Chapter 420 Soldiers, are you willing to follow me? "Thank you very much, real people!" "Thank you Master Lin and Master Liu!" "Thank you, gods..." "..." In Ziyun City, people were walking along the street. There were many common people in the houses around, some were the original inhabitants of Ziyun City, and some came in from outside the city. They all bowed and saluted to express their gratitude, some knelt and kowtowed. It's really hard to help. There were also children standing next to the adults, some were naked, and some were wearing exquisite little clothes. No matter whether their family was rich or poor, the children had clear eyes at this moment. They all stood next to the adults, looking at these Taoists with their black eyes, with curiosity, admiration and surprise in their hearts. There were also scholars watching from afar. The shock brought by the experience during this period alone exceeded that found in the books of sages. They were only thinking about how to write it down and pass it on to future generations.

The situation remained the same all the way out of Ziyun and onto Jiguang. However, Jiguang is much more dilapidated than Ziyun. This place was also one of the key attack areas of the Queen Mother of the East, and the defense force was relatively weak, resulting in heavy losses to the soldiers defending the city and the strange people in the Juxian Mansion. Even more than half of the extraordinary people were killed in the battle. Master Nan Tianshi managed to survive, but was seriously injured. Mr. An, who was good at fire magic and whom Lin Jue had met before, also died unfortunately. It was said that he avoided the charge of the bear monster and the pounce of the tiger, but failed to avoid the sneak attack of the little monster. The monk Yunchan survived. What surprised Lin Jue the most was that Zhang Gong, who was good at the art of speed and should have been the best at dodging, also met with disaster. The good news is that they did not die. With the reputation and merits that Lord An and Lord Zhang had accumulated in the capital before, and their contributions here, becoming gods after death was just a matter of whether they wanted to or not, and there was almost no suspense. It is hard to say whether one can become the Nine Heavens God, that depends on one's usual stance and beliefs. Moreover, now is a time of great change, and it is hard to say who will be the emperor of heaven in the future. However, with the blessing of the people's incense, it is completely no problem to become a god of the earth or a ghost official in the underworld. Unless you don't want to. Master Fan is similar. As Master Fan, who invited the God of Fu Chi to instantly destroy the clone of the Queen Mother of the East and split the Queen Mother of the East's body with one sword, the people in the city may not know his contribution, but the extraordinary people and the soldiers defending the city all know it. Master Nan is upright and incorruptible, so he naturally would not hide his contribution. Now, everyone in Jiguang knows that on that night, it was Fan Tianshi, a famous master from Jiguang County in the northern part of Qinzhou, who rushed here and asked the gods to get rid of the demon king. Unfortunately, Master Fan felt guilty and was unwilling to become a god. Then everyone went out of the city together. It was dusk, the sky was dim, and there was a ruined Ji Guang City. The green hills and grasslands outside the city were already showing signs of withering and the earth was still in a mess, as if a giant dragon had wreaked havoc here. The piled up soil looked like hills, and the gullies looked like river valleys. However, there happened to be a tree that had luckily avoided being trampled by the monster and the body of the Queen Mother of the East, and it still stands there today. This is an ordinary neem tree.

Incense and candles were lit on the ground, and wine and offerings were placed on the ground. A group of monks and strange people surrounded the neem tree. The smell of incense was already coming from all directions, some as close as the county town behind them, and some as far away as all over Qinzhou. There is a grave under the tree, and there is a faint human figure in the tree. This is why Lin Jue is not that sad even though he is reluctant to leave. When a person dies and becomes a ghost, it is not only scary and weird, but sometimes it is also a kind of longing and romance. "Master Fan, do you really only want to be a lonely soul and not a god?" Taoist Qingxuan sighed, "Daoyou's incense is very heavy. If you become a god, your future is limitless." "No matter how strong the incense is, it is not from the right path. If those who cheat and deceive the world and steal the reputation are gods, the truly upright gods will feel unfair and unhappy. Besides, lonely ghosts also have their own way. Gods are what people like Nan Gong should and can do." A faint voice came from the tree, erratic, "I am satisfied to be able to watch the rise and fall of my hometown from here." "How is it not the right path?" "No need to comfort me..." "Fellow Taoist is quite open-minded." "Although I am a ghost, I have incense and worship. The messenger from the underworld came to me, but he just asked me if I wanted to go down. The priest from heaven also came to me, but he just delivered the order for me to take office as a god. This afternoon, the sun was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes. The lonely ghosts in the city didn't dare to come out. I went out for a walk and found that I was just hot, not painful... What's there to be unhappy about?" "That's fine..." Taoist Qingxuan didn't say much either. Lin Jue was standing right next to them. Everyone burned incense for him in front of him, talked to him and thanked him, and then stood aside to wait. At this time, who would care about what Lord Fuchi said? Who would care about whether Fan Tianshi was the real Tianshi? Even until now, most people do not know or even believe that he is a fake Heavenly Master. They just think that he has offended the Lord Fuchi in some way. Finally, Lin Jue brought in a statue. The statue was mottled and peeling due to years of wind and rain, and its original appearance could not be seen clearly. One could only vaguely make out that it was an image of a martial god holding a sword. Lin Jue placed the statue under the tree. "This is what Daoyou brought, so we won't take it back. It has nowhere to go just like Daoyou, so let's just leave it under this tree." Lin Jue said, "Perhaps one day Fuchi Shenjun can't stay here anymore, so he will ask his believers or Taoists to move it away." "This..." "Fellow Daoist, we'll say goodbye now." Lin Jue bowed to him, "If I pass by here in the future, I will definitely come to see you." Lin Jue could actually guess—— Perhaps Lord Fuchi will not move this statue away. The light was growing dim. Many figures bowed and said goodbye to the chinaberry tree and the grave mound under the tree, and then said goodbye to each other. "In that case, we should also return to the capital." Nan Tianshi was seriously injured, but he did not show any signs of fatigue, as if he was always full of fighting spirit. "There are many demons now, and the capital must be the same." "Then please go ahead, Lord Nan." Lin Jue bowed and said, "It will take us some time to reach the capital." "Then I will go back first and test the situation of the capital for Lin." After speaking, Tianshi Nan paused and became serious. He bowed to Lin Jue and the brothers behind him, "Thank you for coming all the way here and helping us in this critical moment. We are very grateful." At the same time, the strange people of Juxian Mansion around and behind him also looked serious and saluted solemnly to Lin Jue and several fellow brothers and sisters behind him.

"You are all doing this to eliminate demons for the people. I dare not thank you enough." Lin Jue said. "We can work together despite our different paths, and we can help each other even though we are far apart." The third brother said, "Why do you fellow Taoists have to say such things?" "..." The next morning, most of the extraordinary people in Jiguang County left, leaving only a few monks and Taoists to pray for the souls of the dead. "See you in the capital." "See you in the capital." The Taoist priests from Zhenjian Palace also left, and also left behind a few young Taoist priests to perform rituals and pray for the souls of the dead. The nine fellow disciples of Fuqiu Temple did not return to the capital, nor did they leave, and they did not even all return to Ziyun. Instead, they scattered and went to the four cities outside Modu Mountain. Lin Jue took Wan Xinrong and others back to Ziyun. When we arrived, it was night again. Although the mountains of corpses and seas of blood outside Ziyun City are no longer there, the evil spirits and demonic auras still remain. Mortals who pass by here will still feel cold all over. At night, there are still ghost fires floating around, ghosts wandering around, and there are also residual souls who are unwilling to die and stay on the city walls, wandering around, trying to get rid of the demons. "My fellow soldiers, do you still remember me? I am a Taoist from Yishan, my last name is Lin Jue, and I fought against the demons with you that day." Lin Jue stood on the city wall and looked around: "Thank you for being here to kill the demons and protect the people. No one wants to see people being harmed by demons, but it is irreversible. I can only say it is a pity. If you die and become ghosts, and your souls are intact, you can just wait here for the ghost messenger, and then leave peacefully, and don't stay in the human world. "If the soul is incomplete... "Now that the monster outside the city has been eliminated, and the Queen Mother of the East has been trapped and refined by the True Lord, there is no need to worry about it anymore. Please rest in peace as soon as possible, lest you be unable to go to the underworld and suffer the torment of wind, moon, rain and years. "If there are those who do not want to leave and are willing to follow me to exorcise demons, punish evil and promote good, you can enter the bottle behind me and I will find a place for you to stay." Wan Xinrong behind him was holding a porcelain bottle. As soon as he finished speaking, from all directions in the north of Ziyun County, above and below the city walls, souls flew over and flew into the porcelain bottle. There aren’t many of them, but there are more than twenty of them. In the battle that day, thousands of Ziyun soldiers died. Some became ghosts after death, while some did not. The remaining souls did not have many obsessions, perhaps because they had fought side by side, but most of them were willing to follow Lin Jue. "Thank you very much, I will trouble you in the future." Lin Jue bowed and said, "I would like to explain in advance that if one day you find that I have changed my mind and temperament, and find that what you do is no longer to exorcise demons and punish evil and promote good, you can leave at any time." After a pause, he also bowed to the other ghosts and the remaining souls that did not follow him: "It is my honor to fight alongside you all." Some ghosts were confused and wandering around, while others were clear-minded and returned his greetings in the moonlight. At the same time, the eldest senior brother stayed in Jiguang County and also stood on the city wall. Accompanied by the seventh and fourth senior brothers, he faced more residual souls and said similar words to him. The third senior brother went to Letian and Boyu with several other senior brothers. In troubled times, it is easy for the souls of warriors to remain. There are many people in these four counties who are unwilling to accept this. It is quite suitable for Taoists who practice carving beans into weapons.

"In a few days, we need to bring these sacred woods back to Yishan, which may take a lot of time." Lin Jue turned around and took the porcelain bottle from Wan Xinrong, and said to him, "You should go back to Beijing first." "Can you ask me for help?" "That's not necessary. You guys have worked hard to kill the monsters. Go back and have a good rest. Just wait for us in the capital." "it is good!" Wan Xinrong nodded in agreement. Within a few days, they were the only ones left in Ziyun City. But how to bring back so many spiritual woods is also a headache. (End of this chapter)