The Dutian Lingguan Road that started from the Taoist soldiers

Chapter 216 Montenegro
By the time Yuan Zhong and other Penglai Dao troops returned, the Eastern Zhou's military mobilization had already taken shape.

The city gods of the prefectures of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the alchemists of various sects spent two years cleaning up everywhere, and this huge and gradually decaying state machinery started moving again.

Hundreds of thousands of bandits from the seventy-two mountains in the northern region were divided and taken, their leaders were beheaded, and then an army of 100,000 vassal soldiers was organized.

Nine City Gods of the Shinto Grand Master level were selected from the twenty-seven prefecture city city temples, and fifty-six City Gods comparable to Golden Elixir were selected from the one hundred and seventy-five prefecture city god temples.

More than 3,700 years of accumulation is the foundation that enables the broken ship of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to continue moving forward.

In the deep virtual world of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the city gods of various prefectures and states would bring with them at least a team of three or five guardians, and at most several battalions of ghost soldiers.

When the Penglai Taoist army returned, they often passed by the underworld gods from various places.

When Yuan Zhong returned to Huaxu, he met no less than twenty city gods from prefectures and cities.
"City God?"

"What happened?"

Yuan Zhong frowned, stopped on the treasure boat, and looked thoughtfully at the Huaxu in front of him, where the scent of incense and worldly affairs almost reached its peak.

No, it's not just the smell of incense.
Looking up, the entire Huaxu Imperial Capital was ablaze with various lights. The underworld divine domain opened up, and two extremely powerful auras could be heard competing against each other...

In the imperial capital of Huaxu.

At this time, all the neighborhoods in Huaxu closed their doors tightly. They only heard the imperial decree that there would be a big commotion in Huaxu today. All the city gods, ghosts and gods, and the emperor of the imperial mausoleum would gather in the imperial capital. At that time, they would go south to attack Heishan and Cangze and eliminate future troubles in one fell swoop. Therefore, the order was issued to all the neighborhoods in Huaxu: No one should leave the neighborhood.

All merchants and doctors in the market must enter the market one by one and take charge. No one else is allowed to move without permission!
The underworld in front of the City God Temple in the capital opened up, and the City Gods of all prefectures and states entered it.

Some Taoist city gods, when they entered the underworld of gods, had no reverence at all, and walked in the underworld as if they were appreciating flowers.

The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was too big. Each province and each state had its own City God, including the Prefecture City God, State City God, and County City God, who appeared in the world to suppress an area. The power of the City God had been dispersed for too long!

If the two venerables, the mirage demon and the state teacher, had not died simultaneously and frightened all the clans, it would have been difficult to mobilize all the city god temples scattered across the place.

"Lord Meng, I haven't seen you for seven hundred years. I hope you are doing well!"

Yin Emperor Feng Xi tore open the barrier between the underworld and the real world with ease, slowly walked in from the outside, looked at the city gods who were temporarily stationed here, and chuckled.

When he had just mastered the Yin Meridian method, he heard that the National Master, Cihang Pudu, was planning to usurp the throne, so he went straight to Huaxu to fight him.

From beginning to end, the guardian god of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty did not show up. He only came out to mediate the situation when both sides were defeated, but he ended up sidelining the Feng royal family.

Otherwise, Cihang Pudu would have been driven out of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by other alchemists in the court.

This matter often made the Feng family's corpse king unhappy.

"It's really your Majesty!"

When the City God saw the visitor exuding the aura of restful death and the dazzling imperial aura, his heart sank.

At that time, Cihang Pudu had already gained power, and he compromised and saved the National Master's Mansion. Even if he had selfish motives, didn't he also stabilize the situation in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?

Otherwise, if there is the old dragon, the ghost judge in the south, and the mirage monster in the west, and they force the spirit of a Brahma cultivator out of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, what guilt would the people of the Eastern Zhou have?
At that time, no one knew that Cihang Pudu was actually a centipede monster!

The two of them each had their own calculations and had been resentful of each other for a long time.

When the city gods of prefectures and states saw the Corpse King - Feng Xi entering the underworld, they all bowed and saluted, and called him: Your Majesty.

Most of the gods in the field had made outstanding contributions to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty during their lifetime or were great scholars of great virtue whose names were passed down through the ages. There were even many city gods who had performed Fengshan ceremonies during the founding period of the country. Naturally, they knew Feng Xi, the former Emperor of the Restoration.

The Emperor Yin of Feng's imperial mausoleum and the City God who protects the country are vaguely contrasted, which is also the balance of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty!
After Yuan Zhong and other Penglai Taoist soldiers collected all the spiritual veins, they hurried into the Juntian Taoist Palace and immediately went to ask Wu Yongling.

"Are these two Dong Zhou enemies or friends?"

How big was the Eastern Zhou? There were 27 Daos and more than a hundred prefectures. If such a huge beast moved, both of his Daoist temples would have to temporarily avoid the limelight.

The current situation made him feel gloomy.

Wu Yong lived in the garden of the rear hall, leaning on the railing of the terrace, grinding cinnabar and gold powder with a jade pestle. On his knees was the "Jinye Dan Jing" which was completely different from the "Baopuzi".

Seeing Yuan Zhong and the others return, Wu Yong nodded and chuckled, greeted them, put away the alchemy scripture, and then handed the bowl of mulberry sand to Huang Tianlishi Chen Qun who was standing beside him, and instructed him how to nourish the elixir.

After everything was done, Wu Yong turned around and asked the Feng Dao sorcerer behind him to add some warm tea, and then he talked with Yuan Zhong in the pavilion.

"Can be an enemy or a friend, neither an enemy nor a friend."

"The world is bustling with people, all for profit; the world is bustling with people, all for profit. If we can get along well and our interests do not conflict, we can be friends. If we are at odds with each other, we can only be enemies."

"Brother Yuan, what do you think?"

Wu Yong personally poured another cup of tea for Yuan Zhong and the Taoist general Qing Yuan who followed slowly, and told them about the changes of the corpse emperor Yin and the city god of the capital...

This made Yuan Zhong furious on the spot.

"What? He wants to get involved too?"

"How dare he, a mere native?"

If it was just an ordinary soul or a soldier from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it wouldn't matter to him, but this was two souls plus a group of Eastern Zhou monks and a huge system of city gods.

This apparent strength is enough to crush any other party.

Yuan Zhong's face was gloomy, but Taoist Qing Yuan sat down, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile:
"So, the Wu family Taoist has already caught him?"

Taoist General Qingyuan sat beside the pavilion and looked at Wu Yong with a smile.

During this time, he had already roughly understood the changes in the Eastern Zhou world. The struggle between the Corpse Emperor and the State Master was a struggle between the royal family and the State Master's Office. The City God of the Capital did not stand on the side of the royal family. Moreover, the City God system had been neglected for hundreds of years, and the City Gods of various prefectures had long since become independent...

Unless outside forces intervene, it will be impossible to hold together this country that is barely holding together.

As for Wu Yong, he might have other ideas?

After being reminded, Yuan Zhongjing suddenly realized the key point. He suppressed the urge to question Wu Yong and wait and see how he would answer.

"There is no such thing as a compromise, it's just that everyone has their own needs."

"But at least it won't affect our return to Kyushu."

Wu Yong shook his head, seemingly unwilling to elaborate, and changed the subject.

This made the two Penglai masters somewhat unhappy, but they suppressed their anger. Yuan Zhong sat down again and asked Wu Yong.

"Wu Yong, I know you are eyeing the Heavenly City in the hands of the Black Mountain Lord." "Why don't you tell me more? I should give you a response to my proposal, right?"

Yuan Zhong thought to himself that if Wu Yong could be used by him temporarily, perhaps in the great era of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the two of them could work together and go further, and fight against those many True Lords of the upper clans!
Hey~
Wu Yong sighed softly, his eyes fixed on Yuan Zhong, examining the eldest son of the Yuan family from head to toe.

"Yong lives in a corner of Dongzhou. The Donghai Daochang is vaguely connected with Daoist Brother Yuan. I treat Daoist Brother Yuan as my elder brother and we help each other."

"How did the Fuyao Wu family rise and how did they rule the East China Sea? Could it be that you have forgotten, Brother Dao?"

"The Xun family of Tianxiang is Fuyao's maternal clan. They used the Xuanhuang Lingbao to protect Yong, and took on Yunmeng's resistance many times, and also won this Taoist position for Yong. Fuyao Mountain has always been a disciple of the Wang family of Qiongming. There is still a woman of the Wang family in the East Sea Taoist temple!"

"Brother Dao, don't you understand? The marks of the Tianxiang and Qiongming veins on Fuyao Mountain cannot be erased."

If one of the owners of the East Sea Dojo was really surnamed Yuan, the Tianxiang Xun family, a third-rank family, was the mother clan of the current Fuyao Wu family; the Qiongming Wang family, a first-rank upper clan, promoted the East Sea and supported the Fuyao Wu family. I'm afraid they wouldn't tolerate it at all.

By then, both he and Yuan Zhong would probably have a headache.

He really didn't understand what Yuan Zhong was thinking.

The two of them can naturally become good friends, but if they want to go one step further, it would really be a loss!

Putting it this way is already very direct.

"Well, Wu Yong, you look down on me too?"

Yuan Zhong's face turned extremely cold. He turned over the tea set, flicked his sleeves and left.

This left Wu Yong and Taoist General Qing Yuan alone, making it difficult for them to continue the conversation.

Taoist General Qing Yuan was not annoyed. He quickly drank the tea in the cup, then smiled and said goodbye...

Such a scene almost makes people think that the two families have broken up!

At this time, Wu Lie and Chief Steward Zhu slowly approached, looking worried.

"Master, this?"

It is rumored that the Taoist priest from Penglai has mood swings, and it is indeed true.

"It's okay. This trip can be regarded as a favor to the Penglai Dojo lineage. However, we must give him some leeway in every aspect."

"Why do you have to be hostile over such a small matter?"

Wu Yong waved his hand and warned the cultivators...

At this time, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was divided into four factions both inside and outside the boundary, which could be roughly counted as two parties, each of which controlled each other.

After several months of preparation, the Eastern Zhou army and the city gods were ready to be mobilized, and the troops under Wu Yong were also successfully reorganized. After both sides sent people to notify the Penglai Taoist army that had entered the front hall of Juntian, they were finally going to start their attack on the Black Mountain in the Southern Region, the resting place of all the souls of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty!
In the court of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the General's Mansion and the Alchemist Mansion gathered a total of ten third-level gods to participate in the war; in the underworld of the gods, it was even more terrifying, with the Capital City God, nine City Gods of the Grand Mage's Mansion, and sixty City Gods of the Mage States, which almost drew half of the foundation of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty's City God system.

Plus the Yin Emperor and the two Taoist temples.

Such a grand occasion would be extraordinary even in the ancestral realm of Jiuzhou.

The people of Huaxu, who had just been released from the ban, stepped out of the alchemy room and looked at the dark mass of soldiers and horses outside the city, and then at the ships shining with precious light in the sky, their hearts were warmed.

[It has been a long time since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty saw such a grand conquest! ]

indeed.

The young emperor stood on the city wall, holding a bottle of Gangsha in his hand and a green-bladed sword on his waist. The sword was given by the great Dharma Master, who claimed that it was a magic weapon used by the ancestor of the Wu family in the past generations. The Dharma Master once wielded it to slay the evil spirits, and gave it to the young emperor Feng Qing for protection.

Although Feng Qing had been in Taoism for less than three years at this time, he had already condensed half of the Purple Mansion Tao foundation and could become a second-level sorcerer at any time. With such talent, he was worthy of being the young emperor of this world.

But the young man was upset that he had not seen the great Dharma Master and said goodbye to him, so he kept looking at him from the tower for a long time...

Wu Yong and his companions had already disappeared into the sky on the Kunling magic ship. Yuan Daoguan from Penglai, who was behind them, was also in the nine-layer treasure ship and did not say another word to Wu Yong.

Below the ships were the soldiers of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the vassal army composed of the northern bandits.

Black Mountain is located beside a large river in the southwest of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. To its east is the Wanli Canglong Lake, also known as the True Dragon Sea. However, the old dragon in it was killed by Yuan Zhong, so it can no longer be called the True Dragon Sea.

In the southwest of the mountains, there are mountaintops on top of each mountain, and on each mountaintop there are ghosts who rule the mountain.

These ghosts came out from the City of the Dead, and lived with the Great Road of the Underworld. They retreated from the Black Mountain and patrolled the area of ​​mountains.

As soon as they saw the nine flying treasure ships in the sky, the evil spirits in the mountains and hills started to flee.

More than a year ago, it was these outsiders who rushed into the mountains and fought a fierce battle with the Black Mountain Lord. In that battle, hundreds of thousands of ghosts in the City of the Dead were killed, and they were so frightened that they hid in the mountains and dared not move.

Today, the monk from the north is back again!
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, report to Master Black Mountain, that group of evildoers is here again!!!"

The originally quiet mountains were now filled with ghosts. These ghosts were not much different from ordinary people, their bodies seemed illusory, and they were created by the gathering of Yin Qi. These ghosts walked in the mountains as if they were walking on flat ground. They took two steps, with their toes touching the ground, and swayed with each step. They were light and fluttery, and in a flash, they had walked a few feet away.

And whenever the ghost encounters grass, trees, rocks, or hills, it will just lie on them and disappear immediately. If a mortal were to see this, wouldn't they be scared to death?
However, in the eyes of the cultivators, the little ghost merely bumped into the rocks and dispersed into invisible negative energy. By observing the gathering of the negative energy, they could know where it would appear next.

In the southwest of the mountains, the two little ghosts suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and they immediately fell to the ground and turned into Yin energy that scattered. The next moment, they were caught by a pale yellow big hand, and the two bunches of Yin energy were forced to condense into ghost bodies. Ignoring the little ghosts' weak punches and kicks under Huang Tianyi's big hand, he casually threw the two little ghosts into the yellow banner hanging behind him.

"Hey! Wu Dao, I already have 130 spirits in my banner. The ghosts in this world are quite interesting. They are not as hard to find as the demons in Kyushu."

"I will capture tens of thousands of spirits and make them serve me. When the time comes, the spirits will come first, and I will follow with thunder and fire. I will be able to form an army by myself!"

The Taoist soldier who captured the two little ghosts is called He Wan. He is from Danyang He family, Wu Yong's mother's clan, but he is a branch of the famous Huanling Taoist sect. He specially turned to practice Huangtian Taoist military tactics. At this moment, he is lucky and is only one step away from establishing a foundation with Wu Dao who was born in Qingyun Realm.

These two men each led a team of Taoist soldiers, but He Wan was good at raising spirits, and all the soldiers and horses in the team, and everyone in the flag had a large number of magic soldiers and spirits; and Wu Dao was best at blessing talismans, and everyone in the team was led by him. With the blessing of golden talismans, the pale yellow body of the law was invulnerable to swords and spears, and then the red and purple talismans were scattered, and thunder and fire were generated.

The little ghosts who had informed the enemy were blocked by the troops led by the two men and were almost completely wiped out. The first-level little ghosts did not even have the slightest chance to resist and were either captured or killed.

In less than a moment, there was only one second-level evil ghost, more than two meters tall, left in front of the lonely path in the mountain stream.

"Don't move, this is good material, a second-level spirit!"

He Wan raised his right hand and quickly placed the yellow flag in front of Wu Diao, stopping Wu Diao who wanted to fight. He then shook the yellow flag, and an overwhelming number of spiritual soldiers surrounded him.

Most of these spirit-raising magic soldiers were of one turn, and were demon spirits from the Qingyun Realm released by Huang Tiandao's army. However, after being raised by He Wanze and used as flying spirits, they tripped the evil ghost to the ground in less than ten rounds. Then two thunder talismans were cast, and a bloody nail pierced into the back of the evil ghost's neck, immediately arresting it.

"Hehe, a second-level ghost soldier, this is a good thing..."

This kind of scene spread out in various places outside the mountains. In an instant, the southwestern mountains were surrounded like an iron wall.

(End of this chapter)