The emperor sighed and said, "Wu Zhao is temporarily assigned to the Seventh Ghost King. Bai Wuchang, you take them there. Sister Dou is a distinguished guest of the Hell Gate. She can enter and exit the Hell Gate freely. Her status is the same as that of the Ghost King."
"Yes!" Bai Wuchang bowed and led us out of Senluo Hall. "You are new to Hell Gate and don't know many things. Let me tell you about Hell Gate."
"No matter who you are, you must start as a small ghost at the lowest level to enter the gate of hell, and then accumulate merits to be promoted to a big ghost, a ghost soldier, a ghost general, and a ghost commander. Above the ghost commander are Wuchang and the judge, and above them is the ghost king, whose status is equivalent to that of an elder."
"You became a great ghost as soon as you entered the door. It was because you saved Xiaotang that the emperor made an exception and gave you a promotion. Do you understand what I mean?"
"I see." I asked, "How many impermanence and judges are there in the hell gate?"
"Currently, there are the Four Impermanences, the Four Judges, and the Five Ghost Kings." Bai Wuchang said, "If the merits are sufficient, any position can be added."
I smiled faintly and didn't respond to Bai Wuchang's words.
The Four Impermanences, the Four Judges, and the Lord of Hell calling himself the Great Emperor, isn't this a way of playing power and balancing? The Impermanences and the Judges are each a faction, checking and balancing each other
Ye Jin interrupted at this time: "Didn't you say that there were only five Ghost Kings? What about the seventh Ghost King?"
Bai Wuchang said, "Her surname is Qishi, and her real name is Qishi Shuilan. However, the Seventh Ghost King has not returned for many years, so the Seventh Palace is empty. In other words, you have no superiors. The good thing is that you can do whatever you want in the Seventh Palace, but the bad thing is that no one will fight for missions for you."
I smiled faintly and said, "That means we can only do the tasks that no one is willing to take, right?"
"It may also be a mission that no one dares to take." Bai Wuchang said, "The Hell Gate is not like the Xuanjing Division, where people can choose their missions. Missions are assigned to various halls. If you have a superior, maybe he can get you some easy and lucrative missions; vice versa, you can understand, right?"
I said calmly: "What will happen if the task is not completed?"
"You will be kicked out." Bai Wuchang said, "Unfortunately, the person in charge of assigning tasks this year happens to be Judge Dong."
Bai Wuchang led us to the door of an ammunition warehouse and said, "Inside is the Seventh Ghost King's Palace. Go in! Before leaving, the Seventh Ghost King left a message that if you are not her subordinates, you are not allowed to set foot in the Seventh Palace. It may be a bit messy in there, you will have to clean it up yourselves."
After Bai Wuchang finished speaking, he turned around and left without staying for even a moment.
I tried to push the door of the ammunition depot, and the accumulated dirt flowed down from the door like water. I instinctively covered my nose and stepped back a few steps, then stretched out my hand and fanned in front of my eyes several times, finally clearing the dust from my face.
"Lu Xiaoying, get me a tissue..." I just took a step forward, and I felt like I was stepping on something like a box. Not only did it make a crisp "click" sound, but my toes also sank into the ground.
I moved my feet away and saw that there was indeed a box with a note stuffed inside.
"Who is kidding?" I lowered my head, picked up the note, read it, and was stunned.
"On X day of X month of X year, a subordinate of the Seventh Ghost Hall arrived. Push the door of the hall with your left hand. When you meet Luochen, take four steps back. Then take one step forward and crush the secret box. While you are backing away, flap your right hand five times in a row. If my calculations are correct, please enter the hall and wait. If they are wrong, leave the Seventh Ghost Hall immediately and take this note to seek the protection of the Green-robed Ghost King."
The note was signed by Seventh Shuilan. Judging from the handwriting, it should have been written by a woman. Is Seventh Shuilan also a fortune teller
I didn't even notice which hand I used to push the door and which step I took back. How could she calculate it so accurately
When I looked up at the door, I saw the print of my left hand on it, and there were indeed four footprints left by me on the dusty ground. I had indeed taken four steps back.
I turned to look at Lu Xiaoying: "How many times did I slap you just now?"
Lu Xiaoying shook his head and said, "I didn't notice."
Who would pay attention to such details? No one present could tell how many times I fanned the dust. However, the seventh Shuilan had calculated the first two things correctly, so he shouldn't have made a mistake in the third one, right
I hesitated for a moment before pushing the door open and walking in. What I didn't expect was that the Seventh Shuilan actually built a three-room farmhouse in the ammunition depot, and specially decorated it with plastic plants. If it weren't for the lights on all around, I could even mistake this place for a residential building outside.
Moreover, it didn't look like the farmhouse hadn't been cleaned for more than ten years. It was spotless inside and out, and even the bedding piled on the kang didn't have a trace of moisture. This could only mean that someone often hung the bedding out to dry.
I turned to look at the stone table and bench in the yard, and suddenly opened my ghost eyes: "Come out!"
Two ghosts floated out from the stone bench cautiously: "Goddess, we are the master's ghost servants, responsible for taking care of the yard. The master said that if anyone comes, we should leave immediately and leave the yard to you to take care of. You see..."
I waved my hand and said, "You guys go!"
Since the Seventh Shui Lan has already made the arrangements, it is impossible for her ghost servants to leave us anything useful. Leaving them behind would only cause trouble.
After I chased away the ghost servant, I sat down on the stone bench. Who would have thought that as soon as I sat down, a line of words appeared on the stone table: "There will be a task issued tomorrow. There are three tasks in total. Choose the middle one."
As soon as I finished reading the message, the writing on the table disappeared without a trace: "What on earth is this Seventh Water Blue doing?"
Lu Xiaoying asked: "If there is a mission tomorrow, will you choose according to what she says?"
"No!" I said coldly, "I am a fortune teller myself, why don't I do it myself?"
Lu Xiaoying asked back: "If you don't use the ghost eye money, will your calculation be more accurate than the seventh Shuilan?"
"No! But I always feel that Qiqi Shuilan is not a super-quality fortune teller." Although I am a little dissatisfied with Qiqi Shuilan, to be fair, if I don't use the ghost eye money, I really can't make every step of the calculation. However, as a great fortune teller, I will never doubt the results of my calculations before the secrets of heaven are revealed. Besides, the things she calculated are not a big deal that leaks the secrets of heaven.
I suspect that the Seventh Shuilan was just testing how much of his predictions he could make correctly.
Lu Xiaoying wanted to say something else, but I stopped her with a wave of my hand: "Let's not talk about this for now. We came here in a hurry and didn't even go home. There are still many things to deal with at home. Tomorrow you and Ye Jin go home to pick up Guazi and take care of the family affairs. If there are any tasks, Heshang and I will take them first. Dou Ma... Dou Ma, please help us take care of this place first!"
I let Lu Xiaoying and Ye Jin go together, one reason was that Ye Jin was the only one among us who had other business outside, and the other was that I wanted to separate from Lu Xiaoying for a while.
After coming out of Miaojiang, Lu Xiaoying and I have always felt awkward. We were buddies fighting side by side the day before, but we had to switch roles the next day. No one could adapt to it, so it would be better for us to separate first. Anyway, the poison will not take effect in a short time.
Lu Xiaoying certainly understood what I meant and did not raise any objection. But Dou Po said, "I don't want to live in such a dark place. I will go find that old ghost in Senluo Palace tomorrow and ask him to find a way to build a house for me outside."
"Okay, okay..." I'm eager to move out. Who would want to live underground for no reason
We spent the whole night in the yard dealing with it. The next day, Judge Dong came to our door with his men and said, "Wu Zhao, there are three tasks left this month. You choose!"
The East Judge's attendant held a tray with three red envelopes on it. The envelopes were not sealed and there were no marks on them. At first glance, there really was nothing mysterious about them. But Dou Po, who was standing aside, said, "As far as I know, the business that Hell Gate accepts is divided into three levels: red, yellow, and blue. The blue level is the simplest and the price is the lowest; the red level is the highest and can even cost a fortune. Why did you let them accept the red level business right away?"
Judge Dong said, "This is only a fourth-class red business, the lowest level. Wu Zhao and his men have two innate masters, so they are more than capable of handling this kind of business. In addition, although you are a distinguished guest, you are not a member of the Hell Gate after all, so please do not interfere in the internal affairs of the Hell Gate."
Dou Po's face darkened and she was about to explode, but I held her back with my hand: "Excuse me, Judge, can I read the contents of these three deals before taking them, or can I just pick them based on my luck?"
Judge Dong said calmly, "As you wish."
I quickly took out three fortune-telling coins, shook them in my hand twice, and then threw them onto the stone table. As the three fortune-telling coins spun on the table, Judge Dong sneered, "I have been distributing business for more than 20 years, and I have never seen anyone accept a fortune-telling assignment?"
"You see it now, don't you?" I said calmly, but my heart was in a state of anxiety. The three fortune-telling coins kept spinning, which meant that the fortune-telling coins could not determine which business had the least risk. In other words, each of these three businesses was extraordinary.
At first, Judge Dong thought it was a bit strange that I could take on business in fortune-telling, but soon he became impatient: "Wu Zhao, are you kidding me? You have three copper coins that will keep turning until tomorrow morning. Do I have to wait for you all night?"
"Since the judge doesn't have the patience, I'll be quick." I looked up at Judge Dong and slapped the stone table with my hand. My palm immediately sank into the table. As the Qi with ice chips burst out around the edge of my palm, the three copper coins were shaken into the air and lined up in the air between me and the judge.
Judge Dong snorted coldly, and suddenly exhaled a wisp of true energy from his mouth. (To be continued)