"Yes!" Old Liu sighed again upon hearing this.
"Buddhism teaches about deliverance, which means returning the three souls of the deceased to heaven and the seven spirits to earth. In this way, the soul will naturally find peace and all resentment will be dispelled."
"The problem is that this is a 'sealed-door bureau,' which means that neither the living nor the dead can leave."
Old Liu's words immediately resonated with Li Mao.
"That's right! Uncle Quantum is right!"
"Although I don't know that the dead can't leave, if the living dare to move away from the town or not come back for many years, they will definitely die a violent death outside!"
"And they all died horribly!!"
"That's why our town is so eerie, and nobody dares to move here!!"
“You’re right,” Li Mao said, and Old Liu continued.
"In other places, people naturally return to the underworld after they die."
“But it won’t work here… After the lama finished the ritual, his three souls, which should have ascended to heaven, could not leave and could only gather in the sky above the town.”
"The resentful clouds grew thicker and thicker, naturally blocking out the sunlight, so the sun appeared dark red."
"With the sun baking the three souls of that ghost over there, it would be strange if it didn't turn into a vengeful spirit!"
At this point, Old Liu suddenly stopped, and after a moment he muttered to himself.
"That's strange. Since it's a sealed gate, even if ghost messengers come to lure them away, they will only lure away the Corpse Dog, the Stinky Lung, and the Non-Poisonous Souls."
"The remaining four souls must remain here forever."
"If that were true, this place should have long been filled with the wailing of the dead and the roaming of ghosts, but why haven't I seen any...?"
Old Liu's words immediately made Zhao Youliang think of the Yinlingche.
He quickly recounted everything he had seen and experienced.
After hearing this, Old Liu suddenly realized: "So there's such a strange thing as the Yinling Cart. No wonder, no wonder."
"However, as far as I know, the Yin Spirit Chariot neither returns to the underworld nor enters the realm of gods; it is simply an 'evil' creature. How could it possibly linger here indefinitely?"
"Could it be...could it be that even the Yin Spirit Chariot can't get out?"
"If this place is this eerie, there must be other terrifying aspects that this old man can't see!"
Seeing that Old Liu was deep in thought, Zhao Youliang did not interrupt him.
It wasn't until much later, when Old Liu sighed and stood up, that Zhao Youliang spoke softly.
"Uncle Liu, do you think there's any hope for the people here?"
Actually, there are still quite a few good people here...
"There's hope, of course there's hope." To Zhao Youliang's surprise, Old Liu's answer was quite straightforward.
However, what he said next instantly extinguished the flame of hope that Zhao Youliang had just ignited.
"However, someone with my level of cultivation cannot do that, unless they are a truly powerful being!"
When it comes to truly powerful figures, Zhao Youliang immediately thought of the young general who gave him the lighter.
So he immediately asked, "Uncle, do you know someone called Young General?"
"I've met him. He's really mysterious. He gave me this knife and lighter!"
"If I could beg him to help, could he save the people here?"
Old Liu was shocked when he saw the pure gold lighter and small wooden knife that Zhao Youliang took out.
After a moment, he burst into laughter: "I never expected that you, Quantum, would know the young general and even have gained his favor."
"To be honest, my life was saved from the Iron Tree Hell by the young general more than twenty years ago!"
"Let me put it this way, if you can really get the young general to take action... you don't even need him to do anything."
"As soon as word gets out that the young general is coming to visit, ghosts within a hundred miles will carry their graves and run away overnight."
"No, really?! Is it that exaggerated?!"
Old Liu's words completely changed Zhao Youliang's perception of the young general: it turns out that the middle-aged man who didn't seem very smart was really that capable!
"Exaggerated? Not at all."
When the young general was mentioned, Old Liu's face lit up with a smile.
"Not only is it not an exaggeration, but Uncle is actually being quite conservative."
"If he were to announce his arrival to the world, I bet you: within a radius of a thousand miles, apart from the City Goddess, you wouldn't see a single ghost!"
"Even the civil and military judges, the shackled generals, and the ghost messengers in the City God Temple had to cry and beg to move overnight."
"Holy crap!" Upon hearing Old Liu's words, Zhao Youliang was so shocked that he plopped down in a chair, speechless for a long time...
Zhao Youliang remained silent, but Li Mao, unable to contain his curiosity, spoke up.
"Uncle, it's not that I don't believe you, but is that young general really that strange?"
"Could he be a god?"
Old Liu, who was always a man of great stature, seemed particularly happy when the young general was mentioned.
"A deity? Even a deity would have to get slapped twice before meeting the young general, and then stand at ease, stand at attention, and salute before leaving."
"The young general isn't evil, he's just wicked... He doesn't have any bad intentions, he's just wicked, hahaha!"
"Even immortals would get slapped twice by the young general?!" Incredulous muttering to himself, Zhao Youliang gained a clearer understanding of the young general.
"Uncle Sun, let me ask you something else: Have you ever heard of 'Sir'?"
"The gentleman who, upon first meeting him, involuntarily respected him and even wanted to kowtow to him."
"I don't know his name, but everyone calls him Mr."
This time it was Old Liu's turn to be stunned: "Quantum, you really know a lot!"
"Even the master knows!"
Seeing Old Liu's expression, Zhao Youliang guessed that the other party must also know the gentleman, so he continued.
“I not only know him, but I have also met him and spoken with him!”
"He's such a nice old man, he has no airs at all!"
After Zhao Youliang recounted his meeting with the gentleman, Old Liu remained silent for a long time.
"Quantum, it is your honor to meet the gentleman, please remember that!"
"Even I haven't had the honor of visiting him for over twenty years."
“Quantum, I know what you want to ask. Originally, I didn’t dare to comment on you, sir… Not just me, no one should comment on you behind your back.”
“But since he has taken the initiative to show himself to you, then I shall dare to speak.”
At this point, Old Liu clasped his hands in a gesture of respect to the sky before continuing.
"You want to ask the gentleman and the young general who is more capable, is that right?"
"Let me tell you this: the arrival of the young general can scare away all the ghosts within a thousand miles; the arrival of the gentleman will make all the ghosts, spirits and monsters within a ten-thousand-mile radius come to kowtow and pay their respects."
"I even feel proud to be able to see your figure from afar."
"You'll figure out the rest yourself."
This time, Zhao Youliang didn't use the word "Holy crap" to express his amazement, because a magnificent scene had involuntarily flashed through his mind.
The gentleman, holding the hand of that incredibly cute little monk, stood atop the mountain, facing the rising sun.
The foot of the mountain was filled with thousands of gods and demons kneeling.
Countless gods and demons remained silent, only bowing and worshipping the man's retreating figure...
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