The black spot was approaching slowly, and I could see his appearance clearly. It was a ghost messenger.
The ghost was surrounded by dark energy and his face looked similar to that of a human, but he was a little ugly, with a sunken nose and dull eyes.
But beside him, I did not see Xu Ying's soul.
Could it be that Xu Ying's soul has been reincarnated? I think this possibility is much greater.
Soon the ghost came to me through the Yin-Yang Road.
He stared at me with a dignified look: "Are you Yang Tianyi?"
I quickly placed my left hand on my right hand and bowed, saying, "Yes, sir. I am Yang Tianyi, a ghost-catching Taoist priest in the world of the living."
The ghost messenger didn't care about my identity and asked directly: "Why did you draw the Chenqing Talisman and summon the soul of Xu Ying?"
I replied, "Because Xu Ying's relatives in the world of the living miss her too much, they specially summoned Xu Ying's soul to the world of the living. But don't worry, the soul doesn't need to stay in the world of the living for too long."
Having explained this, I took the opportunity to ask, "But sir, why didn't Xu Ying's soul come? Has she been reincarnated?"
The ghost's face remained calm as he said, "Not yet. I have brought Xu Ying's soul with me. You don't have to worry about it... Do you know the rules of the underworld?"
After hearing this, I was delighted. Since Xu Ying's soul has been brought here, it will be easy to deal with.
I nodded and said with a smile, "I understand the rules."
Then, I took out two ghost pills from the cloth bag and handed them to the ghost messenger.
The ghost catcher stretched out his hand, and a dark energy wrapped around two ghost pills fell into his hand.
I brought the ghost pill to my nose, sniffed it gently, and said to me with an intoxicated look on my face, "Okay, you can see Xu Ying's soul."
Afterwards, the ghost slowly took out a small pot from his arms.
The small pot is made of copper, engraved with raised patterns and some underworld patterns, indicating that this small pot is a funerary object from the underworld.
After the small funerary pot was taken out, the ghost directly lifted the lid of the small pot.
Pointing his finger at the mouth of the pot, the ghost recited a formula and ordered, "Xu Ying, come out. Someone wants to see you."
Suddenly, a cloud of gray gas rushed out of the small pot.
The gray gas slowly condensed in front of me and turned into the shape of a woman.
The woman looked the same as the one in the photo and was dressed the same way. It was Xu Ying.
After Xu Ying appeared, I bowed to the ghost officer and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ghost Officer!"
The ghost stood beside the Yin-Yang Road and said quietly, "Since we are going to meet, you better hurry up. I don't have time to stay in the Yang world for too long."
I said, "Yes, Master Ghost is right."
At this moment, Xu Ying had already realized something. Her memory was still there, which meant that she had not yet drunk Meng Po soup.
She looked around the room, then turned to me and said in surprise, "Sir, why am I here? Isn't this my home in the world of the living?"
I smiled and said, "Yes, this is your home in the world of the living, and your relatives in the world of the living."
Then I stepped aside.
At this time, Sun Xiaoli and Sun Yaowen, who were standing behind me, were already very excited and walked up.
Sun Xiaoli called out, "Mom! I'm Xiaoli."
Tears streamed down Sun Yaowen's face, and he cried in a trembling voice: "Xiaoying, I, I, I am Yaowen."
This call of "Xiaoying" was so affectionate that it gave me goose bumps.
When Xu Ying saw Sun Xiaoli and Sun Yaowen, her soul trembled, and then she flew towards them.
Sun Xiaoli and Sun Yaowen have a lot of Yang energy in their bodies, so they cannot come into direct contact with the souls in the underworld, otherwise it will easily cause harm to the souls. So, I just left a "
The "Zhen Yang Fu" temporarily suppressed the Yang energy in their bodies. This allowed Xu Ying's soul to contact the two of them.
Xu Ying hugged Sun Yaowen and they cried to each other.
Sun Xiaoli also lay on Xu Ying's shoulder.
The three members of this family were crying and whispering to each other, full of tenderness and love.
I had nothing to do, so I walked towards the ghost standing next to the Yin-Yang Road.
When the ghost saw me walking towards him, he said casually: "Xu Ying's soul can only stay here for one hour. After one hour, she must leave."
Although the ghost officer's tone was very tough, his eyes widened when I took out five more ghost pills.
"Master Ghost Officer, please keep these five ghost pills. They are my gift to you."
The ghost was not polite and a slight fluctuation appeared on his face.
After collecting the ghost pills, he sighed, "You ghost-catching Taoist priests in the mortal world are still doing well, as you can actually get so many ghost pills. In the underworld, it's not easy to get even one ghost pill."
I know that the ghost messengers and ghost officials in the underworld are very covetous of things like ghost pills.
Why? Because the underworld does not allow them to kill human souls or ghosts at will. If they could, then hundreds of millions of ghosts would suffer.
Moreover, there are underworld laws that restrict them. If they wantonly kill ghosts and human souls, they will be subjected to extremely cruel punishments in the underworld.
Therefore, no ghost messenger or ghost official dares to slaughter ghosts or human souls.
I talked to the ghost with a smile and asked him some questions, and he told me all of them.
But when I took out the black iron plate from the cloth bag, the ghost was dumbfounded.
"Hey! How come you have our underworld ID card?"
The ghost officer Lu Xin asked me.
I smiled and said, "This was sent to me by Lord Bai Wuchang from the underworld some time ago. He said that Lord Yama rewarded me for killing the two ghost kings who escaped from the Pluto Tower. He said that when my life span is over, I can stay in the underworld and serve the underworld."
When the ghost Lu Xin heard what I said, his expression changed again and again.
Then, he smiled and said to me, "Master Yang, I was blind and didn't recognize a great man. I hope you won't blame me. You are a black iron and I am a white iron. When you go to the underworld, your status will be higher than mine. When the time comes, I hope you can help me."
I was stunned by the reaction of the ghost Lu Xin. I didn’t expect that this black iron plate had such an effect.
However, I am a mortal now after all, and I cannot use this thing to pressure others.
I said with a smile, "Okay, okay, Brother Lu, please forgive me for making fun of you. I never expected to get this black iron plate. It can be considered as an opportunity."
The ghost officer Lu Xin echoed a few words.
Afterwards, I mentioned a few times, intentionally or unintentionally, that I wanted Xu Ying's soul to stay longer. Unexpectedly, Lu Xin, who had previously said that it could only stay for an hour, directly said, no problem.
I had a pleasant conversation with Lu Xin, and then I took out the "offerings to the underworld" from my cloth bag.
The so-called offerings to the underworld are incense and candles.
Looking at Lu Xin smoking incense and chewing on candlelight, I really found it funny.
The way he works as a ghost catcher makes me feel like a starving ghost reborn.
I stood by and smoked a cigarette, and asked some questions about the Offering Pavilion.
When I told him that I knew Magu, the head of Gongyang Pavilion, the ghost messenger Lu Xin's eyes almost popped out of his sockets. He puffed up his cheeks and asked me, how did I know Magu
I am not in the underworld now, and the ghosts in the underworld cannot do anything to me for accidentally entering the underworld before.
So I told him something. Unexpectedly, after I finished, the ghost messenger Lu Xin was so impressed with me that he insisted on recognizing me as his elder brother.
This confused me. I said I was still young, but he refused.
In the end, he became his "big brother" because he could not afford to give him face.
Damn it, it’s not easy to be the big brother. I had to sacrifice ten ghost pills and even gave a bottle of ghost poison to this guy.
After getting ten ghost pills and a bottle of ghost poison, and recognizing me as his elder brother, this ghost messenger Lu Xin began to talk incessantly, telling us a lot of things about the underworld.
I suddenly felt that this guy must have been a big talker when he was alive.
What surprised me the most was that the ghost messenger Lu Xin actually told me that a big event had recently happened in the underworld. He said that the fortune teller in the underworld had calculated that there would be a great catastrophe in the world of the living in half a year.
What I didn’t expect was that Lu Xin also said that the underworld might be closed in half a year.
I asked why, and the ghost messenger Lu Xin whispered to me mysteriously that it was because of cause and effect.
He said that the underworld did not want to interfere in the affairs of the world of the living this time, otherwise when the catastrophe came, the underworld might not be able to protect itself.
I frowned and asked Lu Xin in a low voice, "Then do you know what that catastrophe was?"
Lu Xin shook his head and said, "Brother, I don't know."
"However, from what I heard from other ghost officials, it should be an unprecedented catastrophe. If the underworld is involved, it is very likely that the underworld will not be able to be saved. That's why the underworld wants to close it down."
I also knew that it would be difficult to get anything useful out of Lu Xin, so I didn't ask any further questions.
I was wondering in my heart what this catastrophe was.
After thinking about it, I think it is very likely that this catastrophe is still related to the Heavenly Demon Clan. If according to the fortune teller in the underworld, the underworld will be closed in half a year, then that means that in half a year, the catastrophe will come.
Damn it, the black stone asked Sun Xiaoli to find the demon Mosala within a year, but now a catastrophe is about to happen in the human world, and even the underworld is unwilling to take care of it. This is a bit tragic.
It seems that Sun Xiaoli and I have to hurry to find Jiang Jiuzhen, find the fragments of the divine map, and obtain the Haotian Tower.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was already three o'clock in the morning.
After eating the "offerings from the underworld", the ghost messenger Lu Xin sat on the Yin-Yang Road with his eyes closed to rest. When the cock crowed, he suddenly opened his eyes.
I didn't sleep all night and my eyes have dark bags.
Lu Xin stood up, looked at me, and said, "Brother, it's getting late. I should wait for Xu Ying's soul to return to the underworld to report."
I nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you for last night."
Lu Xin said: "It's okay, I have already recognized you as my elder brother, your business is my business."
I didn’t expect that this ghost officer Lu Xin is quite loyal.
I turned around and looked towards Xu Ying.
Xu Ying was still talking to Sun Xiaoli and Sun Yaowen.
The three of them held hands together and looked like they were having a very happy chat.
I walked over quickly and said, "Auntie, it's getting late, you should go back."
Xu Ying looked at me and nodded, then she turned sideways and hugged Sun Xiaoli and Sun Yaowen respectively, and then her soul slowly flew up.
Sun Yaowen was reluctant to leave Xu Ying and asked, "Xiaoying, can you stay?"
Xu Ying shook her head and choked up, saying, "No, I am a spirit now. I am dead, and I should go back to the underworld. Originally, I was still concerned about you and father, but now that I have met you, I have explained everything I should have explained. I feel at ease now, and I have nothing to worry about."
"Besides, Tianyi is my daughter's boyfriend, and I don't want to embarrass him."
After that, Xu Ying took Sun Yaowen and Sun Xiaoli aside and talked for a long time before slowly flying towards the Yin-Yang Road.
When passing by me, Xu Ying stopped.
(to be continued)
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