How Immortals and Demons Fall in Love Through Different Paths

As soon as he crossed the street archway, Tong Shu stopped, squinted his eyes, covered his ears with his hands, and frowned.

Too messy and noisy.

There were countless black shadows tumbling in front of my eyes, charred figures tumbling and falling, some raised machetes, some held torches, while the massacred people fell into the pool of blood and the fire, crying loudly.

Tragic noises filled my ears, including screams, mourning, and crying, as well as the sounds of wheels rolling over flesh and blood, vicious dogs barking crazily, and the sounds of knives and guns crashing into bones.

This is the tragic image of the street when it was burned and looted.

It seems to be more chaotic, noisier, and more frightening than it was 50 years ago.

After getting used to it for a while, he reluctantly let go, and walked into the first shop facing the street like he did last time.A cloth banner was hung at the door of the shop, and it was written, "New people, new souls, buy posts to pass." There was a hole where the word "tie" was, which was broken by Tong Shu with a flick of a finger when he came from the past.

As soon as he entered the store, there was a faint voice saying: "Stay here to buy money, and send the coffin on the road."

Tong Shu shouted, "Boss, here's a name card."

A middle-aged man with a pale complexion came out from behind the counter, stared at Tong Shu for a long time with eyes that only had the whites of his eyes, and then said in a broken voice, "I'm an old customer, no need to buy name cards."

"Thank you." Tong Shu smiled, and was about to turn around when he caught a glimpse of four gleaming figures across the alley from the entrance of the shop.Tong Shu took back his steps and asked the shopkeeper, "Is there a stranger here?"

The shopkeeper replied blankly: "Today there are four."

Tong Shu said, "But the surname is Qian?"

"Yes, four brothers."

Tong Shu felt that there was something in the shopkeeper's words, so he stood still and asked again: "The boss said today, but there are strangers coming recently?"

"Often."

This is the worst outcome, Tong Shu asked again: "Have all the people who came come out?"

"Some stayed and some left."

Tong Shu asked again, "Is the master still there?"

"Still in the old shop."

No matter how much, the shopkeeper would never talk to him again.Tong Shu stepped out and left a few ghost coins with the Immobilizing Soul Talisman on the counter.The shopkeeper put them away, folded them slowly and stiffly and put them in his pocket, and stood blankly for a long while looking at Tong Shu's background.

After going out, the chaos and noise stopped abruptly.

Tong Shu was not in a hurry to find the landlord who was in charge of this street, but wandered slowly.Observing the ghosts on this street all the way, the faces of those old ghosts who were still healthy are more sallow than before, those who used to bleed from five orifices are now bleeding from all seven orifices, and those who used to have only rotten hands are now rotten to limbs Those prostitutes who sell meat and skins use very thick gouache, which can't cover the blue veins and corpse spots on their faces.

What is even more shocking is that some new faces have been added.After seeing several new ghosts in a row, Tong Shu's heart gradually sank.

These new ghosts either carry swords or whisks, and they are all dressed up as Taoists.

This matter is a bit big, and it is no longer simply a matter of the ghost domain.

Tong Shu shook his head all the way, observing carefully. Those ghosts were obviously used to seeing strangers, and they didn't poke their heads out of curiosity when they saw strangers like 50 years ago, but continued to do ghost work numbly.

There were only a few evil spirits with a strong ghostly breath. When Tong Shu passed by, they cast surprised eyes. Tong Shu found that their eyeballs were whiter than before, bloodshot had become more bloodshot, and there was only a slit in the pupil. , These are old acquaintances, but they don't recognize him anymore.

Tong Shu was thinking about the four Qian brothers. He saw their seals turned black during the day, and guessed that they were stained with something unclean, but he didn't expect that they were planted with the ghost spell. Tonight was the first time they entered the Nightmare Workshop. If you go out before sunrise, you can still keep your breath; if you can't go out, four new ghosts will be added to this nightmare.

And it's a new ghost with Taoism.

This kind of ghost is both dao and ghost, with the unwillingness to fall into the dao way and the resentment of a dead ghost, it is extremely difficult to deal with.

Tong Shu searched all the way, only a few times, he vaguely saw a golden skirt passing by in the crowd or at the corner of the street, and he hurried to search, but couldn't catch half of the skirt.In Nightmare Workshop, there are buildings within buildings and pavilions within pavilions. It is more twisty than the knotted intestines of ghosts. It is not easy to find four people who just came in without thinking.

Tong Shu finally stopped beside the old woman who was burning paper money at the end of the street.The old woman cried here year after year, her cries were hoarse and shrill, which made people's teeth ache.

Tong Shu stood by and listened to her cry for a while, then said in a low voice, "Old woman, are you still waiting here for your son who can't come back?"

Hearing his voice, the old woman hesitated for a moment, then raised her head stiffly, approached slowly with dizzy old eyes, looked at Tong Shu very closely for a long time, and finally understood, the blood in her eyes burst into tears, and she said with blood all over her face: " Mr. Lu, are you back?"

Tong Shu said: "Yes, I'm back. I sent you away 50 years ago, why did you come back again?"

The old woman cried and said: "No, Mr. Lu, we really left at that time! But on the way, a young master came, with a tongue like a tongue, and talked to the owners of the workshop again. The owner and the couple Once the leader comes back, we helpless loose ghosts can only follow back."

"What son?"

"Wearing a silver-patterned T-shirt, swinging a fan, carrying a pipa like yours, looks good, and speaks nicely, like singing a tune."

"What did he say?"

"He said he was your friend who came to help us for you. He said that the situation was different and told us to go back the same way."

I'm ashamed to say that although Tong Shu is famous, he really doesn't have many friends. Few of them can be counted as true, and none of them can use the pipa. He said: "I didn't tell anyone, that person is not my friend. gone."

The old woman couldn't stop the blood and tears on her face, and said in a choked voice: "It's useless to say that, we have been back for 50 years."

"What about the son later?"

"In the past few years, I would come here every year during the Ghost Festival, but later the Ghost Festival changed to another person."

"Who changed?"

"Carrying a qin, wearing a green dress, never seeing the face, and wearing a white gauze curtain every time."

"Know his name?"

"I don't know, that person doesn't speak, but only plays the piano, he may be a mute."

"What kind of piano are you playing?"

"A very long qin with more than a dozen strings."

Tong Shu murmured: The weird Qin Xiu who makes Changqin is the same as the one who appeared in Linyu Town last time.He asked again, "What else is there?"

The old woman said: "I can't see the face, and I don't speak. I only see these. It's just... By the way, he has a bandage on his hand, and the bandage often oozes blood."

Bandages, oozing blood... Probably some magic spell that can't be cured in the hands, and the bleeding continued.

Seeing that Tong Shu had finished asking, the old woman cried and said, "Mr. Lu, can you still take us away?"

Tong Shu said, "You still want to leave?"

The old woman said: "If you don't leave, you really can't leave! I beg you to take us away this time."

"how you said that?"

"It's changed, they've all changed, they've all changed!"

"Who has changed?"

"Many people have changed, they are getting more and more fierce, and they are rotting faster and faster. If this continues, the entire Nightmare Workshop will also be destroyed."

Tong Shu could make a rough guess, ghosts have grievances, and these ghosts have something to ask for.People's desires are endless, those who seek money are seeking more and more, those seeking beauty are getting heavier and heavier, and those seeking power are becoming more and more ruthless.People's hearts have changed, only the mother who is waiting for her son's return has not changed.

Tong Shu threw a soul-calling talisman into the basin where the old woman burned paper money, and the flames chirped and flew high, and the paper embers entwined and lifted into the air, turning into thin claws stretching out into the darkness.The old woman saw it, and said with blood streaming down her face, "Thank you, Mr. Lu! For so many years, only you still believe that I am waiting for my son, and everyone else thinks I am a joke."

Tong Shu thought of his mother, and after a moment of dejection, he stuffed a few soul-calling charms into the old woman's hand, and asked her to burn one every seventh day so that his son could receive it.Then said: "Where is the master?"

The old woman wiped her tears, stained her sleeve with blood, and said, "Count the money in the bank."

Tong Shu said yes, and just as he was about to turn around, he added another sentence: "You said that young master carried the same pipa as me, how can he do the same?"

"The same black and red string."

"How many strings?"

"Five."

Five-stringed pipa!

It turns out that as early as 50 years ago, there was a second five-stringed pipa, which is interesting.

This street is called Jucaifang. Before it was burned down, it used to be the street of Qianzhuang and Jewelry in this old city. There is a three-story building in the middle of the street, which is extremely luxurious and extravagant. In addition, the pillars of red vermilion lacquer, the fence painted with gold, the exquisite carvings, the gorgeous carpet spread from the doorway to the front of the counter, people step on it, sticky, every foot seems to be able to step on blood Come.There are many little ghosts around the tall building, and after a while, someone drops a handful of paper money from the tall building, and these little ghosts rush up to snatch it, showing their fangs.

On the first floor of the tall building, there are tall hardwood black-lacquered counters, and a row of small holes are opened at a position higher than a person, above which are metal railings.This is a bank.

The owner of the bank is Huang Shen, who was the richest man in the city during his lifetime. When the fire came, he was so focused on grabbing money that he was crushed to death by the falling ingots.After death, there are deep red money marks on the face and body. When looking at people, the eyes are always slanted, which makes people very uncomfortable.

The two paper lions outside the Qianzhuang opened their teeth and danced their claws. When they saw Tong Shu, they immediately prostrated themselves on the ground. Entering the bank, walked to the black iron door on the far right of the counter, kicked the door open, and shouted: "Old man Huang! Come out!"

A group of ghosts were driven out inside, and the men behind were fat and menacing. Huang Shen, the leader, swaggered and said domineeringly: "Whoever dares to come to my bank to make trouble!"

Tong Shu looked at him coldly, kicked over the wooden chair in front of him, and the chair turned into a pile of confetti when it fell to the ground.Huang Shen has a pair of eyes and bad intuition. Fear of being beaten 50 years ago, he instinctively hugged his head and shrank behind the big ghost bodyguard, squinting at Tong Shu.

Tong Shu stood still and said, "Open your dog eyes and see who I am!"

Upon hearing this tone, Huang Shen asked tremblingly, "Could it be... Lu... Mr. Lu?"

Tong Shu sneered, "You're not completely blind."

Huang Shen was startled, and stared carefully for a while, then suddenly let out a scream of "ah", and jumped up and said, "Why are you here again!"

Tong Shu asked, "You don't want me to come? Did you do something wrong again?"

Huang Shen rolled his eyes, peeked out from behind the bodyguard, and said obsequiously: "No, no, there's nothing wrong with you. I've been listening to you."

Tong Shu retorted, "Listen to me, and bring them back?"

Huang Shen said: "No. It was your friend who asked us to come back."

Tong Shu sneered: "That person is not my friend. You are such a worthless person, what kind of benefits did he promise you?"

Huang Shen shrank his neck, rolled his eyes, and said, "It's nothing."

Tong Shu said: "Your ghosts linger here, and the living will not live in peace. If you continue like this, you will either be eaten by a big ghost, or your soul will be scattered in the world. For that little money, you don't even want your soul?"

Huang Shen said: "There is never enough money to be made, the more the better."

Tong Shu sneered, his eyes were stern, his expression was sharp, and there was a cold smile on the corner of his mouth.

Seeing Tong Shu like this, Huang Shen's heart sank, and several bodyguards were also stunned.

Tong Shu said: "I'll give you three steps, the last chance, do it from the ground up."

After speaking, he took one step, two steps, three steps——

With a "plop", Huang Shen pushed aside the bodyguard, knelt down and wailed loudly: "Mr. Lu, I don't want to either. But when we were halfway, we met that young man who was very powerful. He would also use your pipa. We felt like we had a splitting headache, and for some reason, we came back by accident. When we came back, we couldn’t leave, and we couldn’t open the door of the Nightmare Town Formation, so we could only stay here.”

Tong Shu said: "I opened the Nightmare Town Formation for you, are you still willing to leave?"

"Of course, of course." Huang Shen raised his head suddenly, his eyes flashed, he yelled strangely, the expressions of the four big ghosts suddenly changed, their eyes became eager, and they immediately surrounded Tong Shu.

Tong Shu said "Oh" and said with a smile, "It seems that he refuses."

Huang Shen laughed and said, "Of course I don't want to leave! There are rich and ghosts here, and I am the king of the mountain here! It's not as good as going here."

Tong Shu smiled meaningfully and said, "Really?"

Huang Shen stood up and said with a smirk: "You lack spiritual power now, and you are no longer the Lu Guimen back then. You think I am still afraid of you?"

Tong Shu said: "I've grown up. After 50 years, you finally know who I am. That young master told you too?"

"I also know you're dead! Thinking about it, you're just a ghost now, hmph—" There was a greedy look in his eyes, and he stared obsessively and bluntly at Tong Shu.

Eating a ghost like Tong Shu is a great tonic.

Tong Shu didn't take it seriously at all, but his heart skipped a beat. The other party knew that he was dead, which meant that someone had sent them news recently.

Tong Shu loosened his joints, and glanced around at the four big ghosts who surrounded him: "You guys should think about it, if you don't want your soul to fly away, go ahead."

Obviously, these big ghosts had never seen Lu Shu before, and after Huang Shen yelled, they exploded and killed with strange howls.

Tong Shu's limbs were weak, and he stood on the spot, seemingly powerless to resist. When the four ghosts approached, Tong Shu sneered and said, "I'm looking for death", and then pointed his fingertips, and the big one closest to him The ghost turned away suddenly, and bit down on his companion. The other two big ghosts were taken aback by the sudden turn of events, and stared stiffly for a moment.

Tong Shu pointed at them and said, "It's the same with you."

So the two also fought on their own.

They don't know the pain, and they strike extremely hard. After a while, their skeletons are torn apart, their souls are scattered, and finally turned into a pool of white bones, rolling all over the ground.

Tong Shu was like a Shura in the present world, walking towards Huang Shen, stepping on a floor of chirping and screaming skeletons.Huang Shen flinched, and suddenly rolled on the spot. Wherever he went, the skeletons made a "crack, crack" sound. He actually ate all the remains of those big ghosts, and at the same time his body expanded rapidly, with his head on the roof beams, looking down. Tong Shu said darkly, "I've wanted to eat you for a long time."

Tong Shu was not surprised and said: "I guess, when you come back, you don't just want to be the lord of a workshop and hide in a place where the sun doesn't see the light. Come back, your desire is even bigger, let me guess what you want. Ghost king? With you I'm afraid this little ability is not enough for the Ghost King's teeth, I think you—"

Tong Shu's eyes flashed brightly, and he continued: "I think you want to use the body of a stranger to switch to the magic way. Now you not only want money, but also human life! Human heart is not enough to swallow elephants. It's a pity that you have too much appetite, but no brains. There is a way to the eighteenth floor of hell, you don’t want to go, but you dare to come and break into my Demon King Nightmare’s formation! You will lose blood in this business.”

As he said that, a cold light appeared in his eyes, he raised his hand high, and squeezed out a strange fist.

Huang Shen didn't wait for him to make a move, and came here with all his teeth and claws.

At this moment, Qinan's bracelet on Tong Shu's wrist tightened suddenly.

Xin Wu is coming!