Chapter 10 (2/2)
Wen Kexing stood beside hi hihtly more demonic look Some kind of animal let out a howl fro at the tithout fear It ht have devoured the flesh of the dead, since its tiny eyes were pure red
The Hanged Ghost disappeared under an old locust tree with an owl perched on its branch The aniuests
Zhou Zishu and Wen Kexing checked around the tree but found no host…”
The he heard a creepy laugh, turning to Wen Kexing with gooseflesh prickling his skin His companion pointed at the owl; turned out the sound was frohostly ani contest before the for
Wen Kexing said, ”There's this thing I heard when I was little, that owls are only scary when they laugh because there will be death whenever they do Are you afraid?”
Zhou Zishu was exa the tos on it He replied with indifference, ”There're already two bodies”
It was likely that Wen Kexing felt particularly in thewith enthusiase there was a person carrying a boith red water inside An owl knocked the bowl over, and that year twenty people lost their lives”
Zhou Zishu raised his head to look at hi lowered his voice on purpose, ”It's true”
”Why did that villager carry a boith red water?” Zhou Zishu asked in confusion
Wen Kexing choked on his words, turning away to cough
A faint smile appeared on Zhou Zishu's face All of a sudden, he put his hands on the toth applied, it moved He tried harder to push it to one side, and with a squashi+ng sound, an entrance was revealed, leading into a dark space with unknown depth
Wen Kexing hurried to take a closer look, going round and round in front of the cave's entrance, tongue clicking, ”It's ru carries a lot of yin energy, so there must be a dead locust tree next to it—do you know that it's called the yin tree, or the ghost tree?”
Zhou Zishu had his arhost stories
Wen Kexin's descriptions were vivid ”Under the old locust there will be an unknown toends During the fullsouls will crawl out from the nether to return to the 4 is incredibly cold, and at the end you'll see the gates of hell Once going past that, you'll no longer see the living, there are equinox flowers5 growing along the way, and then you'll reach the Bridge of Helplessness6… Hey!”
Zhou Zishu already ju stared du behind the entrance before ju out that the earth was very fir s, ”Is Brother Wen also interested in seeing the path to the Underworld?”
Wen Kexing nodded, entirely serious ”So that the next time I tell my tales, I can officially add that they're true stories”
Zhou Zishu shook his head, still sesture, listening attentively with a frown ”Can you… hear it? What's that sound?” His voice lowered
Zhou Zishu tried to distinguish it carefully, his answer indecisive ”…Is it water?”
In split seconds, Wen Kexing lit up, taking the lead without forgetting to keep his voice down, ”So the legends are true indeed!”
In front of the narrow path; so cramped that two men couldn't walk side by side, only when they had to shrink their shoulders and crouch doas it soeable Zhou Zishu did not enjoy this posture at all, thinking that maybe this path was not the official, but one reserved only to woone Dirt fell on both of thee cave, with a sin and destination
There seemed to be wind inside this cave, but it was also unclear where it came from, the dreary chill ca shut hisabout how ”the path to the Yellow Spring is incredibly cold”
Footnotes
1 Rakshasa is a dey and Buddhisuratively to describe things/people that can see the true nature of things and differentiate good and evil
3 The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the Chinese calendar is also called the Ghost Day The seventh hosts come out of the Underworld
4 Chinese term for the Underworld
5 The flowers associated with death They are also believed to grow in hell and guide the souls into their next reincarnation
6 The bridge that every soul has to cross before being reincarnated