Start as a Temple Spirit

Chapter 298: Come often, little brother

Upon hearing this, Liu Weizi clapped his hands and said, "It is a good idea to set up many traps to kill the ghost beasts!"

"Lao Feng, you guys go and arrange it now." The old patriarch waved his hand.

"Chief, you're not going?" Yihuo asked subconsciously.

"The old man has to listen to Hou Liangshan's orders here." The old patriarch said without blushing.

Yifeng and the others fell silent immediately, their emotions turbulent, but they could not reveal their true feelings. They could only jump off the cliff and seek help from others to discuss the war.

"Alas, this trend is really hopeless. They jump off cliffs at every turn. How can we explain it to visitors if they see us?" Seeing this, the old patriarch sighed and sat down. He took a sip of tea, looked at Shang Liangshan and asked, "Should we make some preparations at the temple?"

"I have sent a message to the Earth Layer, asking him to go to the temple to make arrangements, organize the believers to prepare for battle, set traps, and be ready to accept the believers' surrender."

The first arrangements made by the temple were to stockpile supplies and organize the servants of the local gentry who moved to live near the temple and train them into militia.

These are all suggestions made spontaneously by local tycoons and local residents.

After hearing the proposal, Tuceng and Yijiu readily agreed.

Food is the most abundant thing in the countryside, so the difficulty lies in weapons and equipment. For this reason, Tuceng went to find Yang Chao and asked for a basic weapon forging method, which he gave to the local tyrant Xiang Kun, asking them to organize blacksmiths to open a forge near the temple and secretly forge weapons.

"Once the army of ghost beasts is launched, the first to suffer will be the villages, and the lives of the people will inevitably be destroyed." Liu Weizi murmured.

He was talking about the reality. The county town had city walls, government servants, and small families with considerable strength that could defend against attacks from ghost beasts.

The most that the countryside has are high walls and large courtyards, but they lack defensive power.

Once the ghost beast arrives, the massacre begins.

"The Xuanxu Sect should take some action, right?" Shang Liangshan looked at Liu Weizi and asked.

"Yes," Liu Weizi nodded solemnly and said, "As far as I know, the sect has already sent 50% of its forces to defend various territories, and the remaining 50% of its forces are gathering to support various places at any time."

"What a generous move." The old patriarch exclaimed.

"You have to fight for the great opportunity, and only by fighting for the great opportunity can you survive forever." Liu Weizi expressed his true feelings.

"This great struggle came too suddenly. If only it had lasted another year or two..."

The cry of "Quack" from the Nine Netherworld Ghost interrupted Shang Liangshan's hope.

"Ha ha, little brother you are here again." Heizi on the top of the pavilion greeted the Nine Nether Ghost who was roaring towards him.

The howling Nine Nether Ghost Crow ignored it and flew onto the back of a chair near the old patriarch.

The old patriarch quickly took off the small bamboo tube and handed it to Shang Liangshan. The latter opened it and handed it to the old patriarch, then nodded to the Nine Nether Ghost Crow.

The Nine Netherworld Evil Ghost let out a “quack” and then rushed away.

"Haha, little brother, come here often."

"Quack quack..."

"Haha, you bastard, you dare to look down on me, Heizi? You'll see what happens to me."

"Quack quack..."

Well, the two birds are at odds again.

The old patriarch took a look at the message, hesitated for a while, and after getting an approving look from Shang Liangshan, he handed the scroll to Liu Wei, who was full of curiosity.

Liu Weizi was not polite either. He took the scroll and read it clearly at a glance, because the content was just one sentence: The Youye Palace will go all out and engage in a fierce battle with the army of ghosts from the northwest.

"Contain the northwest?" Liu Weizi handed the scroll to Shang Liangshan and asked.

Shang Liangshan nodded and said, "The forces of the Nether Night Palace are in the northwest, so we mainly deal with the ghost beast army coming from the southeast."

"In that case, the trap in the northwest direction can be slowed down." The old patriarch murmured.

"No, the attack of the Youye Palace will stop fifty miles northwest. This is a tacit understanding." Shang Liangshan shook his head.

"Can we ask the Youye Palace to send reinforcements to help us?" Liu Weizi suggested.

“No, humans and ghosts have different paths. Once the Palace of the Dark Night settles near the Forgotten Town, the will of the mountains and rivers will drift away from us. No matter how many ghosts we kill, we will not be recognized.” Shang Liangshan shook his head.

The will of the mountains and rivers now gave him a sense of the intelligence of rewards and punishments on the battlefield.

"This is a bit like a magical tool that keeps statistics on military achievements." The old patriarch said in surprise.

"A spiritual weapon that counts military merits?" Shang Liangshan expressed confusion.

"It is a special spiritual weapon. It can cover the battlefield and count the military achievements. It is very wonderful and fair." The old patriarch explained this and sighed: "It is often said in the army that spiritual weapons that count military achievements are the guarantee of bravery and the driving force for bloody battles."

"Indeed, a battlefield without spiritual weapons to count military merits would be incomplete and unfair," Taoist Priest Liu agreed.

"Pah!" The old patriarch slapped his forehead and said in sudden realization, "Could it be that the will of the ancient continent is to add the function of the spiritual weapon that counts military merits to the will of the mountains and forests?"

"Eight or nine out of ten." Liu Weizi looked certain.

"Heizi, how did you feel when you ate the ghost wolf beast just now?" Shang Liangshan looked up and asked Heizi.

"It's very fragrant, full of energy, and leaves a long aftertaste. It makes me miss it very much." Heizi said with lingering feeling.

When Shang Liangshan and the other two heard this, they were stunned at first, and then fell into deep thought.

The key point is the endless aftertaste, which is to tempt Heizi to continue hunting the ghost wolf beast for food.

Three women stood on top of an arrow tower in Forgotten Village.

"Senior Sister Lin, I am really shocked by the strength shown by the Forgotten Township. I am afraid that the defense power of a large county town cannot compare to that of your township." Li Huiling exclaimed in admiration as she looked at the soldiers and civilians on duty on the village wall.

"Junior sister, thank you for the compliment." Lin smiled slightly and didn't say much, because she knew that this compliment was the beginning of the topic.

As expected, Li Huiling's voice was heard again: "Sister, I want to meet Taoist Master Liu and ask him how to cooperate with the military and civilians in your town. I wonder if you can introduce me to him."

"Alas," Lin sighed, and said sincerely, "Junior sister, it's not that I don't want to introduce you, but the timing is not right. Now is the ghost calamity period, whether it is Taoist Liu or Forgotten Township, they are all working hard to safely get through the ghost calamity..."

A strange "ga ga" sounded, which not only sounded the alarm but also interrupted Lin Weiwei's words.

"Boom!" Like a herd of beasts galloping in an army, they surged in from the mountains and forests in the east, and three hundred meters outside the village wall, they galloped westward, raising billowing dust and crashing into the bushes along the way.

"The beasts are trying to escape into the depths of the Shiwan Mountains." Yang Hong guessed.

"This is the instinct of the beasts. It seems that this year's ghost calamity is very dangerous." Lin Weiwei murmured.

"Lin, go first. This year's ghost robbery is really weird. According to the guards, in previous years, ghosts would appear near the Ghost Festival, but this year there is not a single ghost. There is not even a roar of ghosts. It is really too abnormal." Yang Hong felt vaguely that Lin Weiwei knew something.

"Didn't the college reveal anything to you two?" Lin Weiwei asked instead of answering.