Xu Ping walked past the famous buildings in the underworld, such as Naihe Bridge, Sansheng Stone, and Wangxiang Terrace, but had no sense of experience and couldn't help but quicken his pace.
It wasn't until a city wall appeared in front of him, and at the base of the wall, there was a small square table, with a dozing Yinza sitting in front of the table, Xu Ping turned to look at Song Qingling and said, "Finally I saw a living ghost."
Song Qingling covered her mouth and smiled: "Brother Xu, what you say is really interesting."
"Mani, mani!"
Yin Zai, who was awakened by the conversation between the two, took the Xingmu next to him and patted the table, "Do you understand the rules? It seems that you are new ghosts who have just arrived. You have to register with me first and chat nonsense.
what."
Xu Ping was delighted and said with a smile: "This is my first time here, so I don't know what your rules are."
"Eh!"
Yin Zai touched his forehead and said to himself: "That's true."
Before Xu Ping could reply, Song Qingling was behind him, tugging on his sleeve and saying softly: "The token he is wearing belongs to our underworld."
That is one of our own... Xu Ping nodded thoughtfully and said directly: "Brother, please take us to see Lord Zhong Kui."
Yin Zai raised his eyes and looked over, and said with disdain: "Who are you? Lord Zhenjun, you are the one who asked me to meet you...wait a minute, what is your name?"
"Xu Ping!"
"Ah...it turns out to be Mr. Xu. Mr. Zhenjun specially ordered me to wait for you here, Mr. Xu. Look at my memory. I have been waiting for more than ten days and almost mistook the real owner."
Yin Chai hurriedly got up and came out, being polite.
It seems that Zhenjun Zhongkui asked him to wait here as soon as he was more than half a step away... Xu Ping waved his hand and said with a smile: "Zhenjun is too polite, so Brother Lao will lead the way."
"Easy to say!"
Yin Chai walked forward first and introduced at the same time: "This is the first time for both of you to come to Fengdu. Let me introduce it to you first. This is the south wall of Fengdu. We also call it Yinggui Terrace.
New ghosts register on the south and back sides to get their numbers and enter the underworld."
The underworld has developed for thousands of years, and the number of ghosts has increased sharply. Today, Fengdu is a more majestic city than half a step away. It is said that it has been expanded three times.
The underworld is in charge of everything in Fengdu and will issue a number plate to every ghost who enters Fengdu.
Queuing up for reincarnation.
For more than half a step, it is still called a ghost, but after more than half a step, it is tantamount to officially stepping into the gate of hell and transforming from a soul body into a ghost body.
Under the city wall of Fengdu, Yin Chai stopped and said to Xu Ping and Song Qingling next to him: "The city walls to the north and south of our place used to be very lively. There were many ghosts queuing up here to enter Fengdu every day.
Start a new life.”
"What happened next?"
Seeing how deserted the place was, Xu Ping asked subconsciously, after all, every story has a sequel.
Yin Cha curled his lips and shook his head: "Since the number of reincarnated ghosts began to decrease, the conflicts in Fengdu became more and more intense. In the end, I had no choice but to let the ghosts of the newly deceased go half a step away and stay for a while longer."
Xu Ping nodded: "Then he got out of control after half a step, right?"
Yin Zai nodded helplessly, but immediately raised his head with a smile and said: "But it will definitely end soon, and it won't last long."
Xu Ping didn't expect that he would say such words, so he couldn't help but ask: "Then how did you see it?"
Yin Chai chuckled: "Of course it's because, Mr. Xu, you are here."
"Pfft..." Song Qingling couldn't help laughing, and let out a laugh like a silver bell, "Brother Xu, it seems that the underworld is waiting for you to rescue me."
Xu Ping was slightly speechless.
If there are many capable people in the underworld, does it really have to be done by oneself?
Although his own Taoism is indeed not bad, the other person is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who made a great wish many years ago that he will not become a Buddha until hell is empty.
Doesn't that mean that the other party's cultivation has reached the realm of Buddha?
But what Xu Ping didn't understand was why Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva suddenly became interested in power.
"Actually, I didn't say these words. It was Master Zhong Kui who told me. Since he said this, it must have always been correct."
Xu Ping glanced at him and had nothing to say, so he followed him into the gate of Fengdu.
As soon as he walked through the gate, Xu Ping suddenly found that he seemed to be in a dark passage, surrounded by ghosts, howling wolves, and crows.
He almost thought it was this shady man who was playing some trick in the dark.
But when he saw the end of the Netherworld Passage, he knew that it was this sinister man who was leading him directly through the streets and alleys of Fengdu to the underworld.
The location of Fengdu Underworld is beyond Xu Ping's imagination.
When the surrounding scene freezes, what appears in front of you is a mountain with rugged rocks and a black mountain.
On the contrary, it looks very similar to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Corpses.
There was no grass growing on the mountain. From Xu Ping's eyes, he could see palaces one after another hidden deep in the mountains.
Although Song Qingling was a shady person, she had been staying at more than half a step before. This was also the first time she came to Dufengdu Underworld, and she was immediately surprised.
"It turns out this is the underworld. It's completely different from what I imagined."
When the Yin Chai next to him heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "Girl, do you think that the underworld should be underground, but in fact it is not the case. All the ghosts in Fengdu know that our underworld is in this mountain."
The scene before him also broke Xu Ping's inherent impression of the underworld.
As Yin Zai circled up the mountain, at his feet was a mountain road made of black stone slabs. Yin Zai introduced: "In our Fengdu, the road under our feet is called the road to reincarnation. What the ghosts in Fengdu look forward to day and night is to be able to
Take this path.”
Xu Ping had always had two questions in his mind, and he finally asked them: "Brother Ghost, I want to ask you, what is the situation in the underworld now? In addition, the current underworld is no different from the earth, so why are all the
Ghosts are still thinking about reincarnation."
When Yin Chai heard Xu Ping's question, he shook his head deeply: "Mr. Xu doesn't know something. As long as they are ghosts in the underworld, they will drink Meng Po soup, and after they drink Meng Po soup, they will have a long life."
For a period of time, they were in a state of confusion, and during this process, the belief in reincarnation had already been deeply rooted in their minds."
"As long as you reincarnate, you will have a bright future."
Xu Ping asked: "Why do you do this?"
Yin Cha said: "It didn't exist before, because the ghosts who came to Fengdu would basically be reincarnated within a short period of time, but later the number of reincarnations was limited. Some ghosts waited for a long time and gradually regained consciousness.
Reincarnation produces resistance, and if all ghosts are like this, then the number of people in the human world will become less and less, which will lead to an imbalance of yin and yang."
"But now, this has happened."
Xu Pingdao.
Regarding the current situation, this Yin Zai didn't know what to say, so he just shook his head and sighed.
Seeing this, Xu Ping asked, "What about my other question? What is the situation in the underworld now?"
During the journey that was like a ghost tunnel just now, Xu Ping could still see that the number of ghosts in Fengdu was only a lot more than half a step away.
But the ghosts wandering on the street don't look like they were in half a step, full of bitterness and hatred. On the contrary, some of them look very happy.
Yin Cha smiled and said: "It's peaceful."
"impossible!"
Song Qingling suddenly spoke in a loud voice, "It's impossible to cause such trouble in half a step. Nothing happened in Fengdu."
Yin Zai was noncommittal: "But it is indeed true."
"Why?"
Yin Zai said word by word: "Because they have all received their number plates, they all have hope for their future. Even if it takes decades to reincarnate, at least they still have hope in their hearts."
Yes!
All they need is hope.
"Of course, there is another reason for this, because the underworld is in Fengdu. Anyway, everyone is quite restrained." Yin Zai continued.
Xu Ping understood: "They are all registered ghosts. If they mess around in this place, they may extend the period of reincarnation or even deprive them of the qualification for reincarnation. Am I right?"
Yin almost nodded.
In this way, the underworld and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva still maintain restraint and maintain some kind of subtle peace.
It makes sense in terms of face.
But this peace is very likely to be broken in the near future.
After more than half a step of ghosts broke through the restriction and arrived in Fengdu, even greater conflicts would definitely break out, which is inevitable.
"Brother Xu, what are you going to do?"
Song Qingling was very surprised that this was the situation. She had completely forgotten that her shady position was centered around Xu Ping's thoughts.
Xu Ping said softly: "Let's listen to Zhong Kui's intention first."
Song Qingling nodded, and Xu Ping followed Yin Chai and continued up the mountain. When he reached the halfway point of the mountain, he had already reached the end of the black stone steps.
A huge palace appeared in front of it, with cornices of red bricks, and it looked very majestic.
There was a huge open space in front of the palace. Xu Ping could imagine how lively it would be in the past and how many ghosts would line up here to enter the underworld and prepare to be reincarnated.
It feels like the underworld is the administrative center of the underworld, but now, there seems to be a crisis of trust.
Xu Ping felt that although Fengdu was peaceful due to this shady theory, it was definitely the calm before the storm. There were probably not a few ghosts loyal to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva hiding secretly.
Either he doesn't move, or he moves with the force of thunder.
Before Xu Ping could step forward and enter the open space in front of the palace, the void in front of him suddenly trembled, and two figures appeared.
One is holding an iron chain, with a human-shaped horse face, and red eyes. The other is holding an iron fan and has horns on his head. He is also human-shaped, but he is indeed a minotaur.
These two people should be bull-headed and horse-faced.
The bullhead holding the iron fan took a step forward, looked at Xu Ping and Song Qingling, and said: "Why did you come to the underworld before it was time to reincarnate? Do you want to die?"
"Old Niu, please don't mess around. They were invited by Lord Zhong Kui." The shady man who brought Xu Ping and Song Qingling here stood in front of them and shouted to the bull-headed horse face.
"Zhang DaDa, why are you here? Didn't I send you half a step further?" Ma's red eyes stared at Yin Zai, a little surprised.
The sinister named Zhang DaDa laughed and said, "That was a cover-up trick used by Lord Zhenjun. In fact, he ordered me to pick up these two nobles."
His gaze returned to Xu Ping and Song Qingling, looking them up and down.
Of course there is no need to mention Song Qingling, it’s just a shady incident.
But this young man looks a bit extraordinary.
As for what was extraordinary about him, I couldn't tell from the bull-headed and horse-faced appearance, and because my eyes were wide open, I couldn't tell Xu Ping's true identity.
It was as if what was standing there was a ghost, or as if it were a human body that had come to the underworld.
"Old Niu, am I blinded? Why do I feel like this person in front of me is a person?" Ma Mian touched the chain in his hand and said dully.
The bull-headed man's eyes were focused, with a solemn expression on his face: "He is not a human being."
Why do I feel like you are scolding me? I'm throwing a tantrum... Xu Ping didn't know how to answer. He just put on a cold face and said, "Time is running out. Please take me to see True Lord Zhong Kui as soon as possible."
Zhang boldly woke up in an instant, slapped his head, and said: "Look at my memory, you old cows and horses, get out of the way. Later, when Lord Zhenjun gets angry, I won't speak for you."
"Ah yes yes..."
The bull-headed and horse-faced beasts responded in succession and moved out of the way.
…
After the shady Zhang boldly took Xu Ping and Song Qingling away, the two brothers ignored them and hurriedly went down the mountain, changed their bodies, and threw themselves into Fengdu.
Zhong Kui is sitting at the desk in the square, wearing a red official robe, and there is a ghost-killing sword on the wall.
He is looking at the file in his hand carefully.
"More than half a step later, he has completely lost control. The next one will be Fengdu. Unexpectedly, Xu Ping rescued Judge Cui. Sure enough, it was not wrong to form a good relationship with him at that time."
Zhong Kui felt very lucky for this arrangement, but he didn't know if he would be willing to be his brother-in-law.
At this moment, he raised his eyebrows, and the sound of soft footsteps came from far to near.
"Lord Zhenjun, Mr. Xu is here."
Hearing the voice coming from outside the door, Zhong Kui was overjoyed. He really got what he thought of. This was a good sign.
He quickly stepped forward and opened the door himself.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, a flash of sword light shone and pierced his throat.
Outside the door was a man in black, holding a cold bone sword, like a long snake coming out of its hole, and stabbed Zhong Kui in the throat.
But what he never expected was that the bone sword was pressed against Zhong Kui's throat and could not be put in.
"Whoaaah!"
Zhong Kui screamed strangely, pinched the bone sword with one hand, and violently slapped the man in black holding the bone sword with the other hand.
When Zhong Kui's big hand held the bone sword, the man in black realized that he could not draw out the bone sword no matter what, so he gave up to save his life, dodged Zhong Kui's blow, and then quickly ran away.
At this moment, Zhang DaDa, Xu Ping and Song Qingling happened to arrive here and saw the man in black abandoning his sword to save his life.
Without hesitation, Xu Ping whipped out a black thing from his waist. It was Dahei who was obsessed with eating and sleeping.