White and green bring disaster to the world
The edge of the sun was rising slightly on the horizon, and all the people stopped what they were doing and looked towards the horizon where the sun was rising.
As countless townspeople crowed at the same time, the sun rose in the sky, and the skin on the faces of all the townspeople began to grow back and close, returning to their original appearance.
Everything returned to normal, the numbness in the eyes of the townspeople disappeared, and they regained their normal clarity and began to repeat their day's life again.
When we arrived at the Qingshui River, there was no wind, but the willow trees were swaying gracefully in the wind. The river was vast and empty, but we still couldn't see the boat.
"As for ghosts and evil spirits, have you been able to see them since you were a child, or did you only see them after coming to Qingshui Town?"
"I only saw it after I came to Qingshui Town."
"Since entering Qingshui Town, have you had any physical contact with anyone? Especially on the shoulders and head."
Yuanli told Qi Heng everything that happened during her two encounters with the fat lady. The three of them compared their memories carefully and found that only Yuanli had met her.
"The Theory of the Six Realms of Gods and Ghosts mentions a superstition in the mortal world that there are three fires on the human body, one on the top of the head and one on the left and right shoulders. These are commonly known as Yang Fires. The fire on the shoulders is also known as Nameless Fire. If it is extinguished, it is considered a ghost."
"What is 'The Theory of the Six Realms of Gods and Ghosts'? Is it reliable? Why does it sound like a storybook written in the mortal world?"
Xiang Yao stood on either side, holding his sword in his hands, listening with great interest and not questioning the explanation at all.
"Xiang Yao, have you seen it too?"
"No, but what the young master said must be true. Besides, the old people in our Momo Village mentioned something similar. It is said that you should not look back easily in the middle of the night, as it is easy to put out the fire on your shoulder and see unclean things."
Xiang Yao spoke so sincerely that Yuanli felt embarrassed to refute him, but the name made her feel like a storybook sold at a street stall for a dozen cents a copy.
"Young Master, you are very knowledgeable. 'On the Six Realms of Gods and Ghosts' is not just some worthless picture book. It is a mythological book that has been highly praised by kings, dignitaries, and even sorcerers throughout the ages. There is only one copy in the world."
Looking in the direction the voice came from, Chi Xun was dressed in the style of Western Frontier and Central Plains. His long black hair was casually tied up with a simple wooden hairpin. Although the style was simple, it was extremely exquisite.
Qi Heng defensively protected her behind him, Chi Xun's expression changed, and his smile became a little stiff.
"Sir, there's no need to guard the girl behind you so closely. I'm only here in Qingshui Town looking for my lost fiancée. I mean no harm. Why don't we be traveling together? We can look after each other, right?"
Qi Heng ruthlessly refused, "If we don't share the same ideals, we can't work together."
"Don't be so quick to reject me. I'm well aware of the strangeness of Qingshui Town, and perhaps I can help. If it were just the three of you, you wouldn't even be able to leave Qingshui Town alive. When I entered just now, the entrance to Qingshui Town had already disappeared."
Qi Heng remained calm and showed no sign of giving in. He took Yuanli and walked towards the river.
Chi Xun didn't chase after him, but stood there watching, adding, "If you don't believe me, you can send your servant to the town entrance to check. I'm in Qingshui Town. Come find me when you figure it out."
Qi Heng turned a deaf ear and pulled Yuanli to the place where they met the day before. Under the willow tree, Qi Heng muttered a strange spell and finally slapped his left shoulder hard with his hand.
"Xiang Yao, keep an eye on the girl and wait for me to come back."
After saying that, Qi Heng walked to the riverside and took a step towards the river surface. Seeing that he was about to step on air, Yuan Yuan couldn't help but feel worried, but the next moment Qi Heng's foot landed in mid-air.
When he took the next step, with his feet together, Qi Heng disappeared from his sight.
"Qi Heng!"
Yuanli called out anxiously, but no one responded. Only Xiangyao looked at her meaningfully.
Chi Xun stood behind her at some point and reminded her, "Girl, don't stand under the willow tree."
Yuanli looked back when she heard the voice, but didn't take it seriously. She then turned her head and continued to stare at the place where Qi Heng disappeared.
"Willow is a yin tree, representing the evil spirits of the world. Willow branches inserted into doors are said to ward off evil spirits. However, if the willow tree is alive, it can have the opposite effect, attracting evil spirits and attracting evil spirits."
As soon as Chi Xun finished speaking, she consciously moved to the sunny place beside her. As she moved, she subconsciously looked up at the three-story wooden building behind her. The window was empty.
"Miss, since your master hasn't come back yet, why don't I tell you a story to cheer you up?" Chi Xun bent down and whispered in her ear.
Before Yuanli could react, Xiang Yao quickly drew his sword and blocked the two of them, but Chi Xun caught his sword with two fingers of his bare hands.
Chi Xun was not angry, but instead was filled with smiles and an extremely friendly attitude. The two sides were at a stalemate, but fortunately Yuan Li intervened and the two sides returned to their original positions.
However, the moment Chi Xun let go, the sword turned black and smoked, and finally broke into two pieces, and the tip of the sword fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Xiang Yao stared at him with rage, gritting his teeth, the veins throbbing on his hand gripping the hilt of his sword, and he wished he could rip his head off immediately. But for Yuanli's sake, he finally gave up, secretly planning to slash his neck.
Unexpectedly, Chi Xun, who was eager to watch the fun, pulled out a silver ingot from his waist pouch and handed it to him, saying, "I was refining a poisonous insect just now and forgot to wash my hands. I damaged your sword. I'll compensate you."
"you!"
Upon hearing this, Yuanli quickly stood between the two to prevent them from fighting, and used all her life's knowledge to appease Xiangyao. After all, her brother was rebellious, and she had to clean up the mess.
"You should also keep your mouth shut, Xiang Yao. We're just waiting anyway. He knows a lot about devious ways. If he wants to tell a story, let him do it."
Xiang Yao conceded and said, "Just listen to what the young lady says."
"Young lady is so easy to get along with. I heard that thirty-four years ago, Western Xinjiang was famous for its Gu, and there were two top Gu masters, one of whom was named Bai Qing..."
Chi Xun told the story slowly and leisurely, Bai Qing had no father or mother and no family protection since childhood, and was often bullied by his peers. He wanted to climb to the position of national teacher and sit on the highest point of power. His extreme desire for revenge made his ambition continue to expand.
The previous emperor of Western Xinjiang favored another outstanding person. Knowing that he had no hope, Bai Qing focused his attention on those unconventional methods and began to learn cruel forbidden techniques.
Bai Qing hid himself from the world and practiced witchcraft, and disappeared without a trace.
Three months later, strange diseases suddenly appeared in various countries one after another. There was no cure. When the strange diseases were at their peak, the royal city and the imperial capital were deserted and piles of fallen leaves appeared.
When he returned to everyone's sight again, he was followed by a woman as delicate as a willow in the wind. She always wore a wide gauze hat that covered her whole body.
Because he was able to control the spread of monsters in just over a month of research, Bai Qing became a living god believed in by the people.
Because of his cruel and decisive methods, he was able to recover the territory very quickly, the emperor's ambition was satisfied, and Bai Qing sat on the throne of the national teacher.
When the country was already unstable, I don't know how he persuaded the emperor to start wars in all directions, causing great suffering to the people of the world and refugees could be seen everywhere.
The territory of Western Xinjiang expanded at a rapid pace, but the people complained bitterly. The emperor ignored the complaints of the censors and listened to Bai Qing's advice.
Those were the darkest years in the history of Western Xinjiang.
The emperor personally led an army to war and passed through the royal city. He saw the miserable lives of the common people and met three of his trusted old ministers who threatened to die to persuade him. When the emperor was about to come to his senses, he fell seriously ill and the evil concubine took the throne to assist him in governing the country.
The evil concubine was foolish and extravagant. Outside the royal city, corpses were scattered all over the ground, while inside the royal city, there was revelry every night.
He has a fair complexion and is handsome, and is loved by the imperial concubine. She delegates power to the soldiers and becomes the national teacher of a country, with a status similar to that of an emperor.
Fortunately, Prince Xiao Qinbei of the Western Frontier calmed everything down. The evil concubine and the imperial teacher were hanged at the city gate as a public display, and were whipped and cursed by the people.
The woman beside Bai Qing disappeared from then on. Even though the emperor offered a huge reward and conferred titles and honors on her, no one had ever found her whereabouts.
After Chi Xun finished speaking, the woman's sixth sense subconsciously made her link the strange disease thirty-four years ago with rabies, but she had never heard anyone from Jiwang Mountain mention it, so she didn't dare to make a judgment easily.
But Chi Xun knew her words and actions too well, even her eyes and expressions, so how could he not know what she was thinking.
"That strange disease that broke out thirty-four years ago was incredibly bizarre. It was said that those who contracted it would lose consciousness and bite like a mad dog, refusing to let go until a piece of flesh was lost. Within three days, those bitten would develop the same symptoms, and it spread as fast as an epidemic."
When Xiang Yao lowered her head in thought, Chi Xun looked at her tacitly, and Yuanli made up her mind, which was exactly as she had thought.
"That year was the strange disease brought under control?"
"It completely disappeared about thirty-two years ago."
As soon as he finished speaking, the river water suddenly began to flow violently. Qi Heng returned to the bank of Qingshui River and recited the incantation, which rekindled the nameless anger on his shoulders. Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. Yuanli immediately rushed forward to support him.
The river water began to turn turbid, and blood floated up from the bottom of the river, dyeing the water completely red. Small bumps began to appear on the water surface, gradually getting bigger, and finally turning into a human face with closed eyes.
The hull of the ship appeared before everyone, and standing on the bow was a disgusting ghost covered with human faces.
"Oh no, it's a ghost, run!"
Hearing this, the two grown men lifted up the frail Qi Heng and began running towards the shore. However, after running for a few dozen meters, curiosity prompted Yuanli to subconsciously turn back.
Although the boat had already reached the shore, it seemed as if there was a transparent wall blocking it. It kept bumping into them, trying to catch up with them, but it was unable to move forward at all even after being bruised and bleeding.
"Don't run, it seems to be trapped by something."
After saying that, the three of them hid behind the wall and watched it from afar, ready to get up and run away at any time.
The creatures that were disfigured by the impact began to become irritable and restless. The water people on the river also began to look uneasy. Countless corpses appeared on the water surface, covering the scarlet water surface tightly.
There are really countless corpses at the bottom of the river!
Yuanli covered her mouth in discomfort, her stomach churning. That day, she was pushed into the river and swallowed some river water, and that water actually contained those things!
Chi Xun handed over a handkerchief, and Yuanli quickly covered her nose with it. The unknown grassy smell brought her comfort, and her stomach gradually settled down.
After feeling better, Yuanli continued to look up at the ship. The willow tree closest to the ship began to grow green leaves at a speed visible to the naked eye. Its willow branches moved towards the ship, tightly surrounding it.
"Monster...monster..."
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