Chapter 275: The King of the Red Castle
Lin Yu explained in detail what a soul sacrifice was in the following dozens of minutes. To put it simply, soul sacrifice is to use the sacrificer to take the initiative to sacrifice the soul to the demon so that it will not behave indiscriminately, Zhang Ze asked.
"So we sacrificed so that the demons wouldn't do anything wrong?"
Lin Yu pouted and said.
"Where's your brain?"
Zhang Ze was stunned for a moment, and immediately said.
"What are you talking about, kid?"
Lin Yu shook his head helplessly, and Fang Fan said.
"Alright, let's get down to business."
Lin Yu continued.
"The purpose of our sacrifice is to find the exact location of the demon. It is not difficult to find the location of the demon by following the soul that has been taken away, and when the time comes, it can be destroyed in one fell swoop. ”
Zhang Ze thought for a while and said.
"To put it lightly, whose soul do you think is appropriate?"
Lin Yu pondered for a moment and said.
"I can only go."
Fang Fan and Zhang Ze were stunned for a moment and asked.
"You're going? You're not kidding, are you? We don't know anything now, let alone how much risk it would take for you to act rashly, what would happen if something happened. ”
Lin Yu moved his muscles and said.
"Don't say it, there is no second person who can do this except me."
"Okay, tell me about your plans."
"I think this demon who traded with the Heavenly Punishment Cult should be entrenched near the villa, or near the church, so we have to set the location between the villa and the church."
"Where? What location? ”
"Out-of-body location."
"You?"
Lin Yu nodded, and the three of them looked at the map for a long time, and finally chose the location on the pier of the stone bridge. Zhang Ze said with a frown.
"This place is a little weird, isn't it?"
Lin Yu pondered for a moment and said.
"It's close to the water, so it's a great place to get out of the body. In addition, this is also a place where the yin qi in the surrounding area is relatively heavy, and the soul will not be hurt much after it comes out. ”
"So what can we do?"
"Protect my body and the rest of my soul. If I come back safely, then I will still be me, but if I don't come back, then I will become as stupid and stupid as those disciples, and even become a puppet of the Heavenly Punishment Sect. ”
Fang Fan pondered for a moment and said.
"No, it's still too dangerous for you to do that."
"If I don't, is there any other way? If the nightmare is still around, I can let him accompany me. You have all awakened the spirit beast, once the spirit beast leaves the master, it will be like a void, so it is useless, I can only go by myself. ”
Although Fang Fan and Zhang Ze were very anxious, they had no other good way, and finally had to agree with Lin Yu's idea. At this moment, Mishima rushed in front of several people like a gust of wind, and Yu Toyoya behind him couldn't pull Mishima no matter how he pulled it.
"Fang Fan, what's going on?"
Fang Fan took the phone in his hand with a blank expression, and the picture showed Red Bean in a daze, which was exactly the same as Fluttershy at that time.
"Mishima, calm down. Who sent you this video? ”
Mishima said angrily.
"I don't know."
Fang Fan looked at the sender's number, which was a string of compiled garbled characters, but it didn't matter anymore. Of course, Fang Fan, who had seen the red bean just now, knew that it was sent by the general, but he didn't know why it was sent to Mishima. Fang Fan sighed and said.
"We just met Red Bean at the General, she..."
Fang Fan wanted to speak and stopped, Mishima excitedly grabbed Fang Fan's collar and shouted.
"What's wrong with her?"
Seeing this, Zhang Ze hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
"Mishima, what are you doing?"
Mishima pushed Zhang Ze aside, and Toyoya Yu helped Zhang Ze up and asked.
"Are you alright?"
"It's fine."
Zhang Ze immediately yelled at Mishima.
"Are you crazy?"
As soon as the words fell, Fang Fan shouted loudly.
"That's enough."
Then he said to Mishima.
"Red Bean, she has become the general's puppet."
Saying that, he couldn't help but knock Fang Fan down with a punch, and then pointed at him and said.
"Fang Fan, I've already lost Fluttershy, if there is anything wrong with Red Bean, don't blame me for not thinking about brotherhood."
Fang Fan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said.
"I don't want things to get to this point..."
"Phew. Would this have happened if you hadn't asked Su Kang to hand over the key to the general? ”
Fang Fan didn't speak, Zhang Ze said suddenly.
"What's the matter? Mishima, you can't do anything this. ”
Mishima immediately pointed the finger at Zhang Ze and said.
"Shut up, you're not much better."
"You..."
Before Zhang Ze finished speaking, he was interrupted by Fang Fan.
"Don't talk about it."
Fang Fan then said to Mishima.
"I know, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer to this matter."
The three of them turned around and were about to walk out, when Mishima said suddenly.
"You won't be welcome here."
Fang Fan and the three of them left the bar without looking back, Zhang Ze said.
"What kind of madness is this Mishima, as if he has a grudge against us for killing his father."
Fang Fan said lightly.
He can understand that. He may have felt that I was not only an indulgence but also a betrayal of Su Kang by leaving the key at Su Kang's disposal. ”
"You can't do that. It's not that we don't care, it's just a roundabout. ”
"It's hard for one person to take advantage of the hearts of a hundred. Mishima had been suppressed for a long time before, and it was okay to break out until now, and he couldn't help it if he was someone else. But then again, I didn't think about it, and it would have been nice to have consulted with them at the time. ”
"Hmph, don't talk to them. They are that virtue. As the saying goes, people see people's hearts over time, and now you can see it. In their eyes, we have always been outsiders. ”
"Alright, stop talking nonsense. Let's get ready for the evening. ”
Guo Jianyue has been recuperating at home for a while, and his body has fully recovered, but there are still some residual hazards in his mental health, which are manifested in endless nightmares every night. At this time, he didn't want to pay attention to anything anymore, he just wanted to live quietly with his wife and children every day. He even planned to return the badge of the Black Shadow Force to Fang Fan, who had been living behind the scenes, and only after he came back from the ghost gate did he understand how precious a dull life was. also knew that he didn't have the courage to face this kind of incident again like Fang Fan and Zhang Ze, so his heart's yearning for a peaceful and stable life became particularly thirsty.
Guo Jianyue watched his mother play in the yard with her children, and his wife sat aside reading a book, Guo Jianyue looked at it and was distracted, and he said after a while.
"Wife, let's move."
The wife was stunned for a moment, then closed the book in her hand and put it on the table, and said.
"That thing is coming to you again?"
Guo Jianyue took his wife's hand, and it has always been his wife's understanding and forbearance that can make Guo Jianyue feel at ease in what he likes. He has never been involved in family affairs, but he regularly gives his wife living expenses, and even the most virtuous wife has times to complain. He said.
"I don't want to continue living like this anymore, I haven't taken enough care of my family, I just know how to be busy outside. From now on, I want to be family-centered. ”
The wife smiled and said.
"Whatever you decide, I'll support you. But you don't lie to yourself. ”
"I didn't, I really thought so. I now understand that nothing compares to a stable life. ”
As soon as the words fell, before the wife could speak, there was a sharp knock on the door outside. Guo Jianyue's mother opened the courtyard door and saw Fang Fan standing outside the door.
"You are?"
Guo Jianyue's mother looked at Fang Fan, although she had an impression, her name was vague.
"Auntie, I'm Fang Fan. Jianyue's friend, don't you remember? ”
Jianyue's mother patted her head and said.
"Oh... Come to think of it. You are also my grandson's savior. ”
"You're serious. Is Jianyue there? ”
"Here, let's go inside."
Jianyue's mother dodged and let Fang Fan into the courtyard, and after she closed the courtyard door, she looked at Fang Fan's back and suddenly felt very strange, but she couldn't say what was strange. Jianyue's mother hesitated for a long time and didn't figure it out. At this time, her grandson, who was playing by herself, cried, and she hurriedly ran over. Seeing her grandson lying on her stomach in the freshly watered flower bed, she quickly picked her grandson up.
"Milk meat, it's okay, what's going on?"
The grandson said with a sob.
"This platform flashed me, and I stepped on it and fell."
Jianyue's mother took off her grandson's shoes and scrubbed them, when she suddenly slapped her thigh and shouted.
"It's broken."
Then he told his grandson not to go anywhere. As mentioned earlier, Guo Jianyue's mother knows a lot of Maoshan Taoism, so if someone has something strange, she can also see a lot of clues. At this time, she reacted so much because when she was washing her grandson's shoes, she suddenly remembered that Fang Fan had been padding his heels when he walked into the room from the door just now. In general, in this case, there is only one possibility that you are possessed by a ghost.
Jianyue's mother strode into the room and saw Fang Fan and Jianyue sitting on the sofa talking and laughing. Jian Yue's mother didn't say a word, she directly pulled out the peach wood sword on the wall and pointed at Fang Fan and said.
"Brute, still not showing up?"
Guo Jianyue and his wife looked dazed, and Fang Fan looked at Jianyue's mother calmly. In an instant, the room went dark, and it suddenly became like late night at noon. Jianyue's mother burned a piece of rune paper and lit the candle on the table, and then said.
"You two go out and watch the child, leave it to me here. Whatever happens inside, don't come in. ”
Guo Jianyue took his wife's hand and ran towards the yard. Fang Fan, who was still sitting on the sofa just now, had disappeared, and at this time, Jianyue's mother was holding a peachwood sword and was carefully vigilant in every corner of the middle room. At this moment, a sharp claw quietly stretched out towards Jianyue's mother from behind, and Jianyue's mother suddenly turned over and slashed away. A severed ghost hand fell at her feet, accompanied by a terrible scream from the shadows.
"Mischievous brute, I think you're looking for the wrong person."
After that, Jian Yue's mother rushed into the darkness with a sword, and a moment later there was a hoarse scream in the darkness, which had to be said to be really violent. Although the old lady has retired to the rivers and lakes for a long time, she will always spare no effort to fight ghosts, not to mention that this ghost actually took the initiative to hit her gun. After a while, the ghost was tied up like a crab in a seafood market, and Jianyue's mother put away her peachwood sword and shouted outside.
"Come in."
Guo Jianyue asked his wife to watch the children outside and walked in by himself.
"Mom, how's it going?"
"It's okay."
Guo Jianyue looked at the ghost who looked exactly like Fang Fan and asked.
"Why did you want to be my friend?"
The demon said with a smirk.
"Because it was his idea. He asked me to kill you. ”
Guo Jianyue said with a blank face.
"What? You said Fang Fan asked you to kill me? ”
Guo Jianyue naturally wouldn't believe this kind of nonsense lie, but it also touched his heart more or less.
"Son, is there anything else you want to ask?"
"It's gone."
With that, the old lady drew her peachwood sword again, and then stabbed it into the demon's chest, and the demon screamed again and again, and in a short time it turned to ashes. It's just a farce, but this makes Guo Jianyue yearn for a stable life even more. At first, he only joined him because he wanted to thank Fang Fan, but Hu Lai thought those things were interesting, so he wanted to try to stay. But now that these have threatened the safety of him and his family, Guo Jianyue made the next decision in his heart. I want to go back and make it clear to Fang Fan, no longer participate in their actions, and quit the Black Shadow Force.
At this time, when night fell, Fang Fan, Zhang Ze, and Lin Yu came to the bridge between the villa and the church, and the piers emitted a fishy smell, and some homeless people often used this place as one of their many resting spots. Today, however, there is only a river flowing back and forth, and there are no homeless people.
The three of them got into the bridge pier, and Zhang Ze cleaned up the miscellaneous things at his feet and made room for an open space. Lin Yu sat on the ground and said.
"I'm starting to get my soul out of my body now, and you must protect my body and other souls."
Zhang Ze said.
"Don't worry. Even if it weren't for you, I'd be afraid that the Bone Girl would kill me. I'll protect you for the sake of your life. ”
Lin Yu nodded, then closed his eyes and recited the mantra. After a while, a faint glow began to glow on his body, and the color of the light changed from time to time. After a while, Lin Yu's soul stood up, jumped out of the bridge pier and stood on the surface of the river and walked towards the opposite bank.
"Old Fang, this is it?"
"I guess so."
There are two exits on the left and right of the bridge pier, Fang Fan and Zhang Ze have no one to guard one, protecting Lin Yu in the middle, and they are conscientious left and right protectors at this time. Lin Yu's soul was still a little unaccustomed to the moment it came out of his body, and his light body was no longer controlled by gravity. At this time, he saw from a distance that a group of people on the other side were walking forward in a queue one by one, and Lin Yu curiously quickened his pace. As soon as his legs were forced, his whole body suddenly rose into the air, he was not like Fang Fan and Zhang Ze who could fly, so he was worried about how he should land.
The nightingale flapped his wings past him, and Lin Yu danced back and forth with the wind of the wings flapping, and after a while, Lin Yu landed as light as a feather. Everything seemed to be in a dream, Lin Yu sideways to avoid their feet, and he quickly stood up. The procession like a long dragon was winding continuously, and Lin Yu looked at the expressions on the faces of those people, all of them looked very weird.
"Hey, hey, friend."
No one answered, Lin Yu reached out to stop one of them, who knew that the person knocked Lin Yu's arm and continued to walk forward, Lin Yu was no different from air in their eyes. Lin Yu immediately grabbed one of them and asked.
"Friend, where are you going?"
The man's eyes looked straight into the distance, his feet were still stepping forward, and Lin Yu was almost dragged out by him. Lin Yu, who was at a loss for a while, had no choice but to follow this winding dragon, and it was up to fate wherever he went, but his intuition told him that the destination was the place he was looking for.
The long dragon didn't know how many steps he took, he couldn't count how many turns he turned, and even the concept of time was blurred. Lin Yu was already in the state of his soul, so he didn't feel tired at all. He is also the only one in the entire team who has his own thoughts, and the only one who is the most active. This was in stark contrast to the souls around him, no matter how restrained he was, he could still be seen at a glance.
Suddenly, several rays of light appeared in the dim sky, and in an instant, it seemed like day. Lin Yu took the opportunity to see a castle in the distance, Lin Yu thought he had seen it wrong, he rubbed his eyes and looked again, it was indeed a castle.
"How can there be a castle in this place? Fairy tales? ”
He was the only one in the quiet group chattering like a 'black sheep', and those standing in front of Lin Yu began to enter the castle one after another. When it was Lin Yu's turn, he saw that there were five entrances in front of him, the leftmost and rightmost ones were blue respectively, then green, and the middle was red. At each entrance stood a man dressed in a black gown, no one holding a stick in his hand, and when the stick was placed on the shoulders of those people, it would glow in a different color, and whichever color appeared, it would enter the castle through the entrance of the corresponding color.
Lin Yu looked and found that there were very few people entering the red entrance, and most of them entered the castle through the red and green entrances. Just as Lin Yu was still observing, the person standing at the door waved the stick in his hand at him and motioned for him to step forward. Lin Yu stepped forward, and the janitor put the stick on Lin Yu's shoulder. After a while, the stick in the janitor's hand suddenly flashed red. Lin Yu didn't feel too surprised, but the janitor and those in the long dragon were as surprised as if they had discovered a new continent. This was also the first time that Lin Yu felt that they were also alive, not dried souls.
At this moment, I saw that the people in the long queue knelt down to Lin Yu like dominoes, and even the five high-spirited janitors saluted Lin Yu. Lin Yu had been completely blinded, he should have tried his best to hide himself, but Na Cheng wanted to make such a big move. At this time, the janitor standing at the red entrance took a step sideways, and then asked Lin Yu to pass through the red entrance.
Lin Yu hesitated for a moment and walked in, and the moment he passed through the red entrance, the surroundings turned into a savannah with the fragrance of birds and flowers, countless unnamed wildflowers were unevenly interspersed among the green grass, and the clear blue sky and snow-like white clouds were like refreshing ice cream on a hot summer day. But none of these attracted Lin Yu's attention for more than five seconds, and what surprised him the most was the screen playing on both sides, and the picture was the scene of the aisle next to him.
Originally, the five passages were separated from each other, but they could be seen through the screen. In contrast, the castle entered through the blue entrance was as brutal as purgatory, and the first thing those who entered was stripped of their coats, followed by a fire, a fire that fell from the sky. But instead of being burned by the fire, they turned into a body on fire and continued to move forward. The castle entered through the green entrance was better than the blue one, only stripped of its coat and then wrapped around its limbs by thorns and continued on its way.
Lin Yu could see from the screen that those people were looking at him with envious and longing eyes. If his eyes were long, Lin Yu would definitely be dragged alive from the screen to the blue or green castle by them. The eyes of those people made Lin Yu feel more and more frightened, and he had to look ahead and try not to look at those screens. After walking for a while, he stopped at the entrance of the castle gate, which suddenly opened, and a fierce wind blew out of it, but did not blow him away.
He heard the crisp sound of high heels coming from the end of the dimly lit hallway, and moments later a woman of great grace appeared at the castle gate.
"Hello, you are the king here from this day forward."
Lin Yu couldn't believe his ears and asked.
"What do you say, I'm the king?"
"That's right, you'll be the king here."
"Why?"
"Because you have been chosen from thousands of souls."
"I'd like to ask. Why is there a difference between red, blue and green? ”
The woman pondered for a moment and said.
"Each of the three colors represents the level of the soul. Green is better than blue, and red is the best. ”
"I see. So what are they doing here? ”
Although Lin Yu had just experienced the highlight moment of his soul career, he was not carried away by the sudden honor, and he still had to put it on his sleeve. The woman pondered for a moment and said.
"This is their judgment place, and the right to this judgment is in your hands, my Majesty the King."
"And what exactly am I going to do?"
The woman took out a slip and handed it to Lin Yu and said.
"Choose what interests you from it."
Lin Yuhu looked at the list suspiciously, and according to the name on it, he could roughly judge that it seemed to be the name of the dish, Lin Yu smiled slightly and asked.
"Here's the recipe?"
"Whatever you want."
Lin Yu pointed to one of the unbelievable lines of text above and said.
"I want this."
The woman said with a smile.
"Wait a minute."
A few moments later, a scream came from the dark, dim castle, and the woman said.
"It's ready, please come with me."
Lin Yu followed the woman into the castle, and after walking in, he saw all kinds of photos hanging on the walls on the left and right, although they were all kinds, but they actually meant all kinds of people. There are not only Caucasians, but also blacks, and yellows in the photo, Lin Yu asked a little strangely.
"They're all..."
"These are the kings of the past."
"Oh, I see, they're all so young."
The woman smiled but said nothing, and after a while they came to the restaurant, Lin Yu saw a large plate of steaming dishes on the table.
"That's what I just chose?"
"Yes."
Lin Yu smiled and muttered quietly.
"It's all made, and it's not a recipe."
The woman handed the knife and fork to Lin Yu and said.
"Please begin."
Lin Yu looked at the food in front of him and felt a drum in his heart, but the urge to eat it quickly couldn't be calm, and finally his desire overcame reason.
"It's delicious..."