Chapter 97: The collapse of rituals and music, bloodshed
"What if there are hundreds of these zombies?"

Jin Jun suddenly stopped talking.

"It shouldn't be."

As a Taoist priest who drives corpses, only he can empathize with the importance of controlling hundreds of zombies at the same time.

Even with my current self, if I try my best, I can only control about thirty zombies at the same time.

"If you don't believe me, go ask around. Everyone knows about Xu Yang's situation." Seeing that Jin Jun was a little unconvinced, Zhao Xianglu was happy to see this guy being humiliated.

"How will you know if you don't try."

Jin Jun was just about to go down, but Xu Yang below had already spotted them.

The azure eyes looked up into the sky, and the voice came accurately regardless of the strong wind.

"Would you two fellow Taoists like to come down and have a chat?"

Seeing this, the two men landed.

"This is Fellow Daoist Jin Jun, a disciple of the Gold, Silver, Copper and Iron Corpse-Driving Lineage."

"I've heard a lot about you!" Xu Yang was a little surprised that he was actually a fellow Taoist from the corpse-driving lineage.

But this person doesn't seem easy to get along with.

"How many zombies are there like you, Daoyou?"

"About three hundred." Xu Yang said.

In fact, only about a hundred have been transformed so far, but in front of outsiders, we always have to bluff a little to avoid being looked down upon by others.

Jin Jun didn't want to show his weakness in front of the beauty.

So he got straight to the point and said, "Fellow Daoist, let me be frank. I want to spar with you, and the position of the temple master is the stake."

"The position of the abbot?" Xu Yang was stunned for a moment. "Promotion is a national law. How can it be given privately? Even if I agree, it will not pass the court."

"Don't you know? As the Fire Elephant King went into seclusion, the power of the ninth and eighth ranks was delegated to the county government. You have made great contributions, so it stands to reason that it is you who should be the master. But if you wish, you can give the position of the temple master to someone else."

The county government is ruled by the county governor and two other county palace masters.

If Xu Yang himself does not want it and wants to give the position of the abbot to someone else, this kind of private transaction can also be carried out.

"..."

Xu Yang thought of one thing, that is the collapse of rituals and music.

The Fire King finally lost control of the lower classes and delegated the power to manage the lower classes to the various county palaces.

The consequence of this is that the county palace may place its own people in every important position.

"However." Xu Yang changed the subject, "I still can't do it. If I do, blood will be drawn. It's not easy for you to refine corpses, so you'd better not get involved."

Wow! !

The voice just fell.

Ten three-headed bats formed an array in the void.

"Command!" Jin Jun controlled the golden-armored corpse with his mind and went forward.

boom! !

Three bat zombies suddenly exploded.

Dark green flames and pitch-black poisonous water enveloped the golden-armored corpse, and a green cloud a hundred feet in size formed in the sky.

As the bat zombies become stronger, the power of ten three-headed bats is equivalent to a blow from a beginner Dan master.

Three hundred are enough to destroy this first-level golden-armored corpse.

The golden-armored corpse flew backwards hundreds of feet, and horrible wounds appeared on its body.

"This..." Jin Jun was extremely shocked.

This is not over yet.

Other alien zombies appeared around Xu Yang one after another.

The Red-faced Yaksha, the Corpse Vajra, and the Hell-gate Zombies were all filled with sinister and majestic energy, and the entire sky was dyed blood red by the sinister energy.

“Fellow Daoist, are you still going to fight? I won’t be able to control myself once I attack, and I might hurt your precious zombie…”

Jin Jun's face was gloomy. He was not a fool. Seeing Xu Yang's zombies coming out one by one, he thought it was impossible to defeat this man.

His zombies were made with great difficulty, and he collected a large amount of gold, silver, copper, and iron. The first dan zombie cost more than 500,000 silver taels.

The opponent's quick-made zombie might cost less than ten taels.

A zombie worth hundreds of thousands of taels fighting against a zombie worth only a few dozen taels would be unacceptable even if the zombie won.

When dealing with people who practice Taiyin method, you cannot use common sense.

It can only be crushed with absolutely powerful force.

Obviously, I can't do this now.

If he insisted on taking action, the final outcome would be that the other party would lose hundreds or thousands of taels of silver, while he would lose the precious golden armored corpse.

Could it be that Taiyin Method is the main way to drive away corpses?

"I am convinced." Jin Jun lowered his proud head.

At this moment, he also wanted to stay here.

The three returned to the main hall.

"Is Teacher Zhigang in seclusion?" Xu Yang asked.

"Yes, he is fine, but it seems that some of the nine-headed zombie dragon's skulls have fallen off."

"Oh?" Xu Yang was a little surprised. No wonder Taoist Zhigang didn't come to accept him as a disciple. "I'll ask him later."

I was not interested in taking in disciples before.

Nowadays, the situation has changed and rituals and music have collapsed. Based on my own experience, a person who had no power before can easily survive by relying on his background in the court.

As the Fire King went into seclusion, his control over the mortal world was weakened.

The control over the Taoist tradition will be further strengthened, and there will no longer be any independent practitioners among the grassroots forces.

Taoist Zhigang has a casual personality, and there are no other disciples in the sect to compete with him. If you join Zhigang's sect, you can develop with peace of mind by relying on his power.

The position of the temple master is still undecided. If nothing unexpected happens, there will probably be others coveting it.

Thinking of this, Xu Yang sneered in his heart.

He wanted to see who else dared to come.

There are also benefits to the collapse of rituals and music. Judging from the fact that Jin Jun tried to force me with force, some things can be dealt with by force.

The three of them were chatting happily as they drank tea in the rosewood stove, as if they had forgotten what had just happened.

During the conversation, Jin Jun was secretly surprised at Xu Yang's erudition.

This person has a very deep understanding of the art of corpse-driving.

“No wonder Senior Xianglu and Senior Zhigang admire this person so much.”

If the Taoist Zhiyin saw his disciple in this state, he would be so angry that he would faint.

He originally wanted Zhigang's disciples to bow their heads and admit defeat, so as to suppress the arrogance of this old guy, but he never expected that it was his own disciples who surrendered.

The sun sets in the west and the night begins.

The smoke rising from every household died down, the village returned to peace, and entered the silent night.

Inside the charity cemetery, Xu Yang was writing at his desk while thousands of paper cranes were flying to the county government.

He asked about Taoist Zhigang's situation.

After the letter was sent, there was no news for several days. He must be in seclusion and unable to reply in time.

"Forget it, let's refine the corpse first."

In the following time, Xu Yang continued to refine three bat zombies.

Jin Jun lived in the county town and thought that this guy would come to bother him from time to time, but he never came once. Instead, he went to Zhao Xianglu more often.

"Hopeless."

Xu Yang was speechless.

Zhao Xianglu is no simple woman. If she approaches him so hastily, she will be fooled by him in the future.

Jin Jun looks like a rather naive person, but he is not a bad person at heart. …

Luxury house in the north of the city.

This place was originally a merchant's residence. Because of the last demonic wave, the merchant's entire family died, and this place became a haunted house.

A mysterious person recently bought this place.

Weird noises were heard from the mansion all day long, and one would feel chilly when approaching it.

The residents nearby were in panic.

Under the courtyard, a five-foot-long, five-colored altar was built at some point.

A golden-armored corpse stood on the altar, with magic coins scattered around. The magic coins continuously supplied Yin energy, forming black mist that entered the zombie's body.

The altar was covered with a layer of gold foil.

Wisps of golden energy were also absorbed by the golden armored corpse, and the gold foil that absorbed the golden energy turned into ashes.

This is the method of practicing the Gold and Silver Veins.

Xu Yang originally wanted to practice this method. This method does not have a very high threshold, but it requires a lot of resources, so he did not choose this method.

At this moment, a ray of light stopped in front of Jin Jun.

A thousand paper cranes stopped.

Unlock the restriction on the thousand paper cranes, and there is a line of information inside.

"The Magistrate of Songhe County has privately promised the Master of Quhuang Temple to someone from the Zhang family. You must be careful."

"Hmm?" Jin Jun frowned. He had to tell Xu Yang.

The Zhang family has always been vicious.

In order to achieve the goal, do whatever it takes.

Afterwards, Jin Jun informed the charity cemetery about this matter.

There was no need to tell them, because with the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, the news that the county government had sent a member of the Zhang family to succeed the abbot of the temple quickly spread throughout the entire southern slope.

……

"This is a conspiracy."

Based on the existing information, Xu Yang quickly analyzed the game among the upper echelons.

Taoist Master Shenmu is about to break through the spiritual fetus, and the Sanjun County Palace will be on par with the Saga County Palace.

In order to suppress the arrogance of the Sanjun County Palace, the county magistrate let the Zhang family confront the Sanjun County Palace. He privately promised that as long as the Zhang family could take over the Taoist temple in the county, he would recognize the person sent by the Zhang family as the master of the temple.

On the surface, it has nothing to do with the county magistrate, but in fact it is intended to sow discord between the Zhang family and the three princes' palaces.

The Zhang family needed territory to gather people's hearts, so they were happy to take the bait.

"I know how to do it." Xu Yang's eyes lit up.

……

The next few days.

The Taoist temple is still under construction.

"Still spending money, doesn't this person know about the Zhang family?"

"It shouldn't be like this. The news has spread all over the city. Xu Yang is not deaf."

"Why don't you leave? Isn't it just a waste of money to build a temple for others?"

"Who knows."

When they learned that the Zhang family had come and that it was the county magistrate who ordered them to do so, everyone was sure that Xu Yang would be doomed.

The two county palaces took action, and no matter how brilliant he was, he could not continue to be the ruler.

"Hahaha, how pitiful it is that you have to weave gold thread every year to make wedding dresses for others." In the countryside temple, Rufeng laughed at someone else's misfortune.

The strong men from the four counties all looked like they were enjoying the show.

The people who instigated the attack should be spies sent by the Zhang family. Their purpose was to make Xu Yang retreat, or to make the people from the four counties take sides.

In any case, no one supports a guy who has no affiliation.

The value that Taoist Zhigang values ​​is nothing in front of the real Yin Lei Zhang family members.

At the Quhuang Yamen, General Heiyu shook his head and said, "It's hopeless. Draw a clear line with Xu Yang, and prepare a generous gift to make friends with a new master."

The situation was changing too quickly, and General Blackfish also felt a sense of crisis.

Perhaps you can curry favor with the children of powerful people and ask them to show you a clear way forward.

Boom!

There were dark clouds like mountains and thunder rumbled.

The blue divine thunder was like a long winding snake, crawling out from the clouds after the thunder.

Under the thunderclouds was a carriage, pulled by nine bronze horses with an iron roof and copper hoops.

Wherever the carriage went, it was accompanied by wind, rain and thunderclouds.

This is the Zhang family's copper-hooped carriage with thunderclouds, a symbol of travel for important members of the Yinlei Zhang family.

Inside the carriage was a house.

Soldiers in black armor were lined up in two rows, and there was a small landscape building in the front yard.

A young man sat here quietly, looking thoughtful.

Unlike the other frivolous members of the Zhang family, this man looks very steady, because he is the fifth-generation direct descendant of the Zhang family - Zhang Siyuan.

Children from side branches have not received core education and are more frivolous and flamboyant.

The direct descendants, on the other hand, were all calm and composed, and treated others with a warm and welcoming attitude.

On the table was information about Xu Yang, as well as the reactions of various forces reported by his subordinates.

Before arriving in Quhuang County, he had already sorted out all the relationships in various places in Nanlu, and spread public opinion in advance to divide the various forces and isolate Yizhuang.

"I have warned you in advance. If you know what's good for you and let go, it's still not too late." Zhang Siyuan muttered to himself and closed the letter reporting Xu Yang's information.

This person is ruthless and cruel, but in the face of powerful forces, his so-called cruelty is nothing but laughable, like a house cat with bared fangs and claws.

Zhigang and Shenmu are in seclusion. By the time they come out, the matter will have been settled. Can they stand up for a student who is just starting out?

Zhang Siyuan was confident.

He wanted to use the resources of the county to become the first disciple of the fifth generation to enter the initial stage of primordial dan.

He is only one step away from this honor.

The thunder chariot passed through the Yinshan Mountains.

At this moment, the evil spirit disappeared in a flash.

"Sir, there seems to be a situation outside." The Taoist soldier came to report.

Zhang Siyuan had an idea and stood at the front of the carriage.

squeak...

Suddenly, a group of bats flew out of the black air.

These monsters seemed to have taken drugs. They were running very fast and rushing towards the carriage madly.

Three-headed candlelight zombie, corpse Vajra, red-faced yaksha, sea-patrolling yaksha, prison gate zombie, and a person hiding in the dark with a golden hoop in his hand.

The air was freezing cold, with gusts of chilly wind, and the cold altar was used to borrow troops.

Just as Xu Yang said to Jin Jun, he usually doesn't take action, because if he does, blood will be drawn.

"Oh no, it's a zombie..."

Zhang Siyuan's pupils shrank and he thought of someone.

Madman! Madman! ... This man is a madman.

boom! !

The fire illuminated an area of ​​dozens of miles, and the light could be seen hundreds of miles away.

(End of this chapter)