Chapter 7: The Netherworld
"Awake?"
As soon as the sky was bright, Yakumo Zi had just opened her eyes from her meditation, and she saw Mo's figure standing aside at some point, looking at her with a smile.
The glimmer of the sun fell behind him, and Zi looked at the warm jade-like figure in front of her, inexplicably, she felt a sense of quiet and peace fill her heart. The mind that has always been tense seems to have been at peace and relaxation for a moment at this moment......
Yakumo stood up and patted the non-existent dust on her body.
"Where are we going next?" , Mo tilted his head sideways and asked at the right time.
"Where do you want to go?" , Purple asked rhetorically.
"Hmm......", Mo tapped his chin with the folding fan in his hand, "Although Zi you have also taken me to see a lot of places these days, to be honest, I don't have a clue about the places I want to go, so it's up to you to decide." ”
By the way, this thing called the 'folding fan' was originally interesting when he saw Yakumo take out a handful of wonderful things, and then he took out a handful of them out of nowhere.
Although for him, this kind of thing is useless at all, but the unexpected feeling is quite good, and he has often been fanning his hand lately.
Hearing him say this, Yakumo Zi groaned for a moment, then raised his head again, his eyes flickered, and he seemed to have made a decision, "Since that's the case, then I have a place I want to go......"
"Where?"
"Nether!"
……
Along the way, the two exchanged a lot about the destination where they were lying. Of course, the main thing is that Purple is talking and Mo is asking.
After Yakumo Zi's explanation, he somewhat understood what the so-called 'Netherworld' was.
It is said that it is the dark side of the world, the home of the dead, and the place where all living beings are stored after death.
At the same time, it is also one of the most painful, chaotic, and terrifying 'hells' in this world!
Eventually, the two stopped. Just because, they have come to their destination.
Yakumo Zi pointed to the valley that was surrounded by heavy mist in front of him, and slowly spoke: "Although the Netherworld is the dark side of the world, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for ordinary beings to enter, but there are always exceptions to everything......"
"In the yang world, there will always be some places, either natural or artificial, and the boundary between the yang world and the underworld is relatively weak. Through those places, even the undead can enter and exit the netherworld. Most people will call these places the cave of Yellow Springs. ”
Of course, if it is just an ordinary creature, even if it can enter the Netherworld alive, the moment you step into the Netherworld, you will be eroded by the Netherworld Qi and completely turn into a deceased......
"And this valley in front of you is one of those Yellow Spring Caves."
"I see, that's ......", Mo nodded, looking at the deep valley in front of him, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and then a trace of clarity crossed his face.
"Then let's go." Yakumo Zi didn't seem to want to say more, so she stepped forward and walked straight into the mist.
Mo shook his head and followed closely. In an instant, the figures of the two completely disappeared into the thick valley mist, and their shadows were never seen again.
The two figures walked silently in the thick fog, and as they went deeper, the fog that lingered around them became thicker and thicker, until they could barely reach out and lose their fingers. But even if it was true, they still walked straight in a certain direction, and it seemed that they would not get lost at all.
Eventually, the fog began to dissipate until it completely dissipated.
"Here we are." , At the moment when she completely walked out of the fog, Yakumo Zi spoke again.
Mo also stopped, looking up at the environment in front of him.
Is this the so-called 'Netherworld'......
As far as the eye can see, there is a desolate land. Pitch-black dirt covered it, with occasional or one or two trees scattered scattered like withered and dead trees. A few strange birds, covered in pitch-black feathers, but their heads only had dry bones 'strange birds' resting on them, and from time to time they let out a few terrible and strange chirps.
"This ...... It's pretty much what I imagined. Mo nodded. The desolate scene in front of him was also in his expectation and imagination.
Yakumo glanced at him, then continued to walk, "Let's go, this is just a wilderness on the outskirts of the edge. The real netherworld is not such a 'quiet and peaceful' ......"
'Quiet and peaceful'......
Mo glanced at the surrounding environment, so desolate, even so desolate that it was almost 'dead silence', it can also be called quiet and peaceful......
It seems that after entering the netherworld, Yakumo Purple became much more silent, or rather cautious. didn't say much, just took him all the way.
And Mo didn't ask too much, and quietly followed her all the way. After passing through a wilderness, gradually, there was more 'scenery' in front of me......
All kinds of strange or dark or gray trees are scattered randomly on the earth. Or can those strange things really be called 'trees'?
Mo looked at the strange twisted 'tree' in front of him.
The branches, the entangled roots, can barely be seen to be in the shape of a 'tree' if you ignore the strange fact that there are no leaves at all. Well, it would be more perfect if there were no faint shadows of distorted human faces, hands and feet, and organs on those branches and branches......
And Yakumo Zi also stopped and looked in one direction. And Mo also followed her line of sight, and then, she saw several 'figures', slowly floating from a distance.
Well, that's a rarity. Mo tapped the folding fan in his hand, and walked all the way, it was the first time he saw a 'person' in this netherworld.
Of course, these people are not living beings. It is an existence that transforms the spirit and spirit of the underworld after the death of the living being, and then is absorbed and attracted by the underworld.
Or, to put it more simply, it could be called 'Spirit'......
I saw that the 'ghosts' didn't seem to have much of consciousness, they just floated blankly, floating aimlessly here.
That's normal. The spirit of ordinary beings is already weak. After losing the support of the Yang World's physical body, most of them will disperse most of their consciousness, leaving only some instincts, and in a daze, they will be absorbed and accepted by the Netherworld. So Mo didn't think it was strange to see the appearance of these 'ghosts' at this moment.
It's just that when they floated closer, suddenly, a mutation occurred.
The strange 'black tree' that had been standing still in the figures of Mo and Yakumo Purple suddenly swelled, and a large number of branches stretched out, turning into tentacles, instantly catching the few ghosts that entered its range.
Then, in the next moment, those originally blank 'figures', as if instinctively sensing danger, showed an extremely frightened expression on their faces. A terrible scream rang out, but halfway through the ring, it disappeared as if it had been stuck.
It's just that the tentacles have completely wrapped them in, as if they have closed their 'big mouths' and swallowed 'food' into their stomachs.
In a moment, the 'cocoons' that enveloped the ghosts parted again, and the figures inside had completely disappeared.
And Mo, who watched this scene from beginning to end, clearly found a few new faces on the body of the 'black tree'. Those faces, vaguely, were almost exactly the same as those of the devoured figures just now.
Zi, who was also watching this scene on the side, had a calm face, as if she had long been accustomed to it. Mo sighed lightly and shook his head.
Is this the so-called 'Netherworld'......
…… To be continued......
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