Chapter 46: New Era, New Development
Liangzhou's Chenghuang Mansion covers an extremely wide area, and it is almost a city within a city.
However, the large part in front of the Chenghuang Mansion is used for offices, and the two courtyards in the back are Huang Yi's own residence.
"Anyway, I live alone, it's better to have a smaller place, it's convenient!" Huang Yi took Fang Guiyuan straight into the backyard, led him to sit on the edge of the table in the courtyard that was already full of food, poured Fang Guiyuan a glass of wine and said.
"This wine is delicious. Fang Guiyuan drank it all while holding the cup, and felt that as soon as the wine entered his stomach, a stream of cold air kept coming out from his heart, and then slowly soaked through his limbs, making people shiver, absolutely stimulating!
"It's good to drink," Huang Yi also poured himself a glass, and couldn't help showing off, "This wine is newly made by the group of guys below, and it can't be bought in the mortal world!"
Due to the particularity of managing ghosts, the stations of the underworld in the mortal realm are these Chenghuang Mansions, so these underworld institutions located in the mortal realm directly call the underworld "underneath......
Anyway, there are three worlds of heaven, earth and man, the heavenly realm is in the sky, the underworld is underground, and the heavenly court and the underworld are their ruling institutions, so they are not wrong!
"So powerful?" Fang Guiyuan was a little surprised.
It's not that he hasn't been to the underworld, just because of the Yin River under the Jintao Mountain, Fang Guiyuan's attention to the underworld is not low, but no matter how much he pays attention, he doesn't live in the underworld, how can the news be well-informed?
Therefore, the ones who can communicate in the mortal world and the underworld in the most timely manner are these "underworld offices in the mortal world...... The same is true of the two worlds of heaven and man.
"Is that not it?" Huang Yi stroked his beard and said proudly, "Not only the wine and food used for pleasure, but also many new things!"
Then he couldn't help but sigh, "It's really ...... Obviously, only a few hundred years have passed, and this heaven and earth are about to change their appearance!"
"What?" Fang Guiyuan took a few bites of the dish and tasted it, and thought it was good and ate a few more bites, "What a change?"
"Haven't you seen it too? Just my gate......
"You swiping the card?" Fang Guiyuan threw his chopsticks when he heard this, "I said you one...... A ghost town, isn't it full of old antiques? Why do you still have such a thing? The people in the mortal world don't have as much to do as you!"
"Alas...... That's not my problem. "Besides, old antique? That old antique here is older than you?" Huang Yi said to himself while reassuring him.
"You see, the mortal realm has developed so fast in the past few hundred years, and we in the underworld have to keep up with the rhythm......" Huang Yi poured himself a glass of wine and said, "Besides, although most of those talents in the mortal realm are reincarnated after death and cannot stay, but my underworld also has its own native talents, research and development by myself, and then make a little time difference, and exchange while those guys have not yet been reincarnated...... Isn't that a big development?"
"Tsk...... And what's going on with your gate?"
"Oh...... You said that," Huang Yi put down his chopsticks, leaned over and followed Fang Guiyuan and said, "Of course, it's also a 'new technology product' made by the group of guys below." β
"In recent decades...... You also know that times are changing, and because of the overpopulation of the underworld, many guys have begun to move to our ghost towns in the mortal world, and ghosts in some places will also come and go in these forty-six ghost towns, and sometimes even people will enter...... So in order to strengthen the management, Hades ordered some people to study that thing, and in the future, only the guys with cards can go out and come in casually. β
After Huang Yi finished speaking, he reached out and took out a black card with a little golden light on the side, which was about the size of an ID card.
Fang Guiyuan took it and flipped the card over and over, and asked, "That thing is your pass to the underworld?"
"yes. β
"Then what am I doing like this?" Fang Guiyuan asked again. He's not a dead person, how can he get such a certificate?
"Of course there are regulations for this!" Huang Yi put down his wine glass and said with a red face, "Although the Dao Law in the world is not prosperous now, there are still some cultivators, and they will not ignore you." β
He lowered his voice and whispered to Fang Guiyuan: "I'm also going to tell you the truth...... In fact, this thing is still only in the trial stage, so you don't know, even the ordinary guys in the two realms are not qualified to know it, and it is only passed around in the Heavenly Court and the Underworld. I heard that after that, not only the cultivation world, but also the group of people in the sky who don't care about anything will also come in and play tricks...... Hehe, I'll see the excitement in the future. β
"So let's talk about it...... You don't know what I'm going to do with the pass?" Fang Guiyuan glanced at him, "But I heard you say that...... In the future, this pass will still be common to the Three Realms?"
"Hey...... I didn't say that. Huang Yi smiled at him, and everything was silent.
After eating, Huang Yi patted his thigh again, pulled Fang Guiyuan and raised his eyebrows to show off: "The last time I went to the underworld to report on my work, I didn't just hear about these news, but I can only listen to this position vaguely, so I won't talk nonsense with you...... But the fun stuff is really brought back a few pieces!"
"What good things?" Fang Guiyuan was full of food and panicked, touching his stomach and asking him.
"You, you can go with me first!"
Huang Yi dragged Fang Guiyuan all the way to the front of the City God's Mansion and entered the main hall used for his office.
As soon as he pushed open the door, Fang Guiyuan felt a huge and terrifying pressure pressing on himβthis was the unique aura of the Yin God Territory of the Underworld, and it was also a way for the Underworld to assert its authority to the dead who stepped in. As long as he is in such a place, no matter whether his Yin God is strong or weak, he can hold absolute power, and the living will be suppressed to a certain extent when they enter here.
However, Fang Guiyuan's own strength is here, and the owner here is also a friend who invited him in, so naturally nothing will happen.
With a slight swing of his body, he broke free from the discomfort and followed Huang Yi in.
The square of the main hall is naturally Huang Yi's seat, which looks quite like the style of the yamen in the past in the mortal world, but no one is standing on the left and right, and there is a half-human-high bronze mirror on the right side of the table.
"It's a new thing down there, or a sample, and it doesn't even have a name. Huang Yi pointed to the bronze mirror and said.
"This ...... Is this any different from what we use?" Fang Guiyuan took a closer look at the bronze mirror, and found that this thing was an enlarged version of the one he used!
"Actually, it's no different, it's also used to chat and talk to people...... Huang Yi stepped forward with a smile, touched the bronze mirror and said, "However, it has one more role than talking!"
Huang Yi stretched out his hand and wiped it on the mirror, connecting to the side where the city god Changhui of Xizhou Prefecture was located.
After the mirror fluctuated like water for a few moments, Changhui's white and beardless face emerged.
"What's the matter with you?" Changhui's voice was a little sharp and cold, and it was very uncomfortable to listen to.
"I don't want to talk to you. Huang Yi smiled, and then introduced Fang Guiyuan to Changhui, "This is my friend for many years, known as Guiyuan Zhenren." Old Fang, this is my colleague, you have to be serious!"
Fang Guiyuan and Changhui greeted each other.
In fact, they are all non-humans who are mixed in the mortal realm, or the kind with fame and status, Fang Guiyuan and Changhui have heard each other's names for a long time, but this is the ...... It's the first time.
"This time it's a sudden interruption, I'll pay you something. Huang Yi said to Changhui, and then spread his palms again, conjuring up a wooden box the size of two palms.
However, it is false to say that the apology is fake, and it is true to show Fang Guiyuan the magic of this bronze mirror.
I saw Huang Yi's long hand turn, and threw the wooden box against the bronze mirror.
After the wooden box touched the mirror, it immediately passed through, and the mirror became blurry for a while, and after it was clear again, Fang Guiyuan saw that the wooden box had appeared on the hand of the long emblem on the opposite side.
Fang Guiyuan's eyes widened at this change.
This...... This mirror can break the limitations of space and teleport things?
This...... The people down here really know how to play!