Xu Ying stood blankly on the street of Jiangjiatian Village, surrounded by panicked villagers running away.

There was a snake demon with black and white patterns on the street corner not far away. It pointed at him with the tip of its tail. While looking at the fleeing villagers, it let out a piercing scream and stuck out its long tongue.

The villagers had long been frightened out of their wits. Some crawled outside and rushed to report to the authorities, while others hid in their houses with their wives and children, tightening the door bolts and shivering.

Those who are brave enough will hide behind windows or doors and peek out secretly.

Xu Ying stood alone on the street, with the body of the green-robed god at his feet.

After a while, the young man came back to his senses and looked around.

Villagers who were familiar with him before would even joke with him, affectionately calling him Xiaoying Aying, and some jokingly calling him Xu Xiaoruan, but now they fear him as if they were a god.

"I'm standing up for you, you shouldn't be afraid of me..."

Xu Ying said silently in his heart.

It’s okay for us to be oppressed by the officials. This god carved from wood and clay eats our food, drinks our food, and enjoys our offerings, but he still oppresses us.

They think we are animals, but we are really not animals!

We are humans!

Will resist and take revenge!

"But why are you afraid of me?" Xu Ying was puzzled.

After a while, Xu Ying stepped over the corpse of the green-robed god, came to the altar table in the ancestral hall and sat down. Without saying a word, he grabbed the roast chicken and roast duck on the altar table and ate it.

He ate carefully and seriously, which is the habit of snake catchers.

To catch snakes, you must be patient and courageous, but the most important thing is not to go hungry.

Being hungry means lack of physical fitness. If physical fitness is insufficient, you will make mistakes and may die from the mouth of a poisonous snake.

If you promise to cause big trouble, you can't leave on an empty stomach. You must eat and drink enough.

He ate a roast chicken, half of a roast duck, stuffed the remaining half of the duck into his arms, then ate some fruits, picked up a few more fruits and stuffed them into his pocket.

Xu Ying stood up and wrote a line of words on the wall with Jiang's blood.

"The god-killer, Xu Yingye!"

Xu Ying wiped the blood off his hands on the corpse of member Jiang, stood up, left the ancestral hall, and returned home.

His family was bare-walled and didn't have much property. There wasn't even much rice in the jar, only some fried rice noodles for dry food.

Snake catchers who want to go into deep mountains and old forests to catch snakes naturally don't need rice or flour, they only need dry food.

Xu Ying took three days of dry food with him and looked at the scriptures he had collected. He hesitated and did not take them with him. He left home and walked out of the village.

When he reached the entrance of the village, his eyes suddenly became sore, he turned around and knelt down towards Jiangjiatian Village.

"Thank you for taking care of me all these years. Xiaoying has caused trouble to fellow villagers...!" He kowtowed deeply.

Xu Ying stood up, turned around and left.

"A Ying——" A woman's voice came from behind.

Xu Ying turned around and saw a girl wearing bride's clothes sitting at the door of the ancestral hall, holding Jiang Lu's body in her arms.

"Aying, thank you!"

She shouted loudly, "You have to live well!"

"Take care!" Xu Ying waved his hand and left Jiangjiatian Village.

I was an orphan, he said silently in his heart. My godfather raised me as his own son, and the people in the village treated me very well.

I will avenge them by killing gods.

I will also leave for their safety.

This time...

I won’t come back again!

"Hello--"

Suddenly a voice called him, Xu Ying looked around and saw a big black and white snake on the willow tree by the road, sticking its head out, it was the snake monster he had captured.

Xu Ying looked at him and rushed forward without stopping.

"Xu Ying, wait for me!"

The snake demon hurriedly came down from the tree, swam with its tail, quickly followed him, and said with a smile, "You killed the gods, you are miserable! Let me tell you, all the gods near Lingling are under the command of the City God. The City God

I know that you are killing gods, so I absolutely cannot tolerate you! The world is so big that there is no place for you!"

Xu Ying turned a deaf ear and continued on his way.

The snake demon once struggled with his strength. Xu Ying chased him in the mountains for three days and three nights before he was exhausted from chasing the big snake and captured him. Now it was not easy for Xu Ying to shake off the snake demon.

The snake demon followed his footsteps and said with a smile: "Except for killing member Chiang, the government will not let you go! You know the government has the most powerful people in the world hidden in it. These people are called Nuo (pronounced nuo)! These people

The existence that masters the Nuo technique, hey, let alone you and me, even the gods are very afraid..."

Xu Ying couldn't help but frown when he heard the word "Nuo".

"Zhou Li Xia Guan" says that those who open secrets, communicate with heaven and earth, serve ghosts and gods, and drive away plagues and evil spirits are called Nuo (it is written in Zhou Li that it is difficult), and later generations are called Nuo masters.

The imperial courts of all dynasties have reused Nuo masters and selected outstanding ones to serve as officials in various states, counties and counties.

To secular people, Nuo masters among officials are more terrifying existences than gods and demons.

It is better to provoke the gods and demons than to provoke the officials.

If you offend the gods and demons, you will be killed at most, but if you offend the Nuo master, you will have to die again even if you become a ghost!

"The government will definitely send a Nuo master. You have offended the gods and the Nuo master. You are doomed!" the snake demon kept chattering.

Xu Ying was furious: "If you follow me again, do you believe I will turn you into a snake?"

The snake demon laughed and said: "Wax me into a snake trunk and you will use it to pay taxes? Now you have a murder case on your back. If you go to the Yamen, you will fall into a trap."

Xu Ying walked quickly, but could not get rid of him, so he had to patiently say: "What do you want to do if you follow me?"

The snake demon smiled brightly, of course, he had no eyebrows, and said with a smile: "I want you to teach me the Elephant Power Ox Demonic Fist."

Xu Ying kept walking, and lost his voice when he heard the words: "I have just started to practice the Xiangli Niu Demon Fist, but you have a family secret that has been passed down in an orderly manner, why do you want me to pass it on to you?"

The snake demon was silent. After a moment, he said: "I have been practicing for one hundred and twenty years. I am currently at the third level, but I have never reached the fourth level. Neither my father nor my grandfather have mastered the Xiangli Niu Demon Fist."

Refined to the fourth level."

Xu Ying said angrily: "You have no hands or feet, so it's natural that you can't practice. Don't follow me!"

The snake demon smiled and said: "The sky is huge, is there a place you promised to stay? My Qinyan Cave is a good place to hide."

Xu Ying's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Brother Snake, Brother Snake, how to get to Qinyan Cave?"

On the first day of the new year, there is a market in Lingling City God Temple. There are many faithful men and women worshiping the City God, and it is very lively.

The Lingling City God, named Xue Lingfu, has also recovered from his status as a statue, transformed into flesh and blood, and enjoyed incense and animal sacrifices.

Suddenly, a burst of green smoke emerged from the ground and transformed into a two-foot-tall earth god. He trotted up to City God Xue Lingfu and whispered a few words in his ear.

Xue Lingfu, the city god, was furious: "Killing my official of the Yin Court violates the laws of heaven. This trend cannot last forever. Xu Ying deserves ten thousand deaths! Send me an order. Lingling has 800 mountains, 500 river systems, and 1,200 villages and towns."

, gods, big and small, search for Xu Ying and kill him on the spot to serve as a warning to others!"

"Wait a minute!"

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the temple. City God Xue Ling's Mansion followed the voice, but it was Lingling County Magistrate Zhou Yang who led a group of officials and broke into the temple in a furious manner.

An official came forward and said: "Xu Ying is a living person. He committed a crime and killed Jiang. Naturally, he will be punished according to the laws of the world. This case is under the management of Lingling County Yamen! Xue Chenghuang, you can take it back.

It’s done!”

City God Xue Lingfu sneered and said: "The gods who promised to kill my Yin Court violated the laws of my Yin Court, so naturally they should be punished according to the laws of the Yin Court! Magistrate Zhou, please go back."

The county magistrate Zhou Yang burst into laughter, rolled his sleeves and turned around to walk out. When he reached the temple gate, he stopped and turned his head and said: "Since the rebellion of Prince Dongping, the Yin Court has gradually encroached on the Yang World, and its control has become wider and wider! But!

This three-quarter acre of land in Lingling has always been my Zhou family's territory, and Yin Ting will never get involved! Someone is here!"

All the officials under his command bowed.

Zhou Yang's expression was grim: "I will capture Xu Ying and bring him to justice. If he encounters resistance or is obstructed by outsiders, no matter whether he is a god or a human being, he will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes!" All the officials left one after another.

City God Xue Lingfu snorted coldly and waved his hand. The Earth God on his shoulder understood and immediately jumped down, turning into a wisp of smoke and drilling into the ground, tracking Zhou Yang away.

Not long after, the county magistrate Zhou Yang led a group of officials to Jiangjiatian Village. When the villagers saw the officials, they were more frightened than seeing the spiritual master. They knelt on the ground one after another, not daring to raise their heads.

Zhou Yang led a group of officials and walked past the kneeling villagers. He looked at the statue of the green-robed deity on the ground with great interest and reached out to gesture at the big hole on the forehead of the statue.

"A kind of alienated demonic method that can make the body grow much larger. It is a martial arts method." He chuckled softly, "This Xu Ying, a commoner, actually practices a demonic method, which is a bit interesting."

Zhou Yang waved his hand and asked the official to go do the work. He sat on the back of a villager and said pleasantly: "Uncle Yu, how is the harvest this year?"

Jiang Yubo was the Li Zheng of Jiangjia Tian (an official position similar to village chief or town mayor). He said cautiously: "Today's harvest is not bad. I got three more bushels of millet."

Zhou Yang nodded, with a kind smile on his face: "How are the crops growing?"
To be continued...