Chapter 469: The Adventures of Green Tomato (I)

After all the players had finished burning their spiritual seals, Zang Pufang began to introduce Du Guangguo.

According to him, there are two "cities" in the whole Duguang Kingdom. One is in the water of Duguang Lake, called Daze City. The other is the "Duguang Kingdom" where they are, also called Duguang City.

"Most of the people living in Daze City are water creatures and seafarers. However, because Daze City is half underwater and half above the water, there are also some special people living there. For example, Duguang City is mostly inhabited by ordinary demon cultivators and ghost cultivators."

"I have a question..." [Three-year-old Crawling Guarding the Tower] asked in a low voice: "From what you said, there are many ghost cultivators in Du Guang Country, but weren't ghosts also human beings in the past?"

Zang Pu replied, "Some are human, and some are demon cultivators. Their souls have found ways to continue their cultivation after death. There is a place called Tomb Square in the west of the city. It is full of ghost cultivators. If you are interested, you can go and have a look after dark... But the yin energy there is very heavy, so it is best not to stay there for too long."

Some players were surprised: "After the demon cultivator dies, he will also become a ghost!?"

Before Zang Pu could answer, another player retorted: "We are all animals, so why can't we become ghosts after we die?"

Some players are very curious about this statement: "So, it seems that this game doesn't have any place like the underworld or the netherworld at all? It can't be that all living things go to the tomb of Duguang country after they die, right?"

Although Zang Pu didn't quite understand what these Taiyin Sect disciples were saying about words like "game", "hell", and "ghost world", he still understood the last sentence, so he smiled and shook his head to explain: "There are only a few hundred households in Tomb Lane, and not all living beings can become ghosts after death. The more profound the practice and the higher the level of Taoism, the more likely it is. For ordinary mortals, even if they become ghosts, they are special evil ghosts and evil ghosts with almost no consciousness, and they can't continue to practice, and they can't stay in the world for long."

Zheng Qian also said: "So that's how it is... But, since the establishment of Nadu Guang Country for so many years, there should be more than just these ghost cultivators, right?"

Zang Pu replied: "It is extremely difficult to cultivate ghosts. You need someone to guide you before you can cultivate. Therefore, ghost cultivators are extremely rare in the world. A few hundred households are indeed considered a lot. But I heard that in the Nine Netherworld, there is a mountain called Haoli Mountain. The souls that are forced to wander in the Nine Netherworld will go to Haoli... But this is just a legend. After all, even immortals and gods dare not easily go to the Nine Netherworld."

The players asked many questions at once before "going offline" one after another.

As the "team leader" who was temporarily pushed out, Zheng Qian had to take on the task of explaining to the NPCs again - most players were already familiar with this kind of thing, especially since many golden hidden mission guides in the forum mentioned similar steps. Because many NPCs who had little contact with the Taiyin Sect did not understand the terms "offline" or "game" at all, the players had to explain everything, which was very troublesome.

However, from another perspective, this setting gives people a more immersive sense, as if the world in "Ten Continents" is real and these NPCs are alive.

In fact, this is the reason why no one is willing to give up the A game for "Ten Continents" despite the fact that it always makes various outrageous operations that do not listen to players' advice - it is too real, so real that it feels like a time travel!

Of course, there are some players who are bored and argue with the NPCs in the game, trying to prove that the NPCs are virtual data and make them agree, but the end result is usually a few cold stares or being treated as fools...

After explaining that the Taiyin Sect disciples could not come to the Guixu Realm from the Blue Star Realm, so they could only walk in the Guixu Realm through puppet bodies, and therefore needed to frequently return to the Blue Star Realm to maintain their lives, Zang Pu finally understood why some Taiyin Sect disciples seemed to be dead after saying a few words to the people around them, but the latter naturally carried them on their backs, waiting for everyone to finish engraving the spirit seal together.

Zang Pu arranged single rooms for everyone, which looked like ordinary rooms. However, most of the players threw themselves on the bed and logged off as soon as they entered the room. Other players went in for a look around, then ran out excitedly, planning to wander around Du Guang State with Zheng Qian and [Three-Year-Old Crawling Tower Guard].

According to Zang Pu, as long as the spiritual seal is engraved, they can move around on their own, and he even dispelled a few rumors for the players -

"What? Eating humans? Don't worry, it's forbidden. But I did hear that some demon cultivators privately raise human sacrifices for food, but it's really forbidden in Du Guang State. If they are found out, they will be expelled or even punished."

"Slave contract... You are talking about spirit contract, right? All contracts and spirit contracts must be reported to King Du Guang. At that time, I didn't really report to King Du Guang, but reported it with incense. If it involved life and death like a slave contract, it would naturally not be allowed. To be honest, there are no slaves in Du Guang Kingdom... But the trend of recognizing relatives is prevalent. Some big monsters will even force their adopted children to support themselves. Although King Du Guang once denounced this trend, but... It is difficult to cultivate monsters. If you don't stick together, it will be even more difficult to cultivate... For example, General Huang has more than a hundred adopted children..."

The players, who had long guessed that General Huang was deliberately trying to scare people, finally put their minds at ease after hearing this, and they started to leave the White Jade Tower Inn together.

However, although Duguanguo is very beautiful, there is really nothing to do there.

In other words, because the lifespans of demon cultivators vary greatly, those who live longer are often sleeping and meditating, while those who live shorter lives practice desperately, resulting in the entire Duguang Kingdom being in complete silence, with seemingly no markets or shops.

An extremely outgoing player [Green Tomato], after walking around two streets with Zheng Qian and [Three-year-old Crawling Guarding the Tower] and not seeing any lively atmosphere, finally couldn't help but fly up on the spot, calling out to a cultivator who had just left the house and seemed to be going somewhere, asking -

"Daoyou—Daoyou, slow down! Daoyou!"

[Green Tomato] called out several times in a row before the cultivator, who looked like a human, realized that he was being called. He turned his head in surprise and looked at [Green Tomato].

However, this frightened Green Tomato so much that he almost fell to the ground!

Because the cultivator didn't move his body, he just turned his head half a turn and stared at him blankly!

It's like the head is cut off!

"Oh my god!"

Green Tomato was startled, but then felt that it was impolite, so he quickly calmed himself down, and slowly approached the cultivator with shaking legs, showing an awkward but polite smile, and asked with a fist: "Excuse me, fellow Taoist, we are disciples of Taiyin Sect who came here to play, and we don't know much about Duguang Country. I don't know why there are no people in this city... Ahem, there are not many demon cultivators and fellow Taoists?"