Chapter 8: The Underworld
Suddenly, Deng An's face showed a strange look. Because, he found that the small part of the soul body was still connected to him, and it was even as convenient as controlling the remaining soul bodies. He was overjoyed, and his mind moved, and the floating soul easily avoided the two ghosts.
The two ghosts didn't expect at all that this small group of soul bodies was obviously separated from Deng An, and they shouldn't have such an agile reaction anymore, but the facts were in front of them, so they couldn't believe it.
After the shock, he hurriedly chased after him again.
However, the next scene was completely beyond the expectations of the two ghosts.
The small part of the soul body, after leading them around several mounds, suddenly turned its head and flew back to Deng An's side, and then, in their extremely shocked mood, it recombined with the remaining larger soul body.
"Immortal Soul Body!" the two ghosts exclaimed in surprise, but they didn't say anything for a long time.
Deng An didn't have time to pay attention to their minds, and carefully experienced the "new" soul body, still a little skeptical. It's amazing, there is no discomfort at all, it's exactly the same as before, as if it never separated.
Deng An took advantage of the stunned moment of the two ghosts and quickly broke away from the battle circle. He doesn't think that he really has the mysteries that the other party said, and he can be "immortal", compared with this ethereal ability, it is still the most practical to "go up".
When the two ghosts saw Deng An slipping away, they didn't think much about it, and desperately chased after them. In the legends they heard, all the ghosts who possessed the "Immortal Soul Body" had become meditators without exception, and they also belonged to the kind of people who were amazing and gorgeous, even if they were lucky enough to step into the ranks of meditative cultivation in the future, they were by no means the opponents of the ghosts in front of them. In time, they are afraid that they will only be slaughtered by others, so they are determined to keep Deng An.
Fortunately, the ghost has no other way except for close combat, and Deng An's speed is basically the same as that of the two ghosts, so he doesn't have to worry about being caught up, but after a long time, he gradually became a little anxious, he was in a hurry to escape just now, a little panicked, the route was not chosen, and he came to a flat sunny valley, there are mostly rocks nearby, there is almost no vegetation, at this time the sky is gradually dawning, if you don't find a hiding place in time, the sun will rise for a while, it is not a joke, it is strange not to be burned by the sun.
Deng An glanced back, and saw that the two ghosts had no intention of giving up, and couldn't help but secretly angry: "I'll spend it with you today, and see who can hold on to the end." He thought as he surveyed the terrain and flew towards a mountain peak on his left.
The higher the terrain, the sooner you will see the sun.
The two ghosts thought that Deng An must be afraid of the light and would take the initiative to stop, but they didn't expect Deng An to still fly towards the mountain peak, and the fear in his heart gradually arose, and a ghost scolded loudly: "Are you crazy kid, you don't think you're dead enough, and you plan to take my brothers and sisters to be buried together?"
Deng An ignored the words of the two ghosts at all, and flew towards the woods in the middle of the mountain peak as if he was dying. He was gambling, betting that he would be able to reach the woods before sunrise.
The sky behind the three ghosts was slightly exposed to the white of the fish's belly, and the clouds that had accumulated there were dyed blood-red, and a ray of light had already shone on the top of the mountain.
Soon, the trees at the top of the hill were dressed in red clothes, and the sun came out.
Deng An felt that the yang energy around him had increased significantly, and he was secretly anxious in his heart. At this moment, he was at least two or three miles away from the woods in front of him, and if he turned back now, he would definitely face the siege of the two ghosts, and he had no choice but to rush into the woods desperately before the sun hit.
Two miles, one mile...... 300 meters, 200 meters......
The yang energy in the air is getting stronger and stronger, and the two ghosts who are chasing Deng An gradually feel uneasy, and if they continue to chase like this, they will not have to wait for the direct sunlight to shine, and they will be greatly injured.
One of the ghosts felt the temperature around him, and said angrily to his companion, "Don't chase him! Let's go to the side and find a hiding place, and come out to find him again in the evening." I don't believe it, he can still escape in the sun. As long as he's around, we'll be able to find him. ”
The two ghosts no longer chased Deng An, and flew towards the side of the mountain.
At this time, Deng An was also extremely unwilling, a hundred meters seemed to have reached the limit, and if he rushed forward, he would be completely exposed to the sun. Although the damage caused to him by the yang energy at this moment was not as severe as expected, it still reached a shocking level.
As the sunlight approached, the fear from the depths of his soul became more and more intense, and occasionally a ray of light, through the flat stone slab, reflected on his body, as if he had been pierced by a golden needle, and it hurt to the bone.
Deng An found that in addition to feeling pain, the damage caused to his soul by these refracted sunlight was not as serious as he imagined. A thought arose in his heart, whether he could hold on to the sun for a while, and not lose his soul.
However, this is just a thought, Deng An's courage is not so big, not to mention that the two ghosts have already retreated, and he doesn't have to take any more risks.
Looking around, Deng An found a cave where he could hide, not far from the side, so he no longer hesitated and quickly drilled into it. The cave can accommodate two or three people at a time, and there are some animal bones everywhere, which should be the habitat of some beast.
As a ghost, Deng An doesn't have to worry about beasts at all. After entering the cave, he flew in for more than 100 zhang, and only stopped until the yang energy in the air was negligible.
The deeper you go, the more dim the light in the cave becomes, but it has little effect on the ghosts, Deng An took a rough look and found that this cave looks like it is washed by flowing water, except for the top of the cave, the other three sides have striped lines.
It may be that the fierce beasts living in this cave are killing heavily, and the yin qi in the cave is only slightly lighter than that of the cemetery, so Deng An then absorbs the yin qi with peace of mind and recovers the consumption along the way.
More than two hours later, Deng An's soul body shook and recovered from absorption. He thought for a moment, then felt it carefully, and floated towards the depths of the cave. Before, he found some strange things, the yin qi around him seemed to be evenly distributed, but in fact there were some small differences, if he didn't deliberately experience it, it was really difficult to find.
As he went deeper, Deng An's speculation was corroborated, and the deeper he went into the cave, the more Yin Qi became. He walked cautiously for more than ten feet, and smelled a thick bloody smell coming from the front, accompanied by a burst of "rattle, rattle" chewing sounds.
In the dark cave, this sound will definitely make the people who hear it creepy, even if Deng An knows that he is a ghost, he also feels a little uneasy, he carefully observed, and found no trace of the existence of the ghost, so he was relieved to float forward boldly.
Soon, Deng An saw two green light clusters the size of copper bells.
The two clusters of light flickered regularly, and he was puzzled by this, when suddenly a strong wind blew in his face, and a black shadow the size of a ploughing ox jumped out along the cave wall.
"It turned out to be a tiger. ”
Deng An couldn't help but smile dumbly, and moved closer again. The ground in front of him was covered with blood, and there was the carcass of an elk in the corner, which must have been the tiger's food. It is estimated that it sensed the presence of the ghost and was scared away.
Deng An was not interested in finding trouble with this beast, and continued to travel in the direction of the growing yin qi. However, before I had gone out of the ten zhang, I came to the end of the cave, and in front of me was a bare stone wall, and there was no passage. He had carefully examined it, and it was a naturally formed stone wall.
Could it be just the yin qi formed after the death of the animal? Deng An quickly overturned this conclusion, judging from the bones of the animals that were left behind, the yin qi should have accumulated in the middle of the cave, where the number of bones was the largest. But in fact, the deepest part of the cave where he was now was the place where the yin qi was the strongest.
There seems to be only one answer. The formation of this kind of terrain is more complicated, and the places where they are located are generally in accordance with some kind of natural rules, which can automatically gather the scattered yin qi together. For ghosts, it is a holy place for cultivation.
However, Deng An was very confused, because the rumored Yin Land was not suitable for animals to live, but this was clearly the tiger's lair just now. Deng An was puzzled, when he inadvertently bypassed a two-foot square stone, he found a finger-thick hole in the cave wall, and a trace of yin qi overflowed from it.
Thinking of the tomb he had just found when he regained consciousness, Deng Anxin was overjoyed and did not hesitate to burrow into the hole. This hole is basically parallel to the ground, and after he drilled forward for more than a hundred meters, his body suddenly emptied, and he came to a cave passage with a height and width of about three meters, and there was a faint light in front of the passage.
Deng An became very looking forward to the upcoming discovery, but when he took a few steps, he was a little disappointed, this passage was obviously naturally formed, and it could not be a tomb passage, and this judgment was quickly confirmed.
At the end of the passage, a large cave hall is connected. The top of the cave hall is inlaid with a kind of glowing stone, each of which occupies a corner, and the light emitted is extremely soft, which does not harm the ghosts, but has a comfortable feeling.
......Seeing the scene in front of him, Deng An was a little incredulous, this cave hall was not a tomb from that aspect. The interior of the cave hall is extremely thick with yin qi, although the quality is not as good as the tomb that I entered last time, but it is definitely better than the mass graves and other places.
"It's really good luck! This time I would like to thank that cunning boy, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have been able to chase this place, let alone find such a yin place, if we concentrate on cultivating here in the future, becoming a spiritual cultivator is just around the corner. ”
This sound was not made by Deng An, and the moment it sounded, Deng An retracted into the cave passage where he came. He was very familiar with this voice, it was one of the two ghosts who chased him in the middle of the night.
"From now on, I won't go anywhere, so I'll retreat here until I become a meditator. When we go out again, we still need to be afraid of Yin Heirong, and we have to avoid him every night?"
"Hehe! The ambition is not small!" Just as the other ghost expressed the same emotion, a dark laughter echoed in the cave hall: "Lao Tzu is not knowing who to look for, you two actually ran in secretly, don't you know that this is my cave?"