143|The Copper Furnace opens up the mountain and all the ghosts come to the city.

The next day, Xie Ren and Hua Cheng set out on the road.

Hua Cheng held Xie Ren’s hand and said, “Brother, next time you see Jun Wu, don’t say a word to him, just turn around and run.”

Xie Ren wondered, “Why?”

Hua Cheng said, “I knew it, every time he comes to you, it’s not going to be a good job.”

Xie Ren laughed, “How can I say that? Originally, what he sent me was not this errand.”

Hua Cheng said, “It’s the same. Whether it’s going to Copper Furnace Mountain or helping him manage the Heavenly Court, which is the best job? The Upper Heavenly Court is in shambles now, so let’s get rid of it before it’s too late. What’s the point of leaving such a mess to you? It’s just a choice between killing yourself with a sword or a knife.”

Xie Ren couldn’t help but laugh, and then seriously said, “However, I really didn’t expect that you would actually take the initiative to accompany me to Copper Furnace Mountain. I thought for a long time, and felt that I had to say, “Sanlang, you must not force yourself.”

He always felt that Hua Cheng had offered to go with him because he knew what was on his mind. After all, Xie Ren really thought that it would be better to be locked up in a furnace and killed than to go to the Heavenly Court and do something he was not good at. However, Hua Cheng said, “Brother, I have repeatedly promised not to force myself, don’t you believe me?”

Xie Ren said, “That’s certainly not ……”

Hua Cheng nodded once and said, ”Then brother can rest assured that I have my own considerations. Don’t feel indebted to me. Even if it’s completely on my side, I don’t mind stuffing him back before the new Ghost King is born.”

In this matter, the existing Ghost Kings and the Upper Heavenly Court have a common interest. There was only so much rice, everyone wanted to eat it, and now there wasn’t enough to share, so if there was an occasional fight, and there was another newcomer to get a piece of the pie, no one would be happy about it. Moreover, if this newcomer is a dying man, once he goes crazy, no one will want to eat it.

Jun Wu seriously considered for a long time after hearing Hua Cheng’s proposal. If Xie Ren went alone, it would definitely not be as certain as if he went by himself, but if it was Xie Ren plus a Ghost King who had once personally experienced from Copper Furnace Mountain, this combination, it would be more certain than if he went alone.

Of course, Flower City wouldn’t go in vain, Jun Wu agreed to the conditions he set out: before the next opening of the mountain, the entire Heavenly Realm would have to go around the Ghost City. Moreover, it is also necessary to inform the whole court about the heroic deeds of the Blood Rain Tanager, singing praises for a whole year …… Xie Ren imagined that it is probably something like “You group of stupid magi! Do you know who saved you!” –This kind of effect. It was almost like abusing the Magi who were already quite scornful of Flower City and had mixed feelings about it, and stomping on their faces on the ground.

Hua Cheng laughed, “With me, this trip will be much easier for you.”

Pulling back her thoughts, Xie Ren said, “I still think it’s better for us to wait until your manic period is over and you return to your original form.”

Hua Cheng said, “There’s no need to worry about that either. It’s coming soon.”

Xie Ren was stunned and said, “Ah ……”

Hua Cheng said, “What? What kind of look is this on brother’s face?”

Xie Ren said, “…… That means that Sanlang is going to grow up?”

Flower City crossed her arms and said, “Uh-huh. I’ve been holding back for a long time, I can hardly wait.”

Who knows, just as he finished, Xie Ren lifted him up with one hand, raised his hands high, and laughed, “That would be a pity! You won’t be able to hug him when you grow up, hurry up and hug him more while you can, hahahahahahahaha ……”

“……”

To go to Copper Furnace Mountain, it was impossible to use Shrinking Thousand Miles, so one could only rely on walking. Dozens of days later, the duo finally got completely far away from the towns and people, and entered the mountains, an endless, lush forest.

The deeper into the forest they went, the more and denser the demons and devils they encountered on the roadside, all oddly shaped, sneaky and hurried. Xie Ren held Hua Cheng and whispered as he walked, “There are so many coming.”

Hua Cheng said, “There are indeed more ten thousand ghosts gathered this time than ever before. Because the Upper Heavenly Court didn’t stop them this time around, many of those who originally didn’t intend to come have come.”

Moreover, not only are there single shapes and shadows, but there are even groups that come in formation. After walking for a while, Xie Ren encountered a large group of ragtag demons and devils with hideous faces, forming arrays and yelling as they walked:

“Heaven and earth are furnaces, and all beings are brass!”

“The waters are deep, and there is a great deal of destruction in them!”

“Heaven and earth are furnaces, and all beings are brass!”

“The waters are deep, and there is a great deal of destruction in them!”

Listening to the tone of their shouts, instead of being afraid, they were very eager to come here. Hearing the sound of their slogans, Hua Cheng’s face was slightly cold as he said, “Not understanding what this phrase means at all, shouting more vigorously than anyone else.”

I think, this many many never personally visited the demons and monsters, and do not know the cruelty of it, but also into the absolute think too easy, full of ambition, so that the pro-experienced feel unhappy. Xie Ren said, “Is it okay to come in groups like this?”

Hua Cheng said, ”This kind, generally, are those who have long been acquainted with each other, intending to break into the mountains in company, and have agreed in advance that they will leave each other alive. But no agreement can be honored. Because at the end of the day, if you kill one more, you will gain more strength, and if you kill one less, you will have less chance of survival. And the easiest one to kill is of course the one who is closest and trusts his object.”

After saying that, he slightly frowned and covered his right eye, seemingly starting to have a headache again. Xie Ren was busy holding him to the side of the woods, squatted down, slightly worried, said: “Sanlang, will soon enter the mountain, you really do not matter?”

Slightly calming his brow, Hua Cheng said, “Brother don’t worry, it’s normal. It will be fine soon.”

How could Xie Ren say he was relieved? Hua Cheng added, “Brother, come over a bit, I have something to say to you.”

Xie Ren did not know what was going on and indeed brought his face closer. Hua Cheng cupped his face with both hands and gently pressed his forehead against his. Xie Ren blinked, stunned. When Hua Cheng released him, he said, “Sanlang, you ……”

Hua Cheng laughed, “Alright. All of them are ghosts here, and since brother is a Magus, the odor will be obvious in there, so it can be covered up a little.”

It turns out, just like this, is to Xie Ren body dipped his breath. Xie Ren couldn’t help but think of the previous situation where the two of them “crossed the law to cross the qi”, and fearing that Hua Cheng would also think of it and mention it again, she busied herself by saying, “Okay. Let’s all disguise ourselves.”

To blend in amongst the ten thousand ghosts, naturally one would need to do a bit of camouflage. However, in fact, it is also a cloak, originally there are quite a few demons and ghosts also like to wear masks or cloaks, it is not uncommon. The two of them simply dressed up, Xie Ren holding the flower city, slowly walking forward. After walking for a while, the front vaguely came from the noisy sound, do not know what is going on, Xie Ren said: “What landmarks of a kind of things, tell you have entered the copper furnace mountain?”

Flower City said, “There are. But don’t trust those things.”

Xie Ren was about to continue to ask, but heard the front of the noise is getting louder and louder. Two people out of the forest, it turned out, a steep mountain wall in front of the black pressure of a large group of demons and monsters blocked in a place, at least three or four hundred people. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg of this gathering of ten thousand ghosts.

“How come the road is blocked? Can it be that we’re going the wrong way?”

“No way… didn’t …… say it was either way to Copper Furnace Mountain?”

Perhaps because they hadn’t yet entered the boundaries of Copper Furnace Mountain, and the killing hadn’t officially begun, right now, the group of ghosts were still in harmony with each other. Xie Ren casually looked for a ghost next to him and casually asked, “May I ask, what’s going on ahead?”

The ghost chattered, “Can’t you see for yourself if you don’t have eyes? It’s blocked by a mountain, can’t get through.”

“……”

Xie Ren looked at this ghost beside him, half of his head was cut off, this was the real deal with no eyes. But he couldn’t say anything, and only said, “Can’t we go around it?”

At this time, several ghosts rushed over from the side, spitting out their long tongues, “Damn, this mountain is evil! I ran for half an hour and still couldn’t see the edge! It took me another half hour to get back!”

The ghosts said to Xie Ren, “I can’t.”

Xie Ren added, “Can’t we climb up or fly over?”

The words just fell, the sky “hoo” fell a seven-foot bird, “bang” heavily smashed on the ground, seems to have died on the spot. A ghost shouted: “Life is over! The bird spirit died of exhaustion and couldn’t even fly over!”

The ghosts turned to Xie Ren again, “I can’t!”

Xie Ren said again, “That can’t be ……”

Before he could finish his sentence, the group of ghosts all shushed him and hated his mouth, “Don’t ask! You crow’s mouth!”

Xie Ren said, “Okay.”

Hundreds of demons and devils were blocked before this high mountain crag that could not be circled, overturned, or flown over, and all sorts of voices buzzed and cacophonized in an endless stream of noise. Some of them said, “I get it! This is not an ordinary mountain, but a barrier.”

Some of them said, “Everyone, after going over this mountain, behind it is definitely Copper Furnace Mountain. This mountain is probably the first test before entering the mountain. If you can’t even pass this simplest test, you can’t even think of passing the ones behind it, so why don’t you disperse!”

“Wait!”

“Wait for what?”

A voice said suspiciously, “How …… do I smell a very strange odor?”

“What’s that smell? Is it the stench of the dead meat you brought to eat on the road.”

The voice said, “No, no, no. It’s not dead flesh, it’s alive! No, no, no, and no! It’s kind of …… like a …… shinigami!!!”

When these words came out, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the group of ghosts yelled, “What? Less nonsense ah, how can there be a Divine Magistrate?”

“Ah wait! That …… I smell it too!”

“I didn’t how did I not?”

“If you guys say that it seems like I’m a little …… Shouldn’t there be a shinigami mixed in?!”

“It can’t be right …… What cleric is so bold as to come to such a place?”

A dozen or so sentences down, all four sides have exploded, Xie Ren a heart slightly raised, but on the face is not moving.

Just now, Hua Cheng had clearly helped him cover up the human odor, so how could there still be an odor? It shouldn’t be that someone realized that he had blended in.

Hua Cheng held his hand and whispered, “Brother be careful, something is stirring up the water and taking the opportunity to create chaos.”

Xie Ren said, “It’s also possible that there really are other Magi mixed in besides me.”

At this time, the ghost who first mentioned having a human smell jumped onto a boulder and said, “Everyone! Maybe, those death officials in the Heavenly Realm, seeing that they failed to stop us on the road this time, have sent someone to the Copper Furnace Mountain to spoil our event, I suggest that everyone who wears a mask, a cloak, or wears a lot of clothes take them off for a while, so that whoever has an aura coming out of their body will be found out all at once, so everyone, one by one, report their names, and don’t give them a chance to blend in!”

The group of ghosts called out, and the ghost continued, “I’ll go first! I am the ‘Life Snatching Fast Knife Demon’, an executioner’s beheading knife. Killing people and beheading them, I never use just one knife!”

“……”

According to Xie Ren’s experience, generally speaking, the more pompous and straightforward a name is, the more one likes to use words such as “world-renowned”, “Thousand Hands”, “invincible”, “life-capturing” and so on, the easier it is to be killed, The more flashy the name is, the more you like to use words like “the best”, “a thousand hands”, “invincible”, “life-threatening” and so on, the easier it is to get killed, usually in one move, and sometimes in one move, you can kill three people. At the moment, at least a few hundred names were messily reported, and he shook his head while listening. Suddenly, a ghost on the side elbowed him and said, “Hey, why don’t you take off your cloak? What are you?”

This sentence is not intended to be contemptuous, but if it is not a human being, then it does not seem wrong to call it a “thing”. In fact, there were quite a few other ghosts who didn’t take off their cloaks or masks, and there was one near Xie Ren, who was looking at them with his arms wrapped around him, but Xie Ren, who was named, was the first one, and seeing that all around him were looking over, he had to admit his bad luck, slowly removing his cloak, and warmly saying, “I’m a Puppeteer.”

The group of ghosts all gathered around and said, “So that’s how it is! No wonder it feels like you’re very human-like. It’s the first time I’ve seen a puppeteer!”

Xie Ren smiled without saying anything. Puppet masters were a type of demons and devils with a very weak evil aura. Because they would go looking for all sorts of materials to test in order to make good and perfect puppets, it wasn’t strange for them to be tainted with the scent of anything. Due to a strong preference for human skin materials, they are heavy with popularity. The dream of the puppeteers was to pluck hairs from the head of the magi to make wigs for their puppets, and some of the bold ones would actually try it, so it wasn’t surprising even if they were tainted with the scent of the magi.

A ghost asked, “What about your puppet dolls?”

Xie Ren looked around and bent down to pick up Hua Cheng.

The group of ghosts marveled, “Wow, how exquisite!”

“What kind of material? Tsk, tsk, tsk, it’s made quite realistically.”

“It feels like it’s going to be a great competitor ……”

“Which is very realistic, I think it looks a bit fake and the skin is too white. And how can a child’s eyelashes be so long?”

Although Hua Cheng clasped his hands and was expressionless, many female ghosts were still struck by his appearance and said, “Dying, what a handsome doll!” “Master do you take orders? Can I order one just like it from you? The price is negotiable.” Some even couldn’t help but want to reach out and touch it. Xie Ren hurriedly held Flower City back, cradling it in his arms, and the group of ghosts booed, “How petty! So precious to him, not even giving a touch.”

Xie Ren hugged Hua Cheng tighter with his left hand and stroked his hair with his right hand, “Of course, this is my doll. And he’s got a big temper, no one other than me can touch him or he’ll get very angry.”

Hua Cheng raised an eyebrow in his arms, and the group of ghosts laughed, “Ouch, he can still raise an eyebrow, weirdly godlike!”

At that moment, a voice suddenly said, “I don’t think so.”