Chapter 65 - The Labyrinth of the Village of the Dead

Shang Tianying looked at the busy ghosts around him and lived like ordinary mortals. Some were spinning, some were farming, and some were coaxing children. If they hadn't had no body, Tianying would really think that this was an ordinary village.

Tianying found that the strange thing was that the people in this village did not seem to find the existence of Tianying. These ghosts were always busy and regarded Tianying as non-existent people.

When Tianying saw an old ghost coming step by step, she came forward and asked, "Grandpa, can you tell me that I can only leave this village of the dead?"

"Young man, you should be a fairy, right?" This old ghost looked at Shang Tianying coldly.

"Yes, grandpa, I'm a fairy. Do you know any way to go out?" Shang Tianying looked at the old ghost with hope.

The old ghost bypassed Tianying and said as he walked, "If it's a fairy, then you can't go out at all and live in this village of the dead forever."

As soon as Tianying heard this, she immediately caught up with the old ghost who bypassed him and asked, "Grandpa, what do you mean? Is there really no way to get out of here? I don't believe it's true. You must be lying.

"Why should I lie to you? Look at everyone here. They are immortals like you and me, but none of them left the village of the dead alive and all became the souls here. The old ghost said amazingly.

"What! Grandpa, are you kidding? Is everyone here a fairy? None of them can get out of here alive?" Tianying couldn't believe it.

"I said that I don't have to deceive you. You really can't leave the village of the dead. For thousands of years, only one person has crossed the village of the dead. He is a super big man, but you can't leave the village of the dead like that big man." The old ghost believed that Tianying could not leave the village of the dead.

Tianying heard what the old ghost said and said confidently, "Grandpa, you said that a big man passed the village of the dead, so there is still a way to leave the village of the dead. Tell me quickly what to do."

The old ghost answered Shang Tianying seriously and said, "I don't know about this. You have to ask the guardian of the village of the dead to know how to leave the village of the dead, but I advise you not to go, otherwise, you will really die."

"Grandpa, I don't understand what you mean. Why is it a matter of death to meet the guardian of the Village of the Dead? What's going on?" Tianying asked curiously and surprisedly.

"Do you know that every ghost you see becomes the dead soul of the village after meeting the guardian of the village of the dead - the 'body-eating king'1?" The old ghost persuaded Tianying not to seek his own death.

[The body-eating king 1: The guardian of the village of the dead soul has the ability to devour the flesh and release the mana formed by devouring mortals to save the good mortals. Therefore, he will not be punished for devouring the flesh, because he has the amnesty of the first heaven of Yuqingyuan]

Hearing this, Tianying said emotionally, "No, I must go to see the body-eating king, the guardian of the village of the dead, because I must leave the village of the dead and go to the top of Kunlun Mountain."

"Don't whimsically think that you can defeat the body-eating king, the guardian of the village of the dead, because that's impossible. Do you think you are that super big shot?" This old ghost has been persuading Tianying not to die in vain.

However, Tianying's idea was completely different and said, "If I don't try it, how can I know if I can leave the Village of the Dead?" Even if I die, I have no regrets, because it is better to die and be reincarnated than to live meaninglessly in the village of the dead.

"After you die, you can't be reincarnated, because your soul will always live in the village of the dead like other ghosts here. Young man, take care of yourself." The old ghost said as he walked.

Tianying looked at the old ghost who walked away, looked at the back of the old ghost, and asked, "Grandpa, you haven't told me how to go to the body-eating king, the guardian of the village of the dead."

The old ghost turned his back to Shang Tianying and said as he walked, "If you really want to die, there's nothing I can do. If you go east and walk to the 'Death Mountain' in the center of the village of the Dead, you can see the body-eating king, the guardian of the village of the dead."

After listening to what the old ghost said, Shang Tianying turned to the Dead Soul Mountain surrounded by the Village of the Dead and came to Tianying at the foot of the Dead Soul Mountain. He was about to jump up and fly to the top of the Dead Soul Mountain, but he found that he could not fly at all.

Knowing that this was the effect of the Village of the Dead, Tianying looked up helplessly, looked at the Mount of the Dead in front of him, and said depressedly, "Alas! It seems that I'm going to climb to the top of the Dead Soul Mountain step by step.

It took Tianying more than an hour to finally climb to the top of the Dead Soul Mountain standing in the center of the Village of the Dead. Tianying, who climbed to the top of the mountain, saw a magnificent small palace on the top of the Dead Soul Mountain and walked to the small palace step by step.

Suddenly, a voice came from the small palace and said, "Are you here to ask me how I left the village of the Dead?"

"Yes, I'm here to ask you how to leave the village of the dead." Tianying bluntly answered the sound from the small palace.

A man in a black robe came out of the small palace. He was the guardian of the village of the dead soul - the body-eating king.

Tianying guessed that the person who came out of the small palace was the guardian of the village of the dead - the body-eating king, and said respectfully, "Please also ask the body-eating king to tell me how to leave the village of the dead."

"I can tell you how to leave the village of the dead." The body-eating king said with a serious expression and cold eyes.

"Then I'm really grateful to the body-eating king." Tianying didn't expect that the body-eating king would tell him so easily how to leave the village of the dead, which was a little overjoyed.

"However, don't be happy too early. Before that, you must play a little game with me." The body-eating king said with a gloomy smile.

"What game?" Tianying asked seriously.

"This game is very simple. I have a maze. If you can walk out of the maze within an hour, I will tell you how to leave the village of the dead. If you can't get out of the maze within an hour, your body will belong to me and your soul will stay in the village of the dead forever." The body-eating king said with a cold expression. [ End of this chapter]