The underworld's ghost messengers often clashed with Hu Sibai because of their duties. Officially, they were very dissatisfied with him for interfering with life and death, but privately, they admired him greatly.
They were once ordinary mortals, plagued by birth, aging, sickness, and death. They were cold and ruthless when collecting souls, but when they saw vibrant lives dying from various illnesses, they could not hide their heartache.
There's a common saying that if Yama, the King of Hell, calls for someone to die at midnight, who dares to keep them alive until dawn? This isn't actually true. Yama doesn't have the power to determine life or death; he simply fulfills his duties according to the strokes in the Book of Life and Death.
The Book of Life and Death is the embodiment of the Heavenly Way. From the moment of birth, the fate of every life is predetermined, and no one can escape its calculations under the Heavenly Way. Some people are severely injured but are rescued. Who knows whether they escaped the calculations of the Book of Life and Death or whether they were destined to be saved?
It's normal for doctors to save lives, and it's all within the control of Heaven. However, Hu Sibai is a variable.
Black Impermanence often felt that ever since he first heard the name Hu Sibai, the Book of Life and Death had been changing every day.
As the saying goes, "A single hair can affect the whole body," and when the Old Man of the Moon came to chat with Meng Po, he mentioned that the red thread in his palace seemed to have grown legs and changed its position on its own.
The first major change in the Book of Life and Death was not due to Hu Sibai's medical skills, although he was somewhat involved.
That time, Black Impermanence led the ghost messengers to capture the evil spirits that had escaped to the human world. Those who were destined to die early had their lives extended, while those who were destined to live died prematurely.
Later, when Black Impermanence heard that Hu Sibai, a fox spirit, had run into the human race, he was a little worried that he might cause some trouble—given his face. As it turned out, trouble did happen, but it was in the underworld.
With his superb medical skills, he saved lives and began to snatch people from the ghost messengers.
Whether the patient lives or dies depends on who arrives first and who acts faster, the patient or the ghost messenger.
Once a person's soul leaves their body, he will no longer intervene. According to him, he only saves people, not ghosts.
However, if a person has just passed away and their soul is still inside the body, before it can be drawn out, he will immediately use three special golden needles to fix the soul inside the body, preserving the last breath of life, and then carefully treat the person after driving away or defeating the ghost messengers.
People saved in this way are often recognized by the Book of Life and Death, but Heaven does not react at all, perhaps because he relies purely on medical skills and does not use any magic or the like except when fighting ghost messengers.
Another scenario is that the person he saves still has some time left to live, so he cures the person's illness, saving the ghost messenger from making a wasted trip.
Black and White Impermanence occasionally interact with Hu Sibai. Black Impermanence's duty is generally to deal with evil spirits, while White Impermanence guides benevolent spirits. However, they don't have work every day; sometimes they also collect the souls of ordinary people, just like other ghost messengers.
Sometimes they would run into Hu Sibai, who would usually turn around and leave. They later figured it out, and it was probably because he knew he couldn't beat them, and if they let him win, it would be dereliction of duty, so he simply gave up.
This is based on evidence. This guy's strength increased incredibly fast, and he possessed a variety of skills. Later, when he saw them, he wouldn't run away; he would fight them, and whoever won would take them.
It's strange that they're so considerate of the ghost messengers?
The time when Hu Sibai had the greatest impact on the underworld was during times of disaster. Throughout history, various epidemics have always killed many people, keeping the underworld's ghost messengers extremely busy. However, since his sudden appearance, things have become much easier.
So even though this guy fought off a lot of ghost messengers, he still had a pretty good reputation in the underworld.
They were even wondering if he would become an immortal in the future. Of course, it wouldn't matter if he didn't become an immortal. According to the judges and Yama, after he died, he could be summoned to the underworld to become a ghost immortal.
It hadn't been many years when Black Impermanence suddenly heard that the emperor in the human world had suddenly stopped taking elixirs. It seemed that he had dreamt of his ancestor, was woken up, and started working diligently again.
The Book of Life and Death has been updated once again.
I heard that the emperor in the mortal world sleeps less than two hours a day, but according to the Book of Life and Death, he still has fifty-two years to live. Hmm, that's quite a long life.
The dynasty that had been gradually declining rose to prominence again.
Then war broke out again. Humanity waged war every year; with such a large population, it was common for thousands or even tens of thousands to die. Heaven had probably already foreseen this, so there were no changes in the Book of Life and Death.
These things seemed to have nothing to do with Hu Sibai, but Hei Wuchang had been observing him for a long time and felt that there was something fishy about the matter. He even suspected that the one who appeared in the dream to the emperor in the human world might be him.
If I hadn't never seen him use any powerful magic weapons, I might even have suspected that he was the one who killed that evil spirit back then.
I heard that Hu Sibai has traveled all over the continent.
I heard that he compiled several medical books and asked the emperor of the mortal world to help spread them.
The ghost messengers had even more free time.
And that was it.
He disappeared.
That's really strange.
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