Da Zaojun

On the way back to the army camp, Song Wuji happened to pass by the location of the Five Evil Gods and immediately used his supernatural powers to strike them.

The Five Evil Gods let out a strange cry, and a nascent soul, a greedy dog, fell to the ground and transformed into a wisp of black smoke, disappearing into the distance.

"That black phoenix is ​​even more imposing than when I was at the ninth rank and faced a tiger demon at the peak of the eighth rank. I wonder what its background is. Its methods are so powerful. It must be famous and influential in the demon realm."

Upon entering the camp, Song Wuji checked his spoils. He found a large quantity of mid-grade primordial demonic energy and corpse energy, along with some uncorrupted bones, a corpse pill, and a demonic pill.

The magical artifacts were the Smallpox Umbrella, the Dragon Extreme Sword, and the Thousand-Year Black Silk, which belonged to the Imperial Lady, the Crown Prince Zombie, and the Black Cable Python Spirit, respectively.

The smallpox umbrella is against the natural order, containing the power of the smallpox plague and the lingering spirits of many children who died from chickenpox. These are all "smallpox soldiers" who can spread the plague.

The Dragon Extreme Sword is a sword of humanity, containing dragon energy. It was once the crown prince's sword, but it's not very useful to Song Wuji.

The black silk actually has some uses. It is made by mixing Xuan Shui Sha and black silk from the ground for thousands of years. It can absorb blood, pollute true energy, and imprison the primordial spirit.

However, Song Wuji possesses the Dragon-Binding Rope, a high-end version used for locking dragons. It's just that Song Wuji never specifically refined it after obtaining it; otherwise, with its primordial spirit, it could have infused the fire dragon into it, transforming it into a Golden Fire Dragon Rope.

"The demons over there are ferocious. There is a sixth-rank demon and several seventh-rank demons. According to the intelligence we have obtained, a seventh-rank demon needs to conquer a county to achieve some success. Even if it doesn't conquer the prefectural city, the area around the prefectural city has probably already fallen."

A demon capable of slaughtering an entire village is of the ninth rank. One who wreaks havoc on a town or village is of the eighth rank.

This information was obtained at the beginning of the great change in the world. However, as the rules of the world further changed, much of the original primordial energy of the thirty-three heavens and the stars in the sky, which had been intercepted from the chaos, poured down to the mortal world.

For example, the Emperor's Dew that Song Wuji once witnessed granted many unranked demons a great fortune, transforming them into ranked demons.

In short, apart from the luck and blood they need, these demons can also gain power through their own cultivation and opportunities.

Only by slaughtering human cities and devouring the remnants of gods can one become a "Demon King," gather lesser demons, control demons as subordinates, and become a "Demon Realm Lord."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiu asked with concern, "Then what should we do? Should we continue?"

Song Wuji said, "I just saw that there are tens of thousands of demons over there, and the demon territory, like our Taichang Realm, also has various enhancements for demons and weakening effects on us. With our five hundred regular soldiers pushing straight through, we can actually manage to take down only Jianxin County and Wutong Shen."

"But there was an extra black, calamity-inducing bird, which was extremely powerful."

When Chen Xiu heard that there were tens of thousands of demons and that Jianxin County had become a city infested with demons, he was first shocked, then his face showed sorrow: "Tens of thousands of people! Gone just like that?"

His gaze gradually revealed a deep-seated hatred and a ruthless desire for revenge.

Song Wuji said, "This is exactly what I'm worried about. I need to stay here and prevent the demons from attacking, or you will all die."

"The main problem is that you guys are growing too slowly. If there were a few more seventh-rank cultivators to share the burden, I would be more motivated to charge up in one go."

"Now what?"

"Call for reinforcements." Song Wuji summoned the Golden Bee King, the malt boy, wrote a letter, and asked him to deliver it to Xiaoyao Mountain, requesting several powerful figures to come down the mountain and help.

Malt Boy nodded in agreement, and immediately transformed into his original form, a giant golden bee the size of a cat or dog, and flew to Xiaoyao Mountain.

Afterwards, Song Wuji directed Chen Xiu and the others to set up camp. He then repeatedly fanned himself with his banana leaf fan, burning away all the wild grass in front of him that could hide small demons, thus revealing their hiding place.

About an hour later, the demon arrived at a point four or five miles in front of Song Wuji's camp.

The three skeletons hurried to Song Wuji's place to help.

These three skeletons were none other than the Golden Skeleton, the Silver Skeleton, and the Jade Skeleton from the netherworld. Now, with an additional layer of paper-mache skin, they looked even more terrifying.

"Kid, we've come to help you."

The golden skull now held a flag that read, "[Five Battalions of Rampaging Soldiers]".

Silver Skull said, "Those Taoists can't go too far from Xiaoyao Mountain. They're trapped by the shackles of the cave heaven. They have to break free of their own shackles."

"However, he was very enthusiastic. He said that you need to write a document, affix the official seal, and specify the name in order to have a legitimate reason for your actions."

"For example, Lin Fajing followed you into Taichang City in the same way."

Song Wuji muttered to himself, "What about the three patriarchs?"

"We don't need it, but we'll come and watch the fun first."

"These five battalions of soldiers are mountain spirits and tree demons captured by the Taoist priest himself. They are fierce and evil spirits, and he has trained them into Taoist soldiers. Each battalion has five hundred soldiers, so five battalions would be two thousand five. However, these soldiers will only obey you if they need money, food and pay."

Song Wuji does have some money here; the copper Buddha's pocket contains a bag of life-saving money, which can burn one's life force to forge a golden body of fortune.

Song Wuji was just the right person to command the five battalions of soldiers.

The jade skull asked, "Boy, do you possess any Five Elements Primordial Embryo?"

Song Wuji asked in surprise, "How did you seniors know this?"

“I was just about to use that thing to set up an array. The three acquired Five Elements Primordial Embryos that the Five Paths God gave me can be used to set up a Five Elements Grand Array.”

Those three acquired Five Elements embryos were the Power Fire Horse, the Lustful Wood Donkey, and the Greedy Metal Dog.

The power horse was obtained by killing the Black Cable Python Demon. The Five Evil Gods lent it to him to ward off fire, but it failed to achieve its purpose.

The Jade Skull said, "We have lost our Immortal Corpse-Dissolving Rank. To start cultivating again, we need to restore our human bodies and grow flesh and blood."

"The most important of these are the five internal organs. I have come up with a method to fill the organs according to the divine way. By filling five primordial embryos, the five elements can generate each other and recreate the Dharma body."

"It can restore some of your strength, which can help you get through this calamity."

Song Wuji quickly took out the three Yuan Tai.

The jade skull looked at it, erased its beast form, and turned into three stone-like things: "Three of the five elements are enough. Add three to make five, and we can fill in the rest later."

But then the jade skull placed the three primordial embryos into its bones, and immediately all kinds of primordial energy from heaven and earth surged in, like silk threads weaving a sweater, creating the internal organs, meridians and blood vessels, and even muscles and skin, transforming it into the appearance of a young man.

The young man's face was pale, a sign that he was lacking two of the five elements.

"Wow! It's beautiful, so beautiful!"

The gold and silver skulls circled the jade skull once: "But we'd rather be skulls."

It turns out that the golden skull and the silver skull were actually just "split spirits" of the jade skull, similar to "one qi transforming into three pure ones".

(End of this chapter)