The house was filled with thick fog, and no one could be seen in the antique old house.
I took the jade pendant and walked into the old house.
The old house was empty, not a single soul was around, and it was so quiet that you could hear your own breathing.
"Hahaha."
The sound of children laughing and playing came from behind. I turned around suddenly, but I only saw a red afterimage.
Someone suddenly slapped me hard on my left shoulder. I turned around again, but still found nothing.
The heart began to beat violently.
I walked into the lobby tremblingly, and there were bursts of banging sounds from the corner of the lobby.
"Grandma, is that you?"
As my footsteps got closer, the sound of the bangs became further and further away.
There is a black room in the corner of the lobby. The room is dark, like a light that can swallow everything.
The banging sound continued, and I slowly walked into the room. Speaking of the room, it was more like a corridor.
"Dang Dang Dang."
I don’t know how long I walked, but I finally saw a glimmer of light. The air around me was so dull and suffocating. When I walked out of the corridor, I felt like I had entered a new century in front of me.
The sky in front of me was covered with dark clouds, and the red sky was faintly visible above the black clouds.
There were many pedestrians around, all of them lowered their heads and hurriedly hurried to the road under their feet.
I turned around to leave, but found that the corridor behind me had disappeared.
What the hell!
In a panic, I grabbed a person at random and said, "Hello, may I ask where this place is?"
The man ignored me and didn't even stop. He lowered his head and walked forward.
I asked several people, and they all had the same attitude, as if there was something in front of them that particularly attracted them.
I didn't know why, so I followed them forward curiously.
The more I walked, the heavier my body became lighter and lighter, and the feeling of fatigue disappeared.
"Little brother, wait a moment."
I heard someone calling me, my steps paused slightly, and I looked at the person who stopped me in confusion.
This person was wearing a long black coat and was 1.8 meters tall. He was a man, but he couldn't see his face clearly. I just thought he was very kind.
I felt like he was smiling, and his voice was very kind: "You can't go forward. If you go any further, you won't be able to go back."
"Where is this?"
"Hahaha, this is the intersection of yin and yang. If you take another step forward, you will enter the underworld. Little brother, how did you get here?"
I didn’t know what was going on, but I was full of grievances and told the man in front of me everything that had happened recently.
After listening, the man patted me on the shoulder: "The Earth Temple is connected to the underworld. Every sinner who catches an innocent soul must go to the Earth Temple to cancel his account. It's normal for you to enter by mistake. As for asking for medicine, I'm here. There is a way."
My eyes lit up instantly.
He whispered something in my ear.
I looked at him with some doubt: "Is this okay?"
The man laughed loudly and did not answer my question directly: "There is no way back to the underworld. You have to go through the path of hungry ghosts to go back. Remember, you must not look at them. You can do your best for the rest." "
After saying that, the man pointed to a forest not far from me.
"Thank you."
In this already gloomy place, the dark woods give people a strong sense of uneasiness.
But I want to go home. They are still waiting for me at home during the day.
After preparing myself mentally, I stepped into the woods.
The air here seems to be stagnant, suffocating and making people panic.
"Rustling."
There was a sound above my head, and I almost looked up as a reflex. Thinking of the man's words, I controlled my movements and quietly accelerated my walking speed.
There was a loud noise, and a naked thing fell in front of me.
This thing was barely human-shaped, more like a skeleton with human skin on it. He opened his mouth wide and lunged towards me.
His strength was too great and he was thrown to the ground. He opened his mouth wide and bit my neck.
I strangled his neck tightly, but I didn't dare to look into his eyes.
Seeing the skeleton's head getting closer and closer to me, my arms suddenly felt warm, and the skeleton seemed to be bounced away by something.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, I pushed him aside with all my strength, got up and ran.
Perhaps there was too much movement here, as more and more voices seemed to be gathering towards me quickly.
I secretly glanced back, and this glance was almost a lifelong nightmare for me.
Countless skeletons were chasing me densely. They had long mouths and roared silently at me.
Several times, they almost caught up with me, but they were always bounced away by invisible things.
I ran forward desperately, I don’t know how long I ran, let alone how long I ran. When I heard there was no movement behind me, I dared to slow down my pace and rest against the tree trunk.
When I touched my chest, I found that the jade pendant given to me by the landlady was placed there. It seemed that with this, those starving ghosts would not dare to approach me.
After thinking about it, I took off my coat and put it over my head. This way, I would definitely not look at them.
Keep running forward.
"Shangguan Rui."
A familiar voice sounded from not far away from me, and my steps paused slightly.
daytime?
"Shangguan Rui, you're worrying me to death. Why are you here here? Fortunately, someone told me to come here to find you. Hey, why are you still wearing this thing on your head? Take it off quickly."
"Who told you that?"
Hearing the voice of an acquaintance, I felt excited.
"It's a man. He seems very kind."
I put my hands on my clothes and was about to take them off, but I opened a small slit in my clothes first.
I clearly saw a pair of skinny legs not far from me, only skeletons left.
Instantly, my hand shook slightly.
Not daring to continue talking, let alone having unnecessary contact with Bai Tian, I ran forward.
The day behind me was still shouting my name loudly.
Then, I heard various voices, including familiar people and charming female voices. I have to say that several times, I almost stopped and wanted to respond to their words.
Finally, I couldn't help it anymore and sang loudly while running.
It wasn't until I felt the familiar scent of grass on my nose that I dared to take off the clothes on my head slowly.
The strange forest of hungry ghosts and the mansion disappeared. In front of me there was a small stone statue of the earth, with the earth woman standing on it.
He was holding a cane and smiling kindly. Perhaps because no one had worshiped him for a long time, the stone statue was already covered with green moss.
I know it was the landlady who blessed me.
I found my handkerchief, carefully wiped the dust off the stone statue, and kowtowed twice before I dared to take the statue of Tutu Po home.
