And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 177 The arrival of ghosts and gods

When Chen Yuan walked out of the inner courtyard, in the courtyard where King Nanxiang and Taoist He Kui were staying, they were already dead. The guards in the palace of King Nanxiang discovered that they were dead.

"No, the prince has been killed!"

As a burst of fierce gongs and drums sounded, mixed with the noisy shouts of the palace guards and servants, the originally quiet Nanxiang Palace quickly became noisy.

The lights in various courtyards began to light up, and the guards held swords and searched at various entrances and exits of the palace, hoping to find the murderer of their prince.

Even the servants of Nanxiang Prince's Palace searched in groups throughout the palace, trying to see if they could find the murderer of their prince.

In this era, the honor and disgrace of master and servant are tied together. When the master dies, the peaceful life of servants and guards is over.

What's more, if they protect their master, they will be punished by the imperial government.

If the murderer can be found, he might be able to be convicted and meritorious service.

However, what surprised the guards and servants in the Nanxiang Prince's Mansion was that they searched all over the Nanxiang Prince's Mansion, but could not find any clues that the thieves had sneaked into the palace.

It was like his own prince was killed by a ghost that appeared quietly, leaving not even a body behind.

These royal guards and servants who were searching for the murderer of King Nanxiang did not know that the real murderer was walking past them in a swagger.

But they couldn't see Chen Yuan at all.

Like an invisible ghost, Chen Yuan walked out of the Nanxiang Prince's Mansion in full view of everyone.

Chen Yuanshen returned to the entrance of the palace, to the roof where he hid his physical body. When he came back, he saw that Xue Niang was still sitting on his shoulders, guarding his physical body dutifully.

"Chen Yuan, are you back?"

Xue Niang could see Chen Yuan's spirit. When she saw Chen Yuan coming back, she jumped off Chen Yuan's shoulder.

Chen Yuan nodded, without speaking to Xue Niang, and directly let the soul return to his physical body.

Chen Yuan opened his eyes and saw Xue Niang standing in front of him, and rubbed her head:
"Thank you for your hard work. Now that the matter is done, let's go."

Xue Niang was very dissatisfied with Chen Yuan's behavior of rubbing her head, but for Chen Yuan's sake, she did not object.

Chen Yuan took Xue Niang, passing lightly and silently on the roof, and soon returned to Qingyang Temple.

But when Chen Yuan returned to Qingyang Temple, Chen Yuan vaguely saw many torches lighting up the streets in the distance, and the sound of noisy horse hooves, which seemed to be the dispatch of troops.

"It seems that the news of King Nanxiang's death has been reported to the government by his family members."

Chen Yuan, who returned to Qingyang Temple, thought to himself.

Although the death of King Nanxiang would cause a sensation in the entire Jianghuai City, it would not cause any disturbance in the entire world.

First, the King of Nanxiang still had heirs. Although the King of Nanxiang died, a successor to the throne of King Nanxiang would be found soon.

Secondly, the government is most likely just trying to show off. Finding the murderer in a city as big as Jianghuai City is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Taoist Master, you are back. We, the observers, have collected the corpses in the yard and cleaned up the traces. But the problem is that the gates of Jianghuai City are closed at night. Only after dawn can these be recovered. The body was taken out of the city.”

After seeing Chen Yuan come back, Changchun Taoist who happened to bump into Chen Yuan in the yard breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then wait until daybreak before transporting these corpses out of the city."

Chen Yuan nodded.

"I'm afraid it won't work."

Changchun Taoist looked a little embarrassed.

"Why?"

Chen Yuan asked Changchun Taoist.

"Just now, the old Taoist sent people to pay attention to the movements in the city, and found that there were more sounds of horse hooves and horses neighing in the city. It seems that the city defense troops outside the city should have been dispatched."

"It should be that the Taoist priest just went out and did something in the palace that caused a shock to the government, so the city defense troops stationed outside the city were put into the city."

"Originally, as long as we were careful, it would not be difficult to transport these corpses out of the city and find a place to bury them, but now something like this has happened."

"It feels like even at dawn, the city is still under martial law and there is no way to transport these corpses out of the city."

"The Taoist priest is profound and proficient in magic. I would like to ask the Taoist priest to take action to get rid of these corpses. This is also related to the safety of the Taoist priest and me, Qingyang Temple."

The Changchun Taoist held up his hands and explained to Chen Yuan the reason for the incident.

After hearing this, Chen Yuan laughed and said, "It's a pity that I was negligent."

Then Chen Yuan continued: "It is not difficult to deal with these dozens of corpses. It depends on what the poor man does."

As he spoke, Chen Yuan looked at the dozens of corpses of soldiers piled in the corner of his yard by the Qingyangguan Taoist priest.

Although dozens of corpses may not sound like much, they are quite spectacular when piled together, almost filling up a corner of the yard, including the very large old fox corpse.

Chen Yuan walked towards the pile of corpses. When he walked to the corpses, he did not see any other movement. He only saw him lightly stamping his feet. The originally hard ground under the pile of corpses began to become soft.

Just like a swamp and muddy land, the corpses were swallowed up by the ground at an extremely fast speed. In just a few breaths, half of the corpses sank into the ground and were buried in the soil.

Although Chen Yuan made the ground soft like a swamp, it was only limited to the area under the pile of corpses, so it did not affect the surrounding courtyard walls and other buildings.

And this scene once again left many Qingyang Temple Taoist priests and the Taoist Changchun Taoist priests in the surrounding courtyard stunned.

When the Taoist priests were surprised, these dozens of corpses had been swallowed up by the ground and completely buried underground.

"Well, these corpses were buried thirty feet underground by Pindao and moved to the street. Not to mention that it would be impossible for the government to find them. Even if they were found, they would not be able to provide evidence that this matter was related to Qingyang Temple. There are relationships."

After waiting for a while, Chen Yuan turned around and said to the leader of the temple, Changchun Taoist.

What he just used was the earth element spell in "Five Elements Hidden Soul".

Qingyang Temple was his final destination in Jianghuai City after all, and he did not want the Taoist priests in Qingyang Temple to suffer disaster because of himself, so he simply took care of everything.

"The Taoist priest has profound magic and solved a big problem for me, Qingyang Temple."

Taoist Changchun, the master of Qingyang Temple, came to his senses from the scene just now and thanked Chen Yuan sincerely.

"This happened all because of me. Strictly speaking, it was me who brought trouble to Qingyang Temple."

Chen Yuan shook his head.

"Taoist Priest, please don't say that. Who would have thought that King Nanxiang would be so heartless and disobedient, and he would also send so many people to kill Taoist Priest."

Changchun Taoist said.

Chen Yuan didn't say any more. Strictly speaking, this conflict between him and King Nanxiang was just a microcosm of the conflict between him and Bai Liandao.

However, Taoist He Kui is a lotus head of the White Lotus Dao, and he is also the leader of the Hongyang Sect. If he gets rid of him, it is equivalent to cutting off one of the tentacles of the White Lotus Dao. He was in a dangerous situation and almost died at the hands of the old man who practiced animal-making skills.

Suddenly Chen Yuan sniffed, and the tip of his nose smelled the smell of blood in the yard.

"Under normal circumstances, it takes at least one day and as long as ten days and a half months to completely dissipate the smell of blood. Dozens of people have just died here. It would take at least ten years for such a strong smell of blood to completely dissipate. Days later, this is a flaw that’s not too big or too small.”

Chen Yuan thought to himself.After thinking for a while, Chen Yuan glanced around the courtyard. He saw a few sparse barnyard grasses in the corner of the courtyard.

This is a weed similar to rice. It mostly grows in fields, swamps, ditches, and low-lying wastelands. It looks like rice but has hairy leaves and lighter color.

Chen Yuan walked to the weeds in the corner of the yard, squatted down, and gently stroked the blades of one of the barnyard grasses with his hands. Just when Changchun Taoist and the Taoist priests around him were confused.

I saw that many green barnyard grasses suddenly grew on the ground of the entire courtyard at a speed visible to the naked eye.

These barnyard grasses soon covered the entire courtyard, and among the swaying grass blades, dots of green light appeared.

At this moment, a gust of night wind blew into the courtyard, completely dispersing the strong smell of blood in the courtyard.

The yard no longer smells of blood, only the faint fragrance of green grass.

"This……"

Seeing that the yard that was clean just a moment ago, with only a few sparse weeds, was now covered with weeds in the blink of an eye. The Changchun Taoist was almost numb as Chen Yuan once again displayed this miraculous magic. .

"The Taoist priest's magic is amazing."

When Chen Yuan stood up, Changchun Taoist looked at Chen Yuan with admiration.

"The matter has been resolved. We have been busy all night. The master arranges for everyone to go back and rest."

Chen Yuan was humane to Changchun.

Changchun Taoist nodded, and ordered Qingyangguan Taoist priest, who had not yet recovered from Chen Yuan's superb magic skills, to go back to sleep.

Not long after, everyone had finished leaving, and Chen Yuan's yard suddenly became quiet.

"Guanzhu, please go back to sleep."

Chen Yuan was humane to Changchun.

"Taoist priest, take a rest early."

Changchun Taoist left a few words and then left.

But just as Changchun Taoist left and Chen Yuan was about to turn around and go back to his room, he suddenly stopped and looked at the courtyard wall.

To ordinary people, it looks dark and empty.

But from Chen Yuan's perspective, he could see two scary-looking people walking through the wall from outside the courtyard and walking into the courtyard.

A man wearing an ocher-blue official uniform with fluffy red flame hair rose into the sky, holding a wooden sign with the word "Night Tour" written on it. He was eight feet tall.

One was wearing a maroon official uniform, with a bald head in the middle and a ring of sparse yellowish hair standing up. He was holding a wooden sign that said "Japanese Patrol". He was more than nine feet tall and had two round eyes as bright as lights.

Following behind them were two strong men, one holding a yoke and the other holding a lock, wearing fish scale armor, as well as hundreds of pale-faced Yin soldiers holding weapons in hand and wearing dark armor. , appeared in the yard.

"Quickly, bring back all the souls here. These souls were elite soldiers when they were alive. After they are brought back, they will be handed over to the City God. After a little transformation, they will become superior Yin soldiers."

After walking into the courtyard, the two ghosts and gods, as leaders, holding wooden signs saying "Day Tour" and "Night Patrol" gave orders to the Yin soldiers and General Shackles below.

When Chen Yuan saw this, his eyes changed slightly, and he focused his energy on his eyes. A glimmer of light shone in his eyes, and he suddenly saw some scenes in his eyes that ordinary people could not see.

I saw in the yard that he had just killed and buried the body in the ground. The elite soldiers sent by the King of Nanxiang were all standing neatly in Chen Yuan's yard at this time, but they all looked dull, as if Like a person with dementia.

And these are the ghosts of those soldiers!

But the ghosts of Wu Bao and the fox demon Grandma Bai are among them.

In fact, the ghosts of recently deceased people are generally confused and it takes a while to fully wake up, even monsters are no exception.

"Taoist Master, I don't know which immortal disciple he is? When he comes to Jianghuai City, we are unable to welcome you from afar. Please forgive me, Taoist Master."

At this time, the Gods of Day and Night also noticed Chen Yuan who was standing nearby and looking at them. They saw that the Taoist robe Chen Yuan was wearing was shrouded in rays of light. Looking at his cultivation, they felt that it was unfathomable. Looking at his appearance, He had a handsome appearance and an extraordinary temperament. He was no ordinary Taoist at first sight, and everyone was immediately shocked. Riyoushen looked respectful to Chen Yuan and bowed.

"Wandering God of Day and Night! General Shackles! Hundreds of Yin soldiers are dispatched together! This is really a generous move of yours."

"Pindao's name is Qingming. It's just an unknown path. Now he lives temporarily in Qingyang Temple. This small courtyard is Pindao's residence."

"Pindao would like to ask you, why did you break into Pindao's residence late at night without any reason?"

Seeing that they noticed him, Chen Yuan responded.

"Taoist Priest, please don't blame us for visiting us late at night."

"We are the ghosts of Jianghuai City, here to catch ghosts. Since this is your residence, why are there suddenly so many dead souls in the yard?"

Riyoushen asked Chen Yuan cautiously.

According to what they just checked, there were a lot of ghosts in the yard overnight.

In addition to the elite soldiers, there was also the ghost of a leader. According to his observation, it looked very much like Wu Bao, the confidant of King Nanxiang in the city.

In addition, he also saw a very powerful fox ghost in the yard!

It is suspected that she is Grandma Bai, who is very famous in Chuzhou Prefecture and founded the Bai family, one of the four Dayonghu clans.

If these powerful enemies were all killed by the young Taoist in front of him, it would be obvious that the opponent's strength was extremely terrifying.

"They were killed by Pindao. They colluded with Bailian Dao's evil spirit and wanted to get rid of Pindao. Unexpectedly, they were not strong enough and were killed by Pindao instead."

Chen Yuan nodded.

"The Taoist Master is young and has advanced cultivation. His strength is astonishing."

After the Day and Night God was silent for a moment, the Day and Night God praised Chen Yuan.

The two ghosts and gods were secretly shocked.

Soon, Day and Night Wandering God, together with General Shackles, ordered his Yin soldiers to collect all the ghosts in the yard.

"Taoist Master, our mission has been completed, so we will leave now."

After completing the tasks assigned to them by the City God, Day and Night Travelers prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, Pindao will go with you."

Chen Yuan stopped the two ghosts and gods.

"Do you want the Taoist priest to come with us?"

A bad premonition suddenly arose in the mind of Day and Night Traveling God.

"Yes, I have passed by here on the road and haven't met the City God here yet, so I will go with you to meet your Lord City God."

Chen Yuan nodded and asked Day and Night Travelers: "What, do you think it can't work?"

"Of course, you can come to the City God's Mansion. It's too late for the City God to be happy. Taoist priest, please."

Day and Night Travel God could only agree, with a respectful expression.

(End of this chapter)