- "The sky is covered with frost over the ten-mile flat lake, and every inch of blue hair is filled with worry about the past. Looking at the moon shape to protect each other, I only envy the mandarin ducks, not the immortals."
The green lantern in front of him stared blankly at the pool not far away. After a long time, he sighed: "What a sad and beautiful story."
"Ning Caichen is affectionate and righteous, and Yan Chixia is chivalrous and courageous."
"It's a pity that Nie Xiaoqian is a ghost after all. People and ghosts have different paths. They are destined not to be together."
Su Ziyu smiled and said nothing.
He didn't expect that he could be so good at telling stories. He remembered the entire story in just a moment's notice, and deliberately controlled the time to tell the story of A Chinese Ghost Story all night long. Qingxing Lan is a legendary monster. It is said that she can be encountered in a game called Hyakumonogatari. One hundred white candles are lit at night, and each person tells a ghost story. After telling a story, one candle is blown out. , until the hundredth story is finished, the door to hell will open, and terrible ghosts will pull everyone into hell.
In fact, as long as your story is long enough, you won't be able to tell it in one night.
It'll be fine at dawn.
So novel authors shouldn’t have to worry about this.
Because as long as the number of weird stories is less than one hundred, then this ritual will not be completed. Only when the number reaches one hundred, some extremely terrible things will happen in the legend.
This incident tells us that if it is too short, something may happen easily.
Su Ziyu looked up at the sky.
There is no sun in Oni Kyoto, but the moon has reached the far west, which means that the sun is about to rise and daytime is coming soon.
The will-o'-the-wisps floating around are gradually dissipating.
Su Ziyu was not sure about the situation in the underworld, but he could feel a door opening in Ghost Kyoto.
—"Space Sensing: Strengthen your ability to sense space forces, and you can detect nearby space cracks."
Su Ziyu glanced at Qing Xingdeng, who seemed to be still immersed in the story in front of him, stood up directly and cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your hospitality tonight! It's already getting late!"
"Then I'll take my leave first!"
After saying that, he didn't wait for Qing Xingdeng's response. He immediately jumped into the air and landed on the high wall with a single tap of his toes.
But at this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew through.
A piece of long black hair was stabbing towards Su Ziyu like long needles. The long hair came at an extremely fast speed and was already in front of his eyes in an instant. Su Ziyu pulled it out without even thinking. His meteorite flashed across with a cold light, a large piece of long black hair was cut off at the root, and a faint scream of pain was heard.
Witcher weapons are equally effective against these goblins.
The ghost that secretly attacked Su Ziyu seemed to be enraged. In the blink of an eye, another large piece of black hair came over him, seeming to wrap around his whole body from all directions.
"stop!"
Qing Xingdeng gave a low drink, frowned and said: "Needle Girl! Back off!"
A large piece of black hair stopped in front of Su Ziyu, and then receded like a tide, disappearing directly from sight.
"Master Su's story is really interesting." Qing Xingdeng stood up lazily, her loose kimono revealing her graceful and graceful body curves. Her expression seemed to be hesitant and reluctant, and there was a faint flame in her pupils. The voice was extremely ethereal: "Originally, I wanted to keep Mr. Su here for a long time. But since you want to leave, I can't force you."
"I just hope that one day we can have a long conversation and listen to your wonderful stories."
Looks like a pass.
Su Ziyu simply handed over his hand and left here without looking back.
His figure jumped rapidly in the dead ghost Kyoto, and many hazy shadows could be seen along the way. Following the guidance of his space sensing ability, Su Ziyu traveled through half of Kyoto, and finally stopped in front of an empty shrine. down.
The space rift is nearby.
This is the first time Su Ziyu has used the ability of space sensing to find plane cracks, so he is not completely sure of the direction.
Da da da.
Just when Su Ziyu was looking for the exit, he suddenly heard a strange sound of footsteps, and then two figures, one black and one white, appeared in his sight, dragging a large piece of will-o'-the-wisp behind them. Walking over a bridge.
Black and white are impermanent
Su Ziyu's pupils narrowed slightly, and he took a step back warily.
It should be Fuso's black and white impermanence.
Because the other party was dressed as a Fuso man, with one hand holding a soul-calling flag and the other holding a soul-calling sickle. At this time, two people were dragging a lot of ghosts over like rice dumplings. Bai Wuchang walked in front with an expressionless face, while Hei Wuchang seemed to be saying something.
They soon discovered the perilla fish too.
"A living person?" Hei Wuchang frowned, put his hand on the weapon, and said in a deep voice: "What does a living person do in the underworld?"
Not particularly strong.
The pressure they put on Su Ziyu was not as great as Qing Xingdeng. Because he had seen the attendants of death, Su Ziyu was not afraid of such ghosts and directly said: "I accidentally entered the underworld by mistake. I am planning to return to the Yang Realm.”
"Don't know where the exit is?"
Hearing Su Ziyu's words, the black and white in front of him couldn't help but look at each other. Bai Wuchang said in a cold tone: "After crossing that bridge, you will reach the gate of hell."
"Get out of here quickly."
"The gates of hell will be closed soon. Living people cannot stay in the underworld."
Pretty easy to talk to.
After Su Ziyu thanked him, he walked towards the bridge. When he passed by Black and White Wuchang, he saw the ghosts tied up behind him. They were all mountain spirits, ghosts and ghosts, and they were emitting bursts of screams. wailing sound.
It seems that the world here is not very peaceful!
A large part of Fuso culture comes from China, but the dominant one here is Shintoism. Shintoism is an animistic polytheistic belief. The core idea of gods is "all kinds of gods". All kinds of fairies and ghosts can be worshiped by mortals. It is known as There are eight million gods, and you can imagine how many mountain spirits and ghosts are mixed among them.
The status of many gods here is actually similar to that of monsters. Some big monsters even have their own shrines in the mortal world.
Su Ziyu is still not sure about the specific situation of this world.
But judging from everything seen in Oni Kyoto, big monsters like Qing Xingdeng have their own territory, so other big monsters should be in a similar situation.
It is said to be a gate of hell, but in fact it is just a crack in space.
After Su Ziyu passed through, he immediately saw a ray of sunlight that had just risen in the distance. The space crack behind him had disappeared directly. He was located near a bamboo forest in the suburbs. There was a dilapidated old building not far away. Next to the stone tablet stands a small god with a ferocious head wearing human clothes and holding a seal. He should be a being similar to Fuso Tugong.
The area was a bit desolate and there were no traces of living people.
Su Ziyu walked along the bamboo forest for a while, and soon saw a small village, probably with dozens of households. At this time, there were farmers and women playing with some tributes, at a three-way intersection. There was something burning there. After they finished burning it, they took the children playing next to them and started to kneel down before a clay statue, looking very, very pious.
Take a closer look.
Su Ziyu found that the clay statue looked like a human-shaped civet cat. Although the statue looked rough, its appearance was slightly lifelike.
What they are worshiping is the road god, the wild god.
This is mainly the object of folk Shinto sacrifices, and many wild gods are folk mountain spirits and monsters.
Su Ziyu vaguely heard their prayers, which seemed to be related to an epidemic. These farmers seemed to be quite wary of outsiders. After seeing Su Ziyu, they quickly put away their tributes and started Clean things used in rituals.
The senses detect a hint of spirituality.
When Su Ziyu turned around and looked at a small forest in the distance, he saw a dark shadow flashing across the treetops. The figure was as agile as a cheetah and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Are there so many monsters?" Su Ziyu frowned slightly.
He walked towards the panic-looking farmers and asked casually: "How to get to Kyoto?"
"Just walk along this road for half a day and you'll be there." The leader of the farmer looked a little scared. The clothes Su Ziyu was wearing were prepared by elves. They looked a bit out of place for this era, but they were extremely exquisite and luxurious. At first glance, It's like dressing up like a prince or aristocrat.
Su Ziyu nodded and turned to leave, throwing a silver coin over before leaving.
There were not many people along the way.
He did see some debris left behind after roadside sacrifices. It seemed that many sacrifices to wild gods had been carried out recently.
Su Ziyu hurried on quickly.
When the sun rose, a prosperous ancient city appeared in his sight, and there seemed to be a lake further away, which should be Lake Biwa.
The shape and layout of this ancient city imitated Chang'an and Luoyang, the capitals of the Tang Dynasty in China, especially the imitation of Chang'an City. Su Ziyu had taken a look at it last night. The general layout was exactly the same as that in Ghost Kyoto, except that there were many living people during the day and you could see the bustling flow of people.
Su Ziyu changed his clothes slightly and then walked into the city.
There is a large population here.
Su Ziyu could see many people dressed as samurai, but there were not as many people as during the Fuso Warring States Period. The clover emblem that Ms. Enid had given him vibrated several times along the way, which meant that there were still some people in Kyoto during the day. Monsters are moving, but even Su Ziyu is not easy to tell.
People's expressions were slightly panicked.
Most of the things they discussed were related to the 'Rashomon', because the Rashomon at the southern end of Suzaku Avenue in Kyoto collapsed not long ago, and then some strange things began to happen in various parts of Kyoto, and they also started to appear in other places. There were some weird rumors.
Other than that, what Su Ziyu heard the most was about Ampei Qingming.
Abe Seimei seems to be a famous figure in this place. Last year, he just accepted the order of the Fuso royal family and went to Mount Nachi to hold a ceremony to seal the tengu.
It is now 980 years.
Not long ago, the Rashomon Gate in Kyoto collapsed. Everyone thought this was an ominous sign. Many people believed that Abe Seimei needed to come out to solve the trouble at this time. Because this guy is the most famous Onmyoji of the current era, and is extremely valued by the Fuso royal family. It is said that he has the ability to control shikigami and can do many things that ordinary people cannot do.
"Onmyoji? Interesting!" Su Ziyu walked through the streets and found a hotel to stay.
The north of Kyoto is where the princes and nobles live, while the south is becoming increasingly deserted. The place Su Ziyu stayed at last night was a mansion in the north. He originally planned to go there to see who lived there during the day, but after hearing about Ampei After hearing the news about Qingming, he really wanted to meet this Onmyoji.
Fuso in the Heian period is a bit like the late Jin Dynasty in China. On the surface, there was prosperity in singing and dancing, and the princes and nobles were luxurious and debauched, but in fact, the lives of the common people at the bottom were extremely difficult.
The theory of ghosts is very common among the lower class civilians.
Su Ziyu just sat in the hotel for a while when he heard two businessmen discussing ghosts. They were talking about a mountain ghost that caused trouble near Omi in the south. The businessman on the right said that he had seen the mountain ghost with his own eyes. The description of swallowing a living person was very vivid, and the appearance of the mountain ghost was described in detail.
"Is this the time when demons are dancing wildly?" Su Ziyu stood up and walked towards the outside of the hotel.
He was going to see the so-called Rashomon.
The entire Kyoto area is about 20 square kilometers, which is not very large, but the population is quite dense. The so-called Rashomon in the aboriginal mouth is actually the Rashomon. It suddenly collapsed one night. It is said that someone That night I heard the howls of a hundred ghosts. Legend has it that this is the place where Kyoto connects to the underworld.
"Is this right here?" Su Ziyu frowned and looked around.
very quiet.
There are very few pedestrians around here, and it seems that ordinary people deliberately avoid this area.
There were a lot of rubble where Rashomon collapsed. Su Ziyu noticed some unusual fluctuations just as he approached the place. He found that there were many places with Onmyoji's talismans on them, and there seemed to be traces of formations on the ground. .
Not a single demon or ghost was seen.
Su Ziyu just felt that this place was a little cold, and the wind blowing seemed to have a bone-chilling chill.
"Who?" came a low voice.
soon.
A man dressed as an onmyoji appeared in front of Su Ziyu. He was about 20 years old and quite handsome. He was wearing a very traditional onmyoji suit. He held a folding fan in his hand and wore it around his waist. Wearing a jade pendant with a yin-yang fish.
Ampere Seimei
wrong.
This Onmyoji is a little weak!
"Get out of here quickly!" The Onmyoji in front of me said rather rudely: "It is forbidden to pass here. Leave quickly."
"Don't blame me for being rude if you don't leave!"
It seems that you have to pass this level before you can see what the situation in Rashomon is like.
Su Ziyu glanced at the other person, raised his foot and kicked away a stone. The stone flew out like a bullet and directly hit the head of the onmyoji in front of him.
boom!
The expression of the Onmyoji in front of him suddenly changed. He quickly took out a piece of talisman paper, quickly formed seals and shouted: "Shou!"
An invisible energy barrier opened.
The stone kicked out by Su Ziyu stopped in front of him and landed with a thud. Accompanied by a rapid spell, a shadow that looked like an armored puppet quickly appeared behind the opponent.
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(End of chapter)