The area under the well was not narrow or dark, but became wider as it went deeper. The space was shaped like a big bell. The ground was wide and flat, with a small shrine built on it. A beam of light shining from the well happened to hit the shrine.
With this shrine as the center, the surroundings were filled with thick darkness. As she jumped down from the well, Luo Yujing buried her head in Kusheng's shoulder, enduring the discomfort of falling, so she couldn't see. There were many ropes on the edge of the well, hanging countless corpses.
There were too many bodies tied up and hung by the neck. Kusheng stood at the bottom and looked up. After a rough count, he realized that something was wrong. The number of bodies here was definitely more than a hundred!
As if they had discovered an outsider, the precarious balance here was broken. The evil spirits that had been suppressed and bound became restless. The faint light in the shrine was like a candle that was about to go out, gradually dimming under the resentment of those evil spirits.
When Kusheng arrived here and saw the shrine, he realized that the god of this place was about to die with his last breath.
The last bit of spiritual light floated out from the shrine and fell into his hands.
After catching the spiritual light in his hand, Kusheng finally understood what had happened here in the past two years. It turned out that the Zhong family god disappeared two years ago, and the aura he left behind could protect this place for more than ten years. However, the Zhong family members were unwilling to believe that he had really disappeared, so they threw the evil people in the prison into the bottom of the well and hanged them to sacrifice to the family god.
If the clan god was still around in the past, most of these evil people who died here would have been purified. Unfortunately, the clan god is gone, and too many evil people died here, with too much evil spirit and resentment, so they actually turned into evil spirits.
These evil spirits want to go out and harm people, but the remaining aura of the Zhong family god left here still has to protect the few remaining Zhong family members. In order to suppress the evil spirits, the remaining spiritual light covers the bell tower, temporarily isolating the evil spirits from going out to wreak havoc.
However, this last-ditch effort was mistaken by the desperate Zhong clan members as a sign that the sacrifice had worked, and they began to continue to sacrifice humans.
The clan god has passed away and can no longer communicate with them. The only breath left is a futile barrier that is constantly being consumed by the evil spirits.
If Kusheng doesn't come, after another human sacrifice today, the remaining aura of the Zhong family gods here will completely dissipate. By then, the evil spirits will escape from here, and the entire Xicheng will probably become a dead city and disappear completely.
To this, Ku Sheng had to say: "Stupid!"
But he had seen too many such stupid things. When it came to the extinction of the clan god and the survival of the clan, many people would cling to the so-called "tradition" and "past glory" and do futile and stupid things that hurt themselves and others.
But now, there is no time to think about these things. The aura of the clan god has completely dissipated, and all the evil spirits that were previously suppressed here have poured out and gathered around Kusheng and Luo Yujing.
This is not the hundreds that Kusheng felt when he came here before, it is clearly several hundred! No wonder the remaining spiritual light of the Zhong family god was eroded so quickly.
Even though Kusheng had never been afraid of evil spirits, the number of them was so large, far exceeding his expectations, and his expression became solemn. Luo Yujing felt that he was holding her more tightly, and her mood was no longer relaxed. She reached out and pinched the talisman she was carrying, ready for battle.
It is said that the outnumbered cannot defeat the many. One or two evil spirits cannot compare with hundreds of evil spirits. Can Kusheng deal with it? Luo Yujing did not have time to think about it. He saw Kusheng unsheath the sword of extermination, turn around, and force back the evil spirits that surrounded him.
When the evil spirits saw how powerful the Sword of Extermination was, some of them retreated, while others realized that the barrier that trapped them had disappeared and wanted to go out of the well - there was more fresh blood to eat outside.
Seeing many evil spirits going up, Kusheng kicked the hanging corpse away and climbed up the rope. Luo Yujing thought he was going to chase those evil spirits and prevent them from leaving. Unexpectedly, Kusheng jumped to the well mouth, killed the fastest evil spirit with a sword, grabbed Luo Yujing with his other hand, and threw her out of the well mouth with one hand.
Luo Yujing: “…”
She fell to the ground and rolled around. Just as she got up, there was another clanging sound. Kusheng threw the Zhuxie Sword out from below and it hit her feet.
Then I heard Kusheng yell, "Seal it!"
He used a talisman to seal the well mouth, trapping the evil spirit and himself inside the well.
Luo Yujing picked up the sword and leaned over to the well mouth, shouting, "You were killing evil spirits down there, why did you throw the sword out? Did your hand slip?"
Ku Sheng's voice came from the bottom of the well. He said, "If I fail to stop the evil spirits and they rush out, you can protect yourself."
Luo Yujing was furious: "You are stupid! Give me the sword to kill evil spirits, why are you still killing evil spirits?"
Without saying a word, he smashed the sword down, and the man below raised his hand and grabbed the sword: "Damn it!"
Luo Yujing angrily punched the well mouth: "You are the abominable one!"
She lay on the edge of the well and looked down, but it was dark below, and she couldn't see anything clearly, only some vague shadows swaying. She looked at the darkness below, her eyes full of worry.
Standing alone in the deep darkness, Kusheng felt an itch coming from the broken neck.
He has been in the well since he regained consciousness, and his head and body have been separated for many years. Later, they were sewn together by his master and sealed with the word "imperial". He looks no different from an ordinary person, but the "well" is his curse.
Once he realized he was underground, he felt an extremely severe pain at the fracture.
The weaker evil spirits turned into black smoke and dispersed under the sword. Because there was the aura of the god Zhong here and his talisman sealed it, the resentment of the scattered evil spirits did not dissipate in the world, but gathered here and were soon devoured by other evil spirits... In this way, other evil spirits would inevitably become more powerful.
In the silent fight, the twisted evil spirits dissipated under his sword, and the resentment around him continued to increase.
Ku Sheng continued to swing his sword and kill, but suddenly he stopped.
… Oops.
He reached out and touched his neck, and a part of the bright red word "Chi" on it had shrunk and fallen off. Due to the terrain and his state of mind, once the word "Chi" on his neck disappeared completely and his head fell off his body, he would probably lose his ability to move.
—As an undead zombie, this is probably his only weakness.
No matter what, we have to get back up there before that. Kusheng glanced at the wellhead above and stabbed a ghost in the chest with his sword. This ghost was more resentful than the previous ones. It was not dead after being hit by Zhuxie's sword. It attacked his face. As soon as it touched the shield covering its mouth, the Zhuxie sword pointed upwards and cut off the ghost's arm in the blink of an eye.
The endless evil spirits surged up and almost drowned Kusheng.
Another sword slashed down, and Kusheng's shoulders, back, arms and legs were bitten by the evil spirits. The light fragrance that could calm Luo Yujing's mind spread out, which further stimulated these evil spirits.
It was always Kusheng who chased and killed the evil spirits, but today the situation was reversed. The evil spirits, like ants, swarmed around Kusheng and bit him.
Luo Yujing was above, and could only vaguely see the black air gathering in one place, and Kusheng's figure completely disappeared in the resentment. She was anxious, and heard a commotion outside, and hurried and heavy footsteps.
Those Zhong clan members caught up so quickly!
Normally, these people did not dare to enter the bell tower for fear of offending the clan god. But today, someone came to cause trouble, disrupted the sacrificial ceremony, and broke into their holy bell tower, so they no longer cared about those things.
A group of people, all with ferocious faces and weapons in hand, entered the bell tower. There was nowhere to hide in the bell tower, and everyone saw Luo Yujing standing by the well, while the strange Taoist who was talking nonsense was nowhere to be seen.
Patriarch Zhong was horrified and asked, "Did he go into the shrine under the well?"
"That's an offense to Ujigami!"
"What is he going to do to our Ujigami!"
"Catch him up quickly!"
The crowd was excited, and several young men came up to subdue Luo Yujing. Luo Yujing retreated and explained: "Your clan god has dissipated because you hanged people down there. Now those people have become evil spirits. In order to guard against the evil spirits, your clan god..."
How could this group of people believe her when she said that the clan god had dissipated? They were even more enraged and started to yell at her. Seeing that except for the few people who came to arrest her, the others had already started to prepare to go down the well, Luo Yujing stepped forward and dodged the knife in one person's hand with a light movement. She came to the well mouth, pushed away the two people who were about to go down the well, glared at everyone and shouted: "There is a ghost in the well, you will die if you go down!"
If she wasn't afraid that these people would cause trouble for Kusheng, she really wouldn't bother to care whether they lived or died!
“Get lost!”
"You two evil monsters! You want to harm our God!"
The young man she pushed away rushed forward angrily, waving a knife. Luo Yujing dodged him awkwardly and moved away from the wellhead behind her.
Although she had been with Kusheng for three years, she was still a human being after all, and could not be as powerful as Kusheng. With so many people rushing up and weapons falling on her, she could not cope with it with just a knife.
"Ah!" Her arm was cut and blood immediately soaked her sleeve. Luo Yujing screamed briefly, then immediately gritted her teeth and shut up, stepping back and confronting those Zhong clan members whose eyes were red with hatred. When people are excited and angry, they lose their rationality. Luo Yujing has no doubt that these people will beat her to death in the heat of the moment.
At the mouth of the well, several strong young men tore off the yellow talisman on the side of the well and climbed down the rope to catch people.
Kusheng heard the noise outside the well and smelled the familiar smell of blood from Luo Yujing, and became even more anxious.
Originally, due to the barrier of the Zhong family god, the bell tower could not be approached at will, but now the last trace of the Zhong family god's breath has dissipated, and those people came in without any hindrance.
He has various restrictions and cannot attack humans at will...
"It's so dark... Why is it so dark in here? It used to be bright here."
"The light at the shrine to Ujigami is gone! How is that possible!"
"Oh, Ujigami! Has Ujigami really disappeared?!"
The dozen or so Zhong clan members who arrived at the bottom of the well saw that the shrine of the clan god was dark and did not react to their arrival at all. In grief and fear, they rushed to the shrine, wailing loudly, and could not believe this reality.
Their noise and blood attracted the evil spirits in the well, and some of them turned to attack them. How could ordinary people deal with the evil spirits? Some of the Zhong clan members who were still immersed in disbelief were eaten by the evil spirits, while others were possessed by the evil spirits and took up weapons to attack Kusheng.
Dealing with people possessed by evil spirits is more difficult than dealing with evil spirits. Kusheng used his two fingers to draw talismans and hit the people who lost their minds. However, after repelling one evil spirit, those people would be immediately possessed by other evil spirits, and it would never end. Let these people entangle their hands and feet, and Kusheng retreated to the central shrine.
The people outside the well could not see what was happening down there. They could hear the dozen people shouting and then suddenly fell silent. After a long time, no one came up. Someone in the crowd shouted:
"Could it be that he was killed by the demon who went down?"
"Isn't the demon's companion here? Tie her up and force the demon to come up!"
Kusheng heard someone shouting from above: "The demon down there, come up quickly, or I'll kill your companion and sacrifice it to our clan's gods!"
He looked up and saw a figure suspended in mid-air above the wellhead. A few drops of blood fell from above and hit him in the face.
Suddenly, the figure fell backwards, kicked away the two people who bound her, and fell from the well like a piece of white snow. Kusheng jumped up on the shrine and caught the figure.