After the actor in white narrated the story, Zhou You finally understood what was going on.
The actor in white died ten years ago. At that time, he followed the troupe to Linjiang City to perform, but he contracted a serious disease. His bones were already weak, and he died soon after.
The troupe had to rush to the next place to perform, but they couldn't bring a corpse with them.
As a result, the actor in white was buried in the cemetery of Linjiang City.
I thought that when I came back, I would take it back to my hometown and let the fallen leaves return to their roots.
But I didn't expect that this wait would last ten years.
When I heard this when I traveled around, it didn’t make any sense.
The existence of dead people turning into strange things must be due to some extreme emotions that existed during their lifetime.
Most of them are filled with resentment, malice, and unwillingness... When a person dies, the corpse will attract Yin energy, and when Yin energy merges with these extreme emotions... strangeness will be born.
But it is not just negative emotions such as resentment. If there are strong obsessions in the heart that are not eliminated, they will indeed turn into ghosts and linger in the world.
These ghosts are different from Weird. They still maintain a way of thinking similar to humans. They are not as violent and cruel, nor are they as terrifyingly aggressive as Weird.
These ghosts only survive because of the obsessions in their hearts. When the obsessions are eliminated, they will dissipate into the human world and enter the six realms of reincarnation, which is much less harmful than the weird ones.
Many cases like this have been recorded in the Demon Slayer Department, and Zhou You didn't have too many doubts.
The Demon Slayer did not kill all these evil spirits like Guigui, but usually helped them fulfill their obsessions. If that didn't work, they would find Taoist monks to directly liberate them and send them into reincarnation.
The actor in white continued talking.
In the past ten years, it has turned into a lonely ghost and wandered around Linjiang City every night, because this is not its hometown and it cannot find peace in its heart.
But over the years, it has never harmed anyone.
Later, by chance, in the middle of the night, she met Xu Ling, who was out looking for clues at night.
As a veteran demon slayer, Xu Ling can naturally tell the difference between weird and evil spirits.
After knowing what had happened to it, he agreed to complete the demon slaying mission in Linjiang City and then send the actor's ashes back to his hometown.
At this point, the actor in white suddenly stopped.
Zhou You frowned slightly: "What happened after my master met you..."
The woman in white glanced at Zhou You hesitantly, and finally sighed: "Actually, the disappearance case in Linjiang City... I know who did it..."
"But that is an existence that I cannot afford to offend. I can only treat it as invisible... I also advised your master at that time... but your master didn't listen..."
Zhou You was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the actor in white was a lonely ghost. Wandering on the streets in the middle of the night, he would naturally see things that many people would not see.
For example, there have been hundreds of disappearances in Linjiang City in recent years...
"What kind of existence is that?" Zhou You shouted in a deep voice.
"It is a very powerful evil spirit...it has so much resentment that the girls captured by the Black Tiger Gang over the years have been sacrificed to it..."
"And the man named Feng Hu also gained glory and wealth because of his great improvement in strength."
The truth of the disappearance case slowly unfolded in Zhou You's eyes.
No wonder there was no news about these girls after they disappeared. It turned out that they were all sacrificed.
As for Huang Yanyan... I guess she was attracted by Feng Hu and stayed with her to suffer humiliation.
"What happened to my master's disappearance?" Zhou You asked in a deep voice.
"After your master knew about the existence of this evil spirit, he planned to eliminate it, but it didn't appear again... And I didn't dare to step into that area, and I didn't know what happened. It was a living thing.
I still don’t know whether he’s dead or not.”
The actor in white sighed.
Zhou You sorted out the clues a little bit.
Xu Ling probably bumped into this ghost by chance, and by chance, he learned the truth about the disappearance case.
The disappearance case that was originally shrouded in mystery turned out to be so simple once the fog was cleared away.
But this explanation happens to be very reasonable.
No wonder Lu Ming found nothing after several years of investigation.
There is a strange force behind this, and mortal methods really have no effect.
"Where is the evil spirit in your mouth...?" Zhou You asked softly.
"In an abandoned corner in the south of the city..." the actor in white replied.
"Take me there." Zhou You put away the demon-slaying knife and said calmly.
"Take you there? No." The actor in white shook his head and refused, "I have already harmed your master, and I can't harm you again."
"Don't you have a lot of people in the Demon Slayer Department? Why can't you just call in more people?"
"Take me there." Zhou You said firmly.
The actor in white didn't reply.
Zhou You didn't say anything.
One person and one ghost fell into an eerie silence.
In the end, it was the actor in white who sighed slightly and took the lead in breaking the silence.
"You and your master...are really similar."
"Same stubbornness."
Zhou You said: "Of course you are right, but if we wait until the Demon Slayer Department sends people over... we won't have that much time."
The actor in white took a deep look at Zhou You, nodded and said, "I understand."
It opened the window and turned into a white shadow passing by.
Zhou You did not hesitate and followed directly, jumping on the roof non-stop like a civet cat.
The inn where he lived was located in the north of the city, quite some distance from the south of the city. Even at his speed, it took him almost a stick of incense to reach the so-called south corner of the city that the actor in white said.
The actor in white stopped on a roof, pointed forward, and said with a hint of fear in his voice, "I can only take you here. If I follow you in...then the evil spirits will be able to feel my presence.
"
Zhou You didn't force himself to do anything, he just nodded lightly: "I understand."
Being able to bring myself here, I can't ask for anything more from the woman in white.
He jumped off the roof and walked towards the deep darkness.
The figure of the actor in white also slowly disappeared under the pale moonlight, as if he had never appeared before.
There are abandoned and dilapidated houses on both sides of this corner, and through the falling moonlight you can still see the white silk hanging inside.
dark.
gloomy.
lifeless.
It's like stepping into a ghost world belonging to the dead.
Zhou You's hand has been quietly placed on the handle of the knife, and he is looking around carefully.
In a place like this, the Yin Qi is too strong, and it is indeed easy to breed powerful and ferocious evil spirits.
It seemed that the actor in white did not lie to him.
The further inside you go, the darker your vision becomes, as if even the moonlight cannot shine through, and the temperature becomes colder and colder.
Whoosh!
At this time, a black shadow flashed in front of him!