The Tianshui Lake team stopped naturally. Ji Yuan and others slowly walked to the front of the team and looked at the standing ghost and the City God.
The power and divine light of this city god are far from comparable to those of the city gods of some big cities in Dazhen. At most, it can be compared with the ghost gods of an above-average county town. However, in today's situation where the Shinto of the Zuyue Kingdom has collapsed, his cultivation is still relatively outstanding.
Even though the situation is like this, the City God is still the City God after all, and even if he came to participate in the Wuya Ghost Town celebration, he would only congratulate Xin Wuya. At this moment, he did not show his respect to monsters like Gao Tianming and Niu Batian, and he would just glance at mortals like Yan Fei, which can be regarded as respecting only Ji Yuan.
After paying great respects to Ji Yuan, the City God stood up and bowed slightly to Gao Tianming and others.
"Hello, Mr. Gao and Mrs. Gao, hello everyone!"
"Hello, Lord City God!"
Ji Yuan bowed slightly as a return of greeting. Gao Tianming and his wife and Niu Batian did not dare to be negligent. It was a rare opportunity to salute ghosts and gods and call them "Lord City God".
Then everyone's eyes followed Ji Yuan and looked at Xin Wuya, the lord of Wuya Ghost City.
"Hey, old ghost Wu Ya, are you blocking someone here?"
Gao Tianming smiled, but in his heart he could guess the other party's purpose of coming here.
However, it is obvious that Xin Wuya, as the lord of Wuya Ghost City, still cannot lower himself here. Unlike the City God of Queliu City who is extremely respectful, when he sees Ji Yuan and others coming out, he just bows and doesn't say any respectful words.
"Mr. Ji, Brother Gao once said in a message that you spared my life, Xin Wuya, and that my Wuya City was in danger of collapse. I don't disbelieve what Brother Gao said, but after thinking about it, there is one thing I don't understand. If you really have such ability, why can you endure the ridicule of ghosts and monsters during the celebration, and why did you let my Wuya City go?"
Although what Xin Wuya said was not a question, it was definitely not polite either. Thinking about it afterwards, if it were him, Xin Wuya, he would definitely not hold back if he could easily destroy the opponent, so he became more and more doubtful.
As for the City God of Queliu City, he was met by chance by Xin Wuya outside the city. The former was also waiting for Ji Yuan on the road, so the two of them simply waited together. However, in terms of etiquette, the City God took the lead, and at this moment he was happy to let Xin Wuya speak first.
Hearing Xin Wuya's words, Gao Tianming curled his lips and showed a moment of sneer.
You are just an old ghost who has never seen the world. Just because others give you some face, you really think you are the ruler of the underworld. How can a real master's thoughts be understood by such a bumpkin? You only see the life and death and grudges in front of you, while others have seen everything in the world.
Well, Gao Tianming admitted that even he himself had come here out of respect, but that didn't mean he really looked up to Xin Wuya. It was just that they were both in the land of Zuyue, and they saw each other every day to maintain a basic superficial relationship.
Although Gao Tianming's facial expression was fleeting, to be honest he did not hide it very much, so Xin Wuya and Cheng Huang both caught this moment. The former felt a hint of anger in his heart, while the latter looked more thoughtful.
Ji Yuan looked at Xin Wuya indifferently without speaking immediately. He opened his Dharma Eyes fully at close range and observed the aura of this experienced ghost cultivator thoroughly. Facing this pair of eyes, Xin Wuya had the illusion that he knew nothing.
"Xin Wuya, Ji is also waiting for you to come."
Ji Yuan's voice was indifferent but with a hint of solemnity. He did not address the city lord respectfully as before, but called him by his name.
"The Shintoism in Zuyue has declined, and many places have become paradises for evil spirits. You built Wuya Ghost City, which has housed many lonely ghosts and even evil spirits. People are only allowed to enter but not leave. Although this rule is only for your own practice, it is a good one."
Having said that, Ji Yuan looked back at the endless ghost town in the distance where only the lights could be seen but no outline of the city, and continued.
"And the city did find the four stranded guests before, which can be considered as keeping their promise. They did not cause trouble in the city, which can be considered as a certain degree of restraint. In addition, the level of Taoism that they have cultivated to this point in their ghost body is really rare."
"Oh? Hehehe... So you think you are still interested in talent? That's rare!"
Xin Wuya just made a sarcastic remark, and then suddenly found that Gao Tianming on the side just happened to hide the trace of surprise on his face, and was obviously very surprised at what Ji Yuan said.
"Yes, Ji did have a little love for talent. Humanity has dynasties that rise and fall. This is the general trend. I will not stop it, but it is naturally better if the people can suffer less disasters. As the saying goes, in troubled times, severe punishments are used, and in serious cases, strong medicine is used. The existence of Wuya Ghost City is an unintentional success. When the underworld is not able to control it, it can control the ghosts and evil spirits in a large area of the southern border of our motherland."
Ji Yuan's words were extremely straightforward, he almost told Xin Wuya that I, Ji, just think that you, Xin Wuya, are barely pleasing to the eye, and you and your Wuya Ghost City are still useful, so I didn't take any action.
"hehe… "
Ji Yuan smiled.
"Whether you feel resentful or doubtful, it is fate that you can come here to see me."
When Ji Yuan said this, he opened his right sleeve with his palm facing up and pointed in the direction of the Wuya Ghost City.
Because of his action, everyone present, from Xin Wuya to the water monsters in the team, subconsciously looked towards Wuya Ghost Town. After a few breaths, the clouds above the direction of the Ghost Town began to undergo miraculous changes.
The lower layer was still covered with dark clouds, but the upper layer showed golden lightning.
“Click…” “Click… Boom… Boom… Boom…”
The thunder roared as if the clouds in the sky were exploding, and even here many goblins covered their ears in fear.
The lightning in the distance was so bright that the buildings seemed to have turned the dark clouds at the bottom of the ghost town into a golden cloud with golden arcs, like a golden canopy covering a large area inside and outside the ghost town.
"Boom..."
In the thunder, the light of the golden canopy became brighter and brighter, but its range became smaller and smaller, until only a little golden light was left above the entire cloud layer, and then the light flew towards this side at a speed visible to the naked eye.
About six or seven breaths later, a golden talisman flashing with mysterious lightning flew into Ji Yuan's palm. The golden talisman had neither paper backing nor jade support, but it only formed words in the void that shone continuously. On it were the four words "Exorcise evil spirits and bind demons".
It was this spell that represented the lifelong water spirit and thunder energy that Mo Jiao had lost before his death. It was also full of the magic of Ji Yuan Xuan Huang's command, which sublimated it to a higher level, and contained endless power of Tian Gang thunder.
There was a faint rumbling of thunder, and it even created an illusion of thunder tilting around, as if Ji Yuan was holding a mighty bolt of thunder in his palm.
The lightning from the Thunder Curse illuminated the surrounding roads clearly and made the faces of the onlookers pale. Many water monsters subconsciously shrank behind the carriage and dared not take a closer look.
The golden talisman stayed in Ji Yuan's palm for two breaths, and then flew into his sleeve naturally. All sounds, colors and lights disappeared and were collected into his sleeve as well.
"Xin Wuya, you asked me why I let you and Wuya Ghost Town go? This question is actually a lie. Of course, I have let you go now."
Ghosts don't sweat, but at this moment Xin Wuya really felt like a waterfall of cold sweat was pouring down his face, and his thoughts seemed a little confused.
'That is, if I hadn't come...'
He could understand the meaning of the large golden characters just now, but he was not clear about the power contained in them. However, just by catching a glimpse of the brilliance for a moment, it was not difficult to understand its power. These seemingly light words spoken by Mr. Ji carried great weight!
Lao Niu wiped the sweat from his face, quietly approached Gao Tianming, and spoke in a voice as thin as a mosquito.
"Old Gao... Mr. Ji doesn't seem as easy to talk to as he appears..."
"Yes, yes..."
Gao Tianming can be said to be the person who can best feel the terrifying power of the golden talisman among all the people present, except Ji Yuan. Mr. Ji, you are really planning to wipe out the Wuya Ghost City.
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Ji Yuan smiled again.
"Don't be nervous. This lightning spell is not easy to make. If I really use it, I will be sad for a while. Besides, there are many good ghosts in the ghost town. Even if I control it well, it is inevitable that some will be hurt accidentally. I feel relieved if I can avoid this."
Accidental injury? Accidental killing is more like it!
The situation was stronger than the person, so Xin Wuya no longer dared to be arrogant. He bowed directly and saluted, which was even more respectful than the City God just now.
"Thank you, sir, for not killing me!"
Gao Tianming at the side couldn't help but ask at this moment.
"Mr. Ji! I dare to ask, what magic method did you use to control lightning just now? I am a dragon and a dragon, but I also felt as if my skin was pierced by needles and numb with fear!"
Ji Yuan didn't hide it.
"This is the Imperial Thunder Spell, which contains the Imperial Law and the Thunder Force. The Thunder Force energy contained in the spell..."
Having said that, Ji Yuan looked at Gao Tianming with a smile.
"It's probably that a dragon with your level of cultivation would transform all of its essence into it! Then use it to control the lightning and strike it down with one strike. The power should be quite good!"
"Hiss..."
Gao Tianming shuddered subconsciously when he heard this, and Xin Wuya was also shocked.
A spell that is comparable to the essence of a dragon that has been transformed for hundreds of years, and then fully unleashing this power in one strike
This is not a simple arithmetic addition and subtraction. It is definitely not something that can be stopped by another dragon!
"City Lord Xin!"
"exist!"
Ji Yuan's sudden call out scared Xin Wuya so much that he quickly responded.
"Ji said you did a good job. Do you know what the deeper meaning is?"
"Xin, Xin knows!"
"Okay, that's it, let's go."
After Ji Yuan finished saying this, he glanced at the City God on the other side and took the first step. Niu Batian hurriedly pulled Yan Fei to follow.
After Gao Tianming recovered, he bowed slightly to Xin Wuya, then took his wife to chase after them. The water monsters were hesitant and trembling for a long time before they set up the carriage to chase after them. The four people who were so frightened that their souls were damaged had already fallen asleep in the car, and even the thunder did not wake them up.
Xin Wuya stood there in a daze, actually feeling like he had survived a calamity.
Ji Yuan, who had already walked away for some distance, looked at the newly transformed chess piece in his hand, then glanced back at the back, and spoke silently in the sound of Taoism.
"City Lord Xin, during the grand banquet, if the evil spirits in the ghost city who are clamoring for a banquet for the living are of no use, just get rid of them."
Xin Wuya quickly bowed in the direction of the departing carriage and answered loudly, "Yes."
The dozen or so evil ghosts and spirits that had been raging the most fiercely naturally appeared in Xin Wuya's mind at this moment. They were put on the death row, and after thinking about it, he decided to kill the Black Order Envoy as well.