Start as a Temple Spirit

Chapter 198: Palace of Dark Night

Given the current situation in Forgotten Township, patrols in the surrounding area need to be strengthened.

In order to prevent the patrols from encountering any ghosts that have escaped the net, they have to patrol in teams of five.

So there was no one to call upon for patrol.

As for the temple guards, they were responsible for patrolling the fields and villages.

"This defensive battle has severely damaged our vitality." Yifeng murmured.

From what he had learned so far, all 500 guards, hunting teams, male villagers, and people from Huitong Trading Company were injured except Chen Jun.

There were nearly 200 seriously injured and nearly 500 moderately injured.

Fortunately, no one was killed and the reason is obvious.

Fortunately, Xiaola and Xiaocao fainted and were carried or embraced by Xiaomeng and Fangkuai back to the Huawai Dojo to recover.

Don't even think about recovering within three to five days.

At least for the seriously injured, they cannot even think of fighting in the battlefield again without one or two months of rest.

The moderately injured are better off, probably about half a month.

Transfer the wounded and let them rest for a day or two, then they can go into battle depending on the situation.

In the thatched house, Chen Jun, who had just washed up, walked to the table and sat down. He took a sip of wine, tasted the bacon made by Liu Yu, and said incoherently: "Boss, the brothers are all injured. They need to recover well. They can't guard the village anymore."

"Then we won't be on duty anymore. Let the brothers recover from their injuries. The spiritual guards will take over guarding the village." Liu Yu said after drinking a glass of wine.

"Boss, I don't understand why Shang Huangling didn't send the spirit guards to take action earlier. If the spirit guards had taken action earlier, all the brothers wouldn't have been injured."

"Just think about it. Without a high-level ghost to lead them, why would the ghosts gather in such a tide and rush straight to the Forgotten Township? Then you will understand why Shang Huangling has been so slow to send out the Spirit Guards to take action."

Chen Jun fell into deep thought after hearing this, and came back to his senses after a long time. He guessed: "Beware of the back-up plan of the mastermind behind this."

"Yeah," Liu Yu nodded and picked up some bacon to eat.

"Fishing tonight?" Chen Jun asked thoughtfully.

"That's what I meant. That's why Taoist Liu and Brother Feng didn't take action." Liu Yu said this, pointed at the bacon on the plate, and continued: "Tonight's Forgotten Village is like this plate of bacon. It depends on the mastermind behind the scenes whether he wants to eat it or not."

"Have the surviving clan leader and the others guessed who is behind this?"

Liu Yu nodded and expressed his guess: "Nine out of ten, it is the evil ghost general who escaped last time."

"Fuck!" Chen Jun clapped his fist and said, "I should have guessed them long ago."

In fact, if there is really a mastermind behind this, it is not difficult to guess. The Forgotten Village is just a rural village. It has not offended anyone, but it has offended the wolf monster group, zombies and the evil ghost general.

There is no need to say much about the wolf monster group. The wolf kings have been killed, and the skeletons and monster crystals are lying in Yang Chao's space ring, so there is no need to do anything.

So the only ones left are zombies and the evil ghost general.

Liu Yu didn't know about the zombies, so the mastermind behind this naturally fell on General Ghost.

But the corpses and zombies that appeared last night made Shang Liangshan and the others realize that if there really was a mastermind behind this, Fei Jiang must be involved, which means that the evil ghosts and Fei Jiang have joined forces to take revenge.

Of course, Shang Liangshan and his companions hoped that they were just being too suspicious and the ghost attack was a coincidence. However, there was no such coincidence. Nearly 30,000 ghosts gathered together to attack the Forgotten Township, causing chaos and battle.

As I said, whether it is a coincidence or not, it is better to believe it than not.

This battle plunged the Forgotten City into silence, silently adding to its wounds.

The evening was beautiful, and the phantom thunderclouds finally washed the ground, allowing the soldiers and civilians to breathe a sigh of relief.

Why not a big pine tree? Because it smells bad.

In order to dispel the stench, the Heizi acted as large fans, flapping their wings wildly, raising strong winds that blew over Forgotten Township. It was not until nightfall that the stench was barely dispelled and the smell died down, and the military and civilians could breathe safely.

They still had to stand guard at night. The only intact guard team was left in the village, led by Yijiu.

The village stronghold was guarded by the temple guards, wolf guards and hunting dogs.

Both have to stay up late and work overtime, starting from 24 hours.

Sparse and scattered is the main theme of tonight's duty.

Of course, this was all on the surface. Secretly, Shang Liangshan dispatched all 1560 spirit guards to stand guard.

In the pavilion on Anfeng Mountain, Yihuo looked around from time to time as if he was guarding against thieves. If there was any sign of trouble, he would run over to take a look.

Look, he stood up again to look around.

Yifeng couldn't help but remind him: "Old Five, we have an empty sentry. Your eyesight and strength are better than Heizi's."

Yihuo stopped walking after hearing this, scratched his head and walked back, saying, "I was too nervous. By the way, do you think they will come to attack?"

"I think if they were to attack, it would be in the middle of the night," Liu Yu said.

Yifeng looked at Taoist Liu and asked, "Can they sense the murderous intent hidden in the black flag?"

"I have already covered it up. They shouldn't be able to feel it." Taoist Priest Liu said this, and then he looked at Shang Liangshan who was lying flat and asked, "Will this backfire?"

"At most two level sevens. We have overwhelmingly strong men. Then it will depend on Taoist Liu to kill everyone." Shang Liangshan said calmly.

Taoist Priest Liu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will show the evil spirits what a black tiger and a Taoist general are."

"The old man thinks that they will not come tonight, or even tomorrow." The old patriarch lay down.

"Why?" Yihuo asked appropriately.

"Paralyze us."

"But in this way, our lightly wounded soldiers can rest for two days before they can fight again."

"The Yin soldiers are all of third-grade strength and can withstand beatings. They are not afraid of being hacked and killed by the men at all."

"That's right." Yihuo nodded. The truth was cruel. They were floating. Not only could they float, but they were also difficult to kill because they were dead ghosts. That was because the spirit guards could restrain them, dismember them, and devour them.

The fact that the Spirit Guards can eat ghosts is a top secret in Forgotten Township, so not many people know about it.

The two brothers of the Liu family didn't know about this.

The night gradually deepened, and just as the old patriarch had expected, there was calm weather for two consecutive nights.

On the third night, the lightly wounded soldiers went into battle, ready for battle.

"Quack, quack" the Nine Nether Ghost Crow came quacking and quickly flew away.

As the scroll of letters was circulated, Taoist Priest Liu looked at Shang Liangshan with a strange expression and asked, "Liangshan, do you still have any connections with the ghost forces?"

"The enemy of my enemy is a friend. We can't really say we have a friendship, we just use each other." Shang Liangshan said as he lay back in his chair.

It would be strange if Taoist Priest Liu believed this. He thought to himself, "The Forgotten Village has a lot of friends. It even has friends among ghosts."

"Dark Night Palace?" Yi Feng looked at the name of the ghost force on the scroll, muttered, looked at Liu Weizi and asked: "Brother Liu, have you heard of Dark Night Palace, this ghost force?"

Liu Weizi had long noticed that this ghost force was called the Nether Night Palace. He shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it. I'll send a message back tomorrow morning and ask Elder Xuan Zhen. He should know."

"This is not urgent. The most urgent thing is how to fight later." Yihuo went straight to the point.