◈ Volume 2 "Returning the Sun" ◈ Chapter 62 The City of Death in Vain
The two chased and fought for a long time and didn't come up or down, although Xiao Youran didn't know what to do, but her cultivation was higher than her, and there were many people here, Su Yi was inevitably a little constrained, so she was not chopped into minced meat.
"Huhu...... Senior sister, you've been cutting for a long time, aren't you tired......? I was wrong, no, I didn't mean to, hoo...... Just spare me!"
Half an hour later, in a corner of the hall, Xiao Youran stared at Su Yi with his hands on his knees, his eyes wide open, and his tongue was almost drooping out of his mouth.
Su Yi on the other side was no better than him, bending over and holding his stomach with one hand, and the other hand holding the knife hung down next to him and trembled slightly, he was also panting, staring at him with a round phoenix eye.
"No sincerity at all...... Apologies...... Also called an apology?"
After trying to calm down for a long time, her chest was still a little undulating, Su Yi took out a white silk handkerchief and wiped the fragrant sweat on her forehead.
"No sincerity? How is it possible! I'm full of sincerity, what kind of sincerity do you want?"
Xiao Youran saw that things had taken a turn for the better, and immediately came to his senses, his breath was no longer panting, and his waist was straightened.
"If you can help us complete this mission and give up the reward, I may consider not pursuing you for bullying me......"
Su Yi thought for a while before whispering with a slight red face, the more she went to the back, the quieter her voice became, and if it weren't for the laughter that almost broke the roots of her ears, she wouldn't have heard it at all.
"That's it, no problem! What a mission, let's go now!"
Somewhat unexpectedly, Xiao Youran agreed without hesitation, put away the knife and looked at him carefully, and suddenly felt that this person did not seem to be as hateful as he imagined.
Seeing Su Yi and the others return calmly, Wei Fuzi stroked his beard and nodded slightly, Song Yiting even smiled sweetly, only Wang Qi hid behind with a sad face and didn't dare to make a sound.
"Location: Wild Ghost Village, the task content is to disperse the lonely souls gathered at the entrance of the village in the west, the difficulty is medium, the danger is low, the complexity is high, the time limit is within twelve hours, the average star of the team is required to reach five stars, and the reward is ......"
Gathering a few people, Su Yi went straight to the point, and concisely told the details of the task, but never mentioned what happened just now, and Wang Qi, who was hiding at the end, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is there anything you don't understand?
At the end of the explanation, seeing that everyone nodded and confirmed, Su Yi gave the command, this small team was officially launched, and on the way, Su Yi explained the situation of the wild ghost village to his teammates, of course, this is actually for Xiao Youran alone.
Wild Ghost Village is located on the periphery of Xudu City, a place between the end of Huangquan Road and the Ghost Gate Pass, although it is called a village, it is actually much larger than the general county seat.
As mentioned above, lonely ghosts and wild ghosts who have no way to guide due to horizontal death and vain death can only wander on Huangquan Road, waiting for the next ghost door to open on the first day of July, and then return to the sun to find a way home.
Originally, it was not easy to occasionally encounter one or two lonely souls on Huangquan Road, but with the changes in the world, I don't know when it began, more and more people died, and gradually Huangquan Road has been everywhere.
Today, the lonely ghosts on the Huangquan Road have long been flooded with slaughter, if you don't arrange combing, the road can be blocked, not only obstructing the passage, but also posing a threat to the past souls, even if there is a shadow to follow, it is difficult to ensure its integrity.
That's why the underworld will build this city, and place the lonely souls and wild ghosts in it to guard and manage, "Wild Ghost Village" is just a common name, and the official name is-
Dead City!
The reason why it has this common name is that there is a natural maze in this place, and before the city is established, the lonely souls and wild ghosts are attracted by the maze, forming a gathering place similar to a village.
After the construction of the city of vain, the underworld will wrap the maze in the city wall, leaving only the east and west gates, and there will be a regular mission to Huangquan Road, and the wandering lonely ghosts will be captured and sent into the city to be guarded, and the entrance is the east gate of the city.
The east gate can only enter and not leave, and the lonely souls and wild ghosts can live here as if they were in the yang world, but they are not allowed to leave this city, otherwise they will be severely punished, and they will not be able to receive the burning sacrifices and offerings from relatives and friends in the yang world, let alone return to the yang world when the ghost gate is opened.
Only when you live here to make up for the age of your original longevity, can you get the temporary road guide issued by the prefecture, leave from the west gate of the city, and go to the ghost gate pass to enter the capital to start the journey of the underworld.
Then the west gate of the city is only not in and out, which alludes to the setting of the front and back doors of the Yin Division and the Yin and Yang roads. In this case, it is natural that these two gates must be guarded, and people must be sent to patrol and inspect the city walls, and there must be people in the city to maintain law and order.
But in fact, this is not the case, this can be said to be a three-way zone, there are no Yin soldiers to guard, there is no Yin Difference stationed, and even the laws of the earth boundary have to be disturbed here, from time to time, all thanks to the natural maze.
The lonely souls and wild ghosts who have not cultivated in the maze are not affected in any way, but the Yin soldiers and Yin cha are different from those who carry the cultivation, from the beginning of entering the maze, their own cultivation is constantly lost, as if they are slowly swallowed by this maze.
Although there is soul energy surrounding the maze, it cannot be absorbed and used, which leads to the loss of cultivation that cannot be replenished, and after a long time, not only does the cultivation in the body not exist, but even the foundation of cultivation may be shaken, resulting in a fall into the realm.
Therefore, only a small number of Yin soldiers were on duty in shifts outside the two city gates, and a forbidden formation was set up on the city wall, so there was no one to take care of the city, and the lonely souls and wild ghosts could only fend for themselves and ask for more blessings inside.
However, if this is the case, there is no risk in this dead city, but in reality it is full of dangers.
Known as the maze, there is naturally a psychedelic effect, and those who enter it will have different hallucinations, tempting them to linger and get lost in the array, unable to find a way out. Although the underworld has set up guidance signs in it, if you are not strong enough and fall into an illusion and cannot extricate yourself, then any signs become meaningless.
In addition to being lost, the illusion here has no effect on the lonely souls and wild ghosts, on the contrary, they can also cultivate by absorbing resentment here.
Those who can enter the city of vain death are either unjustly killed or unjustly killed, and none of them do not have strong resentments of their own, and these resentments gradually breed resentment under the influence of the maze, and resentment is necessary for the cultivation of the ghost path.
The so-called ghost path, that is, the "evil ghosts" and "evil ghosts" that people often say in the world, they are not like the ghosts of the ghost path in the netherworld who can absorb soul energy and improve their cultivation through the cultivation of exercises, because there are no exercises in the ghost path at all.
Only by constantly absorbing resentment can you strengthen your own resentment, rely on resentment to block the soul body so that it will not dissipate, and use the negative emotions brought by resentment to transform resentment into evil qi, so as to cultivate according to evil qi and eventually promote to the demon path.
This is where people call terrifying and evil creatures "devils", and there is indeed an inseparable connection between ghosts and demons......
"This is the Wild Ghost Village, wait until you enter and follow me, we must use the fastest speed through the entire maze to reach the West Gate, if anyone falls behind during this period, it will bring danger to everyone, understand?"
Outside the east gate of the city, Su Yi said solemnly, everyone nodded yes, but Xiao Youran looked around curiously.