Old man Wu regards the Supreme Treasure as his descendant, and naturally does not deceive him, the Supreme Treasure understands this in his heart, and also keeps what he said firmly in his heart, and reminds himself not to make a mistake... At this point, among the three main points mentioned, there is still the last one.

The third is the situation of this whole first layer of ghosts.

After the ruins of the New Secret Kingdom were explored, countless treasure hunters entered, but this also attracted some characters who did business with the ghosts, such as the ghost market merchant back then - they naturally didn't want all the ghosts on the first floor to be destroyed, otherwise the trade would not be easy.

Over the years, I don't know who was the first to come up with this division, but anyway, the whole first layer was divided into two areas, the first was the place where only the living could enter, and it was the boundary after entering by the waterway, which did not occupy much, but was the outer part of the new Misu country; Inside, from within the ancient city walls, is counted as another area - a place where living people and ghosts coexist, each dwelling in its own place and going its own way!

Whoever has a white paper lantern hanging at the door within the city wall is called a house of the underworld, and it is the abode of ghosts; The one with the red paper lantern is called the Yang House, which is the abode of the living; In other wine shops, inns, gambling stalls, etc., if these two colors of lanterns are also hung, then there is a difference between humans and ghosts, but if the lanterns are half white and half red, it means that this is a place where people and ghosts can enter.

For example, Cheng San's family is charming, and that is a gambling stall that everyone can enter!

Not only that, but there are dozens of people in the city who patrol the city every day to solve disputes between people and ghosts. The cost is shared equally by the three major forces in the city, and is settled on a monthly basis; If there is something else between people and ghosts, such as killing people and goods, if no one comes to sue them, it is fine, but if there is, they will also solve it, and hunt down the murderer of the living ghost to set an example.

To put it simply, this is a city where individuals and ghosts coexist!

Strange to say, in the midst of this bizarre city. The ghosts are becoming visible. It was like a thin layer of mist condensed, with a head, face, limbs, torso, ankles, and distinct fingers—it was like a heavenly creation. This area has been specially designed for this purpose!

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After the old man Wu said these three taboo things, it was not over. There are other things to be aware of here. For example, there is a tunnel in the southeast of the first floor, and deep inside is inhabited by a group of exorcised starving ghosts; For example, there is a ghost in the altar of the new city that will attract people's spirits, although it will not be fatal. But after all, it can make people dizzy and unconscious; Also, the water in the city is not drinkable, but only from two streams that flow from above...

There are so many of these things, all of which need to be paid attention to by the Supreme Baoyu Shengyan, and the old man Wu has been talking for nearly half an hour, and then he has finished everything - think about it, but he has never missed it, and this is worthy of it...

"Do you all remember?" Old Man Wu frowned and said, "I don't know much about the Dao, that's all I have... Well, when you get down there, we'll ask you about anything else and see if there's anything else! ”

And also?

Supreme Treasure and Yu Shengyan glanced at each other, and both showed a wry smile - I didn't expect this underground city to be so dangerous, don't say that I have to go to find the Shi Po Army, it is extremely difficult to live below for a whole month, but fortunately, fortunately, there are still elders who have known each other in the past...

Seeing the change in the faces of the two of them, Old Man Wu knew that the two of them were facing up to many things below, so he poured himself a full bottle of wine and encouraged: "If you change to someone else, naturally these things need to be guarded against, and it will be several times more difficult than you... But Bao'er, you are different, but whenever you have difficulties, you will naturally have Na Cheng San to help you, what are you afraid of? He took a sip and drank the wine glass, and said a few times: "Okay, all the things you need to know are done, now it's time for you to talk about it!" ”

"Uh, let's talk?" The Supreme Treasure was puzzled: "What are we talking about?" Well, we've never seen anything down there, so we'll know what's going on..." Old Man Wu spat and scolded with a smile: "Who wants you to tell me the following situation?" Lao Tzu doesn't go down, do you know what the difference is between the Tao and the Dao - I said, aren't you going to tell me about Old Man Wang's recent situation? Also, Old Man Liu, Blind Cui, Widow Luo, who also has news, I cared about them at that time. ”

"I see!" Supreme Treasure only then understood. He didn't delay, and he slowly told him what he knew...

Since Lao Liu Tou didn't say it, it was inconvenient for Supreme Treasure to say that he was the Onmyoji of the Hachiman Sect, but only briefly said that he had returned to his own master, and he had recently seen it in the siege of the White Lotus Holy Mother Peak; In August, Lao Er went to Tubo to explore the tantric sect and did not hide it, by the way, the old man Wu said that although the hundred ghosts went underground, there was also a secret post in Tubo, and immediately ordered someone to go and inform him, once there was something to take care of; Cui Blind died, although he only learned about it from Feng San's mouth, but Supreme Treasure still told him about it, and also informed him that Feng San worshiped the Jingwei Sect Hua family as an apprentice.

Naturally, it turned out that there were still a few people in the City God Temple who had no news, including the fox woman who was injured and left at that time, the blind Uncle Gou, and the Luo widow sisters who insisted on finding another place to live.

Time passed the fastest in the gossip, and the sky gradually darkened in the midst of their chat, and the last until late at night - brought to the bright moon and hung on the treetops, and then the three of them went back to rest.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, in the inn, the Supreme Treasure and the Jade Sheng Smoke stayed for another day, but on this day they did not drink alcohol, but they tried to prepare what they needed. The rune paper disc roll is stuffed into the bamboo tube, the cinnabar mixed ink line is put into the bucket, the incense ash Buddha tears, the peach pile copper coin, the law rope bell, the scripture can be rolled, the Baohua flag and so on, all available.

Old Man Wu let them choose the best materials to prepare, how could they be polite to the Supreme Baoyu Shengyan? Due to the last encounter at the Holy Mother Peak, the Supreme Treasure has stored a lot of various talismans, no matter how powerful it is—at the end, the belts of the two of them are full of rows of bamboo tubes, and their mouths are sealed with wax, and they are full of all kinds of charms.

It's like an expeditionary with enough arrows and swords, ready to fight!

Late at night, it finally arrived in their anticipation!

Old Man Wu took the Supreme Treasure and the Jade Sheng Smoke to the stream, and then walked along the river into a cave, and walked a short distance along the waterway, the river suddenly became much deeper, and on the bank, there were several slender flat boats, looking at the boat that sent people in.

Two people in each boat were to carry seven or eight guests, and the whole boat did not exceed ten people, and if there were occasional passengers with more things, there would be fewer people on board, and the vacant seats were paid for by the owner of the cargo. In addition, there are several flat boats that purely transport goods next to it, which are already full of various goods such as firewood, rice, oil and salt, and there are other small mountains of goods piled up next to it.

"Put the goods first, or the old rules for the first round of delivery," the old man Wu commanded: "Donkey eggs, come, the old rules tell everyone what to pay attention to when taking a boat, don't lose the lives of a boatload of people because anyone doesn't understand the rules!" ”

"Okay, shopkeeper!" The shopkeeper answered, and came out with great agility, and then said to everyone eloquently and word by word: "Ladies and gentlemen, Xiao Er is here to tell you about the boat, please understand!" If someone commits a taboo, I'm afraid that a few people on the ship will not show mercy to everyone - this matter is life-threatening, please pay attention to it, don't commit it! ”

"There are no taboos in the first half of the waterway, and you can do whatever you want, but once you enter the place behind the stone arcade in the second half, please remember the following things: first, no one is allowed to speak, no one is allowed to make noise, and the whole boat must be kept quiet; Second, what grows on the stone wall is the blood vine, please don't reach out to touch it, and don't put your hand into the water, beware of being contaminated by the blood vine under the water, once this happens, we will immediately send you to the underworld..."

At this point, as if to prove what he said, the helmsman behind the boat patted the bow and arrow beside him and coughed to prove that he was right.

"Third," almost at the same time, the second child said the last one: "The ferry fare in and out of the ghost snake is one ocean per person, whether you live or die, please pay the fare first, and then please get on the boat in turn!" ”

After all the fares had been paid, the handymen in the inn arranged for everyone to board the boat in turn. Among the people who got on the boat, the Supreme Treasure did not see the trace of the Qu family brothers yesterday, and then asked, only to know that although the Supreme Treasure interceded for them, these people were afraid of being retaliated by the Supreme Treasure in that ghost, and finally chose to leave in the early morning.

Finally, the boat moved slowly with the pole against the stone wall, and headed towards the Styx ghost.

There was no light in the gentle current, except for a torch on the bow of the ship. In the light of that fire, the whole stone wall in front of me faintly revealed all kinds of hideousness, and shook the unknown road forward even more gloomy, and the two boats walked back and forth, nothing but the occasional whisper—the silence was not broken until the last of the day, when the helmsman of the boat in front of him spoke:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the stone arch! From now on, the back is the realm where those blood vines are located, please remember to be quiet, don't speak! Hearing this, those who were going to the Ghost Snake for the first time all opened their eyes to see what this famous blood vine looked like!

Blood-like red leaves, accompanied by scarlet vines, grew within a foot of the water surface on both sides of the stream, and were all over it, as if countless slender centipedes were crawling on the wall, wriggling slightly, as if they were alive!

This is the strange thing that can enter the human body and plant seeds with touch, the blood vine! (To be continued......)