Chapter 1478 Guarding the Human World
"I'm here, why don't you wake up?"
As these words came out, endless coldness immediately swept through the entire room. Even though I was half asleep and half awake, I couldn't help but shudder.
I instinctively wanted to get up, but I was too tired. Not to mention getting up, I couldn't even blink my tightly closed eyelids.
"Is it because the energy consumption of condensing the companion judge's Dharma image is too great?" This thought suddenly popped up in my chaotic mind.
"Huh? Zhang Qianyu, a ghost messenger, what do you mean? I'm here, and as your senior, it's fine if you don't show courtesy, but you actually dare to ignore me? Do you believe that I will arrest you now and strip you of your status as a ghost messenger?"
I don't know why, but when I heard his words, a nameless anger immediately rose in my heart. I turned over, waved my hands fiercely, and cursed, "Shut up!"
As the words fell, a scream was heard, followed by a muffled "bang", and then, the sharp voice rang again: "I'm doing my job impartially, Zhang Qianyu, what do you mean? Are you against me..."
"Get out!" I turned over again and shouted in the direction where the sharp voice came from.
With a scream of "Ah", the whole room suddenly became quiet. I smacked my lips and fell into a deep sleep again.
I don't know how long it took, but when I was about to wake up, the cold feeling came again, and this time it was even faster than the last time. The thick darkness enveloped the entire room. Even my mind seemed to be sucked in at that moment.
And in the thick darkness, I felt a sense of...pure death!
"Zhang Qianyu!"
An erratic and majestic voice rang in my ears. I was awakened instantly, opened my eyes, and then saw a tall man who looked like a scholar standing at the end of the bed.
He was tall, but not strong. Instead, he looked very thin.
He was full of ghostly aura. The thick deathly aura was spreading from his body.
"You are..." I frowned, but the next second, my pupils suddenly shrank.
Because I recognized the origin of this ghost in front of me.
He had a brush on his waist, and one hand behind his back was holding a book. With his scholarly appearance and the thick deathly aura emanating from his body...
This person was the judge of the underworld!
"Mr. Judge, this man, this man is too ignorant. I came here in the name of Lord Yan to deliver the order to the underworld, but not only did he not accept it, he also knocked me out twice. If it weren't for my deep cultivation, I'm afraid my soul would have been shattered by him!"
A thin bamboo pole wearing white clothes, a long tongue and a tall hat hid behind the judge and said with a flattering smile, but when he looked at me, there was obviously a trace of fear and hatred in his eyes.
"Make money at first sight? Is this Bai Wuchang?" I frowned secretly, looking at the four words on the hat of the thin bamboo pole and said secretly.
Whether it is the judge or the Bai Wuchang, they are both well-known figures in myths and legends. Who would have thought that I would see two of them today.
Let's listen to his words. Is he here to send me a ghost messenger?
"You go down now. I will take care of the rest." The judge waved his hand impatiently at Bai Wuchang. Bai Wuchang wanted to say something, but when he saw the judge's attitude, he could only retreat into the darkness helplessly. Then, with a "whoosh", his figure completely disappeared, and he obviously returned to the underworld.
"Zhang Qianyu, who is a ghost, is here!" When Bai Wuchang left, the judge immediately looked at me and spoke in a dignified voice.
"Zhang Qianyu is here." I stood up and was about to bow to the judge, but what I never expected was that the judge suddenly jumped away.
I was slightly startled, but the judge shook his head and said, "You have become a real living ghost messenger. You can decide life and death with a single word, and send people to the afterlife with a single word. You have more power than me. Moreover, you carry the royal fortune. I cannot accept your respect."
"Judge, do you mean... my position in the underworld is higher than yours?" I was a little surprised, thinking, fuck, is the position of a living ghost messenger so awesome? But I have seen some ghost messengers before, and from what they said about my master, it seems that his position is equivalent to theirs. Although I dare not offend my master, I don't have too much awe.
Hearing this, the judge shook his head and said, "There are many kinds of Yincha. Ordinary Yincha are naturally the lowest level existences in the underworld, but living Yincha are very special. Although they are not high-ranking officials and are just ordinary Yincha, they can decide life and death and send people to reincarnation without the approval of the judge or even Yanjun. You know, even in the underworld, if we want to send a group of people to the afterlife, we need to review and screen them layer by layer by layer through the Ten Courts of Hell."
"So that's how it is. Doesn't that mean... I can send people to the afterlife at will and let them die directly?"
The judge seemed to see through what I was thinking. He sneered and said, "Of course you can do that, but... the Ten Kings of Hell and the judges of the afterlife are not vegetarians. Moreover, those who abuse the power of death will also be punished by heaven. Even if you are not afraid of the Ten Kings of Hell, can you not be afraid of the punishment of heaven?"
"I understand." I nodded.
Although I have just condensed the companion judge's Dharma image and have never judged life and death, I can feel that if I were to judge the life and death of a mortal, it would naturally be a piece of cake. But if I were to judge the life and death of a person who has practiced cultivation, the loss would be extremely great. If I were to judge a being with a realm and combat power similar to mine, I would almost be skinned alive. And if I were to judge a strong person with a higher realm than me, I might suffer a huge backlash. Even if I killed the other person, I would probably die with him.
The reason is that I am not strong enough now. Even my master would not dare to casually decide the life or death of a strong man, such as Zhang Wudi. Otherwise, my master had such a big feud with Zhang Wudi. With my style of doing things like Yin people and my master's temper, Zhang Wudi would have been dead long ago. At
this time, the judge flipped his hand, and a very simple token with a strong Yin aura appeared in his hand.
This token does not look much different from the one hanging on my waist, but this token gives me a feeling of... closeness.
"This token was formed by you in the Yanluo Palace when you formed the Companion Judge Dharma Image and became a living Yincha. It is your exclusive Yincha token."
At this point, the judge's eyes suddenly fixed, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhang Qianyu, after receiving this token, you will be promoted to an official position. From now on, your only duty is to guard the human world and restore peace to the human world. Only in this way can you be a living Yincha!"