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Chapter 495: Strange Monster
In the small courtyard of Ningyunfang, Feng'an City.
Chen Mu was lost in thought as he stroked the jade plate that contained information about living gods.
According to the contents of the jade plate, the living gods need to go to Yinshan City and sign a deity contract that lasts for a hundred years. During this period, the ghosts will be imprisoned near the statues in the Taoist temple and are not allowed to leave.
"No wonder they are forced to conscript even though the pay is good. It's like going to jail."
The jade tablet also records that since more than a thousand years ago, a large amount of spiritual energy has been gushing out in Kangzhou. Demons, spirits, qigong practitioners, and unorthodox methods have appeared. In order to compete for the land with rich spiritual energy, wars often broke out in various places. Many living gods were affected and destroyed along with the dojo.
"Then what's the point of playing that?" Chen Mu looked unhappy.
The City God's Taoist temple of Yinshan Prefecture is in Kangzhou. Kangzhou is in chaos right now and he doesn't even have time to hide, so how could he take the initiative to go in?
"Maybe we can go to Taishan Mansion next to Yinshan Mansion and have a look."
The Taishan Prefecture City God Taoist Temple was built in Fenzhou, far away from Kangzhou, probably because it was safer.
"The Deed of the Gods is also a problem."
"If you really want to draw a circle on the ground to imprison me for a hundred years, then can I still be a Qigong practitioner?" Chen Mu curled his lips and shook his head, putting away the jade plate.
"Let's hang out in Feng'an City for a while first."
He had been in the underworld for almost three years, and had spent two years in the Underworld. He had limited knowledge of the underworld, so he planned to stay in Feng'an City for a while. Once he had a more thorough understanding of the underworld and at least found out the Book of the Gods, he would try to return to the world of the living.
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The dark sky is always gray and the cold white sunlight does not have much warmth, but for ghosts, this environment is very comfortable.
Although the wilderness outside is still full of dangers such as black wind and strange monsters, the big city where evil spirits gather is extremely safe.
Moreover, supplies are quite abundant, and as long as you stay in the city and don't go out, life is extremely comfortable and peaceful.
Chen Mu lives in a small courtyard in Ningyunfang. He has no worries about food and drink. He can leisurely gain experience. When he has free time, he can go to Yelanshan. His life is so comfortable.
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
That day, under the moon burdock tree, Chen Mu sat cross-legged in a rocking chair. He habitually brought up the gray wall and looked at two of the columns.
Nine Cups Arithmetic: 9033/10000/first order;
Yinfeng Dun: 3536/10000/Level ;
During this period, he practiced Yinfeng Dun every day. When he was in the mood, he would quietly fly into the sky for a circle. His experience increased rapidly, and he was promoted two levels in succession. His speed had surpassed the Rainbow Light of the Earth, and it became the fastest means of escape in his hands.
The Nine Cups Arithmetic that he practiced for fun in his spare time was almost reaching the limit of the first level.
Seeing that the mathematics was about to advance, Chen Mu became interested and immediately decided to try calculating the weather.
He picked up a handful of long and thin thatch from the corner of the wall, tied, arranged and reorganized them skillfully, and then used his fingers to help with the calculations.
"Well... the weather was sunny yesterday, with no clouds in the sky..."
"Yesterday? I didn't need you to calculate the weather yesterday!" Chen Mu threw away the straw: "It's really a trick to fool people. I can only watch it for fun."
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In the East Garden of the City Lord's Mansion in Feng'an City, in a secret underground space, a gray-white archway as high as a three-story building stands in the middle.
"He actually managed to master the Ghost Gate?!" Lu Shisan was stunned.
Lu Liang was also filled with emotion. Even though he had mastered it bit by bit, he still couldn't help but marvel at it.
Having confidence in the accompanying materials of the Yumen Mantra is one thing, but actually practicing the Ghost Gate is another.
"What is the origin of Mr. Lu? How could he actually know the method of refining Ghost Gate?" Lu Shisan came back to his senses, and at the same time as great doubts arose in his heart, a trace of worry could not help but emerge.
If it was just about controlling the spell, it was not like no one in Qingyang City knew it, but the method of refining the Ghost Gate was really only known by the Lord of Qingyang City.
But Mr. Lu who suddenly appeared actually knew it and easily leaked it to Lu Liang.
Is there some dark conspiracy behind this?
"I want to know, too." Lu Liang's expression was complicated: "What has he been doing during this period?"
Lu Shisan thought about his men gathering intelligence and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
"Still competing with Ye Lanshan in wits and courage?" Lu Liang's face twitched: "He's living a very leisurely life."
"I'm afraid that he may appear to be relaxed on the surface, but has other plans secretly." Lu Shisan looked unhappy.
"No matter what his intentions are, you and I are powerless to resist. Let's think about how to get rid of Qingyang City first." Lu Liang looked up at the gates of hell.
"The old guy from Qingyang City has been eyeing our Feng'an City for many years."
"In the past hundred years, the number of strange monsters around Feng'an City has been quietly increasing."
"We must be on guard against the lessons learned from Chongyan City."
"Young Master, are you talking about the Chongyan City that was destroyed by the strange monster two hundred years ago? Has Qingyang City really mastered the means to control the strange monster?" Lu Shisan was greatly surprised.
Lu Liang shook his head: "It's difficult to control, but I'm afraid there is a way to interfere and influence it."
"Only when father advances to the Yin God can we completely escape this slowly tightening net."
"Uncle Thirteen, get ready. When father leads his troops to the outer world, we will probably have a hard time."
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That day, Chen Mu quietly went up into the sky as usual, and with the help of the gray clouds and mist, he left Feng'an City behind in the blink of an eye.
Black smoke rose up around it, accompanied by a strange whistling sound, like a meteor from outer space. Bang bang bang, it broke through the air barrier one after another and flew away rapidly in the sky.
He was flying happily.
"hold head high……"
Suddenly, a melodious sound like the cry of a whale came to my ears.
Chen Mu's scalp tightened, and he turned into a breeze and disappeared into the clouds. With the method of listening carefully activated, all the sounds within a radius of 20 miles were instantly heard.
But I found that the world was still quiet and peaceful, as if the sound just now was an illusion.
"This voice seems familiar..." Chen Mu hid in the mist and tried hard to recall.
"Wait... Jilong Mountain? Did I run into a strange monster?!"
When I left Jilong Mountain, I vaguely heard a similar sound. I didn’t understand it at first, but after I came to Yinming, I realized it was a strange monster.
Then just now...
Chen Mu's face changed immediately.
There are two major evils in the underworld: the black wind and the strange monster. He has seen the black wind, but it can be stopped with the power of the Yin spirit.
He had never heard of any strange monsters around Feng'an City before, so he dared to fly around in the sky.
Unexpectedly...
"I can't hang around any longer. I have to get back to the city!"
Thinking this in his mind, Chen Mu suddenly turned around, and then his eyes darkened, and he met the three people's bright yellow eyes directly.
The other party's pupils were dark and deep, but there was no consciousness in them, but an invisible cold oppressive force still bloomed silently. Chen Mu seemed to be cast into a spell, his mind went blank in an instant, and he was stunned on the spot.
"hold head high……"
A melodious cry echoed in the sky like thunder.
The big bright yellow eyes moved forward and disappeared in an instant, and its huge body, like a pitch-black wall, was looming in the billowing white smoke.
Densely packed dark insects with human faces shuttled through the white fog, making sounds like whispering, which made people confused and disoriented.
At this moment, Chen Mu felt as if he was standing next to a huge ocean liner, as small as a pebble.
In just a few breaths, the huge figure that was hundreds of meters long silently crossed the sky and flew towards the horizon.
After a long while, Chen Mu came back to his senses with a start, turned around abruptly, only to find that the giant creature had disappeared.
The clouds in the sky were still floating slowly, as if everything just now was an illusion.
"That is definitely not an illusion!" Chen Mu's face turned pale.
He was very sure that there was indeed a whale-like monster with countless fleshy whiskers and a pitch-black body that appeared before his eyes.
The aura that the other party unconsciously emitted was enough to make him unable to move. If he took the initiative to attack...
"hiss!"
"Damn it! We can't stay outside this city at all!"
He immediately activated the Five Elements Escape Technique, transformed into a breeze and disappeared into the air, carefully following the clouds and mist away. After leaving for dozens of miles, he immediately activated the Yinfeng Escape Technique, and flew towards Feng'an City as if his butt was on fire.
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In the small courtyard of Ningyunfang.
"Does Feng'an City have any way to deal with the evil monster?" Chen Mu stared at Lu Liang nervously.
This was the third day after he encountered the strange monster, and Lu Liang happened to be visiting. Chen Mu, who had been worried all the time, couldn't help but ask about the defense measures of Feng'an City.
"Of course." Lu Liang nodded confidently.
"The moon burdock tree can emit a strange and disgusting aura. The moon burdock forest outside the city is the first barrier of Feng'an City."
"Moreover, when Feng'an City was first established, a spell was cast to dispel and resist evil spirits."
"Even if the evil monster really attacks, the Thousand Blade Camp has 200,000 Yin soldiers, which is enough to resist."
Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Did Mr. Lu notice anything unusual?" Lu Liang asked curiously.
"We did encounter a strange monster two hundred miles outside the city." Chen Mu did not hide anything and told the truth.
"Two hundred miles away? That's beyond the radiation range of Feng'an City. It's normal for strange monsters to appear." Lu Liang said with a smile.
Chen Mu couldn't help but nodded.
He had been circling around Feng'an City before, but this time he flew too far and ran too far, so he was unlucky enough to run into it.
People just can't waste time.
After coming back to his senses, Chen Mu looked at Lu Liang curiously: "Young City Lord is so busy, how come he has time to come to my place?"