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Chapter 78 Mr. Gaoyi!

On the city wall of Lucheng County, Taoist Master Chen was holding a compass and a ruler, calculating the earth's energy along the wall. The county magistrate and several of his disciples followed behind him. Whenever Taoist Master Chen reported a set of data, a disciple would quickly record it and start calculating.

Although the county magistrate could not understand at all, he could not help but glance at the books in the hands of the young Taoist priests. In addition to this place, there were also many Taoist practitioners walking around the streets in the county at this time to prevent any accidents.

According to common sense, the power of prayers raised during the Kitchen God worship is enough to disperse weak evil spirits. Even if it cannot completely disperse the evil spirits, it can still divide and transform them. When midnight arrives, the altar will be set up to welcome the Jade Emperor on his tour. Even if only a small part of the spirits pass by, the dispersed evil spirits will no longer have the ability to cause trouble. In this way, perhaps even this year's New Year's Eve will be easier than in previous years.

But for some reason, Taoist Chen always felt uneasy in his heart. Although Miss Deng and Gray Fairy, who were the best at finding things, did not detect any trace of the demon cultivators, he still couldn't help feeling uneasy.

"Have all the new houses in the city been notified?"

After calculating the new area, Taoist Chen still asked a question with some concern. The only problem with offering sacrifices to the kitchen god is that some newly moved houses do not have enough incense accumulated in the stoves. Now Xuan Xiu is running around for this.

Upon hearing this, the county magistrate showed no impatience at all. Instead, he flipped through his booklet and said:
"These are the records submitted by several real estate agents. They record all the new houses built in the county this year. Even those that are currently vacant have people hired by real estate agents to perform rituals to worship the Kitchen God... Ah!"

Suddenly, the county magistrate's expression changed drastically. Seeing this, Taoist Chen also became nervous and asked hurriedly:

"County Magistrate, have you remembered anything?"

"Well, wasn't the house that Mr. Feng rented damaged by the zombie attack? So I bought a new house as a reward for exorcising the demon..."

"Oh, that should be no problem." Taoist Master Chen felt a little relieved after hearing this and shook his head.

"Fellow Daoist Feng is also a member of the Xuanmen sect, so he shouldn't neglect the Kitchen God Festival. As for his old house... I've been there before, and there's still a trace of thunder energy lingering. Even if no one is keeping it under control, the evil spirits won't come near... But just to be safe, we should send someone over to inspect it!"

"Of course, of course!" The county magistrate's heart was pounding at this moment, and he immediately called his men to arrange for someone to go.

As time went by, the geomagnetic map of the entire county had been completed. Taoist Chen kept calculating the direction of the geomagnetic energy, and several disciples following him were holding magic tools, ready to "open the door and release the evil spirits" at any time.

Although this method may lead to evil spirits filling the house, as long as you safely pass through the hour of Hai, the Jade Emperor will help to break the evil spirits. It is better to shorten your life in this way than to ignore all the children in the city for the sake of your own life, right?
Anyone who has entered the righteous path of cultivation understands that hidden virtue is more important than life span. Disciples holding the five-gate flags have been informed of the risks early on.

As Taoist Master Chen continued to track the changing direction of the evil gate, wisps of wishful energy rose, accompanied by the city's Kitchen God worship, and the incense transformed into rising wishful energy. Although the Kitchen God worship was held in the evening, it was impossible for every household to have a consistent time. The amount of incense accumulated by different families over the year was even stronger and weaker. As these wishful energy rose and converged, the evil spirits that roamed beneath the earth's energy began to move erratically.

When the power of wish arises, it will turn immediately. If there is no way to retreat, it will simply crash head-on.

With each collision, the evil spirits were constantly evaporating and diverting, but occasionally they would swell up again as if they had eaten something tonic.

"Sigh..." Looking at the places where the evil spirits were growing stronger, Taoist Chen helplessly drew a circle on the geomantic map. Wherever there were people, there would always be some filthy people who would curse at the Kitchen God with their mouths glued to their mouths (Note ①). He could not do anything about it and could only draw a circle and let the county magistrate deal with it himself. However, if attacked by the evil spirits, even a strong adult would probably get seriously ill. It could be said that evil would be rewarded with evil.

More and more wishes were rising, and the evil spirits were becoming more and more desperate. But just when Taoist Chen thought "it's safe", all the evil spirits seemed to have received some instructions, and completely lost their previous attitude of fighting alone, and began to rush in the same direction.

No matter how many obstacles there were along the way, he had no intention of taking a detour. Instead, he rushed forward. Although it seemed that a lot of energy had evaporated, because he was walking in a straight line, it was actually more economical than the previous roundabout way.

Watching the evil spirits in the city, which seemed to have transformed from a leaking water pipe into a flash flood, Taoist Chen's face turned grim. He held a ruler made of lightning-struck wood and repeatedly drew it across the geomagnetic map, extending the direction of the countless evil spirits' advances. Finally, they focused on the same location -

"County Mayor, what is this place?"

"Ah? Let me see...ah this!" The county magistrate, with his mortal eyes, couldn't see any evil, but he could tell that Taoist Chen's expression was not right. He immediately leaned forward, and the moment his eyes focused on him, he couldn't help but shudder and exclaimed, "This is the mansion I gave to Mr. Feng!"

"How is this possible! Even if Fellow Daoist Feng forgot to offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God, it wouldn't have happened like this... Wait, could it be that Fellow Daoist Feng is cultivating right now? How is that possible?!"

Taoist Chen's face was filled with shock, but this was the only possible explanation at the moment!
Evil spirits have no intelligence and act entirely on instinct. The reason they like to attack children is because children have abundant vitality and are easy to plunder. Now, apart from a large amount of vitality, Taoist Chen can't think of any other possibility that can make these evil spirits go there regardless of their willpower!

"Could it be that Mr. Feng did this on purpose? Is he planning to use this to lure all the evil spirits in the city to one place?" This thought arose in Taoist Chen's mind. Although he wanted to say that it was impossible for a normal cultivator to fight against the evil thoughts that had accumulated in the city for a year, when he thought about the dilapidated mansion where more than ten days had passed and there was still residual thunder energy, he couldn't help but feel a little hope in his heart.

But no matter what, at this moment, all the evil spirits in the city have been gathered together, and there is no risk of spreading. Taoist Master Chen slapped the geomantic map in his hand and said loudly:
"Leshan, you and your fellow apprentices watch here. If the evil spirits show signs of gathering again, open the gates and expel them immediately. Leshui, come with me! County Magistrate, go inform the other fellow Taoists and tell them that Fellow Taoist Feng is so righteous that he has rounded up all the evil spirits. Have them bring their evil-suppressing items and go provide support!"

"Ah, good!" The county magistrate was also a shrewd man, and he immediately turned around and gave his orders. Taoist Master Chen knew that the county magistrate was someone who could become the city god after his death due to his good deeds, so he was very relieved. Leaving a few disciples behind as a last resort, he took his eldest disciple and jumped directly off the city wall, following the Feng residence in the south of the city...

(End of this chapter)