The second day of the real world, 8.30 am...

Dingdeng... Dingdeng...

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps downstairs, in the corridor in a residential building in a property community... three men with backpacks and sportswear were walking downstairs quickly. Yes, these three people were none other than Zhao Ping, Chen Xiaoyao and Yao Fujiang who had just finished breakfast.

The three of them came to the real world not to play, but they all had a unified goal, that is, to find the only soul-summoning banner in the world, because only by getting this thing can he save He Fei's life!

When they all walked out of the residential building and walked straight towards a community square in front, there was a BMW that Zhao Ping drove last night.

Today is sunny and the sky is cloudless. After the whole day of preparation yesterday, the three of them have decided to go to Yinshan to find the soul-summoning banner in the judge's temple today. It just so happened that the weather is pretty good today. Except for the temperature is a bit low, everything else is normal. It is obvious that even if you go there, you have to choose to go during the day, and no one will be idiots until the night.

Soon, Zhao Ping, who came to the car, took out the key and opened the car door. Then he sat directly on the driver's seat. Chen Xiaoyao sat in the passenger seat. As for Yao Fujiang, who looked solemn, sat in the back seat.

In fact, it was not that Zhao Ping had to drive, but because Yao Fujiang and Chen Xiaoyao could not drive among the three of them. After all, Yao Fujiang was just a college student who had not graduated. Chen Xiaoyao had been in the mountains with his master for many years and would not have time to learn driving, so he had to let this man with glasses who was a high-end white-collar worker in the real world be responsible for driving. After all, people like him who are business elites in real society would drive at a glance, and no one believed that he could not drive.

"Tsk tsk... Fortunately, Senior Zhao also came to the real world with us, otherwise he would have to rent a car, but this would cause a lot of trouble for us. Alas... I have to learn to drive if I say next time!"

Listening to Chen Xiaoyao's nagging beside him, Zhao Ping in the driver's seat was starting the car without saying a word, but Yao Fujiang, who heard him, couldn't help but mocked in a contemptuous tone, "It seems that you have no chance. The car in the train is so big that it can't fit the car at all."

"Oh... it's right, why don't you find an opportunity to come to the real world to learn driving next time?"

"Unless you have too much survival value and nowhere to spend it, I would advise you not to do meaningless things."

"Hehe, kidding, Brother Fu Jiang, don't take it seriously."

Just as Chen Xiaoyao and Yao Fujiang were chatting, Zhao Ping in the driver's seat also started the car at this moment, and turned on the navigation device. Then, accompanied by the roar of the motorcycle, the BMW car drove towards the gate of the community in a few seconds.

............

After passing through several noisy areas and highways, after about twenty minutes, Zhao Ping drove his car into a fork in the road according to the navigation mark. Looking around, the road was not only quite wide but also scarce. Perhaps it was because this road could lead to Yinshan that it was rare to travel. Of course, it was also from here that their group of cars officially left the city and entered the suburbs on the edge of the city.

After driving for a while, looking at the road where pedestrians and vehicles were almost difficult to see outside the car window, Yao Fujiang in the car couldn't help but feel nervous. He looked at Zhao Ping and Chen Xiaoyao, who were sitting in the front row through the rearview mirror in front, and found that the two of them were almost staring at the front with expressionless expressions. This made him feel upset, because Chen Xiaoyao had already declared to him and Zhao Ping that there would be ghosts in the Yinshan Mountains, so after looking at the mountains that were already faintly visible on the horizon ahead, Yao Fujiang's fear that had not been suppressed before could not help but emerged from his heart again.

"Is it the mountain in front?"

Noting that a looming mountain had already appeared in the distance at the front of the highway. Zhao Ping, who had been staring at the navigation instrument from time to time, asked casually. This sentence was naturally asked Chen Xiaoyao. So when he heard Zhao Ping's question, Chen Xiaoyao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, nodded in the previous frivolity. Instead, he stared at the gradually approaching mountain range in front of him with a cautious look. Then he nodded to Zhao Ping and replied, "Yes, the one in the front is Yinshan. It is expected that at our speed, you will drive to the foot of Yinshan in less than 20 minutes."

Zhao Ping, who was driving, continued to ask without looking back, "Yes, are the things ready?"

“It’s ready.”

After saying that, Chen Xiaoyao opened the zipper of the backpack that he had placed on his lap before, and then took out the box containing a large number of Taoist talismans that Yao Fujiang had seen last night. Then he patted the box and said to Zhao Ping beside him, "No problem."

But at this time, Yao Fujiang, who had been sitting in the back row without saying anything, interrupted in confusion and said, "I said Chen Xiaoyao, I do know that these Taoist talismans can ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts, but how should I use it? Could it be that if I see a ghost, I paste the Taoist talisman on the ghost's forehead?"

Yes, Yao Fujiang really didn't know how to use it. He thought that he would arrive at Yinshan near Fengdu City soon, so how should he use these Taoist talismans once they encountered ghosts in the mountains? So he asked the doubts in his heart now.

However, after hearing Yao Fujiang's words, Chen Xiaoyao in the co-pilot turned his head and stared at Yao Fujiang in the back row with an idiot's eyes. At the same time, he shouted with an exaggerated expression, "I'm a grass! Have you watched too many zombies? Brother, we are facing ghosts! Not zombies. Do you think you can put a spell on the ghost's forehead? Just kidding you!?"

Listening to Chen Xiaoyao's exaggerated ridicule, Yao Fujiang in the back row raised his eyebrows and fought back unwillingly, "Grass, what if you watch too many zombie movies! I'm not a Taoist priest, just an ordinary college student. If you don't tell me, I don't know how to use it?"

"Haha, that's right. Forget it, I don't blame you. You came too late yesterday. There are some situations I only told Senior Zhao and forgot to tell you..."

Next, Chen Xiaoyao opened the lid of the box, and pointed to the stack of Taoist talismans in the box, which were about a hundred in number, and explained to Yao Fujiang, "These things are stained with black dog blood, which are stronger than ordinary cinnabar Taoist talismans. At least this thing still has a certain ability to drive away the lonely souls or ghosts who are far behind the evil ghosts. The way to use is to find a ghost, then take out a piece from your body and hold it in your own hands. As long as the ghost is too close to your body, the Taoist talisman you hold will automatically

Burning, and at the same time, the ghosts that are approaching you will also expel the ghosts. I have 90 Taoist talismans here, all made overnight last night. When I arrive at the destination, I will give them to everyone, 30 photos per person, but don’t think that it will be fine, because there are many lonely souls in Yinshan, and there are even very few ghosts mixed with. Don’t think that there are many 30 Taoist talismans. In general, our purpose must be clearly remembered, that is, before the Taoist talisman is consumed, we will go to the judge temple in the mountains to get the soul-suming banner, and then leave quickly!”

Speaking of this, Chen Xiaoyao lit the stack of Taoist talismans in the box with his hand and continued, "Actually, these Taoist talismans are used to delay time for us. They can only drive away ghosts, but they cannot cause any damage to ghosts at all, so be careful! Also, remember to save money, because no one knows if there will be any emergencies later."

In fact, Chen Xiaoyao did his best to ensure that everyone could find the soul-summoning banner safely, and also provided the maximum guarantee within his ability as much as possible for the safety of the three. His plan was also very clear, that is, to use these Taoist talismans to delay time and delay the attack of ghosts, and finally get the soul-summoning banner before they consumed the Taoist talismans and then left. Of course, this is just his personal best plan. There is a saying that it is difficult to predict, and no one knows what will happen in the process of finding the Judge Temple, so he specifically mentioned that Taoist talismans should be saved and used.

Back to the topic, except for Zhao Ping, who had already learned about Chen Xiaoyao's plan yesterday and was currently driving, Yao Fujiang, who had heard Chen Xiaoyao's words, also fully understood the meaning of his words. Yao Fujiang nodded affirmatively at first, but the next moment he showed a look of suspicion and stared at Chen Xiaoyao and asked, "Actually, I have another question. This question was thought of when I was sleeping last night. Of course, this question has nothing to do with our next actions. If you know, you can answer or not, let alone answer if you don't know."

"oh?"

After hearing Yao Fujiang's words, Chen Xiaoyao in front of him also became interested. He touched his hair and said, "Then ask."

"I have heard before that there are many famous mountains near Fengdu, and some of them have even become tourist attractions for tourists, but no one dares to step into Yinshan. Some people on the Internet said that Yinshan is haunted. At first, I thought it was just a rumor. How could there be ghosts in the world? But after the experiment you did for me last night, I completely believed that there are ghosts in Yinshan, which is not a rumor. But... Since you have always emphasized that there are ghosts in Yinshan, then the biggest question in my heart is... Why are there so many ghosts in Yinshan? And how did these ghosts come about? Can you answer me?"

Not bad! In fact, this question is not only the biggest doubt in Yao Fujiang's heart at the moment, but also Zhao Ping's doubt, but this matter has nothing to do with finding the soul-summoning banner. Therefore, Zhao Ping, who was just a gossiper, naturally would not specifically inquire about this matter with Chen Xiaoyao. However, since Yao Fujiang couldn't help but raise this question, in addition to Yao Fujiang with a puzzled look on his face, Zhao Ping, who was driving in the front driver's seat, silently raised his ears.

After hearing Yao Fujiang's questions and looking at his puzzled face, Chen Xiaoyao frowned. Then he did not immediately answer Yao Fujiang's question. He neither said that he knew nor did he not know. His appearance naturally made Yao Fujiang, who had been looking at him, feel itchy. So Yao Fujiang reached out and patted Chen Xiaoyao and said, "Damn, what do you mean? If you know, you don't know. What does your expression mean when you want to speak but stop?"

Listening to Yao Fujiang's words, Chen Xiaoyao hesitated for a while before finally speaking, "I know the origin of Yinshan ghosts, but my master told me that he had warned me before he died, saying that when my Taoist skills were perfect in the future, there was a place that would not be able to travel around the world, and that was Yinshan!"

"Why?"

"Yes, why? I asked my master so much at that time."

"Your sister, I mean you answer my question quickly!"

Looking at Yao Fujiang's impatient expression opposite, Chen Xiaoyao suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Of course I know the reason. My master has told me, but once I say it, I will be labeled as a big hat to destroy national unity! Harmony! Harmonious society! How can we, the fourth-class Han people in today's society talk about this?"

Although Chen Xiaoyao didn't want to say it, but with Yao Fujiang's insistence... in the end, Chen Xiaoyao sighed helplessly and told the reason why there are so many ghosts in Yinshan:

"In fact, the real reason why there are so many ghosts in Yinshan is to date back to the late Ming and early Qing dynasties hundreds of years ago. After Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, the Jianlu outside the pass swept across the land of China in just over a decade. Since these Jianlu were not Han people but barbarians in slave society, they imposed terrifying and cruel oppression on the Han people in the ruling area after entering the pass. The Han people who could not bear the oppression will naturally resist, but in exchange for ruthless massacres, but the Han people at that time had more backbone than the Han people today. The more you massacre I will resist. In the end, Jianlu was in China in just over a dozen years.

Thousands of massacres were created on the ground, with a total of about 120 million Han people being massacred by Jianlu. You should know that during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, there were only 200 million Han people in the country. These massacres almost wiped out the Han people. Later, the Jianlu army attacked Fengdu, Chongqing. Tens of thousands of people in the city that received the news in advance all fled to Yinshan behind Fengdu to hide, leaving only thousands of Ming troops determined to defend Fengdu City. Later, Fengdu was captured by Jianlu. After entering the city, Jianlu found that there was no one in the city except the bodies of Ming soldiers. In the end, he learned the whereabouts of the people from the traitors... So..."

Chen Xiaoyao did not say the following words, but Yao Fujiang, who had been listening silently, responded with a blue face and said, "That is to say... all the tens of thousands of people in the city were killed by Jianlu in Yinshan!?"

"Yes, since they all died with resentment, the souls of these tens of thousands of people became lonely ghosts after their death. These lonely souls did not enter the samsara and did not go down to the samsara, and they always wandered on this yin mountain for hundreds of years and never dispersed. The judge temple on this mountain was built to guide the deceased souls to go down to the samsara. As for the soul-suming banner, it was specially placed in the judge temple by Jianlu to suppress the wronged souls."

After Chen Xiaoyao finished all these words, not mentioning Yao Fujiang for now, Zhao Ping, who had been driving, suddenly frowned! A trace of cold sweat appeared on his forehead!

Zhao Ping didn't care about historical issues at all, nor did he care about who these ghosts were or where they were. As for why he sweated... that was because through Chen Xiaoyao's description just now, Zhao Ping learned an amazing and creepy news! That is... If what Chen Xiaoyao said just now is true... that wouldn't it mean that there are tens of thousands of ghosts in this mountain! Although they are all lonely souls of lower level, don't forget... these are lonely souls that have existed for hundreds of years! I just heard that there were many ghosts in Yinshan Mountain and I didn't know the specific number, but once I learned about the general number... it was so frightening!

At this moment, not only was there a little sweat flowing from his forehead, but even his palms holding the steering wheel were already covered in sweat.

At the same time, he couldn't help but start asking himself in his heart: Is it worth taking such a risk for the so-called benefit that I don't know if it is...

Of course, it is useless to regret now. Now the situation is already an arrow that has to be fired. Looking at the Yinshan Mountains that are getting closer and closer, looking at the huge mountain that almost occupied the entire line of sight, both Zhao Ping and Yao Fujiang felt a huge sense of pressure and horror from their hearts.

............

As time went by, 20 minutes passed quickly, and the driving car gradually got closer and closer to Yinshan. The other three also found that the closer to Yinshan, the more desolate it was, and the more desolate the scenery outside the window gave people a feeling of desolation. There was no other car or any figure outside the window. At the same time, the three also found that when there were still a few kilometers away from Yinshan, the asphalt road ahead gradually disappeared, replaced by a bumpy dirt road.

When the car was one thousand meters away from Yinshan, even the dirt road was completely gone, and there was only a wasteland full of weeds and gravel in front of him. Seeing that there was no road for the car to drive, the three of them finally got out of the car with their backpacks and started walking forward. Soon, after walking forward for hundreds of meters, the three of them finally arrived at the foot of Yinshan!

Although the entire Yin Mountain is very large and towering, the slope of the mountain is not very steep, similar to the gentle slope of the hills, so you don’t need to climb and walk to get up. At this moment, the three of them are standing quietly at the foot of the mountain, silently looking at the densely vegetated mountain in front of them...

"Gudu..."

Thinking that he would soon enter this mountain, Yao Fujiang, who was standing on the right side of Zhao Ping and Chen Xiaoyao, couldn't help swallowing, and his legs couldn't help but become a little weak. Of course, neither of the other two were concerned about Yao Fujiang's changes, but instead discussed quickly.

At the foot of the mountain, Chen Xiaoyao first opened the box, then divided the 90 Taoist talismans in the box into three parts and handed them to Zhao Ping and Yao Fujiang on the opposite side, and told them to save money. Zhao Ping, who took the stack of Taoist talismans, first put it in his pocket, then looked up at the huge mountain and asked Chen Xiaoyao beside him, "You should know the specific location of the Judge Temple, right?"

Chen Xiaoyao nodded and replied, "I know, although I have never been here, my master has been here once when he was young. According to my master, the Judge Temple is located in the northwest direction halfway up the mountain, so after the three of us entered the mountain, we will walk to the northwest direction. Now the time is 9.30 during the day. If everything goes well, then we will arrive at the Judge Temple around 11.00 noon and return to the foot of the mountain before 13.30 in the afternoon."

After listening to Chen Xiaoyao's estimate, Zhao Ping nodded silently, and after reaching out to hold the glasses on the bridge of his nose, he casually glanced at Yao Fujiang next to him. Looking at Yao Fujiang's pale expression, in a blink of an eye... Zhao Ping's eyes narrowed slightly, but Yao Fujiang, who had always been worried, didn't notice at all... A hint of undetectable cold light flashed in the eyes of Zhao Ping just now...

The next moment, looking at the barely recognizable mountain road in front of him, Zhao Ping said to the two people beside him with a calm expression, "Okay, time is tight, let's go into the mountain."
Chapter completed!