Chapter 1
Behind them was a huge cliff, on the cliff's walls were huge murals, the same murals I had seen in my dreams.
"Ghost sister, daughter of Gui Ming, do you want to return to your roots?" the high priest said in a hoarse voice.
"Yes!" I said firmly.
Then, a piece of black paper was thrown from the High Priest's hand, and I immediately ignited it with the Fire Bell Technique. The black paper turned into flames, gradually expanding in the air, illuminating the entire night sky, and transformed into a contract as tall as me.
This is a blood contract, signed with my own blood. I bit my fingertip and signed the contract in mid-air. Then the blood contract emitted a burst of black and red light and floated back into the high priest's hand.
The high priest said: "Now that you have acknowledged your ancestors and returned to your ancestral home, your name should be included in the ghost clan genealogy."
"I want to see my parents and grandpa." I said, suppressing my excitement.
"Yes. According to the clan rules, you have to pass through the gates of hell. Have you thought about it?" said the high priest.
"Yeah." I said heavily.
The high priest and the other four looked at each other and exerted force at the same time. The energy emitted from them was the same as mine, neither black nor white, but silver.
A silver light suddenly appeared under my feet. Is this the formation leading to the gates of hell?
My feet suddenly felt empty and I began to plummet downwards. The feeling of weightlessness made my heart beat so fast it almost exploded.
I don't know how long I fell before I hit the ground. All around me was a dark blue air and fog, with visibility limited to a meter or two.
I got up, this was a typical ghost. As I was looking for the direction, I saw a ghost floating towards me.
It wears a blue and white pointed hat and has a blue face. Below the waist, it has no legs, but its body becomes increasingly pointed like a spinning top. It holds a white candle in its hand. This is the first ghost messenger a person encounters after entering the underworld after death, and is called the Guiding Ghost.
"Your life span on earth is not over yet, why did you come to the underworld?" said the guiding ghost. It spoke without emotion, but the ghostly aura all over its body made it look very gloomy.
"I am a member of the ghost clan. This time I went to the underworld to pass through the ghost gate and see my family." I said.
"How dare you! You can't just break into the gate of hell." The guiding ghost got angry and its whole body swelled up, just like a pufferfish that bulges its belly when encountering danger.
"Excuse me!" I said.
"The golden fire bell illuminates the underworld. Wherever the flame reaches, all ghosts will be annihilated!" I summoned the fire bell and burned it towards the guiding ghost.
When it saw me taking action, it opened its mouth wide and exhaled a long breath, and my flame was actually blown back by it.
I quickly dodged and looked at it in surprise.
Logically speaking, my flame should be extremely effective against evil spirits like ghosts, but it is useless for attracting ghosts.
"Little kid, your ghost clan's Yin Fu Lu is not omnipotent." It said with a smile.
I immediately used the more powerful Thunder and Fire Bead and threw it at him.
"Hey, you've learned the power of thunder and fire at such a young age. That's amazing." My bead was also swallowed directly into its stomach by it.
The scene that should have been thundering and fiery did not appear. It burped and then burst into laughter.
"Your ghost ancestors signed a contract with our underworld, so your ghost power cannot harm me." He said proudly.
We, the ghost clan, did often deal with souls in the past, but we didn’t expect that we had signed a contract with the underworld.
Even the Thunder Fire Beads can't harm it, so I don't know what else to do. Could I use Taoist talismans?
I immediately drew a Five Thunder Talisman.
It was surprised to see that I was using the power of ghosts to draw talismans in the air.
"Stop, stop, stop!" It gestured with its hands, "How come you also know the Taoist talisman technique?"
Looking at it like this, I don’t know whether I should still draw this symbol.
"Since you are a descendant of an old friend, I will consider you a pass on this level."
"Are you serious?" I was confused by its behavior.
"certainly."
As soon as it finished speaking, a tall and thin ghost with a pale face, a long tongue hanging out of his mouth, and an official hat with the words "Make fortune at first sight" written on it came over.
"Fat brother, are you teasing me again?" it said.
Isn’t this Bai Wuchang? I’ve seen it once before.
"Hey, Lao Bai, this girl has some skills." said the guiding ghost.
"I'll take her away first." Bai Wuchang said.
I have no idea what's going on.
Bai Wuchang walked up to me and said, "We met before, but I didn't expect that in just over a decade, you would be able to go to the underworld."
"Seventh Master, what is going on?" I asked.
There is always a half-smile on Qi Ye's face.
It said, "Aren't you going to go through the gates of hell? I have to send you to the land temple first, otherwise I'm afraid you will never be able to leave this world of Yin and Yang."
It turns out I'm still in the Yin-Yang realm, not the underworld. That guiding ghost just now was just teasing me because I'm the descendant of an old friend.
I followed Master Qi all the way until a small temple appeared in front of us. It was three meters long and wide, with a hip roof, flying eaves, red walls and green tiles.
On the doorposts are engraved the couplet, "The earth is thick and virtuous, supporting the common people; the land is spiritual and people offer fragrant incense." The statue inside is finely carved, showing an old man with a white beard, holding a Ruyi. This is the land temple, and the statue enshrined inside is the land god.
The Seventh Master bowed to the God of Land, and I followed him and bowed down in worship.
A wisp of white smoke emerged from the statue, and the Earth God appeared before us, leaning on a bent crutch.
"The daughter of the ghost clan is trying to break through the gates of hell, so the errand boy brought her here." said the Seventh Master.
The God of Land nodded, and the figure of the Seventh Master disappeared.
I bowed in the direction where Qi Ye disappeared, and expressed my gratitude to him.
"Little kid, it's not too late if you regret. From ancient times to the present, all those who have passed through the Ghost Gate have become famous figures in history. Even those from your ghost clan who have passed through can be counted on one hand." said the God of Land.
"God of the Land, if I want to see my family, I have to go to the gates of hell," I said.
"Since you insist on doing this, I won't say more."
The God of Land nodded at my head and then opened a household register. This was to check, and after the check was completed, it gave me a pass.
Then my eyes changed, and a bluestone road appeared under my feet. There was no road in front or behind, no sun, moon, or stars above, and no earth or dust below.
I walked forward step by step.
On both sides of the Yellow Springs Road, wandering ghosts began to gather around me. Because my life span had not yet ended, they could smell the yang energy in me and hoped to possess me and return to life.
There are more and more wandering ghosts. Although I can use the Fire Bell Technique to eliminate them, these things can never be burned out. It is just a waste of effort.
I quickly used the soul-protecting method: "The Moon Emperor shines brightly, the Sun Emperor illuminates. The Four Truths and Three Qis protect my soul and essence."
A silver light covered my body, and the ghosts were repelled as soon as they approached. But they were like moths to a flame, knowing the danger, they kept coming towards me.
I can handle one, two, or even a hundred or eighty of them, but now there are too many wandering souls gathering here, and they have surrounded me in three layers.
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