Wandering Gods of Day and Night-Chapter 966 - 386: Dead People Returned to Life

The more chaotic it got, the more the painter hoped for Zhou Xuan’s appearance. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Otherwise, just kill those who cross the border. The God Traveling Department has set the rules, and if they dare to break them, not killing a few will not teach those who follow a lesson."

The Music Master suggested.

"Nonsense, they are just yearning for their loved ones, wanting to embrace them again, what wrong have they done?" The painter disagreed with the Music Master’s opinion.

The Music Master said, "Without rules, there’s no order. The Grand Master always taught us to do things this way."

"You’ve misunderstood the Grand Master."

The painter still disagreed. After rejecting the Music Master’s suggestion, he bowed his head and pondered over strategies.

To say the least, ever since Zhou Xuan stood out in Mingjiang Prefecture, whether it was the Divine Office of the Bone Elder Association, or Shang Wenjun of the Witch Sect, it seemed they all regarded Zhou Xuan as the leader.

This is a good thing, such a large prefecture city, with so many sects, coupled with an extremely complex environment, the prefecture city was like an elderly person on their deathbed, with one breath away from passing.

In a chaotic world, a strong leader is needed, having a reliable backbone is always a blessing.

But it is also a bad thing, all matters, big and small, in the prefecture, relied on Zhou Xuan. If this revered leader of Mingjiang Prefecture truly left the city for Jingchuan Prefecture, Yellow Field Prefecture, or even the Capital City, wouldn’t Mingjiang be headless, completely falling into chaos?

Zhou Xuan managed nine sects, wherever the luck of a sect was in a prefecture city, he would go, leaving Mingjiang was only a matter of time.

"I too must learn from the Grand Master, make some decisions."

Thinking thus, the painter was no longer anxious.

He put himself in Zhou Xuan’s shoes, pondering secretly: "If the Grand Master were here, how would he handle this chaos?"

"The Grand Master does use force, but he always maintains a balance, between suppression and diplomacy...combining hardness with softness."

With this thought, the painter came up with a plan and immediately sent a secret letter to Li Chengfeng’s sect—

—Urgently dispatch City God disciples to use the City God Ink Line to pierce the bones of those who cross the border, inflict pain on them, making them scream, but not taking their lives.

In summary, it’s one line—death penalty can be waived, but the living penalty is unavoidable.

At the same time, the painter sent a secret letter to Shang Wenjun of the Witch Sect, asking her to take the disciples and softly admonish, persuading the people not to act rashly, to restrain oneself and return to propriety, after all, he had promised Soul Shepherd City not to disturb their Night Parade of Hundred Demons.

Two groups, one masculine and one feminine.

Surprisingly, the painter’s methods were highly effective.

On the ruined street of the Donkey Shed, those crossing the border under two beams of light were immediately subdued by dozens of City Gods in black robes, holding City God Ink Lines.

The City God Ink Line, in their bodies, was like a butterfly threading through flowers, penetrating their spines, ribs, locking all their key points.

Those who crossed the border immediately lay on the ground howling in pain,

And the City God Ink Line, not only could it thread flowers, but also tighten, creating immense pain when reversing during initial interrogations.

Those with incense offerings could barely endure such pain, let alone ordinary people without incense offerings.

For a moment, the whole street was filled with screams, serving as a warning that deterred many citizens attempting to cross the boundary.

"The God Traveling Department had already repeatedly ordered to protect the Night Parade of Hundred Demons in Soul Shepherd City, this is already our major plan in Mingjiang Prefecture, those who disrupt order by crossing into chaos, will be killed without mercy."

"But both Lord Hua and Lord Le, considering you are all driven by the urge to see your loved ones, which is understandable, will not take your lives, only imprison you with the Ink Line to suffer some pain."

"However, if others offend again, don’t blame us City God disciples for being ruthless."

The reputation of the City God Hall in Mingjiang Prefecture was already bad, in the eyes of the people, they were domineering, each with a fierce disposition, greatly intimidating.

Those citizens attempting to cross the boundary were indeed frightened, not daring to move forward.

As for civil unrest, the City God had explained, the Ink Line only imprisoned the body, not taking lives, so while the suppression was highly aggressive, it did not cross the people’s bottom line.

"Everyone, the Grand Master and Soul Shepherd City have both promised that your relatives who died in the Xianhuo will return soon, these are big figures whose words are as reliable as nails, they will not go back on their word."

"Yes, fellow villagers, you can’t hurry hot tofu. Today, please endure a bit, if you can endure it, Soul Shepherd City will have nothing to say, but if you can’t, Soul Shepherd City could then fault us,

Saying stuff like we didn’t maintain order, that the living disturbed the Night Parade of Hundred Demons, preventing sufficient absorption of death energy,

In the end, their original promise of letting all Mingjiang’s dead revive might be halved due to the faults they find, and the loss will be borne by us in Mingjiang Prefecture."

The Witch Sect’s disciples also advised along the street, reasoning emotionally, and with rational persuasion.

The two sects each performed their duties, really stabilizing the rapidly escalating chaos,

And at this moment, Zhou Xuan, observing the situation at the Donkey Shed from afar, was quite satisfied, saying to Miss Qiang: "Old Hua has means now, knows how to handle big matters, when handling things, one cannot not be tough, as without toughness, there is a lack of deterrence; but also cannot be overly forceful, as excessive force would cause a backlash from the people’s sentiments,