After walking some distance, the front suddenly became clear, and we actually walked out of the mine!
The sky and the earth were pitch black, no stars, sun or moon could be seen, only loneliness and coldness remained.
A river lay across the front, with yellow corpse water flowing in it, and countless corpses floating on it.
The cold Yin energy emanated from the river, like a knife cutting on the body.
Ji Chen thought of the message on the stone wall in the mine. Did he really reach the underworld?
Is this the Huangquan River that separates Yin and Yang?
This scene really surprised and shocked Ji Chen!
When a certain force was mining in ancient times, they actually dug into the underworld and to the Huangquan River.
Ji Chen looked around, being careful and alert. Seeing that there was no potential danger, he cautiously walked out of the mine and walked toward the river.
His hand has been placed on the handle of the knife to prevent accidents that may occur at any time and corpses floating in the river.
The river is very wide, and the other side cannot be seen. There is fog floating on it. This fog can not only block the line of sight, but also isolate the exploration of spiritual power.
Until Ji Chen approached the river, there was nothing strange about the corpses floating in the river, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
If the corpse in the river suddenly jumped up, he would have no choice but to run away.
Ji Chen finally understood why the Corpse Refining Sect wanted to occupy this place. For the Corpse Refining Sect, this was simply a holy land.
I looked back at the mine behind me. There were four big characters written on the dark mine: "Look back and you'll find the shore."
Is this a reminder that there is more danger ahead, don't cross the river easily.
Ji Chen didn't dare to cross at will, let alone wade into the river. The river was weird and he didn't know what terrifying creatures were in it.
"Crash!"
The sound of an iron rope came from the depths of the mist, and the breath became even colder.
Ji Chen felt awe-struck in his heart. Could it be that some terrifying creature had resurrected in the river?
Just as I was thinking about it, there was a splashing sound in the river, as if something was emerging from the river. Along with the sound of the iron rope being tightened, a cold breath spread out overwhelmingly. The biting coldness was frightening, turning into a tangible substance that touched my heart. The skin hurts like pins and needles.
Ji Chen was shocked. Deep in the mist, there seemed to be extremely terrifying creatures being restrained. Just the yin energy emitted made people's hearts tremble. This further confirmed Ji Chen's idea that he should not cross the river easily.
Ding Zhao and the others probably didn't cross over either, they weren't that stupid.
Ji Chen felt like he was locked by two cold breaths.
He wanted to leave this ghost place quickly, so he looked up and down the river, but found no footprints. He didn't know whether Ding Zhao and the others were walking up or down.
After thinking for a while, Ji Chen decided to walk down the river to see if he could find anything, whether there was a bridge or a ferry.
In this way, I walked down for dozens of miles without finding anything. I had no choice but to go back and walk up the Huangquan River.
Fortunately, we did not encounter any strange creatures during this period, and the corpses in the river did not mutate. I don’t know if it was due to being trapped in the river, or if they were really dead corpses that could no longer die.
After walking up the river for dozens of miles, I suddenly found a pier, which was a small pier made of dead bones.
The presence of a pier means there is a ferry.
Ji Chen walked over and stood on the dock, looking around.
There was an extinguished human skin lantern on the dock, hanging from a white bone.
Ji Chen took a closer look and found that it was a corpse oil lamp.
He thought of some legends about the Huangquan River. The corpse oil lamp is a kind of soul-inducing lamp. When lit, it can attract a ferry to ferry people to the other side.
Then, a ray of fire emerged from Ji Chen's fingertips, lighting the corpse oil lantern, and the pale light illuminated the dock.
After a while, he heard the sound of water, like the sound of a pole stirring the water when punting a boat.
Sure enough, there was a ship, and this lantern was the signal.
Soon, a small boat appeared in Ji Chen's eyes.
On a boat, an old man in a raincoat was holding the boat slowly and came out of the mist. A lantern hung above the bow of the boat, and its pale light illuminated the surrounding area.
The boat slowly docked, and when Ji Chen saw the old man's face clearly, he took a deep breath.
The shriveled skin stuck to the face, as pale as paper, without any moisture, and wrinkled as if it had been dried. The two eyes were two deep holes, with two groups of green light like will-o'-the-wisps inside.
This is simply a corpse, surrounded by Yin energy and death energy, which looks extremely eerie and terrifying.
"You should know the rules!"
A sour sound came from the old corpse's mouth, like the sound of bones rubbing together.
Ji Chen:? ? ?
rule?
What rules?
He felt like there were people telling him the rules everywhere.
But he still nodded, pretending to understand.
After all, it's my first time to come to this ghost place, so it's better to be cautious and don't show any timidity.
Then, he stood there without any intention of boarding the ship.
Ji Chen looked at the old corpse. The old corpse was waiting for Ji Chen. They looked at each other like this.
After waiting for a while, seeing that Ji Chen had no intention of getting on the boat, the old corpse put the bamboo pen in his hand into the water and prepared to punt the boat away.
At this moment, Ji Chen stepped on the bow of the ship and prepared to board the ship.
Seeing this, the old corpse stopped and waited for Ji Chen to board the ship.
However, Ji Chen had one foot on the bow of the boat and the other foot was still on the dock.
The old corpse put away his pennies and waited.
Ji Chen hesitated for a moment, then retracted his feet and stood on the horse's head, seemingly giving up on boarding the ship.
Old corpse:? ? ?
He waited for a while and saw that Ji Chen still had no intention of getting on the boat. Then he put his pennies into the water and prepared to punt the boat and leave.
At this moment, Ji Chen put one foot on the bow of the ship and prepared to board the ship.
The old corpse stopped and put away the bamboo pole.
Then, Ji Chen took back his feet and stood on the dock.
The old corpse waited for a while, and when he saw that Ji Chen didn't get on the boat, he prepared to punt and leave.
Ji Chen stretched out his foot again and put it on the bow of the boat!
Ji Chen takes his foot back!
Ji Chen stretched out his foot!
Ji Chen takes his foot back!
Ji Chen stretched out his foot!
Ji Chen takes his foot back!
Old corpse:? ? ?
"We only charge merit money for ferrying across the Huangquan River!"
The old corpse finally spoke, and he finally realized that this guy was probably here for the first time and didn't know the rules at all.
Ji Chen:? ? ?
What is merit money?
He had no idea or heard of it.
"If you don't have money, you can offset it with lifespan. One hundred years of lifespan is enough."
The old corpse showed a sly smile, which was unusually eerie, and took a sudden breath.
Ji Chen felt a breath flowing through his body, being sucked away by the old man. His heart tightened, and he quickly clung to himself, suppressed his origin, and took a look at his attributes.
Seeing this, I was shocked. My life span has been shortened by ten years.
Hold the grass!
Your mother!
Ji Chen was cursing his mother in his heart. He sucked him away like this and had ten years of life taken away from him.
If he hadn't discovered it quickly and stuck to his roots in time, he would have been sucked away a hundred years of life by this old corpse.
You must have been a prostitute in your lifetime!
So good to suck!
The old corpse looked intoxicated and showed an excited smile. However, in Ji Chen's view, this smile was really ferocious and terrifying.
…
Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of chapter)
