Chapter 1 The unlucky guy was seduced by the wrong soul. Use your imagination to the extreme...
Push your imagination to the limit, how unlucky can a person be?
Falling while walking on flat ground?
Drinking water to get stuck in your teeth?
You’ve been waiting in a long line, and it’s almost your turn, but the item is sold out?
A bird flew by in the sky, and an unknown object landed on your hair?
Dai Fuli tells you: I have experienced all of the above!
She thought she had broken through the limit of bad luck, but fate taught her another hard lesson.
She died just as she was about to celebrate her twenty-first birthday with her family. The birthday cake had already been ordered, and her youth, which had never been beautiful but still made her cherish it, came to an abrupt end.
The cause of death was the ghost catcher's mistake, taking away the wrong soul.
"So can you send me back? I don't have any other requests, I just want to go back and live out the rest of my life."
In the Yama Palace, a tall red-faced deity sat in the center. The Yama King, who should have been majestic, was relegated to the lower position, and the judges on the left and right and the ten ghost generals could only stand.
As for Dai Fuli, the little ghost, he could only stand below and look up at this group of ghosts and gods.
Perhaps it was because she had been unlucky for too long, even after encountering such a thing, she found that she could still remain calm. She did not think of taking the opportunity to ask for any benefits, but only wanted to fight for her most basic legitimate rights and interests.
——Send her back, and continue living as usual in the future.
No matter how bad life gets, she never thinks of giving up.
But just this simple request made everyone from King Yama to the Ox-Head and Horse-Face break out in cold sweats. Bai Wuchang couldn't help but steal a glance at the deity sitting at the top - Guandi, also known as the Great Emperor of the Three Realms who subdues demons and has divine power far and wide.
In the human world, he has another more widely known name - Guan Erye.
Originally, seducing a wrong soul was not a big deal, but unfortunately, this person happened to be inspecting the three realms and encountered this case when he walked into the underworld.
No matter how small the case is, it will become a major case if it happens to the imperial envoy. Moreover, if the wrong soul is captured, it is strictly speaking considered as dereliction of duty in the underworld.
If someone with a kind face and soft heart comes, perhaps a big thing can be turned into a small thing, or a small thing can be turned into nothing.
But this person was famous for his loyalty, courage and righteousness during his lifetime, and he could not stand injustice in his life.
If this matter is not handled properly, in his eyes, it will be seen as a conspiracy between the underworld and the people to oppress a weak woman, and Lord Guan will definitely punish him severely.
King Yama was trembling with fear and dared not hide anything. He simply led the judges on both sides and the ghost generals to report the matter truthfully.
Guandi checked the Book of Life and Death and turned to the volume of "Wrongful Death". He saw that the gender of a person named "Dai Fuli" was marked as "Male". He then turned to the volume of "Death from Illness" and saw another "Dai Fuli" whose gender was marked as "Female".
Guan Erye narrowed his eyes, emitting a sharp gleam, and pointed his index finger at the two places and asked, "One died unjustly, the other died of illness, one was a man, and the other was a woman.
"To be able to make such an obvious mistake shows that you have developed a habit of neglecting your duties. You are so careless that you can't even tell the difference between men and women."
That’s right, that’s right!
Fu Li, who was standing below, nodded repeatedly in her heart, spitting on the incompetence of the underworld while praising the fair and strict Guan Erye.
Bai Wuchang, who had taken the wrong soul, felt a burning sensation on his face, his head drooped lower and lower, and his long tongue hung down to the soles of his feet.
King Yama cursed him in his heart, but he had to come forward to protect him. He apologized repeatedly in front of Guandi with a fawning face, and promised to strictly investigate the rules and regulations in the future and never make such mistakes again.
"Please, Your Majesty, for the sake of our years of diligent service in guarding the underworld and our small contributions, allow us to make amends and not commit the same mistake again."
As for Fu Li, she stood below with her neck shrunk, not daring to say a word.
Just before Guan Erye arrived, the judge and Bai Wuchang had already looked for her, and their words were either threatening or deceiving.
If Fu Li had not been unlucky since childhood and developed a cautious nature, being more careful about everything, she would have been fooled by them.
The Emperor glanced at her and ignored King Yama. He only ordered his attendants, "Bring the mirror."
The white-faced general Guan Ping responded, turned around and took out a magic mirror from the box held by the Yellow Turban warrior. He used his magic power to make the magic mirror float in mid-air, ensuring that everyone in the hall could see the scene in the mirror clearly.
[That was a crematorium on earth. A woman in her early fifties was holding an urn with a sorrowful look on her face. On her left was a man of similar age, and on her right was a young woman in her twenties.
The three of them looked depressed, with red eyes. It was obvious that they had been crying for a long time and were trying hard to suppress their grief.
The young woman supported the middle-aged woman and sobbed, comforting her, "Little Lizhi has had all the bad luck of several lifetimes. In her next life, she'll definitely be possessed by a lucky fish, and everything she does will go smoothly. Mom, Dad, let's stop crying. If Little Lizhi were still here, she definitely wouldn't want you to hurt yourself with your tears."
The picture stops here, and it is enough to keep it here.
The unfortunate Dai Fuli was not only taken away by the wrong soul, but she must have also been delayed in the underworld, so that her family had already sent her to the crematorium and put her in a box.
Fu Li looked at her parents and sister frozen on the screen, and her eyes suddenly became red. She couldn't help but take a step forward and shouted, "Dad, Mom, Sister..."
Although she had been unlucky since she was a child and often brought trouble to her family, neither her parents nor her sister, who was five years older than her, blamed her for it. They always comforted her, saying that there was a limit to how much bad luck a person could have in a lifetime, and that she had used up all the bad luck long ago, and that she would definitely have a lucky life in the second half of her life.
But she was so unlucky that she died before she even had the chance to have her lucky life.
After seeing her family and her own urn, she vaguely confirmed that she could never go back. She could no longer hide the resentment in her heart. She glared at Bai Wuchang, who had harmed her like this, and wished she could pull his long tongue off.
Unfortunately, Bai Wuchang didn't take her seriously at all, nor did he notice her resentment. He just kept lowering his head to reduce his presence, hoping that Guandi would treat him as nothing and let him go easily.
Fu Li gritted her teeth and, for the first time, threw aside her cautiousness. She bowed deeply to Guan Yu and said loudly, "Second Master Guan, many people in the mortal world admire you. Please investigate this matter thoroughly and prevent more people from becoming victims like me."
Guan Shengdijun asked with a stern face, "You have seen that your body in the mortal world has been cremated. Even if I want to seek justice for you, I cannot violate the rules of the mortal world and send you back. You are not worried about yourself, but you are worried about others."
Fu Li sighed, "I've been unlucky since I was a child, and I'm used to it. But as you said, the underworld can even get the gender wrong when they're summoning souls. This is definitely not something that can be covered up by saying 'I'm unlucky.'"
My fate is sealed. I just hope no one else will follow in my footsteps. Many families in the mortal world have only one child. If something happens to me, at least I have a sister who can comfort my parents. What if the next victim is an only child? What will happen to their parents?
When Fu Li thought about how if she didn't have her sister, her elderly parents would be left crying in front of her urn, her heart ached and she hated Bai Wuchang even more.
The Emperor nodded and praised, "Respect the elderly, and respect the elderly of others. Even though you yourself have suffered misfortune, you can still have compassion for others. This is truly rare."
He pondered for a moment, then said, "How about this? A small world has been disturbed, and my third brother has just led the heavenly soldiers to apprehend the demon responsible. While that small world is still open, I will send you there to live out the rest of your life. What do you think?"
Is there such a good thing?
Fu Li was overjoyed and said quickly, "Yes, yes."
Seeing her peeking around like a cat, her face tingling with embarrassment, the Emperor knew she had something else to ask. Because he liked her nature, he didn't blame her and asked, "Do you have any other requests? Don't be afraid, just tell me."
He looked at King Yama and other ghosts and gods with a sharp gaze, making them shrink their necks and lower their heads.
"Not really." Fu Li smiled sheepishly and said hesitantly, "I just want to ask how many years my parents and sister can live. But I'm afraid it's against the rules, so..."
After saying that, she smiled ingratiatingly again.
The Emperor smiled and said, "That's fine. You can't go back anyway, so you can't disrupt their fate."
The Book of Life and Death was in the hands of the Emperor. As soon as he thought about it, the Book of Life and Death moved and soon turned to the pages of Dai's parents and eldest daughter.
"Your father died of illness, and your mother died of natural causes. Your sister was filial to her parents, practiced good deeds throughout her life, and lived to be a hundred years old, without any illness."
Hearing that her family members all had good fortunes, Hua Xiang was completely relieved and said that she could send her to the small world at any time.
Her lack of desires and demands actually pleased Guan Erye even more. Guan Shengdijun ordered Yama, the left and right judges, and Bai Wuchang to compensate her before sending her to the small world.
Fu Li was only grateful that someone was fighting for her interests. Of course, she would not undermine her benefactor. She was just waiting for the King of Hell to make compensation.
King Yama immediately said, "Miss Dai is possessed by bad luck because she accidentally rubbed against the beast head at the Ghost Gate in her previous life, which contaminated her with evil spirit. I am willing to take on the remaining evil spirit from Miss Dai and dissolve it through years of hard practice."
He was clearly taking advantage of the situation. While expressing his intention to make amends to the Emperor, he also sought a reduction in his sentence.
To rely on asceticism to dissolve the evil spirit that brought bad luck, one must preserve the divine body. Furthermore, this was also considered as actively accepting punishment, so the Emperor would certainly not reprimand him too harshly.
The judges on both sides looked at each other and cursed King Yama for his treachery in their hearts.
The left judge Cui Jue voluntarily sacrificed a hundred years of his cultivation to extend her life by ten years; the right judge Lu Zhidao also sacrificed a hundred years of his cultivation to wish her good fortune in her lifetime.
Bai Wuchang gave away all the remaining cards he could, and in his heart he lamented the difficulties of being a lower-level person. He gritted his teeth and took out a summoning card he had obtained from the Western God Realm.
"Miss Dai, take this card. If you encounter overwhelming danger, silently recite the summoning spell 'Open Sesame' and the gods will come to your aid."
Fu Li was about to take it when the card flew into the hands of Guandi.
The Emperor took it in his hand, looked at it, and sneered, "How much magical power can those flat-haired beasts in the West have? I'm afraid they can't even deal with a slightly more powerful monster."
After saying this, he clasped his hands together, held the cards in his palms, closed his eyes and silently chanted the spell.
Golden light lingered on his palms. After a moment, he opened his palms, and the golden light condensed into a ball and penetrated into the card.
After re-refining it, he returned the card to Fu Li and said seriously, "Hold this card. When you are in danger, just think about it, and the immortal you think of will appear to save you and relieve you from danger.
But there's one thing you must remember: whoever you summon the first time, you can only summon that one person from now on. You must proceed with caution and avoid summoning an evil spirit."
There was no fool among those present, as they all knew that the Emperor had taken Fu Li's safety in the small world upon himself.
After all, they were bound after the first summoning. The gods that Fu Li had seen with her own eyes were the ones present. The most righteous one was Guan Erye. Who else could she turn to in a critical moment if not him?
Fu Li secretly admired in his heart: He is worthy of being the eternally righteous Guan Yu!
After bowing solemnly to express his gratitude, Fu Li also made up his mind: unless it was absolutely necessary, he would never activate the cards recklessly and try to cause as little trouble as possible to Guan Erye.
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