My Xiuxian painting style is not right

Chapter 19 The Ghost King Appears and Flees

The gate of Ghost King City is tall and majestic. On the two heavy black gates, there are carvings of ferocious evil ghosts, as if they are ready to devour people at any time.

Chen Yu followed Nangong Wan'er, Lin Qingxue and Liu Ruyan into the city gate. A cold breath hit him in the face, making him shiver.

Inside the city gate is a wide street with low and dilapidated buildings on both sides. Most of them are built with black stones and look gloomy and terrifying.

There were few pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, a few ghostly figures in black robes could be seen passing by. There was no expression on their faces, and their eyes were empty, like soulless zombies.

The air was filled with a strong stench of decay mixed with a faint smell of blood, which made people feel nauseous.

Chen Yu covered his nose and frowned. This ghost world was worse than he had imagined.

"It's really eerie here." Chen Yu muttered softly.

"It's natural for the ghost world to be like this. If you like the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, you should go back to the mortal world."

Liu Ruyan waved the red folding fan in her hand, with a hint of ridicule in her tone.

"I want to go back too, but I can't find the way now." Chen Yu spread his hands helplessly.

"Just follow me." Nangong Wan'er walked in front, holding a jade token in her hand. The jade token emitted a faint golden light, guiding them in the direction.

After walking for a while, Chen Yu found a small stall on the side of the road. There were some strange things on the stall, including skulls, animal intestines, and some unknown black liquids, which all looked very disgusting.

The stall owner was a short old woman with wrinkles all over her face, cloudy eyes, and several missing teeth in her mouth. She looked like a living dead person.

"Young man, do you want to take a look? I have something good here." The old woman saw Chen Yu and grinned, revealing her few remaining yellow teeth.

Chen Yu looked at the things on the stall, his stomach churning, and he quickly waved his hand: "No, no, I don't need these things."

"Don't go, young man. I have everything here. Maybe there's something you want."

The old woman stretched out her dry hand and grabbed Chen Yu's sleeve.

Chen Yu quickly broke free from the old woman's hand and quickly caught up with Nangong Wan'er and the others.

"Why are you running so fast?" Liu Ruyan caught up with Chen Yu and asked with a smile.

"That old woman is so scary. I'm afraid she'll catch me and make soup out of me."

Chen Yu said with lingering fear.

"Hahaha, you are too timid." Liu Ruyan covered her mouth and laughed.

"It's better to be safe than sorry." Chen Yu said seriously.

Lin Qingxue looked back at Chen Yu with a hint of helplessness in her eyes.

They continued walking forward. The buildings on both sides of the street gradually became taller and there were more pedestrians, but most of them were ghosts, with only a few humans wearing strange costumes.

These people should be the so-called ghost cultivators.

Chen Yu noticed that these ghost cultivators looked at them with a hint of hostility, as if they were invaders.

"The people here don't seem to welcome us." Chen Yu said in a low voice.

"The ghost world and the human world have always been at odds, so it's normal for them to be hostile to us."

Nangong Wan'er explained.

"Then aren't we in danger?" Chen Yu was a little worried.

"Don't worry, I will protect you." Nangong Wan'er said firmly.

Chen Yu glanced at Nangong Wan'er and felt a little relieved.

Suddenly, there was a commotion ahead, and a group of ghosts gathered together, seemingly arguing about something.

"Let's go and take a look." Nangong Wan'er said.

They walked over and found a man in a black robe lying in the middle of the crowd. A dagger was stuck in his chest and his clothes were stained red with blood.

"What's going on?" Nangong Wan'er asked.

"I don't know. I saw him lying here when I first arrived." said a ghost.

"Who killed him?" Nangong Wan'er continued to ask.

"I don't know." Another ghost shook his head.

"It seems to be a revenge killing." Lin Qingxue said.

"This kind of thing is very common in the ghost world." Liu Ruyan added.

Chen Yu looked at the corpse on the ground and felt uncomfortable. Although he was not afraid of ghosts, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the dead.

"Let's go." Chen Yu said.

"Wait." Nangong Wan'er squatted down, carefully examined the corpse, and then took out a black jade pendant from the corpse.

"What is this?" Chen Yu asked.

"The Ghost King's Order." Nangong Wan'er replied.

"Ghost King's Order?" Chen Yu looked at Nangong Wan'er in confusion.

"The Ghost King's Token is the symbol of the Ghost King's status. Holding the Ghost King's Token allows one to move freely in the ghost world."

Nangong Wan'er explained, "It seems that the identity of this ghost cultivator is not simple."

"Then if we take this Ghost King Token, can we leave the Ghost Realm safely?"

Chen Yu's eyes lit up.

"That's the theory, but in reality, the Ghost King's Order may also bring us greater trouble."

Nangong Wan'er said, "The appearance of the Ghost King Order will definitely attract the attention of other Ghost Kings. They may attack us in order to compete for the Ghost King Order."

"Then what should we do?" Chen Yu was a little worried.

"When an enemy comes, we will fight him; when a flood comes, we will block it with earth." Nangong Wan'er said calmly, "Let's go to Ghost King City first and see if we can find a way to leave the ghost world."

Chen Yu nodded, but felt a little nervous.

They continued to walk forward. The buildings on both sides of the street became taller and taller, and there were more and more pedestrians. Ghosts and ghost cultivators mixed together, and it looked very lively.

Suddenly, there was a noise coming from the front, and a group of ghosts gathered together, seemingly watching something.

"Let's go and take a look." Nangong Wan'er said.

They walked over and found a ring in the middle of the crowd. On the ring, two ghosts were fighting fiercely.

One of the ghost cultivators was tall and muscular, holding a huge axe and using ferocious moves. The other ghost cultivator was thin and agile, holding a short sword and winning by speed.

The two of them went back and forth, fighting inextricably.

"This is a martial arts competition in the ghost world to recruit a bride." A ghost cultivator saw Chen Yu and the others and explained, "The winner can marry the daughter of the Lord of Ghost King City."

"Martial arts competition to find a bride?" Chen Yu became interested. "This ghost world is quite interesting."

"The interesting things are yet to come." Liu Ruyan said with a smile.

At this moment, the battle in the ring changed.

The tall ghost cultivator suddenly jumped up and split the thin ghost cultivator in half with an axe.

"Ah!" The surrounding ghosts exclaimed.

The tall ghost cultivator stood on the stage, looking up to the sky and laughing loudly: "Who else dares to challenge me?"

"I'm coming!" a voice came from the crowd.

A ghost cultivator wearing black armor walked out of the crowd. He was tall and strong, exuding a strong ghost aura. His eyes were sharp, and it was obvious that he was not a good person.

"Who are you?" asked the tall ghost cultivator.

"Black Mountain Ghost King." The ghost cultivator in black armor said coldly.

"Ghost King?!" The surrounding ghosts were suddenly furious.

"Now it's going to be a good show." Liu Ruyan said with a smile.

Chen Yu also became interested. He had never seen what the Ghost King looked like.

The Black Mountain Ghost King walked onto the stage, looked at the tall ghost cultivator, and said, "You are no match for me."

"Arrogant!" The tall ghost cultivator roared and swung his giant axe towards the Black Mountain Ghost King.

The Black Mountain Ghost King stood still, allowing the giant axe to chop him down.

"Bang!" With a loud bang, the giant axe hit the Black Mountain Ghost King's body, but did not cause any harm.

"What?!" The tall ghost cultivator was shocked.

The Black Mountain Ghost King stretched out his hand, grabbed the giant axe, and squeezed it hard, and the giant axe was crushed into pieces.

"This, how is this possible?!" The tall ghost cultivator turned pale with fright.

The Black Mountain Ghost King slapped out with his palm, hitting the tall ghost cultivator right in the chest.

"Puff!" The tall ghost cultivator spat out a mouthful of blood, flew backwards, fell heavily to the ground, and died.

"Hiss--" The surrounding ghosts gasped and looked at the Black Mountain Ghost King with eyes full of fear.

The Black Mountain Ghost King glanced at everyone and said coldly, "Who else?"

Everyone fell silent, and no one dared to challenge the Black Mountain Ghost King again.

"It seems that the winner of this martial arts competition is the Black Mountain Ghost King."

Liu Ruyan said.

"Let's go." Nangong Wan'er said, "We shouldn't stay here for long."

"Wait." Chen Yu suddenly said, "I want to try my new toy."

Chen Yu took out the "Gatling Bodhisattva" from his cloth bag and aimed it at the Black Mountain Ghost King.

"Tu tu tu tu tu tu tu..."

A series of golden light bullets shot out from the muzzle and flew towards the Black Mountain Ghost King.