"You... are... a eunuch?" Wang Yao couldn't help but ask.
"The Old Man of the Moon has figured out I'm a eunuch?" Upon hearing Wang Yao's question, the fat ghost's eyes widened in surprise, and he asked Wang Yao with a beaming smile.
“Of course, I… although I’ve never seen a real eunuch before, I’ve seen them in movies and on TV. Your clothes, voice, and everything else are very similar,” Wang Yao nodded.
"It's not just that it looks like me, it is!" The fat ghost clapped his hands with a laugh. "I knew it! After a lifetime of shady dealings in my past life, I'd be a natural at it. The prince always said I didn't look like him, but the God of Marriage really has good taste..."
As he spoke, the fat ghost covered his mouth with his hand and chuckled, "You dare not let the prince hear this. Come, come, Fairy Maiden, Old Man of the Moon, come with me."
The fat ghost twisted his waist and turned half his body to the side, pointing with a graceful gesture to guide the fairy and Wang Yao along the alley. As they walked, he would occasionally cover his mouth and chuckle.
"He's a eunuch, so what? Why are you so excited?" The fairy muttered under her breath, disapproving of the fat ghost's androgynous behavior.
"Your Excellency, you may not know this, but we eunuchs are a very important profession. Yet, in the Six Realms, we are completely buried and have attracted many bad rumors. But think about it, when it comes to physical labor, those delicate women can't possibly match us..."
“But when men come and go in the boudoir, how much trouble will they cause? Only we are the most useful, as we have the strength of men but not their dirty tricks. Now the prince is hesitating whether to resume using us in the underworld.”
"Fairy, take a look. If the prince really finds it useful, please recommend it to the Heavenly Emperor. We'll go and serve him; he'll be extremely satisfied," the fat ghost said to the fairy with a smile as he walked sideways.
"I can't be bothered with this kind of nonsense," the fairy muttered impatiently.
"It's alright, it's alright. This is none of the concern of someone as important as the Fairy Maiden. I was just being nosy." The fat ghost didn't seem to mind at all and continued to lead Wang Yao and the Fairy Maiden forward with a smile.
"Wait a minute!" Wang Yao saw a bend ahead, turned his head and saw that Gu Qi and Wu Ying were still far behind, so he quickly stopped and called out.
"Oh, those two ghost generals and geniuses are not worth paying attention to. They can't escape." The fat ghost glanced at Gu Qi and Wu Ying who were chasing after him, curled his lips, and showed a disdainful expression.
"Um... please wait, sir. I've never understood the classification of ghosts in the underworld. I only know there are ghost warriors, ghost geniuses, ghost masters, ghost generals, and ghost commanders. How exactly are they classified?"
Seeing that Wuying and Guqi were still far away, and that the two of them must have reached the seventeenth floor, they were very reserved and walking slowly, so they wouldn't catch up for a while, Wang Yao hurriedly grabbed the fat ghost and asked.
"Oh dear, Lord Yue Lao, please let go! I am a ghost, which is harmful to immortals. Please be careful, Lord Yue Lao!" The fat ghost hurriedly broke free from Wang Yao's grasp, but he was still very happy to hear Wang Yao call him "father-in-law," so he stopped and explained to Wang Yao.
"The Old Man of the Moon is indeed a celestial being. My family is truly a father-in-law, not only because of our profession in our past life, but also because we are ghost masters in the underworld. The classification of ghosts in the underworld is actually very simple. The highest is naturally the King of Hell, followed by the Ghost King, and then..."
"Ghost Duke, Ghost Marquis, Ghost Earl, Ghost Son, Ghost Man, then Ghost Merit, Ghost Master, Ghost Commander, Ghost General, Ghost Assistant, and below that Ghost Leader, Ghost Protector, Ghost Warrior, Ghost Talent, Ghost Advancement. As for Ghost Scholar, he is just a ghost who has only cultivated on the first floor, so there's no need for Lord Yue to keep him in mind."
This fat ghost knew the classification of the dozen or so types of cultivation ghosts in the underworld like the back of his hand, and he spoke of them without blinking. Wang Yao guessed that among the ghosts resisting the corpse energy on floor zero, there should not only be ghost warriors and ghost talents, but also many ghost advancers, ghost warriors, ghost protectors, and so on.
After all, the Ghost General is on the ninth floor, and Gu Qi is the Ghost General. Under his command, there should be a full complement of generals and officers. It's just that Wu Ying is clearly a genius, yet he seems to be the right-hand man of the Ghost General in green robes. But where have the Ghost Assistant, Ghost Protector, Ghost Leader, and Ghost Warrior gone?
They chatted for a while, and then Gu Qi and Wu Ying finally caught up. Gu Qi quickly greeted the fat ghost, who snorted, turned around, and led everyone around the corner. They then lifted a shimmering curtain and entered an elegantly decorated room.
Inside the room, a handsome man was engrossed in playing the zither at a table. Beside him were several elegantly dressed female ghosts, some gently fanning him from behind, some fiddling with an incense burner on the table with small hairpins, and others kneeling there with their heads down.
Seeing this, Wang Yao thought to himself, the music they heard in the alley seemed to be played by this man. Now they were only inches away from him, and the music didn't sound particularly loud, but he could hear it from the alley and have walked all the way here, so the distance was quite considerable.
It seemed that the volume of the music was the same whether it was heard in the alley or in front of the man, which was quite strange.
"Your Highness, the Fairy Maiden and the Matchmaker have arrived," the fat ghost said softly as he took two steps forward.
The man nodded, but continued to stroke the guqin on the table.
"Please forgive me, Fairy Maiden, there is still one last section to this song of 'Joyful Reunion,' please wait a moment," the man said while playing the zither.
"No rush. It's a rare treat for the Five Observers King to welcome you with his zither playing. It's quite an elegant affair. Few immortals in Heaven can enjoy such treatment," the fairy maiden replied politely, though she pursed her lips.
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