Chapter 031: Heavenly Dynasty
"Although Hong Xiuquan pretended to be the name of the Western Heavenly Father back then, he used out-and-out local evil arts!"
When the old ghost first taught Charlotte, he specially explained to him the rumors related to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
"Although it is impossible to record it in the official history, when they started from GX Kaneda, they did use an evil creature that may still exist in the southwest region today, the mandrill-"
"Mandrill, although it is called a mountain spirit, is actually a mountain god. They are the relics of the wilderness, with miraculous powers, but unfortunately they are ugly, and after human beings got out of the primitive era of slash-and-burn farming, they gradually stopped sacrificing them. And losing the fear and desire from the human heart, they naturally walked down the altar, became mountain spirits and wild monsters, and finally gradually disappeared......"
While recalling the old ghost's teachings, Charlotte talked eloquently to the yellow-eyed mysterious man,
It is rumored that Hong Xiuquan found the surviving mandrill in the 100,000 mountains at the junction of GXYNSC. In the name of God, he asked the believers who were deceived by him to sacrifice the mandrill, so that the power of the disappeared mountain god was revived, and this led to the destruction and decay in the early days of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but it is a pity that ......"
Speaking of this, Charlotte paused,
"I always thought it was just rumor, but now it seems that it's true. β
"You're right!"
The yellow-eyed mystery man simply admitted,
"When the Kingdom of Heaven started, it did borrow the power of the mandrill, but unfortunately it was all lost in the civil strife later, otherwise it wouldn't be-"
"Lost, stolen, right?"
Charlotte interrupted the other party very dryly,
"Don't say anything else, isn't what you're using now the ghost tiger in the mandrill?"
"Huh!?You see, you foreign devil is not very old, but you know so much!"
The yellow-eyed mystery man seemed a little surprised, but Charlotte didn't think so,
"Now that you know that you are the remnant of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and you admit that you used mandrills back then, and look at so many ghosts outside, if I haven't realized that they are actually your ghosts, then I really learned this spell in vain!"
"Well, excuse me, can you ask what's going on now?"
Charlize listened to it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak.
- No way, whether it is the yellow-eyed mystery man or Charlotte just now, they all speak Chinese, and the blonde girl has spent a while in RB when she was a model, and she is still 108,000 miles away from being able to understand their conversation!
"It's okay, you can explain to this woman first! The night is still very long, and the old man is not in a hurry. β
Although the yellow-eyed mystery man has been speaking Chinese, he also seems to know English. I don't know if he was too confident, after listening to Charlize's question, he simply paused and asked Charlotte to explain to the girl-
β...... In other words, this guy should be the monster left over from some heavenly kingdom one hundred and fifty or sixty years ago!? But what kind of ghost are you talking about?"
After Charlotte repeated the conversation to Charlize in English, the girl probably understood the current situation, although she didn't understand why the other party suddenly started chatting with them, but looking at Charlotte's meaning, this guy is obviously not easy to mess with, so if you can't do it, don't do itββ it's just that she still doesn't understand Charlotte's final judgment of what kind of ghosts are outside the cave.
"The so-called ghosts, in simple terms, are actually the ghosts left behind by people who have been eaten by tigers. β
Seeing that the yellow-eyed mysterious man still didn't react, Charlotte continued to explain to Charlize,
In ancient Chinese legends, it is said that the tiger will control the soul of the person it eats, turn it into a ghost, and then let them lure other living people to serve as their own food, which is the so-called "tiger for the tiger" - this legend is true to a certain extent, but the soul of the person they eat can become a ghost, not an ordinary tiger, but a ghost tiger in the mandrill, a special spirit that is neither a living creature nor a ghost. β
Speaking of this, Charlotte looked at the yellow-eyed mysterious man again, his so-called "ghost tiger",
"You look pretty clear, though, not like your average mandrill. You're human, aren't you?"
- This time, in order for Charlize to understand, he spoke in English.
"As you said β your mind looks pretty clear. β
The yellow-eyed mysterious man, no, the ghost tiger laughed, and there seemed to be a fishy wind blowing in the cave all of a sudden,
"After the first mandrills of the Kingdom of Heaven were lost in the civil strife, Hong Xiuquan started the idea of us rebels in order to replenish his strength. He wants to use the form of living sacrifice to refine us into new mandrills. The old man is not talented, and he was the most murderous among those people, so he was chosen as a ghost tiger, but unfortunately when I woke up, I was already taken to this American land by someone unknown, and the kingdom of heaven was over......"
As he spoke, the ghost tiger also sighed. But then, his tone changed,
"Since you know that I am a ghost tiger, and you can see that those people outside are all ghosts turned into people I eat, then you should know what I used to summon you a few people for, right?"
Really!
Charlotte smiled bitterly in her heart, and was about to speak, but the ghost tiger continued:
"Although you are familiar with some spells, but your mana is not high, if it is just you, you are a little sure of escaping from the old man's hands, but if you want to take the woman next to you with you......"
Absolutely can't run away!
Charlotte mentally filled in the rest of the words for the other party. He knew that what the other party said was right, with his current mana, it was reluctant to protect himself, and it was indeed impossible to think of Charlize beside him, not to mention-
"Anika!?"
Charlize screamed. At the entrance of the cave, the blank-eyed makeup artist Annika stood like a ghost, still wearing the same pajamas she had worn before. Although the night wind outside was blowing cold, she didn't react at all, obviously being controlled by the ghost tiger.
Unlike Charlize, who was awakened by Alexis who was possessed halfway, Annika has not woken up like sleepwalking since she was lured by the ghost sent by the ghost tiger to the present, which is not a good thing for her who has never seen a ghost, but it makes Charlotte's current situation even worse.
"There's such a burden, you can't run! The ghost tiger controlled her to appear, not without the meaning of threat. If you don't run, this tiger is really going to eat people. Looking at the hundreds of ghosts outside, they should have been eaten one after another over the years, and after eating so many people, this guy's current mana must be not small, it's not easy to do!"
Charlotte pondered for a while, and finally decided to take a gamble,
"Ghost Tiger, why don't we negotiate a deal!"