Miss Chen
"Holy crap, you scared me. Who are you?"
"Excuse me, Lady Meng Po, I'm A Gui, the PR representative from Wuwanghai. Lord Guan Nan was holding a meeting with us when the recognition system suddenly notified me that you had arrived, so I rushed over to greet you," A Gui said cheekily.
Gu Lili frowned: "A-Gui?"
Its name is as ghostly as it sounds; it appears and disappears like a ghost, no wonder it's called Ghost.
"Lady Meng Po, my original name was A Gui. A hundred years ago, there was a wicked and unruly ghost who always called me A Gui. After a while, the ghost messengers and the new ones also started calling me that, so I accepted the title."
"When does the meeting end? I need to speak with Guan Nan... Master." Gu Lili finally relented, completing the form of address under A Gui's expectant gaze.
"Oh, I can't say when the meeting will end. A few days ago, a vengeful spirit escaped from prison, and Lord Guan Nan was furious. He called it a meeting, but actually we were the ones getting scolded."
"Then I'll wander around here for a bit."
"I'll accompany you; you can think of me as a guide, hehe."
Ah Gui put on that smug look again. He had a clever plan. He called it being Gu Lili's guide, but actually, it was just an excuse to avoid going back and getting scolded again.
"This special management office for the dead holds some stubborn and unrepentant souls. Some were extremely vicious in their past lives and could not be redeemed, while others have seen through the laws of the human world and refuse to enter the cycle of reincarnation." Before Gu Lili could agree, A Gui began his guided tour.
"You see, the yellow door holds ordinary evil spirits, the green door above holds intermediate evil spirits, and the most evil evil spirits are held in the red door."
The yellow area, where ordinary evil spirits were imprisoned, did not overflow with much resentment. The yellow door seemed to be soundproof, and the only sound in the corridor was the awkward conversation of two people.
"What about the vengeful spirit? The Yellow Springs sent one before, number 302. Do you know where he is?"
"Let me check, 302... 302," Ah Gui said after tapping his phone for a while. "Got it, 302 is an ordinary vengeful spirit, in the white area not far ahead. Does Lady Meng Po want to see him?"
Gu Lili sighed softly, "Yes, take me to see him."
"Yes," A-Gui nodded in response, then suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, sir, after that prison break incident we had a while ago, Lord Guan Nan placed a new restriction here. The Evil Soul Zone is currently completely sealed off, and no one can enter without Lord Guan Nan's permission. Teleportation is also not possible in the Wraith Soul Zone, so if you want to find room 302 in the normal area, you'll have to walk there."
"Very far?"
"No, it's not far, but it passes through the area of top-tier vengeful spirits. There, one experiences the eight kinds of suffering in the human world, and harbors extremely strong resentment. I wonder if you..."
Ah Gui hesitated, but Gu Lili understood what she meant. After all, she was just an ordinary soul who inherited the position of Meng Po. She had no spiritual consciousness or body that had been cultivated, and she was extremely susceptible to being bewitched.
"It's okay, I'll be careful."
“Yes, sir. The area of vengeful spirits is in another direction. The area we need to pass through first is the top-tier area of vengeful spirits.” Ah Gui paused and then added, “Some of the vengeful spirits there have not been refined for thousands of years and their resentment is extremely strong. You must be careful and stay close to me.”
At the end of the corridor, an iron gate appeared. Ah Gui made a hand seal, and a sophisticated laser scanning and recognition system appeared in front of the two. As the machine was turned on, countless rays of light shone out, scanning the two from head to toe. Then, with a "creak," the iron gate opened.
"Lady Meng Po, we have arrived at the area of top-tier evil spirits. Please be extra careful."
Ah Gui stepped through the iron gate first to lead the way. From outside the gate, the top-tier vengeful spirit area inside was equally quiet. The only difference between it and the yellow area was the color of the doors. The windows of the dark red doors were also covered with paint.
Gu Lili slowly stepped into the room, only to find that it was not as quiet as it looked. Black, murky air filled the doorway of each room, and the noisy roars and cries were disturbing.
"Why did he marry someone else, all my life I devoted to him in vain? Why doesn't he come? Why isn't he imprisoned here? He doesn't love me, he has no attachments, so he can be reincarnated..."
As I passed by the room marked with the number 1, a mournful sigh drifted from inside. The voice was gentle and sweet, as if a frail, vengeful spirit was repeatedly lamenting and blaming her lover.
"How could I be dead? Let me out! I am the emperor, the ruler of the world! You treacherous brats, open the door! I still have to go and expand my territory and conquer new lands!"
The vengeful spirit in room number 2 pounded on the door, emanating an extremely strong murderous aura despite being imprisoned, making Gu Lili feel her hair stand on end and very uncomfortable.
"Does the vengeful spirit number 2 make Lady Meng Po feel uncomfortable?" A Gui slowed down and waited for Gu Lili to approach before continuing, "The aura emanating from room number 2 is that of an emperor. Although that person is no longer alive, because they have not been reincarnated, they still carry the karmic burdens from their previous life. In addition, their resentment is extremely strong and has not dissipated for thousands of years, so it will cause a certain degree of discomfort to a spirit like yours."
"They've been locked up here for a thousand years? In such a small room?" Gu Lili asked.
"Most of the stubborn vengeful spirits that refuse to enter the cycle of reincarnation will be refined. Only some vengeful spirits that had great merits in their lifetime or have not been forgotten in this world cannot be refined. They can only be kept here, waiting for their resentment to be resolved so that they can be reincarnated, or be forgotten by the world and refined."
Gu Lili nodded and continued walking forward. The rooms she passed were filled with resentful roars, and she could even vaguely guess their origins from their rage. Among them were some historical figures, but she never expected that these figures had been trapped here for thousands of years.
Why is there no sound from room number 10?
Gu Lili retreated to the door of room number 10. It was extremely quiet as she passed by. There was no heavy knocking, no resentment or unwillingness, only silence, as if it were just an empty and ordinary room.
"Oh, Lady Meng Po, that's Miss Chen's room," A Gui replied as he slowly walked back to room 10.
"Miss Chen? Why is her room so clean?"
"Yes, she's a nice girl with a high score, but she absolutely refuses to be reincarnated."
Why?
"We don't know, and our PR team has no right to investigate the source of her resentment. All we heard from her was that she said that the world didn't belong to her."
Gu Lili looked at room number 10. It indeed lacked the foul air of resentment and wasn't as noisy as the other rooms. What kind of life had the girl inside experienced that made her no longer want to go back?
"Can I see her?" Gu Lili asked.
"Oh, Lady Meng Po, you can't easily see the vengeful spirits in the top-tier area. They're all extremely fierce, especially since your spirit is so weak. If you're not careful, I could lose ten heads." A-Gui hurriedly waved his hand, genuinely startled.
"I just felt that maybe I could do something to help her."
“This…” Ah Gui frowned: “Sigh, to be honest, I think this girl is really pitiful. Since she came here, she hasn’t said a word and often just stares blankly.”
Ah Gui had heard about Gu Lili's behavior in the underworld. At first, the rumors in the underworld were that the new Meng Po was a great demon who bewitched Lord Guan Nan. The public relations staff all felt disgusted when they mentioned Gu Lili. However, in recent years, the news of Gu Lili's salvation of the dead has spread. Gradually, the public relations staff who were previously resentful of her have changed their tune, and those who were neutral have become fans. Just like Ah Gui, who had long wanted to meet this "living bodhisattva" who was rumored to grant all requests at the Bridge of Helplessness.
"Lady Meng Po, I'll make an exception today. I'll remove the window-blocking spell so you can see her. If fate allows, please save her in the future."
At that moment, Ah Gui seemed to have made up his mind. After obtaining Gu Lili's consent, he used magic to open a small window, and the light from inside the room shone through, illuminating the originally dim corridor.
Gu Lili slowly peeked out the window and looked inside. The room was empty except for a bed. A quiet girl sat beside the bed, her long hair falling naturally to her waist. She was smiling faintly as she looked at Gu Lili, as if she had sensed her presence all along.
"List......"
Gu Lili was so surprised she almost called out the other person's name. Yes, she knew her. Or rather, she had seen that comic book before.
Where is this...?!
Gu Lili felt confused. Why would characters from comics appear in the underworld? Was the world she was in really real? Suddenly, the scene before her eyes distorted, and the surrounding turbid air, accompanied by noisy resentment, slowly approached her, seemingly about to engulf her.
Just as she was about to lose consciousness, a pair of large hands firmly embraced her from behind, gently stroking her eyes, until a familiar voice drifted into her consciousness...
"Go to sleep," the person whispered.
After an unknown amount of time, Gu Lili gradually regained consciousness and felt herself being enveloped in a warm sensation. This warmth was very comfortable, and she smelled a familiar fragrance, the same fragrance as those gentle and beautiful hands. Sage and sea salt, it was a scent similar to that perfume, a scent she had always loved in her memory.
Gu Lili slowly opened her eyes, and before her was a familiar face: Guan Nan. She had returned to Guan Nan Palace, to Guan Nan's bedroom, to Guan Nan's bed, and to the warm, scorching heat emanating from Guan Nan.
"woke up?"
Guan Nan slowly raised his eyelids, bringing with him his naturally curved long eyelashes. His deep, bright eyes held a hint of mystery. Gu Lili didn't know how to describe such a man. Was he handsome? The word "handsome" seemed vulgar in front of Guan Nan. He was noble and bright, as if everything in time was insignificant compared to him, and everyone would be attracted to him.
"What are you spacing out for? Didn't I heal you?" Guan Nan said, about to use a hand seal to probe Gu Lili's spiritual consciousness again.
"No, no, no, I just woke up and I'm a little dazed."
Guan Nan suddenly sat up and went to get the shirt folded on the bedside table. Under the soft light, his smooth and well-defined back was revealed, which made Gu Lili lose her mind again.
"What? Still confused?" Guan Nan finished putting on his shirt and leaned closer. "Are you sure you don't need me to investigate you again?"
"No, no, no... no need." Gu Lili turned her head away and said angrily, "Don't get so close, move aside, I need to get dressed too."
"Heh, pretentious." Guan Nan chuckled, then turned and said, "What are you thinking? You dare to go to the Boundless Sea? Don't you know your own constitution?"
Gu Lili simply got up and dressed herself, without intending to respond to the other person.
I said....."
Guan Nan was a little impatient, seemingly forgetting that the other person was getting dressed. He turned around, intending to question her, but instead encountered Gu Lili, who was completely naked and calmly pulling up her pants.
Ah~~~~~
Fortunately, Guan Nan's bedroom was protected by a protective barrier, so no one outside could hear what was happening inside.
"You scoundrel!!! Have you no shame?!" Gu Lili quickly squatted down and hugged herself.
"Me, a hooligan? What haven't I seen? Besides, it's not like it's the first time." Guan Nan was clearly flustered as well. After all, this was the first time he, a lifelong bachelor, had been in contact with a woman so many times.
Gu Lili was too embarrassed to speak. Although she often told dirty jokes to 389 to make it seem like she had seen a lot, in reality, she was all talk and no action and was still a blank slate who had never experienced anything.
The two remained locked in a stalemate, neither speaking. Then, suddenly, a water bottle on the table by the door tipped over, shattering with a sharp, piercing sound.
"Ksitigarbha!!!" Guan Nan roared into the air.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I came to peek into your closet to see if you have any new clothes... It's just bad luck that I ran into this. I'll be going now, you guys continue."
"Go?" Guan Nan made a hand seal to summon his natal magic weapon, the Blazing Heart-Burning Bow, and used spiritual power to create sharp arrows, about to shoot them into the air. Suddenly, he stopped, took off his shirt, and threw it to Gu Lili: "Put this on."
Guan Nan's top was large enough, like a blanket, to completely cover Gu Lili, who was squatting.
Seeing that the other party had put on his clothes, Guan Nan raised his bow again and sealed the room with his spiritual power. He was afraid that he wouldn't stop until he made that guy suffer a bit today.
"Ah, the Burning Heart Bow, you're going to kill me!" Ksitigarbha exclaimed in surprise.
"Get out here and show yourself right now!" Guan Nan shouted angrily as he shot an arrow into the air.
"Would I be stupid enough to reveal myself? If I did, you'd probably riddle me with bullets..."
Before Ksitigarbha could finish speaking, Guan Nan shot towards the location from which his voice came.
"Oh my god! You've ripped my clothes with your arrow. I just had the City God bring me this new style last week, oh dear..."
Guan Nan was furious. His arrow, fired with all his might, had only managed to hit a corner of the opponent's clothes.
"Guan Nan... I can't squat any longer," Gu Lili said, wrapping her clothes tighter as she saw the situation getting worse.
The other person glanced at Gu Lili, then sighed softly and used a hand seal to release the restrictions in the room.
"That's more like it. You need to take care of your girlfriend first; she hasn't fully recovered yet."
"roll!"
The other party did not reply and had obviously gone far away.
"He's gone, you should get dressed," Guan Nan said, turning her back to him.
"I can't wear it anymore..."
"how?"
"You shot it through..."
"What you're saying... you..."
Gu Lili also realized that her words were a bit crude, and hurriedly corrected herself, saying, "Look, you guys were fighting just now, and your clothes are all rotten."
"Atao, send over two sets of women's clothing." Guan Nan picked up his phone and sent a voice message to PR Atao.
"Who was that just now..." The atmosphere was a bit awkward, so Gu Lili quickly tried to find a topic to talk about.
"Ksitigarbha".
"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?" Gu Lili had heard her grandmother mention him when she was alive. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who saves all sentient beings, lives in the underworld. He stays in the underworld because he has a great vow to not become a Buddha until the hells are emptied.
"No, Ksitigarbha is the successor of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Since the great war in the immortal realm three thousand years ago, many gods and Buddhas have suffered great losses after participating in the war. After selecting their agents, they all went into seclusion to recuperate. Ksitigarbha and I are the agents selected by the Fengdu Emperor and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."
"The great war in the Immortal Realm three thousand years ago?" Gu Lili remembered that the Ghost King had also mentioned this three-thousand-year timeline, resentfully saying that she had imprisoned him for three thousand years. What exactly happened three thousand years ago?
"At that time, the last supreme god of the world awakened in the Heavenly Palace, but he was a fierce god who ruled over extreme evil. This fierce god, upon awakening, refined all the evil and vengeful spirits in the world, and also broke the seal on the Demon King, causing him to lead the demons to attack the Heavenly Palace. However, with the seal broken, countless demons broke through the Gates of Hell and roamed the mortal realm, causing widespread suffering and altering the fates of most mortals, plunging the world into chaos..."
"The Supreme God? The God of Calamity? Where is he now?"
Perhaps the Ghost King is this evil spirit, after all, the timeline matches up. Last time she went to the 19th floor, the Ghost King was wrapped in layers of chains like a rice dumpling, and he didn't look like a kind person.
"I don't know. In the later stages of the Heavenly Palace War, the gods and Buddhas fought to the death, gathering all their divine power to try and seal it away, but the evil god detonated its own divine consciousness..."
"And then what? Did the evil god die?"
"Probably. The Heavenly Emperor ordered all the gods to search the six realms, but they found no trace of the evil god. Perhaps it really has vanished into thin air."
For some reason, a faint sadness appeared in Guan Nan's eyes as he recounted these events. Could it be that, as the rumors said, he secretly harbored feelings for that fierce god?
"Is she...beautiful?"
In a daze, Gu Lili spoke blankly, then suddenly realized how out of control she had become, so she hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look at the other person's reaction.
“She’s very beautiful… Before she awakened, she was hailed as the most beautiful woman in the Heavenly Palace. The only supreme god in the world,” Guan Nan said without any hesitation.
"Then why did she awaken into a fierce god? I've had little exposure to religious beliefs since I was young, and I don't know much about our system. Could you... tell me more about it?"
As soon as she said it, Gu Lili was even more surprised. Could it be that going to the Boundless Sea had messed up her brain, or that the vengeful spirits there had eaten her brain? How could she have said such a green tea... ugh, such a brainless thing?
"Just like the changing of the ages in the human world, the divine realm will also be destroyed by heavenly tribulations in accordance with the laws of heaven, and a new order guardian will be created. Mengli is the only main god who survived when the divine tribulation came and was protected by the combined efforts of all the gods."
"Meng...Li???"
Upon hearing Guan Nan's name, Gu Lili felt a chill run down her spine, a strong sense of discomfort welled up from her chest, and her hands trembled uncontrollably.
Mengli? The Fiend God? Me? What do these have to do with me? Impossible, I just look like her, they must have mistaken me for someone else.
Gu Lili's thoughts were in turmoil. She tried to summon Qinglian in the spiritual realm, but she couldn't get a response no matter what she did.
Yes, this is Guannan Hall, protected by the Guannan restriction, preventing Qinglian from showing herself. But what exactly is going on?
"Lord Guan Nan, the clothes you requested have arrived," the PR person said softly from outside the door.
"Come in," Guan Nan said, looking at the PR person in front of her with some confusion. "Where's A Tao?"
"Lord Guan Nan, A Tao has been transferred to work for Lord Wu Chang. My subordinate, Bai Chen, the public relations officer of the Bai family, has just finished the handover with A Tao and will be taking over A Tao's work at Guan Nan Palace from now on."
The female public relations officer in front of her was someone Gu Lili was meeting for the first time. She seemed obsequious, but her glasses seemed to be scrutinizing everything in Guan Nan's bedroom as if she were spying on him. Her sharp, mean, and mean demeanor made it clear that she was Bai Muyu's subordinate without her even having to say her name.
"Heh, the Bai family even dares to use the people around me without my permission."
"Lord Guan Nan is joking. Lord Bai Wuchang has a new batch of public relations staff who don't know the rules, which is really worrying for you. That's why Lord Bai Tiao recommended your personal public relations staff member, A Tao, to Lord Bai Wuchang. She's only on loan for a while and will be back soon."
Bai Chen was indeed no good. After only a few words, he pulled out the White Impermanence note to shut Guan Nan up, as if he knew Guan Nan was too busy with the escape of the evil spirits in the Sea of No Return to pay attention to such a trivial matter.
"Meng Po, change your clothes and go to my little kitchen for a meal. I've had someone stew some immortal herb soup for you, which will greatly help stabilize your spiritual consciousness."
Guan Nan ignored Bai Chen. This was a trivial matter, a minor task. Once he finished what he was doing, he wouldn't even need to lift a finger to make the other party disappear.
"And..." Guan Nan walked to the door and then turned back to Gu Lili and said, "Go back to the Yellow Springs immediately after you finish eating. Your spiritual consciousness is already damaged and cannot withstand any fluctuations. I will come back to heal you after I have dealt with the escaped evil spirits."
After saying that, he tore open a spacetime rift and disappeared into the Guannan Hall.
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