Chapter 283 Jinjiang

"I am asking you the truth about where you came from."

When Yan Shixun looked at Yeli intently, it seemed as if all the scenes around him disappeared.

Neither the old Fengdu that everyone had been searching for, nor the other Taoist priests and strangers around him were in his sight at this moment.

The only figure reflected in those eyes was Ye Li's.

A little bit of brilliance, so beautiful.

Being stared at in this way, Ye Li's Adam's apple rolled up and down unconsciously, and he couldn't help but smile. His narrow and sharp eyes were now filled with tenderness and love.

How could he resist Shi Xun's gaze on him like that...

If Shi Xun was willing to keep looking at him like this, he would be willing to exchange the entire Fengdu for it.

Why did Shi Xun come here specifically to ask about this?

Ye Li sighed softly and took a step forward.

This action made the King of Hell next to him stare at Ye Li even more intently, holding his breath, not daring to miss even a single moment.

The hands he had folded in his sleeves were already prepared. As long as Ye Li went berserk, he would immediately rush over and rescue Yan Shixun.

For the King of Hell, Yan Shixun is his last hope to save the Great Dao. If it involves Yan Shixun's life or death, he will not even hesitate to completely break off relations with Fengdu.

——Even though there is no underworld behind him now, his name as a god was lost a hundred years ago, and his power is completely gone, Fengdu is becoming more and more powerful, forcing heaven and earth to treat him with respect.

The King of Hell saw the situation clearly, but he was not afraid at all.

When Ye Li walked towards Yan Shixun, the King of Hell couldn't help but take a step forward.

Ye Li's gaze slid indifferently over the King of Hell. He saw what the King of Hell was thinking, but he just found it ridiculous.

How could he possibly hurt Shi Xun... This was his beloved ghost chaser.

The King of Hell was startled by the warning in Ye Li's eyes, and then his eyes darkened. Although he did not continue to step forward to stop him, he did not retreat a single step either.

"Shi Xun, there is no fixed number between heaven and earth. Even ghosts and gods, and even the great way, are never constant and unchanging."

Ye Li chuckled and said, "The Fengdu of a thousand years ago really became the old Fengdu because of me."

"I replaced the previous Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor, but the world has changed, and I."

Ye Li's eyes dimmed for a moment, as if he was recalling what happened back then: "I just proved to heaven and earth that what I insisted on was correct during the transition from the old to the new."

As for Ye Li, he never cared about the grudges between him and the old Fengdu.

Or maybe for him, it’s not about grudges, it’s only about right and wrong.

——See, the principle he adheres to is correct.

Or maybe...old Fengdu.

Since he and the old Emperor of Fengdu each stick to their own ways and refuse to compromise, let's see whose right is more powerful and who can protect the name of Fengdu.

Fengdu has always been a unique place.

The Great Way originates from all living things, and all gods originate from the Great Way.

No matter how noble and unattainable the gods may seem to living people, they are all under the Great Dao and supervised by it. The gods are not allowed to interfere in the human world at will and disrupt the lives of mortals.

But from the moment Fengdu was born thousands of years ago, it was independent of the human world and the Tao.

Fengdu has never sought any power from the human world. It built every brick and tile by itself and has never had any entanglement with human beings. There is no cause and effect between it and all living things. Therefore, the Tao cannot control Fengdu.

The one who once ruled Fengdu was a being born and raised by nature. For thousands of years, the Great Emperor Beiyin Fengdu had managed Fengdu and the Fengdu ghost messengers according to his own way.

And Ye Li was once just a mortal.

I have never practiced cultivation, never asked for the Tao, and never received any enlightenment from an immortal.

Even before the final battle, he didn't even know the existence of ghosts and gods.

——Why ask ghosts and gods? The common people can stand on their own.

Ye Li once stood on the city wall and on the battlefield. To him, the sword in his hand was the Tao, and the city and the people behind him were the Tao.

But in the end, everything he risked his life to protect was smashed before his eyes. No matter how he screamed and shouted, and tried desperately to grab it, it was still in vain.

The other party was holding a bleeding head, sitting high up on his horse, and laughing.

Laughing at all his useless efforts.

How can a general be willing to die!

He stood up from the deserted battlefield, like a ghost climbing back to the world from hell, his iron armor stained with blood and his long belt fluttering behind him.

The moment the general raised his eyes with hatred in his heart, all the soldiers who died on the battlefield stood behind him again, with flags waving and their armor shining with cold light, shaking the earth.

The soldiers who followed the commander, even after turning into heroic spirits, never forgot their loyalty and respect for him. They were awakened from death by the commander and returned to the world.

Since the Dao has never looked down upon the general, and regarded him as one among countless living beings, and has not responded to him in the slightest, the general should seek justice on his own!

He seeks justice for the 100,000 soldiers who died in battle after him and for the civilians who were massacred in the city.

If the world of the living does not judge, then the underworld will.

If the underworld is high and mighty and has no concern for the living beings on earth, then... he will judge!

Fengdu, if you only keep your position but do not do your job, what good will it do to you if I pull you down from this altar?

The Great Dao has never valued generals.

Death happens all the time, tragedy happens every day. The most rational and gentle thing that the Tao can do is to be silent.

Impartial and never interfere with any party.

This is the gentleness of the Tao.

Do nothing, and nothing will be undone.

However, what the Great Dao did not take into account was the general's insistence on justice in his heart, and he demanded it even after his death.

——If he cannot get it, then he will establish justice himself and redistribute death.

The general thought that he had nothing to practice, but his unwavering perseverance day after day, how was that different from practicing Taoism?

He had always been on his own path without even realizing it.

But it is precisely because of this that Tao is Tao.

Enough to shake heaven and earth.

The road trembled, and people were shocked and wanted to stop it.

But when it comes to Fengdu, even the Dao cannot intervene and can only watch everything happen.

The gods noticed this, and thousands of years ago, the exorcists on earth also noticed the changes in heaven and earth.

But no one, god or ghost, believed that the general could win.

——He is just a mortal.

He died in just a hundred years. He had no master or disciple, and had never set foot in the world of ghosts and gods. How could he have the power to fight against them?

What's more, he is the Great Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu, who was born and raised by nature, and even the Great Dao is in awe of him.

All the gods and ghosts were laughing, treating it as just entertainment to kill time when bored, and paying nonchalant attention to the battle of Fengdu, but they already knew the answer long ago, so they couldn't even muster up interest, and could only mock that the ignorant are fearless.

Even Fengdu itself thinks so.

No one took the general seriously, as if he was as humble as an ant and could be easily crushed.

The master who had attained enlightenment was waiting on the road that the general had to take, and angrily scolded him for not taking the lives of the people seriously. He said that the passage of 100,000 ghost soldiers would have an impact on so many people, so he should leave quickly and reincarnate obediently, otherwise he could not blame all the exorcists in the world for joining forces to deal with these 100,000 ghost soldiers. If they fell out, the general would not even be given any honor after death.

The master said that if he left now, he could still preserve his reputation as a hero who died in battle. If he remained stubborn and refused to repent, he would become an evil ghost that everyone could kill.

But the general asked the master: Then those people whom I was guarding but died tragically, aren’t they part of the common people?

You came here to protect the people, why didn't you protect those innocent people who died tragically?

What did they do wrong? Why did they have to suffer the tragedy of massacre?

But someone, someone can fight for justice for them!

The master was stunned, but he just said that although those people were pitiful, they had already died and turned into ghosts. No matter what they were like in their lives, they should stop there and go to the underworld to be reincarnated.

The general sneered, but said that even after death, this cause and effect must be returned.

He will search until the end.

When the exorcists on earth heard about this, they scolded the general for being ungrateful. They picked up their pens and wrote books to angrily describe the general's numerous crimes, which were too numerous to list. He had already turned into an evil ghost, and for the sake of the world, he should be wiped out!

Everyone agreed.

However, a general who was not favored by anyone, gods or ghosts actually arrived at Fengdu.

The battle was so fierce that the sky turned dark and the earth turned pale. Ghosts in the southwest kept wailing, and no one returned for thousands of miles.

When the dust finally settled, it was the head of the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu that fell to the ground first.

The death of ghosts and gods shocked heaven and earth.

The ghost from Fengdu trembled so much that he fell to the ground, his legs trembling.

The exorcists on earth were in an uproar and astonishment. The first thing they did after they came to their senses was to immediately destroy all the books that had denounced the general. Instead, they began to sing his praises and commend his benevolence and morality.

Everyone in heaven and earth was shocked.

Only the general's expression remained the same. He stood on the ruins of Fengdu, lowered his eyes calmly, and asked the Fengdu ghost: Now, can justice be given to those innocent people?

As soon as he finished speaking, the path he upheld turned into stars on earth, and a new Fengdu rose up in the distance with a never-ending rumbling sound.

One hundred thousand ghost soldiers trampled Fengdu and left without looking back.

The general never had the idea of killing all the enemies, but the battle between ghosts and gods, yin and yang, has always been cruel. Either one side wins or the other side dies.

The general defeated the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu, and he became the new Lord of Fengdu.

The old site of Fengdu, which was left in its original place, truly became a ghost town and was slowly buried in the wind and sand.

Even if there are ghost officials staying here, they dare not show up in front of people, for fear of being discovered by the new Lord of Fengdu and losing their saved lives.

The old Fengdu soon fell silent, with its doors tightly closed just to survive.

The exorcists on earth had never expected such a reversal. While they were shocked, they also fearfully destroyed all records related to Fengdu, for fear that the former general, now the Lord of Fengdu, would hold a grudge against them and come to them.

Since then, the news about Fengdu remaining in the human world has become increasingly scarce. Knowing that they were in the wrong, the various sects kept silent and were terrified when Fengdu was mentioned.

Only a few sects, who lived in the mountains and were not concerned with worldly affairs, or had never been involved in this matter and therefore had a clear conscience, preserved complete records and passed them on to later generations of disciples.

The name of Fengdu has gradually become mysterious.

Only the ghost area in the southwest seems to still prove the cruelty and ferocity of Fengdu.

In the land where a ghost or god died, his residual power still remains, and ordinary ghosts dare not approach him.

As a result, the southwest became a place that the underworld was unwilling to set foot in, and groups of ghosts cried day and night.

At that time, the man with the luggage on his back settled down at the foot of the mountain. In order to express his gratitude to the ghosts and gods for saving him in the dense forests of the southwest, he decided to settle down there. He wanted to meet the ghosts and gods who had been kind to him again and thank the unknown ghosts and gods in person.

The ghost who barely had his last breath left on the Fengdu battlefield collapsed at the man's doorstep, dying.

The stranger named Bai was entertained with food, and the ghost messenger presented him with ghost shows.

At dusk when the red sun was about to set, the ghost recalled in a trance, and told the person opposite with a smile about the old events on the battlefield, as well as... the heroic figure of the new Lord of Fengdu.

The stranger surnamed Bai listened carefully and wrote down every stroke on the book in his hand, naming it "Southwest Ghost Play".

The ghost show has been passed down for thousands of years and has evolved into shadow puppetry, becoming a means of livelihood for the villagers.

The people who happily watched and applauded the shadow play at the market did not know that every word of the lyrics they saw came from Fengdu at the transition from the old to the new a thousand years ago.

But in the end, shadow puppetry is no longer regarded as folk culture by the people who inherited it, nor is it taken seriously as a fun thing to entertain children and make people laugh. Instead, it is only perfunctorily regarded as a means of making profits.

Ghost plays also have spirits.

It chose to perish.

The ghost show that was passed down from the old Fengdu ghost catcher a thousand years ago also arrived in front of the Lord of Fengdu after traveling through a thousand years.

The ghosts and gods that the Bai ancestors had been waiting for finally returned to the southwest and came to the place where the Bai ancestors once settled, thanks to their beloved ghost exorcist and the King of Hell who secretly led the way.

The cause and effect finally formed a closed loop.

The Bai ancestor's obsession faded, the ghost's purpose of repaying his gratitude was achieved, and the ghost play that carried the truth of a thousand years ago no longer had children who were looking forward to it being performed at the market.

It seemed that ghost plays no longer had any need to continue to exist, so they chose to adapt to the times and die out naturally.

The remaining ghost energy of the old Fengdu led Yan Shixun and the master of the new Fengdu here.

——The old site of Fengdu that no one can find.

"It's not that I did anything to the old Fengdu, but for the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, there can't be two Fengdus."

Ye Li said calmly: "Since the old Beiyin Fengdu Emperor is dead, the old Fengdu is no longer necessary to exist."

"Shi Xun, the desolate ghost town you see is only because the old Fengdu is unwilling to completely perish under the avenue, and still lingers on, wanting to survive. And this obsession has also attracted all the evil ghosts in the southwest."

The most yin and softest is water.

The old Fengdu sank into the White Paper Lake, and it was also intended to use the Yin energy to cover the avenue for its exploration.

Ye Li, who was once one of the parties involved in that battle, naturally knew all these things.

But the only thing he didn't understand was why his image from thousands of years ago was carved down and even used to suppress the evil spirits in Baizhi Lake.

Anyone who could do this must have known something about the battle that took place a thousand years ago, and knew that for a behemoth like Old Fengdu, which was still far superior to the human world even in its decline, the thing it feared most was the general who had caused Old Fengdu to be in its current state.

The ebony statue had power from the very beginning due to the wood carving. Not only did it have traces of being blessed by Taoist talismans, but it also had some power from ghosts and gods, making it the best natural talisman.

Not to mention the evil spirits in Baizhi Lake or the ruins of old Fengdu, even the Fallen Road can be suppressed by the ebony statue.

But apart from this, Ye Li knew very well that even without these powers, simply carving an image of a general would be enough to prevent the ghosts in the old Fengdu from acting rashly.

——Those ghost officials and evil spirits had already been frightened out of their wits in the battle a thousand years ago. How could they dare to test a talisman that looked like a general?

Even the once high and mighty Emperor Beiyin Fengdu had his head chopped off by that warrior with a single sword, let alone these little minions?

Ye Li knew many truths about the past that had been destroyed by time, and he also understood why the ghost energy of the old Fengdu would be willing to help a ghost baby, but he didn't know who had the courage and foresight to suppress it here with the ebony statue.

After hearing Ye Li's words, Yan Shixun slowly frowned and fell into deep thought.

While Yan Shixun was not noticing, Ye Li had already walked towards Yan Shixun step by step casually while speaking, approaching him in a very natural manner, and stood less than a few dozen centimeters away from him.

He even took the opportunity to help Yan Shixun brush away the dust in his hair, and his palm naturally slid down, and his slender fingers gently kneaded Yan Shixun's soft earlobe.

When Ye Li did these things, his expression was natural and confident, as if he had been making these little movements whenever he spoke.

Even though Yan Shixun sensed that something was wrong and looked at him in confusion, he just let Yan Shixun look at him openly.

It seemed like he was extremely innocent, with nothing on his mind and no intention of doing anything.

Yan Shixun was just overthinking it all.

Although Yan Shixun was confused, he had no experience in matters of the heart after all, and didn't know what a normal or intimate way of getting along was. Because of Ye Li's self-righteous look, he could only assume that he had been used to being alone for too long and was sensitive and not used to others getting close to him.

He was only puzzled for a moment, and then he didn't think about it anymore. He turned around and put this little matter aside, concentrating on thinking about the affairs of the old Fengdu.

And the King of Hell next to him: “…………”

He took two steps back expressionlessly, rolled his eyes gracefully, and snorted coldly: He was worried about Yan Shixun, but this evil ghost was so powerful that he actually suppressed Fengdu by himself.

The King of Hell recalled that it seemed like a long time ago, he heard someone say in the shadow of the living Zhang Wubing that Li Chengyun had predicted Yan Shixun's fate and said that Yan Shixun would become a bridge for communication between the Yin and Yang and would guard against the evil spirits.

Until this moment, the King of Hell was surprised and admired Li Chengyun, but he couldn't help but wonder: So this is the method that Li Chengyun used to predict the evil spirits? !

Yan Shixun clearly did nothing but glance at the Lord of Fengdu a few times. Could this pry open the Lord of Fengdu's mouth and make him tell the truth that everyone had been trying to find, even his own death and tragic past?

The King of Hell turned around expressionlessly, feeling that he had worried for nothing.

Today's ghost exorcists are indeed not to be underestimated - who would have thought that they could exorcise evil spirits so well? ?

Tsk.

The King of Hell felt that the atmosphere between the couple was totally incompatible with the gloomy and spooky atmosphere here. He had turned the place where evil ghosts died into a romantic garden, which he could not bear to watch.

"Mr. Yan!"

The Taoist priest who had gone to check the surroundings first also ran back excitedly. There was no trace of his usual composure left, and he couldn't stop smiling.

"Mr. Yan, I've checked it out. Although it's dangerous here, it's basically certain that this is indeed the home of ghosts and gods."

The Taoist priest said excitedly: "Mr. Yan said before that the reason why the ghost way was born was because of the ghost energy provided by the old Fengdu. It seems that we have really come to the right place this time. As long as we enter the old Fengdu, the rest will be much easier."

As a Taoist monk himself, the Taoist priest naturally knows a lot about ghosts and monsters.

Although he could not sense the world as well as Yan Shixun, he had decades of experience in exorcising ghosts and could judge the feasibility of the plan in Yan Shixun's words to some extent.

When the Taoist priest first heard Yan Shixun say that he wanted to cut off the source of the problem, causing the foundation of the Ghost Way to collapse and thus destroy the Ghost Way, he was shocked and couldn't believe it.

As far as he knew, there had never been such a way to deal with ghosts.

Apart from the usual opening of the altar and the talismans and peach wood swords, if you encounter powerful ghosts or monsters, the only option left is to seek help from the four gods.

But Guidao cut off even this only way.

——Evil spirits are in power, and the "God" has also turned into a "ghost". How can we ask for divine power?

When the Taoist priest felt that there was only a dead end ahead no matter how hard he thought and was even on the verge of despair, Yan Shixun boldly came up with an approach that no one could have thought of or dared to think of.

Yan Shixun actually wants to take direct action against the old Fengdu!

This is something that would normally be laughed at as a fantasy if said by other people.

But when it came from Yan Shixun's mouth, it seemed so convincing.

At that time, the Taoist priest was skeptical, but now when he discovered that this was most likely the old Fengdu, he couldn't help but admire it and deeply lamented that he had trapped himself without knowing it.

He thought he saw the whole world, but he didn't expect that his past experience had become a wall that trapped him, leaving him with only a small square piece of sky.

But Yan Shixun truly saw the heaven and earth and realized the great way!

When the Taoist priest mentioned starting from the old Fengdu, his heart surged with excitement and his cheeks turned red.

The Taoist priest felt as if he had returned to his youth.

Although he is not experienced and stable enough, he is bold and daring, and nothing can stop him.

Yan Shixun's thoughts were interrupted by the Taoist priest. He raised his head, smiled and nodded to the Taoist priest, understanding why he was so excited.

After all, the Great Dao is now in decline, the underworld has collapsed for a hundred years, and the central gate of Fengdu has been closed for decades.

In the past, there were ways to summon gods or ask for help from the ghosts, but in recent years, fewer and fewer ghosts are seen walking around in the world, let alone Taoist priests being able to ask for help from the ghosts or see the ghosts' true form.

Anyone would feel the same way if they saw something they had always dreamed of that only existed in rumors.

"Let's go, Taoist priest."

Yan Shixun made an inviting gesture to the Taoist priest and chuckled, "Then let's go around Fengdu and see the ghost town that should have collapsed and been destroyed a thousand years ago."

The Taoist priest nodded excitedly, following Yan Shixun closely as he walked forward, his hands shaking with excitement.

But for the official person in charge and several rescue team members, this incident was a bit scary.

After all, even if the person in charge has been involved in the work for decades and thinks he has seen many storms and waves, he has never seen such a scene!

How could an ordinary living person take the initiative to rush to the underworld? Isn't this just seeking death?

Even though the official person in charge had no intention of backing down, he still took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself for a long time before he gritted his teeth and followed Yan Shixun inside.

Forget it, Mr. Yan is here, and there are too many lives behind him waiting for him to protect. Even if there is a dead end ahead, I am destined to go through this journey!

Whether it is life or death, you will know when you take the next step.

The rescue team members wanted to comfort the person in charge and told him not to be afraid, but they didn't expect the person in charge to just walk forward, leaving them standing there, looking at each other in bewilderment.

Rescue team member: As I recall, the person in charge didn’t seem to know any magic or self-defense skills?

Rescue team member: This makes us look even more cowardly... Hurry up and catch up!

Led by Yan Shixun and the Taoist priest, the group walked towards the ghost town in front that was vaguely covered by black fog.

Ye Li was the only one step behind. When he stretched out his long legs to catch up with Yan Shixun, he paused in his tracks when he passed by the King of Hell because of a cold snort from the King of Hell.

"I originally thought that you were going to take action against Yan Shixun."

The King of Hell chuckled, "I didn't expect that the Lord of Fengdu, who was feared by all ghosts and gods, had such a side to him - even when the living asked you about the truth of death, you didn't get angry, and you didn't do anything else."

Ye Li raised his crow-feather eyelashes and said in a cold voice, "If you were asking, I'm not sure what I would do."

"Are you still trying to compare yourself to Shi Xun?"

Ye Li's cold gaze slid across Yan Wang, mocking his arrogance.

The King of Hell shrugged and was not angry at Ye Li's words.

He had known Ye Li for a thousand years, and had even witnessed Ye Li's ascension to the throne as a god. He naturally knew what kind of person Ye Li was.

Whether before or after that dividing line between becoming ghosts and gods.

Strictly speaking, the King of Hell and the old Northern Yinfengdu Emperor are more similar beings, and even the ages they have been in power are roughly the same.

He once ignored Fengdu. No matter how special the place was, even the Great Dao would not easily intervene, but he still excluded Fengdu from his sight.

Thousands of years ago, the underworld and Fengdu did not get along the same way as they do now.

At that time, the underworld turned a blind eye to Fengdu. No matter how the outside world commented and discussed it, in the underworld, the King of Hell picked up his pen and only gave a cold snort as his comment.

Until the change of ownership of Fengdu, Ye Li, relying on his own strength, overturned the former Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor to the ground, threw him off the altar, and even smashed the altar to pieces, shocking all ghosts and gods and exorcists who knew the truth.

At that time, the King of Hell finally treated Xinfengdu, which had changed its master, with a new look in his eyes, and from then on began a thousand-year-long feud with Xinfengdu.

It’s interesting to say that although they are both ghosts and gods in charge of a certain area, the only one they care about is each other.

They each stick to their own ways and cannot stand each other's practices, thinking that each other's actions are not fair to evil spirits and living people.

But they truly agree with each other.

In the eyes of the King of Hell, even though the old Fengdu was respected, it was not even qualified to be his enemy.

The final result also proved this.

The incompetent steps down, and the true lord of ghosts takes the throne.

As if recalling the past, Yan Wang laughed softly and said nonchalantly: "Don't worry, I know very well what image I have in your eyes."

"I won't ask you about what happened back then."

The King of Hell smiled and glanced at him: "I witnessed the ascension of the new Fengdu with my own eyes, so why should I ask you? It would be better for you to ask me the truth about your death."

"Do you have any idea what Yan Shixun will find in the old Fengdu?"

The King of Hell's voice gradually became low and serious: "It's strange that the ghost energy can leak out from the old Fengdu, and it has gathered on the ghost baby...Aren't you worried that there are other things in the old Fengdu that will hurt Yan Shixun?"

For the King of Hell, Yan Shixun must be alive so that he can bring new life to the world.

The King of Hell will not be able to rest in peace until all things that would affect the Great Dao are eliminated, the Great Dao is stabilized again, and there are no more disasters between heaven and earth.

Before that goal is achieved, the King of Hell will not allow anyone to endanger Yan Shixun's life.

For this, the King of Hell would not hesitate even at the cost of his own life.

Whether it is the old Fengdu or Yeli...

The King of Hell calmly withdrew his gaze from Ye Li and looked back at Yan Shixun's back in front of him.

Beneath his smiling expression, he hid a firm determination.

Ye Li felt the change in Yan Wang's aura, but he did not express anything extra. He just looked at Yan Shixun intently, his eyes full of tenderness.

To think he would hurt his ghost buster... heh.

Ye Li sneered in his heart, it turned out that the King of Hell had been reincarnated too many times, and his soul was damaged. It was probably just the brain that was missing. After dozens of reincarnations, the King of Hell's brain might not be much bigger than a walnut kernel, Tsk.

King of Hell: “A-choo!!!”

Who, who scolded me!

The King of Hell looked at Ye Li suspiciously, but Ye Li didn't even bother to look at him. He strode forward and walked to Yan Shixun's side, walking side by side with his beloved ghost exorcist.

Yama:"…………"

Is it my illusion? I always feel that I am despised by this guy Ye Li?

While the King of Hell was puzzled, Yan Shixun had already taken the Taoist priest to inspect the ghost town in front of them.

No living person has ever been able to enter Fengdu and leave alive. Even if someone's soul is wandering, it is difficult to enter Fengdu. In addition, there are very few records about Fengdu. Therefore, people in the world have always imagined Fengdu as the template of the underworld, but no one has ever been able to actually see it with their own eyes.

Until now, Yan Shixun and others passed through the black fog lingering in the air, and a towering city suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

The city walls are towering into the clouds, almost isolating the entire world from outside. However, the walls are not made of bricks and stones, but skulls.

There are tens of millions of these skulls, as if the remains of all the people who have died in the past have been gathered here.

Those dark eye sockets stared at the newcomers with empty eyes, yet made people feel that they were still alive, with their own thoughts. Even the gazes staring at them were not their own imaginations, but the greed of evil spirits wanting to devour flesh and blood.

Tens of millions of pairs of dark eye sockets stared silently at the newcomers from all directions. Although no words were spoken, the pressure was heavy in vain, and even the air seemed to become thinner.

The rescue team member shivered unconsciously. He just felt a chill all over his body after being looked at by the skeleton, as if his crown was hit by a hammer, making him dizzy, as if a cold air was rushing out of his head.

He subconsciously hid behind Yan Shixun, trying to avoid the skeleton's gaze.

Until Yeli looked over with extremely low pressure, his eyes were colder and more terrifying than those tens of millions of skulls.

The rescuer suddenly realized what he had done. He scratched his face in embarrassment and tried to walk away: "I'm sorry, this is my first time dying. I'm not familiar with the procedures and customs here. Sorry for making fun of me..."

How could he know that people would have to face this kind of thing after they died!

Who can endure this!

As a member of the rescue team, although his job is generally to snatch people from the hands of death, his work location is still on the human world. Who would have thought that he would be on a business trip to the underworld?

The rescuers roared inwardly.

But he soon discovered that it seemed... he was not the only one walking to the side?

He looked up in confusion and found that he was not the only one.

Several members of the rescue team hid behind Yan Shixun and tried to pull the back of his coat one by one.

The last time the rescue team saw this scene was when they were playing "Eagle Catches Chicken" in kindergarten.

Even the official person in charge grabbed Yan Shixun's sleeve with trembling hands, looking as if he was so scared that his legs were weak.

Rescue team member: ...No wonder Mr. Yan’s wife is unhappy. This is almost like an attempt to kidnap the bride.

When Yan Shixun noticed the sound behind him and turned around, he saw Ye Li turning his head away indifferently, as if nothing had happened.

Yan Shixun: “?”

It always felt like something happened, but he missed it.

He did not hesitate for too long, and soon he resisted the pressure coming from the other side of the city wall and continued to move forward.

Thanks to Li Chengyun's study with a rich collection, Yan Shixun knew a lot of things related to ghosts and gods.

For example, the residence of ghosts and gods is closely related to the ghosts and gods themselves.

Just like the most famous Taoist temples such as Kunlun Mountain and Changbai Snow Mountain, when Taoism talks about blessed land and caves, they also have to match one's own horoscope and fate to be considered to complement each other.

Otherwise, no matter how good the Feng Shui layout is, if the fate of ordinary people cannot control it, they will have to bear the disaster of backlash.

The residence of ghosts and gods is built by the power of ghosts and gods, so to a certain extent, it also reflects the inner thoughts of ghosts and gods.

Just as Yan Shixun had seen before, it came from Fengdu in Yeli.

The place was filled with evil ghosts screaming in pain, wailing day and night, just like Ye Li's hatred and disappointment towards the sins of the world.

Yan Shixun originally thought that Fengdu looked like that.

But now it seems that is not entirely true.

This old Fengdu was built with death... What kind of person was the previous Fengdu Emperor to have such a style that he even angered Ye Li a thousand years ago and destroyed the former Fengdu?

When a mortal is angry, it can shake the heaven and earth and even the gods and ghosts.

Thinking of what Ye Li had just said to him, Yan Shixun's eyes and brows revealed a subtle hint of heartache, but he just sighed almost imperceptibly, then took the lead and walked forward, stepping onto the bridge leading to the city.

When Yan Shixun lowered his eyes, he could see boiling and smelly blood flowing everywhere in the moat under the bridge, and evil ghosts wailing in it.

Those evil ghosts raised their heads, scrambling to stick their heads out of the river of blood, and stretched their hands upwards desperately, looking at Yan Shixun with greed in their eyes, as if they were waiting for him to miss a step and fall, so that they could fall into the mouths of the ghosts and turn into flesh and blood to nourish the evil ghosts.

Yan Shixun frowned, a little disgusted.

Tsk, how is he going to eat duck blood in the future?

The bridge was very narrow. It was not as wide as Yan Shixun had thought. Instead, it looked more like a single-plank bridge.

Before going up the bridge, it looked so wide that it seemed like there was no danger at all in the ghost town and ghosts and gods’ residences could enter and exit freely.

But when I stepped onto the bridge, I found that it was just a narrow strip, and the wooden strips were round. If I was not careful, I might step on it and fall off.

——When it comes to death, one has to walk alone.

At this time, a bony hand reached out and gently held Yan Shixun's hand.

"Let's go, Shi Xun."

Ye Li, who had walked to Yan Shixun's side at some point, smiled and invited him, "I'll go with you."

Whether in the underworld or in the world of the living, I will accompany you along the way.

Yan Shixun's eyebrows moved slightly, and then his originally serious face showed a smile. He blinked slowly and said, "Okay."