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Chapter 71: There are demons in the dream

Chapter 71: There are demons in the dream (seeking first order)
"I've already arranged for my ghost messengers to monitor the nearby villages. If any unexplained illnesses occur, report back immediately."

"Also, the Lord has previously written to the City Gods of various regions requesting them to conduct more frequent inspections. If any illness occurs within the city, please inform the Underworld immediately."

"At least we'll know where the plague ghosts appear then."

Chen Ji sighed.

He also knew that this was the best method Lu Pan could come up with.

Now we only know that there are two plague ghosts scattered here, leprosy ghost and tuberculosis ghost, and it is not clear whether there are any others.

I don’t know whether these plague ghosts are gathering in Hejian Prefecture or going somewhere else.

"I've informed the nearby judges and have sent out ghost messengers to conduct an urgent inspection. If there's any news, please let me know."

"Sorry to bother you, Pan Lu!"

Chen Ji bowed and thanked him.

The ghost messenger's report back to the underworld should be much faster than the blue bird's message.

"Why thank me? This matter is related to the underworld. I relied on you to remind me twice. I should be thanking you."

Lu Pan sighed.

"Fellow Daoist, please take the badge I gave you. If you have any news... well, do you still have a ghost messenger?"

"Indeed not."

Lu Pan nodded.

"I have a method for controlling ghosts. Fellow Daoist, you can find a reliable wandering soul and recruit him as a ghost messenger. With my badge, you will have the command from the underworld, and you can have him come to the underworld to find me."

Lu Pan raised his finger and pointed it at Chen Ji's eyebrows.

Chen Ji immediately understood the magical effect of this technique.

Use incense to attract wandering souls on the roadside, choose a suitable one, and cleanse it with secret methods, so that the soul can be condensed, the intelligence can be preserved, and it will be by your side waiting for your orders.

And because it is a method of the underworld, this ghost will not have to worry about being inspected by the underworld when traveling between the Yin and Yang in the future.

When they see the brand, they know that this is one of their own and will be more accommodating.

"Thank you, Lu Pan, for teaching me the Dharma!"

Chen Ji thanked him sincerely.

What he wants most now is a magic method that can easily convey messages.

I had originally thought of asking Taoist Xiyun about the method of using the blue bird to send messages, but now there is no need for that.

Having a ghost messenger under your command is much better than the blue bird.

Seeing that Chen Ji was satisfied, Lu Pan looked at the loach in the water.

"I just brought you into the underworld and frightened you, so I'm offering this as an apology."

Lu Pan took out something that looked like a paper cut and put it into the well.

"what is this?"

The loach monster had already come to his senses at this moment, but he didn't know what Lu Pan had given him, so he asked seriously.

"The dragon soul fragments don't have much use. They just give you a little dragon energy."

"Hiss...uh!"

The loach monster had originally crawled out of the water and was still looking at the shape of the paper-cut.

As he heard these words, his eyes rolled back and he passed out, sinking straight to the bottom of the well.

However, Chen Ji and his team had experience this time, so they simply ignored it.

After a long while, the loach monster recovered, climbed back to the surface of the water and cried loudly.

"Lu Pan's great kindness, I will never forget it!"

"In all my years of cultivation, I have never received something so precious."

"If I ever turn into a dragon, I will definitely not let down Lu Pan's kindness."

"That's because fellow Daoist has practiced well. A little bit of dragon energy is nothing."

Lu Pan waved his hand.

"I have something else to do today, so I'll go back to the underworld first. If you see any trace of the plague ghost, please come here and let me know immediately."

"Farewell, Judge Lu!"

Chen Ji bowed and watched Lu Pan burrow into the ground again before he sighed.

Even the underworld cannot find the trace of the plague ghost, so it seems that we can only wait and see.

Then look at Taoist Xiyun.

"Master, are you going to wait here?"

"nature."

Taoist Xiyun nodded.

"The town supervisor sent someone to ask us to catch the plague ghost and protect the town."

"We haven't caught him yet. If we return to the mountain, we will be breaking our promise."

"How can I be a dishonest person after receiving money?"

"What if the plague ghost never comes?"

Chen Ji asked.

"Then help the town arrange some talismans and formations to prevent ordinary demons and ghosts from causing trouble. Guard it for two months and then go back."

"There's nothing to do on the mountain, so I'll discuss the temple renovation with Senior Fox."

"The Taoist priest is merciful!"

Chen Ji sighed.

Now I understand why Qingfeng Temple charges fifty taels of silver for exorcising demons.

This serious attitude is worth it.

Taoist Xiyun sighed again. "It's not about the money. What can we cultivators do with so much money?"

"It's just that many people heard that there was a master in the temple, so they always wanted us to take action, even leaving us with problems that were clearly not caused by demons or ghosts."

"That's why I mentioned the money so that only those who really need it can find it."

"For example, which ones are not caused by demons and ghosts?"

Chen Ji asked curiously.

Taoist Xiyun thought about it.

"Once, a family stole a sick chicken from their neighbor and ate it. Three people died. They said it was caused by an evil spirit and asked us to catch the ghost."

"Another time, someone told us they had three daughters and asked us to go and see if they were possessed by a female ghost."

"These are certainly not ghosts."

"..."

Taoist Xiyun listed them casually, and Chen Ji was greatly shocked.

Taoist Xiyun had to go down the mountain to do all these things, and Chen Ji actually felt that fifty taels of silver was too little.

The key point is that Taoist Xiyun can still speak these things calmly, and his emotions are indeed extremely stable.

However, Chen Ji was also curious about how these problems were solved.

"The first one performed a ritual and received 20 taels of silver, asking them to explain the death to others through dreams and not to cause trouble to the neighbors."

"The second one asked them to go find the Goddess of Childbirth. I really can't do anything about it."

Chen Ji laughed out loud.

This solution is indeed interesting.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, don't laugh. Your fame is spreading like wildfire, no less than that of Qingfeng Monastery. I believe you will soon have similar troubles."

"There's no City God in this town, so there are quite a few spirits passing by on a daily basis. Some of those with a higher level of Taoism can break through the restrictions of the talismans and come in. Those who come to see the Taoist priests usually run into these kinds of goblins and ghosts, and some of them are really troublesome.

Taoist Xiyun spoke slowly.

Chen Ji didn't care at all, and even wanted to experience it.

I'm really curious about this experience.

……

"Excuse me, is this where Taoist Master Chen lives? I'd like to invite Taoist Master Chen to exorcise the demon!"

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard shouting outside the herbal medicine shop.

A fox came in to report. It was a middle-aged man who looked exhausted. He was exhausted all over and kept calling for Master Chen to help him.

"The man was carried here on a stretcher. It doesn't look like he was pretending."

"Let's go check it out first, maybe it's not something involving demons or ghosts."

Chen Ji suppressed his excitement and spoke slowly.

With the example of Taoist Xiyun, he now has to be much more careful.

Not long after, Chen Ji saw the man who came to ask him to exorcise the demon in the side room, and he also understood why he was carried here on a stretcher.

Although his body looked normal, his legs were shaking as if he had run thousands of miles and he couldn't stand or walk at all.

"How did it become like this?"

Chen Ji raised his eyebrows and asked.

The man shook his head.

"I don't know. I haven't done anything else recently. I just had a dream a few days ago when I came back from a trip. In the dream, someone came to me, handed me something, and asked me to help. After that, I can't remember anything. I just remember running like crazy to deliver the thing. When I woke up, my legs were sore and my mouth was dry."

"A few days ago, I could still get relief with massage, but today I can't even move."

"Why are you here only today?"

Chen Ji was a little surprised.

If you noticed something strange in the dream, you should have come earlier. Why did you take so long?

"I thought it was just a dream before and didn't take it seriously. Now I know that the plague ghost comes to harm people over several days. I am also afraid of encountering a ghost like the plague ghost, so I came to ask Taoist Chen for help."

Chen Ji also felt strange when he heard this.

How could a ghost be so harmful to people? I have never heard of it before.

When asked, Miss Bai and Taoist Xiyun also shook their heads and said they didn't know.

"It seems that only by dreaming can we know the situation."

Chen Ji said slowly.

The visitor was shocked.

"Can you enter in dreams?"

"nature."

Chen Ji smiled slightly. It was just a magic trick, but it was not easy to explain too much to him, so he asked again.

"Do you want to dream here, or go back to your own bed?"

"Is there any difference?"

“There is no difference.”