Volume 1, Ghost City of the Bone Forest_Chapter 379, Crossing People and Ghost Coins
The world is so big, what I have seen, and I can even say that what human beings have seen so far is far from the whole of this world, I can't see the yang fire of the Styx river crossing man in front of me, it does not necessarily mean that he is a bodhisattva, an ancient god or an immortal, there are always exceptions.
I was at a stalemate with him for a while, there was a group of ghosts in the distance, I couldn't get out, outside the ferry was an undead river, it looked unfathomable, and this was a place where ghosts settled, I didn't want to swim in it. For now, I can only get on this boat, but what is the origin of this person in front of me who is almost dressed as the people of Hades in mythological stories? Is it good or bad? I don't know, and I suddenly have no bottom in my heart.
Moving his steps and slowly leaning over, the man in black suddenly spoke, his voice was very soft and hoarse, and he whispered: "One ghost coin all the way." ”
Ghost coins, what's that? The currency of the underworld? But isn't the underworld all paper money?
The more I thought about it, the more strange it became, but I couldn't get on the boat, and the ferryman of Hades saw that I didn't seem to want to get on the boat, so he gently pushed the boat and slowly began to leave the ferry. I saw that my face changed, if this guy left, it is estimated that the group of ghosts behind him will come up, no matter how big or twenty-one it is, let's talk about it first!
"Wait!"
I shouted and jumped on the boat in one step, the boat seemed to be very narrow because it could only stand for three or four people, but the original turbulent immortal river did not feel the slightest bump after I got on the boat, and moved forward steadily, as if the entire immortal river was containing the existence of this small boat.
"Looks like it's right."
I was overjoyed, and no matter what the so-called ghost coin was, this security could allow me to think about my next steps for the time being.
Feelingally, I'm getting deeper and deeper into the interior of the ghost town, and even whether this place can be called a ghost town or not. After crossing the river, the place where I will be must be unknown, what kind of traps and ghosts will there be?
While I was thinking about it, the boat stopped in the middle of the Immortal River, and the Underworld Ferry slowly approached me, and stretched out his hand, which looked rather old, and its nails were damaged. "Pay." ”
Fuck, where did I get some ghost coins, pretended to reach out and touched it, and said with a smile: "That, can I use the money in the yang world?" ”
"No, one ghost coin all the way, you have to sit down and pay all the way first."
It urged, looking a little impatient. Looking back at the waters of the Immortal River, if he had thrown it here, I guess I would have died before I could swim to the other side.
"Well, what do ghost coins look like? Can I look for it? ”
I was still trying to apply the other person's words, but the Hades crosser withdrew his hand, and after a moment he took out something from his sleeve, put it in front of me and raised it, it was a round coin, very old, but how I looked at it and how it felt familiar. I always seem to see this coin, and it always seems to be.
"When did you see it?"
Stretched out his hand and touched his body, and then he remembered, isn't the so-called ghost coin the money of Motanjiao? I immediately took out the Motanist coins, and the Hades ferryman nodded, took one of them, and then continued to hold the boat and carry me to the other side of the river.
I can only say that I am lucky, the Motanjiao has always been a mysterious sect in the frontier, and they are naturally good at exorcising ghosts and subduing demons, who would have thought that their coins would actually be ghost coins.
The undead river is very wide, unexpectedly a large river, the churning water on the surface of the river looks like a gray shadow of a broken soul, I picked up the side of the boat and looked down, there seemed to be something swimming in the black water, a lot, a group of people can't see it really, is it a fish? What fish survive in the Immortal River? After taking a closer look, when one of the "fish" slowly approached me, I was surprised to find that where was the fish, it was clearly a wandering spirit! The approaching "fish" with an old man's wrinkled face opened its mouth to say something to me, but it seemed to be invisible through the river.
It turned out that there was a whole river of geisms under my feet, and I hurriedly hid back, not daring to look any further, I knew that the immortal river was very dangerous, and now seeing this scene made me more cautious.
On the other side of the fog, the ferry on the other side of the river came into view, I stood up, the boat leaned against the ferry, I dropped a Motanist coin and quickly went ashore. The feeling on this side of the river is very different from the feeling on the other side of the river, although it is still pitch black, but there is not so thick yin in the air, as if he has come to the other side, survived all the calamities, and washed away his sins.
Raising the flame in his hand, he shone it around, and saw no shadow or ghost, and walked forward, and the whole bank of the river was empty, and there was no trace of any living thing. After walking a little further, a gap suddenly broke in the middle of the cliffs, and I lit a torch and took a picture of it, only to realize that it was not a gap between the peaks, but a path, a secluded and unknown path.
"Where does it lead?"
I wondered to myself, since there was nowhere else to go, I took a risk and walked deeper into the path, which was so narrow that it was so narrow that it could only allow almost one person to go forward. In the wall illuminated by the flames, there was a dense circle of small holes, about the thickness of a finger, and I was sad to see, and it felt like briquettes were piled up.
The whole road was very long, and it took about three hours to see the exit, and there was no attack during the whole process, which was safe and boring. The torches had long since been burned, and I held on to the wall without relying on the light. And near the exit, I saw the light!
At first, I thought it was my hallucination, but the light was so obvious that it appeared at the exit, and the white light seemed to be the exit of the holy heaven, could it be that I found the exit from the underground ghost town? I immediately picked up my pace, feeling my heart beat with every step I took, and I felt like I was still a meter closer with every step I took.
Finally rushing to the exit of the mountain road, I stood in the light, with a smile on my face, and shouted, "Lao Tzu is out!" ”
However, when I stepped out of the mountain road, what I saw was not a blue sky and white clouds, nor a green tree, but a gate, and the white light I saw was actually two white lanterns hanging in front of this gate.
It turned out to be just a dream that I made for myself, besides, this terrain has always been going west, how can I go out?
Sighing slightly, I raised my head and looked forward, it was a very antique big house, the door was very wide and thick, and there were two lions-like patterns hanging on the deadbolt, but there was no stone lion in front of the door, and the white lanterns on the door were generally only hung by people who did white things? And how can anyone build an underground house, or next to the Immortal River?
I didn't dare to go up and open the door, because the house looked so weird. I wandered around the house, the walls were high, but I should be able to climb in, the carvings on the edges of the eaves were all lion and tiger patterns, but unlike my impression of the eaves that were slanted downward, the eaves here were partly upturned like horns, and partly downward, like upside-down dogs' teeth. It's a style that makes people shudder to look at.
After thinking about it, I took out the booklet, and Professor Xu Tianwang seemed to have a record of this. After flipping through a few pages, I found the relevant content.
"During my exploration, I found some strange architectural styles, different from the normal Liao Dynasty buildings, the eaves are staggered, but the gate is similar to the Qing Dynasty. This may be a special style of ghost towns, but in my opinion, this style is scary, and I always feel that ghost towns seem to have a terrible chill. ”
That's right, Professor Xu Tianwang took a different route at that time, and he must have seen a similar house, but it was not the one in front of him, if so, then I was lucky, and I walked the old way he came in, which means that I have the opportunity to find the door for him to enter here, so as to leave the underground ghost town.
But if not, I don't have anywhere else to go now, so can I get around this house?
Just as I was thinking, I suddenly heard a "squeak", looked up, and the house in front of me actually opened the door, and then the yin wind suddenly blew, blowing two white lanterns up, as if something was about to come out of the door!