I’m Being Held Captive by Demons

The morning sunshine silently falls on the deserted Qingbanqiao.

This is a remote place away from the busy city, and the surroundings are empty and silent.

Kong Ning stopped at the head of the Qingban Bridge on his jujube horse and pondered for a long time.

The silently surging white mist still stretched ahead, but disappeared into the air on the Qingbanqiao.

Perhaps, there is really a hole in the sky on this bridge?

Kong Ning hesitated, finally got off his horse and walked towards the bridge alone.

The monster power in his body was running silently, ready to strike at any time. Every step forward is full of vigilance and anxiety, for fear of stepping into a special and weird space, or a monster jumping out of the bridge to kill someone.

However, until Kong Ning walked up to the middle of the bridge and came to the place where the white mist disappeared, everything remained as usual and nothing happened.

Kong Ning did not enter another strange void, nor did any terrifying ghosts or monsters jump out to ambush him.

The only thing that changed was the white mist.

The white mist in Kong Ning's field of vision squirmed slightly. But it didn't dissipate directly, but retracted towards Kong Ning's body.

Soon, all the white mist shrank back into Kong Ning's dantian.

The mysterious black tank was once again filled with white mist, and the amount was probably only a little bit full. It appears that this search has failed.

But just now the fog was clearly pointing forward...

Kong Ning's consciousness sank into his dantian, he sensed the state of the mysterious black pot, and then he was speechless.

This time, the mysterious black pot did find him a suitable target.

But the other party does not seem to be in this world, and the road is broken here. The white mist that failed to find had to be retracted into the black tank, waiting to be filled again next time.

... In other words, where does this Qingbanqiao really lead to?

Kong Ning standing at the bridge was slightly surprised.

The first thing he thought of was the battlefield that Wan'er couldn't find every time the monsters in the city fought.

Could it be that those monsters are fighting in a special space behind the Qingbanqiao? Wan'er couldn't be found because she was no longer in the mortal world?

But now the entrance is pointed out by the mysterious black tank?

Thinking of this possibility, Kong Ning didn't dare to delay, and immediately rode a jujube horse through the streets and alleys towards Tian's abandoned house.

This Qingbanqiao is not far from Tian's old house, within a quarter of an hour, Kong Ning saw a girl practicing cross-legged on a rockery.

The girl was a little surprised to see Kong Ning's rare daytime visit.

Ning catcher? Why are you here? Wan'er jumped down from the rockery and asked curiously.

Kong Ning took a deep breath and said, Miss Wan'er, when I was patrolling the streets just now, I passed by the nearby Qingban Bridge, and felt that there seemed to be evil spirits hidden on the bridge. But when I got closer to check, I found everything , I don’t know if I made a mistake... Would you like to go and have a look?”

Kong Ning's words surprised the girl very much.

Captain Ning, have you noticed something evil?

In the girl's eyes, this Ning Butou is just a mortal with good martial arts. Although he is very talented in the way of swordsman, he has not formally set foot on the way of practice. Although the blood energy of the martial artist in the body is strong, it is difficult to deal with powerful monsters.

Before Kong Ning was able to notice that there were monsters hiding in the Xu Mansion in the north of the city, which surprised the girl, but now she has gained something again?

If it's true, isn't this spiritual sense too sharp?

The girl immediately went straight to Qingbanqiao.

As for Kong Ning, he stayed in the yard and waited for the girl to come back.

There are Su Yan's eyeliners hidden in the city, but Kong Ning doesn't know who they are. Therefore, when you are out in the daytime, you have to avoid appearing with girls at the same time.

Anyway, Kong Ning has already given the information that should be given, and the rest is left to Wan'er, a professional, to look it up, and he can't help much if he goes there.

After waiting in the yard for about two quarters of an hour, Kong Ning saw the girl come back.

Wan'er's face was full of excitement.

Ning catch the head, that's not evil! The girl said excitedly, It's a ghost market!

Kong Ning was a little surprised: Ghost market? What is a ghost market?

It was the first time for Kong Ning to hear this term.

The girl explained: The so-called ghost market, as the name suggests, is where evil spirits occupy themselves.

It is recorded in Shimen's classics that some remote areas in the underworld are occupied by evil spirits, and they are called ghost markets. Ghost markets are often located on the border of the underworld, adjacent to the human world, and are special places between the underworld and the human world.

Whenever the Ghost Festival comes, evil spirits can enter the underworld through the ghost market to cause disaster.

Before the catastrophe came, the city god of the underworld ruled the underworld. Those evil spirits who have lived for many years hid in the ghost market to escape the capture of the underworld.

And my investigations in the past few days have confirmed that the Yin Division in Shanlan County has been completely destroyed, the gods of the underworld have disappeared, and even the ghost gates have ceased to exist. Probably the gods of the Yin Division closed it completely before they died to prevent the evil spirits of the Yin Division from entering the world. .”

So the ghost market behind Qingbanqiao is now the only entrance for the evil spirits to enter the county. On the day of the Ghost Festival, the evil spirits will pour into the world from here.

Speaking of this, the girl was a little excited: And we now know the location of this entrance, which is extremely beneficial!

The entrance here is narrow, and there won't be too many evil spirits coming out at the same time. The combination of the two of us is enough to seal the gate.

As long as we block the entrance during the Ghost Festival and prevent the evil spirits inside from crawling out, we can prevent the people in the city from dying!

The girl was excited and jumping for joy, rejoicing at this sudden happy event.

But Kong Ning hesitated, and said: But the evil spirits are entrenched in the underworld, if there are evil spirits beyond your and my ability to come out from there, if we guard outside, wouldn't we be seeking our own death?

The girl smiled and shook her head: Ning catch the head and be at peace, wait for Wan'er to explain in detail.

When the Ghost Festival comes, the underworld and the human world will overlap, and powerful evil spirits can come directly to the human world without going through the gate. Just like the few evil spirits we killed before, it is clear that the Ghost Festival has not yet come , and escaped ahead of time.”

On the day of the Hungry Ghost Festival, only evil spirits with insufficient strength need to walk through the passage of this ghost market.

So we stay outside the ghost city, so we won't encounter too strong evil spirits.

Although the evil spirits coming out of the passageway of the ghost city are weak, they are huge in number and pose the greatest threat to the living beings in the city. After all, mortals have no way to resist evil spirits.

We guard the entrance here, don't teach those evil spirits to crawl out, and block them in the ghost city, which is a great thing for the residents of the city.

Wan'er said: Ning Butou, there are still three days left before Zhongyuan.

During these three days, I will set up a formation at the entrance of the ghost city and arrange it in advance. Rather catch the head, you will stay at home to recharge your batteries and recuperate.

On the night of Zhongyuan, we will meet again at Qingbanqiao and work together to guard the entrance of the ghost market.

The only worry now is that Ning catches the monsters in the head's house.

On the day of the Ghost Festival, she will definitely make a big move. Ning catches the head carefully and prevents the monster from noticing the abnormality.