Ziyun Temple belongs to the Zhengyi sect and is a branch of Tianshi Mansion. Because it is close to the provincial capital, its construction is not small.
The Taoist priests in the temple are all directly appointed by the Tianshi Mansion, and all of them have real skills.
Relying on excellent means, Ziyun Temple is firmly rooted in this area and has a strong reputation.
As a branch of the Zhengyi Sect's Tianshi Mansion, the ancestral skill of subduing demons and eliminating demons is naturally retained.
Within a radius of a hundred miles, if you want to do things like do things, read Feng Shui, tell fortunes, bump into customers, etc., you always go to Ziyun Temple.
In the past, relying on the methods inherited from the Tianshi Mansion, Ziyun Temple was invincible in this regard.
But this time, they encountered a difficult problem, and they were having a meeting to discuss countermeasures.
At this time, a little Taoist priest ran into the temple in a panic:
"Master, something happened again in Huangshi Town. Last night, a family of thirteen people died violently. They were all skinned. The bodies were bloody. The mayor is still waiting for us to deal with them!"
The owner of Ziyun Temple is a somewhat thin old Taoist priest. When he heard that so many people had died, his face was filled with sadness:
"So many people have died again. This ghost has a lot of resentment. It was originally a strange person who practiced the god mask. Now it has turned into a fierce ghost after a sudden death. Its strength has skyrocketed. It is difficult to subdue it with the power of our Ziyun Temple alone. I don't know. When will the master of the house arrive?"
A middle-aged Taoist priest reminded: "Guanzhu, we Feihe sent the message yesterday. Logically speaking, we will arrive at Longhu Mountain this morning. If it is not backlogged, it may be approved in the morning, and then the general forum will report it based on our report." According to the situation, a suitable high-level expert will be assigned to go there.”
"This will take at least half a day, and our Ziyun Temple is four hundred miles away from the main altar. Even if the high-ranking officials from the headquarters come here non-stop, it will still take a long time. If you go back and forth, it will pass in just two days. .”
Master Ziyun Temple sighed: "In other words, more than a dozen people will die in Huangshi Town. How about we try to succumb to the demon again?"
A middle-aged Taoist priest gritted his teeth and said: "Brother, you are confused. Last time we set up the altar to practice, several high-level practitioners were severely injured, but we were unable to stop the ghost. If it weren't for the fact that the ghost had no strong intention to kill us, we couldn't kill them all. , I’m afraid that there won’t be a few living people left in our temple. We can’t do it again. If we go again, we’re afraid that the end won’t be much better.”
Another old Taoist priest also agreed: "Yes, I don't advocate going there either. We have gone there twice and lost several people. If you ask me, I have to blame the people in Huangshi Town for this." He concealed something, but he said it was just an ordinary haunting, which caused us to lose our troops, so pity my little disciples, they have been with me for more than ten years, and they ended up like this!"
Hearing that Master Ziyun Temple wanted to succumb to the demon again, the other old Taoist priests in the temple refused to agree.
They are teaching that it is a bounden duty to conquer demons and demons. This is true, but if you can defeat them, you are called to conquer demons and demons. If you cannot defeat them, you will die.
Having suffered losses twice in a row, they now just want to wait for the top master from the general arena to arrive, and then listen to the top master's orders.
Seeing this situation, Master Ziyun Temple sighed and said no more.
It was true that he felt guilty when he saw the people in Huangshi Town being harmed by evil spirits, but there was a difference between closeness and distance, and he really could no longer lead the people in the temple to die.
"In this case, let's wait for someone from the main forum to come and then deal with it!"
As soon as Master Ziyun Temple finished speaking, he heard the sound of cranes coming from above his head.
He didn't think about it carefully. Although cranes are rare, they are not unheard of.
But then, the sound of cranes getting closer and closer, even appeared in the temple.
Several people couldn't help but look and saw a huge crane appearing in the open space of Ziyun Temple.
There are two Taoist priests, one big and one small, on the back of the crane.
The older one is too tall, has a resolute face, sharp edges, and eyes as bright as stars, which seem to be able to scorch people, and he is a ruthless character at first glance.
The younger one, with a bit of childishness still on his face, was wearing a gray robe, carrying a small baggage, and five peach wood swords stuck on his back, which looked a bit nondescript.
The two got off the crane's back. The tall Taoist priest waved his hand, and the crane's white light flashed, turning into a talisman and flying into his sleeve.
When they saw this scene, everyone in Ziyun Temple didn't know what was going on. They all looked happy and hurriedly went up to greet him.
"Are these two mages from the Longhu Mountain General Altar who came to assist me at Ziyun Temple?"
Although the appearance of the visitor was a bit too young, Master Ziyun still held his hands and said politely.
Zhang Zhiwei hugged his hands: "Exactly!"
Master Ziyun Temple added: "The two young mages must have arrived a step ahead. I wonder where the master is? When will he arrive? This time the demon is fierce and very difficult to deal with. I'm afraid we need to discuss it carefully."
Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong looked at each other.
The Propaganda Minister didn’t do enough propaganda...
Zhang Zhiwei said in a deep voice: "It's just a ghost, why do we need to mobilize troops? The two of us are enough!"
"Yes, yes, we are enough!" Tian Jinzhong also said.
"this……"
A group of Taoist priests from Ziyun Temple look at me and I look at you, some of them don’t know what to do? The masters from the general arena that I have longed for have arrived, but they are not as expected. They are too young. Do you really want to listen to their orders?
From the faces of Ziyun's audience, Zhang Zhiwei guessed what they were thinking.
However, Zhang Zhiwei didn't care whether he was really capable or not. He could tell whether he was a mule or a horse by taking him out for a walk.
When he came this time, he just wanted to go back quickly, but he didn't want to delay for too long.
However, just because he didn't speak didn't mean that Tian Jinzhong next to him didn't speak. As a little fan of his senior brother, how could he endure his senior brother being questioned, so he immediately said loudly:
"We are all on our own side and don't speak the same language. You may not be aware of my senior brother's methods, so I will tell you that the person in front of you is the chief among the 65th generation disciples of Longhu Mountain. A disciple taught by the Heavenly Master with a fake surname, Zhang Zhiwei with the Taoist name Tiantong, Senior Brother Zhang."
"You may not think that Senior Brother Zhang is young, but his cultivation is not simple. The Five Thunder Zhengfa has reached the state of perfection. When he was thirteen years old, he defeated an adult Tang Sect master with one move."
"Not long ago, in the Lu Family Courtyard, one man easily defeated all the young people in the audience. He beat the young leader of the Trinity Sect, Lu Jin, to tears. Two against one with the Lu Family's double wall, he was subdued by my senior brother with two moves..."
"A few days ago, under the examination of the master, who is the contemporary Celestial Master, I used a profound golden light spell to break the Celestial Master's thunder method..."
Talking about the deeds of my senior brother, Xiaomi and Yourong are astonished by them.
Zhang Zhiwei rubbed his nose beside him and thought to himself that he was indeed his propaganda minister. If he had to say these words himself, he would never be able to say them.
After listening to Tian Jinzhong's words, the people in Ziyun Temple slowly looked at Zhang Zhiwei from doubt to reverence.
Yes, it is reverence. Although they are stationed outside all year round and rarely return to the Longhu Mountain General Forum, it does not mean that they are blocked from information.
The fact that Zhang Zhiwei single-handedly challenged all the younger generations in the Lu Family Courtyard was widely rumored in the world. Even though they were hundreds of kilometers away from the headquarters, they still heard about it.
At that time, they were still thinking that they would wait a few days to meet the true dragon of Longhu Mountain, the legendary number one among the younger generation, at the annual Ceremony Ceremony.
But he didn't expect that this person would be assigned to ask for help this time.
Although what the little Taoist priest next to him said was a bit exaggerated, the Taoist priests present were not fools and naturally knew Zhang Zhiwei's status in Longhu Mountain.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is a baby bump. There is no way he would be allowed to set foot in dangerous places. Since he dares to come, he must be absolutely sure.
"It turns out that it's Zhi Wei Xiao Gao Gong. We have long admired your name regarding the Lu Family Courtyard. This time we will subdue the demon, and we will all obey your orders!" Master Ziyun Temple said quickly.
"Yes, yes, everything follows Xiao Gaogong's orders!"
Others also agreed, saying that the disciples who pretended to be surnamed would be given the Five Thunder Methods in Longhu Mountain. The Thunder Methods can subjugate demons and eliminate demons, and they will be invincible. What do they have to be afraid of?
Afterwards, several people exchanged greetings and got to know each other better. At the same time, Zhang Zhiwei also learned about what happened.
A few days ago, the mayor of Huangshi Town suddenly sent someone to Ziyun Temple, saying that Huangshi Town was haunted and asked a mage to go and get rid of the ghosts.
At that time, Master Ziyun and the others thought it was just an ordinary haunting incident, so they sent a few young experts to go there. However, they never thought that after they went there, they could not come back and everything was lost in Huangshi Town.
After losing several disciples, Ziyun Temple was furious. Several old Taoist priests with advanced cultivation in the temple took various magical weapons and went to Huangshi Town to set up a large altar, hoping to eliminate the evil spirits.
That night, evil spirits appeared, and the two parties had a fight in front of the ancestral temple in the town.
The result of this fight was nothing more than the explosion of the magic altar, Ziyun Guan lost a few more good players, and finally returned home in disgrace.
Even if it hadn't been for the critical moment when the female ghost attracted the attention of the people in the town and turned around to kill them, several old Taoist priests in Ziyun Temple might have been killed there.
After escaping back to the temple in embarrassment, Ziyun's audience realized that something was wrong. How could a newly born ghost be so vicious?
So he started to investigate, and found out that Li Gui's real name was Xia Liuhong. He was a famous actor in the theater run by an old advocate who practiced divine masks in the provincial capital. He was especially good at playing the soul son in operas. His best show was "Li Huiniang". 》.
Hunzi, those characters who have died in traditional plays, are also those who play ghosts. The play "Li Huiniang" uses ghosts as the protagonists.
In the play, Li Huiniang was a poor person whose love was broken up and killed by an adulterer. After her death, the judge from the underworld thought of her miserable death and gave her a Yin-Yang treasure fan, asking her to take revenge.
And this Li Huiniang is the role that Xia Liuhong is best at playing, and she plays it to a very high degree. However, this role itself is not as powerful as a mythical character like the Monkey King Erlang God, so the role she plays is mediocre.
But there is no harm in advocating excellence, making a living by singing and not killing, and it is easier to play such a weak person.
Xia Liuhong relied on this method to become a pillar in the theater. As a pillar, many people would naturally follow her, and Xia Liuhong fell in love with one of them.
That man was the son of the mayor of Huangshi Town. He was the mayor of the town and his status was not low. Naturally, his daughter-in-law was not allowed to engage in such a low-level profession as singing.
Therefore, Xia Liuhong left the theater and married her husband in Huangshi Town. She never touched opera again in these years.
But a few days ago, for some unknown reason, it was said that she was having an affair with someone and was caught stealing from a man by her husband. The town enforced the family law and had her immersed in a pig cage and drowned in the river.
After that, everything was peaceful for a week, but during the first seven days, Xia Liuhong suddenly returned as a ghost and killed everyone in Huangshi Town. One family died suddenly every night.
Later, the matter of asking Ziyun Temple to remove ghosts came up.
After hearing what happened, Zhang Zhiwei pondered, thinking about things.
Tian Jinzhong, who was on the side, pinched his chin and said: "I'm afraid there is another hidden reason in this matter. Since Xia Liuhong is a strange person, why did he fall for it so easily and was immersed in a pig cage?!"
Zhang Zhiwei glanced at his little fan and explained: "Those who practice the Godhead Mask are very biased in their lives. If they are not prepared, a packet of rat poison can kill them."
"That's it!" Tian Jinzhong subconsciously compared the abilities of his Tianshi Mansion and sighed: "Then this godhead mask doesn't sound like a good method either!"
"Actually, there are some merits. It doesn't matter who has the means!" Zhang Zhiwei said.
Zhang Zhiwei is still somewhat interested in the Godhead Mask. When he was in the Lu family compound, he saw the actor who played Zhong Kui, and he had the idea of acting himself and creating a myth.
It's just that at that time, I was focusing on the reverse state of life and the structure of the human body, so I didn't pay much attention to it.
But since the last time I got up to practice, communicate with the Dharma lineage, and look at the mysterious Zhenwu Emperor, this idea came up again.
Perhaps, he can also be like the Zhenwu Emperor.
(End of chapter)
