Before coming to Fengdu, Song Nan always thought that all the spirits here were silent, numb, and had a strong depressive temperament.
Because a spirit that has lingered for a long time and is unwilling to enter reincarnation must have obsessions in its heart, and the distance between a spirit that has obsessions and become a demon is actually just a thought.
Therefore, in the eyes of other mainlanders, the Fengdu Continent is full of gloomy and terrifying energy. It makes people want to retreat when they hear it, and they even wonder why the heaven has not ordered to expel it.
But after actually coming to Fengdu and talking to a few spirits, Song Nan discovered that this was not the case.
The spirits here also have their own lives and beliefs. They will be sad, happy, and excited like ordinary mortals... Different spirits have different personalities, either quiet or noisy...
For example, the person who stayed with him in Fengdu for six days.
For the past six days, whenever he woke up in the morning and opened his eyes, he could hear a voice whispering in his ears. This voice was none other than the spirit he had promised to treat him to a few big meals.
The spirit calls the green lantern.
At that time, Song Nan asked him his name. He looked at the green lantern hanging in front of his stall and answered the name casually.
So Song Nan felt that the name must be nonsense.
It is also impolite to come and go without reciprocating.
He also made up nonsense, called Song Bei.
"Song Bei, do you think there are so many good things in my stall, why no one cares about them?"
"Let me tell you, it's not that they don't want to buy it, it's that I don't want to sell it. I said it would only be given to people who are destined, but they couldn't even get the number."
"Song Bei, where did you say you are a disciple? The Immortal Sect? I have only heard of the Lingxian Sect before my death, but I have never heard of the Immortal Sect. It must be a little-known sect, right?"
This spirit named Qing Deng is really noisy. I heard him call my name so many times in the past few days that I felt in a daze that I should be called Song Bei.
In the past few days, the two of them were just eating, drinking and having fun. It was also under the leadership of Qing Deng that Song Nan realized for the first time that there was so much fun in the world.
While having fun around, Song Nan also noticed that in addition to Ling and other disciples of various ethnic groups, there were also some practitioners patrolling the streets, restaurants and other places.
These cultivators are all wearing raven black corsets and long black boots, with indifferent and solemn expressions on their faces.
Song Nan originally thought that these were like policemen from the human world, until one day, when the two of them were having dinner on the second floor of a restaurant, through the open window, they suddenly saw a man in black beating a boy who looked to be no more than seven or eight years old in the street.
Girl.
Song Nan couldn't see it, and before Qing Deng could stop him, he put one hand on the window edge and jumped straight down.
"Ah! What are you doing!"
Qing Deng’s exclamation came from behind.
He doesn't care about so much anymore, Song Nan only has eyes for that girl.
The girl's little body was beaten until she huddled on the ground, clutching her stomach and vomiting blood.
Song Nan knew what it felt like. He was probably injured somewhere. When he was homeless, there was a girl of about the same age who was beaten like this for stealing steamed buns from rich people. She died soon after.
.
He took action without any hesitation and started fighting with the man in black. He was surprised to find that the man in black had extraordinary skills and powerful magic, and he was no match for him.
If it weren't for the green lantern falling from the sky, he picked up the girl on the ground with one hand, grabbed her arm with the other, chanted a few unknown spells, and then sacrificed a huge silver mechanical rooster half the size of a house.
With a rooster's crow, the mechanical rooster carried the three people and ran wildly before throwing away the man in black.
The mechanical chicken left the busy city for a moment and arrived in front of the stone wall of a remote mountain peak. Qing Deng stepped forward and pressed the stone wall casually a few times, and a "rumbling" sound immediately sounded from the stone wall.
The stone wall that originally seemed to have no entrance suddenly cracked into a gap that could allow one person to enter and exit. Song Nan entered the gap under Qing Deng's instruction, and the stone wall spontaneously closed again.
There is a cave in the stone wall.
The place is the size of two guest rooms, with beds, tables, chairs, bookshelves... all kinds of furnishings are available, but they are different from those in ordinary homes. For example, the illuminated lampstand has two cranes carved out of bronze.
The bright spot is exactly where the crane's eyes are.
Going a little further in, there is a closed door on the left and right sides, which shows that there is definitely more space here than meets the eye.
As soon as he entered the cave and lit the lamp, Qing Deng threw the girl into the room on the right and locked the door tightly.
There was silence in the room on the right for a moment, then there was the sound of frantic banging on the door, and a low breathing sound similar to that of a beast.
"It's over, it's over!"
Qing Deng squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, looking depressed.
"What on earth is going on?" Song Nan said.
"What's going on?" Qing Deng suddenly raised his head, with a ferocious look on his face, "You don't know what's going on, so you just save people! Now that you've caused big trouble, you have the nerve to ask me?"
Song Nan was simply confused.
"Come over and see for yourself what you have saved!"
Qing Deng suddenly stood up again and opened the door to the right room that was still closed just now.
Song Nan immediately walked over, and before he could get closer, he saw a small hand with green and black stripes stretching out from the door.
Song Nan's steps faltered.
Just now, he was only focused on saving people, and thought the bruises on the child were caused by being beaten or stained by dust.
But they didn't realize that this child originally had these blue-black stripes on his skin.
"You see," Qing Deng noticed Song Nan's silence and said with a bitter look on his face, "Ancestor, please clarify the situation next time and see if you can act righteously and bravely!"
Following Qing Deng's words, the child in the room had crawled out, completely revealing his face.
The hair that was scattered when he was beaten has been thrown back after a burst of running, revealing a face as densely covered with black and blue stripes as the palm of his hand.
A pair of eyes on his face were actually blood red. He was lying on the ground and facing Song Nan and the two of them. A purple mouth suddenly opened and a strange smile appeared.
However, the smile on Qing Deng's face at this moment was scarier than hers.
"Brother, you saved a spirit that turned into a demon!"
Song Nan knew that these blue and black stripes were called magic patterns among practitioners.
Having a magic pattern means turning into a demon, and according to the degree of transformation from low to high, the magic patterns will appear in three types: blue-black, purple-black and red.
Monsters with relatively high levels can, under normal circumstances, control the magic patterns on their bodies and hide their magic energy, making it invisible to ordinary people.
"The Black King of Hell was punishing this little devil just now! How about you, why are you trying to be a hero? Now, I am also implicated by you."
"Who is the Black King of Hell?"
Song Nan guessed that the Black King of Hell should refer to the men in black who were scattered throughout Fengdu, but their specific identities were still unknown.
"Oh! You really dare to rush forward without knowing anything!"
Qing Deng said bitterly, "Does anyone know the order of heaven and earth?"
Song Nan was stunned for a moment and nodded.
Of course he knows that these three realms are not in complete order. Just like the human world, there are practitioners responsible for maintaining order.
These cultivators come from the Three Realms, but their identities are unknown, and the channels through which they became known are also unknown. The only thing people in the Three Realms know is that these people are the best in the Three Realms. They can kill anyone who violates the order in the Three Realms without having to win anyone's consent.
The existence of life.
"These people...are order maintainers?"
Song Nan frowned.
"No."
Unexpectedly, Qing Deng actually rejected this answer, but looked at the little devil on the ground and let out a long sigh.