Chapter 21: The Hidden Capital
According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", Hou Qing initially helped the Yellow Emperor attack Chiyou as a general under the Yellow Emperor. Hou Qing was brave and good at fighting, strong and strong, and was quite used by the Yellow Emperor. It's a pity that Chiyou has 81 strong brothers, all of them are strong, and in another war, Hou Qing unfortunately died. After Hou Qing's death, no one helped him collect the body, which caused Hou Qing's resentment to become heavier and heavier, and a part of Hou Qing's soul happened to drift here, and Hou Qing was willing to dedicate his three souls and seven souls to Qi in order to take revenge on the Yellow Emperor. Devoured his soul and turned into the queen of the four zombie ancestors! Hou Qing can fly into the sky, and his curse ability is extremely strong.
Later, Nuwa Niangniang couldn't bear to let him suffer from the world and pity him, so she sealed him and handed him over to the care of Youdu, and before being sealed, he left a curse, so that all those who died unjustly could become zombies.
In this way, this corpse general is still a little famous, but now it has not yet become a climate, once it sucks too much energy and brain marrow, it may reach a terrifying realm in a short time, and then it can easily command other zombies to fight for it, and the body is invulnerable. Thinking of this, I've got a solution.
I took out the copper coin that the Ghost Emperor gave me, the quaint copper coin was slightly cool in my hand, and I could feel the slightest yin aura flowing in my hand, and then Qing appeared beside me and said, "Husband, you are going to the hidden capital." I nodded lightly and said: "This matter is still a little reluctant with my strength, not to mention that with the growth rate of that thing, I may summon some walking corpses tonight, so I plan to go to the hidden capital to learn about the situation of Hou Qing, and by the way, seek a way to subdue the corpse general." Qing'er didn't say anything when she heard this, and just stood quietly beside me.
I put the copper coin in the palm of my hand and injected spiritual power into it slightly, and a string of spells sounded in my mind as the spiritual power was retained, and then I involuntarily recited this incantation, the tone of this incantation is very strange, it is not a sound that humans can make, it is hard to imagine how I pronounce it.
As soon as the spell fell, the space in front of me began to slowly distort, and then a quaint giant door appeared, and the gate was topped with the four big words "Chengtian Gate" written vigorously, and the door had been opened and it was pitch black inside.
I looked at Qing'er, and she looked at me too. I smiled and grabbed her slender waist and leaped into the Gate of Heaven.
Passing through the gate of Chengtian, there was an ocean in front of us, and the surrounding space was unusually dim and ghostly, and Qing'er and I stood on the shore like this, thinking that the secluded capital was full of all kinds of demons and monsters, and a skeleton could be seen everywhere walking on the street, but the scenery in front of me really made me feel a little disappointed.
At that moment, a small boat appeared on the calm sea, and a man wearing a hat and a cloak was floating towards us unhurriedly.
At this time, Qing'er said to me: "Husband, this is the messenger of Youdu, just show him the copper coin later, and he will let us get on the boat." I nodded and looked at her, and I noticed that her eyes fluctuated a little, as if she was on her mind, but when she noticed my gaze, she returned to her original form. I took her jade hand and asked, "Does Qing'er have anything on your mind, I felt your strange mood before entering the Gate of Chengtian, tell me about it." Qing'er's face was a little bitter when she heard this, and she bit her red lips, and finally said slowly after hesitating for a while: "The three-year concubine was summoned by the ghost emperor to enter the hidden capital, and then on the way back met King Qin Guang, one of the top ten commanders of the hidden capital, he saw that the concubine was a little beautiful and wanted to accept the concubine as a ghost concubine, the concubine did not agree because he had an appointment with his grandfather, so he asked his subordinates to forcibly take the concubine away, fortunately, the messenger who supported the boat arrived to relieve the concubine, and the concubine was able to return to the yang world to find her husband, But King Qin Guang said that as long as the concubine enters the hidden capital, he will try his best to make the concubine his ghost concubine, so if he meets him or his subordinates today, it may bring some trouble to the husband. ”
Her eyes were a little anxious and worried as she spoke. After listening to her story, I had some negative feelings about this King Qin Guang, after all, the current Qing'er is my wife, and I don't allow anyone to have bad thoughts about her, this should be the possessiveness that every man has in his bones.
I gently took her into my arms and said: "It's okay, isn't it just King Qin Guang, why be afraid, if he doesn't come to provoke me, nothing will happen, if he really brazenly wants you to be that ghost concubine, then even if I abolish him, he will be to blame." ”
Qing'er snuggled quietly in my arms, her face flushed slightly, and I hugged her and felt quite calm.
At this time, the messenger who supported the boat also came to the shore, and then I let go of the hand holding Qing'er, and walked up to show him the copper coin, and the messenger on the boat saw the copper coin and waved his hand gently, and Qing'er and I floated up and landed steadily on the boat.
As soon as I got on board, the boat began to drift towards the depths of the ocean, and a dark green lantern in the bow of the boat looked very strange in such a dark environment, and the messenger who supported the boat kept his head down, and most of his face was covered by the hat, so that his face could not be seen clearly. I turned to him, bowed to him, and said, "Sir, where does this ocean lead?" Hearing this, the boat envoy opened his mouth and said in a somewhat old and stiff voice: "This is the first hall of the Ten Palaces of Youdu Yama and the Ghost Judgment Palace, and the hall master is King Qin Guang." "When I heard it and thought about it, it was really not a discord.
I asked again: "Can the senior envoy know where the Houqing corpse ancestor is kept, and the younger generation wants to consult with the Houqing corpse ancestor when something happens, and please inform the gentleman." ”
"The Lord Commander laughed, the old man is just a small errand in the secret capital, how dare he call his predecessor in front of the Lord Commander, the ancestor of the corpse of Houqing is now imprisoned in the Hall of Corpse Judgment, and the King of Chu Jiang is responsible for guarding it, and if you want to go to the second hall, you need to obtain the customs clearance document approved by King Qin Guang, but the Lord has the Commander Seal, and you can enter without the customs clearance document." Said the boat messenger. I nodded and bowed in thanks.
The boat was moving very fast, and I couldn't feel the boat moving when I stood on the boat.
After a while we crossed the ocean and entered a small river, on both sides of the river were many ancient buildings, many people came and went, and there were vendors selling things in the streets, all dressed in various clothes, but the atmosphere was relatively peaceful, not quite the same as the terrifying and eerie scene of imagination. The boat has been moving forward, and soon came to the city gate downstairs, only to see the boat messenger gently knocked the boat with a bamboo pole, and the boat flew up and landed steadily on the shore of the avenue, at this time I found out that there were wheels under the original boat, and under the bow were two dragon horses with long horns, and it turned out that the boat could move fast in the water because of the pull of the dragon horse.
Looking at the boat messenger again, now the long bamboo pole has turned into a whip, I saw that he picked up the whip and gently hit the back of the dragon horse, and the two dragon horses began to pull us on the road as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
The messenger told us that if we want to go to the Hall of Judgment, we need to go through the portal of the Hall of Judgment of the Demons, because I am a mortal in the flesh and cannot pass through the portal in the state of a spirit, and if I force my way through, it will damage my soul, but if I have a talisman or something that isolates my body from the outside world, it is fine. His words made me a little embarrassed, but soon I had an idea, there is a very rudimentary technique in the Heavenly Master Record, called the Golden Light Mantra, which is a kind of spiritual power that releases spiritual power to the surface of the body, and the effect is similar to the golden light talisman that Yang Dali gave them before. When used, the whole body can be wrapped in golden light airflow, which is a defensive spell, and it is suitable for use here.
Ryoma was very fast, and it didn't take long for him to reach the place where the portal was.
This is a square, which looks very open, it should be the size of two football fields, and in the middle of the square is a huge stone gate similar to the Gate of Chengtian, except that this one does not have the mysterious and ancient feeling of the Gate of Chengtian. Next to the portal, there was a very luxurious carriage, and four dragon horses, which were more robust than before, stood majestically in front of the carriage, presumably this one was the car of a certain leader.
We got off the boat before the portal, only to see the boat messenger walk to the portal and say a few words to the two Yin soldiers there, the two Yin soldiers heard and hurriedly saluted me: "Commander Wu Di, I am here to welcome you on the order of the Ghost Emperor, the Ghost Emperor commanded, he has known the intention of the Commander, and the Houqing Corpse Ancestor has also been waiting in the capital, please follow the Lord and Mrs. to the capital." When I heard this, I also clasped my fists and saluted: "If this is the case, then there will be labor, and we will follow the second to the capital." "I, Qing'er, and the three of us got into the high-end carriage like this.
On the way, I learned from the two Yin soldiers that the Ghost Emperor had decided to form the Eleventh Palace, and now the leaders of the Ten Palaces of Yama have all discussed this matter together in the capital, but the specific situation is unknown.
It took about half an hour for the carriage to stop, and when it got off, it was already on the square in front of the palace, the palace was magnificent and splendid, and the style was the same as the Forbidden City in Beijing. We followed the two Yin soldiers to the main hall, where the Ghost Emperor and the other capital commanders were already waiting. "Xiao Di, you're here." The person who spoke was the Ghost Emperor sitting on top of the hall, and his appearance was the same as before, but his body was much larger than when they first met. "Wu Di see the Ghost Emperor." I clasped my fists and saluted.
When Qing'er spoke, I noticed that a middle-aged man in a gorgeous robe next to him had a somewhat unnatural look in his eyes, and I could guess that this person should be King Qin Guang, the hall master of the Ghost Judgment Palace, but my expression did not change, after all, this is the territory of the Ghost Emperor, no matter how I say it, I still have to give face, as long as he doesn't mess around, I won't be strong, it's better to do the right thing first.