I glanced at her, said nothing, and walked toward the city gate, but after taking just two steps, I stopped.
This city of the past seems endless, how easy is it to find eight strangers in it?
"Mr. Cheng, if you need help with anything, you can come to me."
Yan Xiuli came over again and said sincerely.
"Well, let me ask you, how much do you know about the City of the Past?"
I stopped and asked her.
"As far as I know, this City of the Past is a transit station connecting the Yang world and the Yin world. The ghosts of all newly deceased people will come here and stay for seven to forty-nine days."
"During this period, most of the ghosts will step into the underworld and enter reincarnation, and some will be captured by the underworld and become ghosts in the underworld."
"The last few ghosts, as long as they have enough qualifications, can live in the City of the Past forever."
I couldn't help but be stunned: "What qualifications do you mean?"
Yan Xiuli explained: "There are two main types of ghosts that can stay in the City of the Past forever. The first type is money. As long as you have enough money, you can live a life of luxury and debauchery in the city without having to suffer the pain of reincarnation. .”
"The second type relies mainly on strength. As long as you are strong enough and strong enough that no one can bully you, then you can naturally survive in the City of the Past."
"Of course, there is a rule in the City of the Past. Once you choose to stay here, you can never go out, otherwise you will be endlessly hunted by the underworld!"
I was stunned for a moment. So, if I have to bring eight people out on this trip, wouldn't that mean I will be hunted down by Yin Cao?
"Of course, what I just said only applies to most ordinary ghosts. For some ghosts with means and connections, it is naturally an exception."
Seeing my doubts, Yan Xiuli quickly explained: "For example, Mr. Cheng, if you can establish a relationship with Mr. Hei, then the rules here obviously do not apply to you."
It seems that Mr. Hei deliberately let me go on the bus, and Yan Xiuli also saw it and mistakenly thought that Mr. Hei and I had something to do with each other.
I didn't explain too much about this, and continued to ask her for some information about the City of the Past as I walked towards the city gate.
"You know the City of the Past so well, it shouldn't be your first time here, right?"
I glanced at Yan Xiuli and asked curiously.
I thought about Yan Xiuli telling me her experiences on the bus, and I became more and more curious about her true experience.
"Well, actually I have been living in the City of the Past for more than a year.
Hearing my question, Yan Xiuli smiled sheepishly.
She told me that her boyfriend was indeed terminally ill, but after learning the news, she couldn't accept it, so she committed suicide by taking sleeping pills the next day.
After Yan Xiuli committed suicide, she met her boyfriend in the City of the Past. Both of them were very happy and decided not to enter reincarnation and live in the City of the Past forever.
It's just that there are many levels in this city of the past life, which is not much different from the society in the outside world. As two ghost couples who have nothing, how easy is it to survive here?
The two of them didn't have much money, and their strength was average. They were suppressed everywhere, and they gradually couldn't hold on any longer.
Later, Yan Xiuli suddenly thought that there were several ancestral bracelets buried under her ancestral house in her hometown that could be used in exchange for money, so she bribed a ghost servant and sneaked out quietly. On her way back to the City of the Past, she happened to meet me.
"Because I found that your aura is different from other ghosts, so I want to devour your aura to enhance my strength. I hope Mr. Cheng won't take offense!"
Having said this, Yan Xiuli bowed her head and apologized to me again.
"Okay, what happened before is in the past, so don't talk about it anymore."
I waved my hand and said nonchalantly.
After all, she also provided me with some useful information. If I continued to hold on to the previous things, it would seem that I was a little unreasonable.
"beautiful!"
At this moment, a man suddenly appeared in the distance, standing there and greeting Yan Xiuli.
When Yan Xiuli saw the man, she immediately jumped up with joy.
"Mr. Cheng, that's my boyfriend. I'm leaving. I wish you good luck!"
After saying that, she waved to me and ran towards the man. When I saw them hugging each other tightly, I smiled faintly and walked towards Shengcheng alone.
When I walked to the gate of the city and walked through a long and narrow corridor, the scene of rebirth in the city suddenly appeared in front of me.
The streets here are wide, with shops lined up on both sides. Countless pedestrians have their heads lowered, walking numbly on the streets. If they were not regarded as ghosts, this place would look like a prosperous ancient city.
Looking at the vast sea of ghosts, I was confused for a moment. There were so many ghosts in such a big city, how could I find the people on the list?
After thinking hard for a while, I finally decided to use a simple method and call the soul talisman!
I took out a piece of talisman paper and wrote the eight names on the list with cinnabar. Then I folded the talisman paper into a paper crane, silently recited the talisman in my mouth, and then flicked it, and the paper crane flew gracefully.
After the paper crane flew into the air, its wings fluttered and sent out a message. This kind of message can only be received by the ghost whose name is written in cinnabar!
The paper cranes in the sky attracted many ghosts to look sideways. I quickly lowered my head, pretending that it had nothing to do with me, and quietly followed the trajectory of the paper cranes.
This method is actually very dangerous. After all, there are many ghosts in this city of the past life, and there may also be ghosts. If they are attracted, it will be a serious problem.
Fortunately, not long after the paper crane flew, I saw a peasant woman wearing coarse linen clothes coming over. She looked up at the paper crane, with excitement on her face!
I looked around and saw no one around, so I walked up to her inadvertently and asked, "Sun Hongxia?"
I wanted to identify them one by one according to the order on the list. Unexpectedly, as soon as I said this name, the peasant woman suddenly trembled and looked at me warily: "Who are you?"
It seemed that I had found the right person, I couldn't help but feel happy, and then I snapped my fingers, and the paper crane fell gracefully and landed in my palm.
"I was entrusted by the Yin Yang Association to take you back!"
When the peasant woman heard this, her eyes immediately turned red.
"I didn't expect that the association hasn't forgotten me yet..."
I pulled Sun Hongxia to a corner and asked her about her situation. Sun Hongxia took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, and then told me about her identity.
It turns out that she was a member of the Yin Yang Association before and was a corpse carrier herself!
Corpse-carriers are a small sect in the Yin and Yang world, with a small number of people. It is said that they are mainly couples who have been married for more than 20 years and are deeply in love.
