After a night of settling, the news that Chen Yun cut out the Yin Wujie is still spreading and spreading.
The messengers of Liuxicheng used the transfer formation and raced to Luoyang without a break, presenting the situation immediately.
Emperor Xizong Li You just finished attending the morning court and received this confidential report.
After reading the confidential report, he was shocked. He couldn't imagine that a terrifying giant was born in Liuxicheng and even the grandmaster of Dugu Guangting couldn't defeat him.
What surprised him most was that the person who finally killed the terrifying giant was the same person who helped capture Meng Kǎi, Tang's troops, earlier.
In the study room.
Li You sat there silently for a long time.
Tian Lìzī, a famous eunuch of the dynasty, became the current Censor and thus his acuity far exceeds ordinary people.
He immediately noticed the emperor's shock and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, what is so worthy of your silence?"
"Father," Li You looked shocked as he passed the confidential report to someone else, "you should read this letter yourself."
Li You called Tian Lizi " father" because he was twelve years old when he ascended the throne and entrusted political affairs to Tian Lizi, which has the meaning of "foster father".
Naturally, Tian Lizi was the most trusted person of Emperor Xizong.
Tian Lizi calmly took the letter and carefully examined it.
After half a moment, he also had a look of disbelief on his face.
At the same time, he also knew why Emperor Xizong would look like that.
To be honest, the last time Zhen Wen Shu was able to obtain "divine status", it was largely due to Tian Lizi's subtle hints.
He has always wanted to curry favor with the immortals of the orthodox Taoist school.
As the master of the Mao Shan sect, Du Guangting cherished his feathers and refused to accept the flattery of eunuchs.
Therefore, Tian Lizi thought of using the enfeoffment of Chen Yun as an opportunity to associate with the outstanding disciples of the orthodox Taoist sect.
Now seeing the opportunity again, Tian Lizi blinked his eyes, "Your Majesty, this time Chen Xianzhong has once again defeated demons and devils for our great Tang Dynasty, saving over 200,000 people from disaster. The subject believes that we should enfeoff Chen Xianzhong and establish a temple to worship him."
Li You sighed, "I am of the same mind, but I am afraid that the ministers will not agree to it."
During the Tang and Song dynasties, emperors were more modest and did not act as arrogant as the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, who often referred to themselves as "I" in private, and generally referred to themselves as "I".
Tian Lizi laughed and said, "As long as the emperor is willing, the subject will take care of it and make those ministers speechless."
Li You was overjoyed, "So it's time for you to be the bad guy again, Father. Alright, you handle this matter."
Tian Lizi quickly added, "After the emperor issues an edict, to show respect, the subject will personally visit Chen Xianzhong in Sichuan and convey the emperor's divine will."
Li You agreed: "Good."
Subsequently, Tian Lizi quickly conveyed this message to the next level.
For a time, some of the ministers in the imperial court strongly opposed, but the power that dominated the imperial court at that time, Tian Lizi, used various means to argue against others' opinions and finally determined to enfeoff Chen Yun. He respected Chen Yun as "Spiritual Treasure Master" and bestowed the Qingcheng Grand Face Peak as his sacred place. As for establishing a temple, it was ultimately not approved.
The main reason was that Chen Yun had not yet become an immortal.
Therefore, the title was "Spiritual Treasure Master," not "Spiritual Treasure Immortal."
But Tian Lizi still left a back door, which was the "Spiritual Treasure" two words.
The term "Lingbao" originally refers to the preciousness of deities. It is also used to describe certain Taoist cultivation methods that nurture the spiritual essence, as well as for names of altars, incense sticks, precious objects, and so on.
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Jinquan Mountain.
Yesterday Chen Yun returned to pick up the white monkey and flying snake.
At that time, Chen Yun held the determination to die, and he was afraid of killing the white monkey and flying snake, so he did not take them to fight.
Now that he has defeated Yin Wujing, it is natural for him to return to pick them up.
Because the damage was too severe, and they had to stay for one night.
During this period, Chen Yun restored his strength without any distractions.
It was not until this morning that he had just barely restored all of his magical power.
As soon as he recovered his magical power, Chen Yun summoned Qin Liang and Ji Xin, the two divine generals, to count the damage to the divine weapons.
"General Ji, how many of my brothers sacrificed their lives for me yesterday?"
Chen Yun asked with a concerned expression.
General Ji was taken aback, puzzled and said, "Master, there were no brothers sacrificed yesterday. Why did you say so?"
Chen Yun was stunned, "How could there be no brothers sacrificed? I remember during my battle with Yin Wujing, there were quite a few brothers hit by magic and immediately disappeared in a puff of smoke."
Upon hearing this, both Qin Liang and Ji Xin showed expressions of realization.
Qin Liang smiled and took over the conversation, "Master, my kind are housed in statues and plaques. As long as the statues and plaques are not destroyed, we can recover as much as we're damaged through incense offerings. Yesterday, indeed, many of my brothers were seriously injured. However, after their forms were scattered, their true spirits remained intact. As long as the master offers sacrifices for a few more days, my brothers will be able to recover to their original state."
Ji Xin nodded slightly, "Ordinarily, spirits and ghosts would be scattered to the winds if their forms were shattered. However, whether we are divine soldiers and generals or others' ghost soldiers and generals, as long as our true spirits are stored in an altar or plaque that has been ritually consecrated with soul preservation, they are generally kept safe within it and not easily destroyed."
After hearing what the two said, Chen Yun suddenly remembered the character Gao Minggai in "Feng Shen Yong," where the two demons originally transformed from peach and willow trees. They obtained the Spiritual Eye and Wind-Resolving Ears Great Magic after stealing the spiritual energy of two clay puppets in the Xuan Huang Temple. Although their powers were ordinary, they were able to withstand any spell or technique from any demigod, including Anya's Heavenly Wheel, Nine Dragon Divine Fire Shield, Li Jing's Treasure Pagoda, or Yang Ren's Five Fire and Seven Bird Fan.
Later, Jiang Ziya had the Xuan Huang Temple's two clay puppets destroyed, and that's when Gao Minggai was punished.
Perhaps, the statues or plaques of divine weapons and ghosts and ghosts are the places where their true spirits are stored.
Chen Yun was again reminded of the Shiji Xian, who seemed to also use the act of abandoning his mortal body to entrust his true spirit to something else, thus leaving the world and becoming an immortal.
It seems that there is also a similarity in the process of transforming solitary spirits into divine soldiers and generals or ghosts and ghost soldiers.
Therefore, although the divine weapons were seriously injured yesterday, they did not actually lose any.
Chen Yun relaxed and smiled, "It's good that no one has been lost. I once promised to make my brothers become yincha, and if they were lost and I failed to fulfill my promise, I would certainly feel uneasy in conscience."
"Master, you care about us so much, and General Ji is even grateful," said Ji Xin, first praising him. Then he blinked his eyes and asked with a question, "If I didn't guess wrong, the evil ghost general Yin Wuji that you fought yesterday was heavily injured by Zhong Que's magical formula, but its true spirit should still be hidden somewhere. If the master can seize the opportunity to subdue it in this moment, it will certainly be a great asset in the future."
Right.
The ghost general Yin Wuji is as powerful as an upper-class wizard. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to successfully attack the Bagu monk in a surprise attack.
Chen Yun pondered, "If we could seize the opportunity to subdue it when it is weak, it will certainly be a great war general in the future."
But where did the ghost general hide its true spirit?
He immediately recalled that he had collected the equipment of Yin Wuji's "explosion."
Perhaps, the statues and plaques of the ghost soldiers and ghosts are among them.
Chen Yun nodded slightly and said, "I know. You guys go rest first, I'll find out where the ghost general is."
"Roar."
"Understood, master. The subordinate will leave."
Qin Liang and Ji Xin returned to the statue.
Chen Yun immediately took out a tattered yet still usable storage ring and examined the "equipment" from Yin Wuji's explosion, hoping to find the ghost statues and plaques.
Although Yin Wuji exploded many "equipment," the ghost statues and plaques were too easy to find.
As soon as Chen Yun carefully examined them, he discovered a bronze ghost statue about the size of a palm and a plaque with an unknown metal engraved with a list of names.
As expected, the ghost statue and the plaque should be the places where Yin Wuji made the ghost soldiers and ghosts reside.
The ghosts have already been subdued, whether to take out the plaque or not is of no consequence.
Chen Yun immediately took out the ghost statue and used his divine awareness to explore, hoping to find if the ghost general was inside.
The next moment, a very irate message came from the ghost statue, "Scoundrel, what are you staring at? Do you think Grandpa Cui will skin and strip you?"
Chen Yun laughed silently and used his divine awareness to transmit the message, "This little ghost still dares to speak outlandishly even when death is at your doorstep? Your master, Yin Wuji, has also been slain by me. Don't say you're now weak and vulnerable. Even in your full strength, I ask, how many strikes can you withstand from me?"
Hm, that statement is half true and half false.
Chen Yun is very clear about his current strength.
Even if he manifests his Dao body, it's impossible for him to defeat a ghost general with the strength of an upper-class wizard.
Yesterday, his ability to slay Yin Wuji was purely due to the opponent's excessive consumption and the severe injury from Zhong Que's magical formula.
He has analyzed his own strength and believes that if he manifests his Dao body and unleashes all his power, he should be invincible among medium-level wizards.
But no matter how unbeatable he is in the medium-level wizard realm, there is still an insurmountable gulf between him and the upper-level wizards.
Therefore, Chen Yun does not believe that he can defeat the full-strength ghost general within the statue without relying on other means.
Of course, he is not without a way to win. By setting up arrays beforehand and summoning divine weapons and generals to attack, he can certainly subdue this ghost general.
But that's so troublesome.
It's better to scare the opponent instead.
As expected, the ghost general heard that Yin Wuji had been slain by Chen Yun and immediately became confused, "Impossible! Impossible! How can a mere medium-level wizard like you possibly defeat Yin Wuji?"
"The fact is as such," Chen Yun said with a serious tone, "I now give you two choices: either to be driven to a state where your soul flies and your essence disperses, or to immediately submit obediently. I only give you ten breaths to think over. If it exceeds ten breaths, don't blame me for being heartless and cruel!"
The ghost general fell silent immediately.
Chen Yun counted slowly, "Ten... nine... eight... seven... six..."
The ghost general remained silent.
When Chen Yun counted to "two," the ghost general finally heaved a long sigh, "Yin Wuji that scoundrel is dead, and I've been injured severely as well. If I don't receive the supplement of incense offerings, I'll eventually turn to dust and die. Well, I will submit to you, but I have three conditions that you must agree to. Otherwise, even if you beat me into a state where my soul flies and my essence disperses, I will not submit."
Chen Yun said without hesitation, "I will not agree to any of them. Then I will beat you into a state where your soul flies and your essence disperses."
"Ah, Master, Master, Grandpa Cui was just joking with you." The ghost general's tone changed very quickly, from being resolute and unwavering to instantly smiling and slightly flattering. The change could not be said to be small. He curried favor and said, "If you don't agree, you don't agree. I submit to you. Please don't beat me into a state where my soul flies and my essence disperses."
Hm, the ghost general is just putting on an act of hardiness.
He's not an idiot.
He was previously subdued by Yin Wuji's grand magic, not because of any deep feelings.
Now that Yin Wuji is dead, the ghost general can serve anyone. There's no need to joke with his life at stake.
Chen Yun didn't care about the ghost general's attitude. As soon as the latter agreed to submit, he immediately used a secret method to bind himself and the ghost general, so that the latter wouldn't be able to resist or recover his strength to resist in the future.
After completing all these, the ghost general revealed his name to Chen Yun.
Chen Yun only then learned that the ghost general was named Cui Ming, a person from the Shang Dynasty who had died in battle and then became a ghost in a place abundant in mountains and river spirits, until he grew into a regional ghost general. It was then that he was subdued and used by Yin Wuji.
These details don't interest him much.
However, Chen Yun was in a good mood. He had just slain Yin Wuji and not only recruited over a thousand yin soldiers under him, but also attracted more than a thousand lonely ghosts and wild spirits. Most importantly, with the inclusion of the ghost general who was comparable to an upper-class wizard, Cui Ming, his strength has greatly increased.
With Cui Ming working for him.
Plus, with the help of his divine weapon and Dao body.
Chen Yun believes that even in the future, when he faces a general upper-class wizard, he has the power to extinguish them.
"By the way, let's see how much 'equipment' Yin Wuji exploded."
Chen Yun thinks that since Yin Wuji is an upper-class wizard, the treasures he carries with him must not be mediocre.
He is curious to know what kind of spoils of war he will gain this time, having expended so much effort and even risking his life in the battle.
Hope it doesn't disappoint me.
Chen Yun thought and began to examine.
The New Year brings new prospects. I wish you all good health, abundance of wealth, and everything goes as you wish.
(End of Chapter)
