Black Myth: Journey to the West: Simulate becoming an immortal!

Chapter 196: The powerful and the lackeys, the ghosts change (6k!)
"What is this? An illusion?"

Chen Xi looked at the blurry scene in front of him and couldn't help but frown.

At this moment, the group of servants nodded repeatedly, feeling extremely terrified and grateful.

The powerful master hugged the young maid with a smile on his face.

The steward praised the powerful and wealthy, and acted arrogantly and like a lackey in front of his servants.

After about three or five breaths, the illusion gradually became blurry and the surroundings returned to normal.

Chen Xi withdrew his gaze, thinking about something.

He really didn't expect that the resentment here would be so strong.

Just the resentment and negative energy alone can create illusions of the past.

What he just saw should be what happened in the Baoxiang Kingdom in the past.

It’s just that the scene is too fragmented.

Just a few fragments of words were not enough for Chen Xi to know more.

However, based on the scene just now and the details revealed, he was able to guess a few things.

The maid's strange appearance, wolf hair growing on her hands...

The information revealed by this scene is obviously about the time when the citizens of Baoxiang Kingdom mentioned by the White Bone Bodhisattva were transformed into wolf monsters by Kuimu Wolf.

"Touch the orb..."

"It seems that the nobles of Baoxiang Kingdom used that pearl to deal with the process of demonization."

"But judging from the current results, they should have failed."

Chen Xi's thoughts were working rapidly, and just from this illusion he was able to extract a lot of useful information.

He felt somewhat disgusted by the powerful people in the illusion who used the pearl to win over people's hearts and enjoy offerings and services.

But this was just an illusion after all, so he was not angry about it.

Chen Xi was determined and didn't want to delay here.

He did not stop, following the scent of the bone girl and continued to move eastward.

This time, he hadn’t even taken a few steps.

He saw several ghosts in the place where the resentment was strong.

These ghosts seem to be unaware that they are dead and are still repeating their actions in life.

"Don't be lazy, remember the kindness of the masters!"

A ghost that looked like the butler in the previous illusion, holding a large iron chain in his hand.

It has eagle eyes, a pair of dog legs, and a look of arrogance between its brows.

At the other end of the chain in his hand, there were many servants dressed as ghosts.

These ghosts had chains around their necks, and they looked emaciated and limp. They could only stand up with the help of the chains around their necks.

Chen Xi narrowed his eyes, and a glazed light flashed in his eyes.

clairvoyance!
In an instant, he saw clearly the details of the two kinds of ghosts.

The first one is the manager of Eagle Eyes and Dog Legs, whose name is... Eagle Dog Ghost!

He flatters people in front of them and works hard to gain personal advantage behind their backs.

He flatters officials like a dog and is cruel and ruthless to the people.

The scoundrel's face is exposed, and he will be a bootlicker for the rest of his life.

Those ghosts with chains around their necks are called voice-attached ghosts.

The head is pointed and the body is thin and shiny like silver, and it does not weigh a centimeter on the scale.

His eyes are on his buttocks, he only recognizes clothes and not people.

The voice-attached ghosts blindly follow the crowd and flatter, and are good servants of those lackeys.

These ghosts, like lonely ghosts, wander around the second floor of the pagoda.

As luck would have it, Chen Xi's way was blocked.

"Yes, it's a wolf demon!"

"Kill him quickly! We can't let him attract the wolf demon outside!"

The eagle-dog ghost seemed to have discovered Chen Xi, and it tugged at the chains and screamed.

The ghosts under its command echoed without hesitation.

Then it actually crawled towards Chen Xi like a wild dog.

"How brave!"

Chen Xi felt an indescribable disgust towards these ghosts.

The whole body is filled with glazed light, illuminating all directions.

All the ghosts possessed by voices who approached him screamed miserably.

However, as the ghosts with voices died one by one, the surrounding scene began to tremble and gradually turned bloody.

Chen Xi could clearly feel that the resentment around him was gradually accumulating.

He instantly realized that if he killed ghosts and monsters indiscriminately, it might cause trouble here.

With this in mind, Chen Xi didn't want to get entangled with these little ghosts and planned to find the Bone Girl first.

But the little devil is difficult to deal with!
These guys who have long since turned into ghosts have no sanity at all and can only blindly carry out the actions they did in life.

For some unknown reason, these ghosts seemed to mistake Chen Xi for some kind of wolf monster.

Their eyes glowed red, and they swarmed towards Chen Xi like moths to a flame, not wanting him to go any deeper into the second floor.

"Damn it! This is so difficult!"

Chen Xi was annoyed, but he did not dare to kill people.

He just used his magical power of generating light to affect some ghosts, which caused the resentment on the second level to increase greatly.

If all these ghosts were killed, there is no telling what the consequences would be.

The most important thing right now is to get the pearl, there is no need to create unnecessary trouble.

However, if left unattended, these ghosts will stick to us like a dog-skin plaster, which will be really troublesome.

Chen Xi's eyes narrowed, to catch a thief, one must first catch the leader!
Since these annoying ghosts are all driven by the hawk-dog ghost.

Then it seems that he only needs to kill the hawk-dog ghosts, and these opportunistic ghosts will not bother him anymore.

Chen Xi thought of this and took decisive action!
The power of divine feet!
Chen Xi moved and instantly appeared in front of the eagle-dog ghost.

Before the eagle-dog ghost could react, he was kicked in the chest.

The eagle-dog ghost immediately flew backwards, howling miserably.

"Ahhh!"

"How dare you, a lowly bastard, hurt me?"

"Someone come! Someone come quickly, the wolf demon has entered the palace!"

The eagle-dog ghost was not like an ordinary little demon. After being kicked by Chen Xi, it did not die on the spot.

It crawled on the ground in a panic, pulling at the chain desperately.

Those ghosts with voices were dragged by chains and had no power to resist.

The eagle-dog ghost, which should have been seriously injured, took a big gulp and swallowed several nearby voice-attached ghosts.

In an instant, most of its injuries were healed.

This action also caused the ghosts that possessed the voices to become more resentful.

However, they did not dare to do anything to the eagle-dog ghosts and only dared to vent their anger on Chen Xi.

Chen Xi ignored this and only targeted the hawks, dogs and ghosts.

He took a step forward, and the nine-ring staff fell on his head.

The eagle and dog ghosts screamed in fear and tried to use the ghosts with attached voices to block them.

However, Chen Xi is faster than it!
"Boom!"

Only a muffled sound was heard!
The nine-ring tin staff cut the eagle-dog ghost’s head in half on the spot, cleanly and neatly.

The eagle-dog ghost twitched all over, and then turned into a wisp of black smoke and dissipated in the wind.

The resentment on the second floor of the pagoda is even stronger.

However, this kind of growth is better than killing all these ghosts.

When the ghosts with attached voices saw the eagle and dog ghosts dead, they all scattered like birds and beasts and dared not attack Chen Xi again.

"Ok?"

Chen Xi keenly noticed that these ghosts fleeing in panic seemed to be gathering in one direction.

Moreover, the resentment in that direction is even greater, and the negative energy is even stronger!
Chen Xi's face was slightly solemn. He suppressed his thoughts for the moment and turned to look for the bone girl.

This time, there were no ghosts to cause trouble, and he quickly found the Bone Girl's trace.

At this time, the Bone Girl was also surrounded by ghosts.

However, because of Yu Ruyi, Gu Nu was not in danger of her life for the time being.

"I say that here, the hawks and dogs shall be killed!"

The explanation makes sense!
As soon as Chen Xi finished speaking, the hawk-dog ghosts that were originally shouting and chasing the bone girl suddenly froze.

A golden knife fell from the sky and landed on his neck.

The eagle-dog ghost died before he even had time to scream.

Seeing this, the ghosts and monsters around fled in panic.

The bone girl knew that it was the Buddha's disciple who had arrived, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Bone Girl..."

"Could this be what you said, that the restrictions in the pagoda are complicated and it's easy to get lost, and you asked me not to lose you?"

"Why is this happening now?"

"You have trouble dealing with a bunch of little devils. I doubt whether you can help me get the pearl."

Chen Xi walked slowly over and spoke.

Upon hearing this, Gu Nu hurriedly explained.

"Buddha has misunderstood..."

"Now the pagoda seems to have changed compared to the past."

"As far as I know, the dark side of the second floor of the pagoda was originally used to imprison the vengeful ghosts who died tragically in Baoxiang Country."

"Now, somehow, these resentful ghosts have escaped from the prison and formed a ghost domain."

"The ghostland was created by resentment. There are illusions everywhere and it is difficult to identify the location. This is why we wasted some time..."

Chen Xi heard this but remained silent.

"You felt that huge resentment, didn't you?"

"What's that?"

As Chen Xi spoke, he looked in the direction where the ghost fled.

"My friend, as far as I know, that should be the central ghost that formed this ghost area."

"I think because too many ghosts were killed, the resentment here surged, causing it to become restless."

"If we wake him up now, it will be even more difficult to get out."

The bone girl looked solemn as she answered.

"Oh?"

"If we kill it directly, can the so-called central ghost get out directly?"

Chen Xi stroked the nine-ring staff and asked back.

"This……"

"That's true. If we can kill the central ghost directly, the ghost domain will naturally be broken."

The Bone Girl knew the Buddha's methods, so she naturally had no doubt as to whether he had the ability to do so.

"Then what are you waiting for?"

Chen Xi didn't want to waste useless time in these places.

Instead of looking for an exit everywhere, it is better to kill the source directly and nip it in the bud.

Chen Xi made up his mind and immediately took the Bone Girl and headed straight to the center of the ghost domain.

Along the way, there were many illusions.

Chen Xi saw with his own eyes that many resentful ghosts were eaten by wolf demons when they were alive.

The entire family, including father, mother, wife, and descendants, had their hearts and livers eaten by the wolf demon in front of them.

Sometimes death is not the most painful thing.

The most painful thing is that your loved ones die in front of you and you are powerless to do anything.

“No wonder the ghosts imprisoned here have such deep resentment.”

Chen Xi frowned, feeling a little confused.

Since the scenes in the illusion are all things that happened in the past.

Then why is it that the wolf demon in Baoxiang Kingdom is not as irrational, vicious and cruel as the illusion?

Although Chen Xi was thinking in his mind, his steps did not slow down at all.

Soon, he and the Bone Girl arrived at the center of the ghost realm.

A large number of ghosts have already gathered here, and the resentment is condensed and does not dissipate, as if it has substance.

But then an illusion slowly emerged.

In the illusion, there stands a pagoda!
Indistinctly, this pagoda has some similarities with today's stupa.

And on top of that pagoda, a group of powerful ministers and royal relatives gathered.

Their clothes are gorgeous and expensive.

However, now, these powerful people all have hideous looks on their faces.

"Quick, drive these untouchables away!" "They are wolf demons, not the people of my Baoxiang Kingdom!"

The tone of the powerful gentlemen was full of panic and fear.

Under their command, a group of hawk-dog ghosts stood on the tower, swinging the chains desperately.

The vengeful ghosts who were trying desperately to climb up the tower were whipped by the chains and fell down.

They were smashed to pieces and screamed and wailed.

The wolf demons in the illusion pounced on these resentful ghosts, biting and tearing them apart.

The scene was horrific for a moment.

Resentment rose and spread wantonly.

The common people who were eaten by the wolf demon and abandoned by the powerful looked at the pagoda with resentment.

This is why...they became vengeful ghosts!
Under the influence of resentment, these resentful ghosts gradually merged into one ball.

Deformed and twisted mouths constantly pour out resentment.

"Master, I have parents and children to take care of. I don't want to die. Please let me into the tower!"

"Sir, stop smoking, stop smoking! Give me a quick death!"

"Why? You guys can hide in the tower, but we have to be eaten by the wolf monster!"

"Ahhh, mother! Damn wolf demon!"

"It's all your fault, corrupt officials. You collect taxes and pay taxes on a daily basis, but when something goes wrong, you let us ordinary people die. You deserve to die!"

The illusion gradually blurred...

But this evil ghost full of resentment became clearer at this moment!

Obviously, these resentful ghosts were trapped in the pagoda, constantly repeating the tragic scenes of their deaths in their previous lives. Now their resentment has accumulated and has become a trend!
Chen Xi's face looked ugly, with a hint of anger between his brows.

What a Kuimu wolf!

Even after these people died, they were not let go.

What kind of hatred and grudge is this?
"Master, you deserve to die..."

The huge group of resentful ghosts discovered Chen Xi and the Bone Girl and directly mistook them for those powerful and wealthy masters.

dong dong dong...

The vengeful ghosts rushed towards Chen Xi and the Bone Girl with all their might, and the ground was shaking.

An indescribable resentment came over me.

The Bone Girl's face changed drastically. This kind of power already had some of the strange realm that only big demons could have.

“Om——”

The explanation makes sense!
Chen Xi uttered Buddhist sounds, which directly broke the influence of the resentment.

Although the vengeful ghost is powerful, it is not a big demon after all.

Compared to Jin Chanzi who could beat him so badly that he couldn't find his way back home, this was simply kindergarten level.

"He died tragically in life, and he will not rest in peace after death."

“How miserable…”

Chen Xi shook his head and raised the colorful glass cup in his hand.

"I will use this fire to convert you, hoping to eliminate your hatred and convert you to liberation."

As soon as Chen Xi finished speaking, he blew it out in one breath.

Colorful glazed fire gushed out and fell on the resentful ghost, burning fiercely.

Compared to the lamp-bearing prison guard, the resentful ghost's obsession is obviously extremely deep!
Once the colorful glazed fire burned, it made it scream miserably, and its resentment was greatly reduced.

When the Bone Girl saw this, her face was filled with horror.

Who would have thought that a powerful ghost like this could not even get through to the Buddha's disciple...

In just three or five breaths, the resentful ghost with a huge scene fell to the ground with loud thunder and small raindrops.

Failed to create any waves in Chen Xi's hands.

The resentment and obsession of the vengeful ghost were completely eliminated after being burned by the colorful glazed fire.

The densely packed mouths on its body were muttering to themselves.

"When one person attains enlightenment, his chickens and dogs will also ascend to heaven. If one is hungry and exhausted, one should kill the chickens and dogs first."

"Although I have worked hard for my master for half my life, chickens and dogs are just chickens and dogs after all..."

As soon as the resentful ghost finished speaking, he turned into black smoke and dissipated with the wind.

The black and white scene around gradually faded away and regained color.

The ghost domain, which was filled with gloomy energy and resentment, disintegrated into wisps of gloomy energy and swarmed towards Chen Xi.

Chen Xi frowned subconsciously, but soon discovered that all the negative energy had poured into the lantern that had dropped when he had killed the prison guard who was holding the lantern.

Yin energy poured into the lantern and soon mixed with the Yang energy.

However, what is more strange is that yin and yang are incompatible with each other and are clearly separated from each other, without interfering with each other.

One black and one white, the two kinds of light seem somewhat mysterious.

Although Chen Xi didn't know what the Yin and Yang energies were used for, it would definitely be a good idea to collect them for now.

Even if it's useless, it's still good to have it as a collection.

He shook his head, suppressed his thoughts, and without wasting too much time, he immediately called the Bone Girl to find the entrance to the next level.

After seeing Chen Xi's methods, Gu Nu became obviously more respectful.

Maybe it was to make up for the previous poor performance.

Bone Girl volunteered and worked extra hard.

The jade ruyi emitted a faint light, illuminating the dark two-story pagoda.

Soon, the Bone Girl found the entrance to the second floor.

The door is also closed!

Chen Xi swung his Zen stick and the door broke into pieces on the spot.

They all stepped into the third floor of the pagoda, and this time there was no movement.

Chen Xi came back to his senses, squinted his eyes and looked around.

Everything that came into view made him raise an eyebrow.

The third floor of the pagoda was covered with signs of burning.

The ground was littered with broken weapons, armor, and rosaries.

Without exception, all of these objects were burned black.

The walls of the tower are covered with damaged diamond carvings and Buddha statues.

These Buddha statues were burned black, some were smashed, and some were splashed with blood, looking particularly creepy.

"Oh? There are murals..."

Chen Xi looked around and saw a mural on the wall of the tower somewhere.

Although most of the mural was burnt black, some of its content could still be vaguely seen.

What caught Chen Xi's attention most was a mural depicting a man in a yellow robe.

The man in yellow robe was handsome and dignified.

He wore a magpie-tail crown on his head, and the dark clouds gathered.

She was wearing a jade-pleated gown with wide fluttering sleeves.

She wears black boots with flowery folds and a bright phoenix belt around her waist.

He is a truly remarkable man, with a lofty and majestic figure and handsome appearance.

On the mural, the man in yellow robe is surrounded by officials and people, with one hand pointing to the sky.

The sky was covered with dark clouds and rain was depicted.

In the murals, the people are smiling and the land is green.

"This... Kuimu Wolf?"

Although the mural was in ruins, Chen Xi recognized Kuimulang at a glance.

After all, in the entire Baoxiang Kingdom, who else could be the person who fits the characteristics of the character on the mural other than Kuimulang?

But if it is Kuimulang, what does this mural mean?
If Chen Xi understood correctly, the mural should be about good weather and good harvests, and the people's love.

But this seems to be somewhat different from what he knows?

Thinking of this, Chen Xi immediately asked about the bone girl.

"What's the story behind the Kuimu Wolf on this mural?"

Bone Girl was also curious when she heard this.

She recalled it for a moment, then spoke out loud.

"The Bodhisattva once said that when Kuimu Lang came to the world, he coveted the splendor and wealth of the human world."

"He then bewitched the king of Baoxiang Kingdom at that time and became the national teacher."

"In the beginning, he adhered to the nature of immortals and gods, which made Baoxiang Kingdom prosperous and peaceful."

"Later, Kuimu Wolf lost his true nature and began to eat people wantonly, causing chaos in Baoxiang Kingdom."

"After shouting and killing, he kidnapped the princess and became a demon."

After hearing this, Chen Xi stroked his chin thoughtfully.

This is not much different from what I mentioned earlier about the White Bone Bodhisattva.

However, White Bone Bodhisattva did not tell him about Kuimulang, who once served as the imperial teacher in Baoxiang Kingdom.

Is there any problem with this?
Why would White Bone Bodhisattva deliberately conceal the matter of the National Master?

Or maybe he was worrying too much, and White Bone Bodhisattva thought it was unimportant so he didn't mention it?

Chen Xi had a lot of thoughts on his mind, but he kept them to himself for now.

As he and the Bone Girl walked toward the next floor, he looked at the murals on the walls of the tower.

Soon, he discovered something new on a tattered mural.

Chen Xi reached out his hand and wiped off the black dust on the mural. He could vaguely see a line of text that had been cut twice.

He carefully identified it and found that it seemed to contain the reason for the construction of the pagoda.

In the past, there was a great monk who came from the Tang Dynasty in the East, who chased away the yellow robes and maintained peace.

Now we build a Buddhist pagoda to suppress evil spirits and bring peace to the whole country.

"Eastern Tang..."

Chen Xi seemed to be thinking about something. Could it be referring to the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures?
Judging from the meaning of this sentence, the pagoda should have been built after Tang Sanzang left and the Yellow Robe Monster went to heaven to report on his work.

Chen Xi silently sorted out the time and kept it in mind for the time being.

He and the Bone Girl continued to move forward and saw many monsters along the way.

The third layer is Yang, which is specifically used to extract Yang energy.

The demons imprisoned here are even more despicable than those on the first floor.

They no longer had the strength to struggle, scream, cry out and beg for mercy.

These monsters have a very strong odor and appear to be extremely evil.

Now their entire bodies are covered with fine scales, and they look very similar to when Chen Xi used the power of the Dragon King.

The demons lay half dead in their cells.

Ganoderma lucidum herbs planted on them absorb nutrients and grow well. They become big and round, with faint cloud patterns on them.

The dragon head on Chen Xi's neck made his eyes widen.

"How can you waste natural resources by using precious beads to grow these things?"

"In the past, when I peed, the Ganoderma lucidum at the foot of the mountain grew bigger than here."

When Chen Xi heard what Long Jun said, he understood.

This place might not be a medicinal garden created by Kuimulang using the power of the pearl.

But what does Kuimulang need these herbs for?

Do you want to achieve immortality or ascend to heaven?

But does Kui Mulang really need these things?

"Ho ho ho..."

suddenly!

A strange sound came from the front.

Chen Xi raised his head, his expression suddenly strange.

"What the hell is this?"

At the same time, on the other side...

Shen Hou carefully walked over a layer and stood in front of the broken door.

It listened to the vibrations coming from the tower and uttered words of amazement.

"I don't know where that little brother came from, but he is very capable despite his young age."

"I don't think this pagoda can do anything to him easily."

After Shen Hou finished speaking, he was about to go to the second floor when his ears suddenly moved.

He quickly lowered his body and looked back.

"crunch-"

All I heard was the sound of a heavy door being pushed open.

Shen Hou's pupils shrank slightly, and he tried to look towards the door.

Then I saw the door on the first floor of the pagoda opened...

(End of this chapter)