Chapter Forty-Eight: Bazi Bedu
The entrance of the Netherworld Mansion of the Two Realms Mountain, there is the mountain god land of the Two Realms Mountain guarding it, and there are many heavenly soldiers and generals sent by the Heavenly Court to guard it, it is not so easy to sneak in, Zhang Yiming has to find a way to sneak in, in case he is found to trespass into the underworld, but if he violates the rules of heaven, he will inevitably cause trouble.
Thousands of miles away from the Two Realms Mountains, there is a small city inhabited by mortals, this small city has a bit of a strange name, called "Bazi Bedu", because it is close to the entrance of the Netherworld, it is also called a ghost town. Although the population of this ghost town is not large, the bustling crowd during the day is quite lively. However, at night, as soon as it was dark, the houses were closed, and there was not a single figure on the street.
This place is adjacent to the Two Realms Mountain, and although the entrance to the Netherworld Mansion is heavily guarded, it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net from the Ghost King City to the mortal realm, and this has become the first stop for those lonely souls and wild ghosts. Those lonely souls and wild ghosts are yin by nature, and they dare not see the sun, so they have to wait until it gets dark before they dare to come out to move, and they generally do not make a move on mortals, especially the mortals in the ghost city, those lonely souls and wild ghosts are also extremely smart, if there is a ghost in the ghost city, they will soon be known by the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals who guard the entrance to the Netherworld, and the consequence will be to be caught and taken back by them with lightning speed. For those ghosts who have been in the darkness of the Netherworld for a long time, it is nothing less than the thing they don't want to see.
As a result, there are very few examples of ghosts attacking people in this ghost town. For a long time, people have been accustomed to life here, and gradually some people have figured out a way to make money, these people pretend to be Maoshan Taoist priests, swagger and deceive, often boasting about how many powerful ghosts they have subdued, and then set up stalls in the ghost town to tell fortunes, or sell talismans, talismans and other things to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits.
Soon, many people see that this is a way to make a fortune, more and more people come here to eat with this, of course, there are many of them who are really successful in cultivating Maoshan Taoists, with the expansion of the fame of the ghost town, there are many people who are famous, are some of the world's businessmen, officials, nothing more than most of them are not going well, business losses, officialdom frustration, or relatives in the family are seriously ill, come here to ask the masters, looking for a way to crack, in order to have a smooth sailing.
In this way, more and more people gathered in the ghost town, and almost every day people came from other places, and other doorways were derived. When someone comes, they always have to eat, drink, and sleep, and they always have to travel with donkey carts and carriages, so there are many restaurants, inns, grocery stores, post stations, and so on in the ghost town. For a time, the small city also came alive.
There are many mortals in the mortal world, those who cultivate, mountain spirits and earth monsters, big demons and small demons, the total number of immortals, Buddhas and gods is less than one ten-thousandth of mortals, in their eyes, mortals have no power to restrain chickens, and they can crush a large piece of death in three or two strokes, but no one dares to do this, the main reason is that whether it is you immortals or monsters, killing mortals will damage yin virtue, the less yin virtue, when you experience the catastrophe in the future, the power of the heavenly thunder will be greater, and if you can't survive the catastrophe, it will be death, no one will joke with your own net worth and life, and you will pursue immortal people, and there is no need to be with a mortal with a mere hundred years of lifeγ
Rao is Zhang Yiming's somersault cloud is 108,000 miles, and it took a day and a night to cross the entire Dongsheng Divine Continent. Miao Lian was also quite familiar with the situation here, and he suggested that Zhang Yiming settle in the ghost city first, and then find a way to blend into the netherworld. Because of the perennial evil ghosts in the Netherworld, Miao Lian also probably knows many things in the Netherworld, such as the bull head and horse face every two days, black and white impermanence, and the little ghost who asks for life to seduce the mortals who have reached the end of their life from the world, and the only way for them to return to the Netherworld is these two realm mountains, and Zhang Yiming can take the opportunity to blend in with them.
But there is also a certain risk of being discovered, if a person in the mortal realm with strong yang energy enters the underworld, a heat wave like a scorching sun will be emitted from his body, and he will be discovered by the guards of the gate. And an immortal like Zhang Yiming, who has cultivated into an immortal without an immortal book, enters the underworld, and the immortal aura that exudes is instantly killed by ordinary lonely souls and wild ghosts. Even if Zhang Yiming can restrain his breath, it is difficult to avoid the Yin Yang Gate.
The Yin Yang Gate is the door at the entrance of the Netherworld, since the opening of heaven and earth, that door has been there, whether it is a person or a ghost, as long as you enter the door, there is nothing to hide.
Since Miao Lian called Zhang Yiming to come, she thought of a countermeasure, at that time, Miao Lian would use part of her mana to cover the breath on his body, which was also a way to do no way, and it would be even more undesirable to break in.
Zhang Yiming came to the ghost town a few miles away, and then landed, he came here to do sneaky things, not too public, and this is the realm of mortals, there are many taboos, it will be troublesome to attract the attention of others. Zhang Yiming restrained his breath, he was originally a mortal achievement of the immortal golden body, with his original appearance, he was no different from ordinary mortals, if he didn't show his cultivation spell, no one would pay attention to him, he belonged to the kind of person who was thrown in the pile of people, inconspicuous.
It has been a long time since he was contaminated with the air of mortal dust, Zhang Yiming This is also the first time to come to the place where mortals gather, he strode on the official road, and from time to time he could see someone driving a carriage and riding a fast horse to the ghost town.
Soon, Zhang Yiming came to the front of the city wall of the ghost city, and saw a line of gilded characters "Bazi Beidu" engraved on the huge city wall. There is a desk at the gate of the city wall, and there is a person who looks like an official sitting in front of the desk, and there are several government soldiers standing next to him, holding spears, and they don't know what they are shouting. In contrast, people who go out of the city do not have so many rules.
There are three gates in this city, there is a gate in the middle, which is closed, the left is the gate out of the city, there is no government soldier handle outside, and the one on the right is the gate to enter the city, and the people who rush to the ghost town are lined up to enter the city here.
Zhang Yiming came to the mortal city for the first time, where did he know so many rules, but he had to learn from others to line up after following the customs. In front of him was a middle-aged man dressed like a businessman, dressed in brocade and jade robes, with a big belly, and next to him seemed to be his entourage, leading a carriage, standing next to him and bowing his head to say something in the man's ear.
Although the voice is very small, Zhang Yiming's ear power can naturally hear it clearly.
"Master, I once heard the steward of Zeng's Mansion say that one person entering this ghost city will have to pay five taels of silver to enter the city, and sure enough, it is true. The man dressed as a subordinate whispered.
The middle-aged man who was full of wealth was unimpressed when he heard this, and said: "This kind of small money will be paid, I came here to seek wealth, why worry about small money." β
When the man heard this, he nodded hurriedly and said yes.
Zhang Yiming raised his eyebrows, he had never seen such a thing as silver, and it seemed to be the currency circulating in the mortal realm. Zhang Yiming was not worried, he picked up two stones on the ground, and when the time came, he painted a scoop according to the gourd, and planned to fool him by making a trick, and once the spell passed, how could anyone know that the stone was his.
There were five or six people lined up in front of Zhang Yiming, and when he finally arrived, he turned two stones into silver and handed them to the official sitting in front of the desk.
At this time, the sky was close to dusk, and the official put away the bamboo slips and said to the people queuing behind Zhang Yiming: "Today's Shen time has passed, and the city is about to close, everyone please be early tomorrow." After speaking, he motioned for the government soldiers to close the door.
When the people behind heard the wailing, they all blamed themselves for being one step late, but this is the rule of the ghost town for a long time, and no one dares to cross it. People who can't enter the city have to run to the post station ten miles away to spend the night, the sky is not yet dark, and the legs and feet are fast and there is still time, after all, the ghost city has a curfew every night, most of the people who dare to come here have heard of one or two, no one dares to stay outside after the city gate is closed.
Zhang Yiming entered the city, and the city gate was closed, he was at a loss, not knowing where to go next, so he had to stop and look around.
"You should find an inn for the night, for if you wander the streets like this, you will break the rules of the place, and attract attention. Miao Lian seemed to see through Zhang Yiming's thoughts and reminded him.
Zhang Yiming pursed his lips, "You seem to know a lot about mundane things." β
Miao Lian: "I often walk in the world to preach the Dharma and purify sentient beings, how can I not know these things. β
Zhang Yiming thought to himself: "If you come to the world, you don't recognize you anymore, and you still think about the Dharma." β
"I don't have any money. You must no longer use stones for silver. Zhang Yiming muttered quietly.
"Seeing the rich businessman in front of you, he shouldn't lack this thing, you might as well ask him to "borrow something". The words "borrow" were bitten very hard, and Zhang Yiming instantly understood what she meant.
"Hehe, you're violating the eight precepts of Buddhism. Zhang Yiming smiled maliciously.
Miao Lian said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, and follow the power in a hurry." β
Zhang Yiming only hooked his fingers, and the money bag on the unlucky rich businessman was inexplicably "missing". After that, he didn't know what was going on, but he thought that there were thieves in this ghost town, but he didn't know that it had already fallen into Zhang Yiming's hands.
Zhang Yiming smoothed the rich merchant's money bag, and was looking around for a place to stay, there are not many people on the street of this ghost city at the moment, the sun goes down means that the merchants are closed, and the people are closed, no one here has ever dared to disobey, unless he thinks his life is long. After all, it is close to the Two Realms Mountain, and there may be a powerful ghost who escaped from the Netherworld to do evil.
Zhang Yiming also noticed that almost every house has a charm painted on yellow paper and cinnabar outside the door, and a peace charm to ward off evil spirits and avoid ghosts.
"Hey, there's an inn here, let's stay here tonight. Zhang Yiming saw an inn with two flaming red lanterns hanging in front of the door, and the words "Ghost Town Inn" were written on the door beam.