Chapter 170: News from the Middle Ninth Stream World and Sinking Dreams
[The greedy pig slayer finally answered the call of the ghost inn, and you summoned the door to the ghost inn in the middle of the night, and you are about to ...... Fight the ghosts! γ
Looking at the words on the panel, Li Daoxuan's heartbeat didn't increase a little, and he slowly stepped into this deep path.
As before, there was fog on both sides of the walk, except for a dirt road underfoot.
At the end of the road, there is a guest room.
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It's this room number.
Before Li Daoxuan could finish the passage, a familiar voice had already sounded in his ears.
"You're finally here."
The shopkeeper of the ghost inn, the laughter of the flesh man who grew on the wall.
"Looks like I shouldn't have come."
After Li Daoxuan finished speaking, he turned his head and wanted to leave.
"No, no, no, I mean...... It's just the right time. "I don't see ghosts, but I hear ghosts.
Li Daoxuan didn't joke with it anymore, walked through the path, and came to the guest room on the second floor of the ghost inn.
As soon as he walked through, a stiff smile hung on his face.
He hadn't forgotten that the original name of the Ghost Inn was called the Smiley Inn.
There were no other ghosts, Li Daoxuan immediately pushed open the door and entered, and no other ghosts entered the guest room where the face ghost was originally imprisoned.
The smiling face of the innkeeper stood out from the wall.
"Seventh-rate [Thief], it seems that you have been a lot stronger during this time."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't dare come."
Li Daoxuan came to the chair and sat down, telling the truth.
"Are you sure you're here to help me deal with this thing?" The ghost innkeeper reconfirmed.
Li Daoxuan didn't answer, but just opened up the field in an instant.
The dark mist enveloped the entire guest room, and also spread over the four walls, and he wanted to stretch along the walls to see what this ghost inn looked like.
But when I got to the wall, I found that I couldn't get through it anyway.
This ghost inn can actually isolate the realm!
This discovery made Li Daoxuan really a little surprised, so it seems that the level of this ghost inn is probably very high.
But Rao is like this, he still sees the ...... of the ghost innkeeper clearly Face.
The human face is still the same human face, but behind this human face, within this wall, there is still a face...... A crying face!
It's the opposite of the smiling face that stands out.
While crying with a sad face, Li Daoxuan found that this crying face could still corrode the realm, and every time his realm spread a little bit, it would disappear after coming into contact with this crying face.
There are quirks, and there are a lot of quirks.
Li Daoxuan's heart moved, and he put away the field again.
"Domain?"
The shopkeeper of the ghost inn was still smiling, but its eyes were full of shock and disbelief.
"The seventh-rate grain eater has already mastered the domain ......"
"Fluke."
The corners of Li Daoxuan's mouth twitched, and his smile became much more sincere.
Sure enough, although pretending to be forced is clichΓ©, the satisfaction in my heart is unparalleled...... But the pretending is forced, don't ask about the future.
Looking at Li Daoxuan's calmness, the surprise in the eyes of the ghost innkeeper slowly faded.
It didn't rush to speak, but after a long while, it said slowly, "If you can help me solve that ghost, give you three keys...... It's all empty rooms. β
The price has been raised!
In the original price, there were three keys, and two of the three rooms had ghosts, and you had to solve the ghost yourself to have control of that room.
Now straight three keys, all three are empty rooms.
It means that as long as the ghost is sent in, it can be used directly.
"Because I have a domain?" Li Daoxuan pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his smile.
"That's right, mastered the field and didn't...... Those are two different things, since you have the qualifications to ascend to the top of the lower ninth-rate world, it is not a loss to form a good fate with you. β
The shopkeeper of the ghost inn is also a sincere ghost, and if he has anything to say, he still says it directly.
"Is it just to reach the top of the Lower Ninth Stream World? Can't make it to the Middle Nine World? β
Li Daoxuan remembered that the ghost inn was also handed down from the Middle Ninth Stream World, and it was rare to meet it at this moment and was willing to say a few more words......
"I've lived in the Middle Ninth Stream World for two hundred years, do you know how many grain eaters have come over the Lower Nine Stream World in the past two hundred years?"
"Two Hundred Years ......"
Li Daoxuan estimated and guessed: "Five? β
"It's not."
"Three? It can't be just one. β
The shopkeeper of the Ghost Inn shook his head with a smile, "The answer is none. β
"What?"
This time it was Li Daoxuan's turn to be surprised, there had not been a single grain eater from the Lower Ninth Rank World in the past two hundred years...... It has to be so hard.
"Because I want to be promoted to a first-class grain eater...... So no one can get through? β
"This is just the most basic condition, if you want to go from the lower ninth-rate world to the middle ninth-rate world, a first-class grain eater is the most basic."
"What else?"
"You know...... Where is the Middle Nine World? β
The voice of the shopkeeper of the ghost inn was faint, as if with a hint of demagogy.
"Where?" Li Daoxuan subconsciously asked, "Isn't it in the sky?" β
The shopkeeper of the ghost inn looked at the top of his head, and his voice revealed a trace of regret, "I don't know." β
"No one knows where the Middle Nine Tier World is, including the countless first-class grain eaters who have died."
"Isn't it true that after reaching the first-class grain eater, he will be able to soar to the middle ninth-rate world?"
Li Daoxuan couldn't help but think of what he had seen at a certain point in his previous life.
The shopkeeper of the ghost inn lowered his gaze and looked at him with a look that he didn't know what to look at, "Who told you this...... If you want to go to the middle and ninth-rate world, you have to figure out your own way. β
Li Daoxuan was silent, it was too early to think about these things now.
I can only hope that after I reach the first-class grain eater, the panel will be able to give a hint.
"Let's talk about this ghost."
The shopkeeper shifted the conversation back to business.
"Well, you say."
Li Daoxuan didn't think about anything else, but cheered up and listened to the words of the ghost innkeeper.
"That ghost is now being detained by me in the firewood room on the first floor of the inn."
"What level of ghost?" Li Daoxuan asked.
"The ...... There is no rank, you can say that it is a Class C evil, or you can say that it is a Class A evil, because there is no hindrance. β
Li Daoxuan frowned, already a little confused.
"What the hell is that?"
"I named it ...... Dream Maker. β
"Go on."
Li Daoxuan's brows furrowed even deeper.
"I confined it in the wood room, and as soon as you entered, you would fall into the dream it had constructed...... It's a very real dream, almost indistinguishable from a whole new world. β
"In a dream you forget everything you have, and it's exactly who you are in the dream."
"Can't use the means of my grain eater? So how do you kill a ghost? β
"No, in your dreams you are an ordinary person, but in the same way, ghosts will be in your dreams...... In my previous experience of observing it, most of the dreams are in a village, where you live, and the ghost is also in that village, disguised as a person. β
"Don't worry, I have a chance to wake you up, as long as you really encounter a life and death crisis, I can wake you up, as long as you wake up, the ghost can't deal with you...... So you're going to have to leave me a picture or a sentence or something, so that I can wake you up and regain your memory. β
Li Daoxuan had a hint of retreat, without him, it was too dangerous.
This ghost is really a little weird.
Li Daoxuan felt that it might be stranger than all the ghosts he had encountered before.
It's hard to wake up after falling asleep, although the shopkeeper says so, but what if it doesn't wake up?
Wouldn't that really be dead in a dream?
The shopkeeper of the ghost inn obviously saw this, and said with a smile: "Do you remember, I told you at the beginning that you are very suitable to deal with this ghost?" β
Li Daoxuan hesitated for a moment and nodded, "There is such a thing." β
"Because of your blood...... Although I don't know why, your qi and blood are far more abundant than ordinary people, so even in a dream, you will be far more powerful than ordinary people. β
"The ghost is in a dream, that is, the strength of an ordinary C-level ghost, you are vigorous, it can't get on your body, and its strength and strength have actually gone to most of it."
"And you have a strong blood, so it's easy to be woken up, so you don't have to worry too much about safety."
The more the ghost innkeeper said, the more Li Daoxuan couldn't believe it.
Nonsense.
He had to be skeptical, but at the same time, he felt that what it said made sense, and the three keys to the ghost inn were all empty room keys, and the temptation was really great.
For a while, Li Daoxuan was a little remorseful, why was he so greedy?
The shopkeeper of the ghost inn also saw Li Daoxuan's worries, and between his words, a white paper full of handwriting suddenly fell from the top of his head and fell in front of Li Daoxuan.
He looked down, and the first thing that caught his eye was.
[If the following statement is half false, but it will kill me violently. γ
Looking at this familiar paper, Li Daoxuan immediately recognized what this thing was.
Pledge paper.
The special paper made by the paper-bound craftsmen among the believers in the market can have the effect of a pledge when written on oath paper.
Li Daoxuan had seen Li Peishan leave this thing before.
I didn't expect that the shopkeeper of this ghost inn would have it now.
He looked at them one by one, and what was written on them was no different from what he had just said.
And after Li Daoxuan read it, the oath paper burned on its own, turned into a white mang, and sank into the body of the ghost innkeeper.
It means that the oath is in effect.
"The store is already settled." The smile on Li Daoxuan's face turned to a wry smile.
All his worries have been solved by the other party, but the price it offered makes him very excited, as if there is really not much reason to refuse.
"I've waited too long for this day."
The ghost innkeeper also smiled.
"Okay, since the store is so sincere, then I'll accompany you through this journey." Li Daoxuan thought about it, and really didn't think of anything else to worry about.
"Thank you...... City Lord Lee. β
When Li Daoxuan heard this, he looked at the innkeeper in front of him with a smile, got up and said:
"I wonder where the store is now? It can be so well-informed. β
"Near Shanshui City, what? City Lord Li is preparing to visit? β
"Not interested."
Li Daoxuan got up and walked towards the door as he spoke, and the grimace on the wall disappeared immediately, but when he came out, the grimace had already appeared at the door.
"The one next to the kitchen downstairs is the firewood room."
Li Daoxuan walked towards the stairs when he heard this, and his deerskin boots stepped on the wooden board of the gallery, making a "crunch" and "crunch" sound, as if with a little force, the wooden board was about to collapse.
While walking, Li Daoxuan was still looking at the rooms on the second and third floors.
It was only as soon as he looked up that he noticed something unusual.
Compared with the last time I came to this ghost inn, I don't know when, this ghost inn actually has a fourth floor.
"Did the store call someone to repair a floor?" Li Daoxuan asked directly.
On the walls, human faces are revealed.
"Hehe, there are more and more guests, there is no way, so I have to ask a believer from Shanhehuang City to help repair the building to see if I can make more money."
"Then why don't you repair the second and third floors, it's about to collapse."
"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay to live without a dead ghost, the ghost doesn't have so many requirements, just live if you can." Said with a smile on his face.
Li Daoxuan glanced at it, as if he sensed that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.
Soon, he came to the stairs going down.
When he got here, he remembered something, and asked, "Shopkeeper, remember the last time I came, this staircase was on the other side?" β
The face appeared again beside the staircase.
"No, no, you're mistaken."
Li Daoxuan thought about it, his memory seemed to be a little unclear, he shook his head, and somehow didn't think about it anymore.
After going downstairs and stepping on the solid ground, he felt a lot more steady.
"Crunchβ"
Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps overhead, Li Daoxuan looked up, and it vaguely seemed that there was a guest room on the third floor that opened the door, and then he saw a female corpse standing in the gallery on the third floor.
Headless female corpse.
Wearing a red wedding dress...... No, it was blood that stained it red!
Originally, it seemed to be a white dress.
She was standing there, headless, but Li Daoxuan clearly felt that she was staring at herself.
A chill ran behind him...... This evil is at least a second-class evil.
"This is my guest, don't worry about it."
The voice of the innkeeper came from the third floor.
The headless female corpse stood for a moment, then turned around and walked back to the guest room.
Then the face appeared on the wall on the first floor, "Hehe, it's okay, it's just a ghost." β
Li Daoxuan ignored it, and came all the way to the kitchen door, he thought of the encounter he had with Fang Jie last time and he was lying in the coffin.
He leaned in to take a look.
There was no coffin on the stove, and it returned to its normal appearance, and he asked again, "Shop, why is that coffin gone?" β
"I didn't wake up before, the inn was made of black smoke and miasma, and I naturally cleaned it up after I woke up."
Well, that seems to make some sense.
Li Daoxuan turned his head to look at the closed wooden door next door.
This is the firewood house that the store said.
"That's it, I've been imprisoned here." Said the face on the wall.
"I'm just going to go in like that?"
"Yes, as soon as you go in, you will fall into a deep sleep."
Li Daoxuan looked left and right, then took a step forward, first pushed open a crack, and the realm eroded in...... There is not the slightest perception.
The shopkeeper of the ghost inn explained: "It's always in a dream, you can't feel it, you can only go inside." β
"Okay, then I'll go in."
Li Daoxuan put away the field, and in the eyes of the shopkeeper of the ghost inn, he smiled and pushed the door and walked away.
The figure disappeared into the darkness.
Vaguely, he could hear the sound of "banging" to the ground, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.
Outside, as the wooden door closed again, the smiles on the faces on the walls gradually faded.
The shopkeeper of the Smiley Inn has no smiling face.
In a trance, the surrounding space seemed to have a trace of vibration, ripples, but soon returned to normal.
The human face frowned, and muttered, "Is the second-layer dream realm so difficult?" Or is this grain eater too heavy. β
Then another voice came from behind the face.
"It's okay, it's okay, he's stuck in a second-layer dream, it's enough for him to sleep here for the rest of his life."
The positive smiling face said again: "Without him, isn't it in our pocket?" Quack, quack, quack. β
The crying face said: "Don't laugh so ugly, it's like a ghost." β
The smiling face frowned again, "But I...... It's a ghost. β
After speaking, the smiling face and the crying face shouted together, and the voice echoed in this ghost inn, which became more and more eerie and terrifying.
The entrance to the ghost inn.
Li Daoxuan lay quietly on the ground, his eyes closed, his breathing was steady, and he still had a weird smile on his face.
In front of him, an illusory panel that only he could see, and words appeared.
[The greedy pig killer probably never thought of it, but as soon as he entered the ghost inn, he had already been tricked. γ
[The world is born heretical, I never thought that there would be a head in this ghost inn so soon...... Mind ghosts. γ
[I hope you can understand the truth as soon as possible and wake up from your sleep.] γ
[Greedy pig killer, I wish you ...... Good luck. γ
This is the end of the text.
Panel break.
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