Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2085 - Encountering evil spirits outside the city

Tang Sanzang and his group all nodded in agreement with Chu Hao's words.

"Since that's the case, then we might as well conduct a thorough investigation."

Tang Sanzang seemed to have an idea, and then looked at a group of pedestrians not far from them.

Sun Wukong also glanced at those pedestrians, realizing what Tang Sanzang was thinking.

If they were only relying on inquiries or superficial observations, it would be difficult to see the true nature of Jinping Prefecture clearly.

If they wanted to conduct a thorough observation, they had to immerse themselves in it; the best way, of course, was to enter among the common people.

Spending time at the Prefect's mansion, watching the Prefect hear cases and chatting with him, took up almost a whole day.

Now it was dusk again, the sun was gradually setting, and the various lanterns of Jinping Prefecture had been lit up again.

Tang Sanzang and the others also followed behind the people, accompanying them all the way out of the city.

Jinping Prefecture was originally a place that believed in Buddha, and there were many monks here, so even if Tang Sanzang and the others were among the people, they were not conspicuous.

Following those people, they walked out of the city gate and arrived outside the city. The people's destination was a bridge outside the city.

"Place these lanterns on both sides of the bridge."

As someone directed, the people began to place the lanterns in their hands on both sides of the bridge.

There were many of these people, more than a hundred, and the bridge was only a few dozen meters long, so a lantern was placed on the left and right almost every meter.

So many lanterns made the bridge brightly lit, like a road of light spanning the river.

Just as the people were about to leave after placing the lanterns, a sudden gust of wind blew.

This gust of wind was very strange, the wind was so strong that sand and stones flew, and even the newly arranged lanterns were blown into the river.

"This wind is strange."

Sun Wukong was the first to notice, his Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze were not just for show.

Following Sun Wukong's voice, suddenly, waves of cries that were not cries and laughter that were not laughter came from all directions.

Hearing such sounds, Tang Sanzang and the others understood what was happening.

"It's evil ghosts!"

Although Tang Sanzang was a mortal, he had seen many demons and ghosts along the way to the West, and he could be considered half an expert in identification.

"Indeed, they are evil ghosts."

"It seems there are quite a few of them."

Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng naturally didn't need to be told; they could recognize evil ghosts and wronged souls at a glance.

They could also see clearly the source of these evil ghosts at this time; the evil ghosts were coming out of the river.

As for Chu Hao, he seemed not to see these evil ghosts at all. In fact, these mere evil ghosts were not worth his attention.

After those evil ghosts appeared, they showed a fierce and violent appearance and rushed towards the people.

"What are those things?"

"There are ghosts, run!"

"They're coming over."

Those people were just ordinary mortals. Seeing so many hideous evil ghosts, they were naturally very afraid and panicked, and fled in all directions.

However, how could the speed of mortals compare with that of evil ghosts? In just a moment, some people were caught by the evil ghosts.

After the evil ghosts caught people, they would not kill them in a bloody and violent manner, but would extract their souls and devour them.

Ghosts are not physical entities; they rely on devouring to constantly strengthen themselves, so evil ghosts like to devour.

However, after their souls were devoured, those people would naturally only be left with a complete corpse.

"Why are there so many evil ghosts in this river?"

Tang Sanzang asked Chu Hao with some doubt.

Evil ghosts are different from ordinary ghosts; they are much stronger than ordinary ghosts, and are the embodiment of violence and ferocity.

Therefore, the formation of evil ghosts mostly occurs in violent and dangerous places, such as places like White Bone Ridge.

The fact that this river could give birth to so many evil ghosts meant that I'm afraid I don't know how many people have died in this river, and I'm afraid the violent aura in this river is very strong.

According to what Tang Sanzang and the others knew, Jinping Prefecture was in a peaceful and stable situation. This river was very close to the Prefectural City, and it should definitely not be such a violent place.

"In my opinion, a large number of unjustly dead souls should have gathered here, and the gathering of resentment has caused this river to be full of violent aura.

After those wronged souls devoured each other, the remaining powerful individuals became the evil ghosts they are today."

Chu Hao speculated. This speculation was reasonable, but at the same time, it also explained a problem, that is, Jinping Prefecture produced a large number of wronged souls.

As for how these large numbers of wronged souls were produced, that was another question worth thinking about in depth.

"Let's not worry about the others, let's eliminate these evil ghosts first."

Zhu Bajie said to Tang Sanzang and Chu Hao.

In just a moment, more than a dozen people had been devoured by those evil ghosts and died.

If those evil ghosts were allowed to attack people again, I'm afraid these hundred or so people would suffer their poison. That would be a hundred or so lives.

"Bold evil ghosts, you actually dare to do evil in front of your Grandpa Sun."

Sun Wukong said to those evil ghosts, saying that he was already ready to take action.

"Mere evil ghosts, yet you dare to cause trouble."

"Causing such chaos in the world, you are really courting death."

"Watch me beat you until your souls scatter."

Tang Sanzang and the others also took out their weapons and prepared to step forward to eliminate those evil ghosts and rescue the people.

But just at this moment, suddenly a light came from a distance.

The light approached quickly, and when they got closer, Tang Sanzang and the others could see clearly that it was a group of monks holding lanterns.

There were twenty or thirty of these monks, and after approaching, they didn't say much, and immediately went towards those evil ghosts.

"They are just a group of ordinary monks, how can they deal with evil ghosts."

The actions of these monks surprised Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong.

Because Tang Sanzang and the others could see that these monks were not Buddhas with great magical powers, but ordinary monks with mortal bodies.

Although those evil ghosts were not worth mentioning to Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong, it was still unlikely for ordinary mortals to contend with those evil ghosts.

"Since they dare to deal with evil ghosts, they must have something to rely on. We can wait and see."

Chu Hao said to Tang Sanzang and the others, signaling them not to act rashly for the time being, and to check the situation from the side.

Although those monks rushed over, their strength was indeed not enough to contend with the evil ghosts. Some monks were even grabbed by the evil ghosts, looking very embarrassed.