Chapter 9: The Soul Gate

β€œWhat?” Lu Yao blinked? Could it be that there is some invisible entrance to the barrier here?

The energy field around here is very dark, and I can't go in recklessly.

I'll have to go back and ask the ghost woman! Lu Yao turned to leave.

Lu Yao didn't find the ghost woman in the hospital, and everyone said that the ghost woman would not be in the hospital for a few days every month.

"Not in the hospital? So where can she go? ”

"The ghost woman is so powerful, where do you want to go?" The woman in heavy makeup combed her hair in the mirror of the parking lot fire hydrant, even though she was not in the mirror.

"Are you in a hurry to find the ghost woman?" A hip-hop style hipster asked.

"Do any of you know any of the stories on West Street?" Lu Yao asked.

"West Street?" An eleven or two-year-old little ghost head popped up, "Is that the ghost street?" ”

"It should be ....."

"I just died a few years old and played there, it was hilarious!"

"You mean, there used to be more ghosts than people there?"

"yes, otherwise how could it be called a ghost street?"

"Little ghost, what do you know?" An unkempt uncle pulled the little devil's head aside.

"West Street used to be very prosperous, but then a fire killed many people, and then it was depressed, so it was called Ghost Street." The uncle lit a cigarette and snorted to himself.

"But that little ghost just said there were a lot of ghosts there?" Lu Yao interjected and asked.

"Of course there are many ghosts who burned so many people." The uncle raised his head and spat out the smoke ring, and Lu Yao, who was standing opposite him, did not smell any smoke.

"I used to live on West Street." The uncle muttered, "After the fire killed us, we all stayed there." ”

"Then why can't you see half of the ghosts on West Street now?" Lu Yao asked.

"Originally, it was the entrance to the Soul Gate, protected by a powerful enchantment, and the spirit hunters and ghosts didn't go to West Street to collect their souls, and our tragically dead ghosts settled there."

"But more than ten years ago, there was an internal bar in the Soul Gate, breaking the protective barrier of the enchantment, attracting a large number of ghosts, and it was at that time that we fled in all directions, and I hid in the hospital, and that big brawl was unprecedented."

"Soul Gate?" Lu Yao asked suspiciously, she actually felt that this name had a very familiar feeling.

"Legend has it that there are very powerful characters in the Spirit Soul Gate, some say that they have become demons, and some say that they are immortal bodies who have lived for hundreds of years!" The female ghost with heavy makeup interjected.

"It is said that the people in the Soul Gate all practiced magic before they were born, and when Yang Shou was about to be exhausted, he used the anti-heaven magic to tie his body and soul together, so that the soul was still in heaven and not called, and the body was not destroyed and the earth was not collected." The uncle took a hard puff of his cigarette butt.

"It's so powerful, it's right that I didn't follow up that day, otherwise even if I die, my life will be unsafe." Lu Yao sighed.

"Girl, the soul gate can't be explored, don't worry about it." Uncle didn't feel at ease.

"I know." Lu Yao smiled at Uncle Yao with a weak heart, I have to try it if I can't find it, and I feel more and more that the soul gate has a lot to do with me.

The moon is especially round tonight, and it is a good day to go out of your soul! Lu Yao said goodnight to Fang's father and mother before going to bed, and then locked the door by herself.

Lying on the bed and covering the quilt, Lu Yao jumped up from Fang Nuo's body, and spun around a few times in mid-air, wow, the body without the restraint of the body instantly became much lighter. Float out of the window,

Going to sneakily stroll all the way to West Street, there were suddenly a lot of ghosts and ghosts along the road, but fortunately she was more sensitive as an old ghost, and those new ghosts that had just formed were miserable.

There was a man in a suit who had just been dead for a few months, standing on the side of the street with a briefcase and staring at the roast chicken in someone's chicken shop and drooling, and in a blink of an eye, he was pressed by a ghost with a grabber.

There are even more spirit catchers hanging in the air on the edge of the intersection, and the souls of the newly deceased have not yet been formed, and they cannot move in the form they were in before they were born, they can only turn into clouds of fog and float around.

As soon as the spirit catcher stretched the net towards him, he obediently plunged in.

The most embarrassing thing is that there was a serious car accident on the side of the road a few minutes ago, passers-by were hit and flew more than ten meters away, and the 120 ambulance has not yet come.

As soon as the spirit body sat up, he saw the spirit catcher in front of him holding a big net and was about to trap him, so he was so frightened that he lay back again!

When he arrived at the intersection of West Street, Lu Yao found that in the form of a soul here, he could feel the powerful power that came and went from time to time.

Standing more than ten meters away from the tree where the crow disappeared that day, the closer you got to it, the more you felt like you were going to be sucked uncontrollably. No, Lu Yao felt that she was out of control, and forcibly fixed her soul and left there.

In the bungalow in the backyard of the shroud shop, the young mage was humming and soaking his feet.

Suddenly, I heard a movement outside the door, "Who?" Which family died in the middle of the night? Business has been booming lately. He wiped his feet and pulled on his slippers to open the door, and a gust of wind blew outside the door, and there was nothing.

"Isn't it human?" He muttered as he closed the door.

"That's right." A playful answer came from behind him.

"Wow !!!!!" The little mage jumped three feet high, and his soul was almost half frightened.

"Isn't it, it's a quarter of an exorcist, and you're so cowardly?" Lu Yao sniffed the fruit on the table.

"What are you doing here? You're going to humiliate my self-esteem again! ”

"When have I ever humiliated you?" Lu Yao looked at the layout of the room.

"Wow, washbasins from the 90s, I can't tell you still like to collect antiques." Lu Yao floated to the washbasin and admired it rarely.

"The gossip mirror that I have always regarded as a treasure can't even deal with you, can I not be hit?" The little mage pursed his lips aggrievedly.

"Oh, actually." Lu Yao said in a tricky way: "You still have one thing here, and that is the real treasure." ”

"What? What is it? The little mage asked happily.

"Just tell me one thing, and I'll help you find this treasure." Lu Yao said mysteriously.

"Cut, the ghost only believes you, you better go and bluff the ghost." The little mage twisted his neck.

"Okay, if you don't believe it, forget it, it's just a pity that the baby, put it in the corner and kept falling dust, only blame his owner for not knowing the goods. Lu Yao shook her hair and planned to leave. ”

"Wait." "I want to know how you can scare me," cried the little mage. ”

Lu Yao smiled triumphantly, "I want to ask about the Soul Gate." ”

"What? Do you want to go into the Soul Gate and make a supper for those monsters? The little mage crossed Erlang's legs and lay down on the Taishi's chair.

"Supper?" Lu Yao asked puzzled.

"You've been dead for some years, why don't you even know this?" The little mage sarcastically disdainfully.

"Don't hesitate to teach!" Lu Yao walked up to him.

"Humph!" The little mage clasped his hands to his chest and said, "Actually, the things in the Soul Gate are not as exaggerated as the outside world says, although they are in chaos, they are not out of the demonic nature. ”

"If there is a reform in the Heaven and Earth Mansion and the expansion of hell, I'm afraid the Soul Gate will not be able to eat and walk around."

"You mean, the sworn enemy of the Soul Gate is the underworld?" Lu Yao asked.

"Of course." The little mage said: "The ghost in the Soul Gate, we call it the Alien Demon, the founder of the Soul Gate, is a peerless master who wanted to cultivate into an immortal three hundred years ago, and he accidentally opened the trick when he was dying.

After realizing a spell that could keep the body immortal and trapping the dead soul in the body to continue its life, he founded the Soul Gate. ”

"The Soul Gate?" Lu Yao asked.

The little mage ignored her and continued to take care of himself: "A hundred years later, the old immortal no longer has a nostalgia for the world, so he ascended to the immortal and left, leaving the soul gate to his disciple Su Qi. ”

"The founding disciple of the old immortal Su Yi is gone, obviously I was the first to enter the master's sect, and my mana is also the highest, why did I leave it to my junior brother?"

Lu Yao squatted on the ground and listened very seriously, without blinking her eyes.

"So, Su Yi began to recruit other disciples to split in the Soul Gate, and finally the fighting method drove away his junior brother and occupied the Soul Gate."

"In fact, the reason why the old immortal values Su Qi is not because he is the best, but because he is the most decent."

"The eldest disciple Su Yi is not only stubborn and self-serving, but also wants to take shortcuts in cultivation, he will try any out-of-the-way spells, the old immortal is afraid that he will go astray and destroy the soul gate."

"Sure enough, after Su Yi took over the Soul Gate, he not only changed his name to Hundred Nightmares, but also changed the Soul Gate to the Spirit Soul Gate, and began to practice evil arts, so that the soul and body can live forever.

Their souls can transform into entities and move around the world at will, without being attached to human bodies. ”

"That's amazing!" Lu Yao shouted.

"Of course it's amazing, you don't look at how much flesh and soul they have to eat every day to enhance their mana!" The little mage said coldly.

"You mean, they eat not only people, but also ghosts?" Lu Yao's eyes widened.

"What do you think?" The little mage said angrily: "Master left me here just to watch the movement of the Soul Gate. ”

"Then why doesn't your master guard it himself?" Lu Yao asked.

"My master is very busy, and he has to go back to Qisu to deal with a lot of things."

"Seven nights? Why is this name so familiar? Lu Yao touched her nose.

"The Su Qi I mentioned just now is my grandfather." The little master said, "My master's name is Su Eryi, and my name is Su Qiqi. ”

"It turns out that the names of your sects are all numbered!" Lu Yao couldn't help laughing.

"What's so funny, Master Zu has never forgotten his master's teachings, and refuses to change his name, and after the creation of the Seven Houses Gate, he still continues the method of naming numbers."

"It seems that your ancestor is really a person who values love and righteousness, but his fate is not good, and he has not fought a hundred beasts, otherwise, the current Soul Gate will not become a cancer in the Six Realms." Lu Yao stood up and walked around the room.

"Humph! How long do you think the Soul Gate will last? There was a big infighting between them, and the people in the door were killing each other, and it won't be long before they will self-destruct. The little mage Su Qiqi chirped.

"The Great Infighting?" It should be the inside bar that Uncle Smoker said.

"The Hundred Nightmare has to be in retreat for fifteen years every hundred years, and no one can disturb them during this period, so there has been chaos in the Soul Gate for these fifteen years."

"Why did your master leave an apprentice with low mana in such a dangerous place?" Lu Yao felt very curious.

"Ahem." Su Qiqi stood beside him, pacing back and forth. "Although what you say is very unpleasant, it is also true!"

"I am a newly accepted disciple by chance by Master, alas!" Su Qiqi sighed, picked up the footwashing water, opened the door and splashed it outside.

"It's all your fault, I'm only halfway through the soak, and now the footwashing water is cold!" He grumbled, put the basin aside, and sat down on the steps of the doorway.

"Master, his old man didn't plan to accept any more disciples, but he saw that I was pitiful and homeless, so he reluctantly accepted me, a closed disciple."

Lu Yao sat beside him, holding her chin in her hand, and listened quietly.

"Originally, Master was going to take me back to my hometown to worship my ancestors that day, but there was a sudden change in the barrier of the Spirit Soul Gate, which caused a lot of commotion, so Master led me to see what was going on.

We hid in the room in the front hall and saw a lot of people from the Soul Gate killing each other, and even the ghosts came to join in the fun. ”

"Afterwards, the master left me here to guard, saying that he would hurry back to the master to report to me, and it would be too much time to take me. We disguised this abandoned shop as a shroud shop, so that we could secretly observe the movement of the Soul Gate.

However, more than ten years have passed, and Master still only comes back every few years to ask me about the situation, and he has no intention of taking me away. Su Qiqi pursed his mouth and looked very depressed.

"Maybe your master knows that there may be changes in the Soul Gate, so why keep you here?" Lu Yao comforted him and said.

"What if there is an abnormality? Didn't I have to run for my life in the first place? Su Qiqi shouted: "The master just dislikes me for being spiritual, and doesn't want to cultivate me." ”

"That's not necessarily, in my opinion, your master still hurts you, these two rooms themselves are protected by a strong magic barrier, and the jade gourd on your chest is even more of a treasure."

Su Qiqi looked down at the jade gourd hidden in the collar of his clothes, "How do you know that I am wearing a jade gourd on my chest?" ”

"You forget, I'm a ghost, I can see through!" Lu Yao looks like you haven't seen the world.

"Ah!!h Su Qiqi subconsciously clamped his legs.

Lu Yao rolled her eyes angrily, and I said, "Didn't you hear the point of what I said clearly?" ”

"I mean, the little jade gourd you wear is a treasure!"

"What baby?" Su Qiqi clamped his legs and covered his chest with his hands, looking very funny.

"The aura emitted by this jade gourd is very active, indicating that its spiritual power is very strong, it must be that your master often blesses it with mana, plus it is also a treasure itself,

Wearing it on a person's body will add yang, luck, and aura to people, so even if you don't know any spells now, self-protection is not a problem, and ordinary bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods dare not approach you! ”

"Then can it collect demons and ghosts?" Su Qiqi's eyes widened excitedly.

"Of course you can, it's not a pity that such a strong magic weapon is only used as a talisman!" Lu Yao said.

"Actually, when I pounced on you that day, I was blocked by this thing, so that's why I hit you with a piece of paper! I'm afraid that you will use this thing against me, so I will scare you with the gossip mirror. Lu Yao remembered the scene at that time and couldn't help laughing.

"As a result, you don't know that you are wearing a treasure at all, but you care very much about the broken bronze mirror."

"Don't be complacent, believe it or not, I took this for you?" Su Qiqi suddenly became much harder.

"Oh, do you know how it works?" Lu Yao probed the probe.

"Can you just take it out and take it from you?" Su Qiqi said.

"What a straw bale! It's a treasure!" Lu Yao said: "How can it be so simple! ”

"How do you use that?"

"How do I know, it's not mine!" Lu Yao pursed her lips, "Didn't your master teach you any formulas, decrees and the like?" ”

"The only thing my master often says to me is." Su Qiqi stared at Lu Yao seriously and said, "Little rabbit cub! ”

Lu Yao rolled her eyes, "It's okay if you don't know how to use it, use it for protection for the time being, and ask your master next time I see him." ”

"Then I know how to use this, you have to let me take you!" Su Qiqi pinched the jade gourd on his chest.

"You person, how can you take revenge!" Lu Yao sighed, "If it weren't for me, you would still be stupid to use it as an ornament." ”

"Hey, hey, just kidding." Su Qiqi bumped Lu Yao's shoulder with his arm, and as a result, he almost crashed into the air.

"Oops, I forgot you're a ghost!" Su Qiqi quickly stabilized his body.

"Do you know why your master didn't teach you?" Lu Yao stood up and looked at Su Qiqi condescendingly.

"Why?"

"Because you're so stupid, I'm your master, and I'm angry!"

"Don't think I don't beat female ghosts!"

"Humph!"

"Hey, hey, didn't you say that ordinary cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods can't get close to me? So how do you do it? Su Qiqi asked suspiciously.

"I have a treasure in me, too." Lu Yao said.

"What? Show me! Su Qiqi circled around Lu Yao.

"Look, it's my pair of silver bracelets." Lu Yao raised her hand, "A pair of delicate bracelets appeared on her wrists. ”

"This pair of rings can condense my yin energy and prevent my soul from being washed away by yang energy or magic weapons."

"It's pretty good." Su Qiqi pondered curiously, "It's as good-looking as you." ”

Faced with the teenager's sudden compliment, Lu Yao said that she was almost choked.

"You're so young, you're a ghost? Also hiding in other people's bodies. Su Qiqi didn't expect that he would suddenly say such a sentence, and quickly changed the topic.

"Ugh." Lu Yao looked at the moon and sighed, "I was killed by someone, and I have been dead for 12 years." ”

"Who? Who killed you? Su Qiqi asked: "Such a lack of morality!" ”

"I didn't know that I was trapped in the school with a spell after I died, and I had completely forgotten about myself, including who I was."

"Forget who you are?" Su Qiqi felt strange, "Then you are now..."

"Then I met the owner of that body at school, and because she was the only one of them who could see me, we became friends." Lu Yao fell into the memory.

"She helped me find out who I was, and the news reports about the time of my accident, and I only remember that I was pushed downstairs, and I have no other memory."

"In order to help me find clues about me, she ran to West Street, but there was an accident, and the person was not dead, but the soul was gone. In order not to let her die, and to find her soul, I temporarily borrowed her body. ”

"That friend of yours has been to West Street before, Su Qiqi said, ask me about people, I found that someone used a spell to glue a small black paper figure like a puppet behind her."

"Black paper man, is that the black shadow I saw that day?"

"I don't know, but when she came that day, she already had a paper figure on her back, and when she left, there was another one behind her!" Su Qiqi desperately recalled.

"You're saying that she was already being targeted before she came to West Street?" Lu Yao muttered, "Then on the day she had an accident, didn't you hear any movement?" ”

"Nope." Su Qiqi shook his head, "My master came that day and took me to the next restaurant." ”

"Oh." Lu Yao nodded in disappointment.

"However, I can only tell you that your friend may have offended some kind of sorcery person, and that decent people like us don't use that kind of trick."

"Got it, decent little mage." Lu Yao stuck out her tongue, it's time for me to go.

"You.. If you remember anything you'd like to ask, you can come back to me next time. Su Qiqi said hesitantly.

"Don't get me wrong, I think you're pitiful, I don't know how I died, I have a wish, and I can go back to have a good baby."

"Oh, thanks." Lu Yao said without sincerity at all, "I think it's easier to be a ghost than to be a human." ”

"I don't know what to do!" Su Qiqi plucked his nose.

"Let's go first!" Lu Yao turned around and turned into a cloud of smoke and dispersed.

"Yo, it's amazing to be a ghost, and it can teleport." Su Qiqi yelled, picked up the basin, entered the house, and closed the door.

In the small courtyard, the silence of death returned.