It was just dawn, and the sky was already filled with light, both white and blue, reflecting the black and gray clouds, making it look extremely clean.
Under the skylight is a bare mountain, surrounded by hills, all of which are reflected in the skylight.
I can see that this place is like the northern border. It is the closest to Song You at this time, and it is also the outermost circle of hills surrounding the mountain. As long as it is higher, there are observation towers and beacons built on it, and on the mountains further in,
There are fortifications such as towers, and there are military tents underneath, and they are manned all night long.
This circle should be the station of Longwei Army to guard against chaos from the human world.
When you look inside, there are no more of these things.
Naturally, the Imperial Master knew that he was coming, so he met him on the road ahead. As soon as he saw him, he quickly came over with a few people.
Behind him were his two Taoist boys, a middle-aged man in Taoist robes, an old man in cloth robes, and two ghosts in official uniforms, who should be the ones assisting him. They were following him.
When he came, he raised his eyes and looked at Song You quietly, as if he had heard of Song You's name a long time ago, and he seemed to want to see who was worthy of the Imperial Master's waiting.
In addition, there were several military cadets, wearing full armor and carrying torches.
"Fellow Daoist Song has finally arrived!"
The national master said as he approached: "I heard that a god has entered Fengzhou, and I knew that it must be a Taoist friend, and I also knew that the Taoist friend would definitely come here. When the Taoist friend arrived on the Yinshui River, Pindao counted the time, and then
I am waiting here for fellow Taoist to arrive, and I have even sent sergeants from the Longwei Army to greet you. Who would have thought that fellow Taoist would come at night?"
"The road was hard to find. I happened to meet some ghost servants while I was staying in the wilderness for the night, so I asked them to take me here."
"oh!"
The Imperial Master nodded, then turned to look at the ghost servants, smiled and bowed, saying: "Thank you very much for bringing these distinguished guests to me. It's almost dawn now, please go back and have a rest, don't you?"
I'm going to be burned by the skylight and Yang Qi. The rest of the way is for the poor Taoist to lead the distinguished guests."
"Don't dare."
"I'm sorry to say goodbye..."
Several ghost messengers saluted and left.
The Imperial Master looked at Song You again, smiled slightly, and then solemnly saluted:
"I've met Taoist friends."
Then, maintaining courtesy, he lowered his body and faced the calico cat on the ground:
"I've also met Empress Sanhua."
"I've met the Imperial Master."
"Meow……"
Song You and Sanhua Empress both responded.
"Fellow Taoist, you still look the same, haven't changed at all." The Imperial Master raised his head and looked at Song You, using the torch held by the military academy next to him, but he couldn't help but sigh.
"The Imperial Preceptor has gray hair on his temples." Song You also looked at the Imperial Preceptor with squinted eyes under the torch. Like the emperor in the court, the Imperial Preceptor has also aged a lot in the past three or four years. Of course, he has not aged that much.
The already decrepit emperor has aged so much, but he still looks like he has passed seven or eight years.
The last time I saw him, he was a middle-aged Taoist.
Now he has suddenly aged a lot.
When he returned to Beijing and met the emperor for the first time, the emperor felt the same way when he met Song You.
"well……"
The Imperial Master let out a long sigh and shook his head: "Even Cangshan will grow old, not to mention humans?"
The morning light in the rear became a little brighter, and the mountain with almost no grass was reflected more clearly. Not only that mountain, but also the surrounding mountains were similar, and it really seemed like it had aged.
With the words of the Imperial Master, there is an inexplicable feeling.
"We won't have to stand much longer. Fellow Taoist, please invite me." The Imperial Master smiled honestly and made a gesture of invitation. Then he limped towards the mountain, and the people around him immediately followed, "The underworld is about to be completed. Before this, the underworld will be completed."
There has been no precedent in tens of thousands of years, and Pindao didn't know how to set it up, so he made a prototype in this ghost town and asked fellow Taoists to help him see if there was anything wrong."
"I'm just here to get acquainted with you."
Song You, the bay red horse behind him, and the calico cat at his feet followed him and walked in together.
First, we must pass through the outermost perimeter guarded by the army.
The Longwei Army is also an elite force, guarding the gate of Angzhou. Although it is not as murderous as the northern frontier army who has been fighting for years, they are still strong young men in their twenties who practice martial arts all year round. Everyone on guard duty is
Wearing bright armor, with a long sword across the waist, holding a spear, hanging a bow and quiver, the weapons and armor are all shining brightly, reflecting the light under the torch, and they look extremely majestic. It is difficult to tell the difference between the north and the north with the naked eye.
Which army is strong and which is weak?
It doesn’t matter if you’re not a young man——
The Yin Qi in this place is too strong. Even though it is on the periphery, if it were not for the strong Qi and blood of young people, I am afraid that it would not be able to bear it.
Dayan followed the route of elite soldiers, and there were not many standing troops. In some troubled times, the world was divided. A single force could pull out more troops than the entire Dayan, but the combat capabilities of the two sides should not be confused.
If people accidentally enter this place, they may be frightened into silence.
In addition to these elite soldiers, some monks, Taoists, and folk experts can occasionally be seen in the military camp. Presumably, they are practitioners and strange people brought by the imperial master from the Juxian Mansion in Changjing.
Going further inside, there are still Yin soldiers guarding you.
It can be said that it is heavily guarded and heavily controlled.
"..."
Song You couldn't help but feel a little solemn.
When I asked the scholar ghost to come here to investigate, I only promised him a cup of tea that the ghost could drink in advance, but he actually managed to sneak in amid the heavy defense. I didn't know how difficult it was at that time, but he only saw
That scholar-ghost is almost not a ghost. Now that I have come here in person, I realize that it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
A thief can have such faith and perseverance. Human nature is indeed the most complex.
Before I knew it, there was no grass growing on the ground.
Even if there are trees, they are dead trees.
If you search carefully, you can find a kind of grass——
The grass has five leaves, and the five leaves are gathered into a circle. The pattern on the circle looks like a human face.
It's the ghost-faced grass.
If he hadn't seen the ghost-faced grass by chance in Changjing's ghost market, Song You would not have known about Fengzhou Yeshan. Although the imperial master came to find him soon afterwards and took the initiative to talk about his plan in the ghost city, in fact, Song You
He is also not sure whether he came to visit because he already knew that this kind of thing was destined to be hidden from him and would be discovered by him from different directions, or because he knew about the ghost-faced grass in the ghost market.
The sky is getting brighter and brighter.
"This place is very ghostly." Song You looked around.
"That's true. Fortunately, Zijun is already remote, and Yinnan is even more remote. Once you get to Ye Mountain, it's almost no one's land. This is one of the reasons why Pindao chose the ghost town here."
While limping along, he explained to him, "Pindao also set up a formation to block the ghost energy here, which is of some use. I thought it would be fine until the underworld is successfully condensed. At that time, everything will be over."
All the ghosts and auras will be taken into the underworld. This place will only be used as a passage between the human world and the underworld, and will be left as the official residence of the underworld god who handles the two realms, so it will not affect the human world."
The Imperial Master said and turned to look at him:
"But according to rumors, Taoist friends seem to have a way to block ghost energy. It would be better if I could help."
"Easy to do."
"I thanked my Taoist friends on behalf of the local people."
"The national teacher has the heart of all people."
"Fellow Taoist, you are harming me, haha..."
Among the group of people, the only sound was the two of them talking. The rest, whether humans or cats, were following around, quietly sizing up each other.
As for the swallows…
Song You had given him a ray of Qingming spiritual power and Dongzang spiritual power when he encountered a ghost. He thought he was above the clouds at this time, hiding his traces and overlooking the earth.
Look at the mountains that are close and the mountains that are far away.
When we reached the foot of Yeshan Mountain, it was already bright.
However, the yin energy and ghost energy here are very strong, far exceeding that of the turtle city in Yanzhou many times, and it has reached the level of affecting the world. The sunlight shines in and the yang energy is dim, but it cannot get in. Like the one next to the Imperial Master
The two ghosts, who are said to be high-ranking officials in the DPRK who died just a few years ago, can walk freely.
There is a gate in the mountain, which is a cliff.
However, the cliff is just a disguise or a formation. It is not a real wall anyway. Ordinary people should not be able to walk in. However, at this time, there are evil soldiers and ghosts coming in and out.
"please!"
The Imperial Master smiled at him and made a gesture of invitation.
"My horse..."
"You can also go in."
"please!"
The Imperial Master took the lead and stepped forward into the stone wall.
All the humans and ghosts following him followed him, walked forward, and disappeared into the stone wall.
Song You naturally also stepped in.
The bay-red horse didn't think or hesitate. It went wherever Song You went, and kept moving forward. The horse's head slowly poked its head into the stone wall, and continued forward until everyone was inside.
"Well……"
The calico cat stopped where it was, staring up at the stone wall, looking left and right, then scratched it with its hind feet, and then ran in.
She felt only a slight resistance, ripples appeared on the stone wall, and she had already walked into the stone wall.
"Meow!"
The calico cat shook its head, feeling that it was nothing more than that.
It is similar to the one outside Changjing City.
Then she opened a pair of curious eyes, with a tiny light shining in them, and looked forward.
There is a very huge space inside. Just what you can see in front of you is already very huge, like a small city, and it also leads underground. I don’t know how deep and big it is underneath.
Naturally, the sun cannot shine here, and even the entrance behind her cannot let in any light. When Sanhua Empress looked back, she saw only a stone wall. But in this huge space, there were many will-o’-wisps, or in a fixed
They are like floating in lampposts, lamp basins, or floating out of thin air in the open space, fluttering with the coming and going of ghosts, exuding a pale, blue and green luster, illuminating the space.
Empress Sanhua opened her eyes wide, reflecting these will-o'-the-wisps and this underground ghost city.
I clearly saw a ghost walking by, and the originally dark lamppost immediately lit up with a will-o'-the-wisp. I also saw a ghost walking, and the will-o'-the-wisp followed the ghost, or a ghost walked into the open space, which itself was empty, etc.
There was none, it was pitch black, and a will-o'-the-wisp suddenly lit up out of thin air.
Sanhua Empress's expression was serious, but she was full of novelty.
When he came back to his senses, he looked forward and found that his Taoist priest and the horse, the lame Taoist priest and the ghost beside him were all standing in front, looking back, waiting for him.
"!"
Sanhua Empress trotted after him.
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