Chapter Fifteen: Gathering Vengeful Spirits

  At the sight of blood, everyone was immediately stimulated. Especially after the tax collector was beaten and stunned, these people were originally only bullied by the tax collector. However, today, with many people and a strong momentum, since they had started fighting, they had the idea that the law would not blame the crowd.

  "One by one they shouted: 'Bandits, beat them to death! Beat them to death!'"

  Under the intense emotions of the crowd, the wine of these two tax officials was scared away. They didn't dare to show off their power anymore and instead cried out in distress.

  At this time, even the officials could no longer suppress the crowd. Even without Liu Yi stirring up trouble, several hundred people had already been incited.

  Facing the tax officials, they changed from fear to rebound. Usually how much they feared these tax officials, now is how much they hated them.

  If it weren't for Zhao Cheng constantly pulling and blocking, these two tax officials would have been beaten to death long ago.

  Liu Yi didn't want the two tax officials to be beaten to death either, just teach them a lesson and vent their anger. There's still room for maneuvering, if they really beat the tax officials to death, it would provoke the authorities. This matter would then blow up big.

  It wasn't until Zhao Cheng found a few elderly villagers to escort the two tax officials down the mountain that everyone erupted in cheers and jubilation.

  Liu Yi thought to himself, indeed the official and popular sentiments are naturally opposed. Usually, the official sentiment dominates and suppresses the popular sentiment. But once the popular sentiment finds an outlet for expression, it will erupt like a mountain flood.

  Reflecting on today's actions, checking the consumption of divine power. Suddenly thought, maybe I should quantify this divine power with a standard.

  The way to measure it is actually irrelevant, after all, it's for personal use. Thinking about it, the incense and wishes contributed by an adult in a day can be converted into divine power, which is just one point. Calculating like this, I still have seventy-eight points of divine power left.

  With a quantifiable standard, it's easy. Liu Yi felt that this bit of divine power was barely enough to get by, and he could take action!

  It was nighttime. Tonight the wind was stronger, and Liu Yi drifted towards the back of the mountain. If it were in the past, with such strong winds, he wouldn't have been willing to go out. After all, maintaining his soul body also consumed energy.

  But tonight, he couldn't care about all that anymore. Although the daytime's affairs had been temporarily settled, they still brought Liu Yi a great sense of crisis.

  The layer of white light outside the village behind the mountain became increasingly dim, and the gods lost their hearts. There was no incense in nature, and the power of the temple god could not protect the entire village.

  Fortunately, last time, a group of evil spirits near the village were severely damaged and temporarily did not have the power to surround the village again.

  Liu Yi suddenly changed his mind, and now it's still early. Many families have just fallen asleep, and they may not be sound asleep yet.

  He limped and came to a deserted tomb near the village. It looked like it had been many years, the grave was already flat, overgrown with weeds. The tombstone was also crooked.

  Still far from approaching, many fireflies were seen flying around. Liu Yi felt that this place was comfortable as soon as he stepped in, which meant the yin energy here was heavy enough!

  It seems that Liu Yi's arrival has stirred up those wild ghosts. A burst of green flames floated out, taking human form and blocking Liu Yi's path with a menacing scowl: "You dare to come here? You're simply looking for death!"

  Although I said that, when I saw Liu Yi, I still felt a subconscious fear. Unlike them who were shrouded in a ghostly aura, the current Liu Yi had received incense offerings and his body was becoming more solid, making him seem almost like a living person. His body emitted a faint white glow, accompanied by a faint scent of incense.

  The last time they saw Liu Yi, he was a little stronger than them, but still limited. But this time when they saw Liu Yi again, he had completely changed and the faint glow on his body made them envious, jealous and hateful!

  This wild ghost, lonely and helpless, has long since lost the incense offerings. Clinging to life, his heart is filled with resentment.

  There were several people with greed and resentment rushing towards Liu Yi, as if they wanted to tear him apart and swallow him whole.

  This is no joke, these wild ghosts can devour each other to grow stronger. They can also absorb the yang energy of living people, which is their powerful nutrient.

  Seeing the madness and hatred in the eyes of these wild ghosts, as well as their greed, like beasts. Liu Yi couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, and a Buddhist seal appeared in his hand.

  With a mind to kill a chicken to scare a monkey, Liu Yi took action and wouldn't show any mercy.

  One hand grasped the Ghost Emperor's Seal. One hand held the Ghost Emperor's Heart Mark, consuming a bit of divine power, surging into the Ghost Emperor's Heart Mark.

  The Dharma Seal flew up in an instant and was stamped on the forehead of the most ferocious wild ghost. The wild ghost let out a painful cry, and its dense ghostly energy suddenly dispersed in all directions. As the wind blew by, its soul scattered in all directions.

  These wild ghosts were poisonous in their hearts, but seeing this scene, they were also frightened. After a slight pause, the Ghost Emperor's heart seal hung in the air, emitting a faint white light towards those pouncing wild ghosts.

  "Quickly!" Liu Yi consumed another two points of spiritual energy and pointed at another unlucky wild ghost. At this time, even if spiritual energy was precious and scarce, it was also a moment to be stingy.

  The Demon Emperor's Heart Seal emitted a white light, which shot through the air and landed on the wild ghost. The wild ghost let out a miserable cry, and the demonic energy surrounding its body dissipated like mist in strong winds.

  At this moment, all the other wild ghosts were thoroughly frightened and retreated backward.

  Liu Yi once again ignited the five-point divine power, and the light emitted by the Ghost Emperor's Heart Seal shot onto that wild ghost. Immediately, a thick smoke burst forth, and in an instant, everything was burned to nothingness.

  This scene, however, thoroughly frightened those wild ghosts, who fled in disarray. In their eyes, Liu Yi was probably a real evil spirit!

  "Halt!" Liu Yi's voice was cold and stern: "Whoever dares to disobey me will have their soul scattered!"

  As soon as this was said, all the wild ghosts were like they had been cast with a petrification spell. Although they were all trembling with fear, none of them dared to try and escape again.

  The various resentments and fierce lights in their eyes have now been retracted, like quails in the cold wind.

  Liu Yi smiled coldly: "From now on, all of you must listen to me obediently. Otherwise..."

  "We dare not, we dare not!" The most powerful and majestic ghost, who appeared as a robust middle-aged man, now looked the most pitiful. He said: "Your Excellency, have mercy on us! In our lifetime, we were all law-abiding citizens. It's just that after death, we were left alone and helpless. With no food or shelter, resentment grew in our hearts..."

  These, without him saying, Liu Yi was crystal clear. At a glance, it's obvious that it's an abandoned tomb, with a long history, and has nothing to do with the current villagers. They won't give them half a cent of incense paper money. Just like those wandering people in the mortal world. It's the most destructive!

  Liu Yi said in a cold voice: "I just passed by and saw the ancestral tombs of the villagers behind the mountain. Where did their ancestors go?"