Chapter 16: The Messenger of the Underworld
There is a Ruifu building on Zhuque Street, three floors up and down, it is the premier restaurant in Chang'an City, Dou Sandao won a lot of silver because of Wuqing, and he took the two of them here for dinner under great joy.
Xuanshi used vegetarian food, a large bowl of white rice with two plates of green vegetables was quickly eaten, and at this time he sat quietly and watched the other two push the cup and change the lamp.
"Come on, come on, I didn't expect you to look at Si Swenwen, but it's a good amount of wine," Dou Sandao drank red with a red face, and was very excited to find a large number of drinking friends, "It's a pity that the plum blossom wine here is beautiful, but the wine strength is not very big, next time I will take you to taste drunken life and dream death, that is the world's first-class good wine." Saying that, it was another bowl of belly.
Wuqing also accompanied him to make a bowl, and said with a satisfied face: "This wine is rich in the mouth, and there is a sweet smell of plums, and it tastes fragrant when you drink it, which is already a rare wine." ”
Dou Sandao said with a smile: "After you have tasted that drunken dream and died, you will know what the best wine in the world is." ”
Wuqing filled the wine and said, "Then I'll wait." ”
Xuanshi interjected on the side: "Big brother, what do you mean when you say that Luo Ling is not a human?"
When Dou Sandao heard this, he also put down the wine bowl in his hand and looked at Wuqing.
Wu Qing took a broad bean and threw it into his mouth and chewed it, and said slowly: "Have you noticed the exercises used by this person? That stealth method is not a casual trick, it is an authentic immortal method!"
"Immortal Law?" Xuanshi exclaimed, "Could it be that Luo Ling is an immortal?"
Wuqing shook his head and said: "This person is neither human nor demon, neither god nor ghost, neither immortal nor demon, and has been hooked out of the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements." ”
Dou Sandao frowned and asked, "What do you mean by hooking out the Three Realms?"
Wu Qing said with a smile: "Brother Dou listened carefully, that's right, he was hooked out of the Three Realms, if my expectations are correct, he should be from the underworld." ”
At such times, Xuanshi's eyes were always shining: "Is it a ghost from the underworld? No, big brother, you have already said that he is not a ghost, what is it?"
Wuqing shook his head, picked up the wine bowl and touched it with Dou Sandao again, drank it all, and said: " I don't know very well, but I guess he may be the underworld's yang-world supervisor, I have seen the introduction of the underworld's yang-world inspector in some of the classics of the master's school, the underworld is the underworld realm, it is the yin division of the earth, and the yin-soul of the people on weekdays will be attracted by the six reincarnations, and they will be thrown into the underworld by themselves, but many cultivators have high mana before their lives, and the yin-spirits after death are often nostalgic for their previous lives, and they stay in the yang-world and do not go to the underworld to report, and the underworld's yang-world superintendent is specifically responsible for catching these fleeing souls. They are generally human beings who cultivate ghosts, so they make themselves not human and ghost, not demons and immortals, but the strength is very strong, they all enter the netherworld to practice in the flesh, and the exercises they use are very different from our yang world, just like the stealth method, if I remember correctly, it is the Shura stealth method in the underworld exercises, Shura stealth can not only hide the body, but also shield their own breath, divine thoughts and induction, which is extremely magical. ”
Dou Sandao slapped his thigh, and suddenly realized: "I didn't feel it when he was invisible on the stage, I thought it was because I didn't have luck, but when he stepped down, I secretly used the induction method, and I didn't notice his figure. ”
Xuanshi exerts the spirit of asking if he doesn't understand: "Then are they good or evil?"
Wu Qing looked at Xuanshi and said with a smile: "How can there be such a clear distinction between good and evil? They capture the ghosts and ghosts in the yang world and maintain the order of the Three Realms, do you say that it is good or evil? At the same time, because of the exercises, their minds are often distorted and they do some unpredictable things, so is it good or evil? Good and evil can never be distinguished by people, that only applies to the distinction between things. ”
Xuanshi nodded thoughtfully, Dou Sandao looked at Xuanshi, and grinned: "Little Master Xuanshi, I have been out on business for half a year, and an underworld inspector has appeared in this ring, how interesting! Life is like this, full of unknowns and surprises, how? ”
Xuanshi replied with a smile: "Du Wei's words are very reasonable, and the little monk is also itching to see the eldest brother killing in the ring today. ”
Dou Sandao was overjoyed and said, "Then I will arrange a provocation for you tomorrow." ”
But he didn't want Xuanshi to wave his hand and said, "If you don't go tomorrow, I'll go back in three days." ”
Dou Sandao said hurriedly: "Do things from your heart, little master, since you have decided to go to the ring, why do you have to delay for three days? I think it will be good to go to the ring tomorrow." ”
Xuanshi dusted off the hem of the monk's robe and said lightly: "I just think it's interesting to let Du Wei lose the one hundred taels of silver." ”
Dou Sandao was speechless for a moment, today he secretly ran to bet with the captains when the little monk was concentrating on watching Wuqing fight, and persuaded the first disciple of the Huasheng Temple to voluntarily come to the stage to fight, the bet was one hundred taels of silver, Dou Sandao thought that he was unaware, and he didn't want to be listened to by the little monk, but now he was pierced in front of him, Dou Sandao's face was a little unbearable, and he asked Wuqing Dao: "What's that...... Brother, you said that Luo Ling is the Yang Overseer of the Underworld, so why did he come to fight in broad daylight? Could it be that he is tired of catching ghosts and catching them for recreation?"
Wuqing shook his head and said: "I don't know why they came to fight, but as far as I know, their temperament is changeable, and they can't be measured by common sense; there are gods and ghosts in the heavens and earth, and this is the avenue of yin and yang in heaven and earth, which is understandable, but they are all people in the yang world, and they use human flesh to cultivate the law of the underworld, and this practice is against the heavens, so they are like ghosts in the yang world, and they are people in the yang world, which can be said to have been abandoned by the Three Realms, but the blessings and misfortunes depend on, and they have a benefit in doing so, that is, they no longer have the worry of reincarnation, and they can live with heaven and earth." ”
Dou Sandao's eyes widened and said, "Isn't that immortal?"
Wu Qing said with a smile: "Such an immortality that is not human or ghost, I would rather not, and to become the yang supervisor of the underworld, the internal and external conditions are quite many and harsh, but no one can do it if they want to, just like today, my master's practice is the most restrained yin and evil, if I kill him today, then he will be completely scattered, and he will not even have a chance to be reincarnated. ”
Dou Sandao was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Brother, you just said that they are capturing the soul of cultivators, so this Luo Ling is here ......."
Wuqing said helplessly: "Brother Dou also thought of it?"
Dou Sandao's face turned pale, and he no longer spoke.
Xuanshi is easy to understand: "This Chang'an City is thousands of miles away only your Jin Wuwei is dominant, it seems that it is ......"
Dou Sandao sighed and said abruptly: "I once said that our Jin Wuwei is brave and good at fighting, and we don't cultivate the way of life, and there are many people who die early. ”
Wuqing saw that Dou Sandao was depressed, and couldn't help but persuade: "The soul of the cultivator is deep and the mana is strong, and most of you Jin Wuwei are fierce people who died in battle, and it is not the blessing of the common people to stay in the yang world, and it is understandable for the underworld to install the yang prison supervisor here." ”
Of course, Dou Sandao knew that this was the right thing to do, but he felt uncomfortable, poured himself a bowl of wine, and after taking a sip of it, he said loudly: "Don't talk about this, but since this person has appeared, then I have to check his bottom." ”
Xuanshi sat aside and didn't say anything, just pondered, and Wuqing saw that the wine was almost here, so he asked Dou Sandao: "Brother Dou, where do the two of us rest?" Dou Sandao took another sip of wine and said, "I will take you back to the Light Breeze and Drizzle Building in a while, and you will live there in the future." ”
Wuqing nodded and said hello, and was about to get up. But I heard a hoarse voice coming from the window: "This Daoist brother also knows the heels of our lonely souls and wild ghosts, it's really amazing!"
As soon as the voice sounded, a dark shadow flashed in like a ghost, and landed straight on the empty chair of their table.
The person who came was the Luo Ling during the day. Xuanshi just glanced up and didn't speak; although Wuqing was a little surprised by Luo Ling's arrival, he didn't move; Dou Sandao's face showed a trace of anger, and the green tendons on his hands were about to attack. The masked Luo Ling just squinted at Dou Sandao, and said lightly: "What that Daoist brother said just now is right, the main purpose of my stay in Chang'an is to ensure that after the death of your Jin Wuwei people, your soul can smoothly return to the underworld and reincarnation." You also have the magic of exorcism and demon slaying, don't you want to use it on your own heroic souls?"
Dou Sandao couldn't say anything about this, but he snorted heavily and drank another bowl.
Luo Ling turned to Wuqing again, stared at it carefully for a while, and then sneered: "I didn't expect that there is still the inheritance of Fangcun Mountain in the world! When I was cultivating in the Nine Secluded Land, I heard of your great name!"
Wuqing raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, what kind of name is it?"
Luo Ling's voice was as cold as ice: "First, Fangcun Mountain kills people without leaving stubble, it must be a situation where the soul is scattered, so that we always have no soul to catch and can't make a difference; second, the people of Fangcun Mountain have no reverence for us and other Yin Divisions, and there are even rebellious people who chase down to the Netherworld to kill us and other Yin Errands; Third, the gods of the Heavenly Realm still have a mark on the life and death book of our underworld, but you Fangcun Mountain people can jump out of the control of the book of life and death, so we have no way to start." ”
The wine bowl in Wuqing's hand was raised: "Those are all old yellow calendars, what do you do to mention them." ”
Luo Ling sneered twice: "It's indeed the old Huang Li, and I'm too lazy to find something awkward for myself about the things of my predecessors, but today in the ring, how did you break my invisibility? Is it the Heavenly Eye or the Nether Ghost Eye?"
Wuqing pointed to his eyes and said, "My eyes are too big," Luo Ling's body leaned forward unconsciously, but unexpectedly, Wuqing then smiled: "I can't talk to you in detail." ”
Luo Ling's eyes were a little colder, he looked at Wuqing's eyes, and asked, "Didn't you ask Daoyou Venerable?"
Wuqing also arched his hand and replied: "Wuqing." ”
Luo Ling nodded and said, "I remember you." ”
After speaking, he leaned back, exerted his legs, and flew out silently.
After confirming that Luo Ling was gone, Xuanshi sighed: "Big brother, I found out that Luo Ling is a woman. ”