In Jiangting City.

The river is as level as a mirror, and the lights on both sides are like stars.

On the night of the Ghost Festival, there are Taoist priests on the shore performing water and land rituals and chanting sutras to save the souls of the dead throughout the day.

There were even people carrying the statues of Chixia Yuanjun and Tao Shenjun, beating gongs and drums, and passed along the street.

Every household in the city, men, women, old and young, gathered on the banks of the river.

Someone put straw to build boat lanterns, and meals made from this year's new rice were placed on the straw boat as offerings to the ancestors.

More people put out lotus lanterns and river lanterns made of eggplants.

Every lamp carries the thoughts of the living for the deceased.

This feeling is like the lights and stars on the shore pouring into the river, bringing the blooming flowers of Jiangting City along the river to thousands of households downstream.

The ghosts and gods from all over Jiangzhou came along the river carrying lanterns and arrived at the Jiangzhou City God Temple located on the riverside.

The streets in front of Jiangzhou City God's Temple have long been isolated and lanterns have been hung to welcome the passing ghosts and gods.

All the priests in the temple sat cross-legged in the main hall, in rows and rows with their backs to the gate. Lanterns were lit inside and outside the temple, making it as bright as day.

Occasionally, a curious Taoist boy peeked at the door behind him, but was immediately slapped on the back of the head by an elder.

But even so, he saw illusory and hazy figures emitting divine light walking through the streets.

Every time a figure crosses the street, the divine light pulls the shadows on the street infinitely behind them.

It lasts endlessly and finally disappears.

"ah!"

The little Taoist priest exclaimed, and after being patted on the head, he immediately imitated the master and sat upright, not daring to look back.

But these ghosts and gods did not enter the temple at all. They crossed the gate of the Chenghuang Temple and blended into the air.

In the splendid city god's realm of incense and fire, a high platform has been erected under the gate of hell, and there are many gods and goddesses.

Jiangzhou City God is an elegant old man who once served as prime minister in the imperial court.

"The gods have come under orders to pay homage to the City God of Jiangzhou."

The gods from all sides below took their places one by one and worshiped one after another.

Jiangzhou City God nodded and looked at Judge Wen beside him: "We are all here, let's start!"

The Jiangzhou Cultural Magistrate stepped forward and said: "On the Ghost Festival of the Ghost Festival, the gate of hell opens."

"Today, gods from all over the world come under the edict of the Yinsi God to lead the wandering ghosts into the underworld for reincarnation."

"The merits are immeasurable and the benefits last for eternity."

"..."

After Jiangzhou Wenbin finished reciting, the ghosts and gods from all walks of life took off the long poles of the soul-inducing lamps in their hands and put them down.

The lanterns floated like sky lanterns and gathered towards the gate of hell.

One after another, they are hung in front of the gate of hell, rotating slowly.

Jiangzhou City God led all the ghosts and gods on the high platform to worship at the gate of hell and worship God Tao.

A divine scroll burned, leading to the underworld.

Immediately, I saw the golden light rising into the sky from Guimen Pass, and a little golden ripple gradually spread from Guimen Pass.

gate of hell.

opened.

The Jiangzhou literary magistrate shouted: "The gate of hell has been opened. If you don't enter the underworld now, how long will it be?"

Each ghost wandering ghost seemed to have received the call and couldn't wait to move. The soul-inducing lamp in the sky rotated faster.

Fireflies floated out of the lanterns one after another, heading towards the gate of hell.

The faces of all the ghosts and gods in Jiangzhou below showed joy, and they felt that the heavy burden on their shoulders had been lifted a lot.

As long as all these wandering ghosts are sent to the underworld, the biggest burden and responsibility of the ghosts and gods this year will be completed.

Next, the amount of merit, the incense for the divine banquet, and the future divine examination are all guaranteed.

But what I didn't expect was.

The haunted ghost had entered less than a third of the way, and the gate of hell suddenly dimmed, and the golden ripples suddenly exploded.

It set off layers of strong winds, blowing the ghosts and gods present back again and again.

Immediately, they saw the Jiangzhou City God and all the Jiangzhou ghosts and gods looking at the huge vermilion ghost gate in shock. No one had ever seen such a scene since the ghost gate was established.

"what happened?"

"Why did the Gate of Hell suddenly close?"

"It's not our side that locks it up, it's the Netherworld of the Underworld, so something happened."

This is second to none. The remaining wandering ghosts who cannot enter the reincarnation are all confused ghosts who suddenly fell into panic and rage.

They actually scattered towards the sky, vaguely planning to break out of the City God Realm.

Jiangzhou City God's face changed drastically and he gave an order.

"The gods obeyed the command and subdued the ghosts."

"Close the entrance to the divine realm immediately and never let them escape into the human world."

It's the Ghost Festival now, and Jiangting City is full of people at night.

Let so many ghosts and wandering ghosts escape, and you don't know what will go wrong.

Next to the river, in front of the riverbank built with stones.

The Taoist was standing under the willow tree, holding in his hand a lotus lantern that he had just bought.

This lamp is sold everywhere on the coast, and almost everyone will buy one and send it to their deceased relatives and those they miss.

The Taoist thought for a while and didn't know who to write to.

Finally, he wrote the old Taoist priest's name and put it in the river.

The river is calm and the lotus lanterns float slowly away.

The Taoist also knew that it was impossible for the old Taoist priest to receive this lotus lantern, but he felt inexplicably at ease.

Suddenly, the Taoist turned his head and looked into the distance.

Looking through the City God's Temple, I saw the scene inside the Jiangzhou City God's Palace.

"Sure enough, something is out of the trap."

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The underworld.

From the Gate of Hell to Naihe Bridge, on the way there are ghost paths and the city of Hades.

There are ghosts and gods wandering around everywhere, patrolling and passing by.

At this moment, all the countries in the Central Plains, hundreds of countries and thousands of cities in the Western Regions, and several tribes in the Northern Wilderness are opening the gate of hell on the night of the Ghost Festival.

Countless dead souls filed into the underworld, and the huge ghost gate made a loud rumbling sound, like water from the Milky Way rolling down.

It actually blocked the gates of hell and couldn't bear it.

The Peach God Tree instantly bloomed with layers of golden light, exerting all its strength to suppress the ghost gate.

It was still stable at first, but as more and more ghosts came in, the gate of hell once again erupted with a loud roar.

Tao Shenjun's face was a little deformed.

He revealed his figure and appeared at the gate of hell.

Chixia Yuanjun also sensed the situation on Tao Shenjun's side and immediately appeared at the gate of hell.

"What's going on?" Chixia Yuanjun asked.

The golden light from Tao Shenjun's body continued to pour into the gate of ghosts: "I didn't expect that when the gate of ghosts is opened during the Ghost Festival, it will cost so much."

"Even with my strength, I can't bear it."

Chixia Yuanjun can't help Tao Shenjun when he stands with Tao Shenjun. This ghost gate is separated from Tao Shenjun's body, but it is not under her jurisdiction, and its magical powers are not the power in this area.

At this moment, the light and shadow that penetrated the sky and the earth appeared above the ghost gate.

A god-man walked out of the light and shadow and landed on the top of the Gate of Hell.

Tao Shenjun and Chixia Yuanjun looked upward, with surprise on their faces.

"Master Dao has arrived."

The shadow of the god-man descended from the sky, and with a flick of his sleeves, a ray of light struck the Gate of Hell and the Peach God Tree.

The originally brilliant golden light of the Peach God Tree quickly expanded several times.

The golden ball of light covered the gate of hell, covered the Yin River, and headed into the distance.

The Gate of Hell has unexpectedly risen again, extending infinitely towards the sky of the underworld, with the top even directly submerging into the darkness without a shadow.

At this moment, the Gate of Hell really looked like a gate to the world.

In the realms of incense and fire all over the world, the originally closed gates of hell have reopened.

The huge suction force sucked all the wandering ghosts in the incense realm into the underworld.

The ghosts and gods from all sides, who were panicked by the sudden turn of events, breathed a sigh of relief at this moment and watched the wandering ghosts once again cross the gate of hell and head towards the underworld.

The ghosts like galaxies and fireflies flowed into the underworld, and the fireflies fell on the ground, turning into one hazy ghost after another.

From the Gate of Hell, there is a queue stretching into the distance.

Before and after, all the evil spirits from the Reincarnation Hall arrived.
Chapter completed!