The demon monk in the second dimension

Thus, in the Ghost Realm, Xia Zhi discovered many corpses.

Most of these corpses were swollen and had contorted expressions, as if they had suffered the agony of drowning.

This is a corpse that has been soaking in the lake for many days, forming a giant shape.

Some of the corpses lay down, while others stood there, just like living people, yet motionless.

These were just some corpses that had become neither human nor ghost due to supernatural forces, which even ordinary people could handle, and Xia Zhi didn't take them seriously.

Under the seven layers of ghostly realm, Xia Zhi spent more than an hour walking through the entire Zhongzhou city area, but still could not find the location of Ghost Lake.

he guessed.

"Is it impossible to enter directly using the Ghost Domain? It seems that the Ghost Lake itself may not be in Zhongzhou City, or even in reality. We need to find other ways."

He put away the Ghost Domain, took out the satellite phone given to him by Cao Yanhua, and dialed the only recorded number on it: "Headquarters Operator".

The call connected in just two seconds, as if someone had been watching over me the whole time.

A clear, articulate female voice, perfectly in the tone of a professional broadcaster, came from the phone.

"Hello, Your Excellency Ghost God, I am your dedicated operator, Fang Ziling. From now on, I will be responsible for communication between you and headquarters. You can also contact headquarters through me with any questions. How can I help you now?"

Xia Zhi said to Fang Ziling.

"Check if there are any special places around Zhongzhou City. For example, temples, Taoist temples, or ancient buildings."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Inside the Interpol Asia headquarters, Fang Ziling quickly used her computer to search for information.

The data at the Asian headquarters is connected to the central database, which contains much more information than what can be found online, and findings are made very quickly.

"Found it! There's a town called Taiping Ancient Town in Zhongzhou City. It's an old town established during the Republic of China era and has been developed into a distinctive tourist town by Zhongzhou City. The outer areas have been modernized and are now considered a new urban area, but the inner old town still retains its ancient town features. There are still quite a few people living there, including tourists and some residents."

"Taiping Ancient Town? Send me a map."

After Xia Zhi hung up the phone, Fang Ziling quickly sent her location to Xia Zhi.

Taiping Ancient Town is not far from Zhongzhou City. Once the Summer Solstice Ghost Realm opens, one can teleport to the vicinity of this ancient town.

Xia Zhi could tell at a glance that something strange was about this ancient town.

Just like the Ghost Temple, many buildings appear to be intact, but in fact, they are dilapidated inside. However, they are concealed by a strange force, and ordinary people cannot see the problem at all.

"Even if this ancient town has nothing to do with the Ghost Lake incident, there must be supernatural events happening here!"

He dialed Fang Ziling's number again, without any preamble, and went straight to asking her the question.

"Taiping Ancient Town is so close to Zhongzhou City, why hasn't it been sealed off? There must be some supernatural events happening in this ancient town."

Fang Ziling checked the situation and quickly said.

“Taiping Ancient Town is very close to Zhongzhou City, but there have been no problems, so it has not been locked down.”

Summer Solstice said coldly.

"The biggest problem is that there are no problems. That centenarian at headquarters might know something. Haven't you asked him?"

After Xia Zhi called Fang Ziling, Cao Yanhua also came to the operator's office to see how he would handle the Ghost Lake incident.

Upon hearing Xia Zhi's words, Cao Yanhua immediately shook his head.

"You think I don't want to impose lockdowns? But so many cities are in trouble right now. Lockdowns here and there, where are we supposed to put the remaining people? Just clearing out Zhongzhou city is already a huge headache!"

He took the phone from Fang Ziling and spoke to Xia Zhi.

“Ghosts and gods, this is Cao Yanhua. We have inquired about the Ghost Lake incident with Elder Qin, but he didn’t say anything, only that this matter is unsolvable. However, the Ghost Lake ditch connects to many rivers, which has already affected many cities and caused large-scale water outages. The expansion of Ghost Lake is getting bigger and bigger, and it may affect the whole country. It needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.”

Hearing Cao Yanhua's statement that it was tantamount to exposing his family's dirty laundry, Xia Zhi paused for a moment and then chuckled.

"It seems headquarters is also quite distressed. Then let me see what secrets are hidden in this Taiping Ancient Town."

He opened his ghost domain, and the more than 20-kilometer-long ghost domain immediately enveloped the entire town.

In Taiping Town, people in many places were looking up.

Inside an ancestral hall in the ancient town, a hunchbacked old man with only one eye suddenly looked up.

Inside the tailor shop, a middle-aged woman with a cold expression, wearing several layers of thick clothes, and a mean smile looked even more unpleasant.

On the street, a faceless man dressed in tattered clothes, but without any facial features, straightened up.

Inside the inn, an old man with wrinkles on his face, wearing a worn-out cloth hat, sighed and went out carrying an old kerosene lamp that emitted a yellowish light.

Standing at the junction of the new and old urban areas of Taiping Town, the summer solstice silently awaits.

Soon, a hunchbacked, one-eyed old man came into his sight.

The other person, holding a kerosene lamp in his left hand and an enamel teacup in his right, angrily addressed Xia Zhi with a sour face.

"Young man, quickly withdraw from the Ghost Domain! Taiping Town is not a place where you can run wild!"

This is the location of the seven layers of the Ghost Realm that Xia Zhi unleashed. Although Xia Zhi did not launch an attack using the Ghost Realm, the fact that this old man was able to enter the Ghost Realm with just a kerosene lamp shows that he is definitely not an ordinary person.

"Young man?"

Xia Zhi smiled and didn't argue with him.

His black, ghostly eyes, devoid of whites and pupils, swept over the one-eyed old man, quickly discerning his true intentions, and he laughed.

"Turning yourself into a ghost and then resurrecting? A very imaginative way to control ghosts. But after you die, are you still yourself?"

The old man's expression changed drastically, and he could no longer contain himself.

"who are you?"

This guy actually understood the lineage of the soul summoners of Taiping Town at a glance?

"It's really awesome!"

Amidst gasps of surprise, another kerosene lamp appeared behind Xia Zhi.

An elderly man wearing a worn-out cloth hat walked slowly toward the summer solstice with a friendly and prosperous smile on his face.

"I'm the owner of this hotel, everyone calls me Boss Liu or Old Liu. Outsiders, take my advice: get rid of the ghost domain first, and don't disturb the peace of these things here."

Meanwhile, thick fog suddenly rose at the other two ends of Taiping Ancient Town.

Two dim yellow lights appeared in the thick fog. A faceless man and a middle-aged woman dressed in many clothes with a mean expression also appeared.

The four people occupied the four corners, surrounding Xia Zhi in the middle, as if to put immense pressure on him.

However, during the summer solstice, people tend to be more compliant to gentle approaches than forceful ones.

Seeing the four people surrounding him, trying to force him to release the Ghost Domain, Xia Zhi immediately sneered.

"Ha. A few chickens and dogs dare to play the role of gods and ghosts?"

Xia Zhi directly swept the ghost realm over, intending to expel the four people from the ghost realm and send them 10,000 meters underground, so they wouldn't have to see them or be bothered by them.

But as the ghostly aura swept over them, with a loud bang, the four lamps in their hands went out simultaneously.

The glass of the kerosene lamp shattered, and the lamp oil inside, which smelled like corpse oil, exploded, causing the four ghost tamers from Taiping Town to change their expressions.

"What a ferocious ghost realm! It extinguished four lamps in one go!"

Looking at the broken kerosene lamp in his hand, Old Liu said with some heartache.

"These lamps cost three yuan for four!"

Three yuan?

Xia Zhi immediately remembered the banknotes she had received from the guiding ghost and looked at the man who called himself Old Liu.

"Does he know where this damn money is supposed to be used?"

Seeing that Xia Zhi had launched an attack, these four ghost tamers could not simply stand by and wait to die.

The woman, her face contorted with anger and malice, strode toward Xia Zhi.

"Dare to disrupt the peace of this ancient town, I'll kill you!"

The woman's coat was colorful and not like ordinary clothes; it was made of many different fabrics.

As she approached Xia Zhi, her outermost coat suddenly disappeared, appearing directly on Xia Zhi's body.

At the same time, the middle-aged woman's figure also became thinner.

This coat carries a suppressive power, trying to hold back Xia Zhi, and is struggling against the cloak Xia Zhi is wearing.

The gray cloak of Xia Zhi and the black robe of the knocking ghost have been combined, giving it the ability to suppress evil spirits.

The coat that the middle-aged woman took out also had a ghostly aura; it was a terrifying supernatural item that could be used for both attack and defense.

"What kind of artwork is that that can rival my clothes?"

The middle-aged woman looked at Xia Zhi's gray cloak, which moved without wind, with some curiosity.

Soon, the ruthlessness returned to her face, but this time with a hint of greed.

"But whatever it is, killing you is my take!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the bandages on Xia Zhi's body suddenly came undone, revealing the body of an old man wearing only underwear and covered in lividity.

These bandages, like white snakes, rose high and quickly wrapped around the middle-aged woman.

They wrapped layer upon layer around the middle-aged woman's body, suppressing the ghostly clothes on her body, and like a giant python coiling around her, constantly exerting pressure.

At the same time, the lividity on Xia Zhi's body seemed to spread, imprinting itself on the bandages and carrying a faint stench of decay, as it attacked the middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman's clothes quickly became stained after being attacked by the bandages.

These stains spread rapidly outwards, vaguely forming the image of a vengeful ghost with a pained expression and uneasily howling.

The middle-aged woman's expression changed, and she hurriedly tried to take off her clothes, but they were wrapped in bandages.

"Oh no! Save her!"

Seeing this, the one-eyed old man knew that the middle-aged woman was being restrained by the bandages and was completely powerless to resist.

Mr. Liu quickly stretched out his hands between Xia Zhi and the middle-aged woman, spreading out four withered, narrow, and strange fingers.

Immediately, this distance of less than four meters was stretched more than 100,000 times, expanding to an exaggerated 400 kilometers.

This is an extremely powerful force, enough to withstand the attacks of many vengeful spirits.

The bandages on Xia Zhi's body weren't long enough, so they had to be pulled back onto him, swirling and coiling around him like a white snake spitting its tongue, which was quite eerie.

Chapter 438 The Old Man of the Ancient Town

"I didn't expect you to have gotten a portion of these livid spots."

Looking at the large patches of lividity on Xia Zhi's body, the one-eyed old man showed a somewhat apprehensive expression, as if he recognized what it was.

The old man thought to himself.

It possessed a powerful ghost domain, ghost clothes, bandages, and corpse spots, in addition to those ghost eyes that hadn't been used yet.

The outsider in front of me has a lot of ghosts under his control and is very powerful.

They've been guarding Taiping Town all this time, but now the outside world has developed so much?

Out of fear, the one-eyed old man stopped making a move and instead asked Xia Zhi a question.

"Outsider, what exactly do you want in Taiping Town?"

He didn't want the peace of Taiping Town to be broken, so he planned to get rid of Xia Zhi as soon as possible.

This lividity is only a part? Is it some kind of puzzle piece?

Xia Zhi glanced at the four people and guessed that they must be ghost tamers who had been passed down from Taiping Ancient Town.

Since there were ghost tamers a hundred years ago, and that old man is still at the Asian headquarters, Xia Zhi felt that there must be other ghost tamer lineages still existing.

And that's exactly what happened to him.

They can run away, but they can't hide. Seeing how worried they are about Taiping Town, they won't sneak away.

So Xia Zhi first asked about Ghost Lake.

"I am an official here to investigate the Ghost Lake incident."

Qi Liao had barely finished speaking when the one-eyed old man's expression hardened, and he firmly refused Xia Zhi's request.

"Then go back. The problem of Ghost Lake is not something you can solve."