Chapter 11 The Bitter Sea is a Ghost Town

Zhang Hao stared at the coward Jin Dou with a pair of bright eyes, and said, "Do you know the entrance to the ghost city of Xudu? ”

Jin Dou shrank when he was stared at by Zhang Hao, and hurriedly said: "Jin Dou knows, knows." ”

As soon as Zhu Jiu saw that this golden bean was so timid, he immediately relieved himself, and he didn't know where he had ruffled out a piece of clothing to change into, looked at the golden bean, and shouted: "You damn little ghost, you know why don't you lead the way quickly, let's go!" ”

Jin Dou was in a hurry and hurriedly led the way. Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu glanced at each other, and then followed.

The two of them followed Jin Dou in a twist and turn, and the two of them were confused.

Zhu Jiu was furious, stepped forward, lifted the golden bean, and said angrily: "Okay, you golden bean, you dare to lie to your grandfather Zhu, see if I don't smash your soul with a hammer!" After speaking, his hand shook, and a big black hammer appeared in his hand, looking at Jin Dou viciously.

When Jin Dou saw Zhu Jiu like this, he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly said: "Daxian, the little one didn't lie to you, it's almost here, and the ghost city of Xudu is in front." ”

Zhang Hao also frowned deeply at this time, looked at Jin Dou, and said, "Hmph, if you dare to lie to us, you will die!" ”

Jin Dou hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare!" ”

Zhu Jiu let go of the golden bean stupidly, and continued to follow the golden bean in circles with an angry hum, which can be described as eighteen bends in the mountain road, rugged and steep, and extremely difficult to walk. Sure enough, as Jin Dou said, after a while, the two of them came to a cliff. Zhang Hao looked down and gasped, but saw that the cliff was bottomless, the black gas clouds and mist were rolling non-stop, and there seemed to be red rays flashing, like magma flames.

Zhang Hao turned his head to look at Jin Dou and said, "What about the ghost city of Xudu?" ”

Jin Dou nodded and said, "Daxian, don't you know, the opposite side is the entrance of the ghost city of Xudu." ”

When Zhu Jiu heard this, he was immediately angry, pointed at Jin Dou and said: "Okay, you dead ghost, you dare to lie to me, there is a cliff here, and there is black gas rolling, I can't see what is going on the other side at all, if you accidentally fall down, how can you still have your life, and what kind of ghost city do you want to go?" ”

Jin Dou nodded and said, "The Great Immortal doesn't know anything, and there is a mystery in it." ”

But I saw Jin Dou walking to a strange shape of the big black stone, this big black stone is like a creeping beast, there is a huge skull carved on it, there is a mouth and nose, there are plates and eyes, especially a pair of terrifying eyes, there is a faint red light flashing, very weird.

Jin Dou looked at the two of them and said, "This is the guiding stone, as long as you knock three times lightly on this stone, knock three times again, and then knock three times quickly, and knock three times slowly, there will be a ghost to pick up!" As he spoke, he did as he was told, knocking back and forth a total of twelve times.

Zhang Hao was amazed when he heard it, and secretly thought: "Is there such a strange thing in the world? It's unheard of. ”

Jin Dou knocked on the leading stone, and there was no ghost for a long time. Zhu Jiusi looked around, swallowed his saliva, and threatened: "Jin Dou, where is the ghost?" If you dare to deceive my Lao Zhu, my Lao Zhu will smash your soul with a hammer. ”

Jin Dou glanced at Zhu Jiu in fear, and sneered: "Daxian doesn't know, everything has personal accidents, we only knocked on the leading stone, but we didn't give benefits, and the ghost is naturally reluctant to come." As long as the benefits are placed next to the black stone, and the demons receive the benefits, they will naturally come out to extradite us. ”

Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu glanced at each other, and they both saw the look of surprise in their eyes.

Jin Dou saw Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu looking surprised, smiled lightly, and said: "The ghost city of Xudu, also known as the 'half city', is a place where thousands of spiritual things such as people, ghosts, demons, and demons live together. ”

Zhang Hao frowned, and half-convinced took out three kamikaze yellow talismans from his arms, and bent over to place them next to the big black stone. Something strange happened, but when I saw the black light of the big black stone flashing, the three yellow talismans disappeared.

There was a faint flash of red light in the cliff, and when the two of them looked at it, it was actually a small boat, on which there were two figures, one fat and one thin, one tall and one short. A tall and thin man with a tuft of goatee and a pair of triangular eyes that turn back and forth, and a shrewd look; The short and fat man had a round face and a fat head, and his small eyes were round, which was somewhat similar to Zhu Jiu, and he slowly swayed towards Zhang Hao.

After a while, the boat arrived, and the two ghosts got off the boat and went ashore. The tall and thin man looked at Zhang Hao, Zhu Jiu and Jin Dou, and said in a strange way: "Are you going to enter the capital?" ”

Jin Dou nodded and said flatteringly: "Yes, poor master, please give me a convenience!" ”

Humpty Dumpty looked at the three kamikaze yellow talismans in his hand, and said strangely: "The quality of this talisman paper is too low, and only one of you can pass it." ”

Jin Dou's face trembled, and he looked at Zhang Hao helplessly. Zhang Hao frowned and was silent.

Zhu Jiu couldn't bear it anymore, and said dissatisfiedly: "Look at it, this is a spirit rune, you can't be too greedy!" ”

Humpty Dumpty was suddenly unhappy, and said in a strange voice: "We are ghosts, not people!" ”

Zhu Jiuyi choked, daring to be angry but not daring to speak. Zhang Hao waved his hand to stop it, took out two more yellow talismans from his arms, and said, "Brother Ghost, we only have these two yellow talismans, can you see if you can be accommodating?" ”

In fact, three yellow talismans are enough, but this fat and thin two ghosts deliberately say this to maximize benefits. Seeing that Zhang Hao could only take out two yellow talismans, the two ghosts seemed disappointed on the surface, but they were happy in their hearts, and they nodded deliberately embarrassed at the moment.

As he spoke, the fat man and the thin man pulled out three red lanterns from the cloth bags in the boat, handed them to the three of them, and said, "The two of you have entered the city, don't try to break through the ghost gate, otherwise the city god will blame you, and we won't be able to bear it." ”

Zhang Hao's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly said: "It must be!" ”

The two of them carried the red lantern, followed the fat and thin ghost, got into the boat, and swayed forward.

Unconsciously that the boat had sailed into the cliff, Zhu Jiu suddenly screamed "ah", which made Zhang Hao's heart tense.

Zhang Hao frowned, looked at Zhu Jiu, and said dissatisfiedly: "Fatty, what is your ghost name?" ”

Zhu Jiuyi grabbed Zhang Hao, jumped up, and hung on Zhang Hao like a bottle, trembling, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Hao, look below, this boat has no bottom!" ”

Zhang Hao was taken aback and looked down, isn't it! The bottom of the boat was empty, and there was no plank, and they floated on top of the boat like this, and there seemed to be black gas tumbling below, and it was like black waves. Zhang Hao was shocked and turned his head to look at Jin Dou with difficulty.

Jin Dou smiled and said: "The two immortals should not be afraid, this is the 'bitter sea', boundless, this boat is called the 'Spirit Boat', and the two immortals have a red lantern on their bodies as a guide, it doesn't matter." ”

When the two of them looked at it, they saw that the red lantern was emitting a faint red light, protecting the two of them from being eroded by the black gas, and faintly echoing with the red rays on the other side as a guide. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhu Jiu got down from Zhang Hao and laughed twice.

On both sides of the ferryboat, the tumbling black gas swept away like water waves, and the boat slowly swayed towards the opposite shore.

Finally landed on the shore, Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu stepped on the ground, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. When I looked up, I gasped again. It turned out that there was a faint look like a skeleton beast opening its mouth in front of it, and the red light was actually released from the skeleton's eyes, which made people feel creepy.

The two of them followed the fat and thin ghost to the giant mouth of the skeleton beast and walked slowly, and when they got closer, they saw that the two front teeth of the skeleton beast were engraved with the word "Xudu" like a dragon flying and a phoenix. The two of them couldn't help but be happy in their hearts, and finally arrived at the real ghost town of Xudu.

In front of the gate of Xudu, there is a pair of ghost soldiers guarding, these ghost soldiers are covered in black gas, pure black armor, at a glance, they are well-trained pawns. Under the leadership of the ghost cha, the ghost general and the ghost soldier were not difficult for the two of them, and after a little inspection, they let the two enter the city.

Finally entered the city, the happiest thing is the golden bean, like them, these lonely ghosts, there is no benefit to bribe the ghost, so they have to wander in the world, or do everything possible to find treasures, bribe the ghost to enter the ghost city of the city. Once this ghost enters the ghost city of Xudu, he will be protected by the ghost, and he will no longer worry about being afraid and will be captured by the cultivators.

Zhang Hao actually guessed some reasons, but he didn't care about these, anyway, there were still hundreds of yellow talismans in his Eight Treasure Glass Bottle, which was enough for him. When Zhang Hao looked up, he saw that the ghost city of Xudu was gray, dead and silent, there were unconscious remnants floating everywhere, black gas rolling, and there seemed to be a ghost crying wolf howl, the sound was miserable and terrible, which made people feel creepy.

Jin Dou entered the ghost town with the help of Zhang Hao, happy and grateful, and willing to solve Zhang Hao's doubts. Pointing to a dim full moon in the sky, he said, "Immortal, the little one has heard other ghosts describe the appearance of the capital city. There is no sun in this ghost city, but there is a dark moon, which is formed by the cathode, so the whole city is dark gray. ”

Zhang Hao nodded slightly, looked at a high-rise nine-cornered roof building standing in the distance, and said, "What is there?" ”

Jin Dou looked at the big-roofed building and said solemnly: "Eighty percent of it is the City God's Temple in the ghost city of Xudu, the residence of the City God, and the place where ghosts redress their grievances. Lord Chenghuang was ordered to sit in the ghost city of Xudu and take charge of a realm, which can be described as having great power. ”

Zhang Hao squinted his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and then looked at the gray buildings on both sides, some of which were still hanging signs, obviously inns. Zhang Hao couldn't help but wonder: "There is still an inn in this ghost town?" ”

Jin Dou said with a smile: "There are permanent residents in Yu, that is, ghosts in situ, outsiders or other spiritual creatures, and ghosts earn some subsidies for their livelihood. ”

Zhang Hao's face twitched, and he said, "Could it be that ghosts also have things to buy and sell, and they can't eat?" ”

Jin Dou looked at Zhang Hao, who was full of doubts, and said with a smile: "Immortals, ghosts are also a kind of thousands of living beings, so they naturally want to eat, but the food is different." The little ghost who has no money has to rely on his meager ability to absorb the yin qi in the air for a living, but the rich ghost can buy the corresponding spiritual object and use it to absorb it, so that he can enhance his spiritual power and improve his cultivation. ”

Zhang Hao was speechless and sighed wonderfully. Zhu Jiu thought of something, and asked again: "Money, do ghosts also use money?" Is it silver? As he spoke, he took out some loose pieces of silver from his bosom.

Jin Dou shook his head slightly, and said: "People are humane, ghosts also have ghosts, people use silver, and ghosts make soul stones." ”

Zhu Jiu's eyes lit up and said, "Soul stone? Do you have it, show it to me! ”

Jin Dou smiled, his body couldn't help shrinking back, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The little one is no, no!" "He is a lonely soul and a wild ghost, where did the soul stone come from, even if there is, he will not show it to Zhu Jiu, and he is afraid that Zhu Jiu will snatch it.

Zhang Hao looked around and said, "Fatty, paste the long yin talisman!" ”

Zhu Jiu nodded, and took out a crimson rune paper from his arms, which was the Changyin talisman given to Zhu Jiu by Lao Dao.

Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu pasted the long yin talisman, and the momentum of their bodies changed, and the yin qi up and down was bursting, and there was still a little bit of human breath.

Jin Dou swallowed his saliva wildly, and under Zhu Jiu's vicious gaze, his face changed, and he said, "Don't worry, the little one will never say it." ”

Zhu Jiu smiled and said, "It's about the same, if you need anything in the future, just come to me and the two." ”

Jin Dou was overjoyed and nodded his head in thanks.

Zhang Hao rolled his eyes secretly, and suddenly, his brows furrowed, and said, "Why is there not a single ghost in this ghost city?" ”

Hearing Zhang Hao say this, Zhu Jiu and Jin Dou looked around, but they really didn't see a ghost. It stands to reason that the two of them entered the ghost city of Xudu and walked some distance all the way, how could they not meet a ghost?

Jin Dou looked at the City God Temple, suddenly his eyes lit up, and said: "Ah, the little ones know, there must be something big going on in the city, they all went to the City God Temple." ”

Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu glanced at each other and felt reasonable.

Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go join in the fun." ”

Joining in the fun has always been Zhu Jiu's favorite thing, and at that moment, the two of them walked straight to the City God Temple.

After a while, the two of them came to the outside of the City God Temple. As a symbol of the ghost city of the city, this city god temple is built with a magnificent atmosphere and occupies a huge area. In the distance, you can see the four big golden pen characters of "City God Temple" on the plaque outside the temple, showing domineering. On both sides of the door, heavily armed ghost soldiers guarded it, and two unknown beasts squatted and sat with a fierce appearance, which made people feel intimidated to watch.

"Huh?"

Gradually, Zhang Hao saw that there were police links on the pillars on both sides of the gate of the City God Temple, and couldn't help but read softly: "What kind of hatred, what kind of iniquity, what kind of life, in order to spare you for reversing right and wrong for half a lifetime, you have exaggerated the power in your hands; took all the profits, sold all the fame, lost the conscience of heaven, and saw that he was prosperous and rich and that there would eventually be rain on his head. ”

Zhu Jiu smiled, scratched his head and asked, "Dao, Brother Hao, what does this mean?" ”

Zhang Hao rolled his eyes and said angrily: "It's just that if you usually do more good deeds, and if you do too many bad things, you will be retributed sooner or later." After speaking, he walked straight to the City God Temple.

Zhu Jiu's face twitched, and he muttered: "How can I do anything bad, what I do is good...... Hey, Brother Hao, wait a minute, don't go so fast! ”

When Zhu Jiu raised his head, Zhang Hao had already entered the City God Temple, and he didn't see the ghost soldiers to stop him, Zhu Jiu looked at the gloomy sides, and couldn't help but feel a spirit, and hurriedly followed.