Taboos in the Underworld: Starting from being paid a lot of money to beg for a child

"Almost...you are waiting for me here now. Not all ghosts are like the ones you have encountered. I will go and take a look first. If they are all ghosts in need of help, I will ask it to notify you."

I said and looked towards the innermost staircase on the right.

"Who should tell me?" Xiaoqiu asked doubtfully, completely unaware of Tiedan who had come out of the umbrella and circled behind her.

"Me, hey hey hey."

Tiedan got behind Xiaoqiu and said mischievously to Xiaoqiu.

Xiaoqiu turned around and took two steps back, looked at Tiedan and said:

"Are you two together? Why haven't I seen you before?"

Tiedan smiled, and just when he was about to explain something, he suddenly closed his eyes.

After Tiedan felt it carefully for a few seconds, he suddenly opened his eyes and floated towards the stairs.

Tiedan's reaction was a bit violent, and I didn't know what happened.

Judging from Tiedan's reaction, it shouldn't be an ordinary thing.

I left a sentence and ran over:

"Stay here and wait for news from me."

Passing through the dim lobby, I climbed into the back stairwell without hesitation.

The stairwell was no longer dark, there was no light inside, only darkness.

"Iron egg?"

I have a bad feeling, this iron egg is not like this usually.

Why did you get out of my sight without hesitation this time?

Several echoes of my own came from the corridor, but I didn't get any response from Tiedan, so I ignored it.

I took out the copycat mobile phone I just bought and turned on the flashlight.

At that time, there were very few mobile phones with flashlights, and I bought this phone because of this feature.

Turning on my phone's flashlight, I quickly walked up the stairs. I could only hear my own footsteps in the darkness.

According to Xiaoqiu, she saw the ghost on the third floor.

Tiedan most likely also went to the third floor.

When I quickly ran to the third floor, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Tiedan stood by the doorway on the third floor, staring motionlessly into the third floor.

I slowly moved closer and stretched out my head to look over cautiously.

There is a large space of about two hundred square meters outside the stair door.

There are no wall partitions in this space, only load-bearing columns standing in the middle.

It's like a big, big empty room with two big window holes in the outer wall.

With the help of the light coming into the room from outside, the general outline of this room can be seen.

In the area of ​​the room farthest from the doorway, there were dozens of figures swaying inside.

They are all doing the same action.

Shake left and right a few times, then slowly kneel down and kowtow.

Then he stood up slowly, shook a few times and knelt down to kowtow.

This cycle continues over and over again.

Their movements are not neat, but their processes are the same, and they look like they are worshiping someone.

"Tiedan, what's going on?" I asked quietly.

Tiedan watched and slowly floated to the same height as me, and said:

"These resentful souls are trapped here."

"I know, I'm asking why you don't go in?"

As I spoke, I counted the number over there.

There are twenty of them that can be clearly seen.

There are also some that are hidden in the dark and cannot be seen.

A rough estimate is that there are at least thirty.

Moreover, they are all resentful souls that have no reincarnation path. None of these resentful souls look particularly vicious, so Tiedan should not be afraid of them.

Tiedan pointed at it and said:

"This place is sealed by talismans. Judging from these talismans, the humane behavior of drawing the talisman is no worse than that of you and Sister Wen Jing combined, and..."

"And what?"

I asked doubtfully. Tiedan's expression was very solemn, and he seemed to be a little unsure about what happened after the "and".

Tiedan closed his eyes and felt it, then said:

"And I feel a similar kind of atmosphere."

"What? The aura of the same kind? Are you saying there is also a Hades Eater in here?"

I said in shock, if there is also a Hades Eater here, then all this would be easy to explain.

These resentful souls are gathered here, and they must be used to provide soul essence to the underworld-devouring ghost.

On the way here before, I asked Xiaoqiu in a vague way how many she had seen.

She said there were probably dozens of ghosts here, but now there are only twenty or thirty ghosts left.

The other ghosts were undoubtedly sucked by the Underworld Devourer.

Moreover, the time Xiaoqiu saw those ghosts was only a few days ago, and he had absorbed dozens of resentful souls a few days ago.

This speed is not too slow, at least not slower than Iron Egg.

I don't know if the speed at which the Underworld Devourer digests soul essence is related to the strength of its ability.

But what is certain is that the Death Devouring Ghost here was definitely raised by someone else.

If this matter does not end well today, I will have one more powerful enemy.

"Tiedan, how do the Hades Eaters there compare to you? Also, are there any living people inside?"

I asked in a low voice.

This talisman sealing the door has no effect on us.

But if the Death Eater inside is too powerful, we will be in for a fierce battle.

Without knowing the strength of my opponent, I had no reason to punch and charge.

What's more, there are guards outside.

Once they find out, things will become even more difficult.

Tiedan shook his head and said:

"We can't sense each other's strength, but what is certain is that except for those resentful souls and the Underworld Devourer, there are no other living people inside."

I thought for a moment and said:

"Tiedan, do you want those soul essences inside?"

"Generally, I don't have much need for these resentful souls," Tiedan said.

"why?"

The spirit spirit of the resentful soul can help him find a way to reincarnation, so how can he say that there is not much need?

Tiedan smiled and said:

"I have a high starting point. Since I digested that evil ghost in your hometown, these resentful spirits can only be used as a pavement for me to find the path to reincarnation, and they have not helped at all to improve my strength."

"What are you talking about? Isn't everything we do just to help you find the path to reincarnation?"

I said seriously.

Tiedan's words made me feel a little sad. Its thoughts seemed to have deviated from its original intention and was out of touch with my goal.

Tiedan shook his head and said:

"Do not."

"why?"

"Because you need me and I don't want to leave so quickly."

Tiedan said, turning around and going downstairs.

"Wait a minute, you still have a lot of soul essence left. Even after absorbing these resentful souls, they won't leave immediately. It's so difficult to find resentful souls. Don't give up on these things in front of you."

I scolded.

Tiedan's thoughts have been made very clear.

It just wants to find some powerful evil ghosts to improve its own strength.

I don't want those resentful spirits to speed up its reincarnation.

"Brother, after inhaling that evil ghost, I feel that I can vaguely feel the path of reincarnation. I am worried that if I ingest too much soul essence, I will be taken directly to the path of reincarnation."

Tiedan said with his back to me.

"Are you sure?"

I asked happily. If it is true as Tiedan said, then it is really a good thing.

Tiedan shook his head and said:

"I'm not sure, but I don't want to take the risk. I can have one or two powerful evil spirit spirits, but I don't want so many resentful spirit spirits. What's more, we don't know the strength of the same kind inside. , plus the guy who drew the talisman, this thing is very risky for us."

"Well, your analysis is correct, then we won't make this enemy."

I walked downstairs.

Maybe the Hades Eater here is just for reincarnation.

Delaying Tiedan's reincarnation for the sake of its reincarnation is an unkind thing in itself.

Although this possibility is low, it is not impossible.

Now that things have come to this, I can only comfort myself with this seemingly legitimate reason.

All the ducks in hand have flown away, so this trip was in vain.

When we walked downstairs, Xiaoqiu was still standing in the corner. When she saw me coming, she quickly asked:

"How about it, can you help them?"

I turned off the flashlight on my phone and was about to answer her when a call came from Yuanyuan. She said:

"Officer Yang is looking for you. He doesn't know your new number. Please give him your new number."

I stood slightly in the corner and dialed Officer Yang's number.

Officer Yang is very efficient. He has already found some clues through the bald head.

He told me that a few days ago they came together to an unfinished building and arranged some things.

Although I don’t know what it is, it must be related to the people in the organization.

So he is now leading people here to see if he can find some clues.

When I heard about the unfinished building, I unconsciously thought of the unfinished building I am in now.

Could it be that the Death Eater above was raised by that organization?

If this is the case, then our trip is really not in vain...