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.
If it weren't for the large number of corpses stranded in this corpse cave and the phosphorus fire acting as a light source, it would be impossible for the old Taoist priest to see clearly in the closed environment of the cave.
In the darkness, Jin An grinned happily, showing off his white teeth: "This further proves that our sword-sharpening skills are even better than these country goddesses and Mr. Yin Yang."
The old Taoist priest heard this.
This is really the truth.
I was immediately happy.
"Little brother, it seems that the complicated waterways in the Cave of Thousand Corpses will eventually gather at the same place. If you want to enter the big tomb in the Cave of Thousand Corpses, you must first pass the tongue-pulling dead man level."
The old Taoist priest said softly again.
The country goddess who was ten feet away seemed to have noticed some movement, turned around and looked around, and then found Jin An, the old Taoist priest, and the three swordsmen who had arrived before her.
But this country goddess is withdrawn and surly.
I am used to living alone.
I didn't mean to say hello.
He also has no intention of joining forces with Jin An and the others.
Instead, he turned around and looked at the dead man with his tongue pulled out.
After the country goddess thought about the dead man with his tongue pulled out for a while, he finally took action.
I saw the country goddess taking out a few items with her. She first spread a linen cloth on the raft.
Then he took out another jar and poured it on the linen.
What is poured out of the ceramic jar is fine soil, but this fine soil is not ordinary fine soil, but the soil from the tomb with a heavy Yin Qi.
Then she moved her index finger and began to draw on the soil of the grave.
Finally she took out a spiritual tablet.
Because of the distance, Jin An couldn't see clearly who was enshrined on your spiritual throne, but it should be the ancestor of the country goddess.
Finally, the country goddess took out a bunch of dishes, placed them upside down on the soil of the grave, and invited the Dish Fairy?
Jin An was startled.
Even Jin An was shocked by this country goddess who went to an ancient tomb full of dead people to play with the fairy.
Others are just living people playing with living people to please the Disc Fairy.
This one is even more amazing.
Playing with the ancestral soul to invite the Disciple Fairy?
"Fuqi?"
The old Taoist priest was more knowledgeable than Jin An, so he explained what Fu Ji was.
Fuji is the most commonly used divination method among the people. However, depending on the geographical location, there are also some places where it is narrowly called Jiabi, Qingxian, Zigu, Jiaqi, etc.
Such as inviting the dish fairy, inviting the pen fairy, and inviting the chopstick fairy, they are all one type of inviting the fairy.
This invites the immortals to invite ghosts, immortals and gods and Buddhas.
In addition to inviting the dish fairy, pen fairy, chopstick fairy, etc., you can also invite Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, and divine soldiers and generals.
"This is the Cave of Thousand Corpses and ancient tombs. Most of them are dead people, and there is also Yin Qi. I think that this country goddess in such a Yin Qi place will not be able to invite any true gods and virtues. She wants to
The person you invited should be the ghost fairy."
"And that ghost fairy should be the one in the spiritual throne."
Just when the old Taoist priest was explaining to Jin An, the fuji on the side of the country goddess had reached the most critical moment.
Her body began to shake violently uncontrollably.
The entire corpse cave began to feel windy.
The outbreak of corpse energy here.
Click!
No one expected that at the most critical moment, the spiritual tablet placed opposite him by the country goddess would snap into two pieces.
The ghosts and immortals in the spiritual throne were not invited out, but the country goddess was backlashed, poof!
A large mouthful of blood spurted out.
But the backlash goes far beyond that.
The country goddess's face was ashen, as if her time had come, and she actually walked to the dead man with his tongue pulled out with a dull expression. She untied a rope and put down one of the dead men with his tongue pulled out.
Untie the noose around the neck of the dead man who pulled out his tongue.
Then she put the noose around her neck.
The rope actually rose up on its own. The country goddess didn't struggle, she just let the rope rise with a calm expression, and the man hung himself alive on the ceiling of the cave.
puff!
His throat bone was severed by a rope, half of his tongue was bitten off, and he fell into the corpse water at his feet, with water pouring from his mouth.
The blood volume is completely unlike the normal blood volume of biting off the tongue.
Instead, it was like all the blood in the body was flowing backwards, spurting out from the wound in the mouth, draining all the blood in the body, and all the blood in the body flowed into the river at his feet.
And in the river, there were countless corpses that were soaked white and swollen.
The dead man's face stared directly at the hanging man with his tongue pulled out on the water.
When the country goddess hanged herself, Jin An was already on the pole and wanted to go to save people, but he was still a step too late.
The country goddess died too quickly.
Blood flowed backwards throughout the body, and he lost his vitality in an instant.
On the contrary, the raft was still floating forward slowly, perhaps because of the movement of the country goddess when she hanged herself.
Floating past the feet of those dead people who pulled out their tongues.
Successfully died by pulling out the tongue.
Just when Jin An's eyes darkened because he could not save the country goddess, and saw that the country goddess hanged herself in such a bizarre way, the wind suddenly stopped and started to blow on the raft that was floating past the dead people pulling out their tongues.
Blow the soil from those graves.
The body of the country goddess who was hanged above her head actually shed a body like a cicada pupa shed its shell.
Astonishingly, the country goddess came back to life and reappeared on the raft.
But at this moment, the country goddess's face looked unsightly.
Qi and blood are pale.
Like losing too much blood.
was seriously injured.
The "country goddess" who was originally hanged above her head turned into a dead body.
The dead man's body was wearing shipping merchant's clothes. It was the original body that was drowned in the river and stranded in this corpse cave.
The country goddess used a trick to escape from the cicada's shell.
She actually used a dead person to die on her behalf and deceived her into going through the tongue-pulling hell.
Jin An and the old Taoist priest were both shocked by the country goddess.
After the country goddess passed through the tongue-pulling hell safely, her expression relaxed, she smiled triumphantly at Jin An and the others, then she held her pole with a pale face and prepared to leave.
However, just before the country goddess was about to leave, something strange happened!
Those who were hanged above their heads, with their tongues pulled out, originally motionless, suddenly started to sway in the windless wind. The rope around their necks rotated, and those people who had their tongues pulled out of their heads turned in circles, looking straight at the people who had already been safe.
Through the countryside goddess at their feet.
This sudden scene made the country goddess turn pale with fright.
"No!"
"How is that possible!"
The country goddess screamed, and everyone knew that she was doomed.