Chapter 551: Heaven Scolding Opera (2)
“Young Master, I’ve completed your instructions.”
“Alright, then it’s time for us to attend the banquet!”
A crack appeared on the vine giant’s body and the four girls were recalled.
Then, he retracted the vines that spread nearby and took huge steps towards Granny Nether Mountain’s residence.
On both sides of the road, green-black ghost flames floated. Ahead, one could see an ancient graveyard.
This graveyard had clearly been neglected for many years. Green stone tombstones were crookedly inserted into the ground. Thick black moss covered them, making the blurry words on them even more difficult to see.
The vine giant stepped over, and the ground immediately crackled, producing sounds like beans being fried.
A large number of ancient skeletons were broken by his foot.
After he left, on the ground that still had huge footprints, a tattered bone hand peeled off the black soil that was filled with yin qi and crawled out.
The bone hand picked around and quickly used some relatively intact bones to put itself together.
Then, he moved his long and short bone legs and pulled out his tombstone from the ground with the other bone demons, piecing together stone tables in the graveyard.
This was the table used for this flesh and blood banquet.
Jiang Li did not feel that it was taboo. He controlled the vine giant to gradually contract, and his footsteps became smaller and smaller.
Soon, the tall purple giant of the small mountain turned into a vine humanoid that was only ten feet tall. He weaved a vine chair for himself and sat down at the largest stone table in the center of the graveyard.
There was originally a two-headed centipede demon here, and its two heads were gambling with each other.
In the end, it was carried out by Jiang Li and thrown to the side after forming a ball while he occupied this good seat.
Before the flesh banquet began, a huge pot was already set up in the center of the graveyard.
White ghost flames rose from the pot, burning the thick soup inside and steaming.
A few monsters with festering skin and unrecognizable original appearances were throwing some strange things into the soup.
It made the pot emit a strange smell.
However, with their tattered hands, Jiang Li felt that it was impossible for them to guarantee food hygiene.
Beside the huge pot was a large steamer with nine levels. Each level could fit 20 children.
Not only did they have to eat this banquet, but they also had to eat in a ritualistic manner. They cooked and steamed at the same time.
Of the more than 500 Four Hands children hanging from the iron cage, half of them had already been hung on the iron pot.
The other half was grabbed by a few bone demons and placed into the steamer.
Jiang Li took a deep breath and did not let his anger towards these demons and ghosts get to his head.
If he wanted to save these children, he had to find a suitable opportunity.
Or rather, he had to create a suitable opportunity.
Not far away, a fragrance of wine came.
A few demons dug open a huge tomb and carried out jars of aged wine.
Who knew which genius would come up with such a creative idea to brew wine in a graveyard?
The seal on the wine jar was opened, and the fragrance of pure black Yin wine floated for a hundred miles.
Jiang Li smelled a familiar smell.
The work of the four maids was done very well. A portion of these ancient tomb wines had already been mixed with Soul Dissolution Liquor.
Jiang Li wanted to use the same trick again and get a group of guys drunk first.
“s.h.i.+ Pan, you’re actually hiding here. What? You’re not dead yet!”
Jiang Li was observing the situation of those children when a mountain-like stone demon walked over with an earthquake.
When this big guy saw the Purple Vine Demon, two intense rays of hatred erupted from its black crystal eyes.
He clearly did it on purpose. He stepped on the vines that spread out from the feet of the Purple Vine Demon. The huge weight broke the tough vines.
The hatred between the two sides had acc.u.mulated over hundreds of years of fighting. Even under the nose of Granny Nether Mountain, the two sides would immediately fight when they met.
The shrunken Purple Vine Demon seemed to be much weaker. Jiang Li raised his head and noticed that there was an ancient well behind this stone giant.
He could clearly sense that the ancient well was emitting a moonlight aura.
“Is that the moon well? You’re really lucky to be able to get such a thing.”
Jiang Li was naturally not someone who would not retaliate after being beaten.
The Purple Vine Demon sat on the spot and did not move. A large number of vines suddenly broke out of the ground and wrapped around the stone giant’s feet from below.
Powerful roots squeezed through any gap on the rock giant’s surface.
There was even a need to expand and grow in the gap. Rocks were peeled off the legs of the stone demon giant.
The rocks fell to the ground, creating huge pits one after another, causing the originally pa.s.sable graveyard to become even more chaotic.
This Rock Demon, one of the Eight Nether Mountain Demons, was actually stronger than the fused Purple Vine Demon.
However, he was the incarnation of a mountain rock and was naturally countered by the vine demon. The two sides had fought many times over the hundreds of years without a true outcome.
Just as the conflict between the two sides was about to worsen…
A gentle and plaintive song sounded from all directions.
“There’s no reason to violate the law of death~ You’ll be punished if you’re not careful~ Your cries will shake the heavens and earth~ In an instant, the wandering souls will head to the hall first~ Why don’t you bury the world with resentment~”
The originally noisy demons and ghosts immediately fell silent. They stood on the spot obediently and listened, looking for the direction of the opera.
Even the Rock Demon and the Purple Vine Demon controlled by Jiang Li glared at each other before retracting their methods.
This was because there was only one lord on this Back Yin Mountain who liked to listen to operas.
Along with this kind of song, it was often that Granny Nether Mountain whose might enveloped the entire Back Yin Mountain Range!
At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew over. The ghost flames in the graveyard suddenly swayed, and the light and shadow under the flames of the demons distorted.
The tone of the opera became even more sorrowful and clear, as if that person was beside them.
“There is the sun and moon~ There are ghosts and G.o.ds controlling life and death~ Oh Heaven and Earth!”
“It’s just enough to distinguish between pure and turbid~ But how can it be compared to a thief~
“Those who are good~ suffer poverty~ and have shorter lives~ those who commit evil~ enjoy wealth and longevity~ Oh Heaven and Earth!”
“You’re afraid of bullying the weak! So you’re also pus.h.i.+ng the boat along with the flow!”
“Earth, if you don’t differentiate between good and bad, what’s the point!”
“Heaven, you’re wrong and foolis.h.!.+”
“Sigh, you only shed two tears.”
Jiang Li’s scalp went numb when he heard this joke.
He looked up and could vaguely see lightning rolling in the distant void.
The lyrics were actually scolding heaven and earth!
If it was in the outside world, Jiang Li would definitely stay away immediately.
If he continued to curse like this, he would definitely be struck by lightning.
In this place of darkness, the Netherworld fragment seemed to be far away and could not strike here for the time being.
After the performance ended, there was an urgent cry that tore through the eardrums.
Jiang Li rubbed his itchy ears, and then he looked at the ground in front of him. Something was about to come out.
First, a few rocks rolled, and then the ground in front of him split open. A stage rose from under the ground of the graveyard.
The stage was huge. The roof on all four sides was covered in thick black paint. There were three layers of black and red curtains hanging on both sides of the stage. It looked old, but it was sufficiently imposing.
Figures flashed on the stage. More than ten ghosts with heavy makeup were working hard to put on a show regarding the Yama Night Judgment and Ghost Mother’s reincarnation.
On both sides of the stage, there were a few spider demons moving their eight limbs at the same time. They were beating gongs and drums in a rhythm, making the atmosphere very good.
As he looked at the few figures flying on the stage, the seriousness in Jiang Li’s eyes grew.
In his vision, those ghosts were all ghosts with extremely heavy resentment, bad luck, and yin qi. They were even worse than the few Ghost Kings he had subdued.
This was especially true for the fellow who was acting as the tragic ghost mother. Jiang Li actually could not see through the other party at all.
At this moment, the ghost show on the stage finally ended. The innocent mother was forced to separate from her child, and the child was thrown into Tragic Death City. He had to accompany loneliness and hunger for a hundred years.
As for the mother, she was thrown into the cycle and reincarnated into cows, sheep, chickens, and ducks, experiencing the pain of constantly parting with her child.
The curtain pulled down, and then a ghost in a white robe and a tall hat crawled out and shouted.
“Granny is here!”