Mystery Leaks

Chapter 481 The Spirit Guides the Way
Thousands of alpacas rushed past in my heart.

The shadow ghost actually appeared in the vast sea desert. I always thought it was completely extinct.

Because it disappeared after the third uncle activated the all-strike thunderstorm circle for the first time, and has never appeared again since then, and Feng Deliang, who was enslaved, also gained freedom.

The most reasonable explanation is that it was split into green smoke in a sudden thunderstorm and completely disappeared from this world.That thunderstorm was so strong that even Lu Ningxiang fell asleep after being hacked, and since that thunderstorm, the number of ghosts and ghosts gathering in Jinpen Township has decreased a lot.

Unexpectedly, it did not die, but escaped, and appeared in the vast desert.

This shows that the shadow ghost is very likely to be the minion of the Hanhai Demon King, a ghost spy lurking in Jinpen Township, looking for the secrets of Jinpen Township, and monitoring the troubles in Jinpen Township.

"It is it?" Huang Mao also recognized it, his face changed slightly, and said: "It is actually under the command of the Vast Sea Ghost King, this is really unexpected."

"Shadow Ghost?" At this time, Fatty also muttered.

We immediately looked at him together, because we all thought that the shadow ghost had been hacked to death before, so we didn't mention it again. The fat man muttered, as if he knew it.

"Have you seen it?" Huangmao asked.

As a result, the fat man nodded and said, "I've seen it twice. Although I don't know who it is, I'm sure it has a lot of energy, and there is a strong force behind it."

I am speechless, even the fat man has seen it.

It seems that I underestimated it. I am afraid that it is not only a simple spies under the command of the Vast Sea Demon King, but also a backbone.

After that, I saw the man talking with the shadow ghost, but when the shadow ghost left, the man also turned and returned.

"Split into two groups." Huang Mao made a decisive decision, patted me on the shoulder, and said, "Leizi, go chase ghosts and remember to leave marks along the way. The others will catch people with me."

I said yes, so I immediately got off the Shaliang and chased after the shadow ghost in the direction where it disappeared.

Judging from the confluence situation, the shadow ghost is not easy. I chase the target small by myself, and it is not easy to be discovered. Moreover, my speed is also the fastest.

I was trying to speed up as much as possible without making a sound, and the wool pads under my feet helped a lot, otherwise, the speed would not be fast at all, and the sound would be loud when I was fast.

The shadow ghost's speed is faster than a human's. I chased after it with all my strength, but I could only see a faint shadow floating in front of it, and it would disappear without a trace at any time.

But the strange thing is that I miraculously did not chase it away. During this period, it disappeared no less than ten times, which made me anxious like an ant on a hot pot, but after running for a while, I could see it hanging in the distance.

I don't know how to describe this feeling, it seems to have found me, but it didn't leave me behind.

In the end, it disappeared on a piece of yellow sand without a trace.

I looked around, but couldn't find any landmarks, the vast desert, let alone no landmarks around me, even the sky was full of yellow sand.

I tried to find what was different here, but found nothing.After a while, Huang Mao and others caught up and hurriedly asked what was going on.

When I told the results of the tracking, they all frowned.

Hu Lai immediately lay down on the yellow sand, listened down, and sensed it carefully. After a while, his brows relaxed, and he said: "The water vapor below is obviously stronger than other places. There used to be rivers and lakes here."

"Where there is a lake, there will be water. Where there is water, there will be people. If there are people, there will be a city. Could this be where the ancient temple of Loulan is located?" Cao Nan analyzed.

"Impossible, the distance is too short." Fatty shook his head and vetoed, saying: "The vast desert, this place is only a fringe area, if it was so easy to find, the lair of the Vast Sea Ghost King would have been exposed long ago."

After a pause, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there an underground river below?"

Hu Lai immediately nodded and said, "There is an underground river. The aboveground river here has dried up, but the underground river is still full of water. It is a big river."

"The diversion of the aboveground river was an important factor in the demise of ancient Loulan. Although the aboveground river and the underground river are not the same water system, they are connected in the end."

The fat man began to ponder, and then said: "How about this, let's go upstream along the underground river to see if we can find anything. It is only two hours away from the town, and it is impossible to arrange the entrance of ghosts and ancient temples." it's here."

We all nodded, that's the reason.

The shadow ghost should have chased and left. Its actions will not leave footprints, and it will be lost if it is not careful.

So, led by Hu Lai, we followed the underground river to its source, heading west.

And this walk is a journey of more than two days.

The desert was lonely and monotonous, except for the yellow sand and the wind, we were so bored on the road, and we didn't know if the fat man's method was correct, so there were many doubts.

On the third day, we stopped.

Because the underground river that has been stretching for more than two days has actually bifurcated, one goes south and the other goes northwest, and the directions are completely different.

Hu Lai couldn't make up his mind for a while, we boarded the Shaliang and looked around, and didn't know what to do.

"One-half probability." Huang Mao said helplessly.

I swallowed dryly. We didn’t have enough water before we came. The water was cut off last night, and smoke started to come out of my throat. Thanks to practitioners, ordinary people would have died of thirst.

It has to be said that the Vast Sea Ghost King does choose a location. This large desert is a forbidden area for life, lurking here, the sky is wide and the birds don't shit, no one wants to come in and provoke it.

I looked around with the binoculars, and at this moment, a pair of moving shadows suddenly appeared at a certain point on the horizon.

But at this time, the sun was high, the heat was steaming, the light was distorted, and I couldn't see clearly. It looked like a real city, but also like a mirage.

"There's something over there!" Cao Nan also noticed it.

Everyone lay down on the ground and picked up the binoculars, and they were all surprised after looking at it.

"Is this real, or a mirage?" Huang Mao couldn't see it clearly, it was too erratic.

The fat man said: "Wait and see, we will see the result in a while."

We waited quietly, and after a while the moving shadows grew bigger, and finally saw clearly that they were a group of people in black, including men and women, old and young.

After walking a few steps, they prostrate on the ground, throw their bodies to the ground, then get up, walk a few steps, fall to the ground again, and get up again...the cycle repeats.

It is impressive that they are worshiping, and they are on the way of worshiping.

I was suddenly startled, and said, "In this vast sea and desert, are there still people worshiping? What are you worshiping?"

Not only me, but everyone was startled and looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to think of a reasonable explanation for a while.

In the depths of the vast desert, there is nothing but sand around, and the sun is shining brightly, how can the hot yellow sand lie down?

This kind of pilgrimage can cause heat stroke in less than half an hour.

Things are very weird!
"Look over there?" I suggested. The pilgrimage team didn't come towards us, but obliquely entered the field of vision and went in another direction.

It's hard to find something, if you don't go there, it will be wasted.

"Okay, be careful!" Huang Mao nodded.

So we jumped off the Shaliang and rushed over there. The result was that the closer we got, the more shocked we were, because we found that the clothes of these people were not modern people, but ancient people's clothes, and they were not ancient people from the East, like the ancient Western Regions. People, civilians, living in obvious poverty and in rags.

They are obviously a family, men, women, young and old all go out to worship together.

"This... this is not a real person." Cao Nan swallowed, unable to believe everything in front of him.

"It's not a mirage." Hu Lai also said, "The mirage is a projection of the same time, and it will never reflect back to ancient times."

"And it's inaccessible, we're getting closer." Huang Mao added later.

"What the hell is that?" I widened my eyes and suppressed my voice, for fear that my voice would be too loud to spoil the incomprehensible scene in front of me.

"This... this is the legendary spirit guide!" Fatty exclaimed, with an unbelievable expression on his face, and said: "It really guides people!!"

We all looked at him with puzzled faces.

The fat man licked his lips, and said, "Spiritual guidance is a rare phenomenon in the ages, with great chance and great cause and effect."

"Can you make it easier to understand?" I asked in a hurry, confused.

"It's just...the existence of great magic power is showing us the way." The fat man swallowed, and pointed his finger to the sky after speaking, meaning that the existence of great magic power is God.

I was shocked immediately, and at the same time, I felt a little bit unbelieving, God is showing us the way?
This is too mysterious, right?
The world is not benevolent, and all things are regarded as dogs. Can God himself guide people?

"This... is this a legend?" Huang Mao also found it mysterious.

"That's it."

The fat man twitched his face, and said again: "But no matter what, these ancient spirits are showing us the way. To be more precise, they are one of us."

After the voice fell, everyone looked at me in unison.

In terms of cause and effect, there is no one present who is heavier than me. Even Sai Yuer said that I have an inexplicable power attached to me.

"These spirits are the embodiment of cause and effect, the embodiment of karma, adhering to the will of heaven and earth, and guiding you forward. This is a good fortune." The fat man said excitedly, his eyes shining.

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, thinking that this is too mysterious, who is showing me the way, cause and effect, karma?If I was killed, I would not believe it was God. As the saying goes, if the sky has feelings, the sky will grow old. God does not have emotions, and all reincarnation is created by cause and effect.

"Don't be dazed. If you hadn't come, these spirits would never have appeared. Follow them quickly. They will take us to where you want to go." Seeing my hesitation, the fat man hurriedly pushed me over there .

With half-push, I came to the back of the spirit man team and followed step by step.

Their costumes are very old. They wear animal skins with buttons made of animal tendons and fishbone. The accessories are scarce. The most conspicuous one is a string of shell necklaces around the neck of the headed old man, and several pieces on the heads of women and children. A hairpin apparently polished from fishbone.

Young and strong also carry weapons on their backs, bone forks, and spears made of tuna bones... Their expressions are extremely pious, and every movement is very standard, without the slightest slack, as if the worshipers are human beings. The most true, kind and beautiful God in the world.

"What era of clothing is this?" I asked, using shells as necklaces and fishbone as buttons, feeling like being in a primitive society.More importantly, here is a big desert, there is no water and no fish, where are the shells and fish bones, and the tuna's long mouth bone spurs?

Especially tuna, which is a fish in the sea, and this place is the most inland in the hinterland of the Western Regions, thousands of miles away from the sea.

God, my mind is completely confused.

"I don't know what era it was, but I'm sure that the vast sea desert at that time was a sea." Huang Mao's eyelids twitched.

We were all shocked, unimaginable, but the living fact was right in front of us, these people were fishermen, fishermen who fished for a living at sea.

The era of life is definitely beyond our imagination, far longer than the ancient Loulan country.It was a big change in geography, the ocean turned into a desert.

"The vast sea, could it be that this great desert was called the vast sea a long time ago?" Cao Nan asked in surprise after tasting a few words.

I was stunned, it really is!
The vast sea and the great desert are called so, but they have never thought about why a large desert should be named after a sea.

This explanation is correct.

Just when we were shocked, a little girl at the end of the spirit team suddenly turned around, smiled at me, showing a bright little canine tooth, and said: "You are back."

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(End of this chapter)