Chapter 2: A Visit to the Underworld
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Under the Acacia Tree,
"Immortal, today is the third day of your tenure, and you should go to the underworld to pay a visit." The little scholar tilted his head and whispered to the man in white on the branch.
"Hmm~"
The man in white was sleepy-eyed: "What are you talking about?" β
"Immortal, you should go to visit the Son of Heaven in the underworld today~"
"Oh? Why do I have to go to visit the cloudy sky! If you don't go, let him come to visit Lao Tzu in person. β
"......" The little scholar was slightly stunned, and then explained carefully:
"Immortals, this is not a matter of visiting or not visiting, but the heavens are fixed, all new immortals must be sealed by the heavenly court, travel in the world, and visit the underworld, these three steps can be regarded as truly ranked in the immortal class."
"How can there be such rules, really?" The man in white sat up.
"Oh~ Of course it's true, how dare I deceive you."
"You are a mortal immortal, so yesterday's human travel can be avoided, but today's visit to the underworld must be visited."
"Then according to what you say, Lao Tzu didn't travel to the world yesterday, and it's already a back door opened by heaven?" The man in white rolled over and got down from the tree and said with a faint smile.
"Where is the immortal, you are the first mortal immortal in 10,000 years, and your status is very noble, so you can avoid some clichΓ©d rules."
β......β
The little scholar beat the snake and got along with the man for two days, and he already knew a little about his temperament.
"Haha~ Since Tiantiao has given face, Lao Tzu is not a person who does not understand the rules." The man in white smiled heartily and patted him on the shoulder: "Then let's go, go to the underworld!" β
Dressed in white with the wind, the waist is tied to the red line and walks freely.
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Ghosts shuttle, yin soldiers are numerous. There were two people in front of the ghost gate.
The little scholar raised his finger forward: "Immortal, if you enter the ghost gate, you will be in the underworld." β
"Tsk~" The man in white tightened the red thread in his hand and scraped his face: "I have to say, the main gate of the underworld is really magnificent!" β
Holding the Three Realms General Order, the little scholar sneered while leading the way: "Where do the immortals say, no matter how magnificent the ghost gate is, can you still pass through the gate of our engagement hall in a grand manner?" β
"Flim tongue, can say festive words, Lao Tzu likes it!"
"The subordinates are stupid, it's just that the immortals teach it well~"
"Haha." The man in white strode forward and nodded unabashedly.
Stepping on the Yin-Yang Road, perceiving the confusion in his eyes, the little scholar spoke again: "Immortals, don't worry, the Yin-Yang Road is all the palace of Senluo, and you can see the Yin Tianzi in less than half an hour." β
"Huh?"
Looking left and right, the man looked puzzled when he heard this: "Lao Tzu said that you are in a hurry, when will you see that bullshit, Lao Tzu is also the first time to come to the underworld, can't you go shopping first?" β
"Yes, yes, the subordinates are indeed a little anxious, forgetting that the immortals came to the underworld for the first time." Guessing the wrong mind, the little scholar subconsciously moved half a step sideways.
The man rubbed the red thread between his hands and stood still: "Come, tell Lao Tzu if there is anything interesting in the underworld." β
"Returning to the immortals, if you talk about the fun places in the underworld, my subordinates only think that there are three places."
The little scholar pondered for a moment, and said respectfully:
"The first is the famous eighteen-layer purgatory, which is a forbidden place in the underworld, where hundreds of millions of cruel and evil ghosts are imprisoned, and their internal anger is monstrous."
"Hmm~ What about the second one?"
"The second is the Netherworld Back Yin Mountain behind the dead city, where the thorny bushes hide ghosts and monsters, and the stone cliffs hide evil spirits; There is no scenery at one glance, and the left and right are rampant; The mountains do not grow grass, the peaks do not insert the heavenly mountains, the mountains do not go to the guests, the holes do not accept the clouds, and the streams do not flow water. β
"Moreover, this son of heaven in the underworld raised troops here, and once surrendered 6,000 soldiers without a fight with King Qin Guang with one chain and one sword."
"To put you like that, this Netherworld Mountain is also a treasure of feng shui." The man in white nodded: "What about the third one?" β
"Immortals, this third is the reincarnation place of the underworld, where hundreds of millions of ghosts are reborn every day. Step on the Nai He Bridge, see the Lechuan River, drink Meng Po soup, and reincarnate in the mortal world. It is the only blessed place in the underworld! β
"Meng Po soup? Is that the Meng Po soup that can make people stop everything? β
"Hui Xian, yes."
"Does it include Lao Tzu's marriage?"
"......" The little scholar's throat slipped slightly, and he glanced at the man in white in front of him with some uneasiness.
"If you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go, and Lao Tzu won't be angry."
β...... Included~"
"What!" When the man in white heard this, he raised his leg and gave the little scholar a kick: "After that, the red thread that Lao Tzu pulled will not be broken here!" β
β...... Immortals...... Didn't the immortals say they weren't angry! The little scholar looked aggrieved.
"Don't talk nonsense, take Lao Tzu to the reincarnation place!"
Wrapping his hands around his shoulders, the man immediately took the little scholar to break through the air.
"Immortals, the underworld can't break the void at will......"
Syllable~!
"The bullshit can't break the air, and the numb point shows the way!"
The back of his head was buzzing, and the little scholar hurriedly raised his hand and pointed to the way: "This way!" β
Streaming down~
The yin wind whistled suddenly, no need to guess, the man must have taken himself to the reincarnation place, the rapid yin wind was like the big mouth of the stepmother, and the little scholar murmured in a low voice: "Jade Emperor bless ~ don't make any mess for a while......"
"Look, there's someone speeding through the sky!"
"yes, how could anyone break the sky?"
"Wait, that's not our people from the underworld!"
"What's going on, what's going on?"
β......β
The ghosts and ghost soldiers on the Yin and Yang Dao talked for a while, and the news that someone had broken through the air in the underworld spread quickly.
The moon immortal broke through the sky with all his might, and the reincarnation place was there in a blink of an eye.
Next to the bridge,
"What does it smell like?"
The man in white steadied himself, sniffed his nose lightly, and asked puzzledly.
"Returning to the immortals, this is the taste of the tea soup made by Meng Po." The little scholar replied truthfully.
"Oh." The man landed slowly and followed his gaze:
In front of the bridge, there is a tea shed, guarded by ghost soldiers, and the soul is endless.
"Interesting~"
Let go of the little scholar, he said playfully: "You wait here, Lao Tzu will come back when he goes to smash the field." β
After speaking, without waiting for his reaction, he strode forward to the tea shed.
The figure changed, and the man disguised himself as an ordinary wandering ghost and quietly inserted himself in the ghost column.
The little scholar stood in place, his eyes closed, and his mouth kept muttering about the blessing of the Jade Emperor......
In the tea shed, the two maids kept rushing to the ghost and handed out bowls of tea soup, and watched them drink numbly. Repeat in turn, without tire.
The majestic ghost guards around him looked indifferent, always maintaining the order of the tea shed, and occasionally there was a ghost who refused to drink Meng Po soup, so they quickly took action and forced him to pour it. The hands and feet are nimble, and they don't drag the mud and water at all.
Getting closer and closer to the tea shed, the man disguised as a wandering ghost still looks harmless to humans and animals.
About less than half a stick of incense,
"Take it!" The maid was expressionless and handed out a bowl of tea soup again.
The man took it with both hands and drank it down.
"Gollum~Gollum~"
After a bowl of tea soup, he wiped his mouth and said disdainfully: "What a broken thing, why don't you feel it after drinking it?" β
Bang dang~
The tea bowl was smashed to the ground. The maid and the ghost pawn were so stunned by the man's behavior that they forgot their duties for a while.
"Huh?" There was a man in the next room who heard the sound and looked back in surprise from the window: willow eyebrows, drooping eyes, a standard nose, a goose egg face, and a fair and immaculate skin with a faint red pink......
A glimpse of it, like a dream.
On that day, there was a shocking madness beside the bridge:
"You're Lao Tzu's woman!"
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Yue Lao said that he liked Meng Po that day, not because of how beautiful she was and how delicious the tea soup was, but because the underworld was very cold and windy, and the red thread in her hand just wrapped around the bowl......
(End of chapter)