Yefutidaolu

Chapter 66
The golden thorn attacked Gao Jian!

At this moment, a loud laugh was heard from the Demon Suppression Division camp outside the city!
The laughter was so penetrating that it even exceeded the normal speed of sound and reached Gao Jian!

"Hahahaha!" Along with the laughter, one could see outside the Demon Suppression Division's camp, there was energy and blood rolling like wolf smoke, coming out from the Baihui acupoint and rushing up two hundred feet. Even in the inner city of Cangzhou, one could clearly see the blood and energy wolf smoke!

But in the camp of the Demon Suppression Division, Sima was seen with his upper body naked. His whole body was full of blood and strong energy, with tight muscles and a strong and sturdy figure. He had a pair of bulging golden bell eyes, two vertical and scattered eyebrows, a pair of big hands, five fingers like rakes, grabbed an iron spear, and suddenly threw it out!

The iron spear broke through the air, making a loud bang!
When Sima threw, his muscles and bones stretched, and the large tendons in his body bounced, like pulling a giant bow, making a crackling sound.

The man is like a bow and the iron spear is like an arrow. This is simply a strong bow... No, it's actually a spear launcher!

The iron spear rubbed against the sky and cut through the clouds. The rain clouds in the air were torn apart by the air waves, as if a star fell from the sky and crashed into the city!

The iron spear collided with the golden thorn, making a strong and sharp squeaking sound.

Immediately afterwards, a circular shock wave spread out, and the rain clouds in the sky were completely torn apart. The heavy rain stopped completely and turned into fine water mist, which diffused with the air flow to an area of 100 miles in radius, as if a humidifier was placed within a hundred miles.

Gao Jian looked outside the city.

He could feel… the ground shaking.

"Boom, boom, boom." A dull sound rang out, as if God was beating a drum, or the earth was pulsating.

But Gao Jian clearly recognized that it was a heartbeat.

An extremely strong heart pumps blood throughout the body, providing strength to muscles all over the body!

In the Demon Suppression Division camp, Sima stretched and stretched his muscles.

There was a crackling sound, like iron balls hitting the ground, and a clattering sound, like jade colliding together, but no matter what, it was not the sound of bones.

Then, he shouted to the sky: "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow! Don't disturb everyone's sleep! Tomorrow I will bring Gao Jian to the government office to meet with everyone!"

As the words spread, the divine will that soared into the sky in the inner city gradually dissipated.

The whole city returned to silence.

Not even civilians showed up or made any noise.

But at this moment, a wave of magical power was heard from the inner city.

Takami stared.

Because, with this wave of fluctuations, the entire city, all the people and monsters who died tonight, and even the gods...

Everything began to weather silently.

The first thing to melt away was the skin, which began to turn into white sand.

After the skin melted away, the remaining blood and qi rolled violently like boiling oil, turning the white sand into red sand.

The corpses turned into skinless, bloody people, staggering back and forth.

But soon, these skinless and bloodless people began to collapse and turned into dust, with white bones and internal organs hanging underneath.

After a few seconds, all of this disappeared, and the whole person turned into white, yellow, and red sand. When the wind blew, one clump after another was rolled up, flying all over the sky and hitting the ground, making a rustling sound.

From time to time, a shrill whistle sounded in the wind, which was extremely harsh.

All the corpses turned into ashes and turned into white sand in an instant.

Gao Jian half-knelt on the ground, supporting himself with a rusty knife, and gasping for breath.

Only when the rain stopped could you see that Gao Jian was covered in sweat and his eyes were bloodshot.

Whether it is tortoise divination or other martial arts, they all require the consumption of physical strength and energy.

Tonight's round-robin battle almost exhausted all of Gao Jian's strength.

But... fortunately, I stood firm.

Not only has he gained a firm foothold, but even the entire outer city can now be said to be under the control of Gao Jian.

Because Zuo Baicang, the actual controller of the outer city, had been killed by Gao Jian, and even the hundred gods of the outer city of Cangzhou had died under Gao Jian's sword.

Now almost all order in the outer city has collapsed and needs to be rebuilt urgently, and the person who can do this reconstruction is none other than Gao Jian.

But Gao Jian himself knew very well that it was not that simple.

To restore order, many noble families will surely lend a hand.

If he wanted to stand firm in front of the Zuo family, he would need to utilize the power of these families.

And, most importantly, Gao Jian revealed a fact tonight.

The Zuo family’s control over the grassroots is too superficial.

He personally used the Yin Ghost to tear a hole in the sacrificial belief system built by the Zuo family!
The Shui family, the Wang family, and the Liu family.

You've been displeased with the Zuo family for a long time, right?
From today on, do you want to share in the profits of the sacrifice?

Gao Jian is familiar with sacrificial techniques. Even if he looks down on this, he knows that this thing can seriously shake the Zuo family's monopoly on gods!

In fact, the Zuo family does not control any grassroots at all. They just use the gods to exercise rough rule. If the right to shape and confer titles on gods is taken away by other families, the Zuo family's empire will be shaken immediately!

And Gao Jian will be the most important part of this turmoil.

But that’s all in the past.

Gao Jian knew very well that if he really became an "official" and took power, he would be unable to escape.

His official status is both armor and a cage, which can protect him from harm but also prevent him from acting rashly.

Now that you have been given an identity, you cannot be too ignorant. If you do something that ends badly like tonight, that won’t work.

So… Gao Jian had other ideas.

However, there is no point in saying so much. At least for tonight, let’s pack up the spoils first.

Gao Jian thought so and stood up.

Tianren Feixiang, who was standing next to him, looked at Gao Jian and clasped his hands together, saying, "Amitabha, Mr. Gao, what will become of Cangzhou's outer city after tonight?"

Gao Jian paused and thought for a moment.

Then, he responded, “It’s going to get better.”

"Then I feel relieved." Feixiang nodded, took out the strong liquor he had prepared, and poured it on Gao Jian's back.

The image of the Ksitigarbha goddess disappeared.

"It's really strange to see a god without the scent of incense." Gao Jian sighed.

"Although they are called gods, the heavens and us celestial beings are not gods. Our power comes from 'enlightenment', not incense." Feixiang explained.

After saying this, the celestial being bowed again, turned around and left.

Gao Jian watched the other person leave.

Then he gasped and jumped a few times before stopping.
Wow, it hurts! The wound was splashed with strong liquor, and he almost couldn't hold it together. It hurt so much!
Forget it, let’s go and collect the spoils now.

Gao Jian supported himself with his injured body and picked up the peace sign first.

Zuo Baicang's magic weapon, this thing, even Gao Jian couldn't break it with a full-strength attack, it had to be pierced by the blade of a rusty knife, it's quite powerful, you must get it.

Then there was the Nuo mask left on Zuo Baicang's body.

Shi Gan Dang's Nuo mask is very valuable, although Gao Jian doesn't know how to use it.

There was also a bag filled with miscellaneous materials and some talismans, which were probably used by witches to cast spells. Gao Jian couldn't understand what they were, so he put them all away for the time being.

Ride the walking dragon and go out of the city.

Outside the city, the turtle and the water snake were both killed by Gao Jian.

The water snake's sword and the turtle's shell were both good things. Gao Jian moved them all away, tied them behind the walking dragon, and then quickly moved them back to the Demon Suppression Division camp.

After that, it was already late at night.

Gao Jian treated his wounds and took a pill sent by Zuo Baicang. He felt his energy gradually recovering and breathed a sigh of relief.

It's time to sleep.

After more than half a month, I can finally sleep peacefully.

Gao Jian had no dreams that night and slept soundly.

But tonight, someone is destined to have trouble sleeping.

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In the inner city of Cangzhou, the ancestor of the Zuo family, Zuo Lang, who is in charge of the Cangzhou Temple, is sitting in the hall.

There were other people in the hall.

They are all senior members of the Zuo family.

"Didn't I tell you to summon those witches and sorcerers and have them tell stories to the fools?"

Zuo Lang asked calmly to the people below.

An old man stood up and said tremblingly, "I've told you...I've told you to do it. There are often propaganda in various sacrifices and rituals..."

"Is there frequent publicity?" Zuo Lang's tone became more serious.

"Yes... We have always kept in mind the teachings of our ancestors, and have mixed that information into our sacrifices and dissemination." The old man answered anxiously.

Zuo Lang rubbed his temple.

Then, he sighed deeply: "I have told you a long time ago that controlling sacrifices is a trivial matter, because the essence of sacrifices is to control people's hearts! The witch controls the sacrificial incense, which is essentially controlling the power of the people. In the middle of the word witch, there are two characters!"

"I finally understand. For the past 13 days, the only people who saw Gao Jian running around every day were the people in the outer city of Cangzhou. And you guys are only focusing on this little piece of land in the inner city, right? I can't even imagine that you guys are watching the outer city of Cangzhou like this right under your noses. How are you managing the entire Cangzhou, the counties, the passes, and the villages?"

"It's very easy to control people's minds. You don't even need to reason with the fools. They don't have any rationality or common sense, nor do they have the basic ability to think, calculate, or deduce... These absurd rumors are basically created by them. All you have to do is repeat the same words to them over and over again, and then they will believe them."

"It's such a simple thing, but you didn't even do it well, and Gao Jian found the flaw. You guys... I really don't know what to say."

"It seems that the entire Zuo family needs to reorganize its style. I have been thinking about breaking through the two barriers for decades and have neglected family matters. The fault lies with me."

After saying this, Zuo Lang glanced at the people around him.

Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to respond or make any movement.

Then, he pointed at the white-haired old man and said, "You, don't get involved in the affairs of the clan. Go to the Demon Suppression Division and replace Zuo Qing who is guarding the ancient battlefield."

"Ancestor, Zuo Qing is..." Another middle-aged man stood up next to him, as if he wanted to say something.

Zuo Lang asked back: "But what? Are you afraid that you won't be able to control him after he comes back?"

The others remained silent and did not respond.

No matter how you respond to this kind of talk, it's wrong.

"Come back Zuo Qing and let him be responsible for the basic sacrifices to the land gods and local city gods." Zuo Lang ordered.

"All?!" Everyone was shocked and asked in unison.

All? There are hundreds of counties in Cangzhou, and there are probably hundreds of thousands of villages. There are more than a million gods involved? Of course, they were assigned to more than a dozen different elders, and they made their own arrangements.

And now, the affairs of more than a dozen clan elders are handed over to one person?

“You are too cruel to do these things. Being cruel is not a bad thing, but being too cruel and not being able to see the situation below is a bad thing. It’s bad enough that you can’t gather people’s hearts, but you can’t even pass on the message. What’s the point of talking about sacrifice?” Zuo Lang said lightly.

Although his tone was calm, he was obviously quite annoyed.

"Leave all these things to Zuo Qing. He is soft-hearted, and the Zuo family needs him to do this kind of thing now. You should stay away from the sacrificial affairs. Whoever is greedy for power and temporary benefits and ruins things... don't blame me for not reminding you." Zuo Lang said.

The others were startled and just saluted.

Zuo Lang looked at it, nodded, and then stood up: "It's getting late, let's all go back and rest. This matter can't shake the Zuo family, but you must remember that the emergence of a sacrificial method can only be regarded as a step."

"The chisel isn't scary, but if someone hammers it into the tree and continues to push hard, the Zuo family's tree might actually be destroyed by the chisel."

"Figure it out yourself. When Zuo Qing comes back, he will teach you how to change it."

After saying this, Zuo Lang walked back to his attic.

Others bowed and shouted, "Farewell, ancestor!"

After Zuo Lang returned, the others left one after another. However, after this big show, the atmosphere in the entire Zuo family seemed a little dull.

After they left, they did not leave immediately, but gathered in groups of three or four and whispered in the yard.

"Is Zuo Qing really coming back?"

"If this person comes back, the family's income will probably be much less."

"The ancestors are angry, and you're still managing the income? You might as well worry about your relationship with the Baishanjiang Water Clan. Now that Zuo Qing is back, he's definitely going to screen some of the Baishanjiang Water Clan out of the various god positions."

"The only ones who have any say in the aquatic tribe are those few dragons. Even if the Dragon King himself takes action, he can't do anything to our ancestors. If we don't give them the nod, what will they achieve?"

"He can't do anything to the ancestor, but the ancestor can do something to him? Once these water creatures hide in the water, even if their cultivation is one level higher, they will not be able to escape. The entire underwater world is a den of monsters. If they disrupt the water transport, who can do anything about it? Zuo Qing?"

"Okay, let's stop talking about these useless things. Zuo Qing's return is a foregone conclusion. We should tighten our belts during this period. I'm already planning to cut my family's spending to 50,000 gold this year."

"That means one-third of the employees have been laid off. Can we still make ends meet?"

"You have to live on even if you can't. Let's go. Don't stand here. Be careful that the ancestors will be angry."

Many members of the Zuo family left one after another, and the attic returned to peace again.

　I pressed the wrong update schedule and updated early. There is only one chapter this morning...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)