Chapter 189 Totem, Ruined Temple

The river bed is real.

What just happened was not an illusion.

Fu Shaoping glanced at the surroundings warily. The sky was filled with yellow sand. When he looked up, he saw neither the sun nor the moon. It was all red and yellow.

Fu Shaoqing and Fu Shaohong who were with him mysteriously disappeared behind them after stepping into the whirlpool passage.

Elder Yunshan did not provide any information about the Underworld Emperor.

Fu Shaoping was a little confused:

"Where can I find Pure Yang Jade in this damn place?"

"It's better to find a place to settle down."

After coming out of the river.

It was a vast expanse of land, with no green in sight.

Walked all the way.

Slowly, some withered short tree stumps appeared in front of me.

Suddenly.

There was a faint noise in the distance.

With a thought, Fu Shaoping took out the invisibility cloak from the Chaos Space and put it on his body. After checking that there was nothing serious, he then moved forward lightly. As he got closer, he saw little bits of fire coming from him. .

A hundred steps away.

But he saw a group of people holding torches. Their bodies were wrapped in a piece of black cloth, with only two eyes exposed.

in front of them.

On a dead tree more than ten feet high, a woman wearing single clothes was tied to the tree.

A man at her feet had his hands and feet bound, and was forced to kneel on the ground with a rag stuffed in his mouth and dense firecrackers wrapped around his body.

at this time.

A woman with a stooped back walked out from a group of men in black robes.

He tore off the black cloth that was covering his face and spat viciously at the woman tied to the dead tree, his eyes filled with resentment:

"You, the bastard of a scumbag, killed my son before he even came through the door. You kindly welcomed you in, but you don't know how to be grateful, abide by women's ethics, and keep integrity for my son. You go hook up with those dirty things. Don't face slut , I shouldn’t have rescued you from the River Styx in the first place, and I shouldn’t have promised my son to marry you. You damned broom, if it weren’t for you, my son wouldn’t have gone there at such a young age. Now, I’m so tired that my white-haired man gives me black-haired man.”

The woman chattered.

Suddenly.

There was a sound of footsteps.

Someone immediately stepped forward and pulled her away, whispering:

"The priest has arrived."

The old woman trembled when she heard the words, quickly stopped talking, and followed the crowd to disperse to both sides to make way for a passage.

But he saw a man wearing a high priest's clothes slowly walking towards him. The red runner stood in front of the dead tree, looked around at the crowd, and said loudly:

"Nangong Ning doesn't abide by the rules of women and behaves in an unfaithful manner with a married woman. According to the rules of our Qiu Shan village, she should light a sky lantern to warn the world."

Said.

The high priest took the torch handed to him and threw it directly on the man who was kneeling on the ground. The firecrackers wrapped around the man immediately burst into flames when they were caught in the fire. The man let out a miserable scream, and the scream quickly changed. Small, when the man fell to the ground, the firecrackers on his body were still going on. When the last section exploded, his whole body had turned into pitch black and his body was covered in blood and flesh.

The high priest motioned for his subordinates to come forward.

The man in black robe stretched out his hand and sniffed the man who fell to the ground.

He reported back:

"Sir, Guishan has surrendered."

The high priest nodded slightly when he heard this.

Get a torch again.

"Boom!"

At this time, there was a muffled thunder from the horizon.

The originally quiet people in black robes were shaken and began to talk:

"After a year of drought, could it be that God has opened his eyes and it's going to rain?"

"You're thinking too much. God can't stand it anymore and wants to kill that bitch Nangong Ning!"

"No, Qiu Shan Village should not have taken in these outsiders. They are all unlucky people."

"The reason why Luoye Village next door was wiped out overnight was not because the good guys took in those outsiders!"

"Those who are not of my race must have different minds. Even if Nangong Ning doesn't steal, we will burn her alive!"

Everyone was talking a lot.

The high priest stopped and looked up at the gray sky.

He raised his hand to stop everyone's discussion.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

The torch in his hand was thrown directly at Nangong Ning, who was tied to a dead tree.

The torch fell on the pile of wood piled high.

There was a bang.

The pile of wood that had been dry for nearly two years was immediately ignited, and the fire suddenly became bigger.

Everyone threw the torches in their hands one after another, and the fire became more intense.

Right now.

A bolt of lightning pierced the sky.

Tick-tock drops of water fell.

A heavy downpour followed, and the rain extinguished the fire in an instant.

Otherwise.

The man in black robe could no longer care at this time.

Everyone was very excited:

"It's raining, it's raining, hurry up, go home and get some water, oh God is really opening his eyes."

Everyone ran home involuntarily, fearing that they would be half a step too late and not reach the water source.

In the blink of an eye.

The place in front of the dead tree became empty.

Only Nangong Ning's mother-in-law, high priest Li Cangming and two subordinates Li Wei and Li Wei were left.

When the old woman saw that Nangong Ning was not dead, how could she be willing to do so:

"Master Priest, the sky lantern ceremony has not been completed yet. Should we wait until the rain stops before continuing?"

Two subordinates, Li Wei and Li Wei, looked at each other. Li Wei took a step forward, approached the high priest Li Cangming and whispered in a low voice:

"Sir, this sky lantern is always a one-time use. If it happens again, I'm afraid it will break the rules. Besides, the rain from the sky means that this is Nangong Ning's fate. Since God won't accept her, we shouldn't be such evil people. ”

Li Wei also helped:

"Sir, we have been in drought for nearly two years, and it is not easy to wait for a rain. If we light the sky lanterns twice and the drought continues in the future, I am afraid that the people in the village will blame you. For Nangong Ning, who doesn’t regret his death, can’t do it.”

High Priest Li Cangming's eyes flashed with thought.

As the high priest of the village.

In the past two years, no rain has been obtained for the village, and its prestige has declined.

The purpose of selecting Zhong Nangong Ning to light the sky lanterns this time was to re-establish his prestige. Since the goal has been achieved, there is no need to light the sky lanterns again.

High Priest Li Cangming looked at the old woman and said:

"Aunt Qiuchang, we in Qiu Shan Village always act according to the rules, and the sky lanterns are only lit once."

Don't wait for the old woman to speak.

High Priest Li Cangming changed his tone and continued:

"Although the sky lantern is only lit once, we have no obligation to free Nangong Ning from the punishment tree. In the wilderness, do you think she can survive tonight safely?"

As soon as this statement came out.

The old woman's eyes flashed, she nodded repeatedly, turned around and threw a stone at Nangong Ning, then left with the three high priests and returned to Qiu Shan Village.

Fu Shaoping, who was hiding in the dark, watched a good show.

Seeing that the high priest and others were no longer visible, he took off his invisibility cloak and walked to the dead tree.

When Nangong Ning saw Fu Shaoping, excitement appeared on her face that was already hopeless. She glanced up and down at Fu Shaoping's clothes, and she even screamed excitedly.

Fu Shaoping stepped forward and pulled away the rag that was stuffed in Nangong Ning's mouth.

Nangong Ning was instantly overjoyed:

"Fellow Taoist, save me!"

Fellow Taoist? !

Fu Shaoping narrowed his eyes slightly. Tried:

"Who are you."

"Fellow Taoist, I am Nangong Ning, a disciple of Tian Nanxing in Jinzhou. Five years ago, when I was exploring an ancient monk's cave, I accidentally fell into the Underworld Heaven. Please, fellow Taoist, for the sake of us being Taoists, please save me." If the little girl dies, she will wear a grass ring and never forget the life-saving grace of the Taoist friend."

Jinju?

That was the Central Plains region, which was thousands of miles away from Quzhou.

Why did the other party fall into the Underworld?

and.

Five years have passed.

Nangong Ning didn't find a way to leave this place?

From the faint conversation that could be heard from the villagers just now, he had learned that Qiu Shan Village was obviously not friendly to outsiders and the place was unfamiliar to him. He happened to need a guide. Fu Shaoping was decisive and immediately shouted with a blood-drinking knife in hand. Swing, cut off the rope on the opponent's body.

Nangong Ning was overjoyed.

She didn't expect Fu Shaoping to be so easy to talk to, and thought he would bargain with him:

"Fellow Taoist, it is not suitable to stay here for too long, please come with me."

Nangong Ning led the way.

After heavy rain.

The dirt road became muddy.

Nangong Ning was twisting and turning, constantly changing directions. I don’t know how long it took, but a bare stone mountain appeared in front of her. At the back of the mountainside, Nangong Ning pushed the stone, and a passage appeared in front of her. Nangong Ning was in front, and Fu Shaoping was in front. Finally, after entering the cave, the stone door rumblingly closed again.

The cave suddenly became pitch black.

but.

Nangong Ning seemed to be able to see it.

Only a few clicks were heard, a spark ignited, and the cave was quickly illuminated by a bonfire.

Nangong Ning sat by the bonfire, looking at the red flames, and then at Fu Shaoping, and suddenly choked up.

Fu Shaoping was stunned for a moment.

After walking away from the gate of hell, and meeting people of the same kind, it is reasonable to feel a little sentimental.

Fu Shaoping didn't make a sound and stayed by the side silently.

Nangong Ning quickly adjusted.

Wipe away tears immediately:

"Fellow Taoist, to be honest, this is the first time I have met a Taoist cultivator after falling into the Underworld. When I fell into this cave from that cave, when I woke up, I found that I had been tied up and locked up in a room. Dark basement."

"This level lasts for three years."

"In the past three years, I tried every method, but I found that I could not mobilize the energy in my body at all. It took me three years to understand that in this world, I am no longer a high-ranking cultivator, but a high-ranking cultivator. A weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken."

"I don't want to live."

"I want to escape from that dark dungeon."

"So I had to pretend to agree to marry the libertine who had been kidnapped and imprisoned for three years."

"However, I was still too naive. After I came out of the dungeon, the libertine was still worried and tied an iron chain on me. The only areas I could move around were his kitchen and backyard. In two years, every day He wakes up earlier than a chicken and goes to bed later than a dog, even though he has served his family like a slave for two whole years. "

finally.

She took a chance.

I collected a pair of poisons from the herbs that I usually used to make medicine for the old woman. I planned to send their family on their way, but by chance, they were discovered by the libertine, who was about to chop him with a knife. Fortunately, God was wise and allowed him to accidentally fall down and hit himself on the head with a kitchen knife.

She took the opportunity to escape from Qiu Shan Village.

But in the end he was caught.

And he directly framed himself for having an affair with a man.

Good thing.

She made it through:

"Fellow Taoist, I'm sorry. I've rambled so much, but I haven't yet asked where your friend is from and what you call him."

"My surname is Fu and I come from Quzhou."

Fu Shaoping originally wanted to get more information from Nangong Ning.

Never thought about it.

The other party was actually imprisoned for five years.

That is to say.

The information the other party has is similar to what he knows:

"Fellow Taoist Nangong, that high priest in high priest's clothing can use Yuanli?"

"No, but I heard that the priest of Minghuangtian can use the power of totem, but the high priest of Qiu Shan Village is not good at it. Even a rain can't summon it."

The power of totem?

Fu Shaoping frowned.

They are just mortals now, so if they really face a powerful priest, wouldn't they be at the mercy of others?

and.

Judging from the situation in Qiu Shan Village.

Minghuangtian is obviously not very popular with outsiders.

It rained for a while.

Nangong Ning seemed to think of something, and immediately stood up in a panic, pushed open the stone door and looked at the sky outside, saying:

"Fellow Daoist Fu, it will be dark in another hour. We must quickly find a place guarded by totems to hide."

"Why?"

Nangong Ning seemed to have lingering fears.

There was a bit of fear on her face:

"In this Underworld Heaven, there will be strange things at night. Only the place guarded by totems can prevent them from entering. Otherwise, I'm afraid we won't survive tonight."

Said.

Nangong Ning directly pushed the door open and walked out.

Fu Shaoping followed closely:

"Fellow Taoist Nangong, what do you mean by weird?"

"I won't be able to tell you clearly for a while. I'll explain it to you in detail when we find a place to stay."

Nangong Ning stood on a huge rock. After identifying the direction, he jumped off the rock and headed southwest.

Went away for about a cup of tea.

The ruins of a collapsed wall appeared in front of him.

On top of the city.

A stone tablet clearly says the words "Luoyezhai".

Nangong Ning said:

"The people of Luoye Village did not know why fifty years ago, overnight, all the people in the village including the high priest had their throats cut. When they were collecting the bodies, they discovered that only the outsider in their village was missing. The body was found, so everyone speculated that it was the outsider who killed him."

"Everyone in the Luoye Village is dead."

"Everyone thinks this is an ominous place, so no one wants to move in. Over time, it has become an abandoned city. If the totem here is not destroyed, we can stay here tonight."

Enter through the city gate.

After being washed away by rain.

This abandoned city showed some signs of life.

The house has almost collapsed.

but.

A stone temple in the center of the city stood there safe and sound.

Fu Shaoping and the two walked quickly.

He found that the door of the stone temple was still locked, but the lock had long been rusted and rotten. Fu Shaoping pulled hard and the lock broke into pieces. When he pushed the stone door open, he saw thick dust.

No one has cleaned it in fifty years.

Mountains of dust piled up.