Chapter 164: More than Half a Step (text)
?? After hearing this, the leader looked at us a few more times, did not doubt us much, and said to us: "You are the same, you must sue us when you see it, if something happens here, you can only be captured by Taoist priests or people from the underworld, who can provide you with a pure land so that you can continue to live after death." ”
We promised, and the men left, and after leaving, the owner of the clothing store and the people who showed us the way looked at us differently, and stood in a place where they thought they belonged to a safe distance, and looked at us like a living person seeing a hungry wolf and a tiger, and asked us with anxiety: "Who are you?" ”
I walked over to them, but I was not used to the hanbok robe on my body, I tripped and almost fell, and only after standing firm did I say, "We are not the Tianyan King and the Sect Leader they said, we are just here to play." ”
Zhao Sansan, Fei Jie, and Zhao Wen also nodded their heads in agreement with my words, and most of the people and shopkeepers who showed us the way felt that we didn't look like the Tianyan King and the Dragon and Tiger Sect, so they approached us tentatively.
I smiled and said, "As you said, the Dao Gate is for catching ghosts, and the underworld is also for catching ghosts, if we were the Tianyan King and the Dragon and Tiger Sect, do you think you would still stand here and talk to us?" ”
In this way, they put their minds at ease and approached us and said: "It's okay if it's not, it's okay if it's not, you have to be careful, people from the underworld and people from the Dao Sect used to come often, and every time they came here, they would be taken away a lot of ghosts, but most of them were solved by the Human Sect, and due to the prestige of the Human Sect, few Taoist priests and the underworld have come in recent years." ”
When I heard this, I sighed: "Those were all taught by people just now?" ”
"Yes, if you want to stay here, you have to figure out the relationship between people and religions, otherwise you will offend them." It's humane.
"Please tell me about it!"
He looked at us, nodded, and said, "It's okay, lest a few of you don't meet the people of the Dao Sect and the Underworld, but run into the muzzle of the human sect." The power of this human sect is monstrous, and their hierarchy is very strict, one is in charge of teaching, one is a scholar and one martial arts, and the princes of the Quartet under King Wen are in charge of the Quartet. King Wu's generals of the eight directions maintained stability. King Wen is in charge, King Wu is outside, and the princes of the Quartet each have recruited guest talents, as long as they have the ability to ghosts, they can go to the princes' door to try, and if they are valued, they will be taught and served. Or you can join those generals, as long as you have the strength, it is easy to rise up. ”
After hearing this, I was relieved, it was really built according to the ancient patriarchal system, and there were some shadows of the underworld in it, but King Wen and King Wu did not belong to them now. One is by my side and the other is by the second grandmother's side.
Those soldiers just now should be the minions of the Human Sect, and it seems that they really have complete control over this place.
"Why should you be afraid of them if they are stable? Shouldn't they be grateful? ”
"Oh, what's a joke, you think there is such a cheap thing, we are just tools in their eyes, they seem to be studying something, they often come to take away a lot of ghosts, and don't want to come back if they take it away."
I frowned after hearing this, the human sect is still using ghosts to conduct research?
That's all this man knows, and after talking to us, he will talk to the shopkeeper a few times before taking us to another place.
This place is the same as the night market in the living area, with all kinds of cries and stalls.
This place is relatively stable, and there are naturally some spiritual consumer goods, not all of which are for food and clothing, for example, there is a stall selling books in front of you.
I wasn't interested in these Raushzi, and I was asking this guide all the way about the structure of the city and some other basic information, so Ye Hai hid Xiaoxiao in such a big city, how do you want me to find her.
This man often showed people the way, and was about to inquire about the whereabouts of Na Yehai, but saw a large group of people dressed like those soldiers just now hurrying to the city.
The crowded ghosts hurriedly dodged their way, and only when the soldiers were gone did they talk about it.
"What's going on here?" I asked.
"If you are in such a hurry to gather in the city, you must have encountered some powerful enemies, most of them are the Tianyan King and the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Sect Leader they just looked for, and they were discovered by the Sect, I am afraid that they will not be able to leave."
"People are so powerful?" Anyway, it was also a master and a Yama, and he was so confident that the human sect could keep them?
"Hey, don't believe it, just a few days ago, a Meng Changqing who made a lot of noise in this city, I heard someone outside say that this Meng Changqing is recognized as the second strongest figure in the Daomen, and it has been completely gone these days, if you want me to say, these people are really full of food, what are you going to do here, even if you take a few ghosts, is it worth taking your life." The man said angrily.
I'll just say, with Meng Changqing's ability, if he breaks into the underworld, how can he not make a little storm, even if he doesn't have to ask, it's okay. For a person like Meng Changqing, if he dies, it will definitely cause a tenth-level shock in the underworld, the Dao Sect, and the Human Sect, and now there are some rumors in the market, which shows that Meng Changqing is not dead at all.
"Where did Meng Changqing appear?" I asked him hurriedly.
He told me about two or three places, and the last place where Meng Changqing disappeared was near the Wuwang Mansion in the center of the city.
After hearing this, I thanked him, gave him a few pieces of yin and yang paper, and then rushed to the center of the city with Zhao Sansan and the others, if I found Meng Changqing, it would be much easier to find Xiaoxiao again.
That Ye Hai didn't kill Xiaoxiao before, so he shouldn't do anything to Xiaoxiao at this time.
This city was originally built by living people, after being occupied by ghosts, many buildings have been changed, extremely retro, the more you go inside, the more it is like entering the ancient Bianjing City, plus now we are wearing ancient costumes, quite a sense of sight.
If it is inhabited by the Yin Spirit, the retro buildings and items are more able to gather the Yin Qi, and the Yin Soul naturally likes it.
This belongs to the prosperous area, there are more people who set up stalls, and there are many restaurants and taverns, and the restaurants are nothing more than some things for the dead to eat, such as incense, tribute and some messy things.
Although it was only a city, it took a night to walk, and as time went on, there were fewer and fewer ghosts on the road, and by the time the sun came out, it became an empty city again, and it was like a dream at night.
We couldn't walk during the day, so we found a hotel to stay in, and now we were in a state of soul, and we didn't dare to go into other people's houses casually, so as not to cause trouble.
There were quite a lot of people in this hotel, and as soon as I entered, I saw a few living people in modern clothes coming down from the upper floor, and leaving the place.
"There are still living people here." Zhao Sansan sighed.
While Zhao Sansan was speaking, I went to the front desk next to him and asked, "How can there be living people here?" ”
There are a total of three people at the front desk, all of them are women, look at them carefully, and are surprised to find that they have become ghosts for at least hundreds of years, and if they are placed outside, they will definitely attract the attention of people in the Daomen, and there are three of them at once.
When I asked, one of them replied, "The guests who come and go are ghosts staying in the hotel during the day and people staying in the hotel at night." Our shop is called Banbuduo, can you understand the meaning of the name? ”
In mythology, there is a half-step inn, between people, demons and immortals, no matter who or what, you can live in more than half a step, but no one dares to make trouble here.
I didn't notice when I came in just now, but this store turned out to be more than half a step of the real version.
"Understood, understood!" I busied myself as I looked at the rest of the staff at the store, and found that each of them was a ghost at least a few hundred years old.
These ghosts are so strong, the people behind them are afraid that it is not simple, they dare not ask more, for fear of being exposed, so they hurriedly asked for a few rooms, the rooms were arranged, and a girl took us there.
When I walked to a pillar, Zhao Sansan teased me and motioned for me to look at the pillar.
There is a portrait on this pillar, and the person painted on the portrait is actually Meng Changqing, and the inscription below reads, 'If there is a whereabouts of this person, half a step will meet one of his requirements'.
On this portrait, Meng Changqing's eyes are extremely cold, and it seems that he was recorded during the battle and then drawn.
"Who is this man?" I asked the girl who was leading the way.
She looked back at us and said, "I don't know either, the owner asked me to put it up." This look is too scary, but it's quite secure, and it's probably the man the shopkeeper has a crush on. ”
I didn't say anything after hearing this, but Zhao Sansan laughed out loud, and the girl hurriedly asked him what he was laughing at.
Zhao Sansan put away his smile and said: "It's nothing, you girls, you're too nymphomaniac, I used to be much more handsome than him, why don't you shopkeepers consider me?" ”