Chapter 250, The Common Enemy
?? Hades, which is the most mysterious place entwined in Chinese mythological concepts, is filled with boundless darkness. and the wilderness full of powerful ghosts, there are hideous-looking Yin Si ghosts, as well as the Ten Palaces of Yama, Meng Po. But the bridge, the yellow spring, isn't this qiē all delusional by human beings?
When we were young, we all watched Journey to the West, which was the first time we saw the so-called underworld, but do we really believe it? I'm afraid no one believes that there really exists in Hades, but today I have indeed stepped on the earth of Hades, standing on this wilderness where there is no living soul.
Keep your head up. I could see that the sky in the underworld was pitch black, or even that there was no sky, because I couldn't see how high this darkness was. I asked stupidly, "Uncle Quan, is this really the underworld?" Is the ground of the human world above our heads? But how can I still breathe? Is there air here too? Uncle Quan, you can still smoke here. Can flames burn here too? It's amazing, can these ghosts and ghosts see us? "
The child's heart made me constantly run back and forth on the ground, very excited, and instead of being afraid, my voice became very happy, and the surprise of this underworld far outweighed the fear it brings.
"There is no heaven in the underworld, the underworld is boundless, no one can walk through the underworld, and no one can walk the road to the underworld, how many ghosts and ghosts are like stars in the heavens on earth, no one can say. But living things can't survive here, not because there's no air, but because there's no water, and that's why there's no vegetation everywhere we can see. Let's go, we've got quite a bit of a way to go. Once the surrounding ghosts and ghosts find living creatures, they will disperse, if you encounter a powerful ghost, don't entangle, follow me. "Irony.
Wang Guanquan didn't say why he brought me to the underworld, and I didn't ask, but was attracted by the oppressive dark land in front of me, and a smile kept showing on his face.
I don't know why I laugh when I see Hades, and I don't know why it's so easy in this place where there are no living people
Following Wang Guanquan in the direction of about Mo Weibei, we did not walk slowly, but there were no traces of buildings along the way, Wang Guanquan would bypass some peaks from time to time, the peaks on the underworld are not all huge, but as long as the peaks are around, there will be a significantly larger number of ghosts and ghosts, I asked in a low voice: "Uncle Quan, why are there more ghosts in places where there are mountains?" "
Uncle Quan said as he walked: "Ghosts used to be living beings, and living beings have a characteristic, that is, they are looking for shelter from the wind and rain, and there are no buildings in the underworld, so the mountain peaks have become the places where they live, and once a group of ghosts gathers, a leader will appear, and if there are many of them, then there will be a ghost king." Do you see those black peaks reaching into the sky in the distance? Each one has a ghost king's cunzài on it. All right, let's go, we're going to get to where we're going before it gets dark, I don't want to spend the night in the wilderness of the underworld. "
As we hurried along, I looked up and saw ghosts flying over my head like nightingales, shuttling back and forth, silently, but pulling gray trails overhead, like the white air currents released by jets as they flew through the sky.
As time went on, I could hear someone singing, soft, beautiful, unaccompanied, but soothing my nerves, but as if it hit my soul. Wang Guanquan said in a low voice: "Those are the songs of the dead, you can hear them, after all, your physique is good." These dead tell themselves in song, they are not ghosts, they are just some souls wandering in the wilderness, their songs are very good, I was fascinated by it when I first heard it, but don't be too fascinated, because they will confuse your mind and make you think that the underworld is a beautiful place. You must always remember that this is Hades, the land of the dead. "
After walking for more than an hour, I didn't feel tired, it stands to reason that the crown is an adult and is still walking fast, it should not be easy for me to keep up as a child, but after walking for so long, I am not tired at all, and I can't help asking: "Why am I not tired at all?" "
Wang Guanquan replied in a low voice: "That's because after entering the underworld, under the influence of the characteristics of this earth, it is your soul that is stressed, not your body, so the younger you are, the lighter your soul becomes, so you don't feel tired." That's why you've been able to keep up with me, we're almost there? It's just ahead, see? "
It was the first time I had seen a patch of houses in Hades, and I looked into the distance, and I could see that about five or six kilometers from us there was a house, about six or seven, surrounded by black earthen walls, which looked like a village.
"Wow, village!"
I shouted in surprise, but Wang Guanquan said coldly, "That's a ghost city." Remember, in the ghost market, it is not the ghosts but the people who are scary, and the ghost market is also the only place where you can see the living. "
The ghost market is a unique market in the underworld, similar to the general storage of the market, here is also the only place where the human world and the underworld are connected, the ghost market is generally not big, controlled by the ghost king or the powerful ghost, there are some things in the world that are needed by the ghost, and there are some things in the underworld that are also needed by human beings, so there will be a ghost market, and the meaning of its storage is so simple.
Five or six kilometers to follow our tutorial, soon arrived, standing outside the black wall, at the door stood two green-skinned monsters, thin but holding a huge steel fork, there was some fatigue between the eyebrows, but as soon as Wang Guanquan and I appeared, they immediately became nervous, and the steel fork shouted at us: "What people! This is the territory of the Giant Martial Ghost King, so be less presumptuous! "
They may have not seen a living person in a long time, so they are very nervous.
"Under the command of the ghost vein black general, come to this ghost market to do some business, please let go."
Wang Guanquan was quite polite to the two monsters, the two monsters glanced at each other, and then one of them jumped in front of me and Wang Guanquan, weighed the two of us, and then said: "The rules set by Lord Juwu, if you want to do business in our ghost market, you must pay the entrance fee first, and enter and exit ten ghost coins at a time, if you can't pay it, don't go in." "
The ghost coin they are talking about is the copper plate that the crown power gave to the two ghosts on the side of the stone gate before, and the crown power of this thing is not said, but it seems to be a currency that can be circulated in the underworld.
"When did the price increase? I remember a few years ago when I went in and out of another ghost market and only charged one ghost coin, isn't it a little too dark? "
Wang Guanquan's voice was unhappy, and these two ghosts also made it clear that they wanted to blackmail.
"Oh, the kid is quite powerful, and he dares to talk back? I've told you, this is the territory of Lord Juwu, Lord Juwu is a fierce general under the Ten Ghost Kings, if you can't afford it, get out, don't block the door. "
The green-skinned monster shouted, and when I heard that this giant martial master was a general under the Ghost King, my heart also trembled, and I took Wang Guanquan's hand and said, "Uncle Quan, why don't we change places." "
Wang Guanquan shook his head and said: "There are not many ghost markets, and there are long distances between them, and it will soon be sunset in the yang world, so it took us several hours to walk this way." If the sun sets, it will be the most lively time in the underworld, and the number of ghosts and ghosts in the wilderness will also increase, and there will definitely be a lot of inconvenience. "
As he spoke, he took out two copper plates from his pockets, threw them to the two green-skinned monsters, and said, "I only have two on me, and there are no more, and if you don't let me in, I'm not welcome." "
These two green-skinned monsters held the so-called ghost coins, and they were overjoyed, and when they heard Wang Guanquan's words, they thought that Uncle Quan was deliberately putting on a score in order to fight for face in front of me, so the two monsters immediately turned pale and shouted: "I just won't let you in, what's the matter?" "
As soon as these words came out, I saw that Wang Guanquan's face instantly turned cold