"The reward that Yinchi wants is incense and candles. Why doesn't the Dark Realm go to the human world to 'hint' so that people will burn more incense and candles?" Luo Zheyu asked.
"Ah~ The Dark World has rules that prohibit it from interfering with the human world, and... the living are too curious about the afterlife. In the past, the Dark World accidentally leaked information to the living world, and when the living knew about the existence of the Dark World, it was very troublesome."
The skeleton man in the suit was eager to introduce the history of the dark world. He shook his head and said, "These are all recorded in the dark world. In short, if the dark world has anything to do with the human world, nothing good will happen. Think about it, how many living people want to die? If they don't want to die, after knowing the existence of the dark world, they must want to change their life span? Some people want to be reborn in a good way in the next life, so they must try their best to make it happen? These living people who want to take the back door are still alive and not dead, so the dark world can't control them!"
The skeleton man in the suit spread his hands and concluded, "If a living person wants to mess with the dark world, the dark world has no right to control the living person, and it will definitely cause chaos."
Luo Zheyu nodded, thinking that what the skeleton man in the suit said made a lot of sense, so he pulled him to the Yin Road to summon Yinchi to do the work.
"Hey hey hey! Grandpa! I call you grandpa!"
"You said you heard it just now, so why do you still want to lure them in? Without incense and candles to pay them, they won't behave even if you tear them apart, tear them into pieces, and soak them in water..."
The skeleton man in the suit was unable to resist and was dragged by Luo Zheyu, stumbling and shouting in a hurry.
“Then pay them.”
Luo Zheyu didn't care.
"The dark world cannot interfere with the human world, but I am not from the dark world."
"Besides, there are many ways to just have people burn some incense and candles in the human world."
The dark world is lazy and is used to collecting some incense and candlelight from the human world, just enough to pay the ghost guide for leading ghosts across the river. They have no intention of changing.
Like a huge salted fish, he didn't even want to move, let alone turn over.
Luo Zheyu and the skeleton man in the suit flew to the ugly house made of purple clouds.
This is the place where Yinchi put down the ghosts, and it is also the starting point for crossing the river.
The two of them will start from here, fly across the Styx and reach the Yin Road, where thousands of ghosts are quietly floating, waiting for new ghosts to arrive, and then lead the ghosts across the river and send them to the dark world.
The water of the River Styx has a suction force. Ordinary ghosts cannot fly on the River Styx. If they insist on crossing the River Styx, they will only be dragged down by the suction force into the endless river and float in the water until one day, they are lucky enough to be discovered and rescued by the law enforcement officers of the dark world.
If you are unlucky and are never discovered by other ghosts, it is possible that you will be dissolved in the River Styx.
Yinchi was born with the ability to resist the suction of the Styx, so he took on the responsibility of escorting ghosts across the river.
Ghosts will fall asleep when crossing the river, in order to prevent the ghosts from struggling randomly, so that the demon cannot withstand the force of the struggle and accidentally throw the ghosts into the River Styx.
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"Eh? The time is wrong. Why are there new ghosts being sent here at this time..."
When Luo Zheyu and the skeleton man in a suit were walking above the River Styx, they saw a few bright orange and yellow lights flying towards them in the darkness from afar.
When you get closer, you can clearly see an old man with white hair and beard and wearing a Taoist robe hanging under a paper lantern, and under another lantern is a young woman. In addition to these, there is also a... human-shaped puppet?
The skeleton man in the suit sniffed his nose and asked in confusion, "These two are clearly ghosts, so why do they still have a bit of human aura? Have they been in a crowd for too long and picked up the smell?"
"Go and have a look."
Luo Zheyu carried the skeleton man in a suit and flew towards the paper lantern.
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Although one cannot clearly see the distance, cannot see the living and dead objects hidden in the darkness, and cannot see the end, the boundless dark world gives people a feeling of vastness and emptiness.
The cold wind brushed my cheeks, and my limbs and body were entangled in circles of fine threads. My feet felt empty, and my body was shaking slightly. I had no foothold, and a faint fishy smell with water vapor lingered at my nose.
Xu Xiaoyu waited anxiously, not daring to move or look down. Fortunately, the old Taoist priest was in front of her and she could see him in her field of vision, which made her feel somewhat at ease.
"…I was discovered. What bad luck…"
The old Taoist priest's soft whisper blew into Xu Xiaoyu's ears along with the fishy and cold wind.
From Xu Xiaoyu's perspective, he could just see the old Taoist priest's right hand move quietly, reach into the cloth bag he was carrying, and grope in the bag.
"...These two guys are the management of the dark world, right? Didn't they predict good luck this morning? Master, could it be that your divination is not accurate anymore?"
The few people holding lanterns walked forward for a distance. The old Taoist priest's back, which originally blocked Xu Xiaoyu's sight, was slightly shifted because of the direction of travel, and Xu Xiaoyu saw two figures getting closer and closer in front of him.
The man on the left was wearing a white shirt and black pants. His face looked a little childish, and he was still in high school. His slender eyes seemed to be filled with stars, shining and colorful. The tail of his eyes was slightly upturned, but there was no weirdness or gloom, but instead, he was extremely clear and charming.
The man on the right was wearing a red striped suit, and because he was too thin, he looked very tall, with long, straight limbs like chopsticks. He was held by the man on the left by the scruff of his neck, like a cat being held by the scruff of its neck, with his hands hanging down helplessly.
The two of them stood in the air, floating in the sky without the help of any objects. In this dark sky, they looked like gods and demons.
Xu Xiaoyu panicked, but seeing that the old Taoist priest and the human-shaped puppet in front of him were motionless, he could only stand still and watch what happened.
As he got closer, he could see clearly that although the dark eye sockets of the man in the suit were open, there were no eyeballs in them.
He looked like a skeleton, with only a thin layer of flesh on his face. The dark eye sockets seemed to be aware of Xu Xiaoyu's gaze. Suddenly, a flash of white emerged from the eye sockets and turned into a small skeleton. The upper body poked out of the eye sockets and waved at Xu Xiaoyu.
The scream was stuck in her throat, Xu Xiaoyu's body felt cold, and she could hardly control her mouth as she was about to roar.
The old Taoist priest took action at this moment. He groped in the cloth bag with his right hand and grabbed a stack of light yellow talisman papers. He held them up to his forehead and muttered something, then threw the talisman papers out.
The stack of talisman papers immediately turned into eight pieces, which flew out one after another and were arranged into a formation according to a strange rhythm. They shifted and turned back and forth, surrounding Luo Zheyu and the skeleton man in a suit, wrapping them up and temporarily delaying their steps.
Then, the old Taoist took out three incense sticks as thick as his wrist from his cloth bag, made a hand gesture, and somehow, small flames appeared at the tops of the incense sticks, and they started to burn, with wisps of green smoke floating up.
"Hurry, hurry, speed up, run faster! Fortunately, I'm prepared. I have the best incense in my hand!"
The old Taoist priest shouted while throwing the remaining two incense sticks to the human-shaped puppet and Xu Xiaoyu respectively.
The puppet swung gently, and Xiang was firmly held in its arms; Xu Xiaoyu was much more embarrassed, and he was busy pinching the top of Xiang, almost letting Xiang fall into the endless Styx below him. He was burned by the sparks, and he suppressed the conditioned reflex of the human body and did not let go.
I don't know what the incense stick as thick as a wrist is made of. The green smoke it produced turned into a line, lingering up in the air. Even when it was thrown around in the air, the smoke did not break.
After the three of them held burning incense in their hands, the paper lanterns above their heads swayed gently, as if they were jumping for joy, and then they were pulled forward in the air at a speed that suddenly increased by more than ten times, and they flew dozens of meters in an instant.
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"So he is a strange man from the human world. I haven't seen him in the dark world for a long time..."
The skeleton man in the suit said in surprise, with a hint of nostalgia in his tone.
Luo Zheyu waved his left hand, and his own soul power surged, knocking down all the talismans surrounding the two people.
The talisman paper fell into the River Styx without even causing a ripple, and sank quietly into the depths of the river.
He picked up the skeleton man in a suit and was about to chase after the three paper lanterns.
"etc!"
The skeleton man in the suit shouted.
"Don't chase them yet. Wait until they stop and land. Those Yinchi are unreliable. If we chase them and a fight breaks out, the Yinchi won't be able to bear the weight and will throw them directly into the Styx. If a living person falls into the Styx, he will be dead even if he is fished out."
After a pause, he added: "The Styx will go crazy if it eats a living person. I don't want the Dark World to be washed away by this stinking water."
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The appearance of the dark world was beyond Xu Xiaoyu's expectations.
She had imagined many different appearances of the world of the dead: eerie, terrifying, majestic, bloody, inhuman, and even the cold metallic colors like those in science fiction films, but she had never expected the world of the dead to be so dreamy and beautiful.
This place is more like paradise, a paradise for the dead.
However, although the scenery was beautiful, Xu Xiaoyu had no intention of appreciating it. She was more concerned about something else.
The two hid among the clouds.
"Little girl, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?"
"That, that puppet..."
"That... that's not a puppet, it's my master's possession."
"..."Xu Xiaoyu felt that this sentence contained too much information and didn't know which question to ask first.
Should I ask him questions about his master or about the puppet?
"Little girl, don't worry about this for now. We have come to the land of the dead. What are you afraid of? The most urgent thing is to find your friend. Do you have anything she often uses? Or her name, birth date, or photo will do."
What the old Taoist priest was thinking was that no matter whether Xu Xiaoyu’s friend was dead or alive, he should at least find him out first and see how Xu Xiaoyu would deal with it.
"I don't have anything personal... But I remember her birthday, and I have her photo in my phone! Her name is Chen Manyin, and she was born in..."
Xu Xiaoyu's cell phone was placed on the ground, propped up with a cell phone stand. A photo was displayed on the lit screen. A young girl was smiling brightly and gently.
A thin incense stick was inserted into a small porcelain bottle and placed in front of the mobile phone. The incense stick was lit and light smoke rose straight up.
The old Taoist priest took out a palm-sized bell from a cloth bag that looked like a treasure bag, and shook it rhythmically, muttering something. Xu Xiaoyu only heard him occasionally calling Chen Manyin's name, with a rising and falling voice that was somewhat similar to the sound of the shamans dancing on TV.
After a moment.
"I have good news to tell you." The old Taoist priest put away the bell and incense sticks and said with a smile.
"What?"
"I called Chen Manyin's name, but there was no response from her spirit."
Xu Xiaoyu was a little confused, but also seemed to have some understanding. She was not quite sure, and looked at the old Taoist priest with expectation.
"Chen Manyin is still alive, so her spirit can't hear me calling her."
When Xu Xiaoyu heard this, a huge smile suddenly broke out on her face. Her nose and eyes turned red, and crystal tears rolled down her cheeks. She was overjoyed.
"She's still alive, great!"
"Let's go find her!"
She said excitedly, but then became hesitant again.
"Where do we go to find her?"
"This..." The old Taoist twisted his white beard, glanced at the puppet standing on his shoulder, and said, "I'll have to trouble you, Master, to help me find that person..."
Before he could finish, a clear and penetrating voice came from above his head.
"Are you here to see Chen Manyin? Come with me."
Xu Xiaoyu looked up and saw only the other person's tall back.
It was Luo Zheyu and the skeleton man in a suit. After the old Taoist priest, Xu Xiaoyu and the puppet landed on the ground, they chased after them and just happened to hear the conversation between the old Taoist priest and Xu Xiaoyu.
The skeleton man in the suit walked side by side with Luo Zheyu. He quietly turned his head 180 degrees, facing Xu Xiaoyu with his face and back at the same time. A flash of white suddenly appeared in his eye sockets. The little skeleton poked its head out of the dark eye sockets, raised his arms, and made a heart shape to Xu Xiaoyu.
Xu Xiaoyu: Ah!!!
My heart was screaming like a groundhog, and my face was paralyzed with fear, as if it was cold and unapproachable.
Something also quietly poked its head out from Luo Zheyu, who was standing next to the skeleton man in the suit.
A closer look revealed that it was an exquisite brown bear doll. It poked its body out from Luo Zheyu's waist, and its dark red, round eyes stared at the doll on the old Taoist's shoulder, with a faint red light flashing.
Obviously, the old Taoist priest thought that he was hiding very secretly with Xu Xiaoyu, but it was not reliable at all. Luo Zheyu discovered their location at a glance... His talent for playing hide-and-seek must be zero.
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Luo Zheyu originally planned to wait until dawn in the human world before sending Chen Manyin back, but he didn't expect that the other party's friend was quite capable and could ignore the yin-yang separation between the dark world and the human world to come find her, and he almost found her.
Since the other party is here to pick up Chen Manyin, take them to pick her up.
There is no need to rush to find Yinchi to do the job.
Of course, Luo Zheyu was interested in the old Taoist priest and the incense stick in his hand that was as thick as his wrist.
For this kind of Taoist priest who looks like an immortal, it only takes a few minutes to guide a few people to burn more incense.
It would be a shame to not use the talents that come to your doorstep.
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"Wow! What the hell is this!"
The old Taoist priest and Xu Xiaoyu followed Luo Zheyu to the place where the death energy was growing and spreading. Looking at the dark and obscure death energy, they were so shocked that they gasped and were extremely shocked.
“It’s dead air.”
The skeleton man in a suit came around to the old Taoist priest at some point, and yanked off two of his white beards at lightning speed, saying leisurely, "Taoist priest, although the strength of the aliens in your world is not very good, they have many clever ideas. What do you think after seeing this thing?"
The old Taoist priest covered his beard and said in pain: "What are you doing! Go away!"
"Don't be stingy. I'll pull a few of your hairs and exchange business cards. In the future, when I'm bored in the underworld, I can still ask you to come down and play with me to relieve my boredom. Hehehehe..."
The skeleton man in the suit laughed strangely.
The puppet on the old Taoist's shoulder stood up and took a step forward with an unfriendly attitude.
Luo Zheyu glanced at the skeleton man in a suit and said nothing.
The skeleton man in the suit immediately stopped laughing strangely, touched his eye sockets awkwardly, took out a small rectangular piece of paper from the pocket of his suit jacket and handed it to the old Taoist priest.
"Yes, out of courtesy, we will exchange business cards. At a specific time and place, call this number and I will answer it~"
The old Taoist priest stroked his beard, snorting and not wanting to pay attention to him. His eyes made of black buttons stared at the skeleton man in the suit with a warning. He raised his two cloth arms and took the business card from the manager of the underworld.
The skeleton man in the suit didn't care. He raised his bony hand that looked like a mannequin, put two fingers in front of his lips, then raised it and blew a kiss to Xu Xiaoyu who had been watching them quietly.
Xu Xiaoyu shuddered.
Xu Xiaoyu felt scared and couldn't help but think of a sentence.
【You are so sexy. 】
Fortunately, the skeleton man in the suit couldn't hear her thoughts.
Although they are ghosts, they do not know human hearts.
"Xu Xiaoyu?"
"You...why are you here!?"
Chen Manyin, who stayed beside the multifaceted mirror, discovered Xu Xiaoyu and exclaimed loudly. There was surprise, doubt, sadness, and uncertainty in her tone, but no surprise.
This is the Dark World, the world of the dead.
It has nothing to do with living people.
Seeing Xu Xiaoyu here, Chen Manyin's mind was full of bad guesses.
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