"Refining Form Ghosts? To think there would be such ghosts, more terrifying than the evil spirits of Avici Hell!"

The somber expressions of the people transformed into smiles as they witnessed the demise of the invisible ghost.

"You discovered it."

"There was no other way."

"After all, you are an ascension expert, not so easily deceived. Besides, once you act, you seem to know the other party's identity and position, even their weaknesses. This puzzles us."

"Once you're dead, we can obtain this method of yours, plundered from your soul."

"It's too late for you to realize we are not normal living beings, for you have already saved us. Even if you kill us, the poison we inflicted has already begun."

They began to retreat, and when Ji Xiang stepped out of the house, he witnessed a shocking sight.

The citizens of Gusu City, holding torches, had gathered near the residence. They were an endless, dark mass, each with an eyeball bulging from their face.

The Inner Vision Divine Tablet provided a description of this obvious strangeness:

[Bi's Eyes: A type of ghost-god! Bi dwells within a large mansion in the underworld. Its complete form is a black mountain of flesh composed of thousands of eyes.]

[These eyes can fly, run, and even transform into human shapes. They are formed from abnormal and prematurely deceased lives, bearing a deep hatred for the mortal realm.]

Ji Xiang raised his firearm, but someone among the crowd of people spoke:

"Don't act rashly. Although we are not normal living beings, having refined the bodies of these citizens, what you see now, these Gusu people with bulging eyes, are all still living, ordinary people."

"Bi's eyes are our power to observe the mortal realm, capable of suppressing those Refining Form Ghosts."

"If you kill them, you kill a group of innocents and good people, creating wanton slaughter. What will happen then? A heavenly tribulation will descend, and you will be struck dead by lightning, wouldn't you say?"

Murderous intent rose in Ji Xiang's heart:

"Mere lightning..."

But the other party continued, "Wait a moment, don't be so impatient."

"Ji Xiang, do you know who we are?"

Ji Xiang: "Immortal officials of the Longevity Palace, aren't you?"

The people clapped their hands:

"Indeed, it is us. We've come looking for you again, and this time, you won't escape."

"Don't think that just because you can open the Gate of Heaven, you can be arrogant and disregard us. You are just a crippled ascension cultivator. There are plenty of ways to deal with you. This time, someone is helping us. Let's see how you survive."

Ji Xiang smiled, "I can open the Gate of Heaven, but you cannot. Can you open the Gates of Hell?"

"If you don't have the ability, it's best to say less!"

The people laughed, saying in unison, "Alright! Then we'll tell you something important. Do you know why the people of Gusu City have become like this?"

Ji Xiang frowned slightly, "You committed the sin yourselves, and now you come to question me?"

"Wrong! This is the sin you committed!"

The people began to point at Ji Xiang, and at that moment, all the Gusu citizens stiffly raised their hands, extending a single finger.

Condemned by thousands.

The leading Refining Form Ghost said, "Gusu became like this because you killed those nian!"

"The nian were killed by you, so we were liberated! You didn't expect that, did you? We originally summoned these nian from the underworld. The people of the mortal realm wrote the names of the nian, used them as paper money, and stuck them on the door. Because nian are themselves a kind of invisible ghost, they suppressed us, eliminating our traces, and luring you here, so that you would discover the problems with those residences, and then take action to destroy those nian!"

"In this way, the nian paper money connected the yin and yang realms, so we came to the mortal realm in large, massive numbers!"

"Gusu City was transformed into a ghost city overnight, all thanks to you!"

"You, Ji Xiang! You killed many nian, and released evil ghosts in form and spirit, refined the people's form and spirit, and turned them into demons. So the greatest demon is you, it is you who destroyed the entire Gusu."

"Saving people is also killing people. These people are innocent. As long as we don't refine them, they are innocent people. So even if you save them, they will still die. After all, their form and spirit have become us, but their three souls, seven spirits, and physical body are still there. But if you don't save them, don't kill them, you can let them live a little longer, and they won't die immediately."

"A person's form and spirit are important bases for a person's existence in the world. Without the original form and spirit, the physical body will gradually disappear from the world, and finally turn into a mass of ordinary soil. When Nuwa created humans from clay, the most important thing she gave them was form and spirit."

These ghosts became rampant and began to command and control the people.

At this time, a series of chanting-like sounds echoed between heaven and earth, as the people of Gusu repeated similar words.

"You once made a great vow! Be kind to the good, be kind to the unkind, or use evil to control evil!"

"You once made a great vow! If one person does evil, save one person; if ten people do evil, save ten people; if thousands upon thousands of people do evil, use thousands of years, one person a day, to save until no one in the world dares to do evil!"

"You call yourself a Heavenly Demon, but you dare not kill people wantonly. You kill evil people, but these are all good people and innocent people!"

"We are both people and ghosts. You saved us, and we thank you. So you violated your oath. You saved evil people, released evil ghosts, and harmed the world. You did not save the people, but buried them."

"On the road to the Yellow Springs, your name will be there, and the Eastern Pure Land is closed for you!"

With each sentence these people spoke, a black spot appeared on Ji Xiang's body. The power of his Daoist arts was gradually suppressed, his body began to be defiled, and the rope tying his hair began to decay and break for no reason.

This was the punishment of Heaven. The people of Gusu were all killed, and every word these evil ghosts spoke reached the heavens.

Ji Xiang saw that some evil ghosts were beginning to burn Qing Ci Divine Chapters.

"Heavenly punishment? No, soiled clothes, withered headdress, foul body... This is the Five Signs of Decay, how could it appear on my body! Is this the so-called poison? Someone is using the power of Heaven to corrode me."

Although Ji Xiang's mana was suppressed at this time, and his clothes and hair began to rot and become filthy, he was not impatient... Although he raised his head, he could see that the dark sky was suddenly filled with lightning.

Daoism does not have the Five Signs of Decay, but it does have the feedback of Calamitous Luck.

Heavenly Tribulation!

Moreover, the words the other party said did indeed shake Ji Xiang at this moment!

If that were the case...

Then the Gusu tragedy at this time...

Ji Xiang's head drooped slightly, and he found that his breathing was not smooth.

The strength of this physical body, after all, had eaten the Golden Elixir powder refined by the Jiajing Emperor.

At this time, from the palace-temple with its red light soaring into the sky in the distance, groups of Taoists gradually walked out. They were kind and amiable, with the air of immortals and Daoists, and full of energy, appearing out of place in this world full of gloomy qi.

But Ji Xiang threw a handful of Golden Light Talismans to the little fox.

"When the fighting starts later, use the Golden Light Talisman to protect yourself, I can't take care of you."

"If you want to become a fox immortal, slaying demons and eliminating devils is a necessary part of cultivation. Look ahead, what do you see?"

The little fox was puzzled, "Although they look strange, I don't see anything unusual about these Taoists. That one is in the seventh realm, that one is in the sixth realm, that one is also in the sixth realm... and there is an eighth-realm little expert..."

"Have they also been Refined in Form?"

The little fox sniffed again.

"Yes, that's right, they look no different from living people, but in fact their identities have been replaced by Yin spirits, but I don't understand, these Taoists don't have divine tablets. The Yin spirits of the Song court can only possess themselves on the divine tablets and indirectly control other people's souls..."

"These Refining Form Ghosts are unheard of since the previous era."

Ji Xiang turned his head.

"Today, we will judge the heretical great demon!"

Among the Taoists, a Taoist with red eyes walked out, it was Nanyangzi.

It was just that his condition was not quite right, half of his face was twisted, the other half of his face was closed, so it looked like half of his face was asleep, and the other half of his face was excited, like a demon, ferocious.

The people were possessed by ghosts, they were not guilty, and they had no divine positions.

The "Binding Spirit" power of the Heavenly Penetrating Bright Smoke was ineffective.