"Hahaha, Brother Yu, are you still worried that I will lie to you?"
Zhang Yuetian smiled and shook his head. Unable to resist the embers, he had to go down first.
The staircase is deep and long, like a tunnel drilled by a winding dragon.
It was cold and damp inside, and even after walking for a few minutes, even Ember's senses were not very sensitive and he could feel his hair standing on end.
Neither of them spoke much on the way. Yu Yan was confused and took the lead in speaking, "Brother Zhang, besides Master Kong Shun, are there any powerful beings in the world?"
Zhang Yuetian paused and said, "Since I was born, I have never seen anything more powerful than Master Kong Shun, whether it is a ghost, a weirdo, or a ghost master."
As he spoke, he coughed twice violently.
Due to his weak body, it was inevitable to suffer from typhoid fever in such an environment, so his face became increasingly pale.
"If you are not in good health, we can go out temporarily and come back when Brother Zhang is better."
Yu Yan pretended to be concerned and went over to pat Zhang Yuetian on the back and said.
He felt a slight disgust towards this place from the bottom of his heart, feeling depressed and dark.
It feels the same as Dayang Lake before.
"No, no, I said I would take Brother Yu to solve the problem, just follow me."
Zhang Yuetian took out a black pill from his arms, peeled off the wax coat, swallowed it, and then continued walking down.
An hour later, the two finally reached the end.
The space below is completely different from the space above.
It's like another world here. An emerald green round night pearl with a diameter of two meters above the head exudes a faint light.
Below is a vast and endless square.
There are also people setting up stalls here, but the things they sell at the stalls are completely different from those above: there is an iron nail as thick as an arm inserted next to the people buying goods, and dozens of chains are tied to the iron nail.
At the end of the iron chain are young boys and girls in their prime.
Their faces were expressionless, and their eyes had completely lost their sparkle. This reminded Yi Jin of Zhang Wanyu's expression after learning that Lieyang Gate had been occupied by Baiyue Gate.
There were countless pedestrians standing in front of the stalls on both sides, many of whom were participants in this blood sculpture ceremony.
Some people negotiated the price with the boss, handed the boss a cloth bag directly, then picked a pretty girl behind him and slowly walked to a building next to him.
"Hahaha, it's cool! It's cool!"
At this moment, the noisy crowd suddenly looked up at an attic on the building.
Inside, a naked middle-aged man held half of an arm in his hand, his eyes full of obsession. There was blood on his chest, and he took a big bite.
"vomit!"
When Yu Yan discovered this scene, his stomach turned upside down and he almost vomited it out. Fortunately, he had seen many such scenes, so he only had a moment of discomfort in his stomach and relied on his own control to calm down.
On the other hand, the customers below looked enthusiastic, and this scene seemed to be a good show for them.
"Let's go, our destination is here"
Zhang Yuetian walked through the crowd carrying the embers.
Although he didn't say much, the attentive Yi Yan saw a hint of excitement in his eyes that was not easy to detect.
He is yearning for something like this.
If he hadn't been with him today, Zhang Yuetian might have been involved.
Yu Yan cursed secretly, and at the same time, his favorability towards Zhang Yuetian instantly dropped a bit.
The originally weak Zhang Yuetian's personality was exposed, causing Yi Yan, who had some good feelings for him, to instantly lose the idea of making friends with him.
He carried the embers to the end of the square, which was a large unexplored area with many deep pits on the ground where many corpses were buried.
But the strange thing is that there is no smell of decay here, and even the smell of blood is very small, as if there is something here that can clean up those unpleasant smells.
Many young children live in groups here. When they saw the two coming, they crowded around with their big eyes flashing, looking at them warily.
"Brother Yu, feel the atmosphere here"
Zhang Yuetian pointed at the garbage pile and said.
Then Yi Yan closed his eyes, and he ran the Huangxie Yinjie Sutra without hesitation. In an instant, he felt a long and thick resentment slowly float out from the garbage pile.
This resentment is not much smaller than the female corpses I met in Dayang Lake before. What matters is the quantity. This place seems to be a natural source of resentment, and a large amount of resentment pours out continuously.
Suddenly there was a look of surprise on Yan Yan's face.
Seeing Yi Yan's expression, Zhang Yuetian looked satisfied. He seemed to be unable to bear it. He handed Yi Jin a wooden token and hurriedly left, heading towards the previous stall.
Yi Yan watched Zhang Yuetian's figure disappear from sight, and regained his surprise.
This expression was just for him to see. In fact, these resentments were not enough to achieve the desired effect.
First of all, the amount of resentment is uncertain. At the current stage of ember, it will not take long for the body to be the first to be unable to withstand the influence of corpse transformation and completely collapse.
Even if you don't die by then, you will still be a living dead, with only active thoughts and unable to move your body.
No matter how much resentment can be produced, corpse transformation is an extremely fast process and requires a large amount of resentment to continuously wash away the body to truly achieve transformation.
With this kind of output, if the volume is sufficient, it may take two or three years to complete the conversion.
If he had this time, he would probably have been found by the ghost hunters here and dissected.
He temporarily gave up this idea and focused his attention on this area.
This place seems to be the black market in Zhenyang City, where you can do things that you can't usually do outside.
For example, the half-parted arm held by the crazy man just now.
"Children, are you from here?"
After Ember cleared his mind, he squatted and looked at the group of shivering children. They were probably only about ten years old. Seeing Ember was like seeing evil spirits.
"Sir, can you please stop eating my daughter? She doesn't taste good, and she often can't eat. You see, she is very thin."
Behind the twelve-year-old boy at the front, a seven or eight-year-old girl slowly walked out. The girl had withered hair and was wearing a tattered dress picked up from somewhere. Her legs and arms were covered with mud.
.
She looked at the embers helplessly and opened her clothes at the same time. Her body was as skinny as a newborn baby.
The skin and flesh of the calf are close to the bones, but the belly is surprisingly big.
This is a typical symptom of being hungry for a long time.
Seeing the little girl, Yu Yan felt a prick in his heart. He squeezed out a smile and stroked the little girl's head.
Girls of this age are originally studying and living a carefree life.
It's a pity that they were born in the wrong era, in this world where ghosts are rampant and evil gods rule, so they have no clothes to cover their bodies and no food to eat.
"Little girl, come here quickly. I am also very busy. Don't disturb me."
The little man's eyes were full of panic. He understood who the people who came to this place were. His slightly prettier brothers and sisters had all been chosen by these damn ghost hunters.
When he found them, only some broken limbs were left.
So he has always hated these ghost hunters, but at the same time he did not dare to resist. With his ability, he could not pose any threat to the ghost hunters. Instead, he would put his younger brothers and sisters in danger, so he
Learned how to deal with these people.
Also learn how to survive.
The entire scar on the left side of his face was branded by himself.
In order to prevent the group of ghost hunters from attacking him.
"Don't worry, I'm different from those people"
Speaking of that group of people, Yi Yan's tone became a bit colder. He took out nine steamed buns from his arms and handed them to the children one by one.
"This..." The young man couldn't believe her eyes. She had never seen the noble ghost hunter give them food, and at the same time his eyes were still alert.
"Thank you, sir!"
Before he could take over, his younger brothers and sisters behind him all snatched the steamed buns away.
They had never seen such weird-looking food, and they ate it hungrily.
The young man could not hold on for long, and then he was overcome by hunger, and he hesitated and took the food from Ember's hand.
"May I have your name?"
After the boy finished eating, Yi Yan handed them a kettle and said at the same time.
"Me?" The boy drank more than half of the water in one breath, and his stomach was bloated. There was a look of unfinished content on his face, and then he said, "Mom didn't name us, but I am the ninth child, so my mother called me
Xiaojiu."
"Xiao Jiu?" Yu Yan muttered, and then continued to ask, "Do you still have a mother?"
"Yes." The young man nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed behind Yu Yan, and said, "My mother is usually tied up with a chain by grandpa and you. She has to work, so she doesn't have time to come out."
He looked in the direction pointed by the young man, his pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart received a violent blow.
This was the first time he had seen such a scene.
A spacious and huge factory building is surrounded by dozens of narrow and small spaces.
In each space, various people are tied with an iron chain.
But their unified characteristic is youth.
Many women held children in their arms, while men sat in something similar to a pigsty, looking up at the world outside.
They are like pets kept in captivity, with neither freedom nor personality.
They are just a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered at any time.