Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 117 City God's Ghost Banquet
When Li Xiuyuan saw this city god wearing a vermilion official uniform, he felt a little dignified in his heart.

To be honest, this is the first time he has dealt with the gods.

The last time I saw Lei Gong in Xiahe Village, but that was just a face-to-face meeting, and now is the official contact.

And since I walked all the way from Guobei County, it can be said that there is this city god behind me everywhere, whether it is Qingmei's death, or the matter of two ghosts, or the matter of Polygonum multiflorum essence, this city god is involved in it all. .

But to be honest, Li Xiuyuan still has a good impression of this city god, because he has indeed helped him several times.

"My servant, Li Xiuyuan, has met Lord Guobei Chenghuang." Li Xiuyuan saluted.

The City God's face changed slightly, and he came out in a hurry, smiled back and said: "A sage in the world is here, and the city god dare not call me an adult, so please ask Mr. Li to call me City God. I heard the two Yin soldiers said that Mr. Li wants Come to pay a visit to me in Guo Beicheng, and seeing me today is truly a blessing for my life."

"The City God is being polite." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Mr. Li, please, the banquet has been prepared inside, just wait for Mr. Li to take his seat." Chenghuang said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Why bother the City God to set up a banquet and wait."

"If it's someone else, I definitely won't be able to hold this banquet, but if Mr. Li said it, I still have to hold this banquet. You are a saint in the world, and I am the city god of the underworld. In terms of seniority, Mr. Li is far above me. Ah, now that you are here, how can you not greet him with wine and a banquet?"

The City God said, "Come, please come inside."

Seeing this, Li Xiuyuan couldn't shirk away.

After entering the Town God's Temple, he discovered that the Town God's Temple is like a palace, magnificent and majestic, and there are enchanting and moving dancers dancing inside, the melodious sound of singing and music wafting, and the surroundings are filled with fragrance and smoke.

It doesn't look like a place where ghosts live, but rather like a place where gods live.

"It's not an illusion, but the real appearance of this Town God's Temple." Li Xiuyuan glanced at it, and immediately came to a conclusion in his heart.

In fact, it was only after he came to this world that he realized how powerful the city god in a city is, comparable to the emperor of a land.

Everything in the underworld, as long as it is in this realm, is under the control of the city god, and even the affairs of the yang world can be intervened by the city god, influencing every move of mortals in the yang world through dreaming, ecstasy and other means.

"Those dancers are all female ghosts." Li Xiuyuan glanced at those singers and dancers again.

Although these women have outstanding figures and incomparable beauty, their bodies are illusory and not real people.

"I didn't expect that your temple, City God, is so magnificent. It really opened my eyes." He sighed and said, "Not only have you prepared delicious food and wine, but you have also prepared singing and dancing girls. Not even the magistrate in this world This treatment."

"Hehe, the imperial court in the mortal world has changed, but the city god of the underworld has not. Over time, the underworld will naturally become more prosperous than the yang world," said the city god.

Li Xiuyuan nodded, sat down and said.

"Come on, I'll toast Mr. Li first." Chenghuang raised the wine glass in his hand and said.

Li Xiuyuan looked at a glass cup next to it, which was emitting red light.

He asked, "What kind of wine is this?"

The City God laughed and said: "This is the wine from the Western Regions in the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty. When the imperial palace was destroyed in the Tang Dynasty, some of the wine was buried in the ground and forgotten, but now it is cheaper for us ghosts and gods, and this wine is specially made for the wine. Li Gongzi prepared it, Li Gongzi can drink it with confidence, but I can only smell the taste and be satisfied."

After speaking, he took a sip into the wine glass.

A smell of alcohol was sucked into his stomach.

"Good wine." Chenghuang couldn't help but praise.

Putting down the wine glass, the grape wine in it has lost its smell, like sour wine.

Li Xiuyuan also took a sip, and it was indeed fragrant and sweet, and the aroma of wine was overflowing.

"It's really delicious." He also praised.

Only ghosts and gods can get such good wine, and where can ordinary people go to find it.

"Come here, don't pour wine for Mr. Li yet." Chenghuang said.

At this time, a charming and enchanting young female ghost floated over, lifted the jug and poured a glass, then cast a wink at Li Xiuyuan to show her admiration, her fingers brushed the back of his hand inexplicably, as if It means to seduce.

"Ah~!"

The next moment, the beautiful female ghost let out a scream in an instant, as if she had been struck by electric shock or lightning, and flew out in an instant, and then the ghost's body quickly faded and shrank into a ball.

The sudden appearance of this scene startled the ghosts in the hall.

The city god was furious immediately: "I was caught, raped and hacked to death on the bed before I was alive. I feel uncomfortable after death. The body of a saint in the world is something you, a female ghost, can touch? Somebody, take this female ghost down."

"Yes, Lord City God."

Immediately, Yin soldiers came out from the side and took the female ghost away.

Although the female ghost wanted to lose her soul, she still hurriedly begged for mercy in fright, but the city god didn't care about it, and just let the Yin soldiers take the female ghost away.

Li Xiuyuan frowned, feeling a little thoughtful.

"Mr. Li, I'm really sorry. It's because I don't have strict jurisdiction. The female ghosts here saw Mr. Li's noble status and extraordinary fate, and they thought in their hearts. They wanted to use Mr. Li's blessing to alleviate their crimes. Reincarnate as soon as possible." Chenghuang said apologetically.

"It's okay, it's just a trivial matter." Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said.

He finally saw the so-called gods and ghosts not close. Once ghosts and gods touch him, it will be worse than death.

This is because his aura has been blocked. If he doesn't block it, all gods and ghosts within ten feet will be wiped out.

"This is the City God testing me."

Suddenly, this idea popped up in his mind.

If it wasn't for temptation, how would this female ghost dare to make such a move.

It's just that Li Xiuyuan is a little puzzled, what is the significance of this temptation?

This City God already knew that he was destined to be a saint, so if he wanted to test it, it would be unnecessary.

After thinking about it for a while, but couldn't think of a reason, Li Xiuyuan drank a few more cups with the city god, and then started to talk about serious business.

"A few days ago, I don't know if the City God knew about my death outside Guobei County."

The City God put down his wine glass and said: "Of course it is clear, that Lord Heishan wanted to eat Mr. Li, but he was hunted down by Mr. Li. Mr. Li really deserves to be a saint in the world. That Mr. Heishan is a great demon who has practiced for thousands of years. Comparable to gods and Buddhas, even I, the city god, would shy away when I saw it, and only a man with such a noble fate like Li Gongzi can kill this thousand-year-old monster in his mortal body, and it would be any high-spirited person I'm afraid it can't be done."

As he spoke, he even flattered Li Xiuyuan a few words.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I'm not asking about the death of Lord Heishan. I want to ask the City God about the dozen or so guards of my Li family. They were taken away by the ghost servants under the command of the City God. I don't know where they are now?"

"Is this the thing?"

Chenghuang nodded: "The dozen or so guards under Mr. Li were heroes before their death, and fierce ghosts after their death. I let the Yin soldiers take them away because I was afraid that they would be uncontrollable and cause trouble in the underworld. In the future, another one will not be born." The king of mountain ghosts, but the ghosts of Mr. Li's dozens of guards are no longer with me, but in the underworld."

"Have you been reincarnated?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The City God shook his head: "They didn't go to reincarnate, but were detained by a ghost king in the underworld."

Li Xiuyuan frowned and said, "What is the ghost king of the underworld detaining them for?"

"In the mortal world, there are strong men who are captured as soldiers, so there are naturally in the underworld. I originally asked Mr. Li's guards to go to the underworld to report for the record, so that they could serve as ghost messengers here, but when they passed by the ghost king's territory, they were detained by the ghost king. , Although I tried my best to persuade him, but the ghost king didn't sell my face at all, I am the official of the underworld, he is the king of the underworld, and he detained Mr. Li's guard, I really can't do anything." Chenghuang said helplessly.

Li Xiuyuan's expression darkened: "Is the underworld also this chaotic? The ghost king can detain ghosts at will?"

"The underworld is the same as the imperial court. If the imperial court is chaotic, the underworld is also chaotic. If the imperial court is clear, the world will be peaceful and there will be no ghost kings who cause chaos." Chenghuang said.

"My guards were loyal and died fighting for me. For this reason, I built a small temple for them so that they could enjoy incense. Unexpectedly, their ghosts were also suppressed by the ghost king."

Li Xiuyuan said: "If they went to reincarnation, then I would not ask too much, but I can't bear to be arrested by the ghost king. I can't let them die and be enslaved. Is there any way to save the ghosts of my guards?"

Chenghuang said: "There are two ways."

"Please let me know." Li Xiuyuan said.

"I'm going to make a deal with the King of Ghosts, and exchange the ghosts of Mr. Li's nineteen guards with joss sticks and money." Chenghuang said.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "This method is not advisable. This ghost king forcibly arrested my Li family's guards. How can I spend money to clear them? Isn't this fueling his arrogance?"

"Well, then there is only the second way." Cheng Huang said.

"any solution?"

The City God said: "Please, Mr. Li, go to the underworld as a saint in the world, and personally take away the ghosts of the nineteen guards from the ghost king. Mr. Li is not close to gods and ghosts, even if he goes down to the underworld, the ghost king will also take Li. There is nothing the young man can do."

"How to get to the underworld?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The City God said: "It's simple. I have a door here, which leads directly to the underworld. I usually go in and out of the underworld through that door. Mr. Li can enter the underworld through this door."

"Okay, since there is a way to the Underworld, I will trouble the City God to lead the way." Li Xiuyuan said.

"This is natural." City God said.

Immediately, City God ordered several teams of Yin soldiers, and brought Li Xiuyuan to a gate.

After the door was opened, the inside was dark with gusts of wind, without the sun and moon, and it was endless, with no border in sight.

This is the underworld?
Li Xiuyuan looked inside curiously.

It's not as magical as imagined, just like another world.

In fact, he was right to think so.

The underworld is actually another world.

Humans have a world, ghosts have a ghost world, and immortals have a fairy world.

This underworld is the ghost world.

(End of this chapter)