Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 29: Eight Scenery Battle Python
"In each of the three palaces of the human body, there is a corpse god. The upper corpse god is named Peng Ju, who likes fancy ornaments; the middle corpse god is named Peng Zhi, who likes delicious food; and the lower corpse god is named Peng Jiao, who likes lust."

While Ba Jing was complaining, Senior Sister explained to Ren Yuan softly:
"Peng Jue lives in the Niwan Palace of the Upper Corpse Dao. Under his command are three insects: Greed, Stinginess, and Cruelty. Their names are the worm, the python, and the snake. Their territory is called the Upper Corpse Realm, which is incompatible with the Tiantu Realm where the Eight Scenes of the Upper Part live."

Ren Yuan nodded silently, feeling it was extremely magical.

After Ba Jing finished complaining, the leader Jue Yuanzi bowed to his senior sister and said, "The higher the Tao, the higher the devil. I, Ba Jing, am no match for Peng Ju. I hope you can help me."

The senior sister nodded and smiled, "We had anticipated this, so we added Lacquer Leaf Green Sticky Powder to the incense we lit before coming here, which can make people calm and free from desires, and make Peng Jue temporarily dormant."

Jueyuanzi was still worried and said, "Once the war starts, it will still wake up."

Seeing that Liu Caizhu's Eight Scenery Gods were so cowardly, the senior sister knew that she had to make some efforts, so she said in a deep voice: "Then let's use the 'Shangxuan Mieyu Zhanshi Fu' to kill it in one hour and three quarters."

The Eight Scenery Gods were overjoyed and said, "Such a great thing can be accomplished!"

Then they rode the clouds down the mountain and arrived in front of a magnificent golden gate that towered into the clouds. Jueyuanzi said, "After passing this 'Gate of Greed, Tiredness and Suffering', we will reach the Upper Corpse Realm."

The sister then set up an altar outside the door, asked for a cup of water, held a knife in her mouth facing north, and chanted:
"The corpse above is Qingyu, calling himself Peng Ju, and has nine forms, with a bird's head and a snake's body. He is greedy and beautiful, and he lives in a gorgeous color. He cuts off people's life roots, and their qi disperses and their spirits wander. The Immortal has ordered that the corpse's head be cut off. The three platforms are watching his form, and he must leave quickly without delay. Hurry up and obey the order!"

After the spell was finished, the talisman was formed and condensed on the flying knife.

"Go!" Senior Sister gave a delicate shout, and the flying knife turned into a stream of light and went straight into the door, passing over the Upper Corpse Realm from high in the sky and landed directly in the Niwan Palace!

The senior sister then sprinkled the clean water in the cup to protect the Eight Scenic Gods.

With the blessing of this, the Eight Scenes were like a tiger with wings. Their morale was immediately boosted, and they went through the door together and entered the Upper Corpse Realm where copper coins were the soil, gold and silver were the stones, pearls and jade were the trees, and mercury was the waterfalls, and went straight for the python that was a hundred feet long and had a snake body and a horse head!

Although the python was extremely powerful, the tiger was no match for the wolves and was beaten all over with bruises and swollen faces. It screamed loudly for help.

After a while, a human-faced spider as big as a hill and a two-headed python only a dozen feet long came to help. They were naturally the octopus and the boa constrictor.

The three insects and the eight scenes fought each other in a group. This time the battle was much more intense. There were thunder and lightning, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and the entire upper corpse world was shaking.

Ren Yuan was stunned. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that such a shocking battle between gods and demons actually took place inside the human body.

However, even with all the fighting going on, there was still no movement in the Niwan Palace located at the highest point of the Upper Corpse Realm...

The three insects were already at a disadvantage, and when they saw that their boss was unable to fight for some reason, their morale was naturally low and they had no desire to continue fighting.

As one was gaining strength while the other was losing strength, Bajing was filled with fighting spirit and used all his magical powers to break the six legs of the octopus and chop off one of the heads of the boa constrictor. The two insects were seriously injured and fled in panic.

Bajing didn't chase them, but just surrounded the python and beat it to death.

The python was beaten and rolled around, screaming and wailing, its skin torn and flesh exposed, and sticky golden blood constantly oozing out.

As more and more blood flowed, its body became smaller and smaller until it completely disappeared...

"Hahaha, what a joy!" Although the Eight Scenery Gods were also in a mess, they were all so happy in this unprecedented victory that they forgot everything else.

"It's not advisable to stay here for long, let's go back quickly." The 'Marrow God' spirit guard looked at the Niwan Palace worriedly and urged his peers.

"Don't worry." Jueyuanzi said, "The blood of the python is a good thing, it should not be wasted."

"That's right, collect them and resolve the cause and effect." All the gods also praised it as a good thing.

Then the Eight Scenes each used their divine power to absorb the golden blood that formed rivers and lakes on the ground of the Upper Corpse Realm, and sent it into the jade bottle in Jueyuanzi's hand.

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Outside the gate of Tan Lei Ku Xing. After a long time after the earth-shaking battle between gods, Ren Yuan came back to his senses and asked his senior sister, "Did you kill the stingy bug?"

"Kill him." The elder sister nodded and said, "But as long as the master of this world is not dead, new stingy creatures will be born. The three corpse gods are even more powerful. After a person dies, his soul goes up to heaven, his spirit goes down to earth, but the three corpses still wander around in the world. They are called ghosts."

"Is it so difficult?" Ren Yuan finally understood why one could become a god instantly after killing the three corpses.

“Hahaha, it doesn’t matter.” The Eight Scenery Gods came out together and laughed when they heard this: “After this battle, the Upper Corpse Realm was severely damaged. Our Heavenly Disciple Realm can be peaceful for a long time.”

The two of them hurried forward to congratulate him.

The Eight Scenery Gods were also very pleased and warmly invited the two to the Yujing Palace for a celebration banquet.

The senior sister declined, saying, "The incense is about to burn out. I can only appreciate your kindness."

"That's such a pity." Jueyuanzi gave the jade bottle to his senior sister as a thank you gift. The Eight Scenery Gods sent the two of them to the Smoke and Cloud Bridge together...

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Inside the Liu family’s treasury.

Ren Yuan and his senior sister opened their eyes one after another and smiled at each other. It was truly a wonderful journey.

"How is it, how is it?" The tabby cat came back from playing and jumped onto Ren Yuan's head.

"Done." Ren Yuan gave a thumbs up, first transformed the red leopard into a armored horse and put it away, then shouted to the outside: "Come in."

"Second Young Master, how is my father?" The warehouse door opened immediately, and Young Master Liu walked in quickly and asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, the monster has been destroyed and your father is fine." Ren Yuan smiled faintly, becoming more and more pretentious.

As he said this, he ordered the boy to wake up Master Liu.

The senior sister removed the talisman, and soon Mr. Liu woke up.

He looked around in confusion and asked his son curiously, "Why am I lying in the warehouse?"

"Father, you're finally back to normal!" Young Master Liu cried with joy and quickly told his father the whole story.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Liu felt so ashamed that he quickly bowed down to express his gratitude. He also ordered his son to donate a huge amount of copper coins to the mountain god temple.

"This, this is too much, right?" Even Ren Yuan, who had always been a spendthrift, felt that Master Liu was too spendthrift.

"Alas, Second Young Master, you don't know that when I took the elixir to seek immortality, it was actually to be able to keep my treasures." Mr. Liu said generously: "After this disaster, I have completely understood that these external things are enough for use. Too much will only be a burden that harms people."

After a pause, he said seriously, "I heard that your temple is building a charity bureau, a charity house, a peace and relief center, and a leaking garden. It's just right to turn these things that harm people into charity money that benefits the village, and it can also be regarded as doing good deeds for my Liu family."

When Young Master Liu heard this, he knew that his father was completely well this time. But he felt a little depressed. Wasn't he too well?

It's simply going from one extreme to another.

The senior sister secretly laughed, without the stinginess, people would of course be extremely generous...

Ren Yuan was naturally very happy. With this huge sum of money, he could let those village heads bleed, and he wouldn't have to worry about anyone making trouble with the funding source of the mountain temple!
They expressed on the spot that they would erect a monument to commemorate Mr. Liu's heroic act, and asked him to attend the inauguration ceremony after he recovered.

But he was a little surprised. Wasn't Mr. Liu crazy before? How could he know so much about the movements of the Mountain God Temple?

(End of this chapter)