Chapter 4. Dead Soul Island

The boat moved slowly on the sea, and the Island of Dead Souls became clearer and clearer in Li Ye's eyes, until the full picture of the Island of Dead Souls appeared in front of Li Ye.

Grand and shocking.

The sky, a mixture of yellow and black, was turbid, the inky black clouds were as thick as mountains, and the oppressive feeling of the sky collapsing was overwhelming, making people feel suffocated.

The deep, dark sea is filled with shadows that swallow up all the light that has managed to penetrate the clouds with great difficulty.

An isolated island is quietly stranded in the dark sea, and a dark ancient city is entrenched on the island. The towering city walls remain standing tall despite being hit by the raging waves, with a majestic aura that seems ancient and timeless.

The width as far as the eye can see is occupied by the Island of Dead Souls. The stone buildings on the island are intricately arranged, and the order in which the stone squares are arranged one by one makes people dizzy.

In the center of the island, a huge iron tower-shaped building rises into the sky. At the top of the building, eight iron chains made of thousand-year-old cold iron hang down into the sea on all sides of the Dead Soul Island, wrapping it up and making it appear three-dimensional.

Soon, they finally arrived at the Dead Soul Island. The boat stopped at the port of the Dead Soul Island. Li Ye and Huangfu Longdou, who was disguised as Gui Fu San Tong, walked into the Dead Soul Island side by side.

Inside the port, a burly middle-aged man was already waiting.

…As soon as he approached, he said, “Gui Fu San Tong, what are you doing here?”

"Nothing, just sent a child over." Huangfu Longdou replied with a chuckle.

"Huh? Didn't we just send over a batch? Why is another one coming over?" the middle-aged man asked, frowning.

"Isn't this another accidental discovery? I found this child by accident. His parents are missing and he has nowhere to go. I also have a job to do, so I can only send him to the Island of Dead Souls," Huangfu Longdou explained to him.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded and then turned his gaze to Li Ye.

Li Ye was calm and composed, his eyes were bright, his head held high and his chest puffed out, without a trace of timidity or fear. He did not avoid his gaze, but looked at him confidently.

The middle-aged man couldn't help but admire in his heart: "He has a good demeanor." He developed a slight liking for Li Ye.

"I have already sent the person here, so I will leave first. See you again if we are lucky." Huangfu Longdou said lightly.

"Okay, let's say goodbye now." The middle-aged man also nodded.

Li Ye looked at Huangfu Longdou's departing back, stretched out his right hand and waved it, shouting at his back: "Uncle, thank you for saving my life, I will definitely repay you, we will meet again if we are lucky."

Huangfu Longdou, who was standing on the boat with his back to Li Ye, raised his lips slightly when he heard the words, and murmured in a low voice: "Little ghost, it's quite interesting. I hope to see you next time. You have become the strong man you yearn for in your heart."

"Let's go, kid."

"Um"

……

Dead Soul Island is a place specifically designed to train soul-soothing generals for the spiritual realm.

Some of the boys and girls on the Island of Dead Souls were orphans who were originally homeless and living in orphanages. They were discovered by people like Guifu Santong for their spirit-hosting constitutions and were brought to the Island of Dead Souls.

Some of them are because their parents are soul-suppressing generals. Their parents died in battle and they became homeless. They were then sent to the Spirit Realm for training and later inherited their parents' general chain.

Some were sent to the Dead Soul Island by their families or the forces they belonged to for training, or some living soul-suppressing generals sent their children who had awakened their spirit-hosting physique here for training. There were also some spirit-hosting families and forces in the human world who sent their descendants here for training.

What is somewhat different from the plot in the comics is that spirit hosts are not exclusive to the underworld. There are also spirit hosts in the human world, and they have formed some forces and organizations.

The origins of the spirit carrier are complicated and the story is long.

A long time ago, the universe created the underworld and the four sacred trees: Linghuai, Longtao, Diyu and Fusang, and placed them in the four corners of the spiritual realm.

The Yuling clan (the natives of the underworld) appeared, and the gods of the universe created four magic beads and handed them over to the Yuling clan. The manager of the underworld appeared, given the power to manage the dead, protect the underworld, prevent evil spirits from wreaking havoc, and maintain order in both the human and ghost worlds.

From then on, the underworld was ruled by Dayutan and eight Yulingshi, and Bodhisattvas were sent to supervise the Yuling clan.

In the same year, ten suns appeared in the sky. Houyi could not bear to see the ten suns harming the people, so he drew his bow and shot arrows, shooting down nine of the suns and breaking the Fusang tree. From then on, the three realms were separated.

Around 400 AD: The Five Barbarians invaded the human world. As wars continued in the human world, the number of undead souls increased, exceeding the management scope of the spirit controllers. In order to balance the undead souls, the spirit controllers used the Xihe Divine Pearl to create the Soul-Calming Street, using the barrier of the Divine Pearl to separate the undead souls from the spirit realm, and set up the Soul-Calming Commander.

In exchange for direct access to the spirit realm, humans are rewarded with the ability to suppress evil spirits, while spirit masters manage the spirit realm.

This is probably the origin of the spirit-hosting people and the soul-soothing generals.

Initially, the Spirit Masters discovered young boys and girls with the physique of spirit hosts in the human world, brought them to the spirit realm for training, and cultivated them into soul-soothing generals.

However, with the rapid expansion of the number of undead, the number of spirit hosts is far from meeting the actual needs, so they can only delegate power and allow humans to discover more spirit hosts.

And human ambitions are constantly expanding.

For the Soul-Suppressing Generals, the human world and the underworld are interconnected. They look for people with the constitution of a spirit-hosting person in the human world and bring them back for training.

The power of the Soul-Suppressing General is constantly expanding, which has caused the Spirit-Controlling Envoy to be wary and fearful.

But they had to rely on human power.

They chose a compromise.

They selected a group of people who were specifically responsible for discovering spirit hosts and sending the found spirit hosts to a fixed place for training.

They will search for and discover soul hosts, and take away the power to train soul hosts from the Soul-Suppressing Generals.

Over time, it evolved into the current Dead Soul Island model.

Of course, Zhenhun will not let it go.

Therefore, some soul-suppressing generals will secretly develop their own power in the human world, look for people with the physical constitution to be spirit hosts, help them awaken their guardian spirits, and teach them related methods.

These spirit-hosting people in the human world gradually became stronger, formed various organizations, and maintained close ties with the Soul-Suppressing Generals.

How to say it, the relationship between the spirit realm, the soul-suppressing generals and the spirit-hosting people in the human world today is like the political structure in ancient times.

The spiritual realm is the imperial court, the soul-calming generals are the local officials, and the spirit-hosting people in the human world are like local tyrants and aristocratic families.

Closer to home.

The middle-aged man led Li Ye through a red door. Only after passing through the red door did Li Ye truly enter the Island of Dead Souls.

This place is like a chimney, with a very dark atmosphere. The lights of the house are all around the inner wall. The giant tower-like building is in the middle with dim lights on it, and the sounds of practicing exercises and the teacher's lectures can be heard inside.

The two sides and the giant tower are connected by countless bridges, and even on the bridges there are countless figures practicing martial arts who are as big as Li Jinshu.

I have to say that Li Ye was very shocked. This kind of amazing craftsmanship cannot be seen in anime!

The middle-aged man is the instructor of Dead Soul Island, his surname is Zhang.

Instructor Zhang took Li Ye back and forth on the bridge, and would nod to other instructors when they met them from time to time.

There are many classrooms and classes on Dead Soul Island. Some are in class, some are training, and some are resting.

When the students on Dead Soul Island saw Li Ye, some looked straight ahead, showing no concern, and just practiced seriously and quietly. Some cast curious eyes, sizing up Li Ye, the new student.

Some girls whispered to each other: "This new guy is so handsome."

"Yes, yes, who said it wasn't?"

……

On the wall not far away, there sat a young man in an ice-blue robe, with silver hair and a warm smile on his face, looking very approachable.

He quietly watched Li Ye's figure, looking at the calm and confident Li Ye, and murmured in a low voice: "Maybe he is an interesting person."

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