In a few breaths, Meng Po, the master of the Cliff of Reincarnation with a haggard face, came to us.
When she saw me, the Grandmaster, and the troublemaker Duoduo, she was obviously stunned.
The ugly ghost official obviously didn't notice the change on Meng Po's face. He hurried to Meng Po's side, raised his hand and pointed at us, and said arrogantly: "Master Cliff Master, you are finally here. These people didn't listen to my advice and wanted to trespass into our Resurrection Cliff."
"And that bearded ghost fairy and that little ghost, they spoke rudely and insulted you, saying that you are immortal..."
The ugly ghost official muttered a lot in his mouth, and his words were full of water and he kept adding fuel to the fire.
Meng Po narrowed her old eyes and stared at the ghost official sharply: "Zhang Cheng, is everything you said true?"
The ugly ghost official bowed and nodded, "It's true, absolutely true. They don't care about you, Lord Cliff Master. Especially that boy from the mortal world. He is from the mortal world, but he actually showed up at our Soul Returning Cliff. He must have bad intentions. Maybe he is a demon with the blood of the Heavenly Demon."
But before the ugly ghost official could finish his words, Meng Po snorted angrily and released the dark energy in her body.
Seeing this, the smug expression on the ugly ghost official's face became even more intense.
But the next moment, with a "bang", a sharp dark energy directly penetrated the body of the ugly ghost official.
In fact, the ghost officials were originally ghosts. Later, through continuous practice, they cultivated the ghost energy and slowly formed a ghost body.
Ghost officials with ghost bodies look no different from humans, but in fact, they still don't have bodies.
The dark energy tore the ugly ghost official's body apart. After a painful howl, the ghost official turned into a pile of pieces and disappeared.
I didn't expect that Meng Po is also such a ruthless character.
When the other ghost officials saw their leader being killed, their horror was beyond words.
Didn't they say they were going to deal with the three intruders? Why was it that the ugly ghost official himself was killed by the cliff master? They couldn't understand.
But they were all scared and fell to their knees.
"Master Cliff, please spare us. We did not deceive you. It was Zhang Cheng who insulted these three people."
"Yes, it was Zhang Cheng. He must have been displeased with these three people, so he asked the cliff master to come out. He wanted to use the cliff master's hand to kill them."
A ghost official directly stood on our side, it seemed that he had figured out something.
That Meng Po ignored the ghost officials and came straight to us.
She first clasped her fists towards the Grandmaster and said politely, "Master Zhang, I am honored to be here."
The Grand Master was still angry and snorted angrily: "You should discipline your people. You attacked without knowing right or wrong and without asking about their identities. You are so arrogant. Even if I am the guard of Lord Hades, I would not dare to do this."
After hearing what the ancestor said, Meng Po's face changed and she said respectfully, "Yes, yes, Master Zhang is right."
In fact, the underworld has its own set of rules, and the hierarchy is quite strict.
Although my ancestor is the guard of Lord Hades, his status is still higher than that of the master of the Cliff of Resurrection, Meng Po.
After saying this, Meng Po's eyes flashed with coldness. She turned her head and stared at the ghost officials kneeling on the ground, and shouted: "All of you go back to the Reincarnation Cliff and do hard labor for me in the Styx. The term is three years."
"Yes, Lord Cliff Master."
Those ghost officials were frightened out of their wits and trembled with fear.
But they did not dare to disobey the words of the cliff master Meng Po, so they all walked towards the short mountain.
At this time, the mischievous Duoduo suddenly flew out from beside me and threw herself directly on Meng Po: "Meng Po, Duoduo misses you."
When Meng Po looked at Duoduo, there was a kind look in her eyes, as if Duoduo was her own granddaughter.
"Duoduo, you have grown taller and your cultivation has increased a lot. It seems that you will be able to start practicing the Nether Body in a few years."
Meng Po, a skinny old lady, actually picked up Duoduo. But it didn’t matter, after all, Duoduo was a ghost now, and her soul was very light.
Duoduo exchanged a few words with Mengpo and then introduced me to Mengpo.
Meng Po smiled and said to me, "I have met Brother Yang before. I didn't expect that Brother Yang has such extraordinary luck. He was just an ordinary ghost-catching Taoist priest before, but now he has such a strong spiritual energy. It's really a great opportunity."
This Meng Po has a sweet mouth, and what she said made me very happy.
"Thank you for the praise, Lady Mengpo!"
I thanked him respectfully. After all, I am the younger generation and cannot think too highly of myself.
Instead, the Grand Master stood aside and said coldly, "Meng Po, we are not here to reminisce about the past at your Resurrection Cliff. I was ordered by Lord Hades to bring Yang Tianyi here. Yang Tianyi wants to go to the Golden and Silver Bridge under your Resurrection Cliff."
"To the Gold and Silver Bridge?"
A look of surprise appeared on Meng Po's face and she looked at me.
I nodded and said, "Yes, let's go to the Jinyin Bridge."
But I noticed that Meng Po's eyes showed anxiety and fear.
"What's wrong, Lady Mengpo?" I asked suspiciously.
Meng Po thought for a moment, then came close to me and said, "Little Brother Yang, you may not know this yet, but the Gold and Silver Bridge is now a forbidden area of our Soul-Returning Cliff. It was not a big deal before, but in recent years, a lot of strange things have happened under the Gold and Silver Bridge, and even some inexplicable creatures have appeared."
"Those creatures have never appeared even in ancient times, but they appeared under the Resurrection Cliff. The Golden and Silver Bridge is close to the Styx, and there are Styx fish in the Styx. Those strange creatures will prey on the fish in the Styx."
At the same time, my ancestor asked, "Didn't you kill those monsters? Does Lord Yama know about the strange things under the Golden and Silver Bridge?"
Meng Po looked at the Grandmaster and said respectfully, "People from the Resurrection Cliff have tried to deal with those monsters before, but those monsters were able to release a strange aura that restrained the netherworld aura and injured many ghost officials. Even if I took action, I was almost injured by those monsters."
"Lord Yama has already known about this matter and has sent people here, but they all failed. In the end, they could only end in vain. Fortunately, those monsters only stayed in a dark cave under the Gold and Silver Bridge and did not run out. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome."
"Now Brother Yang said he wants to go to the Gold and Silver Bridge, and I'm afraid those monsters will do him harm."
I squinted my eyes and thought about what Meng Po said.
Monsters? They are not from the underworld, and they have never appeared in ancient times. That is to say, most of those monsters come from pre-ancient times.
I felt excited inside and thought, it seems that the mysterious senior did not deceive me. It is very likely that the place of compassion is under the Golden and Silver Bridge.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, Meng Po continued, "Young Brother Yang, it's not that I don't want you to go in, but for your safety, you'd better not go. Besides, the cave over there has been abandoned for a long time, and there won't be anything important there."
But I smiled and shook my head, and said to Meng Po: "Master Meng Po, don't worry, I will be fine. I just went to take a look. If it doesn't work, I will leave there. Didn't you just say that I have mastered the spiritual energy? I believe that using spiritual energy to
Paying those monsters won’t be a problem.”
"Besides, if I can kill those monsters, it will also help you solve the problem at Resurrection Cliff."
What I said is reasonable and besides, we have the support of Lord Hades.
After thinking for a while, Meng Po nodded and said, "Okay, in that case, I'll take you there right away."
I said, "No, it's not us, it's just me."
Then, I said to my ancestor and the troublemaker Duoduo, "Ancestor, Duoduo, you two stay here first. I'll go there by myself. But it may take me a little longer to come out. If it takes a long time and I still haven't come out, you can just leave on your own."
But my ancestor shook his head and said, "That's not a problem. I'll wait for you here for ten days. Tianyi, don't forget what I said before. The underworld will close in ten days."
I said, "Okay, I understand."
When the troublemaker heard Meng Po say that the area under the Golden and Silver Bridge was very dangerous, he flew to my side.
She pulled my arm and said, "Big brother, why don't you let me go with you? Duoduo also wants to see those monsters. Those monsters may not be creatures from this world."
I touched Duoduo's head and said, "No, you can't go. Let me go alone. Big brother will take good care of myself. Although Duoduo is quite powerful, she is still in the state of a ghost and has not yet cultivated a ghost body. If she gets hurt, it will be more trouble than gain."
"So, Duoduo, you should stay here with the Grandmaster. Just wait for me, I will be safe."
When Duoduo heard what I said, she said with tears in her eyes: "Okay, big brother, I'll wait for you."
Looking at Duoduo's little appearance, I felt bad, but I was very touched. It would be great if Xiaoli and I could have a child like this in the future.
"Master Mengpo, let's go. There is no time to lose. I want to get to the golden and silver bridge as soon as possible."
"Okay, little brother Yang, follow me now."
After saying that, Meng Po bowed to the ancestor, waved to Duoduo, and took me towards the black low mountain.
We followed the procession of ghosts and spirits and walked forward.
When I entered the low mountain cave, I found that there was a straight passage. On the open space on both sides of the passage, there were piles of firewood.
Those firewoods were not like the dry firewood in the world of the living. They burned without any sound and burned very slowly.
However, the dim yellow light released by the flame was unusually bright.
"Go inside, and the Resurrection Cliff is not far away."
Meng Po reminded me.
Soon, we arrived at the Cliff of Resurrection and heard the sound of "clattering".
The sound came from in front of the Cliff of Resurrection.
The Resurrection Cliff extends straight upward, and a bridge appears at the top of the cliff.
That bridge must be the Naihe Bridge.
And in the middle of the bridge and the Resurrection Cliff, there is a big pot.
The "splashing" sound of water was exactly the sound made by the ghost official when he scooped out the dark green soup from the big pot.
The soup was poured into a black and yellow round-mouthed bowl, and ghosts and souls came forward to drink Meng Po soup.
This is where Meng Po stays. This is my first time to come to such a place.
The atmosphere here feels very weird to me.
Seeing me stop, Meng Po introduced me, "Young brother Yang, don't worry. Although you are a mortal, you have not been lost on the Monument of Lost Souls, and your soul has not left your body, so the Cliff of Return to Souls and the Bridge of Helplessness will not have any effect on you."
"The Golden and Silver Bridge we are going to is in the Styx River opposite the Naihe Bridge."
(to be continued)
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