Chapter Forty-Eight: White Impermanence
This is resentment, something that gathers unconsciously after a person dies. When there is only one soul left like me, I actually still have my own consciousness, but at this time, because I no longer belong to the human world, it is equivalent to facing a new choice.
Either it starts and ends well, or it never happens. The reason why a soul still lingers in the human world is because he still has an infatuation with the mortal world, and when the last wish in his heart is solved, he will naturally disappear from the human world and join the six realms of reincarnation.
The reason why I'm here is obvious, I don't want to die about it, but I can't do anything about it. I got rid of the hundred-year-old corpse demon for Qingyun Town, but now I'm about to end up like this?
I don't want to become a ghost, so I'll always try to keep myself from resenting others, but I don't know how long this state can last, I'm not human after all, and many things are out of my own control.
At least one day is very clear, that is, no matter whether I have a grudge in my heart or not, as long as I wander in this soul state in the human world for longer and longer, then the evil qi between heaven and earth will definitely be poured into my body - the death of the person entering the six realms of reincarnation is the only correct solution, and staying here will not be accepted by the laws of heaven and earth.
Looking back at the direction where Wang Tiancheng disappeared, there was only a green forest and mist shining in the sun, and there was no trace of any corpse. Sighed deeply.
I remember that after a person dies and becomes a soul state, it cannot be seen by ordinary people, and the corpse chaser can see me because of the special relationship of my profession. With a glimmer of hope, I unwillingly left Nanshan Ridge and came to Qingyun Town, but the moment I came here, I felt uncomfortable, the scorching sun was almost like hot oil in a pan, and the burning pain made me unbearable.
The people on the street really took me for nothing, whether I passed by them or passed through their bodies, almost no one noticed my presence, and no matter how much I yelled, no one paid attention.
I walked around the shadows in frustration, and after turning into a soul I found that I could see the death on people's facesβsome of them had deathless on their faces that almost covered their faces, these were dying people, and there were not many days left to live. However, of course, I can't predict that a person's longevity has nothing to do with his health and age - when he is born, everything is already predestined.
Finally, I came to Wang Er Mazi's house, this kid is still sleeping lazy, I tried to wake him up, but he couldn't hear it at all when he covered his head with the quilt, tried to wake him up many times to no avail, and he was a little angry in his heart, so he tried to break things, Wang Er Mazi woke up in fright, but found that there was no one in the house, scratched his ass and went to sleep again.
This kid must not be able to count on it, so I sighed and left Qingyun Town. As time passed, it was close to noon when the sun was at its hottest, and I couldn't stand the burning of the sun, so I had to go back the way I came, and there was no other way.
After I became a soul state, I realized that the yang energy of this living person was actually a danger to me, but the death qi on the dying person would make me feel cold and comfortable, and I relied on the dying person all the way.
After returning to Nanshanling, I clearly felt the difference - it was like a natural freezer, and there was corpse qi emitted from dead bodies everywhere, which made my pores relax comfortably.
"Alas...... I didn't expect that one day I would actually like the cemetery...... "I found a place with the heaviest yin qi to sit down, and looked a little sadly towards Honggang Village under the Nanshan Ridge, from here you can faintly see a few families, the white eyes on the chimney on the roof of the thatched house are rising, and the busy figures of several village women see it, which actually makes me rise a trace of envy.
What a beautiful thing it is to be alive, and it is only after I die that I have a deep understanding. This is the first day of death, I am so afraid of the yang energy on the living, I don't want to leave this mass grave of the dead everywhere, and I don't know what will become of me if time drags on for a long time.
Do you want to watch yourself become a lonely ghost? I don't want to, I won't be killed, to put it to the extreme, I'd rather be scattered than accept this kind of ending. The day passed quickly in a distraction, the sky grew dark, and the night slowly drifted from the corner of the sky like a thin veil.
After night, I felt that my energy was more abundant than during the day, but it was obvious that the strange purple evil aura in this space was also more and more intense than during the day. No matter how hard I try to resist these evil spirits, it will inevitably be eroded over time, and I must find a way.
I thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of any good way, and I felt that it was the best way to find my body. Yes, there is no other way than that. I can't accept my death, and now that I'm past the first seven years, I feel that it's hard for me to be reincarnated smoothly.
"I remember that the corpse chaser was walking in the southeast direction...... "I sat on the top of the hill to look down on the terrain, and found that if I walked all the way to the southeast, there was a valley in the shape of a cow's heart in the distance, and looking at the valley that surrounded the night, I suddenly thought of something very important.
"By the way, that guy named Wang Tiancheng must have to collect more corpses, then he will have to go over the mountains to the next town, and he will definitely have to go through the mountain roads......"
I think that if I chase along this mountain road all the way now, I should be able to find Wang Tiancheng, and finding a way to snatch my body back from his hands is the only way, otherwise it will be too late to become a ghost after a long time. After making up my mind, I also walked directly in the direction of the valley.
Became a soul state, I don't need to eat and sleep, I must be faster than that old guy when I get on the road, my idea is to find Wang Tiancheng before the arrival of my first seven, otherwise once the first seven are still in the world, to resist the evil qi between heaven and earth, it is not as simple as relying on a body of righteousness.
However, at this time, I was running desperately, but I saw in the dense forest, through the pale moonlight, I actually saw the figure of a scholar, he walked quietly on the forest path beside him, and seemed to be a living person. I saw that he was also quite handsome on the outside, with fair skin and delicate facial features, and it seemed that he had been on the road for a long time, and the sweat on his face couldn't stop flowing.
I was stunned for a moment, and then I looked at the direction he came from, and my heart moved, and I ran towards the scholar without thinking.
"Hey! Wait a minute, buddy! β
I waved my hand and ran towards the scholar, shouting while running, the scholar paused as he walked with his head down, and then looked up curiously, and when he saw me, he was stunned at first, and turned around and ran away with a pale scream.
"Wait a minute, don't run!"
The forests in the Nanshan Mountains were already very dense, and it was very difficult to shuttle, and the speed of the scholar was not fast, so I quickly caught up with him. When I ran after the scholar, I somehow felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't care so much about rushing now.
"Hey brother, don't get me wrong, I'm not a ghost, I'm just here to ask you two questions - you came from the valley on the southeast side?"
"You, you...... Are you really not a ghost? β
The scholar sat on the ground with his ass slumped, as if his legs had gone limp, and his eyes stared at me in horror, looking incredulous.
"Not really, I'm just here to ask you two questions."
"Okay, then you ask, ask......"
I took two breaths, calmed my breath, and then pointed to the valley in the shape of a cow's heart and asked, "Brother, did you see an old Taoist priest when you came over there?" Wrong...... I just didn't see a person with a torch behind him, followed by rows of corpses...... Ahem, an old man with a row of people? β
ββ¦β¦ I don't seem to see it. The scholar looked at me in horror and shook his head slowly. I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in my heart, and I refused to give up and asked, "Did you really not see it?" He was dressed in a purple robe, and he looked like a thief ......"
The scholar stared at me for a long time, and suddenly, a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes.
"I haven't seen it, but you're talking about corpse chasers."
I was stunned, I didn't expect this scholar to know about the existence of the corpse chaser, and hurriedly nodded: "Yes, yes, since you know, it would be better to communicate, then the corpse chaser only went to the valley during the day, and I am in a hurry to find him now." β
The scholar lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Oh? What are you looking for him for? β
I subconsciously blurted out: "I want to get my ...... back"
At this time, I watched in a daze as I grabbed the scholar's arm, suddenly realized something, and suddenly let go of him and took two steps back. Looking at the white-clothed scholar with his head hanging deeply, I felt a tingling of my scalp.
No, I remember when I met the living people in Qingyun Town during the day, they couldn't see me at all, and I couldn't touch them. This scholar ...... Isn't it human?
But when I thought about it, I was even more uneasy, how could I have forgotten such a simple thing just now? The more I thought about it, the more strange it became, as if I had been hypnotized at that moment.
"Find your own body, huh? In other words, you are a soul who knows that you are dead...... But you're still wandering in this world. β
When the scholar raised his head again, I saw his body gradually floating in the air, and growing exponentially, while a gust of gray wind was blowing around him, and his long sleeves and trousers were hunting in the wind, but his limbs were nowhere to be seen.
The scholar's face was no longer a human face, but a fake face with a white mask, and a white high hat on his head, and when the wind receded, there were a few more chains on his body that shimmered with cold light, dragging them on the ground with a rattling sound.
"You, you're not human......"
I took two steps back in horror, instinctively sensing danger from this guy, and I wanted to turn around and run, but I found that my body was sinking so badly that it was like a physical entity.
"Heh, say it like you're human......"
The scholar tilted his head, and the arm in the long sleeve suddenly stretched out, and something as soft as a white snake came out of it, and pinched straight towards my neck. I screamed in fright and turned around and ran - only then did I realize that it was not a scholar at all, but a ghost from the underworld - Bai Impermanence!