Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 56 Ghost

Li Zhi walked into Li Feng's mansion with caution. As soon as he entered the door, a cold and eerie atmosphere hit him in the face, making Li Zhi feel inexplicably creepy.

The mansion was unusually quiet, without a single sound of human voice or footsteps. Li Zhi looked around and found that the servants here seemed to have been dismissed or moved away by Li Feng a long time ago, leaving behind a dead silence, and the surrounding grass was overgrown with weeds because no one took care of it.

The depressing and gloomy atmosphere coming from all around made Li Zhi feel a little uneasy. He suppressed his uneasy emotions and walked towards the inner courtyard.

When he walked to the inner courtyard hall, he saw that the door was closed. Every corner of the mansion was weird, but Li Zhi had no other choice at this point, so he pushed the door open without much hesitation.

As soon as the door was opened, Li Zhi was shocked to find that there were quite a few people inside.

When the people inside heard the noise, they all looked towards Li Zhi.

Li Zhi took a quick glance and found that there were twelve people in the hall. There were both men and women in this group of people, of different ages. Although their expressions were different, they all had a fierce aura.

Especially the three people standing in the center, their aura was not concealed, like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath. Among these three people, there were two men and one woman, all wearing white robes and carrying a sharp sword behind them.

The three men had stern faces and looked serious and upright, but Li Zhi could detect from their eyes and postures a kind of arrogance, which was the same as that of the young Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain whom he had met before.

There is no doubt that these three people are the legendary light of righteousness, the disciples of Shushan.

Li Zhi looked at the three people in front of him and felt a little disappointed. Not only because they looked arrogant and disdainful, but also because they looked too young. You could tell at a glance that they were just teenagers with no experience and no ability.

How much real ability can such a young person have?

Li Zhi lost interest in dealing with them, and at the same time no longer had much illusion about their strength.

The original plan was to come here to gain some experience and then make friends with the people of Shushan, but now it seems that this place is not simple at all. Not to mention the strength of the three people from Shushan, just looking at their arrogant expressions, you can tell that they are not easy to deal with.

Although the people present were gathered in groups of three or four, judging from the positions where they gathered, it seemed as if the three people from Shushan were being isolated.

"Hey! Brother Taoist, you are here too!" An enthusiastic voice interrupted Li Zhi's thoughts.

Li Zhi looked up and saw the man who had asked him for directions just now.

When the man saw Li Zhi looking at him, he immediately clasped his fists and said, "My name is Xia Jie, may I know your name?"

Li Zhi glanced at him, then said calmly: "Li Zhi!"

"Brother Li Zhi, how long after I left did you come here?" Fang Jie asked with an urgent tone.

Li Zhi frowned when he heard this, but still answered truthfully: "About an incense stick of time."

Hearing Li Zhi's answer, Fang Jie's face suddenly fell.

Li Zhi had a bad feeling when he saw this, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"Do you know how long I have been here?" Fang Jie asked instead of answering.

Hearing Fang Jie's question, Li Zhi frowned even more deeply. He said with some displeasure, "I came here an incense stick of time later than you. You have only been here for an incense stick of time at most, right? Are you asking me this to tease me?"

Fang Jie could hear the anger in Li Zhi's words. He quickly waved his hand and said, "Brother Li Zhi, you misunderstood. I don't mean to tease you. I've been here for three days!"

Hearing Fang Jie say such ridiculous words, Li Zhi calmed down instead.

"You mean, the passage of time in this mansion is different from outside?" Li Zhi said with a frown.

Fang Jie nodded and said, "Yes, if I'm not mistaken, we should have entered the ghost realm."

Ghostland?

Li Zhi recalled the things about ghosts that Master Liu had taught him. Although Master Liu didn't say much, he did mention the ghost realm.

When a person dies, he becomes a ghost, and when a ghost dies, he becomes a ghost.

Although the ghost realm is formed by the death of ghosts, it is not simply generated by ghosts and monsters, but by the obsession of ghosts. The obsession of ghosts will turn into rules after their death. These rules are like a huge net that covers the entire space and forms a unique world.

In this world, everything follows the rules of the ghost cave, making it impossible to escape its constraints.

The stronger the ghost's obsession, the stronger the ghost den it forms will be, the more numerous and complex the rules it contains will be, and the wider the scope of influence will be.

To break the ghost's den, one must find the source, which is the ghost's obsession.

Alternatively, you can use brute force to crack the key, but brute force will cause the evil to backfire.

However, it is not an easy task to find the source of obsession in the ghost den, because due to the obscurity of the rules in the ghost den, it is impossible to accurately find the source.

Moreover, in the ghost den, if you do not abide by the rules of the ghost den, you will be wiped out by the rules.

If you abide by the rules honestly, you can survive for a while, but if you can't find the source of the obsession, the obsession will become stronger and stronger over time, and there will be more and more rules in the ghost den.

It will be difficult to take a single step then, and there will be no escape.

Li Zhi frowned and looked around, then asked, "When was this ghost den formed?"

The ghost den will become stronger as time goes by. Li Zhi wants to know the time when the ghost den was formed so that he can judge the speed at which the ghost den strengthens.

In response to Li Zhi's question, the three Shushan disciples just glanced at him and ignored him, while a few others snorted coldly and said nothing.

Li Zhi frowned, looking displeased.

A man with a sallow face stepped forward and said, "The passage of time in this ghost cave is different from that outside. We don't know how much time has passed outside. I only know that I have been in here for more than two months."

"Were you here when the ghost den was formed?" Li Zhi asked.

The man nodded and said, "Yes, I did see with my own eyes that the Shushan young hero destroyed the ghost with one sword, and then the ghost turned into this ghost..."

Li Zhi followed the man's line of sight.

One of the three Shushan disciples seemed to be the leader, and his expression looked a little unnatural. After all, he originally thought it was just a simple matter of exorcising demons, but it ended up making the situation more serious and complicated, and he looked gloomy.

But before he could say anything, a female Shushan disciple beside him glared at Li Zhi and the others fiercely, saying, "What are you looking at!"

Li Zhi ignored that bitch and lowered his head in thought.

You must know that people do not necessarily turn into ghosts after death, and ghosts do not necessarily turn into ghosts after death. To turn into ghosts and monsters requires not only a deep obsession, but also extraordinary strength.

This Shushan disciple was able to kill the ghost that turned into a ghost with one sword, which seemed to show that he was quite powerful. This made Li Zhi change his previous doubts about their strength.

Then, Li Zhi raised his head and looked at the leader of Shushan again. He asked, "Do you have a way to forcefully break through this ghost den?"

As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, the Shushan female disciple jumped out again and said, "How can you, a bunch of useless people, compare to my senior brother? He is a direct disciple of Shushan! He certainly has a way to break through this evil den."

This female disciple from Mount Shu had no idea that what she said had caused dissatisfaction among the crowd. For a moment, everyone present frowned and looked unhappy.

However, Li Zhi had been observing the expression of the Shushan leader. After his junior sister finished speaking, although his face was still as calm as water, his eyes were full of pride and confidence.

I think he is very confident in his own strength, and he is also capable of breaking out of this evil den.

However, if a den of evil of this level were to be forcibly broken into, the backlash that would be caused would make it difficult for this Shushan disciple to escape. So even though he had strong strength, he did not dare to resort to violent measures to break into the den of evil at this time.

Li Zhi ignored them. Since the Shushan disciples had the strength to break through the ghost den, it was like giving them a guaranteed chance.

Once faced with a life-and-death crisis, the Shushan leader would definitely take action even if he was worried about the backlash from the ghost den.

What Li Zhi needs to do now is to survive in this den of evil, and live longer than the three people from Shushan!

Then he raised his head and asked, "Have you encountered any problems in the time you have been here for?"

As soon as Li Zhi said this, except for the three people from Shushan and Fang Jie, the rest of the people showed fear on their faces.

The man with a sallow face said grimly: "Yes! Before you came, there were more than 20 of us here... Later, only a few of us were left..."

This person's words made Li Zhi and Fang Jie's faces change.