boyutpedia Chapter 316 City God An Hong?
Chapter 316 City God An Hong?
Seeing the useless look of the crowd, Uncle Jiu frowned and cursed in a low voice, "Useless things, making a fuss all day long and having no manners!"
Jiang Li smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu, you don't have to blame them. They are just lively and active. They won't cause any trouble."
"Alright, alright, I know what they are like. You don't have to excuse them, Ali. I'll teach them a lesson later!"
"But now your territory has expanded several times, and Guangxi and Hunan have suffered disasters. How can you have time to come to Qingyun Temple now?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Li put away his smile, told Uncle Jiu the truth about the counterfeit money, and also told him about his plan to become a god.
When Uncle Jiu heard what Jiang Li said, his mouth opened wide, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. "I didn't expect you to have such an opportunity. It's really a cause for celebration!"
As he said that, he took Jiang Li to the altar where ghosts were stored. "All the ghosts I have subdued over the years are here. Except for the evil ghosts sealed with red cloth, you can take the others away if you want!"
After listening to what Uncle Jiu said, he stepped aside and saw thousands of jars with talisman papers on them, but only a hundred of them were sealed with red cloth.
Jiang Li was very confused when he saw this. "Uncle Jiu, I don't think there are many evil spirits. Why don't you lead the rest to the underworld?"
"Ali, you don't know that the underworld is getting more and more chaotic. The ancestor has sent me a message saying that the underworld is short of manpower and asked us not to frequently perform the rituals for the dead. We should wait until there are more souls before performing the rituals together."
"These ghosts are all wandering ghosts that my fellow apprentices and I have captured from all over the place. We are just waiting to hold a ceremony in a few days to help them all transcend to the afterlife."
When Jiang Li heard that these were all wandering souls, his brows slightly frowned, "If this is the case, I'm afraid they won't be able to take on the role of landowner!"
But on second thought, I can only make do with it for now. At worst, I can pick out some reliable ones to be the land gods, and recruit the rest as ghost soldiers under the City God.
After figuring this out, Jiang Li stopped worrying about it and asked people to move the hundreds of jars down the mountain. He continued to talk to Uncle Jiu about the interesting things that happened during this time and his future development plans.
During this period, Simu Qianhe Zhegu knew that Jiang Li had returned, so they put down what they were doing and came to meet him and say hello.
One of them worth mentioning is Zhe Gu. When she came, she didn’t come alone, she brought a cute little boy with her.
After the introduction, I found out that this was Lin Xuan, the son of Uncle Jiu and Aunt Zhe.
When Jiang Li heard the name, he immediately thought of a word and blurted out, "Magnificent, what a good name!"
"To be honest, I've been busy with government affairs these years. I didn't even come to see Xuan when he was born or when he was one month old."
As he spoke, Jiang Li took out some gold and silver, some magic manuals and a few spirit stones from his storage bag and stuffed them into Uncle Jiu's arms.
"Uncle Jiu, please keep these little things. They may have come late, but they are my token of my love. Please accept them!"
Of course Uncle Jiu refused to accept it and tried to refuse it with Jiang Li, but Jiang stopped him with just one word.
"Uncle Jiu, what are you doing? This is for Xuan, not for you. Why are you refusing?"
After hearing what Jiang said, Uncle Jiu naturally couldn't refuse and took it reluctantly.
After another round of greetings, Jiang Li planned to leave. After all, he had a lot of things to do right now and didn't have time to waste here.
But just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of someone.
Well, I suddenly thought of a ghost, that is the banana spirit An Hong. This guy was at the level of Heavenly Master when he was alive. If I could take him away, it would be a great help.
With its cultivation level, it should be no problem for it to become a City God, but before that we still have to examine its character and whether it has reformed itself after all these years in the Taoist temple.
He did it as soon as he thought of it. After talking to Uncle Jiu, he walked towards the spiritual medicine garden.
He came to the banana tree and called out a few times, and then An Hong came out. They hadn't seen each other for several years, so naturally the man and the ghost wanted to reminisce about the past.
During this period, Jiang Liyi unintentionally asked it some questions and barely figured out its current temperament.
It turned out that during the past few years that An Hong had been doing nothing at Qingyun Temple, she had been studying Taoism, and her mind had become much calmer. At least her words were no longer as utilitarian as before.
Seeing this, Jiang Li didn't beat around the bush and directly explained his purpose to it.
When An Hong learned that Jiang Li was planning to become a god, she was naturally as shocked as everyone else and was at a loss for words.
But it was an old fellow who had practiced for many years after all, so it recovered in a blink of an eye, "So the Marshal came here this time to make me a landowner, right?"
Jiang Li shook his head upon hearing this, "It's not the land god, but the city god!"
Just eight words changed An Hong's mind from disdain to eagerness. The authority of the land god is certainly incomparable to that of the city god.
One is equivalent to a grassroots village cadre, while the other is equivalent to the chief of a city. He can form an army of ghosts under him, and has middle-level priests who patrol the country day and night as civil and military judges.
So when An Hong heard that she could be the City God, she immediately became excited, "May I ask, Marshal, if I want to be the City God, what price do I have to pay?"
"I just need you to do one thing!"
"That means you must enforce the law impartially and without favoritism. From now on, apart from completing the orders I give you, you only need to guide people to do good. If you can agree to this, then this matter will be settled!"
When An Hong heard the condition, she immediately agreed. "Since I am the City God, what you said is my responsibility. I will do it without your telling me!"
After that, she quietly waited for Jiang Li's next words, but Jiang Li did not make any move. He just took out a soul-nourishing jade from his storage bag and said to An Hong, "Come in. I will hold a god-making ceremony at Daxian Mountain in two days, and then I will officially confer the title on you!"
When An Hong saw this, she flew into the jade after a moment's hesitation. Then Jiang Li put away the soul-nourishing jade and left the spiritual medicine garden.
When Uncle Jiu saw Jiang Li coming out, he learned that he had persuaded An Hong, so he didn't ask any more questions and accompanied him down the mountain.
Before parting, he said, "You have done a great job over the years. The people under your rule can live and work in peace and contentment. I hope you will continue to maintain this and don't forget your original intention!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Li respectfully performed the salute as a junior, then got into the car and left.
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After saying goodbye to Uncle Jiu, Jiang Li rushed directly to Daxian Mountain. After putting away all the jars of ghosts, he released them all at once.
Then he told them his plan, and when they knew that they could be ghost soldiers or even land gods, they were all very happy.