Cultivating the Tao: Beginning with Meditation and Liver Experience

Chapter 103 Maggots and pests are famous teachers! (seeking subscription)
"You mean, that ghost has probably broken through to the ghost king realm?"

Xu Yan frowned slightly as he listened to Cheng Youjie's narration.

A ghost at the peak of the fourth step and a ghost at the level of the ghost king are two completely different concepts.

Ghosts, that is, ghosts turned into ghosts after the death of monsters, are rarer and more powerful than ordinary ghosts.

The reason is also very simple.

Because ordinary monsters have extremely low intelligence and strong physique, it is difficult to turn into ghosts after death. Only some special monsters, or monsters with successful cultivation, can transform themselves into ghosts.

These monsters or monsters, after turning into ghosts, will naturally be stronger than ordinary ghosts.

For Xu Yan's trial goal, if he breaks through from the fourth-order peak demon ghost to the ghost king realm, it will undoubtedly be more troublesome for Xu Yan.

Of course, it's just a little troublesome.

"That's right!"

Cheng Youjie said angrily: "That demon is the peak of the fourth order. Half a year ago, in order to break through the realm of the ghost king and cause a disaster, eighteen villages and towns were blood sacrificed, and more than [-] people died."

"After Zhenmasi got the news, Lord Lin was very angry. He locked the location of the monster with a secret method, and wanted to kill the monster when it broke through."

"Who would have thought that the cunning monsters did not really break through, but deliberately released news to confuse us, and in fact, they collaborated with other monsters to ambush us."

"During the period, in order to preserve the vitality of Jingzhou Town's magic division, Mr. Lin fought for the opportunity to retreat for us. He broke the rear alone. Although he severely injured the demon, he died tragically at the hands of the demon."

When Cheng Youjie said this, shame appeared on his face, and he sighed: "I'm the one who dragged Mr. Lin down. Otherwise, with Mr. Lin's strength, even if he was surrounded by monsters, he would be able to escape."

"Afterwards, the demons became rampant, blood sacrificed to the two big towns again, and then fled into the underground ghost market."

"At the beginning, I thought that the demon did this for demonstration and revenge, but now that I think about it, I have to suspect that the demon is probably doing this to continue refining blood essence and prepare to break through the ghost king."

"A few days ago, I received a secret report that the underground ghost market outside Jingyang City has changed. Some monsters broke through the ghost king and wanted to unify the ghost city and subdue all the monsters in the ghost city."

"I suspect that the demon who broke through to the ghost king is the same demon from the beginning, but the news has not been confirmed, so I haven't had time to report it."

"Today when I heard that Xu Qianhu came to Jingzhou to eliminate demons, I was delighted and didn't dare to hide it. I came here to remind you."

A ghost of the ghost king realm and a ghost of the fourth-order peak are obviously two completely different concepts.

Not to mention, there is a great possibility that this ghost can unify the underground ghost market outside Jingyang City and subdue all the monsters in the ghost city.

This is even more remarkable.

"How many ghost markets are there outside Jingyang City?"

When Xu Yan asked Cheng Youjie, he didn't seem to have much reaction because the ghost broke through the ghost king.

"There is only one place!"

Cheng Youjie replied without thinking.

Existences like the underground ghost market have been under the key monitoring of the Zhenma Division, and there are basically no omissions, not to mention that this ghost city is still a ghost city near Zhoucheng.

"Who controlled the ghost market here before?" Xu Yan continued to ask.

"no one!"

Cheng Youjie shook his head: "Prior to this, no one has grasped the ghost market outside Jingyang City, because the ghost market here is full of shady fugitives mixed with dragons and snakes."

"It is said that in the depths of the ghost city outside Jingyang City, there are still many old monsters from the previous dynasty, and there is no shortage of monsters in the ghost king realm."

"That's why the ghost city has never had an owner. Even if this ghost breaks through the realm of the ghost king, it can only control the first few floors of the ghost city and subdue some low-level monsters."

Xu Yan was a little surprised after hearing this.

According to Cheng Youjie, the ghost market in Jingzhou seems to be different from the ghost market in Tianjing.

The ghost market here is not built in the yin world, but on the underground yin veins, just like the fantasy version of the ghost fan tower and Wuyou cave in the Song Dynasty.

Names such as Ghost Fan Tower and Wuyou Cave sound a lot like place names in fantasy novels.But in fact, this is a joking name for the capital ditches by the people of the Song Dynasty.

Volume [-] of "Laoxue'an Notes" written by Lu You, a famous scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote: "The ditches in the capital are very deep and wide, and many people hide in them, so they call themselves 'Worriless Cave'; Ghost fan tower'. From the beginning of the country to the prosperity of the army, there are often people, even though they are talented, they cannot be eliminated."

It means that the underground drainage system in the capital is deep and wide, and people can live in it. Many desperadoes hide in it. They call it "Worriless Cave"; "Ghost fan building" existed from the beginning of the kingdom to the time of the war. Although the court often sent people to clear the payment, it couldn't be eradicated no matter what.

The ghost city outside Jingyang City is located in the underground cave, built along the Yin vein, that is, the underground river, extending in all directions, like a natural maze, even if Zhenmosi and the Dagan court have repeatedly suppressed it, they have not been able to eliminate it clean.

As time goes by, everyone is too lazy to bother.

Because these people hiding in the ghost city are some maggots who can't see the light, not pests.

Maggots make people feel disgusting, but they are too lazy to do it for fear of dirtying their hands and feet. Zhenmasi and the imperial court will not spend a lot of time and energy dealing with these disgusting maggots.

The pests will be directly trampled to death by people.

Therefore, if the ghost really breaks through the realm of the ghost king, and wants to greedily dominate the entire ghost market and fight against the town magician, Xu Yan will not be afraid, but will be very happy.

Because this represents that ghosts are changing from maggots to pests.

A small ghost king-level ghost, no matter whether it is a big court or a magician, will not take it to heart, but what about a few ghost kings and a lawless army of demons?
I'm afraid that the imperial court and Zhenmasi will directly crush them to death without waiting for them to show up.

pity.

Xu Yan didn't think that those high-level ghosts in the ghost city would be fooled by a ghost who had just broken through, nor did he think that the ghost could deter the ghosts in the depths of Jingyang Ghost City.

Otherwise, Xu Yan would never mind joining forces with the city lord's mansion to knock down the entire ghost city and make a fortune.

"If you say that, we are likely to face the entire Jingyang Ghost City?" Xu Yan tapped his fingers on the table rhythmically, looked at Zhenmosi Qianhu and smiled.

"That's right, it's very likely!" Cheng Youjie nodded solemnly, and said in a deep voice, "Even if the ghost is allowed to unify the entire underground ghost city, the entire Jingyang City will be affected."

"Well, thank you Cheng Qianhu for reminding me, Xu has almost understood."

Xu Yan said with a smile, he didn't have any worries because of Cheng Youjie's alarmist talk.

Because he absolutely didn't believe the words of Zhenmasi Qianhu in front of him.

The ghost market outside Jingyang City can exist for so many years. It would be a joke to say that the managers in the ghost market are all brainless idiots who don't know the difference between maggots and vermin.

They know very well that as long as they don't become pests and come out to cause harm, no one will deal with them.

This is tacit agreement.

Occasionally someone breaks this tacit agreement, and there is friction, which will end soon.

It ends with the ghost market subduing and paying the price.

If you really want to fight arrogantly against the Dagan imperial court and affect the operation of a state city, I am afraid that within a day, the entire underground ghost city will be ruthlessly cleaned up.

Afterwards, even if there is reconstruction, the managers will no longer be the original managers.

Therefore, what Cheng Youjie said was completely alarmist, deliberately exaggerating the threat of the ghost, and making Xu Yan have a bad impression of the underground ghost market.

As for the reason why Cheng Youjie did this?

Mostly because he didn't want Xu Yan, an outsider, to take up the position of Thousand Households of the Town Magic Division, and wanted Xu Yan to make things worse, arouse the resentment of the elite in Jingyang City, and finally go back wherever he came from.

Xu Yan was well aware of this, but he didn't expose the ulterior motives of Zhenmasi Qianhu in front of him, and he didn't get angry.

Because what he said was the truth, and he came to remind him with good intentions, it was nothing more than adding a little doubt and speculation of his own to the truth.

Xu Yan couldn't get angry just because someone told the truth.

So after listening to Cheng Youjie's kind reminder, he thanked him very politely, sent him away with kind words, and smiled at everyone the whole time, so that no one could find anything wrong with him.

"My lord, this Cheng Qianhu seems to have a big problem!"

As soon as Xu Yan saw off Cheng Youjie, the Deputy Qianhu of Jingzhou Town Magic Division, the old housekeeper reminded him carefully.

"How?" Xu Yan asked with a smile.

Although he thought of some situations and felt that there was something wrong with Cheng Youjie, he still wanted to hear He Yong's thoughts.

Because He Yong, as the old housekeeper of the Dingyuan Houfu, has managed the Houfu for decades, with a delicate mind and rich life experience, he must have his own way and understanding of people and things.

If you listen to both, you will be bright, and if you listen to one side, you will be dark!
Hearing the thoughts of the old butler He Yong, there may be other gains.

"Master Hui, according to this old slave, this Cheng Qianhu may have a serious problem, and the death of Qianhu, the previous Jingzhou town magician, may not be as simple as it appears on the surface."

"The old slave once read the information about Qianhu Lin Chengyu, the former governor of the magic town. According to the information, that Lin Qianhu doesn't seem to be the master of self-sacrifice. Instead, he is ruthless and unscrupulous in doing things for others."

"However, such a person, according to Cheng Qianhu's description, chose to die alone in order to protect the accompanying Zhenmasi people, and finally died in the siege of demons."

"How does this matter sound, why is it a bit bizarre."

The old butler said with a smile, he was short of directly addressing all the problems of Jingzhou Town Magic Division Qianhu.

After all, without waiting for Xu Yan to speak, he continued:

"Besides, ghost markets, even if they are not directly controlled by the imperial court, most of them are still under the surveillance of the imperial court, just like those ghost markets outside Tianjing City, many of them are guarded by people from the Magic Division. Or have a deep connection with the dignitaries in Tianjing City."

"Although the ghost market in Jingyang City is far inferior to the ghost market in Tianjing, it is impossible to escape from the control of Zhenmasi and Chaotang."

"It's almost impossible for a monster, especially a monster wanted by the Town Demon Division, to control the ghost city. The people behind the ghost city will not allow it, and neither will the dignitaries in Jingyang City."

"Finally, according to Cheng Youjie's words, the breakthrough time of the demon ghost is too coincidental."

"Young Master has just accepted the trial task of the Thousand Households of the Demon Division of Jingzhou Town, the ghost broke through to the ghost king realm, and after the breakthrough, not only did not escape, but began to expand its power wantonly, posing a posture of confronting the Young Master."

"Could it be that that guy really thought that he would be able to compete with Zhenmasi and the court if he broke through to the ghost king realm?"

"So this old slave can be sure that there is definitely something wrong with this Cheng Qianhu, and the death of Qianhu, Jingzhou's previous governor of magic, is not as simple as it appears on the surface."

The old housekeeper sneered, and said with great certainty.

There was a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, and he didn't know whether he was mocking the overconfident ghost, Cheng Youjie, deputy Qianhu of Zhenma Division, or the people behind all of this.

"Is there a problem with Zhenmus?"

When Xu Yan heard this, he immediately laughed, and asked the old housekeeper, "In Uncle Yong's opinion, what should we do next?"

"In the opinion of this old slave, the young master should ignore the Jingzhou Town Demon Division's Thousand Households and the dignitaries in Jingzhou City, and kill the demon as soon as possible to complete the trial task."

The old housekeeper said in a condensed voice: "As long as the young master completes the trial task and gets the job of Jingzhou Town Magic Division Qianhu, it will be much easier to go back and clean up and investigate the death of the previous Town Magic Division Qianhu. You can also learn from others.”

Xu Yan nodded and agreed with the old housekeeper's suggestion.

Just like the old butler said.

The problem with Jingzhou Town Magic is not the key.

The issue of the underground ghost city outside Jingyang City is not in a hurry.

Even the death of Qianhu, Jingzhou's predecessor as Zhenmasi, was not urgent.

The most important thing is to complete the trial task as soon as possible and get the appointment of Qianhu, the magician of Jingzhou Town.

In this way, the teacher is famous, and there are opportunities and reputations to rectify the Thousand Households of Jingzhou Town Magic Division, investigate the secrets behind this series of incidents, and eradicate all threats.

Therefore, although Xu Yan agreed with the old housekeeper's previous proposal, he was not interested in his latter proposal.

He didn't know what's wrong with Jingzhou Town Magic.

No need to know either.

What he wants to do is to take this opportunity to clean up the monsters in the entire Jingzhou territory, and deal with all the people or things related to the monsters in one go.

The purpose of doing this is simple.

Because he is a person who is afraid of trouble, in order to be lazy and enjoy better in the future, he can only deal with all the troubles in advance.

Conspiracy?

interests involved?

Enmity?
……

None of this had anything to do with him, and he wasn't interested in knowing about it.

As Mr. Lu Xun said: "It's none of your business to destroy you."

Even if there is no problem with the Thousand Households Office of the Jingzhou Town Demon Division, after he takes office, he will carry out a sweeping sweep of the monsters in the entire Jingzhou territory.

Of course, before this time, just like the old butler said.

He had to kill that demon and get Ren Ling of Qianhu from the Department of Demon Suppression, so that he could become famous as a teacher.

(End of this chapter)