"If it's not man-made, then you're right. We're probably in the underworld." Mudan looked at the surrounding environment and frowned.
"You guys keep talking about the Little Underworld, what do you mean?" Zhong Ke'an turned around and looked at me nervously.
"While walking along the way, I looked at the layout of the old house. The first owner must have been a Taoist, but he may have taken an evil path later." I analyzed with a frown.
"Yes, we have the Gate of Hell, the Naihe Bridge, and the Road to the Underworld. I guess it is what you said." Haitang also analyzed it.
"Where is the Hell Gate Naihe Bridge? Don't keep talking more and more mysterious, it's scary." Zhong Ke'an swallowed in fear and began to stutter.
"Flowers on the other side of the river in front of the gate of hell; snakes on the Styx under the Naihe Bridge; corpses everywhere on the road to the underworld..." I looked at Zhong Ke'an, and then at the open space in front of me.
"Brother, I'm a coward, don't joke..." Zhong Ke'an said and leaned towards me.
In fact, he knew very well that the vegetation that disappeared as soon as he touched it was a metaphor for the other shore flower.
The whole room of ghosts standing still is a metaphor for the gate of hell.
The pavilion plank road is not the Naihe Bridge, and under the bridge is the Wangchuan River.
The corpse-raising place in front of me is not the Huangquan Road.
"Brother, I'm really not kidding." I looked at Zhong Ke'an with a serious expression.
"You lied to me. If I go to hell, there are seven checkpoints. Guimen Pass, Huangquan Road, Bianhuahua, Wangchuan River, Naihe Bridge, Wangxiang Terrace, Mengpo Tang, and Sansheng Stone. According to your statement, there are only five here. And the order is wrong." Zhong Ke'an was still comforting himself.
"Yes, that's why it's called the Little Underworld. I only heard it from the master, but I didn't expect that I would actually encounter it." I looked at Zhong Ke'an and said seriously.
"Then are we going to die here?" Zhong Ke'an's acceptance of reality was a bit exaggerated.
"According to legend, if the soul walks through the small underworld, it will achieve enlightenment and become an immortal. I don't know if we will die here, but the owner of the house must have died here because of this." Haitang suddenly said.
"You mean, the first owner wanted to use his soul to become an immortal? So he killed dozens of people in this house?" Zhong Ke'an looked at Haitang in surprise.
"Killing people is probably passive, but if you can cultivate the soul, this thing will become a demon as well as an immortal." Mudan said.
"Brother, let's go, we won't make any more money..." Zhong Ke'an said and came over to pull me.
"Brother, are we cultivating Taoism for money? Is it because you have adhered to Taoism for so many years just for money?" I didn't move and just said sternly to Zhong Ke'an.
"You are right, this thing has harmed so many people for hundreds of years, we can no longer let him continue..." Zhong Ke'an was stunned, adjusted his breathing, and put away his previous cowardice.
"If I guessed correctly, the real owner should be in the room behind the corpse raising ground." Haitang said and raised his finger.
At the end of the burial ground is a round arch of the same style as the one behind us. Although we can't see it clearly, it does look like a hut inside.
"Let's destroy this corpse raising ground first. If it gets dark, I'm afraid the thing will be more ferocious." I looked at Peony.
"I'll give it a try." Mudan said, taking a step forward.
She made a seal with her right hand and held out a talisman with her left hand.
The talisman spun around in the air and went directly to the ground not far ahead.
"Shua..." A dried-up zombie emerged from the soil in an instant.
Zhong Ke'an was so frightened that he quickly raised his sword. If I hadn't held him back, he would have rushed over to fight the zombie.
As soon as this zombie appeared, two zombies emerged from the soil around it.
Mudan muttered something, and saw the first zombie rushing towards the other two zombies.
Only then did I see a talisman stuck behind the zombie, but it wasn't the one Mudan sacrificed earlier.
"Is this using corpses to control corpses? What a brilliant move!" Zhong Ke'an was very excited.
However, these two fists were no match for four hands. The zombie controlled by Mudan did not last long before he was defeated and was directly torn to pieces by the two zombies.
The two zombies roared and rushed towards us.
This zombie is also very evil. Logically speaking, there is still sunlight, so this zombie would not dare to show its head at all.
But the zombies in front of them didn't care about this at all, and they didn't even react when the sun shone on them.
Wei Yucheng and Liang Feng rushed forward without me saying a word. They were just two zombies, so we didn't need to take action.
"I wanted to ask before, why is this zombie not afraid of the sun?" Zhong Ke'an asked, looking at the zombie on the ground.
"Look at their teeth. These are not zombies, they are living corpses." Mudan said, taking out a knife and prying open a zombie's mouth.
I saw that the mummy did not have zombie-like fangs in its mouth, but they were similar to those of us living people.
"That's why you said you want to try? Just try to see if you can control it?" I woke up as if from a dream.
Peony smiled and nodded towards me.
"Living corpse? Hundreds of years ago? Is it still alive?" Zhong Ke'an looked a bit like a sunspot at this moment, and he had a hundred thousand reasons.
"It's not that they are still alive, but they will be turned into mummies while they are still alive." Mudan frowned.
"So cruel? No wonder the evil spirit here is so strong..." Zhong Ke'an frowned and couldn't speak anymore.
"Don't think so much, everyone get ready." I said and looked at everyone.
Peony nodded slightly to me, then took out her hand from her bag, and a handful of talismans flew directly into the air, and then went into the ground again.
"Brush...swipe...swipe..." Under the loess in front of them, more than a dozen mummies stood up at the same time.
The mummies underground were probably able to sense movement on the ground. As soon as these mummies got up, the same mummies immediately came out.
I glanced at Peony. Her forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
The poisoning had damaged her vitality before, and now she was controlling so many mummies. She was afraid that this was her limit.
"Wei Yucheng, Liang Feng, help." I shouted.
"The last general takes orders." Ergui said and rushed over with a knife.
It's not that we don't want to go, the main reason is that we don't know how many living corpses were bought under the loess. If anyone catches them at our feet, it will be a real confession.
With the addition of Wei Yucheng and Liang Feng, the situation of the battle immediately changed. Although this living zombie was ferocious, it did not have the bronze skin and iron bones of a zombie.
There was just a lot of movement on the ground, and immediately another living corpse came out of the ground.
"Fortunately, you held me and didn't let me go..." Only now did Zhong Ke'an remember that I had held him back earlier.
The living corpses in front of me fell down one after another, and new ones emerged from the soil.
Fortunately, Mudan was superb in Taoism. Seeing that the living corpse controlled by the talisman was dying, her talisman immediately changed its target.
This method of making corpses from corpses helped Wei Yucheng and Liang Feng relieve a lot of pressure, and there were more and more living corpses on the ground.
Seeing that there was no movement on the ground, it seemed that all the living corpses below had come out, and Mu Dan's expression became worse and worse at this moment.
"Okay, you save your strength and leave the rest to us. Haitang, you take care of her." I said and glanced at Zhong Ke'an.
"Go up." Zhong Ke'an said, holding onto Heizi's bronze sword and killing him.
I glanced at the two girls and joined the fight.
At present, except for the seven or eight living corpses controlled by Mudan, there are at least twenty or thirty more in this open space.
It is indeed dangerous to rely solely on Wei Yucheng and Liang Feng. These things can also hurt them.
Thanks to Mudan's corpse control method, all the living corpses from the underground have been lured out. As long as they are in the open, we are not afraid.
Zhong Ke'an and I joined, and Wei Yucheng and Liang Feng immediately retreated to my side. This was their instinct to protect their master.
"Leave me alone, kill these things quickly..." I shouted in a deep voice.
The two ghosts heard what I said, and then they killed him with a knife.
Zhong Ke'an's swordsmanship is really a bit awkward, and it's no wonder that he has learned it by himself over the years.
I had no choice but to move closer to him while killing him. I was afraid that he would miss and be dragged to the ground by these living corpses.
It seems that this matter is over, and he needs to be given some guidance on his sword skills.
Mudan is probably worried about us. At this moment, she is still controlling four or five living corpses, basically protecting us.
The last living corpse fell down, and Zhong Ke'an was already panting. He was basically nervous, just like me.
Wei Yucheng and Liang Feng stepped forward to deal with the living corpses still under Mudan's control. I looked back and saw that Mudan was also weak and fell down. Haitang quickly hugged her.
After taking a look at the hut in front of me, I turned around and walked towards Peony.
