Chapter 149 Reminiscing the Past (5) She finally could only say: "Let's go to Fox City..."
Fengdu, the Soul-Catching Division.
Colleagues who have worked with Xie Bian for hundreds or even thousands of years all feel that Xie Bian seems to have changed recently. This veteran in the workplace who is adept at KPIs and interpersonal relationships has suddenly become angry.
He began to take on a lot of work, and was willing to help with some tasks that did not require any effort on his part. He even went to the human world twice to perform field work to collect souls - this was the most common and basic job in the Soul Collecting Department, and it did not require a big shot like him to take action.
Even Black Impermanence Fan Wujiu found this change strange. He tried to inquire about it several times, but Xie Bian refused to explain. Fan Wujiu also suspected that something had happened with Si Ling and Xuan Chi, but Xie Bian dealt with it seriously.
In fact, Xie Bian just wanted to avoid the problem by being busy.
The fact that "Si Ling is the previous Emperor of Heaven" was too terrifying for him.
This terror was not immediate. In fact, when he first learned about this, he didn't feel much of it. But it had a lasting effect, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
...Especially, she is not only "the previous Emperor of Heaven", but also the Emperor of Heaven who was overthrown by a rebellion, and she now obviously wants to fight back.
Xie Bian felt a chill down his spine every time he thought of this. As an unambitious worker, he had never imagined in his thousands of years of working in the underworld that he would be involved in such a high-end situation.
So for him now... he hopes that he and Si Lingxuanchi will never have any contact again. Even if there is, it would be best if it is just "official business" related to studying abroad.
But often, what you fear will come true. This morning, just as Xie Bian was getting to work, his Tongming Plate vibrated. He picked it up and saw a message from Si Ling: "Are you busy? Want to have dinner together sometime? We'll treat you."
"..." Xie Bian wanted to say I'm busy, I'm so busy that I want to vomit, I will be busy for the next ten thousand years.
But he had already resigned himself to his fate and replied: "Not busy, see you in two hours."
Si Ling replied with an "OK" emoticon, and then sent a location, which was a restaurant in Lingbo City.
Xie Bian went to a rating website to search for this restaurant, and when he found out that its per capita consumption was among the top in the entire Lingbo City, he felt even worse.
——Si Ling wants him to do something!
The former Emperor of Heaven asked him to do something. What a niche statement.
So Xie Bian went to go through the exit procedures with a sad heart. As a senior official in Fengdu, this procedure was just a formality. He could just get the stamp and leave.
When Xie Bian walked out of the office building, he ran into Fan Wujiu. Seeing him leaving at this time, Fan Wujiu frowned and said, "Out on another field trip?!"
He really wanted to persuade Xie Bian not to run back to the human world. He wanted to go with them to collect souls, but the pressure on the little ghost officers under him was too great.
But Xie Bian seemed a little absent-minded and didn't give him much chance to speak. He responded vaguely with "Yeah," and walked out through the automatic door.
Fan Wujiu's brows furrowed even deeper. He turned his head to look at Xie Bian's back, and a strange feeling arose in his heart.
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Half an hour later, Xie Bian walked across the Gui-shaped Naihe Bridge leading to the west, passed through the Ghost Gate, and appeared in the "Cross-border Contract Hall" in the west.
After more than an hour, he found the restaurant in Lingbo City. Standing at the restaurant's entrance, he subconsciously straightened his suit due to a feeling of unease before continuing inside.
Si Ling and Xuan Chi were already waiting for him in the private room. They had thought of Xie Bian on their way back from the Puerto Rico Trench, and had booked a restaurant directly and rushed over without stopping.
Xie Bian walked into the private room. The two of them looked up at him at the same time, which made him feel more and more like he was attending a Hongmen Banquet. The smile when he greeted them was very stiff: "Good morning..."
——In fact, it is morning in Fengdu now, while it is night in Lingbo City.
Si Ling raised an eyebrow: "Good evening. Please take a seat. We just want to inquire about something. Don't be nervous."
Xie Bian seemed to be relieved by this, but when he sat down, he couldn't help but ask, "Just asking?"
"Yes." Si Ling nodded earnestly.
Xie Bian finally felt relieved, thinking that since he was just asking questions, and they met offline without leaving any text messages, then even if something went wrong later, it would have nothing to do with him.
He then took the menu handed to him by Xuan Chi and ordered the dishes with peace of mind. During this time, Si Ling and Xuan Chi were not in a hurry to talk about business, but found some irrelevant topics to warm up the atmosphere.
When all the dishes were served and the waiter turned to leave, Hyun Chi specifically requested the red-haired ghost before she left: "We have something to discuss. Please don't come in and disturb us."
"Okay." The waiter nodded, walked out of the private room and closed the door for them.
Xie Bian's heartstrings tightened again: "What do you want to know?"
"Hmm..." Si Ling picked up the glass in front of him and drank a sip of juice, then asked him, "Is there any way to enter the Emperor of Heaven's treasure house?"
"What did you say?!?!" Xie Bian stood up suddenly and stared at Si Ling in disbelief, "Are you crazy?!?!"
Seeing his overreaction, Xuan Chi immediately proposed Plan B: "We don't have to enter the Heavenly Emperor's treasury. If there's a way to find out what's in the Heavenly Emperor's treasury, or to check for specific items, that's fine too."
“…” Xie Bian looked at him with a complicated expression.
"That's fine too" - he seemed to think his proposal was easy to achieve!
During the half-minute long silent stare, Xie Bian's face was full of expression: You want me to die!
Then, he gritted his teeth and said, "No... Impossible. What you two say is impossible. First, the Heavenly Realm and the Earthly Realm are completely different systems. Secondly, although the Heavenly Emperor's power is not as great as before, the Heavenly Realm is still superior to the Earthly Realm and the Human Realm. The Heavenly Emperor is still the true master of the three realms..."
Having said this, he took a deep breath, stared at Si Ling and said, "You should know how strict the security of the Emperor's Treasury is!"
"Yes, I know." Si Ling lowered his eyes with a gloomy look, "but we have no other choice. We found the heavenly soldiers and military seals from 30,000 years ago, but we can't activate them. If our analysis is correct, it's because Xuan Chi's bones are missing."
She paused, "We suspect the Emperor of Heaven took it away."
Xie Bian blurted out: "Excuse me, this has nothing to do with me!"
He knew it was harsh, but it was the truth. He really didn't want to get involved in this drama of gods fighting each other, even if Si Ling offered him a high position and generous salary, he still didn't want to touch it.
Si Ling knew Xie Bian's character well, so she didn't plan to offer him high positions and generous salaries. She asked him directly, "We can negotiate. What do you want?"
"...I want you to seek help from others!" Xie Bian said, "Why don't you ask Fox City? Or go to Atlantis and look for clues? There must be someone who can help you. I really don't want to get involved in this kind of thing."
Si Ling exchanged a silent glance with Xuan Chi and shook his head. "Our ultimate goal is to obtain the bones. Even if Fox City gives us clues to the treasure house, we still need to find someone to get in. Fox City has almost no connections in the three eastern realms and can't help us. The destroyed Atlantis is even more impossible."
After she finished speaking, she took another step back and said gently, "Can you help me find someone? Although there are differences between heaven and earth, aren't you familiar with the three traitors in heaven?"
Xie Bian was about to explode: "Big sister, wake up! Even if the online joke about them being 'three people with 200 pounds of traitors plus a bag of lotus root powder' is true, these 200 pounds of traitors and a bag of lotus root powder are now high-ranking civil servants in the Heavenly Court. Why would they do such a sneaky thing that would cost them their lives?"
"Just to discuss the feasibility." Xuan Chi said in a deep voice, "For example, what if we can help Oufen kill his father?"
"You can't kill him!" Xie Bian held his forehead. "His father is indeed not as good a fighter as you two. The tower in his hand can only harm lotus roots, not you, but he lives in the heavens. As evil spirits, you can't enter the heavens at all. Once you enter the heavens, you will be reduced to ashes."
Si Ling & Xuan Chi: "..."
The problem of the skeleton was not solved, and a new problem was unexpectedly discovered: they could not enter heaven!
This feels... really great.
The three of them fell silent. The private room was quiet and had a strange atmosphere, like a haunted house.
Xie Bian forced himself to calm down, sat back in his chair, and ate a mouthful of food with a sullen expression. After a while, Si Ling also started to eat.
She had always been like this, or perhaps any deity or ghost with a few hundred years of experience would be like this. Troubles were inevitable, but after experiencing the vicissitudes of life, these annoyances became less and less of a nuisance to them, and the presence of bad emotions often didn't affect their ability to do what they were supposed to do.
Si Ling ate and thought: This doesn’t make sense.
The inability to enter the heavens seemed to block her path, but that didn't make sense. If the ancient gods had accepted her prayer and allowed her karma curse to take effect, this unsolvable problem wouldn't have arisen.
But at the moment she really couldn't figure out how to solve it.
Does he want her to complete the mission of Ghost Academy as originally planned, ascend to immortality first, and then counterattack?
This made sense to her, but what about Hyun Chi?
If Xuan Chi cannot enter the heaven, she will lose a great fighting force. Even if she brings the heavenly soldiers with her, her chances of winning are hard to say, not to mention that she doesn't even have the heavenly soldiers now.
Si Ling secretly felt that this wasn't right. She felt that there must be a way out. Perhaps their thinking was wrong, or perhaps Xie Bian didn't know. But she racked her brains to think about the people she knew in Fengdu, and she couldn't think of anyone else who could help her with this.
Are we going to force King Yama to join us...
Si Ling had some dangerous ideas.
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The three of them finished the meal in silence, said goodbye to each other in a friendly manner at the restaurant door, and Xie Bian left first.
Si Ling and Xuan Chi watched him walk away, then stared at each other again. Xuan Chi frowned, "What should we do?"
Si Ling shook his head: "I don't know."
After pondering for a long time, she finally said, "Let's go to Fox City and ask."
She hadn't wanted to say this, because it meant they would have to try to find his remains in both the human world and Hell. There was a high probability that they would be scattered, and perhaps even more than half were missing. It was unclear whether they would ever be able to find them all.
But as the saying goes, "try everything you can to save the dying horse." Now there seems to be no better way except to try our luck.
Si Ling pursed his lips and sorted out his thoughts: "Go to Fox City and ask about the skeleton. And by the way, ask if there is any way for you to enter the heaven. If you can, you can go and wait for me. Once I finish the work of Ghost Academy, I will ascend to heaven."
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