Chapter 86: Rebellion Brewing

"Click, click, click."

Following Lin Feng's order, the wooden men that had been scattered in various places were all awakened one after another.

Those buried in the graveyard crawled directly out of the soil, and those hiding in the bushes also slowly revealed themselves. Subsequently, these wooden men gradually gathered before Lin Feng.

"Wooden men can only remember some simple instructions at most. Hmm, I'll just have a portion specifically collect one type of raw material!"

Looking at the wooden men that had come to his side, Lin Feng began to order them separately, with every thirty wooden men in a group collecting one type of medicinal herb.

All the wooden men were roughly divided into twenty groups, totaling nearly six hundred wooden men. Such a large number of wooden men was no longer a small figure.

As Lin Feng completed the deployment, these wooden men immediately walked deep into Xinglong Ling with heavy, uneven steps.

"However, the graveyard cannot be left unattended like this. It's better to have the heavy-armored Paper Men patrol."

Thinking about it, shadows flickered under Lin Feng's feet, and more than a hundred heavy-armored Paper Men slowly emerged. Then, in groups of five, they began to patrol the periphery of the entire graveyard according to Lin Feng's instructions.

The main purpose of deploying these heavy-armored Paper Men was to clear out the wild Ghosts in the graveyard. This ghost place not only had buried corpses turning into Ghosts but also attracted surrounding Ghosts to come over.

Lin Feng had no reason not to take down these offerings that were delivered to his door. Previously, the wooden men's strength was too low, so it didn't matter if they couldn't suppress the Ghosts.

Now, the heavy-armored Paper Men could suppress even Fierce Ghosts by relying on their numerical advantage, which was just right for night patrols and suppressing Ghosts.

After finishing these two things, Lin Feng finally began to busy himself with the matter he cared about most.

"Next, let's see exactly what the ability of this Deadly Ghost Herder is!"

Because it was inconvenient during the day, Lin Feng didn't summon this Ghost to test it, but now there was no need to worry about so much.

As Lin Feng's mind moved, a Ghost with a ferocious appearance and a terrifying aura emanating from its whole body quietly appeared before him.

Unlike the Play Ghost and the Tanshi Gui, this Ghost possessed the strength of a Fierce Ghost as soon as it was formed, and Lin Feng felt quite unaccustomed to controlling it.

This Ghost's main ability was to control other Ghosts, just like a shepherd herding cattle and sheep.

Such a talent was directly rated as a top-grade corpse seed by the *Corpse-Planting and Ghost-Raising Scripture*, which was enough to show that it was not simple.

Lin Feng thought about it and directly released the ten Ghosts he had captured yesterday from the shadow world.

Accompanied by the removal of the red paper money that had originally covered these Ghosts, these Ghosts also began to revive rapidly, each one beginning to approach Lin Feng according to its instinct, seemingly wanting to kill him.

"Slap~"

But the next moment, the whip in the hand of the Deadly Ghost Herder beside Lin Feng lashed out directly onto these Ghosts.

This made the Ghosts, which were originally full of death intent and killing entirely on instinct, immediately freeze in place.

"Slap! Slap!"

Following that, the Deadly Ghost Herder's whip swung again, and just like driving cattle and sheep, these Ghosts began to honestly gather together and line up in a row.

It wasn't suppression, nor did these Ghosts develop intelligence, but rather the reaction forced by the Deadly Ghost Herder's ability to drive these Ghosts.

"Hiss~ These Ghosts have no resistance at all, they are really as docile as cattle and sheep!"

Such an eerie scene made Lin Feng gasp. This situation was really somewhat terrifying.

"Slap!"

Then, the Deadly Ghost Herder swung its whip again, and those driven Ghosts began to drag their stiff bodies and start moving, while their respective abilities could actually be used.

However, soon, under Lin Feng's control, the Deadly Ghost Herder drove these Ghosts back to their original place, and each one honestly stayed in place, huddled together.

It had to be said that just these few moves had already made Lin Feng feel somewhat incredible.

Because these things were not real cattle and sheep, but Ghosts!

They were the kind of Ghosts that only knew how to kill on instinct and couldn't be killed by ordinary means!

But now, under the driving of the Deadly Ghost Herder, they were actually controlled just like cattle and sheep.

This was only at the Fierce Ghost level. If it continued to grow and turned into a more terrifying Disaster Ghost or Calamity Ghost, what would happen then?

After a round of testing, Lin Feng immediately took these Ghosts back. This Ghost was essentially more terrifying than the Tanshi Gui; its ability was simply too special.

Of course, for Lin Feng now, it was definitely a huge help. With this Ghost in existence, he would never be afraid of any group battle in the future!

In the Luohe City Ghost Suppression Division, Li Yanbing looked at the urgent report before her and couldn't help but feel a headache.

The only reason she felt a headache was that the content of the urgent report was truly unexpected.

"Southeast Liuzhou has rebelled!"

No one expected that the eastern prefectures, which were the most severely affected by disasters, would not be the first to jump out and raise a flag to rebel, but instead, the relatively wealthy Southeast Liuzhou had raised a flag to rebel!

"My Lady, the scale of the rebellion in Liuzhou is not small. I fear this matter will be difficult to quell."

Li He's brain turned relatively fast and he said this directly to Li Yanbing.

"Heh, quell? How to quell?"

"The eastern prefectures have actually been firmly controlled by the Li King. Besides, the drought in each prefecture continues, and the common people can't even live; raising a flag to rebel is just a matter of time!"

If she had just arrived in Luohe City, Li Yanbing would have felt a little shocked, but now she no longer held much hope for the entire Great Xia Dynasty.

"My Lady, then how should we respond? Luohe City has been a place of four battles since ancient times. If we do nothing, the scourge of war will sooner or later sweep here!"

Li He frowned and immediately spoke to her.

"That old Daoist is willing to stay, right?"

"That is correct. I heard he wants to set up a Daoist temple in the city, take in some disciples, and leave behind some incense inheritance."

Hearing Li Yanbing ask this, Li He reported to her directly.

"Let the yamen pick some clever children and send them over. Also, tell Xie Anran that if he doesn't want to die without a burial place, he must do his best to cooperate with our actions!"

The expression in Li Yanbing's eyes became incomparably firm. She was not a stupid person; naturally, she knew how dangerous the current situation was.

But she couldn't retreat. Retreating here meant that all her previous efforts had been in vain.

Now the only way was to gather all the forces that could be used and build the entire Luohe City into a majestic city!

"Yes!"

Hearing that Li Yanbing had already made a decision, Li He didn't say much more and agreed directly.

They certainly knew that Luohe City Lord Xie Anran had his own little thoughts, but after several ghost disasters, Li Yanbing had successfully borrowed the momentum to make the other party behave.

Nowadays, although the nominal city lord of the entire Luohe City was still Xie Anran, the one who really called the shots was actually this Gold-Badge Divine Catcher of the Ghost Suppression Division, Li Yanbing, who had not been here long!

"Build refugee camps, reclaim wasteland, dig water channels..."

Li Yanbing frowned and began to ponder what to do next.

Some things sounded simple, but in reality, they were incomparably troublesome to do.

Now her greatest confidence still came from having established a relationship with that Supreme Human senior. Having the other party's promise was the foundation for her wanting to achieve a career.

"By the way, how are the various items collected?"

Thinking of this, Li Yanbing asked Li He again. Compared to other affairs, this was the top priority!

"A thousand-year-old God-Offering Stele—I managed to get one from an acquaintance in the Southwest Ghost Suppression Division, and it should be transported here soon."

"As for the imperial mausoleum of the previous dynasty that produces dragon vein grave soil, I found two locations, but one of them has already been dug empty, and the terrain and earth veins have been destroyed. I only collected less than twenty shi, so I suppose it will take some time to be sent over."

"The other imperial mausoleum is shrouded in some kind of powerful Ghost Domain, and our people simply dare not go in..."

"As for the nether-earth pottery bowls, I learned from some wealthy families that this thing mainly comes from the pottery craftsmen of the Thousand Craftsmen and Hundred Artisans, but this lineage has not appeared in the world for a long time. The existing nether-earth pottery bowls are all ancestral vessels of major families, and they are not easy to get."

Li He was quite clear about the situation of these things, but there was no doubt that many things were not easy to get. ===== CHAPTER 87 =====