The passage to the underworld was extremely hostile, filled with malevolent spirits and dark energy. Gu Wang applied amulets along the way, and after an unknown amount of time, he finally saw a towering, inexplicably eerie gate.
He took a step forward and appeared in the real Fengdu City.
Before he could even look around, he heard a voice in great surprise: "Director? Why are you here?!"
Gu Wang turned around, and what a coincidence, it was the servant who often followed Lu Wu.
He didn't bother to say more, "Where is Lu Wu? Take me to find him."
In just a short while, the golden patterns on his body had spread out, spreading across his arms like golden mist. Lu Wu's condition must not be very good.
The servant hesitated, his expression changing several times before he finally said, "Follow me."
Gu Wang followed him to the underworld, or, it can also be called the Palace of Yama.
Gu Wang had already seen Lu Wu's figure, but the scene before him still shocked him.
Lu Wu was seen sitting cross-legged, his red robe fluttering in the wind, red lotus fire burning faintly around him, and the power in his body was injected into a huge rock in front of him.
The boulder was towering into the sky, with a huge Tai Chi pattern on it, which slowly flowed with the infusion of power.
However, a huge crack runs across the entire stone body. The stone body keeps shaking, and the crack is slowly expanding. Some strange power is escaping from it.
What surprised Gu Wang was, "Is this... the Samsara Stone?"
The servant nodded, "Exactly."
Gu Wang was silent.
The Samsara Stone is the embodiment of the law of reincarnation in the underworld. Souls that arrive in the underworld can only be reborn and enter the cycle of reincarnation through the Samsara Stone. However, he had never heard of the Samsara Stone cracking! This was a groundbreaking event!
Moreover, the Samsara Stone is extremely strong. The separation of the three realms could not damage it. Who is so powerful that he could open a hole in it?
But now he understood what Lu Wu was doing. As the Lord of the Underworld, using his own power to suppress and nurture the Samsara Stone was a last resort and also his responsibility.
Just as he was thinking about it, the entire underworld suddenly trembled, as if there were millions of wailing sounds coming from an unknown depth underground.
The servant's face turned pale, "Someone has opened the gate to the eighteen levels of hell!"
Before Gu Wang could say anything, the noise from underground was getting louder and louder, and those chaotic forces were approaching quickly.
A trace of pain appeared on Lu Wu's face.
The servant panicked, "What should we do? My Lord, we can't leave now. If all the evil spirits in the eighteen levels of hell escape, the underworld will be in chaos!"
Gu Wang took a deep breath and finally understood where his uneasiness came from.
He said, "Don't panic yet. Summon all the ghost messengers and have them do their best to capture the evil ghost."
The servant said with a bitter face, "It's useless. There are only about 3,000 ghost officials in the underworld, and there are probably more than hundreds of thousands of evil spirits in hell. Moreover, there are many extremely vicious evil spirits."
Gu Wang: "Then go to the City of the Dead and issue a notice. There must be monks' souls waiting to be reincarnated there. We can ask them for help."
"As for the rest." He took out the jade pen, "Leave it to me."
Before leaving, he came to Lu Wushen and injected the purple energy that Pei Zirui had given him into Lu Wushen's body.
With the purple energy protecting his body, I hope Lu Wuneng can successfully pass this level.
Lu Wu's complexion looked much better.
The tremors in the underworld grew louder and louder, as if something was about to burst out from underneath.
Finally, a bulge appeared on the ground somewhere, and a black claw tore through the ground and crawled out.
"Hehehe! I smell the scent of a fresh soul—"
"Get out! I'm going to tear them all to pieces!"
Suddenly, a golden light flashed by, and the evil ghost running in the front screamed, "What the hell!"
Gu Wang stood in front of the cave, showing no mercy. He started with a soul-killing talisman. The cinnabar-colored talisman covered the cave, and more than a dozen evil ghosts in front screamed and their souls flew away.
Gu Wang held his jade pen horizontally and used his spiritual power to draw a golden line in front of the cave. He said coldly, "Anyone who leaves this door without permission will be killed without mercy!"
In the inner city of Fengdu, the ghost messengers were ordered to act immediately and go to various breached areas to capture the escaped evil spirits.
The Yincha leading the team counted the number of people and realized something was wrong, "Shouyangzi, you are not an official Yincha, you don't need to go on the mission."
Shouyangzi stroked his beard and smiled, "That's wrong. I've been blessed by the Lord of the Underworld to be in the inner city, so how can I not do my part? Don't worry, I'm quite experienced in catching ghosts, and I won't hold you back."
The leading ghost messenger grinned and said nothing more. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"
In the City of the Dead, ordinary souls became uneasy when they saw the newly posted notice. However, a few souls that were obviously powerful and had good merits looked at each other and walked in a certain direction against the flow of people.
"Fellow Daoist Li, is it the same as what I thought?"
"It's the same here, Brother Zhang, please."
"This girl is..."
"I am of Eastern witch bloodline. I've been stuck in this City of the Dead for over a hundred years. My bones are almost broken. Now I can finally relax. Humph, you guys are not allowed to compete with me!"
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The ghosts and spirits gathered from all directions, and then dispersed to suppress the entrances of the caves.
Gu Wang placed a golden seal at the entrance of the cave, and without taking a rest, he immediately moved to the next one.
The same thing happened to the ghosts and spirits. The opened holes were closed again one by one, just like repairing a dam that had been eaten away by insects and ants.
Finally, there were fewer and fewer cave entrances, and the evil spirits did not dare to rush out. It seemed that everything was returning to normal.
Many ghost messengers had smiles on their faces. Although the days in the underworld were peaceful and a bit boring, they didn't want to experience such passion again.
However, just when they thought everything was over, there was a sudden loud bang from below, and a fine crack appeared on the ground!
The lines were so deep, and there was a dark hole inside, with the breath of hell coming from it.
Then, there was a second bang, a third bang... After nine loud bangs, the entire ground of the underworld collapsed into a black hole. A voice resounding through the heavens and earth shouted frantically: "Let's see how you can block it! Lu Wu! You actually locked me up here! Come out and die!"
All the Yincha's expressions changed, "It's the one from Wuhuidi!"
"What? How did he get out?!"
"Oh no! The evil spirits are coming out! Hurry...ah!"
Evil spirits surged out like a tsunami, and many ghosts were scared to death by the filthy ghost energy as soon as they came into contact with them.
Many evil spirits are extremely vicious. After catching a ghost, they tear it apart and stuff it into their mouths, chewing it in big mouthfuls. Some even share one person's meal with several evil spirits.
People often use the term "hell on earth" to describe those tragic scenes, but the real purgatory is a hundred times more cruel than that.
The surroundings were filled with cries of crying, shouting for help, and the cruel laughter of evil spirits.
The ghost messengers are already busy with their own affairs, and the evil spirits are able to move freely in the deserted place.
A starving ghost picked up a howling three-year-old child and was about to put it into his mouth.
At that moment, Gu Wang released all the suppression of the Yin energy in his body.
A yin energy as dark as the night erupted.
The underworld is full of yin energy, and ghosts live on yin energy. Here, yin energy is as common as air.
However, no one has ever seen so much, so powerful, violent, and yet gentle Yin energy.
A constant stream of Yin energy gushed out from Gu Wang's body, forming a Yin energy storm that quickly enveloped the entire underworld and was even spreading outward, to Fengdu's inner city, outer city, and the City of the Dead... as if there was no end.
The evil ghost at the center of the yin energy was torn into pieces before it could react and disappeared, as if it had never existed.
As for ordinary ghosts and ghost messengers, they were unharmed.
You can even sneak a sip and taste it.
One of the ghost messengers took a deep breath and then fell into a dizzy state.
The people around him quickly pulled him back and said, "How dare you eat anything? Are you trying to kill yourself?"
The ghost hid aside and swallowed his saliva. It tasted so good...
How about... some more?
In the center of the storm, Gu Wang closed his eyes and felt the ghosts secretly absorbing the Yin Qi. He was speechless. How could they be so careless? They just escaped death and started eating?
His current condition is not good, but it is not bad either.
The overpowering Yin energy caused his meridians to swell and ache. Moreover, he could not control the direction of the Yin energy and could only try his best not to hurt innocent people.
But just when his spiritual power was about to be exhausted, another force gathered from deep within his meridians, guiding the gigantic Yin Qi and pressing it down towards the black hole of hell.
This is the spiritual power of people from all over the world that he has accumulated over this period of time. It seems that this power is born to suppress these negative energies, and he can use it as easily as with his own arms.
Gu Wang put his mind at ease and concentrated his mind to eliminate all the evil spirits and block the black hole of hell...
However, the loud noise came again, followed by the familiar tremor.
Because the power was still in the cave, Gu Wang could clearly feel that the vibration came from a place deeper than hell.
Without regrets.
Gu Wang had heard of this name before. Legend had it that during the prehistoric era, the demon god Luohou was sealed in the Land of No Regrets, where his demonic nature was worn away day and night by the Heavenly Dao.
The name Wuhuidi also comes from this. Luohou once roared to the heaven and earth: "I am the demon god, and I will never regret it!"
Afterwards, Rāhu died, and an eternal fire ignited in the land of No Regrets, which was the Red Lotus Karma Fire.
Afterwards, hell appeared above the land of no regrets, and the fire of the lotus karma could suppress millions of evil spirits.
Finally, the underworld appeared above hell, reincarnation began, and order was established.
The Land of No Regrets appeared earlier than Hades, just as all evil came into being earlier than order.
But Gu Wang had never heard that there were other people imprisoned in Wuhui Land. Moreover, from what this person said, it seemed that Lu Guanyuan was the one who went in?
They say to catch a thief first, catch the leader. Gu Wang gritted his teeth and simply controlled his Yin Qi to drift towards Wuhui. This guy can't get out and still do so many things. Why not put another seal outside his door!
But just as the Yin Qi drifted past, the person suddenly noticed it. Gu Wang only felt someone pulling him, and his whole body felt like it was falling. He heard a malicious voice in his ear: "Oh? It's you?"
After a continuous fall, he finally landed on the ground, and Gu Wang felt the sound of the wind.
The surrounding light is bright, the mountain breeze is warm, and there is the smell of green grass.
He opened his eyes and was stunned. Is this the back mountain of the Taoist temple?
He looked down and was stunned again. He was holding a string of candied haws in his hand, and his hand was also a child's hand. He had returned to his childhood.
There was a half-drawn formation for dispelling evil spirits on the ground, and he seemed to know when he had returned.
He should be in the illusion of the devil Wuhuidi now, but why did this memory appear in the illusion?
There was a rustling sound coming from the grass nearby.
Gu Wang was very familiar with this sound. Sometimes it was from small animals in the mountains and forests, and sometimes it was from some homeless ghosts who wanted to find a master to seek salvation.
He looked up and was stunned. It was actually a child?
The child was about the same age as him, skinny and emaciated, wearing a tattered, colorless garment, with long, messy hair and many scars on his body, as if he had been abused.
Seeing Gu Wang looking at him, the child looked up vigilantly, his eyes hidden under his hair were bottomless, like a cold pond.
Gu Wang felt that he was stunned quite a lot, but... this child had a blue earring on his right ear.
Is this really his memory? Did he see Lu Wu when he was a child?
Besides, isn't Gu Wang the Lord of the Underworld? Why was he so miserable as a child, like a stray puppy, or was he abused...
He saw that Xiao Luwu's eyes were fixed on the candied haws, so he handed it to him tentatively.
Xiao Lu moved back without any warning.
Gu Wang couldn't help but smile, a little pitiful, but also a little cute, "It's delicious, here you go."
The two confronted each other for a moment, and finally, Xiao Lu Wu took the candied haws and ate it voraciously.
Gu Wang was a little dazed. No wonder he couldn't remember the taste of the candied haws. It turned out that someone else had eaten it.
Gu Wang took Lu Wu back to the Taoist temple. His master was not there, so he helped Lu Wu take a bath and found his own clothes for him.
Little Lu Wu's body was covered with wounds, and they were all the same, like cuts made by a knife. Some of the wounds had healed a long time ago, some had just healed, and some were still bleeding.
Anger flashed in Gu Wang's eyes, and he found medicine to treat his wound.
After carefully handling it, he looked up and smiled.
Little Lu Wu looked at him without blinking. After his face was whitened, it could be seen that he still looked very much like when he grew up. He already had the same appearance as when they first met, except that his messy hair that looked like a nest of weeds was a little funny.
Gu Wang found a comb and combed his hair bit by bit. As his hands straightened his hair, Gu Wang suddenly recalled Lu Wu when he grew up. He wondered what that black hair felt like to the touch.
After combing and drying his hair, Gu Wang asked him again: "How old are you?"
Lu Wu opened his mouth, then closed it dejectedly, and made the number thirteen with his hand.
"Thirteen years old?" Gu Wang was a little surprised. Lu Wu looked thinner than he was now. How could he be already thirteen?
He sighed and asked him in a soft voice, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat some noodles?"
Lu Wu looked at him eagerly.
Gu Wang: Ah, it looks more like a puppy.
He smiled and said, "Just nod if you don't say anything."
Lu Wu nodded slightly.
Gu Wang wanted to laugh again, but suddenly it occurred to him, could it be that the reason why Lu Wushi always nodded when he saw him was because of this sentence?
Gu Wang simply gave up control and watched this memory.
Ten-year-old Gu Wang already knew how to cook. He cooked a bowl of noodles and heated up two steamed buns, and little Lu Wu ate them all in one breath.
Seeing him eating voraciously, Gu Wang really wanted to ask him what kind of life he had lived before, but this was all in his memory. After thinking about it, he gave up and decided to go back and ask Dalu Wu.
After dinner, little Gu Wang started practicing formations again, and Lu Wu watched from the side.
He suddenly raised his hand and pointed at a magic circle diagram in the book.
Little Gu Wang took a look and said, "You want to see this? I can draw this too."
He carefully drew the Yin-Yang Backfire Formation on the ground with a wooden stick and explained, "Master said that this formation can hand over a person's karma to the heavens for judgment, so it shouldn't be easily discarded... But if someone bullies you, you can enter this formation with that person, and whatever they did to you will be retaliated against!"
Little Lu Wu squatted beside the magic circle, watching carefully...
The sky darkened.
Little Gu Wang looked up and said, "It's getting dark. We...wait, it's only four in the afternoon, why is it so dark?"
Lu Wu suddenly stood up, blocking him behind him, his eyes fixed on a certain direction in the darkness.
A malicious voice laughed and said, "I found you..."
In the darkness, a red lotus fire shot out and turned into a huge palm, grabbing Lu Wu.
Little Gu Wang's face turned cold and he drew a soul-devouring talisman, which was the most powerful talisman he possessed at the moment.
The voice snorted coldly, and another red lotus fire palm appeared, easily breaking up the soul-devouring talisman, and slapped it towards little Gu Wang without holding back, actually wanting to kill him on the spot.
Xiao Lu Wu's pupils shrank. He was being held tightly, and blood was oozing from his mouth and nose. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The two red lotus palms suddenly stopped and dissipated at the same time.
Lu Wu coughed up half a basin of blood, stumbled to Gu Wang and tried to help him up.
Gu Wang felt pain all over his body. It was the first time he felt the temperature of the Red Lotus Karma Fire. Although he was not close to it, he felt as if his whole body was burning.
After growing up, Lu Wu used the Red Lotus Fire in front of him so many times, but he never had this feeling.
Gu Wang coughed twice and chuckled softly, "Go back... cough cough, I must say thank you to you."
Little Lu Wu had no idea what he was talking about, so he just patted his back worriedly.
But at this moment, two more flames shot out, and the voice was filled with anger: "I didn't expect that you can control the red lotus fire!"
The flames suddenly grew larger, and the man seemed to want to kill both children.
The moment the flames arrived, Xiao Lu Wushang stepped forward to block Gu Wang, but was instantly sucked into the flames. He, who had been silent all this time, actually let out a groan of pain.
Gu Wang opened his mouth. Even though he knew it was a memory, even though he knew he was fine in the end... he was still shocked by this scene.
Something in his body began to get out of control, and he didn't want to control it... With a bang, yin energy even more powerful than the red lotus fire burst out.
The red lotus fire was like a small flame that had seen water. It suddenly went out with a puff. The voice groaned, "No, how could it be..."
The black evil spirit was relentless and chased the red lotus fire from its source, breaking up the hateful red flames. It then wrapped up the unconscious little Lu Wu and gently placed him into a black hole.
By then, little Gu Wang had already passed out. He only remembered to disperse the evil flames and not hurt the child...
Two children separated by two worlds met briefly like a shooting star, and then returned to their respective worlds.
Gu Wang opened his eyes, and the same voice as he had more than ten years ago said, "It's you. You're not dead yet? Haha..."
Gu Wang ignored him, only to realize that it was his first Yin Qi outbreak. Since then, his Yin Qi has been out of control. Perhaps because of this, that memory was sealed and only now was he able to recall it.
The man continued: "Lu Wu seems to care about you very much. If you die here..."
Gu Wang interrupted him, "Why, you can't use the Red Lotus Karma Fire?"
The man's voice choked and he said angrily, "What did you say?"
Gu Wang: "Lu Wu is stronger than you even when he was ten years old. As expected, whoever owns it owns it. Even if you snatch it away, you can't control it, right?"
The man was furious and helpless. "What do you know! The Red Lotus Fire is obviously mine! It's mine! Heaven is so unfair that it actually brought the Mark of the Lord of the Underworld upon him...Ah!"
In the distance, a red lotus fire, completely different from the one in the illusion, swirled out like a dragon and rushed into the cave with earth-shattering force.
Gu Wang was delighted, "Is it over there?"
Lu Wu's originally stern expression softened and he nodded, "Thank you for your hard work... The purple energy is very effective."
Gu Wang smiled, controlled his Yin energy, and rushed into the legendary land of no regrets along with the red lotus fire.
One red and one black, two colors with clear boundaries are entangled together, yet extremely harmonious, and in terms of power, they actually produce an effect where one plus one is greater than two!
There was another loud bang without regret, and a scream: "No! Lu Wu!! How dare you kill f..."
Lu Wu's expression remained unchanged. He controlled the red lotus fire with his left hand, raised his right hand slightly, and waved his palm lightly. The power of the underworld was easily grasped in his hand and pressed towards Wuhui.
The man without regret could no longer make a sound.
Gu Wang turned his head to look at him and met his somewhat uneasy expression.
It was a little funny at once. He had the entire underworld in his hands, so why was he still like a puppy?
He didn't say anything, but also waved his hand, and the black yin energy pressed down with overwhelming force.
The two of them worked together to plug the hole in the No Regrets Land. Just as the hole closed, the person inside roared with all his might, "You two little brats! One carries sin, the other a curse! You both will die a horrible death! You will die a horrible death!"
Anger flashed in Lu Wu's eyes, and he actually summoned the Pluto Seal to completely close Wuhui. Immediately, not a single sound could be heard from inside.
Gu Wang cooperated tacitly, formed seals with his backhand, and added three layers of seals on the outside.
Finally, the crisis in the underworld was resolved. The two looked at each other, both silent, and then spoke at the same time:
"You carry sin with you?"
"Are you cursed?"
Gu Wang couldn't help but laugh and spread his hands. "I haven't heard of any curse. He was probably talking about these negative energies, but it doesn't seem to have any effect so far. How about you?"
Lu Wuye shook his head, lowered his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Do you... want to go to where I live and take a look?"
Gu Wang wanted to laugh again, but he suppressed it and said, "Okay."
Lu Wu's eyes lit up, and he led him around the ghosts who were celebrating their survival, and came to the magnificent mansion next to the underworld... and the small wooden house next to it.
Lu Wu knocked on the door and called out, "Ge Bo."
An old man with a hunched back and an indistinguishable age came out and seemed relieved. "Young master, you are finally back! Who is this?"
Lu Wu introduced the two to each other and walked inside with Gu Wang.
Compared with the magnificent mansion next to it, this cabin is pitifully small, but there are signs of living everywhere inside, and it is messy but not messy.
There were only two bedrooms in total, and one obviously belonged to Lu Wu.
How could he tell? Because Gu Wang found a piece of children's clothing in one of the rooms. It had dark blue stripes and a hood. It was the one he had given to Lu Wu when he was a child.
The clothes were sealed with Yin energy and there was not even a wrinkle.
Gu Wang wanted to laugh again. This piece of clothing that cost more than 20 yuan was worth it in this life.
When he came out, he heard Ge Bo say, "Young Master, are you okay?"
Lu Wu: "No, Gu Wang helped me."
Ge Bo sighed, "Alas, last night, I dreamed of Luo Huaxian again. She was still so beautiful, so kind, and she practiced doing one good deed a day. She was afraid of hurting ants when sweeping the floor, and she was very careful to protect moths from covering the lamplight..."
Lu Wu interrupted him, "Don't worry, I didn't kill him. I just returned what he did to me."
Ge Bo: "Hey, little master, what are you talking about? What about him and not him? I'm just talking about your mother..."
Gu Wang lowered his eyes, glanced at the children's clothing again, and suddenly raised his voice: "Lu Wu, are you free? I want to go see my master, is that okay?"
"Of course." Lu Wu came out almost the next second, "He's in the inner city of Fengdu. I'll take you there."
Shouyangzi was shocked when he saw his disciple, and thought that he had finally failed to survive the calamity. He was relieved only after hearing his disciple's explanation of what had happened.
The master and the disciple talked for a long time, and when they saw that it was getting late, Gu Wang left.
Lu Wuzi wanted to go back with him.
The two returned to the amusement park. It was still night, but it was already the second night. The park had closed long ago, but everyone was waiting for them.
Gu Wang explained it again before he was able to go back to the house to rest.
Have a good night's sleep.
The next morning, when Gu Wang got up and opened the door, he saw a shocking scene...
Since the amusement park has become more crowded, there have been more and more stray cats. One of the little orange cats has lost a hind leg for some reason, and the tourists are all very sorry for it. While other cats need to be patted on the belly or have their paws pinched in exchange for food, this one can eat anytime, anywhere, and his diet is getting better and better.
So, the little orange became rounder and rounder, from a small orange to a big orange, and from a big orange to an orange pig.
But the problem also came. A round three-legged cat was somewhat unable to communicate with the little female cat...
In the spring, Gu Wang saw more than once that the orange pig and the little female cat failed at the last step.
But now, this scene before my eyes——
The orange pig lay on the little tortoise shell and tried hard to move.
Lu Wu squatted behind it, holding its lower back with a serious expression.
Gu Wang: He thought to himself, if the kitten is born, it would be unreasonable for it not to recognize a godfather, right?
After about dozens of seconds, the orange pig finished its job. As soon as it came down, the little tortoiseshell's face changed. It turned around and made a "ha" sound at the man and cat (or maybe a cat and a dog) behind it. It gave each of them a paw and ran away without looking back.
Lu Wu... Lu Wu's facial expressions had never been so rich before, confusion, doubt, and the uneasiness of "did I do something wrong?" and the grievance of "don't you like it?"...
Gu Wang tried hard not to laugh out loud.
OK, now I don't have a godfather anymore.
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Lu Wu: Is it so difficult to do one good deed a day? Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution between 2022-06-10 10:43:21 and 2022-06-11 20:44:36——
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