Chapter 9: The Underworld
Walking on the streets of the ghost city of Yinsi, looking at all kinds of cultivators, there are old people who are crippled, babies who are crying, women with sad faces, and strong men who are rampant and domineering, all kinds of things, it is obviously the epitome of the yang world. Wen Haotian had already inquired clearly, but the bridge was less than half a day's trip from the ghost town of Yinsi, so he decided to stay in the city for two days.
"I can't imagine that Ma Cannon and Chen Xue's soul bead have become a turning point for your parents' death, what a heavenly way has reincarnation!"
Wen Haotian heard the voice of the old man, he knew that the old man was not here, so he didn't answer, what the old man thought was also what he scrupled, could it be that he was really acting against the sky when he was reborn with the old man?
"Haotian, old man, I just sighed for a while, you don't have to take it to heart. Three points for everything, seven points for people, and the way of heaven for people to follow the will of heaven is an auspicious number. But against the will of heaven to do the best of the people, it may not be a murderous number. ”
"Elder Ming, I understand what you mean, since you have been reborn, you will do the things of eliminating evil and promoting good, fulfill the responsibility of peace and benefit the people, and let it clear for a day when you are in the netherworld, whether it is in accordance with the will of heaven or against heaven in this life!"
At this time, a child's cry made Wen Haotian come to his senses. He looked in the direction where the cry came from, an old woman with a child of six or seven years old was kneeling at the feet of the owner of a bun shop, kowtowing incessantly, the child was frightened by the boss's fierce face and cried, dragging the old woman's shabby clothes, and crying. At this time, the pedestrians on the street had already gathered around, and Wen Haotian stepped forward to learn that the child was hungry, so the old woman knelt down and asked the shopkeeper for a bun.
"Elder Shen, do cultivators still need to eat? I haven't eaten these days, and I don't feel hungry. ”
"Not all cultivators have the method to restore their own yin qi, they are forced to have no choice but to seek the method of refining the soul and embark on the path of cultivation, but without the cultivation method, when the yin qi is exhausted, you will be hungry and unbearable, you have the Hades recipe to breathe your own yin qi, so naturally you don't feel hungry. Most of the food in the restaurants and restaurants in the city is made with materials that replenish yin qi, which is to provide yin qi supply for these ordinary cultivators who have no cultivation methods. ”
Wen Haotian's heart moved, and he wanted to step forward, but was stopped by the elder,
"Let's go to the front of the underworld first, the soul bead in your arms is still very useful, it is not as ordinary and easy to obtain as you think, if you take it to the shopkeeper to change a bun, it will be really a tyrannical thing." ”
Wen Haotian learned from the memories of the old man that the Underworld was the only place in the Netherworld that integrated storage, pawn, money lending and other businesses, but so far no one knew who the forces behind the Underworld were who were. The underworld has a branch building in the territory under the jurisdiction of all forces, monopolizing the currency circulation of the underworld.
"Master, do you want to stock or withdraw money when you go to the Underworld?"
"Look at how much money this can be exchanged for. ”
Wen Haotian followed the instructions of the elder and handed a soul bead to the man. The guy was an old yin ghost, looking at the dead tree like skin and bones, but the yin qi around his body was thick, and even Wen Haotian, who had not entered the door wall of a cultivator, could sense that this guy was not simple. The old man looked at the soul bead carefully in front of his eyes, and said with a smile,
"Master, the little one is old, his old eyes are dizzy, and he can't see how much this object is worth, you wait a minute, I'll take it to the inner hall and let the steward take a look, and give you an estimate." ”
Wen Haotian nodded, and the old man entered the inner hall, and then a teenage young man took Wen Haotian aside to rest and served a cup of tea like tea. Before Wen Haotian got it in front of him, he smelled a fragrance, which refreshed his entire soul. After taking a shallow sip, the juice flowed into the abdominal cavity, turning into continuous yin qi, nourishing the six souls and fourteen spirits, and it was extremely comfortable.
"Haotian, most of the food and drinks in the Netherworld are made of materials that replenish yin qi, and it doesn't hurt to eat occasionally, don't let your soul become dependent on it, which is not conducive to future cultivation. The old man has already seen that the soul bead is not extraordinary, and no matter how you ask later, you just need to be perfunctory, and don't talk about anything else, so as not to cause complications. ”
Wen Haotian agreed in his heart, and hurriedly put the tea-like drink on the coffee table next to him, and no longer touched it. At this time, a woman with a delicate face and a gorgeous dress came out of the back hall with the old man.
"Yo... Little brother, a talent, extraordinary, I don't know which son? I Yu Jiaojiao has been running this underworld building in Yinsi City for hundreds of years, and I see that the son's eyes are very good. ”
"Yu shopkeeper has been raised, I am an ordinary ghost, not a noble queen. ”
"Childe said with a smile, if you are ordinary, then there are still a few people in our Yin Si ghost city who dare to call themselves nobles. That's it, the rules of the underworld, no inquiries about the origin of the guests, Jiaojiao is curious for a while, there is a lot of offense, and I hope that the son will not blame. Mo Lao, help Gongzi exchange the coins, a total of 100,000 Yin coins, and deposit them into the black gold card. ”
As soon as Wen Haotian heard this number, he was instantly speechless, just now he was thinking about exchanging it for a bun, and the one given to the ghost of the nameless mansion, the more he thought about it, the more he felt pain. The old guy on the side said yes and went to handle it. Yu Jiaojiao smiled again and asked,
"Childe, you look at Miansheng, it must be the first time to come to our Yin Si City, if you don't dislike it, the little girl is willing to take Childe around Yin Si City, how about it?"
Yu Jiaojiao put her hand on Wen Haotian's shoulder as she spoke, and then her whole body also leaned over, Wen Haotian stood up suddenly when she saw this, Yu Jiaojiao didn't hold it steady, and almost fell to the ground. At this time, Mo Lao was holding a black wooden tray in his hand, a brocade platter was placed on the plate, and a black light card was like jade on the brocade pa, and there was a bag of yin coins next to it. Seeing the embarrassment of the master, he hurriedly lowered his head and pretended not to see it.
"Boss, according to your orders, five hundred yin coins have been put in the bag, and the rest have been deposited in the black gold card. ”
"Well, go down. ”
Yu Jiaojiao took the tray, put on a charming smile on her face again, and walked in front of Wen Haotian.
"Childe, the coins you exchanged are all here, and you need to input a trace of yin qi into this card, and you can access it with this card in the future, no matter in the Netherworld, no matter in the Netherworld. ”
Wen Haotian avoided Yu Jiaojiao's courteous eyes, mobilized a trace of yin qi, and injected it into the card. After Yu Jiaojiao saw Wen Haotian infused yin qi, she guided the card and money bag to suspend in the air, held the wooden plate in her left hand, and used her free right hand to outline a mysterious rune in the air with her fingers, which was printed on the card and money bag, and then sent the card and money bag to Wen Haotian.
"Childe, the holder of the black gold card has a Qiankun bag, which can automatically deposit and withdraw coins between the black gold card and the Qiankun bag as you wish, without you having to go back and forth to the underworld. The little girl has nothing to do today, can she be with her son..."
"Thank you for your thoughtful service, I still have important things to do, and he will invite Yu to play in Yin Si City in the future, and there will be a period later. ”
Wen Haotian took the card and the money bag and put it in his arms, ignored Yu Jiaojiao behind him, and walked out of the underworld. In the underworld, Yu Jiaojiao put away her charming smile, her face was still delicate, but she was cold and calm, staring closely at the direction where Wen Haotian left. At this time, the voice of the old man Mo Lao came from behind Yu Jiaojiao,
"Miss Jiaojiao, do you want the little old man to report to the landlord and check his details in each branch building?"
"Don't worry, it's just a third-order supreme soul bead, as long as he uses coins, we naturally know his movements. ”
After Wen Haotian left the Hades Tower for some distance, he asked the Old Man,
"Elder Shen, the soul bead that King Yama gave to King Qin Guang is so valuable?"
"This soul bead is a divine object for cultivators to improve their Yin Qi cultivation, especially cultivators who are at the Yin Acceptance Stage and are ready to break through, and they need a large amount of Yin Qi storage to break through, and at this time, the Soul Bead is the best nourishing thing. There are four orders of soul beads left in the world, of which the third-order and fourth-order soul beads are the rarest, and each level is divided into three types: lower grade, upper grade, and best grade. The first-order soul bead can only be refined by cultivators at the solid soul level, the second-order soul bead needs to be refined, the third-order soul bead needs to build the yin level, and the fourth-order soul bead needs to be refined at the yin level. These are all third-order superlatives in your arms, and the crimson soul bead that was given to the nameless mansion lord is the superlative of the third-order superlatives, which you inadvertently borrowed from my residual consciousness cultivation to refine at that time. ”
Wen Haotian was secretly speechless when he heard this, and instantly felt that he was carrying so many valuable treasures in his arms, and he unconsciously became a rich man.
"With the current cultivation of your and my souls, there is no way to refine the soul beads at all, six of them are prepared for you when refining the soul, and there is one left, keep it well, before you can refine the soul beads, this will be of great use. ”
In the blink of an eye, Wen Haotian had already come to the bun shop just now, at this time, the door of the store was full of passers-by, and across the crowd, Wen Haotian could hear a terrible scream. Squeezing into the crowd, Wen Haotian found that the ghosts dressed as three guys were punching and kicking the old woman and the six or seven-year-old children, Wen Haotian remembered for a moment that he was beaten by a group of people in the private room of the Internet café, and the yin qi in his palm was condensed, and the three serpentine darts were about to be shot, and the old man hurriedly stopped it,
"Don't hurt his life, he has a backer to open a shop in Yin Si City, you and I can't protect myself, don't make enemies. ”
When Wen Haotian heard this, he reined in his yin qi, and the three serpentine darts dispersed, and he rushed forward.
"Boss, I'll pay for the old woman and the child's buns. ”
He took out ten Yin coins and handed them to the boss, and the three guys stopped. The shopkeeper took out a few more steamed buns from the shop and handed them to the old woman and the six or seven-year-old children, who grabbed the buns and stuffed them desperately into their mouths, ignoring the pain of the beating they had just been beaten. The shopkeeper looked at the old woman and the six or seven-year-old child in front of him, and said helplessly,
"Little brother, you can save for a while, but you can't save a lifetime. ”
Wen Haotian thought to himself, these dead souls had no intention of cultivating, and they were forced to step into the path of cultivation, if they were in charge of the Netherworld, strictly enforce the law, and eliminate bad habits, maybe there would be a lot fewer such old women and children.
"Boss, save for a while, it's a moment, there will always be a day when there will be no hunger on the streets. ”
Wen Haotian took out the remaining four hundred and ninety yin coins in the Qiankun bag and prepared to hand them over to the old woman, and then thought about it, the old woman and the six or seven-year-old children had no ability to protect themselves, and handing the coins to them was equivalent to giving them their lives.
"Boss, there are still four hundred and ninety yin coins here, all of which are stored in you, and in the future, ghosts like old women and children will come to your shop, and I hope you will give you some food. ”
"Little brother, rest assured, rest assured!"
Wen Haotian put down the coin and walked towards an inn, he had no intention of looking at this prosperous and extravagant Yin Si City, he just wanted to become a strong man as soon as possible, so as to solve these problems from the root. When Wen Haotian disappeared into the streets and alleys in the distance, the old woman and the six or seven-year-old children in front of everyone disappeared out of thin air, and only a burst of empty and thick Buddha was in the air for a long time.