bayedsolid Chapter 85 The Lost City of Time 5
Chapter 85 The Lost City of Time 5
Seeing that Yingyue had almost recovered, everyone turned their attention to the vengeful ghost in the pit!
Its extreme will to survive created a stark contradiction with its true nature, which also made this vengeful ghost far more difficult to deal with.
The vengeful ghosts are all pitiful, innocent women who were captured and sold into slavery. They experienced the destruction of their country and the loss of their homes, were displaced and wandered, and were finally buried alive in the yellow sand.
Resentment, like poison, clung tightly to their souls. Unable to leave, resentment and hatred combined to form this vengeful ghost.
Moreover, the yellow sands buried more than just these poor women. The wails and cries for help they had heard earlier were from the Befari family building a mausoleum, locking the craftsmen and workers inside and killing them alive.
Their purpose in doing all this was to ensure that those buried inside would be cared for when they passed away.
This is something that is very difficult to understand or even explain in the cultivation world. There are clearly some cultivators among them, but they don't know that there is a ghost realm in this world.
Doing this will only bring them death and create sins, ultimately leading to their being punished by the Ghost Emperor in the Ghost Realm.
This bad habit was abolished a long, long time ago, but it still remains here!
However, after so many things happened, the group had a vague guess that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, they were probably from many, many years ago.
Nan Yanzhe attempted to perform a ritual to help the deceased pass on, but the next moment he was struck by a backlash and coughed up blood.
His cultivation level was insufficient, and forcibly performing a ritual to deliver the deceased would only result in a backlash. However, the other six people only had a superficial understanding of rituals to deliver the deceased, or even knew nothing about them.
If leaving this vengeful ghost here is not an option, not to mention that it is suppressing the natal sword of the Venerable Qingxu, it cannot remain here forever.
The more resentful the ghost becomes during the suppression, the stronger it grows, eventually causing a great calamity.
Since we cannot forcibly convert them, we can only resolve their obsessions. The vengeful ghosts were killed by the Befari family, and the one who tied the knot must untie it.
Cheng Jiu turned his gaze to the Berfari family beside him, but was stopped by Nan Yanzhe: "No, it will be even more troublesome if the vengeful ghost sees blood."
"Then what should we do?" Cheng Jiu: "The vengeful ghosts are formed because of their family. If we can't draw blood, why don't we build a shrine here and let them chant scriptures and repent day and night? When the resentment of the ghosts inside dissipates, we can let them out."
The group fell silent. Although the method was a bit underhanded, it seemed feasible.
“If we do that, the resentment of the vengeful ghosts won’t dissipate in a day or two. It’s too long. We can’t just stay here and make them repent forever,” Liu Shaoyuan hesitated.
Yingyue: "Is it possible that this is something we can't handle at all? Senior Brother Nan, could you try to communicate with them and see if we can connect to the Ghost Realm here, and if we can ask a Soul Collector to come over?"
Nan Yanzhe's eyes lit up, and he sat cross-legged on the ground to communicate with the ghost realm. After a while, a large hole appeared in the sky, and two people, one in red and one in black, walked out.
"My little nephew, what trouble have you encountered? Why are you calling for us, your grandparents?"
"These two are our seniors from the Heavenly Mystery Sect, Senior Wu Yuan and Senior Wu Xian, who possess some talent in the path of ghosts. Thanks to the favor of the Ghost Emperor, they currently serve as Soul Collectors in the Ghost Realm. Grandmaster Uncle, we have encountered a vengeful ghost in the Tribulation Transcending stage." Nan Yanzhe explained their current predicament.
"This? Ah, this!" Wu Yuan and Wu Xian looked at the churning ghostly energy in the pit and said, "Wait for us to go and fetch someone!"
A black hole appeared in front of the two ghosts, and they went inside. After a while, the black hole reappeared, and a bunch of soul-capturing messengers came out. The last one to emerge was the Ghost Emperor.
As soon as the Ghost Emperor emerged, the aggregate of resentment in the pit fell silent, as if they had encountered some great terror.
"He's Qingxu's disciple!" The moment the Ghost Emperor appeared in this space, the space rippled violently.
The Ghost Emperor didn't care at all: "Speaking of which, it's been hundreds of thousands of years since I've dealt with something like this! You little guys are really lucky!"
Cheng Jiu and his companions were weak and helpless; no, they didn't want this luck.
The Ghost Emperor deactivated the formation and threw the Qingxu Sword to Cheng Jiu. The vengeful ghosts inside trembled and were scattered by the Ghost Emperor, turning into one soul after another. The Soul Collector stepped forward and collected the souls one by one and brought them back to the Ghost Realm.
"Do you want to leave the Ghost Realm with me?" The Ghost Emperor looked at the seven people with a relaxed attitude.
"Your Majesty the Ghost Emperor, do you know where this is?" More than this vague idea, I want to know the details about this world.
"This?" The Ghost Emperor's gaze was distant. "Where else could it be? Kamuler City. Don't you all know about it?"
"Camule City is located on the Xuan Tian Continent, right?" Yingyue asked to confirm.
"Hmm." The Ghost Emperor nodded.
"Then why is there not a single word about this city left on the mainland?" Yingyue asked.
"You all know that Heaven is impartial, but our Heaven is exceptionally soft-hearted! Back then, it felt it owed a bird something, so it allowed its offspring to build their nests on a piece of land in the Xuan Tian Continent." The Ghost Emperor sighed.
"All the sins, all the history, were buried in that lair, but now the lair is about to collapse, and everything here is just a fragment of time left over from the past."
"Do they really exist?" Cheng Jiu asked.
This is precisely where she feels the disconnect, where reality and illusion coexist in one place.
"Real, illusion—what is real, what is illusion? You must judge for yourselves with your own eyes." The Ghost Emperor: "Are you still planning to stay here?"
Cheng Jiu and the others nodded.
Ghost Emperor: "When the nest is destroyed, the fragments of time will return to the long river. This place cannot hold out for much longer. According to my observation, it will be completely destroyed in about a month. You should be aware of this."
If you wish to return to the Xuan Tian Continent, you may contact me. I will open a passage to the Ghost Realm for you to help you escape.
"I've seen far too many people like you. I hope we won't meet again in the Ghost Realm." The Ghost Emperor looked at Cheng Jiu. Actually, he wouldn't care about people like them, but since Qingxu's disciples were here, what could he do?
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"No need to be polite. I heard Qingxu is preparing to break through to the Mahayana stage. Having a disciple really makes a difference! He should have broken through long ago, but he's been holding back." Ghost Emperor: "You are his only disciple, so don't let him hear the news of your death as soon as he comes out of seclusion! Oh, and Qingyang's disciples too, you're the same."
After saying this, the Ghost Emperor watched as the Soul Collector took away all the souls, and then returned to the Ghost Realm.
Cheng Jiu and his companions were left with a belly full of questions. As soon as he left, the space returned to normal.
The members of the Befari family who had been lying there were covered in an aura of death, clearly indicating that they had been dead for a long time.
But that's good, at least I don't have to worry about taking them with me.
On the way back, I passed through a grove of trees and heard a woman crying.
The group followed the sound and found Nabu, who had been found before.
"What are you doing here!" Nabu was very surprised to see the seven people. She wiped away her tears and said, "I'm sorry. When I went back, I thought I had the courage to take responsibility, but I was still very scared, so I ran away again!"
The place where she is is filled with tombstones.
“This is the Bride’s Grave. All the divine brides of the past are buried here! Perhaps one day I will have my own little tombstone here.” Nabu followed their gaze to the tombstones, her body filled with sorrow.
Cheng Jiu took out a body cultivation manual from his pocket and handed it to her.
"What is this?"
"Didn't you say you had little access to the cultivation manuals in your home? Since you don't want to die, then you should start cultivating properly."
"When the time comes, even if you encounter that god, you'll have the power to resist!"