"I first saw this emotion from Lao Gong."
Most of the time, he's lawless, wanting to fight anyone he sees and enjoys causing trouble without caring about the consequences.
Even in the face of the worst of the worst, he becomes even more aggressive, and even if he is afraid, he rarely retreats.
He even seems to be showing weakness to these ghosts...
Suddenly, a gray-purple ghostly aura swayed.
A chill ran up my scalp, and with a sidelong glance, I noticed a silent figure in white without a head standing beside me. His hands were raised, poised as if to cup my skull!
His hands slowly fell.
There's a thick and oppressive coldness, mixed with a kind of indescribable resentment that agitates the heart.
And that invisible pressure, it's like it's clamping down on my throat...
My intuition tells me, if he really does lift my head, I might not be able to resist...
The rest of us were speechless, and without exception, sweat was dripping from our brows.
At this critical moment, suddenly, one of the statues by the ghost, standing beside the spirit, shivered with a chill.
The ghost suddenly turned around, with his hands, which were originally down, directly pressing his head!
At that moment, he stood still.
But a thin line appeared on his neck, and his head was separated from his body!
The ghost placed the head he had removed on his own neck.
A faint gray-purple mist swirled around the head in a zizzing sound.
To the naked eye, it appeared as though the ghost had a whole body and head.
However, it was extremely sudden and abrupt.
In the next second, he vanished.
The gray-purple ghostly auras surrounding us disappeared simultaneously... Lao Gong kept constantly wiping his forehead, and his eyes turned faster and faster, which wasn't thinking, but rather terror.
He marched straight to the mountain direction with speed.
We immediately followed him, leaving the headless corpse standing by the river, completely still...
"What a fierce ghost... and it carries a faint purple aura... is it not on the same level as Qin Yang's thousand evil ghosts?" Zhang Yi's big head looked extremely frightened.
"It was not supposed to be a ghost of him!" Lao Gong narrowed his eyes at Zhang Yi and then whispered, "Mountains nourish corpses; corpses nurture auras. A feather turning into a phoenix can ascend to heaven. When a ghost's anger and its body merge, it is as strong as the mountain here. When the mountain is blown up, those who should ascend to heaven become headless ghosts. Can you imagine the resentment it carries? The dark clouds above are what it has attracted. Thankfully, he has some sense left and is only looking for a head and those responsible for the explosion."
"Be respectful to him, and there shouldn't be any problems."
Pausing for a moment, Lao Gong looked at me again and said, "Old man, both the dark gods and the bright gods should be people who have been alive when they are born. The dead should be at most just purple ghosts, which is equivalent to true ghosts. The trouble is getting bigger. It still has a body. A body doesn't have these rationalities. It only has awakened brutality and ferocity as well as hate."
"He doesn't know what it's like to truly ascend to heaven, he only knows that he has been sent crashing back to dust."
Lao Gong's explanation was clear and straightforward.
This was equivalent to the previous Qi Youyou, with the corpse in the coffin and the soul separated.
The one controlling the corpse might be a remnant soul.
I understand it clearly, but for others, it might be too profound.
"Little Wei, take out the compass and find the entrance to the cave opening. I'm not going to take control of you, so put your little tricks away. If you don't, I'll eat you up. Do you understand?" Lao Gong glanced at Wei Qing.
Wei Qing's eyelid twitched slightly, and he lowered his head to retrieve the compass himself.
At this time, we were on the main body of the General Mountain, with rocks all around us. The path was a set of stone steps, and the surrounding forest was exceptionally dense. The trees were all very straight, like a group of soldiers.
However, the more we walked up the mountain, the more those trees showed signs of withering.
The feng shui is broken, the life force is cut off, and these trees will die too.
Lao Gong occasionally pointed out something to Wei Qing, and Wei Qing would sometimes show surprise in his eyes, showing more humility.
Finally, we reached a location where it was almost the peak. We could see the broken edge of the mountain on the slanting front.
That is where the "head" of General Mountain is, but now it is incredibly empty...
The mist in the mountain condensed into a solid form, and the cross-section of the mountain body was very wet, as if it was bleeding.
"It should be around here... strange... I can't find it at all..." Wei Qing's forehead was sweating.
"The feng shui is chaotic, and this place is even more chaotic. The compass is useless... Old Master Gong, I still can't tell..." Wei Qing looked at Lao Gong with a hopeful expression.
Lao Gong looked around to the left and right, but did not let us continue forward.
Suddenly, he started to walk downwards at an angle, and we followed him.
This direction turned out to be a downhill path. However, after a few minutes of walking, we reached a more steep position, almost at the junction of two sharp peaks. The place we were at was on one side of the sword-shaped peak, and opposite it was the General Mountain's peaks that resembled human shapes.
A deep mountain gorge divided the two peaks into two parts.
Of course, this merely divides the peaks but does not mean that the mountain is actually split. The mountain on the surface is just that, and there's a deeper mountain base beneath.
There is a relatively extended area under our feet, similar to a cliff platform, with slightly damaged edges on both sides.
And there was a dark cave entrance that seemed extremely deep, plunging straight into the mountain body!
"Found it here, then?" Lao Gong looked up at the sky, floated forward, and arrived in front of the cave entrance.
In an instant, a faint whiteness replaced the night, and the sky lit up.
However, Lao Gong in front of the cave entrance did not disappear.
This place might block ordinary people, but not me.
I put all my strength into it, and I kicked my legs hard, jumping over the six meters of mountain gorge and landed steadily by Lao Gong's side.
Of course... during the jump, the deep feeling below still made my heart sink and my legs slightly weak.
The ghostly statues are all masters of the edge of a knife, who have never shown fear when possessed by ghosts. We all crossed the ravine and reached the side of Lao Gong and me.
"Before, there was definitely a suspension bridge here. Once the mountain cemetery was built, it was destroyed. The external mountains are dangerous and the terrain is naturally in line with the Qimen Dunjia. Normal people cannot come here. There are also certain requirements for Mr. Guo." Lao Gong explained.
Wei Qing felt slightly embarrassed and forced a smile.
My gaze, however, fell on the cave entrance, and my heartbeat slightly accelerated.
"Something doesn't feel right," I muttered, narrowing my eyes.
"What's wrong, Master?" Lao Gong asked, surprised.
"The mountain has only had its head cut off; it hasn't collapsed. This cave is the entrance to a mausoleum. Why haven't the golden wheel and the warrior monk come out?" I said seriously.
"Appearance! Just like those trees, they appear to be doing well on the surface, but they are about to die. The tomb passage is still there, but it doesn't mean the tomb chamber hasn't collapsed. Of course, the tomb chamber may not have collapsed, but it doesn't mean they can come out safely. The chaos of the feng shui is chaos in the internal matter." Lao Gong explained as he entered the cave entrance.
As soon as we entered, we walked about ten meters before being blocked by a pile of scattered stones.
"Good luck doesn't work, bad luck does." Lao Gong looked at the pile of stones, looking quite troubled.
"Who will explore and let the ghosts go inside to check it out?" Suddenly, Lao Gong looked at Zhang Yi and the others.
Invisible to the naked eye, this scene was similar to the Jade Foetus and Mengji Daochang of old times!
The reason why Lao Gong did not go to explore was much simpler.
He was afraid of the corpse inside.
