Chapter 290 Jinjiang (1)
After confirming the relationship between Yan Shixun and Li Chengyun, the old man's attitude towards Yan Shixun immediately changed dramatically.
Although he was no longer on guard against Yan Shixun... he also lost his good attitude towards Yan Shixun.
"I should have guessed it when you lied to an old man like me. The only one who could do such a thing is Li Chengyun, and now you are one of them!"
The old man was so angry that he was puffing his beard and glaring, walking back and forth in circles in the already small room, stomping hard with each step, as if he was going to crush the ground.
He was filled with rage, and when he thought of the ways in which Li Chengyun had cheated him in the past, the new grudges and old scores added to the mix made him so angry that his face almost turned purple, but he just had no way of getting anything back.
After thinking about it, I got even angrier!
Yan Shixun noticed the old man's reaction, chuckled and shook his head, then walked forward and began to coax him skillfully.
"Old man, in our line of work, we have to be on guard against ghosts, not to mention that you are a Fengdu ghost messenger, more powerful than ordinary ghosts. Naturally, I will be on guard when I am not familiar with you."
"But after meeting you, I discovered it."
Yan Shixun looked directly at the old man with a sincere look in his eyes: "You are a respectable and good ghost messenger. You will definitely not hurt me."
The old man's angry accusations came to an abrupt end.
He stopped where he was, turned around and looked at Yan Shixun suspiciously: "Really?"
"Boy, are you trying to scare me too?"
The old man swore that he had been a ghost catcher for so many years, but he had never seen strangers like Li Chengyun and Yan Shixun, a pair of master and disciple!
He didn't know which words he said were true and which were false, but they all sounded sincere, which frightened him so much that it took him a long time to finally realize that he seemed to have been cheated.
It has been a long time since the old man felt like he was holding his breath but had nowhere to vent it since Li Chengyun left.
Yan Shixun helped him recall the pain.
Thank you, cunning soul!
After realizing that Yan Shixun was Li Chengyun's disciple, the old man couldn't help but look at him with suspicion, trying hard to find flaws in him. He even remained skeptical about everything Yan Shixun had just said and refused to believe him easily.
Having been deceived too many times, to the point where even he couldn't react for a while, the old man refused to believe Yan Shixun again.
——But when he asked “Really?”, the old man was so proud that his tail was raised.
Yan Shixun tried hard to restrain his emotions, but the smile in his eyes gradually grew stronger.
Although the old man said that he missed the old Fengdu but did not want the old Fengdu to be re-established, Yan Shixun could also see clearly that the old man had feelings for the old Fengdu period.
It is just like in the human world, an old man reminisces about the high spirits of his youth.
To coax someone, of course you have to stroke their fur.
Yan Shixun saw through the pros and cons of the ghost messenger and was able to capture him easily. With just a few words, he made the old man forget his anger and become proud again.
The old man was in a good mood and looked up, as if he wanted to show off proudly but was trying hard to restrain a smug smile.
"Now you are the only remaining ghost messenger in the old Fengdu. You are the only one who knows the cause and effect of the past thousand years, or even tens of thousands of years."
Yan Shixun said solemnly: "Please help me. Together, we can stop the Ghost Path from completely subverting the Great Dao."
"You are the only one who can do this."
The old man didn't expect Yan Shixun to think so highly of him. He stopped walking around the house for a moment and just stared at Yan Shixun, as if he didn't know him.
Is this still the same guy who could make people angry just now? What a huge change!
But the old man changed his mind and became even happier.
What does this mean? It means that he is indeed very important! Even if this kid is reluctant, speaks rudely and disrespects the elderly, can't we just say nice things to him and beg him?
Although the old man vaguely felt that the meaning of Yan Shixun's words gave him too heavy a sense of responsibility, when he thought about it carefully, he felt so oppressed that he wanted to roll his eyes.
However, the sharp contrast in respect and esteem shown by Yan Shixun before and after made the old man very happy.
Whenever he thought about the possibility that he would not see this boy's attitude change if he rejected Yan Shixun, he felt reluctant.
The old man couldn't suppress the smile on his face. He coughed and ignored his guilty conscience, saying, "Of course! Young man, you only know how to respect the elderly now? Now you know, I'm very powerful."
Yan Shixun pretended to accept the instructions with a guilty look, and only when he nodded did a smile appear on his lips: "Then I'll leave it to you. Your help is the only thing I can rely on now."
"I believe you will not let me down, right? After all, you are such a great man."
The old man hunched over guiltily, feeling a little short of breath.
But he immediately stood up and said loudly: "Of course! Young man, who are you looking down on?"
Yan Shixun chuckled.
——How to convince an originally stubborn opponent?
Affirm him, praise him, and place him high on a platform, in a position that no one can reach.
Then tell him that this is an important thing that only he can do. And if he can't do it... I will be very disappointed, so I will take away all the praise.
See, isn't this simple?
Yan Shixun lowered his eyelashes nonchalantly and adjusted his shirt sleeves.
With the old man's promise, it means that all the key information and people are on his side.
Now in the entire old Fengdu city, apart from the city itself, there are very few people who stand on the side of the city's spirit.
The spirit born in the old Fengdu city would never have imagined that it just wanted to trap Yan Shixun in the first layer of hell, but was instead caught by his tail. Moreover, before the battle really started, it easily disintegrated the power that was originally on the side of the city.
Whether it is the evil ghosts who were moved by Yan Shixun's promise to help them with revenge and reincarnation, or the ghost messengers who were forced to his side by the rhythm he controlled, all existences have things they can do.
Information about the ghost messenger and Li Chengyun obtained from the evil ghost.
And what you will learn from the ghost is the truth about the old Fengdu and the whereabouts of Li Chengyun.
"I don't know where Li Chengyun has gone now."
When talking about the white-robed Buddhist of that year, the smile on the old man's face gradually faded and became serious.
"Before the old Fengdu was in trouble, I was in charge of the ghosts in this level of hell. Later, the old Fengdu fell, and I returned here after a narrow escape. In order to prevent the city's spirit from discovering me, I stayed here and didn't dare to leave."
"Once it enters the territory controlled by it, it can easily see through what I am thinking because of my subordinate relationship with Old Fengdu. In that case, all the plans and intelligence stored in my mind will be exposed."
"I can only be trapped here, keeping the secret, looking for the truth of that battle, and waiting for the right time to come."
The ghost messenger never knew what opportunity he was waiting for.
After bidding farewell to the ancestor of the Bai family, the ghost walked aimlessly in the land of the southwest. He didn't know whether he was confirming something or simply wanted to use the proof that the old Fengdu once existed in this land to find his place again and find some comfort.
He had been the ghost catcher of Fengdu for too long, and he had forgotten his identity and memories before his death. The only identity he accepted was that of a ghost catcher.
He even forgot his own name, and the meaning of his existence was closely connected with Fengdu.
Fengdu is here, he is a ghost messenger.
Fengdu is dead...he is nothing.
The ghost walked in a daze on the land of the southwest, like a drowning man trying to grasp at a straw, trying to find something that could prove his identity.
But what he saw were thousands of starving people and wailing ghosts.
This land is filled with wandering ghosts who are lost after death. The human world and the underworld are in chaos.
When the old Fengdu collapsed, many ghost officials died on the battlefield with the 100,000 ghost soldiers of the new Fengdu, and even more ghost officials fled the old Fengdu city and hid in the human world in a hurry.
Their existence disrupts the peaceful life in the southwest.
These ghost officials who escaped after looting magical instruments from the old Fengdu city possess far greater power than the exorcists on earth, and they are condescending and indifferent.
They have seen a lot of death and are used to the masters in the world bowing down to them and begging for their help in fear and trepidation.
They still thought that they were still the ghost messengers of Fengdu, with the power and status granted by the Emperor of Fengdu in Beiyin, and could run rampant in the human world.
The Fengdu Ghost Messenger, even if he holds an official position, is already a ghost after all and does not belong to the human world.
The evil spirit lingering around them caused people to fall sick and crops to wither wherever they passed. People on earth could not find the cause and simply thought it was a natural disaster.
When the masters in the southwest began to perform rituals, wanting to seek help from ghosts and gods as they had done in the past to drive out evil spirits and restore peace to the human world, they were shocked to find that the situation had changed.
They could no longer call on ghosts and gods for help.
Instead, it angered the ghost officials who had escaped to the human world, causing them to attack the people in anger.
Even the ancestors of the Bai family were not spared.
Because the ancestor of the Bai family had helped the ghost catcher and was saved by the lord of the new Fengdu, ordinary evil spirits dared not approach him on weekdays, making the place where he was the most peaceful and safe place within a hundred miles.
Many members of the Bai clan could not survive, so they migrated from their original places of residence and joined the Bai ancestors.
After the ghost left, a village with the surname Bai was formed there.
After all, the ancestor of the Bai family had dealt with ghost messengers before. When those ghost messengers with malicious intentions and contempt for life approached the village, he was already alert, and lit incense in front of the altar, asking for help from the ghost messengers who left.
The ghost traveled at a rapid pace and finally arrived after the Bai family's ancestor was hurt.
Then what he saw were the hideous faces of his former colleagues.
When he was in the old Fengdu, he was once one of the many ghost messengers. He had no memory of being a living person and no resentment towards death. Like other ghost messengers, he had a superior perspective because of his power. He could never understand the resentment of the dead souls and never cared about those lives.
But now, everything is different.
The ghost messenger traveled to every corner of the southwest. He had seen enough new ghosts weeping over corpses, and could not bear to see relatives and friends fainting from crying for the deceased.
He fell back to the earth, placing himself on the same level as all living beings and empathizing with them.
After experiencing all this, when he saw his former colleagues again, he found those faces so hateful.
Those ghost officials were clamoring, and there were also ghost exorcists and sects who coveted the power of the ghost officials and the magic weapons they had looted from the old Fengdu, so they followed the ghost officials and became their accomplices.
The exorcists who were supposed to protect the living have become the perpetrators.
Those exorcists who turned against their allies had no idea what was going on. They were too far away from Ye where the incident first happened, and they had never communicated with other exorcists far away.
They didn't know that Fengdu had changed its owner, the great way had changed, and the heaven and earth had undergone tremendous changes.
All they could see in their eyes was the power and wealth of the ghost messengers, revealing their greed to take it for themselves.
The ghost saw those ghostly faces and thought it was ridiculous.
Fengdu once maintained order between life and death and guarded the human world, but it turned out to be like this.
However, those colleagues who are supposed to stand between the yin and yang have such faces.
The ghost was still confused and didn't know what his identity was at the moment.
But he made a decision.
——No one, god or ghost, knew that he had witnessed the moment when the new Lord of Fengdu ascended the throne on the battlefield.
The ghost saw the transformation of the general into a ghost, and accidentally got a glimpse of the ghost's true form.
Even though it was not what he originally wanted, it was already a heavy cause and effect for the heaven and earth.
Even if it's just a quick glance.
The ghost was still suffering from the heavy consequences of peeping into the true form of ghosts and gods, and was dying as a result. He lost all his strength and fell at the doorstep of the Bai ancestor's home.
But thanks to this, the ghost knew that he had found a way to deal with his former colleagues.
After much thought, he finally succeeded in carving the image of the warrior that he had seen in a hurry onto wood, thus leaving the image of the ghost in the moment before he ascended the throne in the world.
The ghost may not have seen the general's face clearly, but the general's amazing momentum of daring to fight against the gods and ghosts was firmly remembered in his heart.
And successfully restored it on the wood carving.
The precious ebony that had been formed over thousands of years was shattered in the hands of the ghost. The statue showed no softness or mercy, and questioned with angry eyes, as sharp as a sword that would never be sheathed.
When the ghost finally completed the statue, even he was stunned.
He looked at the statue, his whole body trembling like a sieve, not daring to have the slightest intention of offending. He just wanted to kneel down before the statue, confess all the good and evil deeds in his life, and beg for judgment.
It was clearly the statue that was carved by him, but he was so afraid that even his soul was trembling.
The moment the statue appeared, heaven and earth lowered their eyes towards the southwest land, and all the ghosts who had escaped from the old Fengdu had nowhere to hide and were exposed before the statue and heaven and earth.
On a stormy night, the ebony statue opened its eyes, and the long sword in its hand shone with a cold light.
The ghost officials screamed in fear and fled in panic.
However, they were completely intercepted by heaven and earth in the southwest, and then died under the long sword of the statue.
The general was already filled with anger, and he questioned the Great Dao and all the ghosts and gods. Even the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu died under his sword.
What the ghost used ebony as a carrier to record was the last moment of the Lord of Fengdu as a general.
The anger reached its peak, the murderous intent shook the heaven and earth, and the gods were shocked and dared not to stop it.
This statue is a miniature of a warrior, and its existence has only one purpose - to kill all the evil spirits that disturb the human world and guard the lives behind it.
Heavy rain poured down from the sky, and the swollen river water crashed against the embankment.
In the deserted wilderness, the only thing left was the fleeing ghost lying on the ground with his eyes wide open, seemingly unable to understand why he was dying here like an ant.
The ghost watched helplessly as his colleagues who were killed by the general gradually turned into ashes, and after being washed away by the heavy rain, nothing was left.
And because the ghost was once saved by the ancestor of the Bai family, and he saw the image of the general with his own eyes and carved it, he also had an indirect causal relationship with the general.
Even in the old Fengdu period, the ghost messengers had always been guarding the evil ghosts in hell.
He was not a ghost messenger in charge of fighting, and he had never stepped into the human world to detain ghosts, so he had never carried this sin.
Deafening thunder roared, lightning tore through the sky, and light and shadows were confused in the rain.
It illuminated the angry face of the ebony statue and the knife in its hand.
The ebony statue saw the last remaining ghost, but turned its gaze away indifferently and did not kill him.
The ghost who didn't expect that he could save his life was stunned in the rainstorm for a long time before he finally realized what had happened.
He was shocked by the ebony statue and the current situation in the southwest. In order to verify his doubts, he returned to the old Fengdu city to find out the truth.
"Young man, what do you think? I was also a very influential person in my time."
The old man sat on a chair made of human bones, picking his feet and asked smugly, "Now you know how important I am, and you still want to cheat me? You don't know what's good for you."
"But I am..."
The old man's voice became low for a moment, changing from cheerfulness to an unfathomable heaviness: "Kill all colleagues and make sure all the ghost messengers in the old Fengdu are completely wiped out."
"The history of old Fengdu ended completely on that rainy night."
The old man laughed again, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes piled up into layers of folds, and the light in his eyes could not be seen: "I have become the only ghost messenger left in the old Fengdu."
Yan Shixun stood there in a daze.
Although he had speculated about the origin of the ebony statue, he also suspected that the statue had returned to Baizhi Lake after disappearing in Haiyun Temple, and judging from Ye Li's reaction, it was very likely hidden in the old Fengdu.
But he never expected that the ebony statue was carved by the ghost in front of him.
That is... Even Yeli itself did not know the existence of the statue, and was even surprised that the image of a general from a thousand years ago could have been passed down.
Because that was not left behind by a ghost exorcist from the human world.
Instead, it was witnessed by the old Fengdu ghost catcher and carved by his own hands.
Because of this, he almost died, and he narrowly escaped death twice.
But Yan Shixun was also able to confirm another thing because of this.
The ebony statue that suppressed the evil spirits in Baizhi Lake for several years was indeed found by Li Chengyun.
Whether it was the ghost or the ghost messenger, only Li Chengyun appeared in the old Fengdu, and no one else appeared in any of the narratives.
It is not easy to enter the old Fengdu.
Only someone with such extraordinary talent as Li Chengyun could unravel the confusing clues, find the location of the old Fengdu, and successfully enter.
——He also tricked the only old Fengdu ghost away.
Yan Shixun suspected that the rumors about Fengdu that had been circulating in the southwest for thousands of years were spread by those escaped ghost officials.
The exorcists who had seen those ghost officials could not stop thinking about this incident because they coveted the magic weapons in their hands, so it turned into a rumor and spread.
But whether it is Ye Li’s real body or the rumored one, there is no ebony statue.
Even if it weren't for the ghost messenger who participated in the whole process and told Yan Shixun the follow-up of the battle a thousand years ago in person, Yan Shixun would not have known the ins and outs of the ebony statue.
So Yan Shixun guessed that the ebony statue was taken away by the ghost.
One of the reasons why Li Chengyun came here was probably to see the statue.
Although Yan Shixun didn't know how Li Chengyun got to know the news, considering Li Chengyun's social situation of having friends all over the world and being able to drink and chat with all kinds of people, even the most impossible thing seemed to become possible.
Li Chengyun knows very well that his life is limited. He has seen too many things. Apart from him, it would be difficult for others to take on such a heavy responsibility.
So before Yan Shixun grew up and took over the heavy responsibility, Li Chengyun raced against time to arrange his plan, unwilling to waste a second.
After learning about what Li Chengyun had done in the past, Yan Shixun gradually saw through Li Chengyun's purpose.
He was very familiar with Li Chengyun's character, so based on this, he immediately guessed Li Chengyun's original plan and understood it clearly.
The old man waited for a long time, but didn't hear Yan Shixun praise him. He immediately lowered his head unhappily and glared at Yan Shixun fiercely: "Don't you have anything to ask?"
Yan Shixun smiled politely: "No need, just continue talking."
The old man looked at Yan Shixun in confusion: "You don't seek to understand the details? This doesn't seem like something a disciple of Li Chengyun would do."
With the previous experience, even though the old man was flattered by Yan Shixun and lost his way for a while, and almost thought that he was more important than the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu, he was also traumatized by Yan Shixun's true and false behavior. No matter how Yan Shixun looked at him, he felt that this guy was plotting something.
In the old man’s heart, Yan Shixun is the most sinister and cunning soul.
——Looks just like his master!
As a result, the old man was ready, but Yan Shixun put it down gently.
This made him feel like he had accumulated a lot of strength but hit nothing, and he almost stumbled and fell.
As the old man looked at him, Yan Shixun said calmly, "That's not the case. The main thing is that what you said is too easy to guess. As soon as you start, I know where you're going."
He smiled politely: "Please continue, don't worry, I understand."
elder:"…………"
Damn, miscalculated.
This is not a living soul, it is clearly a terrifying monster!!!
At this moment, an uncontrollable fear welled up in the old man's heart.
Such a perceptive person, not to mention the blessing of the Great Dao, can freely enter the old Fengdu which has been under martial law and is closed to entry and exit... Fortunately, he did not refuse this kid just now.
If you make an enemy of such a person, you have no chance of winning.
The old man had never been so grateful that he was in the right position, otherwise, what happened a thousand years ago might happen again.
The lord of the new Fengdu back then overturned the entire old Fengdu.
If we make an enemy of this kid... I'm afraid he can directly destroy the ruins of old Fengdu.
The old man's heart was in turmoil, but he did not show it on his face and still looked proud.
He snorted coldly and muttered a few words about the boy who didn't know how to respect the elderly and love the young, but didn't say anything else.
"Since you have just flipped through the list in the room, you should know why I am here."
The old man said calmly: "Yes, I want to find out the truth about why the old Fengdu fell into decline."
After returning to the old Fengdu that year, the ghost was puzzled and didn't understand why the general could win the victory over the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu and get the recognition of the great way of heaven and earth. Even the justice of the great way was leaning towards the general.
Even a statue of a general alone is enough to move heaven and earth, causing the avenue to lower its eyes toward the place where ghosts gather.
The ghost didn't think it was because the general was stronger than the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu.
As someone who once worked for the old Fengdu, he knew very well how Fengdu, which was born from nature and raised by the earth and was born in the chaos together with heaven and earth, was an independent yet powerful existence.
Fengdu has existed since the beginning of death.
But an existence that had stood firm for thousands of years fell into the hands of a mere mortal...
If it was the ghost who had always stayed in the old Fengdu, he would never be able to figure out the reason even if he racked his brains.
But after he had traveled through the human world, he saw the weeping of death everywhere and had felt the same pain as millions of people. When he came back, he had already gained some vague understanding.
Fengdu is independent and powerful.
However, they are also arrogant because of their power, and think that the rules set by Fengdu are what all people want.
But is this really the case?
The ghost thought that perhaps, it was the resentment of countless ghosts towards death that gradually filled the general with anger and obsession with revenge.
In order to find out where the general came from, the ghost used all means, and while avoiding the remaining consciousness of the old Fengdu, he desperately collected the lists that were thrown away as waste paper.
When those ghost officials fled from the old Fengdu, they only took away magical weapons and powerful things.
As for these lists that once recorded information of countless ghosts, no one manages them and no one cares about them. They have just become waste paper and are scattered in every corner of old Fengdu.
Although there was information about the general, the ghost did not find it.
But he found the records of the 100,000 ghost soldiers on the battlefield.
All soldiers had the same experience.
They died in the same place, at the same time, for the same thing, and after death were listed on the Fengdu list for the same crime.
——The soldiers who followed the commander wanted to avenge the people who died in the massacre.
Ghosts can travel thousands of miles at night, fight in front of enemies, and continue what they had not completed in their lifetime.
Then, those soldiers hoped that the souls of the people who died unjustly could be reincarnated.
But Fengdu refused.
Whether it was the soldiers' desire for revenge or the people's hatred of death, they had already stepped across the rules and bottom line of Fengdu.
According to the judgment of the old Fengdu, the 100,000 soldiers, including the main general, are all cruel and evil ghosts who will harm the human world.
He should be taken to the old Fengdu prison, where he will remain until his soul is reduced to ashes.
After the ghost read through the records of that year, he felt his soul shaken.
If it was in the past, he would not understand.
But now, after seeing the misery and suffering in the world, he understood that living beings can resent death.
Who can not feel resentment and hatred for someone who dies tragically for no reason?
Who doesn't want revenge!
They want even posthumous justice.
But Fengdu refused to give it.
Thousands of years before that, countless ghosts cried and wailed but had to accept their fate and were imprisoned.
Even if some souls tried to resist, they were ultimately defeated and turned into ashes because their obsession was not strong enough or their power was too small.
But this time, the Tao has changed.
The general refused to give up. He gritted his teeth and questioned the heaven and earth, angrily vowing to demand justice from the gods and ghosts.
If Heaven and Earth won't give...
Then he can give it himself!
One hundred thousand ghost soldiers galloped day and night, like a rage of dark wind, attacking the old Fengdu and forcing the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu to show up.
When the last roll of the roster fell from his hands, the ghost sat behind the table in a daze, looking at the names of the soldiers on the roster, speechless for a long time.
He finally understood the reason for the decline of old Fengdu.
——Because that’s where thousands of souls are heading.
Those souls were unable to seek justice on their own, nor could they contend against heaven and earth, so they placed all their hopes and strength on the general.
Even the light of fireflies, thousands and tens of thousands together, can shake the sun and the moon!
Those who despise life will naturally be abandoned by life.
The fate of the Great Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu has come to an end.
And Fengdu recognized the general's way and acknowledged him as the new master.
When he figured everything out, the ghost just wanted to smile bitterly.
Laugh at his foolish arrogance.
Being in a ghost town, they actually thought they were the world, and their colleagues even trampled on lives without a care...
How could there be any possibility of victory?
Just then, the ghost heard a knock on his door.
The man was like a pine tree or a crane, dressed in white. He stood outside the door with a smile and asked him, "You have been a coward for thousands of years. Isn't it time to end it?"
"The ghost is about to be born, and disaster is about to happen. Do you want to go with me?"
The ghost's anger was extinguished by a basin of water before it could even ignite.
He turned his head and stared at the man blankly, wondering why a living soul would appear in the old Fengdu.
But the ghost, who had just experienced a shock, could only think of one possibility.
——This is also the arrangement of heaven and earth, and the Tao tacitly approves it.
So he stood up as if possessed by a ghost and responded to the man: "Okay."
The ghost didn't expect that by agreeing to that one sentence, he would give up all his life and energy.
Even though that person died in the end and his soul became a ghost... he still continued the agreement with that person, carried out the unfinished plan, and waited for the ghost to come for that person.
"So I say, your master is such a jerk."
The old man smacked his lips and said in dissatisfaction, "How can someone order others around like this? I am the ghost messenger of Fengdu. Can he summon me and dismiss me at will?"
"What does he think I am? He has left me here for so many years and I can't leave even if I want to."
The old man complained with a look of disgust.
But Yan Shixun wanted to laugh when he heard it.
Even if the ghost catcher of Fengdu was down and out, he was still stronger than an ordinary exorcist. Moreover, he had the advantage of being in the old Fengdu, and the city had already awakened. Even if the ghost catcher couldn't win, a loud shout to attract the city's sanity was enough to crush any living soul.
If the old man really didn't want to help Li Chengyun, he had many options.
Instead of trying his best to help Li Chengyun.
Even after Li Chengyun's death, he continued to walk on the path they had agreed upon long ago.
There are no walls in hell. If the old man wants to leave, he can do so at any time.
After all, he had stayed in the old Fengdu for a thousand years, so it was not completely impossible for him to deceive the city's people.
The old man was full of complaints, but what he had been doing for thousands of years was exactly the opposite of what he was dissatisfied with.
Yan Shixun tilted his head, leaned back calmly, and placed his arms naturally on the armrests.
See a person clearly, don't listen to what he says.
It depends on what he has been doing.
——Especially something he was risking all his time and life on.
That's the truth about him.
"Old man."
Yan Shixun suddenly interrupted the old man's complaints with a smile.
When the old man looked over, he smiled softly and said, "You are no longer the ghost messenger of Fengdu."
Old man: "...boy, why are you talking about something else?"
Did this kid care about the fact that he lost his official position? He kept bringing it up, thinking he would care? Humph!
"That ebony statue has appeared in the human world."
Without waiting for the old man to get upset, Yan Shixun immediately changed the subject and said calmly: "The ebony statue is not even in the southwest, but has gone to other areas."
At first, the old man seemed not to understand what Yan Shixun was saying, and there was confusion in his eyes.
When he realized what was happening, his eyes slowly opened wide.
"What!!!"
The old man roared and yelled, "Who did it!!! I'll tell you, I'll tell you! With that statue of the god here, it shouldn't have happened so quickly!"
"Li Chengyun's plan is foolproof, the most meticulous I have ever seen. As long as his plan does not go wrong and is carried out, the Ghost Dao will never be born - before that, the Great Dao will be able to recover to its former strength, and the Ghost Dao will naturally be nothing to fear."
The old man's face was solemn and full of cold resentment.
It was not until this moment that he revealed his past as a ghost messenger.
Many years ago, when he and Li Chengyun initially made the plan, their goal was to delay the birth of the Ghost Dao as much as possible, to allow the Dao a long enough period to recover and find a powerful existence that could support the declining Dao.
Although Li Chengyun usually doesn't take anything to heart and looks calm and relaxed, his meticulous mind is unmatched.
Only Yan Shixun, who had grown up, was able to surpass his teacher many years later.
From the time he calculated the glimmer of hope more than ten years ago and met Yan Shixun at the market, Li Chengyun began to plan for the world.
The ebony statue preserved in the old Fengdu is the last and most crucial step in Li Chengyun's plan.
Although the plan is to delay time as much as possible, judging from the power of the ebony statue, as long as the ghost that was used as a reference by the ghost catcher back then is not dead, the power of the ebony statue will not be destroyed.
Even if it lasts for hundreds or thousands of years, it can be sustained.
As long as the avenue has not completely collapsed, no matter how weak it is, it is still the avenue.
There is also vitality.
Li Chengyun planned it very well.
But what he didn't take into account was the will of the Tao itself.
It does not want to linger on.
To survive in a miserable way by just relying on one breath is like a rat in the gutter, not on the road.
It wants...to regain its former power.
Therefore, when Yan Shixun grew to the point where he could contend with the gods and ghosts of heaven and earth, and when the Lord of Fengdu changed his mind and was willing to support the Great Dao, the Great Dao began to act on its own.
The ebony statue that guards the evil spirits in Baizhi Lake and the unknown old Fengdu under the lake was taken away by a young student who happened to pass by Baizhi Lake while sightseeing.
The evil spirits in Baizhi Lake strike back, and the ghost baby is angry and wants revenge. All the ghosts and evil spirits in the entire southwest begin to gather towards Baizhi Lake in the eye of the storm.
The old Fengdu thought that he had found the best opportunity to resist and began to make moves.
The ghost energy took over the ghost baby's entire mind, distorted her original will, and made her forget the years when she was alive and was cherished as a treasure. Her heart and eyes were filled with hatred and revenge.
As the ghost baby's power increased, the power of old Fengdu also invaded the ghost baby, imposing its will on the ghost baby, making her think that she was the one who wanted to subvert the Great Dao.
Zheng Shumu and Master Bai helped the ghost baby out of guilt and covered the road.
But Da Dao watched all this happen coldly.
Heaven and earth are not benevolent and treat all things as straw dogs.
For the Tao, the Tao is also an existence that can be utilized.
It felt its own growing weakness, endured the chaos in the southwest, and quietly waited for the moment when all the opportunities were ripe.
Then, the disaster broke out completely.
Only by following the right path can you have a chance to cut the Gordian knot, eliminate all future troubles, and leave nothing behind.
Yan Shixun raised his head slightly and looked at the furious ghost. Suddenly, he suddenly had an idea and figured it all out.
The accumulation of cause and effect over thousands of years has reached a critical point.
Although ordinary people cannot feel these slow and gradual changes, they can see the big picture clearly.
The Dao knows that if we leave it alone and endure this chaos,
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