Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 293: Demons Dance (Part )

Xiao Ran and his companion followed Mr. Lu and the others toward the west gate.

Most of the people here live in civilian areas, which are much better than the residences of the landless refugees.

But even so, Xiao Ran could often see the man sitting dejectedly on the ground in front of the door, not knowing what to do. There were countless crying and quarreling at home.

The days become more and more difficult as time goes by, and the more difficult the days are, the more human nature is revealed.

Selling everything you have may not necessarily bring you a few grains of rice, and selling your land and daughter may not necessarily feed a family of three.

If this is the life of ordinary people, there is no need to worry about the life of the refugees over there.

At this time, Master Lu, who was walking in front, paused and looked back at Xiao Ran and the others: "Remember, no matter what you see or hear later, keep your mouth shut. The gods in Zhenxian Temple cannot stand your disturbance. If you anger the gods, even the king of heaven cannot save you."

"it is good."

Xiao Ran nodded to indicate that he remembered it, and the middle-aged man next to him didn't say anything but just nodded.

Seeing this, Master Lu led them to a small path, where they saw an open space with an altar set up around it.

A group of officials stood under the altar. Several high-ranking officials, including the prefect of Jinyang City, sat on the seats next to the altar. On the other side were a group of ordinary people who seemed to be specially selected. They stood there uncomfortably, looking around.

Xiao Ran looked at the officials above and couldn't help feeling horrified.

Although it has long been known that these officials have become the skins of evil spirits, but when I look at them at this moment, I see a strong yin energy. Those cold faces seem to be covered with a thick layer of white frost, their eyes are gloomy, and ghostly spirit is floating around.

Such a group of evil ghosts actually wore official uniforms and tall hats, sitting on a high platform and looking down at all living beings.

"pity!"

Xiao Ran secretly shook his head in his heart. If he had known this would happen, he should have borrowed the Zhou family's seal and spent the money to see if he could summon another Yinguan Emperor. Then all the monsters and demons above would be beaten to death.

"Master Lu, what are you going to do?"

Mr. Lu frowned and didn't want to explain, but suddenly he felt something heavy in his hand. He opened his hand and took a look, then quickly stuffed it into his sleeve. When he looked at Xiao Ran again, he suddenly felt much more satisfied.

"You are so polite. It's not easy to make some money. If you give it all to me, will your trip be in vain?"

"I just came out to broaden my horizons. Money is not important."

Master Lu nodded and explained to Xiao Ran, "Last night, the hungry ghosts outside went crazy and tried to rush into the city gate. Now they are gathering more and more. The immortals from the Zhenxian Temple plan to take action today to kill these hungry ghosts first. We specially set up this altar to let the two of you come here to do something small. Just do it boldly later."

"I see."

Xiao Ran suddenly realized what was going on, but secretly thought in his heart, "The people in the city didn't even get any information about this kind of thing. It seems that Jinyang City has long been tightly controlled by these evil ghosts."

"jingle!"

A bell sound was heard, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound. They saw a boy holding an incense burner leading the way behind them, and several young Taoists holding various magical instruments behind them, chanting scriptures as they walked.

Amidst the crowd, two Taoists in red robes slowly walked over. The bright red robes looked formal at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they were neither fish nor fowl.

The Taoist robes of other people are embroidered with gold and silver threads, and are decorated with Qiankun Bagua, Yin Yang and the Five Elements.

The robes of these two men had a skull and a pagoda embroidered on the left, and two giant pythons embroidered on the right. Their robes were different. The other man's robe simply had two golden flowers embroidered on it.

When the two came over, one of the Taoists stopped in front of Xiao Ran, turned around and glanced at Xiao Ran, with a look of surprise in his eyes: "Little brother, you are so blessed."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone turned their eyes to Xiao Ran, and some even had envy in their eyes.

It is a great fate to be praised by this venerable.

Xiao Ran was also a little surprised, and asked with a smile: "I wonder what kind of blessing the immortal is talking about?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Upon hearing this, the venerable monk grinned, did not answer, but raised his head and walked over.

"Playing tricks!" Xiao Ran snorted in his heart.

On the other hand, Master Lu turned around and looked at Xiao Ran: "Good boy, you have been favored by the Venerable. Maybe you will be able to join the True Immortal Temple in the future. By then, you will be able to rise to prominence and become an immortal in no time."

When Mr. Lu said this, he became a little envious.

Little did he know that in Xiao Ran's eyes, these two venerables not only had no immortal aura, but were filled with eerie ghostly aura. Moreover, unlike those ordinary evil ghosts, the ghostly aura on these two people was extremely ferocious and terrifying, which was definitely not something that ordinary evil ghosts could possess.

Considering what the female ghost said before, that they crawled out of hell, I'm afraid the origins of these evil ghosts are extraordinary.

"Meet the Immortal Master!"

A group of evil spirits stood up and bowed to the two Taoists.

Suddenly, cold winds blew around, and many people with weak physical fitness felt dizzy on the spot, and even couldn't stand steadily.

The evil ghosts' worship, even if they are not the objects of worship, is enough to make these ordinary people with mortal bodies drink a pot of wine.

"Let's start the altar."

The Taoist on the left swept away all the worries and said in a cold voice, "Set up the altar." Then the officers around immediately escorted the common people into the venue and made them stand around the altar, each holding four yellow incense sticks in their hands.

"Hunger and epidemics are rampant, and cholera is spreading. Today we are opening the altar to perform a ritual to protect the peace of the state. It is a great fortune that you can participate. If this is successful, the merits will be immeasurable. By then, you will be rich and prosperous in your next life and enjoy endless blessings."

After hearing the two gods speak, the group of people who were originally uneasy suddenly felt warm in their hearts and became more at ease. Then they saw the Taoist on the right pinching seals with both hands, holding up a small yin-yang flag, and opening a box with the other hand. In the box was a skull inlaid with gems.

"rise!"

As soon as he said "get up", the Taoist's robe was suddenly blown by a cold wind. The skeleton in the box actually let out countless screams and wails of women, and then rushed up to the clouds.

"Rumble..."

In the blink of an eye, dark clouds rolled in the sky, and a huge amount of yin energy rolled in the sea of clouds, turning into a skull overlooking the earth.

Just by taking one look, everyone felt as if their souls were being pulled out.

"Junior brother, protect me!"

The Taoist shouted, then tore open his Taoist robe, revealing his chest. There was a centipede-like mark on his chest extending from the neck down to the abdomen. As the Taoist tore it open, the mark was torn open, and then a black shadow came out from it.

Before everyone could see clearly, they saw a black shadow rushing out of the body, and the next moment appeared in front of several selected people. His fingers were like knives, quickly cutting the throats of several people, and then he opened his mouth and sucked, sucking out the souls and blood from the body, and swallowed them into the black shadow's mouth.

These people probably never dreamed that they were saying they were doing good deeds one second, but in the next second they became a tonic in the eyes of others.

"What a great feeling!" After the black shadow had eaten and drunk his fill, he let out a strange cry and rushed straight into the sky.

"Rumble..."

Suddenly, dark clouds covered the sky, and the huge skeleton seemed to come alive. It slowly floated out of the city, opened its bloody mouth, and sucked in the figures outside the city that looked like zombies.

All of a sudden, wisps of ghosts were forcibly sucked out of the bodies, and then these figures infected with the hunger plague fell to the ground one after another, completely stopping breathing.

"Hahahaha, I wanted to keep you for a while, but you dared to mess with me. You are really courting death."

A Taoist priest's strange laughter was heard from the dark clouds.

A large number of living souls were swallowed into his mouth, making the Taoist feel that his cultivation was becoming stronger and stronger.

Little did they know that at this moment in the dilapidated temple on the northern hill, an old Taoist was sitting on a cushion with a fishing rod in his hand. The fishing rod had no hook and there was no river in front of it. It just stuck in the air.

After a while, the old Taoist suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the black clouds rolling in the distance, and a mouthful of yellow teeth appeared on his skinny face: "Qingfeng Mingyue, look, the fish has taken the bait."

Following the Taoist's voice, in the corner, two guys who were hugging a thigh and chewing it slowly raised their heads, glanced at the dark clouds in the distance, and then continued to eat.

"My dear fox, your master has come to give you a gift."

As he spoke, the Taoist took out a box from his sleeve and opened it carefully. Inside was dark green powder, which he blew gently.

"Whoosh..."

Specks of dust flew up from the box and instantly turned into a green gust of wind that rushed straight into the sky.

"what!"

After a while, everyone looked up at the sky, and someone asked in confusion: "That's not right, why is the sky green?"

Originally, the sky was covered with dark clouds, making it hard to breathe, but now the dark clouds were slowly turning green.

"not good!"

On the altar, another Taoist's face changed drastically when he saw this, and he immediately rang the bell on the table.

Jingle bell, jingle bell…

The ringing of bells reached the sky.

Normally, when the other party hears the ringing, they should come back by now.

However, the skull in the sea of clouds became more and more crazy. Two balls of green fire in its pupils began to jump wildly. It greedily devoured the surrounding souls, but became even hungrier.

The strong feeling of hunger made him almost crazy, and he immediately turned around and looked towards Jinyang City behind him.

"Look, the immortal is back."

When everyone saw the skeleton in the clouds slowly moving towards them, they thought that the immortal was about to withdraw his magical powers.

But Xiao Ran suddenly felt a chill from the [Black Swan Brooch·Scholar] on his chest, and his eyes flashed coldly: "Run!"

When Xiao Ran said "run", he was just reminding the corpse craftsman who came with him. However, he didn't care about the other person's life or death, so he turned around and ran back.

"Hey, why are you running?!"

Unexpectedly, upon seeing this, Mr. Lu immediately rushed out after Xiao Ran, wanting to pull Xiao Ran back. However, his speed was too slow, and in the blink of an eye, he was left far behind by Xiao Ran.

"Hiss, can't you see that this kid is actually a master?"

Just as Master Lu was surprised at Xiao Ran's skill, a huge sense of oppression came over him, and the surrounding space was suddenly dyed with a layer of green light. Master Lu looked up and saw the huge hole, like a meteorite, with a hysterical howl coming out of its mouth, crashing straight down...

There was a loud noise of "Boom!!"

Like an exploding cannonball, a green cloud of smoke more than ten meters high was rolled up on the ground, quickly covering the entire Jinyang City...

(End of this chapter)