Chapter 250: Ping'an Ancient City
"Liu San, you are deliberately looking for trouble, right?"

Chu Xuenian could no longer sit still at this time. She could tolerate the life-and-death fight between Qi Chaosheng and Liu San, but she was unwilling to involve herself and the entire club.

"Yes, I am Liu San, and I am here to pick a fight today. If you don't obey me, you can pin me to death here today. By the way, although I am the captain of the headquarters, my relationship with the headquarters is not very good. But the one next to me, Captain Cao Yangcao, he can represent the will of the headquarters by standing here."

"It may not be difficult to pin me to death, but if you want to kill Captain Cao, I advise you to think twice. Can a private club withstand the wrath of the headquarters?"

Liu San showed a playful expression, as if he had already seen these people being humiliated.

"If a civilian ghost rider attacks the captain of the headquarters, he will be killed without mercy."

Cao Yang said this expressionlessly, but no one dared to question whether he could really kill everyone.

"Qi Chaosheng, I'm asking you one last time. Tell me how to enter the City of the Dead safely, and I can guarantee that Liu San won't kill you right away. As for the rest, it depends on your own ability."

The city of the dead, the city of the dead again.

Liu San came for the City of Wrongful Death at the beginning and almost killed Tang Lianzhou; and today Captain Cao Yang came again, also for the City of Wrongful Death, and today Qi Chaosheng, who was the God of Destiny, was almost defeated.

What is the charm of this City of the Dead? What is so special about this mysterious place that it can attract two top ghost riders to rush in?
"Captain Cao, the last time Captain Liu came here, Mr. Lu had already said that the bottom of the Ghost Lake in Zhongzhou City is the location of the Wrongful Death City."

Xu Zhao forced a smile and spoke tremblingly.

"Who asked you?"

Liu San glanced at him coldly, and Xu Zhao lowered his head instantly, not daring to look at Liu San.

Qi Chaosheng really couldn't hold it back at this time. His smile faded and his expression became very unnatural, as ugly as if he had eaten a fly.

"I don't know anything about the situation in Wrongful Death City. Song Wenchen is indeed my assistant. He followed you and was killed by you. I accept that you suspect me. But Wrongful Death City is a forbidden place for the club. What can I, a Siming who is usually responsible for external introductions, know about it?"

Hearing this, Liu San and Cao Yang were both startled, and then they turned their eyes to Chu Xuenian, the secret investigator Si Siming, who was in charge of the intelligence work of the Xuanjing Club. Obviously, she must know something.

"Ugh--"

Old Lu, who was sitting at the head seat, sighed helplessly, as if he was somewhat dissatisfied with the performance of these young men, but no one could guess his real thoughts, nor did they know the reason for this sigh.

"Wrongful Death City, Reform Society, there is no place for us in the new era, so why do you cling to the relics of the old era? The predecessors did not want to leave any traces, hoping that the younger generation would not follow their old mistakes."

"But you two have already walked a new path, and you are also qualified to be exposed to some old stories. I wanted to train the four Sima Ming to become outstanding people like you, but the result is obvious. The four of them have been left far behind by you."

"The Republic of China was an era when many stars shone brightly. After the resurrection of the supernatural, the first batch of seniors who became top ghost riders founded the Reform Society. Their philosophy was extreme, and they pursued an absurd world where humans and ghosts coexisted."

"This idea was considered heresy at the time. Another group of top ghost hunters had a different idea from the Reform Society. They advocated expelling evil spirits and worked hard to restrict them throughout their lives. The most powerful ones even volunteered to become a part of the spiritual balance." "And I was that outlier at the time. I was young and pursued madness and excitement, so I joined the Reform Society and became one of the Yamas."

"The Reform Society, the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the Ten Kings of Hell. The Six Paths are the pinnacle of ghost handlers in the spiritual world at the same time, and as a King of Hell, I can't even survive a single encounter with them."

"The City of the Dead, back then it was called the Ancient City of Ping'an, and it was the headquarters of the Reform Society. But later there was a conflict between the big guys, and a great war broke out. I shamefully became a deserter and lived in the Ancient City of Ping'an."

"When I came out again, the top ghost riders were almost extinct. Some of them died, some disappeared, and they simply evaporated in the spiritual world and disappeared from then on. The ancient city of Ping'an was also different. Everywhere I looked, there were ghosts, and each one was extremely terrifying."

"Shops, stalls, hotels, everything in the ancient city, even a chopstick or a spoon, turned into supernatural objects. I was so scared, but luckily I still had some strength, and I finally managed to escape from the ancient city of Ping'an."

"In the beginning, I also tried to find the contemporary Six Paths and other Yamas, but I couldn't find any information at all. So, fifty years ago, I gave up in despair and thought of completely sealing up the ancient city."

"I changed the name of the ancient city using my own title of Yama. From then on, it was called the City of Wrongful Death, because those who died in that fight died unjustly. Gentlemen should be harmonious but different. The difference in philosophies alone should not have caused such a price to be paid."

"Wrongful Death City, Yama Luo, if I remember correctly, you should be the Sixth Palace..."

Cao Yang said.

"Yes, I was the sixth of the Ten Kings of Hell at that time, the King of Biancheng, Lu Jingxuan."

Lu Jingxuan paused. He was not surprised that Cao Yang could guess these things.

"I'm very curious about what the City of the Dead, or the Ancient City of Ping'an, was originally supposed to look like."

Since Lu Jing was willing to tell these old stories, Cao Yang would naturally be happy to find out more useful information. There were not many old people in the Republic of China who were not riddle tellers, so he had to seize the opportunity.

"What's in Ping'an Ancient City? Haha, the ancient city was quite prosperous back then. There was a ghost market, a ghost hotel, some tailor shops, coffin shops and so on. Even people with different philosophies were not averse to coming to the ghost market to trade things."

"But when I left the ancient city, most of these shops had closed down or were out of control. I guess the owners took their belongings and moved to a safe place."

"Ping'an Ancient City is peaceful during the day, but at night it becomes a city of evil spirits, a forbidden place for the living, and a purgatory on earth. It has been passed down by word of mouth for thousands of years, and the resentment of those who died unjustly is extremely deep. Even if you don't trigger the rules, those ghosts may attack you. This is the truly terrifying part of the ancient city."

Speaking of this, there was a hint of uneasiness in Lu Jingxuan's eyes. It was obvious that this incident had left him with a deep psychological trauma.

"There is a sun on top of the ancient city. Maybe it is the sun. Every evening at six o'clock, the ancient city will lose all light. This is also the time when the evil spirits appear. The darkness will last for twelve hours until six o'clock the next morning when light will return."

"Light and darkness, day and night, Ping An Ancient City is an upside-down ancient city where nothing can be seen in common sense."

(End of this chapter)