Chapter 164: Journey to the Underworld

This was the first time Wang Xi really came to the Ghost Gate, and when he looked up, the city wall was about fifty ...... Sixty...... Hey?! How is there still a moon?! Isn't it afternoon?

"Is the ghost gate going to be opened?" Wang Xi asked Wang Bisi in a low voice. *Say, "Dream", "Small", .com

Wang Bisi pointed to the huge city gate, where a dozen or so Yin soldiers had gathered, and they were surrounding a simple wooden platform.

"You can't sit on a hanging basket like in ancient times, right? Is it insured? You won't be thrown to death, will you? Wang Xi felt that this thing looked crumbling, and it didn't look reliable at all.

Wang Bisi said: "Only the master has entered, but at that time, the ghost door happened to be closed in the third courtyard." If you ask me, I don't know. ”

As he spoke, he put two feathers on his body, and Wang Xi was terrified when he saw it.

Even the senior brother thinks it's unreliable!

But there is no way, Zhao Zhuren is already the first to go up, and now he is in mid-air.

Listening to the creaking of the wood, Wang Xi was afraid that it would fall apart in the next second.

He is ready, if that is really the case, he must rush forward as soon as possible and behave well-behaved!

Seeing that his whole body was tense, Wang Bisi said, "What are you doing so nervous?" ”

"Cold."

Wang Bisi said: "There is no way. But I see you, your strength has grown a little bit. ”

Wang Xi said: "Senior brother, this is not for no reason! When I practice hard every day, you can't see it. In the past two days, I'm still holding on! ”

Wang Bisi said: "Oh? I thought that your father-in-law and King Chu Jiang had injected your spirit into you twice in a row, which would help you. ”

Wang Xi thought for a moment and said, "It seems to have something to do with it...... Although after the infusion, at most about two hours, all those spiritual powers dissipated on their own. But when there is so much spiritual power stored in the body, the perception is different. But it's just a feeling, and you still have to practice it yourself. For example, in the past, I used to compare speed with Senior Brother Liu, no matter how I compared, I couldn't compare. He was also able to deliberately push the speed only one line higher than me. But when I went to pursue Tang No, my whole body was full of spiritual power, and I found that when I was galloping against the wind, not only could there be wind under my feet, but every part of my body could be used to speed up. You can even condense spiritual power in front of you to break the air in front of you and reduce resistance. I've tried, but I can't master the rhythm well, and basically I have to stop twice to break, otherwise it's easy to suffocate. But I think Senior Brother Liu seems to be able to break four and stop one. I asked him, and he said that there is a Taoist turtle breathing technique, and I still can't learn it. ”

Wang Bisi smiled: "He tricked you." Where is it so mysterious, it's just that you hold your breath longer than you. ”

"Really?"

"Turtle breathing is to minimize the consumption of human body functions. They are all running wildly against the wind, and the consumption of their bodies is huge, how can they use the turtle breath technique. Moreover, the real Turtle Breath Technique has long been lost, and even the Taoists themselves now doubt whether there really exists Turtle Breath Technique. ”

Zhao Zhuren has already gone up, followed by Sanyu and Qian Xinxin.

"Senior Brother Liu, it's too unrighteous."

"Do you have any other feelings?"

"And this time. After being injected by King Chu Jiang, his understanding of the way of spells was slightly deeper. I've found that the amount of spiritual power used to activate the rune paper can roughly control the time when it finally wields. It's kind of like a lead, and I can control how fast it burns. ”

"Well, that's the original principle of the Talisman Technique. This doesn't require too many skills, you just need to be familiar with this type of rune paper, practice repeatedly, and you will have a number in your mind. The answer is dead, as long as you try it out, you will use it in the future, and the result will be the same every time. There is literature dedicated to this, you can look it up when you go back. However, after all, you are from surgery, and you need to strengthen the basic things. That cocoon of yours, in my opinion, is really rubbish......"

"Speaking of surgical combat skills...... Wang Xi glanced at Zhao Zhuren at the head of the city, who was no longer visible, and whispered, "Senior brother, don't scold me when I say it." I think it's a bit of a. Every move and style is fixed, so the enemy won't attack you according to your moves. It's okay when it's one-on-one, once the opponent has two or more opponents, even if someone is wielding a knife there indiscriminately, I can only parry it in a hurry, and in the end I can't see the slightest shadow of combat skills, it's completely like two drunken maniacs slashing at each other, and it doesn't have aesthetics at all. At this time, I think that whoever has the most strength will win! ”

Wang Bisi smiled lightly and said, "It seems that you have entered the ground a little." Don't talk about it, which of the two of us will go first? ”

The wooden platform was lowered again.

Seeing that Wang Xi didn't answer, Wang Bisi said: "Remember to use the Hongmao Talisman." ”

Being reminded like this, Wang Xi became nervous again and said, "Senior brother, is it really possible that something is wrong?" ”

Because he had observed before, whether it was Sanyu or Qian Xinxin, before going up, they both used the Hongmao charm.

"Prevention is the main thing, here, any behavior with a speed of more than five meters per second will be captured by the formation and judged to be the target of attack."

Xiao Yi was timid, and when it was the turn of the two of them in the end, he said that he would stand up with Wang Xi for anything, and after repeatedly asking Yin Bing if it was okay, the two of them huddled together tremblingly, and their bodies were covered with feathers.

"You've learned badly, too, Biji." Zhao Zhuren poked his head out and glanced at it and said.

"Master, looking at him, it's like seeing me at the beginning, but I don't have a senior brother to tease me." Wang Bi said.

"Remember to tell him later, the feathers are used to reduce weight, and I'm really just afraid that this thing will fall apart, and there are not so many mysteries. lest he go out and blow everywhere, and appear to be well-informed, and then he will be embarrassed. ”

After Zhao Zhuren finished speaking, he walked down the steps with the ghost general who came to greet him.

"Senior brother, what did you mean by what you just said, you said that I have some beginners?" Wang Xi took Xiao Yi's hand, caught up, and stood side by side with Wang Bisi.

"Surgical techniques are nothing more than years of repeated practice to train your reflexes. I don't know if you have found it, every set of knife techniques, whether the style is strong and tough, or feminine and deceitful, its core connotation is actually about four words: start, bear, turn, knot. When you practice a set of knife skills to the extreme, you will naturally engrave all these in the depths of your bones. When fighting against people, even if you don't use any of the original knife techniques, in the eyes of experts, you can still see where you have learned and what knife techniques you use. All knife techniques pay attention to a change of words, but everything changes from its sect, what is this sect? Nature is your enemy. The goal of all your moves is to defeat or kill your opponent. The mystery in this is really not difficult to understand at all, pay attention to not think too much, there is no such thing as Zen meditation. If you practice the most basic sword skills for fifteen years, you will naturally know how to change your moves, and you don't need anyone to guide you at all. Don't forget, I told you at the beginning that the things in the courtyard, no matter how poor the qualifications, can be practiced as long as you spend time piling them up. No matter how good the qualifications are, if you lie down and sleep every day, you will still achieve nothing. ”

Wang Xi nodded silently.

The elder brother's words are simple and easy to understand, but there is a great truth in them.

What he fears most is the kind of vague preaching, which seems to be unfathomable, but in fact has no practical guiding significance.

And the senior brother clearly told him that even if he only practiced one set of sword techniques, even if he didn't have a brain, when the time came, everything would be understood.

Big brother never fools me! Well! Then it must be like this!

"Also, the master asked me to tell you just now that I am just afraid of damaging other people's things when I put a feather charm on my body. Don't think about it. Wang Bisi smiled lightly, sped up and walked forward, not to be a light bulb here.

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Wang Xi depressedly pulled Xiao Yi towards the bottom of the stone steps.

The stone steps are about five meters long and one meter wide, and each step is estimated to be only about ten centimeters high.

At this time, he casually looked to his left hand side.

At the bottom of the stone steps, there was a huge square, and at this moment, at least a thousand Yin soldiers lined up. These Yin soldiers were extremely disciplined, and none of them looked at them. Looking further into the distance, it is the appearance of the town, the palace is gloomy, and the building is frightening.

This...... This is a city......

He released his spiritual sense and looked down from a high place.

It turned out that after walking down the stone steps, there was another pass to enter the town in the distance.

Beyond the pass is a moat.

It's just that this moat can't be seen at all traces of artificiality, and it's natural.

Looking in the direction of the river, there is no end in sight, only that it winds out of an imperceptible arc.

Wang Xi's spiritual consciousness at this time was already more than fifty meters in the air above his head.

He raised his spiritual sense again, almost a hundred meters.

But there is still no end to the river in sight.

Not far from the pass, there is a bridge, about 50 meters long and 30 meters wide, there are no pedestrians on the bridge, it is very quiet.

When he continued to release his spiritual consciousness and was about to rise to two hundred meters, it was as if he had touched an invisible barrier, as if he had hit his head, and he had a headache.

"Senior brother, remember, two hundred meters is the face of our inner courtyard." Wang Bisi seemed to know what he was doing all along, and said leisurely without looking back.

Wang Xi stroked his head with his hand.

Earlier, at that last glance, he had seen three more towns down the river, but they were built on the water's edge and had no bridges.

Conversely, looking upstream of the river is the same.

No matter how far you go, you can't see anything clearly.

Wang Xi silently estimated the shape of this river in his heart, and it seemed that it was a small section of a super circle, and it couldn't even occupy the arc of 1°.

The river is like a black necklace, and the town is the glimmering pearl on it.

He believes that there will be more towns along the river.

Wang Xi and the others walked down the stone steps, passed through the pass, and walked onto the stone bridge.

Along the way, except for the Yin soldiers, not a single ghost shadow was seen. This is in stark contrast to the prosperity in the distance.

Just like Wang Xi, they were kings of the feudal period in ancient times, and when they came to a place to visit the mountains and rivers, the local officials had to clear the field first.

When he arrived at the end of the bridge, Wang Xi was surprised to find that this was actually a broken bridge.

Although it was only a short distance of one foot, it was unmistakably clear that this bridge had only taken root at the end where they had come, and it was suspended in the air.

Wang Xi followed everyone and gently crossed the hurdle, and couldn't help asking, "Master, ...... this bridge?"

"Hmm."

"And this river!?"

"Hmm."

"What about Meng Po!?"

Since this bridge and river are the legendary Nai He Bridge and the Lechuan River, what about Meng Po who boiled Meng Po soup at the bridge?

As soon as these words came out, except for Wang Bisi, who was also confused, everyone else laughed lightly.

As soon as Wang Xi saw it, he knew that most of the senior brothers had the same questions as himself, so he trotted two steps with Xiao Yi on his back - after Xiao Yi finished walking the stone steps, he couldn't walk, saying that he was a weak obedient man.

"Brother Ghost General, can you talk about it? Is there a taboo? ”

Master, they know, it doesn't mean that they can know, he still knows this.

The ghost general hugged his fist at Wang Xi and said, "Teacher Wang, our family has this knife thanks to your thinking, why can't you say it." You must know that your great name, even in the underworld, is well-known. King Chu Jiang has spoken, and after you have been a hundred years, he will keep you in the underworld and work for at least two hundred years before letting you go. Awesome! ”

Wang Xi had a black line on his head, and said in his heart: "I can't hear what kind of welfare this is at all......"

The ghost general pointed behind him and said, "Teacher Xiao Wang, you look back at the Nai He Bridge." ”

Wang Xi and Wang Bisi turned around together and looked at the way they came.

"It doesn't make a difference...... When you said that, I thought the bridge would disappear. Wang Xi said, and at the same time lifted Xiao Yi's buttocks up, and after walking for a long time, Xiao Yi slid down.

"No, junior brother...... However, the position of the bridge deviated slightly. Wang Bi said.

"Director Wang has good eyesight, then look again, do we have a road under our feet at this time?" The ghost said.

Wang Xi looked down and saw that there was no stone road under his feet, just a solid dirt road, but he could still see that there were many footprints around.

But if you continue to follow this footprint, you will find that there is something unusual.

Because there are footprints everywhere!

Disorganized and in all directions.

Some, based on the direction of the footprints, actually walked straight up from the Lethe River!?

"This ...... What happens if you fall into the water while crossing the bridge? Wang Xi asked.

The ghost general said: "How can such a wide bridge fall?" Besides, even if you fall, there are also our water ghosts below who are responsible for retrieving people and sending them ashore. ”

Wang Xi nodded, it turns out that these footprints came from like this.

He also said that he would not fall, just by looking at the footprints, he knew that there were countless such stupid people!

"No......" Wang Bisi muttered.

What they were laughing at just now was Wang Xi asking where Meng Po was.

But the ghost general's explanation is on the Naihe Bridge and the Lethe River......

"Could it be!?" Wang Bisi exclaimed.

"It seems that Director Wang, you found out, then I'll go to the front and continue to lead the way." The ghost general seemed to be too lazy to explain, and mentioned two key points, and when he saw that Wang Bisi had figured it out, he left.

"Senior brother, tell me quickly, what's going on?" Wang Xi's curiosity came.

Wang Bisi looked into the distance and said, "Because Meng Po is not here." ”

"But I said it just now, this is the Nai He Bridge and the Lethe River......

"One Lethe River, ten bridges...... Believe me, junior brother, if you just sit here and sit still for a while, you will meet Meng Po. ”

"For ...... Why ......"

"Because the ground under our feet is turning...... No wonder this end of the bridge is suspended. ”

Wang Xi thought for a moment and exclaimed, "Senior brother, do you mean to say that the Lechuan River is a super big circle?" Repeatedly, both upstream and downstream? ”

"Probably so. After the ten ghost gates, there are ten Nai He bridges, and this week is the opening of the ghost gates in the six courtyards, so Meng Po should be over there at this time. And the towns we just saw are not actually netherworld markets, but can only be regarded as temporary settlements for souls, because we still have to wait for the first seven. Now you understand why so many footprints look like they came up from the river, right? Because every place can be the first step after stepping off the bridge. ”

Wang Xi closed his eyes and imagined the scene of looking down on this underworld from above.

The land slowly rotated in the direction of the flow of the Lechuan River, and with the opening of the ghost gate, countless souls began to pass through the Nai He Bridge, and then entered the nearby pearl-like town, waiting for the return of the first seven to the sun, and the next judgment of the judge. Then, according to their respective cause and effect, they will go on different paths.

"That'...... And what about the other side of the Lethe River, the one we just came over? ”

"Lechuan Hanoi is the underworld, and Hanoi and outside the river belong to the underworld. Outside, it's a barren land, and some exiled ghosts throw it outside. Qian Xinxin turned his head and explained.

"It's so magnificent...... Wang Xi could only praise palely, there are no ready-made sentences describing this kind of underworld in the poems he has studied.

Suddenly, he said again: "No, if it is according to this pattern, then the ten ghost gates must also be connected to form a super circle, why is the geographical location of our ten courtyards not like this?" Just by looking at the first, second and third hospitals, you know that this pattern cannot be eliminated. ”

Qian Xinxin said: "How can the traffic between the two worlds of yin and yang be directly reflected like a mirror? ”

Wang Xi nodded, thinking about it.

But I always felt that something was wrong, as if something flashed in my head, and I didn't even see it clearly, and then disappeared.

It always feels like it's important.

He repeated Qian Xinxin's words again, but he didn't feel that way anymore.

"Third Dean, when we arrive, we will go directly through the city and march towards the Hades Palace. When they got out of the city, someone answered. The ghost said.

Wang Xi couldn't think of anything when he saw it, so he followed everyone through this ghost city.

I don't know if it's because of his identity, or for some other reason, under the gaze of such a pair of ghostly eyes, he didn't feel scared at all.

And there is no imaginary kind of people watching them, saying "Come and see, there are living people here." Then the ghost general Yin soldiers next to him whipped at these ghosts and scolded them for not knowing Taishan.

For Wang Xi in the past, this kind of plot is exciting to think about.

But now, he found that it wasn't that exciting.

Due to the fact that there was something to do, they naturally could not stay and play, and the group soon left the city.

Outside the city, there was already a group of Yin soldiers waiting.

"Third Dean, you still can't resist the wind here, forgive me, please get on your mounts and come with me."

A ghost general pointed to it, and saw a row of pandas lying neatly not far away.

"This ...... Is it a panda? Wang Xi asked.

"Yes, Ironeater. Please hurry up. "The ghost will say.

I...... Did I ride a panda?

Wang Xi couldn't believe his eyes, and sat on the back of a giant panda with Xiao Yi, and before he was ready, the panda under him took them all the way away!

Yes!!!!!!

You might as well open the ban on the wind!

It's even more rude to shout like this!!