The remnant immortal leaned back in his chair, he looked at the teacup in his hand, and said, "It's not done." The name is not yet known. Who doesn't think that way? Young man, you died in your twenties, and you feel a little wronged in this life, but I can tell you clearly, even if you die at the age of seventy or eighty, you still feel that you have not achieved success and fame. People, ambitious, long, long, never know satisfaction. ”

I couldn't help but nod and said, "That's right. ”

The remnant fairy pointed to the lottery holder on the table and said, "Draw a lot." ”

I asked suspiciously, "I'm going to die, what are I going to draw lots for?" ”

The remnant immortal smiled. said: "There is no hope in this life. And the afterlife. Don't you want to see the fortune of the next life? ”

I thought to myself: Mr. Lu has put a Taoist talisman on me to disguise me as a short-lived ghost. But I don't know if this talisman can fool the remnant immortal's lottery.

I sighed and pulled a bamboo skewer out of it. There is a line of small red letters written on it: The sun and the moon throw people away, and those who are ambitious are not hired.

When I saw this, I chuckled in my heart.

The remnant fairy stretched out his hand, and I gave him the bamboo stick.

He looked at the small lines and said, "Do you still need me to explain these two lines of poetry?" ”

I shook my head and said, "No, no. ”

The remnant immortal threw the bamboo skewer back into the stick. said: "It's not terrible for people to die. After all, there is an afterlife, and if you still have to suffer in the next life, and your ambitions are not rewarded, then it will be a bit miserable. What's the fun of this life? ”

The words of the remnant immortal seemed to have some magical power. I was seduced by his voice and began to think cranky.

I suddenly remembered the test. The reincarnation of my life. I know that after being reincarnated, the result is still suffering, but I can't change it, so I can only grit my teeth and endure it. There is no hope in sight. I shuddered.

Suddenly, I came back to my senses, and I saw the remnant fairy looking at me with a smile on his face.

I immediately realized something, the remnant immortal did this. I'm afraid there is some way to transfer it, waiting for me to beg him.

I hurriedly stood up and shouted respectfully, "Old Immortal, please save me." ”

The remnant immortal waved his hand and said, "Sit down, little brother, sit down." ”

I slowly sat down on the stool.

The remnant immortal pinched his chin and muttered, "If you can ascend to the Dao, you naturally don't have to suffer from death anymore, and you don't have to worry about fame and fortune anymore. However, throughout the ages, there are very few people who have become immortals. ”

I asked, "So what should I do?" Old immortal, can you help me transfer in the next life, be an official, and show my ambitions? ”

The remnant immortal was embarrassed and said, "Change your life against the sky." This kind of thing, even when I was in the fairy world, I didn't dare to do it. What's more, I only have one pair of eyes left now, and I really can't do it. ”

It's a face I'm familiar with. I know that if he really couldn't change his life, he wouldn't have talked so much to me. Since he said so, he must be sure. The reason why it is so difficult to change my life is just to make me pay some price.

So I said sincerely: "Old immortal, as long as you help me change my life and fulfill my wish." Whatever you want, I will give it to you, as a cow and a horse, there is no ambiguity. ”

The remnant immortal said: "No, why do you need to be a cow and a horse? I'm an immortal, not a demon, and I won't do that kind of sideways, crooked and evil things. ”

I cautiously asked, "So what should I do?" ”

The remnant immortal pondered for a while and said, "Young man, it has been a long time since I was demoted to mortality. This body has completely become a mortal fetus, and if you want to ascend to the immortal world again, it is very rare. ”

I was resigned, not knowing what he was going to say. After a while, the remnant immortal said, "If you can lend me a leg after you die, then I still have some hope." ”

I nervously asked, "Borrow a leg?" How to borrow? ”

The remnant immortal said: "I need seventy-seven forty-nine ghost legs to refine them into one immortal leg." Then replace the mortal leg on me. Seventy-seven and forty-nine more arms......"

After talking for a while, I gradually understood. The remnant immortal wants to refine into an immortal body and help him soar into an immortal. In the process, he needs the imp's body as a raw material. However, he claimed that he was merciful and couldn't bear to harm the life of the little ghost, so he used the principle of voluntariness to take a part of it and make it into a body.

I asked, "What will happen to me if I hand over my legs?" ”

The remnant immortal said, "In the next three lives, you will be a cripple. ”

I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Being lame doesn't seem to be anything." If I hand over my legs, can I transfer them? ”

The remnant immortal nodded: "I can make you a great official of the third world." In these three lives, you can do whatever you want. ”

I thought about it for a while and thought: Anyway, my trip was fake, and it was all arranged by Mr. Lu to deceive people.

I nodded and said to the remnant immortal, "Okay, I agreed." ”

The remnant immortal said with satisfaction: "Refreshing." ”

Then he instructed: "When you go back, go to the newspaper office and publish an obituary, and write your name, address, date of birth and death clearly." ”

I thought to myself: I'm getting to the point.

I asked, "Why do you want to publish an obituary?" ”

The remnant fairy looked at me strangely and said, "Young man, you are very diligent and inquisitive, I have never seen you ask questions all the time like you." ”

I hurriedly smiled dryly: "After all, it is related to my life and death, and I want to ask some more clearly." ”

The remnant immortal nodded, revealing a look of understanding: Life and death are big matters, and you are doing this correctly.

He said: "The birth and death of man. It is related to two worlds, one is the human world and one is the underworld. ”

I nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad." ”

The remnant immortal took a sip of tea and said, "When you are born, you enter the yang world from the underworld. For the human world, this is life, but for the underworld, it is death. Can you understand this sentence? ”

I nodded and said, "Understood." "I thought in my heart that this remnant immortal's statement is very novel.

The remnant immortal said: "After being born, I will report my household registration and celebrate my birthday. This is to tell the world that I was born and have come to the world. This custom has continued to this day, you are not unfamiliar with it, right? ”

I nodded and said, "No stranger." ”

The remnant immortal said: "This set of etiquette is all relative to the world. But in ancient times, there was another half who wanted to say goodbye to the underworld. When a baby is born, the parents of the infant shall place three animals outside the door, and take a cup of water and wine, and pour it on the ground to thank the soul for escorting the soul. and afflicted them, and helped the babies, and took away the household registration of the underworld. ”

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The remnant immortal nodded, and said, "When the person dies, he will go out of the funeral and report to the land lord." These things are relative to the underworld, which means to remind the people of the underworld that another soul is about to come in, and please receive it. In fact, there is another half of this ritual, which is relative to the human world. That's the obituary. Of course, from ancient times to the present, the form of obituaries has also undergone many changes, even intermittently, and from time to time. ”

I nodded and said, "It's really coming and going. I haven't heard of the three animals at the door, toasts and the like. ”

The remnant immortal smiled and said, "Do you know why it is difficult to persist like birthday celebrations and funerals, and it has become a custom that has not been easy for thousands of years? ”

I shook my head and asked, "Why?" ”

The remnant immortal sighed: "Because of people, their vision is really short-sighted. When I was born, I only thought about how to live well in the world, and forgot to say goodbye to the underworld. When he died, he was anxious again, thinking about not suffering in the underworld, but he forgot to look at the world again. Therefore, there are fewer and fewer animals, and no one has published obituaries. ”

It dawned on me that this was the case. Then I said, "You asked me to send an obituary just so that I could say goodbye to the world?" ”

The remnant immortal said, "It's not just for that. Tonight, you use the blood of your fingertips to write the eight characters of your birthday on your heart, and then go to take a photo and hand it to the newspaper to distribute the obituary. In this way, it is equivalent to a contract. This deed represents two things. First, on earth, you declare death. Second, you agree that I will help you transfer, and your soul can be at my mercy. If I didn't have this contract, I would have hurt your soul privately. ”