The reputation of the Ghost Country Cave is great. Even though Qi Xuansu has the spirit of a martial artist, ordinary ghosts dare not get close to him. At this time, he is also a little worried. It can be seen that the key to the boldness of skilled people lies in their high skills.
Where did the grandfather and grandson go? Are they real people without showing their faces? Or are they ghosts and monsters?
Qi Xuansu thought so and continued to move forward.
As he walked, Qi Xuansu realized that something was wrong.
It’s okay that there are only a few pedestrians on the street. After all, it’s not a holiday, nor is it a day for rest. Most people are in workshops, and few people are wandering around in the “Ghost Pass”. It’s okay, but why can’t they even patrol the city? The spiritual officer is also missing?
"Ghost Pass" has always been known for its tight defense. The spiritual officials here should not neglect their duties.
Just as he was thinking about it, Qi Xuansu noticed that the surroundings had fogged up at some point, and the bad horse he was riding began to snort uneasily.
After all, Qi Xuansu was a man who had been on the line between life and death several times. When things came to an end, he calmed down. He stretched out his hand and stroked the mane of the inferior horse to comfort him, then clamped the horse's belly with his legs and continued to move forward.
Qi Xuansu did not rashly release the blood energy of a martial artist, but instead hid his blood energy deeply inside and protected his body with Sanren's true energy. Because Qi Xuansu understood a truth very well, water can extinguish fire, and fire can also overcome water. The blood energy of a martial artist can make ghosts and spirits come to life. It's true that Liu can't get close to him, but if he really encounters a ghost with a thousand years of Taoism, he will become a dazzling beacon in the dark night, a big piece of fat.
Qi Xuansu looked up and saw that the blue sky above his head and the bright spring sun had disappeared, and he could only see a gray sky. The surrounding area was also empty, with not a single person in sight. It was no different from an ordinary city. It was also residential streets and roads. There are trees on both sides, and there are lanterns hanging on the upper floors facing the street. But there are no people, and these buildings are like an ink painting, with only black and white and no other colors left.
There was gray-white mist everywhere, indistinguishable from the dark sky above, as if the heaven and the earth were connected into one, and everything above and below was dim, as if they had suddenly come from the Yang world to the underworld.
Qi Xuansu looked as hard as he could, unable to see through the diffuse gray mist. He didn't know where it ended and where the road under his feet led. He had no choice but to move forward along the road under his feet.
Suddenly there was a gust of cold wind blowing, and following the sound of the wind, there were a few vague sounds that were far away or close, like the sound of water drops at night, like whispers, more like the rustling of mice. Later, the sound gradually became louder, and you could actually hear a bit of laughter, but it was not a normal laughter, but the kind of snickering hiding in the dark, which made people's hair stand on end.
Although this scene is enough to frighten ordinary people, for Qi Xuansu, it is not to the point of being frightened. However, it is inevitable that he will be a little worried. If someone were to sneak attack in such an environment, it would be difficult to deal with it.
After walking for a while and passing through the heavy fog, Qi Xuansu's eyes suddenly lit up. Noisy and noisy sounds rushed towards him like a tide, and there was a roar of people.
In front of Qi Xuansu was a lively long street.
There are rows of houses on both sides, including teahouses, wine shops, foot shops, butcher shops, temples, and public houses.
The shop sells silks and satins and all kinds of ready-made clothes.
There are also various vendors on the roadside, making clay and candy figures, selling candied haws, fortune telling, and selling cooking cakes and pears, all from all walks of life.
There are even a few spring towers that are not considered to be palaces. In front of the door is a colorful door with colorful banners hanging to attract business.
Pedestrians in the market are crowded in an endless stream. There are merchants doing business, gentry looking at the street scene, officials riding horses, hawkers, family members riding in sedans, traveling monks carrying baskets, and foreign tourists asking for directions.
, there are children in the streets who listen to books, there are children of wealthy families who drink heavily in restaurants, there are disabled old people begging on the edge of the city, men, women, old and young, scholars, farmers, businessmen, three religions and nine streams, all are prepared.
At the entrance of the long street, there is a three-bay, four-column, five-story archway, four feet high and five feet wide. In the archway, there is a horizontal sign carved with the word "Ghost Street". At first glance, it looks black, but if you look closely,
At first glance, it looks like red and black blood after coagulation, and these two words seem to be dripping with blood.
In Qi Xuansu's view, the ruined tomb ancient temple is nothing. At most, it is used to scare scholars who have not cultivated a strong and upright spirit. If he really encounters him, even if he cannot defeat him, he will still be able to escape. Then he will backhand and report it to the Taoist sect.
In front of you, all the monsters and ghosts will disappear into thin air.
To subjugate demons and catch ghosts, it is right to find a Taoist sect. At the same time, it also takes care of eradicating evil spirits and heretics, exterminating evil cults and demons, etc.
But the situation in front of us is obviously not this kind of petty fight, not to mention that it is happening right under the nose of Taoist sect in the famous "Ghost Pass".
In this world, there are strange people who can travel between the Yin and Yang realms, and there are also mortals who mistakenly enter the Yin realm. Most of the consequences of the latter are not very good, and most of them mistakenly enter the Yin realm when their souls are separated from the body. But Qi Xuansu is very sure,
He didn't leave his body as a soul, but entered this place directly with people and horses.
Then everything is very clear. If there is no master who deliberately set up a trap, then there is only one explanation. Everything in front of you is related to the cave of the ghost country that is very close at hand.
Qi Xuansu still remembered the principle of the three sun lanterns and did not dare to look back rashly. After taking a deep breath, he bravely walked through the archway and entered this strange street.
The moment Qi Xuansu passed through the archway, the situation suddenly changed.
The faces of the vendors and footmen on the street changed instantly. Their faces were pale and bloodless, like dead people. Although they were still doing their own thing, they showed a sense of confusion and numbness, like marionettes, lifeless.
Looking at the shops on both sides, the silks and satins have turned into shrouds for the dead, and the gold, silver and copper coins used for buying and selling have also turned into paper money.
There is a steamed bun steamer on the street. The moment you open the steamer, the steamed buns all turn into little heads one after another, with lifelike faces and different expressions, including pain, sadness, laughter, and crying.
The candied haws sold are not red hawthorns, but have turned into blood-red eyes, which are skewered on bamboo sticks and dipped in syrup. They are red and have a light golden color.
There was a seller of cooking cakes. When he opened the basket, he found that instead of cooking cakes, there was a woman's heart.
Qi Xuansu remained calm and said silently in his heart: "They are all illusions. Don't be deceived by them and don't be afraid. Otherwise, these monsters will take advantage of them and you will be destroyed forever."
It is said that suspicion gives birth to ghosts. If the heart is fearless, the ghosts can do nothing. The reason why a scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken can drink away evil spirits is because he has no fear. If there is fear in the heart, it will be like the tricks revealed in the fight between two people.
If there are any flaws, ghosts will take advantage of them, causing hallucinations to appear before your eyes, making it difficult to extricate yourself.
Of course, after hundreds of years of Taoism or even thousands of years of Taoism, the evil ghosts that have become a climate can hurt people no matter whether they are afraid of it or not. They are like the magic of the alchemist, they have emerged from reality and become real. Some people in the Taoist sect even think that the evil ghosts themselves can
It is regarded as a normalized, solidified spell with its own intelligence.
However, these "people" seemed to have not seen Qi Xuansu, turning a blind eye to him and still doing their own thing.
Qi Xuansu breathed a sigh of relief and rode forward.
After walking a little further, Qi Xuansu suddenly felt that the scene in front of him was familiar and couldn't help but stand up.
Qi Xuansu not only went to Yujing, but also went to Imperial Capital with Qiniang.
Because of the rush of time, Qi Xuan did not have deep memories of the Imperial Capital. There were only two places that impressed him deeply, one was the Yuqing Garden outside the city, and the other was the Caishikou inside the city.
Caishikou is just a common name, the official name is "West Market". It is the imperial capital in the inner city. It has two entrances, the east and the west, with archways on each side. Because there are two different criminal laws, namely killing and mutilation, it is also divided into two places.
The one who was killed was under the archway on the west side, and the one who was beheaded was under the archway on the east side. When all the executioners were in the city, there were Qingluan Wei, Li Xingguan, the head of the punishment department, the supervisory censor and the two county officials of Wanda.
After the execution, the leader of Daxing County threw his body into Luzeyuan, and the leader of Wanping County stored it in a warehouse so that his body would not be intact after his death.
No matter how you look at it, this place looks like the food market in Imperial Capital.
At this moment, a group of ghost soldiers dressed in official uniforms were seen escorting the prisoner from a distance, while the surrounding area was already crowded with "people" who were waiting to watch the fun.
Looking at the clothing, it is not the style of Daxuan, nor the style of Dawei, but more like the style of Dajin.
A moment later, the executioner, who looked like a butcher, arrived belatedly. He was wearing a red scarf, his upper body was bare, revealing the dark hair that protects his heart, and he had a huge ghost-headed knife with a faint blue luster on the blade.