Taoist Zhu Yun was muttering something mysterious, but his expression was extremely serious.

Lin Mo couldn't help but wonder, why couldn't the people in Qianlong Palace know that they were dead? And, how could they not know?

One person is slow to react, it's impossible that everyone is like this.

If you don’t understand, just ask.

Taoist Zhu Yun did not hide anything and told the reason directly.

"The people here, including the palace maids and eunuchs, didn't know they were dead. They still thought they were in the palace. They continued their previous life habits, day after day, year after year."

After a pause, Taoist Zhu Yun suddenly asked another question.

What dynasty is out there now?

Lin Mo smiled and told the other party that there was no such thing as a dynasty. Those were all things of the past. The feudal dynasties were gone forever, and now everyone was living in a new era of information explosion and advanced technology.

Of course, due to the invasion of nightmares, the situation outside is not optimistic now. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the doomsday era.

But it is definitely hundreds of years away from the era that Taoist Zhu Yun is familiar with.

Taoist Zhu Yun counted with his fingers and sighed.

"I have been trapped here, and have long forgotten the rotation of day and night, the passage of time. I never expected that more than 400 years have passed without me noticing. Alas, my relatives and friends, I am afraid they have long since turned into dust."

This Taoist Zhu Yun has actually stayed in this place for more than four hundred years.

It’s really awesome.

Others don’t know, but if it were Lin Mo himself, let alone more than four hundred years, in four years, or even four months, he would have gone from primary mental illness to severe mental illness.

Continuing with the original drawing question, why can't the people here know that they are dead?

"This place was originally a Feng Shui arrangement set up by a master from the previous dynasty. It was used to divide the evil spirits in the imperial city. This way, the royal family could be protected from harm and the country could last forever. Just think about it. Over the past hundreds of years, all the grievances and injustices that occurred in this Qianlong Imperial City, and the resentment and hatred that arose from them, have gathered here. Over time, the amount of evil spirits that gathered here is astonishing. At first, it was like a small pond, but over time, it became like a lake or an ocean."

“As for the people here, once they know that I’m dead, resentment will immediately enter their bodies, and they will instantly turn into ferocious monsters. Even if they kill me, it will be as easy as slaughtering a chicken or a sheep.”

Lin Mo listened carefully and understood the principle, but he still had some small questions.

One is why the people here don’t know that they are dead.

There is another thing. Taoist Zhu Yun said that if these people knew the truth, the evil spirits accumulated here would enter their bodies and turn them into ferocious monsters.

Did he hear about this or saw it with his own eyes?

Just ask directly and see how Taoist Zhu Yun explains it.

"There is a maze here. Anyone who enters here will immediately forget that they are dead if they don't have some special means to maintain their sanity. As for turning into a ferocious monster, I have seen it with my own eyes, so I know about it."

Taoist Zhu Yun told Lin Mo what happened in the past.

This Taoist priest from the hidden sect was also a master. When he traveled to Qianlong City, he discovered clues about this place. He then followed the clues all the way and found this mysterious Qianlong City.

It’s just that once you come here, you can’t leave, and Taoist Zhu Yun knows that his physical body is dead.

It's not clear how he died.

This naturally made him feel extremely frustrated, and he wanted to find out the secret hidden here.

When he met a eunuch, he did something similar to what Lin Mo was doing now, subduing the eunuch and interrogating him.

But the eunuch always failed to get to the point. Taoist Zhu Yun found something unusual and asked him if he knew that he was dead.

Unexpectedly, it was just an ordinary question, but when the eunuch heard it, he was struck by lightning, his expression was painful, and he seemed to be lost in some memories.

Later, he immediately turned into a terrifying ghost.

"I will never forget that scene. Fortunately, there was not much resentment and evil spirit accumulated here at that time. It only accumulated for more than a hundred years. So even though the eunuch turned into a ferocious monster, I tried my best and was not killed by it. Instead, I killed the ghost eunuch."

"After that, I had nowhere to go. I could only lurk here and explore the secrets here. As time went by, I didn't realize how many years had passed. I never thought that more than four hundred years had passed. Just imagine, the ghost transformation caused by a mere hundred years of resentment almost killed me here. This time, more than four hundred years have passed. The total resentment is close to six hundred years. Once a ghost transformation occurs, who can stop it?"

After listening to Taoist Zhu Yun's story, Lin Mo had a preliminary understanding of this place.

Taoist Zhu Yun is a master of hidden arts. After he and Xiao 6 entered here, Taoist Zhu Yun was keenly aware of it. He did not alert the enemy immediately, but observed secretly. He found that Lin Mo wanted to interrogate the palace maid. He was afraid that the other party would make the same mistake as him and cause the palace maid to transform into a ghost, so he showed up.

Then Lin Mo and Taoist Zhu Yun chatted in detail.

First of all, regarding this strange "Qianlong Palace", according to Taoist Zhu Yun's field observations over the past hundreds of years, this place was definitely not formed naturally, but was deliberately created by someone.

"I suspect that when the previous dynasty built the Qianlong Palace, someone secretly made some moves, setting up a Feng Shui formation in the name of eliminating the evil spirits and resentments in the imperial city. Naturally, there are also capable people in the court who can see through the other party's tricks. On the surface, this Feng Shui formation does play a role in attracting good fortune and avoiding disaster, but in fact, the other party secretly set up a gathering evil spirit formation in a secret place somewhere in Qianlong City, constantly accumulating the evil spirits and resentments in the imperial city."

Lin Mo interrupted and asked, who is so idle, what is the point of saving that stuff? It is neither gold nor silver, it cannot be eaten or used, it is simply a disease.

"Haha, I thought so at first, but after observation, I found that the other party might want to use the evil spirit of the imperial city to strengthen himself." Taoist Zhu Yun said.

"How do you mean?" Lin Mo was curious.

"There are many kinds of hidden sect inheritances, and there must be methods to absorb evil spirits and resentment to strengthen oneself, just like some ghosts can become stronger by eating other ghosts."

After this explanation, Lin Mo understood.

Isn't it just like Xiaoyu, growing stronger by devouring other nightmares?

If that's the case, many things can be explained.

To put it bluntly, there was a certain ancient master who knew to build the Qianlong Palace, and this place must be the best place for feng shui in the whole of China, it is the eye of the dragon and the center.

Ancient people were superstitious and said that this place was the center of the world.

Then, building an imperial city in this place represents the supremacy of humanity.

It has all the advantages.

Just imagine, the resentment and evil spirit generated in this place must be different from those generated in other places.

Just like some fruits, they taste best only when grown in certain areas.

Regardless of whether it was superstition or it really worked, people at that time believed in it.

Taoist Zhu Yun said that he had been secretly investigating here over the years, but had never found the master who set up the formation.

Lin Mo said, maybe the other party is not here.

"Impossible. Even the masters of the Hidden Sect cannot withstand the passage of time in the mortal world. Their bodies will age and eventually die. Only by placing their souls here can they survive forever. Therefore, the other party must be in this Hidden Dragon Palace."

Lin Mo also thought it made sense.

But Taoist Zhu Yun has not discovered it for so many years, which can only be said that the other party hid it very well.

Next, Taoist Zhu Yun asked about the situation on Lin Mo's side and the changes in the outside world.

Lin Mo didn't hide anything and gave a brief account of the situation.

After hearing about the changes in the outside world, Taoist Zhu Yun was silent for a long time. Finally, he uttered a sentence, saying that changes in the world are really unpredictable. In hundreds of years, the outside world has already undergone tremendous changes.

It's really incredible.

Lin Mo also mentioned that he visited Qianlong Palace at night, discovered the refracting crystal, and then found the entrance.

Taoist Zhu Yun immediately said, "That's how I found the entrance back then. Did you go into the Netherworld as well? Yes, you must have gone in, otherwise you wouldn't be able to come here. Did you hear or see anything?"

Lin Mo said that he heard a strange opera sound, which was sung by a woman.

Then I was forced into a dream and arrived at this place.

"Me too. Alas, my body must still be in the underworld." Taoist Zhu Yun sighed, seeming helpless.

Lin Mo said he had not seen any bodies.

This is obviously not normal.

Because according to the current situation, the way to enter here is through the Netherworld Road. With so many people, it is impossible that there is no corpse in the passage.

Taoist Zhu Yun couldn't explain this matter clearly, and he didn't know either.

Lin Mo thought of the spiritual body that Xiao 6 and Xiao 8 mentioned, and thought that there was probably something else in the Netherworld. The corpses should have been taken away by that thing, but he didn't know where they went.

Lin Mo felt that this matter could definitely be figured out. Maybe now his and Xiao Liu’s bodies had also been taken away by the other party.

Of course, Xiao 8 has not been contacted.

There is a possibility here.

It's that Xiao 8 is still fighting with that spiritual being, and perhaps, the winner has not yet been decided.

You may also be entangled and unable to get out.

The worst result is that Xiao 8 was killed by the other party.

These are all speculations, maybe or maybe not.

Even if it were, Lin Mo couldn't help now.

What we need to do now is to figure out the situation here and see what we can do.

Taoist Zhu Yun said that the master who set up this Feng Shui formation must still be in this Qianlong Palace, but he has not found it. Lin Mo asked Taoist Zhu Yun why he had to find the other party. The latter said that there has been resentment and evil spirits accumulated here for six hundred years, and something will happen sooner or later. Find the other party and ask how to break this formation. In this way, not only a hidden danger is solved, but also a way to get out of here.

"Okay, I'll help you with this."

Lin Mo was actually trapped in this place. Since Taoist Zhu Yun had already figured out the situation here and had a way to deal with it, it would save him a lot of trouble.

Just help out.

Lin Mo asked Taoist Zhu Yun, how did you survive the past few hundred years and what did you do on a daily basis.

"How do you endure? Haha, how can you endure? No matter it's good or bad, you can only bear it. There is no other way. Just get through it slowly. After a long time, you will become numb. As for what you do on weekdays, you two come with me and I will show you."

Lin Mo asked the two palace maids what to do.

"I'll take off the soul-fixing talisman, and they'll be able to recover in a short while. Don't worry, they won't dare to say anything. One of the characteristics of the servants in the palace is that less trouble is worse than more. In two days, they'll forget about it."

Judging from Taoist Zhu Yun's tone, it seems that he has done similar things many times and is extremely skilled in his job.

He followed the other party out of the door, walked along the path, made many turns along the way, and avoided the Ghost Mist Guards.

On the way, Lin Mo asked Taoist Zhu Yun what the imperial guards among these ghosts were.

"That is the entity of evil condensed in Qianlong City. I tell you, don't touch these things." Taoist Zhu Yun said.

It can be seen that he is very sensitive about these things.

Lin Mo was curious and asked what would happen if he touched it.

Will I die?

"Die? That won't happen, but you will be completely brainwashed and become a part of this Qianlong Palace." Taoist Zhu Yun explained. Lin Mo understood that Taoist Zhu Yun could maintain his current sanity and memory because he had been hiding from the Ghost Mist Guards for hundreds of years. If he encountered them or was caught by them, his fate would be the same as those palace maids and eunuchs, becoming a 'puppet'.

A ghost who doesn't know he's dead.

In this case, it really cannot be touched.

Lin Mo thought that Taoist Zhu Yun would take them to an extremely remote place, which would be conducive to hiding and evading, but he did not expect that the other party would actually take them to the back of a large palace and open a small door to enter.

"There lives a royal concubine here."

Taoist Zhu Yun introduced, Lin Mo asked, "Have you managed this imperial concubine? Otherwise, how can you live in such a ostentatious place?"

The latter shook his head.

"I took care of the eunuch who served the imperial concubine."

As he spoke, he walked in and entered a shabby courtyard.

The yard is very small, with two small houses on the east and west sides. The houses are also very small, so small that there is only enough space for a bed.

There is a medicinal smell in it.

"I also study some alchemy methods on weekdays." Taoist Zhu Yun said, then closed the door and walked into a room. Lin Mo and Xiao 6 followed in and suddenly saw a human face hanging on the wall of the room.

The scene was extremely exciting, and those who were timid would probably be frightened to death on the spot.

"I didn't scare you, did I?" Taoist Zhu Yun laughed.

He told Lin Mo that the face on the wall was the eunuch who served the imperial concubine.

This eunuch was quite fierce. He was the eunuch who was told by Taoist Zhu Yun that he was a ghost. After a fierce fight, Taoist Zhu Yun won miserably.

"I thought, since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well borrow his identity and live here. You know, in other places, the Ghost Mist Imperial Guards can rush in to search, and we don't know when we'll be discovered. Only where these masters live, the Ghost Mist Imperial Guards dare not come in. It's safest to hide here."

It’s true, what Taoist Zhu Yun said makes a lot of sense.

In a situation like that, it is indeed the safest to hide in a place like this.

It seems that Taoist Zhu Yun has been hiding here for a very long time.

Lin Mo looked at the human skin mask carefully. It was made so beautifully that if he put it on his face, he could instantly turn into another person.

No wonder Taoist Zhu Yun wears eunuch’s clothes, because he usually pretends to be a eunuch.

Then Lin Mo and Taoist Zhu Yun closed the door and started chatting.

You know what, the more we talked, the more we got along.

Maybe Taoist Zhu Yun was too frustrated. After all, for hundreds of years, he had been surrounded by strange and confused ghosts. He had to act, hide, and investigate, which was very stressful.

Now he finally had someone to talk to, and he kept talking to Lin Mo.

You have no choice but to listen.

Xiao 6 was also listening with her eyes wide open. To her, the story sounded very interesting.

"I really didn't expect that after such a long time, there would still be fellow practitioners from the Hidden Sect who could come in. This may mean that I have finally solved the crisis here and escaped."

Taoist Zhu Yun sighed.

From this sigh, I could hear the struggle and pain he had gone through over the years.

Come to think of it, being trapped here for hundreds of years is indeed despairing. The other party was able to survive. Just based on this level of perseverance, Lin Mo could only sigh that he was inferior to him.

At this moment, the sound of night watchman was heard outside.

Lin Mo asked, this place is always dark, why do we need to beat the night watch? "Who knows, anyway, there are people beating the night watch, we just listen, and besides, the night watchman is also useful, you two rest here for a while, I still have to pretend to be the chief eunuch here to do something."

Lin Mo watched the other person carefully put on the human skin mask, and in the blink of an eye he turned into another fair-faced and handsome young eunuch. He was indeed very impressive.

"Master Zhu Yun, the work you are talking about means serving the imperial concubine, right?" Lin Mo asked curiously.

The latter smiled awkwardly and nodded.

"Remember, don't go anywhere before I come back. Just stay in the house. Don't worry, no one dares to come here."

"OK!"

Taoist Zhu Yun tidied up his clothes and went out.

It seems that whenever you go out, the other party is already familiar with it.

After all, I've been here for so long that I'm already very familiar with what to do and what not to do.

After Taoist Zhu Yun left, Lin Mo started talking to Xiao Liu.

"Xiao Liu, what do you think?"

"It's a good story, with ups and downs, very exciting."

"I mean, is there anything wrong with Taoist Zhu Yun?"

Lin Mo knew that Xiao Liu was very capable. Although the little guy was only two years old, he was not only physically well-developed, but also had terrifying knowledge.

There's no way. They learn hundreds of times faster than normal people and basically can learn it once they see it.

Primary 6 doesn’t master many subjects, but one of them is psychology.

She has the right to say whether this person has lied or cheated.

As for Taoist Zhu Yun, Lin Mo was naturally very happy to meet such a fellow Taoist, and so far, he didn't see any problems with the other party.

But when you go out and travel around the world, you can't be completely unprepared. You must be careful when you need to be careful.

So in fact, Lin Mo has not yet completely trusted this Taoist Zhu Yun.

Of course, Lin Mo has his own judgment, and he asked Xiao Liu just to verify each other.

Xiao 6 said that she didn't see any major problems, at least there should be no problem with what the other party said before. But she said again that she felt that the other party seemed to be hiding something.

“I feel the same way.”

Lin Mo nodded.

"But then again, if we are on guard against him, he will certainly be on guard against us too. After all, he is an old man who has lived alone in a strange place for hundreds of years. It is impossible for him to open his heart to me right after meeting me. It is normal for him to hide some secrets."

"That's true."

"In this case, we won't be able to leave here in the short term. Let's observe for a while."

After Lin Mo finished speaking, the two of them began to search around in the hut.

Actually, there is nothing much in this place. It cannot be said to be bare, but it can be said to be extremely poor. There is nothing except a bed and a table.

By the way, there is a tea set on the table with a missing piece.

I searched under the bed and under the table and found a pair of smelly shoes.

There is no way, I can only wait.

Time passed minute by minute, and no one knew how Taoist Zhu Yun served the imperial concubine.

As a result, at this moment, the wooden door of the courtyard outside creaked and was pushed open.

Coming back? Lin Mo was refreshed.

Listening again, something is not right.

The footsteps were different from Taoist Zhu Yun’s.

What I heard at this moment was even softer. I was listening carefully when suddenly a figure appeared at the door.

Someone is standing at the door.

But it’s definitely not Taoist Zhu Yun.

Because of the different body shapes, the figure looks very uncoordinated at the moment.

Finally, Lin Mo discovered what was wrong.

The figure's head seemed to be upside down.

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