Chapter 38
The sound of water, a very faint sound of water.
Xie Que opened his eyes and was startled by the scene before him. He was back in the underworld again, surrounded by people coming and going. He stood there, not knowing where to go.
He opened his mouth and tried to speak but no sound came out.
Am I dead? Xie recalled the person he saw in the last moment before he fell into a coma.
Being able to kidnap myself, manipulate corpses, and use red talismans must be that person's method.
As Jing Xiebai had said, Chen Shan had already set his sights on him. But why didn't he just kill him directly? Why did he go through so much trouble?
He is now in the state of a soul and cannot control his body. If his soul is away from the body for too long, it will be harmful to his body. He has to find a way to go back.
However, Xie remembered the Yin family member he met when his soul left his body last time. He didn't seem to realize that he was a living person.
Only the dead can come to the underworld, and he cannot speak, so he can only pray that Jing Xiebai can find him.
At this moment, someone happened to pass by him and stopped after noticing Xie Que's abnormality.
The man was dressed like a knight, his face was dark, and he was holding a big knife, which made Xie feel dangerous instinctively.
The man stared at Xie Que, looking him up and down, and took a long while before making a move. He took Xie Que to an open space at the end of the shop, where a long line was waiting. He placed Xie Que at the end and then left alone.
There is a long river next to the open space, with water flowing and many boats traveling on the river.
The Forgotten River, he was brought to the Forgotten River.
Xie was a little anxious. After crossing the Wangchuan Bridge and drinking the Mengpo soup, he would be reincarnated. How could he die here before Chen Shan caught him?
Xie Que tried to move, but found he was still completely out of control. It felt like a dream, watching himself make all sorts of strange movements, unable to control them. As he saw himself getting closer and closer to the Forgotten River Bridge, he felt a wave of despair.
Yin Lusi stood in front of the Wangchuan Bridge, holding the Book of Life and Death in one hand and the judge's pen in the other. When he saw Xie Que for the first time, he was stunned, then curled the corners of his mouth, as if he had been waiting for his arrival for a long time.
Xie was a little confused by his smile, and soon remembered that he was saved by Yinlusi last time. Xie Lingsong had a special relationship with Yinlusi. That man was very clever and must have predicted the situation today!
Yin Lu Si quickly put away his smile, pulled Xie Que aside, and continued to handle official business. Xie Que stood aside and noticed that the corpses in the classroom also appeared in the team.
One, two, three, four...
Xie was counting silently in his mind. The first four corpses were lined up very close to each other, but the last one had not appeared for a long time.
What was going on? How could one person not enter the cycle of reincarnation? Or had he already entered it? Xie's face froze. He didn't know why Chen Shan chose such a complicated method to kill him, but he must have had a plan.
After waiting for who knows how many hours, there was no soul left in the open space, and the Mengpo soup was almost finished, but Xie still didn't wait for the fifth person's soul.
Yinlu Temple put away the Book of Life and Death, looked at Xie Que straight in the eye, and looked him up and down several times.
Xie Que felt a chill on his back when he was looked at by him, and then he saw Yin Lusi holding a pen and pointing at Xie Que.
"Xie's son, our grudge is over. When we meet again in the future, I will show no mercy."
Just as Xie was about to speak, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes and found himself falling into the void, falling rapidly.
"woke up!"
"He's awake!"
Xie opened his eyes and saw the snow-white ceiling.
"Where am I?" My throat was dry and sore, and it felt like a blade was scratching it when I spoke.
"Hospital, you're finally awake."
Xie turned his head with difficulty and saw Lu Jueqiu leaning against the door with his hands crossed.
"Jing Xiebai just returned. You were in a coma for three days, and he stayed by your side for three days."
Lu Jueqiu stood up straight and poured a glass of water for Xie Que: "Tell me, how did you survive?"
Just as Xie was about to speak, the door of the ward was opened from the outside.
Jing Xiebai rushed into the ward in a panic: "Are you awake? Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Xie sat up, drank some water, and his throat felt much better.
"How did you wake up? I failed to summon the spirit?"
The moment Jing Xiebai discovered that Xie Que had lost his soul, he began to summon his soul. He tried for three whole days and hundreds of times, but not once was he successful.
"Summoning spirits?" Xie was a little confused.
"You have lost your soul. You were not really dead when we found you. If we fail to summon your soul within seven days, you will definitely die." Lu Jueqiu patted Jing Xiebai's shoulder, signaling him to calm down.
"What on earth happened? The security department's surveillance camera was broken. If the people following you hadn't noticed you were missing, you would have really died."
"Security guard?" Xie Que murmured, remembering that the last person he saw before the accident was the security guard. His heart tightened: "That security guard was Chen Shan's man. The five students who died in the school were also Chen Shan's doing."
"What's the meaning?"
"I got hit because I was guarding the gate and heard someone talking in the security room. It was the man's grandson who asked for water. When I went to give him some water, I was knocked unconscious."
"No, that security guard died a long time ago." Lu Jueqiu pulled up the security guard's death certificate and handed it to Xie Que. "He committed suicide by taking pills a week ago. You were busy dealing with Chen Shan's case at the time and didn't know about his death."
Looking at the black and white photo of the security guard on the death certificate, Xie's face turned pale.
He was dead? How could he be dead? Xie remembered clearly that the security guard still had yang energy in his body, so he couldn't be dead.
"I can't be mistaken. It was clearly that security guard who tricked me into the security room."
Jing Xiebai and Lu Jueqiu looked at each other, and saw a hint of doubt in each other's eyes.
"How did you wake up?"
"I arrived at the Wangchuan Bridge, and Yinlu Temple recognized me. No, it should be said that they knew Xie Lingsong." Xie told them both about his experience in the underworld in detail. The two seemed to have expected that it was the judge who saved him, and they did not find it strange.
"Who exactly is Xie Lingsong? Judging from what Yin Lusi said, he is repaying the debt he owes Xie Lingsong."
"This Xie Lingsong is not well-known in the martial arts world, but he actually has such abilities?" Lu Jueqiu has been investigating Xie Lingsong's news for some time, but found nothing. It seems that Xie Lingsong has erased everything related to him.
"There is another question, why would Chen Shan choose such a troublesome method to kill you." Jing Xiebai dragged the chair to the side of the bed and sat down. Even at such a close distance, Xie could clearly see the dark circles under his eyes.
"I looked into the student suicide case. It wasn't suicide, it was a case of being possessed by an evil spirit."
Because it involved a ghost demanding revenge, the police handed the matter over to the Lu family. As soon as Lu Jueqiu saw the corpse, he knew it was possessed by an evil spirit.
"Under normal circumstances, ghosts need to wait until their own life span is exhausted before they can reincarnate. Some ghosts will follow people, and if they do, that person's mental state will deteriorate. After the person commits suicide, the ghost can reincarnate."
Xie had heard this rumor before. One year, three children drowned near the river in his hometown. Three years later, around the same time, a confused man in his early fifties committed suicide by jumping into the river. It was the rainy season, so even the body couldn't be recovered. Xie's mother said that the man's children had been taken to a fortune teller before the accident. The fortune teller said the man had been haunted by three little ghosts for months and was beyond help.
"Those guys only bully their peers. If they actually encounter a ghost, they'll be scared to death and then become puppet corpses after they die."
The body was placed in the funeral home but was stolen by someone. A formation was set up in the school to attract the Black and White Impermanence, who dragged Xie Que into the underworld.
"Chen Shan must have a reason for wanting to kill you like this," Jing Xiebai pondered. "If he had killed you outright, we'd probably have found him right away. But if he had summoned the Black and White Impermanence to summon your soul to the underworld, I could then borrow that person's soul and go down there to find out why you weren't killed by his trap."
There must be a connection between the God of Death and Chen Shan. Chen Shan would have sensed the God of Death's death. A century-long scheme had suddenly been solved one day, and he must have wanted to know who had escaped this inevitable fate.
"He went to the underworld with you and saw that Yinlu Temple had a special relationship with you, so it can be considered a gain." Xie was, after all, just an ordinary person who had just joined the sect for a month. A master like Chen Shan would no longer take him to heart after clarifying the doubts in his heart.
"That's not right. Shouldn't the soul be unable to move freely in the underworld?"
"No." Lu Jueqiu shook his head and patiently explained, "The underworld has its own rules. The dark lamp leads the way, and it is difficult to return if you get lost. In the underworld, there is a green lamp wherever you want to go."
Xie then remembered that the person who led him was also holding a green lamp. It seemed that he was here specifically to guide souls.
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"And that security guard..." Xie firmly believed that he was not mistaken, but he didn't know why the security guard came back to life.
Jing Xiebai's brows furrowed slightly, then relaxed in an instant, a faint smile forming on the corners of his mouth. He raised his eyebrows and spoke confidently, "Let me ask you, has Chen Shan's ghost refining not yet succeeded? Has he not yet achieved enlightenment and ascended to heaven?"
"right."
"Chen Shan is over a hundred years old. Do you think he would be an old man now?"
"No." Xie Que frowned, understanding what Jing Xiebai meant. "The mortal body is bound to age. This is the natural law of birth, aging, sickness and death. No sorcery can resist it."
In order to maintain sufficient mobility, Chen Shan could only constantly replace his corpse to maintain his youth. This was also the reason why they could not find any clues at all when Chen Shan came to them.
"So, the security guard is actually Chen Shan in disguise? Chen Shan's soul is in the security guard's body?"
"Right." Jing Xiebai snapped his fingers, his expression excited. "Think about it, why did the security guard suddenly commit suicide by taking medicine? Only by taking medicine can the integrity of the body be guaranteed, so that Chen Shan can use his body."
"Then why didn't Chen Shan wait until the security guard died before immediately replacing his soul?"
"Because it will take seven days for the Black and White Impermanence to collect the soul." The soul will not leave the body within seven days after death. Changing the soul at this time will damage Chen Shan's cultivation. In order to figure out the relationship between Xie Que and Yin Cha, Chen Shan had to perform a ritual to attract the Black and White Impermanence. This action will inevitably cause him huge losses.
Evil spirits gathered, and Black and White Impermanence would definitely collect souls before the seventh day for the sake of peace in the world. This also caused Xie Que's soul to enter the underworld. Chen Shan took the opportunity to clarify his relationship with the judge.
"What a great show." Jing Xiebai's fingers tapped the table unconsciously, a mocking smile on his lips. "He undoubtedly exposed himself this time, and also provided us with a direction."
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