Chapter 399: Ghost
A few decades ago, due to the changes of the times, there were serious divisions within the heretical way, because it was divided into three factions, one group believed that it should establish contact with the normal world, the other group was opposed, and the other group believed that the principle of the heretism should be followed, and the remaining group decided to wait and see and temporarily neutralize.
Enlightened people believe that there is a certain procedural misunderstanding of the original normal world about different ways, and if no connection is established, the misunderstanding will become deeper and deeper, and it will also lead the normal world to hate the different ways because of the misunderstanding. Heresy is part of the normal world in any case, and persisting in conservatism leads to destruction.
Conservatives, on the other hand, believe that heretics should follow the traditions of the past, cover themselves up in the cloak of darkness, hide in the shadows, and survive in their own way. Although heresy is a part of the normal world, there is light and darkness in each world, and although heresy dwells in darkness, it does not mean evil.
Enlightened and conservative factions began to oppose each other, and this process of confrontation was not limited to the sects, and even in each sect there were people with different opinions. The final result was that the entire Alien Path fell into unprecedented chaos, with countless casualties and countless casualties, and the Alien Path became a plate of scattered sand.
In order to resolve the contradictions and not bring chaos into a new era, the heretics decided to establish an organization similar to that of the police and judges to exercise self-restraint.
Although there was originally a city god in the heretical way, the role of the city god was only a punishment, and it did not have the role of establishing a connection with the normal world and balancing the law and the rules of the different ways, so the city god could not take on this important task.
For this reason, the heretics decided to select a group of young people from the normal world to absorb modern knowledge, understand modern science, and be willing to understand and tolerate the heretists, so that they can become a bridge between the heretics and the normal world, so as to avoid the tragedy of being bewitched again.
Thus, the profession of Ghost Man was born.
In 1949, the Ghost Cultivation Program was launched, which was also supported by the predecessor of 517. At the same time, the whole heretist also discovered in the process that the normal world did not hate them because of this, after all, they were not cults, but a derivative of traditional culture.
It's a pity that although the heretists have reached a consensus, there are still some people who are dissatisfied in private, and their thoughts are just like the Qing Dynasty in the past, which is closed to the country, believing that the heretists should be pure and should not establish any contact with the normal world, and even have a part of the inexplicable sense of superiority.
He Changqing was the first batch of ghosts, but he didn't know the specific number of ghosts at that time, the scope of the divisions, and so on. There are only a large number of people, but this group of selected elites has angered those who oppose it, and over the decades, the number of Ghost Heroes who have died and disappeared has been rising, and finally disappeared completely.
Wei Chiran asked, "Why did it disappear completely?" ”
He Changqing shook his head and said: "After all, there are many opponents, these people always think that there are already rules of the alien way, and they are not willing to be bound by the laws of the normal world. ”
Wei Chiran asked, "Then is there only you left with the ghost now?" ”
He Changqing said with a smile and did not answer Wei Chiran's question: "I seem to be off topic again, let's go back to the main body, when the five of us received the request of the iron-clad gate, we immediately rushed to Qishan, but what we didn't expect was that we encountered a group of tomb robbers, this group of tomb robbers is completely different from the past, ruthless, never leave a living mouth, and the martial arts are superb, the disciples of the iron-clad sect who were originally guarding there have been killed and injured, and the people who escaped reported to the secret hall, and the secret hall really couldn't mobilize people, so they had to ask the ghost for help. ”
At that time, it was completely different from modern times, even the telephone was not so convenient, and even many times the contact had to rely on telegrams, so it was very difficult for the Iron Cloak Gate to gather people to fight back in a short time. And it just so happened that He Changqing and the other five ghosts were not far from Qishan, so they could only send someone to ask them for help.
At that time, there was an ancient tomb of the Han Dynasty in Qishan, and the group of tomb robbers went to that ancient tomb, and it was Hou Zhenbang who led the group of ghosts.
He Changqing said: "At that time, Hou Zhenbang was still one of the sixteen sons of Taishan Hall, and he had not yet entered the Yuan Fu Hall, because he brought a monkey named Qiankun by his side all day long, he was called the Monkey Master, and he became Hou Ye when he called around. ”
Hou Zhenbang led five ghost heroes into the ancient tomb and tracked down the deep tomb robbers as fast as possible.
He Changqing was originally hopeless, because it took five days for the iron-clad disciples who guarded here to report to the secret hall to find the ghost in the secret hall, and the ghost hero rushed here again.
In five days, the tomb robbers had already stolen things and fled, but after entering the tomb, they found that it was an underground palace, and the scale was amazing.
The method adopted by the tomb robbers is to blast along the way, using the most violent and direct method to enter the deepest part of the tomb.
When Hou Zhenbang and He Changqing found the group of tomb robbers, they were installing explosives and entering the main hall of the underground palace, and the fight began at the moment when the two sides met, because of the addition of the ghost, there was almost no suspense in the battle......
He Changqing rolled up his sleeves and showed Wei Chiran the scar on his wrist: "This is the one left by the crossbow arrows of the tomb robbers, although this group of people is indeed strong in martial arts, but they are not the opponents of the six of us, we solved the battle in a short time, and captured three of them alive, just when we were about to interrogate the three people, Hou Zhenbang suddenly held a knife and killed the three people." ”
"Why?" Wei Chiran was shocked, "Why did Hou Zhenbang do that?" ”
He Changqing recalled: "At that time, Hou Zhenbang's statement was to avenge the people of the Tieyi Gate, because all 16 disciples of the Tieyi Gate who were guarding here were killed. It stands to reason that to catch these tomb robbers, we should hand them over to the police next, but Hou Zhenbang is in a dilemma for us to do this, first, we must abide by the laws of the country, which is one of the guidelines of the ghost; Second, we must also follow the rules of the pagan ways. So, after thinking about it, the five of us decided to get out of there first, and who knows, the explosives planted by the tomb robbers have been activated......"
After the explosives exploded, He Changqing was swept away by a huge wave of air and smashed directly on the wall in the distance, losing consciousness. When He Changqing woke up again, he found that three of his four companions had been blown to pieces because they were too close to the explosives, and the rest of the people were crushed to death by the collapsed stones, and only he and Hou Zhenbang survived.
Hou Zhenbang was also seriously injured, He Changqing helped him up and was about to walk outside, but found that the entrance of the underground palace had collapsed when he came, and they had to think of other ways to get out.
But it was a dungeon, and the entrance was sealed, and it was almost impossible to find another entrance, unless someone outside had dug a passage from the top of the head or somewhere else.
He Changqing was desperate, knowing that if they wanted to go out, unless it was someone from the Iron Clothes Gate who came to rescue them, or other ghosts came, but at this moment, Hou Zhenbang said that there was another way, and let He Changqing help him to find it.
He Changqing was suspicious, and went to find the way behind Hou Zhenbang in the direction he indicated, but he didn't expect to find a secret passage, but the secret passage was obviously built in the later period, He Changqing was very puzzled, and immediately asked Hou Zhenbang what was going on?
Hou Zhenbang didn't want to say it, He Changqing felt that this matter was too strange, so he put down Hou Zhenbang and planned to ask, but he didn't expect Hou Zhenbang to swallow the poison he was carrying directly.
Hou Zhenbang took poison, and He Changqing couldn't stop it, so he had to take Hou Zhenbang and leave quickly.
When the two came out of the passage, they found that there was already a Dharma practitioner from the Iron Clothes Gate Secret Hall, and the Dharma Master saw the two of them, and directly looked at Hou Zhenbang, who also claimed that he had taken poison.
When recalling this, He Changqing explained: "I understood at that time that the Tieyi Gate had already completed the investigation of the surrounding underground palace tombs, and even built the entrance and exit, and this kind of thing is despised, if it spreads, the Tieyi Gate will not be able to wash it by jumping into the Yellow River, so Hou Zhenbang will take poison." ”
Wei Chiran sneered: "Since he is going to commit suicide by taking poison, why did he tell the secret path before?" ”
He Changqing said: "This is the reason why I say he is hypocritical, he is a hypocrite, he takes poison because he wants me to leave alone, after all, it is his own poison, but that poison is easy to unravel, if you want to live, you must soak it in water with blood vines and drink it every day." ”
The magicians of the Iron Cloak Gate did not dare to kill He Changqing, after all, he was a ghost, and their original plan was that as long as the ghost man helped them kill the tomb robbers and did not find the entrance and exit built by the Iron Cloak Gate privately, the whole thing would end here. However, during this period, there was an accident, not only did the ghost heroes almost all die, but the secret passage was also discovered, and they had no choice but to reach an agreement with He Changqing to give He Changqing the identity of the Venerable Yuan Futang, and this identity was also above the other Venerables.
At the same time, the lawyer also bluntly said that this move was to use He Changqing to establish a relationship with 517.
At that time, although 517 had been established and established, it did not have a direct connection with the Alien Dao, and the communication between the two sides was carried out through the Ghost Hero, and the Iron Cloak Gate had already been calculated, and 517 would definitely fully supervise the Alien Path in the future.
He Changqing did not agree immediately, but met with the person in charge of 517 at the time, and then agreed to the request of the Tieyi Gate, but then took people to investigate the surrounding tombs, and entered through the passage built by the Tieyi Gate, just to confirm that the Tieyi Gate did not enter the ancient tomb to destroy or steal cultural relics.
"That's the whole thing, I also obtained the identity of the Venerable of the Iron Cloak Gate Yuan Fu Hall, and I was forced to become Hou Zhenbang's uncle." He Changqing smiled wryly when he said the word uncle, "But I didn't know at the time that the Tieyi Gate was so nervous, not because I was afraid that the secret passage would be discovered, but because I was worried that the secret of the Ding Jia pot would be exposed." ”