Chapter 159 The Underworld
The purpose of ghost messengers traveling the world is mostly to capture souls.
Ordinary people cannot see the Yin Cha. Those who practice various mysterious and magical arts can only see it depending on their level of skill, or with the help of props and magical tools.
When those people saw the ghost messengers, they were mostly respectful and eager to send them away quickly, for fear of encountering bad luck.
The little girl in front of me was so good that she remained calm when she saw the Yincha and even dared to make a request.
Although he could tell at a glance that she was a cultivator, Bai Wuchang still felt that the little girl was inexperienced and did not know her own limits.
He was surprised with a hint of contempt, and the smile on his face that had never changed for thousands of years was strained. He didn't speak for a while.
The Black Impermanence next to him spoke in a muffled voice:
"We, the Yin Messengers, are only responsible for capturing souls. How can we trace their origins if there are only bones but no soul?"
Yun Qingqing immediately took out the spiritual Buddha beads and knocked on one of the beads twice. A ball of evil black mist emerged from it and was grabbed by her hand.
The black fog was still rolling and struggling, but it seemed to have substance in Yun Qingqing's hands and could not be broken free.
The two ghost messengers widened their eyes. On the one hand, they were shocked that the little girl could catch the soul like a chicken. On the other hand, they became serious because of the strong evil spirit of the soul.
"There is a soul, but it's a remnant?" Yun Qingqing asked calmly while grabbing the black mist.
"..." Bai Wuchang couldn't help but complain, "Isn't this too cruel? It's basically a remnant of a star soul wrapped in a bunch of evil spirit!"
Yun Qingqing raised an eyebrow and looked at him:
"So can you check it? If you can't, don't stop me from finding a solution myself."
"Hey? Little girl, can you please stop being ungrateful? What do you think this place is? I'm stopping you for your own good, do you understand?" The veins on Bai Wuchang's forehead were bulging.
Yun Qingqing didn't say anything, because she saw Hei Wuchang silently take out a notebook, put his two fingers together and made a gesture, and then touched the cover with his fingertips. The notebook began to glow faintly, and then condensed into a beam of light that shone on the residual soul in her hand.
After a moment, the beam of light disappeared. Hei Wuchang opened the book, looked at the blank pages inside, and shook his head.
"It's not in the underworld register, so it can't be found."
"Are you really helping her investigate?" Bai Wuchang muttered, crossing his arms and looking at Yun Qingqing, "Did you see anything? If you can't find anything, you'll just end up attracting negative energy. You might even lose your life. Stop fooling around and go to bed."
Yun Qingqing looked at the remnant soul in his hand and frowned:
"You two can't be the only ghost messengers. What about other people's names on the list or in the book of life and death?"
Bai Wuchang sneered:
"This roster is a branch of the Book of Life and Death. Everything in the Book of Life and Death is here. It makes no difference if you find another ghost messenger."
"I understand." Yun Qingqing nodded, "Then I'd better go down and take a look."
"?" Bai Wuchang's narrowed eyes widened with a smile, "You didn't hear a word I said, did you?"
Yun Qingqing took the remaining soul back into the Buddhist beads, stuffed them back into her sleeve and placed them into the jade ring. Then she saluted the two ghost officials with a straight face and smiled slightly:
"I know you two are worried about the living entering the underworld, where if you're not careful there's no way back. Thank you very much."
Bai Wuchang's expression paused slightly. After being thanked so politely by her, he was reluctant to say anything unpleasant.
Hei Wuchang nodded very seriously:
"Um."
"But I also know that the Yinchao only arrest souls. Living people are not within your jurisdiction, right?"
Bai Wuchang: “…”
Hei Wuchang nodded again:
"right."
Bai Wuchang sighed and said helplessly:
"You know all this, no wonder you're not afraid of us at all. That's right, if you insist on going down, we can't do anything to you. It seems we can't persuade you anymore."
He pulled up the soul-catching chain, turned around and walked towards the gloomy road.
"It's up to you, but I'll just say one more thing: you'd better stick to us and don't leave the main road, okay?"
"Thank you." Yun Qingqing thanked with a smile and then walked into the black fog.
Along the way, Yun Qingqing looked at the surrounding scenery and fell into deep thought.
Is it a coincidence? How could the underworld of this world be so similar to the underworld of my past life?
Even the large fields of red spider lilies on the road to the underworld are the same.
"Speaking of which, little girl, why did you have to go to the underworld when you were fine? Is there any reason that compelled you to come?"
Perhaps because he felt the journey was too boring, Bai Wuchang started talking to him and put on his smiling face again.
Yun Qingqing collected her thoughts, nodded, and her expression became serious:
"Killing infants and using their bones to refine evil artifacts is a forbidden evil technique. Currently, the whereabouts of five known evil artifacts remain unknown. If not dealt with promptly, it could lead to disaster."
"If possible, I also hope to gather the soul of this baby and liberate it."
"Well...it is indeed against the will of heaven, but is it really that serious that it will cause a disaster?" Bai Wuchang thought of the small baby skull and felt that it was indeed too much, but this kind of evil thing was very common in the eyes of the ghost.
Yun Qingqing was silent for a while before she whispered:
“Sometimes even a single seed of evil, if given the opportunity to take root and sprout, may grow into a monster large enough to drag the world into the abyss.”
The lessons from the previous life were painful enough.
Although this world lacks spiritual energy and there seems to be no soil for evil spirits to grow and develop, she still will not allow things like the infant bone evil weapon to wander around and do evil.
Especially those who use this kind of evil magic are unforgivable.
"Hiss... Little girl, you don't look well. Are you okay?" Bai Wuchang looked at her worriedly.
Although he had discovered that Yun Qingqing had somehow restrained the breath of the living, and thought that she also had the means to resist the ghost energy of the underworld, he was still a little worried.
"It's okay." Yun Qingqing came back to her senses and found that she had arrived in front of a magnificent building.
The entire building is made of stone, and each stone has been carefully polished, with smooth and neat edges. It is simple and solemn, yet exudes a spooky aura. The heavy gate in the center is as tall as the city wall, and above it are three large characters written in iron and silver.
Hall of Yama.
She stroked her chin thoughtfully.
…There are some differences, but it still looks familiar.
"You can only enter this hall with the permission of Lord Yama. As a living person entering the underworld privately, you must be very careful with your words and actions. Don't offend Lord Yama. He is not as easy to talk to as we are."
Yun Qingqing nodded obediently and followed them into the Yama Palace.
The eerie ghostly aura suddenly became several times thicker than outside. Before my eyes was a deep and dark corridor. Every few feet at both ends of the corridor, a ball of green ghostly fire was suspended, extending into the distance with no end in sight.
Yun Qingqing walked leisurely behind the two Yincha, watching the doors that appeared one after another on the left and right, which were both familiar and different from what she remembered. She was almost getting used to it.
Although the underworld that manages the dead in each world is independent, there are thousands of mortal worlds, and some worlds do have some subtle connections. Perhaps this underworld has many similarities with one's previous life, which is not surprising.
The corridor finally came to an end, and a large door appeared in front. Bai Wuchang asked her to wait for a moment, and then he and Hei Wuchang went in to report.
Yun Qingqing was standing outside the door. She saw a stone tablet next to it engraved with the deeds of the current King Yan, and she looked at it with great interest for a while.
Written on it was the name of Lord Yama, Lord Fengdu.
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