Endless route

Chapter 404 14. Ancient Ghost Suppression Division

As the ghost continued to cut with the long knife, the thick mud on the skinny living man's body flew everywhere. Every time the knife cut across his body, a long strip of flesh appeared.

There is plenty of light all around.

Let everyone see clearly.

The color of the skin and flesh was not the yellow and white color of ordinary people, but black, gray and bluish, completely different from humans.

"What the hell is he?"

Zhang Ergou asked in a low voice with fear on his face.

Whose skin is black, gray and bluish? Even if this skinny living man is an immortal who has lived for hundreds of years, and his whole body is rotten and only his body is left, it is impossible for him to become like this ghost.

I'm afraid only monsters can grow black and gray skin. They are not just ordinary monsters, but old monsters that hide in the mountains and forests and have lived for who knows how many years.

"Master Immortal, something is wrong. This thing is probably a clay figurine. You ghost masters are helping it shed its outer shell."

Ji Dao also reminded him loudly.

The skinny living person was originally very strange. His whole body was covered with black mud, from his chest and abdomen to his ancient clothes. Such thick dirt was really rare.

It is difficult to form naturally.

It’s not like I haven’t seen coffins that are hundreds of years old. There are hundreds of them in the ancient city of Nanze, and they are very old, but I have never seen any corpses with thick dirt on their bodies.

Not even immortality.

The method of immortality has always been based on turtle breath. Immortal people will not sweat, so how can there be so much dirt on their bodies.

Now seeing the ghost master's actions, I got the answer from another direction. Maybe the mud skin is not dirt at all, but a kind of clay figurine that encapsulates something.

This time it is really similar to the ghost figurines.

Combined with the long history of the lock box, I am afraid that the skinny living person has been sealed for many years, and the method of sealing people with clay figurines is either a method of gods and ghosts, or a technique of immortality.

"The key is why did Mr. Gui help him?"

Zhang Ergou immediately asked after hearing this.

"I don't know. I have never heard of this method of making clay figurines. Just looking at the skin and flesh of the person in the figurine, maybe this person has some connection with Master Gui. Did Master Gui recognize this person's identity?"

"The green flesh looks like a tattoo. The Ghost Suppression Division has a habit of tattooing, and this tattoo method also has a long history."

"The Ghost Suppression Department is called Zhengui. He has dealt with ghosts all his life. Legend has it that the first candidates will go to a secret place and soak up the ghost energy in the same pool with countless ghosts."

"Only those who walk out of the pool alive can become ghost suppressors, and then get tattoos on their bodies to distinguish ghost suppressors from mortals. I heard that there were several levels earlier."

"The higher the level."

"The tattoos on your body will become denser."

"The more ghosts you stab, the more ghosts you stab."

"There are records in some ancient books that in ancient times there were thirteen or fourteen-year-olds who entered the ghost pool as a mortal and were able to suppress thousands of ghosts. When they walked out of the clear pool, they were worshiped by thousands of ghost households."

"These people with the Ghost Suppression Division tattoos on their bodies are no longer human beings, but half-ghosts and half-humans. They are not allowed to take off their armor and return to the fields and return to the world in this life, which is similar to the ancient tattoo punishment."

"Because the early Haiwei divisions were still in their infancy, and the immortal sea was suddenly connected, and the immortal road appeared. Many of the legends and rules were directly copied from myths and legends, and the details were very unreasonable."

"Later, Haiwei canceled this selection method and tattoo levels, but the tradition of tattooing is still passed down. The Ghost Suppression Division will tattoo a hundred ghosts on the body."

"Like the man in the clay figurine, his flesh is almost all black and gray with blue. If he is a senior from the Ghost Suppression Division, then I can't count how many ghosts he has tattooed on his body. It's really scary."

Ji Dao continued to speculate and explain.

This speculation is reasonable and based on scriptures. The causes, consequences and various conditions are clear and very convincing.

Because he was at the scene, standing next to the lock box, less than one meter away from the skinny living person, several ghost generals' long knives flew almost under his nose.

So he can see more details.

There is also more information available than in the command room.

In addition, until now, his long sword was still firmly stuck in the arm of the skinny living man. Just by the touch from the sword tip, Ji Dao could confirm that the skinny living man was human.

He can only be human.

It couldn't be any other species.

Because the bones in his arms are the same as those of normal people, if the bones are abnormal, then he and the immortal corpse will instantly notice that there is a problem with the position of the bones when the sword penetrates the bones.

Since he is a human being.

There was another reason for the blue-gray skin. Combined with the ghost master preventing him from being cruel, the answer was only a tattoo, and he deduced that the skinny man was related to the Ghost Suppression Division.

And the time can be roughly matched.

The age of the ancient ship is the early Ming Dynasty, which was the embryonic period of Haiwei Zhenguisi and the period when there was a level of tattoos.

"Ancient Ghost Suppression Division?"

Zheng Yun looked slightly surprised.

The appearance of an ancient ghost-suppressing company in this ancient ship is actually not a strange thing, it is even very reasonable.

Because the Ghost Suppression Division is inherently weird.

Their responsibility is to suppress ghosts, and they often appear in weird places that ordinary people can't even imagine, either on cliffs or deep mountains and old forests. They stay in town for a long time.

As long as the ghosts don't die.

They probably won't withdraw either.

That was the case with the original ghost general.

The seven ghost generals were from the Ghost Suppression Department and were accidentally discovered by Zheng Yun on the top floor of the Hades Pavilion deep in La Maine Town.

The Underworld Pavilion and the Ghost Seal were sealed by Haiwei. Afterwards, many ghost suppressors were left behind, buried in stone coffins, guarding the Underworld Pavilion from ancient times to the present day, even to modern times.

It can be seen from the history of ghost generals.

The Ghost Suppression Department's behavior is very evil, and they don't treat ghosts as human beings at all. The specific action process may be:

People somewhere reported an unsolved case.

Ordinary Triton went to investigate.

It was discovered that the case was related to ghosts.

Triton vulgaris marks the location.

The Immortal Supervisor Division dispatched the Ghost Suppression Division to go there.

The Ghost Suppression Division arrived and took action.

There are two types of processing results. One is that the ghost is completely killed and there are no funeral matters to deal with. The other is that for various reasons, the ghost cannot be killed and can only be suppressed.

After the second situation occurs.

The Ghost Suppression Department will leave a few ghost generals to guard the place where the crime occurred, and then they will never care about it again after everything is over.

No matter how remote the place where the crime occurred, or whether there are any living people nearby, or how difficult and depressing the guarding conditions are, as long as someone is left to guard the case, the case will be considered over.

It's like leaving human figurines behind.

I really don’t regard ghost generals as human beings.

Even though the Ming Dynasty had died, no one went to inform them, and they were still lying in the sarcophagus of Hades Pavilion guarding the Ghost Seal.

You can match up with Nobuyoshi.

The Ghost Suppression Division is no longer a human being, but half-human and half-ghost. They cannot return to the mortal world. Staying and guarding the place where ghosts and ghosts are dangerous is probably the best place for them to end up. At least they can sleep peacefully.

From this perspective, the Ghost Suppression Division can appear in any unexpected place. In any area related to ghosts, there may be a ghost general hidden in a corner.

But ordinary ghosts don't have this qualification.

Only in the second case, ghosts that cannot be killed, or ghosts that Triton does not want to kill for some purpose, will appear in the nearby corner.

"The Ghost Suppression Division actually has such a past? What exactly is the ghost pool? What happened to all the ghost masters?"

Zhang Ergou couldn't help but mutter.

Ji Dao's words are really evil. The ghost master that he sees every day can't even be counted as a human being, but is half a ghost. How did Haiwei train him in the first place?

It won't be by magic means.

Turning people into half-ghosts alive?

From what Ji Dao said, I'm afraid this is really the case. The ghost pond has come out, and entering the ghost pond at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and coming out alive, these keywords are shocking.

Could it be that all ghost masters have to enter the ghost pond when they are young, and when they die, they die, and when they live, they become ghost suppressors?

This doesn't sound like the right approach.

But Zhang Ergou didn't dare to ask more questions at the moment, because this kind of situation often happened. The more he came into contact with Jianxian Si, the more he knew. In fact, Haiwei often used some weird methods.

Just like Han Xian.

At first, Hanxian ate an unknown number of Tritons, including everyone on the ship and the people. He was a sinful evil being. However, after he was successfully subdued by Tritons, he was still named an Immortal...

Regardless of origin.

Just talk about the results.

It's quite similar to Zhao'an in ancient times.

The selection method of the Ghost Suppression Division is somewhat similar. Gui Chi is not a good word at first glance, but after being adopted by Haiwei, even if he is a black person, he can be completely whitewashed in the end.

These things are taboo.

Just think about it in your mind, but you don't dare to ask it on the table. Zhang Ergou is not a fool, so how can he dare to ask these taboo things in front of the Supervisor of the Immortal Supervisor?

You even have to take advantage of it.

Master Xian has inherited the orthodoxy of the Immortal Supervision Department and has the same thinking. His subordinates are all criminals. As long as he seizes the opportunity to reform, he can be like Han Xian and be completely clean in the future...

"You're not a descendant of the Ghost Suppression Department? You don't know?" Jidao asked Zhang Ergou through the intercom.

"Master Tao, why bother mentioning my scandal again."

Zhang Ergou's expression changed slightly. If he could do it again, even if he died, he would never claim to be the heir of the Ghost Suppression Division. He pretended to be the heir of the Ghost Suppression Division just once, and ended up being criticized for the rest of his life.

"I'm afraid it's really the Ghost Suppression Division."

Zheng Yun stared at the skinny living man and nodded.

At this moment, the ghost general has cut off most of the mud skin on the skinny living body, exposing more skin. Almost everywhere visible to the naked eye is that gray-green color.

It should be a tattoo.

Zheng Yun could often see the hundreds of ghost pictures on the ghost generals' bodies, from their necks to their ankles, they were all tattooed.

It was probably the same in the early days of ghost suppression, from the neck to the ankles, but when the number of ghosts was large, the density was also greater.

The skinny living man had at least a thousand ghost tattoos on his body. They were so densely tattooed that it was almost impossible to see his normal skin color. In addition, his skin and flesh were dry and his body was weakened. The ghost patterns were squeezed and deformed into a ball.

So it looks just gray and blue.

The original pattern is almost invisible.

"Master Immortal, this may not be a good thing. If this person is really from the Ghost Suppression Department, it means there must be a difficult evil ghost nearby, hiding somewhere in this underground lake."

"In addition, he has been sealed in the lock box for a long time. He may not be sane and may not be able to obey the orders of the contemporary Immortal Supervisor. He just picked up the porcelain bottle and probably wanted to fight back against me."

Ji Dao stared at the skinny living person with worry in his heart.

He had no other intention in saying this, it was just because of the actions of the Skinny Man and Zhou Jiu. Zhou Jiu ambushed the Yin soldiers, while the Skinny Man tried to pick up the porcelain bottle, not knowing what to do.

People inside and outside the ancient ship at this moment.

All were wearing ancient navy guard uniforms.

If the skinny living man was the Ghost Suppressor, how could he not recognize these clothes? Seeing Haiwei Supervisor Xiansi come here again, he actually remained silent and even tried to fight back?

"Does he really want to fight back?"

Zheng Yun asked softly.

He understood what Ji Dao meant, but there were a few details here. First, when the Yin soldier pulled up the lid of the box, he was wearing a closed diving suit, and the thin living person could not see the official uniform.

So he thrust out with his claws.

Try to kill the person who opened the lock box.

When Ji Dao's immortal corpse fell from the sky, the lock box was completely damaged, and the skinny living man could see Ji Dao's clothes, he never tried to fight back, not even dodging his sword.

Zheng Yun could see clearly.

He really didn't hide at all.

Behind him, the ghost general threw a flying knife and stabbed the porcelain bottle, but the skinny living man just dodged and did not fight back against the ghost general.

And at this moment.

Several ghost generals surrounded the skinny living man, and several long knives flew up and down. The skinny living man remained motionless, letting the blades pass by, even if they pierced the heart.

Didn't you really recognize it?

How does Zheng Yun feel that the skinny living man has recognized the official uniforms of Ji Dao and Gui Jiang, so he lets them do it, even if the sword pierces the bone, he is willing...

And it doesn’t matter whether you recognize it or not.

As long as he can breathe, even if he is possessed by gods and ghosts, the worst he can do is be sent to the Hades Pavilion for a spin.

"I can't say for sure. He didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. I'm afraid he doesn't speak human language like a few ghost masters."

"Although Senior Ghost Suppression Division is one of our own, there is a possibility that it may be infected by ghosts. Just like several ghost masters, haven't they also been harmed by ghost seals over the years?"

Ji Dao still felt defensive.

But what he said was very reasonable. We really had to guard against this. We must not feel close to the skinny living person as soon as we heard about the Ghost Suppression Division. We had to proceed with caution.

"Let's see what the ghost will do."

Zheng Yun chose to believe in the ghost general's judgment.

Everyone said nothing and watched the ghost general continue to scrape the mud together until the skinny living man was scraped clean from top to bottom.

The ghosts retreated one by one.

The true appearance of the skinny living man is revealed.

This man has long hair and an old face. He looks similar to the immortal corpse next to him, but he does not have the immortal spirit of the immortal corpse. Instead, there is a strong death aura between his eyebrows.

There was no life in his eyes.

It's much worse than the ghost general's full-skinned state. He doesn't look like an immortal person, but more like a living corpse that's dead but not stiff.

Until this moment, he was still holding the porcelain bottle, his eyes calm and indifferent, looking directly at the ghost general in front of him.

The ghost general also stared at him.

The two sides looked at each other quietly.

Everyone on and off the screen watched this scene, holding their breath and wondering what would happen next.

Time passes slowly.

Ten seconds, half a minute, three minutes.

The skinny living man was motionless, and the ghost general in front of him was motionless as well. The two sides looked at each other quietly, as if frozen in place.

"Master Immortal, this is..."

Zhang Ergou couldn't help but ask. He thought he was not mature enough and couldn't see through the mystery behind the scene. He couldn't understand what was going on.

"Jidao, what do you think?"

Zheng Yun frowned and thought deeply, then asked Ji Dao.

Although he was the master of the ghost generals, he couldn't understand what the ghost generals were doing. Could it be that the two sides were fighting with their eyes?

"Master Immortal, I don't know either."

Ji Dao scratched his scalp. The two sides were in a stalemate in front of him. He was watching in real time from the first row. He didn't feel any ghostly energy or aura.

The Ghost Suppression Department is all this kind of people.

Even if you beat me to death, you won't be able to say a single word.

What does this make people think about?