Chapter 96: Crossing of Life and Death
"This is already the territory of the ghost tribe. Ferocious beasts roam here during the day, so ordinary people can't enter. Even hunters don't dare to easily step into the territory of the ghost tribe."
The night ghosts seemed to be very proud of their ghost tribe's defense system. But who would come to such a deserted place for no reason?
"At night, ghost puppets will appear here. Only the unique seals of the ghost tribe can avoid these puppets."
Seeing how excited he was, I sneered, "Who would come to this shabby place at night except ghosts?"
The ghost's face was stern, and there was a faint flicker of dark blue light in his eyes. My heart tightened, and I laughed and said, "No wonder outsiders don't know where the ghost tribe is. It turns out that this place is so hidden, and there are such powerful traps."
Flattery is a good thing. No one doesn't like being flattered. The old eunuch Ye Gui is no exception. After hearing what I said, his expression softened.
We wandered around in this desolate mountain and wilderness, and along the way the moon disk on my right hand felt itchy and numb from time to time, but the reaction was not too strong.
I followed the night ghost closely, and when I felt dizzy from all the spinning, he finally stopped.
"arrive."
I looked around. It seemed to be a slope. There were mountains above and a barren wilderness below. In this ghost place with no village in front and no shop behind, there was not even a hair. How could there be any ghost tribe? Unless they were hiding underground.
Night Ghost had said before that the entrance to the ghost tribe would appear at midnight, and it was still an hour before midnight. He sat down again and meditated to rest. I was too lazy to ask more questions, so I found a big rock to lean on, closed my eyes and rest, and fell asleep in a daze.
"boom!"
I don't know how long I slept, but suddenly there was a roar, and I was startled all over. I opened my eyes and jumped up. I saw a scene in front of me that almost made my jaw drop.
The slope sloped upwards and then broke in the middle. From the break, the entire hillside above began to sink downwards with a deafening roar.
Damn, could this clan of ghosts really be hiding underground?
The hillside above gradually sank from the fracture, as if it had completely disappeared. The Night Ghost walked up, and I was stunned for a moment and quickly followed him.
When we reached the broken part of the hillside, I was about to stretch my head to look down, when the old eunuch Yegui suddenly grabbed my shoulders, took me and jumped forward, and then we both fell down.
My heart skipped a beat and I yelled, "Fuck, what the hell are you doing?"
Before I finished yelling, my body suddenly stopped sinking. I was stunned and looked down. We landed on a flat ground. It was not big, only a few square meters. There was still a cliff outside, and a steep cliff behind.
This platform was extended from the cliff, and there was a stone staircase on the left side of the platform, extending downwards. I was marveling at it when I suddenly felt a chill, and my heart tightened. I quickly came to my senses and realized that it was the Night Ghost staring at me.
I quickly said with a smile: "Brother Wild Ghost, in a situation like this, you should have said something first. I am timid and cannot stand being scared."
"Follow me. If you are too far away from me, you will be attacked by the stone ghost on the cliff."
He said this and took the lead to walk up the stone stairs and go down.
Stone ghost? What the hell? A stone ghost?
I followed him and suddenly caught a glimpse of a human face on the cliff on the right. My heart skipped a beat, but I couldn't help but move forward out of curiosity. Could it be a carved stone statue?
“Gah!”
The stone statue suddenly opened its mouth and let out a low roar. I was so scared that I jumped back and almost fell off the platform .
"Hurry up, the stone ghosts can judge the breath of the ghost clan. As long as you follow me, the stone ghosts will not attack you."
The night ghost's voice came from below.
Damn, this stone face is a stone ghost. The ghosts are really perverted. Why did they carve these things on this cliff?
I hurriedly followed the stone steps and trotted up. I couldn't help but glance at the stone wall next to me. It seemed that there was a stone face like this at every distance, and they seemed to be exactly the same . Damn, this ghost tribe is not only perverted, but also crazy.
“Gah!”
A stone face on the stone wall suddenly opened its mouth. I was startled and quickly sped up, following closely behind the night ghost.
"I say you ghosts are really weird. Look at what you do. You hide in this deserted place, underground. When you open a door, it's like an earthquake. You also carve these horrible things on the stone wall."
I followed behind him, muttering. Night Ghost paused, but continued to walk down without saying anything. We walked for more than ten minutes before we walked down the stone steps and stepped onto a flat land.
I looked back and upwards. There was a faint moonlight shining down from the sky, but I couldn't see the top of the cliff. I didn't know how deep we were underground.
I withdrew my gaze and looked around. There seemed to be a lake not far ahead. The faint moonlight shone on the lake, flickering layers of dim waves.
There was a man-made wooden bridge by the lake, connecting the shore and extending a little toward the lake, like a ferry. I followed the Night Ghost to the lake, and next to the wooden bridge there was a wooden pillar standing in the water, with a canvas flag hanging on it.
Crossing of life and death.
Life and death ferry, life and death ferry. It seems that this ghost tribe regards themselves as ghosts, dead people.
The night ghost walked to the end of the wooden bridge, made a seal with his hands, waved his hands toward the lake, and shouted: "Life and death ferry, ferry people, ferry souls, ferry life and death."
A light flickered on the river surface in the distance, as if responding to the night ghost's call. Then the light remained bright and moved towards this side.
Judging from this situation, the night ghost is calling for a boat. Sure enough, after a while, the light finally came closer. It really is a boat, and it is a very old wooden boat, just like the small black-sailed boats shown in costume TV. The light is an oil lamp hanging on the wooden pole at the bow of the boat.
"The Ferry of Life and Death only ferry ghosts, not humans."
There was an old man . He was paddling the boat, and the wooden boat was slowly floating towards the ferry.
"Uncle Wang, it's me."
The old man rowing the boat looked up over here, a smile appeared on his old face, but his eyes were completely white, like two white beads.
Oh my god, is he blind? Damn, can a blind person row a boat?
"It's Xiaofeng. I haven't heard your voice in years. Are you doing well outside these years?"
The old man asked with a smile.
The night ghost is called Baili Feng. Senior Sister Shangguan Xian said before that the four ghosts of the ghost clan are all two or three hundred years old. This old man calls the night ghost Xiaofeng. Oh my god, how old is this old man?
