Da Zaojun

Chapter 26: The Outburst of the Ghost
The story told by Sun Xiucai made Tian Chengbi shudder.

What made Liu the hunter even more shocked and angry was: What are you doing? Aren't you afraid of being torn to pieces?

Sun Xiucai said, "County Magistrate Tian, ​​you are the father and mother of the people of Taichang County. The tiger monster wants to eat your children. What can you do?"

Tian Chengbi was a smart man. He had felt that something was wrong with Mr. Sun before, but neither the temple keeper nor the teacher Lu could see through his intentions.

“A gentleman, in his attitude towards animals, cannot bear to see them die when he sees them alive, and cannot bear to eat their flesh when he hears their cries.”

Magistrate Tian said, "Even if the tiger demon wants to learn these things, it's just that its mind is not right, and it will never be able to ascend to the great path of the saints. How cunning and treacherous can beasts be? It only adds to the absurdity."

Magistrate Tian said: "No matter how much he studies, he will only become like Shao Zhengmao, who is only good at sophistry."

"Everything has its roots and its ends, and every matter has its beginning and its end. It is the nature of the tiger demon to eat people. Scholars study but only to scratch the surface. Reading the Four Books and Five Classics is just to find a legitimate excuse to eat people. How can they be capable of governing the country?"

Sun Xiucai nodded after hearing this. "At first, I was afraid too, but later I understood clearly that it is important for people to be single-minded. He has eaten too many people, swallowing them whole. Everyone has their own memories and their own way of dealing with the world, and he has also been infected with these: hypocrisy, arrogance, greed, and extravagance..."

Tian Chengbi sighed, "Even so, it's not easy to deal with."

Although Tian Chengbi kept belittling him, he had already personified the tiger demon.

There is a saying in official circles: A harsh government is more ferocious than a tiger.

Just as the tiger demon said: The world is a cannibalistic place.

Sun Xiucai said, "County Magistrate, we must act quickly. The tiger demon has already set up camp in the West Mountain and is inviting all kinds of demons to come."

After he finished speaking, black smoke came out of his body, blood came out of all his orifices, his teeth became sharp, his muscles grew bigger, and his hairs pierced his skin and flesh.

County Lieutenant Chen Xiu repeatedly defended Tian Chengbi: "Go back to the city quickly! He's going crazy."

Even Sun Xiucai began to transform into a demon uncontrollably.

But he still said: "When I was studying in the academy, my teacher once gave me a poem: 'Nature is like white jade, which becomes colder when burned; writing is like pearl strings, which become deeper when struck. It's a pity that I ignored it!"

Not only Sun Xiucai, but even Liu the Hunter has begun to mutate, and he doesn't have as strong willpower as Sun Xiucai.

Just by hearing the "tiger roar" coming out of his mouth, all the ghosts mixed in with the victims changed suddenly.

When the City God, County Bo, heard the roar of a tiger in the county, he thought a tiger demon was attacking the city. He was frightened and used his authority to appear on the city wall. He saw hundreds of minions rioting and indiscriminately attacking the victims.

The civil and military minions also revealed their true forms as ninth-grade demons.

I saw that Wen Chang was ten feet tall, thin and tall, with a pale face like a painted face, a tiger tail and tiger feet, and was wearing a tattered Confucian robe. He was surrounded by a feather fan, his eyes were bloodshot, and he had a pair of big hands, one holding a pen and the other holding a notebook.

Wu Chen is shorter in height but stronger in build, and his tiger transformation is more serious, with a tiger face and a human body, carrying a bow and arrow on his back and holding a machete.

The tiger demon sensed their little movements and realized their betrayal, so he used his magical powers to make them go crazy.

Since you want to tip off the enemy, then let you be the first one to go. You will be a cannon fodder and a chess piece to test the city's defenses, and you can also annoy the enemy. At least if these cannon fodder minions cause chaos, the morale of the victims will be demoralized.

Tian Chengbi had been escorted into the city by this time. He angrily asked, "The city has been open for three days, and the City God and the Six Officials are cleaning out the evil spirits. Are they just sitting around doing nothing?"

The City God, County Bo, said, "There are tens of thousands of disaster victims. How difficult is it to identify them one by one? Even if we could identify them all, and they were all rushed into the city, who would provide them with food and shelter? What would happen if they had conflicts with the local residents?"

"There are only so many capable people in the six departments. It's good that they have emerged in advance."

Tian Chengbi suddenly fell silent and just stared outside the city.

Song Wuji was also outside the city at this time. He was originally cooking a rat tail plague soup. When he saw the outbreak of the civil and military accomplices, he was panicked for a while.

Fortunately, we soon met up with the people from the Medical Department.

After escorting the victims, County Lieutenant Chen turned back and shouted to Instructor Lu, "Give me another blessing! I'll see if I can kill the one with the bow first!"

The warriors protected the civil servants, bent their bows and shot ghost arrows, which flew towards the Punishment Officer who was killing the ghosts. The Punishment Officer could also obtain the Punishment Order by killing ghosts, and with ordinary ghosts, they were not really that powerful.

When an emperor dies, he remains an emperor in the underworld; when a slave dies, he remains a slave in the underworld.

Just as Song Wuji heard the human skin minions say: You will be treated like cattle and horses in life, and like slaves and servants after death.

But after going crazy, the resentment of these minions suddenly burst out, tiger hair grew on their bodies, and there was a chilling aura around them. They bit the living people alive, and their faces were covered in blood. They looked scary, but their actual fighting ability was not strong.

Wu Chen shot the evildoer with an arrow, killing him instantly. The vitality in his body dissipated, and a force was about to fly towards Wu Chen.

But the City God pointed at the city wall and said, "Return to your positions!"

The soul that was punished for evil carried the talisman and returned to the City God's seat, becoming a ghost soldier.

Then he was ordered to go out and kill the evil spirits.

At the same time, the City God shouted, "Don't be afraid of death. You will still enjoy incense and sacrifices after death!"

All of a sudden, when the six officials were walking, they felt a burning heat from the talisman in their bodies. They instantly became excited and rushed towards the ghost without hesitation.

Even the Medical Department did the same. Doctor Li pierced the demon's forehead with a golden needle, instantly breaking the demon's magic.

Doctor Miao held a handful of ghost-killing pills in his hand, which flew out like a hidden weapon. When they hit the ghosts, they made crackling sounds like firecrackers.

Doctor Wu was also risking his life while holding the knife to cut the medicine.

Song Wuji looked at the exaggeration and felt that the City God was indeed a villain.

But the situation was chaotic at the moment, so he pulled out a burning match from the bottom of the stove and used it as a secondary weapon. This match was lit using the [Fire Starting Technique. Incense] and could not be wasted.

The main weapon is the blood-stained kitchen knife dropped by the zombie. This thing has evil spirit attached to it, which increases a little damage to ghosts.

In this situation, Song Wuji didn't dare to cast spells randomly and consume his attributes, so he just rushed towards the two seemingly weak ghosts.

[Old woman's accomplice. Disaster victim]

[Old man and disaster victims]

Song Wuji didn't choose those who looked tall and strong, but only the old, weak and sick.

This old woman and old man look to be in their sixties or seventies. They are so skinny that even if they turned into ghosts, they would not have much strength.

After the other minions had eaten all the victims, these two tremblingly ate some of the leftovers.

As a result, they were each stabbed by Song Wuji.

After being stabbed, the two ghosts did not die. They turned around with ferocious faces and bit Song Wuji. Song Wuji picked up a torch and started beating them violently.

These ghosts are "afraid of fire and light". Although this fire was not directly created by Song Wuji using magic, it was also ignited by the fire-starting technique. As long as it is not extinguished, it will continue to exist and is considered a "stove fire".

Not only did the flames not go out, but they also set the hair and clothes of the evil ghost on fire.

The two ghosts were burned by the flames, but they did not cry out in pain. Instead, they stood there in a daze. Their expressions were no longer ferocious, but just dazed, as if they had seen something.

At this time, Song Wuji also smelled the aroma of "grilled pork" coming from the old woman and the old man.

I immediately thought of the effect of [Food Fragrance].

When wandering ghosts smell this scent, they seem to see the fire pit in their old house and their parents preparing food again.

It turned out that after being burned by the fire, the two ghosts smelled the aroma of food, broke free from the control of the magic, entered the illusion, and saw themselves turned back into their childhood, with their parents still alive and cooking for them!
(End of this chapter)