Before they came, they had never heard of the concept of the Soul Palace, and naturally they didn't know how powerful the Soul Palace was. Now that he had taken the initiative to bring up the Soul Mist, Yue Qingshan had the opportunity to ask.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Speaking of which, the soul mist you are talking about has quite a long history."
Tang Baoguan cleared his throat and introduced the origin of the soul mist to everyone.
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the villagers changed from the military households guarding the tombs to ordinary people. The original military rituals began to disappear, and gradually turned into small ancestor worship rituals for the Tangling villagers. On the day of the sacrifice, the villagers would mobilize the whole village to carry the sacrifices. Entering the deep mountains of the Qinling Mountains, after the sacrificial ceremony is over, the Cave Mountain appears. This is considered to be a little closer to the Soul Palace.
What lingers in the thousands of caves in Cave Mountain is soul mist. These soul mist are different from ordinary mist. Ordinary mist is rich, white, moist and light, but these soul mist are mostly gray, like the smoke from a chimney, hazy. Covered in the cave mountain, it is so thick that it cannot be dissolved.
I heard that hundreds of thousands of slaves died around the Soul Palace. This black mist is the condensed resentment of the slaves' souls. The soul mist can only be appeased during worship. Telling them to take a rest temporarily does not work. After the ancestor worship is over, the villagers need a lot of help. Block exits the forest.
They had long known that Old Man Tang's eyes were infected by the soul mist and became blind, but they did not know that the soul mist was related to the innocent souls. They were even more shocked that the soul mist was alive and could slaughter people. After listening to the words of the old man in front of them, everyone Even more curious about the Soul Palace, Song Siyuan asked: "I heard that the villagers brought the tomb robbers into the Soul Palace and were massacred by the Soul Mist."
Tang Baoguan waved his hand and recalled the past and explained: "This statement is wrong. No one can enter the Soul Palace. When the villagers worshiped their ancestors, they only entered the cave mountain outside the Soul Palace. These tomb robbers bribed the villagers and said that it was near the cave mountain. There were the herbs they needed, and when they entered Cave Mountain, the villagers discovered that they were planning to attack the Soul Palace."
"It was already too late at this time. The tomb robbers tried to search for the Soul Palace deeper in Cave Mountain. They did not touch any gods. They accidentally activated the protection mechanism of the Soul Palace. The soul mist was enraged and chased the tomb robbers like crazy. The thieves turned into skeletons on the spot."
"Not long after they died, the soul mist began to surround the villagers, and they were all killed without exception. Only I escaped by taking advantage of my physical strength and hiding in the water when guarding the exit. When the cave mountain and the soul mist disappeared, I just came out of the water, and by this time my eyes were burned out."
"Later, the Taoist priests from Yuji Mountain came over and said that the direction I was in was full of resentment and that some monster was causing trouble, so I could only tell them the villagers' experiences and let the Taoist priests take me back to the village. , barely saved a life."
After listening to Old Man Tang's words, Song Siyuan already had a general understanding of the soul mist. She looked at everyone and guessed: "The soul mist attacks living creatures indiscriminately. It is bloodthirsty and afraid of water. It is similar to the habits of insects. If this thing is really mist, , it is absolutely impossible to kill so many people. In my opinion, it is probably some kind of physical insect swarm that can eat people."
Regarding her guess, Old Man Tang obviously disagreed, and said with dark eyes: "Woman, there are no swarms of insects. I was guarding the exit of Cave Mountain at that time. How could I not know what is smoke and what is flying insects? That is indeed a swarm of insects." This nameless black mist is not a bloodthirsty flying insect at all. As long as someone inhales the black mist, their body will definitely rot, pus, and eventually turn into blood. When the blood is gone, it will turn into a white skeleton, which is very scary!"
"What kind of insect can make people's flesh and blood drip down like melted candles, and even the bones become brittle and fall apart completely after just one handful. This is obviously a ghost causing trouble in the mist. They just like Eat the skin and flesh of living people so that they can capture their souls and serve them in the Soul Palace!"
Old man Tang deliberately lowered his voice and said hoarsely: "When I entered the water, the soul mist was already in front of me. Old man, I saw ghosts floating in the black mist with my own eyes, like skulls circling around. It smelled like blood and stung. It stings people's eyes and makes them want to retreat and leave."
He paused and his attitude became tough: "Anyway, that's all I know. I haven't left the village since then, and I've been making a living by fortune telling. I've also checked many ancient books over the years, but I didn't find any soul mist. What is it? I only heard the old man say that the Soul Palace was manipulated by evil spells. When too many slaves died, the Soul Mist would erupt. All those vicious ghosts lurked in the mist, and they even killed people in the mist. In recent years, even Yu Jishan The Taoist priests also said that there is constant resentment in the Qinling Mountains, are their words false?"
"Mr. Tang, even if we don't talk about the soul mist, how could Cave Mountain appear after worshiping?"
Song Siyuan was very curious about this. Logically speaking, Ku Mountain should be a solid mountain in the Qinling Mountains. How could it disappear and appear out of thin air? It sounded too weird.
Old Man Tang's eyes were alert and he said with a mysterious face: "I heard that both Cave Mountain and Soul Palace are alive. They don't show up easily and can only be seen after the memorial ceremony."
