Chapter 248: The Examining, Attaching, Binding, Evil-Subduing, and Demon-Suppressing Great General

Yushan and Dexing were originally connected; the two demons moved clouds and brought rain, and their cloud banks were also connected, only one rained more, one rained less, one earlier, and one later.

Ao Jin was of Water Virtue origin, so moving clouds and bringing rain was fairly familiar to him; having controlled water veins and cultivated the Water Mansion for several hundred years, plus being a descendant of a true dragon to some extent, some things within his instincts could not be erased.

But his Dharma Power was low; while it was said to be equivalent to an Eighth-Rank Water Virtue Righteous God, equal to the Earth Immortal realm, he had, after all, cultivated with the help of the Emperor Jade and had only just achieved it.

As for Turtle General, he was of water demon origin; because he saved someone from drowning, he obtained Incense Fire, and he falsely claimed to be the essence of a general who had drowned years ago, thereby obtaining a divine position.

He was not skilled in Water Virtue, but having been at the grassroots level for many years, he was somewhat familiar with the method of moving clouds and bringing rain.

"The Heavenly Master has asked us to compete in moving clouds and bringing rain. According to the lady's analysis, I am absolutely unable to complete the rainfall without the slightest discrepancy; I estimate that the closer to this number, the better..."

"But there is a deeper meaning in this: the Heavenly Master intends for me and that carp spirit to jointly manage the Water Mansion, so it is more important for me to find a way to turn him from an enemy into a friend."

"But this carp demon is full of resentment; I cannot win against him in this competition, otherwise, since he now has a backer and will keep remembering this matter, I will have a hard time in the future."

"But I cannot lose too ugly either; it would be best to tie... Sigh, being a god is much harder than being a demon..."

The cloud Qi in the sky was dense, and on the ground, the common people were already holding large vats, catching the rainwater, intending to see which one was more accurate.

But more common people knew that both of them could move clouds and bring rain and could not be offended, so they set up offering tables and placed incense altars.

These Incense Fires rose to the sky, merged with the cloud Qi, and turned into thousands of voices: "We hope both River Deity lords can bless us with favorable weather..."

Although Ao Jin was resentful, when he reached the clouds, he realized his Dharma Power and Divine Ability were not up to the task, and there was a faint risk of losing control.

Seeing Turtle General looking at ease, holding two Pear Melon Hammers and clashing them to produce thunder and lightning, he was terrified: "If he hammered me a few times like that, I'm afraid I'd turn into a pee-filled fish ball."

His heart had already lost some courage; Xu Jia had taught him many water methods, but he could only learn the White Method and could not learn the Black Method; he was fine for healing and saving people, but for fighting and killing, he was lacking.

But then he thought of being plotted against and driven out of the Water Mansion earlier, and his anger could not be extinguished.

At this moment, Turtle General walked over: "Virtuous brother, it was my fault before; there were many people there earlier, and your brother couldn't save face, but now it's just the two of us, brother will kneel to you."

Seeing him come over, Ao Jin was initially startled, but now seeing him like this, he not only didn't feel relaxed but instead remembered what his father king said while in the Immortal Pond before he turned into a dragon: "Those who can bend and stretch, who offended you before but can put down their face to beg for mercy later, are the most deep-thinking; such types must never be kept."

So he smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's nothing. Just follow what Master Xu said; we will have a rain-making contest, and no matter the result, this matter will be over."

Turtle General immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, then let this small god help you move clouds and bring rain!"

Seeing the rain gradually stabilize below and the two gods in the clouds beginning to cooperate, Xu Jia revealed a gratified smile, completely unaware that Ao Jin had already "blackened" with the thought that "this person must never be kept."

Just as the rain was falling, Xu Jia began to refine the thousands of water ghosts he had collected.

When it came down to it, these were all of the fierce ghost variety; only those Huangtian soldiers had been refined through his True Yin True Yang Precious Medicine to become Righteous Altar Soldiers.

These Yue People Dragon Dance Soldiers and Horses and Dragon Tiger Water Master Soldiers and Horses were only initially subdued and had not yet been transformed.

They still belonged to the category of Ghost Demon Yin Soldiers.

Xu Jia first refined the Yue People Dragon Dance Soldiers and Horses, directly making a miniature dragon boat and dotting the eyes of the dragon boat.

This troop had the potential to combine into a "Ghost Dragon." Therefore, what Xu Jia used was the refining method from the Lushan Various Methods that specifically absorbed the "Fengdu Method," which is the so-called "Northern Emperor Method."

When Xu Jia was serving at the Dongkong Qingling Palace within the Fengdu Liutian, he specifically went to check on the Fengdu soldiers; the Fengdu soldiers were directly under the jurisdiction of Fengdu Dadi, who was the master of the Five Hundred Small Underworld.

Among them was a troop called "Northern Emperor Black Demon Huangquan Nether Dragon Soldiers."

These soldiers belonged to the category of Netherworld Dao Soldiers.

Dao Soldiers are proper Dao altar soldiers, not scattered troops; if categorized, the Wandering Master Soldiers and the like belong to the unranked soldiers, while the shrimp soldiers and crab generals belong to the Ding-Class Soldiers and Horses among the Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding classes.

The Northern Emperor Black Demon Huangquan Nether Dragon Dao Soldiers belonged to a type of Yi-Class soldier refining method.

This type of soldier needs to be refined with Huangquan water, and once refined, they possess the form of a Nether Dragon and can control the water of the Huangquan Nether River, which is very powerful.

The minimum number required is five hundred, with no upper limit.

And they are not Yi-Class soldiers the moment they are refined; they need to be refined starting from Ding-Class soldiers, step by step until they become Yi-Class; this Yi-Class is the limit of their future potential.

Besides using Huangquan water to refine the soldiers, the prefix "Northern Emperor Black Demon" requires the soldier-refining master to cultivate the Northern Emperor Black Demon Law.

However, Xu Jia himself was a Fengdu Eighth-Rank Divine Official, which was even more direct than a so-called master.

Therefore, he only needed to set up a sacrifice and report to Fengdu Dadi to successfully refine them.

Xu Jia took advantage of the heavenly rain, connected with the water of the earthly nether, and used the Lushan Five Prisons Great Method to connect with the Underworld.

The incense smoke did not go up to the sky but hung down toward the ground; before long, a Kui Gate appeared before the altar, and a Nether General walked out from the gate; this Nether General had an ugly face, a head like a mountain peak, wore black armor, and held an iron chain net in his hand.

Xu Jia identified him for a moment and recognized that this was the Examining, Attaching, Binding, Evil-Subduing, and Demon-Suppressing Great General among the four great generals of Fengdu who capture, bind, shackle, and interrogate; this general's rank was not high, about the same as Xu Jia's, but his combat power was extremely high, and he was a Fengdu Great General specifically for capturing evil gods that possess people.

Seeing Xu Jia, this general was stunned for a moment, recognizing who Xu Jia was, but seeing that Xu Jia had obtained the Heavenly Master's talisman order, he respectfully said: "I do not know why the Heavenly Master has summoned this small god here?"

Xu Jia said: "This poor Daoist wants to refine a troop of soldiers and needs some Huangquan water."

The Examining, Attaching, Binding, Evil-Subduing, and Demon-Suppressing Great General said: "Such a small matter is not worth mentioning; Huangquan water is inexhaustible and endless, but this small god does not have any here and still needs to retrieve some from the Fengdu Water Official."

However, he added: "It is just that there is a camp of soldiers under this small god that is still vacant; I wonder if the Heavenly Master can entrust these soldiers to my camp."

Xu Jia thought for a moment and knew what he was talking about.

This general was taking the initiative to show goodwill, solving the organizational problem of the soldiers for Xu Jia, and could also help train the soldiers, returning them to Xu Jia after they were trained, but Xu Jia shook his head: "Great General, there is no need to trouble yourself."

"However, this poor Daoist is currently in charge of demon affairs in the Jiangnan West Circuit; in the future, there may be demons and evils stealing Incense Fire, and there will be times when I summon the Great General. The Great General can leave his taboo name, and in the future, when destroying mountains and breaking temples, I will surely invite the General."

"Easily said, easily said. Then this general will go and return shortly."

(End of this chapter)