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

Chapter 49: Launching a Counterattack, the Wu Family Collapses

Watching the crow spirit fly away excitedly, Su Ji's mind drifted to the layout of Dongsang Village.

If the pig demon attacks and goes straight for the Earth God Temple, it would have to pass through the Wu family residential area south of the Wu family ancestral hall. Now, by slightly changing the route, it can logically use the enemy's strength against them.

"Wu family, if you hadn't used evil schemes to seize Zhou Wutian's land and gradually built your residence not far from the local earth god temple, how could you have suffered this calamity?"

The previous local earth god was the Wu family's biggest backer. For decades, some people built their houses facing the earth god temple, while others built houses around the ancestral hall...

As a result, the pig demons will inevitably pass through the Wu family's residential area later. With just a little acting, they can "accidentally" cause a ruckus at the Wu family's ancestral home.

This plan was extremely vicious, but it was also the Wu family's own fault.

As for the Wu family members who did not commit any evil deeds, they can be considered as being implicated by their family, or they can be said to have made a contribution to protecting the village...

Under the rain, Chen Dianshi and his officers were soaked to the bone.

Fortunately, he not only had vigorous blood and energy, but he could also feel the blessing of the local earth god. There was even an official who seemed to have awakened some special ability and could see demons and ghosts!
As a result, the martial artists were able to learn some silhouette images of the Yin-Yang realm from this person.

At the beginning, when the seven phantom gods fought against the demons, the gods could only rely on the local earth temple for defense because there were too many demons.

Fortunately, not long after, two figures resembling deities from the peach wood charms arrived. These two were not only powerful and fierce, but they could also open the gates to capture and suppress the demons and ghosts, quickly gaining the upper hand in the situation.

Upon learning of the escalating battle between the gods and demons, the warriors were greatly encouraged and their morale soared. They eagerly awaited the daylight to launch a counterattack against the snake demon.

About thirty breaths later, the sky was still dark, but the battle situation in the Yin-Yang realm suddenly changed.

The official who could see demons and ghosts was named Li Hui. Several years ago, his father was murdered by villains while on official business, leaving behind a sum of public "property". After he completed the New Year's gifts at the beginning of the year, he finally met the conditions to inherit the position of official.

For the first twenty years, Li Hui had nothing unusual, but today he seemed to be stimulated by the aura of demons and ghosts. After a flash of light and a blur of illusions, he was able to see gods and demons directly!

Not long ago, Li Hui was treated as a new recruit, but now that he has been able to glimpse the scene of the Yin-Yang realm and can vaguely see the snake monsters trying to squeeze through the mud and water, he has become the envy of many officers and soldiers.

Chen Dianshi was overjoyed and made Li Hui step back behind everyone so he could focus on his guard duty.

……not good!
Just as the situation in the Yin-Yang realm was looking very promising, a ghostly figure exuding an eerie black aura slowly approached from not far away. His profound aura and unhurried demeanor suggested that once he arrived, the long-suffering local temple would be easily breached.

For a moment, Li Hui's forehead was covered in sweat, and his legs felt weak.

After he gained the special ability to see the scenery of the Yin-Yang realm, he roughly knew the true nature of that demon.

Some ghostly soldiers and snake spirits fear the power of blood and qi. They might be able to work together to spew out ghostly energy to deal with the phantom of the gods, but they are trying their best to avoid the officials getting close.

Those five ghost generals and snake spirits could face the phantom of the god directly, but if they were struck by his sword, which was infused with his blood and qi, they would retreat rapidly as if they had been severely injured.

As a result, many officials, after hearing his description, greatly reduced their fear of demons and ghosts, and their morale soared.

Now, the ghostly figure approaching from afar is not only enormous in size, but its aura far surpasses that of the five ghost generals and snake souls. Many gods are also unable to compare with it, and only the Earth God statue sitting on the altar behind it can contend with it.

If Li Hui hadn't retained a shred of rationality, he would have surely cried out in alarm. However, the warning would have had little effect and would have only caused his colleagues' morale to plummet.

Just as Li Hui's calf muscles were about to cramp, two phantom images of gods behind the ghost suddenly came into view. The two followed closely behind, one on the left and one on the right, and instead of looking tense, they seemed to be chatting and laughing at the same time.

Li Hui was immediately taken aback, and a glimmer of hope immediately appeared in his mind: "Could it be that this ghostly figure is a helper invited by the local earth god temple?"

Sure enough, after the ghostly figure got closer, it reached forward and a black rain sword appeared in its hand.

Then the ghostly figure swung his sword down from a distance, and a black sword beam pierced through the rain. Its power not only did not diminish, but grew stronger and stronger. The two ghostly soldiers and snake spirits could not dodge in time and were directly cut in half by this sword beam.

Li Hui had just noticed that the demons could recover after being killed, and all that was consumed was some of their ghostly energy.

Now, the wounds of the two demonic snake spirits seem to be corroded, and streams of malevolent energy are spreading from the wounds, as if they will kill the two demonic snake spirits on the spot.

"As expected, they are the helpers invited by the local temple!" Li Hui felt a great weight lifted from his heart and was even more excited.

Subsequently, although the ghost moved slowly, each of its sword strikes injured or even killed demons.

The demons tried to attack the ghostly figure, but were blocked by the ghostly figure's dense black aura. Not to mention, many phantoms of gods rushed out of the earth god temple to help.

Soon, most of the invading demons and ghosts were killed. After slaying several powerful demon and snake spirits, Ghost Shadow even drew his sword and charged towards the snake monster with a physical body.

The serpent monsters possess bloodline power, making them difficult to harm even for ordinary ghost generals.

The ghostly figure was exceptionally powerful; it could severely damage the spirit and energy of a snake monster with just two sword strikes.

Although the basilisk was not dead, it was as if it had suffered a great loss of energy and was listless. Some even seemed to have gone mad and ran around wildly.

Even when the snake monster, at the level of a demon general, launched a sneak attack with its magical powers, it only managed to break through the black mist on the ghost's body, without even causing the ghost to retreat a single step.

At the same time, Li Hui also saw the appearance of the ghostly figure under the black mist.

A handsome young man, not yet twenty, had a face full of seriousness and excitement, but below his neck, twisted, ghostly lines were struggling...

"hiss……"

Li Hui had already shown signs of "overusing his eyes" earlier, and now his vision is even more blurred.

"I can't watch this anymore!"

Li Hui didn't want his newly awakened special ability to be destroyed, so he quickly closed his eyes.

……

"As expected of a vengeful ghost at the level of a Great Ghost General, its every move is so powerful!" The one who spoke was the Kitchen God Spirit Soldier who had been guarding the Earth God Temple. The two Door God Spirit Soldiers exchanged a glance, both feeling a bit of lingering fear: "Even before the vengeful ghost's resentment was detonated, it could still condense a rainwater longsword that was as easy to wield as an extension of its own arm!"

If the vengeful spirit's resentment hadn't been so focused on the Wu family's revenge, they would have been severely injured if the spirit had used such a rain-water sword technique.

"It's really strong!"

Even Su Ji, who was watching the battle from afar, couldn't help but exclaim, "Zhou Wu is not only still in his ghost form, but he also has the help of a clam spirit in his dream. He's not just 'washed clean and weakened,' but has become even stronger!"

Yan Tianchou's judgment was correct; only the power of the Earth Spirit Official's [Talisman] could stop the vengeful ghost Zhou Wu.

Nowadays, the vengeful ghost Zhou Wu is being used by the local earth god temple... It's as if they've invited two earth god spirits to help them.

Just as dawn was breaking, Chen Dianshi and his group suddenly noticed that some of the snake monsters were listless, some were running around wildly, and some were even planning to escape.

Li Hui was closing his eyes to relieve eye strain when he heard his colleagues' surprised exclamations. Knowing his opportunity had arrived, he raised his voice and said:

"Everyone, the Earth God Temple has invited a powerful helper. We only need to deal with the injured snake demon. Those who escaped probably won't get very far!"

The ghostly figure was too powerful. Li Hui's eyesight was failing, and he was worried that his colleagues might offend the ghostly figure, so he made this suggestion.

Knowing the gravity of the situation, Chen Dianshi immediately gave the order: "Alright! Let's deal with those snake demons who were severely injured by ghosts and gods first..."

In an instant, the officials killed the snake demon, the spirit soldiers began to fight back, and even the local spirit soldiers who held the spirit official's [talisman] made their move.

"【Gathering Soil to Form Stone】!"

Just as a basilisk was about to flee, the soft soil in front of it turned into stone, and it nearly fainted after crashing into it.

"【As rustic as a wall】"

Some basilisks leaped up, trying to escape into the water, but it was as if they had hit a wall. Although it wasn't very hard, they felt waves of pressure coming from all around.

……

With the help of the local spirit official's [talisman], the fierce ghost Zhou Wu quickly dealt a heavy blow to the fleeing snake monsters.

Of course, the speed of the vengeful ghost Zhou Wu was ultimately a fatal flaw, but fortunately, the spirit soldiers were not idle either.

While the few spirit soldiers were struggling to deal with the snake monster, the two gatekeeper spirit soldiers were able to use the power of the mid-grade spirit artifact, the copper coin, to attack the snake monster that Zhou Wu could hardly catch up with.

Furthermore, several spirit soldiers even devised a method of combining spirit artifact coins, using the mid-grade spirit artifact coins in the hands of the door god spirit soldiers as the main force and the low-grade spirit artifact coins of the other spirit soldiers as the auxiliary force, which was able to exert a considerable suppressive force on the snake monster's spirit and energy.

Most importantly, even if the basilisks escaped into the river, the spirit soldiers could still relentlessly pursue them. As the vengeful ghost Zhou Wu approached step by step, the fate of these basilisks was already sealed.

"call--"

After letting out a soft breath, Su Ji immediately focused all his attention on the north side of the village.

Just as he had predicted, a group of pig demons rushed out of the mulberry grove and deliberately headed towards the Wu family ancestral hall.

By this time, many people had already woken up.

Most people simply stopped to watch, partly because the officials were dealing with the snake demon, and partly because the snake demon hadn't affected them.

However, when several pig demons suddenly rushed into the village, many people couldn't sit still.

The Wu family was the first to be attacked. The Wu family's warriors dared not resist the officials, but they could not sit idly by and watch the pig demon destroy their houses, so they picked up their weapons and went to kill them.

However, the few pig demons were just the first to break in; soon, seven or eight more pig demons stormed into the village.

Guided by the spirit of the ghost general pig, the spirit of the pig demon leader received the order and led a group of pig monsters toward the Wu family ancestral temple.

Of course, a show has to be done properly. The Zhang family, the Night Wanderer Spirit Soldiers, invited many spirit soldiers from the local earth god temple to begin a "battle" with the pig spirit demon.

Since the local earth god had to stay at the earth temple, and the evil spirit Zhou Wu was still slowly approaching, he was no match for the pig-spirit demons and could not stop the pig monsters from rampaging.

As a result, many spirit soldiers could only watch helplessly as the pig monster ran rampant.

After the pig monsters smashed open the gate of the Wu family ancestral hall, they began to run around in all directions. Some of them only destroyed some objects, while others rushed into the main hall and overturned the offering table.

Instantly, countless ancestral tablets of the Wu family fell to the ground. Some were only covered with dust, while others were trampled underfoot by the pig monster, and quite a few broke.

The Wu family members were filled with rage, and some even disregarded their own lives, picking up weapons to kill the pig demon who had barged into the hall on the spot.

Immediately, chaos erupted in the main hall of the Wu family ancestral hall, and the stench of blood filled the air.

"Snapped--"

Amidst howls and roars, the Wu family ancestral hall suddenly trembled, as the pig monster had knocked down one of its beams.

To the astonishment of many, the Wu family ancestral hall collapsed.

Although only half of it collapsed in reality, in the hearts of many people it was as if it had completely collapsed.

Since the Wu family's walking corpse case, the Wu family's reputation has plummeted. Now, with half of their ancestral hall collapsed, it seems as if it were all preordained.

The Wu family may not be completely ruined, but they will certainly never regain their former glory.

It wasn't until this moment that many villagers realized that Dongsang Village seemed to have undergone a complete transformation.

(End of this chapter)