Before the ferryman could reply, Bai Duo suddenly felt his heart heat up. The ghost letter turned into a red light and fell directly on the corpse oil lamp on the bow of the boat.
Guixin, which could not be destroyed at first, instantly turned into ashes at this moment, and at the same time, the green flame burned even more intensely.
"Keke, it's been years since a living person came to this place. He gave me a big gift when he came!"
The boatman raised his head, his skinny and livid face was without a trace of blood, something seemed to be moving under his dry eyes, and his voice was extremely penetrating.
As the ferryman laughed ferociously, the surrounding wind roared, and the turbid river water also surged into waves at this moment.
Bai Duo felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and all the muscles in his body tensed up. He said in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
Ghost letters are naturally letters sent to ghosts, but he has never encountered a ghost that can communicate with him. Even the purple-scaled corpse generals who were at the level of ghost eaters back then were rarely smart.
But the ferryman in front of him gave Bai Duo an uncanny feeling. It was obvious that the level of terror was very high.
"What is it?" There was no expression on the ferryman's stiff face. He paused and was confused for a moment, and then replied: "I have played many roles and met many people. They all used to call me 'Loophole'."
Bai Duo couldn't understand what the ferryman said, but at least he didn't violently kill anyone, which was a good thing.
So Bai Duo followed its words and asked: "Loophole? What loophole?"
"Let you escape the disaster and blockade, and open the loopholes in the wall where ghosts attack."
The ferryman opened his dead eyes, as if he had seen through Bai Duo's whole body.
Bai Duo's heartbeat was beating like a drum. He didn't like this feeling very much and was speechless for a moment.
"Fenyin City has become a dead zone, and the Taoist priest who was lucky enough to be saved by Pei will not survive. Disasters are impossible to prevent.
But you are an exception. You came here as a living person and have successfully deceived the disaster into thinking that you are dead.
The only problem you face now is how to cross the river between these two realms and successfully return to the sun.
I can help you. "
Facing this ferryman who can know the past and know the future, Bai Duo no longer intends to struggle.
"How can you help me?"
"Help you ferry across the river."
The two chatted quickly, and Bai Duo got on the boat without any hesitation after receiving a positive reply.
This decisiveness made the ferryman stunned. It smiled sinisterly and said: "With your character, you would actually trust me so much?"
Bai Duo shook his head, "I don't trust anyone, but even if I don't get on the ship, I'm still dead. As a living person, I can't survive in this ghostly place for too long. This body is already on the verge of collapse.
Besides, with your strength, you don’t have to go to such trouble to kill me.
Even if your killing rule is that someone must be alive on the boat before you can kill him, I don't care. Isn't it the same death to die on board or outside? "
The ferryman didn't answer, but began to row towards the middle of the river with his pole.
"Is the black city on the other side the Yangjian?" Bai Duo couldn't help but ask.
"No, that is the City of Wasted Death. It is full of extremely vicious ghosts. For the sake of you sending me a letter, I kindly remind you that when you encounter this kind of city, you must not go in. If you go there, you will get lost again. Can’t get out.”
Bai Duo made a note in his mind that he wanted to ask something else, and then he felt as if something huge was swimming under the boat.
The ferryman hurriedly yelled: "Shut up! The breath of strangers will be discovered by the ghosts and gods at the bottom of the river. They are just stowaways. In fact, they are not allowed by the rules. Why are you so arrogant?"
Bai Duo immediately held his breath and concentrated. The corpse oil lamp on the bow of the boat burned even faster. The putrid smell was pungent, but it perfectly covered up the human smell on his body.
As the boat traveled in the world of thick fog, the feeling of death and silence became heavier and heavier. Finally, at a certain moment, Bai Duo couldn't bear it anymore, and he asked in a low voice: "Why is the feeling of death getting heavier and heavier? We are not Are you still in Huanyang?"
While he was talking, Bai Duo heard some strange noises, like many people whispering next to him, and there were sounds of flesh and bones being torn apart.
And something seemed to be caught on the edge of the boat, and something strange at the bottom of the river wanted to climb up.
But they were all repelled by the ferryman holding the pole, and it said coldly: "Either I will kill you now, or you will shut up!
I won’t stop you if you want to become the food of ghosts and gods, but don’t take me with you! "
Bai Duo shut up honestly, but he always felt something was wrong in his heart. His original living body was now getting colder and colder. Who would be like this?
There must be something important that the ferryman hasn't told him.
If it weren't for the ghosts and gods on the bottom of the boat, Bai Duo would have jumped off the boat and found another way to make a living.
Time passed quietly, and the light from the corpse oil lamp pierced the icy fog ahead. At this moment, the ship finally docked.
When Bai Duo was about to get off the boat, the ferryman stopped him.
"The ferry is not free, you need to pay the ticket."
The ferryman's voice became very scary at this moment, as if multiple people were speaking at the same time.
Bai Duo turned around expressionlessly and sneered: "Is this your killing rule?"
"It's the rules of this boat. The so-called loopholes are actually caused by the collision of rules. Just now, the rules of the two rivers were knocked open by me with the boat.
Do you think there is no cost to doing this?
Whether you agree or not, the price has been paid from the moment you decide to board the ship. "
Hearing what the ferryman said, Bai Duo quietly used his Gang Qi to probe himself and found that there was nothing wrong.
"Price? What price did I pay?"
"You paid for it with your heart. Your heart is already dead. If you don't bring it back to life in time, you won't live long even if you succeed."
Bai Duo ignored the ferryman's penetrating eyes, then reached out to touch his heart and found that his heart was still beating strongly.
His heart is still there.
"Old senior, why are you kidding me? This is not funny."
"Do you think I risked being discovered by ghosts and gods in the river and sent you to the other side just to play this joke on you?
A dead soul once asked me to extradite him to the world, but I said no, because you have been dead for too long and your heart has become rotten and dusty. Without a heart, you cannot become a living person.
He asked me how I could have a heart and make my dry chest beat again.
I say, you have to find love and water it with love to make your heart lively again. "
Bai Duo was stunned, and then he laughed loudly: "You, a being who can even break the rules of life and death, tell me fairy tales in this dark hell?
Hahahahaha! old man! You are indeed having fun! Could it be that I cannot live without love in my heart? fart! ! "
Looking at Bai Duo, who was smiling like a demon, the ferryman shook his head helplessly: "As I said, if you hadn't delivered the letter for me, I wouldn't have told you so much.
Having said that, you can leave now. "
"Let's go? How to go? Towards the city of vain death?" Bai Duo looked at this lifeless world. He didn't know where the way to return to the sun was.
"Don't worry, I can feel the hope for survival in you, and those who have hope, no matter which direction they go, is the only way to survive."
The ferryman kept mumbling his words, and before Bai Duo could ask more questions, he punted and left. This warning to return to the sun still echoed in the fog.
Bai Duo understood the idea and stepped out. The holy brilliance occupied his field of vision, and the road to return to the sun was within it!
The ferryman looked back at Bai Duo who had found a way out, and sighed quietly after a long time.
"But if there is no love in the heart, then the burning hope is just an unpaid fire, and the road to survival will not be long."
