Chapter Seventy: The Living Water Ghost King's Gambit

  This mournful howl came from the white fog. Along with this howl, the white fog quickly shrouded everything like a fierce god or beast.

  I and Coffin Old had just left the village for a short while, when we heard this mournful cry, and couldn't help but stop in our tracks, frowning as I looked into the white mist.

  Suddenly, Coffin Old's face changed greatly: "The situation is not good."

  "What does it mean?"

  The coffin maker said, "This is not just a dead end, but also a living person raising a ghost. In this circle surrounded by forty dead doors, there must be a water ghost king. And this piece of land covered with dead ends will provide sustenance for this water ghost king continuously."

  I looked at the old coffin, still puzzled. The old coffin said: "The meaning is that the real intention of this dead water ghost mother Bu's layout is not to harm the people in this area, but to use the ghosts in this area to raise a ghost king."

  I finally understood and was taken aback: "Raise a Ghost King? What Ghost King?"

  The coffin maker slapped his own palm heavily: "I said, why have so many Xuanmen people appeared around here recently? I thought they were coming to deal with this dead end, but I really didn't expect it."

  I said, "What can't I think of?" The coffin old man said: "These people are not here to deal with the dead at all. What they really mean is that the key point is in the eye of the formation. This piece of dead formation, the most critical part, is exactly in the eye of the formation. And that water ghost king must also be inside the eye of the formation."

  "The focal point, that is the core of the dead zone. The most important position in the entire dead zone, all the ghosts within the dead zone will move towards the focal point. And within the dead zone, all the ghosts will work together to nourish the focal point, making the dead zone endless and never disappearing."

  I heard this and immediately connected all the old words of the coffin, and I also felt a little bad. I finally knew what this guy was worried about.

  I suddenly thought of those people who appeared the other day, what's with the corpse handlers. The appearance of these people is precisely aimed at this situation. Although I don't know what that situation means to them, but I'm clear that they have a very strong sense of purpose.

  It seems things are getting more interesting, and we have more enemies.

  The old man in the coffin finally withdrew his gaze and said solemnly, "In this dead end, the first person to die is naturally the one who set up the trap. I'm guessing correctly, people have already started dying, if we hurry over, maybe we can still save a few."

  The coffin maker suddenly looked at me very seriously: "Xiao Sen, I'm asking you now, what do you want to do? This dead end has nothing to do with your business, do you want to go save those people in the eyes of the bureau?"

  I stared at Coffin Old, suddenly a bit stunned. Because I saw such a serious expression on Coffin Old's face for the first time. Seeing Coffin Old like this, I hesitated instead.

  What does it have to do with me whether it's a dead end or a blind alley? If I don't want to bother, I can just leave and live a carefree life.

  But in my heart, I have a question, Xiao Sen, why did you leave Lao Shan Village in the first place? Why did you leave Wu Xian's village? And why did you leave the coffin shop? You even said so much nonsense to the old man of the coffin shop.

  At this moment, I suddenly remembered my original intention. I came out of Lao Shan Village to become stronger, didn't I? The five-year appointment with Wu Xianyi made me stronger and then return to see him, and then take me back to the village where I was born to resolve all the grudges.

  When I heard the old coffin's words, everything began to emerge in my mind. Then, I also looked at the old coffin seriously and said: "What about you, how will you choose?"

  The old coffin said: "I'm waiting for your answer, the reason I came to find you is that I felt it, your true heart is the most real and pure. All these years, I've lost my true heart. If we were together, I would definitely run away without hesitation. But now, I want to follow your true heart and find back my lost self."

  "Regaining what's been lost?" I couldn't help but look at Coffin Old Man, and suddenly understood.

  "Then let's set off, you find back your lost self, I want to become stronger." As I said this, I grasped the old man's hand tightly with all my might. At that instant, a firm expression also appeared on the old man's face.

  Then we turned around and walked into the mountain. At this time, Coffin Old took out a compass, and the needle of the compass was spinning wildly. Coffin Old said: "The yin energy in this area is too strong, the compass has almost lost its spirit, but I have other methods to find the burial site."

  I took a glance at Coffin Old and said no more nonsense. And indeed, Coffin Old made use of a special technique, he knelt down on the ground, using his nose to sniff the soil non-stop. After a while, he stood up, pointing in a certain direction, saying that the tomb should be over there.

  I followed him walking for a whole day. At this time, it seemed that the entire world was shrouded in white fog, and we couldn't see a hundred meters away.

  It had grown dark, and we didn't dare to continue walking forward. At this time, a mournful cry came from the white fog all around us, sometimes near and sometimes far. After resting for a night, we didn't dare to delay any longer and continued on our journey.

  It's been about three or four days, and for these few days, we've been surrounded by thick fog. We can't tell east from west, north from south anymore. You could say we're completely lost. At this point, all we can do is follow the coffin maker's nose, luckily this guy's sense of smell is even sharper than a dog's, and he hasn't made any major mistakes so far.

  On the road, we walked and stopped, eating when hungry and drinking water when thirsty. All the hills we passed through were flooded, but over the past few days, they have mostly dried up. However, there are still many places with deep water accumulation, and in areas with soft mud, swamps have even appeared.

  But in the past few days, we found that the animals in the mountains have also become much more ferocious. For example, we saw a rabbit, and this rabbit actually dared to face us head-on, staring at us with its blood-red eyes. We ran towards it, but the rabbit not only didn't run away, but instead prepared to open its mouth and bite us.

  In the end, we roasted and ate this rabbit. Coffin Old said that the reason why this rabbit became like this was because this place had become a dead zone, and the rabbit was invaded by evil spirits.

  We walked for about two more days, and at this time, we finally saw some things other than mountains, water, and animals.

  A corpse, a rotting corpse beyond recognition.

  From far away, we smelled that stench. As we got closer, we saw that the corpse was crawling with all sorts of insects. The body had almost been burrowed into a beehive-like state by the insects, and even more were emerging from the holes.

  I felt a wave of nausea and quickly turned back to look at Old Coffin. Old Coffin suddenly said, "This is a Gu bug."

  "Gu insect?" I heard this for the first time and thought it was novel. At this time, Coffin Old said: "The so-called Gu insect is actually a poisonous insect. However, the Gu insect is not comparable to ordinary poisonous insects. In addition to being toxic, the Gu insect has other uses. For example, prolonging life, strengthening one's physique, and even killing people from a thousand miles away."

  "What's going on here?"

  The coffin maker's face changed greatly: "Are even these sorcerers coming to join in the fun?"

  We didn't stop, and continued to move forward. After discovering the corpse, I could clearly feel that our direction was correct. And halfway through, Coffin Old Man brought up the topic of Gu again.

  This gu is actually putting many poisonous insects in a container, and then inside the container, the poisonous insects will kill and devour each other. The big poison devours the small poison, and finally only one poisonous insect is left in the container.

  For example, putting centipedes, geckos, poisonous snakes, scorpions and so on into a container, and finally the only one that survives is a poisonous snake, which is called a snake Gu. If the one that survives is a gecko, it's called a gecko Gu. In short, all sorts of Gus are simply endless.

  I was stunned, how could there be such a miraculous thing in this world? And the coffin old man told me that these Gu masters would never show their faces when killing people, just one glance and they could kill their opponents, many people died without knowing what happened to them.

  The more I listen, the more I feel that something is not right. If Zhuang Zicai continues to say such things, it seems that there must be a Gu master rushing to the scene as well. Whether this Gu master is an enemy or a friend is unclear, but it's likely to be very troublesome.

  Although I'm not very clear about these Gu, I still have confidence to get rid of some of the Gu insects. However, this Gu master is profound and unpredictable, who knows what kind of vicious Gu he has? What if we encounter a very vicious Gu insect, we will be completely helpless.

  Although I felt it wasn't good, I didn't plan to stop. At this moment, I'm even more excited, the more people come, the more exciting. The stronger the opponent is, the more exciting.

  I feel like I have a fighting gene in my bones, yearning for battle.

  We soon walked a long distance again, and at this time, we found several corpses on the way. Among them, several corpses were bloody, leaving only a pile of white bones, and the flesh was gone.

  The coffin beside him said, "It seems that before we came, a fight had already broken out here. As I expected, these people are rushing to the scene with ulterior motives. Moreover, each person has their own different purpose."

  Just as we were talking, I suddenly patted the old coffin bearer's shoulder. Because in front of me, I vaguely saw a house. The old coffin bearer also stopped and looked up towards the front.

  As a result, I was stunned. The reason why I was stunned is that I had seen this house before and even lived in it for a while.