Chapter 400 Is being a ghost so weird?

There are five ghost emperors and ten kings of Yan in the underworld. The one Lin Du wants to see is the person who holds the book of life and death, the judge, not the king of Yan.

The ghost led Lin Du all the way from the border to Fengdu. Along the way, many wandering cultivators and evil ghosts could be seen coming and going. If it weren't for the ghost messenger's clothes, Lin Du would have been devoured by now.

The ghost was afraid of Lin Du, but had no ill feelings towards him. He kept chattering with her about trivial matters in the ghost world.

Until they met a barefoot ghost cultivator, the ghost officer shuddered, "That, that cultivation level is ridiculously high, he is an evil ghost killed from the Styx, he only eats evil ghosts, you..."

As he spoke, he looked into the air and ran forward, shouting, "Someone is trying to break in. Kill the ghost!"

The barefoot ghost cultivator stared at Lin Du.

Lin Du: ...Oh no, she has become a ghost.

The soul and the ghost looked at each other for a moment, then Lin Du raised his hand, and his consciousness condensed into a golden talisman, which directly hit the evil ghost.

The evil ghost also attacked in an instant, smashing a bone in his hand towards Lin Du, and with his other hand, he crushed the golden character, regardless of the pain of his soul being devoured by the divine seal.

The white bones, with a thick yin energy, surrounded Lin Du in an instant, including the ghost who was running away.

The ghost messenger looked back at Lin Du in despair. If he had known, he would not have used such a trick to attract the evil ghost's attention. Why did this evil ghost even surround the ghost messenger?

Lin Du calmed down and said, "Brother, you are joking again. Look, you have attracted the evil spirit."

The ghost officer laughed, "You're right, I was joking. I'm warning you, I'm a direct subordinate of King Yan, I have a badge, and she's a legitimate ghost, we're just joking."

The moment the evil ghost turned around and stared at the ghost, Lin Du raised her hand again. Tai Chi boxing could borrow the yin and yang of heaven and earth. There was yin energy here, so she could naturally use it.

The Yin Qi rolled, and he gained momentum and punched out, melting the evil ghost's attack into his palm. Then he quickly changed his stance and punched back, knocking the evil ghost more than ten feet away.

Lin Du took advantage of the situation and ran away. A magic talisman burned away the Yin Qi cage. "Are you going to run or not? What are you standing there for?"

The ghost ran after him and couldn't believe it when he saw Lin Du still walking so fast.

On his first day as a ghost, he couldn't even fly properly, let alone beat up ghosts. How did Lin Du do it?

Is being a ghost so weird?

The two "ghosts" didn't stop until they ran all the way to the city gate.

"Are you still running?" Lin Du turned to look at the ghost.

The ghost was annoyed. "Don't run anymore. We're already in the city. I'll take you directly to King Yan's Palace."

When she arrived at the Palace of King Yan, Lin Du found that the place was heavily guarded. As a stranger, it would be difficult for her to enter even with the guidance of a ghost messenger.

But Lin Du is a man who can deceive both heaven and earth, and he has never been afraid of anyone.

"Why did you bring a living ghost in? Aren't you from the Department of Broken Souls? Do ghosts want to enter the Palace of King Yan?"

The guards stopped the two "ghosts", but Lin Du remained calm and said, "I am more important, so I will leave it to King Yan to decide."

"Why are you so heavy..."

"She is Lin Du." The ghost with the blade of consciousness pressed against his back said nervously.

There was a brief silence in the air, "Ah! That Lin Du!"

"I know you. You made all of us ghost messengers work overtime for several days. More than 10,000 souls came to me in just half an hour. We were almost exhausted."

"But now that you're here, the judge probably wants to see you. He's been worried for hundreds of years because tens of thousands of people and monsters were inexplicably missing from the Book of Life and Death, and he couldn't sleep and lost his hair. You've helped him settle the accounts of tens of thousands of people."

Lin Du fell into deep thought. Is she so famous in the ghost world?

"Go ahead, go ahead. Just this once." The guard let him go.

Before Lin Du could say anything, he heard a startling wooden sound.

A powerful ghost force was pressing against Lin Du's hidden vital point. "Lin Du? Why are you here for no reason, leaving a living person behind?"

Lin Du felt his life being strangled, but his expression remained calm. "Of course I want to borrow the Book of Life and Death to take a look. I want to see the changes in the population of the Dongming Realm and the Spirit Realm over the years. I want to know if the decline of the rules of the Dongming Realm and the decrease in the concentration of spiritual energy are related to the population."

"I also want to ask how those who died in vain due to external factors will be reincarnated. Will the rules of the Dongming Realm collapse if it welcomes so many new creatures all at once?"

There are too many people who died suddenly in the Dongming Realm, and the Underworld is not a place that can accommodate as many ghosts as possible. Those people will be reincarnated sooner or later.

Wen Fu's man-made evil plan had no intention of releasing these souls into reincarnation. Tens of thousands of people escaped the Book of Life and Death and died, and then entered reincarnation at the same time, which was bound to bring great pressure to the Dongming Realm.

Lin Du wanted an answer as to whether the population was related to the decline of the rules of the Dongming Realm.

Doesn’t it mean that someone must offer sacrifices to the heaven?

The judge looked like a scholar, but was dignified. After listening to what Lin Du said, he said, "That's it? Just because of this? You risk not being able to return and go to the underworld to break into the King Yan's palace?"

"You didn't just pop out of a crack in a rock, and you're not unattached, so how dare you be so bold?"

The judge was almost amused by Lin Du's frank yet empty reason.

Lin Du stood at the bottom of the hall, not dodging or avoiding, "What else? I do have something to worry about. What I worry about are my fellow disciples, the people, and all living beings. If I don't go to hell, who will?"

"You are trying to pry into the secrets of heaven! You will shorten your life! Just calculate for yourself. You only have a few years left to live. You can only increase your lifespan by one or two years every year by taking medicine. Where do you get the confidence to dare to pry into the heavens?"

The judge spoke some serious words to this extremely capable and promising monk, "You thought that I would reward you for finding out the truth about the inexplicably disappeared people..."

"Not only do I dare to see the sky," Lin Du interrupted him. She only had seven days. If she didn't go back within seven days, she would never be able to go back.

She had to convince the judge as soon as possible. It would take almost a whole day to get into the city. She also had to go to the River Styx to fetch water, and the return journey would also take quite a while.

"How dare I steal the sky? If you don't let me see and don't let me go back, I will become a ghost cultivator in the underworld. I asked around when I came here. There are many ghost cultivators in the underworld who chose not to reincarnate. If I can't become a celestial being, I will become a ghost immortal and turn this underworld upside down."

Lin Du said calmly, "I must get the answer I want, no matter if it is an ancient book or a heavenly book, I just want an answer."

The judge took a deep breath and said, "You cannot read the Book of Life and Death. The rules of the world are not something that someone of your level of cultivation can know."

Lin Du's eyes showed a gloom as he weighed his chances of winning a fight with the Judge. "It's because you can't tell us the rules of the world that I want to see the Book of Life and Death, isn't it?"

"Because we monks are bound, we have to rely on practice and perception, trial and error step by step, guessing, and repeated trial and error to verify the truth and understand the secrets of heaven. But as ants, can we really only react when the thread of the hanging sword is cut and the blade falls on our heads?"

"Even ants have to struggle to survive. If a cultivator reaches this level of cultivation but still cannot provide a safe place for the people, maintain the balance of heaven and earth, and establish peace for all eternity, then what is the point of the cultivator's cultivation?"

"Just to inherit the secret art of long sword? Just to reach the pinnacle of martial arts? Just to surpass the predecessors in the way of Taoism?"

Lin Du looked at the judge. His pale and thin face showed a stern and resolute expression, like a lone snow on a mountain. "This is possible, but it is not something I would do."

The judge was speechless, as if he saw the Taoist ancestor of the past, who opened up the chaos, spread the truth, and saved all living beings.

But Lin Du... This Lin Du's horoscope showed that he was born with a mere thirteen. If he had not become a disciple and his life span had not gradually increased, he would have died long ago.

Compared with monks of the same level of cultivation, her lifespan has always been surprisingly short.

This was her destiny, yet she was willing to sacrifice her life for her cause.

He couldn't help but ask, "Are you serious? You don't care about your life at all?"

"I cherish my life, but if it doesn't work out for me, this life is not worth cherishing."

Lin Du knew very well that after choosing the path, all the previous skills, mental methods, and natural resources and treasures would not allow him to reach a higher level of cultivation. They would only continue to accumulate spiritual power. From then on, if he did not break through a realm, he would need to make a leap in his own Taoism.

Anyone can absorb spiritual energy, and it can be accumulated slowly over time. However, the understanding of the rules and the breakthrough in Taoism cannot be achieved through conventional practice.

Therefore, many brothers and sisters in the sect travel outside all year round, using everything they encounter in the world to temper their Tao hearts.

Lin Du came here not only to offer sacrifices to the sentient beings of the Dongming Realm and his master and fellow disciples, but also for his own Tao.

To penetrate the truth, one must, of course, experience it personally.

Having chosen this path, we should move forward courageously.

"If you touch this, your life span will be shortened by a hundred years. You must not touch it." The judge looked at the magical book. He was only a user, not the owner. Even if Lin Du really confronted him head-on, he might not be able to completely suppress Lin Du.

But he couldn't tell Lin Du.

"Shorten my life span? I have a long life span! Is it okay if you shorten my life span?" A clear female voice came in.

Lin Du turned around in surprise and saw a string of mermaids rushing in. Leading the way was Ni Jinxuan, followed by Yan Qing, Yuan Ye and the stern-faced Hou Cang.

It was clear that they were also covered in vitality and only had negative energy, but with just one sentence, it was as if they had brought in the vitality of the human world, bringing the light and aura of the human world into this dark underworld lit by candlelight.

"How come you are..."

"Of course I came to see you, Junior Uncle. Fourth Uncle said something was wrong with you and he was a little worried. Second Sister happened to want to ask Granny Ma if there was any secret technique that could completely cure your illness, and then the two of them got together."

Ni Jinxuan's eyebrows curved, "Uncle Master, you said, remember to bring a bodyguard when you go out! I brought one for you!"

Yuan Ye looked at the dazed judge and said, "Mr. Judge, let's make a deal. Can we split our life spans evenly and deduct them in equal parts? I'll give you twenty years and put it on Yan Qing's account."

Yan Qing took the pen and the book and said, "I will also be out for twenty years. It will be recorded in Yuan Ye's account."

Ni Jinxuan nodded vigorously, "I will give twenty years! I am Ni Jinxuan of the Supreme Sect, and my fourth uncle has a high level of cultivation, so maybe I can give twice as much!"

Hou Cang: Can't you ask the person concerned for his or her opinion? Is this reasonable?