Chapter 9: Death is Coming

"Why is it so heavy?"

Qiuchen carried Ah Qiu on his back and slowly walked to the house on the side, while Cuixiang followed behind with a wine gourd. I didn't expect the barnyard field to look slim, but it was very tiring to carry it

"Ha, I didn't expect humans to drink so badly," Cuixiang said, taking another sip of wine

"I said," Qiuchen struggled to carry Ah Qiu, "where did all the wine you drank go?" Those wines add up to more than you."

"It's really a matter of faux pas, of course it's been digested."

No, I guess it's definitely not digested

Just now, Cui Xiang directly pulled Ah Qiu to drink, and Ah Qiu didn't seem to be easy to refuse, but he was drunk by Cui Xiang after a while.

In fact, if Ah Qiu hadn't been drunk and lying down Qiuchen, he would have been surprised, after all, according to the kind of drinking method of the ghost clan, in modern times, it is the kind of two-pot head-to-bottle drinking, Qiuchen has to open the undead physique when drinking with Cuixiang, otherwise Qiuchen will become the first heroic spirit with alcohol poisoning.

Well, albeit in name.

But thanks to Qiuchen on the way to the road, he had already explained the business to Ah Qiu, Ah Qiu hoped to be able to sort out a book that recorded all the monsters, that is, the encyclopedia of non-humans, which reminded Qiu Chen of the task that Alaya gave him before he came to this world, although the tone made people wonder if Alaya was a task to have fun, but Alaya is a human consciousness, and if there are too many non-humans in a world, it will not be good for her, so Qiuchen feels that she is better to be serious.

However, this kind of task cannot be completed in a day or two, and it is still so troublesome, it has to run all over the world.

It just so happens that there is Ah Qiu.

So Qiuchen gave Ah Qiu a rune stone and told Ah Qiu that he could help her, and the effect of that rune stone was to send a message back to Qiu Chen when Ah Qiu was in danger, and Qiu Chen could immediately save her. But this can only be regarded as an expedient measure, Ah Qiu is a human and will die sooner or later, but such a human Qiu Chen, who can help Qiu Chen complete the task, doesn't want her to die like this.

Hey---- I may have to fight with the underworld then

"Well, okay" Qiuchen slowly put Ah Qiu on the **, and looked back at Cuixiang, "Cuixiang, Ah Qiu's safety in the ghost market will be entrusted to you"

"No problem" Cui Xiang patted Qiuchen's waist, "With me covering her in the ghost city, no ghost dares to touch her"

How do you have a tone with that main god?

When Qiuchen offered to help her just now, although Ah Qiu agreed, Qiuchen could still see that Ah Qiu had concerns. After all, a youkai who has always been considered to do all kinds of evil will help humans, and Ah Qiu still seems a little difficult to accept. So Qiuchen proposed to ask him to help her collect information in the ghost market first, hoping that this would make Ah Qiu let down his guard. If a helper keeps doubting you when he is helping you, even Qiuchen will be very difficult.

"Okay," Qiuchen clapped his hands, "Let's go to the ghost market"

Ancient bazaars like the Ghost Market are still very attractive to Autumn Dust

On the streets of the ghost market, Qiuchen and Cuixiang looked while walking, to be precise, Qiuchen asked everywhere he saw, and Cuixiang kept giving him answers.

"Now, Cuixiang, what are you doing here?"

Qiuchen asked, pointing to a group of ghosts in a circle

"Ah, they" Suika took a sip of the wine in the gourd and glanced at it, "They are imitating the night march of the hundred ghosts on the human side"

"Hundred Ghost Night Formation? On the human side? Qiuchen was puzzled

"Aha" Suika laughed dryly, "You can understand that a group of idle guys are having fun, humans use the Hyakki Night Formation to observe the actions of youkai, and they don't know what's going on, which youkai knows about this method, so they came up with this method to observe themselves"

"It's really fun" Qiu Chen sighed, to be honest, he was very envious of these people who could not have any worries, just rely on their own preferences, and have friends to play with

"Uh, don't be sad, come, please take a sip" Cuixiang handed the flask to Qiuchen.

"Okay, then this"

"Autumn Dust!"

A voice came from behind, interrupting Qiu Chen's words

Qiuchen and Cuixiang looked back, only to see Xingxiong Yongyi walking briskly with a figure

"I've found one, it's her," he said, pushing the figure behind him who had just followed forward

"You said it was," Qiuchen opened his mouth and looked at the girl in front of him in surprise

Her short pink hair fell neatly on her shoulders, her head was tied with a rosary in a double ponytail, her short blue shirt was covered with a white cloth underneath, and a black copper coin belt was tied around her waist, but the most striking thing was the two-meter-long sickle she carried on her shoulders.

"I didn't find the Enma this time" Yongyi circled her head and promised Qiuchen to help him find the Enma but didn't find it, which made her a little embarrassed, "But I helped you find a god of death, and she can also take you to Santuchuan"

To be honest, in Qiu Chen's impression, the Grim Reaper is the kind of person who wears a black robe, revealing a skeletal face, blue or red soul fire in his eyes, and always holds a long scythe in his hand, but this Grim Reaper

In addition to the scythe, it completely subverted Qiu Chen's impression of death!

What kind of beautiful girl is the Grim Reaper!

If only a bunch of dead houses knew

This will definitely disturb public order! For example, the suicide rate has risen dramatically and so on.

"You're looking for the living dead of Lord Enma? I'm the ferryman, Onotsuka Komachi, "Beautiful girl Death, Onozuka Komachi, looking at Autumn Dust

"That's right, it's me, it's nice to meet you" Qiuchen greeted politely, looking at the other party's profile, it seems that he is a very serious person (ghost?). )。

At the same time, Qiuchen recalled in his mind the impression of the Grim Reaper he had seen in the book: the Grim Reaper was a group of serious death messengers who would meticulously complete the harvest of death without emotion.

Well, compared to Cuixiang and Yongyi, it's a guy who is not easy to deal with

Qiuchen raised his head and met Komachi's gaze

Komachi looked Autumn Dust up and down

Familiar movements

Probably not

"It's hard for you to find Lord Enma and want to move to the underworld, in fact, there is no need to be so troublesome, I just"

I knew it!!

Qiuchen covered his head, "Yongyi, what did you say to her"

"I didn't say anything," Yongyi waved his hand, "It's not your category to blame."

In fact, Qiu Chen learned about the situation of the living dead on the second day after coming to the ghost town, but the situation was not very good.

The living dead, in this world, mainly refers to those who have not entered the underworld, or escaped from the underworld, the former accounts for the majority, and most of the living dead in this category have no sanity, in other words, they are similar to zombies and the like, but the difference is that they do not have the terrible ability of zombies to transform people into new zombies when they hurt people, and their strength is the slime that novice onmyoji uses to practice.

And the second type is a very dangerous group of dead, they have not been washed away by the breath of the living because they have entered the underworld, but they have the evil energy brought by the underworld, so they cause the most harm to the world of the living, but they are not very common in Japan, because the only place that can run out of the underworld is the Two Realms Mountain in the Central Plains of the Celestial Empire.

"I can't help the category."

"Huh? How can you be sane and still be able to control yourself? Komachi looked surprised

"How did you deduce that I was not sane, you were still greeting me just now, okay?"

"Che, I thought you just had a little instinctive intelligence. I didn't expect you to be no different from ordinary ghosts" Komachi waved his hand, "Just now Xingxiong Yongyi came to me and said that there was a living dead, I thought it was a guy who made trouble here and was arrested, as for greeting" Komachi stretched his waist, "I have to ferry every day, and I am used to the soul that doesn't have much consciousness"

"Okay, okay," Qiuchen decided not to delve into this, "let's talk about business"

"Business? Not a matter of emigration? ”

"You're still thinking about moving!"

"Haha" Komachi laughed dryly, "I can't help it, in fact, I really want you to go to the underworld, so that someone can take care of those troublesome living dead"

"I'll talk about this later, I'm looking for Enma because of this" With that, Qiuchen took out the cherry blossom

"This" Komachi looked at the cherry blossoms carefully, then shook his head, "I haven't seen this thing, and there is no one in the underworld, at least not in the area of the Santugawa River, and if there is, it will be in the underworld of the Central Plains or in the hell in the west."

"That's it" Komachi was disappointed when he saw Qiuchen, and hurriedly said, "I'll take you to meet Lord Enma, maybe she can have a record there"

"Thank you very much for that."

But Komachi didn't leave immediately with Akichen, but instead stretched out a hand???

Qiuchen was puzzled

"Wages"

"Wait," Qiuchen felt that his brain was a little insufficient, "The ferryman still needs to be paid?" ”

"Of course," Komachi took for granted

"Then if the soul of the ferryman has no money?"

"Then hang it there and wait for his family to burn him before crossing it"

"It's really"

What's the seriousness?! What's the point of serious work?!

Well, in fact, the initial impression was wrong