togophonebook Chapter 785 Return to Shouqiu
Chapter 785 Return to Shouqiu
Chapter 785 Return to Shouqiu
The night in Haozhou City is very quiet.
The more crowded the city is during the day, the quieter it is at night. With gods, ghosts, monsters and humans living side by side, this city does not belong to humans at night.
The mortals in Haozhou City all know some taboos to a certain extent, and have heard many stories about encountering ghosts and gods at night.
After dark, few people are wandering outside.
Even the brothels opened at night have become something people are used to.
Gong Mengbi and the five ghosts walked out of King Zhongli's divine domain, left the huge royal city and the bustling ghost market, and landed in the city of Haozhou in the world of the living.
Standing in the streets of Haozhou City, as long as you look up, you can see the royal city shining in the darkness.
The Divine Realm and Haozhou City originally overlapped, relying on the gap between Yin and Yang in Haozhou City. It was difficult to go from the gap between Yin and Yang to the world of the living, because King Zhongli was the absolute king of the Divine Realm, but it was much easier to go the other way, because there was a fixed entrance to the ghost market in this city.
This is why there is a rule in the ghost market that "you must go back and forth by the original route and cannot go through any checkpoints or take any detours." If you don't go back and forth by the original route, it is easy to confuse the mortal world and the divine realm and get lost in both.
But this rule was obviously invalid for Gong Mengbi. In his eyes, the divine domain overlapping Haozhou City could not hide its true form at all. It was easy to walk out of the divine domain, and it was even easier to go back to the royal city.
Gong Mengbi looked at the destiny from afar and saw that all kinds of energies in Haozhou City were mixed. Human energy was naturally the heaviest, but besides human energy, there were also other gods, ghosts, and monsters.
This is indeed a rare occurrence.
Generally speaking, the City God is a human god. Especially the City God of Daqian, he is a human god among human gods, and is closely connected with the fate of the dynasty.
It was in this place called Haozhou that ancient kings and princes like King Zhongli were granted titles and were actually practicing the way of the Divine King.
This is a very ancient way. The God-King is both a god and a king, and he rules over all living things, just like the Jiu Tou clan in ancient times.
In today's Shinto, it belongs to the path of the gods of heaven, not the path of the gods of earth.
Perhaps it was because the ancient kings and princes always had the ambition to lead souls to heaven, and if he really succeeded, it might not be a bad way. Nowadays, the gods, ghosts, monsters and demons still maintain a certain balance, but in this world, it is fine when it is peaceful, but once the world is in chaos, it is difficult for his position as the city god to not be affected.
But that is a matter for the future. Gong Mengbi is here for revenge now.
He had already identified the human presence, so he ordered Fu Xin to put down the box. He reached out to open the box, and a faint ghostly aura emanated from it, mixed with the phosphorescent glow of fox fire and a resentful and evil aura, like a pool of surging black mud. It struggled out of the box, rolling over, stretching its long limbs and swollen tail, crying blood and wailing, with two blood-like eyes popping out.
This ghost fox, filled with fox resentment, floated in the air, and what was surging on its body was either mist or hair moving in the wind.
Gong Mengbi's eyes were cold and slightly green. He stretched out his hand, his fingertips glowing slightly, and said, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. Go, find the Cheng family!"
The black fox let out a long howl, which was echoed more than thirty times. It was running in the air, accompanied by the sound of the wind, sniffing and listening, with bloodshot eyes, but it still could not find the direction.
The Skull God's eyes flickered with green light, and he said, "It's because of the Dao that they can't find it."
"You can hide the form, but you can't hide the traces."
Gong Mengbi stretched out his hand and scooped up a handful of air, as if he had pulled out a silk string, and when he plucked it casually, an echo came out.
The voice went unheard, but the ghost fox let out a sharp howl and flew away along the vibrating strings as if climbing a rope.
"Follow me."
Five ghosts led the way. Five tall ghost shadows passed through the streets and alleys. The cold wind was howling. Wherever they passed, all the ghosts and gods were frightened.
Gong Mengbi followed behind, with Fu Xin behind him carrying an open box, and there seemed to be many eyes emitting green light looking around inside.
The Skull God opened his mouth and laughed silently.
All that could be heard was the howling of a black fox, which was a combination of the howl of a fox and the whimpering of a ghost, combining into a shrill and terrifying sound.
The five ghosts followed and saw the black fox that was climbing the rope land in front of a tall gate, its hair standing on end, its limbs lowered, and it kept making sharp howling sounds.
In that tall courtyard, you can see pavilions and towers, and the lights are bright.
Gong Mengbi walked forward, and the huge black fox stopped its anxious calls and paced back and forth anxiously.
There were door gods guarding the door, and hanging on it were lanterns with talismans painted on them to ward off evil spirits. The light from the lanterns shone through the ground, and the shadows cast on the ground transformed into two fire gods, blocking the black fox's way.
"How dare the evil ghosts and monsters harm people!"
The two fire gods held gourds of fireworks in their hands, and bursts of flames burst out of the gourds.
When the five ghosts came closer, the two fire gods became furious, "Look at the fire!"
It was said to be fire, but in fact it was light. The flame gourd turned its direction, and the evil-repelling divine light was released from the gourd, accompanied by the steaming red flames, and it hit the five ghosts.
Mr. Chi sneered: "You are just using a small art of worshipping gods, and you are trying to play tricks on me."
He was originally a ghost and god, both a ghost and a god, and was not affected by the evil-repelling divine light. He stretched out his hand and drew a circle in front of him, which turned into a fire wheel and received the evil-repelling divine light. The fire wheel then pounced on it and knocked the two fire gods back, turning into two spiritual lights that flew into the talisman.
The talisman lit up, and two fire gods holding flaming flags appeared by means of the talisman and blocked the way.
"Blow out the lantern."
Gong Mengbi instructed.
Mr. Red stopped the two fire gods, and Mr. Yellow and Mr. Black turned into two shadows and pounced on the lantern.
Shentu Yulei suddenly appeared at the gate of Cheng's house, one holding a halberd and the other holding a white tiger, and stepped forward to stop Mr. Hei and Mr. Huang.
Mr. Qing and Mr. Bai took the opportunity to step forward, each of them blowing a breath of ghost air into the lantern.
The red flame in the lantern suddenly went out, and the talisman projected by the fire disappeared instantly. The two fire gods that were manifested by the talisman naturally disappeared as well.
Turning back, Mr. Qing and Mr. Bai went to help Mr. Huang and Mr. Hei, attacking from both sides and finally beating the two gods Shentu and Yulei back to the door, turning them into the images on the two peach charms again.
Gong Mengbi touched the black fox's head and said, "Go, they have already set up their formation and are waiting for us."
Such a small door is guarded by magical powers. How could the Cheng family be so virtuous and capable to have such a defense?
The black fox broke open the door and rushed into Cheng Mansion.
The five ghosts followed closely behind and stepped into the door.
Gong Mengbi stood at the gate of Cheng Mansion, looked up at the plaque, erased the two words "Cheng Mansion" on the plaque, and used the tail of the brush as a brush to write "Return to the First Hill" below.
The extinguished lantern emitted a faint green light, and the talisman cast down was distorted and deformed, casting the shadow of a slender fox in the fox fire.
When Gong Mengbi stepped into the Cheng Mansion, it would be more accurate to say that he was stepping into the "return home".
From the moment he wrote these four words, the entire Cheng Mansion began to fall into the depths and darkness, and was trapped in the fox's realm.