Chapter 106 A Pure Mind State But only you can protect the sleeping Jiang Yu. ...
"Are you really going to save them?"
Inside the Fuyou Palace, Shen Jiuxu saw Jiang Yu holding Xian Chen, his face solemn. The sword gleamed with silver light, its blade incredibly sharp. Although it was Jiang Yu's sword, at this moment, Shen Jiuxu still felt it was somewhat terrifying.
It's like an invitation to get involved.
"How can I clear my name if I don't save him?" Jiang Yu had been besieged by those people for quite a while today. When Dian Xing heard that he and Shen Jiuxu were here, she rushed over as well.
Behind him was a vast, surging crowd. Jiang Yu stood there alone, facing hundreds upon hundreds of ordinary people without any cultivation. Looking at them, Jiang Yu no longer wanted to refute them.
They're just a group of people pulled out to be targets; the real people behind them haven't shown up yet.
"So what did you say to them?"
“I didn’t say anything. I told them to come back in seven days. When people are desperate, they’ll believe whatever they say,” Jiang Yu explained. “So many lives are at stake. They say saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. If I saved them all, wouldn’t I have done a great deed?”
“Since we can’t find their souls in the Nine Netherworlds, it means they’re not dead. So they’ll naturally wake up one day.” Jiang Yu sat in his chair, and Xian Chen seemed to understand him, pounding on the table incessantly.
How do you plan to find it?
Jiang Yu took out a bundle of talismans from his sleeve and waved it in front of Shen Jiuxu. He smiled, but his face became even colder. "Put them on the headboard when you sleep tonight."
"No, this is too dangerous. Who knows if there's anything else hidden in this talisman? What if something really goes wrong—"
"You don't believe them? Don't you even believe your Daoist partner?" Jiang Yu picked up a pen from the table, bit his finger, and saw bright red blood drip onto the talisman paper. He then used the brush to make a line and added something to it.
"Sect Master Shen, do you really think that if they can tamper with the talismans I created, I can't? Or do you think I'm inferior to them?"
As he said this, Shen Jiuxu felt as if he had seen Jiang Yu, the so-called "genius," once again. He was still the once-in-a-century genius who had single-handedly defeated the top disciples of multiple sects in the sect competition.
Instead of Jiang Yu, who was hurt by the words of these people and went to the bamboo forest alone in the middle of the night to vent his anger, I should have believed Jiang Yu. He is an extremely intelligent person and a tenacious and resilient cultivator. How could he be so discouraged by a small matter?
"I'll go with you."
“You need to stay by my bedside and handle things outside. Don’t worry, I will bring those people back safely.” Jiang Yu shook his head. He looked out the window at a bird perched on the eaves of the Fuyou Palace. Its chirping added a bit of liveliness to the desolate palace. “I don’t want to ascend with such a bad reputation.”
“You’re all alone, and your injuries haven’t fully healed yet. How can you leave Dianxing here? He can handle these things.”
Shen Jiuxu was worried about Jiang Yu going alone, but he knew that Jiang Yu had already made up his mind. If it was a trivial matter, he might agree.
But now—
It's highly unlikely to work.
"But only you can protect the sleeping Jiang Yu."
Shen Jiuxu wanted to say something more, but Jiang Yu's words moved him again. If he and Jiang Yu were both unconscious, then Dianxing alone was indeed lacking in cultivation and other abilities.
Lian Quesheng, the only one capable of shouldering such a heavy responsibility, is still missing. He didn't know if the paper crane had found him, so Shen Jiuxu had no choice but to agree, "You must return safely."
"rest assured."
That evening, Jiang Yu deliberately placed Xian Chen beside him, with yellow talismans floating above his forehead. Shen Jiuxu seemed more anxious than him, pacing back and forth in the room with a furrowed brow. After thinking for a long time, he leaned over to the bedside and kissed Jiang Yu on the forehead.
"Don't be afraid."
Jiang Yu smiled at him, "You might see me again soon!"
As night deepened, Shen Jiuxu lay on the bed, pretending to be asleep, but his eyes remained open. He looked at Jiang Yu's peaceful sleeping face, feeling a pang of guilt. He had said he would help Jiang Yu find out the truth, but now he was relying on Jiang Yu.
He didn't seem to be of any help at all.
Jiang Yu continued to be subjected to the same insults as before, but there was nothing he could do. He said he would help rescue Xiao Ying, but in the end, it was Jiang Yu himself who went.
Several flower buds sprouted from above, and the branches and leaves slowly grew longer and thicker, running over to Jiang Yu and surrounding him like a barrier.
Jiang Yu smelled the fragrance of flowers, but he was half asleep. His eyes were covered by something and he couldn't open them at all. It was pitch black in front of him. He was like a wooden man. It seemed that someone had tied a string to his arm and was leading him along with the string.
He moved one step at a time.
Gradually, he heard the sound of water.
The rushing sound of the water suddenly subsided, becoming much quieter, like waves lapping against the shore.
His calves were immersed in the water, which was icy cold, almost like being immersed in ice, and the water also carried a lifeless atmosphere.
Jiang Yu sensed it, but since he couldn't see, he naturally didn't know where he was.
"The person has arrived, old man, take him there." Jiang Yu heard the voice of the person leading him for the first time. It was a clear male voice, but Jiang Yu always felt a sense of emptiness in this voice, as if this person was fake and the voice had been pre-recorded and stored inside his body.
He had read in a book before that some people could control paper figures or scarecrows, and their voices would come from afar from behind them. This must be it; it's clear that the person behind it is quite cautious.
"The same old place?" A distinctly old and hoarse male voice asked. Although there was some distance between them, Jiang Yu could sense the ghostly aura emanating from him.
When a living being in the world transforms into a ghost, the life force within it will spontaneously disappear, transforming into a dense ghostly aura. Jiang Yu had smelled this scent before. Back when he was at his grandfather's house, he had encountered many little ghosts in the mountains and fields. Some had fallen into the water and died, while others had aged naturally. The aura emanating from them seemed very novel to Jiang Yu at the time. Later, he learned that it was called ghostly aura.
Most people wouldn't know this. Jiang Yu guessed that Lian Quesheng hadn't smelled it before. After all, this person had been pampered since childhood and had countless sachets on his body. Not to mention ghostly aura, even the smell of alcohol could be masked by the things on his body.
Therefore, Jiang Yu guessed that he must have been sent to the Nine Netherworld. The water just now was the only way to enter the Nine Netherworld, and now he had been taken to a boat.
Jiang Yu suddenly regretted not letting Shen Jiuxu tell him what the Nine Netherworld was like. However, as soon as the man left, the restraints on his body seemed to be released, and he could see his surroundings. Just as he had guessed, he had indeed arrived in the Nine Netherworld.
The wide river was surging, and the ghost with the old male voice stood right in front of him. He probably didn't recognize him, so he didn't show any surprise.
"Young master, you look so young, how did you end up here?" If Shen Jiuxu were here, he would definitely recognize that the person talking to Jiang Yu at this moment was the old water ghost he had encountered that day.
So he thinks he didn't hear his conversation with that man?
Having guessed this, Jiang Yu simply started acting as well, "I don't know either, where is this?"
"Oh dear, look at you, young man, how did you end up in the Netherworld by such a muddle? Living people can't come here; only the dead are in the Netherworld."
"So... am I dead?" Jiang Yu asked in a surprised tone. "I'm still young. I have elderly parents and young children to take care of. I just got married, and there are people waiting for me to come back. I can't die."
"Oh dear, young master, please don't get agitated. In this world, does anyone want to die? But those who come here are truly dead. You have no chance to go back. You should think about how you died."
"I was half asleep, how did I suddenly end up here? Did you arrest the wrong person?"
The old water ghost had probably seen many people like this before, and had long since mastered the art of coaxing people. "Don't worry about that. We in Nine Nether arrest people according to the roster. How could we possibly arrest the wrong person? Even if there are people with the same name, we carefully check their birth date and home address before arresting them. Young master, you can rest assured about this. There will absolutely be no mistake."
"How could that be? I don't believe I'll die young. I even bought talismans from Young Master Jiang and Sect Leader Shen, saying they could prolong life and protect the family. You've definitely grabbed the wrong person."
Jiang Yu squatted down and leaned against the stern of the boat, covering his face with his hands. "Grandpa, I see you've been here for a while. Are there people like me who just wandered over here without really knowing what was going on?"
"You just mentioned Young Master Jiang and Sect Master Shen from Shen Wuke? I've heard a lot about that these past two days. If that's the case, then it's not surprising. Recently, many people from your area have inexplicably come to our Nine Netherworld after taking a nap. They all bought Young Master Jiang's talismans. Perhaps you've been deceived by him."
The old water ghost sighed, putting on a kind expression. "Let me take you to meet up with them first. Our judge has been saying lately that there are more and more ghosts who died unjustly. He wants to investigate them one by one. You can stay with them for now. Once the truth is found, if you really died unjustly, he will naturally let you go back."
Jiang Yu nodded and said okay. He was afraid that the people would recognize him when he arrived, so he used his spiritual power to cover his face. Fortunately, the fog was thick and the sky was already dark. The old man who was rowing the boat was also old and had poor eyesight when he died, so he couldn't see his face clearly.
I don't need to worry about my identity being exposed.
A group of water ghosts pushed the boat forward until they reached the center of the Netherworld, where there was a palace. Before Jiang Yu could take a closer look, he was led inside by the old water ghost. Sure enough, as he expected, all the souls were staying in the palace.
Among them were Xiao Ying and Wu Er, as well as a group of familiar faces whose names he couldn't recall. Jiang Yu lowered his head and blended in, when he heard the judge above ask, "Who goes there?"
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Author's Note: Countdown to the big event begins! [Pigeon]
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