Chapter 157 Ghosts and Gods Collect Longevity
Listening to the countless whispers outside, Li Yi felt a chill down his spine.

One can imagine how many wronged souls and evil spirits are wandering outside the wall. When he walked out of the house, he felt as if he had fallen into an endless dark world. He was isolated and quarantined, and he was the only living person around him. A sense of loss arose spontaneously.

"Sure enough, just as I expected, on the night of the first day of the new year, the yin energy from underground rises and fills the entire world. There will be a lot of ghosts on this day, and they will become more terrifying than usual."

Li Yi took a deep breath at this moment. It seemed that tonight would be very difficult.

An evolver like him can see ghosts, hear many sounds and movements that ordinary people cannot hear, and feel the harassment of negative energy. These things mixed together make him very uncomfortable.

It is better to be like an ordinary person. You can fall asleep as soon as you lie down and sleep till dawn. You can’t see anything and feel anything.

and many more.

suddenly.

Li Yi suddenly remembered something. He had made such a big noise just now. It was impossible that Rong Niang and Zhao Qian, who were sleeping in the inner room, did not hear anything at all. Even if they were really asleep, they would have been woken up.

Although a warrior is not an evolver, his five senses are definitely stronger than those of ordinary people.

After realizing that something was wrong, Li Yi immediately rushed into the inner room.

Then, his eyes suddenly narrowed and he saw a strange scene.

But I saw that next to the bedroom there was a ghost that I had never seen before. The ghost was nearly two meters tall, and its limbs were blue-black and extremely strong. Its head was wrapped in white cloth, and on the white cloth there seemed to be a big black word written: Longevity.

At this moment, the tall ghost was holding a hollow bamboo as a straw. He stretched one end of the bamboo in front of Rong Niang's face and then took a deep breath.

In the sight of Li Yi's evolver, a white breath came out from Rong Niang's eyes, ears, mouth and nose, and then was sucked into the bamboo.

However, a small section of the originally black and purple bamboo turned white, as if the breath was stored in the bamboo.

Li Yi then discovered that after losing the white aura, several of Rong Niang's black hairs turned white instantly, and even a few fine wrinkles appeared on her face. The whole person seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, but the change was very subtle and almost imperceptible, but it could not be hidden from his eyes.

After sucking away Rong Niang's breath, the ghost pointed the bamboo at Zhao Qian who was standing beside him, as if it wanted to repeat the same trick and suck away her breath as well.

Rong Niang and Zhao Qian, who were sleeping soundly, were unaware of all this.

No.

Even if they were awake they wouldn't be able to detect it.

Because they are just martial artists, not evolvers, and they cannot see ghosts with their eyes. Only Li Yi can see it here.

"What the hell are you doing, you beast?"

At this moment, Li Yi's eyes shrank and turned into vertical pupils, shining brightly. At this moment, he was like a tiger pouncing on him. With a fist and a knife coin in hand, he punched the ghost's head.

Although he didn't understand the ghost's behavior, he could sense that the ghost seemed to be trying to steal something from Rong Niang and Zhao Qian.

The ghost with the word "longevity" written on his face didn't seem to expect that he would be seen by Li Yi. He was a little surprised, and his tall body slowly turned around. However, what greeted him was not Li Yi's greeting, but a punch in the face.

This punch emitted a strange light in the darkness.

This light is more powerful than the qi and blood of a master who has practiced acupuncture. It can fight against ghosts and gods and kill evil spirits.

"boom!"

With the sound of the punch, the ghost's head, which was originally untouchable, was severely damaged and shattered by the punch. However, there was no blood or broken bones after the head was shattered. It just turned into a ball of thick and cold breath, which dissipated on the spot and then merged into this world.

However, the ghost did not fall down after its head was destroyed. Its body could still move, but it was a little inflexible, and it stumbled out of the house.

Its tall body ignored the obstruction of the door and went straight through.

"Can't you kill him with just one punch?" Li Yi's expression changed, and then he chased after him without hesitation.

Since one punch couldn't kill it, he would punch it a few more times. He didn't believe that he couldn't kill this ghost.

Li Yi broke open the doors and windows and rushed out in an instant with his agile figure.

However, as soon as he rushed out, his face changed.

All kinds of people were wandering in the yard outside the house. Their bodies were illusory and there were no corpses. Their faces were pale and their eyes were dull. They were actually countless wronged souls and evil spirits. These ghosts were just like ordinary people on the street, wandering aimlessly in the entire Sanyang City.

The ghost whose head was smashed by Li Yi just now was still stumbling towards the outside of the mansion. All the wronged souls and evil spirits that blocked its way were quickly knocked away.

Seeing this, he immediately chased after it. While the ghost was still not far away, Li Yi turned over and went out of the courtyard wall and killed it directly. This time, he not only used the knife coin, but also used the guidance technique.

Under the blessing of the guiding technique, the hand holding the knife coin is shining brightly, and an energy field is bright and dazzling.

Even ordinary people's eyes can see the light of energy.

Under such circumstances, the tall ghost was punched in the back, and a huge gash was instantly opened on it. Then the whole body could no longer hold on, and it fell heavily to the ground, and then dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Sure enough, the knife coin plus the guiding technique is the nemesis of ghosts and can easily kill evil spirits." Seeing this scene, Li Yi felt more confident.

Unfortunately, the cosmic energy of this world is not abundant, and the energy field of the knife coin has also weakened, otherwise the ghost would have died from that punch just now.

After the tall ghost died, nothing was left except the black and purple bamboo in its hand. One end of the bamboo was white, and this was a change that occurred after it absorbed Rong Niang's breath.

Li Yi originally wanted to pick up the bamboo and take it back to study it, but when he saw the scene on the street, he was stunned.

The originally empty streets were now filled with all kinds of wronged souls and evil spirits. In addition to these ordinary wronged souls and evil spirits, there were also many ghosts like the ones he had just killed. They all looked the same, tall, a full two meters tall, with white cloth wrapped around their faces with the word "longevity" written on it.

Such ghosts kept walking around in various places in Sanyang City. They broke into every household unscrupulously. When they came out, the black and purple bamboo in their hands had turned white. It was obvious that they had stolen something from a living person, just like before.

The strangest thing is that the whole city is silent.

No one discovered it, and no one resisted. It seemed as if everything was just natural.

"What is happening in this world?" Li Yi felt a chill on his back at this moment.

He understood that he seemed to have discovered some horrors and secrets hidden in this world, and the people of Sanyang City, whether they were masters of practicing acupuncture or ordinary people, were completely unaware of this. Everything was kept in the dark because they could not see ghosts. They had no idea what the ghosts that broke into their homes had done to them, nor did they understand what those ghosts had stolen.

suddenly.

The cry of a living person came from a nearby house. Although the family had their doors and windows closed and no one went out, Li Yi, standing on the high courtyard wall and looking out, could vaguely see a figure swaying in the house through an oil lamp. At the same time, the cries coming from that house became more and more frequent.

Li Yi listened carefully and understood immediately.

In the evening, an old man in that family died.

With the death of the old man, a ghost like the one just now walked out slowly. The black and purple bamboo in its hand had been dyed white. This white color reminded Li Yi of the white talisman paper that the old man in Ghost Street handed to him when he was in Ghost Street.

The white talisman paper is used for signing, and you can sell your own life.

The old man passed away. Some kind of living aura was lost. Ghosts were wandering around the entire Sanyang City. And finally, Li Yi heard from Rong Niang that people from all over the world don't live long, and they almost die around fifty.

This series of things were connected together in Li Yi's mind, and he finally came to a terrible guess.

Could it be that these ghosts are taking the lives of living people?
The more I think about it, the more likely it becomes.

Because Li Yi saw with his own eyes that after Rong Niang had some of her breath stolen by the ghost, she instantly aged a little.

That part of the breath might be Rong Niang's life span.

The number of lives taken away at one time is very small, so it is usually not noticeable. However, there are twelve months in a year in the four seas and eight continents. If it is like this every month and every year, how much life will be lost? Even the longest-lived people cannot withstand such a harvest.

So, this is the reason why people all over the world generally have short lives?

Li Yi was shocked by his own guess. His expression changed constantly, and then he had another question.

On the first day of every month, so many ghosts collect lifespans. Where have all these lifespans gone over the past thousands of years? They can't just disappear out of thin air, right?

Moreover, the actions of ghosts are obviously organized and premeditated, and do not seem to be a natural phenomenon.

Just when Li Yi was thinking.

Perhaps it was because he killed a ghost that collected lifespans, a team of police officers suddenly appeared on the originally eerie street. No, they were not police officers, but ghosts as well, because their figures were illusory and unreal. However, compared with other ghosts, this team of police officers seemed very fierce, and the wronged souls and evil spirits on the street unconsciously made way for them wherever they passed.

"Are they coming for me?" Li Yi's pupils lit up and he sensed hostility.

The leading officer was wearing black clothes and had a ghost-head sword hanging on his waist. His face was ashen and ferocious, and his empty eye sockets were pitch black, with no eyeballs at all.

"To disturb the spirits and gods in their birthday celebrations is considered disrespectful and should be killed."

This ghost was actually conscious. He stared at Li Yi and spoke slowly, his voice hoarse and cold.

(End of this chapter)