Although she could live in Biyuntianli, it would be more convenient for her to have her own bedroom outside.
She planned to carefully design her residence within the Azure Cloud Heaven before beginning construction.
The currency used for transactions in the underworld is photons, which are fluorescent stones. The inhabitants of the underworld like glowing items, so they use these glowing stones that can be found along the River of Oblivion as currency, with their own set of conversion standards.
Both sides of the River of Oblivion are dangerous, and the underworld prohibits ordinary residents from going there. This currency is also basically a monopoly of the underworld.
There are also banks and pawnshops in the underworld, where items can be exchanged for photons.
Wei Jiao had nothing else, but she had a lot of Jiao Pearls left, and the smallest one, if exchanged for photons, would be enough for her to use for more than ten years.
She pawned a dragon pearl, causing quite a stir. Then, without trying to hide from the public's gaze, she spent a fortune on all sorts of daily necessities and hired craftsmen to repair Qingye's courtyard.
She didn't plan to touch the interior furnishings, but only to repair the roof, walls, and ground, using the best materials. She also furnished the house with a set of furniture, creating a study with display shelves and bookshelves. She also tidied up the clutter that Qingye had piled up in the yard.
After finishing those, I went to the market and bought a lot of plants.
The underworld also has its own unique plants, most of which glow and have particularly vibrant flowers.
Finally, she carefully tidied up her room. Her previous room at Qinghai Lake was decorated in a very tacky way, almost like it was piled with gold and jade and pearls rolling all over the floor.
However, her aesthetic sense has changed a lot now. She only prepared two luminous pearls, one large and one small, and placed two pots of flowers and plants. She tried to keep everything else simple and comfortable.
Although she could live in Biyuntian, she still had to put on a show, especially since there were no houses in Biyuntian right now, and she didn't know how to build any.
Qingye's business was quite busy, so after taking two days off to help Wei Jiao get acquainted with the work, she went back to work.
Life went on peacefully, and this was the most relaxed period she had experienced since leaving Qinghai Lake. Her mood gradually returned to calm.
She was considering the special advisors to the underworld officials that Qingye had mentioned. These special advisors were commonly known as temporary ghost officials, and their main difference from the underworld officials was that they were not part of the official staff of the underworld.
Based on her thoughts over the past two days, she believes that living a simple and peaceful life as an ordinary resident is possible.
You can engage in farming, animal husbandry, hunting, trading, and other activities to earn underworld currency for daily expenses.
However, more than a hundred years of imprisonment made her accustomed to being alone and unwilling to have much interaction with others.
Moreover, becoming a ghost messenger allows one to travel between the realms of Yin and Yang, to go to more places, and there are fewer restrictions.
So she plans to tell Qingye when she comes back this time that she wants to apply to be a ghost messenger.
Qingye's mission went relatively smoothly this time. He brought back a message that disrupted Wei Jiao's brief peace and original plans.
“A major event happened during the few days I was away. The East Sea Dragon Clan secretly infiltrated the Underworld to steal the soul of their eleventh son. After failing to find it, they sneaked into the Underworld to try and peek at his place of reincarnation, but they were caught. The Underworld never tolerates such things, and they are going to be in trouble.”
Why is the underworld so strict in its enforcement?
Since they are all immortals, they should at least show some courtesy.
"This problem has a long history. It is said that the first King of the Underworld disappeared in the East Sea. It caused a great uproar at the time, so even now, the relationship between the Underworld and the aquatic creatures of the East Sea is very bad. This time, when the eleventh son of the dragon arrived in the Underworld, even the King of Hell did not give the East Sea any face."
"The East Sea Dragon Clan knows this too, which is why they've done this many times in the last hundred years. By the way, that story from back then is widely circulated. I've also heard many rumors about you, like how you're willful, domineering, and disregard human life. What do you say about that?"
“I… I used to have a bad temper. I really liked Shuoyuan back then and thought I would marry him. But when I found out about this and saw that woman, I was so jealous that I went crazy. I didn’t know how to vent my anger, so I slapped her. The bandit was following behind me and when he saw that I was angry, he suddenly attacked and killed her.”
"Shuoyuan came very quickly. He took the woman away without saying anything. Then I went to a tavern to drink. Later, the people from the East Sea came to arrest me and locked me up. I learned about Shuoyuan from my mother. I didn't expect him to go to such lengths, so I can understand why the Dragon King of the East Sea hates me so much. As you know, I eventually got out."
"When things got to that point, I didn't even have time to react before I was imprisoned for life. My biggest regret and the worst thing I could do was drag my parents down with me, so no matter how difficult it is, I have to find the Xuanling Plate."
Qingye nodded, indicating her understanding: "However, it's quite difficult for you to see Shuoyuan's Book of Life and Death right now, as the Underworld has tightened its control over the records."
"Then what about that woman? She's just an ordinary human being, so there shouldn't be too many restrictions on her, right?"
Qingye clapped his hands and said, "That's right, I can look into her situation. Here, I'll take you to the underworld now to register as a ghost messenger, and then you can go to the human world to find her."
The trip went very smoothly. They took the woman's birth date and time to the entrance of the Fan family mansion in Yueyang City.
The Book of Life and Death records very simply, only the birth and death times of a woman from the Fan family. It was only after Qingye disguised herself as a maid and inquired with the old nanny that she learned who she was. In this year, the Fan family had only one third young lady born, who married the city lord's eldest son, Chen Jiangye, five years ago.
The two then rushed to the city lord's mansion.
"She died a violent death and was reincarnated as an animal for three lifetimes. This is her first time being reborn as a human. Now that she is married and raising children, she has no connection with Shuoyuan in this life, so she probably has no wishes to fulfill, right?"
"Since Shuoyuan dared to give up everything to accompany her into reincarnation, I think he must have anticipated that the underworld would handle things officially, and that both of them would drink Meng Po soup and forget their past lives. The gods of fate and the matchmakers in heaven might not be so kind as to help him, so he must have made preparations to allow the two of them to meet in the human world and stay together for life."
"You seem to know him quite well."
Wei Jiao smiled slightly and said, "After all, I have been taught by him for three years."
"So what do you think he can do?"
Wei Jiao shook his head: "I haven't thought of anything yet. Let's go in and check on her first."
Although the city lord's mansion was vast, with winding pavilions and towers, it was a piece of cake for Qingye, and he quickly found the residence of the city lord's eldest son and his wife.
Actually, it's quite simple. Human buildings have strict regulations, and it's relatively easy to distinguish what kind of person lives where and what kind of layout they have. This is especially true for a ghost messenger like Qingye who frequently enters and exits various mansions; it's like entering his own backyard.
Although the Aoya family does not have a backyard.
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