"No! Don't come over!"
"Zhang Long, Zhao Hu... I didn't kill you, I was just following orders!"
The man dressed as a general was waving his spear wildly and begging with a cry in his voice. Around him, several Yin soldiers showed terrifying looks, some were bleeding from their orifices, some were disemboweled, some had their faces cracked... They were unmoved at all and surrounded them.
The man gritted his teeth and stabbed with his spear, but found in despair that the tip of the spear had hit the Yin soldier, but it only stirred up a cloud of black air in vain.
He staggered and fell into the corner.
There is no way to retreat.
And the ghosts were already swarming up.
Crying, screaming, chewing.
After a while.
There was only a white skeleton left in the corner, still maintaining a frightened posture. Immediately, the skeleton's jaw opened and closed a few times, and then scattered all over the floor with a "crash".
Black energy slowly seeped out from the pile of bones and scattered like ghost soldiers. However, they did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they turned their attention to another corner.
There was a girl curled up there. She seemed to be eleven or twelve years old. She wore a Jingchai skirt and was a maid who boiled water.
Logically speaking, this maid was not a general brought by Li Kuiqi, so she should not be the target of revenge from the ghost soldiers. But these ghost soldiers were originally fierce ghosts on the battlefield. They had recently joined Yan Xinglie, their duties were still relatively young, and their viciousness had not disappeared. Everyone is in the midst of revenge, and their eyes are filled with blood. How can they care about their innocence?
This little girl was also terribly frightened. She could see the ghosts approaching little by little, but she couldn't control her body. She couldn't even call for help, let alone run away. She just couldn't stop crying.
--Who can help me?
At this moment, a sword scabbard was placed in front of her.
"go back."
The Taoist priest with short hair came closer.
"Don't hurt innocent people."
When the ghost soldier saw Li Changan, he paused in his approach. The red light in his eyes slowly faded. He bowed to the Taoist priest and then retreated.
"well."
The Taoist priest sighed, turned to look at the little maid, and said softly:
"Are you okay?"
The little girl's eyes were filled with tears and she shook her head slightly, obviously still frightened.
"follow me."
The Taoist priest pulled her up, tossed her all the way, and took her into a side room.
The wing was filled with men, women, and children, all of whom were servants and maids that Li Changan had rescued from the out-of-control Yin soldiers.
"Is there anything missing?"
The Taoist asked the steward.
"The Taoist priest's benevolence and virtue are all here."
After saying that, the steward led everyone to kneel down to thank him for saving his life. The Taoist priest quickly supported him and repeatedly said, "You deserve it." In Li Changan's opinion, the reason why these people suffered was due to his temporary negligence and poor thinking. He only thought about asking the bearded gang to take revenge, but he didn't consider that there were irrelevant persons in the mansion.
And at this time.
"Taoist Master."
Lou Cheng walked in through the wall.
This appearance scared the crowd to the point of almost exploding. After a while of panic, the Taoist priest managed to calm him down and pulled Lou Cheng out of the door.
"Is it done?"
According to the plan, Yan Xinglie and others went to take revenge. After killing their enemies, they took Li Changan back to Echeng through the underworld.
"Quite the opposite."
Unexpectedly, Lou Cheng hurriedly grabbed Li Changan and walked out.
"Li Kuiqi is guarded by eminent monks and has opened up the Dharma Realm. There is nothing we can do!"
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"Yan Xinglie, you can't kill me alive, and you can't help me even more dead!"
"While I'm still alive, I can bribe the court, recruit people, and enjoy glory and wealth; a hundred years later, I can bribe Yama and be worshiped with blood, food, and incense."
"That's right, I killed your parents, I killed your brother, I killed your son, and your wife... I really can't bear to kill her... After all, your wife tastes really... Ha ha ha ha……"
Lou Cheng and Li Changan rushed to the house where Li Kuiqi was hiding. Before he got close, he heard an arrogant voice making endless noises, and then heard a howl that was not like a human voice.
"Boom."
The whole house shook with the huge muffled sound.
Both of them said "no" and hurriedly rushed to the door.
But he saw black smoke billowing in the room. In the smoke, a golden light curtain shaped like a copper bell was turned upside down, protecting the two people. One of them is a monk in simple clothes. He is sitting cross-legged on the ground, with his hands clasped and his head lowered, chanting endlessly. He must be the eminent monk Lou Cheng mentioned. The other one was extremely rich in clothes, but his body seemed to have shrunk. He was weirdly stooped, but his arms and legs were quite long. He looked like a "prawn". He should be Li Kuiqi.
Outside the golden bell, Yan Xinglie held a heavy sword and chopped with all his strength.
Every blow was like a big bell, shaking the house, but the golden bell just emerged with Sanskrit characters one after another, and never wavered at all. On the contrary, Yan Xinglie, every time he swung his sword, black smoke came out of his body, and his armor was also torn. These were not ordinary clothes, but the illusion of his soul.
"Please wait a moment, Daoist Priest Li is here."
When Lou Cheng saw this, he hurriedly called out, and Yan Xinglie finally stopped, but he still stared at this life-and-death enemy who was so close with his fire-breathing eyes, but because of this golden bell, he could do nothing.
The "prawn" sneered after hearing this.
"Is this the helper you found? A bull nose?"
The Taoist priest was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he stabbed him with his sword.
However.
"Ding."
The tip of the sword stopped on the golden bell, unable to move even an inch.
The "demon slaying" that has always been invincible has no effect at all!
Sure enough.
The Taoist retracted his sword and shook his head at the two men without trying again.
"Slaying demons" is only effective against all evil spirits, and this golden bell - he glanced at the monk who was immersed in chanting sutras - does belong to the upright and authentic Buddhist sect.
"Hahaha."
Li Kuiqi waved his "shrimp claws" and laughed.
"Yan Xinglie, Yan Xinglie, you are a waste when you are alive, and you are still a waste when you die. Find a helper to pay back the damn waste..."
"Bah!"
Lou Cheng angrily threw the iron helmet on his head. Yan Xinglie, on the other hand, said nothing and just slashed with his sword.
Unfortunately, it was still in vain, and the shock caused cracks on his armor.
Lou Cheng quickly advised:
"Don't be so aggressive in asking for help! If you continue like this, not only will you not be able to break the barrier, you will not be able to hold it on yourself."
But Yan Xinglie could not listen at this moment. Lou Cheng had no choice but to look at the Taoist priest for help, but the Taoist priest could only shake his head. He understood Yan Xinglie and knew that at this moment, he would rather be knocked out of his mind here than to Take even one step back!
Lou Cheng jumped up and down anxiously, walked quickly around the golden bell a few times, and suddenly cursed the monk.
"You're such a ignorant monk!"
"My family recruited the traitor who came to kill Li Kuiqi out of personal hatred and justice, but you came to interfere and save the life of this villain. I think you are not a good person in a nest of snakes and rats!"
Inside the golden bell, Li Kuiqi continued to provoke, but the monk next to him showed no reaction at all.
Lou Cheng continued to curse:
"Which monk are you from? Such indifference! Mount Wutai? Huayan Sect? Centennial Palace? Baoguo Temple..."
Speaking of "Baoguo Temple", the monk trembled slightly, but Lou Cheng looked at him.
"Okay, it turns out to be the bald donkey from Huguo Temple."
"The judge took out his back tendons that day. It must have been you who saved him. He must have taken someone else's back tendons and replaced them with his. You exchanged the life of an innocent man for his life. It's a shame for you, Huguo Temple, to be so proud of you." "Benevolence helps the world," I think it's all hypocrisy!"
Now the monk finally couldn't sit still.
"How can Master Lou insult someone's innocence out of thin air?"
He hurriedly raised his head to defend himself, revealing a rather funny face, as bare as his forehead, without any eyebrows or beard.
"How has the young monk ever killed anyone? That back tendon is obviously a dog tendon bought from the butcher."
Yo ho.
No wonder Li Kuiqi was so rickety. Li Changan thought he was suffering from a strange illness due to excessive drinking and sex.
But Lou Cheng was stunned, not because of the monk's self-defense, but because the other party said his last name.
"You recognize me?"
The monk realized that he had made a mistake and quickly buried his head again. Unfortunately, it was too late. Lou Cheng had already clapped his hands.
"Okay! It's you!"
"no no."
"Even if you shave your eyebrows, I will recognize you as a Buddhist monk."
"No, no."
"Monks don't gossip."
Now the monk finally realized that he couldn't escape, and nodded helplessly with a bitter look on his face.
"Yes, yes."
In front of his old friend, Lou Cheng became even more angry. He almost pressed his face against the golden bell and cursed:
"You're such an unruly monk. It's in vain that my general regarded you as a friend back then. I didn't want to give up all my loyalty to you, but now you are helping the thief Li Kuiqi!"
The monk had no choice but to say something in a low voice.
"The emperor's order cannot be disobeyed."
Lou Cheng is willing to obey.
"Let me ask you, when you were chased by a trumpet outside the Great Wall, who saved you?"
The monk's voice became quieter.
"It's hard to disobey a teacher's orders."
"You made a big mistake back then and your master wanted to expel you. Who begged you?"
He could only recite "Amitabha."
"You wanted to rebuild Guining Temple in the past. Who sold the house to raise money for you?"
Now the monk didn't even recite Amitabha. Faced with Lou Cheng's furious curses, he just sat with his eyes downcast, silent and motionless.
On the other side, all the armor on Yan Xinglie's body collapsed. He staggered, but did not move a step. He only raised the heavy sword in his hand again.
However, the sword finally failed to hold up and turned into smoke silently.
Yan Xinglie's eyes were red, and without any hesitation, he actually tried to hit him with his body.
"You can't ask for help!"
When Lou Cheng saw this, he was so worried that he could no longer scold the monk, so he hurriedly rushed towards him. At this time, the ghost soldiers also killed all Li Kuiqi's men and returned one after another to guard the door. Seeing this, they also rushed forward and grabbed Yan Xinglie tightly.
"Recruit, keep Qingshan here..."
"Get out of the way."
Yan Xinglie fought hard, only to see black smoke billowing all over the ground, and all the ghost soldiers and generals were swept away by him.
He grabbed an octagonal copper hammer, raised his hands high, and tried to destroy the remaining soul.
"Zhe Chong."
Lou Cheng called out sadly.
Li Changan held a long sword in his hand, but he didn't know where to stab it.
Li Kuiqi laughed wildly.
Ten years!
The three words "Yan Xinglie" were like a curse. They made him frightened when he was alive, and they made him restless even after he died! And now, finally, there is a chance to do it once and for all.
Only separated by a thin layer of golden light, he almost stuffed his head into Yan Xinglie's arms.
"Come on, come on! My head is right here, smash it here!"
Ever since, the copper hammer roared down.
"well."
An inaudible sigh came from somewhere.
The golden bell suddenly seemed like a bubble in a dream, and it was destroyed as soon as you poked it.
"boom."
It was as if the tofu had been turned over, and the red and white bits were splashed out.
The headless corpse stumbled to the ground, its hands and feet twitching and clawing at the ground.
Half of the tooth flew out, grazed the bald head, and was embedded in the wall, leaving a gaping hole with blood.
The monk ignored it and just changed the scripture in his mouth.
"Namo Amitabha's night is Duo Taga Duo's night..."
But it is a rebirth mantra.
And outside the house at this time.
oh! oh! oh!
The rooster sings at dawn.
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The sky is bright.
There was a crowd at the city gate.
The newly added yellow list informed the public of an "earth-shaking" event. The newly promoted Pinglu Jiedushi and Huaiyuan Marquis Li Kuiqi were assassinated in Juzhou City!
The main culprit is a Taoist priest, whose appearance is painted on the list. He has a bald head, long ears, triangular eyes, a thunderous mouth, and a unibrow. He is good at magic and can exorcise ghosts and harm people. Anyone who can provide information will be rewarded with silver. One hundred taels.
Some people were cursing, some were confused, some were greedy, some had nothing to do with themselves, and some even clapped their hands and cheered.
"This Taoist is a bit ugly, but he is still a righteous man."
"It's extreme, it's extreme."
Li Changan, who was wearing a monk's robe, echoed and said "Amitabha" by the way.
Yesterday, Li Kuiqi was killed, but it also wasted time. During the day, the ghost soldiers could not show up, and the gate of hell could not be opened. They had to ask Li Changan to hide well and wait until night before taking him back to Goose City.
But the Taoist priest was so bold that he took a monk's robe and some scattered silver coins from the sheep and went out.
Ahead, a group of police officers were questioning him along the street with the portrait.
The onlookers under the yellow list immediately dispersed, but Li Changan looked calmly.
What are you afraid of?
What does your arrest of Taoist Li have to do with Monk Li and me?
It just so happened that I was hungry after a hard night's work.
Mutton buns seem to be sold in the alley ahead.
He just turned into the alley.
Suddenly, there was a loud shout from behind.
"Taoist Xuanxiao!"
Li Changan looked stern and grabbed the hilt of the sword.
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Yuzhou.
Thousand Buddha Temple.
The old monk who understood this was puzzled.
After he was brought back to Qianfo Temple, he asked to resign several times, but the temple just refused to allow it. They said that because of the fierce situation in Yuzhou and the chaotic people, for the sake of his family and life, it was better to wait until everything calmed down before going down the mountain.
But no matter how many people there are at the foot of the mountain, how can it be better than this dormitory?
Opposite the room between the two masters and apprentices, lived a military general sent by the imperial court, with three thousand elite men stationed at the foot of the mountain; on the left side of the room, were the men from Zhenfusi, one of whom was a disciple of Longhu Mountain; as for On the right side of the room... Ha, the right envoy of the White Lotus Sect!
It is difficult for the old monk to understand what is the reason that can bring the three parties together.
Now he finally knows.
That is the saint of the White Lotus Sect, the hot potato of Zhenfusi, and the daughter of the newly popular "Emperor".
He stood on Ye Mountain, looking at the Demon Transformation Cave opposite.
There, the White Lotus Saint was dressed in a rich costume, supported by maids, warriors clearing the way, and great monks bowing to accompany her... Instead of escorting prisoners, they were clearly welcoming noble people.
Is it really good for such a character to enter the Demonic Cave?
The old monk frowned, but then relaxed.
No matter how unscrupulous the monks in the temple are, they would not dare to do anything in the Demon Transformation Cave. In this case, as long as the "Three Body Buddha" is still there, the White Lotus Saint will not cause any trouble.
It’s just, Patriarch.
Where exactly should the disaster you mentioned be located?
