Midnight Forced Marriage

Chapter 364

"How do you know it's a ghoul?" The old man was very surprised that we saw those ghouls, and he didn't understand how we could find this place after seeing them. "Who are you?"

"I'm here for a trip!" I smiled, and said nonsense in a serious manner, "We also read history books, and there are crystal blue skulls recorded in unofficial history, so I want to take a look."

"The dignified prince of the Chu Kingdom, what crystal blue skull do you want to see? The story of the year has been widely circulated, and anyone can tell it better than the unofficial history."

"Buzzing?" I raised my eyebrows, "Grandpa, how do you know it's buzzing? It's as if you've experienced it yourself. Didn't you read it in a history book?"

"I……"

"Grandpa, don't pretend, I believe you don't know anything, right?" I said aggressively, "Did you raise those carrion ghosts? Could it be ordinary people who can raise them? Also, these days You know exactly what happened, right?"

The old man sighed, and sat down by the stove, "Ever since that ascetic evil spirit came, this place hasn't stopped. It's been more than 500 years. How come there are still people here?"

"Ascetic evil spirit?" My heart almost stopped, "Grandpa, are you talking about the original human magician with a thousand evil spirits attached to him?"

The old man's eyes froze, and he sneered, "You really came because of him."

"Old man, how long has he been here?"

"It's been many years." The old man sighed and said earnestly, "At the beginning, I was just like you when I came here, and I also clamored to find the crystal blue skull. I told him that there were no more, and he refused to leave. Now, where are you going? It’s not bad that he took care of it.”

"Where? Where?" I frowned, "Grandpa, you said, the crystal blue skull is near here?"

"In Nanshan." The old man said, "The Wugui tribe was in the valley back then, surrounded by mountains, and here is also a place for gathering spirits. The roses grown in the mountains all carry spiritual power. No matter how they are used, they will increase their spiritual power. The North Mountain facing the South Mountain is exactly the place separated from the Qi Country, there is a small plain on the mountain, and the story of the little master happened there."

"Yeah." I nodded, waiting for him to tell the rest of the story.

"In fact, the North Mountain is connected to the West Mountain. To the west is a barren mountain. Roses cannot grow there. The terrain is the highest there, and even the water cannot flow there. You should have seen it when you came, but there are evil spirits gathering there, and the water is flowing. No, but the natural dense forest there is humid and specializes in carrion ghosts. My ancestors were also wizards of Wugui, who knew how to raise carrion corpses, so when I was alone, I would drive some carrion ghosts to farm for me. There are so many ghouls, it’s better than not seeing a single person... Sigh, it’s been more than 500 years..."

As I listened, I imagined, how could it be as simple as being alone on the mountain for more than 500 years?
"Grandpa, is this Dongshan?"

"Yes." The old man said, "This was originally a holy mountain. Only the ancestors were allowed to go up to the mountain when they worshiped on New Years and festivals. They said that some gods descended. Alas, after Wu Gui's clan was wiped out, I also hid here for a few days. It's been a hundred years, and I haven't seen any gods. Sigh..."

The old man sighed long and short, and I sighed too.

"Grandpa, did a soul come here a few days ago?"

"Are you here to find that ascetic ghost?" The old man obviously knew everything, and understood everything, "Even though she is just a soul, she didn't do evil here, and the group of people who came a few days ago are also yours." People? That old magician had a bad mind and tried to kill the ascetic ghost, but he defeated him."

"What did you say?" The old man's words were unacceptable, "Say it clearly, do you see it clearly, don't just talk nonsense!"

In fact, what I said is also somewhat unclear, but I just have a knot in my heart.

"I can see clearly that that old guy wants to kill them all. Who did that Bai Xi provoke?"

I raised my eyebrows, luckily the explanation was clear, everyone understood now, and I breathed a sigh of relief in just one sentence, "That Bai Xi stole other people's bodies and threw his own wooden body to others."

The old man nodded, "I see."

"Grandpa, that old magician is called Chen Banxia. I am his apprentice, the second apprentice. The first one." ..."

I tried to be as brief as possible, cutting off the beginning and ending, and explained everything that happened that year without leaving any middle ground.

"I see." The old man seemed to have gone through many vicissitudes. Even though he was kind, he was not surprised by many things.

"Grandpa, are you alone here?"

When the old man was asked what was on his mind, his eyes immediately drifted to the emptiness of a long time ago, "Yeah, I'm the only one left."

"why?"

"Retribution..."

"what?"

"Back then, Qi State bullied our tribe all the time, until the little master sacrificed himself and found the source of water..." The old man began to tell the secrets of the old year, "Later, not long after this incident, a big riot erupted in Qi State. The plague, the dead and the disabled, most of the remaining people rely on spiritual power to protect their bodies. They are not as strong as the Wugui tribe, and their spiritual power is limited to ordinary battles. But when the plague broke out , They asked the Wugui tribe for help, but we kept our grudges and did not help them."

"There's nothing wrong with that either."

"That's right, the clansmen at that time agreed not to help them, so they just watched the entire Qi Kingdom suffer from the plague. The old people and children died first, then women, those who were not in good health, and finally even the strong ones. All the men fell down, and we just watched helplessly, refusing to save them." When the old man mentioned the events of the year, his expression was very complicated, but his tone was repentant, "Everyone thinks what they did was right. However, If we had the ability to predict, or if we had a sliver of compassion, we wouldn't have made everything happen like this."

"What happened?" I frowned, "Why is it the ability to predict, what happened later?"

"What happened later left people from the Qi Kingdom and Wu Gui clans with eternal crimes." The old man continued, "In other words, if we still have a shred of conscience, even if we just refuse to save them, it's justified, after all They have bullied us for so many years, we should have emotions. But..."

"But you sent troops to attack them." Chu Yue revealed the truth of his guess in due course, and believed it was also the truth.

"Yes." The heartbroken look of the old man made me guess how crazy they were back then. The old man continued, "We discussed for a long time, and in the end the minority obeyed the majority. We attacked in one fell swoop, not with weapons, but with The most important thing is spiritual power. We used spiritual power to promote the further spread and aggravation of the plague."

"This is too wicked." The voice filled with righteous indignation came from Pingnan.

On the contrary, I seemed to have entered a story without expressing too much emotion, "Grandpa, I believe you must have won."

"But sometimes, the real victory is not a victory." The old man said, "When we killed them all and broke into the Qi Kingdom Temple, we realized that we were wrong. Everyone regretted it, but there was nothing they could do. "

"What exactly happened?"

"They chose to exchange their lives for spiritual power. In the entire Qi Kingdom, everyone cast a death curse before death. After death, their souls would not return to reincarnation. 50 people entered a mirage."

"A mirage?" I pressed my temple, "Why does it sound so familiar?"

"Not only the Qi people are there, but the Chu people are also there."

"What?" I slapped my forehead and pinched myself again, "That's right! Where did you go?"

"Since the death curse has been cast, I can't help myself." The old man said, "Wugui people understand everything when they enter the temple. It turns out that Qi people have always been afraid of Wugui people's attack, so almost every citizen does not need to advocate the death curse. Their own spontaneous behavior. As for the result, they can't control so much."

"Then what happened later?" I was still curious, "How did the Wugui people die?"

"We came out of the Qi State Temple, knowing that we were going to suffer, so we wanted to evacuate from Wu Gui's territory too. But in that case, if we want to leave, it's not easy, we must first have a country to live in, right? We can't Mountain people, do you want to learn from nomads?"

(End of this chapter)