In folklore, after a person dies, their soul will not disperse and must report to the "Ghost City" in Fengdu on the north bank of the Yangtze River. There, they will be judged by Yanluo Wang, who will determine their merits and demerits, good and evil, and arrange their future destination. These wandering spirits hold a "Road Guide" with three large seals bearing the words "Yin Si", "Cheng Huang" and "Fengdu County Government". They hurry to Fengdu's "Ghost City" for reincarnation and ascension, not daring to delay, lest they become lonely ghosts and wild demons, forever without peace.

  Later, people built buildings such as "Ghost Country Temple" and "Yin Street" in the west of this mountain based on these legends, so it's also very lively.

  Following the group of tourists, these four people walked from "Donggui Mountain", which symbolizes the world of the living, across the iron chain suspension bridge "Yin Yang Bridge" that spans the river, to Pingdu Mountain on the other side, which symbolizes the underworld.

  Sightseeing and traveling, for Cha Wenbin, has never been of great interest. On the other hand, Chaozi is quite enthusiastic, frequently asking Cha Wenbin questions about the origins of these buildings.

  It was still early, so Zhang Wenbin made some explanations according to what he had learned from the book and his own knowledge. As a Taoist, he spoke very vividly, which caused the tourists who followed the group to abandon the tour guide's explanation and follow him instead.

  When it came to some wonderful places, these tourists also followed with applause and cheers, which made Cha Wenbin feel a little embarrassed.

  The path behind the mountain is indeed impassable as the store owner said, with cliffs and precipices everywhere, probably only monkeys can climb up.

  Since there is no road, then there's a way to do it, which is to go up to the top of that mountain and observe again. Since that person said there was an abandoned Taoist temple on the back of the mountain, I'm sure there must be a path leading to it; otherwise, this temple wouldn't have been built out of thin air.

  On this mountain top, there is a grand hall called "Tianzi Hall", which was built with an imposing momentum and is quite impressive.

  This "Tianzi" is not that "Tianzi", the ghost city will naturally not worship the emperor of the human world, but it is placed here as the king of the underworld, also known as Beiyin Wang.

  "Go, take a look at what the king of this dark realm looks like." The current Zha Wenbin indeed looked like a tourist, not wearing a Taoist robe, but with the Seven-Star Sword in hand and the Bagua bag on his back being somewhat different.

  As he walked into the hall, the first thing that caught his attention was Yin Tianzi sitting on the main hall's grand throne. His face looked very solemn. Cha Wenbin rarely worshiped gods and always believed that instead of praying to gods, it was better to rely on oneself. However, today was an exception, and he made an exception by bowing three times in front of the clay statue.

  After walking on the rivers and lakes for a long time, one's heart is always somewhat unsettled. Worshiping gods doesn't matter if it's useful or not, what's sought is also a sense of peace and stability. After all, the things I've done are all about dealing with ghosts and gods, so when encountering their leaders, I have to pay my respects.

  In front of the main hall, six attendants stood on both sides. Below them were four great judges and ten Yin marshals standing opposite each other. The faces of these four judges were all different, some smiling, some cold, giving off an unpredictable aura.

  On both sides of the grand hall are the legendary Eastern and Western Hells, where the walls depict some fierce law enforcement officials, each with a ferocious appearance. Those who are timid can easily be infected by them. There are also those torture pictures in hell, such as being shot from a cannon, climbing a knife mountain, falling into a sea of fire, sawing, grinding, and having one's body torn apart by five horses, all of which are bloody scenes.

  Chao Zi said, "One day when I'm gone, you must give me a heroic sendoff with eight artillery salutes and several hand grenades. If anyone dares to mistreat me, I'll make them suffer like a hornet's nest."

  "Big Mountain asked cautiously, 'Brother Wenbin, is the underworld really like this?'"

  "Ha ha, it's all just people's imagination," said Cha Wenbin with a loud laugh. "In the three realms of reincarnation, everyone has their own fate. The more good deeds you do and the more virtues you accumulate, the less likely you are to suffer such punishments. These scenes are warnings for those evil people. Because our world has 'ghosts' and people's minds have the concept of 'ghosts', there are those who create gods and capture ghosts. 'The devil is high by one foot, but the Tao is high by one zhang', evil can never overcome righteousness. You see how gloomy and terrifying this place is, it's precisely to highlight the extraordinary abilities of the ghost-catcher."

  Listening to Wen Bin's explanation is addictive. Those tourists applauded and praised, and some of them recognized him and said, "Hey, isn't this the fortune teller who sets up a stall under the city wall?"

  As soon as the words came out, a group of people rushed up to grab this knowledgeable guy and settle accounts. Zhang Wenbin was called bitter sky, four people hugged together and barely broke out of the enthusiastic encirclement.

  Behind the mountain, looking down, it's hard to see anything, just a bunch of withered grass and trees blocking the view. A "No Entry" sign is stuck there, and the road has reached its end. Several people who looked like administrators were leaning against the side, and Zha Wenbin walked over, pretending to want to cross this forbidden land, but was immediately blocked.

  A man of about fifty years old stretched out his hand and shouted: "This is not open, there are rules, you can't go in."

  "Oh?" Cha Wenbin pretended to be a newcomer and asked on purpose, "I think the scenery behind is even better than the front, why not let us in?"

  Administrators of any scenic area are always like that, as if these tourists are not their bread and butter, but rather troublemakers who come on purpose to cause trouble. They said irritably: "There's no need for so many whys, some places just say you can't go in, then you can't go in!"

  Chao Zi saw that he was in a sorry state and wanted to blow up, but was stopped by Zha Wenbin, who smiled apologetically and said: "Is there any place on this mountain where we can spend the night? I think it would be great to watch the night view of the whole city tonight."

  The administrator looked up and down at Cha Wenbin, staring at him like a monster, then patted another administrator next to him and said: "Hey, look, this guy says he wants to spend the night on the mountain. Haha, what a bold move."

  Another administrator also looked at Cha Wenbin with a silly expression, and smiled: "Who doesn't know that the night of Pingdu Mountain belongs to ghosts? After 6 o'clock, there will be a mountain clearing inspection here, and all tourists have to go down the mountain. You still want to watch the night view here, it's really ridiculous! It's okay, you can go to the opposite Double Osmanthus Mountain, that is the Yang realm."

  Perhaps very few tourists would ask them such a question, and indeed this place is not suitable for ordinary people to stay at night, with ghostly statues everywhere, looking at which will make one feel scared. However, Cha Wenbin is not an ordinary person, in his eyes, these things made of stone or mud are not as fierce as the wild burial mounds in the wilderness.

  Since they knew that the place would be cleared at night, what they had to do now was to find a place to hide first. There was only more than an hour left before the time mentioned by the administrator, so they had to hurry up.

  Where is it hidden? Chaozi had thought of this a long time ago.

  In this kind of place, the most common prop is coffins. In that big hall, there are really not a few of them. After returning, several people pretended to continue visiting and took advantage of the tourists starting to go down the mountain to quickly pick two coffins and hide inside, leaving only a small gap for themselves.

  After lying down, Zha Wenbin found that this coffin was really a poor-quality product. It had started to mold and grow hair inside. He squeezed in with Chaozi, while Dashan and Zhuo Xiong squeezed into another one.

  After night began to fall, the staff conducted several rounds of inspections. When all tourists had dispersed, the doors of the grand hall slowly closed.

  Although it was a man-made building, in this atmosphere, the feeling wasn't so good. When he confirmed that no one else was coming, Chaozi jumped out first and immediately undid his belt, shouting "I'm suffocating to death."

  "Look at you!" Zhang Wenbin glared at him and said, "You're so uncouth!" Actually, urinating next to the coffin was taboo, as it was said that urine could attract unclean things. Zhang Wenbin first patted himself up and down a few times and said, "Let's all pat ourselves clean, get rid of the bad luck, after sleeping on the coffin, we have to do this."

  The gate was locked, but the window could be easily opened. The entire mountain top was pitch black, giving off an inexplicable sense of oppression. It's possible that this place wasn't haunted to begin with, but after you built this thing, those ghosts really did make this place their home. Zha Wenbin handed each person a talisman and warned, "Be careful, this place doesn't seem like it's joking around. There must be a reason why they don't let people come up here at night."

  "Where are we going?" Da Shan asked.

  "Behind that sign, since it's a forbidden area, we need to explore even more. Let's start from there and head down the mountain, carefully searching every inch. This mountain is definitely not just a tourist destination as it seems."

  Chaozi was a bit unsettled, he always thought it was just a rumor spread by people to scare others, and coldly snorted: "Pretentious nonsense!"

  "Remember, pay attention to every piece of land under your feet," said Cha Wenbin. "I've gone through the documents, and in 'Zhen Jing' Volume 15 'Explaining the Mystery of the First', it says: 'The Luo Feng Mountain is located in the north, in the land of Gui, with a height of 2,600 miles and a circumference of 30,000 miles. At the foot of the mountain, there is a cave heaven, at the mouth of the mountain, with a circumference of 15,000 miles, both above and below have ghost temples. On the mountain, there are six palaces, in the cave, there are also six palaces, each with a circumference of 1,000 miles, which is the palace of the six heavenly ghosts. The upper part of the mountain is the outer palace, the middle part is the inner palace, and the system is the same.' It's very likely that the Qian Kun of this mountain is inside the mountain, not visible to the naked eye."

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