The cool breeze rustled through the forest.
Under the trees, there are numerous rocks, tree roots and puddles, which are wet and muddy, making it easy for people to slip.
Gu Xu, Shangguan Jin and Chu Fengge were walking as fast as flying.
The further you go, the denser the trees become. The moonlight passed through the canopy of the trees and fell on the ground, forming irregular silvery spots of light that swayed with the rustling of the branches and leaves, like dormant ghosts.
"How far is it?" Chu Fengge asked.
"Probably less than half a mile." Gu Xu took advantage of the moonlight and glanced at the map in his hand again.
At this moment, he had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, as if he was under the surveillance of a pair of eyes - his eyes were cold and ferocious, like a wolf that was always ready to pounce on its prey.
The danger came quietly as he expected.
In the shadows of the trees ahead, dozens of translucent figures floating in the air first appeared.
They were wearing tattered white clothes, and they were all women with slim figures and delicate looks.
But their eyes were dark, hollow, and scary, and their mouths had white fangs exposed.
"Monster."
Gu Xu immediately recognized the ghost in front of him.
When he was in Yishui County, the ghosts he killed the most were "wandering ghosts".
"Devil" has weak defense, no intelligence, and slow movements. A "ghost-killing talisman" that he improved can easily kill a large area.
It can be said that when he saw the "monster", it was as if he saw the meritorious deeds of walking.
But at this moment, Gu Xu did not act rashly.
Soon, behind the "ghost", Gu Xu saw another kind of ghost.
They look like three-year-old children, with red eyes, long ears, and dark red bodies. They walked and talked, and their voices sometimes sounded like men, sometimes like women, sometimes like old people, sometimes like children.
Gu Xu knew that this ghost was called "Sprite" and its strength was "Wild Ghost" level.
They like to imitate human voices to confuse humans, and have the ability to cause people to get strange diseases. Their weakness is that they are afraid of the sound of drums - in many remote towns and villages, people use this method to drive away ghosts and monsters.
Next to the "monsters", there are several "hairy ghosts".
They are covered with long black, red or white hair, like giant orangutans, with three eyes.
However, Gu Xu knew that although the "hairy ghosts" were huge and looked scary, they were actually about the same strength as humans.
A monk like Gu Xu who majored in spells and was physically weak might not be able to defeat it in close combat.
However, if it were a girl like Shi Xiaohan with brute strength, she would be able to capture the "hairy ghost" with her bare hands without using any real energy.
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Near the "hairy ghost", Gu Xu also saw several "wild ghost" level ghosts such as "snake ghost", "gall ghost", "torch-mouth ghost" and "shaggy-headed ghost".
They lined up and appeared one after another, like an army waiting for review. In the cold moonlight, it looked particularly terrifying.
The appearance of so many ghosts at the same time is undoubtedly a strange and spectacular scene.
Chu Fengge's handsome face showed an expression of excitement, and he couldn't wait to show his strength again with the help of these ghosts.
If Shangguan Jin hadn't been holding his sleeve tightly beside him, he might have rushed into the crowd of ghosts and monsters by himself, brandishing his iron sword.
However, Gu Xu's eyes were particularly alert.
Because he once learned from books that these ghosts usually have their own territories and rarely act together, let alone as orderly as they are today.
Their abnormal performance today undoubtedly means that behind them, there is a more powerful and terrifying existence - which relied on its powerful strength to suppress these various ghosts and bring them together. , turned into an army of his own.
Behind the "wild ghost" are two "evil spirit" level ghosts.
The "evil spirit" on the left looks like a catfish in the water, but it has a pair of legs and can walk on the ground. When Gu Xu's eyes fell on it, he felt that his vision and hearing became a little blurry.
The "evil spirit" on the right looks like a thin and frail human being. It wears tattered clothes like a beggar and holds a broken bowl covered with mud in its hand, filled with sticky porridge.
"They are the 'Du Gui' and 'Poor Gui' I mentioned before." After seeing the appearance of these two ghosts clearly, Gu Xu introduced them in a low voice to Shangguan Jin beside him.
While speaking, Gu Xu quietly used his true energy to build an invisible barrier in front of himself, just to prevent this "poor man" from sucking away his wealth.
Although the "poor ghost" in the "Review Pot" is just a phantom projection, it may not really have an impact on his wealth.
But just in case, he chose to do it anyway.
He was already short of money, but he didn't want to become even poorer because of a mistake.
"Gu Daoyou, do you know what kind of 'fierce god' level ghosts were near Anshun Mansion during Emperor Xingde's reign?" Shangguan Jin whispered in Gu Xu's ear. Obviously, she also understood the key to the problem from the terrifying battle between ghosts and monsters.
Gu Xu thought for two seconds and replied: "The Lord Yelang."
"The Lord Yelang..." Shangguan Jin recited this name silently over and over again.
She remembered that in the southwest of the Daqi Dynasty, there was indeed a country composed of barbarians - the "Yelang Kingdom".
After Emperor Taizu destroyed the Chu Dynasty, he took a fancy to the medicinal herbs and mineral resources of Yelang Kingdom.
Originally, Emperor Taizu just wanted to recuperate after the war and establish trade relations with Yelang Kingdom. Unexpectedly, after seeing the envoy of Da Qi, the leader of the Yelang Kingdom claimed to be the king of heaven and arrogantly said: "Which Qi is greater than me?"
So Emperor Taizu waved the "Tai'a Sword" and wiped out this small country neatly.
However, hundreds of years later, the Lord Yelang appeared again in the form of a ghost on the land of the Qi Dynasty...
Shangguan Jin has also seen this "fierce god-level" ghost in a book.
Just because it didn't do anything earth-shattering, it doesn't have much fame in history. Shangguan Jin didn't have Gu Xu's gift of photographic memory, so he only remembered its name, but not the specific year it appeared.
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After a while, "Zu Gui" and "Poor Gui" stood in front of a towering ancient tree, one on the left and one on the right, as if they were protecting the law.
Other "wild ghosts" and "wandering spirits" lined up in front of them, like a guard of honor serving the king in the palace.
The temperature in the forest dropped suddenly, and the dew on the leaves condensed into frost.
The darkness seemed to have vitality, surging back and forth in the forest; it was also like a thick black curtain, tightly blocking the silvery white moonlight falling from the sky.
Strong pressure covered the mountains and forests.
Gu Xu suddenly felt that the air had become stagnant, and his body had become extra heavy, which seemed to prompt him to bend his knees and crawl to the ground.
Then he heard a low and majestic voice: "Since you have seen this king, why don't you worship me?"
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Note:
(1) "The king of Dian and the Han envoy said: 'Which Han is greater than me?'. The same is true for Yelang Hou. Because the road is blocked, each thinks that he is the master of a state, and he does not know how vast the Han is." - "Historical Records·Biographies of Southwest Yi" 》
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