Chapter 70 Crossing the Bridge

"Zhang Sheng, I have seen trees before."

In the darkness, Cui Yu raised his hand and lit a ghost fire at his fingertips, but the flame was weak, just enough to illuminate a few people's faces.

Looking around along the illuminated area, I saw tiny red bugs crawling everywhere on the inner wall of the dark hole. They crawled out along the cracks in the cracked stones and were attracted by the light source.

They were falling rapidly, and the bottom of the hole was completely engulfed by the black tide. The upward surge of wind was trying to repel them from entering. Yu Duo tried hard to fight against it, using his hands to secretly exert force.

Hearing the man speak, Zhang Sheng felt that Cui Yu's condition was better than before. Although the man looked like he was about to faint when he transferred Xu Taohong's soul, he did not attribute the fault to the man. He was also careless.

Zhang Sheng groped for the man's wrist and placed it close to the pulse, and unexpectedly felt a beating.

The pulse is connected to the beating of the heart, which is the most true proof.

He frowned slightly and suddenly said: "Did you see it in the ghost cave?"

Men Tianwei had no idea what happened to the two people in the barrier. When they came out, their expressions were very strange, and they were too quiet. In other words, the conversation also seemed to have an invisible layer of confidentiality.

Cui Yu sat upright, staring at the bugs crawling across Zhang Sheng's legs, and used hell fire to drive them away.

Then he said: "Maybe the tourists who were cursed to become tourists on the Corridor Bridge only have this name, Qiao and Mu, together they are the bridge."

Zhang Sheng swatted away those particularly forgiving insects and paused: "... I can guess this, but the Qiaomu you are talking about is the Mumu I saved."

Yu Duo became interested when he heard that, and he opened his eyes and asked, "What, Boss Mumu?" Sister Mumu?"

Cui Yu held Yu Duo's trembling hand and injected a burst of mana so that he could lead them into the next level of ghost realm with less effort.

The man opened his lips and spoke for the first time about the experience that trapped Xun Baishan for ten years: "I learned at that time that you took your apprentice to the ghost cave, and I was frightened, so I searched for the place where you last disappeared. , and finally walked to a bridge and saw a woman whose heart had been dug out, spreading grass roots on herself.

"Is it Mumu?"

The man said nothing, as if he had something to hide.

Zhang Sheng stopped Yu Duo's questioning in time, and he already knew everything.

Zhang Sheng asked in a low voice, "She led you to find me?"

"Yes, I don't know what spell was cast on the Corridor Bridge. It's very easy to get lost there, and I can't feel a trace of your breath. I saw her eyes were clear, She was still conscious, so she asked for directions."

The woman held the dug out heart and briefly described her name as Qiao Mu. During this period, her eyes remained on the bloody wound in front of Ni Shisan.

She said slowly: "Master Taoist, your heart was dug out too?"

Ni Shisan said: "I dug it out myself."

The woman was silent for a few seconds, stretched out her finger to trace the horrific wound on the man's chest, and looked at it again With his slightly small heart, his lips moved slightly: "Master Taoist, I asked other famous sects. After receiving this curse, you can only survive in the world in a form that is neither human nor ghost, and it is difficult to cross the reincarnation. Do you think it is possible to live like this? What do you mean?"

Ni Shisan calmly listened to the woman's story. She seemed to have lived with her parents in the Cloister Bridge area since she was born. Every year, three or five people in the village would suddenly be cursed and become tourists overnight, never to be seen again. Unable to be seen by mortals.

Ni Shisan guessed that this must be related to the evil god.

Famous ghost exorcists usually choose a fixed area as a training ground for their disciples, and do not intersect with each other to avoid conflicts and accidental injuries.

The place Zhang Sheng chose was the one closest to the Corridor Bridge. It was hard not to think that the frequent strange phenomena here were related to his hiding place. The evil god was threatening him to return to the underworld to confess his crime immediately, and he also sensed that he had feelings for Xun Baishan. Thoughts that are otherworldly are easier to exploit.

Ni Shisan heard the woman's small but sincere prayer, hoping that she could die and live as a shadow in the world, unable to meet her aging parents. She lingered here day and night, feeling extremely tormented inside.

At this moment, Ni Shisan looked down at the girl's pale face and told her the way to break the curse: "I can't save you. Most people who are cursed are unwilling to endure loneliness and spend their whole lives seeking death, hoping to be reincarnated. But this It goes against the method of breaking the curse."

The woman looked at him: "How do you know, then, what should I do?"

"The only way is to cut off all worries and give your heart to someone who has a strong desire to survive. Only if you are willing to do so can I send you to the underworld."

"But...but..."

Confusion appeared on the girl's face when she heard this: "Master Taoist, mortals like me can't see me. Only those famous families can see me. Ghost exorcists, with their superb magic power and many disciples to protect them, how can they find someone who is willing to have my heart?"

"It is precisely because of the difficulty that the evil god set this curse."

Ni Shisan can easily deduce that he is playing tricks. Human thoughts.

These villagers living in the Corridor Bridge area are simple in nature, and are often helped by Zhang Sheng and his Taoist disciples. Whenever evil spirits appear in their homes, they can ask Zhang Sheng for help. Over time, these villagers spontaneously go to the mountain to kneel down and express their inner respect.

On the whole mountain, no one is afraid. This is the biggest crisis for the evil god.

Like a deep-rooted thorn that has to be removed.

People with a little psychic ability are not enough to see the tourists. Only those powerful and pure ghost exorcists can hear the cries of these tourists.

But the Huanyang Formation only allows it to maintain its ability to live for a while. Every time the formation is strengthened, it will damage the caster's internal strength. In the long run, few ghost exorcists can bear to keep protecting the lives of tourists.

If you really want to escape, you have to cut off the connection between your heart and your body, and when you are about to die, you must personally dig out your own heart and accept the hearts of others.

This kind of opportunity to cross the soul is too difficult to wait for and too difficult to realize.

Almost impossible.

The girl was silent for a long time, and then cried bitterly. She knelt on the ground and begged Ni Shisan: "... Taoist Master, do you want my heart? Seeing that you are still so young and handsome, you should live well. Although I have selfish motives, I...I want to be reincarnated and be filial to my parents in the next life, but I really pity your life!"

It turned out that the girl looked at Ni Shisan's miserable face and thought he was really going to die.

"Tao Master has boundless power, so we can't be confused... How can someone dig out their own hearts? You don't want to live, but I can't live even if I want to... Wuwu..."

Ni Shisan smiled bitterly. It wasn't that he didn't want to live, but I don’t want to be controlled anymore.

Many times, he felt bored with his behavior in the world. He was used to seeing fearful eyes, roaring, crying, and moaning in despair...

What he remembered most in his sleep was the smile of the man who led him in, wiped the dust off the fruit and stuffed it into his mouth.

The defense line set up by the evil god is to prevent the evil god's clone who is supposed to inherit the mantle from entering.

Let him watch helplessly as the ghost exorcist, who was respected by the village, and his apprentice were buried in the ghost cave together.

If he accepts Yugito's heart, the line of defense will no longer be able to stop him.

Wherever Zhang Sheng can go, he can also go.

But along with it, the joys, anger, worries, sorrows and fears of a human being will enter his body, and he doesn't know if he can adapt to it.

"Did you see a group of Taoist priests walking near the Corridor Bridge?"

The woman cried, thinking that the man had silently refused and didn't care at all.

Her eyes darkened and she whispered: "...I saw it, but they didn't see me. I told them not to go, but no one listened."

"Is there a man in a white shirt? Are you sure you didn't see...?"

The woman thought of the one walking at the front, far at the head of the disciples' array, who seemed to be wearing a white shirt.

"Yes, yes. But the Taoist master was walking in a hurry, and his disciples couldn't hear me shouting from behind. After a while, they were far away."

It seems that the man is really here. I definitely didn’t expect that the ghost cave of the Corridor Bridge is connected to the underworld, nor did I expect that there would be cursed tourists following behind.

Ni Shisan leaned against the stone wall with his arms folded, raised his eyes slightly, raised his palms, and the woman's heart flew into his palms.

"...Taoist master, what are you doing?"

Ni Shisan had a chill on his face, no different from Shura in the underworld. He pretended to be indifferent and glanced at the woman: "Oh, your heart is too small and you don't look very healthy. , To be honest, I'm not very interested."

The woman sobbed again, thinking that the man was too mean, and even if she didn't want him, she still wanted to play with him, and she also scolded him a few times.

"The village is poor. We didn't have much to eat when we were young, so we didn't grow well."

"But, it should still be useful."

The man's tone changed, and the girl immediately raised her eyes.

"If you get to the underworld, you are not allowed to tell the apostles of the underworld who stole your heart. If you dare to say it, I can catch you back even if you cross to the other side."

The woman trembled in fright and nodded obediently.

"I don't want your heart." Ni Shisan said something for no reason before breaking the curse.

The woman burst into tears and laughed: "Master Taoist, do you want to enter a ghost cave? I heard famous people talk about ghost caves, and they all said that evil spirits can't get in there. Only mortals and exorcists can enter. It's like a prison that swallows people. It's very evil."

Ni Shisan squeezed hard, and the woman looked pained, clutching her chest and begging for mercy: "No, I won't say it anymore..."

"You know I am evil, and you still call me Taoist Master"

Ni Shisan immediately let go . , after using the magic, many thin white threads appeared between the heart and the girl, intertwined and intertwined.

"But you came down from the mountain. My parents said that there are gods living on the top of this mountain. You also know the Taoist priests who protect the village. You must be a good person."

Ni Shisan had nothing to say, staring at the girl and finally He asked once: "Are you willing to give your heart to me?"

"Qiao Mu is willing to do so."

After cutting off the ties between those girls in the world, the slightly frail figure gradually fell to the ground, and there was no color in his eyes.

...

So when he saw Mentenwei again and was able to use the thread to sew Yugito's body together, he thought of the scene where he stripped off the girl's ties.

Rights for the living and words for the dead.

Now that I think about it, it's not surprising that Men Tianwei, who has worked as a forensic doctor for many years, can see tourists.

After hearing the story, Yu Duo couldn't help but ask: "Boss, why do you want someone's heart?"

Cui Yu squinted at him: "Because I don't have one."

Yu Duo was surprised and ran over to touch Cui Yu's chest. The man kicked him away.

"Ouch... you don't have a heart, don't you? You're still beating."

Cui Yu groaned. He didn't want to say that this heart had been working with the body of his evil god for many years, and it was not easy for him to have a heartbeat.

He was dumped because he had no heart.