After coming down the mountain, I was pampered by two emperors!

"Xichen, where are you going?" Long Jiaojiao grabbed Mei Xichen's hand and pulled him back.

"I want to go down and take a closer look."

"No, the situation down there is unclear, you must not go down."

"Yes, Long'er is more experienced than you in this regard. You can't take risks." Shu Rong also grabbed Mei Xichen's other hand to stop him from acting blindly.

At this time, the four men in black in the square placed the altar and sacrificial supplies they brought in front, and placed the long table parked in the square in the middle.

The ghosts dispersed and formed a semicircle. When everything was ready, the four men in black suddenly looked towards the palace gate. They looked at it respectfully and kept muttering. Then the ghosts also bent their waists and stared towards the gate.

"What are they looking at?" Mei Xichen leaned forward, staring at the direction of the palace gate.

At this moment, a ball of pitch-black fog suddenly appeared in front of the door. The black fog swirled on the ground and gradually moved towards the square.

"Look, this should be Chi Heng." Long Jiaojiao pointed at the black fog and said in a low voice.

"It seems that this guy has been hiding in the palace."

"Mei Xichen, didn't you just go in and look around and find nothing?" Shu Rong looked at Mei Xichen with a puzzled look.

Mei Xichen was also bewildered at this moment. He didn't know where this guy came from. He had clearly searched the palace repeatedly. Could there be something he missed? The sudden appearance of the black fog left Mei Xichen puzzled.

"Long'er, look, the black fog has reached the middle of the four men in black." Shu Rong pointed with his finger.

"I saw it. Look, the black fog has dissipated, and it looks like a person?" Long Jiaojiao looked carefully.

"This person must be Chi Heng." Mei Xichen said with certainty.

"What does he want to do?" Shu Rong asked curiously.

"I'm afraid some unlucky guy will be sacrificed soon." Mei Xichen said calmly.

"Sacrifice? Aren't these already ghosts? What else do you want?" Shu Rong continued to ask.

"Shu Rong, haven't you heard that these ghosts are about to reincarnate? They are all conscious. I think Chi Heng took advantage of this day and wanted to suck their souls so that they would never be reborn. Then he can make himself stronger or there are other possibilities." Long Jiaojiao explained.

"Yes, the picture I saw in the palace was of a snake swallowing people and then those people ascended to heaven."

"I think he also deceived these ghosts in this way, making them give up their chance of reincarnation so that he can use them for his own benefit." Mei Xichen explained to Long Jiaojiao and Shu Rong while watching the situation in the square.

While the three of them were talking, the tall man in black clothes came in front of the ghosts. He looked around. These people were kneeling on the ground. From time to time, he lifted their heads with his hands and then pushed the four people he had chosen to the altar.

The four men in black tied them up and threw them on the ground. They were so pious just now, but now they became anxious and uneasy. They struggled and shouted desperately on the ground. The sound was like the whistling of a strong wind, eerie and terrifying.

Shu Rong was a little nervous, so nervous that he unconsciously grabbed Long Jiaojiao's hand, his palms were sweaty.

"Shurong, what's wrong with you? Are you scared?" Long Jiaojiao touched Shurong's face and asked with concern.

"Yes, I don't know what will happen to them next. This is too scary."

At this time, Long Jiaojiao felt that Shu Rong's hands were a little cold. She must have never seen such a scene before.

Then, Long Jiaojiao put her body in front of Shu Rong and told him that if he didn't want to be afraid, he should lower his head and lie on her shoulder.

"Long Er, I'm fine, but this is much scarier than that giant centipede. That giant centipede is at most a beast, but these are ghosts."

"Stop talking nonsense. If you are timid, just say you are timid." Mei Xichen turned his head and glanced at Shu Rong.

"Who are you calling timid?" Shu Rong retorted.

"Let me tell you, Shurong, are you really scared or do you want to take the opportunity to get closer to Long'er? Look, you're almost sticking to Long'er." Mei Xichen asked with a jealous look on his face.

"It's none of your business. Long Er is just concerned about me."

"Okay, you two are still arguing, you're not done yet, are you?"

"Look, the man just now has turned into a giant python about twenty meters long." Long Jiaojiao said in surprise, pointing forward.

"It's true, Mei Xichen, it seems that the painting you mentioned is true. If so, these ghosts must have been brainwashed by him." Shu Rong said after thinking for a moment.

One of the four tied people was carried to the long table by the man in black, and then the giant python slowly moved to the front of the bench, spitting out its bright red tongue. The ghost on the bench was so scared that he dared not move.

The giant python opened its bloody mouth, and the mucus in its mouth flowed all over the ghost's body. The giant python lowered its head, licked the ghost's face with its tongue, and sucked towards his head.

The ghost struggled weakly on the long table for a while and then disappeared.

Then, the second, third, and finally the fourth ghost was sucked dry.

There were also some children among the ghosts, who burst into tears after seeing the scene. The people around them tried their best to stop them from crying and covered their mouths.

It was a long night. After the four ghosts were swallowed by the giant python, he turned back into a tall man and walked into the palace alone.

The other ghosts in the square were driven out of the courtyard by four men in black.

Just after the hour of the Ox, they disappeared from the street one after another. Everything returned to calm as if nothing had happened.

When Long Jiaojiao saw that the sky was getting brighter, she knew that these ghosts would not come out again, so she patted Mei and Shu to signal them that they could go down.

"Xichen, what do you think about this?" Long Jiaojiao looked at Mei Xichen and asked.

"We now only know that this man is Chi Heng, whom the King of Hell wants to catch. He is a python and moves at night, but I can't figure out how we can catch him." Mei Xichen shook his head as if he hadn't come up with a good idea.

"Let me say it." Shu Rong took over Mei Xichen's words and smiled confidently.

"Shu Rong, do you have any solution?" Mei Xichen asked him suspiciously.

"If we want to catch Chi Heng, we must know ourselves and our enemy, right? So how do we understand him? What we have seen is obviously not enough."

"Stop keeping us in suspense and tell us now." Mei Xichen said sternly.

"If you want to understand him, did you notice that there was a child crying just now, and his family covered his mouth? This proves that they are very scared. They don't want the misfortune of the four people just now to happen to them. This means that some of them have already seen Chi Heng's true face, but are powerless to resist."

"And then? Keep talking." Mei Xichen continued to ask.

"Next, let's go find a family of ghosts and ask them clearly. This will be much more useful than just watching the sacrifices. Wouldn't it be better to learn more useful things about Chi Heng from them?" Shu Rong looked at Mei Xichen proudly.

"Shu Rong, what you said makes sense. We will go there in a while. But only Xichen and I can go in. You don't have spiritual power and can't get in close contact with ghosts, so you just wait for us outside the door."

Shu Rong nodded and agreed with what Long Jiaojiao said to him.

"Okay, I get it, Long Er."

"Well, let's go now without further ado."

After Long Jiaojiao finished speaking, she led the two of them towards the large area of ​​densely packed houses where they came from.