Chapter 108: The Dead Man Leads the Way
Because our group deliberately made a disguise, Long Yuqi and they didn't recognize us, but I don't know if it was my illusion, I always felt that since we arrived at the campsite, Bai Yu's eyes fell on me from time to time, which made me a little nervous.
When we arrived at the campsite, it was nightfall, and the midyear festival was tomorrow, so many people rushed here.
On the day of the Midyear Festival, all the souls in hell will go to the yang world through the ghost gate to meet their families or descendants.
The Midyear Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival, is the day when the ghost door is opened, and there are many places where the folk have customs, and they will "pick up guests" on the day when the ghost door is opened.
The so-called "pick-up" is actually to pick up the ancestors of the family to come back for a meal on the day of the Midyear Festival, and every day to seal white envelopes, burn money paper, and hold a family banquet, and then at night, you also need to guide the way outside the house with money paper, and pick up the ancestors to taste pastries in the yard.
So now, some of these people have come to worship the yin spirits in the burial sword mound with tribute, and they will leave after the worship is completed.
Although "picking up guests" is a tradition of folk worship ancestors, there are also many taboos during Halloween, such as not being able to swim in ponds, streams or rivers on Halloween, because if you are unlucky, you will be entangled by water ghosts and become a substitute for the dead.
And during Halloween, the night is extremely cloudy, and it is best for ordinary people to walk less at night, so when the night falls, many people have finished worshipping and are packing up their things and preparing to leave.
A few of us happened to be looking for a camping location, and we happened to see an old man with his grandson there after worshipping, ready to leave.
After they left, the spot was vacant, and it was perfect for us as a campsite, so I walked over without saying a word.
At the moment when I passed by the pair of grandfathers and grandchildren, I suddenly heard the old man say: "Oh, all the living gather in the grave during Halloween, don't you know that this is the territory of the dead, there are so many uninvited guests, and the dead also love to join in the fun......"
I was slightly stunned when I heard this, as if I had never heard anyone say this when I came alone in my previous life.
So I didn't care about the campsite, so I immediately turned around and caught up with the old man and asked him why he said that.
The old man was obviously dissatisfied with me blocking the way of their grandfather and grandson, but under my lure, he still happily took the silver in my hand and spoke.
"Girl, the old man can only tell you one person about this, believe it or not, but you can't embarrass our grandfather and grandson,"
"Uncle, this is natural, I have nothing to embarrass you to do with an old man's ruthless child,"
I said with a smile, but I forgot the mask on my face, and I couldn't understand how to laugh at others.
The old man looked around, gently leaned into my ear and said, "Girl, this burial sword mound is the tomb of the heroes, if you want to enter the house of the dead, then you must have a dead man to guide the way,......"
After saying that, the old man seemed to be afraid of what I would do to him, so he immediately grabbed his grandson and ran away.
"Girl, you'd better go back as soon as possible,"
Before the old man left, his words were still floating in the air,
I frowned and looked in the direction he left, lost in thought,
On the night of the Midyear Festival, it is better for ordinary people not to walk at night, but we priests are not included in this ordinary people.
Priests have psychic abilities, although they will fight with ghosts or be injured by ghosts, but no priest will be afraid of ghosts, and there are so many priests in this world, the burial sword mound is a famous ghost place in Nanyan Kingdom, and the most people gather here during the midyear festival every year, because it is said that the treasure in the burial sword mound is the easiest to find only on the day of the ghost festival,
Since the burial sword mound is a ghost land, it is not so easy to enter, every year a large number of people are left outside because they can't find the entrance, and I broke into it by mistake in the previous life.
It's just that...... When I met this old man in this life, he actually said that we want to enter the house of the dead, and naturally there must be a dead man to guide the way, what does this sentence mean?
I began to try to recall the scene of the burial of the sword mound in the previous life,
The entrance to this burial sword mound is said to be difficult to find, and it is easy to find and easy to find, almost every priest can use the spirit rune made of soul power to explore or lead the way, like when I was looking for my father and eldest brother in the Five Elements Mountain, I used the spirit rune to lead the way for me, and in the previous life, I also directly used the spirit rune to find the entrance, I remember the time......
By the way, on the day of the Midyear Festival, when a large number of people were looking for the entrance, a person in the crowd suddenly went crazy and began to kill, and he shouted while killing: "The sword in the burial sword mound is his, and he will kill everything that can be killed while the yin spirit has not yet appeared, so that no one will rob him again,"
That's right, that's right...... Let the dead lead the way...... Only if enough people have died, the entrance to the burial sword mound will open,
…… Getting this kind of answer, I began to be nervous in my heart, because in the last life, before I found the entrance to the Burial Sword Tomb, the person who killed people was very strong, and most of the people present at that time died in his hands, and in the end, only ten people were left, including me, and then ten of us found different entrances to enter the Burial Sword Tomb,
If the old man's words are true, combined with the situation in the previous life, does it mean that only ten of us in this large group of people can or enter it in the end?
I counted it slightly, among the people present plus we have at least eight small groups, the number of people varies, and among them, Bai Yu and their group are the largest, Bai Yu does not bring many people, but the people around Long Yuqi are a little speechless, what maid guards brought several, I took a look, they alone are already full of ten people,
And on our side, there are four,
My face is a little unpleasant, if my guess comes true, then when the entrance of the burial sword mound appears tomorrow night, our group of people will definitely fight each other, and at this moment tomorrow, I don't know how many people have gathered here,
Thinking of this, I made a gesture to the second brother and them, motioning for them to come to the side with me.
The four of us found a place a little further from the crowd and lit a fire, and after I had planted a priestly barrier around it, I told them what I had heard from the old man and what I had speculated, and of course it covered up the memories of the previous life,
After listening to my words, the second brother and Yulin were very surprised, but no one questioned them, just asked me if I had thought of a good countermeasure or method.
I was silent for a moment, and shook my head, in the last life, I hid alone, the target was small, and there was no threat, those people couldn't take care of me after killing the red eye, now we are a small team, there are four people, and Yulin and a few of them are very strong, at first glance, they are not threatless weaklings, when they really fight, we must be the objects of others' concerns,
After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't think of a good way, so I simply didn't think about it for now, and said to Yulin: "Anyway, the Midyear Festival is tomorrow, we still have time, let's get something to eat now, I can't do anything if I'm hungry,"
Yulin and they have no opinion, after all, they have been on the road for a long time,
"Bang Qing, let's go hunting, let Brother Murong stay here and guard his sister, how about it,"
Yulin said to Su Bangqing beside her, this Su Bangqing is really cold, we discussed just now, she didn't express any opinion except after listening to what I said, or continued her style all the way, as long as she rested, she closed her eyes and meditated on the side,
Now Yulin told her to go hunting, she opened her eyes and glanced at Yulin, ripped off the package she was carrying, and threw it directly to Yulin.
"Two rabbits, three pheasants, alive, go deal with it,"
After saying that, Su Wanqing didn't look at him anymore, and continued to close his eyes and began to meditate,
Yulin opened the package, and it contained two rabbits and three pheasants, but there was no sign of life at all.
But my second brother and I are already no longer surprised, because along the way, whenever Yulin asks Su Bangqing to go hunting, she will throw out the game, we don't know when she caught it, and these things seem to be dead when they are taken out of her package, but a jade lin will be slaughtered directly by Yulin after the hand,
After Yulin finished processing these game, the task of roasting the game was me and my second brother.
I have been practicing in the mountains with my master since I was a child, and the master is very fond of game, and it just so happens that the second brother also has a similar master, so our barbecue skills are not bad.
After the two of us had finished roasting the game, and before we had even started to eat, a hand suddenly appeared and grabbed the roast rabbit on the campfire.
"Who,"