The white light was a bit dazzling, and for a moment it was difficult to see clearly who it was, or whether it was a soul.
But I could see that he didn't walk over, but floated over.
But in an instant, he appeared in front of us.
When I saw him, I was shocked. It could be a person, or a ghost. He was wearing a white robe with a short collar and a tall hat on his head.
There were four words written on the hat, "Get rich as soon as you see it", and the four words were bright red.
His face was frighteningly white, as if it was covered with a layer of lime.
My lips are also dry and a little purple.
But this was not the most terrifying thing for me. What frightened me the most was that his tongue was sticking out. The tongue was more than a foot long and hung down on his chin, looking like a large red worm lying on the side of his mouth.
"That's... Bai Wuchang!"
Master Chu called out the name of the "monster" with trepidation.
White Impermanence
I seem to have seen it in the introduction of Yin Yang Soul Crossing Notes. It looks exactly like this. The notes also say that Bai Wuchang is a ghost official in the underworld, who is responsible for seducing souls. But why is he here!
"Lord Wuchang!"
Master Xiao hurriedly clasped his hands together, bowed to Bai Wuchang, and called out.
Then everyone recovered from their shock and bowed to Bai Wuchang.
The White Impermanence's eyelids did not blink, and there was very little black in his eyes. His eyes swept over everyone one by one, but he did not stop. Finally, his gaze fixed on the pile of ashes of Taoist Yang Chen, which had turned into ashes, behind us.
He said in a low voice: "This time I am here on behalf of the underworld to reward you for your merits. It seems that it was you Taoists who really killed the Taoist Yang Chen. This is a great achievement! Now what reward do you want?"
Bai Wuchang didn't say much and just told the purpose of his coming here.
We stood there as terrified as mice seeing a cat.
However, when Bai Wuchang said that he would reward us, I found that Master Chu and Master Qi next to me both showed joy on their faces.
Oh, now I remember that when I was in Fengmen Village, Master Chu’s big talisman and Master Qi’s “Pure Yang Water” were rewards from the underworld.
“Will there really be a reward?”
I lowered my voice and asked Master Qi who was standing next to me.
Master Qi smiled and nodded.
Seeing Master Qi nod, I secretly rejoiced in my heart. It seems that serving the underworld is not bad. There are also rewards, wow, not bad!
However, although things seemed to be going smoothly this time, the danger involved was evident.
Perhaps because they were afraid of offending Bai Wuchang, everyone looked at each other and said nothing.
Seeing that none of us said anything, Bai Wuchang on the other side spoke again: "It's great that you can eliminate disasters for the living world, and you should be rewarded. Now tell me what you want? ... ... However, the underworld also has its own rules, and valuable things cannot flow into the living world."
"... But the underworld can still afford talismans, magic tools, or some other gadgets!"
When he said this, Bai Wuchang stopped talking.
There was joy on everyone's face.
Master Chu is a wise man and has been rewarded by the underworld, so he spoke on behalf of everyone.
"Master Wuchang, we are ordinary Taoist priests in the Yang world. What we need are some tools to catch ghosts. Only in this way can we better serve the Yang world. If you want to give us some, just give us some tools to catch ghosts. We are not picky."
Master Chu, this old fox, is not picky.
The pair of eyes looking at Bai Wuchang were like seeing a half-exposed body standing in front of him. Still not choosing? I think he is afraid of being overwhelmed by the choices.
Bai Wuchang's neck moved, and he looked at us again before he said, "Okay, there are exactly ten of you, so I will give you ten things."
Then, before we could say anything, Bai Wuchang took out a small cloth bag from his waist.
He reached his hand into the small cloth bag and felt around, then when he pulled it out and stretched it out, several shiny objects appeared on the ground.
There were exactly ten items, all wrapped in a bright white ball of light. There were a few talismans, a few magical instruments, and a few things in porcelain bottles, which should be some kind of medicine or pills.
There is also a shiny dark blue bead.
Master Chu and others' eyes fell directly on the bead.
Master Qi exclaimed in amazement: "Yes, the life-extending bead! Oh my God, it's actually this kind of thing!..."
Bai Wuchang's face was still facing everyone, and there was no visible change in his expression.
But the people on our side are already boiling with excitement.
The life-extending beads can extend your life.
The bead has a "two" character engraved on it, which means that this life-extending bead can extend life by two years. In simple terms, if a person takes the life-extending bead at the last moment of death, he or she can live two more years.
This thing is absolutely precious and cannot be bought even with money in the world of the living.
Who doesn’t want to live a few more years!
Seeing that our eyes were full of eagerness, Bai Wuchang raised his head slightly and looked at the halo that appeared on the horizon.
After a while, Bai Wuchang said, "Okay, it's almost dawn, now you can choose what you need. Some things happened in the underworld during this period, and they need to be dealt with urgently. I can't spend too much time here!"
There is a time difference between the underworld and the world of the living.
The Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes say that one day in the world of the living is one month in the world of the dead.
"Okay, okay, thank you very much for your kindness, Lord Wuchang!"
Master Chu said excitedly.
Then he reached out for the life-extending bead.
But when his hand reached for the life-extending bead, Master Xiao stopped Master Chu.
Xiao Junmin said quickly, "Old Chu, you can't be so rude. Although you organized the operation to kill Taoist Yang Chen, we all contributed. You want to take the life-extending bead now, but I don't agree."
"Yes, yes, Old Chu, we old guys probably don't have many years left to live. We all want to live longer in the world of the living and do more to exorcise ghosts and defend the Way! It's really not fair of you to take away the life-extending bead now!"
Long Yuanda said with a smile, "Besides, everyone has seen how dangerous this operation was. Fortunately, the thunder from the sky was so powerful that it killed Taoist Yang Chen before he could take the Rejuvenation Pill. Otherwise, we would probably be dead too."
"That's right. That life-extending bead is extremely precious, definitely more valuable than any other item!"
For a moment, everyone was arguing over the ownership of the life-extending bead.
The old guys who were so happy just now were now furious. Even Zhao Xilan's master Lou Xiaoman, who was standing aside with a cold face, joined in the argument.
This shows how precious the life-extending bead is.
As for those of us Taoists whose Taoism skills were slightly inferior, we stood aside and said nothing.
But those old guys are really embarrassing, making so much noise like shrews.
Bai Wuchang also saw all of this.
While Master Chu and the others were arguing, Bai Wuchang shouted coldly, "Okay, stop fighting. As long as you work for the underworld and benefit the world, the life-extending beads will be given to you sooner or later... So, let me ask you, who made the greatest contribution to the killing of Taoist Yang Chen this time?"
All of a sudden, Master Chu and others were speechless!
Seeing everyone looking at each other in bewilderment, Bai Wuchang slowly raised his finger and pointed at a person, saying, "Who do you think contributed the most this time?"
The person being accused is Zhao Xilan.
Sister Xilan's body trembled. She didn't expect Bai Wuchang to point his finger at her.
She hurried forward, bowed, and said, "Your Excellency Wuchang, the person who made the greatest contribution this time is... yes, yes... Yang Tianyi!"
What? Me
Did I hear it right
Then Sister Xilan stood there and explained: "This time, it was indeed very dangerous to besiege Taoist Yang Chen. In the stone cave, if Yang Tianyi hadn't found a way to restrain those ghosts, I'm afraid we would have been defeated long ago."
"Also, if it weren't for Yang Tianyi, we wouldn't have been able to kill the human centipede and the zombie in front of this small temple! So I think the person who made the greatest contribution this time is Yang Tianyi!"
Master Chu and others were stunned and stared at Zhao Xilan with strange eyes.
Lou Xiaoman even stood aside and muttered, "You little girl, you actually have an elbow that is bent outward!"
But even if Zhao Xilan said so, Master Chu and others had no objection.
It’s not that they didn’t have any opinions, but after hearing what Zhao Xilan said, they really felt that I was the one who made the greatest contribution.
Everyone's eyes fell on me.
My face turned red for no reason.
I said awkwardly: "Don't look at me, I don't want to compete with you for the life-extending bead!"
At this time, Bai Wuchang looked at me seriously again, and then he actually said something incomprehensible.
"Well, in that case, the Life-Extending Pearl is yours! Anyway, I think your five disadvantages and three deficiencies are about to be triggered!"
I could understand the first part of his words, but I was a little confused by Bai Wuchang’s latter part.
What does it mean that the five disadvantages and three deficiencies are about to be triggered? What does this have to do with the life-extending bead? !
I asked hurriedly, "Master Wuchang, what do you mean by this? Are you saying that my five disadvantages and three shortcomings are about to be triggered? Then which of the five disadvantages and three shortcomings do I commit?!"
Who knew that Bai Wuchang would just tilt his neck and shake his head stiffly.
He said, "Yang Tianyi, right? Well, the life-extending bead is yours. You don't need to ask anything else, you will know when the time comes!"
After hearing Bai Wuchang's words, no one objected.
Then everyone collected the talismans and magical instruments one by one.
During this time, Master Chu and Master Xiao started arguing again over a talisman. Bai Wuchang ignored them. Master Xiao finally got the talisman. This made Master Chu's nose almost crooked!
"In that case, I have already distributed the rewards to you. I will take my leave now!"
Bai Wuchang said in a light voice.
"Farewell, Lord Wuchang!"
Afterwards, Bai Wuchang set foot on the Yin-Yang Road again, turned into a white shadow, and floated back to the underworld.
After Bai Wuchang left the door, Master Chu and others walked towards me with smiles on their faces.
Then, they took out their valuables one after another, wanting to exchange them for the life-extending beads in my hand.
But, how can you just change something you have already got
And what Bai Wuchang said to me just now also left a deep impression on me.
He said that my five disadvantages and three shortcomings would be triggered soon. But which of the five disadvantages and three shortcomings did I commit? ! I don’t know yet.
Amid the chatter of Master Chu and others, I pulled Master Jiang away.
In a flash, we left the small temple.
Half an hour later, I was in Master Jiang's funeral car.
There are two cars left, and if they squeeze together, there will be enough space for Master Chu and others to sit.
Without waiting for others, Master Jiang drove me back to the city.
(to be continued)
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