There is only one mountain road from Zhangjia Village to the back mountain, because the villagers have to take that road to work on the mountain, so the villagers have made some repairs to it, so this road is relatively easy to walk.

Zhang Ke's parents sent me to the intersection and went back to Grandma Zhang's house, because the chickens had not yet crowed, so they didn't dare to go home for the sake of insurance, so they had to continue to take refuge at Grandma Zhang's house first.

Although it was still the first few days of school, and it was very dark in the village, once I walked out of the village, there was no shelter from trees and bamboo forests, and the sky was not so dark, and there was a little hazy light. However, such a bright light only adds to the eerie atmosphere.

Because I was not familiar with the terrain and was very unfamiliar with everything around me, the strange shapes of rocks and dead trees along the way, under the white skylight, were very visually striking, as if there were really countless ghosts hiding there to peep at me, and I couldn't help but feel scared.

At this time, what made me strange was that I was not thinking of Zhang Ke, but Fang Kedong, and I kept silently reciting Fang Kedong's name in my heart, and looked around from time to time, expecting him to come out and meet me.

Walking out of the village less than a hundred meters away, I was already sweating nervously, because of nervousness, I subconsciously hugged the big red rooster. Maybe it was because I was pushing too hard, and the big red rooster couldn't stand it, struggled hard, and let out an unpleasant cry.

That is, this action of the big red rooster reminded me that I was still holding an animal in my arms that could ward off evil spirits.

Grandma Zhang said that the big red rooster can ward off evil spirits, and with it, a hundred ghosts dare not approach, if this is true, then Fang Kedong will naturally not come out to meet me.

For this reason, I put my heart on the side and let go of the big red rooster.

As if he had been granted amnesty, the big red rooster ran back to the village with a clucking as soon as his feet hit the ground.

When I couldn't see the big red rooster, I became more complicated, and I didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing. But now that I've done that, I'm going to keep going.

Because I didn't hold the big red rooster in my arms, I took Fang Kedong's urn out of the canvas bag, held it in my arms, looked at the urn, and whispered in my mouth: "Fang Kedong, are you still there? Why don't you come out to meet me?"

Although Grandma Zhang said that after death, the corpse and soul will be separated, I still believe that this Fang Kedong's ashes must have some kind of connection with his ghost, otherwise, Grandma Zhang would not have been able to summon his ghost through his ashes. That's why I called Fang Kedong's name lightly to Fang Kedong's ashes, hoping that he would be able to feel something.

However, Fang Kedong's ghost did not appear in front of me immediately.

Time passed quickly, and I lingered a hundred or two hundred meters outside the village, hoping that Fang Kedong's ghost would come out and meet me.

Suddenly, I heard the crow of a chicken, about four or five in succession from different parts of the village.

I shivered subconsciously, and secretly shouted in my heart: "It's not good, the rooster crows, Fang Kedong shouldn't come out." ”

I asked myself in my heart, holding Fang Kedong's ashes in my arms, and I couldn't decide for a moment whether I should really send it to the mass grave to be discarded.

After hesitating for a while, I still decided to follow Grandma Zhang's instructions and throw Fang Kedong's ashes into the mass grave, because this was specially ordered by Grandma Zhang, although Grandma Zhang is not a real goddess, but her knowledge of ghosts is much stronger than mine, I don't want to harm Zhang Ke's parents because of my fault, I am worried that if I don't obey Grandma Zhang's instructions and really bring evil ghosts to Zhang Ke's parents. Although I am skeptical that Fang Kedong has become a ghost, I am not afraid of 10,000, just in case.

Since I have decided, I no longer hesitated, held Fang Kedong's ashes, turned on the flashlight, and walked straight to the mass grave.

The mountain road is not complicated, and with the explanation given to me by Zhang Ke's father in advance, I came to the vicinity of the mass grave smoothly.

Sure enough, it was a mass grave, I don't know if it was a problem with the mental effect, or because it was indeed heavier than other places, as I got closer and closer to the mass grave, I obviously felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and there was a kind of uneasiness and tension that came from the depths of my soul.

But I still stubbornly moved forward. Turning the bend in front of me, I saw the mass grave, so I stopped, took a deep breath, and then walked boldly forward.

As soon as I turned the corner, I saw the legendary mass grave, because it was dark and there was still some distance, so I couldn't see what the mass grave really looked like.

I subconsciously stood still, not daring to continue walking. At this time, the wind in the mountains is relatively strong, whirring, because of the special geographical environment, it always sounds choked, like people crying in a low voice. Moreover, from time to time there was a little ghost fire shining from the mass grave, blue and blue, without a trace of warmth, and it was extinguished in a flash.

After all, I also went to school, and my grades were originally good, but I was unlucky to not be admitted to university, so the most basic scientific common sense made me naturally make a judgment that the so-called ghost fire that flashed out was actually formed by the burning of phosphorus in the bones of the corpse exposed from the tomb, and it was not really a ghost igniting the fire.

However, the foolish education did not turn me into a complete atheist, because I had already been to the Ghost Gate myself, and that experience of seeing the ghost that was enough to change my outlook on life made me believe that there is another world different from the yang world, and that is the underworld. And the underworld is the same as the yang world, there are also many public security problems that make ghosts worry, especially those souls who are restricted from entering the underworld, forcibly isolated in the sandwich between the two worlds of yin and yang, and will inevitably do some illegal and disorderly behaviors that make people and ghosts headaches. Just like those homeless people in our society who are rejected by the aid station, in order to survive, they will always do some things to steal chickens and dogs.

In particular, this mass grave has been a place where Lingrang has been kept away since ancient times, and legend has it that a large number of ghosts gathered there, and their bones were buried here in chaos due to various reasons. However, I still wondered, didn't it say that the corpse of a person is separated from the soul after death, why did a large number of ghosts and evil spirits gather in this mass grave? Could it be that they are all so-called ghosts with incomplete souls that cannot pass the ghost gate?

However, the experience outside the Ghost Gate Pass made me know that a large number of ghosts who could not pass the Ghost Gate Pass were not all trapped in the area between the Ghost Gate Pass and the Soul Run?

I was thinking about these miscellaneous things in my mind wildly and confusedly, when suddenly I heard a shrill laugh in the wind, and it was very strange and creepy.

I was caught off guard, startled, my hands subconsciously loosened, the flashlight and Fang Kedong's urn fell, and my eyes suddenly went black.