The side sects of Jianghu have their own methods.
Although it is not as good as Orthodox Xuan Gate, it still has its roots.
For example, the "water mist Ghost Wall" used by elder Cao Gang has a tacky name, but behind it is a tragedy.
At that time, Golden Horde Wolf Country invaded south and broke through the Yellow River defense line. Tens of thousands of rebel troops resisted, but they were suppressed and three thousand corpses sank into the old embankment of the Yellow River.
From then on, fleets crossing the Yellow River at night often encountered strange fog, and the helmsmen all dreamed of corpses floating in the water knocking on the boat to beg for food. Later, the Cao Gang leader "Iron Anchor Li" collected the corpses and erected the bones "Un-enshrined Altar" to calm down the grievances and also created this method.
Wherever the water vapor is dense, thick fog can be thrown up to block it.
North Emperor Black Water Escape of Li Yan is better at concealment, while Cao Gang's technique borrows the flag and is more suitable for large-scale fogging.
Swallow Sect Tang Jiuniang This flying shuttle magic skill is also inherited from ancient times, but originated from "Shadowless Ladder" of the Acrobatic Arts Sect.
At the end of the Yuanjing year of Daxing, there was a shuttle female thief who specialized in robbing corrupt officials and dispersing the wealth in Yingtang. From then on, her skill became famous in the world.
The cooperation between these two people is perfect.
In the distance, the guard at the gate of First Prince Residence looked up and looked at him with confusion on his face. He asked to the side, "It's weird, why is it foggy in this cold weather..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly fainted and fell to the ground.
On the neck, there is a silver needle as thick as a little finger.
Inside First Prince Residence, there was also chaos.
First, a thick fog rose, making it impossible to see even one's fingers, and then black shadows fell from the sky. Those who resisted were killed directly, and servants and maids who did not know kung fu were knocked unconscious with a palm.
Blade Light flashed in the thick fog, and soon became silent.
The first ones to attack were all martial arts masters. The leader, Faceless Young Master, looked like a ghost.
First Prince Residence's guards have no resistance at all.
"The Xun wind sweeps away the dusty shadows, the Lihuo shines in the dark world, the order is dispersed!"
As Elder Cao Gang shouted, the surrounding thick fog dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye, which took less than half a cup of tea.
At the gate of Prince Mansion, two Chengdu underworld masters had already changed into bodyguard clothes and were observing the surroundings with cold eyes.
After all, this is Prince Mansion. Even if there are some dignitaries nearby, they live far away and no one will notice them at all.
The same is true in the palace.
As the palace was under control, more than twenty of Faceless Young Master's men climbed over the wall from outside the inn, tied up the maids and servants, and changed into clothes.
This is the plan that was planned before.
Quickly take control of the Prince mansion, and then lay a trap to capture the person.
In the hall, they also fell to the floor.
These people include men and women, old and young, most of them are gorgeously dressed, and they are all relatives and descendants of First Prince.
Unlike Xiao Jinghong, First Prince became a grandfather at a young age.
Directly behind the front hall, Faceless Young Master used Muscle Separating Bone Dislocating Hand to pin a person to the ground and press his neck with his knee.
This person is wearing a python robe, has sinister facial features, and fair skin. He is First Prince.
His eyes were bloodshot and he was gnashing his teeth, roaring like a wild beast, but he could not move.
Li Yan also quickly walked into the front hall.
His mission is not to invade, but to use force Divine Ability to detect and search the surroundings to avoid falling into a trap.
Although he didn't do it, it was more critical.
"Sure enough, I'm under a curse!"
Seeing the appearance of First Prince, many people breathed a sigh of relief.
It's not that they were gloating about their misfortune, but that they took risks.
After all, King of Shu had his body taken away by a demon and Prince was cursed. This kind of thing is simply unheard of. If you make a mistake, it will be a big trouble.
Seeing everyone's appearance, Faceless Young Master didn't care. He turned around and said to the back of his cupped hands, "Senior Jin, thank you for your work."
Accompanied by the sound of silver jewelry, a Black-Clothed Old Woman walked out from behind.
He has white hair and a childlike face, wears an indigo linen robe, wears a silver "Three-Eyed Crown" on his head, has a Silver Taels piece hanging on his forehead, and even his cuffs are decorated with nine copper bells.
He looked very unlucky, and his legs and feet were inconvenient. He didn't take the tunnel when he arrived, but was brought in a sedan from the street.
Even so, no one dares to look down upon it.
Even Li Yan respectfully handed it over.
Faceless Young Master also has another ability, which is his wide network of contacts.
This Old Woman is known as "Granny Jin" and is the orthodox successor of Sichuan Nuo Twelve Altars, Ba-Shu Nuo Altar Goddess.
He is considered a top figure in the side sect.
The so-called "Sichuan Nuo Twelve Altars" is the core system of Bashu Nuo opera, which originated from ancient Shu Witch Ritual and was formed by integrating Daoist secrets.
The Nuo Temple Empress belongs to one of them and respects Queen Mother of the West, Magu, and Zigu as the three saints.
The twelve altars are divided into "Upper Four Altars, Middle Four Altars, and Lower Four Altars", which deal with heaven, earth and people respectively, and each altar is a Nuo play.
For example, Middle Four Altars conquers the human world, and Yin soldiers pass by, Zhong Kui Marries Off His Sister, Erlang Hunts the Mountain, Judge Hooks Wishes.
The "Maudgalyayana Rescues His Mother" previously sung by Situ Qian Netherworld Stage belongs to Lower Four Altars.
Since knowing that Situ Qian brought Netherworld Stage, Faceless Young Master has been more vigilant and specially invited "Granny Jin" from near Chengdu to restrain Yin Nuo Opera.
In addition, you also need to ask him to break the curse.
I saw Old Woman Granny Jin coming in front of First Prince, turning a blind eye to his roar, pinching his veins, and using secret methods to explore.
Old Woman's left eye soon turned gray-white, and he stretched out his dry palm and kept rubbing it between First Prince's eyebrows.
"Ah! Ah!"
Accompanied by the screams, the area between First Prince's eyebrows turned blood red.
Old Woman was thoughtful, then took off his boots and socks, pinched the hand in his hand, and pressed it firmly towards Zusanli.
"Ah--!"
There was another scream, and everyone was surprised to see black and purple veins appearing on the meridians of the heels, like a centipede climbing.
"There is blood in the hall, and the worms bind the feet..."
Granny Jin turned to look at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "It's Yin Nuo Opera's spell. That's right. I need something."
"Senior, please tell me."
Faceless Young Master was overjoyed and quickly handed it over.
The key to this plan is to solve the curse. As long as the curse is solved, everything can be easily solved.
Old Woman said calmly, "I need Three-Year Aged Glutinous Rice, Ba Mountain Coarse Salt, Mugwort Ash, Rootless Water (rainwater), Bagua Mirror."
"Go get it quickly!"
Faceless Young Master turned around and gave orders.
After his men left, he looked at Granny Jin again, "Senior, the situation is urgent, how long will it take to resolve it?"
"The curse can be broken quickly, but only at noon."
Old Woman said in a deep voice, "What I use is Yang Rice Breaking Yin Art. You need to expose the glutinous rice under Bagua Mirror at noon and sprinkle salt to break the curse. At other times, it will only cause the curse to backfire."
"Noon?"
Faceless Young Master frowned solemnly and turned to look at everyone, "Everyone, the time must be delayed a little, and no flaws should be exposed."
"Also, tell those brothers that they must hold back the King of Shu honor guard. No matter what happens, I will not treat their families badly..."
After listening to the other party's arrangement, Li Yan took out his pocket watch and looked at it.
Now Chen hour has just passed, and God of Joy Parade of Marquis Wu Shrine will end at the end of Si Hour at the earliest.
It would be difficult to hold off for such a long time...
The wind and snow are beginning to break, and the sun breaks through the clouds.
Outside Chengdu Prefecture city, a huge team of God of Joy was passing by Wanli Bridge.
Because there are so many people and the bridge is narrow, the traveling speed is not very fast.
Looking from a distance, I saw the Jin River ice surface covered with snow, ice skates hanging from the stilted buildings on both sides of the bank, and red paper scraps flying in the wind.
"God of Joy Parade" also has a rule, that is, someone must play Liu Guan Zhang and Zhuge Wuhou and walk at the front of the team.
Even the King of Shu honor guard had to follow behind.
At the intersection on the other side of Wanli Bridge, there were more than a dozen people eating pots of pulp and kneeling beside the road.
There are Salt Army Tun Guokui and several Pi Tong Wine in the bamboo basket.
This is an ancient custom of sending off troops, and it is also the most solemn rule to welcome God of Joy Parade.
According to the rules, the person who plays Liu Guan Zhang has to go up and take a bite of the pot helmet and a sip of wine.
However, the four people in front didn't pay attention at all.
One of the "common people" winked, and the others immediately swarmed forward with bamboo baskets in hand.
"Sir, try the villain's craftsmanship."
"God of Joy Parade, good luck and tranquility."
These people say nice things, but their backs are all tight.
Clang!
Suddenly, the person playing Guan Yu suddenly raised his Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, took a step forward and used both arms to sweep away thousands of troops.
In an instant, Blade Light flashed, and bloody heads flew.
"Do it!"
Seeing that they were exposed, these "common people" immediately pulled out short knives from their waists, and some lifted up their pot helmets and took out the bamboo tubes of gunpowder hidden underneath.
"Hahaha!"
The person playing the role of Zhang Fei holds Zhangba Serpent Spear, rushes out in three or two steps, and uses the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Spear method.
In the blink of an eye, three or four more people were stabbed to death.
The "common people" at the rear were about to light the gunpowder barrel, but "Liu Bei" had already jumped up, flying up and down with double swords, and chopped off one arm after another.
These actors are all Hidden Strength masters.
Soon, these "common people" were killed.
The last person was pierced through the heart and fell to the ground, staring at the stone bridge with eyes full of unwillingness and doubt...
"Killing people!"
The people at the rear were so frightened that they backed away.
At this moment, Shu King Residence Palm Print Eunuch Eunuch Liu winked. Immediately, a guard unloaded the package, grabbed a handful of broken silver from it, and suddenly threw it into the sky.
"The demon has been eliminated, King of Shu has the order, keep moving forward, don't delay the good time and auspicious day--!"
At this moment, the people in the rear stopped immediately.
They were stunned, and then their eyes filled with bloodshot eyes, and they rushed forward crazily.
What was thrown around before was just "God of Joy Coin", but now it's real money.
Although they are cut into very small pieces, only as big as a little finger, if you grab one or two, it will be enough for a family to spend the whole month.
Who cares about dead people?
Even if the sky falls, you have to go up and grab it.
Everyone swarmed forward, and with King of Shu's honor guard speeding up, the huge team quickly passed Wanli Bridge.
Several people fell behind, jumped over the stone bridge, and ran under the bridge from the shore.
With sharp eyes, they saw more than a dozen pieces of silver falling under the bridge.
It's the twelfth lunar month of winter and the river has frozen.
They stumbled to the bottom of the bridge, and before they even bothered to pick up the money, they were so frightened that they fell to the ground.
Under the bridge, I saw several people digging at the cracks in the bricks, hiding under the bridge like a gecko swimming on the wall, with gunpowder barrels tied around their waists.
But these people were already dead at this moment.
Their faces were dark, and their muscles were curled up, as if they had been burned by something, but their clothes were still intact...
The final journey was pretty smooth.
King of Shu honor guard, all the way to Marquis Wu Shrine.
They scattered money several times along the way, which attracted the people to follow them. Only a dozen people were afraid and left the team early.
King of Shu follows the guard of honor and enters Marquis Wu Shrine.
However, in front of Three Sworn Brothers Temple, three animal sacrifices had already been laid out. Temple Zhu and several Daoist boys greeted him respectfully.
"Seen His Highness."
Zhu from the temple cautiously stepped forward to say hello.
He had naturally heard about Chengdu Prefecture. He thought that Marquis Wu Shrine was not in the city and could avoid trouble, but he didn't expect that King of Shu had gone crazy and actually wanted to hold "God of Joy Parade".
Even in the past two days, people had been sent to control Marquis Wu Shrine.
This temple blessing of Marquis Wu Shrine can also be regarded as a person of the Yellow Mausoleum Sect. Thinking of the brothers in the city who were taken to prison and whose life and death were unknown, I felt uneasy.
Before entering Marquis Wu Shrine, King of Shu had already got off the car.
He ignored the temple blessing's ugly expression, stepped forward to the altar, and lit the incense candle himself.
However, he still refused to insert it.
The green smoke of the incense in my hand is lingering and swaying in the wind.
Seeing that King of Shu was motionless, Miao Zhu was a little confused and quickly stepped forward and cupped his hands. "His Highness, you..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a guard behind King of Shu suddenly stepped forward, stretched out his hand and swept away all the heads of the three animals on the altar.
Bang bang bang!
The three heads suddenly exploded as they hit the ground.
Buzz!
Three streams of black smoke rose up, and they were all densely packed with Gu worms, calling towards the team.
Miao Zhu was stunned and felt cold all over.
Who caused this?
Doesn't it cost him his life?
Whoosh!
On the roofs on both sides, there are several white figures bending bows and drawing arrows. They are the "Yinshan Harrier" archers from western Sichuan.
Three Sworn Brothers Temple In the darkness of the roof, several figures jumped out and tried to escape, but were hit by arrows in the air and fell to the ground.
The arrows were highly poisonous, and before they could speak, they turned pale, foamed at the mouth and stopped breathing.
"What a pity..."
"King of Shu" looked calm, looked at the trembling temple Zhu, and said, "I have received the news that the people from Qingcheng Mountain have arrived and have not contacted you?"
"Ah... no... no."
Miao Zhu was stunned and felt even colder in his heart.
What God of Joy Parade, it turns out to be a trap.
Fortunately, he is not of high moral character. He was only sent here because he is good at management and did not participate in this matter...
"Trash!"
Just as Old Taoist was chuckling in joy, a cold voice sounded. Before Old Taoist could react, a big blood-red hand slapped his head into pieces and turned it into a crushed watermelon.
The person who did it was the person playing Liu Bei.
He grabbed the bulge at the neck and pulled it suddenly, throwing away the human skin mask, revealing a head of white hair.
It is King of Shu's confidant Blood Nuo Master Ba Dai Zha.
"His Highness, it seems that Old Ghost was not fooled."
Ba Dai Zha said with a gloomy face, "It was those Old Ghost from the Cheng family who tried to stop us at that time. It's a pity that they escaped."
"King of Shu" didn't care, shook his head and said, "Cheng JianXin has been powerful in Sichuan for decades. Even if something goes wrong, the experience in the world is still there, so it is not so easy to be fooled."
"What's going on in the city?"
"Preparing."
"It's a pity that I didn't do my best today..."
"King of Shu" looked calm, turned to look at the frightened people behind him, and said with a dumb smile, "I didn't lure the people out, but we should do whatever we have to do. I'm afraid this will be our last 'God of Joy Parade'."
After hearing this, the person who plays "Lord Guan" strode forward with his prosthetic legs hitting the ground, making a thumping sound.
It is Situ Qian of Ghost Opera Troupe.
He failed in his errand last time, and although King of Shu didn't blame him, it made him even more wary, and he didn't dare to neglect it.
When he came to the broken altar, he shook his beard and sang in the high tune of Sichuan Opera: "Wolong Ridge The auspicious snow is falling, and the joy will disappear!"
After singing, I felt ridiculous.
In the eyes of others, they are demons and evil, but they did this in this Marquis Wu Shrine holy land...
"Let's go and catch the rats in the city."
After this final scene, "King of Shu" turned around immediately.
But at this moment, he felt a chill in his heart and quickly turned sideways.
Clang!
Blade Light exploded in the distance, and a streak of white light roared in, carrying a sharp murderous intent.
"Be bold!"
Blood Nuo Master Ba Dai Zha snorted coldly, suddenly took out Blood Colored Scimitar from his waist, and suddenly blocked it in front of "King of Shu".
He chanted the incantation in his mouth, Blood Colored Scimitar billowing black smoke came out, colliding with the white light like racing, making a hissing sound.
Then, a tinkling sound sounded, and the white light dispersed, revealing a dagger as long as an arm.
As if its power was exhausted, the dagger fell directly to the ground, and the metallic luster on its surface became dim.
"Cheng family flying sword?"
Blood Nuo Master Ba Dai Zha sneered, "But I have learned a little bit, and I dare to show off."
"Quick, seven hundred meters southwest of the temple!"