Chapter 23: The Invitation of the Capital
Although he remembered something in his mind, Cao Xiaoyang still didn't know where he was now, what he was doing, and he didn't realize that he was in the illusion created by the mirror ghost.
Just as he was standing there in a daze, he suddenly felt a stabbing pain in the back of his neck, which directly lifted his spirits.
"Charter, can you hear me?"
Cao Xiaoyang reached out and touched the back of his neck, and found that there was actually a needle inserted there, he pulled it out and took a closer look, and felt that this thing was somewhat familiar, it seemed to be the kind of soul-chasing needle that Bai Xiaoyan used to catch the Red Lotus Fire Ghost before.
"Are you an old white?"
Bai Xiaoyan's voice came to his ears again.
"It's me, charter man. ”
Cao Xiaoyang looked a little excited for a while. "Lao Bai, how are you now?"
Bai Xiaoyan replied: "I'm fine, you listen to me, don't believe anything you see in front of you now, because it's all an illusion created by the mirror ghost, as long as you don't believe in those things, the mirror ghost can't hurt you." Because this is in an illusion, he can only attack your mind, not your body. ”
"So what do we do now?"
"This guy has the blessing of the Yin Seal, I can't destroy his illusion, and now I'm afraid that the only way to defeat him is by attacking his body. ”
"Do you mean the mirror that hangs in the barbershop?"
"No, I guess he must have carried something so important, I guess it should be in this illusion now, and now we have to find it. ”
"What do you need me to do?"
"Close your eyes, then walk a hundred and eight steps in a south-east direction, remembering not to open your eyes no matter what you hear while walking, not to dodge whatever you feel in front of you, and never to change direction. ”
"Got it. ”
So Cao Xiaoyang walked 1808 steps to the southeast according to Bai Xiaoyan's instructions.
"I've arrived, what's next?"
"Open your eyes and tell me what you see?"
Cao Xiaoyang opened his eyes and found that he had walked out of the city just now, and now it was dark all around, and a little light under his feet shone on some yellow sand.
"It's sand, a lot of sand. ”
"Very well, now stick my soul chasing needle into the sand under your feet, and continue walking one hundred and eight steps in the direction you just did. ”
Cao Xiaoyang did so. "Okay"
"Now touch the back of your neck. ”
Cao Xiaoyang touched it and found that the soul chasing needle that he had pulled out just now was still there.
"Pull out the needle and insert it under your feet. ”
Cao Xiaoyang did so, and at this moment, Bai Xiaoyan's flute suddenly sounded in his ears, followed by a wave of shaking mountains, and the surrounding area opened up little by little, and the world returned to the previous state of the desert.
At this time, Cao Xiaoyang was surprised to find that Bai Xiaoyan, Bai Ying and Yang Qian were not far away, and he hurriedly ran over to make peace with them.
Bai Ying and Yang Qian looked a little puzzled. "Xiao Yan, what the hell is going on?"
Bai Xiaoyan shook the folding fan and said, "Fake, everything is fake, it's time to make a break with him." ”
At this time, the mirror ghost appeared in front of them and said, "I didn't expect you to be able to get out of the illusion I made for you, I really underestimated you." ”
Bai Xiaoyan said: "It's just playing with you, you still take it seriously, but if you play with it, you dare to make fun of my dead wife, we are not done with this matter." ”
The mirror ghost looked at the illusion around him that was destroyed by Bai Xiaoyan's flute sound, and said, "I said, this is my world, even if you destroy it ten thousand times, I can restore it." ”
Bai Xiaoyan smiled slightly. "Of course, that's your job, but I'm wondering if this world can be restored if you disappear?"
At this time, the mirror ghost made a gesture with his hands open towards Bai Xiaoyan, meaning that you can do whatever you want.
After all, everyone has seen the scene of Bai Ying attacking the mirror ghost with the soul hook rope before, his body can be restored immediately after being broken, this mirror world was born because of him, and he can be resurrected infinitely in this world, so it seems that it is useless to attack this world or attack him.
Bai Xiaoyan's expression suddenly became serious, and he said, "I can make your soul fly away with one move, do you believe it?"
The mirror ghost laughed. "Why, all the paranoia tormented by my illusion came out?"
Bai Xiaoyan no longer spoke, but looked at the sun that appeared in the sky at some point with his eyes wide open, and the mirror ghost's laughter stopped abruptly, but before Bai Xiaoyan could make a move, the mirror ghost suddenly flew to the sky and took down the "sun".
"Yes, you can find my body, but unfortunately, you can't destroy it, because in my world, the speed of everything is determined by me. ”
As soon as his words fell, Bai Xiaoyan flew towards him with a soul chasing needle in his hand, but as the mirror ghost said, the speed of everything here is determined by him, so the moment Bai Xiaoyan made a move, he had already teleported away.
Bai Xiaoyan turned around and chased again, the mirror ghost teleported again, and at this moment, Bai Xiaoyan's face showed a smile, only to see him throw the soul chasing needle in his hand towards the empty sand in the distance, the mirror ghost actually teleported over and hit the tip of the needle, and the mirror in his hand cracked with a bang.
"How could it be ......"
Bai Xiaoyan said: "What 'everything in your world is decided by you' is actually empty words, this mirror world does not exist in the first place, what can you create?"
Cao Xiaoyang was stunned by Bai Xiaoyan's operation. "Lao Bai, what the hell is going on?"
"Charterman, didn't you notice anything special about the two locations he teleported just now?"
Cao Xiaoyang took a closer look. "Yes...... It's where I just inserted the two soul chasing needles. ”
"Yes, I put the Soul Catcher in the back of your neck in the first place, and no matter how much you pull it out, it is still in the back of your neck, because everything you have been through since then is fake.
This guy is switching between the real and the false to give us the illusion that he can control everything here, but in fact he can't control anything, as I said earlier, this mirror world does not exist at all. ”
Cao Xiaoyang suddenly realized. "I see, the two soul chasing needles I inserted just now are fake, and this guy's ability to teleport is also fake, so the position of his two movements will coincide with the position of those two needles, so you only need to predict that the needle will fly out to that position, and this guy will crash into it by itself. ”
Bai Xiaoyan laughed. "Yes, the charter man, the children can be taught. ”
As the mirror broke, the mirror world built by the mirror ghost also collapsed, and in an instant, the four of them had returned to the barbershop.
The mirror ghost curled up on the ground holding the mirror that was not completely broken, Yang Qian walked to his side, pointed to the pattern of the yin seal on his head and said, "Say, who gave you this mark, as long as you say it, we will reluctantly let you go." ”
The mirror ghost burst out laughing. "Hahaha, let me go? Yin Xi is added to his body, his heart is attached to the ghost king, he will not give up until he dies, and his soul will be scattered. ”
After hearing this, Yang Qian was suddenly taken aback, it turned out that this guy knew that as long as the ghost was printed with the pattern of the Yin seal, it would be impossible to get rid of it, unless the soul was scattered, and the ghost with the Yin seal mark would never be forgiven by the Emperor Xudu, so the Yin and Yang worlds would never have a place for him, that is, from the moment he was defeated, he could no longer have a way to live.
After speaking, he completely shattered the remnant mirror in his hand with his own hands, and his soul was scattered with his soul.
At this time, Bai Ying said: "He mentioned the Ghost King just now, could it be that the Yin Seal is in the hands of the Red Flower Ghost King?"
Yang Qian said: "There is no way, eight hundred years ago, the Red Flower Ghost King was already relegated to the Infernal Hell, and it is impossible for him to escape from the Infernal Hell. ”
"If it's not the Red Flower Ghost King, then the Ghost King he said should be someone else, this matter is not trivial, no, I will immediately go back to report this matter to the Emperor Xudu!"
Three days later, Bai Ying returned to the Linglou, and she brought a message from Xudu, saying that the Emperor of Xudu attached great importance to the matter of Yinxi's appearance, and Cao Xiaoyang, a descendant of the Xuan Cao family, immediately went to the ghost world of Xudu to meet him.
After hearing this, Yang Qian, who was Cao Xiaoyang's grandmother, panicked all of a sudden, and said to Bai Ying: "Xiaoyang is a living person now, how can he go to the ghost realm to see the Emperor of Xudu?"
Bai Ying said: "The Great Emperor has long considered this, so he asked me to bring a Soul Leaving Pill, as long as he takes it, Xiao Yang will be able to go out of his body, and then he only needs to return to the Yang Realm within seven days then he can be resurrected normally." ”
Cao Xiaoyang heard that he could go to the ghost realm of Xudu to take a turn, not only did he not have any rejection of this matter, but he was a little excited, after all, the living people on Huangquan Road have only heard of it for thousands of years, but they have never seen it, and those who have really walked through Huangquan Road are no longer alive.
Now I have the opportunity to go to the underworld alive, and this is naturally a rare opportunity.
Seeing the smile on Cao Xiaoyang's face, Bai Ying continued: "Although the emperor summoned you to Xudu, there was an additional condition, that is, you must take Huangquan Road to Xudu alone, and Sister Qian Bai Xiaoyan and I can't accompany you, let alone take you to take a shortcut, this can be regarded as a small test for you by the emperor." ”
As soon as he heard this, Cao Xiaoyang was suddenly blindsided. "If I don't let you lead the way, then I don't know the way, even if a person dies and goes to the underworld, at least there is a soul hook or black and white impermanence or something to lead the way. ”
"There's no way, that's what the emperor told me, I don't dare to disobey his orders. ”
At this time, Cao Xiaoyang, who was originally a little excited, showed an embarrassed look, and then Tang Wenwen on the side said: "It's better to let me accompany you, I am already dead, although the yang life is not over, but according to the rules, it should be to go to the Yin Cao Difu to report first and then return to the Yang world, if I accompany you, it will be a chance encounter on the Huangquan Road, not a deliberate accompaniment, after all, this is also the first time I go to the Yin Cao Difu, I think there should be no problem." ”
After listening to her words, Bai Ying nodded. "I think this is a good idea, after all, it is not uncommon to meet a ghost on the Huangquan Road, and the most important thing is that the emperor does not know her. ”
Although there is a companion on the Huangquan Road now, Cao Xiaoyang's heart is still a little uneasy, after all, the two of them are going to the underworld for the first time, and that road is really difficult to find.