Chapter 11
Luo Zhi said: "264."
Luo Yu kept converting in his mind: "264, that's 22 in the human world, I'm exactly 22 this year." This is really a coincidence, "Luo Zhi, then we are the same age."
Luo Zhi hummed.
Luo Yu asked again: "What month were you born in?"
Luo Zhi shook his head: "I don't know."
Luo Yu rubbed his chin, stared at Luo Zhi's face, and asked, "Then you didn't celebrate your birthday?"
"No." Luo Zhi said, "There is no such thing as birthdays in the underworld. We live as long as we can. It doesn't matter."
"Is that so?" Luo Yu laughed. "Then how about I celebrate your birthday this year, Master Luo Zhi?"
At this moment, Luo Yu's eyes were exceptionally bright in the darkness, so bright that Luo Zhi even felt a little blinded. After a moment, he turned his gaze away and said sullenly, "Okay."
Luo Yu said: "Do you mind spending the same day with me?"
Luo Zhi said without hesitation: "I don't mind."
Luo Yu said, "Well, our birthday is at the end of this month. I'll ask my mom to prepare two cakes and fry a big pot of your favorite crayfish. Hehe, are you looking forward to it?"
This time, Luo Zhi took a long time to answer, so long that Luo Yu thought he was unhappy.
Then he heard him say, "Thank you, Luo Yu."
This was the first time Luo Yu heard him call her name, and she was not quite used to it for a moment. She paced a few steps, looking around, and then said awkwardly: "...It's okay, I'm quite looking forward to it."
"Wang Sanpao, you shameless bitch! You betrayed your comrades! You deserve a horrible death! I curse you to be fucked everywhere for the rest of your life!"
A roar came from far away, and Luo Zhiluo looked in the direction of the sound at the same time.
Wang Sanpao limped towards Luo Zhi with a smile on his face, blood all over his face. His left hand, which was covered with scratches, was wrapped in a thick, dry vine. Behind him were three troublemakers tied up by the vines. The voice just now was made by one of them.
Wang Sanpao dragged the three troublemakers to Luo Zhi and followed him, raising his chin to him and indicating that he should look at his own record.
It was easy for Luo Zhi to deal with the three troublemaking ghosts, but for a ghost with low spiritual power like Wang Sanpao, it was a bit stressful.
Luo Zhi nodded to him with satisfaction, then frowned, and the three troublemakers tied up by vines began to howl like ghosts and wolves, with the screams continuing one after another.
Their postures began to become twisted and weird, especially their legs, which were shaking as if they were being chopped off piece by piece by a butcher.
Wang Sanpao was trembling all over. He had just experienced this kind of pain not long ago.
Luo Yu had no idea what Luo Zhi had done to them, let alone that Luo Zhi was so cruel that he made them suffer the pain of having their bones slowly broken.
He just thought their appearance was too creepy, so he said, "Luo Zhi, do you want to treat their injuries... just like you did to Wang Sanpao just now?"
Luo Zhi said, "No need, just throw them back to the red rain." He turned and retraced his steps. "Let's go, I'll take you to the maple forest."
Hearing him say this, Luo Yu had no choice but to jump and follow him.
Wang Sanpao dragged the three troublemakers who were howling in pain silently and followed. As the three troublemakers kept turning over and struggling in pain, it became even more difficult for him to drag them.
On the way, Luo Yu noticed that he was struggling and wanted to come over to help him. However, before he could take two steps back, his wrist was grabbed by Luo Zhi and he was taken in another direction.
"Hey, where are we going again?"
Luo Zhi didn't reply, but said to Wang Sanpao, whose face was covered in blood and sweat, "Wait for us at the entrance."
Wang Sanpao did not dare to neglect and responded three times: "Yes, yes, yes!"
Luo Zhi then said to Luo Yu, "I'll take you to see the blue swans in the maple forest. They're all out wandering around at this time."
Although the maple forest is a prison for troublemakers, it is also a very beautiful place, and the blue swans in it are a classic representative.
The only difference between the blue swan in the underworld and the black swan in the human world is the feathers. Everything else is the same: the slender neck is elegantly S-shaped, and the velvet blue feathers all over the body are as dazzling as diamonds.
They only appear for an hour a day, and after that, they look for a place to rest and hide. Strangely enough, I don't know if the blue swans can become invisible or if there is some unknown barrier in the maple forest, but every time they appear for an hour, they disappear without a trace, as if they had never existed.
Ben Ben, one of the twelve spirit beasts, was a horse ghost. He once specifically waited for the blue swan to go, but in the end, he was always unsuccessful. He either fell asleep while squatting or suddenly had to pee urgently.
He waited for nearly ten years, but finally gave up.
Later, he made up the story of the blue swan into a human-like story and told it to ghosts who loved to listen to stories. As hundreds of years passed, his stories became more and more out of control. He even made up a ridiculous story that the blue swan was an undercover agent sent by the human world to the underworld.
It really fits the saying that it's irrelevant and getting further and further away.
Luo Zhi learned about the existence of blue swans in the maple forest from these stories. At that time, he was still young and his magic power was not high, so he could not step into the maple forest at all.
After the Ghost King found out, he took him to see it, and found out that 80% of the story about the blue swan was nonsense made up by the ghost Ma.
The blue swan does indeed only appear for one hour a day, and it does indeed disappear without a trace in one hour. There is no answer to this question to this day, and even the Ghost King does not know.
But what Ma Gui said about the Blue Swan being a transformed monster, sent from the human world, and being a dangerous organization is all fucking bullshit.
"Blue Swan?" Luo Yu exclaimed, "Is it a swan with blue feathers?"
Luo Zhi nodded, and he had already let go of Luo Yu's hand.
Luo Yu quickened his pace and walked ahead of him, excited but also regretful. "Damn, I must bring my phone next time! I missed so many beautiful sights."
Luo Zhi said, "Isn't it better to remember with your eyes?
Luo Yu said without looking back, "It's different. The moment captured is eternal. When we want to see each other one day and we can't, at least we have the photos. We can recall every little moment through them, and it won't be so painful."
Luo Zhi, however, disagreed. He said, "But isn't this just showing mercy? If you can't see her, then there shouldn't be any trace left."
Luo Yu saw him refute, but he didn't think twice. He slowed down his pace and explained to him slowly: "Luo Zhi, I don't know if you ghosts sometimes have the idea of living without knowing why, but we sometimes do, and then at some point we are glad to be alive."
"For example, when I saw my parents playing around, and then my dad told me to get lost and not get in his way, I felt really lucky to be alive at that moment." Luo Yu turned around, the smile in his eyes seeming to color everything around him.
The maple forest has become even more brilliant red, as if it has the power to devour the hearts of ghosts.
The heart of despair is inexplicable
It feels a bit uncomfortable.
Luo Yu continued, "For example, right now, I can actually see a swan with blue feathers, which doesn't exist in the human world! So it would be a shame if I didn't record such an important moment with my phone."
Luo Zhi said, "Then I'll remind you to bring it next time."
Luo Yu smiled even brighter, and said, "Luo Zhi, you are so easy to talk to."
Luo Zhi only looked at the smile for two seconds, then looked straight ahead and walked straight away.
At this moment, several red maple leaves fell on his shoulders, and Luo Yu took them off for him.
As a result, he couldn't stop after picking it up. The maple leaves seemed to have become spirits and kept falling on Luo Zhi.
Along the way, Luo Yu had been following Luo Zhi to pick up the red maple leaves that fell on him. If there was a sack at this moment, it would have been half full.
When they were almost at a lake, Luo Yu no longer had the mood to help Luo Zhi pick up the fallen leaves.
In the center of the lake, which is reflected red by the maple forest, several blue swans are swimming shallowly, and ripples are formed on the calm water as they swim gracefully.
Luo Yu rushed to the lakeside and waved excitedly to greet them, looking silly yet serious: "Hey, beautiful blue swans, look who I am? I am a human, a human! Have you never seen this before? Come over and admire me!"
When the blue swans heard his voice, they actually swam over. Luo Zhi looked at them in disbelief.
He had come into contact with blue swans several times. They were aloof and not easy to get close to. Could it be that they could really sense that Luo Yu was a human?
But that wasn't right. He had cast a spell on Luo Yu, so he couldn't see anything unusual.
Five blue swans had swam to the edge of the lake and landed only one meter away from them.
Luo Yu said, "What are your names? Why are you so beautiful?"
The blue swans made a pleasant cackle, answering Luo Yu's questions.
Luo Yu didn't understand, so he said what he thought in his mind: "Oh... I know." He pointed one by one from left to right, "Your name is Wufu, your name is Sixi, your name is Sanqing, your name is Erha, and your name is Yijue, right?"
The blue swan started cackling again, and this time it was obviously more excited than before. Luo Yu also laughed along.
Luo Zhi walked to his side, looked at them smiling, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Luo Yu's smile is always like this, very contagious.
At this time, Luo Zhi produced a small cabbage in his hand, handed it to Luo Yu, and said, "They like you very much. Feed them and see if they will eat it."
Luo Yu looked at the cabbage in Luo Zhi's hand, his mind went blank for a moment, and he said, "Where did you get the cabbage?"
Luo Zhi said, “I bought it when I passed by Xiangxu Street.”
Luo Yu said: "How could I not know? And, you have money?"
Luo Zhi was like a petty thief at the moment. He said, "I bought it when you greeted the tea stall owner just now. I don't have any money, but I have summoned Wangwang to pay for it."
Luo Yu took the cabbage, tossed it in his hand, and said, "Master Luo Zhi, you are quite advanced. You can make us use it first and pay later."
Luo Zhi: "Well, feed them."
"Right away." Luo Yu broke the vegetable slices, then broke them into six pieces and fed them to the blue swans.
The blue swans bent their long, slender necks, picked up the slices of vegetable floating on the water with their bright red beaks and started eating.
Luo Yu said as he broke it: "Luo Zhi, do you come over to feed me often?"
Luo Zhi said, "I haven't been here for fifty years."
Luo Yu said: "Why? Are you tired of watching it?"
Luo Zhi shook his head: "It's not annoying, it's just that a ghost can't do anything except feeding it."
The blue swan can't speak, so what's the point of him coming here every day? He will still be lonely.
Luo Yu stopped breaking the vegetable slices. He hesitated for a long while, as if he had made up his mind, and said:
"Luozhi, if you don't mind, I can always come with you later." As if he felt that he hadn't expressed it well enough, he added:
"I mean more than just this year."
Luo Zhi's whole body tensed up. He no longer looked at Luo Yu, but stared straight ahead. The lake with the reflection of the red maple forest was reflected in his eyes behind the lenses, and it was unclear whether the image in his eyes was the ripples on the water or tears were welling up in his eyes.
After a long while, he said, "Thank you."
Neither rejection nor acceptance.
Luo Yu laughed awkwardly twice and said, "It's okay. Whenever you need me, just call me. I'm always here."
Luo Zhi said, "Yeah. They've finished eating."
Luo Yu looked at the lakeside and saw that the blue swans were staring at the cabbage in his hand, so he continued to pick it.
After feeding the blue swans, Luo Zhi took Luo Yu for a walk around the lake and then returned to the entrance of Honglindi.
On the way, Luo Yu chatted with Luo Zhi in a casual manner.
Luo Yu: "Luo Zhi, why did the Ghost King give you that bouquet of small fish flowers?"
Luo Zhi: "Little Fish Flower? Did you give it a name?"
Luo Yu: "It's too ordinary, isn't it? Then I'll think of something better."
Luo Zhi: "No need, Xiao Yu Hua sounds good enough."
Luo Yu was a little stunned. He said, "What's the original name of this flower?"
Luo Zhi said, "It doesn't have a name, so from now on it will be called Xiaoyuhua."
Luo Yu didn't say anything else. He always felt that Luo Zhi was accommodating him, but it was not right. Why would he accommodate him? There was nothing good about him.
Luo Zhi said, "Little Fish Flower can survive in the human world. When you return, you can put it on the windowsill and raise it."
Luo Yu said: "In that case, wouldn't it become a unique existence in the world?"
Luo Zhi said, "You want to sell it?"
“…………”
Luo Yu felt that Luo Zhi had labeled him a money-grubber, and he had to quickly take it off: "No, no, I'm not greedy for money to this extent. Don't think I'm so greedy. Don't worry, I will take good care of you."
Luo Zhi just nodded without saying anything, and it was unclear what he was answering.
As they were talking, they had already reached the entrance to the red-stained ground.
Wang Sanpao was sleeping against a rock, while the three troublemakers were lying on the ground motionless, as if dead.
When Luo Zhi saw this scene, his face darkened and he seemed about to get angry.
Luo Yu secretly thought that something was wrong and quickly sent a signal to Wang Sanpao. He deliberately twisted his body and shouted, "Ouch! Who is grabbing my feet? My feet stink!"
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