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Guarding the Naihe Bridge?
Is your surname Meng?
Isn't this the Meng Po in folklore? !
That Meng Po soup...
Chen Mu immediately became interested and turned to look.
As expected, in front of the pavilion, there was a half-human-high, three-legged, two-eared jade tripod filled with a pool of emerald green soup, with a faint aroma of wine wafting around. A Yinming insect with a wildly laughing expression was standing obediently in front of the jade tripod, as if waiting to be fed.
"Is the Meng Po soup in the Jade Tripod?"
"No, that's the wine of afterlife!"
Afterlife wine?
This is quite different from the folk legend.
Chen Mu looked at it with interest for a few seconds, then raised his head and looked towards the center of the pavilion.
Through the beaded curtain, a stern face that looked like it was cast in metal suddenly came into view, with black and gold mottled and interwoven on it, like broken pieces of porcelain.
Between her brows was a cluster of flowers, as bright as the endless fiery red flowers on the shore.
The bright silver hands crossed on the abdomen have distinct joints, like a mechanical puppet!
As if noticing Chen Mu's gaze, the other person's stern and majestic face suddenly turned towards Chen Mu.
In an instant, Chen Mu felt as if he was standing in front of a statue that blocked out the sky. An invisible sense of oppression came over him, as if someone was grabbing his heart. He stood there in a daze, not daring to move.
"Sir, don't dare to look too much!" Le Dian hurriedly pulled Chen Mu's clothes.
Chen Mu suddenly came back to his senses and quickly lowered his head to avoid looking.
He caught a glimpse of the other person's hands, which had gaps at the joints and looked like mechanical devices, and his expression changed involuntarily.
"This Lord Meng..."
"You know the Terracotta Warriors and Ghost Soldiers, right?" Le Dian leaned close to Chen Mu and whispered.
"Those paper figurines?" Chen Mu raised his eyebrows.
When he was in Jiugu City, he once met an acquaintance, the owner of Yupinxuan, Leyang Anle.
The other party was extremely fond of terracotta warriors and ghosts, just like collecting figurines, and had a whole cabinet full of paper and pottery figurines of various shapes.
"Could it be that this Lord Meng..." Chen Mu looked incredulous.
Le Dian shook his head: "The God is not such a dead thing."
"It is said that the God was personally enlightened by Emperor Yama, and he has his own conscious spirit."
"It is very powerful, able to split into tens of millions of clones, and has the same lifespan as the underworld. It has been guarding all the Naihe Bridges since ancient times."
"Even if the Lord of Yinshan Prefecture is here in person, I must address him as Lord God and not be disrespectful."
Chen Mu felt a chill in his heart, but he couldn't help but feel a strange feeling.
He glanced at the other person's hands that looked like mechanical creations, and the more he looked at them, the weirder they seemed.
Mechanical puppet Meng Po?
Isn’t this Meng Po a bit too cyberpunk?
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 521: Certain period
On the boundless Lethe River.
With a muffled bang, a wave of air exploded in the air.
Feeling the imperceptible fluctuations emitted by the soul-locking bell on his waist, Qian Huan adjusted his direction while flying.
Suddenly, a gray stone bridge appeared.
Qian Huan took a quick look and found that in addition to the Yinming insects, there was also a group of Yin soldiers walking on the stone bridge.
"Finally I caught up."
He breathed a sigh of relief, immediately flew onto the bridge and quickly chased after her.
Qian Huan knew that these ghost soldiers were living gods who had signed the Deity Deification Contract, and they all came from Feng'an City.
The person he was looking for had used the same trick as him, and was hiding among the more than a hundred evil soldiers.
Qian Huan held the white jade bell and glanced forward. Soon, a tall young man in gray clothes came into view.
The man had a bun tied up with a black rope, two strands of black hair on both sides of his forehead, and a half-smile on his face, looking ordinary. At this moment, he was talking in a low voice with the short and strong figure in black clothes next to him.
Not Luliang?
Did Feng'an City really know that Qingyang City was planning to create a second Wuyou King? Did they go to the mortal world just to sabotage the plan?
Qian Huan concealed his emotions and glanced in the direction of the gray-clothed young man again.
Then he discovered that the two people who had been standing there just now suddenly disappeared!
He was startled and instinctively looked up to search, but a cold voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Who are you looking for?"
"me?"
The next moment, an expressionless face suddenly popped out from the side and stared at him!
when? !
Qian Huan's whole body froze. He didn't even notice how the other person appeared in front of him.
What if the other party suddenly uses ruthless tactics...hiss!
He tried hard to suppress his heart that wanted to beat faster and faster, and looked at Chen Mu with a puzzled look: "Why do you say that, little brother?"
"You were secretly looking at us just now. Aren't you staring at us?" Chen Mu sneered.
"Am I looking at you? I am admiring the face of Lord Meng!" Qian Huan pretended to be dissatisfied.
Chen Mu thought back to the position where the two of them were standing just now, and found that he seemed to have indeed blocked this person's line of sight, and the expression on his face froze.
"Are you really not a spy from Qingyang City?" Is this a mistake?
"Qingyang City spy? Ha!" Qian Huan showed a contemptuous smile: "I am from the Qian family of Baojiang City. Even if I agree, that old ghost Xiao can't afford me."
Baojiang City? Isn't it Qingyang City?
Which family is Qianjia? Is it famous?
"This Naihe Bridge is not far from our Feng'an City, but it is extremely remote from other cities. Is it just a coincidence that a foreigner like you appears here?" Chen Mu stared at the other party doubtfully.
Qian Huan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but on the surface he showed an expression of annoyance that his secret had been discovered.
He looked at the ghost soldiers watching him, hesitated for a moment, and then pretended to be helpless and said: "I did come here on purpose, because this place is close to the Nanliang Mountains and the location is remote enough."
"As for the reason..."
He sighed, resigned himself to his fate and took out two black leather scrolls and unfolded them to show Chen Mu.
Baojiang City Qianning?
A substitute for a dead person?
Looking at the two identical copies of the Deity Contract in the other party's hand, Chen Mu raised his eyebrows.
"I am Qian Huan from the Qian family in Baojiang City. The man next to me is my cousin Qian Ning. We have some things to do in the world of the living." Qian Huan pointed at the dull young man in gray next to him.
"Because we can't make a big fuss, I specially ran to this remote area." After saying that, he took out a bronze plate with a ghost face and handed it to Chen Mu for inspection.
Although he is only a side branch, he is indeed a member of the Qian family. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for him to be a spy in Qingyang City, so he dared to appear in front of Chen Mu and others blatantly.
Chen Mu looked at the bronze medal, somewhat undecided, and couldn't help but look at Le Dian.
The short and strong man stared at the bronze plate carefully for a long time, then nodded slightly to Chen Mu: "Baojiang City is a defense city under the jurisdiction of Yinshan Prefecture, and the Qian family is the confidant of the prefect. If he is really a direct descendant of the Qian family, Qingyang City really can't afford to hire him as a spy."
Chen Mu understood.
So, the reason why the other party ran to this Naihe Bridge is because he also used the method of using a substitute to sneak into the world of the living, so he had to find a remote place to avoid being discovered and exposed?
Tsk!
Isn't this embarrassing?
Then Chen Mu's expression suddenly changed, and he stared at Qian Huan solemnly: "Who do you say you are?"
Qian Huan was shocked. Could it be that there was a flaw somewhere?
"I... I'm Bao Jiangcheng Qianhuan?" He felt his heart in his throat.
"I've heard a lot about you! Welcome!" Chen Mu suddenly laughed out loud, and clasped his hands in a familiar manner, as if the questioning and interrogation just now had never occurred.
Qian Huan: “…”
His expression changes faster than turning the pages of a book, he's crazy!
He was almost about to do it just now!
"Qingyang City has been targeting our Feng'an in every way recently." Chen Mu looked helpless.
"All the street vendors in the city could be our enemy's spies. We are all frightened. I am really sorry for wrongly accusing you!" He apologized sincerely on his face.
"Come on, let's go and ask Lord Meng to help us go to the world of the living." As he said this, he pulled Qian Huan towards the octagonal pavilion in a familiar manner.
Qian Huan felt very uncomfortable, but he had to pretend to be calm, and he kept chatting as he walked.
"I heard that Lord Lu of Feng'an City severely tricked Old Ghost Xiao of Qingyang City. Is it true?"
"It's not that exaggerated. It's mainly because Old Ghost Xiao went too far..."
After a few words, they came to the pavilion and stood respectfully facing Lord Meng. Then they raised the Deed of the God in their hands and bowed slightly to Lord Meng.
The sculpture-like Cyber Mengpo raised her right hand slightly, and a cold invisible force enveloped everyone.
Everyone bowed in thanks again, left the pavilion one by one, followed the Yinming insect off the bridge, and walked towards the thick fog not far from the river bank.
Chen Mu walked with the crowd, while curiously reaching out his hand in front of him, carefully feeling the invisible and tangible force, like a cold air current.