Zhang Yan did not stop. Although he was merged into the ghosts descending the mountain, his attention had long been attracted by everything around him and the huge city-state he could see in the distance.
Of course, no one cared about Zhang Yan, and no one cared about him. Even the fierce ghost who had talked to him before had left in a hurry.
The first is Zhang Yan’s feeling. He felt that the difference between this place and the normal space was that the yin energy here was extremely thick, closer to "pure yin" than the extremely yin place in the normal space. Even with Zhang Yan's ability at this time, he could only detect an extremely weak yang energy here.
This is undoubtedly a paradise-like place for ghosts.
And the ground beneath our feet. When you step on it, it is harder than the earth in a normal space, with more rocks than soil, and it appears a gray-black color.
Looking around, there is no green at all. But it doesn't mean there are no plants. On the contrary, Zhang Yan saw a cluster of bright red flowers on the roadside a few steps after coming out of the dead road.
There are a lot of this kind of red in the distance, and almost half of the mountain is dominated by them. It's just that this flower has no fragrance, but it emits a magical energy wave that calms the mind. It's hard to detect a small amount, but once it's too much, the calming effect is very obvious.
When passing by these flowers, Zhang Yan deliberately slowed down his pace and carefully searched through the large sea of flowers. I found that there was actually something else besides these flowers. For example, some tiny insects, or some inconspicuous little mushrooms that look like human faces growing in the sea of flowers.
This is actually not unexpected. The tenacity and diversity of life are not only revealed in the sun and rain. They always have their own way of survival wherever they are. Even these flowers, mushrooms, and small insects, Zhang Yan had seen records in alchemy books, and the names of these things also appeared in his mind one by one, and these names were usually preceded by two words. "legend".
After going down the mountain, Zhang Yan followed all the way into the huge city. Along the way, he confirmed a lot of information obtained from the souls between him one by one, and saw many more details.
Rather than saying it is a "city", it is actually more appropriate to say it is the stronghold of two giant forces.
There are two types of ghosts here: those with work to do and those without work.
The ghosts that come down from the mountain along the road are all ghosts that "have work to do." The identity of these ghosts has a clear hierarchy, but their affiliation is not complicated. They are responsible to one ghost king at the same time, and there is no middle-level leadership for others. For example, although there are differences in status between spirit feeders and spirit generals, they have no subordinate relationship with each other. They both take orders directly from the Ghost King.
Including those living people who are spiritual mediums, they also directly take orders from the Ghost King. They have a different status with the spirit feeders and spirit generals but are not subordinate to each other.
These spirit feeders and spirit generals are all ghosts that "have work to do." Having work means that you can reap benefits, devour souls, and increase your strength.
And what about the ghosts who have no work to do?
Although these ghosts also obey the orders of the Ghost King, they are said to be in a state of "no head". You need to be familiar with all the customs and customs in the area that the ghost king you follow is responsible for, as well as the way to raise the soul boy, as well as the ability to discipline the soul boy and avoid danger or fight at critical moments.
To put it bluntly, these "unpromising" ghosts are reserve forces. Have the ability to replace external spiritual feed at any time.
Under what circumstances can it be replaced? Either there was something wrong with the original spiritual food, or the original spiritual food strength had risen to the level of a spiritual general. Only in these two situations will it be possible to replace the spiritual feed.
It sounds like there are very few opportunities to replace spiritual feeds like this, and it is indeed very rare. Therefore, for the evil ghosts in the ghost realm, they need to be patient if they want to get ahead. The most important thing they still lack is time. Waiting for more than ten or twenty years, or at most thirty years, will always give you a chance.
But in recent years, the replacement of spiritual feed has been much faster than before. This is also directly related to the drastic changes in the external environment. Zhang Yan is one of the instigators.
The power structure of the ghost domain is not Zhang Yan's focus this time. He had already understood this after he had captured the souls of so many ghost generals. This time, he came to look for those "unpromising" ghosts who were always described as "monotonous", "boring" or even "torture" in the messages obtained from soul-stealing.
Entering the city means entering the core area of the ghost realm. It is so huge that there is no end in sight. It is said that there is a clear division in the middle area, which is divided into the area of the human spirit clan and the area of the demon spirit clan.
But the human spirit tribe alone can compare its size with the land of a country. Even comparable to the size of the previous country.
However, even though the place is large, the city does not seem empty. Because compared to birth, old age, sickness and death in the underworld, the passage of time here leaves almost no trace, and the growth rate of the evil ghosts inside exceeds their disappearance rate most of the time. Therefore, although the ghost land is not crowded, it is definitely not empty.
The densest settlement on the Human Spirit Tribe side is near the tower.
The tower is the most direct symbol of power and strength in both the human spirit tribe and the demon spirit tribe. Although the towers on both sides have different architectural styles.
The largest tower is called the "Great Sage King Tower", and there are only nine in the entire ghost domain.
The Great Saint King Tower is not the only tower, there are also ordinary Saint King Towers that are much smaller than it. And each tower represents a ghost king or great ghost king.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
A large number of ghosts with "jobs to do" will gather around the tower, among which the ghost generals are the main ones. After all, they do not need to stay in the world all the time. It is their task to guard the ghost king and be at his disposal at any time. It is logical that they gather around the ghost king. .
The farther away from the tower, the quieter the place, the more "headless" ghosts will live.
After Zhang Yan entered the city following the information in his memory, he moved towards the north of the only tower nearby, because it was said that that was where the most hopeless group of "bastards" among the "promising" ghosts nearby lived.
As for the bastards, they are those who have become powerful ghosts, but after entering the ghost realm, their violent aura subsided and they have no motivation to become stronger. They do not want to follow the crowd and would rather stay in a random corner. A ghost that can stay around for more than ten years or even hundreds of years.
In fact, the division of ghosts' strength in the Taoist books of Longhu Mountain Gate is also necessarily related to the time of their existence. In many cases, "thousand-year-old ghost" or "hundred-year-old evil ghost" will be used to roughly describe the strength of the ghost.
But in the Wild Sky Realm, in this ghost realm, the only way for ghosts to grow is to "have work to do." I want to lie down and hang out, and I want to rely on the yin energy here to naturally evolve and grow in strength. Sorry, there is no such condition for them to wait slowly.
