Chapter 142: Expanding the Territory
In Middle-earth, the legend of the ghost city has a long history.
In general, there are two types of places.
One is the settlement of lonely souls and wild ghosts, usually a place with extremely heavy yin energy, or a place similar to the Mountain of Mass Graves.
They are either unfinished in their lives, or they can't find the way to the underworld, or they are resentful and murderous ghosts.
Anyway, it is stranded here for various reasons, forming a market similar to a social form.
It has its own set of rules, and some places are extremely repulsive to exorcists, while others welcome exorcists.
Because many exorcists have good things in their hands that they don't usually get from the souls of the dead.
The other is relatively rare, and it is said to be related to the underworld.
But what the hell is like in the underworld, and what about the ghost people in it, no one can say.
The Secret Bureau may have some information about the underworld, and there seems to be a few words about the underworld among the folk exorcists.
But no one seems to be able to say how exactly.
I once asked the boss, since there are ghosts in this world, will there really be an underworld, ten halls of Yama, four judges or something?
The owner's answer was intriguing.
He said that ghosts are changed by humans, so they also have the characteristics of human gregaries.
If there is an underground space that does not see sunlight and has a heavy yin qi, then many souls who have found their way will enter it to live a chic life.
If you think about it a little deeper, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are ghosts, there are also rivers and lakes.
If a more powerful revenant subdues the other revenants, will he become the manager of it?
As for the name of this manager, no one cares.
He can call himself the King of Yama or the Emperor of Xudu.
Perhaps he had nine more brothers, who could each hold nine of the ten Yama positions.
Or maybe he has some followers, then the positions of the four major judges and the top ten yin commanders are theirs.
So it's normal for this underground world to be called a drunken capital, right?
I was dumbfounded, but I couldn't find a reason to refute it.
According to the boss, the underworld should exist, and the Ten Palaces of Yama should also exist.
What black and white impermanence, bull head and horse face, there are.
But it's not the same thing as the legendary Netherworld, so it's intriguing.
Of course, these are all gossip.
Let's talk about the ghost market in front of us.
This ghost city appeared in less than two months.
If you calculate carefully, it probably appeared when the Queen of Secret Heart ran out of the curse tomb.
Anyway, the first to discover the ghost market was the local exorcist, this guy was overjoyed at the time, because there are very few ghost markets in Middle-earth, and even if they appear, they are often in the deep mountains and old forests, and ordinary people will definitely not be able to get by.
Therefore, it has also led to some underground products, as well as all kinds of strange things with heavy yin qi are extremely rare.
So this guy didn't tell anyone, he didn't hesitate to sort out some things, and ran to the ghost market in a hurry, wanting to trade something with the ghosts.
As a result, this guy didn't know what was going on inside, and he never came out after he went in.
It was his companion who found out he was missing, so he followed the trajectory all the way to this side, but that was already a month later.
So the news of the ghost market spread.
Now the whole circle is lively.
Ghost market, that represents wealth.
It is rumored that Yu Bushun, the big man in the northwest of Jinxi, was because he accidentally found a ghost market when he was young, and then made a deal with the souls inside, which led to the capital of his start.
See how nourishing people are living now?
Not to mention the wealth of the family, there are countless disciples.
Exorcists in many provinces have to live by his face.
If you are not careful, someone will cut off your goods, and you will have no ability, but it is useless to buy raw materials.
Everyone has thought about doing the second Yu Bushun.
So there are more and more people here.
But those who think they have some strength and want to get rich basically come.
Even the Hidden Bureau is no exception.
But when more people came, people realized that this ghost market seemed to be different from what they imagined.
There are a lot of rules in it.
The most unbearable thing is that if a living person wants to go in and do business, he must pay an entrance fee.
But this entrance fee is not money, but a wisp of the soul of a living person.
Exorcists take the soul very seriously, after all, it is the essence of human beings.
Although making money is important, your own life is more important.
So many exorcists have chosen to refuse.
And the ghost market on the opposite side is not ambiguous, if you don't give a wisp of soul, then don't discuss, it's not easy for anyone to speak.
The exorcists were furious, and a few of the grumpy guys even said they were going to rush in and grab it.
Anyway, the rules of the Hidden Bureau are for the living, as long as you don't harm the living in Middle-earth.
As for the dead, that's out of the Covers' mind.
About thirty or so people rushed into the ghost market with the guys, and then there was no news, as if the world had evaporated.
In fact, if they die, they will die, the rivers and lakes, the weak eat the strong.
You can't beat people, you deserve it.
But the actions of this group of people have angered the ghosts in the ghost market.
Since then, there have been a steady stream of ghosts trying to storm the village, which has long since been deserted.
The two sides fought back and forth for several days.
Zhang Sanfen said that in the most intense days, he was either fighting or on the way to fight.
I was dumbfounded, and I thought to myself that there was such a thing.
The ghosts in the ghost market are quite temperamental.
I asked my boss, what are we going to do now? With so many people gathered, do you want to set foot in this ghost market?
Zhang Sanfen shook his head and said, "I can't beat it." ”
After a pause, Zhang Sanfen added: "It's not that you can't fight, it's that there's no need to fight." ”
"If a dead soul has a mind, then it is not a demon. They don't cause trouble, they don't kill people, and the secret bureau can't fight them. ”
"Besides, what if you win? It's great to treat all the good things in the ghost market as trophies, but this little thing is not a little worse than the long-term business. ”
"If you want me to say, the Hidden Bureau is likely to control the ghost market here, making it a bridgehead to control the souls of the dead."
My heart moved, and I whispered, "Does the Secret Bureau want to bring the underworld under control?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Sanfen's gaze suddenly became strange.
He coughed twice and said, "We ordinary people can't control the decisions above." ”
"It's you, the matter on the Queen of Secret Heart must be resolved as soon as possible."
The more vague he was, the more I realized that my assumptions were right.
Under the whole world, it is not the emperor's land, and the shore of the land is not the emperor's minister.
If the Secret Bureau can take down the space underground, wouldn't it also be a disguised expansion of territory?