Chapter 283
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Chapter 283: The Peacock Flies Southeast: Lingering for Five Miles
While Chu Jiang and Jing Ruoxue were talking, suddenly, the vast ghostly mist on Green Cloud Mountain began to contract inward, as if it was being sucked back by something.
Immediately, Chu Jiang shifted his attention and looked towards the middle part of the mountain.
After the mist converged, a muddy blood-red river unexpectedly appeared on the mountain slope.
This river wrapped around the entire mountain like a belt, with chilling winds howling above it and bloody waves surging within. Black visible lifelessness rose from the surface of the river, with skeletons and bodies floating unpredictably in the water. There were also continuous screams and cries.
Even though Chu Jiang and the others were far away, they could still smell a strong foul odor and the stench of decaying corpses, which made them feel nauseous.
Ghost Bride and a group of fierce ghosts were standing beside that sinister river that appeared out of nowhere.
Moreover, the dense black ghostly mist seemed to be absorbed not by the Wedding Ghost, but by some presence within that blood-red river…
Chu Jiang’s face turned slightly pale, "What’s going on?"
This river made Chu Jiang think of the ancient mythological river Nai He, or perhaps the Wangchuan River. Legend has it that all the ghosts in the underworld have to pass over the Nai He bridge.
There are no handrails on this bridge, and below are wicked souls and evil spirits. In the Journey to the West, there is a poem that goes, "Ghost cries and god howls are heard, the waves of blood rise to great heights. Countless ox-headed and horse-faced guards, fierce and menacing, stand at the Nai He bridge."
Now Chu Jiang and his friends haven’t seen the Nai He bridge, but they have come across a mysterious river that resembles it.
The Wedding Ghost stood there motionless, but the ghosts around it started boarding a small boat docked by the shore. There was no boatman, so it shouldn’t be able to accommodate so many ghosts.
But one by one, the fierce ghosts boarded the boat, and there was still space left between them, even though they all fit comfortably.
Soon, all the ghosts were on board, even the Chess Ghost was on the boat, without knowing where they were heading.
Only two ghosts remained by the banks of the blood river, one was the Ghost Bride, and the other was the Wedding Ghost.
Of course, the group of wedding attendants behind the Wedding Ghost were still there and hadn’t boarded the boat.
Right now, the ghost seemed to have escaped the control of the Ghost Bride, or maybe the Ghost Bride no longer had power over it.
So the Wedding Ghost continued its foolish actions, it put an old red wedding dress on the Ghost Bride, trying to make the Ghost Bride its own.
This time, the Ghost Bride didn’t burn the clothes, it silently floated in front of the Wedding Ghost.
Before the Wedding Ghost could grab it, the Ghost Bride extended its pale hand and slapped! The yellow-brown corpse was directly slapped into the river of blood.
The Wedding Ghost sank almost without any suspense, or maybe there was something under the river dragging it down.
Only a few bubbling water bubbles appeared on the surface of the river, then everything became silent, and it is not known if it was the ghost’s final protest…
With the master gone, the wedding procession numbly and stiffly followed.
The processional team, the band, the sedan team, the lantern-bearing maidens, the bearers, the matchmakers and so on, all sank into the river, they were even looted by some beings in the river as soon as they approached.
Just at that moment, the small boat without a boatman had started to move slowly. The ghosts on the boat were peacefully standing there, gradually drifting away on the not-so-calm river of blood…
As for the Ghost Bride, she stood still for a while, then started wandering around, as if searching for someone’s figure.
The tears had stopped flowing, but she seemed even more lonely.
Chu Jiang used his Phantom Eyes to observe from afar, and a line of poetry inexplicably came to his mind, "The peacock flies to the southeast, pacing five miles."
Even the peacock that was about to fly away now, should be himself.
In short, the Ghost Bride didn’t leave, she persistently wandered on Green Cloud Mountain, searching for someone who had disappeared here.
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On the other side, as the boat filled with ghosts sailed away, the blood-red Naihe River gradually became transparent, until it completely disappeared.
Chu Jiang and Jing Ruoxue witnessed the entire scene, but they couldn’t stop it. They couldn’t confront the ghosts head-on, so they could only watch as the ghosts left.
Hopefully, they won’t just barge into a big city like that, Chu Jiang thought, and also reminded Chen Yuting on the other side to be cautious at the research institute.
Even if the worst thing happened, headquarters were mentally prepared.
Speaking of that river, it didn’t seem like it was made by the Ghost Bride. She had used wedding invitations to gather the ghosts, so they must have come from all directions, not by boat.
Moreover, that river was very scary. Chu Jiang suspected that it belonged to another world. It was the same world he had mistakenly entered after riding the Ghost Rental last time.
Whether it was the castle, the river, or that world, they should all be related to the deeper reasons behind the supernatural revival.
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Seeing that Ghost Bride had no intention of coming down the mountain for now, Chu Jiang decided to deal with another matter first.
He still hadn’t restored his original appearance, so as not to provoke the Ghost Bride to come down.
Jing Ruoxue followed closely behind Chu Jiang, even though she didn’t know where he was going.
Through covert communication with Zhou Hongyu, Chu Jiang quickly located the positions of those Ghost Masters. Seeing that Jing Ruoxue intended to follow, Chu Jiang took her along to navigate through the darkness.
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"Mr. Xu, what should we do? Retreat or not?" It must be said that the situation on Green Cloud Mountain exceeded the expectations of several Ghost Masters.
Just now, they didn’t have Chu Jiang’s super long-distance vision, so they could only see the dissipating ghost fog and the blood river that appeared abruptly on the mountain.
This was a dangerous thing they had never seen before, just looking at it would make their scalp tingle.
Not to mention that earlier, they sensed the presence of unidentified creatures coming down the mountain. If that thing was still lurking nearby, they would be in great danger.
The old man with a mustache hesitated for a moment, "I’ll make a call to Zhang Dafu first and ask him what’s going on."
"No need to call." A cold male voice suddenly sounded in front of them, and then they witnessed a strange scene.
Emerging from the shadows on the ground was a tall and slender black ghost figure, followed by a woman in white.
The aura of this ghost figure was terrifying. Just sensing it made people feel a sense of despair. The several Ghost Masters couldn’t help but show a look of shock and repeatedly stepped back.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, a cold voice sounded from behind them, saying, "Don’t leave so soon, everyone. Since you’ve come near my Langchao City, I can be considered a kind of landlord and should entertain you properly."
The old man and a man and a woman turned around and saw a gloomy man in a suit, who took a black leaf off his left eye.