"Will you escort these ghosts directly to the Naihe Bridge and let them reincarnate?"
Amidst the blood-red flowers of the other shore, Luo Zheyu stood tall and slender. His soul seemed merely pure and solid, not very powerful, but his aura was extremely strong and sharp, as if it would transform into blades and shoot out at any time.
"That's not the case." Horse-Faced Guard said seriously.
With a horse head, he managed to show a serious expression on his face. Luo Zheyu blinked again and again.
I'm not dazzled, it's indeed a very serious horse face.
"These ghosts have reached the end of their lifespans and will be taken to the King of Hell's Palace, where they will be judged by the King of Hell to determine whether they are guilty or not. If they are innocent, they will be spared from suffering. If they are guilty, they will be thrown into the eighteen levels of hell and will have to endure great suffering before they can get out. At that time, they can choose to be reborn or practice in the underworld as a ghost cultivator. It is up to you." Niu Tou continued in a rough voice.
After Niutou finished speaking, Luo Zheyu very tactfully turned his gaze to Horse-Faced.
Sure enough, this time it was Horse-Faced Demon's turn to speak.
"The underworld has always been clear about rewards and punishments. In the underworld, ghosts who have done wrong can be forgiven because they have already accepted their punishment."
After saying this, the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Ghosts looked at the ghosts who were tied together with ropes and were struggling to climb ashore from the River Styx.
"Come ashore quickly." Niutou urged.
"You're quite lucky." Horse-Faced Man said in a deep voice.
The ghosts looked at Horse-Faced Ghost in bewilderment, not knowing what he meant. They all felt that they were extremely unlucky to be forcibly taken to the underworld by a person who claimed to be an extraditionist. How could they be so lucky?
"You have been staying in the human world for many years, disrupting the order of the human world and violating the laws of the underworld. You should be punished."
"But the ghosts who are sent to the underworld by extradition do not need to be punished."
"If the Black and White Impermanence escort you here, you will inevitably suffer."
The Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Ghosts spoke to each other casually while the ghosts climbed ashore.
After all the ghosts had come ashore and stood in position, the Ox-Head and Horse-Face stepped forward, one in front and one behind, each holding the two ends of the rope.
The Horse-Faced Guard shook his head, exhaled two long breaths from his nose, and said, "You have already entered the underworld, don't even think about escaping."
Niu Tou continued: "Without the two of us escorting them, the guilty people will sink into the Forgotten River after crossing the Naihe Bridge."
The ghosts floating in the Forgotten River are extremely miserable to watch. If they are not careful, they will sink to the bottom of the river forever and never climb out, enduring torment day and night.
It's just the pain of the soul. After a long time and getting used to it, it won't be so scary. But eternal loneliness is not something that everyone can endure.
"If you escape this time, the two of us will never escort you to Hades' Palace again."
The ghosts shrank their necks, looked at each other, and exchanged crazy glances.
Still running away?
I dare not.
Can't afford to offend.
"You two, please wait a minute." Luo Zheyu suddenly remembered something and called out to the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Demon who were about to take the ghosts away.
"What else do you want to extradite someone?"
Luo Zheyu patted the hull of the Styx boat and took out the soul power that he had deliberately left behind and had not yet absorbed.
Among the ghosts tied together, a beautiful woman wearing a red cheongsam was found.
"Can the transaction still continue? I want to buy some clay sculptures."
"Ah? Oh oh..." The cheongsam woman was stunned, raised her head, her lips slightly opened, her eyes widened, a look of surprise, and nodded quickly. She reached out and touched behind her ear. A gray-white clay figurine appeared in her hand. After handing it to Luo Zheyu, she reached out and touched behind her ear again.
He did this about ten times, and each time he only took out one clay figurine, and all ten or so were stuffed into Luo Zheyu's hands.
"This, this is all I have done..."
The cheongsam woman put down her hands, placed them on her abdomen, and said nervously.
"What ability did you use just now?"
Luo Zheyu asked.
You can store and retrieve items on your body without taking up space. You can take them out at will, just like having the world in your sleeve. It is very convenient.
His scythe can also materialize from thin air, but it is the only one with this ability.
"It's just some little tricks. Each time you deposit money, you can only get a small amount out. It's not worth mentioning."
The cheongsam woman waved her hands repeatedly, looking very flustered.
"I remember that the prices of your clay sculptures vary. How much soul power do they require in total?"
The cheongsam woman raised her head slightly and glanced at him. Her eyes met his sharp and fierce ones and she quickly lowered her eyes.
"No, no need. I'll give them all to you. I don't need any soul power anymore!"
Luo Zheyu paused and looked at her in silence.
He was much taller than the woman, and when his eyelids were lowered, his long, thick eyelashes cast shadows under his eyes, making it impossible to see his expression.
He placed his hand on the cheongsam woman's arm, and all the soul power that had not been absorbed from the silver boat was transferred to the cheongsam woman.
“I don’t want the soul power, keep it for yourself!” The cheongsam woman didn’t know what kind of monster he was. She was afraid of offending him and struggled to free his arms in panic.
"You won't sell it to me?"
Luo Zheyu paused his fingers in mid-air, his eyes drooped further, as if staring at the ground, and asked in a low voice.
"No, I don't dare..."
The woman in cheongsam buried her head, and her entire face was blocked.
"Don't dare to be unwilling?"
The originally clear voice became low and no emotion could be heard.
"No, no..."
It was clearly a ghost, but it seemed as if beads of sweat were oozing from her forehead.
"Then keep it."
Luo Zheyu said no more and directly transferred all the remaining soul power to her.
"Since the extradition has been completed, the two of us still need to escort these hundred ghosts to the Hades Palace, so I'll take my leave now."
The Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demon bowed.
Looking at the pile of more than a dozen clay figurines in his hand, Luo Zheyu nodded.
After the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Monsters left, he raised his head and looked at the vast expanses of fiery red spider lilies that seemed to connect heaven and earth. He narrowed his eyes and took a deep breath.
The red spider lily has no smell. What enters your nose is the scent of the distant Forgetful River and the smell of yellow earth and mud on the road to the underworld.
The red spider lily flowers on the left suddenly moved.
Luo Zheyu's eyes fixed and he turned his head to look in that direction.
There are no insects or animals in the red spider lily bushes. The branches and petals together are no more than half a meter high, just a little over the height of an adult's knee. It is impossible to hide a person. How could there be any movement?
"Hey! Boy, boy! Here, here!"
As a small, old female voice came from the flowers, layer after layer of red spider lily branches were pushed aside.
A palm-sized, ten-centimeter-tall figure walked out from among the branches.
It looked like an old lady with an aged face and white hair.
She walked out, raised her wrinkled hands to tidy up her silver hair, straightened the messy hair behind her head, and patted the blue cotton clothes that were stained with mud and petals, tidying them up. Then she raised her head and looked at Luo Zheyu who was standing not far away.
With her palm facing in her direction, she waved back at him.
"Come here, come closer, young man, come here."
Seeing that Luo Zheyu was just staring at her with a murderous look in his eyes but did not move, the white-haired old lady could not help but jump up a few times, frowned her light eyebrows, and waved her hands even harder.
"I have something to tell you, come here, young man!"
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
Luo Zheyu said in a calm voice.
"Oh, really..." The white-haired old lady muttered a few words and walked towards him.
"I just need your help." The old lady walked to Luo Zheyu's legs, jumped up and hit his knee.
"Squat down, squat down, lift your head and look at how hard it is for you. My cervical vertebrae are all old bones, so tired."
Luo Zheyu half-knelt down as he was told, staring at the old lady's small figure, examining her carefully.
"What can I do for you?"
"Young man, I saw everything just now. I heard from the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Guards that you are the...someone who is bringing you to justice, right?"
Luo Zheyu remained silent, which was considered as his agreement.
"I see that you are not a ghost messenger from the underworld. You are just sending ghosts from the human world here. You should not care about the ghosts from the underworld, right?"
The old lady tried hard to open her droopy eyes and look at him.
"Whatever." Luo Zheyu replied.
"That's good, that's good..." The old lady patted her chest lightly, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked much more relaxed.
Very suspicious.
"It's like this, I want you to help me find our old man."
"Looking for someone...in the human world?" Luo Zheyu raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Yes, yes, that's right, we should look for him in the human world. The boy is not only handsome, but also very smart. You guessed it before I even said it!"
The little old lady had a big smile on her face, her mouth wide open, revealing a tiny gold tooth.
"Here's what happened... When I died, I was already over seventy years old. But when I arrived at the underworld, I was sent to Hades' Palace by the ghost messenger. The King of Hell actually told me that my life span had not yet ended and I could not be reincarnated! You said I was over seventy years old, so I died of old age. How could my life span not yet ended?"
"But it just so happens that I made an appointment with the old man that when he reaches a certain age and comes down, we will reincarnate together. But I have been waiting here in the underworld, waiting for my life to run out and for the Bull-Headed and Horse-Faced Demon to come and take me away. It has been more than 20 years, and he still hasn't come down."
"This damn old man, is he planning to live up there for two hundred years? He would have turned into an old monster. I don't want to register to be a ghost cultivator. Once I register, I won't be allowed to change my mind and reincarnate within a hundred years. I have no choice but to think of a way to hide in the red spider lily bushes to avoid the search of the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons."
"Here, look..." The old lady opened her hands and waved them left and right in front of Luo Zheyu.
She is only about ten centimeters tall and hidden among the endless flowers of the red spider lily, making her indeed difficult to find.
"This is the method I used to avoid the Ox-Head and Horse-Face Demons. If you help me go to the human world and find out what that old man is doing, I will pass this method on to you."
"It's quite interesting." Luo Zheyu said.
"How about it?"
The old lady asked.
"Okay, I'll go and take a look for you. If he's already a ghost, I'll send him here. But if he's still alive, I can only come and tell you."
"No problem! If the old man were still alive, I wouldn't force him to go to hell, right? Just help me take a look at him."
After saying this, the old lady tilted her head slightly, her eyes fixed on the void, and thought carefully: "When I died, the address of my home was... the old man's name was Gao Yuntao... my name was Xu Xiuya..."
"Now that you've found it, why are you still here to look for me? I've been waiting here for you lately!"
"good."
Luo Zheyu nodded.
"But I have something else to do. I have to go to the underworld first."
"Go ahead, go ahead. Just don't ask the ghost to arrest me." The old lady waved at him with a smile, turned around and disappeared into the flowers of the other shore.
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