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Chapter 231 Driving the Living Stakes

The Dragon Girl carried Ao Peng with extraordinary bravery. Her agile dragon body charged through the ghosts as if they were nothing. Because the four true dragons joined the battle, the ghost formation could not block all directions. In a short while, the Dragon Girl carried Ao Peng across more than ten miles of land, transformed into a stream of light, and landed in the Erlang Temple.

The three ghost generals followed closely behind. The Hurricane Mother Ghost General said anxiously, "This dragon girl is very strange. Even if she has the Dragon Pearl of the East Sea protecting her, she shouldn't have survived the Three Calamities. Under our supernatural powers, she should at least be seriously injured, if not dead. How can she be so lively and energetic now!"

The fear in Hurricane Mother's eyes deepened. As the masters of the great formation, they knew exactly what the dragon girl had just done. She had just broken through the great formation composed of millions of Yin spirits. Even if the Dragon King of the East Sea came in person, let alone the dragon girl who had not even survived the Three Calamities, she would at least be injured.

However, the dragon girl acted as if nothing had happened. After breaking through the great formation, she was still lively and hopping around inside it. Their magic and supernatural powers hit the dragon girl, but she was unaffected.

The ghost generals didn't react at first, but after a short while, even a fool would understand that a great god must have secretly intervened to protect the Dragon Girl, allowing her to take Ao Peng to Erlang Temple.

"Could it be that Erlang Shen intervened in secret?"

"Impossible!"

The Witch Beast Ghost General gritted his teeth and said, "If He makes a move, I'd recognize His divine power even if I were reduced to ashes!"

He then looked at the two ghost generals beside him, "Now, no matter who makes a move, that one seems to be subject to some kind of restriction, unable to descend in their true form, while we haven't lost yet!"

"Even if we surrender now, do you think that kid down there will let us go?"

The two ghost generals understood the meaning of the witch beast; they had nowhere left to retreat and could only go down a dark path.

The sorcerer restored the confidence of the two ghost generals and continued, "You two, follow me into the Erlang Temple. Today, we're going to wreak havoc in that temple!"

After the three ghost generals reached a conclusion, they simultaneously transformed into three gusts of yin wind and headed towards Erlang Temple.

The dragon girl Ao Zhu landed and transformed into light, becoming a beautiful young woman of sixteen or seventeen dressed in green. She had a high nose bridge, fair skin, black hair, and golden eyes, with a plum blossom pattern adorning her brow, giving her a touch of exotic charm.

Ao Peng thanked the Dragon Girl, then looked at the Erlang Temple.

Because of the countless evil spirits shrouding the sky, daytime was like night. Lanterns had been hung in the temple, but their light was dimmed by the darkness and could only illuminate a corner of the eaves.

Of the three newly built halls, the dragons on two of them were already completed, but the two painters were not focused on their paintings and stood solemnly in front of the third hall.

Ao Peng strode up and looked at the third hall. This Demon-Subduing Hall was supposed to have two demon-subduing dragons painted on it, but who knew that a woman in red would appear in full view of everyone and paint countless white bones and hundreds of wronged souls on the two pillars. This not only destroyed the true meaning of the Demon-Subduing Hall, but also affected the operation of the entire Erlang Temple, allowing the cold wind outside to directly enter the temple.

When the Dragon Girl Ao Zhu saw this scene, she became anxious. She rushed into the formation and brought out General Ao Peng. She thought that if Ao Peng could quickly draw the true dragon on the Demon Subduing Hall, he could attract the divine power of Erlang Shen and work with the Shu Du sword cultivator and his brothers in the sky to solve this ghost disaster.

But after landing, they discovered that their home had been burgled.

Enraged, Ao Zhu immediately wanted to strike and shatter the soul of the red-clad female ghost before her. However, she was stopped by Ao Peng as soon as she raised her hand. "Don't do it. Killing her won't solve the problem; it will only make it more complicated."

At this moment, the three ghost generals transformed into three gusts of yin wind and brazenly entered the Erlang Temple. When they saw that Cao Anshi had already drawn a picture of white bones under Dujiangyan in front of the Demon Subduing Hall, the Witch Beast Ghost General was smug. The expressions of the two ghost generals beside him also turned from worry to joy. They had finally gained the upper hand. Although it was a stalemate, the white bone picture in front of the Demon Subduing Hall remained, and even Erlang Shen did not dare to show himself, allowing the three ghost generals to enter the temple directly. This already explained everything.

However, the three Witch Beasts and Ghost Generals glanced at Ao Zhu warily and did not attack Ao Peng directly. In their previous exchange, although Ao Zhu had not been able to injure them, her "Indestructible Vajra" technique alone had left them helpless. Before figuring out how to break Ao Zhu's "Indestructible Vajra," it would be useless for them to take action.

The Hurricane Mother Ghost General spoke up, "Now neither side can defeat the other, so let's call it a day. As long as you return to your Peach Capital Mountain and, like Erlang Shen, never come out again, then we will never enter the territory of Peach Capital Mountain. Similarly, the area outside Peach Capital Mountain remains the territory of our Six Heavenly Ghost Kings and Eight Directions Ghost Generals. Otherwise..."

Ao Peng glanced at the words on the pillar, pondering a solution. Without turning to look at the Hurricane Mother Ghost General, he casually asked, "What else can we do?"

Hurricane Mother Ghost General's face flushed with rage. Enraged by Ao Peng's blatant disregard, she gritted her teeth and said, "Otherwise, we'll massacre everyone in this Qingcheng Mountain region today and see how many people you can save!"

The Ghost General of Hurricanes gave her the price she wanted, which she considered extremely reasonable.

Ao Peng didn't answer directly. He took a few more steps forward and walked to the painter-monk Kong Chan and the court painter Zheng Ziming, asking, "It seems they want to stage a scene like Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall. Do either of you have any ideas?"

Kong Chan reached out and touched the mural that Cao Anshi had painted. His index finger touched the mural and was quickly stained black and gradually dried up. But in that instant, he also understood the resentment in Cao Anshi's heart.

Kong Chan quickly took out his index finger. He didn't regret losing it, but looked compassionately at Cao Anshi, "Madam, your husband and son have accomplished great merit and benefited the people of this place. Why would you want to ruin this supreme merit?"

Cao Anshi calmly looked at Kong Chan, "Since they have already achieved supreme merit, why haven't I found them in the Netherworld?"

Kong Chan opened his mouth, but he was not good at debating, and these lies and platitudes could not fool Cao Anshi.

Ao Peng looked at Zheng Ziming, the painter from the Yellow Gate beside him, and asked softly, "Is it as I think?"

Zheng Ziming nodded solemnly, "When the Dujiangyan Irrigation System was built, it shook the dragon vein. All the porters and boatmen who died along the way were pressed down by the dragon vein if they accidentally fell into the water. After the dam was built, they were trapped underneath. The only way to release their souls is to build the dam."

He pointed to the white bones and souls pressed under the dam in the portrait. There is a unique skill in Lu Ban's art called "driving living stakes". Even if Li Bing and his son were very careful, in the objective construction process of things like excavating the dragon vein of Minshan, living people would become living stakes and be pressed under the dam. So the current situation is unsolvable.