The Legend of Manhua

Chapter 15 Talking to Ghosts

This is a protruding hill, with dozens of ghosts forming a circle, standing, squatting, or lying on their stomachs, with different postures. The only thing that is similar is the blue and white ghost face, which looks even more obvious under the moonlight. Ferocious, ghostly energy gathered, extremely cold.The fangs and sharp claws grow and emit a sharp light, and the red circle on the forehead is like a red rope for life...

His eyes quickly focused on a pitch-black figure sitting halfway up the towering giant tree.

The moonlight came in from the gaps in the branches and leaves above. This black figure sat on a branch with its legs half-bent, one leg hanging down in the air; its black hair was flying, covered with a thin and hazy silver surface by the moonlight, making it appear Wet and cold.Nothing could be seen except the outline of this whole body, not even a face.It just felt like something transformed from the night, and it was more like having him, so the whole night was more eye-catching and publicized.

"Where and what faction are you from, why do you know this place, and what is your purpose?" a ghost in a black robe shouted coldly, it seemed that he had a status among this group of ghosts, otherwise he wouldn't have stood so close to the center.

"Knowing this is not of much use to you." Manhua leaned halfway on the tree, rather boring.

"At least know whether it's an enemy or a friend."

"Neither an enemy nor a friend." Manhua turned the ring on her right hand, thinking, no matter how much she looks like a fairy, she doesn't look like a demon. Why can't even a ghost be recognized, and she is still an elite of the ghost town? In the end, Xian must have failed.

The ghosts below stopped talking, just looked at him, waiting for him to speak, but they did not let go of their vigilance.

"After three days, you can go back to the ghost city to meet your new master. After five days, if there is another ghost from the ghost town and can travel in the daytime inside or outside of M'an city, kill them all. In addition, resurrect the soul with the corpse or forcibly seize Shefan. None of the wombs were left behind."

Man Hua stood up, the wind in the forest blew his clothes fluttering, his black hair fluttered, like a ghost traveling at night, but with a powerful and irrefutable majesty.

"Where is it, dare I ask?"

"Beside the Ming River, seven-colored stone light."

After all, he jumped up and disappeared under the moonlight in an instant.

"Hey, who is this?" The group of ghosts stared at the place where Manhua disappeared, and after a long time, a ghost asked.

"It seems that we met during the day and injured Brother Xiaoyun..."

"Again, Laozi was not injured, and Banzhuxiang recovered a handsome face."

"Ah, handsome what..."

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Before going back to the mountain, Manhua took a detour to the outskirts of M'Ancheng.It was dawn, and soon it would be dawn, and then morning.Everything in the morning should be the beginning of the awakening of life. It is mid-March at this moment, and it is also the season for the recovery of all things. After a while, it should be full of vitality and flourishing.

What I saw before my eyes was starvation everywhere. It is normal to use the ground as a bed and the sky as a shop. After a night of cold wind, some families huddled together to keep each other warm, and some curled up all alone to keep warm. Some non-edible vegetation provides some shade from the wind chill.

There are so many complex smells floating in the air, rotting corpses, the fragrance of green grass in the morning, the body odor that has not been washed for a long time... But after a night, no one's nose can smell it, and even if they are lucky enough to smell it, they have no time to take care of it. If someone tells him today You must be able to pass, maybe he has a little distraction to distinguish, but in the end this is a waste of breath.

Looking at the messy and tattered hair and clothes, one can't help thinking that maybe the ghost who can travel in the daytime can get in among them as long as he doesn't show his claws and fangs, and he doesn't even need to hide his face, even if he is extremely white. Who would be suspicious.

When the sun comes out, when the golden light falls and falls on them, how many people can open their eyes to see the sunrise.Maybe even the brightest sunshine can't wake them up, but if there is hope, a hope that can feel that they can live...

Manhua frowned, and continued to walk forward. There was no one on this path, only the smell of blood came from it. After walking two steps, you could see a few hungry ghosts gobbling up a corpse in front of you. On one side, the eye sockets were filled with flesh and blood, beyond recognition.

What ghosts love most is human eyeballs. It is said that if they eat enough, they can face the sun without being burned.But even if a person looks directly at the sun for a moment, he will feel pain in his eyes, so how can he respond to the preface, but the brain circuit of ghosts is always straight, especially this kind of starving ghost, the only thought in his mind is to eat, where? I can control whether it is true or not.Regardless of this point, the crispy taste of the eyeballs is very popular with them.

A silver light flashed, several ghosts opened their mouths wide, flesh and blood fell from their mouths, their eyeballs protruded, and the eyeballs magnified to reveal an unbelievable expression. After a while, it disappeared, leaving only a bloody groan, making a horrifying sound. Nauseous stench.

After Manhua withdrew her hand, her gaze was lingering, she turned around and returned to the original path, the light of the ring between her fingers did not converge...

It was dawn at this time, the sky was slightly bright, and some people had already got up, but they seemed to have nothing to do. They sat in a daze, and their expressions seemed to be wandering; There is dew on the trees or grass; once people are more active, even coughing sounds more than at night, continuous, mixed with the sound of painful coughing...

Manhua has activated his mana, and he is surrounded by immortal energy, which is gathered in his right hand. As long as he casts the spell, these people will not only be healed, but also full of vitality as if they were reborn.

Someone held his right hand, and a soft voice came from his ear, calling his name: "Manhua."

Manhua looked sideways and saw a gentle and clear face, "If we shoot directly, everything will deviate from our original intention, and mortal affairs must be resolved by mortals."

As the mana faded away, Manhua's expression gradually calmed down.

Yunxi looked at the crowd not far away and said, "They are preparing to rush to the city of M'an."

Man Hua also looked over, and found that everyone woke up one after another, packed up their things, and looked like they were going on their way.But in the end, someone still didn't wake up.

Man Hua didn't look any further, but walked another way, Yunxi came up and walked beside him.

After a long silence, Man Hua finally spoke, "I just killed a few ghosts."

"Yeah." Yunxi responded softly, seeing that Man Hua didn't continue, he said: "You know they just eat according to their instincts, and what they eat is long dead meat. the law of coexistence."

"Indeed, I have no reason to kill them." Manhua looked sad, "It is said that to become an immortal, you have to let go of your emotions and desires and transcend everything. I haven't."

"It's just becoming a god."

"My first memory is that I was in the mortal world. The first favor I received came from people, and I also had the appearance of a human. If it is not a human, what would it be?" Man Hua thought, and the Siming Zhenjun said all day long. It is not a prejudice that he is not immortal or decent.

"Everything in the world has its own advantages and disadvantages, what is the meaning. The important thing is that you have benefited from this land, and God gave you this opportunity to respond. Isn't that just right?"

Seeing that Yunxi spoke calmly, Manhua didn't know what to say for a while, but after thinking about it, it seemed that this was the reason.

"This? There are not only evil spirits inside and outside M'an city, but the biggest problem is people. When you return to 'Huaze', let me tell you one by one. By the way, I will ask for the wine of Qinglan Shengjun for you. Tasting wine and discussing in detail.”

Man Hua raised his eyebrows and looked at Yun Xi, who smiled warmly: "I also brought that set of wine glasses together."

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?M'Ancheng is a small border town belonging to the Yin Li Dynasty (one of the most prosperous countries today). It has been self-sufficient for a long time, with a prosperous population, but has little contact with the outside world.There are two reasons for this: one is that there were floods and floods in the past, people outside were far away, and it was regarded as an unknown place, and it slowly developed after the natural disaster was resolved; the other is the geographical location of M'an City.One side is next to the river, named "Langsha River". The Langsha River is vast and far away, and there are many undercurrents in the river. Once there is a strong wind or rain, the river will be turbulent, as if there is an evil spirit rising. .In fact, at the junction of Langsha River and Mingchuan, if there were not two seals respectively added to the entrance of M'an City and the exit of other tributaries, this Langsha River should also be renamed Mingchuan. and there is another river god to suppress it, so they can only make a small fuss and give up on weekdays.

Here I have to mention a mysterious and vicious mountain next to it—Cangyi Mountain. This mountain is divided into two sides, the sunny side and the dark side. On the sunny side, there are wolves, tigers and leopards. On the opposite side, there is a miasma guarding the forest, and there are more demons and evil things coming and going. There have been no accidents, but the ghost town likes to move around here.

According to common sense, nothing should happen; no one has ever passed through the sunny side of Cangyi Mountain before, and the most people who asked for immortality stopped at a huge stone curtain bordering Miaoshan and Cangyi Mountain.In fact, Miaoshan was originally a part of Cangyi Mountain, occupying most of its sunny side, but Manhua changed its name on a whim.And if ordinary people know that Cangyi Mountain behind the stone curtain is a sacred mountain enshrined by the ghost town, and there are various activities here every year, they will be so scared that even Miao Mountain will not dare to go again.

But those in the know know that the stone curtain was sealed several times by the Heavenly Court to block it. The ghosts in the ghost city can't get through, let alone the people here.The changes in the ghost city this time caused the ghosts from there to come to the mortal world, and the fall of M Ancheng to its current state is basically related to this matter.

In short, the main reason is that the Langsha River around the city makes transportation inconvenient and hinders communication; secondly, there are raptors and beasts coming in and out, which is frightening, and they live in such an environment all year round. It is a lot of barbarism. In the great country known for its civilization in the Yin Li Dynasty, it is naturally impossible to do it. Moreover, today's saints are the most repulsive of the gods and ghosts in the world. Except for some traditional temples, they are not allowed to build privately.In particular, each household is not allowed to invite gods to worship Buddha or burn incense without permission; it is not allowed to spread the words of gods and ghosts.Propagating people-oriented, everything depends on human effort, and man will conquer nature.This matter is still being circulated and discussed in Tianting, and has been unanimously praised.Of course, it is really not a good thing for the gods who rely on the incense of the world to increase their mana, but they are only a minority in Tiangong after all.