"Wait a minute, old pig."
After all, he had a request for help, and Lu Liangsheng didn't want to put both parties in a difficult position. Even if Zhu Ganglie turned the underworld upside down, he would have come here in vain if he couldn't get the answers he wanted.
“You two!”
Pressing the Nine-toothed Rake, Lu Liangsheng stepped forward, shook out his sleeves, bowed towards the two gods Shentu and Yulei standing on the towering city wall, and smiled.
"My name is Lu Liangsheng. It is a great honor for me to meet the two Yin gods Shentu and Yulei from the legend of the mortal world. They are indeed similar to the portraits of the mortal world."
"Are there any portraits of us two left in the world?"
The two gods Shentu and Yulei hesitated for a moment behind the wall, but slowly raised their hands and bowed downwards as a return of greeting. Noting their expressions and movements, Lu Liangsheng lowered his hands, smiled and took two steps forward.
"You two have great reputations in the human world. Every year during the New Year and other festivals, every household has pictures of Shentu and Yulei posted on their doors. People often say that you two are gods who can exorcise evil spirits and control ghosts. Before I became a Taoist, I was also a child from an ordinary family. I am not deliberately flattering you or talking nonsense. When you have time in the future, you can go to the human world and take a look and you will know."
Seeing that Lu Liangsheng was sincere, the two gods looked at each other, their tense faces showed some movement, the corners of their mouths curled up, but they endured it again.
They were originally the Peach Spirit and the Willow Monster who had attained enlightenment on Mount Dusuo. Later, they were ordered by the Emperor of Mount Tai to be the gate gods of the Ghost Gate. They had never known that there were such names as these two in the world of the living. Now they couldn't help but feel relieved when they heard this.
The cultivator named Lu Liangsheng below also seemed much more pleasing to his eye. Shen Tu waved his hand and stopped the extremely yin energy gushing out from the ghost head below.
"There are only a few cultivators in the mortal world who can come down to the Netherworld. Fellow Daoist Lu is also very advanced in cultivation. We are both happy that you can have a say here. However, Fellow Daoist Lu and the guy next to you, Zhu Ganglie, cannot let you in through this gate."
"You still say you don't know me!" The old pig leaned on the rake and muttered something. He was about to say something, but Lu Liangsheng in front of him spoke first, smiling and asking:
"I am ignorant, I hope the two gods Shentu and Yulei can tell me."
When faced with courtesy and a smile, Shentu and Yulei are not evil ghosts or fierce gods. Others have given them enough face, so it is not appropriate for us to be cold to them.
"The gates of the netherworld only welcome the dead. One of you is a cultivator, and the other is a great demon. If you enter at will, it will disrupt the order of reincarnation in the netherworld. Secondly, the Emperor has given an order that if you two come down, you must not pass through. Fellow Daoist Lu, please forgive me and my brothers and don't make things difficult for us."
As expected, what the two gods said just confirmed Lu Liangsheng's guess. The Emperor of Mount Tai was Huang Feihu, and they belonged to the same group as the gods of the Shang Dynasty. It's just that they were isolated in the sky and their real bodies could not come down. And he who was in charge of the underworld did not go up to the underworld together, which showed that he did not recognize them. However, considering the friendship in the past, he would not let himself enter the gates of hell and would not help either side.
Lu Liangsheng looked at the city wall that seemed to connect heaven and earth, and the ghost head on the huge city gate. Not to mention whether he could rush through, there were also the two gods Shentu and Yulei guarding, and the Emperor of Taishan was in charge behind him. What he might encounter in the underworld might be the real body.
… Taking action is the worst option.
After thinking about it, Lu Liangsheng directly shook the idea off. However, he was still unwilling to go back like this after preparing for such a long time.
"Mr. Lu, get ready to come back. The soul-guiding incense is running out."
Zhu Ganglie and Lu Liangsheng could vaguely hear the Taoist's voice coming from above. The former was a little tempted and whispered, "Why not just go back and come down another day."
Here, Lu Liangsheng, who was standing in the front, clenched his hands in his sleeves, looked at the two gods behind the wall above, raised his sleeves and clasped his hands again, but this time he did not shout to the two of them.
"Sui State Imperial Master Lu Liangsheng requests to see the Great Emperor Tianqi Rensheng of Mount Tai, the Eastern Peak!"
The cultivation of the righteous way of Qiankun and the Confucian noble words spread far and wide, echoing through the gates of hell. The darkness all around was shaken by the faint golden ripples at this moment. Many ghosts who entered the gate covered their heads and let out a series of sharp screams, almost losing their souls.
"Friend Lu! Please don't make things difficult for us!"
On the city wall, the two gods Shentu and Yulei grew taller and bigger, their colorful armors flashing with five-color brilliance, and their faces became serious. Zhu Ganglie, who was standing below, kicked the handle of the spiked rake with his feet and grinned: "What, you still want to fight?! It just so happens that I, Old Pig, haven't fought for several years!"
"Marshal Tianpeng, how are you?"
At this time, a sound like thunder sounded from behind the high wall, and a warm wind blew in this dark land. The two gods on the city immediately retracted their weapons and separated to both sides, bowing their heads. Lu Liangsheng raised his sight and looked. In the darkness of the city tower, a huge figure wearing a crown seemed to be sitting on a chair. Its outline slowly enlarged in the chaos and darkness, and moved closer to this side.
"Do you remember me now?" Zhu Ganglie put away his rake and realized that he would not be here for long. He asked directly, "These two men under your command said that you were the one who didn't let us in?"
hehe…
The figure as tall as a mountain laughed, and it seemed as if the entire underworld was filled with laughter from all directions.
"Indeed, I have instructed Shentu Yulei." The gaze in the shadow seemed to fall on Lu Liangsheng, "Lu Liangsheng, just as you thought, I have too many connections with the immortals in the sky, and the connection is very serious. The underworld cannot interfere and disrupt the order here."
Lu Liangsheng shook his head and retreated to Zhu Ganglie's side. His purpose of coming here this time was naturally not to threaten. Since the other party had already said this, there was no point in being tough anymore.
"Although what the Emperor said makes sense, the gods in the underworld are mostly worshipped by humans. Those gods from heaven came down and disrupted the world. I'm afraid that in the future, most of the temples will have their statues."
On the city wall, Shentu and Yulei were stunned for a moment, thinking about what this man had said before, that the two of them often posted stickers on the doors of ordinary people's homes. Wouldn't there be no place to post them in the future
The two gods looked up behind them with some concern. The huge shadow over there was silent for a short time, and then spoke: "Lu Liangsheng, don't make trouble. Heaven and earth can never fight against each other. Don't interfere in the affairs of the underworld. I won't make things difficult for you. Go back."
Without waiting for Lu Liangsheng and Zhu Ganglie to speak, Emperor Taishan raised his hand, and his huge wide sleeves swept across the city wall. The two men only felt a flash before their eyes, and their bodies were lifted into the sky by the divine power, rising higher and higher until they sank into the dark clouds above that were like a quagmire.
Next second.
Lu Liangsheng opened his eyes suddenly. The Taoist priest was listless and trembling all over as he held onto half an incense stick. Hong Lian anxiously hugged his long sleeves and walked back and forth. The Toad Taoist priest sat cross-legged at the edge of the formation, eating snacks and keeping watch. When he saw him wake up, he threw away the snacks in his frog web and shouted, "Liangsheng, do you feel your soul is unstable?"
At this time, the sky outside the building was dim, and the last ray of sunlight shone on the old pine in the distance. Bursts of cicada chirping could be heard, and the concerned words around were gradually becoming real.
"fine."
Thinking of his experience in the underworld, Lu Liangsheng didn't want to talk much. With the help of the Taoist priest, he stood up, only to find that his legs were numb. When he asked how many hours had passed, he learned that it was already the evening of the third day.
"The emperor is here too, and is watching the disciples practicing martial arts outside."
Zhu Ganglie also woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he started yelling and getting angry. After hearing that three days had passed, he hurried back to his room, cleaned up, tied on his apron, and went to the kitchen, cursing.
Lu Liangsheng sat on the stool, looking at the emperor standing outside in the rosy glow, stroking the Kongtong seal in his sleeve, and did not hear the words of his master.
In his mind, he was thinking about what Emperor Taishan had just said, and suddenly an idea flashed through his mind.
Put one of your own people into Hades.
… You don’t need to do much, just be able to read the Book of Life and Death.