Early the next morning, Gu Anqi and Gu Liancheng came to see us off, Ye Qingyu needed to retreat with Xu Fu's cultivation, and Yue Lei Ting and Lan Qing stayed under the Heavenly King Pagoda to guard Yue Qianling, in fact, until now, I suddenly found that I no longer seemed to be able to find opponents and enemies, maybe only when the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was really dusty.

At the gate of Longhu Mountain, I saw Gu Xiaotian, sitting lonely on the mountain rock, just a few days, he has aged too much, I even found that he is now walking a little unstable, in him I can no longer see the domineering of the past, in my eyes is completely an ordinary old man.

He came empty-handed, I didn't see the two cloth bags he had been carrying with him, they were things he would never leave his hands, and they were also witnesses of his identity and past, and I could see that he had really let go, and he had no worries about going to the Netherworld Gu Xiaotian.

We have too much intersection with Gu Xiaotian, but Xiao Lianshan seems to have forgotten what he used to be now, except for an old man in the twilight, he is nothing anymore, and even his pace is slow and difficult, and it is a little inexplicable sadness to look at me alone.

Xiao Lianshan finally didn't hold back, and went back to try to help Gu Xiaotian go, I was trying to stop it was too late, as I thought, Xiao Lianshan was pushed away by Gu Xiaotian, he is a person who does not admit defeat, even if he climbs, he will not accept the help of others, I know very well in my heart that a proud person like him, mercy and sympathy for him will be a humble charity in Gu Xiaotian's eyes, that is humiliation and ridicule for him.

Fortunately, Xiao Lianshan's face was straightforward, and he could only see pure kindness in his eyes, Gu Xiaotian still waved his hand weakly, and only replied with one sentence, I haven't been useless to the point of being helped.

I let Xiao Lianshan come back, I can't give him anything anymore, if there is more, I just hope that his only remaining pride will continue, that is not indifference, it is another kind of respect for the hero.

We deliberately slowed down, not wanting to let Gu Xiaotian's last trace of spirit wear out and succumb to the distance between us, from Longhu Mountain to Fengyang is only more than ten days away, we have arrived in Jinling for almost half a month, Fengyang is not far from Jinling, Wen Zhuo said to go to Jinling first.

The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties left people with the prosperity of drunken gold, but not everything is full of glitz, such as Wen Zhuo is now taking us to this place, in the northern suburbs of Jinling a very biased mountain, Wen Zhuo said that this mountain has a name, called Dushan, but I believe that there are not many people who know the name of this mountain, in fact, people who come here almost do not see one.

This Dushan is not called a mountain, it is better to call a hill, the only feeling I have when I come here is barren, a kind of desolate and lonely barrenness, presumably the name of this Dushan is really appropriate, it is even difficult to see a tree on the hill, even if it is a grass, it is difficult to see, a dilapidated place, from the perspective of Kanyu, the mountains and rivers here are ruthless, the wind disperses the air and fails, the single peak is like a sword and the sky is slammed, there is no shade everywhere and the world is not avoided, the yang is difficult to enter the yin is not sparse, no matter how you look at it is a sinister place.

And there will be a temple in such a place, Wen Zhuo took us to stop in front of the temple gate, I looked up and saw three big black characters on the old temple plaque, Shangong Temple.

This is a Taoist temple, it stands to reason that you should choose a unique place for feng shui, and the temple was built in such a place where yin and yang are not good.

Wen Zhuo looked back at us, his face began to become serious, and he didn't say more, he said in an accentuated tone, try to let him speak after entering, it's best not to speak, don't ask anything, don't say anything.

I looked around again, here the lonely mountain and water monsters are craggy, Taoist people will never build the temple in such a place, this is clearly a place to gather yin, the temple is dedicated to the gods, there is a lot of incense to continue but we have come all the way, not a single pilgrim has not been encountered, it is already night here, the night wind feels extremely cold, I frowned.

"How do you know about a place like this?"

"You forget, I have to have a road guide every time I reincarnate, and I can only get this thing after a person dies. Wen Zhuo replied calmly.

Waiting for him to push open the door of the temple in front, we followed in, it was still depressed and decadent, the sycamore on both sides of the temple was colorful, the ground was full of uncleaned dead leaves, ordinary temples have patios, and the roof is high, so that the sunlight can shine into the entire temple space, creating a bright and solemn feeling, and in Taoist tradition, the odd number is a yang number, so it does follow the traditional temple The number of steps and the number of window lattices are odd.

Although it is night, it is not difficult to see from the pattern that even if the sun is shining on the white head, it is difficult for the sunlight to shine into this temple, and it gives people a very gloomy feeling as soon as they enter.

There are dim lights in the west wing of the temple, which is particularly strange in this dead and silent temple, even if it is a person who is quite bold like Xiao Lianshan, he has been trembling and looking around since he came in, Wen Zhuo walked towards the place where the lights were on.

It seemed that this was not the first time he had been here, and he knew the roads in this temple by heart, and even in the dark of the night, he did not hesitate in the slightest, and we followed him.

The light came from a side hall, we stood at the door, and under the light of the light we only saw the back of a man in white, and the light stretched out the shadow of the man, and spread all the way to the outside of the hall, and we were all shrouded in the shadow.

If it weren't for Xiao Lianshan's shocked voice, the man might not have known that we were standing outside, in the dim light, a skull was held in the man's hand, the flickering fire light shone on it, and the two black holes and the cracked jaw of the skull seemed to be smiling at us.

Not only Xiao Lianshan, but now even I have a little creepy feeling, how can a normal person hold the head of a dead person in his hand, and look at that person's movements, it seems that I have become accustomed to it.

Wen Zhuo stood at the front, I couldn't see his expression, but I noticed that his fingers were tapping rhythmically on the side of his legs, I had known Wen Zhuo for a long time, it was a small action he inadvertently made, and it would only show when he was nervous.

We were standing outside the temple, but the man just tilted his head a little, didn't even turn his face, and then buried his head again, as if in the man's eyes, we were far less important than the bones of the dead man in his hands.

Wen Zhuo hesitated for a moment and walked in, I followed behind him, as soon as I entered, I smelled the damp ** breath rushing to my face, the dim light failed to illuminate the entire side hall, and most of the places were dark beyond the eyes to touch.

The man suddenly handed over the head in his hand, as if he knew who was standing behind him, Wen Zhuo's reaction was beyond my expectations, he didn't hesitate to receive it in his hand, next to it was a basin of water and white cloth, he was familiar with the white cloth after staining the water, his expression was very respectful and serious to wipe the head in his hand, the movement was slow and careful, and it was not the first time he had done such a thing.

When Wen Zhuo came in, he told not to talk much, we stood silently on the side, watching him do this extremely strange thing, Xiao Lianshan still couldn't help but poke his head out curiously next to me, we clearly saw a corpse being placed on a bamboo mat from the gap between Wen Zhuo and the man, the head, hand bones, ribs and lower limbs, we watched silently Wen Zhuo and the man clean up the corpse in an orderly manner.

Their cooperation seems to be very tacit, I can't see fear in Wen Zhuo's eyes, very pious and humble, Xiao Lianshan can't help but squirm the Adam's apple beside me, in fact, anyone who comes here and says that they are not afraid is fake.

Xiao Lianshan moved his body, accidentally touched the wooden board behind him, something fell to the ground, the sound of clanging broke the silence of Wen Zhuo and the man's tacit understanding, Xiao Lianshan squatted on the ground to pick it up, this dark side hall couldn't see clearly at all, until Xiao Lianshan stood up, with the help of the faint light, he found that what he picked up from the ground was still a head.

It should be a corpse that has been buried in the ground for many years, the skin and flesh on the skull have long been rotten, and there is only one skull left, which was held in Xiao Lianshan's hand, and the deep and hollow eyes were looking directly at him, Xiao Lianshan's instinctive reaction was to be shocked, and the skull that he wanted to throw into his hand was held down by me.

Wen Zhuo has already lit the incense in this side hall, Xiao Lianshan squirmed the corners of his mouth, I held his hand and only felt extremely cold, the firelight illuminated the entire side hall, Xiao Lianshan slowly turned his stiff head, we stood in the middle of countless corpses, most of them still had this dirt on them, and it looked as if they had just been excavated from the coffin under the ground.

Xiao Lianshan's face was pale, Wen Zhuo didn't even care, but handed over a white cloth, pointed to Qing Shui next to him and said very seriously.

"Since you're here, don't be idle, help clean up these corpses."

Xiao Lianshan was stunned for a long time and didn't move, it was Gu Xiaotian who walked up, he didn't even ask the reason, took the white cloth and walked to the corner of the side hall, and began to clean up very seriously, and said in a low voice.

"What is there to fear from the dead, the dead will not harm you, and the living are far more terrible than the dead."

That being said, after all, Xiao Lianshan has never experienced such a thing, even if he has been on the battlefield before, no matter how many dead corpses are skin and flesh, how can they still look like a person, and now this room full of corpses and bones looked at Xiao Lianshan shuddered, and asked timidly in my ear.

"Brother, this ...... What kind of temple is this, and how can there be such a temple? ”

"This is the Temple of the Underworld, a place to make deals with the dead." I took a deep breath, picked up a white cloth, crouched down next to a corpse, and replied.