I would never agree to stay in the underworld. Actually, I also understand what Magu means. She wants me to stay in the underworld because she wants me to provide blood for the little fox Xianghe. I can't stay here and be at her mercy.
But the fact that Magu reminded me so much is enough to show that she has good intentions.
"I'm sorry, Master Magu, I can't stay here, I still have a lot of things to deal with!"
Seeing that I was determined, Magu did not force me anymore.
She nodded and said, "Okay, then follow your own wishes!"
But I think there is one thing that Magu may not have thought of, that is, even if I die, my life span is over, and my body can no longer be preserved, but my soul goes to the underworld, and there is more than just one option of reincarnation.
I want to use the two years I have in the world to do as many good deeds as possible, to eliminate evil spirits and defend justice.
By that time, my good deeds will have accumulated and my soul will have reached the underworld. Maybe, I will be able to get a position in the underworld and become a ghost official.
Thinking of this, I didn't care as much about my life span as before. Besides, the information about the Bodhi tree that Magu said was recorded in the ancient scroll. Although I don't know whether it is true or not, there is still hope.
Who knows, maybe one day I will get lucky and encounter a Bodhi tree and find the fruit of rebirth.
After comforting myself, I felt much better.
Soon I was back in my room.
When I returned to the room, Xiaohong was cleaning the room for me.
When she saw me come in, she smiled, bowed, and was about to leave.
I called her, "Little Red Girl, wait a minute!"
Xiao Hong stood at the door, looked at me in surprise, and asked, "Mr. Yang, do you have anything else to say?"
I didn't shy away from the question and said, "Miss Xiaohong, this is what I mean. I'm a Taoist who catches ghosts. However, I've been here for a few days. But apart from donating blood to Xianghe, the daughter of Magu, I can only stay in my room. I just want to ask, is there anything in the Gongyang Pavilion that can improve my Taoism?"
Actually, I was planning to ask Magu about this, but she always declined, saying that she would answer my questions after I finished donating blood. After thinking about it, I wondered if I could get some useful information out of Xiaohong.
Xiaohong was a little surprised by my question.
She said timidly, "Young Master Yang, if you want to get something from the Offering Pavilion that can improve your cultivation, you must get permission from Lady Magu. Without Lady Magu's permission, it is impossible for you to get anything from here."
At this point, Xiao Hong suddenly reminded me, "By the way, Mr. Yang, you can actually look for Butler Zuo Weiran. Maybe he can help you!"
That’s right. I don’t feel comfortable asking Magu for things that can improve my Taoism, but I can ask Zuo Weiran. Maybe he has a way.
I rolled my eyes and asked again, "Miss Xiaohong, where is Butler Zuo now?"
Xiao Hong thought for a moment and said, "Butler Zuo should be in the Reward and Punishment Hall right now!"
"The Reward and Punishment Hall? What is that place?"
Xiao Hong explained: "The Reward and Punishment Hall is a mechanism under our Gongyang Pavilion. It has no authority and is only responsible for issuing some reward and punishment orders. The location under the jurisdiction of our Gongyang Pavilion is the entire wasteland, and there are many ghosts living in the wasteland. In order to maintain the peace of the wasteland,
The Reward and Punishment Hall of our Gongyang Pavilion came into being."
"Some ghosts or spirits who like to cause trouble may be listed on the criminal law list of the Reward and Punishment Hall as long as they are reported by other ghosts or spirits. For ghosts or spirits on the criminal law list, ghost officials in the Reward and Punishment Hall will volunteer to capture them."
"After the ghost officials capture those ghosts or souls, they will receive corresponding rewards!"
After listening to it over and over again, I finally understood it.
The so-called Reward and Punishment Hall is actually equivalent to the police station in the world of the living. As long as someone is wanted on the criminal law list, the Reward and Punishment Hall will issue a reward and punishment order, and the ghost officials with the reward and punishment order can capture those ghosts or souls, and then they will be rewarded, or rewarded.
That's not bad.
Simply put, it is to capture those ghosts or souls that are causing trouble in the territory of the Gongyang Pavilion.
Xiao Hong became more and more frustrated as she spoke, and said in a depressed tone: "Mr. Yang, you don't know that the things given by the Reward and Punishment Hall are very valuable. But they only allow the male ghost officials to receive the reward and punishment orders, and ignore us female ghost officials. In fact, there are more than a dozen female ghost officials in our Support Pavilion, but the treatment they receive is not high."
Xiaohong probably couldn't find anyone to talk to, so she talked to me in a long-winded manner for a long time.
Most of the time, Xiaohong complained about the unfair treatment of female ghost officials by the Gongyang Pavilion.
This is a bit like the discrimination against women in some places in the world.
But, I thought to myself, isn’t Magu also a woman? She still became the head of the Offering Pavilion.
I have been listening to Xiaohong speaking.
At the end, perhaps because I didn’t interrupt, Xiao Hong blushed and said, “Young Master Yang, I’m sorry, I talk too much!”
I waved my hands and said with a smile: "It's okay, your voice is very nice, and after listening to what happened to you female ghost officials, I also feel it's unfair for you."
Although I said this and I felt a little sympathetic towards the female ghost official at the Gongyang Pavilion, what I was thinking in my heart was, can I also go to the Reward and Punishment Hall to get a reward and punishment order, go to the wilderness to catch ghosts, and then exchange it for something useful to me.
Xiaohong probably rarely hears compliments from men, and her red little face is still full of shyness.
I took advantage of her shyness and said, "Miss Xiaohong, why don't you take me to the Reward and Punishment Hall? Then I will find Steward Zuo and have a good discussion with him. Who knows, maybe he will allow me to receive the reward and punishment order and capture those ghosts and spirits that are causing trouble in the wilderness."
Xiaohong hesitated, "But..."
But before she could finish her words, I had already arrived in front of her.
I reached out and held her little hand.
Her hands were a little cold, but extremely soft, as if they had no bones.
When I held her hand, Xiaohong felt as if she was electrocuted. The blush on her face instantly spread to her neck and ears. She wanted to take her hand back, but I held it tightly.
"Mr. Yang, please don't do this. It would be bad if someone saw it. I don't even have a boyfriend!"
Xiaohong's shoulders were trembling, her head was lowered, and her beautiful eyes timidly glanced at me.
I knew she had the wrong idea.
I quickly let go and said, "Don't get me wrong, Miss Xiaohong, I don't mean that. I just want you to take me to the Reward and Punishment Hall. Besides, Lady Magu has already said that I can wander around the Offering Pavilion as long as it doesn't affect the work of the ghost officials inside."
Xiaohong bit her lip and agreed, "Okay, Yang
Sir, I am willing to take you to the Reward and Punishment Hall!"
Afterwards, under the guidance of Xiaohong, she and I went to the second floor of the offering pavilion.
The layout of the second floor of the Offering Pavilion is a bit special. It seems like a large office, with separate rooms. There are doors but no windows. However, the doors are not wooden or stone, but a shiny membrane.
That kind of door is a bit like the "light gate" in science fiction movies.
There were several light doors on the long corridor, and from time to time, ghost officials would come in and out. Those ghost officials were dressed differently from Magu, Zuo Guanjia, and the female ghost officials. They all wore black robes.
There was a hood on the robe that covered their heads.
I couldn't see their faces, but I could feel their abilities. Although they used the underworld energy, which was different from the Yin De energy I used, I could still feel that many of their ghost officials were not more capable than me.
Moreover, each door has its own code written in seal script: 壹贰弎肆五六７... ...number combinations.
Xiaohong took me to the door numbered "Eleven", which is Door No. 11.
There was a light blue glow above the light gate, and I couldn't see what was inside.
Xiao Hong introduced: "Young Master Yang, this door is the main entrance to the Reward and Punishment Hall! There are no restrictions on the door, just go in directly."
Is this the Reward and Punishment Hall? And it’s the main gate
Can such a small door be called a "gate"? It's really special.
I was a little nervous, staring at the light door No. 11 in front of me, and asked Xiaohong, "Are we really going in from here? There shouldn't be any problems, right? There shouldn't be any restrictions on it, right? If there are any restrictions, I will be strangled to death!"
Maybe because she saw that I was scared, Xiaohong covered her mouth and laughed secretly.
Then she said to me, "Young Master Yang, don't worry, nothing will happen. In fact, Lady Magu had already notified all of our ghost officials that you were coming."
"In this Gongyang Pavilion, Magu is the god. Those ghost officials know you are a guest and they can't curry favor with you, so how could they possibly hurt you! Moreover, I heard from Magu that except for those secret spaces, all other rooms have no restrictions. This is to make it easier for you to live in Gongyang Pavilion."
Damn, I'm so proud!
Suddenly, I felt as if a layer of gold foil was pasted on my face. It was so different!
Now that things have come to this, if I were to be timid, I would really lose my masculinity.
But Xiao Hong stopped me and whispered to me, "But Mr. Yang, not everyone can enter the Reward and Punishment Hall. Wait a minute, once you go in, don't tell me that I brought you here. Just say that you came here on your own!"
After saying that, Xiaohong ran away without waiting for me to say anything.
"What a fast walk!"
I muttered something.
Then, without any hesitation, I lifted my big feet and stepped directly into the light door, and my body entered room 11.
What I didn't expect was that I was surprised when I entered the room.
I found that there were hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at me. Many people had doubts and confusion in their eyes, and even more people showed dissatisfaction and disgust.
And I found that room No. 11 behind the light gate was actually in a huge stone cave.
(to be continued)
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