Chapter 302 Ten Years of No Glory
There was no way to hide what happened in Pudu Temple. Tang Lin punched through Pudu Temple and stepped on it, causing a magnitude 7 earthquake. This loud noise directly woke up the entire capital.
But ordinary people were awakened and could only stay at home. There is a curfew in the capital at night, and ordinary people cannot go out on the streets casually.
The first people who came to Pudu Temple to check were the policemen from the capital government. When they saw the half-demolished Pudu Temple, they were frightened on the spot. National Master Cihang Pudu has accumulated a very high prestige over the years. Seeing that Pudu Temple has become like this, these policemen did not dare to delay, so they sent two of them back to report, while the rest searched for survivors in the temple. Ask what happened.
After a while, the Jinwu Guards brigade in charge of guarding the capital arrived and surrounded Pudu Temple. The injured in Pudu Temple were rescued one by one, but Cihang Pudu was nowhere to be seen.
Everyone was anxious, fearing that something would happen to the Imperial Master, when they saw a golden light flying from outside the city and landing in the ruins.
Everyone took a closer look and saw that it was the missing national master Cihang Pudu.
It turned out to be light-escape flying. This ability immediately made everyone kneel on the ground.
"Meet the Imperial Master."
"Everyone, please get up. There is a demon attacking the capital tonight. In order to suppress the demon, the poor monk had no choice but to destroy Pudu Temple. However, I have killed the demon outside the city. Please go and bring the demon's body back." Cihang Pudu said to these Jinwu guards.
"Don't worry, Imperial Master, we are leaving the city now."
The leader of Jinwu Guard responded and quickly led his troops out of the city. Cihang Pudu used spells to heal the injured in Pudu Temple. These believers had been injured in the previous battles, but most of the injuries were not too serious.
What surprised the believers was that after they had believed in Cihang Pudu for so long, this was the first time they had seen him use magic power to treat people's injuries. Before, I only treated illnesses and never tried to help people heal their injuries.
The healing effect of the spell was very good, and the injuries of those believers were quickly cured. As for those who were unlucky enough to die on the spot, Cihang Pudu also recited the Rebirth Mantra, which calmed the emotions of the believers.
At this time, the Jinwu Guards also found the demon's "corpse" on the avenue outside the capital. It was a very large bird skeleton. Any claw is thicker than a human waist, and the leg bones are probably thicker than the pillars in the palace.
Such a huge bird is indeed a demon. It seems that it was burned into a skeleton by the Buddhist real fire of the national master. But why does it smell so good?
Although they find the pair of skeletons in front of them very tempting and make people want to take a few bites, they are the corpses of demons after all, and they are not so serious that they dare to taste them.
These Jinwu guards began to tie the demon's corpse with ropes and drag it with horses to prepare for transporting it back to the capital. This is the demon that the imperial master killed and sent to the emperor. If the emperor is happy, maybe they can all be promoted to high positions.
The Jinwu guards were working very hard, so they didn't notice a strange man wrapped in a cloak and wearing a mask not far away staring at them.
This so-called demon corpse was naturally made by Tang Lin. It was actually the skeleton of a roast chicken. Although Tang Lin no longer needs to eat much, he will prepare some food to satisfy his appetite. The storage space has a generator and can hold a refrigerator, so Tang Lin stuffed it with a lot of goodies. This roast chicken was brought over from the real world by Tang Lin.
After chewing the meat clean, the skeleton naturally becomes the best prop.
As for Cihang Pudu who was in the capital at this time, it was actually another demon that Tang Lin had recovered - Qianye.
Two monsters were brought out from the world of fairy swords. One is a water monster that lives when it encounters water, and the other is Zen Master Qianye who also wants to follow the path of a national master.
This eminent monk pretending to be a virtuous man was sealed in a glass bead by Tang Lin before he could do anything harmful to the world. Later, when he was kept with the Water Monster in the storage space, Tang Lin almost forgot about this person's existence.
This time he killed Cihang Pudu and lost an opportunity to reach the sky in one step. Tang Lin thought of this person. Zen Master Qianye's strength may not be as good as that of Cihang Pudu, but he is not far behind. Zen Master Qianye also followed the route of being a national master who confuses mortals, so he could disguise himself as Cihang Pudu and open the back door for Zhuge Wolong.
The only question is whether Zen Master Qianye will listen to him.
The result was beyond Tang Lin's expectation. Chiba voluntarily surrendered without even using the Sharingan to brainwash him. Tang Lin used the truth-telling skill and found out that Qianye really surrendered and was not planning to run away.
"Monsters always respect the strong and prey on the weak. I, Qianye, have never seen a giant as powerful as you, Mr. Tang. Since you have defeated me, I don't want to die, so I can only hang out with you." Qianye said frankly. explain.
This seems to make sense. The difference between Qianye and Cihang Pudu is that he has personally experienced Tang Lin's power. That was a crushing gap. Before Qianye was sure to kill Tang Lin, he would never dare to resist or even run.
Because it is not difficult for Tang Lin to find Qianye, just tie a string of rock beads on his hand. With Tang Lin's spiritual power attached to it, whether Qianye wants to run away or destroy the beads, he will Sensed by Tang Lin.
Therefore, Tang Lin released Qianye and disguised himself as Cihang Pudu. This chicken bone is to give him meritorious service, and then use this meritorious service to give some to Zhuge Wolong. The lines have been corrected, and it is said that Zhuge Wolong told the imperial master the weakness of the monster, and this allowed Cihang Pudu to successfully kill the monster.
In this way, Zhuge Wolong can obtain the official position naturally. This was a step to success, saving him the time of taking the top exam and then going to the Imperial College to gain qualifications for a few years.
Things went smoothly.
Although Qianye didn't know anything about the interpersonal relationships around Cihang Pudu, he was a talented person. It's not a big problem if you don't recognize the civil and military officials. Let's just hold a callback called "Recognize Yourself" and invite all the ministers to participate.
Then Zen Master Chiba pretended to be profound and asked some idiotic questions, such as what is your name, when did you and I know each other... After asking, he added a few Buddhist verses, such nonsense as "self, self, non-self". The problem was solved in one go.
The ministers felt that they had been enlightened by the eminent monk and their souls had been cleansed. Zen Master Qianye had so easily and simply mastered the network of relationships left by Cihang Pudu.
Soon, Zhuge Wolong's appointment letter came out. Because Zhuge Wolong had great achievements in slaying demons, a demon slaying department was specially established for him, and he was asked to be the commander of this department. From the first-rank official rank, he directly obeyed the orders of the national preceptor and the emperor. emperor. As long as the crime of colluding with monsters is verified, officials below the third rank have the right to be executed first and then punished.
Thanks to the extremely stupid and corrupt court, otherwise such great power would not have been vested in a young man with no official qualifications.
As soon as the matter was completed, Tang Lin brought the real Zhuge Wolong to the capital and let him start to display his ambitions. Tang Lin originally thought that Zhuge Wolong would be like the Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty. A new official would take office and put a bunch of corrupt officials in the capital directly to jail. After all, it was not difficult to find out their crimes. It was even easier to get involved with the monster. Tang Lin asked Tamamo to show up at a certain big shot's house, and that was it.
But Zhuge Wolong did not do this. He had no intention of disturbing the officials in the capital. The first order was to interrogate various prisoners accumulated in the capital. One by one, Zhuge Wolong vindicated unjust, false and wrongful cases and released many innocent people.
Many important people in the capital were extremely afraid of Zhuge Wolong. After all, if he vindicated an unjust case, it would mean bad luck for an official. But Zhuge Wolong made full use of the power of the Monster Slayer Division and blamed all these injustices on the monsters' illusions.
My lords, you are just under the illusion of monsters, which leads to this situation of wrongly accusing good people. Zhuge Wolong is good at this aspect. After breaking the illusion, he can naturally help people rehabilitate. This was done flawlessly, without offending the capital officials, and at the same time freeing a bunch of innocent people.
The Demon Slaying Division originally only had Zhuge Wolong as its bachelor commander, but in just two months, it had more than 300 people, and all of these people were Zhuge Wolong's die-hard loyalists. Either they were released from the cell by Zhuge Wolong, or they were relatives and friends of those who had redressed their injustices.
All of these people had received favor from Zhuge Wolong and were willing to go through fire and water for him without even frowning.
Tang Lin didn't feel anything at first, but he said to Zhuge Wolong: "You don't need these people at all. If you really need to find some subordinates and guards, I can find you some powerful ones, one who can fight a hundred."
Unexpectedly, Zhuge Wolong said: "Tang Immortal Master is very clever, and I believe in the magic of spreading beans to make soldiers. However, the Immortal Master is not a common man, and he will definitely leave when things happen. When the time comes, there will be no one around me to use." , are you just watching the world that has finally been cleared up become chaotic again?
"Although these people have no ability, they are willing to learn and work hard for our ambitions. They are like sparks that will one day gather together to start a prairie fire. Maybe I will never see a truly peaceful and prosperous age in my lifetime, but with these As long as people are here, we will definitely be able to realize this ambitious goal in the future.”
After recruiting enough people, Zhuge Wolong began to teach these people and teach them to read and write. He is not required to have any literary talents, but he is required to be able to understand the articles and pass on his ambitions. It took almost half a year to study literature and practice martial arts before barely meeting the basic requirements.
Only then did Zhuge Wolong start his second plan - to go on patrol. After receiving a Shangfang sword from the emperor, Zhuge Wolong, with the emperor's orders, began to patrol the world and find out all officials who had colluded with monsters.
This time, Zhuge Wolong no longer used the excuse of being confused by monsters. When he went to a place, he found a bunch of corrupt officials and killed them directly for any reason. With hundreds of personal guards around him and Tang Lin escorting him, Zhuge Wolong could sit back and relax.
In addition to corrupt officials, there are also those bandits who are full of evil, and there are Jedi like Lanruo Temple where monsters are rampant. Zhuge Wolong was not impatient at all. Everywhere he went, he would first get rid of corrupt officials, then destroy bandits, and then sweep away demons and ghosts to ensure that the people could live in peace before heading to the next town.
It didn't take long for Zhuge Qingtian's name to spread throughout the world. Corrupt officials abandoned their offices and fled when they heard Zhuge Wolong's name. Monsters and monsters also wanted to flee when they heard Zhuge Wolong's arrival. In this way, it seems that it is not far away from realizing Zhuge Wolong's ambition.
Just when Zhuge Wolong's reputation was getting louder and louder, Tang Lin's most feared opponent, the old demon of Black Mountain, finally took action.
In the fragmented underworld, among the desolation, there is a rolling black mountain, which is the true form of the old demon of Black Mountain. What was originally just a mountain range in the underworld developed spiritual intelligence, accumulated mana for countless years, and finally turned into a monster.
I don’t know how many years have passed, but the magic power of the old Black Mountain demon has reached a level that is so shocking that ghosts and gods are weeping. Having reached his level of cultivation, he already has a sense of destiny. When the underworld was shattered, the old demon of Montenegro realized a hint of reincarnation, and his divination skills could be said to be unparalleled in the world.
Therefore, he was able to calculate that Zhuge Wolong was the key. As long as he killed this mortal, the next crisis would be solved, and he could dominate the mortal world and the underworld for thousands of years.
Unfortunately……
"This centipede spirit really succeeds more than fails." The old Black Mountain demon sighed.
The centipede spirit has robbed part of the dragon energy in the mortal world, so it can be regarded as having great luck. It stands to reason that it will not be killed so easily. It was also for this reason that the old demon from Black Mountain asked the centipede spirit to kill Zhuge Wolong. As long as he was a little more serious, there shouldn't be any problems.
However, I don't know if he suddenly got bad luck or if he was too stupid to die like this. Before the catastrophe has officially come,
"In the end, we still have to use the most troublesome method." The old Black Mountain demon sat cross-legged on the top of the mountain, and black shadows of the soul flew out of his body.
These black souls were the same as those Cihang Pudu encountered before, but Cihang Pudu thought that these souls had one-tenth of the skill of the Black Mountain Old Demon, but in fact each black soul did not even have one-thousandth of the skill.
These black souls passed through the barrier between the mortal world and the underworld, and flew towards the mortal world.
In the mortal world, it was obviously noon, but heart-stopping dark clouds appeared everywhere in the world, completely blocking the sun.
Above the dark clouds, countless ghost figures flashed, and ominous thunder began to brew. Amidst the rumbling thunder, the voice of the old Black Mountain demon spread in all directions.
"The heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs. Mortals have thought that they are the leader of all spirits for thousands of years. My fellow humans, it is time for mortals to understand that there is no difference between them and ants. There are monsters, ghosts, and monsters lurking in the mortal world. The days of zombies and demons hiding around are over.
"I will cover the sun for you, and within ten years there will be no daylight in the mortal world. In the name of me, the old demon of Black Mountain, kill all mortals, and use their flesh and blood to create a new era where demons are respected!"
This announcement resounded throughout the world, and countless monsters and monsters who had been driven into despair by Zhuge Wolong raised their heads to the sky and howled in excitement. Their shrill and harsh voices responded to the call of the old demon from Black Mountain one after another.
At this time, the real catastrophe of heaven and earth finally begins.