Chapter 186: Just Insufficient Silver

With Vajravarahi eliminated, the other evil spirits were merely a matter of convenience.

It was just that the Wish Power Dharma Coins Xu Jia had accumulated during this period were also exhausted, so he exited the Divine Transformation, and the Tianpeng Dharma image collapsed back into the evil ghosts of the Huohai Diyu and the evil ghosts of the Mountain of Knives Hell.

These evil ghosts looked as if they had been drained dry; it seems that maintaining the original Tianpeng Dharma image was also no small burden for these evil ghosts.

There were still a few evil spirits left that had just hidden away, thinking of the snipe and the clam fighting while the fisherman gains, and seeing Vajravarahi dissipate and Tianpeng collapse, they thought they could pick up the scraps and rushed into the temple.

Hu Jinhua, who had just witnessed the close-range battle at the temple entrance, and Huang Pipo immediately swung their fans to strike, while Xun Taizi also puffed out his cheeks and blew air outward.

Viewed from the Dharma Realm, a tornado was born out of thin air, sweeping these evil spirits out one by one and tearing them into fragments.

"Zhang Yi, Land Deity of this territory, why do you not return to your position at once!"

"This minor god obeys the decree!"

Zhang Yi walked out from the Zhangshu tree at the village entrance; he had seen the situation was unfavorable just now and had hidden himself.

Xu Jia did not blame him; going up would have been suicide anyway.

Zhang Yi entered the temple and sat in the position according to the posture of the statue. The next moment, a rumbling vibration occurred, and a manor with green bricks and black tiles was born in the Dharma Realm, stretching for dozens of miles, with fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry and bamboo, crisscrossing paths, and the sounds of chickens and dogs heard from one to another. Among them, people came and went, farming, and the clothing of men and women was exactly like that of outsiders.

This was precisely the Blessed Land of the Xu Jia Cun Tu Di Miao.

Immediately following was the enshrinement and invocation of the Jinsha Creek deity nearby.

This time there were no problems; the problems had just been resolved.

In the Dharma Realm, Qiu Jinsha transformed into the image of a dragon-headed human, only the dragon head lacked dragon horns, and his eyes were not so imposing; after he sat down.

A murmuring stream was immediately born in the Dharma Realm; though called a stream, it was a full zhang wide and could be considered a small river.

It meandered through the Dharma Realm of Xu Jia Cun, with fish and shrimp playing inside, and ducks swimming about...

All the ancestors and departed souls beneath Xu Jia Cun had their own Yinzhai and their own fields here, no longer trembling in fear, afraid to leave their Yinzhai, fearing being scraped by the Yin wind and steel blades, struck by Yin rain, frozen by moonlight, or scorched by sunlight.

In this Blessed Field and land of goodness, the breeze was gentle, the four seasons were like spring, it was suitable for nourishing souls, and there was no terror; it was a rare piece of pure land in the Dharma Realm.

However, it also attracted more wandering ghosts and evil spirits; at the same time, maintaining the Blessed Field also required Incense Fire as consumption. If the Incense Fire decreased, the Blessed Field would also slowly shrink.

Now, a piece of Blessed Field the size of ten-plus miles was already considered "extremely large." Some Blessed Fields were only the size of small manors of about a hundred mu, with houses pressed against houses, crowded together, unable to farm, and could only rely on the Incense Fire offered by the world of the living, living a tight life.

This kind of ability to plow fields and grow Yin rice was actually collecting the "scattered" ownerless Incense Fire of this land, so that even if the Incense Fire from the world of the living was not so timely, they would not turn into "hungry ghosts."

And in the east of the Dharma Realm, a huge camphor tree propped up a large area, and the place covered by its shadow was where Xu Jia Cun was sheltered.

Even in the area outside the shadow, there was a gray zone where the Blessed Field and the evil soil of the Dharma Realm intersected.

Xu Jia flipped down from the altar and kicked up Xiaopangdun, who had been having fun playing with iron flowers just now and then played dead out of fear of the ugly Vajravarahi: "Many people are possessed, why don't you go help exorcise them!"

Xiaopangdun got up in a hurry, while Zhang Zhenji exclaimed: "True Person, what was the monster we just saw? Why was it so evil?"

Xu Jia said: "This is one of the six types of ancient ghosts that the Ancestral Heavenly Master did not kill or subdue back then. They were afraid that the Ancestral Heavenly Master would sweep away demons and reach them, so they scattered and fled, far from the Central Plains, either south or north, or east or west. They are all types of demons and evil ghosts. This one put on a Buddha Robe and became an Outer Path that attaches to Buddhism."

"It is exactly one of the demons and ghosts of the Longevity Sect that you mentioned before; it came to find trouble with me."

"Then since True Person Xu killed it, doesn't that mean there will be no powerful evil spirits or demons in Dexing County?"

"You're overthinking it," Xu Jia said. "That bald donkey cultivated an Intermediate Yin Achievement, gathering and dispersing at will, which is very difficult to deal with. I just split him apart just now, not killed him. He also didn't anticipate my methods for a moment. Next time he is prepared, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to deal with."

"Ah?" Zhang Zhenji did not expect Xu Jia to be so pessimistic.

"However, since he failed in his engagement with me, he will definitely be intimidated. He won't be able to determine my strength and methods for a while, and he definitely won't act rashly. We still have time to prepare."

"We must move for reinforcements," Xu Jia said. "That Wang Faguan you mentioned last time, Wang Mintong, we must go find him."

"But, where would we know the whereabouts of such a high-level expert? High-level experts are always like dragons seeing their heads but not their tails. Although Longhu Mountain is not far, who can say clearly when they will come or when they will arrive?"

Xu Jia spat out three words: "I know."

"The True Person is so divinely calculating?" "It's just that the silver is insufficient."

"How much silver is needed?" Zhang Zhenji did not doubt him.

"Three thousand taels," Xu Jia gritted his teeth.

"Ah? Three thousand taels? That is too much. If all the Daoists in our Shanju Guan pool together, we might be able to scrape together three hundred taels."

Xu Jia shook his head: "Never mind this for now, we'll see when we get there. Let's rest and then we will go pay a visit."

After saying that, he left this place and followed Xiaopangdun, saying: "How much money can you move?"

"Master, if I move money, my father will kill me, and I'm afraid our family's foundation doesn't have that much either. It all needs to be turned over. Isn't there Jin Chan Da Xian?"

"Asking him for money now will likely cause his Wealth God Path to die halfway. Forget it, a bad debt is a bad debt. Since it's already done, what is there to be embarrassed about?"

Xu Jia immediately puffed out his chest and raised his head, saving and waking up the women, children, and weak men who had been possessed just now.

The clan elder Zong Zheng said with worry: "Building a temple is a matter of Merit, so why did so many people get possessed just now? Young Master Xu, is this a True God we are building?"

Xiaopangdun walked out: "You still doubt my master? Would my master harm you?"

Xu Jia said: "Just now there was an evil god who wanted to seize the temple, and I drove him away. The current Land Deity is the big camphor tree at the entrance of your village, which was planted by your ancestors. How could you not trust it?"

Zhang Yi already had a foundation of faith in the village. Once they heard it was the Zhangshu Gong, they felt relieved. Xu Jia also falsely claimed the Land Deity's name and called Hu Jinhua a messenger of the gods, an auspicious spirit fox.

Thus, he wrote down a spirit tablet, ordering the Fox Immortal Hall lineage of Hu Jinhua to be worshipped and receive Incense Fire together, splitting the Incense Fire with Zhang Yi fifty-fifty.

Zhang Yi naturally had nothing to say; he had fought for this god position from the Qingtian Dam Land Deity, and he also had Xu Jia protecting the temple.

As for Huang Pipo, she had her own Tian Liang Miao to manage, and Hai Sanniang also had her own "Shishen Miao."

However, now, Xu Jia perhaps felt that Hai Sanniang might also have some relationship with this Vajravarahi, perhaps a relationship like a Buddhist "incarnation" or "response body."

Regardless of how Xu Jia Cun discussed the aftermath, Xu Jia left this place, first went home to bathe and tidy up, took some pills, and waited for Zhang Zhenji to finish handling things on his side, then they went together toward Yushan County.

Xu Mu was worried about Xu Jia, so she gave him a key: "Your father bought a small courtyard in the alley of the East City in the county. Usually, an old woman takes care of it. If you can't make it back, just make do for the night in that small courtyard. That old woman's cooking is very average; you should just go to the restaurant next door and order two dishes to eat."

Then she added: "Remember to visit your teacher, and you are not allowed to learn from your father and go to those unclean places!"

But the place Xu Jia wanted to go to was "Cuichun Pavilion"!

This place was likely the unclean place.

It was not easy to explain clearly to Xu Mu, so Xu Jia took the As-You-Wish Rod as a walking stick and went with Zhang Zhenji.

As for Xiaopangdun, Xu Jia arranged for him to handle the aftermath of the Tu Di Miao, and he also had to properly comfort the people of Xu Jia Cun, otherwise, if they all got possessed, it would form fear and suspicion.

This is not a good thing for the gods; one cannot do bad things with good intentions.

However, once Father Xu passes the provincial examination, all these problems will be solved.

Of course, the problem of the Longevity Sect cannot be solved.

Zhang Zhenji felt very curious about Xu Jia's Daoism, and not feeling it was a taboo, he asked Xu Jia directly.

Xu Jia knew that Zhang Zhenji was also an Earth Immortal Seed and would be his own help in the future; furthermore, since the Earth Immortal True Person Cai Yu had already become his foster son and disciple "Xu Jian," and this Zhang Zhenji was his great-great-great-grandson, Xu Jia was not stingy.

"What you cultivate is Earth-element Daoism; strictly speaking, this belongs to the category of Thunder Law, which you cannot learn. You can only learn the Earth Thunder or Demon Thunder among the Five Thunders, or perhaps the Earth Office Thunder, which is the Thunder Law of the Earth Deity Thunder Generals, rather than the Thunder Law of the Heavenly God Thunder Generals, the Earth Deity Thunder Generals."

"If you want to learn, you can choose a corresponding deity, perform visualization, recite the precious proclamation, and unite your intent with the thunder clouds to serve as the pivot for issuing commands. However, this must also be attributed to inner refinement; without reaching the minor accomplishment of a Human Immortal and having refined the five viscera to a certain level, one cannot generate Inner Thunder to command Outer Thunder, or use Divine Transformation to summon the deity to fight for you."

"That is indeed somewhat difficult, somewhat complicated!"

"It is not difficult to say it is difficult, nor is it simple to say it is simple. My Thunder Law is only the surface; the Five Thunders Orthodox Method of Longhu Mountain is the authentic one. When you see Wang Mintong later, try asking him yourself."

(End of this chapter)