Snake Tangled Three Dreams

Chapter 93

After I closed my eyes, I couldn’t see anything. I only heard Mr. Shen explain a few words to the two cheongsam beauties, asking them to light seven soul lamps for each of us, and then watch the incense candles and lamp flames. When the candle is extinguished, the second thing is not to let the incense stick burn out. When there is still one third of the incense stick, you can remind him in advance.

Then there was a sound of rhythmic footsteps in my ears, and then Master Shen began to walk back and forth, chanting complicated incantations.

"Kowtow to Lord Yinde Yan, bow down to the land of the city god... Now there are seven guiding lights, please open the ghost city of the Yin Division for your disciples, and according to the order of the Big Dipper Lord, ask the gods to attach the lamp flames, and guard the three souls and seven souls of the disciples." Feel free to wander..."

The incantation was really lengthy, I lay there for a while and still didn't move, so I couldn't help but lift my eyelids a little, and secretly took a look at what was going on.

I only caught a glimpse of Mr. Shen walking around my body with a sword in his hand. As he chanted the spell faster and faster, his steps became faster and faster. When the last word "Dun" fell, he suddenly crossed his legs and walked towards me. Sitting on the ground next to him, the whole person is as if in meditation.

At the same time, my brain became dizzy for a while, then my eyes went dark, and I suddenly lost consciousness.

"Jingle bell, jingle bell-"

There was a faint sound of bells in my ears, I slowly opened my eyes, and saw that I was in a darkness where I couldn't see my fingers, and Master Shen was standing in front of me in a black dress, holding a light-up lamp in his hand. The bell hammer is shaking rhythmically at me.

Seeing me move, Master Shen raised the lantern in his hand to illuminate the path in front of him, turned around, and whispered to me: "This place is already in the realm of Yincao, we are short on time, if Miss Bai wakes up, please Follow me this way."

I didn't dare to speak casually, so I could only nod to him, and then quickly followed his footsteps.

This place is gloomy, the temperature is so low that you can't see anything except the darkness, as if you are in an endless void.

By the light of the white lantern, I could barely make out that we were walking on a gravel road. This road curved and stretched in the dark, but the terrain seemed to be slowly descending. Afterwards, Master Shen recited a mantra, Let go of the hand that carried the lantern, and the lantern floated up by itself, leading us to move on.

The mask on my face covered my face, and it was difficult to breathe. I straightened the mask with my hands, and then Master Shen suddenly said to me: "It's very dark here, right? Lantern, I don’t think you can find the way to the Palace of the King of Hell.”

I followed his instructions before, not to make any noise after I got down, so I just listened silently and kept my mouth shut.

Master Shen didn't feel bored, and continued: "There are four gates in the southeast, north, and west in this underworld. You have to enter one of them before you can reach the outside of Fengdu City. But there are certain requirements for the entrance. Yin officials above the fifth grade pass through, like ordinary Yin walkers and Taoist priests, and some horse immortals, they can only enter through the back door."

I nodded understandingly, thinking that he said there are four doors in total, and what are the other two doors used for?

Master Shen seemed to understand my doubts, and explained as he walked: "There are two side doors, which can be checked at ordinary times. If it is convenient for the doorkeeper, you can take a shortcut."

As he spoke, he shook his head, and said in a helpless tone, "It's a pity that the Yin division I know happens to be on vacation today, so you have to follow me through the back door, and don't go wrong in a while."

So, I said that a family like Mr. Shen who has been in trouble for several generations all the year round has no relationship at all. It seems that today is really not a coincidence, and we can only walk a little more.

After passing through several forks, the road suddenly became wider, and other souls gradually appeared on the road.They either floated forward by themselves, or were chained and escorted by the underworld, and some of them were actually wearing Taoist robes, and they looked like regular Taoist children.

After walking for another two or three minutes, a tall stone archway appeared in front of me. I followed Master Shen and walked under the door. I saw the lights inside the door suddenly lit up, and wandering spirits and ghosts were bustling with each other, all of which appeared not far away. The magnificent city gathered together.

On the way, Master Shen ran into some acquaintances, I silently listened to them exchanging greetings, and in the blink of an eye, I arrived under the city gate.

The majestic thick wooden door is glazed with dark red lacquer, and the two gray stone carved lions next to it are lifelike. Looking up at the high city gate, there is a dark red plaque inlaid with two traditional Chinese characters. Gold characters - "Fengdu".

I was still looking at this famous city gate in the underworld, and Master Shen was already walking towards the gatekeeper guarding the gate with a spear in front of him.

He took out a black wooden token from his pocket and showed it to the ghost soldier for inspection.The ghost soldier pinched the token with his fingers with black pointed nails, checked both the front and back, then returned the thing to him, and raised his hand toward the back of the door, indicating that he could go through.

I wore a mask and followed closely behind Master Shen. When passing by the ghost soldier, he seemed to look at me twice, but he didn't move to stop me, and just let me in like this.

Having entered the gate of Fengdu safely and soundly, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then followed Master Shen all the way through the city, not daring to stay for even a moment.

After entering the city, keep going to the left, and you will come to the door of the Department of Rewards and Punishments. This place seems to be a place where rewards and punishments are given to the souls of the judges after they have passed the trial. Even the ghost soldiers stationed outside the door are holding long knives and sharp blades. Twice as many as outside the city gate.

The leader of the ghost soldiers was wearing soft armor. When they saw Mr. Shen approaching the door, they took a step forward and greeted him with a familiar tone: "Isn't this the owner of the Shen family? This time, he came down again to pick someone up?"

Master Shen greeted him with a smile on his face, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Hey, who told Shen that he was born to eat this kind of food. Master Guard, I have to trouble you again today."

As he said that, he took out another thick wad of Ming money, stuffed it quietly into the hands of the ghost soldier, and then handed over two ingots of Ming Yuanbao wrapped in something that looked like a clerical instrument, completely respectful and humble.

"Well, you Shen family members are sensible." The ghost soldier took the paper money and stuffed it into his cuffs with satisfaction, then stuffed the ingots from the document into the soft armor, raised his hand and patted Master Shen on the shoulder, "Wait, you boy, master Go in and let you know."

(End of this chapter)