Chapter 606: The Raven
I took the paperwork that the thin ghost had handed back with a lot of questions, was this a release? Can I pass my fake papers?
"Please, a few people!" The fat ghost stepped forward and diligently led the way. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
I came back to my senses, the vermilion door slowly opened in front of us, I was a little nervous, what kind of world would it be on that side?
When we stepped through the vermilion gate, we were presented with a gray sky, no yin and yang, no day and night, bare dead trees, the color of the trees seemed to be burnt. Layers of smoke filled the eyes, and the heavens and the earth were filled with pure yin qi. The parched land, without the sun and the moon, everything shows the color of decadence.
Could this be the Netherworld?!
Xiao Hei took a step forward, swaggered forward, and stepped behind the door.
Xiao Wenshu looked left and right for a while, and said, "Let's go!" ā
His calm appearance made me think he had been here, but, on second thought, this must have been described to him by his master!
Ignorance and I didn't hesitate any longer, and followed one after another.
We walked for more than half an hour in this barren land, and saw no living creatures except bare trees. It was as if we had entered a silent world, with no additional sound except for the sound of our own breathing and footsteps.
After walking like this for a while, the scenery in front of me began to slowly change, and the trees on the side of the road began to have leaves, but the color was still scorched, and occasionally some dead branches and leaves appeared. The land is also reddish-brown, like the color of blood, and there is a faint smell of blood when you smell it carefully.
"Quack", I jumped nervously, and subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a black thing standing on the fork of a big tree, about the size of a crow, but if you look closely, you can see that its belly is exposed with the skeleton of Bai Sensen, which is like an empty skeleton covered with a layer of fur. It had a pair of crimson eyes, and those eyes seemed to have magical powers, and they immediately caught my mind.
"Silly Boi, don't stare into its eyes!" Xiao Hei's milky voice sounded, and it shook my heart.
I quickly looked away, trotted a few steps, walked to Xiao Hei's side, and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Hei, what is that?" ā
"That's the Raven, you humans say it's the 'Hellbringer', I'm bah, this thing is the 'Hellbringer', what's that Lord Ben!" Xiao Hei said indignantly.
"So this is the Raven! Legend has it that as long as it appears, a soul envoy will appear, and the person who can see the crow is the one who can connect yin and yang. As a result, the Raven is said to be the 'Messenger of Hell'! Xiao Wen said.
"Silly Boi, it's just a rumor from those ignorant humans!" Xiao Hei said disdainfully.
"How can it be falsely spread, isn't it?" I asked rhetorically, when I was a child, the old man also told me the story of the crow, which was similar to what Xiao Wenshu said, and the old man also said that the crow was the guardian of the entrance to the netherworld. You can see the crows here, it seems that what the old man said is true.
"This thing just likes to devour the newly dead dead, so it often appears at the same time as the soul seducer, they like to snatch souls from the hands of ghosts and eat, as for those who can see the crow, they just have yin and yang eyes, and can see yin things." Xiao Hei said disapprehantly.
I see, it seems that the legend is sometimes really exaggerated.
"However, the eyes of the crow can confuse people's minds, and if they match their eyeballs, they will be hooked." Xiao Hei continued: "So, fools, if you encounter this thing in the future, you just don't look at its eyes, and you'll be fine!" They're just the lowest things in the netherworld, and even the slightest bit of ability in the netherworld can make them do things, and the yin errands like to make them send letters the most. ā
"So they're the messengers of the netherworld!" I nodded, and then turned my head to look at the raven still standing in the tree from a distance.
"Amitabha, look, what is that?" Ignorance suddenly pointed ahead and exclaimed.
At this time, we had already walked out of the grove, and in the distance, a castle tower appeared in front of us, vaguely like an ancient city seen on TV.
"Quack, quack, quack,......" A noisy sound came, and I saw a black and oppressive thing appear in the direction of the tower, approaching us quickly.
They were fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were in front of us.
"Squat down!" Xiao Hei shouted.
I didn't even think about it, I crouched down, and instinctively held my head in my hands.
Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of birds fluttering overhead, accompanied by a 'quack' sound, and a heart-piercing pain came from my hand.
Then there were exclamations from Ignorance and Xiao Wenshu behind him.
It was the raven, the ravens that attacked us, and in the blink of an eye, the three of us were besieged by these ravens.
"Fight!" Xiao Wenshu jumped up, drew his peachwood sword and swung it at the raven that attacked him.
Seeing him like this, Wuming chanted a Buddha horn, and then took out his 'Gayajino Bowl' and began to fight, and the little monk immediately turned into a 'Wrathful Vajra' and fought with the black crow.
I had no choice but to take out the jade dagger to defend, and these ravens kept attacking the three of us as if they were going crazy. All I felt was the pain in my hands, and my bare skin had been pecked by these dead things.
It's just that I can't care about these anymore, and I try to wave the jade dagger in my hand to protect my head and face against the attack of the crow.
"Boom-" A blue light flashed, and the panicked cries of the crows were immediately heard.
I peeked in, and I saw that Xiao Hei had already spewed karmic fire from his mouth, and he was slamming at this group of crows.
The crows were scattered by Xiao Hei's black karmic fire, and they fled in embarrassment, but Xiao Hei was willing to let these guys go easily, and the ice blue flames chased after them. For a while, crows flew in the sky and earth, and the skeletons fell together.
I scrambled to get up from the ground, and after a few moments, the crows were all wiped out, and I straightened up my messed hair and clothes, endured the pain on my body, and walked to Blackie's side.
At this time, Xiao Hei had already put away the fire, raised his forelimbs and scratched his head, looking relaxed.
"Blackie, why did the crows attack us just now?" I asked, looking at the mess.
"Hmph," Xiao Hei spun around in place, raised his foot and kicked the wreckage of the crow, muttering, "There should be someone commanding these things, the crows will not appear in large numbers so united." ā
"Why, we're here, who's going to deal with us?" I looked left and right, and saw that Xiao Wenshu and Wuming had already packed up their magic weapons and walked towards us.
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PS: During the Chinese New Year, I was very busy, and Yingluo tried to squeeze out time to code words, although it was very hard, but she didn't dare to break the change.