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The giant spirit died, and his condensed incense aura also dissipated. Several arrow feathers inserted into the body of the snake demon Gan Qi also turned into incense aura and dispersed without a trace.

Xu Ying checked the snake demon Gan Qi's injuries and frowned slightly.

An Qi's injury was very serious. He had suffered internal injuries last night. In addition, he had suffered arrow wounds and sword wounds from the battle with the giant god just now. If he did not receive treatment, he would probably die soon.

"I probably won't survive."

An Qi was very open-minded and said, "After I die, if you dry up my wax, you can still be exempted from paying taxes for one year. Oh, I forgot, if you go to the Yamen to pay taxes, you are falling into a trap! Hahahaha cough cough cough cough!"

He coughed violently.

Xu Ying smiled and said: "You can't die. Have you forgotten? I am a snake catcher. I can catch snakes and heal snakes. In front is Huangtianpu Town. I went there to grab some medicine and applied my medicine. Keep you alive and kicking."

Xian Qizhong was short of energy and exhausted, and said: "When you go to Huangtianpu Town, don't you deliver goods to your door? The gods in Huangtianpu Town are probably not inferior to the giant gods just now. Your current condition is no better than mine. More or less, he is no match for him. I am a strange snake, you are a snake catcher, and we are enemies. If you abandon me and leave immediately, I will not blame you."

Xu Ying shook his head and said: "There are no gods in Huangtianpu Town. I was here some time ago. The gods of Huangtianpu were said to have been promoted and transferred away. The city god has not arranged for new gods to come over. However, you are right, I should I’ll leave you alone.”

He left the snake demon and walked to the village.

An Qi panicked and said quickly: "I can still be saved, don't leave me! You can try to save me at least!"

Xu Ying said angrily: "Can I still take you into the town to get some medicine to heal your injuries? I'm hungry. Let's eat something first. Don't move around."

An Qi was relieved.

Xu Ying came to the place where the giant god had just eaten, and saw that the villagers were so frightened that they hid. Only a teenage girl was still sitting on the ground, holding an uneaten chicken drumstick in her hand, looking at him blankly.

Xu Ying looked at the table and saw that there was still half a chicken that was not finished, so he took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and put it on the table and said, "This is the meal money I gave to the big god."

He gobbled it up and quickly devoured half the chicken.

The girl saw that he was really hungry, so she handed him the chicken leg that she had not finished eating.

Xu Ying wanted to take it and take a few bites, but he still resisted and took out another piece of broken silver and gave it to her, saying: "Girl, help me look after my brother and bring him a basin of water to drink. Don't let him die. Also. Yes, don’t get too close, he is poisonous.”

The girl nodded, licking the shreds of chicken bones like a cat.

Xu Ying strode out of the village and soon arrived at Huangtianpu Town.

The town was decorated with lights and colorful lights everywhere, and it was a bustling place. On the streets, people were carrying roasted suckling pigs, chickens and ducks, calves, and sedan chairs, and the trumpets and suonas were playing as they rushed forward.

Xu Ying blended into the crowd and watched along the street, looking for a medicine shop. He thought to himself, "It's so lively. Could it be that some member of the family is marrying someone else?"

A drum team came beating a big drum. Behind the drum team was a tall float. The cattle were clearing the way and the cattle were covered in red and colorful colors. On the float is a lotus-shaped shrine with a stone statue of the god on it.

The statue has six arms, with bronze ribbons wrapped between the arms and palms, and wrapped around the back and in front of the body. The statue has two faces, front and back, with fine carvings and lifelike features.

Around the shrine, there are two incense burners at the front and back, and incense candles as thick as arms are lit. The aroma is lingering and suffocating the statue.

"The gods of Huangtianpu have been transferred away. Are they inviting new gods?" Xu Ying thought to himself.

People in Huangtianpu Town also set up a flowing banquet on the street. The aroma was fragrant. Xu Ying squeezed forward, grabbed some meat and stuffed it into his mouth to fill his stomach first.

Oddly enough, ever since Jianshan encountered the big bell, he had always felt hungry, never had enough to eat, and had lost both energy and blood.

He followed the float forward for half a mile and finally saw the medicine shop in Huangtianpu Town.

The drugstore shopkeeper and his clerk were also watching the float at the door, and there was no one else in the store except Xu Ying.

Xu Ying glanced at it, called a waiter, and said, "Grab me some herbs."

The waiter looked outside and said casually: "Do you want a doctor to prescribe it?"

Xu Ying shook his head and said, "No need. I'll tell you the name of the medicine and you come and grab it, so be quick!" After that, he spent his last few taels of silver.

He originally planned to escape to another place and save the money to marry a wife, but now that An Qi was injured, he didn't have much to worry about. He wanted to buy medicine first.

The waiter's eyes widened when he saw the money, and he quickly asked: "What medicinal materials does the guest want?"

Xu Ying reported the names and dosages of the medicines one by one. When the waiter heard the names and dosages of the medicines he reported, he couldn't help but be startled and muttered in his heart: "Is this treating an elephant? You need to get so many medicinal materials?"

In addition to himself, Xu Ying wanted to treat the snake demon Gong Qi. Gong Qi was more than three feet long and weighed 800 kilograms. Although it was not as good as an elephant, it was still very important and required a lot of medicinal materials.

As a snake-catching family, they go out into the mountains and forests every day and deal with venomous snakes, insects, ants, demons and ghosts, so naturally they need to know some medical skills. Xu Ying has followed his grandfather and adoptive father for many years, and his medical skills are not weak, and he can treat injuries easily.

But Xu Ying needed a lot of medicinal materials, and the man might not be able to catch them for a while. Xu Ying simply left the medicine shop and followed the float, thinking: "Let's see how to become a god."

He has seen how to enshrine gods in the countryside. It is very simple. After a moral elder passes away, he builds an ancestral hall and makes a statue of clay or wood. The spirit tablet is placed in front of the statue and worshiped every day. Over time, the statue will be there. Miraculous place.

But the canonization of gods in towns is different from that in the countryside. The gods in towns are all organized by the Yin Court and must be canonized by the Yin Court. During the period of the Great Sage and Emperor Xiao, there was also the canonization of the emperor, which was very solemn and solemn.

Xu Ying had never seen this kind of apotheosis before, so he couldn't help but be curious.

The crowd gathered around the float and arrived at a temple in the town. The place was already so crowded that it was impossible to get in. Xu Ying stopped outside the temple and looked around. He saw various sacrifices and animals being brought to the temple one after another. Many strong men invited the statues down and moved them to the shrines in the temple.

Amid the aroma, a short earth god emerged from the ground, unfolded a green painting list with a swish, shook his head, and read: "By God's blessing, the Yin Court issued an edict: Huang Sanduo, the Yin God of Huangtianpu Town, was good at doing good deeds during his lifetime. Accumulate good karma, accumulate good deeds, be virtuous to heaven and earth, and weep the ghosts and gods with righteousness. Today, Lingling City God Xue Ling Mansion has decreed that Huang Sanduo is the god of Huangtianpu, enjoying the incense of the world, and receiving hundreds of blessings in the world! I admire this——"

The short-figured earth god suddenly closed the green list and shouted in a high-pitched voice: "When the ritual music starts - the dragon god moves the clouds, and the rain master spreads the rain! Please invite Mr. Huang to be the spiritual leader!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the drums started playing and the trumpets and suonas blew louder!

Suddenly the sky was covered with clouds. Xu Ying looked up and saw huge creatures flying in the clouds, like dragons carved on pillars in temples.

Suddenly, it started to rain again, and you could vaguely see a god standing in the clouds, controlling the rain. It must be the rainmaster god mentioned by the earth god.

The Rain Master and the Dragon God are both officials in the Yin Court. Coming to Huangtianpu Town to enshrine the gods is just a formality. When Huang Sanduo and Huang Yuanwai's spiritual tablets were invited, the rain stopped and the clouds dispersed. The Rain Master and the The Dragon God also disappeared.

In the temple, the ceremony of conferring gods is still going on.

Xu Ying asked the crowd at the side, "Is this member Huang a man of great virtue? He was directly named the god of the town after his death. He has a very high status. He must have done a lot of good deeds during his lifetime, right?"

People sneered one after another. In front of Xu Ying, someone spat two mouthfuls of thick phlegm on the ground and twisted it with his feet.

Xu Ying was puzzled and asked in detail, but the townspeople in Huangtianpu Town remained silent and did not dare to speak.

At this time, an old voice laughed and said: "Little brother, I don't know. This Huang Sanduo is a well-known good man in Lingling County. He is said to have many fertile fields, many treasures, and many beautiful concubines. The good man had many beautiful concubines during his lifetime. To do good deeds, the good man respected the City God and stuffed a lot of money into the City God's temple during festivals. He also did a lot of good deeds to the people in the town. The good man opened a brothel and let girls work in the brothel so that he could make money. He annexed the land, Let the townspeople sell all their fertile land and work for him, so that he can provide wages to support these people."

As soon as these words came out, people around them immediately dispersed with a crash, staying far away from them and avoiding them.

Xu Ying looked around and saw that the speaker was an old man with gray hair and beard. He was wearing purple and black satin clothes. He had his hands behind his back, and his beard on his chin was tied with a small black rope. He was very energetic.

"Huang Yuanwai has done so many evil things, why can he still be made a god?" Xu Ying asked in confusion.

The spirited old man smiled and said: "He bribed the City God, and the City God Xue Ling's Mansion used his money to connect him with the underworld and buy him a priesthood after his death. Isn't it easy?"

Xu Ying lost his voice and said: "The Yin Court is so corrupt?"

The spiritual old man smiled and said: "The Yin Court is not corrupt, how can the common people be bullied like this? They were bullied by him while alive, and they will be bullied by him after death."

After these words were spoken, people around him were frightened and retreated again, away from Xu Ying and the old man.

At this moment, a loud voice came and sneered: "It is true that Huang Yuanwai bribed the city god, but how can the government be any better? Didn't the government get the benefits of Huang Yuanwai?"

Xu Ying looked around and saw the crowd parting on both sides, and a giant as tall as two ordinary people walking towards them. The giant wore black gilt unicorn sky-swallowing boots, a red dragon python robe, and a black and red gauze hat. He had a thin and lanky face, big sleeves fluttering, and an extraordinary posture!

Wherever the spirit passed by, the crowd seemed to be moved by invisible hands, automatically separating to both sides.

Xu Ying's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly said something bad: "The statue of the City God!"

That giant is the Lingling City God, named Xue Lingfu. He has been the City God for five hundred years. He has been in power since the time of Emperor Mingxiao, the Great Sage, and enjoys incense sacrifices!

City God Xue Lingfu walked directly to Xu Ying and the spirited old man, and sneered: "Huang Yuanwai often stuffed money into the government before he was alive. He forced girls into prostitution, and when the women in the brothel couldn't bear it and committed suicide by hanging from the beam, the government took his money and sentenced him to death. He is not guilty. He annexed land, bought and sold by force, and the untouchables were forced to jump into wells and rivers. It was the government that wiped his ass. You officials can do these things, but I, the underworld, cannot do it? "

"Is this old man an official?"

Xu Ying was shocked, and hurriedly took a step back, staying away from the spirited old man, and thought to himself, "Could it be that the City God was talking about him? Who is he? Just now he was upright and upright, like a good person, but it turned out that he was colluding with the City God, and he was not a good person. !”

The spirited old man laughed heartily and showed no fear in the face of City God Xue Lingfu. He clasped his hands behind his back and said leisurely: "That's what the City God said. The old man did not take away the money and treasures from Huang Yuanwai's filial piety. In life, of course, you must try your best to Enjoy it. If the top is not clean, how can we officials below be clean?"

City God Xue Lingfu was a little surprised when he saw his admission, and said with a smile: "I thought you living people would be shameless and refuse to admit it, but I didn't expect you, Mr. Zhou Yihangzhou, to admit it. You officials, your faces have been tempered for a long time. I thought it was thicker."

The energetic old man Zhou Yihang didn't care about his ridicule and said with a smile: "My son is the county magistrate of Lingling City. Why don't I dare to admit what he did? Is the emperor able to control my Zhou family or the Yin Court? My Zhou family?"

Xu Ying took another step back and thought to himself: "This old man is the father of the county magistrate Zhou Yang! It's over now..."

If it were ordinary Nuo masters such as Ding Quan and Wei Chuna, he could still handle it, but if it were a Nuo master from the Zhou family, he wouldn't be able to handle it. What's more, Yihang is also the father of the county magistrate Zhou Yang, and his strength is even more advanced. Unpredictable!

City God Xue Lingfu's expression suddenly changed when he heard Zhou Yihang mentioning the Zhou family. Now that the imperial power has fallen by the wayside, the Zhou family is indeed a behemoth that even the imperial power cannot control!

"The criminal Xu Ying violated the king's law by killing member Chiang Kai-shek. I want to take him away." Zhou Yihang said with a smile and a determined expression.

Xu Ying's body suddenly sank, and he felt that his limbs were tightly bound by an invisible force, unable to move, but they were locked by the aura of the old man Zhou Yihang!

Under the pressure of his aura, Xu Ying felt that his qi and blood were stagnant, unable to function at all, let alone break the aura lock!

City God Xue Lingfu laughed loudly, with a sound like thunder, and said leisurely: "The imperial power has fallen by the wayside, aristocratic families have taken over power, and vassal towns have been divided, but my divine power in the Yin Court has not been left behind! The Zhou family has no constraints in the Yang world, and their actions are unavoidable, but in the Yin Court In front of me, even if you, the ancestor of the Zhou family, come, you must still be polite! Xu Ying has violated the laws of heaven and should be taken to the underworld for trial!"

Xu Ying's body sank suddenly again, and another extremely powerful aura locked him. It was the aura of City God Xue Lingfu!

Xue Lingfu and Zhou Yihang, one is a city god who has been a god for 500 years, and the other is an unfathomable Nuo master of the Zhou family, any one of them is far better than Xu Ying!

Just a breath of their breath was enough to lock Xu Ying tightly, making Xu Ying unable to move!

"Two old guys, not very capable, but very arrogant." The mysterious voice suddenly came from Xu Ying's mind.

Xu Ying was surprised and happy, and said quickly: "Senior, can you kill these two old bangers?"

"cannot!"

Da Zhong simply rejected him and said, "I am seriously injured now. I cannot protect myself and cannot deal with them."

City God Xue Lingfu and Zhou Yihang naturally couldn't hear the big bell's words, but when they heard the words "two old bangers" coming out of Xu Ying's mouth, they immediately turned their heads and focused their evil gazes on him.

Xu Ying snorted, blinked innocently, and whispered: "Two gentlemen, the old Bangzi I'm talking about is not you..."