"Fueling the fire of literature"

  This is a semi-open mountain cave, with a large amount of green ghost fire floating inside.

  The man raised his head and even saw the stars in the sky and the bright moon.

  Is he going outside?

  But isn't the scenery around this cave a bit too strange and eerie?

  To his left, a deep blue sea can be seen, and there seem to be sharks swimming in it. The ocean and the cave on this side are connected without any transitional objects, but the seawater in the ocean does not flow in, as if there is an invisible barrier blocking it.

  On the right side is a vast grassland as far as the eye can see. It's beautiful, but there are too many wolves. He stood here, and those wolves seemed to have not seen him at all, even when they were close to the cave, they just glanced past him without noticing.

  Looking further ahead, that is... the dissection room? Right in the center of this room was a cement table, on which lay a blood-soaked person. Next to this person stood a man wearing a leather apron, with an unusually robust build, holding a scalpel and dissecting the belly of the person on the table.

  The man didn't dare look deeper into the cave, fearing he would see even more disgusting and terrifying scenes.

  What about the hand that pulled him over?

  "Big brother, I'm over here." A young man, who was probably not even twenty years old and had a pale face, weakly raised his arm and shouted.

  The man lowered his head and saw that his foot was still stepping on the young man's thigh.

  "Was it you who brought me here? Is this outside?" The man moved his foot, trying not to make a sound as he asked.

  "No, you're still in that realm, this is just one of the spaces within it." The young man got up from the ground.

  "Chengzhou!" A beautiful young woman in her early twenties ran out of the cave, her expression seemingly very excited.

  Apart from her, five men and women of different ages also walked out of the cave, but their expressions were very numb, as if they had already given up hope for anything, unlike the young couple in front who still had a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

  "What's your name?" The man was taken aback, looking at the extremely familiar young woman, with some scenes flashing quickly in his mind.

  "Chengzhou, don't you recognize me? I'm Chen Yan!"

  Cheng Zhou, Chen Yan... these two names and the familiar face of the young woman combined, perhaps adding to the accumulation in front, this rich and familiar information finally opened a mysterious switch in the man's brain, suddenly, a large amount of memories burst out from the depths of his mind.

  "Chen Yan..." The man remembered everything. He was Cheng Zhou, the father of that little kid from earlier, a colleague of the young woman in front of him, and he would become like this...

  "Am I going to die?" Cheng Zhou exclaimed in surprise.

  "No, you're like us, a living soul. Otherwise, you wouldn't have made it here." The young man said weakly.

  It's all right as long as you're not dead! Cheng Zhou took a deep breath and suddenly thought of something, so he asked again: "Was it you who pulled me over just now?"

  "It was me, but if it weren't for that person's power causing a problem, the various spaces in the boundary would have cracked open, and I wouldn't have been able to find you and pull you over."

  "Can you send me back then? Preferably back into my own body."

  "Sorry, I could only pull you over because I left a mark on you initially, which is also why I was able to find you in so many spaces. But just doing that almost cost me my life. So... if you want to return to the space where your body is, you'll have to rely on yourself. I think this shouldn't be difficult for you, right?" The young man explained, extremely exhausted.

  No big deal! Cheng Zhou Mo... another one who left a mark on him.

  Is he a utility pole? His dog son likes to pee on him, that's okay, but why does this guy who has only met him once also casually stick small ads on him?!

  Chengzhou helped him up with a hand, unable to bear the sight of the young man's weak and unsteady appearance.

  The young man's body had just come into contact with Cheng Zhou's hand when he suddenly felt a big shock.

  The young man jumped three feet away and exclaimed: "Big brother! Is your hand electrified? I almost got electrocuted to death!"

  Cheng Zhou looked at his right hand in surprise, could it be that it was one of the special effects left by his family's dog son?

  The young man suddenly let out another cry of surprise, "Whoa! That's too awesome! Just like that, I've recovered. I thought I wasn't going to make it back in time and was about to settle my affairs. Big brother, you're really amazing!"

  The young man bounced back to Cheng Zhou's side, stretched out his hand, and seemed to want to touch him again.

  Chengzhou dodged and opened up a distance between them. Before he could even process what had just happened, he didn't want anyone else to touch him again.

  Chen Yan saw that they had been talking for half a day without getting to the point, so she hastily interrupted and anxiously asked: "Cheng Zhou, you're here to rescue us, right? Can I ask you to do me a favor after rescuing us, considering our colleague relationship...

  Of course, Li Tian told me that you masters have a rule that no matter if it's a relative or friend, you must collect a fee for your services. I can pay you all my savings as long as you can help rescue us and then also help rescue my classmate.

  Chen Yan spoke quickly and urgently, and Cheng Zhou didn't react until he had repeated Chen Yan's words in his mind twice before understanding their meaning.

  "I did come to save you, but I'm not some kind of great master like you said. Right now, I can barely... protect myself."

  The words were not finished, Chen Yan interrupted him and said: "You don't have to deliberately hide it, I already know. Li Tian and the people here have all told me that you masters with real skills are mostly hidden among ordinary people, and generally won't take action or want others to know your identity to disturb your cultivation. So rest assured, I will not reveal your identity."

  Young guy Li Tian also made a "big brother, don't hide it anymore, we all know" expression.

  He had personally seen this person appear in the ghost market and return safely after taking over a business from the underworld. Moreover, his little ghost easily solved one of Little Monk's clones, and just now he quickly rescued him back from being weak to the point of death.

  Li Tian now only hopes that this master can let bygones be bygones and forget the stupid thing he did when he deliberately pushed him into the Netherworld Path.

  Cheng Zhou struggled to open his mouth, "Actually I really..."

  Chen Yan's eyes were filled with a hint of pleading, and she hastily said: "Cheng Chou, please don't refuse me. If I've ever wronged you in the company before, please don't hold it against me. You know I'm a straightforward person, but you should also be clear that I have no ill intentions towards you. Moreover... regardless of your usual work performance, I've always thought you're an honest and good person. Please, help me and my classmate this one time, and I'll definitely repay you!"

  How to repay? Can I offer my body in return? Cheng Zhou barely swallowed back these words.

  Just as Chen Yan was about to say something more to move him, Cheng Zhou raised his hand. "Chen Yan, wait a minute, let me get things straight first, okay? I still don't understand why you got involved with Chuan Yue Gu, or how you became a living soul, or why you contacted me, and what's going on with your classmate, can you please explain all these to me?"

  Chen Yan was moved to tears, "Cheng Zhou, I knew you were a good person. You didn't even know what happened, but you came to rescue me after receiving my two calls, and you didn't even ask for compensation. Thank you, thank you so much! There are really not many people like you with a kind heart nowadays."

  "……" Cheng Zhou closed his mouth again, he was too embarrassed to say that he had already entrusted the task of saving her to the people's police brothers, and he would appear here, only because he was framed by his family's gluttonous dog son who dared to plot against his own father for food!

  "Big Brother Sheng, Master Sheng, can you save us first?"

  Li Tian had been convinced that Cheng Zhou was the one who destroyed Xiao He Shang's boundary ever since he discovered the problem with Xiao He Shang's boundary and found Cheng Zhou.

  As for why Cheng Chou's soul was separated from his body, he thought it was just a mysterious technique used by Master Cheng to manipulate the numerous evil spirits under him.

  Hasn't he seen that all his men are there fighting the little monk, while he himself is safely in another space? ——Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, he can guess.

  Because of Li Tian's sufficient brain supplement, he also spread all this content to Chen Yan, which made Chen Yan very relieved when he saw Cheng Chou appear, although his expression was still very anxious, but that anxiety was only worried about whether his friends could also get help.

  Chen Yan calmed himself down and said: "Right, right, Cheng Zhou, you go save us first, I'm fine, but Lei Tian and the others don't have much time left."

  The several people mentioned by Chen Yan had a slight change in their numb expressions and looked up at Cheng Zhou one after another.

  Cheng Zhou thought to himself, "How am I supposed to rescue you guys?" He was still waiting for his dog son to defeat the monster and come save him.

  Of course, he can't say that openly. Chen Yan and the others now regard him as a savior. If he says he can't do it, it's just to make more people suffer with him, what's the point?

  Cheng Chou's gaze swept across Chen Yan, Li Tian and the five expressionless individuals, ignoring the eerie ghost fire in the cave. He found that since his soul left his body, he had become much bolder, and now seeing so many ghosts and such a strange environment didn't scare him as much. Maybe it was because he himself had also become a ghost? Everyone was a ghost, who feared whom!

  Finally, Chengzhou pretended to be calm and smiled at Li Tian and Chen Yan: "Of course we will rescue you, but it's not time yet. That little monk's true body hasn't been dealt with. If we do something here prematurely and attract his attention, he might try to take us down together. I may not be able to keep you safe, or even myself."

  Chen Yan and others thought about it and also felt that Cheng Zhou's words were very reasonable.

  "But... Uncle Liu and the others can't wait any longer!"

  Even if they become living spirits, Chen Yan's face is still filled with anxiety as he looks at Cheng Chou, "In another ten minutes, if they haven't returned to their own bodies, they will become real dead people. Cheng Chou, please, think of a way to send them out of this space first and find their bodies, let them recover, okay?"

  Li Tianye said, "That's why I took the risk of being discovered by that person to bring you over. Master, it may be dangerous to disturb that person, but if we do nothing, half of our people will die immediately."

  Liu Da Shu and five others looked at Cheng Zhou with longing and pleading expressions.

  Perhaps only "death" can feel how wonderful it is to be alive. If they could live, they would still want to go on living. When they first came to cross the gorge, they didn't think of dying, but wanted to change their living environment and give themselves a second chance, who would have thought...

  Cheng Zhou wanted to confess the truth to them again, but looking at those pairs of eyes that had regained a bit of vitality, he couldn't bring himself to say it.

  "Where is the crack you pulled me through just now?" Cheng Chou decided to make a desperate attempt, perhaps if he went back to the space from earlier, his son or Sutu He Sheng would be able to find him.

  "Look! There's also a crack in the eastern sky and deep within the mountain cave, but I don't know where it leads to, and I don't dare to go over carelessly. Previously, two of our people saw the crack appear when time was running out, and they recklessly ran in... but we all heard their miserable cries before they died." Li Tian pointed at the crack with a worried expression.

  Cheng Zhou found that the crack in his finger was exactly between the ocean and the dissecting room. If it wasn't for Li Tian pointing it out, that thin seam would hardly have been noticed by anyone.

  "Who is that man in the dissecting room over there? He looks like he's a bit abnormal..." Cheng Zhou was very fortunate that the man had not paid attention to this side until now.

  "Dissection room?" Lí Tiān was surprised, "What dissection room?"

  "Huh? Didn't you see it? It's right in front of us!" Cheng Zhou stretched out his hand to point towards the cave entrance.