Chapter 43: Pray to the Taoist officials and refine the blood of the six domestic animals.

There are tall buildings on the riverside and the river is surging.

A tall building stood by the water, with a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of it.

"Master Xu, just leave the carriage to our men!" Chixie stepped forward and said. Ever since Xu Yang became a ninth-rank official, he also started calling him Master.

"Captain Chixie, long time no see." Xu Yang got off the car to reminisce about the past.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and many strange Taoists came around.

Some of them had strange fish patterns on their faces, weird vertical pupils, and their aura seemed almost the same as Dan Feng's.

"The Yulong County Magistrate of Longcong County next door, like General Heiyu, is a member of the imperial court and is affiliated with the Forbidden Spells Department. The man in the blood-colored Taoist robe is the abbot of the Blood Fairy Temple of the Blood Refining Temple in Longcong County. The man with the seven-star and mountain pattern on his Taoist robe is the Taoist official of the Prayer Department."

"Pray to the Taoist priest?" Xu Yang was puzzled.

"It's normal that you don't know. The Qiyuan Daoguan is not part of the county. It was built according to the terrain of the mountains and rivers. The Qiyuan Daoguan here manages this 200-li canal and is responsible for praying for rain, warding off drought, driving away locusts, driving away plague, etc."

The Fire Kingdom looks relatively dark, but overall it is still pretty good. There are no particularly large natural disasters, nor will there be a major plague that spreads to several counties and kills and injures millions of people. The number of refugees is even smaller.

The only threat may be the Taoist priest.

Taoist priests usually train a few people, or even dozens of people, and their superiors will turn a blind eye. But if there is a monster causing trouble, the Taoist priests will also kill it; if the monster is allowed to cause trouble, people in several villages may die.

"Is this considered making a nest?" Xu Yang couldn't help but think to himself.

Just as I was thinking about it, I felt a cold gaze coming from behind.

Xu Yang looked back and found that it was the red-faced yaksha.

"Master Xu, how are you?" The Red-Faced Yaksha said coldly, his four eyes spinning around, as if he could see through Xu Yang, and his expression was like a cat playing with a mouse, "I wonder if anyone from the Sanjun County Palace has come to pick you up?"

Obviously, he didn't like this guy who was on the same level as him.

"It turns out to be the Taoist priest Red-faced Yaksha. Have you found your new disciple?" Xu Yang was not willing to be outdone. Since he was certain that he was an enemy and there was no chance of easing the tension, he might as well offend him to the end.

puff...

Knowing the situation, Chixie couldn't help laughing out loud. The Red-faced Yaksha glared at him fiercely, then looked at Xu Yang deeply, with obvious threat in his eyes.

Xu Yang took Qingping into the tall building.

In the main hall, there are tables on both sides, filled with wine, fish and meat, and the aroma of food lingers in the air.

General Black Fish sat in the main seat, and next to him were the Yulong County Magistrate of Longcong County and the Baigu County Magistrate of Fenglong County. The Taoist official who prayed for blessings was a yellow-eyed Taoist carrying a gourd on his back.

The first row held people of the eighth and ninth ranks, and the second row held their entourage.

General Black Fish lowered his head and ate the bloody heart and liver.

"Come, welcome everyone to my humble abode to celebrate my 220th birthday!"

"Respect to General Blackfish. May the general enjoy eternal blessings and a long life!"

Everyone raised their glasses, and Xu Yang then realized that it was General Blackfish's birthday party.

The banquet was noisy with people whispering to each other.

Some people were busy eating and drinking. Qingping was young and couldn't eat, so she could only hold the gourd filled with blood and drink.

This is what Xu Yang discovered during this period. Since she has become a human, she has to eat. As a half-zombie, Qingping especially needs blood.

Xu Yang noticed that there was a person who kept looking at him. This person was about forty or fifty years old, carrying a blood-red banner on his back. At first glance, a bloody smell hit him in the face.

At this time, Xuanying behind him whispered:
"This is Taoist Long Mian, the eldest disciple of Liudao Refining Blood Temple. He is also the one who bought a large number of zombies from us before."

"Oh..." Xu Yang remembered that Xuanying said that someone bought it to eat. He was wondering how someone could have such a hobby.

It turned out to be a big customer.

Xu Yang raised his glass in the air and thanked the Taoist, who thanked him in return.

After a while, General Blackfish came down to chat with his acquaintances, and everyone was free to move around.

Taoist Long came over with a wine glass.

"Master Zombie, I've long admired you! Let me toast to you!" Taoist Long raised his glass.

"Master, thank you for your praise. I have admired you for a long time."

"Master, please come to the Blood Refining Temple when you are free. There is no time to waste. Just in the next few days. I also want to discuss business with you."

Xu Yang was about to decline when he suddenly thought of what Xuan Ying said.

The Blood Refining Temple in Longcong County focuses on blood refining and cultivating immortals, so it must not be short of blood. However, a lot of blood is needed to nourish zombies. If stronger zombies are refined in the future, the blood gap will be even greater.

Xu Yang has always been a clean man, never doing anything that could give him any handle. By cooperating with the Blood Refining Temple, he could at least get some materials in return.

"Okay, I'll visit you in a few days." Many people then communicated with Xu Yang. After all, he was one of the few faces he had seen in these years.

At the end of the banquet, Heiyu announced some things, most of which were the duties of a ninth-rank Taoist priest, such as controlling floods, exterminating locust monsters, beheading plague ghosts, searching for wild Buddhas, killing monsters and unincorporated monsters, etc.

Some haven't happened yet, some are in progress.

Huang Du, the Taoist priest who prayed for the dead, stood up and said:
"Everyone, the demons in the canal are growing stronger day by day, and they often come out of the shore to hurt people. I hope that all Taoists will work together to manage it. There are also merit and magical instruments as rewards. If you are interested, come here to get the water distribution order, and return it after the flood. If you have 200 merits, you can give this order as a gift."

Afterwards, the relevant precautions were read out. Because it was the duty of the Taoist prayer officials, they were seeking help from the outside world, so the mission was relatively free, there was no punishment, and no mandatory requirements. If they killed the monsters, they would be given merits, but if they didn't kill them, they would not get any.

Everyone whispered.

"Taoist official, here I come!"

Xu Yang's mind moved. How about taking one? Anyway, there is no loss. The other zombie secrets are all perfect. Since he wants to refine a more powerful zombie, the corpse of the monster is indispensable.

It is better to take this job. Not only can you make money, but you also have nothing to lose.

Soon, Xu Yang also received the Water Dividing Order, which was a heavy black iron token with golden patterns engraved on it.

Soon, the banquet was over.

Yizhuang ancestral hall.

Xu Yang half leaned against a wooden pillar, holding the book in his hand, silently reciting the methods of the Altar of Soldiers and Horses and the Corpse-Rising Ground in his mind.

Soon, one hundred and sixty merits were deducted from the two hundred merits.

Around tomorrow, the kingfisher will send you a secret method.

Next, the goal is basically clear.

Refine the military altar and corpse-raising ground to create stronger elite zombies.

Visit Taoist Long to establish a stable source of income; and go to Qushui to kill monsters.

"...and also go to the mountain to nourish the Taiyin treasure point...cough cough." Xu Yang shook off all distracting thoughts.

night.

Xuanying comes to visit.

Inside the ancestral hall, Xu Yang sat cross-legged, with a group of golden-skinned zombies behind him, and his dark green eyes stared at Xuan Ying viciously.

The Taoist priest seemed to be smiling, neither righteous nor evil, his hands formed the Great Fundamental Seal, the candlelight shone on his face, half eerie and half bright.

"Barbarian Buddha?" Xuanying was shocked.

Xu Yang's voice was hoarse, and the zombies were ready to move, full of evil.

"Xuanying, I'll give you two choices..."

Three days later.

The carriage set off for the neighboring Longcong County.

Three miles of official road and twenty miles of mountain road.

There were dead bodies of pedestrians on the road and herds of wild beasts.

The carriage jolted along for an hour before finally arriving at Longcong territory.

The county town is about the same size as Quhuang.

The Taoist temple is located on the outskirts of the city.

"Six Paths Blood Refining Temple, blood refining practice, it sounds extremely evil, we must be careful in our actions." Xu Yang thought.

The village-like place outside the city is where the entire Taoist temple is located. The sky is covered with dark clouds, which is a sign of stagnant yin energy.

As we approached the village, we were suddenly hit by a pungent odor, accompanied by the sounds of animals.

In front of me were farms where cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, chickens, dogs and other domestic animals were raised. The stench came from the animals' feces.

Taoists in robes rolled up their sleeves on the open-air stone platform and slaughtered livestock like butchers.

The stench and blood filled the air.

Xu Yang was shocked.

Six Paths of Blood Refining?

I’m afraid it’s the six domestic animals refining blood?
It is bloody, but not as horrifying as one might imagine.

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