Starting boy Ma Kongqun

Chapter 375: The Land of Rakshasa, Thousand Miles of Ghostland

Ma Ji walked out of the cave world opened up in the "Chiyou Banner", bid farewell to the Yaksha King outside the blood pool, and returned to Xu Qing's home alone.

At this time, Xu Qing had already discussed with his Yaksha wife and would set out to sea to return to Middle-earth in a few days, but the couple and their three children would return home together.

Since they had met by chance, Ma Ji was willing to give some convenience and immediately gave Xu Qing a talisman and a token. The talisman could protect their family's safety at sea, and the token could allow them to seek help from the government after returning to Middle-earth.

After saying goodbye to each other, Ma Ji and his family left the shore and boarded the boat again, heading east.

On this day, a huge island appeared in front of them. It was ten times larger than the previous Womei Mountain and was no different from a piece of land.

When the boat reached the shore, Ma Ji and the four girls got off the boat, cast a spell to transform the pleasure boat back into its original form of "Bu Tian Shi", and walked towards a large city that appeared in the shadows ahead.

Jiaona asked curiously, "Master, is this the legendary 'Rakshasa Country'?"

Ma Ji nodded and said, "According to the records in the sea charts we collected, it should be correct."

Jiaona said, "I only vaguely heard that the customs here are very different from those in the Middle Earth, but I don't quite understand how they are different."

Ma Ji smiled meaningfully and said, "You will know soon."

The five people used the magical power of "shrinking the earth into an inch" and seemed to be strolling in the garden, but in the blink of an eye they had arrived in front of the city gate.

Lin Jin, Jiaona, Ruomei and Ruoxue looked around and saw that there were already people walking here, and there were soldiers guarding the city gate.

But everywhere I looked, everyone was extremely ugly.

Among them, those who were dressed in plain cloth and were obviously common people had only ordinary ugliness such as bulging eyes, raised noses, cleft lips and buck teeth. A few who were dressed in silk and satin, who must be rich or noble, were particularly ugly. From head to toe, there were one or two physical features that should never appear on a human being.

Just as Lin Jin and the other four girls were staring in astonishment, those people also noticed their family of five.

Seeing Ma Ji, who was as handsome as jade and as elegant as an immortal, and the four beautiful women, these people were first shocked and then terrified. Someone screamed, and then they all ran away in a hurry, even the soldiers guarding the gate were no exception.

The four girls were all confused, so Ma Ji smiled and explained, "The custom in Luosha country is to judge people by appearance. Beautiful people can enjoy wealth and honor, while ugly people are in a low position and may not even be allowed to live in the city. However, they confuse beauty with ugliness and regard ugliness as beauty. So people like us should be regarded as the ugliest people ever seen in the lives of the citizens living in the city, like monsters and ghosts."

Jiaona was filled with righteous indignation: "How can this be so unreasonable? How can you confuse right and wrong like this!"

Lin Jin shook his head and sighed: "The world is so big, there really is nothing strange."

As they were talking, a group of people suddenly came out from the city gate.

This group of men and horses had distinctive armor and rode majestic horses, and it was obvious that they were not ordinary soldiers.

Of course, due to their unusual identities, they were all born extremely ugly. The old man in the official robe who was in the lead had a green face and fangs, curled ears, a three-hole nose, a chicken chest and a hunchback, and palms like bird claws.

In a moment, the horses and men stopped in front of Ma Ji and the others. The old man in the lead dismounted and stepped forward. He first took a close look at Ma Ji's family, and his face was filled with horror. His face and eyes were filled with the feeling that "there are such ugly people in the world". After calming down, he bowed and spoke in fluent Chinese: "I am Gao Cheng, the Minister of Rites of Luosha State. I am here to welcome Grand Tutor Dayu on the order of the king!" Ma Ji had not deliberately concealed his whereabouts when he came, so he was not surprised that the other party knew he was coming. He replied calmly: "Thank you."

Gao Cheng immediately had five fine horses brought, and asked Ma Ji and others to mount the horses and then head into the city. Along the way, they inevitably attracted all kinds of people in the city to watch and be amazed.

The group dismounted outside a palace with a distinct Middle-earth style, and Gao Cheng led Ma Ji and others inside.

When they arrived at a towering palace, they saw that all the civil and military officials on both sides were first-class people of Rakshasa country's standards. Sitting in the middle was none other than the Black Mountain Old Demon shrouded in a black robe. There was a man sitting below him, wearing a crown with tassels and a dragon robe. He must be the ruler of Rakshasa country.

Ma Ji raised his hands and bowed proudly: "Mr. Heishan, it's been a long time since we last met."

The Black Mountain Old Demon sighed: "The pain of the knife you gave me in the West Mountain has not yet subsided, but I miss you every day."

Ma Ji smiled and said, "Since I have come here at your request, I naturally want to end this karma with you."

The Black Mountain Old Demon slowly stood up: "That's great!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sky suddenly darkened.

It turned out that in an instant, a large mass of dark clouds as dark as ink suddenly appeared in the sky, stretching endlessly and turning into a huge black dome, covering the entire Rakshasa Kingdom.

The ground was covered with thick cracks that were crisscrossed and dense like a spider web, and endless evil energy gushed out from the cracks.

From the king, civil and military officials to the military and civilians of the Rakshasa country, under the influence of the evil energy, they all howled loudly, not knowing whether it was pain or joy. Then their bodies swelled rapidly, their skin cracked, their limbs proliferated or mutated, and in the blink of an eye they were transformed from ugly to hideous and terrifying evil spirits.

The Black Mountain Old Demon walked over step by step, sneering, "The entire nation of Rakshasa is made up of the descendants of the subjects of the Ghost Kingdom that I founded in the past. They all have my magical power in their blood. Now I have summoned the evil spirit of the underworld to awaken their blood, returning them to their true form and transforming them into Rakshasa ghost soldiers. That day, you were able to defeat my 36,000 Rakshasa war ghosts with your 24,000 Taoist soldiers, but I wonder if you can still defeat the millions of Rakshasa ghost soldiers in Rakshasa?"

Ma Ji shook his head and sighed, "Not only that. If I see correctly, the entire Luosha country has now become a huge formation that seals the sky and the earth, with a thousand miles of land as the formation map and millions of ghost soldiers as the formation core. I am afraid that even a celestial being would be suppressed if he fell into the formation."

The Black Mountain Old Demon stood a few feet away from Ma Ji, and with a flip of his right hand, the colorful "Kongtong Seal" appeared out of thin air in his palm: "I know you came here for this artifact. Today, you and I will gamble again with this artifact, and bet on whether you can break this "Rakshasa Ghost Domain" of mine!"

Ma Ji closed his eyes slightly, stared at the "Kongtong Seal" and said in a deep voice: "It's a deal!"

The Black Mountain Old Demon pressed the "Kongtong Seal" to his chest and merged it into his body. He shouted, "In this case, I will wait and see what you can do."

After saying this, he disappeared into thin air along with the king and his ministers of Rakshasa Kingdom who had transformed into evil ghosts in the hall.

Lin Jin asked worriedly, "Husband, are you sure?"

Ma Ji spread out his right hand, revealing half a bronze tiger talisman in his palm. He smiled confidently and said, "In the past, Grand Master Yuan and Taizu joined forces to break the Black Mountain Old Monster's ghost kingdom on earth. There's no reason why I can't do it with the First Emperor!"

(End of this chapter)