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Chapter 1001 Hidden Mist Village

As soon as Song Jiang got ashore, he was deeply shocked by the sea of ​​red spider lilies under his feet. He couldn't help but whispered, "Flowers bloom but no leaves, leaves grow but no flowers, flowers and leaves are invisible, life and death only cherish each other... This is the famous red spider lily, also known as Lycoris radiata, which is the source of inspiration for many literary works."

Gu Hao shook his head and said, "The Buddhist scriptures say that the flowers on the other shore bloom for a thousand years and wither for a thousand years, and the flowers and leaves never meet. Love is not a cause and effect, but fate determines life and death. So in my eyes, the beauty of this flower always symbolizes misfortune and endless pain..."

Song Jiang laughed when he heard it and said, "It means love that cannot be obtained. It's a pity that I have never been in love, so I don't know what it feels like to be in love that cannot be obtained."

Gu Hao glanced at the red spider lilies at his feet and snorted, "You are really young and don't know the taste of sorrow. Compared with life and death, love is really dispensable, because no matter how deep the love is, it will eventually be worn away by time. Those who are unforgettable for a lifetime are all unrequited love. The beautiful love in all literary works is just the wishful fantasy of literati about love. The reason why Li Wan is still so obsessed with Bai Lang is because she lost him when she was most affectionate."

Song Jiang knew that his and Gu Hao's views on love were several generations apart, so there was no way they could discuss the same topic. So he changed the subject and asked, "What practical purpose do these red spider lilies have in this place?"

Gu Hao thought about it, then shook his head and said, "No... It's just for the sake of looking good and alerting the world."

"How can such a beautiful flower warn the world?" Song Jiang said with some disbelief.

After hearing this, Gu Hao turned his head and looked at the Wangchuan River behind him and said, "It is said that those ghosts who are reluctant to give up their past life memories and are unwilling to drink Mengpo soup will eventually jump into the Wangchuan River and wait for a thousand years before reincarnation. But no one tells them that after a thousand years, they will be reincarnated as red spider lilies on the bank of the Wangchuan River. By then, their cherished memories will have been completely forgotten bit by bit with the passage of time."

"Ah...then it would be better to just drink the soup and leave? Isn't that stupid?" Song Jiang said with some surprise.

"Who said it wasn't? Are you stupid?!" Gu Hao said with a double meaning.

Song Jiang heard the hidden meaning in Gu Hao's words, so he coughed and said, "Okay, now that we have crossed the Wangchuan River, where should we go next?"

Gu Hao then gently waved his hand towards the black-sailed boat in the water, and it returned to its original appearance. Song Jiang was just about to ask if he still wanted the little paper boat, but suddenly he saw a few dry hands stretched out from the water and instantly pulled the boat into the water. Seeing this, Song Jiang stood still...

Seeing this, Gu Hao smiled and asked, "Did you see it?"

Song Jiang nodded and said, "I saw it, those things are..."

"They are ghosts without minds... Among them there are those who were once loyal supporters of love until death, but now they have all become resentful ghosts in the Forgetful River. All the eternity and love they once had have been worn away by the Forgetful River, where even goose feathers cannot float and reed catkins sink to the bottom, leaving nothing behind." Gu Hao said with great emotion.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, a breeze blew, and all the red spider lilies swayed in the wind, like once beautiful women nodding at Gu Hao, agreeing with what he had just said... Seeing this scene, Song Jiang shook his head helplessly, feeling infinite pity in his heart.

Seeing this, Gu Hao sighed softly, then looked at Song Jiang and said, "This is already the underworld, let's go, don't waste your precious time." Song Jiang was a little surprised and said, "Why? We are not going to walk all the way here, are you? Do you have any other means of transportation? Like turning into a paper airplane or something?!"

Gu Hao looked at Song Jiang, who looked silly, and shook his head helplessly, saying, "What are you thinking about? Flying a plane in the underworld? Then you will become famous in one battle!"

Song Jiang was puzzled when he heard this and asked, "How do we get there?"

Gu Hao pointed to the hillside ahead and said, "There is a village in that direction. There is a powerful character there who can send us directly to the hell..."

"Village? Is that the village I understand?" Song Jiang asked in surprise.

Gu Hao nodded and said, "Yes, it is literally a village, you can call it whatever you want. But the people living there are not ordinary villagers, but a group of ghosts who have been wandering in the underworld for a long time. They don't want to reincarnate, and they haven't committed any serious crimes. They just want to stay in the underworld for a long time, so the Lord of the Underworld specially approved these ghosts to build a village in the underworld to live in."

"Who is the Lord of the Underworld? Does he have such great power?" Song Jiang asked curiously.

Unexpectedly, Gu Hao glared at him and said, "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. You haven't figured out your own affairs yet, and you're still worrying about the affairs of the underworld... Where was I talking about?"

Song Jiang rolled his eyes and said, "The Lord of the Underworld specially approved them to build a village..."

Gu Hao nodded and said, "Yes, they are allowed to build villages. These villages are scattered all over the underworld, and villages can travel to each other and exchange what they have... We just need to go to the village ahead and borrow their road to reach the village outside the hell."

Song Jiang was a little bit incredulous when he heard this and said, "Ah, there really is a through train to hell?"

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As they were talking, Song Jiang and the other man came to the hillside. At this time, Gu Hao pointed to a building in the mist in the distance and said, "That's the village. This kind of place has a unified name called Wuyin Village, which means a village hidden in the mist."

Song Jiang immediately laughed dryly and said, "What a straightforward explanation!"

Then the two of them walked down the hillside and headed straight for the village, but they were stopped by two Yincha at the entrance of the village and asked what they wanted to do in Wuyin Village. Song Jiang was a little nervous at the time, after all, they were illegal residents here, but Gu Hao took out a paper ingot from his pocket and stuffed it into the hand of one of the Yincha and said, "We plan to go into the village to see the environment... If the environment is good, we plan to stay here."

Strangely enough, Song Jiang watched as the paper ingot turned into a heavy real ingot once it reached the hands of the evil messenger. The other party weighed it without hesitation, then waved at them and said, "Come in, the environment here is not bad, and the villagers are easy to get along with. If you like it, remember to come out and find us when you want to buy a house. We can give you a 20% discount..."

Song Jiang was stunned by the other party's words. He didn't expect that the underworld has advanced to this extent. The ghost messenger has even started working as a real estate agent. He just didn't know whether the housing prices here are also inflated, so expensive that ordinary people can't afford it.