Elaborate on the world of mortals

Chapter 35

Chu Hang thought about what his uncle had said, ordinary ghosts cannot enter the county government office, but if they are gods, they will be fine.

Thinking of this, Chu Hang was in awe, lit incense at the candlestick on the side, bowed in front of the statue of the city god, then inserted the incense into the incense burner, and hurried back to the Zuibin Building first.
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Inside the Temple of the City God, Yi Shuyuan stepped into the main hall, only to feel the difference between light and shade, and some noises outside the temple disappeared at this moment, people have already entered the real City God Hall.

Different from the time when the Japanese patrol came back, there is no huge statue in front of Yi Shuyuan's eyes at this moment, but a slightly empty hall, surrounded by a scent of incense, and there are some unrecognizable people standing around in twos and threes figure.

"My lord, Mr. Yi is here!"

The Japanese patrol envoy Sun Heng brought Yi Shuyuan in, and at the same time he opened his mouth to inform.

As if he had just heard the movement behind him, an old man in a python-patterned soap robe and a celestial crown turned around and looked at Yi Shuyuan, who was also paying attention to him at the moment.

As a visitor, Yi Shuyuan of course bowed his hands first.

"I'm Yi Shuyuan, I've met Lord Chenghuang!"

A smile appeared on the old Chenghuang's face, and he also bowed his hands in return.

"Mr. Yi, you don't need to be too polite. This old man is Xiang Changqing, the city god of this county. I heard that the gentleman wants to come to visit. The old man has put aside his official duties and has been waiting here for a long time! Well, please take a seat!"

There are tables and chairs in the center of the hall. The City God personally took Yi Shuyuan to the interior, and then sat down one after another. There were other ghosts and gods sitting beside them, and Xiang Chenghuang also introduced Yi Shuyuan one by one.

"This is the god and civil and military judge of the Yin and Yang Division, the Merit and Demerit Division, and the Punishment Division!"

When the chief officials heard the city god talking about themselves, they all bowed their hands to Yi Shuyuan, and the latter of course did not dare to neglect, and returned the courtesy one by one.

During this process, the gods of the Yin Division are also observing Yi Shuyuan carefully. This person does not know the depth of his morality, but he behaves with extraordinary courtesy and bearing. The gods of the Yin Division are most sensitive to people's hearts. The feeling of treating people with sincerity does not seem to be fake, and it seems that they are particularly curious about the Yin Division.

Under such circumstances, the gods of the Underworld, including Chenghuang Xiang Changqing, relaxed a little. After actually getting in touch with them personally, they could feel that at least this Mr. Yi was definitely not an evil person!
Yi Shuyuan is indeed curious about everything around him. If he was not afraid of being misunderstood and impolite, he would definitely be looking around. Even now, he can't help but observe some things within his sight range.

"Mr. Yi, do you have any important matters to discuss when you come here?"

Although Chenghuang got straight to the point, Yi Shuyuan still had to beat around the bush, and said after considering his words.

"This matter is a bit complicated, and it has something to do with things in the underworld. I have a good relationship with the Kuo Nan Mountain God Huang Gong. He said that he has some friendship with Lord Chenghuang, and he suggested that I come here to ask for advice."

It is normal to mention a common acquaintance to get closer, and in Yi Shuyuan's view, the effect is also very obvious.

It's just that Yi Shuyuan's thoughts were a little off. Huang Hongchuan's so-called "a little friendship" before was really just a little bit, and nothing more.

The ghosts and gods present actually didn't know much about Kuonan Mountain God. They only knew that although he was free and easy, he had a high vision and was not easy to get along with.

So Chenghuang also behaved more politely.

"I don't dare to ask for advice, but I will definitely know everything. I wonder what Mr. Yi wants to know?"

Obviously, Yi Shuyuan could feel the subtle changes in Chenghuang's attitude when speaking. It seems that things like relationships are unavoidable even on the side of ghosts and gods.

Thinking of this, Yi Shuyuan's thoughts gradually turned to Kuo Nan Mountain, recalling the disaster of the Waking of Insects in his heart.

"Earlier, Yi took away the residence of a spirit creature in the water as an inkstone, and returned it a few days ago, so I had a drink with Mr. Huang on Kuonan Mountain, and I also asked him about the magic of immortality."

Yi Shuyuan was telling the truth, but as soon as he said this, the city god and some ghosts and gods couldn't help but frowned. From Yi Shuyuan's tone of voice, he actually asked Kuo Nan Mountain God for advice on immortality?But the person in front of him is clearly a person in the immortal way, and he can't even pry into his reality.

Could it be that I misunderstood and was discussing the way of immortality?If you think about it this way, it seems to be no problem. The mountain god connects the veins of the earth to affect the mountain, and it is true that he can talk to Xianxiu in terms of the natural way of heaven and earth.

Yi Shuyuan didn't know the complicated thoughts in Chenghuang's mind, so after briefly talking about the antecedents, he continued to talk about the consequences.

"The wine was at the bottom, Huang Gong left, and Yi was too drunk to sleep on the hills, but when the sting came, the thunder sounded, but the baby in the stream was struck by a thunderbolt because of the stone inkstone I returned. Under the death thunder"

Yi Shuyuan didn't have anything to say, at least he concealed the matter of his own crossing the catastrophe, and focused on talking about the baby, but he didn't need to talk about the matter of crossing the catastrophe, but he could talk about his feelings during the catastrophe.

Therefore, in order to convince the ghosts and gods, Yi Shuyuan also talked a lot about what he felt during the robbery, but passed it on to the doll, so that the doll was robbed and Yi Shuyuan felt part of the horror process with his own perception.

But even so, following Yi Shuyuan's various details, all the ghosts and gods in the Yin Division of Yuanjiang County felt like they were sitting on pins and needles. Just hearing some of Yi Shuyuan's narrations, they felt as if their hearts were trembling and restless!
Even if it is impossible for Yi Shuyuan to tell the story of the whole night of horror, but when he finally said that he found the baby dead with the mountain god, all the ghosts and gods felt relieved, as if they had experienced it all in their hearts. A small catastrophe happened.

"It's a pity that I returned the mountain rock that had served as an inkstone for a while to the baby, but instead killed the baby, leaving only a wisp of energy to combine with the mountain stone."

Since Yi Shuyuan was asking for help, he naturally explained the doll's affairs in as much detail as possible, so as not to cause any information gaps, and also clarified that there is still a trace of vitality preserved in the rocks.

"After discussing with Mr. Huang, I think that with the help of the power of reincarnation, the doll still has a chance of survival, but I still need to consult the god of the nether world, and perhaps the great god of the nether world must help me!"

Here, Yi Shuyuan didn't directly say that it was Huang Hongchuan's intention, nor did he say that Huang Hongchuan thought that the city god here might not be enough to complete the matter, but only said that it was a decision after discussion. After saying this, Yi Shuyuan looked at Xiang Changqing expectantly .

"Master Chenghuang, do you have any advice?"

The old city god was in an inexplicable state of mind at the moment, and was still thinking that a trace of ink was left on an inkstone, which caused a catastrophe, but when Yi Shuyuan asked, he could only suppress his thoughts and answer carefully.

"I've been a city god for so many years, and I've never heard of a stone being reincarnated. It's just that according to Mr. Huang and Mr. Huang, the mountain stone itself is extraordinary, and it has the charm of ink to preserve its wisdom. It's true that the baby can't be said to die. "

In fact, the old city god had other words in his mind, a stone to be reincarnated, even if it has a trace of spirit in it, but it is still a stone, how could this thing be reincarnated successfully?

It's just that this matter was brought up by Yi Shuyuan. Yi Shuyuan when he first entered the City God's Hall and the current Yi Shuyuan are different in the hearts of all the ghosts and gods. Since the other party said it was possible, they first twisted Do your best to follow Yi Shuyuan's train of thought.

"If we really want to do this, the key is not whether our magic power is high or not, but that even if we are the gods of the netherworld, we can only help them cross the road to Huangquan, but if we want to cross the Wangchuan River."

The Old City God frowned tightly, and the voice was temporarily interrupted here.

Yi Shuyuan frowned slightly at first, and then showed curiosity. He didn't know anything about the underworld here. At most, he just heard some legends. At this moment, he had a rare opportunity, so he immediately asked.

"I don't know if Lord Chenghuang can talk about the process of reincarnation, such as Huangquan Road and the Wangchuan River you mentioned. Could it be that the Yin Division can't control it?"

Xiang Changqing really couldn't hide his surprise and looked at Yi Shuyuan, this person doesn't even know this?But looking at Yi Shuyuan's serious face, it definitely doesn't look like he deliberately made fun of others.

On one side, the inspector of the Onmyoji Division looked at the Old City God, saw that he was shocked and did not speak, so he took the question and answered.

"Mr. Yi, it is often said that there are two roads in the Yellow Springs, one goes to the underworld, and the other goes to the rebirth. Taking ordinary people as an example, the new dead follow the Huangquan road to various underworlds. They may be sent by the land, or they may be brought by the underworld, etc. Yinshou is exhausted, if you are eligible to reincarnate, you need to start again along Huangquan Road, until you reach the boundary of Wangchuan River."

The Onmyoji Division observed a slight pause in the voice here, and the old city god next to Yi Shuyuan took over.

"The Wangchuan River is the last test of the soul. There are countless evil ghosts and monsters in the river, all of which are lonely ghosts who cannot be reincarnated. There are even more ghosts full of soul snakes. Sentencing him to be reincarnated, it would be very sad to cross this river!"

"The wind and rain on the Wangchuan Bridge is swaying. Once the evil spirits go up the Wangchuan Bridge, they will definitely fall! And dead things like stones can't even go up the bridge. Fell into the river!"

The old Chenghuang looked at Yi Shuyuan's reaction after saying this, and his frowning after a sudden realization didn't look fake.

"If you really want to let a stone cross the Wangchuan River, there is only another way!"

Yi Shuyuan's spirit lifted.

"any solution?"

The old city god sighed, and finally said it out.

"In addition to the Wangchuan Bridge, there is also the Nether Ferry! This is actually not a normal method. There are countless souls in the underworld. There are always some who cannot cross the Wangchuan Bridge due to special reasons but should die. The Nether Ferry was born because of this, but it is also because of the Nether. With the existence of crossing, some ghosts who escaped the investigation of the underworld also have a chance to cross the Wangchuan River."

Yi Shuyuan understands why the old city god didn't want to talk about it before, this can be regarded as a small part of the dark side of the underworld.

"If there is a soul who can take the stone and cross the river in the dark, maybe you can really try to let the stone reincarnate"

The old city god said in detail, since he has already thought about this aspect, he will try his best to improve it.

Yi Shuyuan also gradually learned some details of the underworld. As the saying goes, ghosts and gods can't go to the Netherworld, and the golden body is hard to get close to the river bridge. Even the god of the underworld can't help in this last step, unless he doesn't want to choose to re-do his own way. be human.

There is no need to think about the Wangchuan Bridge, and we can only hope for Nether Ferry, but it is not possible to find a ghost and carry stones on a boat to cross the river.

There are countless ghosts and monsters in the entire Wangchuan River, full of resentment and unwillingness. They can't touch the Wangchuan Bridge, but they will do everything possible to pull the souls on the Nether Ferry into the water. Every time a ferry passes by, the river The pitiful ghosts that seemed to be full of wailing and begging, will show a fierce look and be extremely crazy
It's not easy for a ghost to cross a river while guarding stones.

"By the way, if this is done, will the court take care of it?"

As soon as Yi Shuyuan asked this question, all the ghosts and gods in the hall were stunned for a moment, and Chenghuang saw that he was not joking, so he replied.

"Although the god of the nether world is related to the heavens, they are not so broadly controlled if they are divided into yin and yang."

This is a polite way of saying the old city god. The nether world is self-contained. It can be said that it emphasizes people's livelihood and despise hard work. It is based on morality and nourishes the golden body. It is possible to help each other, but it is not subordinated by the people.

The magic is also here, the underworld is not so afraid of the influence of incense, similar to this kind of god who rewards good and punishes evil, believers have good in their hearts, and evil people are more afraid of three points, plus the golden body is based on virtue, not so Afraid of being kidnapped by the power of incense and fire, or that they have been what the power of desire has expected since they became gods.

(End of this chapter)