Chapter 280 Jinjiang (1)
Hearing Yan Shixun mention Baizhi Lake, Ye Li frowned slightly, and instantly understood what Yan Shixun meant.
The old site of Fengdu is now under Baizhi Lake.
He turned his head to look at the shimmering lake not far away, blinked slowly, and recalled Fengdu a thousand years ago.
Mysterious, ancient, and arrogant.
Unwilling to give mortals a chance to argue.
While he was telling the story, no ghost messenger Yan Luo was willing to listen to him.
So, he used his own way to make all the Fengdu Ghost Kings fall from their pedestals, giving them plenty of time to listen to him patiently.
But he had lost the desire to speak, and the look he gave Fengdu was filled with the same disappointment and disgust as when he looked at the human world.
Then, he became Yeli.
He turned and left the southwest and never set foot there again.
After that, no one knew the exact location of Fengdu.
The inheritance was broken that year, and without many ordinary people realizing it, the world behind the history books had undergone earth-shaking changes.
Many founders of various sects and eminent monks, during that great change, caught a glimpse of the secrets from the cracks, gained insights into the world, and wrote books about them.
After that, the name of the Southwest Ghost Zone began to spread among ghost exorcists in later generations.
When Ye Li was patrolling the world, he heard the exorcists' self-proclaimed secret discussions. He only knew that they were talking about the old city of Fengdu, but he did not care and just turned away indifferently.
His experience as a general a thousand years ago ended in that last battle, and he had no intention of looking back.
Naturally, the old Fengdu was excluded from his sight and he never paid attention to it.
Ye Li always believed that after the old Fengdu suffered such destruction, it would definitely shrink into a corner and never appear again, as he intended to leave the old Fengdu with the last bit of dignity.
The facts were just as Ye Li had expected.
However, this balance was broken on that flickering fire night decades ago.
It started out as a very insignificant thing.
Compared to the Tao, it is so small that it is not worth mentioning.
Death is ever present, and new resentment arises every day.
Even though Carpenter Zheng and his family were in pain and despair, for the Tao, what it wanted to protect was the survival of human beings as a whole, not the survival of individuals.
It was no different from any other night.
All beings, whether they are the Tao or ghosts and gods, know very well that laughter and sorrow are always happening at the same time.
One family was celebrating with their glasses raised and their faces full of smiles, while another family was short of food and clothing and was freezing to death on the cold street.
In countless time and space, they have witnessed so many tragedies that the tragic ending of Carpenter Zheng's family seems so insignificant.
However, even ants can have good and evil, let alone living beings and evil ghosts?
One of the two children of Carpenter Zheng knelt by the lake, full of hatred.
The other one was at the bottom of the lake, attracting the remaining ghost energy of the old Fengdu to gather towards her.
Thus, the ghost baby was born.
The resentment and malice that had accumulated in the old Fengdu for thousands of years were fully reflected in Xie Jiaojiao.
All the causes and effects accumulated over thousands of years, driven by the ghost baby, began to explode irreversibly.
When Dadao wanted to stop it, he was blocked by Zheng Shuli, Xie Lin and others, and thus missed the best opportunity to intercept. Finally, under the will of the ghost energy, the ghost baby grew to the point where it could compete with the heaven and earth.
Even though Yan Shixun managed to turn the tide in the desperate situation and used Zheng Shuli, another child of Zheng Carpenter, to kill the ghost baby, the ghost path still continued to spread.
Although Ye Li's power was suppressed a lot because of the existence of the ebony statue, but as the lord of Fengdu, standing above all ghosts, he still clearly felt what it felt like when the ghosts turned the world upside down after leaving the ghost show.
——As if he was standing on the road.
The whole world is in his hands, and he can decide life and death as he pleases.
As ghosts and gods, in the world controlled by the ghost way, they are naturally more free and powerful than in the past when the way of heaven was in power.
Ye Li believed that the King of Hell had similar feelings as he did at this time.
You can see it from the joy on King Yan's face when he just killed the puppet in the deserted village.
In addition to the King of Hell's pent-up dissatisfaction with the Great Dao over the past hundred years, which made him want to vent this unhappiness, it was also because of the sudden surge in power.
If it were an ordinary ghost or god, he would probably become greedy for this wonderful feeling and would be unwilling to help the world anymore.
But the one here is Yeli.
This ghost god has never had any tenderness or attachment to the human world or power.
After realizing that Ye Li was looking at him, the King of Hell tapped the folding fan in his hand thoughtfully, probably guessing what Ye Li was thinking.
The only thing that can shake Yeli... probably comes from Yan Shixun's gentle love.
The King of Hell rolled his eyes and looked at Yan Shixun with a meaningful smile.
That little idiot has always been single. Following Yan Shixun and his wife every day, wow, the little idiot is almost turning into a light bulb.
Except for the two ghosts who already knew the truth of heaven and earth, neither the Taoist priest nor the rescue team members reacted for a while.
The official person in charge was a little slow to recover from the shock, and he pointed at Baizhi Lake for a long time without being able to organize his words.
"Mr. Yan's meaning is..."
The person in charge looked at the White Paper Lake and asked hesitantly, "Does this mean we are going to the bottom of the lake?"
Yan Shixun nodded naturally.
Isn't this natural? Otherwise, standing by the lake and fishing? If you don't go to the bottom of the lake and find a way to enter the old Fengdu, how can you break the situation?
Yan Shixun had a thorough understanding of the ghost path born from the ghost baby. He knew very well that since the ghost path had developed to the point where it had even suppressed the ebony statue and continued to spread outward, it would be an extremely difficult task to completely eliminate the ghost path.
The ghost path is in the southwest, just like the great path to heaven and earth.
But how easy is it to rebel against heaven and earth?
Ghosts are invisible, they don’t even have physical entities, they cannot be touched, let alone have weaknesses.
If you want to deal with the ghost path, the only way now is to remove the fire from the source.
Although the ghost path is invisible, the old Fengdu exists here like a target.
As long as the foundation of the birth of the Ghost Path collapses and the building collapses, the Ghost Path will also be at a disadvantage.
While Yan Shixun was talking to the rescue team members, he was carefully planning every step of the action in his mind, just as he had done before.
But this time, he included Yeli and the King of Hell in his plan.
——No longer a lone wolf.
But having a companion you can trust.
Yan Shixun trusted the only two ghosts and gods in the world, and was willing to let them complete part of the plan.
As he thought so, a warm smile appeared between his drooped brows.
This made the King of Hell, who was looking at Yan Shixun, stunned, and suddenly he felt... he seemed to understand why that little fool trusted Yan Shixun from the bottom of his heart.
Aside from the fact that Yan Shixun was filled with evil spirits and could rebuild the Great Dao, Zhang Wubing did not approach Yan Shixun simply because of the guidance from the shadow of his soul.
It’s because Yan Shixun himself is shining. Who would refuse such a person?
The King of Hell also unconsciously raised the corners of his lips and chuckled.
Ye Li:…………
Tsk.
He said that since his ghost exorcist was so good, he would always attract some strange things.
For example, a King of Hell who should have died a hundred years ago.
His previous vigilance was not groundless. If the treasure was not carefully protected, there was a risk of it being stolen.
Ye Li slowly turned his head to look at the King of Hell, his eyes grim and full of intimidation.
The King of Hell shrugged his shoulders slightly with an innocent look in his eyes.
But he just refused to change.
Ye Li had a cold face, thinking that it would be better to kick the King of Hell away while Shi Xun wasn't paying attention.
"Actually, there is something I have never told Mr. Yan."
The official in charge hesitated for a moment, and said to Yan Shixun very sincerely: "Actually, my family lived in the capital when I was a child. Although there are several "seas" in the city, they are actually tiny lakes, and I am actually a landlubber."
Yan Shixun tilted his head and looked at the person in charge in confusion and bewilderment, wondering why the other party suddenly talked about this with him.
"that is……"
The person in charge gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "I can't swim, let alone dive. Let me go to the bottom of the lake. I probably can't do it."
It's not that he wanted to retreat, but as a landlubber, he felt his calves cramping just by looking at the water and imagining the scene.
In the cold winter, the southwest does not have a warm climate like Binhai City, not to mention the mountains in the suburbs, where the temperature drops to below zero.
Although Baizhi Lake has not frozen yet, one can imagine how freezing the water is.
The official person in charge had serious doubts and was afraid that he would be frozen to death as soon as he entered the lake, before he could even dive.
Although the other members of the rescue team could swim, they were still hesitant when they looked at Baizhi Lake.
The temperature is too cold, and we have to dive to the bottom of the lake...it's too difficult.
When Yan Shixun heard the cautious suggestions made by everyone, he was surprised at first, and then he did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"Although the old Fengdu is under Baizhi Lake, you don't need to go diving to get there. I can't dive to the bottom of the lake and stay there for several hours in this temperature."
Yan Shixun was amused by everyone. He laughed and shook his head, and helplessly wanted to pry open their heads to see what they were thinking.
He raised his hand and pointed at Ye Li beside him: "Since we are going to the old Fengdu, and the Lord of Fengdu is here, why should we go to a far place instead of a near one?"
The attention of official leaders and others turned to Yeli.
Ye Li's slender body stood quietly beside Yan Shixun, without any extra reaction to the gazes of the crowd, as if he had long been accustomed to being the center of attention on the altar.
Since he doesn't care about people other than Yan Shixun, he naturally won't have any unnecessary emotions because of those people's attention.
Ye Li simply lowered her crow-feather eyelashes and looked at Yan Shixun with a smile in her eyes.
He liked the feeling that Yan Shixun included him in his plan.
Trust him and walk with him.
Ye Li would naturally not refuse the words coming from Yan Shixun.
There was even a gentle smile in his voice as he whispered, "Although I haven't paid attention to Old Fengdu since the battle a thousand years ago, but since Shi Xun wants to go there..."
The old Fengdu must open the middle door.
As Ye Li finished his words, the black fog quickly spread outward from where he was standing, enveloping everyone and forming an indestructible barrier.
Ye Li raised his hand, and with a stretch of his long arm, he wrapped his arms around Yan Shixun's thin waist and brought him into his arms.
Yan Shixun only felt a flash before his eyes, and then he bumped into a strong and slightly cool chest. Ye Li's straight and powerful arms were enough to support the entire collapsing world.
When he raised his head, he met Ye Li's smiling eyes.
"After all, it's a ghost town that has been closed for a thousand years, and we don't know what's going on inside it yet."
Ye Li smiled and said, "There is no need for Shi Xun to get injured at this time, which will weaken his strength to deal with the ghosts later, so let me do it now."
As he spoke, Ye Li's breath gently fell on Yan Shixun's ears and eyes, making him feel a little itchy, and even his earlobes began to heat up.
After Ye Li interrupted him, Yan Shixun's words, which were originally intended to make him let go of him, got stuck in his throat, and he momentarily forgot the words he had originally organized.
After seeing that Yan Shixun did not stop him, Ye Li also tentatively tightened his arms. His bony palm did not fall on Yan Shixun's heavy black coat, but quietly placed on his shirt.
Under his palm, was pressed against Yan Shixun's warm and beautifully shaped abdominal muscles.
He was like a hunter who was cautiously testing and approaching step by step, testing the bottom line of what the big cats could accept little by little, and then quietly breaking the bottom line, raising the big cats' acceptance level again and again.
Until I got completely used to having him around.
The King of Hell not far away: “…………”
He watched the two people pressed so tightly together that there was no gap between them, and he hated himself for having such good eyesight that he could see clearly in the dark.
The King of Hell's hands trembled and he almost lost his grip on the folding fan.
His expression changed several times before he finally calmed down and returned to his leisurely and elegant self.
In sharp contrast to the King of Hell was the panic on the faces of the official leaders and rescue team members.
Even though he had long been accustomed to dealing with ghosts and monsters, when dealing with various masters and Taoist priests, he gradually accepted things that were originally beyond the ordinary people's cognition.
But what they are experiencing now still makes everyone shocked and they don’t know what is happening.
The ability to move mountains and fill the sea has declined along with the great Dao and has become a story that only exists in legends. It is treated as a strange story by later generations of Taoists, and is regarded as the magnificent imagination of their predecessors, but they never believe that it can be truly realized.
The same is true for official leaders.
Until now——
The black fog quickly formed a protective shield that enveloped everyone tightly, and the ground beneath their feet had faint patterns of formations and talismans that flickered on and off, carrying a cold and eerie ghostly aura, but without the sense of malice that ordinary evil spirits brought to people.
At this moment, the official person in charge seemed like a soul standing under the judgment seat, being judged by ghosts and gods, allowing the ghosts and gods on the judgment seat above to see through him inch by inch.
All past merits and demerits are laid out before the eyes of ghosts and gods, subject to fair judgment without the slightest bias.
It's different from the usual experience of encountering evil spirits.
Although ghosts and gods do not have pure yang energy, they are indifferent and treat everyone equally in the gloomy and cold atmosphere.
The guilty ones beg for mercy in fear, while the innocent ones... have a clear conscience and are naturally open and honest.
After the initial shock, the official in charge immediately steadied himself and looked out of the black fog.
The earth is shaking.
The mountains, forests and lakes were all making huge noises, the lake surface was surging with waves, and the mountains standing not far away were also slowly sinking in the thunderous tremors.
In its place was a mountain that no one had ever seen.
The bright red light mixed with flames gradually lit up from the night sky, like a lit palace lantern.
The black fog surrounding the mountain gradually dissipated, and everyone squinted their eyes to look carefully, and finally saw clearly what it was -
Those were not palace lanterns at all; they were clearly clusters of fiercely burning flames.
The blood meandered down the mountain, gurgling and merging into the turbulent blood river at the foot of the mountain.
On the surging river surface, evil spirits popped up with shrill cries, and then the waves came and submerged the evil spirits again, dragging them to the bottom of the river, preventing them from leaving.
Rotten and withered arms stretched out from the river desperately, trying to climb ashore.
But the ghost officers patrolling on the shore had ferocious faces and terrifying glares, and would not allow any evil ghost to escape.
The mountain is as sharp as a knife, hidden in the darkness and fog, appearing and disappearing with the flames.
The mountains rise from the ground like a sharp knife, pointing from the deepest underground to the high blood-red sky.
It was as if it was angrily questioning the Tao, questioning all sins and causes and effects.
The ears were filled with shrill screams and the howling of ghosts, as evil spirits struggled and a sea of fire raged.
Everyone looked at this scene and was stunned for a moment.
It was the Taoist priest who reacted first.
He remembered what Yan Shixun had said about the Lord of Fengdu when he introduced Yeli, and suddenly realized that this place...
It is Fengdu that countless people have been searching for for thousands of years, but even its location and entrance cannot be found!
In the most mysterious and ancient place in the legend, no one has seen the Fengdu Ghost Messenger for many years.
There are even rumors that the Lord of Fengdu said "there is no salvation in the human world", so the gates of hell are tightly closed and Fengdu will never set foot in the human world again.
And now, Fengdu, which only existed in rumors, has reappeared in the world.
The Taoist priest was so shocked that he stood there in a daze, staring blankly up at the towering mountains, not knowing what to do.
If this is Fengdu, then could the complicated formation under their feet be the seal of Fengdu Emperor that only appears in ancient books?
The Taoist priest felt that even the top of his head was shocked.
What he had seen tonight in just one night was far beyond what he had seen in the past few decades.
The Taoist priest was so excited that he even had the urge to go home and ask his master to come and see him.
Master, look! My disciple has made great progress! Not only did he see Fengdu with his own eyes, but he also stood with the Lord of Fengdu!
But for the rescue team members, although they were experienced ones specially selected from the rescue team, such a scene was still far beyond their imagination for them who were not ascetics but just ordinary people.
"It turns out that the scenes described in ancient poems all really exist..."
Some people were shocked and murmured unconsciously.
The next moment, the entire land outside the black fog suddenly collapsed, with a deafening roar.
The newly born world under the Ghost Road could not bear the heavy and powerful Fengdu. The ghost city under the control of Ye Li crushed the earth mercilessly and fell deeper into the Ghost Road.
——The old Fengdu has its doors tightly closed, and its figure has disappeared, so why can’t it be found?
Then let him smash all the camouflaged shells of the old Fengdu, crush it with his tremendous power, and reach the deepest part!
The earth cracked, soil rolled down, and lake water poured back in.
The dark blue lake water violently hit the earth and mountains, roaring towards the crowd.
Someone subconsciously closed his eyes and screamed.
Ye Li did not avoid or hide, and there was no emotion fluctuation on his cold face.
He just raised his eyelashes and looked coldly at the lake water rushing towards him.
The next moment, the entire space wrapped in black fog was swallowed up by the lake water.
The light was turbulent and shattered on the water, and everyone's eyes were filled with a dark blue.
Even though the black fog isolated the lake from the outside world, just by looking at the lake bottom that seemed to be within reach, everyone still felt the chill and instinctive fear spreading from the bottom of their hearts.
In the darkness, Yan Shixun stared at everything in front of him without blinking, never relaxing for a moment.
However, Yan Shixun suddenly felt that the person next to him moved.
The arms around his waist tightened and the man lowered his head, leaning towards him.
Cold but soft lips touched his hair.
Yan Shixun heard Ye Li's hoarse voice, suppressing a gentle smile, ringing in his ears.
"Shi Xun..."
The voice was filled with tender love, and the warm breath fell on my ears and turned into mist, as if a hook had hooked my earlobe.
Yan Shixun opened his mouth, but didn't know how to respond to Ye Li.
His cheeks slowly turned red, and he felt the corners of his eyes were incredibly hot, and his heart was beating rapidly.
Yan Shixun's hand, which was originally clasped on Ye Li's palm, hesitated but still did not pry open the hand that was wrapped around his waist. Instead, he released the strength and gently covered Ye Li's palm.
Amid the rippling lake light, Ye Li noticed the transformation of Yan Shixun.
A smile appeared in his eyes, and he lowered his head again and moved closer to Yan Shixun.
A gentle kiss landed on the tall nose of the beloved, with small kisses all the way up.
In the darkness, everyone could not hide their panic and anxiety as they waited for the arrival of the unknown land.
Only the King of Hell, whose eyesight was too good, had a face as dark as the surroundings.
He almost broke the folding fan in his hand and silently cursed Ye Li in his heart.
——Why didn’t he realize before that the Lord of Fengdu, who was so cold and indifferent that he seemed to be indifferent to the entire world, actually had such a side to him!
This guy totally subverted his impression.
The most important thing is...
The King of Hell closed his eyes. He never thought that his eyesight was good. It turned out to be such a disgusting thing.
It made him want to dig his eyes out!
In the darkness, everyone's judgment of space and time was disrupted and could no longer be accurate.
The waiting time seemed to stretch infinitely, as if a lifetime had already passed.
Everyone gradually lost their sense of their surroundings. All their anxieties gradually turned into dead silence in the darkness. Even their breathing became unconsciously lighter, and one could hear a pin drop.
After a long wait, no one knew how much time had passed, a little light appeared again in everyone's sight.
That little light was floating in the distance, like a candle lit at the bottom of the lake, which could go out at any time.
But that little bit of light kept growing bigger and bigger, spreading around until it enveloped everyone.
The dark lake bottom disappeared around him.
Instead, there was a hideous and jagged mountain range, with jagged edges and uneven stones and boulders everywhere. One could even see weeds growing out of the eye sockets of the skulls lying sideways, and the dark eye sockets staring straight at everyone.
Everyone was shocked. Before they could guess where this place was, they felt the black fog that had originally shrouded their eyes dissipate.
It seemed as if even my vision became clearer.
The moment the light came on, Yan Shixun calmly took a step back, putting some distance between himself and Ye Li.
Ye Li readily let Yan Shixun go and didn't do anything else.
He knew very well how vigilant this adorable big cat in his arms was, and he could only move forward slowly, testing the bottom line step by step.
If he approached rashly, the big cat would only show its sharp claws in alert and refuse his approach.
He even turned around and jumped up and ran away.
Ye Li had been waiting for a long time. His eyes had been on Yan Shixun since he didn't even realize it at the market more than ten years ago.
He didn't mind waiting any longer.
As long as his ghost chaser was in his arms.
As Ye Li looked at Yan Shixun's back, a smile in his eyes was like melted snow, almost overflowing.
And the King of Hell...
The King of Hell silently took a step to the side and stood on the other side of the official person in charge, putting some distance between himself and Ye Li.
King of Hell: Start caring for ghosts and gods from now on. Cherish life and stay away from the Lord of Fengdu.
Ye Li glanced at the King of Hell nonchalantly, sneered and snorted.
But Yan Shixun did not notice the tit-for-tat between the two ghosts. He took the lead in walking forward with his long legs and stood in front of everyone. In an unknown and dangerous environment, he protected everyone behind him.
"This is……"
The official in charge looked around with a confused expression.
Although he had some guesses in his mind, the possibility was so beyond his comprehension that he couldn't speak it out calmly for the time being.
"This is the bottom of White Paper Lake."
Yan Shixun observed the surroundings calmly and said to the official person in charge in a deep voice: "After thousands of years of vicissitudes, the old Fengdu, which was originally in the human world, had its power weakened to the lowest point and could only find the best way to cover itself. It sank to the bottom of the water and refused to be explored by everyone."
In the past, there was not enough technology to allow ordinary people to dive to the bottom of the lake to check. Even for those who were successful in practicing Taoism, even if they could block the lake water for a while, their fragile bodies could not withstand the pressure brought by such a deep lake bottom.
Yan Shixun put himself in the shoes of the old Fengdu and thought that if he were in the position of the old Fengdu, he would also be more willing to hide this dilapidated ghost town at the bottom of the lake.
After all, this was once the residence of ghosts and gods.
Even if they were defeated in the hands of others, or even suffered a catastrophic disaster, for ordinary people, the remaining power of ghosts and gods contained here can still support them in doing things that are dangerous to the world.
And once those with evil intentions really succeed, the Great Dao, when discussing cause and effect, will also attribute the poor supervision to the old Fengdu.
Just like the cause and effect of Xie Lin.
Because he was the one who rescued the ghost baby, brought the ghost baby to Binhai City, and did not take good care of the ghost baby, which led to the death of many people because of the ghost baby.
At the same time, Da Dao also saw the future affected by the ghost baby.
Therefore, part of all the sins committed by the ghost baby were attributed to Xie Lin by the Great Dao.
That is why when Yan Shixun first saw Xie Lin, he was shocked to find that Xie Lin was entangled with heavy karma and the black energy almost engulfed Xie Lin.
——I didn’t kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me.
Old Fengdu is in the same position as Xie Lin.
The old Fengdu, which had lost its ruler and authority, could not possibly withstand the majestic punishment from the Great Dao.
Therefore, in order to preserve the remaining part of itself, the old Fengdu dominated the changes of nearby mountains, rivers and streams, allowing itself to sink to the bottom of the lake and use the lake water to cover up its whereabouts.
What the remaining ghosts of old Fengdu did not expect was the existence of the Bai ancestor.
And the ghost baby sank into the lake and died.
As a result, the thousand-year-old plan of the old Fengdu failed.
Even if you try every possible means to avoid it, you will still become the nourishment of the ghosts.
With Ye Li and the King of Hell narrating events from thousands of years ago, the ghosts and gods had good memories and would not forget any details. Therefore, Yan Shixun was like suddenly owning two libraries filled with ancient heritage, and he soon knew the causes and consequences of how the old Fengdu became what it is today.
When sorting out the history of old Fengdu, even Yan Shixun couldn't help but sigh.
No matter how much you plan, you still can't escape the will of heaven.
Just as one country cannot have two masters.
Since Fengdu already has a new master, the Great Dao will not allow the old Fengdu to continue to exist.
Even after Ye Li completely defeated the old Fengdu King, he had already lost interest in the old Fengdu. He was too lazy to even give it a glance and let the old Fengdu fend for itself.
But the Tao will not let go of the remains of old Fengdu.
Even if it took the initiative to sink itself to the bottom of the lake, it acted as if it was ignoring the world.
Yan Shixun couldn't help but think that the King of Hell had been suppressed by the Great Dao for a hundred years, and he must have been holding a grudge in his heart.
So, what about the old Fengdu?
Thousands of years before Yeli, the old Fengdu was also the lord of all ghosts, standing proudly between heaven and earth, with people seeking it and offering incense to it endlessly.
This arrogance belonging to ghosts and gods will not change their nature immediately and become an obedient little white rabbit on the road even if they are beaten to pieces by Ye Li and cannot rise again.
The old Fengdu has been suppressed by the Great Dao for a thousand years. Is it really true that it has no resentment at all?
The Great Dao even wants to make old Fengdu merge into heaven and earth. Will old Fengdu obey orders obediently?
Decades ago, when the ghost baby died, it was an opportunity for the old Fengdu to rebel against heaven and earth.
The ghost energy flowed into the dead fetus that was still under the mother's spell, creating the body of a ghost baby.
After that, the ghost energy lurked quietly until the ghost baby woke up from the falsehood of Xie Lin's love, recalled his own identity, reawakened, and returned to the southwest.
Baizhi Lake is named after the successive deaths of villagers with the surname Bai.
Then...the death of the villagers and Zheng Shumu's successful revenge, did the old Fengdu never intervene or influence anything?
Out of his vigilance against ghosts, Yan Shixun couldn't help but have many speculations in his mind.
He raised his eyes and looked forward thoughtfully, and the look he gave to Old Fengdu did not seem like he was looking at a victim.
Instead, he was speculating about a perpetrator who might be involved in the conspiracy.
"Ye Li, what I have never understood is why you chose to attack Fengdu thousands of years ago?"
While everyone was still looking around in amazement, Yan Shixun glanced sideways and asked Ye Li, who was walking beside him, in a low voice, "When we were in Nanming Mountain before, Master said that you were the most special one among the ghosts and gods. Zhang Wubing also mentioned this just now."
"Does this specialness... come from the grudge between you and Fengdu thousands of years ago?"
Yan Shixun looked at Ye Li quietly, waiting for an answer.
He believed that as long as he asked, Ye Li would give him an answer.
This was the promise Ye Li once made to him.
——Allow exploration and never deceive.
The smile on Ye Li's lips faded a little, but the gentleness in his eyes when he looked at Yan Shixun remained unchanged.
For ghosts, all topics related to death and burial grounds are ghost science.
Many young people who have only a vague understanding of ghosts and gods but are curious and bold in their pursuit of excitement always make this fatal mistake when playing with the Ouija board or summoning spirits.
—Inquire about the ghost’s death.
Even Jing Xiaobao couldn't hold back his strength and almost caused a disaster when his mother Lin Ting asked him about his death with concern.
Ordinary evil spirits are like this, let alone Ye Li, the lord of Fengdu.
If the Lord of Fengdu gets angry, even the Great Dao will tremble and retreat, and will not dare to provoke the 100,000 Yin soldiers of Fengdu, causing the yin and yang of heaven and earth to become turbulent and unbalanced.
But at this moment, Yan Shixun calmly asked this question.
It was so plain, as if asking Ye Li what to eat in the evening.
Even the King of Hell, who was looking around leisurely nearby, froze after hearing Yan Shixun's question. He turned back to look at Yan Shixun in horror, unable to believe that a living person would dare to ask the Lord of Fengdu such a question.
The King of Hell, who had personally experienced the war thousands of years ago, knew very well that the reason why Ye Li was able to ascend to the throne of ghosts and gods and become the lord of Fengdu was that he was far more dangerous than those ghosts and gods who were originally born from heaven and earth.
Anyone who dares to offend the gods or ghosts will die in the wrath of Fengdu.
And now, Yan Shixun actually asked it so calmly... Even if it was the state of evil spirits entering his bones, wasn't it a bit too exciting?
There was a storm in the King of Hell's heart.
He watched the two of them closely without making any expression, his palms tightly gripping the folding fan, his finger bones turning white from being pinched, as if he was ready to rush forward at any time if anything unusual or dangerous occurred.
The King of Hell is well aware of the importance of Yan Shixun.
Although he was once despairing because of Jing Xiaobao's death, he even doubted Dadao's judgment.
However, the appearance of Yan Shixun, as well as what the living man Zhang Wubing saw and heard during his years with Yan Shixun, made the King of Hell realize that the Great Dao indeed has a far-sightedness that far exceeds that of ordinary people.
The evil spirits that have entered the bones are the only hope for the world to survive when the great way is in danger of collapse.
If there is someone who can turn the deadlock around and make a miracle happen, that person must be Yan Shixun, the evil devil to the bones!
In the King of Hell's heart, Yan Shixun is even more important than himself.
He had never planned to continue living, and he escaped from the Great Dao and saved his soul only to save the Great Dao. Under such circumstances, Yan Shixun, who could save the Great Dao, was of incomparable importance to the King of Hell.
It has nothing to do with friendship or any emotion, it’s just because of Yan Shixun’s own strength.
The King of Hell was secretly anxious in his heart, thinking that Yan Shixun was probably too bold. As a ghost exorcist, didn't he know that such questions should not be asked? He actually took the initiative to bring him to this point.
But although the King of Hell complained, he was still keeping a close eye on Yan Shixun, knowing that once Ye Li became furious, he would have to rescue Yan Shixun.
The dragon has a reverse scale.
The Achilles' heel of the Lord of Fengdu is the battle that resulted in countless deaths a thousand years ago.
The King of Hell watched silently from the side without daring to make a sound.
However, Ye Li was not as furious as the King of Hell had expected, but instead smiled gently.
"Shi Xun, are you curious about my past and want to know me better?"
Ye Li laughed softly, his chest vibrating.
"The battle a thousand years ago..."
Ye Li raised his eyes slightly, with nostalgia in his eyes, as if he was immersed in old memories again.
Yan Shixun did not change his mind and was still waiting for Ye Li to tell him the answer.
"The old Fengdu is not feared by the Great Dao. It seems that the old Fengdu is nothing to be feared by the Heaven and Earth."
Yan Shixun frowned slightly and asked the question in his heart: "To the Great Dao, the old Fengdu seems to be no different from other ghosts. But this should not be the attitude towards the Fengdu that is rumored to suppress everything and is born and raised not to follow the Great Dao."
"What did you do to Old Fengdu to make it fall to this state?"
Heaven and earth are unkind.
As a cultivator, Yan Shixun respected heaven and earth, but at the same time he also knew very well how cruel and sober heaven and earth were.
In order to prop up the collapsing road, it can kill all ghosts and gods, and even almost cause the collapse of the underworld.
Dadao, who acts so coldly and without any unnecessary emotions, would not have such an attitude towards Jiufengdu for no reason.
The only possibility is that Yeli fought against the old Fengdu Emperor.
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