Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 701
After killing a ghost that controlled the fire, Li Xiuyuan didn't pay attention to Cui Wei immediately, but said: "The ghosts here take the opportunity to create chaos, and let me kill those things before asking you."

After the voice fell, he galloped out on the dragon horse.

Somewhere, a red-robed ghost standing in the flames, before he could react, a sword flew towards him and pierced his chest instantly.

Li Xiuyuan's Tai'a sword is not an ordinary sword. Not only does it contain a terrifying golden energy, but it also has the edict of the former Dongyue god on it, making it easy to kill ghosts and gods.

"Damn it, two of Chu's clones were killed by someone, and after killing this person, we can enjoy the incense and dead souls." A ghost roared.

Immediately, all the surrounding fires turned towards Li Xiuyuan's direction, and there were ghosts and gods in fiery red robes hidden in the firelight. Their expressions and appearances were all exactly the same, as if they were carved out of the same mold.

"Where are you ghosts and gods? How dare you set fire to the capital and take the opportunity to plunder incense. Aren't you afraid of being punished for such evil deeds?" Li Xiuyuan shouted.

"I am the spirit of fire, following the will of heaven to send down this fire, do you really want to stop it?" A fiery red robed ghost and god said angrily.

Li Xiuyuan said: "The ghosts and gods in the world all run away when they hear my name. Do you, Huo Lingshen, know me, Li Xiuyuan?"

"Whoever you are, if you hinder me, you should be punished by ghosts and gods." The fiery red robed ghost said.

Li Xiuyuan frowned.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for all the powerful ghosts and gods in the world not to know me, even if they do, they should have heard of my name, and if they meet me, even the most arrogant ghosts and spirits will choose to avoid it temporarily, just like a ghost foreman Same, he won Yan Jun's theocracy, so he can tyrannize
He walked forward, but when he saw himself, he had to bear with it a little bit and give in a few steps.

How can there be such a stunned young man who wants to call him instead of knowing him when he sees him.

At this moment, it is not a ghost in a red robe rushing, but more than 20 people, they fly in the air, they are balls of fireballs, and when they land in a certain place, they burst into a big fire. A sea of ​​fire.

It was as if a fire was born, and there was no way to extinguish it.

"Since you don't know me, then you know this." Li Xiuyuan turned his palm, and a golden mountain suddenly appeared.

These ghosts and gods who turned into fire balls ignored him, still burning fiercely, and then smashed towards him.

Li Xiuyuan's cold light flashed, and with a shake of his hand, a golden light flew towards the nine heavens, but the golden light exploded, turning into an illusory mountain and covering it, covering the area near the south of the city under the golden light in an instant.

The mountain falls, unstoppable.

Before the flying fireball had time to injure Li Xiuyuan, it immediately exploded when it was touched by the golden light in the air, just like a spark burst out of burning wood.

"Ah~!" There were vague howls and screams of ghosts and gods.

"Hurry up, hurry up, we can't provoke such spells." Everywhere in the dark, wild ghosts and hair gods trembled when they saw this golden mountain, and turned around and ran away without even the courage to fish in troubled waters.

Under the shroud of golden light, as the fire ball smashed open, the surrounding fire immediately diminished, and those ghosts and gods in fiery red robes disappeared instantly, sweeping around, at least within the range that the eyes could see, there were no such things. spirits.

Li Xiuyuan couldn't help frowning as he watched the smell of incense rising from the smoke, but then quickly flew to other directions in the south of the city.

"The ghosts and gods controlling the fire are not limited to these. Sure enough, this is a solution to the symptoms rather than the root cause. Even if the fire is not directed by those ghosts and gods, the fire has already grown. If it is not extinguished as soon as possible, it will still be in great danger."

"Drive~!"

He turned around on the dragon colt and turned back.

After a while, he found Cui Wei and asked: "President Cui, the capital city is on fire, and there are ghosts and gods haunting it. Can you tell me about the various reasons? I think this should not be as simple as an ordinary fire."

"Returning to Mr. Li, I only know that this fire is related to the fire spirit god, and those ghosts and gods in red robes and red official hats are all subordinates of the fire spirit god." Mr. Cui said: "Last year, there was a fire in the capital. , there was the fire spirit god in it, but the fire was not as huge and continuous as it is today.
Several streets. "

"Huolingshen? Who is he?" Li Xiuyuan said, "I haven't heard of it."

He hadn't heard of this person when he inquired about the monk Kasyapa before.

"My humble guess is that it should be a demon from Wutong Sect." Cui Wei said.

"Wutongjiao? Just after I killed a ghost foreman, this Wutongjiao appeared?" Li Xiuyuan frowned: "This is unlikely. Last time I fought with the ghost foreman, it is impossible for the Wutongjiao in the capital to know about it. After a period of time, I will definitely restrain myself. Knowing that I am in the capital, how dare I act recklessly?
Setting fire in fear, this is the act of a reckless man, no different from courting death. "

"This...subordinates don't know." Cui Wei said.

Li Xiuyuan looked at him and said, "Do you really not know, or do you know something and dare not say it?"

"I really don't know that the spirit of fire has caused a fire. Every year, the capital must catch fire, which is related to these ghosts and gods. They devour incense and dead souls in the fire, and use this as food to increase their morality. , but the effect is not great, and the south of the city was originally

It is the site of the ghost foreman. " Cui Wei lowered his head and said.

"You mean, I killed the ghost foreman, and the power in the capital lost its balance, so the fire spirit took the opportunity to seize the southern part of the ghost foreman?" Li Xiuyuan's eyes flickered, and a golden light emerged, with a bit of coldness.

"The lowly position is just a guess, and there is absolutely no intention to offend Mr. Li." Cui Wei broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.
The Lord Li in front of him can kill ghost foreman, his ability can no longer be measured by magic and Taoism, he must be a person who can shake the world.

Such a person, coupled with the status of the governor, can be said to be very important in the entire Song Dynasty, and he is definitely not something he can offend.

Li Xiuyuan slowly withdrew his gaze: "The fire is ruthless. The court did not put out the fire in time, and the people can't save themselves. If you look at the trend, the south of the city will be turned into scorched earth by dawn. There is only one way to put out the fire, and that is to rain." , as long as the rainstorm comes, the fire can be subsided, relying on
Killing a few clones of ghosts and gods will not play a key role. "

Thinking of the clones of ghosts and gods killed before, it only calmed the fire a little bit.

After all, water and fire are ruthless, and even ghosts and gods can't do anything to stop it from spreading.

"What your lord said is true, this kind of fire can only be calmed down by a heavy rain." Cui Wei said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "What's the news from the imperial court? Can someone cast a spell to pray for rain?"

"The fire came in a hurry. The humble official has already sent someone to report to the imperial court, but there is no news yet." Cui Weidao
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly.

It stands to reason that the imperial court has the national teacher sitting in charge, so it is impossible for the national teacher not to take action when there is such a big movement in the capital, otherwise it will easily shake the status of other national teachers.

"Go and evacuate the people, I'll go and have a look elsewhere." He waved his hand and gestured, feeling that he couldn't ask Cui Wei anything.

Maybe he knows something in his heart, but he is taboo and unwilling to say it.

That being the case, why waste time.

"Drive~!"

Immediately, he rode the dragon colt to see the street and ran forward.

The fire was raging on both sides of the street, all the buildings were set ablaze, and the ruthless fire swallowed everything. He could vaguely hear the screams and cries for help coming from the fire, and when he listened again, the screams And the cries for help stopped abruptly.

Needless to say, I am afraid that someone has been burned to death in an unknown corner or in the house.

In such a situation, even if he wanted to save someone, he would be powerless.

Because the people died so fast, even if there was a torrential rain, it would not be possible to save people immediately if the fire was extinguished.

And save others first save yourself.

I don't know what the situation in the escort agency is like.

When Li Xiuyuan rushed to the bodyguard bureau, he found that the bodyguard bureau was crowded with fleeing civilians. Han Meng was leading soldiers and bodyguards to maintain order, but the fire spreading around couldn't get close to the bodyguard bureau within [-] feet. Everything seems to be sheltered in the dark, the root of the fire

It couldn't have spread.

"It's not that the fire couldn't spread, but someone cast a spell to stop the fire from spreading. Who has such skills?"

He glanced away.

Suddenly, in a big fire not far away, I saw the figures of the Eight Great Kings and King Yangzijiang. They were fighting with several ghosts and gods in fiery red robes, and they quickly killed them.

Without the instigation of those command flags, the fire lost its aim and stopped spreading.

Even if the fire spread, the Eight Great Kings and the Yangzijiang King blew a damp and cold wind to forcefully disperse it, and even the thick smoke did not envelop it here.

The Yangzijiang King and the Eight Great Kings did not guarantee the safety of the nearby people, at least they kept the bodyguard bureau and gave the people in the south of the city a place to escape. Otherwise, most of the people in this area would be buried in flames.

It's probably the limit to protect this place with their morality and mana.

If you want to protect a larger place, it pales in comparison.

After all, there are many ghosts and gods in fiery red robes that appear in the flames. If there are too many, they will be overwhelmed and difficult to take care of.

"Since there is nothing wrong with the Escort Bureau, we should start to put out the fire immediately. We must immediately cast a spell to call the rain." Li Xiuyuan said, and he didn't want to kill a few more ghosts and gods who controlled the fire.

Just as he was thinking this way, suddenly there was a rumbling thunder in the sky.

In an instant, there were dark clouds rolling over the sky, as if there was a heavy rain pouring down.

Li Xiuyuan thought that the court had taken action, and this matter should be stopped.

But then he saw that under the reflection of the soaring flames, the condensed dark clouds quickly dispersed, the rain did not form, and the heavy rain did not fall.

"What's going on? Someone's casting a spell to make rain fail, how is this possible." Li Xiuyuan's expression changed, feeling that this matter was strange.

After looking at the direction, he immediately rushed to find out.

At this moment.

At the foot of the imperial city, someone built an altar on an attic, and a Taoist ascended the altar to cast spells, as if calling the wind and rain, trying to get a heavy rain to extinguish the fire in the south of the capital.

But just when there was a vision in the sky, when the heavy rain was about to come, the rain clouds were dispersed by the flames all over the sky, and it couldn't fall at all.

Under the altar, the imperial court's forbidden army stood upright, prohibiting all idlers from approaching.

On the side, the national teacher was sitting on the futon in the carriage and chanting sutras with his eyes closed. It seemed that he was not nervous about the fire in the capital.

"Guo Zhenren failed to pray for rain again." Suddenly, a young eunuch came to the side of the carriage, bowed his head and said.

The national teacher replied: "I have already seen that when the fire ascends to the sky, there will be favorable geographical conditions and disasters. Although ghosts and gods take the opportunity to cause trouble, they are just following the will of heaven. Only those who cultivate Taoism follow the will of heaven can the spell take effect and act against the sky. , it was blocked by the number of days, and the heavy rain was naturally hard to fall. If Master Guo forcibly cast a spell
If not, he must pay a huge price, which is very difficult for him to bear. "

"God's will? What is God's will? If the fire can't be extinguished, it's God's will? If it is extinguished, it may not be God's will. It's man-made. This is the reason why the national teacher didn't take action? I don't think it should be." At this time, a voice suddenly Appear.

But I saw a dragon colt jumping over the nearby roof and landing from Tian'er in an instant, passed the imperial army, and came under the altar.

Is Li Xiuyuan here?

The national teacher immediately opened his eyes.

"Who? Get off your horse immediately, or you will be shot to death if you trespass on the altar." A soldier of the Imperial Army shouted.

"He is Li Xiuyuan, governor of Yangzhou, Mr. Li, this time he came here to pray for rain, put away your knives and guns, don't accidentally injure this lord." The national teacher said.

The soldier of the Imperial Army was startled when he heard the words, and immediately cupped his fists and said: "I don't know how much I have offended you when I come here. Please forgive me, my lord."

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand to signal the soldier to retreat, and then asked: "Who is the Taoist above who casts the spell? He doesn't look like an idle cultivator."

"The alchemist enshrined by the imperial court, Guo Zhen of the Danding Sect, also prays for blessings and prays for rain on weekdays. Today, the fire broke out, and the officials just issued an order to ask Zhenren Guo to go to the altar to pray for rain to calm the fire." The teacher said.

Guo Zhen?

Li Xiuyuan took a look at the Taoist, he was indeed a boy with white hair, with a ethereal temperament, and the posture of a fairy.

And he's not a charlatan, he really has the truth.

What comes out of the breath is the fresh air of a cultivator. I don't know if anyone has cultivated the Golden Core Dao and achieved the position of immortal?

Guo Zhen is holding a dharma sword at the moment, drawing Taoist talismans, chanting incantations, with disheveled hair, as if he is a little crazy, like a charlatan.

But Li Xiuyuan saw that the magic sword in his hand summoned the breeze, the spell in his mouth summoned rain clouds, and the painted Taoist symbols turned into thunder and lightning. When it was going to rain, it never rained.

It seems that there is some kind of God's will to prevent the heavy rain from falling.

(End of this chapter)