Chapter 244: The Great Earthquake in Ghost Country
The kingdom of ghosts on earth.
For most people, it is an illusory existence.
But there is a terrible rumor circulating in the world.
The ghost country is not far away from us.
There are often strange stories about someone who was traveling at night and suddenly came across a busy village, but the villagers were all gloomy. After staying there for a night, he woke up to find himself sleeping in a deserted mountain.
There are also legends that tell of a person breaking into a market on a moonless night and finding that all the things being bought and sold were hideous and horrible, and that the coins used were made of human bones.
The reason why this happens is that the existence of the ghost country may be similar to some kind of secret cave, and it is not beyond the human world. When the spiritual power in some places is abnormal, a strange situation will occur where a certain point of the two realms briefly overlaps.
However, this overlap cannot serve as a passage, because after daybreak, everything will return to its original state.
What can truly connect the two worlds is an existence called the "Ghost Kingdom Rift".
This kind of crack cannot be created by human power or "ghost power".
At first it was a small randomly generated crack.
Then it was turned into a big rift.
Finally, they were allowed to come and go as they pleased.
Every crack is an opportunity for ghosts, because the human world is a paradise full of blood and food for them.
But at the same time, this land is full of endless dangers.
but.
For most ghosts, life in the ghost kingdom is already full of killing, war, and suffering, so when faced with the choice of hunting in the human world, they usually will not refuse.
On the human side, the cracks in the ghost kingdom are strictly guarded. Once discovered, they must be filled as soon as possible.
This crack in the Deyun branch temple is quite special.
Because it does not exist all the time, but only appears briefly at night when the Yin Qi sinks. And the crack is small, only some weak ghosts can pass through, so the matter did not become a big deal and it was preserved for a long time.
Only then can you become Yin Lao San’s target tonight.
…
night.
Deep and quiet.
Although the south of the city is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, it also brings convenience for a good night's sleep. Once night falls, only a few barking dogs can be heard occasionally.
Midnight.
A dark figure appeared under a big tree at the entrance of the alley.
Li Chu also slowly opened his eyes.
He went to Manager Liu's house to look after him for a while, and when he found out that nothing happened that night, he hurried back. Fortunately, the two families were not far away, so the communication was quick.
Since returning to Deyun Temple, he has been monitoring the surroundings with his mind's eye technique. However, his Qi-seeing Eye could not see where this figure came from, as if it appeared out of thin air.
I have to say that the Yin clan is really good at hiding themselves.
With a flash, Li Chu arrived outside the temple gate.
"snort."
When Yin Lao San saw him, he snorted coldly.
"I can only guess that it's you, the little Taoist priest, who's behind this."
Li Chu was not surprised that the other party knew of his existence. Any large force would have a unique source of intelligence, otherwise it would not survive long.
He didn't waste any more time and said directly: "Miss Jiangli is in my hands."
Yin Lao San asked coldly: "What do you think?"
"If you want Wei Jiangli to be safe, you must release all the Xuanyin bodies and Jiyang boys you captured before." Li Chu stated his conditions.
"Haha." Yin Lao San couldn't help but laugh, paused, and then said: "If you only want the woman you were looking for earlier, we can use her to exchange for someone else. Only a fool would agree to this if you want to exchange one for so many!"
"Then there's nothing to talk about."
Li Chu shook his head.
All innocent people must be rescued, there is no room for negotiation.
Yin Lao San's face darkened for a moment, but soon, his eyes became fierce, as if he had made up his mind. Since you, a little Taoist priest, are seeking your own death, then I, your grandfather, will not show mercy!
"Okay!" He changed the subject, "I promise you."
Li Chu looked suspicious.
Is this a disguised admission of his intelligence? Yin Lao San pointed at Li Chu and said, "Tomorrow night, we will come here to change people. If Wei Jiangli loses even a hair, I will never forgive you."
Li Chu was too lazy to say these polite words to him. He waved his hand casually and returned to the Taoist temple.
He felt the other party's attitude was a little strange. Perhaps... they would not hand over the person so easily.
We need to do more preparation.
So he sat cross-legged in the front hall, fixing his eyes on Yin Lao San, trying to track his whereabouts.
Unexpectedly.
Yin Lao San didn't go anywhere.
He waited quietly outside the Deyun branch temple, his aura was very concealed. If Li Chu had not locked onto him early in the morning, he would probably not have been discovered.
But……
What was he planning to do? Wait until everyone fell asleep and then secretly take Miss Jiangli away? Impossible.
Li Chu had already arranged a night-time Dulanke to guard outside Miss Jiangli's door, making it absolutely impossible for anyone to take her away quietly.
Besides...
Even if Yin Lao San could really sneak in, Miss Jiang Li would probably start to scream first...
a long time.
There was a hint of negative energy gathering in the well in the courtyard.
Just when Li Chu was about to follow the procedure and feed the Juyin Pill into it, he suddenly found that the Yin clan member had moved.
Whoosh——
Yin Lao San moved his hands together and a stream of Yin energy quickly condensed in front of him.
In a blink of an eye, after the Yin Qi was completely formed, he raised his hand, pushed forward fiercely, and shouted: "Go!"
boom--
The yin energy was like a swimming fish, instantly rushing into the courtyard.
Li Chu was on guard carefully, but found that the streak of light did not attack anywhere else, but fell into the well very accurately.
A tiny crack just appeared in the well.
This long and thick streak of Yin energy fiercely smashed into it, hissing -
There was a clear sound of tearing cloth in the air.
No mercy at all.
The rift in the Ghost Country was instantly filled with water, and then it was stretched, torn, and expanded.
“Huh——”
Outside the wall, Yin Lao San shouted again and turned the seals of his hands.
Bang——
The originally very strong strand of Yin energy suddenly became three times more solid and thicker, and began to spin wildly!
boom--
A few beads of sweat fell from his forehead.
Even for an expert like him, opening a crack is not an easy task.
Li Chu, feeling that he was widening the gap, did not try to stop him.
Because he felt that the Yin energy was getting stronger and stronger, didn't that mean...the ghosts that appeared would be more powerful? Was there such a good thing?
call--
After a moment, a cold wind blew.
Yin Lao San just stopped.
But he still didn't leave.
Because he wanted to stay and continue to observe the development of the situation. As long as the Taoist temple became chaotic, he would rescue Wei Jiangli. If the Taoist priests in the temple were too weak, he would even take action to suppress the powerful ghosts.
In short, we should try our best to keep the scope of the ghost's rampage within this alley.
The reason is simple.
They worked so hard to rescue Miss Jiangli so that she could go to the Flower City Fair to make money. If the ghosts that came out of the cracks were too noisy, they would directly bring disaster to the entire southern part of the city.
It is another matter whether the Huadu Conference can be held.
By then, the loss will outweigh the gain.
Therefore, if the situation develops seriously, it is possible that Yin Lao San will help report to the police.
The huge black crack covered the entire wellhead.
There was a sudden, eerie silence between heaven and earth for a few seconds.
Then……
Under the gaze of people inside the house and outside the yard, a huge red ghost claw stretched out from it.
At the same time, a huge amount of yin energy that was difficult to perceive leaked out, and the temperature within a few miles dropped sharply in an instant.
"this……"
Yin Laosan's eyebrows twitched.
This thing seems a bit big?
Li Chu raised his eyebrows.
The Chunyang Sword could no longer hold back and let out a clear dragon roar!
…
Scarlet sky and moon, charred fields.
The dried blood on the battlefield ten thousand years ago still lingers. On the other side of the bronze mountain, thousands of ghosts are howling.
The Seventh Palace Master raised his huge purple-red paw and crushed a skeleton with a snap.
This skeleton body previously belonged to a high-ranking ghost king. It gathered a large number of stragglers and formed a mighty army, intending to challenge the Seventh Palace.
The Seventh Palace Master has the least experience among the Ten Palaces today, so the Great Ghost Kings who want to ascend to the top often target him.
But it is just a goal, and not all ghost kings dare to really try it.
After all, those who can become the palace master have fought their way out among countless dead bones, and their authority is supreme.
This big ghost king who dared to challenge was not completely stupid. He sought the support of the Eighth Palace, which was adjacent to the Seventh Palace's territory.
He agreed to cede a large area of land north of the Bronze Mountain as a condition for the Eighth Palace to support his ascension to the throne.
But what it never expected was.
Without waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the Eighth Palace, the Lord of the Seventh Palace personally rushed in and almost single-handedly killed the entire Skeleton Army that he had painstakingly assembled and trained for decades.
The Seventh Palace Master had hidden his strength during the extremely cruel battle for the throne !
The Seventh Hall Master, whose body was as big as a small mountain, raised his head and roared. In his previous life, he was a mythical beast, the legendary Qilin!
Unfortunately, he turned into a ghost after his death. After thousands of years of cultivation in the underworld, he achieved his current body.
A bloody unicorn!
The ghosts in the Ghost Kingdom have rarely seen such a revered existence, so they have never had a real concept of its strength.
You should know that in the world of the living, the status of Qilin is even higher than that of the Four Symbols. Although it exists as a auspicious beast, it has the power to destroy the world.
Its red body was flowing with a strange luster. With this roar, it became even more excited, and blood was flowing all over its body, wanting to tear the mountains apart! Enemy!
It longs for the enemy! The battle just now was not enough! As soon as this thought came to mind, a billowing cloud of dust appeared in front of it.
"The Eighth Palace——"
With the power of his new victory, the Seventh Palace Master let out a roar that shook the mountains.
“Ah——”
A roar that was no less powerful came from the other side.
But it was not the Eighth Palace Master, but its mount - a powerful bone dragon with half of its body covered with dark flesh and half with sharp bones.
On top of the bone dragon's head stood a figure that was very small in comparison.
A thin old man wearing a black robe and long white hair.
But the old man's eyes were burning with a dark blue flame.
The Lord of the Eighth Palace is an old-school figure in the Ghost Kingdom.
It was once a disciple of the oldest Second Temple, and had learned three thousand tricks from it. Since the Second Temple mysteriously disappeared, the Eighth Temple has become the ghost that has mastered the most tricks.
Normally, no one wants to go to war with it, because it is difficult to judge when such an opponent will use a trick that is hard to defend against.
But the newly enthroned Seventh Prince was not afraid.
It just needed to kill an old man to establish its own authority! "You never thought, these skeleton soldiers are just trash! I can kill them all with just one claw!"
The blood unicorn was raging with ferocity, and the blood moon was shaking.
“I can’t believe…”
The voice of the Eighth Palace Lord sounded extremely cold, but in the Ghost Country, this was just a routine operation.
"You have only been out of the Nether Sea for a short time, and you have already acquired such a high level of cultivation. It seems that if you don't die, your future is limitless."
"Are you praising me?"
The Blood Qilin gradually stood up straight. He was just a figure, facing the black torrent of tens of thousands of people opposite him, but he was not afraid at all.
Soon, a continuous sound of footsteps was heard from the other side of the Bronze Mountain, and the heads of countless ferocious beasts from the Underworld Sea popped out from the top of the mountain.
"Since the Skeleton King is dead, how about we both take a step back and still keep this as the boundary?"
The Eighth Palace suddenly began to think of retreating.
The older you are in the world, the less courageous you become.
It had come here to test the Seventh Palace's strengths and weaknesses, and it was not determined to annex it. It had not expected that this Blood Qilin was so strong and could easily wipe out the rebellion, so it had no intention of fighting it.
"Hahaha--"
The blood unicorn laughed loudly towards the sky, with an aura that shook the mountains and rivers.
"You can come when you want and leave when you want?"
It suddenly leaned down and roared, "Follow me!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! It roared and rushed forward ahead of all the other beasts. Every step it took could crush mountains!
On the bronze mountain, countless ferocious beasts from the Dark Sea also began to rush down from their high position.
The Eighth Hall Master instantly understood that it had deployed the army in this way just to deal with his own army, and those rebels he had instigated were not taken seriously at all.
Is the ambition so great? It raised a ball of Yin Fire in its hand, just wanting to teach this ignorant young ghost a lesson.
suddenly--
There was a loud bang! A huge crack appeared out of nowhere!
The other side was pitch black, but filled with an eerie atmosphere.
This crack appeared just as the Blood Qilin was rushing forward.
"Is this... a rift leading to the human world?"
Countless ancient memory fragments suddenly flooded into the Blood Qilin's mind.
"There...are countless delicious blood foods!"
"As long as I pass through this rift, I can become the strongest ghost! Even... transcendent!"
Its steps came to a sudden stop.
Then……
He stretched out a ghost claw and probed outside the crack.
"It seems... it's possible to pass..."
It was uncontrollably excited.
The rift that can allow the ghost kings of the Ten Palaces level to pass through has only appeared a few times throughout history!
Of course, there is also a reason why the ghost kings at the level of the Ten Palaces do not need to pass through the rifts.
They are also rulers in the ghost country.
Once you go to the human world, you may be attacked by a group of people immediately.
only……
The blood unicorn is different.
It can ascend through blood and food, and the human world is a paradise for it! Almost driven by instinct, it stretched its body out at once.
And then the next moment.
A burst of rainbow light burst out from the crack...
Under the confused and unbelievable witness of all the ghosts.
The half body of the Blood Qilin that remained in the Ghost Kingdom exploded with a loud bang!
boom--
Disappeared into bloody light all over the sky——
it……
In less than a breath...
It was shot...
How is this possible?
The Eighth Palace Master, who witnessed all this, was also deeply shocked.
This was a being of the same level as himself, and he was killed so hastily? This... I'm afraid only a true god could do this? A terrible thought came to his mind.
"Could it be that... the other side of the rift is not the human world... but the legendary..."
"Immortal world?"
(End of this chapter)
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