Under the light of the sun candle, Xiao Pu could see things within a hundred meters. The world is inversely proportional to the light emitted by the poor ling, and everything is only gray and black. The terrain here was flat, and they had walked for so long that they had not seen lakes, rivers, or jungles, and there was always only grass all around, and beyond that, there was a cool breeze.

The grass on the ground was all gray, and grew along the ground, like dry bones caressing the ground, and under it were piles of buried people.

Soon, as the pace accelerated, Xiao Pu also saw the town in Qianling's mouth. It was hidden in the fog, a standard Eastern Realm building, with neat tiles and orderly houses, but it looked extremely desolate. The wind blowing through the streets is unobstructed, and it looks like an uninhabited ghost town.

Stepping into it, the black walls on both sides of the street are like the world after a fire, which is a little scary. Xiao Pu frowned, and when he looked at Qian Ling, his face was flat, and he didn't seem to be afraid.

"There's someone up ahead. ”

As he spoke, he narrowed the light he released to a radius of ten meters, just the width of the street.

"Hey, kid. ”

Not far in front of him, four children were playing together, squatting together, playing with the mud on the side of the street. They were all gray-skinned, with coarse cloth skirts around their waists, and only one child had a shirt on their upper body, and that was supposed to be a girl. Their hair was long, with the shadow of primitive civilization, and when they heard the call of the poor, they all stood up and then turned back.

"Ahh

When Qian Ling and Xiao Pu were unsure of their situation, the four children covered their faces and quickly ran towards the alley on the side of the street.

"What's wrong with them?"

"I must have been frightened, it was dark all year round, and even if there was light, it would be dim through the fog. ”

After that, Qian Ling extinguished the light, and everything around him and Xiao Pu became dim.

"I can't see anything. ”

"Open your eyes and get used to it for a while. ”

"Uh-huh!"

After ten minutes like this, Xiao Pu saw the poor Ling around him clearly. He stretched out his strong arms to protect himself behind him, and his handsome face kept looking around, a little wary.

"Qianling, what's wrong?"

"Don't move, there's someone around. ”

In the darkness, countless people came towards Qian Ling and Xiao Pu, and the sound of their footsteps betrayed their position. Qian Ling could feel that there were a lot of bare feet stepping on the mud, making a sound of snoring, and that kind of movement seemed to surround them. Fortunately, there was no murderous spirit.

"Who?"

"Ghost countrymen. ”

Xiao Pu, who was born in the Eastern Regions, has heard the legend of ghosts since she was a child, so much so that she is now afraid of the dark. And those pitch-black corners, it seems that as soon as you turn around, you will see something particularly terrifying.

A drop of cold sweat slid down from Xiao Pu's jade neck, and the cool breeze blew, it was really an indescribable fear. She closed her eyes, not wanting to see the gray-skinned creatures she had just seen.

Grabbing Qian Ling's cuffs with his palm, Xiao Pu kept leaning towards him. But she didn't know that there was a ghost country man standing in front of Qian Ling. The latter is rickety and thin, and he is only half a meter away from Qian Ling, but because of the height difference, he can only look up at Qian Ling, who is 1.9 meters tall.

The man had gray skin, was on crutches, and his face was full of wrinkles and wrinkles, giving him an old-fashioned look. On that raised face, there was only one eye, which was a little larger than a human eye, but it was dark in it, which should be the reason why the sun was not seen here all year round.

The old man had no hair on the top of his head, and when he opened his mouth, he could see that all the teeth in it had been lost.

"You're from the human world, right?"

The old man's voice trembled a little, and Qian Ling nodded yes.

"Then there's nothing strange about that, no wonder you have a rare spiritual aura in you. ”

As the old man spoke, he turned around and raised his hand.

"Let's all go back, it's just human. ”

The people who came around dispersed, leaving only the three of them and the old man. Xiao Pu opened his eyes timidly, is this person a ghost country? Since he said the same thing as himself.

"You've walked through the wasteland before, and you have some skills. ”

"Is that wasteland dangerous?"

Because they had something to ask, Qian Ling and Xiao Pu followed behind the old man. He seemed to be taking them to a place that presumably should be his residence.

"The people of the Ghost Kingdom have lived in this boundless fog for generations, and have not been attacked, because there is a circular wasteland outside, and inside it lives the lonely souls of the unwise. Anyone who comes from outside will be eaten and turned into a thin grass in the wasteland. ”

Xiao Pujiao's body trembled slightly, the grass they stepped on just now, since it was all changed by people?

"Won't the people of the Ghost Kingdom be attacked by them?"

"Of course not, we ghost people have the bloodline left by the gods, and they hold the incorporeal souls of the world, even if they get close to them, they will only submit to us, or even control us. ”

Qian Ling and Xiao Pu followed him, keeping a certain distance. As if sensing their vigilance, the old man said:

"Don't be so nervous, you're not the first human to come in, and I don't eat you, why are you so scared?"

"The word ghost alone is enough to make us more vigilant. ”

"I know, I've heard from the last human who came that ghosts are a terrifying existence in the outside world, everyone is afraid of it, and only sunlight and sunshine can kill that kind of monster. ”

"Almost. ”

Xiao Pu didn't dare to speak, but Qian Ling was extremely calm, he was not afraid of the so-called ghosts, none of them had ugly human hearts and self-righteous beasts.

"Where are you taking us?"

"Of course it's going home, is it possible to entertain you on the street? Boy, don't think too badly of our ghost country, we just have different skin colors, different cultures, and even languages, we are almost the same, aren't we?"

"I'm a little curious, you are here all the year round, and since the language is the same as the outside world, some words seem to have nothing to do with this place, for example, green. ”

"It's not that we can't go out, it's just that we don't go out much, and the outside world is not suitable for us to survive, just like sharks don't like to go ashore. However, we occasionally send people out to learn from the advanced areas of the outside world and improve ourselves. It's been forty years since we last went out, and in another ten years, we'll send people out to investigate. ”

The old man smiled, and although his voice was not beautiful, it was full of kindness. Every time someone came, he had to explain it to them, which was a waste of time for a young man, but he was an old man, so it was naturally good to be able to find someone to talk to.

"Aren't you afraid of the sun when you go out?"

Xiao Pu asked timidly, and the old man answered patiently.

"Although we call ourselves ghosts, the ghosts in our mouths are not the kind of things that you can't see, in the ghost country, ghosts have the meaning of guardians. In other words, we are not afraid of the sun, and we will not touch it and disperse, we just don't like it. ”

"Senior, I would like to ask you a question. ”

Qian Ling looked at Xiao Pu beside her, she didn't dare to speak at first, but now she took the initiative to ask, which is really rare. Why did this girl suddenly become bold?

"Just ask. ”

"Senior, I am a witch physician, and in the medical world, the human soul is only a general concept, not an objective substance. But you said before that the wasteland out there is a lot of ignorant souls, which means they are real in the form of matter, right?"

Xiao Pu is desperate to know this problem, as long as it is solved, she will take a big step forward in the medical world.

"Yes, they are all substances, but they exist in a special form, so humans can't see them. Only in some special circumstances, such as the ghost kingdom under the protection of the gods, or the place where the yin qi is particularly heavy and the sun does not shine all year round. ”

"Why didn't we see it before? because I released a bright light?"

"Yes, we're human, we're just afraid of bright lights. They are different, they are the ghosts of your world, they are dead when they touch them, so they can only hide in the dark underground when they feel it. ”

"So, a lot of ghost stories in the human world are real?"

"Of course, how can there be so many stories and legends if they don't appear? Although many of them are exaggerated, the spirits are real. People have seven souls and six souls, all of which are indispensable, and if they are lost, they will get sick or even die. When they die, these spirits also leave their bodies and begin to wander, often hiding underground and returning to the ghost kingdom. ”

The old man saw that the girl behind him was obsessed with what he heard, and continued:

"If a person dies with all seven souls and six spirits, he retains his original consciousness and follows the body until he is cremated or decayed. When its body disappears, its complete soul will come to the ghost kingdom and become a new individual and start a new life. As for those incomplete souls, they will become lonely souls and be controlled by us, and some special bear remnants will be killed by our orders. ”

"Is the new individual in the form of a soul?"

"No, it's in the form of ghost people! After death, there are very few human beings who can leave a complete soul, so they come to the ghost country to receive special care, and the country will guide them to become the appearance of the ghost country people by devouring the remnant soul. But this kind of existence, there are only two or three in the entire ghost country. How many people in the world can really keep their souls from dissipating? Under natural circumstances, as long as a person dies, his soul will dissipate, unless he takes spiritual fruits, or uses some secret techniques. ”

"Seniors, what about their lifespans? and yours, is it the same as humans?"

"Their lifespan can be extended by devouring remnants, but they cannot reproduce. We are just like humans, and we can also say that the people of the Oni Kingdom are human beings born in the thick fog!"

Walking to a house, the old man made a "please" gesture.

If they hadn't chatted all the way, Xiao Pu would definitely not dare to enter now, this house was as dark as a haunted house, and there seemed to be something dirty hidden inside. But now she basically understands from the old man that the people of the ghost country are actually similar to them, at least they will be born, old, sick and die.

After Xiao Pu and Qian Ling walked into the house, the old man said:

"Little girl, the knowledge of the ghost kingdom can be filled in with things that humans can't understand, but you still have to learn a lot, so don't worry, take your time, you can't become fat in one bite. ”

The old man smiled, the people of the ghost country always like to take this sentence as a joke.

"Yes, senior, can I ask you again after I sort out my thoughts?"

"Yes. ”

"Thank you, senior!"

Xiao Puxi smiled, and suddenly felt that the ghost country was not so terrifying, and the people inside were not monsters who drank blood!

The house is very large, and there are many ghost people in it, and they have their own jobs, cleaning, pruning plants, and in short, they are not idle. Their eyes were full of respect when they looked at the old man, and occasionally they would glance at Qian Ling and Xiao Pu, most of them very curious.

The old man took Qian Ling and Xiao Pu to a place similar to a living room, because it was in a house, so Xiao Pu felt that the surroundings were darker, and her eyes that were used to the darkness could not see anything again, only listen to sounds. Poor Ling is okay, and he can roughly see what is here. This living room is plain, with tables and chairs woven out of a kind of gray rattan.

In the corner of the roof of the living room hung a large lizard, six or seven meters long, without eyes, but there were many soft and hard self-controlled sharp horns on the top of the head, and they could distinguish their position by these things. Qian Ling glanced at it, and then saw that the old man did not react, and ignored it. It could be his pet, huh...... The taste is a bit heavy!

"It's time for you to tell us what you're going to do. ”

There is a lot of moisture in the fog, so they don't have the habit of drinking tea, so they just sit dry, a little embarrassed. Luo Tian was paralyzed on the chair next to Qian Ling, as if waiting for Qian Ling to save him!

"Actually, we're here to find Lingshu Nine Lost Grass, and my companion needs it. ”

"Lingluo Nine Grass?"

The old man's gaze became strange, and after Qian Ling felt that look, his gaze condensed slightly, what does he mean?