic weapons to help them. With their brothers sitting on the guard, there was no chance for these ghosts to come forward.
Although a ghost king once appeared in the mass graves in the west of the city in the early years, before he could come out to cause trouble, Mo Lihai, the third of the four generals of the demon family, gently played his pipa a few times and killed the ghost king.
Shocked to death.
Later, in order to prevent ghosts from coming out to cause trouble, they even set up a ban outside the mass graves. Therefore, in the past many years, no ghosts have dared to come out to cause trouble.
Until Xiqi soldiers and horses attacked, and there were countless casualties in successive battles.
Not only the soldiers of Jiameng Pass, but also many soldiers and horses of Xiqi also died at Jiameng Pass.
After all, in order to avenge her disciples, the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit had several battles with the disciples of the Chan Cult here.
They even used the soldiers and horses of Jiameng Pass to train a fire dragon Taoist soldier who could control the divine fire of Samadhi.
These Taoist soldiers were not something that ordinary soldiers could withstand. After several battles, they caused countless casualties to the Xiqi side.
So many people died tragically in a short period of time, and many people outside the city were also affected. Many unclaimed bodies were thrown directly into mass graves and buried hastily.
As a result, because there were too many dead people, the evil spirit and resentment in this mass grave became strong. As time passed, a world of ghosts was finally formed in the world, where hundreds of ghosts were rampant, no matter day or night, anyone who passed by the mass grave
, you can hear the sounds of ghosts crying and howling coming from there from time to time.
There are even some vicious evil spirits who take advantage of the night to leave the mass graves and follow the road to Jiameng Pass to absorb the yang energy of living people and enhance their Taoism.
This has led to the current scene of panic among Jiameng Guan.
"Chacha..."
When several ghosts saw the grandfather and grandson, they immediately laughed fiercely and rushed towards them, intending to absorb the yang energy from them.
It's just that the old man is old and frail, and he doesn't look like he can live for many more years. The yang energy in his body is like a candle in the wind, swaying uncertainly, so these ghosts are not too interested in the old man, and more
Most of them pounced on the little boy behind the old man.
Not only because this child has pure aura and abundant yang energy, but also because he is young and has no resistance, so he can be easily taken over by them.
Suddenly, just when these ghosts were about to pounce in front of the grandfather and grandson, the old man waved the fire stick in his hand in despair and tried to stop them, when he saw a ball of fire rising from the statue of the god carved on the stove behind them.
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Then there was a bang and the fire turned into a figure wearing a divine robe.
"Be bold!"
When he saw some fierce ghosts actually planning to kill people, Qi Yuan immediately shouted loudly.
Following this violent shout, a surge of divine power erupted, and the horrified ghosts immediately trembled in fear. They couldn't care less about the grandfather and grandson, and quickly turned around to run away.
Qi Yuan waved his hand and split into several flames, which instantly fell on these ghosts.
"ah……"
Li Gui screamed, feeling that his soul was rapidly melting under the flames.
The leader, a fierce ghost, still retained some of his sanity when he was alive, and shouted: "God, please spare my life..."
Qi Yuan snorted coldly, but had no intention of letting them go.
After death, most souls go to the underworld and reincarnate, and those who are still attached to the human world and do not want to leave usually have special reasons.
Or it may be because you are reluctant to leave your loved ones and have an unforgettable concern. This type of ghost is okay and generally does not take the initiative to harm others.
Just like the headless ghost Qi Yuan met in Chentangguan. He was killed in an accident, and he was worried about his wife and children at home. In addition, his bones were abandoned in the wilderness, so he wandered in the world. But the headless ghost
Although it looks scary, it shows no signs of harming anyone.
Unlike these fierce ghosts in front of Qi Yuan, who blatantly harmed living people, they are obviously people with deep grievances. If they are let go, more innocent people will definitely be harmed by them in the future.