Villager of Destiny

Chapter 38 The Black Coffin
Hearing what I said, Uncle Ghost fell silent.

After a while he sighed slightly.

"It wasn't me that you saw before."

Uncle Ghost's words made my eyelids twitch.

"What do you mean?"

"There are mirages everywhere on this ghost mountain. When inhaled, hallucinations will appear. I didn't pay attention at first. By the time I realized it, we had already separated."

"You should have been affected by the mirage, so you saw another me."

"And the old drunkard you mentioned."

"This ghost mountain is dangerous, how could an old drunkard go up the mountain."

I fell silent.

But I still don't believe it.

Because I didn't feel any discomfort from the beginning to the end, and I have been following Uncle Ghost from the beginning, it can be said that I am inseparable.

Besides, the old woman reminded me before I came here that I can't believe anyone's words when I get here.

Unless that old woman also said she was lying to me.

I suddenly felt a little confused.

I look at him.

"Why should I trust you?"

Uncle Gui thought for a moment, then pulled out the soul suppressing rope from his waist, and threw it on himself.

With a "snap", Uncle Gui frowned visibly, but it was obvious that he was not hurt.

Seeing this scene, I was a little shaken.

And as if to convince me, Uncle Gui took out the corpse-slaying sickle again, and swiped it towards his arm.

I felt pain when I looked at it, but there was no trace left on Uncle Ghost's hand.

Calming the wounded soul.

The corpses cut by the corpse sickle are flesh and blood.

But neither of these things caused Uncle Ghost any harm.

That is to say...

If there is no accident, the Uncle Ghost in front of him is real.

I immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and even felt a little scared.

"Could it be that what I saw before was really not you?"

Uncle Ghost nodded, and then asked me, "What did you see?"

I thought about it, and told Uncle Ghost what happened before.

Uncle Ghost's face changed obviously.

Especially when he heard me talking about that old woman, Uncle Gui's face immediately turned pale.

"It's impossible for an old drunk to come up the mountain."

"That old woman..."

"Chenghuang Temple did have a temple guardian in the early years."

"If she is real, then you may be in danger."

"What do you mean?" I didn't quite understand.

"After you were lost by the mirage, you should have been rescued by that old woman, but as a temple keeper, your duty is to guard this Town God's Temple, and you have already told her the purpose of your coming here, so naturally she cannot stand still beside."

"It is very likely that she will find you again soon."

"If so, why didn't she kill me in the first place?" I didn't quite get it.

Uncle Gui explained: "As a village guard, you have the aura of the city god on your body. It will not do her any good if she kills you openly. But when you come here, the aura of the city god on you will disappear."

My heart skipped a beat.

"But that's just my guess."

Uncle Ghost glanced around.

"Since you're here, let's find the Immortal Sword first."

After Uncle Gui finished speaking, he walked towards the depths of the temple.

I just feel like my mind is messed up.

It's like when I was in Niang'er Village, I couldn't tell what was real and what was fake.

Even now, even if the Soul Suppressing Cable and Corpse Slaying Scythe failed to hurt Uncle Ghost in front of him, can he really believe what he said?
I'm not sure.

At this moment, I only have a deep sense of powerlessness.

I hesitated for a moment, but followed Uncle Ghost.

Deep in the temple is the main hall of Chenghuang Temple.

Just like the outside, the main hall is already very dilapidated. When I entered, there was a decaying smell, which was very pungent, and made me frown.

But this is not the most important thing. Unlike the black and white coffins placed outside, there are several skeletons lying around in the hall, but the heads of each skeleton have disappeared.

And in the center of those bones was a pure black coffin.

The black coffin was hidden in the darkness, and it was almost hard to see unless it was close.

Not only that, I just glanced at the black coffin, and I felt terrified, as if something inside was looking at me.

"Spirit town coffin?"

My eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

But soon I rejected this idea.

If this is the Zhenling Coffin, we don't need to look for any fairy sword, and it is impossible for Uncle Ghost and the others not to know that the thing is here.

I subconsciously chose to stay away from this black coffin.

Only then did the palpitating feeling subside a little.

I continued to look inside the hall, but apart from the bones and the black coffin, the hall was empty, and the only thing left was an altar and a statue behind the altar.

And the statue is the same as those bones, the head has disappeared, only the body remains.

When I had no idea, Uncle Gui suddenly called me.

After entering the hall, he began to inspect the bones, and he was standing in front of the black coffin when he called me.

"Open it!"

Uncle Ghost pointed to the black coffin.

My eyelids twitched.

"What is it doing?"

I want to refuse, after all, this black coffin doesn't give me a good feeling, but Uncle Gui's eyes are fixed on it.

"The Earth Immortal Sword may be inside!"

Uncle Ghost said.

Hearing this, I was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously set my eyes on the black coffin again.

"you sure?"

Uncle Gui looked around, "Apart from the ordinary black and white coffins in this Town God's Temple, this black coffin is the only one that is different. If the Earth Immortal Sword is really in this Town God's Temple, then it is very likely to be in it."

Uncle Gui's words are well-founded, and it made me feel a little bit moved.

"No matter what, this coffin must be opened!"

Uncle Ghost is firm.

I didn't hesitate any more when I saw this, and walked directly to the coffin.

Only then did I notice that there was a piece of paper pasted at the joint between the lid and the body of the black coffin, with some strange symbols drawn on it.

I asked Uncle Ghost, "What is this?"

Uncle Gui glanced at it and said, "I don't know, but it looks like it's been around for quite a while."

"Tear it off."

"If there is no earth fairy sword in it, then paste it."

I nodded, reached out and tore off the paper.

I just don't know why, the moment I tore it off, I suddenly felt a chill behind my back, and I seemed to hear a sneer vaguely.

I subconsciously looked to the side, but I didn't see anyone except Uncle Ghost who was staring at the black coffin.

"what happened?"

Uncle Ghost glanced at me.

I was a little puzzled, but still shook my head.

"It's nothing."

"Let's open the coffin first."

(End of this chapter)