Chapter 321 The Danger of the Ghost City
Hearing Li Yu's voice, Zuo Chen had some doubts in his heart.
When something happened in Xuzhou, why did Prince Jing light incense for himself?
But Zuo Chen immediately realized:
There is no message from him in Xuzhou at all. If you want to contact him, you can only contact him through the Yuzhou general who is stationed in Xuzhou.
After a while, Li Yu contacted him.
“What happened?”
“You know there is a ghost town in Xuzhou.”
“Yes, I am about to go.”
"I heard from them that there was an accident in the ghost town some time ago and the contact was cut off. The kind master of Xinchun City sent several of his proud disciples to the ghost town, but they never came back."
Zuo Chen held his forehead.
Sometimes he really wonders if he has the fate of a bad luck star, and something will happen to him wherever he goes.
"I'm about to arrive in Xuzhou. Then I'll go and see what's going on."
No more greetings, cutting off the message.
Fumbling his chin and thinking, he became confused.
There is also a peach tree planted by myself in the ghost town, which is now protected by a huge hidden house. Unless someone with great supernatural powers is present, it will not be discovered.
What else could happen?
After thinking about it, Zuo Chen used a calculation method that he was not very good at, and put the fate of the unlucky ghost county magistrate into the sixty-four calculations.
After some calculations, Zuo Chen frowned slightly.
The star position is still clear, but the way forward is blocked, as if trapped in the vortex of a giant tree. Judging from the fate, life is not worried for the time being.
After knowing that something happened in Xuzhou, several people also stopped playing. Mr. Donkey pushed the boat and the boat moved forward with the current.
The speed is a little faster.
When passing the checkpoint, in order to avoid trouble and hurry up, Zuo Chen simply didn’t show up and let the boat swim downstream through the checkpoint and entered Xuzhou.
In this way, after spending another two days on the road and completing the journey of less than half a month, the walls of New Spring City finally appeared in front of everyone.
When they arrived outside New Year City, Zuo Chen and others got off the boat and quickly rushed to the city gate.
The soldiers guarding the gate couldn't help but rub their eyes after seeing Zuo Chen coming, looking incredulous.
"Taoist Priest!"
After confirming that the person who came was really Zuo Chen, the soldier guarding the city was also filled with joy: "Brother Xiao has been talking about Taoist Priest these past two days. I didn’t expect you, Taoist priest, to actually come!”
“His words have already reached my ears.”
Zuo Chen smiled and nodded.
The little soldier didn't know about Chuanxuanxiang and thought it was Zuo Chen's slightly exaggerated description.
Without staying at the door, he directly ordered the soldiers who were off duty, and then led Zuo Chen and his party to the small monk's temple in the middle of New Spring City.
As soon as he entered the small temple, Zuo Chen directly heard the old monk’s voice coming from inside the door:
“How about I think of a way? At least send some merit and spiritual light, say no. We can definitely clear out all the ghost troops besieging the city.”
“Wouldn’t this hurt your body?”
"What's the matter? We can't leave that city alone and not save it!"
"...No way."
"Why not? Why not leave so many people alone and not save it?"< br>
"It's too dangerous, I can't let you take risks."
Xiao Changcheng and the monk had a dispute on some issues, and his tone was more or less angry.
Zuo Chen happened to enter the courtyard at this moment. Xiao Changcheng and the monk heard the movement and turned their heads at the same time.
Seeing Zuo Chen coming, the two of them also had expressions of joy on their faces.
"Taoist Master!"
Xiao Changchen was sitting on the futon. Now he jumped up and hurriedly ran towards Zuo Chen.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Xiao Changcheng's joy faded away, and a few doubts appeared on his face:
"Taoist Master, I just asked the general from Yuzhou to order some incense for Prince Jing two days ago. At that time, Prince Jing said that he had just left Kyoto, so I thought it would take you a month to arrive. Why did it happen so quickly this time? ?”
“We have a new travel companion, and Mr. Donkey’s reputation has also increased a lot, so it’s normal to hurry up.”
Zuo Chen pointed at the human-shaped donkey behind him. Master, introduce it to Xiao Changcheng and the monk.
The two people were obviously in a daze.
The two of them were actually aware of Master Lv’s condition. When they first followed Zuo Chen, Master Lv couldn’t speak; when Master Lv came some time ago, he still couldn’t transform. ;Now Mr. Donkey can even transform into another form.
As expected of the Immortal Family next to the Taoist Master, his cultivation speed is really fast.
After finding a futon and sitting down, Zuo Chen got straight to the point:
"Tell me what's going on first. I'll handle the ghost town matter."
Xiao Changcheng Hearing this, he sighed:
“Two days ago, the ghost town lost contact, so we sent people there. As a result, more than half of the people sent out died, and several lost contact. The one who came back was also a little crazy.
"He told us, "A large group of ghost thieves came from the direction of Yuzhou, like an army wave, approaching the city.
“Those ghost armies are all illusory evil beings. Although the instructor’s cavalry can fight, they cannot hurt them. Xuzhou’s ability to exorcise ghosts is insufficient, and Master Shanxin’s own We are trapped in this temple and cannot leave, so we are really helpless.”
Hearing Xiao Changcheng’s words, Zuo Chen’s face became strange.
Yuzhou Ghost Army?
The ones in the wilderness?
I even caused lightning to kill a large group, why did they come here?
......
Next to Niujin Mountain, in the ghost town, many ghosts are trembling and living in their houses. The sound of horse hooves can be heard outside the city. This sound cannot be heard by humans. They These souls heard it very clearly.
It seems like it is trampling on their souls.
It was an army of wandering ghosts riding large horses surrounding the city wall.
They are neither as pitiful as the wild ghosts on the roadside, nor as orderly as the residents of ghost towns.
They are a group of pathetic lunatics, a group of broken knives who slaughter everywhere, a group of disasters that always wander on the edge of death and cannot sleep peacefully.
The former ghost county magistrate and now the ghost city lord is leaning on the city wall, looking at the ghost soldiers wandering in a wilderness not far away.
He just felt like his head was buzzing.
"Master Wang, what can you do now?"
"I really have nothing to do."
The man called Master Wang is not young anymore, and he has a look on his face. Tired, it was obvious that he had not rested for a long time: "If my master were here, the golden light of merit on his body would definitely be able to drive away the evil here."
He is one of the monk's disciples, neither a monk nor a Taoist. The pure folk school inheritance, called Wang Gou, is now respected as Master Wang.
Having said that, the monk himself can only move around New Spring City. It is really difficult for him to travel so far to support the ghost city.
He sighed again and murmured to himself:
"Where did these fierce ghosts come from?"
"Their armors are all dressed up by the Kyoto army, just like me You guessed it right, they probably came from the wilderness of Yuzhou."
"The group of Kyoto ghost soldiers in Yuzhou... weren't they blocked by the old Yuzhou ghost soldiers?"< br>
One person and one ghost were discussing on the city wall, and their faces became increasingly ugly.
When the Taoist leader asked them to deal with the sneakiness in all directions, he only sent a lot of ghost soldiers to Yuzhou.
The result was no surprise, not a single ghost came back.
At that time, the ghost city owner probably realized that the ghost army composed of a group of bandits on Niujin Mountain was not at the same level as this ghost army formed from the regular army.
But he really didn’t expect that this group of ghost troops would wander across the border, come to Xuzhou, and surround the ghost town!
Even though he has been dead for a long time, the Ghost City Lord still feels that his false heart is a little twitching.
Fortunately, the peach fairy planted by the Taoist Master is now waving his branches desperately outside the city, so that the entire city is not noticed by the fierce ghost army from Yuzhou. Otherwise, these sneaky sieges, the ghost city lord I feel like my big city really can’t handle it.
“Master Wang, I’m really dragging you down this time.” The Ghost City Lord felt unspeakable pain.
When he asked for help from Xinchun City, there were only a few of these ghost armies. The owner of the ghost city hoped that Shanxin, an eminent monk with great merit and divine light, would send an apprentice to sit in the town and help drive away the evil spirits. Who would have thought that... Just a few days later, the scene outside turned out to be like this.
Hearing this, Master Wang shook his head disapprovingly: "Our teacher said that our duty should be to spread the light of merit and virtue to protect Xuzhou and the world. It is a good move to come here to help you. There is no drag on it. It’s a drag.”
Sighing at this moment, the Ghost City Lord wanted to say something more, but suddenly he heard a strange movement outside the city.
Looking up, his eyes suddenly opened.
A large number of ghost troops appeared on the horizon in the distance.
It’s just that they wore the armor of the Yuzhou Army and attacked the Kyoto Army without hesitation.
The two groups of ghost armies suddenly clashed, and the scene became chaotic for a while. It was going to be a unique battle of souls.
Master Wang and the Ghost City Lord on the city wall looked at each other.
What's going on?
The two of them were full of doubts and could only stare at the newly killed army.
Two groups of ghost armies fought against each other, three souls collided with three souls, seven souls collided with seven souls, corpse dogs bit each other, and the fetal light pushed back and forth.
For Master Wang above the city wall, not even a drop of blood could be seen in the battlefield below. Although the scene was large, it was not too scary.
But the ghost city lord kept screaming, "It's so miserable, this beating is too fierce!"
After being a ghost for a long time, I really see things differently from humans.
This battle did not last long. The Yuzhou ghost army was obviously much smarter than the Kyoto ghost army. They consciously retreated while fighting, consuming the power of the Kyoto ghost army.
Until finally, a loud roar came from the Kyoto ghost army, and the loose team gathered together and formed a large stream, retreating towards Niujin Mountain in the distance.
Only the Yuzhou ghost army is left lingering in the same place and has not yet dispersed.
The owner of the ghost town still has a headache. Judging from the current situation, the crisis in the ghost town has not been resolved.
Just then, he suddenly saw a single rider coming out of the Yuzhou ghost army below the city.
The ghost soldier came to the central open space, dismounted, and shouted loudly:
"Are there any people in Xuzhou here?"
(End of this chapter)