Chapter 114: The eternal mystery, why do evil ghosts collectively chant sutras to save themselves ( words long chapter, please subscribe)
time flies,
Where Xu Gu stayed, black smoke was always billowing out, demonic energy was billowing into the sky, evil spirits were everywhere, and there were evil ghosts screaming from time to time.
This is when he was practicing the magic skills Heavenly Demon Art and the Small Demonic Skill Night Parade of Ten Thousand Ghosts.
Because a war was accidentally started, affecting tens of millions of evil ghosts. Even though most of them were only in the Qi training stage and had very low cultivation levels, the resentment generated was too much for Xu Gu at this stage.
Help him to improve his cultivation level.
In more than a month, his cultivation had reached the astonishing third level of foundation building.
If it were to be spread out, it would surely cause a huge uproar. With this cultivation speed, those who knew clearly that Xu Gu had three spiritual roots, while those who didn't would think he had a heavenly spiritual root!
As for the progress of practicing Ten Thousand Ghosts Parade at Night, it is equally gratifying. Under the premise that there is no shortage of Jindan stage evil ghosts as materials, not only the first phase 'Hundred Ghosts Carrying Lotus', but also the second phase 'Impermanence Claiming Life' have been improved and strengthened, and the power has been greatly increased.
The third phase, 'The flowers of the other shore are blooming', has also been mostly completed, and currently it can only be called 'The flowers of the other shore are half blooming'.
With the pressure from Xu Gu, Li Shaobai and Mi Suhui, the two natural spiritual roots, did not dare to fall behind in their cultivation and also practiced very hard. They would not be overtaken by Xu Gu, who had three spiritual roots, no matter what.
To this end, their daily meditation time has been extended from half a quarter of an hour to a full quarter of an hour.
The two felt quite ashamed. Even those with natural spiritual roots had to meditate and practice. To some extent, it could be said that it was a disgrace to those with natural spiritual roots.
Things like this must be kept secret even if you become an immortal in the future!
But, fortunately, both of them have made remarkable progress in their respective paths.
During this period of time, Li Shaobai was in great glory. Not only was he the messenger of the outer demon god, but he was also in the middle stage of foundation building and swept across all the princes to become a hegemon. He had a handsome appearance and a cold temperament, but he was very kind to others and had the demeanor of a righteous gentleman.
There were quite a few female ghosts surrounding him, and each of them admired him very much.
Moreover, the beautiful female ghosts who can come into contact with him here all have high cultivation levels. The weakest is in the early Golden Core stage, and there is even one at the peak of the Golden Core stage.
Naturally, he found many girlfriends of his dreams.
It made his ruthless sword skills improve countless times.
Not only did his lethality increase greatly, but his cultivation also reached the astonishing sixth level of foundation building.
In fact, among the three kings of the Western Regions, Xu Gu was more popular, and Mi Suhui was not bad either, but Xu Gu had no interest in romance, and his time was precious, so he either practiced, summoned generals to deploy troops, or dealt with internal affairs. Mi Suhui was a monk, and he liked to torture ghost cultivators.
In the residence where Mi Suhui was staying, the screams of evil spirits never stopped. The screams were so shrill that it was unimaginable. It was the kind that made the ghost tremble all over and feel a chill in his heart when he heard them.
Only Li Shaobai accepted all beautiful female ghosts, especially those who had become ghost concubines or were of special ghost species, whom he loved even more.
Naturally, most of the beautiful female ghosts gathered around him.
The reason why Mi Suhui made such a commotion in his residence was certainly not because he was really crazy and liked to torture evil spirits for fun, but because he was studying how to make evil spirits recite scriptures for him.
There is no shortage of experimental materials here, so he certainly won't miss this opportunity.
Of course, the so-called research is just copying the answers.
When he encountered a problem, he would ask Xu Gu, who would give him a solution based on his situation. Then, he would solve the problem according to the solution given by Xu Gu. Then, when he encountered a new problem, he would ask Xu Gu again, and the cycle would repeat.
I have already treated Xu Gu as a wishing tree.
If you don’t understand, just ask. Senior Brother Xu can always give you the best answers.
It is hard for Mi Suhui not to treat Xu Gu as an external brain.
Under such circumstances, his experimental research made unimaginable progress.
His cultivation also broke through to the fourth level of foundation building.
This made Xu Gu envious for a moment. Is this a natural spiritual root?
In order to break through the realm, he deliberately started a small war. As a result, one of them was in love, and the other was keen on torturing ghosts, and they broke through faster than him!
He is only at the third level of foundation building!
……
The next day,
Li Wuming, the former state teacher of the Huailiu ghost world and now the King of Dongming, arrived as scheduled.
They discussed forming an alliance to jointly fight against the former Ghost King, or the Sin King Cao Shengyan as they called him.
"Are you here?" Xu Gu saw Li Wuming coming, and he was very calm. He sat in front of the wooden desk and didn't even look up.
The hall was deserted. Only Xu Gu and a few guards were there. Even the two brother kings, Li Shaobai and Mi Suhui, were not there.
The surrounding arrangements were the same as usual. There was no joy at all about the alliance between the two countries. It was filled with casualness.
Seeing this, Li Wuming's heart was slightly moved, but he did not show any expression.
This is fine. This is fine.
As long as the young man in front of me doesn't cheat me, I can do the reception work as casually as I want.
To be honest, this casual and normal thing made Li Wuming feel more at ease.
After all, if Xu Gu really made a big fuss and arranged countless guests to welcome his arrival, making the scene extremely grand, he would feel guilty and suspect that Xu Gu was trying to trick him.
Who could blame this young man for the chaos in the Huailiu ghost world? When facing this young man, no matter how cautious you are, it is not too much.
"This is the details of the various problems that may arise after the alliance, as well as the solutions. If you think it's okay, sign it and leave a trace of soul power."
Xu Gu casually took out two stacks of booklets.
This was the content of the covenant he had drawn up long ago, in duplicate. After both parties signed and left their soul power, they would each take one copy away, and that would be considered the conclusion of the alliance.
"This... is too overbearing." Li Wuming frowned slightly and complained in his heart.
He felt that Xu Gu was too overbearing and tough. Alliances have always been negotiated and finalized by both parties. How could someone unilaterally come up with a treaty and ask others to sign it?
Even if we want to sign the terms of defeat, we have to discuss it with each other, right?
However, although he was indignant, he did not dare to show it. After all, this was in the base camp of the famous Western Region King Xu Gu. For a moment, he felt a little embarrassed and was hesitant to speak.
This scene stunned the guards nearby.
What was going on? They actually saw this kind of awkward, hesitant, angry but not able to speak expression on the face of a Half-Step Divine Realm expert?
And the target is just a young man in the Foundation Establishment Stage?
Are you sure it's not the other way around?
Even though they knew that their lord was very powerful and had strong means, they never expected that he was so powerful that even Li Wuming, who was half a step away from becoming a god, was so afraid of him?
Xu Gu said impatiently: "If you have any opinions, you can keep them to yourself and read the contents of the covenant first."
This is another extremely overbearing statement... Li Wuming frowned, but did not say much. Instead, he calmed down and looked through the contents of the covenant.
At his level, he could finish reading the entire book in front of him in just one thought, but he read very slowly, for fear that Xu Gu would leave a trap for him.
However, the more he read, the more frightened he became. Finally, he suddenly looked up and looked at Xu Gu in surprise.
This pile of books records various situations that may be encountered after the alliance, and provides detailed treaty solutions and detailed explanations of the treaties.
It can be said that every detail has been taken into consideration.
At the same time, his demands in terms of benefit distribution were basically met and everything was within his expectations.
After watching it to the end, he even felt that Xu Gu was at a disadvantage!
This is a huge bargain for him! No wonder Xu Gu didn't even bother to discuss it with him, and asked him to sign it directly. This is obviously a treaty that is beneficial to him. He would be a fool if he didn't sign it directly.
but,
"Hiss!" He took a deep breath, widened his eyes, and read the regulations again in disbelief. Out of caution, he wanted to find loopholes in it and discovered the trap that Xu Gu had set.
However, after watching it over and over again, I really couldn’t find any loopholes.
"Is this the end?" Xu Gu said impatiently, "I don't have time to be a ghost king here. Hurry up and end this. We are leaving."
Obviously, in the eyes of Li Wuming and the guards, this was another extremely overbearing statement.
Li Wuming suddenly realized why Xu Gu did this.
Xu Gu and others are messengers of the outer demons. Their target is the wider outside world. They are not interested in the power struggle in this paradise. As long as they achieve their goal, they will leave.
Although this goal may not necessarily be to overthrow the Ghost King Cao Shengyan, it may also be to seize some treasures, abduct some ghosts, etc., but he, Li Wuming, does not care.
As long as he can unify the Huailiu ghost world, swallow up the ghost king Cao Shengyan, and achieve true deification, it would be no problem even if he paid tribute to the outside world regularly and betrayed his own people.
"I'll sign it right now!" Li Wuming quickly signed the covenant, with the corners of his mouth raised and he grinned foolishly.
Although Xu Gu was very domineering from beginning to end, it was good to be domineering! How could he refuse such domineering! He only hoped that Xu Gu could be more domineering to him!
After signing, Li Wuming stood there, waiting for Xu Gu's follow-up arrangements.
"Huh? Why are you still standing here? Haven't we already formed an alliance? Go back and report." Xu Gu said in surprise.
"Ah?" Li Wuming widened his eyes in disbelief. Is this the end?
The alliance between the two countries, such a big thing, is over just like that?
I just arrived, and you're going to kick me out? Even if the treaty doesn't need to be negotiated, at least don't you arrange a seat for me, invite me to sit down, serve me some fruits, and show me some entertainment so we can chat?
However, when I think about it carefully, it seems that the other party really doesn't need to do all this nonsense.
Li Wuming smiled awkwardly, hesitated for a moment, found a topic, and said solemnly:
"I have another question. If the Sin King attacks us, will he ignore the losses and resist our attacks and destroy the other side?
"What should we do now?"
This was indeed what he had been worrying about. The Ghost King Cao Shengyan had the strength to do so. He would risk being seriously injured and his army being hit hard, and then destroy another force. After that, he would curl up and wait for recovery before easily destroying the other party.
Without even raising his head, Xu Gu said, "Didn't you read the covenant? It is clearly written in the covenant. I brought a set of ghost-subduing formations from outer space. It doesn't have a high threshold. The more evil ghosts participate in it, the greater the power.
"Of course, don't use it unless it's absolutely necessary. Because the cost is too high. After using it, most of your army that makes up the formation may be destroyed."
As he spoke, Xu Gu raised his head, looked at Li Wuming and said with a smile: "If you don't trust me, you can try the power in advance, but you will bear the loss yourself."
"King of the Western Regions, you are joking. My trust in you is no less than your trust in me." Li Wuming said seriously.
Xu Gu raised his eyebrows, looked at him in surprise, and then said nothing more. His intention to send him away was self-evident.
Li Wuming naturally would not continue to bother with the fun, so he bowed and said goodbye.
On the way, they saw Li Wuming flying over and then flying away directly. Some demon cultivators and ghost cultivators thought that the negotiations had failed.
"That's not right. Even if the talks broke down, it shouldn't be so quick!"
"They've already started arguing before they even talked?" "Could it be that they don't like each other?"
The high-ranking officials of the Northern Territory were all confused and couldn't figure out what was going on.
Originally, they were worried that the alliance failed, but since Xu Gu was not panicking, they naturally were not panicking either. After all, during this period of time, under the wise leadership of King Xu, they had not suffered any losses at all.
"You just let him go like that? Did he tell you the secret of the abnormal gathering of ghosts here?"
After Mi Suhui learned the news, he asked Xu Gudao with a little excitement.
"No." Xu Gu shook his head.
"Ah?" Mi Suhui was anxious in an instant, and said, "He doesn't know? If even Li Wuming, who was once the national teacher, doesn't know, then this secret is only known by the Ghost King Cao Shengyan? This is troublesome."
Xu Gu shook his head and said, "I wrote to him and asked him before I came here. He said that the princess probably knew."
"Princess? The princess of the Ghost King Cao Shengyan?" Li Shaobai, who appeared out of nowhere, had his eyes brightened and shining.
Xu Gu: “…”
You really let yourself go!
It seems that after I find a wife in the future, I will have to stay away from this guy.
Mi Suhui, a monk, obviously didn't worry about these things. He didn't have any concerns in this regard. Instead, he frowned slightly and said hesitantly: "Even the Imperial Master doesn't know this secret, I feel that the Princess probably doesn't know it either. Maybe no one knows it at all."
He is very pessimistic.
After searching for so long, we have asked all the questions that should be asked and studied all the treasures and terrain that should be studied, but in the end, not only did we not find the cause, we didn't even have any clues.
Although, even if he couldn't find the secret of the abnormal gathering of ghosts, he could still occupy this place and transform it into his hell, but this place was too small.
His road shouldn't be so small.
Xu Gu smiled and said, "You worry too much. Li Wuming knows, and the princess must know too."
"What? Li Wuming knows, then he..." Mi Suhui raised his eyebrows and said in surprise.
"He won't tell. After all, this is our goal. He's afraid that if he tells us, we will leave with the answer, leaving him alone to fight against the Ghost King Cao Shengyan. Wouldn't he be dead then?" Xu Gu said, "So, he said that the Ghost King's wife knew. He wanted us to join him in fighting against the Ghost King."
"It is indeed like that. In that case, senior brother, you shouldn't let him go. You should kill him and search his soul directly." Mi Suhui said with a little regret.
Xu Gu: “…”
You are really getting cocky. This is half a step towards becoming a god.
He was arrogant towards Li Wuming and behaved in a domineering manner because he knew that Li Wuming was once the national teacher of the Huailiu Ghost Realm and was suspicious by nature and had many schemes. This made him feel worried and fearful, and he was afraid to act rashly.
Commonly known as scaring yourself.
If you are not absolutely sure, leave Li Wuming behind.
However, I can understand Mi Suhui's feelings. After all, he is feeling similarly at the moment.
Xu Gu smiled and comforted him, "Get ready. It won't be long before the opportunity comes."
"What do you mean?" Mi Suhui and Li Shaobai's eyes lit up.
"The Ghost King Cao Shengyan won't be able to endure it for much longer. It will only take a few days before he sends a large army to attack us. When the time comes, it will naturally be our chance." Xu Gu said calmly.
He had heard that Cao Shengyan wanted to take revenge on them.
For this purpose, he is gathering manpower to try to seal off and isolate the Huailiu ghost world and cut off its contact with the outside world.
In this way, Cao Shengyan could not delay for too long. After all, if time passed, the three of them would run away. How could he take revenge then?
After hearing Xu Gu's words, Mi Suhui and Li Shaobai all became high-spirited, with playful expressions on their faces.
During this period, following Xu Gu, his status kept rising, his territory became larger and larger, his cultivation level didn't increase much, but his courage did increase a lot.
……
As Xu Gu guessed,
The Ghost King has indeed deployed his troops.
In particular, when he learned that Li Wuming went to Xu Gu's territory to discuss an alliance, and flew away right after he arrived, obviously because they had fallen out, the smile on the Ghost King Cao Shengyan's face was extremely cruel.
"Time waits for no one! Time waits for no one! I originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that Li Wuming was away negotiating the alliance and would not be able to return to his territory in a short period of time, leaving his territory empty so that I could take advantage of the situation to recover the lost territory.
“But since you guys have broken up, there’s no need for this.
"Just sweep!"
In the hall, the Ghost King laughed loudly. His aura was brutal, his evil power was overwhelming, and his pressure was terrifying. He looked like a demon coming out of hell.
The guards around were all trembling with fear.
"Pass on my order, head straight to Shu City, the rebel hideout in the Western Regions, and kill the three bandit leaders!"
The Ghost King gave a majestic order and took a step forward at the same time, arriving directly at the army formation, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of evil ghost troops and rushing straight towards the Western Regions.
As the army marched forward, the Ghost King personally led the way, and a large number of Nascent Soul Ghost Generals brought them back. The power of ghosts was rolling and extremely dense, and wherever they passed, the sky and the earth became gloomy, with dark clouds pressing down on the sky. The scene was extremely horrifying.
"This……"
When the border soldiers of the Western Regions saw this scene, they were so scared that they pissed their pants. They were extremely terrified and felt that they were doomed.
After all, it is difficult for anyone to remain calm when facing such a powerful ghost army.
however,
As expected, Cao Shengyan did not lead the army to slaughter the evil spirits like cutting grass, break through the border line, and rush straight to the capital of the Western Region, Shu City.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
The previous moment, the battle line was empty and sparsely guarded, but suddenly, dense black shadows appeared, each of them was powerful and terrifying.
These were the armies of Li Wuming and Xu Gu who had been lying in ambush here.
The army of millions of evil ghosts had already condensed their ghost magic in advance. After finding the target, they released it directly. In an instant, the sky was full of flashing black light, and murderous power was rampant. The ghost magic attacks were like rain, sweeping across.
Cao Shengyan's army suffered heavy losses as a direct result of being caught off guard.
"Li Wuming! Xu Gu! How dare you play tricks on me! You are not breaking up!" Cao Shengyan was furious. His murderous spirit condensed into substance and turned into armor. His divine power stirred the heaven and earth, causing the nine skies to shake, the dark sun to go out, and countless mountains and rivers to shake violently.
He certainly hadn't expected this.
Because he had undercover agents in both camps. When Li Wuming went to Xu Gu's territory, he left right after he arrived. It was obvious that they had a falling out, and everyone knew about it. It couldn't be false.
But the facts told him that he had indeed fallen into the trap.
"But, what's the harm? It's just a bigger loss. You will all die today!" Cao Shengyan's aura was overwhelming, and he used extremely powerful ghost techniques to directly draw the ghost power and souls of many evil ghosts in his army, making his own strength reach an unimaginable level.
He suddenly rushed out like a terrifying monster rushing out of hell, and destroyed the defense line composed of tens of thousands of troops with a wave of his hand.
Go straight to the heads of Xu, Gu and the other two.
Even though Xu, Gu and the other two were surrounded by a large number of Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators as guards, they were all like ants to Cao Shengyan.
"You want to kill him? Have you asked me?" Li Wuming was full of energy, wearing a robe covered with skulls. The purple-black evil power swept over him, condensing into several underworld dogs. With netherworld fire burning in his mouth and eyes, he suddenly pounced towards Cao Shengyan.
"You are only half a step away from becoming a god, and you dare to regard me as a true god?" Cao Shengyan laughed wildly, his words were mixed with humiliation and sarcasm. It was not that he looked down on Li Wuming, but he looked down on all those who were half a step away from becoming a god!
He just raised his hand, and the evil force gathered to form a vortex, which he threw out suddenly, directly smashing Li Wuming's attack.
Then, without any hesitation, he took the lives of Xu, Gu and the other two, even though he was constantly fighting against the attacks of the army, which caused him serious injuries.
But, as long as Xu and Gu and the other two are killed, it will be worth it!
"If it were just me, I naturally wouldn't dare to challenge you, but I have the support of Xu Moshi and the other two. You will definitely lose today!" Li Wuming flew out again, standing in front of Xu Gu and the other two, and took on Cao Shengyan's attack head-on, fighting with him, and entangled with him.
At the same time, hundreds of thousands of evil ghosts withdrew from the battlefield and stopped besieging the remaining troops of Cao Shengyan. They began to line up in an orderly manner and chant this special spell.
This spell is very special and complex, corresponding to an even more complex formation.
It was seen that the hundreds of thousands of troops could be roughly divided into ten groups.
Among them, one group flies out first, chants a spell, and then flies away, making room for the ghosts behind. The second group flies up, chants a spell, and then flies away, followed by the fourth group, the fifth group, and so on, until the last group finishes chanting, then the first group starts again, continues chanting the spell, and continues to take turns.
"Formation? Naive! A formation formed by a group of ants, no matter how powerful it is, how powerful can it be? Can it kill me, a god-transforming ancestor?"
The Ghost King Cao Shengyan was a little apprehensive at first, but when he saw that their backup plan was a formation, and that it was a formation that could be performed by ordinary soldiers, he no longer had any worries, and without any fear, he laughed wildly.
The attack was fierce and suppressed Li Wuming.
According to this trend, they can be suppressed soon and then Xu Gu and the other two can be killed.
Although Cao Shengyan was also injured by the armies of both sides during this period, he was well prepared and simply opened his mouth and swallowed several generals and soldiers under his command. Since they were unprepared for him, it was extremely easy for them to be refined and easily transformed into a continuous source of power to repair his injuries and consumed ghost power.
In this state, even if you try to resist the opponent's large formation, it will not be a big deal.
however,
After the formation was formed,
The powerful attack that everyone expected did not happen.
When everyone was surprised, suddenly Buddha's light filled the sky and swept across the world.
The mantras just chanted by hundreds of thousands of troops turned into golden characters, hanging in the air, and transformed into a peerless Buddha, with Buddhist sounds bursting out of his mouth.
In an instant, all the ghosts present felt unimaginable heat, and their bodies began to turn into ashes and dissipated between heaven and earth.
Even the ghost cultivators with high levels of cultivation were unable to defeat him and could only roll over with their heads in their hands, screaming in pain.
Obviously, the hundreds of thousands of evil ghosts just now were not chanting formation spells, but Buddhist scriptures for salvation!
(End of this chapter)
