The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 80: The King of the Gods Jiang Youli

The next day, at midnight.

Zhang Jiuyang was bathing in the room. The soup he used was called Five-Spice Soup, which was made from Angelica dahurica, peach peel, cypress peel, angelica sinensis and green wood fragrance. It could cleanse the body, wash away dust and remove filth.

While bathing, he recited profound words in his heart.

"Exorcise the bad luck, two children guard, seven spirits settle down, the cloud springs are refined, all the qi is in harmony..."

This is a Taoist ritual of bathing majesty. Normally, it is not necessary to go through so much trouble. However, if you want to perform a ritual, you must remember to follow it and not violate it.

This is also one of the preparations for Conferred God.

It is worth mentioning that you must not leak water when bathing, otherwise all your efforts will be in vain.

A moment later, Zhang Jiuyang finished bathing and wore a green Taoist robe. The so-called green refers to the Eastern Jia and Yi Wood Tai Gua, and also represents the vitality of the Green Dragon. He is the descendant of Emperor Donghua.

The shoes and socks are also blue and white in color, symbolizing that the monks should be upright and indifferent to fame and wealth.

When I opened the door, a handsome Taoist priest wearing a Ziwu hairpin and a green robe appeared in the moonlight. He was tall and slender, with a handsome face and a bright face like the moon.

Ah Li had already prepared the star altar, on which were placed incense burners, yellow paper, candles and other items.

Her eyes were full of anticipation. Ninth brother said that he would deify her, and there was also the God King Talisman... It sounded very powerful.

I, Ali, also want to be successful!
"Ali, the time has come, are you ready?"

She nodded vigorously.

Zhang Jiuyang smiled slightly, and then took out the golden talisman. On it, one could vaguely see the word "rang". The strokes of the ink were as turbulent as wind and thunder, and there seemed to be murderous aura rolling in.

This is an extremely vicious talisman, named Duchang God King.

In Chinese folk culture, there has always been a belief in worshipping the Five Gods. There are Wuchang temples in many places. Taoists call them the Five Gods Soldiers.

The so-called Five-Demon Army is equivalent to a special forces unit composed of ghosts and gods, usually composed of two groups of people.

Along the way were the generals and soldiers who died in battle under the command of Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi. Later, Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi sealed them all on Tiechao Mountain in Fengdu with the talisman of the Queen Mother of the West. He gave them the ability of immortality, but they lost their independent consciousness and could only obey the orders of the talisman.

There is another group, which is the remnants of the Six Caves Heavenly Demons that were conquered by Marshal Zhao of Longhu Xuantan and Zhang Tianshi in the past. They are under the command of Beidi.

Therefore, "The Black Law of Beiyin Fengdu" records: Anyone who drives the six cave demons and their demon soldiers to fight ghosts must offer sacrifices to Marshal Tianpeng to suppress them, otherwise if the demon soldiers accidentally injure the people, the judge shall be guilty of death.

The troops of the Five Demons are extremely fierce. The "three hundred thousand soldiers to guard the nine heavens" mentioned in the Tianpeng Curse refers to this group of troops.

According to legend, if the mage does not give clear instructions when inviting the Five Devils, once the Five Devils are released, they will often not even let go of ordinary wandering ghosts and will sweep them all away.

What’s even more frightening is that if Wuchang is released and finds that there is no enemy, or the enemy has already run away, it may even turn around and capture the wizard’s soul.

If there is no worship of incense in some places for a long time, the Wuchang Temple will become a deserted altar. The ferocious Wuchang soldiers will look for trouble on their own. Once someone runs into them, they will go crazy, become demented, beat and curse, or keep silent.

This is what is called the cold-blooded tyrant.

Therefore, the Wuchang troops in various places need a commander with absolute strength, called the Duchang God King, who is responsible for managing this group of unruly and ferocious Wuchang soldiers.

The golden talisman given by the great god Zhong Kui is the talisman of the God King Duchang. It is not used against enemies, but to confer the title of God King Duchang.

Generally speaking, only the most evil ghosts among evil ghosts, the most evil demons among demons, and the most ferocious among the rampant soldiers can be conferred as the Capital Rampage God King to suppress the group of unruly rampant soldiers.

But there are no rampant soldiers in this world. Zhang Jiuyang has seen Yin soldiers once, but they were a monster covered with red hair, which looked too weird.

The only person he could confer a title on was Ali.

As for what the result would be after being conferred the title, and what abilities Ali would gain, he didn't know either, but he thought that the great god Zhong Kui would never harm him.

Moreover, Ali's divination ability also sensed that this talisman was extremely important to her and she desired it very much.

Zhang Jiuyang was naturally happy to oblige him. In this world, Ali was the person he trusted the most and also his sister. When there were good things, he would naturally give them to his family first.

"To learn the Dao one must be diligent, gather faith and be sincere. Burn incense and return to the Great One, the true Qi will be mixed with the fragrant smoke. Only hope for the great forgiveness, the Seven Ancestors fast in the netherworld."

As he spoke, he turned his face toward the stars, lit incense, and bowed three times.

In Taoist rituals, there are burning incense, walking incense, burning head incense, heart incense and twisting incense. The so-called twisting incense means holding the incense with the left hand, not the right hand, and then twisting the incense three times, chanting incense praises, and burning incense talismans.

It symbolizes offering sacrifices to the three celestial beings in Yuqing Palace, Shangqing Palace and Taiqing Palace respectively.

Inserting the incense into the tortoise-crane censer, Zhang Jiuyang lit a piece of yellow paper on which Ah Li's name and date of birth were written in cinnabar.

As the yellow paper turned to ashes and fell into the incense burner, all the preparations were completed, leaving only the last step.

Zhang Jiuyang held the Duchang God King Talisman in his hand, stepped on the Gang Step, and muttered something.

"Disciple Zhang Jiuyang, I have received a talisman from the great god Zhong Kui. Today, I have appointed Jiang Youli as the God King of the Five Kingdoms, commanding the Five Kingdoms troops to subdue demons and monsters, punish evil and promote good..."

As he finished the last sentence, the Duchang God King Talisman in his hand suddenly burst into a dazzling golden light. The originally dark yard instantly lit up. In a trance, he seemed to hear countless fighting and roars.

The roars of three hundred thousand rampant soldiers shook the heavens; their mighty army was so powerful that it was enough to shake the sun and the moon!
The world is so colorless!
Then, the Duchang God King Talisman turned into a stream of light and flew into Ah Li's brows, covering her whole body with golden light. A hint of majesty was faintly revealed on her young face.

The negative energy on her body quickly grew stronger, but unlike ordinary evil spirits, there was actually a sense of righteousness in that terrifying murderous aura.

Zhang Jiuyang felt a little nervous and stared at Ah Li.

After an unknown amount of time, the golden light on Ah Li's body finally dissipated slowly, and her rapidly growing Yin energy also stopped. Zhang Jiuyang then noticed that her white dress was almost completely stained with blood, with only a few corners left.

She has already taken one step into the level of being vicious, just like Yunniang in the past.

Zhang Jiuyang was secretly amazed. The little ghost that was easily controlled by Yunniang at the beginning was now a capable red-clothed man. With the addition of those two pink kitchen knives, if a real fight broke out, Yunniang might not be a match for Ah Li.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and Ali slowly opened her eyes, her look seeming a little confused.

"how do you feel?"

Zhang Jiuyang asked.

"Feel……"

She looked at her hand and wondered, "It seems like I ate a piece of hot candied haws."

Zhang Jiuyang shook his head and laughed. It was indeed an expression only a little girl would make.

At this time, Ah Li looked up at Zhang Jiuyang, exclaimed softly, and said: "Brother Jiu, why are there so many strange fireworks on you..."

She sniffed it and said, "What a nice smell!"

Zhang Jiuyang was shocked. Fireworks, could they be incense?

Although the "Zhong Kui Chewing Ghosts" picture has been replaced by the "Wang Lingguan Guarding the Sky Picture", but with the spread of the story of Zhong Kui catching ghosts, there are still many incense sticks flying in every day, escaping into his sea of ​​consciousness and disappearing.

This made Zhang Jiuyang feel very sorry. If he could give these incense sticks to Wang Lingguan, maybe he could get the inheritance now. These incense sticks are invisible and intangible, even Yue Ling's eyes can't see them. Ah Li couldn't see them before, but now she can see them.

"These fireworks...can you eat them?"

Zhang Jiuyang asked, if Ah Li could also eat incense to become stronger, then could the extra incense be given to her in the future?

Ali tried to take a sip, the incense went into her mouth but went out of her nose, she couldn't take it in at all.

She was so greedy that her saliva was almost flowing out.

"It smells so good, but I just can't eat it..."

Zhang Jiuyang understood. It seemed that she could not eat other people's incense. So, did she want others to worship her?
"Ali, if you have the chance these days, you can do good deeds and help others."

He planned to try to get Ali to walk the Shinto path.

Although Ah Li didn't understand why, she kept it in mind. She never asked any questions about what Ninth Brother told her to do, and just did it.

"By the way, Brother Nine, besides divination, I seem to have gained another ability!"

"What ability?"

She patted her chest proudly and said, "I can summon the Five Ridges' troops!"

Zhang Jiuyang was shocked. Five armies?

Logically speaking, Ali is now the first Duchang God King in this world and can command all the five divine armies in the world. It's a pity that he is a commander without troops and power is useless.

But if she can really summon the Five Emperors' troops, that would be amazing!
Zhang Jiuyang thought of the fierce Wuchang soldiers in the picture just now, and his heart itched. What belonged to Ah Li would naturally be his. If he could really have such a group of powerful ghosts and gods serving under him and obeying his orders, wouldn’t he be invincible in the world?
What Huangquan? You will be bathed in blood in a minute!

Under his expectant gaze, Ah Li began to cast a spell. Holding two small pink kitchen knives in her hands, she danced like a shaman under the moon, chanting incantations that Zhang Jiuyang could not understand, which did not seem to be the language of the mortal world.

Immediately afterwards, the night wind howled, and the air was gloomy and the whole yard seemed to be covered by an invisible aura.

Zhang Jiuyang swallowed nervously.

A quarter of an hour passed, two quarters of an hour passed...

Even Ah Li was tired from dancing. She lay on the ground, panting, and asked in confusion, "That's not right. I should be able to summon it..."

At this moment, Zhang Jiuyang suddenly raised his eyes and looked towards the southeast corner. He stretched out his hand, and the Ghost-Slaying Sword automatically flew to his palm, emitting red light under the moonlight.

But he soon let down his guard, because the one who came was just an ordinary wandering soul, an old man at that, who took a rest every three steps and even took off his old legs and knocked them.

Even more miserable than the old man was a sick ghost who looked like a scholar. He kept coughing, spurting out black blood, his face was extremely pale, and he had to stop and cough several times every time he took a step.

The two of them were racing against each other, like a rival. Even the snails next to them had already reached their homes, but the winner had not yet been decided.

Whoosh!
A figure flew in from the sky, making Zhang Jiuyang's eyes light up. This one looked somewhat reliable.

However, before he could be happy, a gust of wind blew, and the figure suddenly staggered and fell into the pool with a splash, making a gurgling sound.

Ah Li smiled a little embarrassedly, and quickly ran to the edge of the pool to fish him out. Zhang Jiuyang then saw clearly that the ghost was actually a little baby, old enough to be using a pacifier. No wonder it was blown down by a gust of wind.

"Rampant Soldier King Er, I meet the commander!"

"Cang Bing... cough cough, I've met Fan Changsheng... cough cough... cough cough..."

The sick scholar couldn't hold it in and actually vomited out a piece of internal organs.

As for the ghost baby, it made a series of whimpering sounds, obviously it had not yet learned to speak.

Zhang Jiuyang's face was full of black lines.

What the hell?
You call this the Five-horse Army?
Isn’t this a combination of the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled?
Let alone a bloodbath in the underworld, even taking a bath is difficult.

However, Ali did not despise her. She looked at her three subordinates and started to make plans.

"From today on, you are the three great generals of the Five Impermanent Army under my command, and the right-hand men of me and my ninth brother!"

She pointed at the old man and said, "You are the Red-burned General, in charge of hunting in the mountains, collecting souls and banning the Five Devils!"

He pointed at the sick scholar and said, "You are the Great General Qingzheng, who can relieve pain with his palm and heal bones with his knife!

Finally pointed to the ghost baby.

"You are the fried general, palm... shout and respond by yourself, wave the flag and shout for mercy!"

The three ghosts were overjoyed and bowed to accept the order.

Zhang Jiuyang was silent.

However, he soon discovered something unusual. After Ali conferred the title upon the three ghosts, the negative energy on the three of them seemed to become much more solid, and even their confused eyes became clear.

Ali found a jar, waved her hand, sucked the three ghosts into the jar, drew a pattern on it with her blood, and gave it to Zhang Jiuyang like a treasure.

"Brother Jiu, this is called the Wuchang Military Altar. They can train their troops here in the future!"

Zhang Jiuyang put his eyes close to the mouth of the bottle and was immediately surprised.

I saw that there were mountains, water and a training ground in the bottle. Three ghosts as small as men were cultivating their yin energy and practicing military skills in the bottle. They were diligent and never slackened, as if Ali's words were an imperial decree to them.

"Brother Jiu, they can't beat anyone right now. When they become stronger, we can send them out to sweep everywhere and subdue the ghosts as soldiers~"

Ali imagined herself having millions of soldiers under her command and dominating the world, and her face was filled with joy.

Zhang Jiuyang finally understood that what Ah Li meant by summoning the Five Impermanent Soldiers was actually summoning some nearby ghosts. The ghosts summoned by magic seemed to have their consciousness tampered with, thinking that they were the Impermanent Soldiers and would absolutely obey Ah Li.

But this may not be a blessing for them.

For example, these three wandering souls were on the verge of extinction, but now they have become rampant soldiers. Not only can they survive, but they may also become stronger in the future.

Given time, that small Wuchang Army Altar might become a hiding place for a million-strong army...

When he thought of this, the way Zhang Jiuyang looked at A Li changed a little. This little girl might be in big trouble.

Little Ali handed him the jar as if he were presenting a treasure.

"Brother Jiu, they are A-li's generals, and A-li is your general!"

Zhang Jiuyang laughed loudly upon hearing this. He stroked her pigtails, and a sense of pride rose in his heart. He said loudly, "Okay, then let's raise a million-strong army together and let the evil spirits in this world see it..."

"The fierce power of the Five Rogues' troops!"

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(End of this chapter)