There can't be stars inside the mountain. If it's not a star and it emits such a strange green light, there is no other explanation except that it is a ghost eye.
Seeing the densely packed "ghost eye stars" in the sky, I couldn't even count how many there were, and my scalp went numb. Shen Bing touched my hand and said in a crying voice, "Why did they suddenly appear?"
I squeezed her palm and said, "You're all awake."
"Are you going to have breakfast now that you've woken up? We don't have enough to share with them, why don't you run away quickly?" She pulled me forward.
I sighed and held her back. Now that they were awake, could we still escape? This was their territory, a ghost town!
"Look at the wellhead..." Shen Bing said in surprise.
I raised my head and found that the wellhead was emitting a red light. Damn, that was blood light. In the dark environment, it looked particularly strange and creepy!
Seeing this scene, I vaguely understood something in my heart. This well should be a landmark in the ghost town. In other words, for the residents of the ghost town, it is a sacred object, that is, a holy well. Because since ancient times, people have worshipped and revered water sources as sacred things, and wells have become sacred places!
It was us approaching here that disturbed the ghosts guarding the holy well, causing all the dead ghosts in the ghost town to wake up. Thinking of this, he immediately took out a candle from his bag, lit it, and handed it to Shen Bing. He also took out a bunch of incense and divided it into three sticks and lit them. Sure enough, there was an incense burner in front of the well, and he inserted the three incense sticks into it.
I pulled Shen Bing and asked her to kneel before the incense burner with me and kowtow three times respectfully. I kept saying, "I am Xifeng, the tenth generation descendant of the ghost business. I passed by here and did not intend to offend the holy well. Please do not be offended!"
After saying this, I looked up at the wellhead again. The red light gradually faded away, as if the holy well felt our sincerity and its anger subsided.
Shen Bing stared and whispered, "The stars in the sky are still bright."
As soon as the words fell, the countless ghost-eye stars in the sky disappeared in an instant, and the silence returned to the beginning. I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seemed that it was settled.
Suddenly, there was a bright light in front of us and a loud noise, which scared us.
The lanterns hanging in front of the shops on both sides of the street all lit up, and the lights were as bright as day. And a large number of pedestrians appeared on the street, and there was a constant stream of people. At one moment, the sounds of hawking and laughter merged into one, and the ancient city in front of us turned into a bustling city!
We were still kneeling on the ground, looking at the sudden changes happening around us in amazement, and we couldn't believe that what we saw was real.
People on the street walked around the well in groups of two or three, talking to themselves. No one even looked at us, as if we didn't exist.
Even if Shen Bing was stupid, she could tell that this was not normal. She whispered to me, "Could this be a mirage?"
I almost fainted. A mirage is an illusory phenomenon formed by the refraction of light. It usually appears in the sea or desert. How could it be formed in the belly of a mountain? I really admire this girl's rich imagination. I pulled her up from the ground and whispered, "Let's go. We can get out of this city now."
Shen Bing followed around the well mouth in a daze, and walked forward in the crowd. However, she noticed the situation again, leaned on my shoulder and whispered: "These people look like dead people, they are lifeless, and even their smiles are very stiff?"