The three of them walked out of the Wanying Palace from the side door of the corridor, and the bronze lock pointed to the last hall and asked what was there? The woman smiled and said, "That's the core hall, if the dean agrees, you will see it when you have a chance."

Who is this mysterious dean? Who set up this sinister sanatorium?

The woman led the three of them out of the building and down the tree-lined path to the office building at the back. The office building is unremarkable, with a total of two floors, and the dean's office is on the second floor.

When I came to the office, the area was large and the layout was antique. An extra-large desk is full of paper, pen, ink and inkstone, and in the middle there are two Tang Sancai horses, and under the table is a large blue and white porcelain jar, which is full of long and short calligraphy and painting scrolls. What is more interesting is that there is a huge bronze tripod in the corner, and puffs of white smoke slowly ethereal from the eye hole.

Strangely enough, there was no one in the office, and the woman asked the three of them to sit on the couch, and she quit first.

As soon as she left, the copper lock suddenly came to his senses, walked around the room a few times, and said, "I don't know who this dean will be?" It's quite tasteful to look like this, and it shouldn't be a bad person. ”

The three of them were talking, when suddenly there was a "bang", and a secret door opened on the wall. They looked at each other, and the wall was cut into a groove in the shape of a human seat, and in this deep groove sat a man in gray clothes with his knees crossed. The man closed his eyes tightly and was entering the meditation process, completely unaware of his surroundings.

The three of them were particularly surprised and walked over to look at it together. Li Yang saw Liu Yang's expression different, so he asked, "Do you know this person?" ”

Liu Yang nodded: "His name is Peng Liang, and I have always called him Brother Peng." He used to build his own Hades. ”

"I'll say it." Li Yang and Tong Suo have read Liu Yang's novels and naturally have a deep memory of this character.

"The king of the underworld, the king of the underworld, is really the ghost he did." Copper Lock said. He actually reached in and grabbed the collar of Peng Liang's clothes, but Liu Yang stopped him: "Don't make a mistake." ”

"What is he doing? Meditate? Li Yang was puzzled.

The three of them had no way to take this Brother Peng for a while. Just as he was hesitating, Peng Liang suddenly opened his eyes, and the three of them were very frightened.

Peng Liang smiled: "Liu Yang, we meet again." ”

He calmly crawled out of the trough and straightened his robe. Liu Yang looked at him and vaguely returned to his memory. For such a long time, Brother Peng didn't seem to show any signs of aging, and he was still beautiful, adding a bit of handsomeness at this time.

Peng Liang naturally walked behind the table and sat down, nodding his hand to signal the three of them to sit on the sofa.

"You just meditated in there?" Liu Yang asked.

"Oh. I went to the underworld. My Dharma body is still in the underworld, and what you see now is only my incarnation in the yang world. Peng Liang said.

"You are the king of the underworld that the believers worship here?" Copper Lock asked.

Peng Liang winked at Liu Yang: "Last time I had a long talk with Liu Yang, some of his ideas were very good and touched me very much." I tried it in the underworld, and I resigned from my position as Lord Yama and retired into the background. All the operations of the underworld are determined by natural creation, not forced by manpower, which is the so-called absolute saint and wisdom. ”

Liu Yang was surprised: "I'm sorry, I don't have a good memory now, I don't seem to have done such a deep conversation with you, right?" ”

Peng Liang smiled: "Our conversation was in my delusional situation. With the collapse of that worldly realm, you naturally can't remember when you get out of the delusional realm. ”

"Resigned from Lord Yama? So you're not the king of Hades? Li Yang asked suspiciously.

Peng Liang Zhengse said: "A few little friends may not believe it, and it is more mysterious to say, since the underworld operates on its own with natural creation, there has been an unpredictable phenomenon. My underworld has formed something that seems to have its own personality and will, and it is in charge of everything in the dark, doing the work I have done before. I can't figure it out, and I'm wondering if it really exists. This thing has become a demon in my heart, so that I have never been able to break through the delusional situation. Later, I met Damin and he gave me an idea. ”

"You met Li Damin? When did you encounter it? Liu Yang asked.

Peng Liang made a gesture: "Listen to me, his idea is very good, let this inscrutable, formless, but seemingly self-conscious thing enjoy the fireworks in the world." It is condensed and formed with the power of the believer's will, so that you can see what it really is. ”

Li Yang was a little in a trance: "That's why there is the king of the underworld here?" ”

Peng Liang nodded: "Speaking of Damin, he is really a talent." Liu Yang, he is more suitable to be my right-hand man than you. I provided the supernatural powers and funds, and the people came to design practical guidelines and rituals, and we built it up vigorously. Come, and I will show you. ”

Peng Liang said that he would leave, and Liu Yang and the three of them looked at each other, although they were full of suspicion, they still followed out of the road. There are too many mysteries here, let's see.

They walked out of the office building and came to the back of the building. Peng Liang pointed inside and said, "This is the place where the brothers and sisters in the big family cultivate their self-cultivation. There was a guard at the door, and a cold gray-robed woman saw Peng Liang coming, opened the iron door, and let a few people in.

It is lush and full of tall sycamores, and the leaves of the trees shade the sky and the sun is difficult to enter. The three of them saw that there were several buildings, and they estimated that this was a place for self-cultivation. Peng Liang led them around the front of the building, and when they came to the back, the three of them were all stunned.

The front of the building is still the same as a normal building, but the back of the building is shaped like a beehive, with one humanoid groove after another chiseled. You can see people in some of the slots, dressed in black and white, sitting cross-legged inside. The whole building looks like a cliff full of small caves.

"Why do you want to do this?" Liu Yang asked.

Peng Liang said: "The reason why I set up a base here in the first place is because this place was where Huangquan was located a long time ago. Although it is now closed and submerged under water, its feng shui is still there. You will have a chance to go up and see the road, with lonely walls on either side and a high man-made cliff in front of you. Because of the special terrain, I used sycamores to block the sunlight here, so it was easy for a layer of fog to rise. Practicing on this is really an illusion, like an immortal. In the steel forest of today's city, where can you find such a fairyland-like place, step on auspicious clouds, walk in the clouds, and get rid of the extreme charm of the world, how many people can resist it? ”

Li Yang said: "You put so much effort into building this place just to collect the wishes of the believers and make the ethereal king of the underworld manifest?" ”

Peng Liang said: "This was the purpose at the beginning, but as things developed, the situation became more and more strange and uncontrollable, completely beyond what I had imagined at the beginning. The power and miracles of the King of Hades have conquered many people. Many people have become believers in it. ”

"But the king of the underworld does not exist...... Li Yang said.

Peng Liang's eyes were a little confused: "Even I can't be sure whether it exists or not." It is said that it exists, but it is formless and substantial, and it is completely a metaphysical concept; It is said that it does not exist, but it is portrayed by the believers, and its dark power is constantly revealed. Many people here say that they have dreamed of the King of Hades, and the images they dream of are amazingly consistent, which is very scary, and even I don't know what is going on. However, what is even more terrifying is the great people. ”

"What's wrong with Li Damin?" Liu Yang asked eagerly, "Where is he now?" ”

Peng Liang pondered for a long time: "Haven't you been to the third hall yet?" Come with me. ”

The three of them followed Peng Liang towards Wanying Palace again. On the way, Liu Yang kept asking how Li Damin got here. Peng Liang didn't answer this question, and motioned for them to go to the third hall to read it.

Led by Peng Liang, he entered through the side door. To enter the third hall, through a long dark tunnel, out of the mouth of the tunnel, several people came to the top of the third hall. The layout of the third hall is similar to that of the second hall, with a circle of cloisters at the top, and the main hall below is about one story from the ground level.

Unlike the second hall, there are protruding layers from the cloister to the main hall below, and when viewed from above, it looks like a staircase. The four corners of the main hall are lit with high lampstands, and the fire is faint, and you can see that the four high walls are full of murals. Looking through the firelight, it turned out to be a picture of hell with vivid and full colors.

Eighteen layers of hell, ten layers of Yama hall, all kinds of torture, blazing flames, raging fire...... The brushwork and coloring of these murals are completely different from what you usually see. Liu Yang and others even gave birth to such an idea, which is not at all the level and style of any painter in this world, it comes from outside the earth.

Amazingly, in the hell map on the wall, the tortured souls are all modern people. There are many images, all of which are familiar to everyone. From high-ranking officials and wealthy people, to peddlers and pawns, including various identities. If these hell pictures are circulated, Liu Yang and the others believe that they will definitely cause an uproar and cause a shocking effect like an earthquake outside.

These figures, entangled in smoke and tortured by all sorts of ghostly messengers, scattered naked in the flames of the flames. The mural is full of light, and under the light mapping, it is both freehand and realistic, revealing the ghostly atmosphere of the forest, which is simply suffocating.

The most terrifying thing about these murals is that the characters and ghosts on them are all the same size as people, and the three-dimensional sense is extremely strong, it is really like walking into the Yama Palace. When Liu Yang saw this scene, he exclaimed: "This painting ......"

Copper Lock and Li Yang looked at him.

Liu Yang's face was as red as blood, and he covered his heart and said, "I have seen these paintings. In the video Li Damin showed me, he once cut off his finger in front of this hellish painting. ”

Copper Lock and Li Yang had heard him describe the experience, but because the video was lost, neither of them had seen the painting.

Peng Liang looked at him: "These murals on the hall below are from Li Damin's hand. ”

Although the three of them had vaguely expected it, they were still surprised when they heard Peng Liang say this. How could Li Damin be so powerful and be able to paint such a high-level painting?

Peng Liang said: "Do you believe it, here, I have no right to speak now, just a puppet dean." Li Damin has become the de facto leader here, and I suspect ......" he paused and said, "Li Damin is probably possessed by the formless and inscrutable King of the Netherworld. ”