——"The sky is full of frost over the ten-mile Pinghu Lake, and every inch of my black hair is filled with worry about my youth. Facing the moon, I look at each other alone, and I only envy the mandarin ducks, not the immortals."

Qing Xingdeng stared blankly at the pond not far away. After a long while, he sighed and said, "What a sad and beautiful story."

"Ning Caichen is loyal and righteous, and Yan Chixia is chivalrous and courageous."

"It's a pity that Nie Xiaoqian is a ghost after all. Humans and ghosts are on different paths. They are destined not to be together."

Su Ziyu smiled but said nothing.

He had never thought that he could tell such a good story. He could remember the whole story after a brief recollection. He also deliberately controlled the time and told the story of A Chinese Ghost Story for a whole night. Aoandon is a legendary monster. It is said that you can meet her in a game called Hyakumonogatari. At night, light a hundred white candles, and each person tells a ghost story. After each story is told, a candle is blown out. After the hundredth story is told, the gate of hell will open, and the terrible ghost will drag everyone into hell.

In fact, if your story is long enough, you definitely can’t finish it in one night.

Everything will be fine by daybreak.

So novel authors shouldn't have to worry about this.

Because as long as the number of weird stories is less than one hundred, the ritual will not be completed. Only when it reaches one hundred, some extremely terrible things will happen in the legend.

This incident tells us that if the time is too short, accidents are likely to happen.

Su Ziyu looked up at the sky.

There is no sun in Ghost Kyoto, but the moon has reached the westernmost point, which means that the sun is about to rise and the day is about to come.

The ghostly lights floating around were gradually dissipating.

Su Ziyu wasn't sure about the situation in the underworld, but he could sense that a door had opened in Ghost Kyoto.

——"Spatial Sensing: Strengthens one's ability to sense spatial forces, allowing one to detect nearby spatial cracks."

Su Ziyu glanced at Qingxuandeng who seemed to be still immersed in the story in front of him, and stood up and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your hospitality tonight! It's getting late!"

"Then I'll take my leave now!"

After saying this, without waiting for Qing Xingdeng's response, he directly flew into the air and landed on the high wall with a light tap of his toes.

But at this moment, a cold wind suddenly blew.

A long black hair stabbed towards Su Ziyu like long needles. The speed of the hair was so fast that it was close to his eyes in an instant. Su Ziyu pulled out his meteorite without thinking. With a flash of cold light, a large piece of black hair was cut off at the root. A faint scream of pain was heard.

The demon hunter's weapons are also effective against these ghosts.

The ghost who secretly attacked Su Ziyu seemed to be angered. In a blink of an eye, another large piece of black hair attacked from all directions, as if to wrap him up completely.

"stop!"

Qing Xingdeng shouted in a low voice, frowned and said: "Needle Girl! Back off!"

A large patch of black hair stopped in front of Su Ziyu, then receded like the tide and disappeared from sight.

"Lord Su's story is really interesting." Qingxuandeng stood up lazily, her loose kimono showing her beautiful body curves. She seemed to be hesitant and reluctant, with a faint flame in her pupils. She said in a very ethereal voice: "I originally wanted to keep Lord Su here for a long time. But since you want to leave, I can't force you."

"I just hope we can have a long chat someday and listen to your wonderful stories."

Looks like it's passed.

Su Ziyu simply bowed and left without looking back.

His figure leaped rapidly in the dead and silent Kyoto. Many hazy shadows could be seen along the way. Guided by his spatial sensing ability, Su Ziyu passed through half of Kyoto and finally stopped in front of an empty shrine.

The space rift is nearby.

This was the first time that Su Ziyu used his spatial sensing ability to search for plane rifts, so he couldn't be completely sure of the direction.

Da da da.

Just as Su Ziyu was looking for the exit, he suddenly heard a strange sound of footsteps, and then two figures, one black and one white, appeared in his sight, dragging a large trail of ghost fire behind them, and walking towards them from a bridge.

Black and White Impermanence?

Su Ziyu's pupils narrowed slightly, and he took a step back vigilantly.

It should be the Black and White Impermanence of Fuso.

Because the other person was dressed like a Japanese, one of them was holding a soul-calling banner, and the other was holding a soul-catching sickle. At this time, the two were dragging a bunch of ghosts tied up like dumplings, Bai Wuchang walked in front with an expressionless face, while Hei Wuchang seemed to be saying something.

They soon discovered the perch, too.

"A living person?" Hei Wuchang frowned and put his hand on his weapon, and said in a deep voice: "What is a living person doing in the underworld?"

The strength is not particularly strong.

The pressure they brought to Su Ziyu was not as great as Qing Xingdeng. Because he had seen the servants of the god of death, Su Ziyu was not afraid of this kind of ghost messenger. He simply bowed and said, "I accidentally entered the underworld. I was planning to return to the world of the living."

“Don’t know where the exit is?”

Hearing Su Ziyu's words, the Black and White Impermanence in front of them couldn't help but look at each other. White Impermanence said in a cold tone: "After crossing that bridge, you will reach the gate of hell."

"Get out of here quickly."

"The gates of hell are about to close. The living cannot stay in the underworld."

Fairly easy to talk to.

After expressing his gratitude, Su Ziyu walked towards the bridge. When passing by the Black and White Impermanence, he saw the ghosts tied up behind them. They were all mountain elves, ghosts, and vengeful spirits, and they were making bursts of miserable wails.

It seems that the world of the living here is not very peaceful!

A large part of Fuso culture comes from China, but the dominant religion here is Shintoism, which is a pantheistic polytheistic belief. The core idea of ​​gods is "all things in the universe". All kinds of goblins and ghosts can be worshipped by mortals. It is said that there are eight million gods. You can imagine how many mountain spirits and ghosts are mixed among them.

The status of many gods here is actually similar to that of monsters, and some big monsters even have their own shrines in the mortal world.

Su Ziyu is still unsure of the specific situation in this world.

However, judging from everything seen in Ghost Kyoto, big monsters like Aoandon have their own territory, so other big monsters should be in a similar situation.

It is said to be the gate of hell, but in fact it is just a crack in space.

After Su Ziyu passed through, he immediately saw a ray of sunlight rising in the distance. The space crack behind him had disappeared. He was in a bamboo forest in the suburbs. Not far away there was a dilapidated stone tablet. Next to it stood a small god with a hideous head, wearing human clothes and holding a seal. It should be a being similar to the Fusang Land God.

The area was a bit desolate, with no signs of living people. Su Ziyu walked along the bamboo forest for a while and soon saw a small village with about a dozen households. At this time, farmers and women were fiddling with some tributes and burning something at a fork in the road. After they finished burning, they pulled the children playing nearby to kneel down and worship a clay statue, looking very pious.

Take a closer look.

Su Ziyu found that the clay sculpture looked like a human-shaped civet cat. Although the sculpture looked very rough, its appearance was somewhat lifelike.

They are worshipping the gods of roads and wildness.

These are mainly the objects of folk Shinto worship, and many wild gods are folk mountain spirits and monsters.

Su Ziyu vaguely heard their prayers, which seemed to be related to an epidemic. These farmers seemed to be quite wary of outsiders. After seeing Su Ziyu, they quickly put away the offerings and began to clean up the sacrificial items.

The senses detect a hint of spirituality.

When Su Ziyu turned around and looked at a small woods in the distance, he saw a black shadow flash by on the treetops. The figure was as agile as a cheetah and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Are there so many monsters?" Su Ziyu frowned slightly.

He walked towards the farmers who looked panicked and asked casually, "How do I get to Kyoto?"

"Just keep walking along this road for half a day and you will arrive." The leading farmer looked a little frightened. The clothes Su Ziyu was wearing were prepared by the elves. They looked a bit out of place in this era, but they were extremely exquisite and luxurious, and at first glance they looked like the attire of a prince or noble.

Su Ziyu nodded and turned to leave, throwing a silver coin over before leaving.

There were not many people along the way.

He did see some debris left over from roadside sacrifices, and it seemed that many sacrifices to wild gods had been held here recently.

The Suzi fish travels very fast.

When the sun rose, a prosperous ancient city appeared in his sight, and there seemed to be a lake in the distance, which should be Lake Biwa.

The shape and layout of this ancient city are all modeled after the Tang Dynasty capitals of China, Chang'an and Luoyang, especially the imitation of Chang'an. Su Ziyu had taken a quick look at it last night, and the general layout is exactly the same as that of the Ghost Kyoto, except that there are many living people during the day, and you can see the bustling flow of people.

Su Ziyu changed her attire slightly and then stepped into the city.

There are quite a lot of people here.

Su Ziyu could see many people dressed as samurai, but not as many as during the Fuso Warring States Period. Along the way, the clover emblem that Ms. Enid had given him vibrated several times, which meant that there were still some monsters active in Kyoto during the day, but even Su Ziyu could not easily distinguish them.

People's expressions showed a little panic.

Most of the things they discussed were related to "Rashomon" because not long ago, the Rashomon at the southern end of Suzaku-oji in Kyoto collapsed. Then some strange things began to appear in various parts of Kyoto, and some strange rumors also appeared in other places.

Apart from that, what Su Ziyu heard most was about Ampere Harumi.

Ampere Haruaki seems to be a prominent figure in this place. Last year, he accepted the order from the Fuso royal family and went to Mount Nachi to perform a ceremony to seal Tengu.

It is now the year 980.

Not long ago, the Rashomon Gate in Kyoto collapsed, and everyone thought it was a bad omen. Many people thought that Ampere Haruaki was needed to solve the problem. Because this guy is the most famous Onmyoji of the current era, and is highly valued by the Fuso royal family. It is said that he has the ability to drive Shikigami and can do many things that ordinary people cannot do.

"Onmyoji? Interesting!" Su Ziyu walked through the streets and alleys and found a hotel to stay in.

The north of Kyoto is where princes and nobles live, while the south is becoming increasingly deserted. Su Ziyu stayed in a mansion in the north last night. He had originally planned to go over and see who lived there during the day, but after hearing the news about Ampere Seimei, he really wanted to meet this Onmyoji.

Fuso in the Heian period was a bit like the late Jin Dynasty in China. On the surface, there was peace and prosperity, and the princes and nobles were extravagant and decadent, but in reality, the lives of the common people were extremely difficult.

Talk of ghosts and monsters is very common among the lower classes of the common people.

Su Ziyu had only been sitting in the inn for a while when he heard two merchants discussing ghosts. They were talking about a mountain ghost that was causing trouble near Jinjiang in the south. The merchant on the right said that he had seen with his own eyes how the mountain ghost devoured living people. He described the mountain ghost in great detail, describing the ghost's appearance in every possible way.

"An era of chaos and disorder?" Su Ziyu stood up and walked out of the hotel.

He was going to take a look at the so-called Rashomon.

The entire Kyoto covers an area of ​​about 20 square kilometers, which is not very large, but the population is quite dense. The so-called Rashomon by the indigenous people is actually the Luocheng Gate, which suddenly collapsed one night. It is said that someone heard the howling of hundreds of ghosts that night. Legend has it that it is the place where Kyoto connects to the underworld.

"Is this the place?" Su Ziyu frowned and looked around.

Very quiet.

There are very few pedestrians around here, and it seems that ordinary people deliberately avoid this area.

There were a lot of rubble where Rashomon collapsed. Su Ziyu sensed some abnormal fluctuations just as he approached here. He found that there were many places with talismans of Onmyoji, and there seemed to be traces of formations on the ground.

I didn't see any monsters or ghosts.

Su Ziyu felt that this place was a little bit chilly, and the wind blowing over seemed to bring a bone-chilling chill.

"Who?" a low voice came.

soon.

A man dressed as an Yin-Yang master appeared in front of Su Ziyu. He was about twenty years old and looked quite handsome. He was wearing a very traditional Yin-Yang suit, a folding fan in his hand, and a jade pendant with a Yin-Yang fish on his waist.

Ampere clear?

wrong.

This Onmyoji is a little weak!

"Get out of here!" The Yin-Yang Master in front of him said rudely, "This place is forbidden to pass. Hurry up and leave."

"Don't blame me for being rude if you don't leave!"

It seems that I have to pass this level before I can see what Rashomon is like.

Su Ziyu glanced at the other person and kicked a stone away. The stone flew out like a bullet and hit the head of the Onmyoji in front of him directly.

Bang!

The Yin-Yang Master in front of him suddenly changed his expression. He quickly took out a piece of talisman paper, quickly formed a seal and shouted, "Guard!"

An invisible energy barrier opened.

The stone kicked by Su Ziyu stopped in front of him and fell to the ground with a thud. Accompanied by a rapid spell, a phantom that looked like an armored puppet quickly appeared behind the opponent.

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