Chapter 136: Where is the underworld of Fengdu now?
"Wow, there are so many fresh vegetables, fruits and pastries! What a simple people! They actually know that we don't have much food left!"
Xiangzhu looked at the large and small baskets brought back by Chen Chi, her face filled with joy.
She doesn't know why, but her sleep is getting better and better these days. She always sleeps until dawn and doesn't wake up no matter how noisy she is.
Naturally, I don’t know what happened last night.
Zhou Yi's voice came from the back room.
"Don't just patronize Silly Le and don't go help me. Chen Chi has thin arms and legs and has lost a lot of weight while reading. How can he move so much?"
"I……"
The little maid lowered her head, looked at her slender legs with grievance, and couldn't help but sigh... She was too biased.
Not long after, Zhou Yi's voice sounded again, "Wait a minute, go cut some fruits first, guests will be arriving soon."
"guest?"
There was a strange look in Xiangzhu's eyes.
Some people have come to this small courtyard, including the young gentleman Xu Kun, the former steward Xu Liang, the servants of the Xu Mansion, and a certain beardless head catcher, including the noble prince from the capital who cannot speak human language.
But I have never seen Mr. so solemn.
Not long after, a tall man wearing a wide-brimmed bamboo hat came to the small courtyard with his head lowered.
Like the people from the county who came to thank him, he kowtowed in front of the courtyard, then put down a pile of souvenirs wrapped in green leaves, walked around the wall, and left in a hurry.
When there was no one around, he stood up, climbed over the wall, and landed lightly in the courtyard.
Before he even touched the ground, he saw the monk standing with a smile.
"Great... Great Sage."
"Amitabha, long time no see, Mr. Huai."
Zhou Yi stretched out his palm and released a soft aura from the air, gently supporting the Sophora japonica donor who wanted to bow down.
A majestic and powerful force came from the opposite side. The aura was by no means inferior to Madam Chu or even Huang Xu.
Zhou Yi was not surprised.
The true form of this person is a large locust tree with a lifespan of nearly a thousand years.
When the tree grows old, it becomes a spirit. Even if it spends most of its demon power on attracting and refining the horse's soul for the sake of the night horse's bones, it still has hundreds of years of profound cultivation.
In just an instant, Mr. Huai's resistance dissipated, like a mud cow drowning in the sea, it turned into nothing.
It seems to be very concerned about others checking its level of cultivation.
What did it realize then? It looked slightly embarrassed: "Sorry, great sage, I actually..."
"...It's just a habit, right?" Zhou Yi said with a smile.
"Ahem...who knows me? The Great Sage."
"Haha, Mr. Huai, who has learned how to speak, is still so polite and courteous. Please give me some fragrant beads inside. Please bring melons and fruits."
In the back room, a monk and a locust tree were seated as guests and hosts.
Xiangzhu put down the fruit plate and looked curiously at the man who still refused to take off his bamboo hat.
The bamboo hat is not the common bamboo strips, but is like a kind of braiding of branches and leaves.
Even if she is a Qi Sen warrior, she cannot clearly see the face hidden in the shadow of the bamboo hat.
Can you only see the man eating the peach? His movements are elegant and delicate, but he still makes a loud chewing sound.
It wasn't until Mr. Huai finished eating two big peaches that Zhou Yicai said, "I wonder where Mr. Huai has traveled these days?"
Mr. Huai wiped the peach juice from his chin, cupped his hands and said, "The great sage calls you Mr. So? Little Huai is really ashamed to deserve it."
"Xiaohuai?"
"With the help of the Great Sage, the bones of that night horse were saved? Only then was Xiaohuai able to leave his body and walk out of Wenhe County? Visiting the outside world was like being reborn. From that moment on? There are no old locust trees in the world?
Only Xiaohuai."
"Xiaohuai is Xiaohuai? The name is just a code name. By the way, where have you been in the past two months?"
"Reporting back to the Great Sage, during these days, I pretended to be a martial artist who had not yet entered the spirit of martial arts, and went to the southernmost border of Lingnan Road. I saw the mirage of the South China Sea, and met overseas merchants from the Republic of China and fishermen from the Changgu Kingdom.
Although the appearance is strange, the lifespan is longer than that of the people of the Tang Dynasty. Then all the way north, what I saw and heard was that demons were causing chaos, people were in ruins, and people were in dire straits..."
"You, you, you are obviously at least an expert at the county master level, but you are still so low-key and cautious."
"Don't you dare, when it comes to keeping a low profile, the great sage is the master here. The common people only regard you as a monk, the evil spirits in the county regard you as the great king, and Xiaohuai regards you as the great sage. But who knows the person in front of you?
Who exactly are monks?"
"That's ridiculous. No wonder the young monk always thinks he can chat with you."
"So is Xiaohuai."
Familiar recipes, familiar tastes, familiar business exchanges...
A monk and a locust tree were eating fruits and vegetables. They were talking about everything they wanted to talk about. The more they chatted, the more they became more speculative.
Although Zhou Yi stayed at home, Xiaohuai's various tricks that night were all shown in small black characters.
What interests Zhou Yi is not Xiaohuai's method of rescuing people, but that it keeps pretending to be gods and ghosts, pretending to be men, women, old and young, all kinds of experts. No matter the evil spirits causing trouble or the people being rescued, they are all fooled around.
The result is that no one or ghost knows that the person who turned the tide and put an end to the ghosts and chaos in Wenhe County last night was actually the same person (Tree).
…
When the smoke rises, the sky gradually becomes darker.
The world fell into silence, but the other world in Wenhe County became noisy.
"Oh my, does anyone know who the weirdo with the wooden sword is? He is ruining my good deeds!"
"Hmph, I still want to ask. Last night, I almost sucked up all the essence of that woman. Suddenly, an invisible woman appeared and unleashed a sharp whip, which hurt me to death."
"Yes, if the man with the stick hadn't suddenly appeared, I would have burned Le's old house to ashes."
"That fisherman shouldn't be still alive..."
"It's strange, it's strange. Last night, Xiu Tou and those thirty-odd Xiu Hua were clearly trapped by us and couldn't escape. Where did there come from so many nosy people?"
"Hiss... Could it be that the big king did it?"
"Impossible! The ghosts and monsters who were ambushing the small courtyard in the south of the city last night said that the big king has been staying in the small courtyard and no one has seen him come out."
"Could it be that the great king has another group of people? No wonder he is so calm."
"Then what should we do...continue to make trouble?"
Suddenly, a gloomy sound floated from a distance.
"To stop now is to give up halfway. Don't you think that the great king behind Xihua and it will spare you and wait?"
The ghosts and monsters gathered somewhere in the north of the city turned to look.
Suddenly, out of the gray night fog, a "man" with a height of several feet and a waist ten inches wide, wearing a high crown and black clothes, came out.
Although it is tall and burly, like a giant, it can walk and swing its sleeves, but the rhythm of the sound of the piano is faintly floating, and its steps are as light as dancing.
The boy with bones, the faceless candle girl, the ghost in the stable and other ghosts all saluted the visitor.
"See Parsnips."
The ghost of the Fangfeng clan nodded slightly, and a look of amusement appeared on the gloomy ghost face under the high crown.
"You guys want to back out now?
But don't forget, you all promised my master that you would never give up until you force Naxu Hua to hand over your position as county master.
My master also made a promise to you all in the letter that whoever contributes the most will be supported to become the new head of Wenhe County."
All the ghosts and ghosts in Wenhe County looked at each other.
The Bone Boy crossed his hands and saluted: "But at the end of last night, a force of unknown origin suddenly appeared and saved the people in the county who should have died."
The short Stable Ghost also said: "Yes, that group of forces not only has mysterious origins, but also has sophisticated methods that are difficult to guard against."
Fangfeng said calmly: "The master knows your difficulties, so he sent someone here to help you. You are all the best in the underworld in Wenhe County. You won't give up in one night, right?"
As soon as it finished speaking, a burst of laughter came from not far away.
"It's only been one night, can't you, the ghost behind the scenes, couldn't help but jump out? Your Majesty, I really overestimate you."
Another burst of night fog came closer and closer.
In the mist, the giant shadows with one-legged bull heads appeared one after another, bouncing toward the north of the city.
The leader was none other than Liuzhang Haotou, with eyes like blood moons and a fierce look, and his whole body was filled with a strong Yin Qi.
A day's rest is far from enough to fully recover from his injuries.
But the bloody battle last night and his repeated attempts to survive had given him a chance to break through the current bottleneck.
It wasn't too surprised, it just took it for granted. After all, "seeking a breakthrough in the realm of death" was the mage's hint.
It has long been convinced of everything the Master has to say.
Feeling the yin energy emanating from Haotou's body that was stronger than last night, the white-bone boy, the faceless candle girl, the jawless ghost, the violent ghost and other troublemaking ghosts all changed their colors slightly.
Fangfengshi snorted coldly.
"The so-called innate evil is nothing more than that. Don't panic, let's watch someone play the piano to entertain you."
Fang Feng stretched out his ghost claw, turned around behind his back, and pulled out a broken bone from his black robe.
The bones are like a harp, and the tendons are like strings.
Under Fangfeng's strumming, it produced a rhythm like heavy rain and thunder.
The boy with white bones, the faceless candle girl, the ghost without a jaw, the violent ghost and other ghosts all became powerful and their Yin Qi surged, leading the other ghosts to attack the crowd and waste them all.
With one against five, Hao Tou fights alone against the Bone Boy, the Faceless Candle Girl, the Ghost with No Jaw, the Evil Ghost and the Violent Ghost.
The six-foot-tall pagoda-like body looks like a giant spirit among the ghosts and monsters. His left claw shuttles through the Yin Qi, opening and closing it wide and flying sand and rocks. His right hand keeps flying out copper coins, or turns into extraordinary powerful Yin treasures.
, or use the magic of buying life to keep teleporting, or use money to extend your life.
Facing five Yinguai whose strength was also close to that of the county leader, he actually did not fall behind at all.
The Hutou fought with ease, but the rest of the Xiuhu didn't have the same strength as it, and there were only more than thirty of them in total. Faced with the siege of hundreds of ghosts, they fell into a disadvantage in the blink of an eye.
Under the night in the north of the city, there is another world that cannot be seen clearly by the naked eye.
The ghost of the Fangfeng clan, who is also five or six feet tall, plays the bone harp and dances strangely.
The sound of the piano became faster and faster, and the momentum of the ghosts and ghosts became more and more ferocious. In no time, they had already surrounded the Xiuhuang people in a corner of the wall.
Even Xiaotou became more and more strenuous as he fought, gradually falling behind.
The bright moon hangs high, and the wind comes from the middle of the moon.
The leaves and weeds all around were swaying and rustling.
Snapped!
The soil is turned up.
Branches and roots burst out from the soil.
Like thick arms, they entangle the ghosts and ghosts in the above and county at a speed that is difficult to catch with the naked eye.
For a moment, all the ghosts and monsters were like shackles, nailed to the spot, unable to move.
The Xuhus had quick eyesight and quick hands. When they saw their opponents who were originally suppressing them were suddenly immobilized, they all roared and pounced on them.
"ah!"
"don't want!"
"Spare my life!"
All the ghosts and monsters begged for mercy, but the Xiuhuas had already become red-eyed and showed no mercy with their sharp claws.
Bang bang bang bang... ghosts and monsters kept dying under the claws of Xuhuang, and their souls flew away and melted between heaven and earth.
In the blink of an eye, the situation has changed.
Fangfeng's expression was still calm, it was obvious that it had expected all this.
It stared at the roots emerging from the ground, a dark light flashed in its cold eyes, and it muttered something.
A gust of wind blew up behind it, and the black robes rustled, but it was some kind of ghost magic method similar to fortune telling.
In a moment, it has been figured out.
"So it turns out that what ruined our good deeds last night was a thousand-year-old locust tree at the entrance of the village outside the county. Where is the boy Chizhi? Go to the entrance of the village immediately and burn the locust tree!"
"Jie Jie... obey your orders!"
The boy in ocher robe who had been hiding in the corner jumped out.
He sneered, his face full of ferocity, he picked up the red flag and flew out of the county.
The whole body is shrouded in a ball of blazing fire. This fire can burn the rain from the sky above, and burn the rivers and lakes below. It forms on the banks of the river of phosphorus fire in the underworld, which cannot be extinguished by the water of the world.
The roots and branches of the locust tree that originally wanted to intercept him retreated, obviously not daring to get involved in this weird yin fire.
And Shaotou, who thought he was secretly rejoicing at the arrival of reinforcements, his face darkened again.
On the contrary, the five ghosts including the Skeleton Boy who besieged it were all smiling, provocative, sarcastic, and making bad words.
From the night wind, a sudden high and low voice sounded like a man and a woman.
"The calculation was good. Unfortunately...it was still wrong."
A cyan figure appeared next to Chizhi Boy like a ghost.
"I have received enlightenment from the Great Sage, and now I am no longer the old locust tree that is afraid of thunder and fire but cannot hide away."
Under the wide bamboo hat, a hint of emotion appeared on the face that was completely different from human beings. Then he opened his mouth and let out a long cry towards the cochlea of the Chiqi boy.
"Roar!"
The red flag boy felt like he was struck by lightning, his body trembled wildly and he flew away.
The horse-faced man did not stop, turned into a stream of light, and appeared beside the stunned Fangfeng clan, like a secular warrior punching the bone harp.
Snapped!
Broken bones and broken strings.
Fangfengshi vomited white blood and fell back again and again, his face full of disbelief.
Under the broad bamboo hat, a pair of giant eyes that no human has ever seen shone with a cold light, and then turned to the other side of Liuzhang Xuhua.
"Walker, don't panic. I am here to help you on the orders of the Great Sage."
'Huh? Why does this man look like a horse?'
Shaotou looked at the face exposed from the shadow of the bamboo hat, and was startled. His curled lips opened wide, and then he raised his head and laughed.
"Hahahaha, Brother Ma Mian arrived just in time, just in time to help us clear the place and finish it off."
"Oh? You're a weird bull-headed guy. How do you know you must be older than me?"
"Haha, there's no need to ask, we are born with evil spirits."
"Oh? But I have lived for nearly a thousand years."
"This...so what!"
"Also, I'm not here to help you finish, but to save you, little Niutou."
"Hiss, you fool... that's all. I'll argue with you after I finish dealing with this bunch of monsters!"
"Oh? That's fine."
"Nuutou" and "Horse Face" stopped bickering, one on the left and the other on the right, and attacked the remaining rebel ghosts and thieves in Wenhe County!