A few days later.
The master of Zhanlong Temple found Xia Ji, and he got straight to the point: "Qiongqi promised to see you, and you will come here in seven days."
As he spoke, he took out a map from the storage space and spread it out on the table, pointing to the red circle on the map.
There were sixteen small villages, and the sixteen villages constituted an entire area.
The temple owner said: "These villages are places with strong resentment. The sixteen villages with extremely strong resentment have formed what humans call ghosts. The periphery of this place is also a place where many sects are exploring in order to make a living. Qiongqi It’s the Lord of Resentment, he can always maintain his best condition deep here.”
Xia Ji glanced at the location on the map, then said hello, and then said: "I will leave from now on."
The viewer was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."
Nothing else was said.
As a result, the "dew Taoist couple" Xia Ji and Bai Zhu came to an end.
After returning to the Church of Death, Miaomiao ran over all the way, looked at Xia Ji and then at Bai Zhu, feeling a little unhappy.
Bai Zhu covered her mouth and smiled: "Sister Miaomiao, I didn't eat your husband, and even if I wanted to, your husband wouldn't."
Miaomiao pulled Xia Ji's clothes, ran to a small corner and asked, "Why have you been gone for so long? Do you know that I will miss you?"
Xia Ji thought for a while and said suddenly: "Have you finished the game many times?"
Miaomiao rolled her eyes, "Oh~~"
She looked like she had been seen through.
Xia Jidao: "Actually, each tablet may have different games installed on it. You can change computers with Bai Zhu, maybe there will be new games in it."
Miaomiao asked doubtfully: "Really?"
Xia Jidao: "Of course it's true, and I heard that in the time traveler's hometown, this tablet can download endless games."
Miaomiao's eyes immediately straightened and sparkled, but then dimmed again. She wanted to go to the traveler's hometown, but it was impossible to go there.
Xia Ji said fondly: "If I have the chance, I will give you a tablet with all the games downloaded."
Miaomiao sighed, looking hopeless, and then suddenly said: "If this five-hundred-year-old me dies, you must keep the tablet and wait until the next five-hundred-year old to give it to me. That way It also saves us the process of getting to know each other. As long as you take out this thing, I'm sure to be taken away by you."
Xia Ji felt a little sad when he heard that. He hugged Miaomiao, but he never said the word "death". Instead, he said gently: "You are so easy to abduct, I'm afraid you will be abducted by others."
Miaomiao said: "So why do you want to hold me like this?"
Although she said this, she did not break away from her embrace. Instead, she put her arms around the waist of the man in front of her, and gently pressed her cheek against his broad chest. The black hair was just enough to rub against his chin, causing some itch. a feeling of.
She closed her eyes comfortably, feeling an inexplicable sense of peace of mind in her heart, as if she was not afraid of anything when she was with him.
But she was still waiting, waiting for some words.
Xia Ji seemed to know what she was waiting for. He leaned into her ear and whispered softly: "I still have some things to do. In three years, I will marry you. Do you want it to be more grand or more plain?"
When Miaomiao heard the word "marry", her face immediately turned red. She didn't answer "Grand or plain", but suddenly pushed Xia Ji away, and then ran away, shouting as she ran: "I'm still here" I didn’t agree to marry you.”
Xia Ji felt the inexplicable warmth, and his expression calmed down after a long time. He was going to see Qiongqi. This time, he didn't take anyone with him, so he went alone.
Before leaving, he met Bai Zhu again. If he never came back, this would be considered farewell.
There are two letters in Bai Zhu's arms, which he will bring to the corresponding person.
After doing all this, Xia Ji set off directly.
He followed the path on the map and arrived at the ghost center in the late winter.
There's a lot of resentment here...
Even while walking on the road, you can feel the distortion of the air.
There is already a lot of fog in winter, and in this mountain village, there is often a sea of white mist. Walking in it, you can't even see your fingers when you stretch out your hands. From time to time, you can hear cold branches falling to the ground, or the screams of birds and animals behind you. Or there are weird noises that make people feel chilly in their hearts, make their hair stand on end, and make them want to look back behind them.
But as soon as I look back, I will still see a vague black figure standing in the vast mist, staring straight at me.
This place has long been a forbidden area for monks and a haunt of black tides.
When Xia Ji walked on the bare soil, he encountered several waves of black pools.
Those black pools are like moving masses of "slime", but they are not as smooth as "slime", but are full of weird human-faced corpses, which are extremely terrifying and cold.
But Xia Ji felt something in his heart and did not attack these black pools. Instead, he allowed these black pools to approach. Soon, he found that these black pools seemed to recognize him in some special way, so he just took a look and moved away. .
Today he...
Is he the future Ancient Lord or the Wilderness Lord
It is an existence of a higher level of life in the black tide.
Naturally, these black pools could smell the strong "family scent" on his body, so they just ran out to say hello in a friendly manner and then disappeared.
Their shadows disappeared into the mist.
And if you close your eyes and listen, the entire fog is filled with a permeating rustling sound.
If a monk enters this place, he will probably be killed instantly. If an ordinary person enters this place by mistake, he will be frightened to the point where his heart stops.
Xia Ji followed the trail and walked leisurely to a dilapidated ancient village.
The words "Chuanliu Village" are engraved on the big black stone in front of the village.
And this Chuanyu Village is the center of ghosts...
Xia Ji just walked in, and there were many more eyes staring at him in the cracks in the windows and doors of the village. It was very eerie, and there were still these figures that seemed to be hidden behind some trees.
There are children, there are teenagers and girls...
Xia Ji was a little stunned. He didn't expect that there were still living people in such a place.
Before he could speak, a boy with pale skin ran out and said cautiously: "Uncle, are you here to see Lord Qiongqi?"
Xia Ji nodded, he could feel that the person in front of him was human.
When the young man saw him admitting it, he suddenly became happy. Then he waved, and a group of children hiding behind the tree, as well as teenagers and girls, ran out. Some called him brother, some called uncle, and then one could be said to be a villager. The woman in Hua said a little coyly: "Brother, the people in our village knew that you were coming, so they prepared a banquet. I don't know if you people in the city would still like it..."
Xia Ji felt weird in his heart and asked, "Where is Qiongqi?"
The young man before said: "Uncle, Master Qiongqi has been out for two days..."
Xia Ji said: "I won't eat it."
So, he sat cross-legged directly at the entrance of the village.
The villagers did not dare to say anything more, but looked at him from afar in fear. At dusk, a little girl with freckles on her cheeks hid behind a tree and looked at him.
Xia Ji opened his eyes, and the little girl was so frightened that she hid behind the tree again.
Xia Ji waved: "Come here."
The little girl walked up to him timidly, lowering her head and not daring to look at him.
Xia Ji asked: "What's your name?"
The little girl said: "Zhao... Zhao Ni..."
Xia Ji took out a candied haws of sugarcane from the storage space and handed it to her.
Zhao Ni didn't dare to answer and just looked at him.
Xia Ji shook his hands and said with a gentle expression, "Don't you like it?"
Zhao Ni felt coy and uneasy, and suddenly her knees bent, and she was about to kneel down, but she felt a soft force holding her up, preventing her from kneeling down.
Xia Ji stood up, peeled off the sugar coating on the candied haws, then stuffed it directly into her hand, saying warmly: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person."
Zhao Ni clutched the candied haws like a wooden figure, her whole body tense.
Xia Ji asked: "Why do you call Qiongqi master?"
The little girl's teeth were chattering, and the village beauty in the distance came up, took the little girl's hand, and said: "Brother, can I answer it?"
Xia Ji nodded.
The village beauty said: "We were originally from the Changchun Mansion of Qi Country, but the taxes were too heavy, and various countries were fighting, so the head of the palace responded by calling for strong men. All the strong men in the village were taken away, and they never came back...
Later, suddenly one day, this area was shrouded in fog. We were very scared at first, and then Lord Qiongqi appeared. He looked scary, but he would communicate with us from time to time...
At first, we were very afraid of Mr. Qiongqi. Gradually, we found that the appearance of Mr. Qiongqi not only did not make our lives worse, but actually kept us away from heavy taxes. When we were farming, we didn’t have to worry about the nobles coming over, let alone the mountains. Bandits and thieves, so I am very happy.
Later, we built a shrine to Lord Qiongqi and burned incense for him every day. Then Lord Qiongqi became our patron saint. "
Xia Ji listened to this bizarre story.
It seems that he still knows too little about Kuroshio.
The black tide of the past may have been a disaster that only knew killing.
The current black tide is still there, but only for the monks.
For these ordinary people, the Kuroshio in the past would have a feeling of "ants under their feet" and would not deliberately harm or protect them. If they stepped on ants, they would be considered unlucky.
But now, the resentful leader in the black tide actually... keeps him in captivity
This shows that Kuroshio really wants to control the entire human race from top to bottom, so is Qiongqi trying to understand humans
To be honest, Xia Ji feels that "mortal dynasties under the control of the Kuroshio" may not be better than "mortal dynasties controlled by sects, aristocratic families or other extraordinary forces"...
After all, he had experienced the latter completely.
Although the former is not good, it is not good for extraordinary people, and it will never do anything to mortals. On the contrary, these black tides will promote the practice of mortals, and then let these mortals be punished as soon as possible and become one of them. .
This seems extremely ironic.
After saying this, the village beauty took a breath and continued: "Master Qiongqi said that you are a distinguished friend, let us entertain you well... you..."
She turned her eyes towards Xia Ji, because she had realized that Xia Ji was a monk, and she couldn't believe that a human monk could be Qiongqi's friend.
So, she is worried.
What she was worried about was that the monk in front of her would hurt Master Qiongqi, and then they would lose their peaceful life.
Xia Ji noticed her thoughts and smiled: "Don't be afraid."
The village flower could only nod, and then said respectfully: "You can tell us if you need anything..."
She folded her hands together nervously, bowed Yingying, and pulled Zhao Ni back.
She emphasized the pronunciation of the word "any", obviously intending to let her body be used for entertainment and enjoyment by the distinguished guests in front of her. For this reason, she specially washed it very clean, had long hair hanging down her waist, and used some rouge and gouache. Make yourself beautiful.
After Zhao Ni left, she happily ate the candied haws.
Xia Ji just sat cross-legged, looking at the world around him, and fell into a state of comprehending the world.
Two days later…
At night.
The fog dispersed.
The bright moon was shining in the sky, and the entire mountain village was shrouded in haze.
And a huge black shadow came from a distance. He did not hide his breath and footsteps. He arrived at the entrance of Chuanliu Village in an instant and glanced at the man at the entrance of the village.
The figure of the black shadow paused, seeming to recognize this person, and said in a surprised voice: "Is it you?! You killed Ya Sui, killed our foreign allies, and now you have become one of us again?"
He suddenly couldn't restrain his anger and rushed towards Xia Ji, asking hoarsely in a weird voice: "Now you actually used the real treasure to find out where I am. You are really stupid. You think you can really use the real treasure to find out where I am." What? You have trapped yourself completely, Jie Jie Jie Jie... "
The cold laughter spread in the dim night fog, and the echoes collided with each other on the trees in the forest, creating many overlapping sounds.
Xia Ji said calmly: "I knew it a long time ago."
Qiongqi was stunned for a moment, then he stepped forward a few times, and the permeating aura came over him. Then, he smiled strangely and said: "Then you are determined to kill me? Hey... What a pity, I am no longer the same me you saw more than a year ago.”
After that, he spread his jet-black wings, and his whole body exuded a terrifying aura, like a chilling cold current seeping into people's pores from the air, almost freezing their souls.
He digested the Dao Yun of five supreme gods, found some missing divine sons and masters, and devoured them. In terms of strength, Qiongqi was already close to the ancient master.
"Let your helpers come out!"
Qiongqi's black wings flapped, and the hands under the wings each held a long knife, looking alert.
Obviously, he was also afraid of Xia Ji.
Xia Ji said: "I have no help, and I'm not here to kill you."
Qiongqi:? ?
He was confused: "Then what are you doing? From a human perspective, your behavior is completely crazy."
Xia Ji suddenly asked: "You actually want to reincarnate, right?"
Qiongqi paused, and just when Xia Ji asked this question, many strange screams came from the mist, which seemed to be responding to him, and seemed to be telling him "yes".
This group of resentful souls hidden in the black tide may have been traveling in the universe for an unknown amount of time, and they only have two emotions.
The first is revenge.
The second is reincarnation.
Therefore, even if they use the karma to occupy the monk's body, they do not reveal it, but work hard to integrate into the monk's life.
This is terrifying, but it also illustrates the desire of these resentful souls to live again and return to the human world.
Xia Ji lowered his eyes. He knew that these people must have never seen the reincarnation platform, otherwise they would know...
The so-called reincarnation is not rebirth, but the reorganization of the soul after it has been torn apart.
Therefore, the expectations they have held for countless years have actually been an abyss of despair from the beginning.