The history of the struggle of the God of the Stove

Chapter 309
It is not without reason that these officials are so cautious.

After all, the reason why they are able to control such a large city is not because of their great ability, but because they happened to follow the army of Chaoge on the Eastern Expedition, and they happened to be left by Jiang Ziya to govern well. It's just a dream.

Later, in order to stabilize all parties, Ji Fa did not have the energy to replace other officials to replace them, so he directly appointed them to manage the Jiameng Pass.

But these people were not of high status at the beginning, so some people in the court have been thinking about their official positions. Once they are caught by those people, they will definitely take the opportunity to bring them down, and they will definitely not make it easier for them.

Therefore, for the sake of their own future, these officials decided that it would be better to be on the safe side.

Although there are many lonely and wild ghosts wandering around in the city every night, they rarely break into the mansions of these officials.

After all, there are many strong guards in these official mansions, full of energy and blood, not ordinary ghosts who dare to approach.

As for the various yamen, there is an aura of majesty, and ordinary ghosts dare not intrude.

It was also because of this that they had the courage not to hold on.

However, they have already rushed to report this matter, and it will depend on how the emperor responds.

If the emperor didn't care much about this, they would definitely worship these gods immediately, otherwise they would feel really uneasy.

Of course, it's okay for those officials not to dare to worship the four generals of the Demon Family, but they definitely dare not stop the people in the city from worshiping.

Otherwise, at this time of panic, these people will definitely send them all to the mass graves and become members there.

Therefore, the people in the city are still enthusiastically inviting craftsmen everywhere to carve statues for their own homes, and even caused several fights for this reason.

After all, there are only so many craftsmen in total, and it is impossible to paint every household with the statues of the Four Heavenly Kings in a short period of time.

For this reason, it is because every household worshiped the Kitchen God in the past few months, and it was necessary to carve the image of the Kitchen God on the stove, which made many craftsmen switch careers to carve the statues for others to earn money. money.

After all, worshiping the Kitchen God is not something to rush, you can take your time, but now every night there will be ghosts rampant, and the people are worried about their own safety, so they are eager to compete for the craftsman to carve a statue for themselves first, of course the craftsman It is not enough.

Therefore, some clever ones painted the statues of the four heavenly kings directly on animal skins or linen, and then sold them to other people.

This method of direct painting is much faster than painting on wooden doors.

Once it appeared, it immediately caused looting.

And it turns out that as long as you worship sincerely, this kind of painted statue can also protect the house.

Because several households were invaded by evil spirits that night, they were stopped by the divine light gushing out from the idols, and even a few little ghosts with weak souls were directly beaten out of their wits by the divine light.

When this kind of news was spread, those who knew how to paint were immediately sought after.

After all, their painting speed is much faster than those craftsmen, and they can draw many god statues every day.

All of a sudden, this has become a new industry, and there are quite a lot of money.

As a result, a group of people followed to learn painting, and the profession of painter was derived.

It's just that these portraits are not as durable as the statues carved on the wooden doors, and they may become blurred when exposed to wind and rain, so these craftsmen are not unemployed.

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After Qi Yi and the others came to Jiameng Pass, they wandered around the city during the day to feel the hustle and bustle of the city.

Especially in the past few days, because the common people are scrambling for painters and craftsmen everywhere, it is even more lively, which makes these young people who have been repairing in the mountains for many years very interesting.

After only a few days, they feel boring.

After all, the meals made by these common people are not used to them for those who are used to eating spiritual meals. It’s okay to live in a relatively simple guest house, but the spiritual energy in this city is mixed, so they have no choice at all. I like to practice.

Moreover, they have no plans to become officials, and they also do not feel the taste of power.

So after their freshness passed, they began to miss the days on the mountain.

In fact, Qi Yuan's original intention was to let them experience some things in the mundane world, to hone their minds.

As a result, Qi Yi and the others didn't have much contact with other common people. They regarded themselves as outsiders and watched how these common people live and do things from the perspective of a bystander. Of course, it didn't have much effect.

The best way to really play the role of refining the heart of the world is to integrate yourself into the common people.

For example, some Qi practitioners like to pretend to be wandering Taoist priests and set up stalls to tell fortunes, or dress up as beggars to beg along the street, or live in seclusion in the downtown area to experience human feelings, contact with people every day, experience various lives, and understand the changes in people's hearts, so as to understand Understand your own heart.

There are also those who entered the imperial court as officials, just like Wen Zhong, who was an extremely human minister after joining the imperial court, and worked hard to help the king govern the world, conquering the south and north, and crusading against non-officials.

It can be said that the reason why he was able to cultivate to the Golden Immortal Realm so quickly was that he had honed himself in the Yin and Shang Dynasties for decades, which definitely played a big role.

Even if it wasn't for the Great Tribulation of Conferred Gods, this old grand master would definitely retire after success.

Because Qi Yi and the others didn't want to integrate into the lives of the common people, after only staying for a few days, they missed the time of cleaning up on the mountain.

Of course, they are just pure cultivation, definitely not penance.

Under Qi Yuan's teaching, it is impossible for them to practice penance.

After all, there is no qi refiner who can eat all kinds of extremely delicious spiritual meals that are of great benefit to practice when he is cultivating hard.

Although Qi Yi and the others haven't integrated into the common people these days, they still patrol the streets in the city every night, especially those common people's homes that don't have the portraits of the four heavenly kings pasted on their doors. Many people were rescued by them.

After a few days, almost every household in the city has hung the portraits of the four generals of the Demon Family on the door, and few ghosts have dared to break into the people's homes.

This caused those evil spirits to become more and more irritable, and even attracted several extremely powerful evil spirits into the city.

However, these fierce ghosts did not dare to easily offend gods like the Four Heavenly Kings.

After all, as more and more people worshiped, the power of the four generals of the Demon Family became stronger and stronger. Now that they have more power, they will of course protect these people more attentively.

In this way, even if those extraordinarily ferocious ghosts dare to break into the people's homes, they will mobilize more divine power to make an example, so that these ghosts will hide away and dare not approach them as soon as they see their god statues.

However, although most of the people in the city had already posted the statues of the four generals of the Demon Family on their doors, those officials and lords in the inner city did not have the statues on their doors.

In the past, those little ghosts lacked courage and dared not easily enter the official mansion, but these ghosts were not afraid of them.

Seeing that the city is full of people, only some high-ranking households in the inner city are not guarded by gods. These fierce ghosts went straight to the homes of several officials to do evil.

Because Qi Yi and the others had discovered that the ghosts could not easily enter the official residences in the inner city at the beginning of entering the city, they focused on the homes of ordinary people in the outer city until they heard movement from the inner city. Found something wrong.

By the time they rushed to the inner city to kill the murderous ghosts, several official residences had already been invaded.

What's more, these fierce ghosts actually have some magical powers and a strong ghost aura, so it is quite easy to deal with ordinary people in the official mansion.

So when they arrived, some people had already been killed, and those generals were fine. After all, they were strong and skilled in martial arts, and could fight ghosts, but there were a few weak civil servants, but He had been forcibly sucked away by the ghost, and died.

Qi Yi, Deng Chanyu and the others did not dare to be negligent, and directly beheaded these ghosts, and then ignored the words of those officials begging them to stay and protect them, and turned and left.

These young people are impatient to deal with those officials, not to mention that they are all officials from the Xiqi side.

After all, the Great Calamity of Conferring the Gods had just passed, and Xiqi's disciples of Interpretation and Education had often plotted against the Interceptors during the Great Calamity. As the descendants of the Interceptor's sect, they certainly did not like these officials of Xiqi.

It's not bad to save them this time, but it's wishful thinking to even want to keep them in the nursing home.

Besides, when they were wandering around the city these days, they had already heard that these officials did not pay homage to the four generals of the Demon Family because of their respective official positions.

Obviously there is an easy solution, but it’s because these officials are greedy for glory and wealth, and they don’t even care about the lives of themselves and their families. From Qi Yi's point of view, the officials simply don't know what to do.

However, after tonight's incident, I am afraid that those officials will not dare to take chances anymore. I am afraid that they will invite someone to paint as soon as dawn, and post the statues of the four generals of the Demon family on the gate of the mansion.

As for whether they would lose their official positions because of this, they no longer minded.

Because compared to the danger in front of them, the future should be placed one row behind.

Qi Yi and the others were covered with a layer of faint sword light, floating a hundred feet above Jiamengguan, with a flash of inspiration in their eyes, they looked around for a while, and after finding that there were no more ghosts in the city, they breathed a sigh of relief .

Li Yingqi said: "Brother, most of the people in the city have worshiped the Four Heavenly Kings now, I don't think we need to wait any longer, we might as well just kill that mass grave and destroy that ghost domain, or go back to the mountain as soon as possible." Bar!"

"Yes yes yes!"

After hearing this, He Ling'er nodded again and again: "Let's go to break the ghost domain and go back quickly."

When she first entered the city, this girl still felt a little novel, seeing everything new, but after a few days, she was already bored, she missed Qi Yuan a little bit, and wanted to go back early.

Qi Yi shook his head: "Not now."

"Why?"

Li Yingqi looked at his senior brother in puzzlement.

In her opinion, most of the people in the city have already started to worship the four generals of the Mo family, and there is no need for them to wait any longer.

"Ha ha."

Qi Yi couldn't help showing a bit of a smile on his face, and said: "Ghosts are yin, and it is the middle of the night, when the yin energy is strong, although we are not afraid of those ghosts, there is no need to choose the opponent's strength." Fight with them when you are the strongest.

In my opinion, it's better to wait until after dawn, when the yang energy is sufficient, and we're going in. "

Deng Chanyu agreed: "What the elder brother said is reasonable, the master once taught us that a lion needs to use all his strength to fight a rabbit.

Although we have some skills, we don't know what's going on in that ghost domain. Just in case, it's not too late to go until after dawn. "

After all, she came from a family of generals and was familiar with the art of war. Of course, she would not choose to break into the ghost realm rashly under her own disadvantages and fight against unknown enemies.

Li Yingqi nodded upon hearing this.

She is actually quite intelligent, but she just has no experience. Now that she heard the advice from her senior brother and sister, she immediately understands that she will definitely not be so reckless again when she encounters similar situations in the future.

As for He Ling'er, this girl is immature, she just listens to what Qi Yi and the others say, and of course she won't object.

Nothing to say all night, dawn the next day.

After the sun rose high, they arrived outside the mass grave in the west of the city.

Looking at the gray space in front of him, it was gloomy and misty, and it was so dark that even the hot sunlight couldn't penetrate it.

And just as they approached, there was a faint cry of ghosts in their ears, which made people feel sad when they heard it. It attracted several people to want to enter the ghost realm ahead.

It's just that they all have the orthodox Jiejiao inheritance, especially after switching to kendo. Where did he learn a lot of ways to clear the mind and calm the mind, and even specifically asked the Master Tongtian for a secret technique that has a miraculous effect on stabilizing the mind.

Of course, he would not hold back these things from Qiyi and the others, and passed them on together.

So after hearing the sound of ghost cries, they immediately used the secret method to stabilize their minds and not be tempted at all.

However, they wanted to enter it, so they didn't have the slightest intention of retreating. Instead, they followed the sound of ghosts crying and entered the mass grave.

As soon as they stepped into the gray space, they immediately felt as if they had stepped into the underworld.

The sunlight shining down from the sky was not only invisible, but looking around, it was only dark.

In the dark place, there seemed to be countless ghosts flickering, and at the same time, the sound of ghosts crying loudly, as if thousands of ghosts were wailing in the ears, which was disturbing.

"Bah..."

Qi pinched the formula with one hand, and suddenly shouted loudly, the sound was like thunder, shocking all directions.

In an instant, the surrounding gray mist dissipated, and countless ghosts seemed to leave in a hurry. The sound of ghost crying suddenly stopped in the ears, and most of them disappeared.

"Humph."

Qi Yi snorted coldly: "It's just a trick of ghosts and ghosts, you dare to use it to show off, and disturb our minds, I don't know what it means."

With a wave of his big sleeves, he led the way ahead, and walked straight forward with a few junior sisters.

After Deng Chanyu died, she kept Li Yingqi and He Ling'er in the middle.

In terms of combat power alone, He Ling'er is not weaker than them, but because of her immature character, everyone treats her as a child, and thus deliberately protects her.

Along the way, there are large and small graves everywhere on the ground, and there are many bones that are directly exposed, which is so gloomy that people are shocked.

From time to time, there was a dark wind blowing by around, and there was a low-pitched sound of devil crying.

However, the few of them didn't pay too much attention to these eerie scenes. They stepped on the uneven ground and walked casually between the grave mounds, ignoring the ghosts that flashed around from time to time.

They're just some unprofessional little ghosts, and they don't even dare to approach them, so there's no need to care about them.

After walking only a hundred feet, the surrounding fog is getting thicker, and there are many ghost shadows.

Many ghosts no longer hide their bodies and show up directly.

Although these ghosts are very eager to absorb the energy from Qi Yi and the others, but after sensing their breath, they are instinctively afraid in their hearts. Although they are wandering around, they all hesitate to go forward.

Qi Yi and the others walked forward along the place with the heaviest yin qi, and the resentment of the ghosts around them became deeper and stronger, and the ghost qi became stronger and stronger.

These fierce ghosts looked at Qi Yi and the others with blue faces and red eyes, coveting the huge spirit energy in their bodies, and fearing the sword energy in their bodies, none of the ghosts pounced on them to die.

However, as Qi Yi and the others got closer and closer to the center of this ghost domain, those ghosts became more and more restless.

Finally, after bypassing several dead trees with strange shapes, Qi Yi and the others came to an open space.

It is very strange here, it is obviously a mass grave, but in the center of this mass grave, there is only one tomb, within a radius of tens of feet, not to mention other graves, even a weed no growth.

In front of the tomb, there is still a half stone tablet erected.

The other half was cut off to the ground by someone, and with the passage of time, nearly half of it has been buried in the ground.

But after they entered the open space, the ghosts around them no longer followed them, but surrounded the open space, looking at them restlessly.

If you look closely, you can see a bit of fear in the eyes of these ghosts.

"Woooooooo..."

Just when Qi Yi and the others were looking at the half of the stele in front of them, they suddenly heard a strange sound.

(End of this chapter)