Chapter 285 Jinjiang (1)
No one had expected that the Old Fengdu, which looked indestructible from the outside, was actually so fragile and vulnerable. The moment they entered the Old Fengdu, it completely collapsed.
For a moment, the rescue team members were stunned.
"Does this mean... that we succeeded?"
The rescue team members murmured in disbelief; they didn't expect success to come so quickly.
Even the official person in charge was shocked. He had prepared for a tough battle, but the situation of picking up high and putting down lightly was something he had not expected. It even made him feel like he had used too much force and fell down.
But compared with these people, Yan Shixun and the Taoist priest looked particularly serious.
Laymen are just watching the fun, but those who have truly embarked on the path of spiritual practice know very well that this is by no means a failure of the old Fengdu, and it is not a matter of them winning at all.
The truth is the opposite of what it seems. From now on, the difficulty of dealing with Old Fengdu will be greatly doubled. This is the real hell mode, and it is even possible to lose your life and soul here.
The wall of old Fengdu collapsed. Although it seemed that old Fengdu was showing weakness, a closer look revealed that their entrance was completely blocked.
Without an entrance, there is naturally no exit.
They could no longer leave the old Fengdu through normal means and were truly trapped in the hell of evil spirits.
Once they fail, not only will the outside world not be able to find their bodies, even their remaining souls will not be found anywhere in the world.
By then, they will be completely annihilated here and become one of the millions of skeletons in old Fengdu.
What is this... inviting someone into a trap?
Yan Shixun laughed in anger. He raised his lips, looked up at the dark and red sky above his head, and smiled sarcastically.
Even though this was an extremely tricky situation for the Taoist priest, Yan Shixun still deduced useful information from it.
First, the old Fengdu was indeed as he thought. After the death of ghosts and gods, they still retained a certain degree of consciousness and even had the right to act independently.
Second, the old Fengdu was indeed involved in the birth of the ghost path.
Yan Shixun was well aware of his physical constitution, which was filled with evil spirits. After he learned the truth about the Dao of Heaven and Earth from Ye Li and the King of Hell, he knew that the Dao would definitely look down upon him.
In other words, he is the focus of the Avenue.
All people and things that appear around him will come into the sight of the Avenue.
Because of this, Zhang Wubing, the reincarnation of the King of Hell's soul, did not dare to emerge from the shadow easily, fearing that the existence of his soul would be discovered by the Great Dao. He was not told the truth over the years. It was not until he entered a ghost play controlled by the ghost baby and was out of the control of the Great Dao that the King of Hell finally appeared.
Yan Shixun, the evil ghost with a bone-deep appearance, has lost his trace in the southwest. Coupled with the riot of ghosts, the Great Dao must now pay special attention to the southwest and will not miss any news related to Yan Shixun.
And once the Great Dao discovers that Yan Shixun is in the old Fengdu, the old Fengdu, which has been hiding its existence and lingering on, will inevitably be exposed to the Great Dao's sight.
This is something that even the old Feng would not want to see.
That's why he couldn't wait to lock Yan Shixun and others up in the city, fearing that if he let them go, they would reveal news about the old Fengdu.
And the last and most important point...
Yan Shixun realized that the old Fengdu were afraid of him, afraid of Yeli, the lord of Fengdu.
Jiu Fengdu wanted to silence the witness, but he didn't expect that his overly hasty behavior would make him look cowardly in front of Yan Shixun.
——Old Fengdu wanted to take action against Yan Shixun and others, but instead revealed its own cards to Yan Shixun, allowing him to keenly and accurately grasp the truth about Old Fengdu, which in turn proved his own speculation that had no evidence to support it.
In the battle between the great way and ghosts and gods, whoever gets afraid first and shakes his own way first will lose.
If Yan Shixun originally had a 50% chance of blocking the formation of the ghost path, then now, this 50% has become 80%.
If the enemy is frightened first, they will naturally become weaker in momentum.
In this kind of situation, either the west wind overwhelms the east wind, or... the east wind completely overwhelms the west wind.
Yan Shixun raised his head and smiled sarcastically at the black and red sky of old Fengdu, his sharp eyes shining brightly and thrillingly.
He mouthed the words silently: Wait for me, I will kill you.
The originally calm sky suddenly became turbulent, and the black clouds blew wildly like the eye of a storm. The blood-red sky gathered and dispersed, and the low pressure seemed to be about to fall down in the next moment and crush everything below.
Yan Shixun was not afraid at all. Instead, he felt an even stronger fighting spirit in his heart, which almost burst out from his chest.
"Mr. Yan, this..."
The Taoist priest spoke in a heavy tone, his brows furrowed into a 川 character, staring intently at the pile of skeleton ruins: "All the escape routes have been cut off. Even if we want to leave now, it will probably be difficult."
"Isn't that better?"
Yan Shixun downplayed it and didn't take it to heart. He sneered: "Because there is no way out, you must try your best - fight with your back to the wall, bet everything including your soul on tomorrow, there is no other way except victory."
"How dare you, a mere old ghost town that has long since fallen into ruin, make such a fuss?"
Yan Shixun snorted sarcastically: "Sure enough, he is a defeated general under Fengdu's command."
Ye Li's expression, which was originally serious as he looked at the skull at his feet, relaxed involuntarily because of Yan Shixun's words, and a smile spread across his lips.
Ye Li: Shi Xun praised me~
The King of Hell, who was watching Ye and Li, turned his head away silently: …………
Tsk, why don’t you just let that little idiot out? This couple is really going to kill me.
"This is what Beiyinfeng would do in the past, and it is completely in line with its style."
When mentioning the old Fengdu, the smile on Ye Li's lips disappeared, and he said in a light tone: "The Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor was born with the heaven and earth, and has never walked in the human world. His attitude towards death is purer than any ghost or god. He believes that death is just simple death, and does not allow any debris to exist. As long as the soul is tainted with negative emotions such as hatred and unwillingness, it is not a good soul."
"For Fengdu in the past, death was a road from which there was no return."
Ye Li raised his eyelashes and stared coldly at the ruins of skeletons. The skull he was looking at couldn't help but shake a few times and fell down from the pile of skeletons, trying to avoid the sight of the Lord of Fengdu.
"The city collapsed, and there was no way out."
Ye Li said calmly: "This is the embodiment of the way that Beiyin Fengdu once upheld. After the death of the Emperor Beiyin Fengdu, the ruins of the old Fengdu inherited his way."
"I thought a thousand years would be enough time for the Great Dao to dissolve the old Fengdu, but I didn't expect it to still be alive today."
As a ghost, Ye Li is able to perceive the thoughts of other ghosts much better than other people.
He put forward his conjecture to Yan Shixun: "Perhaps, it is not only the old Fengdu that is struggling, but the Northern Yin Fengdu that wants to rise again."
The move of sinking into the White Paper Lake to conceal the truth could not be done to this extent unless one had a particularly good understanding of the great principles of heaven and earth.
Over thousands of years, the world has changed dramatically, but how could such a coincidence come about that would allow the old Fengdu to be directly submerged by the Baizhi Lake?
Moreover, this direction is extremely yin, which is very conducive to the surrounding yin energy gathering towards Baizhi Lake, perfectly covering up the ghost energy emanating from the old capital at the bottom of the lake, making people mistakenly believe that the yin energy in and around Baizhi Lake comes from the southwest, rather than the old Fengdu that is still alive.
Ye Li doesn't believe in coincidences.
Anything that people think of as a coincidence is the result of cause and effect accumulated over a lifetime, and is carefully arranged by the Tao.
People often say "lucky", but isn't that moment of luck the result of all the merits accumulated in the past, playing a role in saving lives?
The car accident that was avoided by a second in the surveillance video, the murder case that was avoided because of the road that I suddenly didn't want to take when going home, the thrilling moment of taking one more step when encountering falling objects from a high altitude...
People like to define accidents as luck and misfortune.
But in the eyes of ghosts and gods, it is nothing more than the good and evil merits accumulated by the soul in its lifetime. The small good and evil deeds that no one cares about will also accumulate into the final cause and effect.
During the existence of the old Fengdu, the cause and effect accumulated by thousands of years of wronged souls and evil spirits was finally ended by the battle of Yeli.
The King of Hell and other ghosts and gods, together with the people of the world, named the battle in which mortals defeated the ghosts and gods a miracle.
But isn't that also the result of the karma of old Fengdu itself?
Yeli is not alone in its fight against Old Fengdu.
Behind him, there are 100,000 soldiers who swore to follow him to the death, the souls of the innocent people who were slaughtered all over the city. And...
For thousands of years, the resentment of all the "evil ghosts" who were thrown into the prison of Jiufengdu.
Every trace of resentment, every soul that died unjustly but could not get revenge, put their strength on Ye Li, and solemnly entrusted their hope of revenge to the general who was willing to fight for ordinary people and justice.
This power lifted him high up onto the altar, allowing him to face the ghosts and gods born and raised by nature without fear.
Every peck and every drink has its consequences.
All dharmas are impermanent, this alone is the constant principle.
The old Fengdu should have disappeared and returned to heaven and earth to become nutrients for the living again, but it violated common sense and survived to this day, even causing evil spirits to spread all over the southwest...
At this moment, Ye Li saw the cause and effect that the Dao could not see, and also saw the future that the Dao had predicted.
Ye Li calmly turned his gaze and looked towards the King of Hell.
Yama:……?
He felt a little creepy by Ye Li's inexplicable gaze, but he didn't know why Ye Li was looking at him like that.
However, he also missed the only recognition from Yeli in thousands of years.
Ye Li: Although this guy is annoying as he always pesters Shi Xun, I have to admit that he is very accurate in leading the way.
Led by the stranger Zhang Wubing, everyone headed for Baizhi Lake. The turmoil in the southwestern ghost area was taken seriously by all parties.
After breaking the ghost play, the King of Hell led everyone to the bottom of Baizhi Lake, where they could see the old site of Fengdu.
He even knocked open the door of old Fengdu with a hammer.
Ye Li: "When you return to the human world, you can also consider starting a lock-opening business."
He was about to turn around and walk towards the streets in the city, but after thinking about it, he added: "According to Shi Xun's suggestion, it would be good to make a navigation system."
Ye Li's expression was rarely seen in sincerity: "Of all the people and ghosts I have seen, you are the most suitable to do this."
Yama:?
Are you crazy or am I crazy? The King of Hell, go and open the lock? ?
But Yan Shixun, who was standing by, heard the conversation between the two, rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment, and sincerely suggested to the King of Hell: "Although the King of Hell is Jing Xiaobao now, you, a former ghost god whose name was destroyed by the Great Dao, can no longer be the King of Hell. But, do you want to consider becoming the founder of the lock-picking business or the navigation business?"
Yan Shixun sincerely helped the King of Hell to analyze the situation: "Look, many people in the world worship Guan Gong, and the incense has never been cut off. Not only that, the exorcists who inherited the bone-replacing technique also worship Guan Gong - after all, the bone-replacing technique was originally invented to allow Guan Gong to be buried in peace."
"If you become the ancestor of any industry, people in that industry will worship you in the future, and you won't have to worry about the incense."
"If the situation improves over a few hundred years, and the power of the gods no longer needs to be unified to support the Great Dao, then you may become a god again."
Yan Shixun smiled and said, "Even if I can't compare to the King of Hell, a lock god or a navigation god should still be okay - think about how many people use navigation and how many people need to open locks, and I think this suggestion is very reliable."
King of Hell: "??? What's wrong with you two? Why are you joining forces to mock me?"
What is a Lock God! No matter how useless he is, he is still a Hades, and navigation... well, that's called leading the way! They are all sacrifices made for the overall situation.
With the explanations from Yan Shixun and Ye Li, everyone also understood the tension of the situation at the time.
But before they could get nervous, they calmed down again because of the smiles on the faces of Yan Shixun and others.
If Mr. Yan had a smile on his face, the situation would not be the worst.
The rescue team members thought so and laughed because of Yan Shixun's words.
The King of Hell, who heard it clearly, was immediately speechless: "…Why are you laughing along with me? Do you really want to worship the King of Hell first when you open the navigation system in the future?"
The King of Hell would never have imagined that in an age when ghosts and gods were no longer needed, the once feared King of Hell would have fallen to the point of doing odd jobs to survive.
Life is not easy, the King of Hell sighs.
Yan Shixun chuckled twice, then became serious and told Ye Li what he had just seen.
"I saw my master."
Yan Shixun whispered: "Although it was only a brief moment...but I don't think it was my illusion."
Ye Li gave Yan Shixun a positive answer: "In the residence of ghosts and gods, there is no illusion, especially for you, Shixun, who has the appearance of an evil ghost in your bones. Shixun, after entering the old Fengdu, you should have felt something, right?"
Yan Shixun's eyes darkened.
That's right.
Compared to the discomfort of the rescue team members and others, he felt like a fish in water. Even his breathing was smooth and fresh, as if he naturally belonged here.
The last time I had a similar feeling was in the evil abyss under the coastal suburban highway.
The place where evil spirits gather that would make living people feel fearful and uncomfortable would make Yan Shixun like a dragon entering the sea, completely letting go and having a hearty battle.
Ye Li noticed the change in Yan Shixun's expression, nodded, and said, "Living people only think that the evil ghost in the bones occupies yin and yang at the same time, so it can imitate the heaven and earth, the balance of yin and yang, and possess stronger power."
"But in fact, this is the most terrifying thing about evil spirits entering the bones compared to ghosts and gods - the evil spirits entering the bones can travel freely in the underworld, without fear of ghost energy, and even gain stronger power in the underworld."
Ye Li raised his hand, gently held Yan Shixun's hand, then pulled his hand and placed it on his chest.
Under that warm and slender palm, under Ye Li's slightly cool and thin skin, his heart was beating slowly.
As powerful as ghosts and gods, they seem extremely fragile at this moment.
As long as Yan Shixun wanted to kill Ye Li, he could pierce his chest and grab his heart.
Yan Shixun looked up in confusion, only to see Ye Li chuckling at him: "Shixun, the evil ghost in the bones represents the balance of all yin and yang and the five elements. In terms of Taoism, it is no different from the Great Dao, and is not at the only intersection of the three lines of man, god and ghost."
"You can kill anyone, god or ghost."
"You can become a human, a god, or a ghost. You can be a god or a human. It only takes a thought."
Ye Li lowered his eyelashes slightly, he leaned forward, and the distance between him and Yan Shixun was only an inch, they could even clearly feel each other's breath.
"So, karma and the Great Dao guided you to come to the old Fengdu."
"The old Fengdu that the Great Dao cannot completely eliminate...will be ended by you."
Just like a thousand years ago, he killed the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu.
Ye Li looked at Yan Shixun intently, and his serious expression did not seem fake.
As Ye Li finished speaking, Yan Shixun's eyes slowly widened.
Although he had gotten used to the uniqueness brought about by his special physique, he had never thought that he would shoulder such a heavy responsibility as Ye Li said.
The old Fengdu, once the residence of ghosts and gods, was the direct cause of Yeli's rebellion against heaven and earth and eventual ascension to the throne of ghosts and gods.
Yan Shixun's mind was in turmoil, his ears turned red and hot, and his heart beat as fast and as fast as a drum.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end only a few scattered syllables came out.
Yan Shixun knew very well that with Ye Li's character, he would not joke about such things, and what Ye Li said was true.
Although he was caught off guard and learned that he had to bear such a huge responsibility, Yan Shixun was only distracted for a short time before he immediately suppressed his complex emotions and regained his composure.
Only the still hot cheeks and earlobes remained to remind Yan Shixun what he had just heard.
In his life, he never chose to evade responsibility.
He has no other choice but to move forward firmly and take on the heavy responsibility.
The official person in charge who witnessed everything nearby felt so full that he wanted to burp, and also wanted to call his wife.
Official person in charge: I was ignorant before. When the rescue team spread rumors that Mr. Yan was married, I helped Mr. Yan to refute the rumors several times. Although I was later shaken... But now this is direct evidence! The evidence is as strong as a mountain.
He even felt a little regretful. If his cell phone had not been dropped somewhere when he was being chased by evil spirits in the deserted village, he could have quickly taken a photo and showed it to the abbot of Haiyun Temple when he returned to prove that he really cared about Yan Shixun.
As for the Taoist priest, his face was already filled with shock.
He always thought that although what Taoist Wang said in the temple was not a lie, given Taoist Wang's occasionally strong desire to win, he must have exaggerated to some extent in order to piss off the other Taoists.
But he didn't expect that what Taoist Wang said was actually true!
The Taoist priest who saw the scene at this moment felt full of guilt: Taoist priest Wang was right in his criticism, he really didn't care about Fellow Daoist Yan, he didn't even know that Fellow Daoist Yan was getting married... After returning, he will definitely pay the gift money.
The King of Hell turned his back to Yan Shixun and the other man, and said in a muffled voice, "Why did you guys mess up a simple request to entrust me with something like this... well... forget it, you guys can just speak your hearts out here, I'm leaving first."
Yan Shixun was suddenly awakened when he heard the voice of the King of Hell.
When he lowered his head, he found that his palm was still tightly held by Ye Li, and it was pressed against Ye Li's chest.
The texture lines of the muscles under the palm are tight and strong, containing terrifying explosive power.
Yan Shixun: “…”
He silently withdrew his hand and calmly nodded to the people behind him: "Let's go."
Pretend nothing happened.
A smile appeared in Ye Li's eyes, and he knew that his big cat had reached the limit of its patience and he couldn't push it too hard.
So he let go of her hand and walked towards the depths of the city with Yan Shixun.
Because Yan Shixun mentioned Li Chengyun, and the city wall collapsed, cutting off his retreat, the itinerary he had originally planned in his mind was disrupted and he had to replan it.
"But I personally brought back my master's body. I dressed him in his shroud, closed his coffin, and watched him being buried with my own eyes..."
Speaking of Li Chengyun's death, Yan Shixun tried hard to remain calm, but his throat was still sore and he choked for a long time before he found his voice: "Why did someone who should have been sleeping peacefully appear in the old Fengdu ghost city?"
Ye Li sighed softly: "How can there be living people in Fengdu?"
Thinking back to the astonishment he felt when he saw Yan Shixun's spirit in Fengdu, Ye Li said, "For thousands of years, you, Shixun, have been the only one who has entered Fengdu as a living person. Among all the ghosts, you are so dazzling that it is impossible to ignore you."
"Even now, the rescue team can enter the old Fengdu because the world in the southwest has been turned upside down, ghosts are in power, and the human world is in chaos. And everyone has just left the ghost show, and their souls have not yet completely merged with their bodies."
Ye Li said: "If it weren't for the right time, right place and right people, only you and I, and the idiots over there, would be able to enter the old Fengdu. The evil spirits are in our bones, and there will be no obstacles in the way of heaven or earth."
King of Hell: ...I hope the "idiot" you mentioned is not me, you must be referring to the stranger Zhang Wubing, right?
Yan Shixun did not pay attention to the reactions of others. The star-like light in his eyes, which had been looking at Ye Li with hope, went out.
He even wanted to hold on to a glimmer of hope, thinking that maybe he had seen it wrong?
After all, Li Chengyun died a martyr and had endured all kinds of suffering during his lifetime. Now that he is dead, at least let those who once carried heavy burdens on their shoulders get a moment of rest and peace.
Yan Shixun didn't want to see that Li Chengyun would still devote all his energy to considering the Tao and the living after his death.
Worse still, the souls are disturbed by ghosts and cannot sleep peacefully.
The possibility that Yan Shixun could not accept the most was that Li Chengyun’s soul did not reincarnate after his death, or it dissipated due to the cause and effect of the Great Dao.
Instead, he was left in the old Fengdu, where he suffered torture and pain day and night with those evil spirits.
At this point, Yan Shixun already knew why Master Bai and Zheng Shumu said that his master disappeared not far from Baizhi Lake.
Because Li Chengyun never left Baizhi Lake.
With Mr. Chengyun's extraordinary talent, why couldn't he figure out the exact location of the old site of Fengdu?
He did not even stop there, but went deep into the old Fengdu that was feared by all ghosts.
Perhaps, Mr. Chengyun wanted to find a ray of hope here, or perhaps, he had long anticipated the revival of the old Fengdu mentioned by Ye Li, so he stayed here to guard it.
After clearing away the clouds and mist, Yan Shixun clearly saw how far-sighted and transcendental Chengyun Hermit, who was once praised by exorcists all over the world, was.
Even though he was that man's only disciple, he couldn't help but be shocked.
But the testimony from Yeli calmed Yan Shixun down and brought him back to his senses.
Yan Shixun slowly blinked his eyes, trying to gather his scattered thoughts, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "My master..."
Have long-term plans for the world.
If Yan Shixun did these things himself, he would not hesitate at all.
But just the speculation that Li Chengyun might have done these things, and the fact that as a result a wisp of Li Chengyun's soul was left in the old Fengdu and could not rest in peace for many years, made him so heartbroken that he could not breathe.
Rather than letting others bear it, Yan Shixun would rather bear all the pain himself.
——It is better for him to end it all than to watch others suffer but be unable to do anything.
"No matter why my master is here, I will not watch him suffer in a place like this."
As he walked, when Yan Shixun passed by the evil ghosts collapsed and crying and wailing on both sides of the street, he couldn't help but think of Li Chengyun.
Just by imagining that Li Chengyun would suffer like these evil spirits when he was not there, Yan Shixun's eyes would be filled with sorrow and guilt, and he deeply felt that he did not have a good foundation.
"I want to find my master and take him away."
Yan Shixun tried to keep his voice calm: "Even if Master is left with only a remnant of his soul and cannot be reincarnated... I will take him away."
"His destination should not be here."
People who have dedicated their entire lives to the world and all living things should not fall along with the inevitable sinking ghost town of Old Fengdu.
Ye Li nodded and held Yan Shixun's hand in a soothing manner: "Don't worry, Shixun."
Those who try to spy on the great way for the safety of all living beings and sacrifice their lives for the cause are not worthy of the old Fengdu.
In just a few words, Yan Shixun and Ye Li had finalized the plan.
The people around him heard the whole thing, but no one raised any objections, and no one said that they had to put the situation first and not look for Li Chengyun.
Everyone remained silent.
The rescue team members also had many lamentations in their hearts.
Although they are not as good as Mr. Chengyun, their work is similar to Mr. Chengyun.
It’s just that they are within the scope of science, while Mr. Chengyun is responsible for areas outside of science.
They were all there to save the people, so when they saw Mr. Chengyun, it was as if they saw themselves, and they couldn't help feeling sympathy for their fellow man.
Although they had never seen Mr. Chengyun and were not familiar with him.
But Mr. Chengyun was able to sleep peacefully, which was somewhat comforting, as if they had seen their own peaceful afterlife while they were alive.
A look of sadness also flashed across the Taoist priest's eyes.
Who in Haiyun Temple doesn't know the extraordinary grace of Layman Chengyun in the past? But now, for the sake of sentient beings, Layman Chengyun has been broken into pieces and can't be put back together...
This is something no one wants to see.
Yan Shixun thought that he was being selfish because of his master, but in the eyes of others, this master and disciple had already given too much, and even if they tried their best to repay them, they would not be able to make up for even a little.
How could I refute it?
"When I met my master, he was in a strange state and didn't fit in here..."
Yan Shixun tried hard to recall what happened at that time.
But because the old Fengdu city wall happened to collapse, the huge noise attracted his attention and made him worry about the people behind him getting hurt, so he only had time to quickly glance at his master before turning around to prioritize checking on everyone's situation.
In that brief glance, the only thing that impressed Yan Shixun was Li Chengyun's still calm smile.
It was exactly the same as he remembered it many years ago.
"The ebony idol..."
Yan Shixun hesitated for a moment, but still took the initiative to mention to Ye Li the image that Ye Li had abandoned: "Could that statue be the one that my master found in the old Fengdu?"
"According to what you said before, there were no living people involved in that battle. There were no other witnesses except ghosts and the avenue. The only ones who saw your appearance back then were two ghosts."
Yan Shixun thought of the 100,000 ghost soldiers he had seen before, and first ruled out the possibility that it was Fengdu led by Ye Li who leaked the matter.
Given the loyalty of those soldiers who followed the emperor till death, it would be difficult to make them betray Yeli and betray their former image.
Moreover, according to Zheng Shumu, Li Chengyun's activities in those days were always around Baizhi Lake.
Considering so many factors, there was only one possibility left that Yan Shixun could think of.
——A thousand years ago, the ghost of old Fengdu saw the image of the general with his own eyes and carved it down. Later, it flowed into old Fengdu, and Li Chengyun calculated the location of the statue, so he entered old Fengdu to look for the statue to suppress the evil spirits in Baizhi Lake.
The power of the ghost baby originally came from the old Fengdu, and what the old Fengdu feared most was the general who attacked the old Fengdu and even killed the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu in rage.
This ebony statue is perfect for the Baizhi Lake area.
When Yan Shixun inferred what Li Chengyun had done back then based on the currently known results, he could not help but be shocked by Li Chengyun's prediction several years in advance.
Every move Li Chengyun made was exactly at the critical point, without any mistakes.
Yan Shixun even had reasonable evidence to suspect that if it were not for Li Chengyun, this disaster would have probably struck several years ago.
But at that time, everything was not ready yet. The living people were not prepared for a catastrophe, and in places like Ghost Mountain, evil spirits and demons were still wreaking havoc. He had not grown enough to face all these difficulties.
If at that time, this disaster that was enough to overturn the heaven and earth occurred, everything would inevitably be led to the most irreparable abyss. Even if Ye Li returned to the human world to turn the tide, there would be no guarantee that all living people could survive.
Many people are bound to die in this disaster.
In places like Ghost Mountain alone, once a fierce ghost or evil spirit takes shape, the entire surrounding area will be affected, which means hundreds of thousands of lives.
However, if the Great Dao completely collapses, demons and ghosts run rampant, the number of deaths will be too numerous to count.
Perhaps, the Lord of Fengdu will eventually come to the rescue because he cannot bear to see the misery in the world.
But the only people who are guaranteed to survive are living people, which is a broad concept.
Not everyone's safety.
——For every individual, there is no such thing as probability or luck; individual death is 100% certain.
As Yan Shixun thought so, his steps slowed down and finally stopped in the middle of the street.
When he truly understood Li Chengyun's life, he was amazed at what a brilliant and talented person his master was.
Even though he witnessed Li Chengyun's ten years with his own eyes, he was unable to see the whole situation because he had not been involved in Li Chengyun's origin and destination.
Until he saw it all clearly.
Even though Yan Shixun has now grown to his peak and is able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Taoist Li, he is still amazed and shocked by Li Chengyun.
Ye Li saw Yan Shixun's messy thoughts.
But he neither said anything to comfort Yan Shixun nor urged him.
He just held Yan Shixun's hand tightly, wanting to tell Yan Shixun that he would always be by his side.
Then he waited quietly without saying a word, allowing Yan Shixun to adjust himself quietly.
The Taoist priest's attention was drawn to both sides of the street.
The appearance of the old Fengdu remained the same a thousand years ago with the death of Emperor Beiyin Fengdu.
The streets and buildings all look like the old times.
But if you look closely, you will find that these seemingly exquisitely carved beams and pillars are not engraved with traditional auspicious meanings of the human world, but the exact opposite, evil spirits.
The images of those evil ghosts roaring ferociously on the beams and pillars looked like real vicious ghost messengers.
The "evil ghosts" huddled in the corners and roadside ditches were obviously extremely afraid of the carvings. They only dared to sob quietly in the corners, fearing that they would disturb the carvings and be discovered by the ghost.
After the ghost catcher escaped, there is no longer any ghost catcher to torture the evil ghosts in the old Fengdu. Only the evil ghosts themselves recall their life and death day after day. Because of the anger and hatred in their hearts, they suffer day and night and howl in pain without relief.
——Why can the murderer be reincarnated peacefully while the victim suffers in the old Fengdu!
The evil spirits were unwilling, but they could not leave the city.
The long torture made many evil ghosts completely crazy. They finally forgot their resentment in their previous lives and began to resent everything they saw before their eyes.
However, the old Fengdu was left with only the judgment of "as expected", and was more firmly convinced that the initial judgment was correct, and that this ghost had indeed turned into an evil ghost that would harm the human world.
Jiu Feng was not wrong in his judgment. It was the general from a thousand years ago who went crazy.
The Taoist priest listened attentively to the crazy murmurs of crying and laughing from the evil spirits, and he found himself amused and infected by their emotions, and became sad.
Although the streets and buildings look exquisite, the evil spirits walking among them make this place a hell.
The evil spirits were driven mad, biting and hurting each other, crying and shouting the names of their former enemies, not knowing that over the past thousand years, their enemies had already been reincarnated peacefully for several lifetimes and had forgotten what they had done to their victims.
Maybe it knows.
That's why it became more and more unwilling to give in to hatred, and its obsession with nowhere to vent eventually drove itself crazy.
The Taoist priest, who had never experienced what was happening a thousand years ago, was so shocked that he became speechless after carefully listening to the howling of dozens of evil ghosts. He never expected that Fengdu used to act like this.
"That's why I said I hate old Fengdu."
The King of Hell, who was walking beside the Taoist priest, spoke calmly.
Although it was his first time stepping into the old Fengdu, he had already guessed about this and was not surprised.
The King of Hell once heard someone nearby, in the shadow of the living Zhang Wubing, say that he envied his past years and wanted to go back a thousand years.
But the King of Hell didn't want to.
He likes the present.
He liked Fengdu under the rule of Ye Li, and felt from the bottom of his heart that this was his ideal state that he did not even dare to imagine.
The King of Hell has a clear mind. He knows very well that the underworld can be in opposition to Fengdu, which is the situation that Yeli hopes for.
Otherwise, just based on the difference in power between the two, if Ye Li used an iron fist to suppress all voices of dissatisfaction, then the King of Hell would be crushed into ashes by Fengdu if he just had an idea.
——The Great Dao never intervened in the matter of Yeli's ascension to the throne of a ghost and god, and therefore had nothing to do with the Great Dao, making it impossible for the Great Dao to command and supervise Yeli, as well as Fengdu under Yeli's control.
Even because Ye Li defeated the former Beiyin Fengdu, he was able to forcibly strip the authority to judge all souls from the Great Dao, making today's Fengdu even better than the old Fengdu.
Therefore, Yeli became the most special one among all ghosts and gods.
He ascended to heaven in one step with the body of a mortal.
Even when the Great Dao was in decline and the gods perished, the Great Dao was helpless against Fengdu. Yeli was unharmed and has now become the only ghost god.
The King of Hell has to use all his strength and plan with all his heart to ensure that even a trace of soul escapes.
But Yeli was the one that the Great Dao had repeatedly requested to support the Great Dao.
The King of Hell has always seen clearly the huge gap between the two.
Therefore, he realized more deeply that it would be impossible for Ye Li to voluntarily release the power of death on other ghosts and gods.
The King of Hell lowered his eyes slightly, looked at the ghost lying at his feet, mumbling in an idiotic manner, and sighed imperceptibly.
He bends down
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