I was stunned, but he laughed happily and said to me: "I know it will be hard for you to accept it, so I didn't dare to come home in my previous reincarnations, for fear of disturbing your lives." At this point, he sighed and said: "In fact, among all of you younger generations, your great-great-grandfather Xiguan had the hardest time. In order for me to escape the torment of reincarnation, he started practicing Taoism when he was young, and after his death he went into seclusion in the underworld to atone for my sins. Alas!"
He even knew everything about the old ancestor, so he must be right. It turned out that the old ancestor practiced Taoism and secluded himself in the underworld, all for the sake of my great grandfather. When he mentioned the suffering of reincarnation, I remembered the pain of being reborn every 24 years, and asked hurriedly: "Why do you have to die every 24 years?"
Wei Ziling couldn't stop sighing. Although his face looked very baby-like, his tone was extremely mature. I didn't know why, but I felt that he looked like he deserved a beating.
"Only Xi Guan knows these things, so I'd better not tell you to avoid any trouble."
The more he didn't say, the more curious I became about what trouble he could have caused, so I kept asking him, "What's going on? Even the old devil can't come into this valley, so why are you afraid of being overheard?"
He smiled bitterly and said, "It was because Xi Guan knew about this that he stayed in seclusion in the underworld. You'd better not know about it. The Xi family's fortune change is all on your shoulders. If you can't change your fortune, then the disaster will continue for nine generations."
Something in my heart moved me, so I asked him, "Is it because of the sky lantern incident?"
He nodded solemnly and told me that the Heavenly Lantern and the other two taboos were just a ridiculous secret and I must not know them or think about them anymore. The Xi family had just experienced the nine generations of misfortune from him to my father, but I got into trouble because I knew the secret of the Heavenly Lantern. If I knew the three taboos, I would not be able to change the fate of heavenly punishment.
I nodded continuously after hearing what he said. He was doing this for my own good. No matter what the three major taboos were about, they had nothing to do with me. Why should I be trapped in this situation forever
Grandpa Taizu also said that the reason why I was asked by the underworld to protect Wei Ziling and Xiaoxue was probably because I knew the secret of the Heavenly Lantern. The old ancestor probably wanted me to atone for this so that the descendants of the Xi family would not be affected. I asked about Xiaoxue again. Although the Seventh and Eighth Masters explained it very clearly last time, I still couldn't figure out why I would reincarnate with him to master the secret of the Heavenly Maiden's nails.
He shook his head, looking like the Buddha in Journey to the West who wanted to be beaten, and said to me: "Seventh Master and Eighth Master only know one side of the story. There are many reasons that cannot be explained. I have already paid the price for this, and I don't want our descendants to suffer from it. Don't worry about this matter. This is not your business."
I heard that this seemed to have a hidden story, but he wanted me to mind my own business, otherwise I might stir up a hornet's nest. Just because the Seventh Master and the Eighth Master told me the secret of the Moon Shadow Evil, they were also thrown into the Niliwan Water Prison. It seems that the underworld is similar to the palace. You must not say what you shouldn't say, and you must not listen to what you shouldn't listen to, otherwise you will die without knowing how.
But there was something I had to ask him, so I asked him if he knew who the spy in the underworld was. He was startled and said that he would only stay in the underworld for half a day every 24 years, complete the reincarnation procedures and cross the Naihe Bridge, and would be detained in Meng Po's residence and not allowed to move around freely. He knew nothing about the darkness inside the underworld.