At this time, Grandma Lou had returned to her original appearance. She leaned on her long staff and panted and asked: "Shen, are you going to bury us in this hellish place? There are such a large group of ghost soldiers inside. You didn’t even say a word?”
"Ghost soldiers? Where did the ghost soldiers come from?" Shen Jun was stunned when he heard this.
"Immeasurable Vajra, Lord Donor, please be patient." Fa Yuan stopped Granny Lou and pronounced the Buddha's name: "Friend Daoist Shen, I'm afraid there are more than a hundred ghost soldiers and ghost generals in Qingshui Bay now. Fellow Taoist, have you seen him before?"
Jun Shen's expression changed and he asked in shock: "A hundred and ten ghost soldiers? And ghost generals? Master, do you think if I see them, I can come back alive?"
When everyone heard this, they agreed. Shen Jun relied on the power of the City God and was not good at killing and fighting.
If he encountered a ghost general leading a hundred ghost soldiers to surround him, he might not be able to escape as fast as a few people.
"What's going on? Where did the ghost soldiers and generals appear?" Shen Jun couldn't help but ask.
Fa Yuan guessed: "It seems that there was a war in Qingshui Bay before, and a group of soldiers who died in the battle were buried, and now they are alive due to the influence of the evil spirit."
During their discussion, Chen Xuan told Zhao Xiaoming what he had seen in Qingshuiwan Village, and said: "Captain Zhao, in this situation, your subordinates may be in danger, so please make preparations in advance. "
After hearing this, Zhao Xiaoming couldn't help but feel lost. He tugged the corner of his mouth and said hastily: "Thank you, Master Daoxuan, this is also... Sigh~ This is also theirs... If I could have noticed it earlier, I would have contacted Shen Miaozhu or It would be nice if the Taoist priest came to take a look."
Seeing the sadness on his face, Chen Xuan couldn't help but sigh. Who can have the foresight?
Hearing everyone discussing the origin of the group of ghost soldiers, he looked at the sky and then at the increasingly violent rolling clouds not far away.
Asked: "Everyone, now that the sun is going down, let's think about what to do next, right? Will they rush out at night?"
After hearing this, everyone looked at the sky and clouds, their expressions changed, and they looked at each other in shock.
Jun Shen was the first to react and called Zhao Xiaoming and said: "Captain Zhao, you should go back to the county immediately and ask the county captain to mobilize soldiers and horses in the city to suppress the Yin Qi ghost soldiers.
Master Fayuan, this stone bridge is the only way in and out of Qingshui Bay. Let's set up an altar at the head of this bridge to prevent those ghost soldiers from coming out at night. "
"Okay!" Fa Yuan agreed without hesitation, took off the bead string around his neck, and said to Zhao Xiaoming: "Captain Zhao, please tell someone to inform me at the Golden Gate Temple and ask them to come to support. This bead string is a token. .”
Zhao Xiaoming also understood the consequences of the group of ghost soldiers rushing out. At this time, he could not bear to feel sad for his subordinates. He took the bead string and nodded: "Don't worry, you two, I will definitely do it."
Seeing that everyone was actively preparing, Chen Xuan and Yu Yang also arranged the altar with the disciples of the Chenghuang Temple under the command of Shen Jun.
Soon, Zhao Xiaoming also made a trip and invited the county captain Luo Sheng and more than a hundred county soldiers to come to help.
The practice method of the City God Temple does not serve the City God like Chen Xuan did in his previous life, relying on the City God's power to perform miracles.
It should be said that there are no gods in this world who "live" by relying on faith and worship. All "gods" are just the "gods" of the practitioners themselves.
City refers to the defensive wall surrounding the city; Huang refers to the trench outside the city. If there is water, it is called Chi, and if there is no water, it is called Huang.
The original meaning of the word "Chenghuang" is the city wall and moat used to guard the people living within it.
The practice of the disciples of the City God's Temple is to strengthen their mind and cultivation by constantly worshiping the concept of "City God".
It is said that it is worshiping gods, but in fact it is still cultivating oneself.
Just like the Eight Great Divine Mantras that he has successfully practiced, although there are titles of Taoist gods from previous lives such as "Tai Shang", "Yuan Shi", "Ling Bao", etc., he is not asking these gods to give him power.
But understand what they represent and practice according to their principles.
Therefore, unless you know how to refine ghost weapons yourself, not every City God's Temple has ghost soldiers available.
At least not in Pingshan County.
When it got dark, Shen Jun and Fa Yuan had led everyone to set up two altars at the bridge.
One is the Vajra Guarding Gate Altar, headed by Fa Yuan and his disciples in the temple, facing the bridge, transforming into angry-eyed Vajra to guard the gate.
One is the Ghost Altar for the City God, which stands behind the Altar of Vajra Gatekeepers. The county lieutenant Luo Sheng led the soldiers and horses of the county and held banners in military formations on the left and right sides.
This is to use the altar as the city head and the army as the city wall. A copper wall and iron wall are erected along Qingshui Bay to prevent the ghosts inside from rushing out.
Wang Yi came to the altar and said to Shen Jun and Fa Yuan: "Master, Master, those ghost soldiers have begun to gather, I'm afraid they are going to make some move."
After hearing this, Shen Jun looked across the river and saw a surge of Yin Qi coming in like a tide. He heard the sound of ghosts crying and horses croaking, and understood that the other party was indeed taking advantage of the night to use the passage to march troops.
The Yin soldiers take advantage of this and will be a disaster wherever they go. The best way is to trap them here and solve them directly.
Lord Shen waved the flag in his hand and shouted: "Get up the altar!"
"Yes! Raise the altar!" The disciples of the City God's Temple shouted loudly, chanting the Pingshan City God's praise.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
When the county captain Luo Sheng saw this, he also waved his flag. The soldiers under his command all waved their flags, waved their arms and shouted, making bursts of killing sounds.
In an instant, countless qi machines converged on Shen Jun, forming a tower-like aura above his head, which then expanded along the banners and formed an invisible wall of energy as solid as a rock along the river.
Zhou Lie held up a stick of incense, kneaded the secrets with both hands, danced and shouted: "The sky is spirited, the earth is spirited, my disciples sincerely call upon the great general to recruit and subjugate the rebellious evil spirits, collect all the evil ghosts in the world, and wipe out thousands of disasters." For dust...
Disciple, please give me your wholehearted respect. The great general of this altar has arrived, and the divine soldiers are as urgent as the law! "
A ray of golden light fell on him, and he instantly transformed into a divine general wearing golden armor and holding a golden melon.
"Soldiers are coming!"
As he swung his cloak, white air suddenly appeared from Pingshan County Xiangyong's head and landed on the invisible air wall.
"Om teeth come, Om Bu comes, Chaluo God, Protector God, all evil spirits turn into dust, all evil ghosts and gods cannot slander..."
Monk Fa Yuan is sitting cross-legged, reciting the Vajra Mantra, and slowly closing his palms together, as if two Vajra gates are slowly closing.
The disciples under him each assumed different postures and recited the Vajra Mantra together, guarding the bridge like a Vajra Mountain.
At this time, the sky turned completely dark, and a gloomy energy spread from Qingshui Bay, crossing the Qingshui River and rushing towards everyone.
Shrouded in Yin Qi, two altars and a military formation suddenly turned into a real city wall.
I saw that the city was six feet high, strong and majestic. In the city tower sat a majestic and dignified city god wearing official uniform and holding a wat tablet in his hand.
A god general who is more than ten feet tall, wearing golden armor and holding a golden melon, is leading more than a hundred soldiers to guard the city wall.
The golden light below is bright, and the two city gates engraved with the Dharma Protector Vajra Wheel are tightly closed.
When Chen Xuan saw this, he couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that when everyone gathered their strength to build the altar, it would be so powerful."
As the Yin Qi completely spread in front of the city wall, the place that was originally covered by the fog suddenly became clear.
On the opposite side of the Qingshui River, I saw the leader of a ghost general, his armor intact and shiny, with a helmet tassel standing on his head swaying in the wind, and a long spear in his hand with a long snake coiled around it, and the red tassel rustled.
The war horse under its crotch has a tall frame, but only a piece of skin is left covering the bones, and there are will-o'-the-wisps dancing in its eyes.
A group of more than a hundred ghost knights were forming an army. Although their armors and weapons were in tatters, they had a murderous aura about them.
Further back there are a group of ghostly zombies, some transformed by the villagers of Clear Water Bay, and some crawled out from underground.
The dark clouds on top rolled like a black tide, turning into a dark snake from time to time. It was obvious that the ghost generals had gathered the power of all the ghosts to form such a military force that was comparable to the innate will of the gods.
The City God in the city tower was transformed by Lord Shen who gathered everyone's efforts to guard the city wall.
He asked Zhou Lie, who had transformed into a general to recruit envoys, "Mr. Zhou, do you know if the soldiers and horses in the city could kill this group of ghost soldiers?"
Zhou Lie shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's difficult. The soldiers and horses in the county are just local braves. It's only thanks to the blessing that they are currently training. Facing such ghost soldiers who have died in hundreds of battles, it will be good to be able to defend the city."
The soldiers on the city wall are not real soldiers, but the spirit of the general who summoned the general to form an army.
Even if there is damage, it will only make the soldier mentally exhausted and weak for a while at most, and will not damage the fundamentals.
But because of this, the fighting ability of this group of soldiers is not strong. They can fight with ordinary ghosts, but they are unable to fight against the group of ghost cavalry below.
"In this case, we have to hold on here and prevent them from getting away. After a few days, when people from the state capital come, they can be wiped out."
When Jun Shen heard the words, he didn't force himself and asked Fa Yuan below: "I wonder if Master can hold on?"
Since we are not prepared to fight but only to defend, the pressure falls on the Golden Gate Temple as the "city gate".
Fa Yuan laughed and said, "Don't worry, fellow Taoist, the poor monk just uses them to practice his martial arts."
Nothing can destroy the Vajra, but it can destroy all things.
In order to become an indestructible body, one needs to go through countless hardships. At this time, the evil ghosts are destroying and killing, which is when the disciples in his temple are tempering their bodies and minds.
Hearing this, Jun Shen also smiled and said, "Master, don't worry, Mr. Zhou and I will not just stand by and watch."
"Exactly, exactly!" Zhou Lie couldn't help but nodded.
While he was talking, the ghost general had already commanded a group of ghost zombies to start attacking the city.
