In the City God Temple in Suiyuan County, which is smaller than Ning'an County, the soul-calling bells that are inaudible to ordinary people are ringing loudly, and the subordinates of the City God from various departments appear one after another and gather under the statue of the City God in the main hall of the City God Temple.
The returning night patrol immediately reported what he had seen and heard to the county city god, and in a few words he explained everything he had seen and heard.
"Humph, relying on his profound Taoist practice and profound magic, he actually ordered the county's patrolling Yin Envoy around! Doesn't this Taoist master know that there is a saying that you can be a thief for a thousand days but never be on guard against thieves for a thousand days?"
On the surface, he was denouncing the day and night parades, but in reality, he was also criticizing the entire system of the City God of Suiyuan County.
The chief officer of the Punishment Department expressed his dissatisfaction with Ji Yuan's shouting at the first sentence, while the chief officer of the Rewarding Department shook his head slightly.
"Not entirely. With one strike of his sword, the snake demon cut off its tail and fled in panic, but he did not draw his sword again. Perhaps he was arrogant, or perhaps he respected the justice of the City God of Suiyuan!"
"Okay, let's talk about this later. The most urgent thing is to kill the snake demon. The patrol envoy has already made a promise on behalf of our Suiyuan Yinsi. Don't let outsiders laugh at you!"
The chief of the underworld, the county god, with a magic sword on his waist, stepped out of the sculpture, dragged his robe and flicked his sleeves to give orders.
"Follow me to seal off the Ligou River. A snake spirit that steals the essence of mortals is seriously injured. It can't escape from me even if it is a hundred miles away!"
As long as the snake demon has not grown into its full strength, cutting off its tail is like cutting off a leg for an ordinary person. It will not be able to run fast at all, not to mention that the injury may not be that simple.
Because when the night patrol was describing it before, he explained the situation of the broken tail. The red light did not fade, and the internal firepower was roaming like a living thing. Only a hint of sharp edge was revealed under the restrained power. It must not be easy to get the tail broken by such a sword.
This was also one of the main bases for the inference of the Chief Officer of the Shangshan Division. If the part of the snake monster that was pierced by the sword was a few feet higher, it would have been killed for sure. However, the expert only burned part of its tail. On the bright side, this might be considered as respecting the jurisdiction of the City God of Suiyuan County. The Chief Officer of the Punishment Division was annoyed only because that shouting was a bit humiliating.
Led personally by the County God, four chief officers from the seven departments accompanied them, and dozens of underworld officials from each department were almost all present.
In order to demonstrate his presence and power, he used the golden body of the City God of a county to mobilize magic power and display his supernatural powers, leading the various City God departments to approach the Ligou River at a speed that was almost like teleporting. The ringing of another patrol envoy's soul-calling bell could be heard from afar.
At this time, the county god looked up and saw that the eastern sky had turned white, forming a sharp contrast with the darkness on both sides of the Ligou River.
"We have some troubles during the day, so let's make it quick and decisive!"
The City God was in front, and the four chief officials were behind. The ghost messengers on both sides walked along the two banks of the river. They moved in a large group with steady steps but very fast speed.
"Humph, that evil creature is indeed seriously injured!"
The river was stirred up by the giant snake and became very turbid, but the smelly blood stains on it were very conspicuous. There was a long snake struggling in the water on the river beach ahead.
"It's just ahead! Go!"
As the City God's order was given, the four main officers accelerated simultaneously, with their respective magic weapons still appearing in their hands.
"Bold snake demon, die!"
“Accept your fate~~~~~!”
After a few breaths, Dharma lights suddenly appeared and shot towards the river, stirring up the already turbid water into muddy water, and waves continued to hit the shore along the way.
"Boom..." "Boom..."
"Bang... crash..."
The snake demon, which was already seriously injured, had its skin torn all over and was rolling in pain on the river.
"You dare to take advantage of the opportunity before you have completely refined the horizontal bone. You are courting death! Soul-catching messenger, draw out its soul for me!"
The City God retracted his magic sword and stood on the head of the snake monster, pressing the snake to death on the surface of the river as if it were a heavy object, but strangely it could not sink, and issued orders to the ghosts on both sides of the river.
"Yes, sir!"
Six soul-catchers moved forward like ghosts and stepped onto the river surface. The soul-catcher ropes on their waists appeared and they were thrown down to the river surface one after another.
"Hiss... roar..."
The big snake roared and struggled, but its body suddenly stiffened at a certain moment and all resistance came to an abrupt end.
A giant snake phantom was tied up tightly by six soul-catching ropes and dragged out of its body...
. . .
The sky gradually changed from dim to bright. At this time, most of the villagers had already gathered on the river bank. They were all gathered on the shore with mixed emotions of fear and excitement, looking at the snake tail stuck on the side of the broken wooden boat.
At this moment, the snake's tail was floating on the water and was a little charred. The thickest part of the tail was as big as an adult's thigh, about ten feet long. Many villagers felt lucky when they saw it.
There were also some villagers living on the river bank who exaggerated the description of the scene.
"Oh, it's so scary. All the dogs in the village were barking last night. I knew something was wrong!"
"So during this period of time at night, the dogs in the village always bark non-stop for a while!"
"Yes, yes, yes, all before dawn!"
"Hiss... The more I think about it, the more scared I get!"
"If the master hadn't come by, someone would have died in the village sooner or later!"
"I see, the master came here on purpose, otherwise why did he come yesterday if he didn't come earlier or later?"
“That’s what I mean!”
…
"You don't know, at that time the master was standing on the roof of Erzhuang's house, and he roared at the beautiful snake girl, and many people heard it."
"Yeah, I almost peed my pants!"
"Me too, I was paralyzed with fear, and my ears were buzzing."
"That's right. If it weren't for that roar, that unfortunate merchant would have been eaten long ago!"
"And then?"
"Then, they were exorcising the demon. Before I could even see what was happening, flames exploded around the snake demon, and it rolled around in agony."
…
People on the other side of the river were still marveling in fear, but Ji Yuan had already arrived at the village chief's house with the village chief and others.
Many villagers outside pretended to pass by or look in from afar. If the village chief had not come out angrily and chased them away several times, there would have been a large crowd of onlookers gathered like the one by the river.
Ji Yuan felt a little uncomfortable. He was not someone who was easily stage-frightened, but he also did not enjoy being on stage. The same was true for the onlookers, but he would not show his dissatisfaction too much. However, the village chief was experienced and Ji Yuan felt that the move of going out and driving away the onlookers was quite helpful and made the situation much quieter.
The merchant had just regained consciousness at this time. He had been frightened to the point of losing his wits and becoming limp. He was pinched on the Ren Zhong point and drank ginger tea before he came back to his senses.
When he woke up, in addition to seeing the fellow merchants and several elders of the village, he also saw Ji Yuan sitting on a bench in the yard drinking tea. He immediately broke away from his friends beside him, staggered to Ji Yuan and knelt down.
"Thank you so much for saving my life, Immortal! Thank you so much for saving my life~~!"
“Boom boom boom…”
The merchants kept bowing and kowtowing to Ji Yuan, and kowtowed on the yellow mud ground.
Ji Yuan did not stop him directly. After he bowed to him several times, he reached out and held his forehead.
"Remember this from now on. Lust is like a knife hanging over your head. Greed and desire can kill people. It will either harm others or yourself. There may not be anyone to save you next time!"
"Yes, yes, the Immortal Master taught me this. After this incident, I will never forget it, I will never forget it!"
"Well, I don't have the qualifications to be called an immortal. I just have some skills, but I don't have the great path of immortality~~~"
The first half of Ji Yuan's sentence was addressed to the merchants, and the second half, spoken with a bit of a joking tone, was addressed to the villagers who were listening attentively.
The merchant nodded in agreement, but there was one thing he didn't say. After relaxing last night, he was really scared out of his wits, so he also saw the ghost messengers. At that time, the two ghost messengers claimed to be the night patrol under the county city god, and called the master "immortal".
So after waking up, the merchant subconsciously called him the immortal and kowtowed to him.
At this time, Old Man Xu also came in from outside, carrying Ji Yuan's luggage in his hand.
"Mr. Ji, your bag and umbrella!"
Ji Yuan took a quick glance and knew that the bag had not been turned over. He took the bag and nodded and smiled at Old Man Xu.
"Thank you, old man!"
"Mr. Ji, you are really helping us get rid of the monster..."
"Hey, didn't you, Old Man Xu, let me stay overnight last night?"
Ji Yuan laughed, patted his clothes and stood up. He couldn't stay in this village for long. Being watched by the villagers was a small matter, but it would be very troublesome if government officials came to investigate and ask questions. It was better to just leave.
In fact, this kind of insignificant monster would not dare to harm people too much. It was okay in the mountains and old forests, but in normal cities and counties, if people died unexpectedly, the City God's Book of Good and Evil and the Book of Fortune and Longevity would show abnormalities due to the dead person's anger and resentment, and it would be easy to be discovered. The snake monster's fraudulent sacrifice was just a way to take advantage of the situation.