Chapter 306: The Border of Yin and Yang, Ghosts in Imperial Prison

There is an old saying that goes, "The government office faces south. If you have a reason but no money, don't come in."

This is especially true of the imperial prison of the Northern Pacification Office.

But this place does not cheat the poor, but only arrests the rich and powerful. Officials who do not wear scarlet robes are not qualified to live here.

Although Zuo Xiaoqi is obsessed with martial arts and has no interest in extortion, the Feiyu suit he wears is enough to scare anyone into silence.

Cao Jie was walking in the imperial prison, feeling a hint of heat surging from his dantian area.

At the same time, one could feel a negative energy corroding into the lungs along with the strong stench, making one feel as if one had inhaled a cold and slippery maggot.

The pure Yang Qi blended and annihilated with the Yin Qi, and although Cao Jie appeared unusually calm on the surface, his insides were like a drop of ice water falling into hot oil, bursting out with surging energy.

This strange scene made him shiver uncontrollably, and his hair stood on end.

'This is fucking abnormal!'

This body, although not indestructible to water and fire, is at least immune to cold and heat. It is strong enough from the result of refining essence, and with the added bonus of the talent of a wisp of Cao Jie's soul, it has condensed into a golden elixir seed, and its true qi has turned into pure yang.

With such strength, he actually felt cold here.

How can this be normal!

"My lord, you are wronged!"

Ninety percent of the prisoners dared not make a sound and almost held their breath.

But there are always some people who are short-sighted and start shouting loudly.

Cao Jie was not interested in these disheveled guys.

Although the great national teacher Pu Du Ci Hang has not yet eaten all the officials in the court, this thousand-year-old centipede monster has already become the national teacher. It has begun to eliminate dissidents and absorb national fortune in order to transform its true body into a real dragon.

The centipede with a hundred legs wanted to fly into the sky, how could a small person like him with a brocade flag resist it?

That's a thousand-year-old monster.

Besides, what does the demise of the Great Ming Dynasty have to do with him, Cao Jie?

The most important mission of this soul traveling through time and space is to find Ruan Xiaoqi and bring his soul back.

The imperial prison was just to find out the rules of the world.

In the world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, ghosts and monsters are rampant, and there is no clear boundary between the underworld and the world of the living.

Unlike the world of Water Margin, although there are monsters, they can only exist in the human body in the form of souls. Without the protection of the human body, not to mention ghosts, even immortals and gods will turn into ashes with the passage of time.

This world is not like that.

The gloomy imperial prison before him was obviously the place where yin and yang met.

I just don’t know what kind of ghost is lurking here.

This body is just a mortal body, and cannot see the evil things. It can only sense them with pure yang energy.

When he reached the deepest part of the imperial prison, Cao Jie stopped. He felt as if a cold, invisible tentacle was brushing across his face and penetrating deep into his bones.

"What is it?"

No matter how hard Cao Jie concentrated, he could not detect divine thoughts. Obviously, this body did not have the talent to conceive a god, and could not activate the bonus brought by the soul.

So I could only close my eyes and use Qi to sense.

As vision was blocked, darkness enveloped everything around. The darkness inside the imperial prison became even thicker, as if all light entering here would be swallowed up.

Even moonlight is no exception.

The Qi turned into tentacles and extended into the darkness. Gradually, Cao Jie found that the "darkness" in the entire imperial prison seemed to turn into thick juice and began to flow towards him.

"Stab!"

The pure Yang Qi came into contact with the sticky darkness, making a strange sound like water and fire coming into contact. As the sound rang out, the master of the underworld seemed to be completely enraged, and the entire imperial prison seemed to come alive. The sticky darkness suddenly opened like a big mouth, wanting to swallow Cao Jie in one gulp!
'It seems like things have gotten out of hand!'

At this moment, Cao Jie vaguely "saw" the ghost at the junction of yin and yang.

The thing was several feet long and shaped like a cow, with blue eyes and shining pupils. Its four legs were stuck in the asphalt-like darkness, and its body was constantly moving but its position did not change.

That's fine, except that it looks a bit weird and spooky.

But the endless darkness transformed into countless tentacles, each tentacle was connected to a prisoner and inserted into his head.

At every moment, something was being extracted, and a creepy sound of swallowing and chewing was heard.

The key point is that the prisoners did not react at all.

'What the hell is this?'

Cao Jie's scalp tingled and his hand instinctively rested on the Embroidered Spring Sword at his waist. His body was tense and the pure Yang Qi in his body had been mobilized, flowing from his Dantian to the meridians in his hands.

Cut out with the force of the knife.

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard behind me.

"Zuo Xiaoqi, what are you doing? Stop it."

With this shout, a captain wearing a silver-white flying fish uniform strode over with his men.

"Zuo Qi, why did you provoke that evil spirit?"

As the captain under his command spoke, he slammed the wine jar aside and respectfully toasted it into the darkness, muttering something.

Another lieutenant said with a smug smile, "Captain, the left flag has just taken office and is obsessed with martial arts. He is not yet aware of the taboos of the imperial prison. Please forgive me!"

Cao Jie was surprised that these people actually knew that there was a ghost lurking in the imperial prison.

That’s right, call it a ghost!

The fat and white centurion snorted coldly, squinted at the knife on Cao Jie's waist, and said with a flick of his sleeves: "Zuo Xiaoqi, this will not happen again. The sick ghost only devours the resentment of prisoners. Don't use your pure Yang Qi to provoke it again..."

"I understand." Cao Jie would not be so stubborn as to confront his superior, so he replied with his fists clasped and his head lowered.

As he left with a wave of his sleeves, he was still muttering, "Fuck it. How come your strength has increased so fast in just a few days? You've even caused a ghost to get sick..."

After the centurion left, Cao Jie smiled awkwardly and asked, "Is that thing called a ghost?"

"Zuo Qi, we know that you are extremely powerful, but sometimes it is better not to provoke ghosts and gods."

"The ghosts in this prison are relatively peaceful. If you provoke the ghosts who like to eat people, it will be difficult to get rid of them!"

My subordinates were talking to each other.

It turns out that some ghosts don't hurt people, they are just too greedy and too hungry.

For example, this sick ghost only roams around in the prison, feeding on the resentment and fear of the prisoners.

And the way to appease its anger is very simple, just offer it wine.

Cao Jie took a look at the jar of wine and his nose curled up slightly. Sure enough, there was no smell of alcohol anymore, only a jar of water.

It is recorded in "Soushen Ji" that when Emperor Wu of Han arrived at Hangu Pass, he was blocked by a cow-like thing and none of the civil and military officials could move it.

Then Dongfang Shuo had an idea and gave it ten bowls of wine, and then it disappeared.

Emperor Wu of Han was very puzzled and asked, "What is this thing?"

Dongfang Shuo said: "This monster is called 'worry', which is born from 'suffering'. This is the Qin Dynasty prison, where criminals are gathered together. Only by getting drunk can they forget their 'worry', so I asked people to use wine to eliminate this monster."

The night was long, so Cao Jie began to ask for advice patiently.

The superiors asked for advice, and the captains patiently explained the ghosts and gods...

(End of this chapter)