Yefutidaolu

Chapter 75: Gods and Ghosts
Gao Jian was talking to Zhang Yiyuan at this time.

Gao Jian renovated an abandoned warehouse at the dock and cleaned it up so that he had a place to practice martial arts.

Anyway, you don’t need much space at the beginning.

Then he invited Zhang Yiyuan.

Zhang Yiyuan is the successor of the "Zhang Family Boxing" and has reached a certain level of cultivation.

About a month ago, Gao Jian passed by a place called Zhenchi Martial Arts School. The person who taught boxing there bullied the apprentices and cheated a Ku Dali out of two hundred coins, but did not teach him anything.

For a hard worker, two hundred coins is not a small amount.

Zhang Yiyuan couldn't stand what they did and wanted to ask for an explanation, but he was beaten out. Then Gao Jian
As for the martial artist from the Zhenchi Martial Arts School, he is already dead.

When Gao Jian was clearing out 519 mass graves, he discovered that this man secretly liked to skin people and created a bunch of skinned ghosts. Gao Jian cut off their heads and placed them in the mass graves as a sacrifice.

At that time, Zhang Yiyuan impressed Gao Jian with his courage and bravery.

So, a few days ago, when Gao Jian was preparing to teach these bitter masters the practice method, the first person he thought of was this kind martial artist who wanted to open a martial arts school.

So he found the other party, and after discussing it, Zhang Yiyuan was also shocked.

Is there really someone who does this kind of thing?

It's... amazing.

He was full of admiration for Gao Jian's behavior, so he immediately patted his chest and agreed to be the coach of these trackers.

"Brother Gao, let's do as you say. First, select some of these bitter masters with good talents, let them practice boxing first, and then go back to teach others."

"There is just a problem. If you want to advance to a new realm, you need sufficient essence and blood to support it, otherwise you can't open the acupoints at all. If you want to accumulate blood, you must eat well and cultivate your body. Brother Gao, I'm afraid this group of hard-working people can hardly afford this level of expenses." Zhang Yiyuan said.

Gao Jian nodded. He actually knew what Zhang Yiyuan said.

If you want to advance from the first level, sufficient Qi and blood are very important. It can even be said that it is three parts training and seven parts diet.

If you only know how to exercise but don't know how to eat, it will be easy to drain the already limited energy in your body, and eventually your qi and blood will be exhausted, causing you to get a serious illness.

You bitter masters, there is not enough food to eat.

He was all dependent on Gao Jian for support, but Gao Jian couldn't afford it. Even though he had just made a fortune, he had spent more than a thousand gold just on dealing with the dock matters. He only had a little over a thousand gold left.

A walking dragon will consume one gold worth of food in almost two days, and that's because the walking dragon doesn't run much. If the walking dragon runs vigorously every day, consuming two or three gold worth of spiritual materials a day is just like eating a meal.

However, Gao Jian seemed very calm and said, "Don't worry, let them gather some money, and I will contribute some more. I will select ten people from the 100,000 people and create ten first-level realms first."

“With ten first realms, you can make money much faster and you don’t have to rely solely on physical labor to make money. After that, you will have enough energy to support more people to practice martial arts.” Gao Jian said.

Zhang Yiyuan shook his head: "You have to be on guard against others, Brother Gao. I know you are a good person, but not everyone in the world is a good person. There are 100,000 bitter people, and there are always some who have no conscience."

"If one of these ten people has no conscience, then all your efforts will be wasted. I advise you to withhold the practice method and not pass it on directly. They must serve you in order to obtain the complete practice method." Zhang Yiyuan said.

"That's not necessary." Gao Jian shook his head. "What good will it do if we cause disunity?"

Zhang Yiyuan advised: "You will suffer if you do this. Not everyone has a conscience and a sense of righteousness. Some people will take you for granted no matter how good you are to them, and will not feel the slightest bit of gratitude."

"They can understand if we withhold some of the skills. Everyone does this."

Gao Jian said, "I trust them and am willing to take the risk. Even if someone betrays me later, that's a matter for later. If I treat them as people who might betray me from the beginning, then they would have a reason to betray me."

Zhang Yiyuan frowned, not quite understanding why Gao Jian did this.

Gao Jianze smiled and said, "Don't worry, I can afford the loss."

Yes, this is one of the reasons why Gao Jian is willing to do this.

He can afford the loss.

Even if someone really has no conscience, it is impossible for them to cause any serious harm to Gao Jian.

Gao Jian felt that this kind of risk and complete trust in these hardworking people was completely necessary.

With the trust between the two parties, Gao Jian no longer had any worries.

Zhang Yiyuan seemed to want to say something else.

But this seems good, Gao Jian patted Zhang Yiyuan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I know what you mean, everyone does this, the foremen do this, it has always been this way, so is it okay?"

When Zhang Yiyuan heard this and looked at Gao Jian, he was immediately impressed and stopped trying to persuade him.

He was really enlightened to find that there really were such people in this world.

However, just because Gao Jian did this, Zhang Yiyuan felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong in following Gao Jian.

This person is indeed a rare hero in the world.

However, at this moment——

"Boss, Boss!" A hard worker ran over, panting.

"What's wrong?" Gao Jian interrupted the conversation with Zhang Yiyuan and asked the laborer.

"Boss, it's bad. Rumors are spreading everywhere. Some say we are ungrateful, and some say we are beasts. The most popular rumor is that you are a bad person. You led us to kill our old master and want to monopolize the business! What will we do if this gets out?" the laborer shouted in panic.

"What, there are rumors that Brother Gao is a bad person?" Zhang Yiyuan widened his eyes.

From the time he met Gao Jian until now, Gao Jian can be said to be the kindest person he has ever met. He is so good that he doesn't seem like a human in this world.

I wonder what kind of fairy tale paradise one must live in to have such a kind-hearted heart as his, unable to bear the suffering of the world.

Who said such a thing?

Gao Jian felt relieved when he heard this.

Hi, it's finally here.

He has been waiting for a long time.

"Haha, good, finally got it." Gao Jian moved his neck, making a crackling sound.

This reaction made Ku Dali stunned for a moment.

what?
He thought about his boss's anger, panic, and calmness.

But I never expected that the boss would stand up happily, as if he was waiting for these rumors.

If these rumors are allowed to spread, it will be difficult to dispel them!

By then, even if you tell the truth a thousand times or ten thousand times, no one will care!

However, Gao Jian waved his hand and said, "Go and send a message, asking everyone to make time the day after tomorrow, and not to take any work. Let the dock be closed for a day."

"I'm going to hold a sacrifice ceremony to worship the gods and humans! Everyone come and help, and I'll provide meals!"

"Boss...what is this?"

"You won't understand even if I tell you, so just go and deliver the message." Gao Jian patted Kudali's shoulder.

The laborer smiled and thought about it and agreed.

So he nodded: "Then I will go and deliver the message!"

Now, Gao Jian can easily shut down all the docks in the outer city of Cangzhou with just one order. Although it has no deterrent effect on the bigwigs in the inner city, it still has a considerable impact on the forces in the outer city. After all, these docks and rivers are like blood vessels in the huge tumor of the outer city of Cangzhou.

All nutrients must be diffused throughout the city through these blood vessels.

The food, cloth, and food and clothing consumed by tens of millions of people every day are not a small number. The products produced by many villages and counties outside have to be transported here.

After the laborers left, Zhang Yiyuan frowned and looked at Gao Jian: "It must be the work of those foremen. Brother Gao, have you anticipated this?"

"Well, I expected it." Gao Jian stood up and said, "Then I will leave the teaching to you, Brother Zhang. I have seen your loyalty and I trust you. I will teach you all the skills. Don't worry, I will not give you any less in compensation."

"I feel bad for accepting your reward. Don't worry, I will teach you everything I know! Besides, these hard-working people are all good men. Teaching them can be regarded as promoting my Zhang family boxing." Zhang Yiyuan bowed and answered proudly.

"Okay!" Gao Jian nodded and then stood up.

Ever since entering Cangzhou and seeing the situation clearly, Gao Jian has been running non-stop in order to gain a firm foothold.

What is the purpose of gaining a foothold?

Of course, it was to compete with the Zuo family.

The Zuo family colluded with the Baishanjiang tribe and gave the position of the mountain and water god to these evil spirits, which led to the prevalence of blood sacrifices in Cangzhou and the displacement of people.

Gao Jian saw it very clearly.

Why are there so many people in the outer city of Cangzhou? Because there are too many places like low mountain villages, and people in the low mountain villages have run out and gathered in such big cities, begging for a way to survive.

Why are there so many places like low mountain villages?

Because rain, thunder, wind and other weather conditions are mostly under the control of gods and witches, other methods such as praying for rain by Taoists are actually rare, and the disciples of Zhenjing Taoist Palace do not often go out.

They control weather such as rain and snow, and they can artificially create "low mountain villages".

So, one low mountain village after another was built by them.

They starved to death or suffered torture, and then took the initiative to participate in the blood sacrifice, easily making the blood sacrifice culture prevail in the entire state.

After a few decades, everyone started to think that blood sacrifice was normal.

Just like the current situation in the inner city of Cangzhou, everyone thinks there is nothing wrong with giving the corpses to the land god to eat.

Anyway, they are dead and there is no place to bury them. If they are not eaten, they will just be thrown into a mass grave. Only those who are more particular will wrap them in cloth and put them in a coffin.

In a few decades, the customs and habits can be changed and it will become normal for monsters to eat humans.

These are what Gao Jian wanted to stop.

As long as the people in the low mountain villages have enough food to eat, they won't commit blood sacrifices, so many people won't flock to the outer city of Cangzhou, this place won't become like this, and everything will be better.

This is the purpose of Gao Jian.

In order to achieve this goal, Gao Jian planned many things, for example... he had been waiting for the Zuo family to control those 'rumors'.

Rumors are a good thing, they can kill people without anyone noticing.

It’s just that it can backfire easily if used improperly.

Gao Jian hurried on his way. The matter at the dock was almost resolved. The next step... would be to deal with those ghosts.

Gao Jian first rode his dragon back to the Demon Suppression Division camp.

When he returned to Cangzhou City again, he already had some bamboo cards in his hands.

These bamboo plaques have names written on them and some special symbols drawn on them, which are the symbols used in incense rituals.

During the day, Gao Jian inserted these bamboo plates one by one into the mass graves.

The most basic aspect of incense and burning rituals is the way to control ghosts and drive away gods. Most incense and burning rituals have these properties.

By the time Gao Jian finished his work, it was already evening.

Gao Jian found a place to sit down in one of the larger mass graves.

Then, Gao Jian lit the incense and candles.

With the appearance of incense and candles, a cold wind began to blow all of a sudden.

Like the smoke from a stove, the white smoke from incense and candles began to swirl around in the cold wind.

The winds were so cold that they made people shiver. Only next to the 'candlelight' could one feel a hint of warmth, like a ray of sunshine on the winter solstice.

Then, against the backdrop of white smoke, many strange figures appeared around.

But I saw a group of ghosts crawling before my eyes.

There was a ghost with its skin and hair falling off, its lips and mouth opening, its eyes popping out, and maggots sucking at its food.

The corpses of some ghosts were bloated, their bones and joints were broken, their flesh was changing color, and foul juice was flowing out.

There are ghosts whose bodies are dry and dark blue in color, with skin close to their bones and dry, and insects cannot eat them.

The skeleton of a ghost was revealed, with blood stasis on the head and face, and all the skin and flesh on the upper and lower parts were digested.

There are people from all walks of life, both men and women. Although most of them look hideous, there is no resentment in their eyes and they are not resentful ghosts.

Gao Jian has already cleared all their grievances.

Among them, the ghosts who looked most like humans were a group of opera troupes. They had not yet taken off their masks and costumes. Because their faces were covered, they looked the most like humans and were not that scary. They looked no different from ordinary opera troupes.

Hundreds of ghosts appeared in front of Gao Jian one by one, surrounding the mass grave.

Many miserable and terrifying ghosts appeared in this place, and the cold wind they caused caused the temperature around to drop.

All the ghosts from the mass graves in the outer city of Cangzhou were invited to this place by Gao Jian.

However, Gao Jian did not look afraid at all, and even seemed a little happy.

"Everyone, I have arranged your god-making ceremony for the day after tomorrow."

The ghosts made a humming sound, as if responding to Gao Jian.

"Can you replace the original demon god? Can you protect an area? Can you only eat incense and not ask for blood?" Gao Jian asked these ghosts seriously.

The ghosts nodded one after another. Some of them could speak, like Liu Ping and the group that came out of the nail shed. They all said, "Sir, yes, we all came out this way. We know how hard it is..."

Another said, "If we were gods, we would never be like them."

"I believe you, but...if you change in the future, I will kill you just like I killed the gods before. Don't blame me for being merciless."

Gao Jian's words were very serious, much more serious than when he spoke to the Kudali.

Because he knew how difficult God's task was, and he also knew how tempting blood-eating was to them.

Blood food can greatly increase the speed of their cultivation. Directly devouring sentient beings is much faster than practicing on their own.

After Gao Jian saw that they all nodded, he said, "Come here and remember. I will teach you the ritual, and then you will do it according to this method."

(There are four more tonight)

(End of this chapter)