Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 210 Ghost King
Qinghe County, county government office.

"Young master, what happened? Why did so many people withdraw from Yaowang Mountain?" County Magistrate Lu asked curiously.

Zhao Tiancheng, Song Tixia and two thousand soldiers withdrew from Yaowang Mountain.

At the same time, tens of thousands of miners on the mountain also fled down the mountain.

The streets of Qinghe County were crowded with people.

"An incredible thing has appeared on the mountain. Even Song Tixia can't deal with it. Maybe there is a city-sealing formation in the county that can resist it." Zhao Tiancheng felt a little relieved while drinking tea.

Qinghe County has Magistrate Lu and a city-sealing formation in place, so evil spirits dare not easily come to the county.

County Magistrate Lu nodded, looking quite nervous. When he saw Song Tixia's dark face, he knew that the creatures on the mountain were not easy to deal with.

Zhao Tiancheng said again: "Go and ask Fan Shiyi to come and tell him that an evil spirit has appeared and he is needed to take action!"

County Magistrate Lu said, "Understood!"

However, Zhao Tiancheng did not tell Magistrate Lu everything. The news he spread was that there was a magical weapon dropped by the Demon King on Yaowang Mountain. The magical weapon had intelligence and was picked up by someone, and it had been demonized.

Zhao Tiancheng wanted the foreign cultivators who were looking for treasure to die.

As expected, when everyone was evacuating, hundreds of foreign cultivators who were looking for treasure had already arrived at Yaowang Mountain.

It was already dark at this time, and the sky over Yaowang Mountain seemed even darker than other places.

However, there were still people on the mountain, and there were many outsiders who came to look for treasures because they thought there were magical instruments dropped by the Demon Lord on the mountain.

At this time, all the birds on the mountain circled in the air and left Yaowang Mountain.

All the animals, insects and fish with feet on the mountain tried their best to leave the mountain.

On Yaowang Mountain, strange mists rose up.

A mountain wolf was covered with gray air. It tried desperately to escape, but the black air on its body gradually increased, and then the mountain wolf soon turned into a mummy.

Not only mountain wolves, but many other animals were covered in gray mist and soon died.

Yaowang Mountain quickly became a deadly place.

The foreign cultivators discovered something was wrong, but their greed for treasure made them choose to go up the mountain instead of going down.

"Brother, the animals on this mountain are all running away. I feel it's too dangerous."

"Third brother, what are you afraid of? We are three brothers. You are a fourth-rank cultivator, and the two of us are fifth-rank cultivators. Ordinary people are no match for the three of us."

"That's right, Third Brother. Fortune and wealth are sought through risk. As long as we get the magic weapon in the mountain and sell it, we will definitely become rich overnight. Wealth, friends, magic and land will be easily within our reach."

The three cultivators walked and talked, not noticing that the fog on the mountain was getting thicker and thicker, and soon it became so thick that they couldn't see their hands in front of them.

"Big brother, second brother, where are you?"

The three people were separated by the fog and shouted at each other, but they could not sense each other at all.

Immediately afterwards, vines emerged from the mist, and a cultivator was instantly strung into a skewer, with the life force in his body quickly sucked away.

As for the other two, after they discovered something was wrong, they began to want to escape, but several ghost heads appeared in the fog and entangled the two cultivators.

Soon, several screams were heard.

The same situation happened in various places on Yaowang Mountain. Practitioners kept dying, and the fog on the mountain became heavier and heavier!

Qinghe County, Zhou Family.

Liu Ruyan looked at Yaowang Mountain in the distance and frowned slightly. She could sense that there seemed to be something extraordinary on the mountain.

Liu Ruyan was wearing a slim-fitting robe today, all white from top to bottom.

Zhou Ping looked at Liu Ruyan's appearance, and suddenly a sentence popped up in his mind: If you want to be pretty, you have to be filial.

Liu Ruyan felt Zhou Ping's gaze, and there was shyness in her eyes, but she slightly raised her chest and raised her beautiful buttocks.

It’s winter now, and the clothes still somewhat conceal Liu Ruyan’s beautiful figure.

"I didn't expect that something like this would happen on Yaowang Mountain." Yan Yi came back from gathering intelligence, "It seems that something incredible happened on the mountain. Zhao Tiancheng and his men fled to the county town."

Zhou Ping was also a little surprised: "The gold mine cannot be opened? This is not a good thing."

During the day, Yan Yi and Zhou Ping discussed asking "Zhou Ping's friends" to help Zhao Tiancheng transport the gold to Qianzhou City.

Although Zhou Ping had a grudge against Zhao Tiancheng, he agreed to it since it was beneficial to him.

It takes three or four months for the medicinal materials from the He family's pharmacy to arrive in Qianzhou City, but the gold refined from the mines in Qinghe County has to be sent to Qianzhou City every month.

If Zhou Ping takes on this task, he will gain eight years of life every month!

But man proposes, God disposes. The mine had just started to get on track when problems arose.

"Should we hide? I see many people have escaped from Qinghe County." He Yunqing suggested.

Zhou Ping shook his head.

"Zhao Tiancheng left because he wanted to rely on Qinghe County's city closure formation. This means that the thing on the mountain is not a human, but an evil spirit, so it is safe to stay in Qinghe County."

"Besides, if the sky falls, there are plenty of people to hold it up!"

"Fan Shiyi, Baiyun, Zhiqiu Yiye, they are all here."

Zhou Ping analyzed.

He Yunqing nodded and leaned slightly closer to Zhou Ping. Zhou Ping's demeanor made people feel at ease.

"You're right, there are plenty of people who can support you! Let's go, Zhou Ping, you are the number one among the younger generation of contemporary Confucianists, so naturally you have to take the lead." Fan Shiyi came gracefully.

Fan Shiyi also saw the strange vision on Yaowang Mountain, was summoned by County Magistrate Lu, and got some clues from Zhao Tiancheng.

Zhou Ping was somewhat reluctant: "You are a third-rank cultivator, and you don't want to go, so why should I go?"

Fan Shiyi said with a smile: "I am a third-rank, but who made you so strong? Aren't you afraid that I will die in there?" Zhou Ping wanted to say something, but he heard Zhiqiu Yiye's voice coming from outside the house: "The first person of the young generation of Confucianism, dare to explore Yaowang Mountain with me? Oh, yes, there is also the first person of the young generation of Buddhism."

Outside the Zhou family residence, Zhiqiu Yiye and Xiao Baiyun prepared to explore Yaowang Mountain together.

It’s just that Zhiqiu Yiye wanted to pull Zhou Ping down.

It’s not that Zhiqiu Yiye was afraid, he just felt that the work had been done and people had to know about it!
If the demon was destroyed, no one would know that it was Zhiqiu Yiye who did it. Then it would be so meaningless to tell others about it out of nothing.

There has to be someone nearby who is saved by you and then goes down the mountain to spread your glorious deeds.

Soon, Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi came out.

Although Zhou Ping was reluctant, he had to go after Zhiqiu Yiye called him.

Who made Zhou Ping a disciple of Fan Zhongfu?

Since you have taken advantage of Fan Zhongfu and want to use Confucianism as a backer, you have to pay a certain price.

At times like this, Zhou Ping must take action.

"Let's go."

In the house in Qinghe County, Zhuque paced back and forth, looking a little angry.

Zhang Sheng and Captain Leng fell to their knees, not daring to breathe.

Just now, Zhuque also heard the news that there were magic weapons of the Demon Lord on Yaowang Mountain, so he went to Yaowang Mountain.

Unexpectedly, Zhuque came back in a rather disheveled state not long after.

"I didn't expect to be tricked. There is no magic weapon on the mountain, but a ghost king who has been sealed for thousands of years!"

Suzaku laughed in silence, then lay down on the rattan chair.

"Sir, the King of Ghosts?" Zhang Sheng asked.

Suzaku explained.

"Looking at the sealing formation, it seems to be the work of Buddhism."

"These old monks are not as efficient as the Taoists. After catching the ghost, they don't kill it directly. Instead, they have to set up a sealing formation to slowly consume the evil spirit to death."

"If the evil spirits are not dead and escape, they can save the world."

"Eating from one fish several times is really a good plan!"

Suzaku snorted.

Zhang Sheng and Captain Leng also understood what was on Yaowang Mountain.

"Sir, how strong is the evil spirit?" Captain Leng couldn't help but ask.

Zhuque chuckled: "Originally, he was sealed for many years, and his strength was only at the fifth or sixth rank, but many outside cultivators went to the mountain to search for treasures, and these people became the eighth rank of the ghost king. I think it will soon reach the third rank."

"Third grade, will Qinghe County be in danger?" Zhang Sheng said worriedly.

Zhuque said, "Qinghe County has a city-sealing formation. What are you afraid of? The Ghost King doesn't dare to come to Qinghe County to cause trouble. He hasn't completely escaped yet. Once he does, he will probably flee from here."

Captain Leng and Zhang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, when the sky falls, there will naturally be someone taller to hold it up.

"Sir, is it possible that this Ghost King has been destroyed?" Zhang Sheng said.

Zhuque was slightly stunned, and asked with interest: "Who can destroy it?"

"Fan Shiyi is a third-rank official, and he's here."

"Also, Pudu Cihang's disciple Baiyun is here too."

"There is also a person named Zhiqiu Yiye who claims to be the best young Taoist in the Earth Sect."

Zhang Sheng paused and said, "There is also Zhou Ping. Perhaps these few people can destroy this ghost king."

Zhuque was slightly stunned, and agreed: "You are right, that Zhiqiu Yiye is the orthodox of the Earth Sect, and even I dare not take the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder head-on, and there is also Monk Xiao Baiyun, they all have ways to deal with ghosts."

"With that little fellow Fan Shiyi added in, it's really possible."

After Zhuque finished speaking, Zhang Sheng hesitated and added: "That Zhou Ping is also quite good."

Zhuque chuckled: "This Zhou Ping, his knowledge is too complicated to be of great use!"

On Yaowang Mountain.

In a mine, there was a dark shadow on an altar, and the shadow was vaguely a human figure.

Clouds of mist emanated from the black shadow.

And around the altar are six relics.

"boom."

The three relics shattered with a loud bang.

"Buddha Saint, when you captured me, you didn't kill me, but trapped me here and tortured me!"

"You think I don't understand you."

"You just want to wait for me to escape, endanger the people, and then your disciples can seal me again and gain the people's worship."

"I, the Ghost King, will be back soon! But I won't do as you wish."

"In these thousands of years, your life span has probably been exhausted. I don't believe there is anyone in this world who can trap me."

"Who am I? I am the Ghost King! The first person in the world to have cultivated the ghost path to the first level. If it weren't for you, I would also be able to become a saint from a ghost!"

The Ghost King licked his lips, and the black air from the deep mountains passed over the altar and came to the ground. It still had to hunt some more people before it could finally break the seal and leave here completely.

(End of this chapter)