When the primordial mists first opened, the heaven and the earth began to divide, and everything was still in chaos. At that time, the heaven and the earth were full of spiritual energy, which was inexhaustible, and all things were regardless of high or low, and even a grass and a leech could be cultivated successfully. But as the land, ghosts and immortals continue to grow, there is a rift between them and the gods, and their disputes continue.
In order to stop the war, a million years ago, Zhuanxu's family was in awe of heaven, and divided the upper nine heavens, the middle nine states, and the lower nine secluded areas, so that the three realms of humans, ghosts, and gods would not be disturbed, and each had its own order.
But since that day, the aura in the world has become thinner and thinner. Today, no one can ascend to the Tao while alive, so two new methods of practice should be brought out: one is to use the outer alchemy to supplement The inner alchemy, the second is to go to the nether world to replenish spiritual energy.
The former is the reason why countless monks died tragically from stealing pills, and the latter is the reason why Zhong Kui, who is known as the number one person in the world, is now working in the underworld.
However, Xie Bian didn't think that his master came here for cultivation, most likely because he was tired of playing in the world and wanted to play in the underworld.
Anyone with meritorious deeds can ask to go to Luofeng Mountain to practice after death. Luofeng Mountain is the place with the most aura of Jiuyou. Cultivating immortals in the underworld is called ghost cultivation. It is half slower than a living person, and the conditions are more stringent than that of ascension through autopsy, so most people choose to enter reincarnation. If they are lucky, they will have a good body in the next life, and they will practice for a hundred years in exchange for ascension after death.
All in all, if you want to come to the underworld to cultivate immortals, you have to give up your life first. But this situation changed a hundred years ago. That indescribable Unrivaled Demon Venerable single-handedly broke the barrier of Fengdu, entered the Underworld, and killed the entire Jiuyou people. Zun may be able to unify the two worlds of humans and ghosts.
Since then, the vitality of the underworld has been severely damaged, and the scarred Fengdu enchantment has been extremely difficult to suppress the thousands of evil spirits in hell internally, and to prevent human monks from taking advantage of the chaos to steal spiritual energy from Luofeng Mountain.
At this time of desperation, one day, Zhong Kui swaggered to Luofeng Mountain, passed through the barrier, and arrived at the Underworld. Not only does he have a cultivation base that dominates the world, but he also possesses the Eastern Emperor Bell, one of the four ancient magic weapons, which can strengthen the barrier. Civil and military judges can freely travel between human and ghost worlds.
Living people are strictly forbidden to enter and leave Jiuyou, so Zhong Kui let him go and picked up Jie Bian who was still a baby, causing a lot of restlessness in the underworld, and now he brought back a big living person, he was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.
Xie Bian trotted all the way back to Tianshi Palace, smelling alcohol from a long distance away.
"Bozhu, you go and boil hot water for the master, prepare the hangover soup, and then take a suit..."
"Master Bai, why don't you take care of these things, first quickly send that living person back quietly, if Mr. Cui finds out, we will all be scolded bloody."
"I'm serious, you go." Xie Bian thinks that Zhong Kui's move probably has his reasons, of course, it may just be drunk, anyway, I heard that the other party is still a young man, a weak person with too much ghost He was angry, at least he would suffer a serious illness, so he sent Bo Zhu away, and if he wanted to send it back, he had to let someone go back properly.
Stepping into the Jiuyun Hall, Jie Bian heard a series of grunts that smelled of alcohol: "Master? How much have you drank again?"
A Taoist in green clothes and rough clothes was slumped in a chair crookedly, sleeping with his neck curled up. His face is full of sideburns, his clothes are dirty and old, and he smells like alcohol. If he lay down in another street or alley, the dogs would walk around him.
Xie Bian was already used to such scenes, and the thin figure standing with his back to him attracted his attention even more.
"You... are the one brought back by Master?"
The back trembled almost imperceptibly.
Xie Bian said softly, "My master drank too much, he must have lost his mind again. Don't be afraid, I will send you back safely."
The young man turned around slowly, slowly, as if the movement of turning around would consume all the strength he had accumulated over the years.
Xie Bian was stunned.
The young man was about fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in black, his face was as white as porcelain, exquisite and exquisite, especially the pair of fox eyes at the end of his eyes, which had an indescribable charm, but his eyes were as cold as a cold pool , such as fire and ice colliding fiercely, being glanced at, the heart and soul trembled.
There is someone in the world who has such an appearance that reverses all sentient beings.
The young man stared at Jie Bian with such a pair of eyes, as if he wanted to lick every inch of his flesh and every hair.
Xie Bian heard a pounding heartbeat from his own chambers, and this young man gave him an indescribable, never-before-seen feeling, as if the two had a relationship long ago, and it was not just a light first meeting, But he didn't remember seeing this person before.
"You..." Jie Bian said puzzled, "What's your name?"
The young man pursed his lips, and there was clearly a flame in his eyes. Pain, longing, longing, selfish desire, expectation, and hatred were constantly increasing.
It's a pity that Xie Bian couldn't understand. He lived for 19 years and mostly dealt with ghosts. He got rid of the ghosts of gain and loss. Don't be afraid, although this is a ghost world, no one will harm you."
The young man stood with his hands behind his back, both hands clenched into fists behind his back, and he was able to restrain the turbulent heart lake. He had imagined countless times that he would meet again one day, what to say and how to say the first sentence, all kinds of past lives, Thousands of words are hard to express, and finally, I just blurted out: "Why did you get hurt?"
"ah?"
The boy's eyes fell on Jie Bian's blood-stained right arm.
"Oh." Jie Bian looked down, "I just received a soul and came back with a slight injury." He smiled brightly, "It's okay."
The boy's heart was shocked, and his eyes fell to other places, as if he couldn't bear that kind of smile.
How could he be exactly the same as back then? !
Standing like an orchid orchid and a jade tree, smiling like a bright moon in his arms, it is exactly the same as the "back then" between them that has not changed beyond recognition.
"You..." Xie Bian was suddenly startled by Zhong Kui's big belch, he shook Zhong Kui's shoulder, "Master, Master, wake up."
Zhong Kui's eyelids trembled for a long time before opening them with difficulty: "Um... Bian?"
"It's hard for you old man to recognize me." Xie Bian said helplessly, "Wake up quickly, where did this young man come from?"
"Good boy." Zhong Kui patted Xie Bian's hand, turned around and planned to continue sleeping.
Xie Bian pushed him even harder: "Master, please wake up, it will be terrible if Mr. Cui Fu finds out that you brought a living person back."
This sentence worked, Zhong Kui opened his eyes and looked around blankly: "I'm back?"
"You're back, and you brought back a living person." Xie Bian turned his face to the boy's direction, "What's going on? I have to hurry up and send him back."
"Oh, him." Zhong Kui rubbed his face, "Who is he?"
Xie Bian couldn't laugh or cry.
The young man said coldly: "You owe me the money for the drink, and you promised to take me as an apprentice."
Xie Bian was stunned. If it were someone else, he would definitely not believe that a rare expert could be admitted to the teacher's school for a meal of wine, but if this expert is his master, then it is not surprising that it is absurd.
Zhong Kui was suspicious: "Really?"
The young man took out a slip of paper from his pocket and shook it off. On it was written with fine brushwork what was owed, how much money was owed, and how to pay it off. It was clearly written in black and white, and a dirty handprint was printed on the bottom, "You Say you are very powerful, be my master, and pay me back the money for the drink."
Zhong Kui sneaked a guilty look at Bian.
Xie Bian snatched the paper and looked at it horizontally and vertically: "Master, is this true?"
"... I guess so."
"You are really..." Xie Bian felt inexplicably guilty towards the young man, "Master, what are you going to do?"
When he was a child, he always begged his master to accept a junior or a junior for him. It would be best to have both a junior and a junior. The more the better, but unfortunately he has not been able to do so. Now it seems possible that he really needs another cheap junior who was randomly picked up. He hopes in his heart It is true, but I feel that this matter is unreliable, and I am afraid that I am happy for nothing.
"That can't be done." Zhong Kui muttered, "What's your name?"
"Fan Wushi."
"Okay, Bian, from now on, he will be your junior brother."
Xie Bian was dumbfounded.
Really? Does he really have a junior
Without saying a word, Fan Wushi knelt down and kowtowed to Zhong Kui: "Master, please accept my disciple's bow."
"Wait, wait first." Xie Bian stepped forward to pull Fan Wuxi up.
But Fan Wuxi dodged abruptly, not even letting him touch the corner of his clothes, he avoided it like a snake and a scorpion.
Xie Bian was at a loss for a moment: "... I am really a living person."
Fan Wuxi stepped back expressionlessly, his hands hidden in his sleeves were shaking.
"Master, although I really want to have a junior brother, this matter cannot be hasty. This young man is not yet alive, and his family members are waiting for him to go back. Besides, Lord Cui will never let you accept another one." Living people are apprentices."
"I have no family." Fan Wuxi said coldly.
"Then...then do you know where this is?"
"Jiuyou, Hades."
"Do you really want to be with ghosts all year round?"
"It's better than being in the company of people."
Xie Bian persuaded: "Mr. Fan, you are still young, you must be cautious about this matter, why don't I send you back first..."
"Zhong Kui!"
With a righteous shout, Zhong Kui jumped up from his chair in fright.
A man with the appearance of a scholar rushed into the Jiuyun Palace, his face was like a crown of jade, his style was handsome and elegant, even if he was in a hurry, he did not lose his manner, but the moment he saw Zhong Kui, his face turned blue with anger: "Zhong Zhengnan! You actually brought back a living person again, you have a little bit of discipline in your eyes, a little bit of propriety!"
Xie Bian saluted and said, "Mr. Cui Fu."
The person who came was the civil judge Cui Jue and Cui Ziyu. He was in charge of the book of life and death and the judge's pen. He was also the compiler of the laws of the underworld.
"Ziyu." Zhong Kui was half awake from the wine, and said with a dry smile, "Misunderstanding."
"What misunderstanding, isn't this person alive? Did you bring it back?" Cui Jue took a look at Bian, "You brought Wuchang back to the underworld, saying he was lonely and helpless, and I let you go. Today you What reason is there?"
"The child is also alone."
"It's nonsense! With hands and feet so big, there is no one in the world who can eat?" Cui Jue ordered, "Bian, send him back immediately."
Xie Bian took a peek at Zhong Kui, saw that Zhong Kui was also looking at him, quickly turned his eyes away, and backed away quietly, not wanting to get involved in the dispute between the two.
Zhong Kui saw that his apprentice didn't care about him, so he played tricks: "But I have already promised to take him as a disciple. How can I, Zhong Kui, be the one who goes back on what he promises?"
"As a judge, you have repeatedly broken the rules of the world of humans and ghosts. Could it be that the laws of the underworld are not as important as your face?"
Cui Jue followed the same principle, and made Zhong Kui so speechless that he had no strength to retort. Zhong Kui admitted his mistake, but he refused to change it.
When the two sides were at a stalemate, Fan Wuxi interjected coldly: "Since we don't accept living people, then it's okay if I die?"
The hall of Jiuyun suddenly became quiet.
"I have already worshiped my teacher, and I am not going anywhere. Please, Mr. Cui Fu, please let me stay for the rest of my life." When Fan Wuxi said this, his eyes were always chasing Xie Bian.
"Nonsense... nonsense!" Cui Jue said angrily, "You treat the book of life and death as the account book of your restaurant, can you add or subtract as you like?"
"Then don't bother Mr. Cui, I will kill myself. After I die, please ask Immortal Lord Wuchang to lead my soul back here."
"It's absolutely impossible!" Xie Bian saw that he was serious, and couldn't tell whether what he said was true or not.
Zhong Kui glanced at Cui Jue, and whispered sadly, "Why do you have to force him to death?"
Cui Jue was so angry: "Okay, okay, no wonder you want to accept this apprentice, he is really... really the same as you! You wait, wait until the emperor comes out, this matter is endless!"
Cui Jue walked away.
Zhong Kui smiled lazily and said, "This man is serious about everything, and he doesn't feel too tired."
Xie Bian lowered his head and suppressed a smile.
"Okay, don't disturb my sleep." Zhong Kui waved his hand, "Your senior brother will help you settle down."
Fan Wushi looked deeply at Jie Bian, and called out two intriguing words: "Senior brother."