Chapter 122: Going south to search for God, passing through Jinhua

"The Black Mountain Old Demon is well-known! I just don't know who is stronger, it or me?" When Ding Hai heard Jie Sulang mention the Black Mountain Old Demon, some interest flashed in his eyes.

Seeing Ding Hai not only was he not afraid but was getting excited instead, Shi Yao Jie Sukuro's heart sank.

Before he could continue speaking, a powerful magical power instantly turned him into an ordinary stone.

At the moment when Jie Sulang's soul flew away, in the underworld dimension below the human world, in a city located next to the Black Mountain, the Black Mountain Old Demon, who was enjoying his seventieth wife, suddenly stopped what he was doing.

A pair of big eyes like copper bells looked at a hall full of rows in the city with disbelief.

Placed in this hall are the life plates of the demons and monsters that are loyal to the Black Mountain Demon. The position of Jie Sulang's life plate ranks among the top three among the demons and monsters in this hall.

"Who is it? Who moved my people? Is it in the capital of the Great Zhou? Is it the Great Zhou royal court? Or someone else?

No matter who you are, you will all die in this city. The majesty of Montenegro cannot be destroyed."

Looking at the extinguished and shattered life plate belonging to the stone demon Jie Sulang, the Black Mountain Old Demon was ecstatic.

It was great that one of its capable subordinates was captured just like that.

The stone demon Jie Sulang is one of the most powerful demons in the underworld, and he has always had a rebellious heart.

Otherwise, why would the stone demon Jie Sulang run to the human world to look for an opportunity to break through? Do you really think he is just bored?

However, even though he felt extremely happy in his heart, judging from his outward emotions, the Black Mountain Demon appeared to have no problems at all.

"Pass on my order. Tonight, I will open the gates of hell around the capital of the Human Dynasty. All the demons and monsters in the City of the Dead will have a chance to wreak havoc on the world. Whether you can catch them or not depends on your methods."

An ambiguous voice instantly spread over hundreds of miles around the City of the Dead.

Upon hearing that the Black Mountain Demon will open the gates of hell around the capital of Dazhou tonight, all the demons and monsters within hundreds of miles became excited.

The world of the living, Kyoto.

These two words represent something that is not just an ordinary glutton.

Thinking of the tender and delicious human flesh, all the demons and monsters started drooling.

Tonight, thousands of ghosts are about to set out!
A few dozen miles outside of Kyoto, there is a saying that he lived in Suzhou and Hangzhou when he was alive and was buried in Beimang Mountain after his death.

An illusory door filled with a sinister aura began to gradually cross time, space, and latitude, coming from the underworld to the world of the living.

Countless ghosts were waiting on the other side of the gate of yin energy, looking at the human world on this side with greed.

The yin energy, as deep as the sea, suddenly rose into the sky, announcing its arrival to the world.

“The atmosphere in the human world is turbid and this king’s plan of Hell on Earth is the best destination for the human world.

My fellow men, the first step of the Hell on Earth plan depends on your efforts. After you take over the capital of the Great Zhou, I will allow you to eat as much as you want for seven days."

After the gate to the underworld gradually solidified, the ambiguous voice of the Black Mountain Old Demon resounded throughout the entire Mangshan through the gate to the underworld.

Strands of Yin energy began to replace the chaotic bad luck, corpse energy, and miasma in Beimang Mountain, becoming the mainstream energy among the mountains.

The entire Beimang seemed to have arrived in the underworld and became a paradise for ghosts and monsters.

Before the sun set, Beimang had already entered darkness.

The moment when night falls completely.

With a loud bang, the door of the underworld was pierced by a huge hand made of bones.

In the dark Beimang, an extremely terrifying power suddenly rose up and spread in all directions in the blink of an eye.

The sun, with only a ray of afterglow still remaining, seemed to be frightened by this momentum.

In a trance, he disappeared into the western sky.

"How could such a powerful ghostly aura appear in Beimang? Damn, it's the Black Mountain Old Demon!" A cry of surprise came from a luxurious hall in the Great Zhou Imperial Palace.

This is the Great Zhou Worship Hall. Just like the Great Qing Dynasty in the present world, it houses many masters.

The person who spoke was the chief worshiper of the worship hall, the Eighth Wise King.

This person's aura is usually not noticeable, but in the moment when he exclaimed and lost his composure just now, the strength he displayed has already reached the level of Yangshen Zhenjun.

After sensing the Black Mountain Old Demon's aura, the Eighth Sage King snorted coldly: "Humph, it's fine for the Black Mountain Old Demon to occupy the underworld.

He is so ignorant of his own life that he wants to use the underworld to corrode the human world. Do he really think that my Great Zhou is made of mud?
Come, please ask for the six seals of the emperor. Today I want to meet this master of Heishan to see how capable he is.

Except for the Fifth Worshiper King Jing, the Seventh Worshiper King Chengyang, and the Six Gates Catcher Iron Eagle, all the rest of the people in the Worship Hall will follow me out of the city to annihilate the Black Mountain Old Monster. "

Looking at the furious chief priest, the Eighth Wise King, all the priests in the worship hall wisely shut their mouths and chose to obey his orders.

The Eighth Wise King is the great uncle of the current emperor, and his practice of Taoism has reached the level of a Taoist True Lord.

With the help of the magic weapons and secret techniques collected by the Great Zhou, it once killed a thousand-year-old monster.

Now, with the blessing of the dragon energy in the six seals of the emperor, if the Black Mountain Old Demon fails to cope with the situation today, he may end up unable to recover.

The Great Zhou has been able to stand until now, and Pu Du Ci Hang does not dare to act recklessly at present, because there is this white jade pillar protecting the royal family.

Otherwise, do you think that Pu Du Ci Hang who recites Buddhist scriptures is really a vegetarian?

At the post station in the city, Ding Kai, who was standing on the second floor of the post station, activated his Sky-Viewing Eye and saw clearly the current situation in Beimang.

With his keen eyesight, he could tell at a glance how powerful the Black Mountain Demon who was showing off his might in Beimang was.

After noticing something strange in the palace, he turned his head and glanced at the group of priests who had already flown into the air.

In just a moment, he analyzed the two parties in this fight and figured out who would have the last laugh.

The Black Mountain Old Demon is worthy of being an old ghost who can be ranked first among all the demons in the world. His physical foundation is not inferior to that of Yan Chixia, a disciple of a big sect.

With such a foundation, and its cultivation level of Ghost Emperor that is comparable to that of a Taoist master, the priests of the Great Zhou royal family will probably suffer a great loss this time.

To be honest, even Ding Hai himself could not guarantee that he could defeat the Black Mountain Demon if he did not have the Five Thunders Method, the Mountain Seal and other means to restrain the attacks of such a special monster.

After seeing through the true strength of the Black Mountain Demon, the last bit of worry in Ding Hai's heart was gone.

The Black Mountain Old Demon, who is revered as the leader of all demons and monsters in the world, is only as powerful as the Ghost Emperor. Then the other demons and monsters must be even more vulnerable.

No matter how deeply the three sects of Taoism, the four academies of Confucianism, and the six schools of Buddhism hide themselves, Ding Hai has already seen through their strengths and weaknesses just from the fact that they have failed to wipe out all the demons in the world.

I'm afraid there are no immortals in this world anymore, and the legendary immortals and Buddhas may have disappeared without a trace long ago.

But the specific situation remains to be explored.

Just as Ding Hai was thinking secretly, many worshippers in the Great Zhou Worship Hall had already flown out of Kyoto and arrived at the foot of Mang Mountain.

Looking at the Mang Mountain where the yin energy covers the sky and the sun, and the many demons and monsters hiding in the yin energy.

The masters of the Great Zhou Worship Hall launched an attack with all their might without saying a word.

The majestic blood, the shocking sword light, the vast magic power, and dozens of powerful attacks instantly broke through the barrier of the yin energy and cleared out a large number of demons and monsters hidden in the yin energy.

However, the Black Mountain army, backed by the entire hell, instantly rushed out countless demons and monsters to fill the gaps that had just appeared.

Faced with this situation, the masters of the Great Zhou Worship Hall had no other choice but to focus on launching another attack.

But before their second round of attack could fall on the ghosts, dozens of figures of different shapes emerged from the Black Mountain army and confronted the masters of the Worship Hall.

How could the Black Mountain Demon, who has occupied the City of the Dead for hundreds of years, be alone?

Looking at the many masters of the Worship Hall who were entangled in the struggle, the head of the Worship Hall, the Eighth Wise King, had a very ugly expression on his face. He did not expect that in just a few hundred years, the Black Mountain Old Demon had already gathered such a huge force.

I was careless. If I am not careful today, I will lose miserably!

"The universe is boundless, obey my command.

Ten thousand chariots and ten thousand dignitaries, with wind and clouds upon you.

The mountains and rivers are unified, and the fist controls all directions.

Kill, kill, kill…”

Following a loud shout from the Eighth Wise King, the Six Seals of the Son of Heaven floating around him with a jade-like aura suddenly shone brightly.

Six giant dragons, each a hundred feet long, suddenly jumped out from the six seals of the emperor and bit towards the Black Mountain Old Demon who was sitting leisurely among the group of ghosts.

Wherever the six hundred-foot-long dragons passed, the ghosts were frightened to death by the dragon's might and power.

Even the big demons that were harassing the worshippers in the worship hall were easily torn into pieces by one of the six giant dragons because one of them was blocked in the path of the six giant dragons.

In an instant, the situation on the Beimang battlefield instantly tilted towards the Great Zhou, which immediately encouraged the many priests in the Worship Hall, and their attacks were three times more powerful than before.

"The Eighth Wise King of the Great Zhou, that's all. If you don't have any new tricks, then go and die."

Faced with six giant dragons that were hundreds of feet long and coming towards it to bite it, the Black Mountain Demon didn't even move his butt from the skull throne under his crotch.

In the blink of an eye, six sinister death lights condensed and ground the six hundred-foot-long dragons into dust.

Seeing that the six deathly rays that pierced through the six seals of the emperor were about to fall on him, the Eighth Wise King gritted his teeth and pulled out a dim small seal from his arms.

As soon as this small seal appeared, the six imperial seals surrounding the Eight Wise Kings became like princes meeting an emperor. They were both submissive and respectful, but also slightly dissatisfied with him.

"The Imperial Seal, it's impossible. When the Black Emperor failed in his conquest of the gods, the Imperial Seal had long been buried with him. How could it appear in your hands?"

The Black Mountain Old Demon, who had been sitting as steady as a mountain, was no longer as calm and composed after seeing the small seal that was as hard as a stone.

The Black Mountain Old Demon's feelings at this moment can no longer be described by the word "surprise", and "terrified" cannot express the complexity of his feelings at this moment.

When the ancient Black Emperor was rampant, let alone the real body of the imperial seal, even an imperial edict with the imperial seal could easily take his life.

Although he was extremely scared, the Black Mountain Demon did not give up. He fled back to the underworld with his tail tucked in.

After occupying hell alone for hundreds of years and moving around for a hundred years to cultivate its energy, it still has some courage.

However, its mentality has changed from playing around to going all out.

The advancement speed of the six deadly death rays slowed down, but the oppressive feeling they brought became stronger.

After the Black Mountain Demon exerted his strength for the second time, the aura of death in the six rays of death increased several times.

From a distance, it looked like six bone dragons were killing the enemy.

Several Great Zhou priests who were at the Yin Shen Zhen Ren realm as well as hostile demons were squeezed into the Beimang Mountain with a bang, breaking their bones and tendons under the powerful pressure of the six death rays.

Seeing the power displayed by the Black Mountain Old Demon after he used his all, the Eighth Wise King, who had been somewhat hesitant and cautious, put aside the struggle in his heart.

He gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and broke all the six imperial seals surrounding him.

Because their destiny was connected, the six seals of the emperor turned into a pile of pieces without even struggling.

The Great Zhou dragon energy contained in it was completely absorbed by the imperial seal in an instant after losing its carrier.

At the moment the six seals of the emperor were destroyed, various anomalies in the celestial phenomena occurred throughout the territory of the Great Zhou.

Kyoto was the first to be hit. Heavy snow suddenly fell from the sky. Under the red light brought by the abnormal celestial phenomenon, the snow looked like flying blood flowers.

This kind of scene has changed the hearts of countless people on this land.

The imperial seal that had absorbed the six seals of the emperor was no longer like a hard stone, but instead sparkled with bits of jade inside.

Reaching out his hand and picking up the imperial seal, the Eighth Wise King mobilized all his magical powers to infuse it into it.

With the blessing of many parties, the jade dragon sitting on the imperial seal finally flashed a hint of intelligence in its eyes.

When the six death rays were about to attack the Eighth Wise King, the jade-colored dragon swung its tail and a thousand-foot-long real dragon roared out.

Even though the six death rays were extremely powerful, they were easily torn into pieces by the jade-colored dragon.

Seeing this, the Eighth Sage King who controlled the Jade Dragon finally breathed a sigh of relief, but it was not time to let the horses go. Judging from the Black Mountain Old Monster's posture just now, if it didn't die today, the Great Zhou would be in danger!
Gritting his teeth, the Eighth Wise King squeezed out the source of magic power in his body, and tried his best to gather a force again and merge it into the imperial seal in his hand.

The jade-colored dragon, which had been somewhat wilted due to the breaking of the six death rays, regained its glory after being injected with new power.

It twisted its huge body and rushed towards the Black Mountain Demon who was standing in the center of the group of ghosts.

Looking at the imperial seal roaring towards him, the Black Mountain Old Demon's eyes flickered.

After a moment, it let go of the fear in its heart.

Unlike ordinary people, the blow from the jade-colored dragon button just now not only did not destroy its confidence, but instead allowed it to see the truth about the imperial seal.

It is true that the jade seal in the Eighth Wise King's hand is the imperial seal, but it is no longer the humanitarian weapon in the Black Emperor's hand that can take his life just by the imprint on it.

Facing the jade-colored dragon that was about to bite him in a few breaths, the Black Mountain Old Demon cautiously used a move: "Ten Thousand Ghosts Killing Gods!"

With its loud roar, countless ghosts among the densely packed ghosts on Beimang Mountain involuntarily flew high into the sky.

He stood in front of Yuse Niulong and blocked Yuse Niulong's steps by self-destructing.

In the dense explosions, Yuse Niu Long's steps were blocked. Yuse Niu Long, who could reach the Black Mountain Old Demon in one or two breaths, now couldn't reach the Black Mountain Old Demon even after spending ten times the time.

Looking at the stagnant Jade-colored Button Dragon, the Black Mountain Old Demon laughed again. It won this round today: "One Hundred Demons Night Parade."

Nearly a hundred ghost heads jumped out from the skull throne under the feet of the Black Mountain Old Demon and bit towards the Eighth Wise King.

Each of these ghost heads has the strength of the peak of Yin Shen Realm.

The Eighth Wise King, who was trying his best to maintain the offensive of Jade Dragon, was soon overwhelmed by the siege of ghosts.

The jade-colored Niulong, which was in the midst of the explosion of thousands of ghosts, began to crumble as it had no more successors.

In the capital, some smart people have quietly moved out of the capital.

The current situation is very clear. No one can control the Black Mountain Old Demon, and it is time to abandon the Great Zhou.

Inside the post station, Yan Chixia and Xiahou Wu, who had been paying close attention to the situation on the Beimang battlefield, saw that the situation was deteriorating.

They all turned their eyes to Ding Hai who was also paying attention to the battlefield in front of them.

They asked themselves, with their current strength, even if they joined the battlefield now, they would most likely just be delivering food to the Black Mountain Demon.

I'm afraid the only person who can turn the tide right now is our own general.

In response to the gazes from the two people behind him, Ding Hai did not turn around and gave them a reply.

No matter how much you talk, it’s better to do it yourself.

Attracted by the divine consciousness, the thunder that had originally gathered between heaven and earth due to the strange phenomena in heaven and earth stopped dissipating.

Ding Hai took a step forward, broke through the air and arrived at the edge of the Beimang battlefield, where he formed the Mountain Embracing Seal.

Without accumulating too much strength, he struck at the Black Mountain Demon with one strike.

In an instant, nine-day thunderbolts fell from the sky. Mangshan, which originally hosted many demons and monsters, also rebelled under the instigation of the Baoshan Seal.

With the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder as its sharp blade and the Mangshan Earth Energy as its heavy shield, all living beings on the Beimang battlefield felt the threat of death.

"How dare you, a nameless young man, interfere in my affairs? You must be tired of living. Then I will grant your wish."

In the heart of Beimang, looking at the thunder and fists breaking through the air, the Black Mountain Old Demon who was attacking the Eight Wise Kings freed one hand and slammed towards the thunder and fists.

A huge jade-bone hand controlled a huge amount of terrifying death energy and confronted Ding Hai's attack head-on.

'Boom' sound.

Beimang Mountain, which had been noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.

The roaring sound produced when the fists and palms collided turned into an evil sound wave, which spread out in a circular shape from the place where the fists and palms hit, swallowing up everything within a radius of dozens of miles.

Countless ghosts and evil spirits turned into ashes in this sound wave.

The dark clouds that covered the sky above the fist print trembled violently under the impact of the sound waves, and then disappeared, revealing the moonlit night with the new moon.

The palpitations in his heart had not subsided at all, which frightened the Black Mountain Demon, who thought he had escaped the threat by counterattacking with all his strength.

To the surprise of the Black Mountain Old Demon, the print of Ding Hai's right fist easily broke its giant bone palm, imprinted a miniature Mangshan Mountain on its solid ghost body, and blasted its ghost body into a ball of ghost energy.

The Black Mountain Demon was suddenly beaten to pieces by Ding Hai and was seriously injured.

Just when it was about to endure the injuries and use all its energy to take down Ding Kai, it suddenly discovered something was wrong.

Its ghost body, which had been tempered by thousands of times, was being destroyed by thunder. The power of thunder was like a worm attached to its bones, spreading wildly in its ghost body.

"What is this, you despicable little man, what have you done to my body?"

Ding Kai ignored the Black Mountain Demon's doubts and inquiries like a defeated dog.

Do I have to report to you that I added hundreds of millions of thunder points to the Baoshan Seal?

Feeling the increasing thunder power in his body, the Black Mountain Demon became panicked.

This person is invincible.

After making the judgment, it immediately went with the flow and dispersed its ghost body, leaving only a true spirit that escaped into the vast void.

It wants to escape back to the underworld, using the enormous amount of Yin energy in the underworld as a backup, and slowly pull out the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder within its ghost body.

As the Black Mountain Old Demon escaped, Beimang Mountain immediately became a mess. Some clever ghosts had no intention of continuing the fight after seeing that their king had escaped.

After a feint to force the enemy back, a dozen clever ghosts rushed towards the ghost gate without looking back.

Ding Hai neither ignored these clever guys nor looked down upon them.

He stretched out his hand and used the Thunder-Inducing Technique. Countless flashes of lightning appeared out of nowhere and struck all the evil spirits on Mount Beimang.

According to the different personal strengths, dozens of ball lightnings found their targets.

In the blue lightning flying all over the sky, whether it was the clever ghost who just turned around and ran away, or those ghosts and evil spirits with low IQ, they were all turned into ashes in an instant.

The ghost gate used to communicate between the yin and yang worlds was given special attention.

In the desperate eyes of those clever ghosts, several thunder dragons blasted the ghost gate connecting the yin and yang worlds into ruins.

The people in the Great Zhou Worship Hall who were not taken care of by Ding Hai were not much better off.

If it weren't for the many backup plans of the priests headed by the Eight Wise Kings, I'm afraid the Great Zhou Priesthood Hall would have been reduced to a handful of people today.

However, in response to Ding Hai's equal treatment just now, the surviving Da Zhou priests didn't dare to even fart.

No one present was a fool. The Black Mountain Old Demon was easily beaten into a ball of ghostly energy by General Anbei in front of him.

If they still don't know what's good for them, they might be in trouble today.

Without Jie Sulang, the stone monster who was stirring up trouble in Kyoto, the Black Mountain Old Monster, the big demon who was in charge of the City of the Dead, was defeated.

Finally, no blind demons or monsters dared to cause trouble in the capital.

The ceremony of changing the era name ended in a "peaceful" atmosphere.

After finishing his report, Ding Hai briefly greeted the Central Command and then ordered a group of elite cavalry to march towards the interior of the country.

He wanted to go south to the South China Sea to look for an old friend who might exist or might not exist.

Ding Hai asked Yanzhi if she knew the origin of the Dinghai Shenzhenzhu in her body, but Yanzhi herself couldn't explain it.

I only remember seeing a bright and shining bead when I was young.

There was no other way. Ding Hai could only perform the Zhou Tian Quan Gua several times these days, using the Ding Hai Shen Zhu as a medium to divine the origin of the Ding Hai Shen Zhu.

Hard work pays off. After several days of hard work, he finally found a scent that was very similar to Mo'er's.

Mo'er is a trace of obsession of Mazu.

This aura that is very similar to Mo'er might have been left behind by the Goddess Mazu.

After realizing that he had a chance to find Mazu, Ding Hai immediately changed his plans.

If he could find this person, there would be no point in him commanding his troops to seize the tripod.

Wouldn’t it be better to join forces directly with Mazu to rescue Qingsong Zhenren and the others?
Why do you have to carry everything on your shoulders?

The senior officials in the central government of the Great Zhou Dynasty had a lot to say about Ding Hai's secret deployment of troops into the pass.

But thinking about the strength that General Anbei showed in Beimang that day, most of them swallowed their words back in their throats.

As for the impeachments of those upright people, they were all suppressed by Emperor Zhou. Before they were sure of killing Ding Hai, the Great Zhou Worship Hall and Emperor Zhou were unwilling to provoke this fierce tiger Ding Hai again.

In late spring, in February, Ding Hai's rank jumped three levels while he was waiting for his cavalry.

The Emperor of Zhou issued an imperial decree, promoting him to the rank of Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace and giving him temporary control over You and Bing provinces.

This promotion pushed Ding Hai to the forefront of the Zhou Dynasty court. Countless impeachments and accusations were directed at Ding Hai on the second day after the reward was announced to the world.

If it weren't for Ding Hai's own strength and the military power he held, this reward would almost cost him his life.

Ding Hai was aware of Emperor Zhou's sinister intentions, but he had no intention of retaliating.

On the day of reporting on his work, he met the current Zhou Emperor. This man was a drunkard and a womanizer, and his kidney water had long been depleted.

He also ate a lot of tiger and wolf medicines. If it weren't for the evil monk Pu Du Ci Hang who often used his magic power to prolong his life.

I am afraid that this person will not even be able to wait for the ceremony of changing the reign title, and will follow in the footsteps of his father, the late emperor, and return to the underworld.

Even if the evil monk Pudu Cihang uses his magical powers to prolong his life, Ding Hai is not optimistic about the life span of the current Zhou emperor.

Based on Ding Hai's understanding of the human body, he can conclude that the current Zhou emperor will probably die suddenly in a year or two.

What's the point of fussing with a dying person!
At the end of February, under the sunset.

The official post station outside Jinhua County, Zhejiang Province welcomed a group of travel-weary guests.

"Waiter, waiter?"

Hearing the voice calling him, the waiter at the post station, who was suffering from spring sleepiness, suddenly woke up and trotted over to the person who was calling.

"My Lord, what do you want me to do?"

Xiahou Wu instructed the waiter, "We have been traveling for several days and are exhausted. Please prepare some hot water and food to entertain us."

"Sir, how many people do you have in total?" When the waiter heard that there was a business opportunity, he immediately asked in a serious tone.

Xiahou Wu replied: "More than 800 men, with a total of more than 2,000 horses."

"So many? Sir, even if you demolish my post station, we can't accommodate so many people!"

"I know. I'm not planning on having your inn host everyone. I just wanted to ask you if there's a suitable place to camp nearby."

"Set up camp? The camp of Jinhua City Defense Camp has long been abandoned. There is only a large open space at the foot of Lanruo Temple nearby where you can set up camp. I'm afraid other places can't accommodate you."

The waiter thought about it and offered a place to set up camp.

It was easy to arrange accommodation for 800 people, but it was not easy to accommodate the more than 2,000 horses. The waiter could not think of any other place except the large square in front of the mountain gate of Lanruo Temple.

"Where is the temple you mentioned?" Upon hearing that there was a place where he and his group could set up camp, Xiahou Wu took out a dime and placed it in front of the waiter.

"It's not far away. Sir, if you continue along the official road for more than ten miles, you will see Lanruo Temple.

There is a large flat open space between Lanruo Temple and the official road. During the temple fairs held in previous years, it could probably accommodate tens of thousands of people."

(End of this chapter)