The bull madman can't answer this question, because he doesn't know either.

"Aren't you calling yourself the King of the Nine Yamas? I don't know this? I scoffed.

"Then do you know why everyone calls me a cow maniac?" The cow madman asked rhetorically, and raised his slap again, "Believe it or not, I'll show you another crazy one more time?" ”

Threat! Naked threat! I was immediately arrogant, I didn't want to be beaten up by him early in the morning.

"Boy, let me tell you, if there are ghosts in a realm all the year round, the yin qi will be aggravated, and the aggravation of the yin qi will not only affect the living, but also attract some lonely souls and wild ghosts, mountain and wild spirits, this kind of place is the most suitable for them to cultivate."

"There are many evil spirits and sneakies, there will always be some guys who do not follow the laws of heaven and earth, they will attach themselves to people to tease people and scare people, and there will be some who directly absorb people's essence and eat people's flesh and blood, which will cause chaos over time, and eventually become extinct, so the people of the Daomen decided to suppress the Yin Bridge, cut off the way of the ghosts to the underworld, and let them choose another path."

"So you pushed one hundred and sixty-six living people into the river and became unjust ghosts?" I didn't say it lightly, and there was a hint of meanness in my tone.

The cow madman withdrew his raised hand and looked at me with a frown, as if he was looking at a stranger: "Changsheng, you let me teach you Taoism all day long, and now I agree, you will also become a member of the Dao Sect in the near future." What would you do if this happened to you one day? ”

"This ......" I was stunned by his question, to be honest, I really didn't think about it, it was a very heavy choice, and I couldn't answer it for a while.

Seeing that I was silent for a long time, the bull madman began to explain: "That's one hundred and sixty-six fresh lives, how can we not be cautious!" We went to the prison and found more than 80 death row inmates, some old people who were willing to exchange some money and food for their children and grandchildren to survive the famine, and then some street children, all of whom were dying of life. The same is true of the female ghost and her brother, who would starve to death within three days if they did not die that day. ”

"Even if they really starve to death, they can be reincarnated and thrown into this Xiaolong River, where they can only be pressed and suffered." Although I already understood what the bull madmen did back then, I still couldn't help but argue.

"Alas—" The cow madman was silent for a long time, and finally let out a heavy sigh, "For so many years, I have always felt guilty and blamed myself for this, and I often have nightmares, dreaming of them crying and grabbing the sky, resentful and desperate eyes, but I don't regret it. If the same thing happened again, I would still make the same choice. It's like driving a stake, which sounds cruel and unreasonable, but sacrificing one person can keep one party safe, and that's the best choice. ”

Dawn was like a knife that cut through the gray of silence, and the first rays of morning light came inexorably, sprinkled on the wrinkled old face of the bull madman, and looked extraordinarily firm.

I glanced at him, trying to say something, but I couldn't, and lowered my head again.

The cow madman touched my head and said, "You must think that what I say is righteous and awe-inspiring, but in fact I am doing sanctimonious things, right? In fact, there is also a soul attached to the old embankment, not only me, but all the Taoist friends who participated in this matter back then left a soul and a soul on this old embankment. ”

I was blown away by his words.

There are clouds in the Tao: people have three souls, one less is sluggish, two less is difficult to wake up, and three souls are scattered and people die. People have seven spirits, the fewer the weaker, and those with fewer spirits will inevitably be weak and sick, and they will be riddled with evil diseases.

Is this why you are called a bull madman?

"Why do you want to leave one soul and one soul on the old embankment, what else is there to say here?"

"It's called Soul Town. The living soul, as the name suggests, is the soul of the living, and the yang energy of the living soul is the heaviest, and only the yang energy of the living soul can suppress the yin bridge. ”

The more I listened, the more confused I became, and it was like falling into a fog: "Since you have used the Soul Formation Formation, why do you have to sacrifice the lives of those one hundred and sixty-six people?" ”

I do have a lot of questions today, if it were usual, the cow madman would have been annoyed for a long time, I don't know what happened to him today, I was very patient, and continued to explain: "Yin Bridge is the road to the Ghost Gate, which belongs to the underworld, and it is not for anyone to build a river embankment on the road to the underworld." ”

said and made an analogy: "Lu Jinguo, they can't hit the pile, and there is an accident at two ends in three days, that is, the underworld is funny......

"The female ghost said that the Taoist priest from the city and Lu Jinguo's relatives were killed by her, why is it still related to the underworld?" I interrupted him to retort.

The cow madman shook his head: "Do you think a female ghost who died unjustly can have such great ability?" All she could do was grab their feet under the water after they fell overboard. ”

"But if it's in the underworld, why can the pile that can't be driven down be laid down as soon as the Taoist priest dies?" I still don't understand, and I asked again.

Seeing that I had asked the point, the cow madman smiled and said, "That's what I'm going to tell you." It's because the pile was hit on the Taoist priest, which is called a cushion bridge. ”

"Pad Bridge?"

I didn't sleep all night, my brain was already insufficient, and after listening to him talk so much, I naturally couldn't react, so I had to look at him blankly.

The cow madman looked at me with a confused face, and thought about it seriously: "Let me tell you this, the pile couldn't be driven before the Taoist priest died, because it hit the Yin Bridge, and then he died, because he was under the pile, and the pile hit him, and carrying it by him was equivalent to adding a cushion to the Yin Bridge, and the Yin Bridge couldn't sense it." ”

I thought about it, and seemed to understand a little, and then asked, "The female ghost said that they were pressed here and couldn't move, and they couldn't be reincarnated, was it because they were carrying the river embankment with their souls?" ”

"Yes, that's what it means. These 166 men played the role of a bridge, and without them, this embankment would not have been built in a lifetime. After the river embankment is built, it will be used to live the soul town. ”

"As the saying goes, it is better to kill ten people than to draw one soul, if the soul is extracted from ordinary people, it will make them confused and sickly, and at worst they will be stupid and sickly, and they will be riddled with evil diseases, which is more cruel than killing them, so we thought of using the soul of a cultivator."

"That time, Wang Daoling's predecessors personally went out to visit famous mountains and rivers to find hermitage cultivators, and finally found 238 people who were willing to sacrifice their souls for the common people......"

"Could it be that the bridge that appeared in the river last night is the Yin Bridge?"

"Exactly ......"

At this point, I completely understood the cause and effect. It's just that now that the old embankment has been blown up and the Yin Bridge has reappeared, that is to say, it won't be long before this Liushutan town will be evil again.

I shudder to think of the scene I saw in the old turtle's mirror......