Qi Xuansu hurriedly asked: "May I ask, old gentleman, how should I leave this place?"
"Now that you've come, let's be in peace." The old man signaled Qi Xuansu to be calm and calm, "The cave in the Ghost Country is regarded as a forbidden area by the Taoist sect, and no one can set foot in it. Since you are here, why not follow me and walk around. I don't know if I come back next time."
When is it?"
Qi Xuansu had the intention to refuse, but he also knew that the way for him to leave the Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven safely had to fall on the mysterious old man in front of him. Leaving the Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven under the escort of a Taoist spiritual official was not considered leaving safely.
Qi Xuansu had no choice but to agree: "It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask my ears."
"Is that what you want? I can see from my little friend's expression that he is not very willing." The old man laughed, turned around and walked ahead.
The little girl glanced at Qi Xuansu and jumped up and down behind the old man.
Qi Xuansu walked a few steps quickly to catch up with the old man, slightly half a body behind.
Wherever the old man went, the white mist dispersed, revealing his true appearance.
Looking around, there are all kinds of buildings of different heights and shapes. Even if Qi Xuansu has not a deep impression of the Imperial Capital, he can still recognize the typical Imperial Capital style. It is no different from the long street he walked through before, except that there is not a single "person" there.
"film.
Qi Xuansu vaguely felt that it was not that there were no "people", but that the "people" were all hiding, just like an army passing through, and every household closed its doors and did not dare to walk around in the streets.
Just as he was thinking about it, countless white mist gathered at the old man's feet, and then turned into a rainbow bridge.
The old man led his granddaughter directly onto Hongqiao.
Qi Xuansu raised his eyes and looked up, but he couldn't see the end of Hongqiao at a glance. He could only see the depths leading to the mist.
Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment and then walked onto Hongqiao. Although his feet were soft, as if he were stepping on cotton, he was down to earth and did not fall directly.
Qi Xuansu said: "I haven't asked the old gentleman for his name yet."
The old man walking in front said without looking back: "My surname is Yin, my given name is Jiuyin, the nine in the Double Ninth Festival, the yin in yin and yang, Yin Jiuyin."
"Please forgive my junior for being presumptuous, Mr. Yin's name has a slightly strong Yin aura." Qi Xuansu said.
The old man smiled and said: "If an old ghost isn't called Jiuyin, can it be called Jiuyang?"
The little girl interjected: "Grandpa, I heard that naming is very particular. If you lack something in your destiny, you have to make up for it in your name. Grandpa is indeed lacking in yang energy and should be called Jiuyang."
"No big or small." The old man laughed and scolded, "Yin pole generates yang, and nine yins are yang."
"So that's it." The little girl suddenly said.
Although the old man claims to be a thousand-year-old ghost, Qi Xuansu still hasn't figured out whether the old man is a human or a ghost. No matter what the situation is, it shows that the old man's level of cultivation is much higher than his, so he can only follow suit.
Follow behind.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Hongqiao has completely extended into the thick fog. Although where the old man passed, the clouds were still clearing and the fog was clearing, as if a cloak was breaking through the waves. But Qi Xuansu looked to both sides, and the fog was still rolling in, making it difficult to see clearly.
The virtual and the real are like walking on the sea of clouds and mist. Even the surrounding fog and the rainbow bridge formed by the condensed fog have become one, and they are indistinguishable from each other. If there is no old man leading the way, Qi Xuansu will be worried that he will step on the air and fall.
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After walking for a while, the Hongqiao finally started to go down, and the Hongqiao under my feet became clear again.
Qi Xuansu breathed a sigh of relief.
After leaving Hongqiao and finally getting down to earth, the old man waved his hand and the fog in front of his eyes receded to both sides, revealing a huge palace gate and a continuous city wall, built entirely of black boulders. Judging from its layout, it was more like an inner city than an inner city.
It is said to be a palace city, nearly ten feet high, with the word "Meridian Gate" written on the gate.
In plays, there is often a saying of "pushing out the Meridian Gate and beheading people", which refers to this gate.
Qi Xuansu was shocked. Is this really a replica of an imperial city?
The old man pointed at the Meridian Gate and said: "The master of Zao Pavilion back then was known as the 'Netherworld Emperor', so he had a replica of the entire Imperial City in the Ghost Kingdom. This place was called the 'Netherworld Imperial Palace' by the people of the Taoist sect. Without this mist,
No matter which direction you are in the city, southeast or northwest, you can clearly see this inner city, which is quite similar to the Imperial City."
Qi Xuansu asked: "What are these fogs?"
Yin Jiuyin said: "These fogs are caused by Taoism. As for the specific reasons and effects... you will know soon."
Qi Xuansu nodded and did not continue to ask.
After exiting the Meridian Gate, continue walking south to reach the Chengtian Gate, to the east is the Taimiao Temple, and to the west is the Sheji Altar.
The old man did not leave Chengtian Gate, but went to Sheji Altar.
The Sheji Altar was built during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the previous dynasty. It is opposite to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and is located on the left and right of Chengtian Gate respectively, corresponding to the saying of "Zuozu Youshe". In addition to the Sheji Altar, there are also worship halls, halberd gates, and sacred treasuries.
, Divine Kitchen, Sacrifice Pavilion, etc. The Sheji Altar is divided into Taishe Altar and Taiji Altar, which worship the She God and the Ji God. The She God is the God of the Earth, and the Ji God is the God of Grains.
Qi Xuansu followed the old man into the community.
The sky is yang facing south, the earth is yin facing north, and she is land and belongs to yin, so the buildings in the altar are all facing south. The northernmost is the Jimen, which is also the main door.
Pass through the Ji Gate and go to the Worship Hall. To the south of the Worship Hall is the Taishe Altar.
However, the Taishe Altar has disappeared, leaving only a majestic palace, thirty feet high, which could only be seen from the Meridian Gate if it were not blocked by the white mist.
This hall is very strange, with a square shape and a very flat roof, without ridges or tiles, just like a stool.
In fact, this hall is indeed a stool.
Because a giant is sitting on the "stool", just like the giant god in ancient legends.
That's all. If you look closely, although this giant is already skinny and skinny, it seems to be made of countless corpses piled together and spliced together. It is extremely permeable.
The giant lowered his head, wondering whether he had been dead for a long time or was still sleeping.
Yin Jiuyin stopped when the giant was still more than a hundred feet away from the main hall, as if he was afraid that if he stood too close, the giant wouldn't see him.
Yin Jiuyin said: "Master Wan!"
Qi Xuansu only felt a thunder explode in his ears, stirring up layers of waves, causing the dense fog around him to roll endlessly.
The giant slowly woke up and turned around. The red light was burning in the deep eye sockets of the city gate. What was even more creepy was that there were countless eyes on the giant's skin, so densely packed that there were tens of thousands of them. At the same time,
There are also countless mouths, which when opened reveal white teeth, but no tongues, and continuously emit yellow and greenish corpse gas. With every move of the giant, completely decomposed remains of corpses continue to fall from it.
Like dust.
Even though Qi Xuansu had seen many dead people, he was still shocked and speechless by the sight.
The so-called "bones are as white as a mountain and birds are frightened" is nothing more than this.
However, both the corpse aura and the corpse disappeared after contact with the white mist.
Qi Xuansu finally knew what the white mist was for.
"Old ghost, why are you disturbing my dreams?" the giant said suddenly, his tone was not serious, but his voice was too loud and full of pressure.
"How is your appetite lately?" Yin Jiuyin asked casually, like a casual chat between acquaintances, but judging from the names of the two "people", they are indeed acquaintances. If they were not acquaintances, such a question would be somewhat provocative.
Because when someone wakes up and asks how their appetite is, it either means they are free or it means "can they still eat?"
The giant replied calmly: "I just ate five hundred last month, and I'm not hungry yet. The remaining corpses in the ghost country can still last for a hundred years, so don't worry about it for the time being."
Qi Xuansu was shocked again when he heard this.
This giant known as "Master Wan" actually feeds on countless corpses in the ghost country. So what Yin Jiuyin mentioned earlier that the Taoist sect cleans up the corpses mainly relies on this giant? After all, in places like this, the yin energy is too strong
, the body may not rot for thousands of years, it is impossible to expect it to be turned into dust, and it is unrealistic to bury the body in the ground and burn it. As for transporting the body out, it is even more impossible. Daomen finally restored Beimang Mountain to its original appearance, and transporting it out does not mean
Has all previous efforts been wasted?
"Very good, very good." Yin Jiuyin nodded and said, "I came here today because I want to borrow something from Master Wan."
Master Wan sat upright. Just sitting, he was already over fifty feet tall. If he stood up, wouldn't he be a hundred feet tall?
It stared at the ant-like Yin Jiuyin for a while and asked, "That thing?"