You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 164 Ghost Domain, Red Hair

A strange person? An ominous sign?
Chen Yang couldn't help but become interested.

With his reputation spreading after "conquering" the Western Xia Ghost Market, and now that he has mastered the power of the "Book of Life and Death," the three "underworld messengers," Yang Shuai, Ruyi, and Li Ali, patrol and collect souls every day. As a result, there have been no evil spirits in Wucheng for some time now!
The sudden appearance of evil spirits in the countryside, 30 kilometers from Wucheng city, at this time is definitely not simple.

Out of the villa.

Chen Yang rode the wind and quickly disappeared into the night sky.

He flew to Baitugang Town, and with a thought, his spiritual power spread rapidly. Soon he "saw" Yang Shuai and Zhang Xiaolong's farmhouse.

A strong lingering yin energy remained in the courtyard.

brush!
With a flash, Chen Yang flew to the sky above the courtyard and then landed.

"Old Chen!"

Yang Shuai came to greet him immediately.

His neck was wrapped in layers of transparent tape, and through the tape, a crack could be clearly seen on his neck.

"What's going on?"

"I didn't explain it clearly on the phone," Chen Yang asked again.

"Don't mention it!"

Yang Shuai cursed and said, "It was my carelessness... Those two evil spirits weren't very powerful, but their methods were strange. As soon as I entered the courtyard, I fell into their trap. They changed my perception and turned me into a chicken!"

"It chopped off my head, and that's when I woke up."

"Then why are you using tape?"

"There is a strange power at the broken neck, which has not yet been refined. The head and body have not grown back together, and the head falls off as soon as the neck is lowered."

Chen Yang imagined the scene and couldn't help but laugh: "Actually, it doesn't matter if the body and head don't grow together. It's quite fun to pull the head off and play with it when you're bored."

Yang Shuai brought over the two ghosts he had captured.

There was a black-bodied, ten-foot-tall hanged ghost, and another with a blue face and fangs, also very large.

Bound and suppressed by the Soul-Locking Chains, they could only glare fiercely at Yang Shuai.

The hanged ghost cursed incessantly, but when that didn't work, it tried appealing to emotions.

"Brother, we're both hanged ghosts... We're of the same blood, why are we fighting each other so fiercely? Anyway, the path between the living and the dead is severed, so you can't take us down with you. How about you do me a favor and let me go?"

Yang Shuai kicked it in the face, making its head spin several times, and yelled, "Shut up!"

"I am a messenger from the underworld, and you are an evil spirit!"

"You dare to call me brother?"

Holding a mourning stick, Yang Shuai shouted, "Speak! Where did you come from? What's down in that well?"

Another fierce ghost with a blue face and fangs sneered and said in a deep voice, "Just a lowly underworld official, yet you dare to be so arrogant? Boy... if you know what's good for you, release my brother right now, otherwise when my lord reappears in the mortal world, he will surely make you wish you were dead!"

puff!
In response, it was met with a black "Daoist fire".

Yes!

It's the black "Dao Fire"!
When Chen Yang first mastered the Taoist Five Elements "Fire Technique", the "Fire Technique" he used was green, just like will-o'-the-wisp. However, as his cultivation level became higher and higher, especially after he refined two strands of "external path" and broke through to the Ghost Immortal Realm, the "Fire Technique" he used turned black!
With a flick of his finger, Chen Yang sent out a ball of black flame that instantly incinerated the fanged, green-sprout ghost into black smoke that dissipated into the air.

Chen Yang glanced at the black-bodied hanged ghost.

Yang Shuai raised his hand and slapped him across the face, shouting, "Speak!"

The hanged ghost, whose face was originally as black as charcoal, turned pale with fright and hurriedly said, "Don't kill me... I'll tell you, we are all villagers from Bazhong Village. We accidentally discovered this well and came to the human world through it."

Bazhong Village?
Upon hearing the name, the first thing that came to Chen Yang's mind was the words "Bazhong Mountain".

Besides the Fengdu Northern Yin Emperor and the Tianqi Rensheng Emperor (Eastern Peak Emperor), there are also the Five Ghost Emperors in the underworld... Well, there aren't necessarily only five of the Five Ghost Emperors!
For example, the Eastern Ghost Emperors are Yu Lei and Shen Tu, who respectively govern "Taozhi Mountain" and "Ghost Gate Pass". The Western Ghost Emperor is Zhao Wenhe, who governs "Bazhong Mountain".

Chen Yang said, "You mean... there's a village below this well?"

The black-haired ghost said, "Originally, it was not a village, but a ghost realm. Back then, we caused havoc in the Northwest and angered the Qingwei Sect Leader. She swept through the Northwest and suppressed us all in the ghost realm, never to see the light of day again, and never to return to the human world."

"But then something happened, and the seal on the Ghost Realm failed, causing most of the Ghost Realm to collapse. Seventy percent of the dead souls and evil spirits within were reduced to ashes... The rest of us, under the leadership of my esteemed master, built the Bazhong Village and live there."

He glanced cautiously at Chen Yang, fearing he might suffer the same fate as the one who had just turned into black smoke, and then said, "My venerable one comes from the underworld, originally a member of the ghosts of Mount Bazhong, and was once a general under the command of the True Man King of Mount Bazhong!"

According to legend, Zhao Wenhe, the Western Ghost Emperor of the Underworld, and "Master Wang" jointly governed Mount Bazhong.

This Master Wang was also quite remarkable. He was a man from the Eastern Han Dynasty, named Yuan, with the courtesy name Fangping. He served as an official during the reign of Emperor Huan of Han and was well-versed in astronomy and the Hetu (Yellow River Map). Later, he resigned from his post and went into seclusion, practicing Taoism in Pingdu Mountain, Fengdu.

The "Biographies of Immortals" records: Wang Yuan, courtesy name Fangping, was a native of Donghai. He was recommended as a filial and incorruptible official and appointed as a court official. He studied astronomy and divination. When Emperor Huan asked him about omens and calamities, he wrote more than four hundred characters on the palace gate. The emperor ordered him to erase them, but the ink went into the woodblock. Later, he resigned from his post and went into seclusion. In the early years of the Qinglong era of the Wei dynasty, he ascended to heaven on Pingdu Mountain.

Fengdu is also known as Fengdu.

Pingdu Mountain is part of Fengdu, where ascension occurred...

He naturally "ascended" to the underworld!
From the information given by the hanged ghost, Chen Yang was able to guess the general idea.

In the past, many evil spirits and demons plagued the human world in the Northwest. The Qingwei Sect Master took action and suppressed all these evil spirits and demons in a ghost realm. Later, the ghost realm collapsed, and most of the evil spirits and demons vanished into thin air. The remaining ones built a "Baozhong Village".

The reason it is called this name is probably because the ghost from Mount Bazhong is reminiscing about its hometown.

"You black devil, you're quite honest."

Chen Yang said, "Since that's the case, I will spare your life."

"what?"

The term "black ghost" was a bit strange, but the hanged ghost knew it was referring to himself. He kowtowed repeatedly to express his gratitude, while Chen Yang cast the Rebirth Curse, summoned the "Gate of Life and Death," and kicked it inside.

"What about that strange corpse you mentioned?"

"It's in the woodpile in the backyard."

Zhang Xiaolong's father led Chen Yang and Yang Shuai to the backyard, where many branches were neatly piled up... Wucheng is located in the northwest, and every household in the countryside here makes a "kang" (heated brick bed), and these branches are best used to heat the kang in winter.

The key is that it's free; the amount of jujubes repaired in our own jujube orchard every year is more than we can burn.

"Here it is."

Zhang Xiaolong's father pointed to a pile of tree branches.

With a thought, Chen Yang released his divine soul power and moved the pile of branches aside, revealing the "strange" corpse in his field of vision.

at the same time……

Chen Yang now understood why Yang Shuai had said the corpse was "strange" and "ominous"!

The corpse was over three meters tall, humanoid in shape, but with a ferocious face. Its facial skin was crimson, and it had two sharp fangs protruding from its mouth. A layer of fine scales also grew on its forehead!

Even him...

Do not!
It would be more accurate to use "it".

It also has a tail behind its rear end. The tail is thick and covered with a layer of scales, making it look very much like a crocodile's tail.

It also has a lot of red fur on its body!
Yang Shuai said, "Old Chen, could this be some kind of monster?"

Chen Yang's expression turned grave. He shook his head and said, "This is not a monster... but a strange person. It seems that this Baizhong Village has been invaded by heretics!"

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P.S.: Sorry for the late update. I shaved my child's head and gave him a bath this morning. Then my brother opened a bubble tea shop today, so I went there again this afternoon. I didn't get home until 7:30 pm. I'll take care of the child for a while and then continue writing.

(End of this chapter)