You didn't answer me, but instead pulled me into the cave.
As soon as I entered the cave, I realized where I was. It was like a small hell, with all sorts of wailing and howling sounds filling my ears.
You and I didn't feel anything was wrong. The heavy malevolent and yin energy had no effect on us. Qingzhen was a snake demon, and her yin energy was heavy, so it didn't cause her any harm.
only. . .
I kept observing Qingzhen beside us and noticed that her eyes were flashing, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, sometimes glowing red, and her clenched teeth were making a cracking sound as if she was enduring something.
"Qingzhen, are you alright?"
"I...I'm...okay..." Qingzhen stammered, her words barely audible and lacking any credibility.
I didn't believe Qingzhen at all when she said everything was fine. I turned around and reached out to Qingzhen to ask what was going on.
But just as my hand was about to touch Qingzhen, Qingzhen's eyes turned red again, her face became somewhat ferocious, and she even seemed about to bite me.
You pulled me behind her, glanced impatiently at Qingzhen, and then gently tapped Qingzhen's forehead with her index finger. Qingzhen's forehead returned to normal.
"The atmosphere here is too hostile, which is why Qingzhen's ferocity was triggered."
So that's how it is. Although the yin energy won't harm Qingzhen, the malevolent energy here can instruct Qingzhen to harm us.
The deeper the three of us went, the more we felt like we were in hell. I even wondered if this was the gate to hell.
But if that were true, how could Lan Qi have left this place unattended? Lan Qi still takes all matters of Hell seriously.
As we turned a corner, I witnessed a scene I will never forget.
Tree roots seeped out from above, and the thick roots looked particularly eerie in the dark cave.
Hooked beneath the tree roots are human souls, some pierced through the chest, others stuck straight into the forehead, much like the hooks used to sell pork in the market, except here they hang not pork but people.
I took a step back, covering my mouth. "How could this be?"
You stepped forward and looked at the scene, but his expression remained unchanged, as if the scene before him was nothing out of the ordinary.
I took a few deep breaths to adjust to what was happening before me.
The souls here must have been collected quite a bit. Among them, I found not only people from modern times, but also people from the late Qing Dynasty, young and old, men and women.
When they saw us, they were extremely agitated, as if they wanted to say something, but all they could hear was a shrill scream.
I was getting a little distracted by the noise.
"This must be the work of that monster." After looking around, You returned to my side and pulled me along. My heart calmed down a little when I touched You's hand.
"How can there be so many here?" I couldn't bear to look any longer. "He's illegally detaining human souls. Doesn't anyone in Hell care?"
You spoke thoughtfully, "I'm afraid the underworld doesn't know."
Sigh, this is truly hell on earth.
"You, let's call the Underworld to take these souls back with them." This kind of thing should be left to the professionals.
"Okay." You nodded, lowering her eyes and muttering something. I knew that You was summoning the underworld.
I don't dare to summon the underworld casually anymore. Ever since last time I only recited a normal incantation, but the one who came was actually the Emperor of Fengdu, Lan Qi, I'm afraid that if I recite it again, it will be Lan Qi again, which would be too embarrassing.
After finishing his humorous recitation, he looked up at the tree roots, remaining silent as if pondering something complex.
If this place was indeed the work of that evil spirit, then it must be an important location for him. I wonder if he will come here? Perhaps we can wait for him to come to us?
Before long, the figure of the underworld appeared beside us amidst the white mist.
You's rank is not low; he was once the Heavenly Emperor. Especially after he awakened Di Jun's memories and powers, the underworld officials naturally dared not underestimate him.
"I don't know..." The visitor hesitated for a moment when addressing the person, but quickly realized, "Why did the Sun and Moon Lord summon you?"
You glanced at them indifferently and pointed to the ghosts hanging in mid-air.
"This! How can there be so many ghosts?!" Even the underworld officials were extremely shocked by this scene. "And with such cruel methods."
"So many ghosts have gone missing? Didn't you know?" I frowned slightly, somewhat dissatisfied.
The sheer number of these souls, spanning a vast period of time, and these are only the undigested ghosts, one can only imagine how many souls that monster has devoured over the years.
Upon hearing my question, the visitor seemed somewhat ashamed, "We...we were unaware."
"How many people will suffer because of your dereliction of duty?" I couldn't help but feel unhappy looking at the miserable scene.
"This..." The visitor lowered his head, not daring to refute.
"Alright, you guys go and put them down and take them back." I sighed as I looked at the other person's head hanging down. He was just a ghost summoned by us, and we shouldn't be so harsh on him.
"Yes." The visitor nodded and quickly instructed the ghost soldiers behind him to put the ghosts down one by one.
With the help of the underworld officials and ghost soldiers, the ghosts were all saved, but they still seemed unable to speak, and when they did, it was only a mournful howl.
"What's wrong with them? Why can't they talk?" I was a little curious. After all, I could understand them hanging there without speaking and calling out, but why are they still not talking now that they've been rescued?
"Their souls have been damaged, and they probably won't be able to speak for the time being." Yin Si glanced at them, a hint of pity in his expression.
"Then... will it be restored in the future?"
Some of these souls have been hanging here for who knows how long, their bodies and minds exhausted.
Yin Si sighed, "It's hard to say."
"Okay, let's try our best to help them recover." I still couldn't bear it, especially since most of them were elderly people and children.
"Um."
After the underworld officials finished dealing with the ghosts, they disappeared back into the cave as they had come.
"You, this place must be extremely important to that demon. Do you think it will come if we stay here and guard it?"
"It's hard to say." You shook his head. "He may have already noticed the commotion here."
"This...then we won't be able to catch him, will we?" I was a little angry. This monster has done so many bad things, I won't be satisfied if we don't catch him.
You pursed her lips and remained silent, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes before she said, "Let's go out first."
"Aren't you going to wait?" I still want to stay here and see if I can catch the monster.
"We can't wait any longer." You smiled helplessly.
"Alright then." I had no choice but to follow You out of the cave.
"Shall we go back to the village and ask about the situation?" After all, we know very little about the monsters right now.
“Okay.” You nodded in agreement.
The three of us followed the same path we had come from, descending the mountain and heading towards the village.
It's midday now, and the sun is relentlessly dominating the sky, radiating heat.
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