Chapter three hundred and twenty seventh cruel world
The trip to Qiu Kingdom has been decided.
As the host and the initiator of this task, Qiu Bu shouldered the responsibility of taking the lead.
After several months of preparation, a group of ten people finally set off.
Originally, there were other disciples from the Second Hall of Thunder and Fire of Sanqing who wanted to join, but were rejected.
Including Wang Fu, Lu Hansheng and Tu Dayou also asked to follow, but Wang Fu also rejected it.
After all, the mission is a long-distance raid, and the purpose is to rescue Qiu Bu's mother, concubine, and little sister.
As expected, the first section of the journey was located within Yunyangguan's sphere of influence and the road surface was smooth. Even if there were ghosts, it would only be minor troubles.
"Everyone, please pay attention. The real journey will not begin until you leave the Taoist temple's sphere of influence."
Qiu Bu said to everyone in a serious tone, most of the ten people had no experience of going out.
Most of the disciples of Jiuqu Beginning Realm usually operate within the sphere of influence of Yunyang Temple. Even if they go to other places to do business, they are accompanied by their elders, so the risk will not be too great.
This time it was different. Among the group, only Qiu Bu was in the middle realm of Jiuqu and had just broken through.
When you are abroad, many situations are different. The inconspicuous environmental conditions that were originally within the Taoist sphere of influence have suddenly disappeared, and the level of danger has also increased significantly.
"We all know that we listen to Senior Brother Qiu in everything."
To be honest, since leaving Yunyang Temple, everyone feels that something is not right.
It's like going from a peaceful era to a war-torn area in the blink of an eye. There is a desolate and dilapidated atmosphere everywhere, and even the land and rocks are full of decay and decay.
Villages and towns could be seen everywhere before, scattered like stars across the land, but since they left Yunyangguan's sphere of influence, similar scenes have never been seen again.
The few houses I occasionally see are scattered and sparse, just like mice burrowing in the wasteland, giving me a feeling of being lost and lost.
Wang Fu also noticed a situation. It was extremely common for these people to burn incense and worship gods. They would rather starve to the skin and bones than offer rice, noodles and fat meat in front of the gods.
Every household, even if there is no smoke from the kitchen, must ensure that there is a constant flow of incense in the furnace. Amidst the mist, the statues of gods look down on all living beings with expressionless faces.
And these statues...
"Um……"
Wang Fu was filled with doubts. They all had a ferocious appearance and deformed body. The weapons in his hands were also weapons such as gut hooks and bone-chopping knives, which could make babies stop crying.
Rather than saying it is a god, it is better to say it is an evil and vicious ghost.
“Folk customs vary from place to place, so don’t interfere!”
Not only Wang Fu, but other fellow disciples also discovered this situation and asked Qiu for advice, but got this answer.
Wang Fu soon understood that without the protection of Yunyang Temple, these people could not worship the Three Pure Saints and the Five Immortal Emperors, so they could only pray to ghosts and gods to survive for a while.
In fact, the gods they worship are nothing more than powerful ghosts, and they make offerings to them regularly in order to survive.
But, how can there be evil spirits who don’t eat meat?
Wang Fu estimated that in addition to eating rice, flour and meat, he might also have to offer sacrifices of human blood in order to find peace.
No wonder, the locals are thin and numb, they are just like a group of walking zombies being herded by ghosts.
At the beginning, some colleagues wanted to take action, but as they went further and further, they realized that they couldn't take care of it, and they couldn't take care of it at all.
Leaving Yunyangguan's sphere of influence and going to the border of Qiu State, there is an area of thousands of kilometers. The population distributed in this area, even if it is scattered and sparse, still has tens of thousands of household registrations.
There are only ten of them, even if they are busy until their lifespan is exhausted, they will not be able to manage it.
Wang Fu finally figured it out. The situation in this world is like the mother planet Earth. People who grow up on the land naively think that the earth is all land, but the real situation is that the land is just fragments floating on the ocean.
In the same way, they were born under the protection of Yunyang Temple, and they only thought that the ghosts in the outside world were either the remnants of the ghost tribe hiding in hiding and being hunted, or they wanted to drum up the ghost world in the mountain and were trapped in the mountain and unable to go out to cause trouble.
In fact, ghosts are the real masters of this world. The so-called Yunyang Temple is just a safe zone in an environment where ghosts are rampant.
This outing mission really made them feel the cruel reality of this world.
Take the Qiu Kingdom for example. It was originally a peaceful country and the people were safe under the protection of Yunyang Temple. Due to a geographical change, it moved thousands of miles away. As a result, it was invaded by powerful ghosts and has now become a ghost country on earth.
The outside world is still too cruel. No wonder the disciples in the first realm of Jiuqu generally only move within the sphere of influence of Taoist temples.
"If Junior Brother Wang Fu hadn't cracked the conspiracy of the ghost tribe's remnants and plunged the Gushan ghost world into civil strife, wouldn't the current Taoist world also have the same fate?"
On this day, a group of people passed by a certain village and saw the villagers beating gongs and drums. The atmosphere was joyful. They thought it was a wedding, but it turned out that they were delivering sacrifices to the evil ghosts who occupied the place.
The so-called 'sacrifice' should have been eight cows, twelve pigs, and thirty-six sheep.
As a result, they saw dirty-faced children in the car carrying the sacrifices. When they asked the reason, they found out that they could not get enough livestock, so they had to use boys and girls instead.
For ghosts, the flesh of living people is more delicious and can replace insufficient livestock.
Qiu couldn't help but couldn't bear it. Even though he knew it would cause trouble, he still summoned a group of fellow disciples to rush into the lair and kill the evil ghost and his minions.
However, everyone's mood did not get better, but instead became heavier.
In this land, ghosts appear everywhere. Today, without this fierce ghost, after them, there will definitely be other ghosts coming to occupy this power vacuum.
The disaster for the people was only delayed, not completely eliminated.
A certain fellow disciple spoke out his thoughts and said the above sentence. Others remained silent, obviously they all agreed.
Only now do they know how important Wang Fu's contribution is. If one day, the same disaster occurs in the land where they grew up, their relatives, friends, old friends, and fellow villagers will also suffer the same miserable end.
"The people of Senior Brother Qiu's home country have been living in similar conditions for many years!"
Wang Fu's words reminded everyone that no wonder Qiu Bu couldn't wait to use the collection order to take his mother and his little sister out of Qiu country as soon as he broke through the middle realm of Jiuqu.
I'm afraid, this situation in Qiu Country is no different than hell.
"Junior brothers, I am relying on your help this time. I cannot thank you enough for your kindness, but I am sure I will be rewarded generously."
Qiu Bu's expression was also full of helplessness. Although this place was not within the scope of Qiu State, it was not far away. If we could trace it back to the past, I am afraid that the people in front of us were all immigrants from Qiu State.
But now, as the prince of Qiu Kingdom, he could only turn a blind eye when he saw miserable scenes.
The task is urgent, and the manpower is already insufficient, so we can no longer distract him.