Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 111 Princess Mononoke from the River and Sea
After the countdown ended, Yan Yu led the team into the secret realm.

It was seen that the visibility in the Fengdu secret realm was much lower than that outside - outside it felt a bit like black smoke and haze covering the sky, while inside it was simply the middle of the night, and one could only vaguely see the outlines of the nearby mountains with the moonlight above.

At this time, everyone seemed to be in a ravine, with unclimbable cliffs on both sides, almost 90 degrees perpendicular to the ground.

Of course, you could use the Cloud Ascending Technique to climb up, but you'd likely encounter a wall of air... While secret realms were created for a variety of purposes, allowing outsiders to play sandbox games certainly wasn't one of them. If you were forced to force your way through a path that was clearly forbidden, you wouldn't encounter any map Easter eggs.

Looking further ahead, the mountain road gradually climbed upwards in a winding manner, and soon faded into the night and could not be seen clearly.

"They don't seem to have passed by here." Su Yunjin shone a flashlight on the road below and suddenly said, "Look, if they had passed by, there would be footprints on the ground."

Everyone looked down and saw that what they were walking on was not the common stone steps in the scenic area, but a slightly wet and muddy dirt road.

Even a girl as light and delicate as Su Yunjin would leave a faint mark if she stepped on it. With a muscular man like Qin Meng on Zhou Hongyu's team, it was impossible not to leave footprints.

"Could it be that in order to avoid leaving footprints, everyone used the Cloud Ascending Technique to fly over there?" Lin Ning asked thoughtfully, "Is there such a possibility?"

"That would be great." Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "If we consume their energy in advance, it will be much easier for us to fight."

"Whether there is an ambush ahead or not, everyone should stay alert," Yan Yu said finally.

He was about to lead the team forward when he suddenly noticed Chen Lingyun staring at the back without saying a word.

"What's wrong?" Yan Yu asked.

"Is there a pond there?" Chen Lingyun asked him.

Yan Yu took out the flashlight and shone it around. At the end of the road, the light illuminated a dark area - it didn't look like a pool of water, but more like a muddy ground.

"Go and take a look," he said. "Hurry up and don't waste too much time."

Everyone immediately turned around and walked forward a few dozen steps. They soon came to the edge of the mud. They saw a bunch of reeds and a pool of shallow water that smelled terrible.

Further away there is another small temple, which seems to be a shrine to the land god. There are not just one clay doll enshrined in the temple, but five.

Yan Yu took a closer look and said in surprise:

"Oh, Chen Lingyun, you are so lucky."

"What is that?" Chen Lingyun asked with a smile.

"It looks like the Five-Directions God." Lin Ning said nervously, "My dad said that if you see it on the road, don't worship it, and don't make any wishes casually. Otherwise, if it helps you fulfill your wish and you forget to repay it, it will come to take your life..."

Before he finished speaking, five streams of black smoke floated out from the reed field, transforming into five two-meter-tall evil spirits with green faces and fangs. They floated in the air and shouted sternly:

"Since you are seeing the gods, why don't you kneel?"

Chen Lingyun looked at Yan Yu, only to see him take a step forward and say with a smile:

"Achieving enlightenment makes you a god, while ending it makes you a ghost. This secret realm has no incense offerings and no believers' vows. I think you are not gods, but more like ghosts."

"How dare you!" The five evil ghosts roared, and then transformed into knives, guns, sticks, axes and hammers, and rushed towards Yan Yu and others fiercely.

Before he got close, two sword lights rushed towards him.

A dark yellow light, which was the Huangting Sword, and a green light, which was the Qingzhu Sword, pierced through the evil spirits holding swords and guns respectively. The opponents didn't even have time to block, and their figures quickly dimmed.

Chen Lingyun seized the opportunity and activated the soul-summoning banner, quickly taking the two ghosts into the banner. He wondered if these ghosts were a little weak.
Before she could figure it out, the Demon Sect Demoness' Yinfeng Sword came from the side, killing two people directly. She didn't have time to think about it anymore and quickly collected the two ghosts that fell.

Only the evil ghost holding the axe was left. He landed on the ground in a daze. Seeing that he was the only one left in the blink of an eye, he simply threw the axe to the ground and shouted:
"Okay, okay, if you want to take it or cut it, come on!"

No matter how elegant Chen Lingyun was, she couldn't hold back her smile. She stared at Yan Yu with a cold and unfriendly look, and her meaning was obvious: You are so weak as a chicken, and you are worthy of being my envoy?

Yan Yu did not argue, but went over and asked the evil ghost:

"Are you a ghost practicing Taoism, or a demon beast transformed into a spirit?"

The evil ghost smiled bitterly and said:
"This is the secret realm of the underworld, where do monsters come from? Any flesh and blood would have been devoured by the ghosts long ago. I died too young, at least four or five thousand years ago, and I have forgotten my specific name. Now I am just a lonely ghost, without much magical power. Do whatever you want with me, Taoist priest."

"That's no problem." Yan Yu nodded, turned around and explained to Chen Lingyun, "There are twelve Heavenly Stems, and five represents the yang within the yin. In ancient times, if wandering ghosts met by chance and formed five, there was a chance that they would cultivate in the yin, and thus become the 'Five Ghosts'."

"The five ghosts can practice either righteously or wickedly. If they practice righteously, they consume people's incense and return it with wealth, gathering spiritual power to bless themselves. They become the 'Five Powerful Gods.' But if they are driven by wicked practices to steal people's wealth or even take their lives, they become the 'Five Little Ghosts.'"

"There are also 'false Five Gods'. This is because in ancient times, worship of the 'Five Gods' was popular in the south. Some animals and spirits would pretend to be five of them, harming the people and raping people's wives and daughters... There's no need to keep these. Just kill them if you see them."

"We haven't done anything like that!" When the evil ghost heard him say, "No need to keep us here," it quickly transformed into the appearance of a young woman, crying and complaining, "We are just lonely ghosts, without a physical body, so how can we be male or female? If you want to be female, you can be female, if you want to be male, you can be male. Why bother to harm decent women and cause public resentment? You can just pretend to be a female ghost and seduce a passing scholar. You can have as much yang energy as he wants, and he's so happy that he doesn't even know to report to the authorities..."

"Okay, stop." Chen Lingyun said lightly, and the evil ghost immediately fell silent.

After hesitating for a moment, she waved the soul-calling banner and took in the last evil ghost.

"We wasted a few minutes here, we need to speed up next time." Yan Yu nodded, turned and left.

Everyone hurried to keep up with his pace. After a while, Chen Lingyun quickened his pace and quickly came to Yan Yu's side, lowering his voice and asking:

"You said they could 'kill people'. What exactly?"

"They were just soldiers attacking people with knives," Yan Yu replied. "Didn't you see it just now?"

"That's it?" Chen Lingyun raised her eyebrows.

"Princess Jianghai, is this all you have in terms of intelligence?" Yan Yu mocked her mercilessly. "Just wielding a knife and hacking people is indeed unremarkable. But the Five Ghosts are incredibly difficult to defend against. They have the ability to become invisible and even walk through walls. I think you understand what I'm saying, right?"

If someone as pure-minded as Lin Ning were to change to him, she probably wouldn't understand what he meant. But Chen Lingyun's mind was so dirty that she immediately thought of the true use of the Five Ghosts.

For example, you can use the wall-walking technique to hide in a mountain wall, a tree trunk, or even underground, then wait for the enemy to pass by, come out and stab him in the back, then immediately become invisible and run away...

Very good, I like it.

Thinking of this, Chen Lingyun smiled and asked:

"These five ghosts are a bit weak right now. After being stabbed by the immortal sword, they immediately lost their combat ability. Is there any way to strengthen their defense?"

"Even if there were a better method of refining the ritual, would I know it?" Yan Yu sneered, "Do you think I'm someone who would play with such vile things as ghosts? I'm an upright and honest cultivator!"

Chen Lingyun was not amused, but she was not annoyed. She just smiled and said:

"So the answer is yes, right?"

"Yes." Yan Yu said frankly without any pretense, "But it's not necessary, understand?"

Chen Lingyun immediately understood and said:

"Because the biggest advantage of ghosts is that they are hard to defend against. Instead of increasing defenses, it's better to increase their concealment."

"Look," Yan Yu high-fived and exclaimed, "I knew with your sinister and cunning personality, you were definitely a natural at playing with ghosts!"

(End of this chapter)