at this time.
Jin'an and the others were blocked by several tongue-pulled corpses hanging above their heads.
Seeing these corpses with their tongues pulled out, Jin An thought of the soy sauce meat that would be dried in the shade of the balcony during festivals in his hometown.
The flesh and blood of the corpses with their tongues removed was dried.
The body is dark and dry.
The body was hung motionless by the rope, hanging motionless in the air.
All of these people stared at the people coming in from the outside with their eyes wide open, their eyeballs already rotted away and empty of their sockets.
Their mouths were wide open, and half of their tongues were sticking out.
It seemed that his death was very painful after his tongue was cut off, so his mouth was opened in pain and half of his tongue was spit out.
"These corpses with their tongues pulled out look so miserable, it reminds me of tongue-pulling hell."
in folklore.
There are eighteen levels of hell.
One of the levels of hell is the tongue pulling hell.
According to legend, those who fall into the tongue-pulling hell are villains who sow discord and backstab others.
Now Jin'an and the others are blocked by these dead people with tongues pulled out in front of them. These dead people's limbs are drooped and their toes are very close to the water.
If they want to pass, they will inevitably run into the toes of these tongue-pulling dead people.
These dead people with their tongues pulled out are hanging motionless. It is not known what unpredictable results will happen if an outsider disturbs these dead people with their tongues pulled out?
Seeing the large amount of phosphorus fire in the corpse cave, watching from a distance, Jin An suddenly said in surprise: "Old Taoist, do you think that one of these dead people with their tongues pulled out looks familiar..."
The old Taoist priest heard this and looked carefully.
The muscles in the corners of his eyes twitched: "Mom, there is a dead man who pulled out his tongue and died not long ago. There is still blood dripping from the mouth."
"If I remember correctly, this man should be one of the folk exorcists who was on the same boat as the Ferryman from the Underworld."
you do not say.
Because of the distance, although there was corpse phosphorus lighting, the sight inside the cave was dim. After all, the field of vision was limited, so he did not notice anything unusual at first. In the end, Jin An noticed the condition of one of the corpses through the different condition of his clothes.
Exception comes.
The corpse that had just died was just like other dead people, with its mouth wide open, half of its tongue pulled out, and blood still dripping from its mouth.
His eyes widened with a painful expression on his face.
He was in pain with no end in sight, his ferocious eyes stared straight at all outsiders.
The picture is weird.
Creepy.
"Little brother, how do you think this exorcist was hung up? And how was his tongue pulled out?"
"It's impossible that he wanted to die on his own, ruthlessly pulled out his own tongue, and then put a rope around his neck and hanged him, right?"
The old Taoist priest said curiously.
Jin An was also surprised to see the hanging corpse of the exorcist with his tongue pulled out. As an exorcist, he has extraordinary abilities.
Especially this time, in order to kill the Dragon King and judge the case of the Dragon King, the folk exorcists chosen by Mr. Fu Yin are all real exorcists, not the kind of charlatans who cheat and drink.
.
Even the exorcists were killed here and died so strangely. Jin An was also surprised. How on earth were these exorcists killed?
"An exorcist died here, but I didn't see the remaining ferrymen from the underworld. Mr. Feng Shui and the others, could it be that they were one step ahead of us and passed through this tongue-pulling hell in front of us?"
The old Taoist priest looked around for the whereabouts of the underworld ferrymen in caves filled with corpses that were soaked white by the river water, but he did not find a single figure.
"It seems that the underworld ferrymen must have really passed..." the old Taoist priest thought.
"What do I think? Every time a boatload of people carried by this underworld ferry passes through a dangerous place, one person will die. Little brother, do you think these dead exorcists were deliberately sacrificed to the dead?
Buying road money?"
"Isn't there a saying that money can make the world go round? The yang, longevity and yin virtues in life are the most valuable and tempting to the dead."
The more the old Taoist priest talked, the more he felt that his conjecture made sense.
"Sacrifice a living person and use the underworld?"
"Is this what the underworld ferryman and Feng Shui master said about the rules of ferrying people through the underworld?"
After the old Taoist priest reminded him, Jin An's eyes showed surprise and surprise.
"The ferry borrows the dark road, borrowing the dead man's road. As the saying goes, money can make the world go round. If you want to borrow the dark road from the dead, you have to pay an equivalent price. This life for one life can be regarded as
Equal price, and then let the ghost help the underworld ferryman to borrow the underworld road and pass safely."
Can kill people's lives.
He does things so cold-bloodedly.
Jin'an has classified this underworld ferryman as an evil cultivator.
Since there are exorcists who died here, then the presence of these tongue-pulling dead people blocking their way is definitely not a boring trick used by the owner of the tomb to simply scare people.
Based on careful consideration, Jin An planned to try to go around from both sides.
But it was discovered quickly.
It is unrealistic for the raft to find gaps on both sides to go around.
Green phosphorus fires were everywhere in this corpse cave, and corpses were piled high on both sides of the waterway. Those corpses were dead but not rotten, and were higher than the water. Many phosphorus fires were ignited on the corpses, lighting up the corpse cave.
These large piles of corpses above the water are not only the source of visual illumination.
It is also an obstacle.
This blocks the possibility of the raft detouring from both sides.
Now there are only two ways before Jin'an and the others.
Otherwise, it would be a forced journey into tongue-pulling hell.
Otherwise, we can only abandon the raft, go ashore, and walk around the mountain of corpses.
Jin'an went to the old Taoist priest Xiejian to discuss the feasibility of going ashore and taking a detour.
"I feel like walking ashore among so many corpses is more dangerous than facing a few dead people with their tongues pulled out in front of you alone. There is always a sign of being uneasy."
The old Taoist priest looked at the mountains of corpses on both sides of the waterway and felt a chill on the back of his neck. He couldn't help but shrink his neck and said nervously.
Jin An pondered.
To be honest, the old Taoist priest's worries are actually Jin An's deepest worries.
That's why he asked them for their opinions.
"Xie Jian, do you think we should continue to move forward on the raft, or go ashore and take a detour?" Jin An asked Xi Jian, the thief.
Fortunately, since entering the Corpse Cave, there was only one waterway along the way, so I didn't bend down to drink water anymore.
otherwise.
Even those with stronger psychological qualities than Jin An and the old Taoist priest really don't want to think about that scene...
With a dull expression on his face, Chi Jian looked numbly at the dead man with his tongue pulled out who was hanging on his head a few feet away, and at the corpse caves on both sides of the bank.
"Disciple thinks that the third junior brother is right. There is a greater crisis on the shore."
Old Taoist priest: "..."
Sure enough, he cried in vain when he was worried about the safety of sharpening the sword. This time it was a third junior brother, and the old Taoist priest said that his old and healthy heart was very hurt.
Just when the three of them were discussing how to get past these dead people with their tongues pulled out in front of them.
Wow
Wow
Wow!
"Shhh, there's something moving!"
Jin An made a silent gesture.
The sound of water was getting closer and closer. From another waterway in the Jishi Cave, a raft broke through the darkness. In the faint phosphorus fire of the Jishi Cave, it also entered the Jishi Cave and appeared ten feet away from them.
.
On that raft.
She is a country goddess.
"Little brother, it's the country goddess. He entered the Cave of Thousand Corpses before us. Unexpectedly, he arrived later than us." The old Taoist priest whispered.
To be continued...