Yue Guanchao thought about Boss Qiu's words and found that the boss didn't even know what to say. If he only listened to the female foreign devil's words, this might not necessarily be the case.
"Brother, I really didn't see this with my own eyes, but what the Chai Fu and the foreign woman said was true. The foreign woman even took a photo, and the photo is still with me."
After saying that, the boss groped around the counter as if he were looking for a treasure, took out a black and white photo from it, and handed it to Yue Guanchao and the others. Song Siyuan went over and observed carefully. The photo paper was clear in black and white. The location where the photo was taken was in some wild cemeteries. The focus was There was a corpse crawling out of the grave, its head almost broken, and its body also had blood holes in the bones caused by decay, and its eyes were staring straight at the living person.
"Under normal circumstances, even if such a person is alive, it is impossible to stand up. If the photo taken is real, the living dead may really appear."
"But, according to the boss, it seems that it has started twenty years ago?"
Song Siyuan looked at Boss Qiu. The innkeeper nodded and said, "Indeed, it started about thirty years ago. In the past, there were only ghost fires and ghost roars on the Yinping Ancient Road. They were just scary and nothing could be seen. But in the past few decades, it has Corpses began to wander from the graves, but they did not harm anyone. They just wandered in the wild mountains of Yinping. They would avoid living people when they encountered them. Many people who went into the mountains to collect firewood had seen them, and the rumors became more and more evil."
Rural folk have always been fond of chasing rumors and making alarmist statements. When the people around saw more and more corpses wandering around in graves, they realized that it was probably a monster coming out of troubled times, so they united together to go to Heming Mountain to seek an audience with Bai Chongyang, the Southwest Celestial Master.
The old Taoist only said that the old dynasty was about to be destroyed and troubled times arose because the dragon veins of the earth's energy were weakening and could no longer suppress the dirty things underground. That's why they used the bodies of living people to come to the surface to cause chaos. The Yinping Ancient Road has been killing people since ancient times. If there is too much cutting, the Yin Qi will be at its strongest, and in troubled times, monsters will inevitably appear. Mountain spirits and wild monsters will gradually cause harm to the world according to the troubled times.
The old Taoist priest knew what the people were afraid of, and gave them three tips!
The first is to completely seal Jiangyou Pass, blocking the passage between the dead and the living; the second is to build the Yin Temple on the back of Jiangyou Pass to worship the Yin God every year; the third is to change the funeral customs so that the dead will no longer be buried. For safety, the main purpose is to burn across the river.
The first two are easy to say. After the incident, not many people were willing to go to Jiangyouguan. The villagers directly poured bricks and stones with rice slurry and iron juice, completely sealing the Jiangyouguan city tower. From then on, anyone who wanted to open the city gate to enter the ancient road , that is almost impossible, the most you can do is stand on the tower and look inside.
In the past, there were still merchants using this ancient road to transport goods, but after the accident, it was basically not seen anymore. Of course, it would be wrong to say that no one used it. Some brave merchants would still gather some escort warriors. If you want to transport some prohibited goods during the day, you can only take the wild roads in the mountains. These roads are bumpy and mostly on cliffs. If you don't have the courage, don't even think about going there.
As for building a temple, that’s even easier!
There are mountain temples, earth temples and water temples in Jiangyouguan. It would not be bad to have another Yin temple. However, within half a year, the people of Jiangyou Ancient Town have joined forces with other villages to build a temple, which corresponds to the city tower of Jiangyouguan. , and also built a six-story Yinshen Tower. If you stand on the high tower in the temple and look towards the wild mountains, you can see the Guancheng Gate Tower and countless wild mountains.
Every year, Taoist priests from Heming Mountain are even sent back here to perform rituals and formations, so that the Yin God can say good things and tell them not to harm the people.
They only had trouble with the last one.
According to the old Taoist priest, as long as the corpses are blocked from combining with the dirt in the ground, they will have no chance to come out to harm people. In other words, the corpses cannot be buried in the ground. The dead people must either be directly burned to ashes or thrown into the river to feed. fish.
Since ancient times, people have paid attention to burial. Burning corpses or throwing corpses into rivers was not called a good death in ancient times. Due to this concept, no one really dared to burn their own elderly people, or they buried them in coffins within the city gates. In the wild mountains, they could secretly walk along the cliff path and enter the city gate for burial.
Nowadays, less than 30% of the dead old people can be burned according to the requirements of the old Taoist priests. The remaining corpses are still buried in Yinping. In the past twenty years, corpses have always crawled out of the graves and wandered in the wild mountains.
After Boss Qiu finished speaking, Yue Guanchao and the others finally understood the origin of the high tower temple in Zhongjie. He said, "Then, if the villagers really see their ancestors on the wild mountain, won't they feel frightened?"
"I'm scared. Why don't you be scared? But after all, they are my ancestors. Besides, they don't harm anyone. They only wander in the mountains and fields, and they will avoid living people when they encounter them. To the people, it's hard to let our ancestors wander like this. , it’s much better than shattering bones and scattering ashes.”
After saying that, Boss Qiu smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, the pass is closed and the corpses can't get through, otherwise the ancient town of Jiangyou would be gone.
After that, he went back to the yard to do other things. After they left, Yue Guanchao took Song Siyuan back to the guest room and told Ren Kongque the news they had heard.
"Then, we probably won't be able to enter the Yinping Ancient Road for a while, but why are the corpses in the Yinping Wild Mountain suddenly resurrected?"
Ren Peacock was filled with questions.
"Could it be that the old master took you out and changed something in the Yinping Witchland, which led to the current situation? The old master said that the power of the witch god seemed to be activated. No matter what the process was, at least the Yinping Witch Something must have happened because of that rebellion."
Ren Peacock also agreed with Song Siyuan's words. She nodded to everyone: "This kind of inn greaser speaks with embarrassment. We have to go to the Yin Temple to see for ourselves. It won't be too late when we actually see the body."
Yue Guanchao chewed his teeth and nodded and said: "Okay, let's go tonight. We will go to the temple to climb the tower to observe the conditions of the wild mountains. If Boss Qiu didn't lie to us, there will definitely be no small noise at night."
"Tell me, does the Heavenly Master of Heming Mountain know something? Otherwise, how could he come up with these ideas?"
As soon as Yue Guanchao finished speaking, Song Siyuan also felt something and explained: "Indeed, closing the city gates to block contact, burning the corpses to eliminate the source, and building temples and monuments to appease people. If this method is not a Taoist priest, it must be a profession. Manager, this old Taoist has something, and he knows how to deal with these strange forces and chaos, but the people nearby are really unwilling to listen to advice. If they all follow the old Taoist priest's instructions and burn the corpses, there will be no need to worry in the past twenty years."
"Nowadays, the situation is getting worse. Most of the reasons are due to the common people. Maybe you should go to Heming Mountain to take a look. Anyway, we are just waiting to go up tonight to see the corpses resurrected. If it is not just a matter of speculation, we have to ask the old man What happened to the Taoist priest?"
Some people died, but not completely...
