Chapter 159: The Underworld
The purpose of ghost messengers traveling the world is mostly to capture souls.
Ordinary people cannot see the Yin Cha. Only those who practice various mysterious and magical arts can see it depending on their level of skill, or with the help of props and magical instruments.
When those people saw the ghost messengers, they were mostly very respectful and wanted to send them away quickly, for fear of encountering bad luck.
The little girl in front of me was so good that she remained calm when she saw the Yinchai and even dared to make a request.
Although he could tell at a glance that she was a cultivator, Bai Wuchang still felt that the little girl was inexperienced and did not know her own limits.
He was surprised with a hint of contempt, and the smile on his face that had never changed for thousands of years was strained, and he didn't speak for a while.
The Black Impermanence next to him spoke in a muffled voice:
"We are the Yin Messengers who are only responsible for capturing souls. How can we trace their owners if there are only bones but no soul?"
Yun Qingqing immediately took out the spiritual Buddha beads and knocked on one of the beads twice. A ball of evil black mist emerged from it and was grabbed by her hand.
The black fog was still rolling and struggling, but it seemed to have substance in Yun Qingqing's hands and could not be broken free.
The two ghosts widened their eyes at the same time. On the one hand, they were shocked that this little girl could catch the soul like catching a chicken. On the other hand, they became serious because of the strong evil spirit of the soul.
"There is a soul, but it's a remnant?" Yun Qingqing asked calmly while grabbing the black mist.
"..." Bai Wuchang couldn't help but complain, "Isn't this too cruel? It's just a remnant of a star soul wrapped in a bunch of evil spirit!"
Yun Qingqing raised her eyebrows and looked at him:
"So can you check it? If you can't, don't stop me from finding a way myself."
"Hey? Little girl, can you please stop being ungrateful? What do you think this place is? I'm stopping you for your own good, do you understand?" Veins popped out on Bai Wuchang's forehead.
Yun Qingqing didn't say anything, because she saw Hei Wuchang silently took out a notebook, put his two fingers together and made a gesture, and touched the cover with his fingertips. The notebook began to glow faintly, and then condensed into a beam of light that shone on the residual soul in her hand.
After a moment, the light beam disappeared. Hei Wuchang opened the book, looked at the blank page inside, and shook his head.
"It is not in the list of the underworld, so it cannot be found."
"Are you really helping her investigate?" Bai Wuchang muttered, crossing his arms and looking at Yun Qingqing, "Did you see it? If you can't find it, you will only attract evil spirits if you go down, and you might even lose your life. Stop fooling around and go to bed."
Yun Qingqing looked at the remnant soul in his hand and frowned:
"You two can't be the only ghost messengers. What about other people's names or life and death records?"
Bai Wuchang sneered:
"This list is a sub-volume of the Book of Life and Death. Everything in the Book of Life and Death is here. It doesn't matter if you find another ghost."
"I understand." Yun Qingqing nodded, "Then I'd better go down and take a look."
"?" Bai Wuchang's narrowed eyes widened with a smile, "You didn't hear a word I said, did you?"
Yun Qingqing took the remaining soul back into the Buddhist beads, stuffed the beads back into her sleeve and put them into the jade ring, then saluted the two ghost messengers with a straight face and smiled:
"I know that you two are worried that living people will go to the underworld and there will be no return if you are not careful. Thank you very much."
Bai Wuchang's expression paused slightly. After being thanked so politely by her, he was reluctant to say anything unpleasant.
Hei Wuchang nodded very seriously:
"Um."
"But I also know that the ghosts are only in charge of arresting souls. Living people are not within your jurisdiction, right?"
Bai Wuchang: “…”
Hei Wuchang nodded again:
"right."
Bai Wuchang sighed and said helplessly:
"You know all this, no wonder you're not afraid of us. That's right, if you insist on going down, we can't do anything to you. It seems that we can't persuade you anymore."
He pulled up the soul-catching chain, turned around and walked towards the gloomy road.
"It's up to you, but I'll just say one more thing, you'd better stay close to us and don't leave the main road, okay?"
"Thank you." Yun Qingqing thanked with a smile, then walked into the black fog.
Along the way, Yun Qingqing looked at the surrounding scenery and fell into deep thought.
Is it a coincidence? How could the underworld of this world be so similar to the underworld of my previous life?
Even the large patches of red spider lilies on the road to the underworld are the same.
"Speaking of which, little girl, why do you have to go to the underworld? Is there any reason why you have to come?"
Perhaps because he felt too bored on the road, Bai Wuchang started talking to him and put on his smiling expression again.
Yun Qingqing collected her thoughts, nodded, and became serious:
"Killing babies and using their bones to refine evil objects is a forbidden evil technique. Currently, there are still five evil objects that are missing. If they are not dealt with early, it may lead to a disaster."
"If possible, I also hope to gather the soul of this baby and save it."
"Well...it is indeed against the will of heaven and earth, but is it really that serious to say that it will lead to a disaster?" Bai Wuchang thought of the small baby skull and felt that it was indeed too much, but this kind of evil thing was very common in the eyes of the ghost.
Yun Qingqing was silent for a while before she whispered:
“Sometimes even a seed of evil, once given a chance to take root and sprout, may grow into a monster big enough to drag the world into the abyss.”
The lessons from the previous life were painful enough.
Although this world lacks spiritual energy and there seems to be no soil for evil spirits to grow and develop, she still will not allow things like the infant bone evil weapon to wander around and do evil.
Especially those who use this kind of evil magic are unforgivable.
"Hiss... Little girl, you don't look well, are you okay?" Bai Wuchang looked at her worriedly.
Although he had discovered that Yun Qingqing had somehow restrained the breath of the living, and thought that she might have the means to resist the ghost energy of the underworld, he was still a little worried.
"It's okay." Yun Qingqing came to her senses and found that she had arrived in front of a magnificent building.
The entire building is made of stone. Each stone has been carefully polished, with smooth and neat edges. It is simple and solemn, yet exudes a spooky aura. The heavy gate in the center is as tall as the city wall, with three large characters written in iron and silver on top.
Hall of Yama.
She stroked her chin thoughtfully.
…There are some differences, but it still looks familiar.
"You can only enter this hall with the permission of Lord Yama. You are a living person entering the underworld privately, so you must be careful with your words and actions. Don't offend Lord Yama. His temper is not as easy to talk to as ours."
Yun Qingqing nodded obediently and followed them into the Yama Palace.
The eerie ghostly aura suddenly became several times thicker than outside. In front of me was a deep long corridor. At both ends of the corridor, a ball of green ghost fire was suspended every few feet, extending into the distance with no end in sight.
Yun Qingqing walked leisurely behind the two Yinchai, looking at the doors that appeared on the left and right one after another, which were both familiar and different from what she remembered. She was almost getting used to them.
Although the underworld that manages the dead in each world is independent, there are thousands of mortal worlds, and some worlds do have subtle connections. Perhaps this underworld has many similarities with one's previous life, which is not surprising.
The corridor finally came to an end and a large door appeared in front of them. Bai Wuchang asked her to wait for a moment, and then he and Hei Wuchang went in to report.
Yun Qingqing was waiting outside the door. She saw a stone tablet next to it engraved with the deeds of the current Lord Yan, and she read it with great interest for a while.
The name of Lord Yan, Lord Fengdu, was written on it.
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