Chapter 56: The Ghost City of Xudu
The ghost city of Xudu, also known as Bazi Bedu in ancient times, originated in the Han Dynasty and has a history of nearly 2,000 years. The ghost city of Xudu is also known as the hidden capital, the ghost country of Kyoto, the ghost city in the ghost city is different from the outside world, in this ghost often will not be scorched by the yang energy of the world, whether it is day or night, can come and go freely in this city.
Therefore, most of the ghosts who have opened their minds and are unwilling to let go of their obsessions will come to this ghost town, live here, and be disciplined. The rulers of the ghost city of Xudu are complex, divided into multiple forces, and represent their own interests. The ghost city of Xudu is governed by the Taoist Beiyin Emperor, the Ghost Emperor Tubo, the Buddhist Yama King, Fang Shiyin Changsheng and the out-of-body incarnation left by Wang Fangping.
The Great Emperor of Beiyin is the seventh-level central god of Taoism, who is in charge of hell and mainly represents the power of Taoism here. Taoists also called the ghost city of Xudu as Luofeng Mountain, and listed the ghost city of Xudu as the forty-fifth of the seventy-two blessed lands of Taoism, and the Emperor of Beiyin served as a hundred ghosts in the ghost city of Xudu.
The Ghost Emperor Tubo is the common religious god of the Ba and Shu ethnic groups in ancient times, which is different from human monks, ghosts and mountain spirits, and the Ghost Emperor Tubo is made of human beliefs and incense. In ancient times, human beings feared and resisted death, and under this fear and worship, a generation of ghost emperor Tubo was born, and he mainly defended the interests of ghosts in the ghost city of Xudu.
The Buddhist king of Yama is also known as the king of equality, which means equal punishment of crimes, so the king of Yama is in charge of the judgment of the hundred ghosts.
And the last Yin Changsheng and Wang Fangping were the Fang Shi of the Han Dynasty, and they were also sleepless people at that time. Both of them had cultivated in the ghost city of Xudu, and in the early years of Wei Qinglong, they became immortals and left. When leaving, Yin Changsheng and Wang Fangping each left an out-of-body incarnation, responsible for reconciling the various forces in the ghost city of Xudu. Although there is occasional friction between the major forces, there is not much dispute, so Yin Changsheng and Wang Fangping's external incarnations usually appear the least, and over time, they are less known.
On this day, a young man in his early twenties came to Fengdu County, Chongqing. The young man had swords, starry eyes, and an angular face. Unlike other visitors, his hands were empty, and he didn't have a single piece of luggage on his body.
"Hey, the second senior brother really didn't have a good heart. Chen Xinyan muttered and continued to rush in the direction of the ghost city of Fengdu.
A few days ago, Chen Xinyan and Mu Songbai entered the sleepless realm and were caught by Li Suyi, who was gloating, in front of Mingyue Sect Leader Chen Tafa. The second senior brother Chen Tafa looked upright, and quietly assigned a training trip to the two on the grounds of improving the strength of his junior brother and sister. Under Chen Tafa's arrangement, Chen Xinshen and Mu Songbai went to the ghost city of Xudu, and when they arrived, they had someone to receive them and take charge of the next relevant matters. Everything is based on the premise of improving strength and realm, and for this reason, Chen Tafa also deliberately sealed Chen Xinyan's orange fixing technique, but it cannot be used at will until the moment of danger. Mu Songbai set off a few days earlier than Chen Xinshen, but he didn't know if he had arrived. whereas
Chen Xinyan walked towards the ghost town of Xudu with a gloomy face, about the third senior brother Li Suyi's "praise the second senior brother is upright" curve to save the country, he has not tried, but this trick is not only ineffective for Chen Tafa, but also in exchange for a sentence "If you don't learn well at a young age, you should learn some flattering flattery". I don't know if it's because Li Suyi usually dies too much, but the respect and flattery he occasionally shows make the second senior brother Chen Treada very useful. This made Chen Xinyan and Mu Songbai involuntarily think about whether they would also develop a wave of death in the future.
The ghost city of Xudu is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, surrounded by mountains and rivers, hidden in the mountains and mountains on the shore, adding a mystery and gloomy to the already mysterious ghost city of Xudu. Chen Xinshen quickly rushed to the ghost town of Xudu in the real world, but what he wanted to go to was not the ghost town in front of him, but the real ghost town covered by illusion.
Chen Xinyan found a remote place, and when he saw that there was no one around, he opened the small void with his hand and took out a golden incense stick. I saw him holding the golden incense stick in one hand and slowly injecting spiritual power. Chen Xinyan gently blew on the incense stick in his hand, and with the injection of spiritual power, the golden incense stick spontaneously combusted without fire in the wind, and soon there was repeated smoke. The smoke of incense sticks always lingered around Chen Xinshen, accumulating more and more, and there was no sign of dissipation.
Chen Xinyan looked around, and the surroundings were white, and only when the smoke occupied the entire field of vision, did he speak softly: "If you can't see it, it's called Yi, if you don't hear it, it's called Xi, and if you can't do it, it's called Wei." These three cannot be interrogated, so they are mixed into one. There is no light on the top, nothing is clear on the bottom, the rope is indescribable, and it returns to nothing. It is said to be formless, and the image without image is to be in a trance. The first one is missing, and then the one is gone. The way of the ancients is to keep the present. Being able to know the beginning of the ancient times is the Taoist era. ”
As soon as Chen Xinyan's words fell, the white smoke that was originally too thick to see the direction quickly dispersed, and the ghost city of Xudu in front of him had disappeared, replaced by a towering majestic pass, and three big characters were written on the wall of the pass "Ghost Gate Pass". Chen Xinyan stood in front of this majestic pass, like a piece of gravel under the feet of a giant, small and humble.
Chen Xinyan raised his head and stopped for a moment, sighed in admiration, and then lowered his head and walked towards the ghost gate.
"Eh, who are you, stop!" Two wisps of green smoke suddenly exploded at the gate of the city, turning into two little ghosts in green clothes, blocking Chen Xinyan's way.
Chen Xinyan asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?"
"This is the Ghost Gate, you are a big living person, what's wrong?" The little ghost in Tsing Yi surrounded Chen Xinyan on the left and right.
"Can't the living?" Chen Xinyan wondered.
"It's not that it can't, but it's a guide. The Onimon Pass is a must-pass to enter the Oni Country Kyoto. Whoever comes here must be checked to see if they have a ghost country pass - Lu Yin. The little ghost in Tsing Yi explained, "The guide is 3 feet long and 2 feet wide, and it is printed on yellow soft paper, and it is written on it, 'This guide must be issued by the Fengdu Tianyu Yama Emperor to the Lu Yin and the people of the whole world before they can enter the underworld'." At the same time, the road guide is stamped with three seals: 'Yin Si Chenghuang' and 'Fengdu County Government'. The little ghost in Tsing Yi on the left shook his head and explained.
"What if not?" Chen Xinshen had an ominous premonition, he had never heard the second senior brother mention any directions before he came.
You paralyzed the ring, sure enough, the second senior brother pit us.
"No, then please reply. I warn you, don't think about breaking in, or you'll be caught, and you'll be imprisoned in the eighteenth layer of hell to be tortured!"
"The two of you are too worried, so I'll turn around. Chen Xinshen knew that the first level of his training should be to find a way to enter the real ghost city of Xudu.
"Even if you know each other, you are also a reasonable person, so I might as well tell you to be careful when you stay near the ghost gate at night. The ghost town of Xudu can allow ghosts to move freely in broad daylight without suffering from the yang energy of the world, so there are many evil ghosts who will also come to our ghost town. After entering the ghost town, everything must obey the rules of the ghost town, but we can't control it until we enter the ghost town, so you should take it easy tonight. The little ghost in Tsing Yi saw that Chen Xinyan was interested in retreating, so he kindly told him.
"Uh...... Thank you for telling me, I'll pay attention. Chen Xinshen found that his first pass was not only to enter this ghost gate, but also to survive among this evil ghost before entering the ghost gate, if he failed, he would probably return to the sleepless realm like his countless senior brothers who died young.