Pawn Crossing the River

Wangshan ran to death, Qi Xuansu saw "Ghost Pass" early and came to the mountain road before "Ghost Pass", but it was already an hour after he actually arrived at the "Ghost Pass" city.

The reason why "Ghost Pass" is so named can be traced back to the ancient Daomen period.

At that time, the Taoist sect was divided into five parts, which were tentatively called the Eastern Taoist sect, the Western Taoist sect, the Southern Taoist sect, the Northern Taoist sect, and the Central Taoist sect.

The Eastern Daomen is the predecessor of Taiping Dao headed by the Li family, the Southern Daomen is the predecessor of Zhengyi Dao headed by the Zhang family, the Northern Daomen is the predecessor of the Qin family of the Daxuan royal family, and the Central Daomen can be regarded as the predecessor of Quanzhen Tao. The Western Daomen was the predecessor of the branch of the Daomen that later followed Tantai Yun to the Western Regions.

Hundreds of years ago, two people competed for the position of the master of the Western Tao Sect.

One of them is a human-immortal martial artist. His vitality is as high as that of an ancient giant beast. He can eat nine elephants in one meal, and his punch is as heavy as a nine-cauldron. He can destroy thousands of magic spells with just one drink. He is the ultimate martial artist.

The other person is a ghost fairy magician, who creates a world with one thought, and uses magic to create a ghost country. There are many illusions in it, and it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong. After detaining countless living and dead souls, they actually form six small reincarnations of their own, trying to form a world of their own.

In the end, it was the ghosts and immortals who could not defeat the immortals. After the human immortals entered the ghost kingdom in person, the ghost kingdom could not bear the soaring blood energy and directly collapsed and disillusioned. The ghost immortal even suffered the backlash from the ghost kingdom and died.

Since then, the disciples of Guixian learned from the pain and decided to build a real ghost kingdom on earth. They rebelled against Ge Zao Dao, called themselves "Zao Ge" and occupied Beimang Mountain.

Beimang Mountain is one of the seventy-two blessed places, ranking above Yunjin Mountain. It was originally a treasured place that brought together the beauty of heaven and earth. Therefore, emperors and dignitaries of all ages built mausoleums and tombs here. After the Zaoge Sect occupied this place, it began to After more than a hundred years of intensive cultivation and management, countless dead souls were detained and dormant, waiting for the opportunity.

When the Golden Horde army went south, the Jin Dynasty was overthrown, the world was in chaos, and there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The Zaoge Sect used the right time, place, and people to finally build a ghost kingdom on earth, connecting Jiuyou, and prospered for a while.

This was the later Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven, which formed a world of its own and was said to be as big as the Imperial Capital.

The Taoist sect once attacked the Ghost Kingdom Dongtian twice with all its strength, but the result was that the Taoist sect won both times, and the Zaoge Sect was defeated twice. When Xuansheng integrated the five Taoist sects, he completely destroyed the Zaoge Sect, restored the Gezao Taoism, and brought it together with the Ghost Kingdom Dongtian under the name of Quanzhen Taoism.

After the two wars, the Ghost Kingdom Cave was in a state of dilapidation. It was like a house, with only pillars, beams and some broken walls left, and there was air leakage from all sides. The Yin Qi in the cave spread to the entire Beimang Mountain, making Beimang Mountain almost turn into a ghost on earth.

Some people proposed to completely destroy the cave here to prevent it from further eroding Beimang Mountain. Some people advocate preserving the Ghost Kingdom Cave. After all, this place has gathered the wisdom and hard work of the predecessors. It would be too wasteful to destroy it. As for the so-called good and evil, it all depends on how it is used.

Xuansheng finally decided to keep the cave and repair it to prevent the Yin energy from leaking out.

It took hundreds of years to repair the cave this time. It even took several generations. Even the chief master had to change three people before the repair was finally completed. Daomen opened up the cave here as a place for storing, testing, cultivating, and suppressing various "creations". A workshop of Huashengtang is located inside the cave.

In this case, if the cave in the Ghost Kingdom is broken by an external force, causing the Yin Qi to leak out and the "creatures" to escape, the consequences will be far more serious than the destruction of the Cuo Wenbu workshop.

Therefore, the Taoist sect is heavily guarded here and has set up a checkpoint called "Ghost Pass" on the only way to the Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven.

When Qi Xuansu came to the "Ghost Pass" city, he saw a completely dark pass located between two peaks. It was halfway up the mountain and completely blocked the way. It can be said that one man can block the pass and no one can open it. There were various defensive equipment and spiritual officers also wearing pitch black armor, and it was clearly heavily guarded to the naked eye.

It is said that there is a first-grade spiritual officer who is personally in charge here. Although his combat power cannot be compared with that of the first-grade innocent Taoist priests, it is far superior to the ordinary second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests, and is on par with the real people of Shenzhi.

In addition, Qi Xuansu also vaguely saw a huge figure standing on the cliffs on both sides of the "Ghost Pass". Although his true appearance could not be seen clearly, Qi Xuansu guessed that it was probably a "creator" or the like.

Lord Siming has always been coveting this place. He has made several plans, but always failed. The ancient immortals were able to sneak into Yujing because the defense of Yujing was lax. After all, there were too many experts in Yujing, and no one thought that the ancient immortals dared to come to Yujing to run wild. But "Ghost Pass" is different. If there is any disturbance, it will be under full martial law immediately, making it difficult to sneak into it.

Even if an ancient immortal uses his great magical power to seize someone's body and cross the sea to enter the "Ghost Pass", that is only the first level. There will be layers of defenses after that. If you want to enter the core, only some first-grade innocent Taoist priests and Shenzhi Only real people can do it.

At this time, the gate of "Ghost Pass" is wide open and there is no martial law. There are not many people passing by, so there is no need to queue.

Qi Xuansu came to the Lingguan responsible for the inspection procedures and took out two of his waist tags, one given by Qin Wubing and the other given by Pei Xiaolou.

There were two spiritual officers in total. One of the spiritual officers checked the two waist badges and asked, "Passing by?"

Qi Xuansu nodded and said, "I'm going to Longmen Mansion for some private matters."

"Okay." Lingguan's attitude softened somewhat and he was no longer rigid. As long as they do not enter the cave or the workshop, they will not continue their in-depth investigation.

This spiritual officer handed the waist badge to another spiritual officer and registered it for Qi Xuansu.

While waiting, Qi Xuansu took advantage of the opportunity to chat with the spiritual official and asked casually: "Brother, since the incident with Tso Wenbu, have you not had any secret society of demons causing trouble?"

Regarding Cuowenbu's matter, the Taoist sect has already made it known to everyone in the Taoist sect, so the Lingguan didn't think there was anything wrong and replied: "It's okay here, there are no big monsters causing trouble. After all, it's located in Xijing." The distance between the Mansion and Longmen Mansion is not far from Difei Mountain, so even if there is a large-scale attack by the monster, we can rush to help quickly, but it is still a small matter."

Qi Xuansu asked curiously: "What's the matter?"

"There are demons from 'Tianting' openly committing murders in Xijing Mansion, and they are killing people from the imperial court. There is a letter from Xijing Mansion, asking us to pay attention to whether the demons from 'Tianting' have escaped here." Lingguan did not hide it. He sarcastically said, "I don't know what the people above are thinking. Anyway, I have never seen any monster escape to the 'Ghost Pass'. Wouldn't it be more convenient to just capture him where he is, or to escape directly to Yujing?"

Qi Xuansu laughed: "Brother, what you said makes sense. If I were that monster, I would probably flee towards Yongzhou and Liangzhou, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, making it easy to hide, or I could go to Lingnan via the south of the Yangtze River, where is the 'Tianting' 'The old lair is there. You won't run to the 'Ghost Pass'. Isn't this just a trap?"

"Who says it's not?" Lingguan is also a human being. He has been stationed here for a long time, so he can't help but feel a little bit complaining. "One more thing, a Taoist priest died in Wuxu Palace. Although he was not a big shot, he was a disciple of the real person in charge of the palace, so there is no such thing as a Taoist priest." There was also a letter from the Xu Palace, asking us to pay attention to passers-by and see if there are any suspicious people.”

Qi Xuansu didn't show any signs of surprise on his face, pretending to be surprised: "A dead person? When I came here, I didn't hear about the dead people."

"It just happened not long ago, of course my brother hasn't heard about it." Lingguan said, "I wonder if those people think that we are too idle, monsters are making trouble, and they want us to pay attention. Even if people die, they also want us to pay attention. From Xijing Mansion to Guiguan, hundreds of miles away, and Beimang Mountain, where can't we go? The murderer ran to our "Guiguan" because his brain was kicked. I say, it was probably that day. The demon Ting killed him casually, and it happened that he committed two crimes at the same time. "

Qi Xuansu, who seemed to have been kicked in the head by a donkey, laughed and said: "Heroes see the same thing. I also think that's the case. Maybe the Taoist priest just happened to break the demon's whereabouts, and the demon simply didn't do anything and directly Kill and silence."

At this time, the official in charge of registration said, "Wei Wugui, right? See if there is no problem, please sign."

Qi Xuansu smiled apologetically at the Lingguan he was talking to, came to the table, glanced at the registration content, and wrote the words "Wei Wugui" with a pen.

The official in charge of registration returned the two waist badges to Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu bid farewell to the two of them, then got on his horse and entered the "Ghost Pass".