Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 44 The Spiritual Coins Are Moving, Heavenly Light Freezes the Soul

"A strange snake from the White Rock Mountains is attacking?"

This matter came to the attention of Su Ji, who was observing the situation quietly in the Zhang family courtyard, as the spirit soldier Zhang returned from his nighttime wanderings.

"On one side is the vengeful ghost Zhou the Madman, and on the other side are hordes of strange snakes from the White Rock Mountains. This is putting the Earth God Temple in a dilemma!"

Instead of being surprised, Su Ji laughed.

He remained calm and observed the situation, waiting for the White Rock Mountains plan to be launched. Once everything was out in the open, things would become simple.

Yan Tianchou quickly deduced, "This move is called 'Feint to the East, Attack in the West.' The 'Madman Zhou' is just a decoy. The real target of Baiyan Mountain Range must be the Earth God Temple."

Although the Black Tiger Demon was killed by an "unknown" high-ranking cultivator from the Xuanmen sect, the Earth God Temple was part of the plan. Even though the "Earth God" went to the City God Temple at the time, he was still one of the culprits.

For deities, the greatest harm may not be the killing of their physical bodies, but the destruction of their temples and the smashing of their statues.

Even if a divine body is destroyed, as long as the most fundamental soul is not involved, it can still be reconstituted through the power of incense offerings or even divine power.

Once a temple is destroyed and its statues are smashed, not only will the deity lose its authority, but it will also be regarded as a serious offense by the higher deities.

Unless they have an exceptionally outstanding performance, even if they can rebuild the temple and erect statues, their future career advancement may be limited to that point.

Clearly, Baiyan Mountain Range made a big move right from the start, taking advantage of the Land God Temple's insufficient strength.

Yan Tianchou continued, "In the eyes of the mastermind behind the White Rock Mountains, the vengeful ghost Zhou Fengzi is powerful. If the Earth God were to deal with Zhou Fengzi, the Earth Temple would not have enough defense. A few spirit soldiers would not be able to withstand that group of snake demons with flesh bodies."

The difference between demons and ghosts having physical bodies is huge. Spirit soldiers may only need two or three strikes to kill the soul of a snake demon, but it takes more than ten strikes to kill a living snake demon.

Not to mention, at this moment the snake demon could also use the moisture from the rain curtain to unleash even stronger protective magic spells.

Yan Tianchou continued, "In my opinion, if the Earth God were to deal with those snake demons, the vengeful ghost Zhou Fengzi would kill people without restraint."

"In the rain, the vengeful ghost Zhou Fengzi had the advantage of timing and location. Even if all twelve spirit soldiers attacked together with the power of the [talisman], it would probably take a long time to wear him down."

"By then, not only had several people died tragically on the spot, but even the local earth god was unable to protect the earth god temple by his own strength..."

When people die within the jurisdiction of a local earth god temple, if the death is related to evil spirits harming people, the earth god temple cannot escape responsibility.

Of course, there is also a standard for death.

For the gods, the death of one or two people might go unnoticed for a while, but the death of three to ten people would certainly be investigated, and more than ten people would be considered a major incident.

Have the divine soldiers patrolled day and night?

Have the door gods and spirit soldiers guarded the gates well?

Did the divine soldiers in the middle protect their families?
...Did the local earth god fulfill his duties?

There are too many people who want to become spirit soldiers or even spirit officials. As long as there is a possibility of a "potential opening," people will try every means to seize it.

The mistakes made by the gods will inevitably become the focus of criticism from others, and the entire local temple may suffer...

Although Su Ji stayed in the Zhang family's courtyard, he did not forget to "observe quietly." The Zhang family's courtyard was not far from the Zhou family's house where the fight was taking place, so he could see everything.

However, these inferences are all from the perspective of the mastermind behind the White Rock Mountains. They seem impeccable, but in reality, they are full of loopholes.

What surprised Su Ji and Yan Tianchou the most was that they should have been able to see the situation clearly when the strange snake approached the Earth God Temple, but now the crow spirit beside Zhu Nanshan gave them a warning in advance, which made them more at ease.

Now they are not thinking about how to break the deadlock, but how to achieve the best results with the least cost.

Yan Tianchou had already devised a contingency plan and immediately presented it.

"The lowest cost is to expose the fewest cards. If it can be resolved through other forces, don't take action yourself. If you can act secretly, try not to reveal your identity. If you need to reveal your identity, don't involve important plans..."

Yan Tianchou brought the essence of Gou Dao to its fullest extent, all to make Su Jibie stand out so that "the tallest tree in the forest will be felled by the wind."

Without hesitation, Su Ji said to Zhang, who had delivered the message, "Night Wanderer, please go to Master Zhu's lodging and find the crow spirit. Ask it to tell Master Zhu the details and request that Master Zhu immediately wake up Chen Dianshi and the others to go to the Earth God Temple to deal with the snake demon!"

The land temple is located on the west side of Dongsang Village, near the stone bridge between the two villages.

While Chen Dianshi and others were still investigating the Wu family, they temporarily stayed at the Zhou family ancestral hall near the land temple.

As for whether Chen Dianshi will help, besides his resentment at the four officials who were attacked by the strange snake yesterday, he also needs the help of Zhu Nanshan, the rising star of the sorcerer.

So Su Ji reached out and took out a copper coin: "This is a slightly lower quality mid-grade spiritual artifact copper coin. Please have the Night Wanderer present it to Master Zhu as a reward for the crow spirit's timely information!"

Zhang, the Night-Roaming Spirit Soldier, was taken aback, feeling that the Day-Roaming Spirit Soldier, Golden Toad, was brimming with confidence. She immediately replied, "Yes!"

Master Zhu has been traveling the world for over a decade. It's not that he has no magical artifacts, but they are all low-grade, and he doesn't even have a single low-grade flawless artifact.

Unexpectedly, the Night Wanderer's first move was a mid-grade, slightly inferior quality spiritual artifact copper coin, which not only stunned the "real" crow spirit, but also made Master Zhu's expression become particularly solemn.

"Since it was entrusted by the local earth god temple, I will certainly do my best to fulfill this request!"

Master Zhu got up and walked out quickly without even putting on his shoes.

Chen Dianshi lived right next door; it was just a few steps away.

"Knock knock knock—" Chen Dianshi was awakened by the knocking on the door, and a bit of anger immediately rose in his heart: "Who is it!"

They investigated the walking corpse case until midnight last night, and even the spring rain didn't wake them up, so they were a bit grumpy now.

"Chen, there's a new lead in the walking corpse case. The strange snake that attacked the four officers yesterday is now heading towards Dongsang Village, and may even kill the Wu family to silence them!"

What Master Zhu said was not only important, but also very valuable, which immediately put an end to Chen Dianshi's morning grumpiness.

However, when Chen Dianshi thought about how arrogant the strange snake was, a great fire of anger rose in his heart again.

The night before last, four members of the Wu family escaped, three were caught, and two committed suicide, causing the case to reach a stalemate. Chen Dianshi then placed all his hopes on the one Wu family member who had escaped.

Unexpectedly, even though Master Zhu found the whereabouts of the Wu family who had fled, the four officers still failed to arrest them and were bitten by the snake demon. He couldn't vent his anger on the officers, so he kept it to himself.

Sure enough, before even a night had passed, a boil appeared on the corner of Chen Dianshi's mouth due to the heat.

Feeling the breath of spring rain on his face, Chen Dianshi felt the heat of his breath burning him even more, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "I had long guessed that the Wu family was colluding with the snake demon, but I didn't expect that before I was even ready to take action, they would dare to come and silence me first!"

Although Chen Dianshi was furious, he was still somewhat wary of the snake demon, since it was both night and spring rain.

Master Zhu, however, could not let down the local earth god temple, nor did he forget the benefits he had received, so he immediately said:

"The snake demons can't avoid the local earth god temple no matter what they do if they want to kill someone..."

"Please, Magistrate Chen, call for reinforcements immediately. The battlefield for this battle is at the Earth God Temple. In addition to the skilled fighters in the village, the spirits of the Earth God Temple will also appear!"

Apart from the fact that the snake demon came to silence him, which was a fabrication by Master Zhu, everything else in his story is completely true.

In addition, Master Zhu had recently invited a deity to use thunder to exorcise the walking corpses, making him incredibly popular. While Chen Dianshi was still hesitating, the officials standing nearby were already excited.

"A bunch of snake demons, how dare they be so insolent! They simply don't know the meaning of death!"

"Those snake demons aren't poisonous, so what harm could their bites do? We, on the other hand, have weapons at our disposal, and we'll definitely cut them to pieces!"

"With the help of Master Zhu and the local deity, we will surely thwart the snake demon's plot!"

"..."

At this point, Chen Dianshi said no more, and shouted in a deep voice, "Brothers, follow me! We will kill them all so that they will not return!"

Chen Dianshi no longer referred to himself as "this official," which gave him a somewhat江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the world of

Although they cannot interrogate the snake demon, if they can kill it on the spot, even if the case of the walking corpses of the Wu family is ruined, the snake demon's corpses can still provide an explanation to the people and the county government.

So, a group of people, armed with weapons, excitedly rushed into the rain. For these martial artists who cultivated their qi and blood, this little bit of rain was nothing.

At the same time, even with the assistance of the spirit soldiers of the well, toilet, millet, and bed gods, the left and right door gods and spirit soldiers could not stop the advance of the vengeful ghost Zhou the Madman.

"Is this the strength of a great ghost general who has all the advantages of timing and location?"

The seven spirit soldiers even felt a sense of despair, fearing that even if the local spirit soldiers came with their spirit officers' [talismans], the seven of them together would find it difficult to subdue the fierce ghost Zhou Fengzi in a short time.

Fortunately, after the vengeful ghost Zhou Fengzi transformed into rainwater, his speed decreased dramatically.

In addition, the group of spirit soldiers tried every means to obstruct him, and the vengeful ghost Zhou Fengzi only managed to walk more than ten feet in twenty or thirty breaths.

Currently, the vengeful ghost Zhou Fengzi is still more than 20 zhang away from the Wu family. Even if Zhou Fengzi doesn't fight back, the group of spiritual soldiers cannot kill him within 40 or 50 breaths.

"The mastermind behind the White Rock Mountains is indeed very shrewd; the timing is impeccable!"

At this moment, the snake demons had already arrived at the stone bridge along the stream, and the vengeful ghost Zhou Fengzi was not far from the Wu family. This was not just a feint, but a two-pronged attack.

Even if Su Ji persuaded Master Zhu to invite Chen Dianshi and his party, it would still take quite a while to deal with the snake demon... and what Su Ji lacked was precisely time.

Fortunately, Su Ji had already devised a way to delay the vengeful ghost Zhou Fengzi long before the plan was implemented.

"Bed God and Bed Goddess, these are two Dream Spirit Jades. Please use the power of the Dream Spirit Jades to cast the Illusionary Dream Technique on the vengeful ghost Zhou the Madman in three breaths."

The ghosts that the couriers collected were actually nightmare ghost images. If the previous earth god hadn't coerced the bed god and bed god, this matter would have been exposed long ago.

The two Dream Spirit Jade pieces that Su Ji and Zhang Shi temporarily lent to Bed God and Bed Goddess were of considerable help.

However, after exchanging a glance, the Bed Couple still looked helpless and said, "The Day Wandering Spirit Soldier may not know this, but vengeful ghosts are inherently powerful, let alone a vengeful ghost as formidable as Zhou the Madman. Even with the help of the Dream Jade, we're afraid we'll have a hard time succeeding..."

The Bed God and Bed Goddess were right. The vengeful ghost not only possessed a fierce aura but also a strong obsession, which greatly diminished the effectiveness of the Dream Illusion Technique.

Su Ji couldn't help but smile: "What's so difficult about that?"

Even though the vengeful ghost Zhou Fengzi has the body of rainwater, he is still a ghost. What they fear most is not anything else, but the Taiyin Tianguang, which can freeze the soul's consciousness.

Su Ji reached out and pulled out a magical toad, then smiled and said, "Before the Earth God went into seclusion, he learned that I had refined a magical toad, so he gave me a spiritual object containing the light of the Taiyin Heaven."

"Now, I only need to activate the magical artifact Golden Toad to spew out a stream of Yin Heavenly Light to freeze the soul consciousness of the vengeful ghost. Even if it only lasts for three to five breaths, it will be enough for the two of you to cast your spells and trap the vengeful ghost Zhou the Madman in a dream!"

Su Ji didn't want to explain the origin of the Taiyin Tianguang, so he simply pushed it onto the local earth god who was still in seclusion.

(End of this chapter)