books44 Chapter 124 No need to worry, I am safe and sound.
Chapter 124 No need to worry, I am safe and sound.
Wangcai confessed, "Master, Xuan Yu once told me that those ghost hands are actually the tentacles of an evil creature that cannot be killed or eradicated."
"This evil thing is buried underground, never to see the light of day. It is impossible to say what it is or what it looks like, because no one has ever seen its true form."
“I heard Xuan Yu say that it looks like a wriggling lump of rotten flesh, so people in the land call it ‘visible flesh’.”
"But it also has a well-known name, which is 'Tai Sui' or 'meat Ganoderma'."
As Li Tingyun listened, he became somewhat interested.
Tai Sui?
Those mysterious things often described in fantasy novels?
What a coincidence, he's never seen it before.
Next time I come across it, I'll definitely dig it up and let it sunbathe.
Isn't it called "meat Ganoderma"?
Maybe if you dry them, you can use them to make soup.
Wangcai continued, "That 'Tai Sui' can eat people! Whether it's a living person, a dead person, or a soul, once it's grabbed by the ghost hand and dragged underground, it will never come back."
"Only Xuan Yu is not afraid of it at all, because the Xuan Cat's true form can ward off evil spirits, dispel evil, and soothe the soul. It is the natural nemesis of those evil spirits."
“Besides working as an embalmer, preparing people’s faces and repairing their souls, Xuan Yu also shoulders an even more arduous task: guarding the ‘Grand Duke Jupiter’ for the local area.”
"It is said that 'Tai Sui' is a troublesome thing created by the ghost kings."
"They don't know how they raised such an evil creature, and they wanted to get rid of it but couldn't, so they went to Si Wuxie and asked Xuan Yu to help them deal with it."
After listening to Wangcai's explanation, Li Tingyun first expressed his deep appreciation for Xuanmao's business capabilities.
See? This is someone else's cat. It's so much better than my stupid dog.
Secondly, he became aware of the origin of "Tai Sui"—something created by the Ten Kings of Hell.
They created an evil entity that had escaped their control.
What was the cause, what was the purpose, and how was it achieved?
Li Tingyun didn't care about any of these issues.
He still wanted to dig out the "Tai Sui," dry it, and make soup from it.
Next time.
The next time we meet will be at the dinner table.
Wangcai looked at Li Tingyun expectantly and said, "Master, I've told you everything I know, so please don't send me back to the Taiji Hall... I want to go find my cat!"
Li Tingyun smiled kindly and said, "Taiji Hall or Yama Hall, you choose one."
Wangcai's eyes drooped, and he whispered, "Then I'd better go see the King of Hell."
Even the King of Hell isn't as scary as him.
Wangcai didn't hesitate at all when faced with such a simple multiple-choice question.
Li Tingyun: "You're courting death."
Wangcai clasped his hands together above his head and bowed deeply.
Just as Li Tingyun was about to teach him a lesson, his sleeves suddenly fluttered, moving without wind.
A conch shell fell out of his sleeve, but instead of landing on the ground, it seemed to grow wings and took flight, floating in front of him, spinning and tumbling, vibrating with a buzzing sound.
If Li Tingyun doesn't accept, the conch will die in the most tragic way in front of him.
For example, self-destruction.
Even if it explodes and dies, it will still deliver the message.
This reflects its sense of mission and responsibility as a communication tool!
Li Tingyun caught the conch shell and heard Xia Changfeng's voice coming from the other end.
He suddenly realized that Xia Changfeng and Si Wuxie should have returned long ago after completing their mission, but he hadn't seen them since he turned back to normal.
Could it be that the two of them encountered some trouble at the Judge Temple?
Xia Changfeng said on the other end, "Palace Master, something happened at the Judge Temple! The entire temple suddenly collapsed, and Si Wuxie and I fell into the abyss. Right now, it seems we're trapped in... the Ten Kings Hall?"
His tone was relatively calm, and his breathing was steady, indicating that he had not encountered any danger that he could not handle.
Since Xia Changfeng was unfamiliar with the structure of the underworld, and Si Wuxie had never been to the depths of hell before, they knew little about the territory guarded by the Ten Kings of Hell. They had already circled around the Ten Kings' Palace several times, unable to find an exit at all.
They were trapped there.
Xia Changfeng first asked around in the "group chat" of Taiji Hall.
Ran and egg.
He had no choice but to contact Li Tingyun.
In his memory, the Palace Master had visited this territory many times, each time venturing deep into the Demon Abyss.
Xia Changfeng asked, "Palace Master, do you know that there is a connecting passage between the Judge Temple and the Ten Kings Hall? This passage is hidden beneath the temple floor, and one step into it is like falling into an abyss."
"Connection channel?"
Li Tingyun scoffed, “That’s not a connecting passage at all, but a gap left by the Dao Xuan Sect’s Sect Master Ren Pingsheng’s sword that pierced through the eighteen levels of hell! The underworld has been trying to repair it for hundreds of years but hasn’t been able to close it. It’s just been sitting there waiting.”
According to the Ghost Emperor, since the ancient Nuwa used the stone to mend the sky, this gap can never be repaired. The underworld has been slacking off for hundreds of years, and the number of evil spirits and demons in the human world is increasing.
But the local authorities shouldn't be solely blamed for this.
Ren Pingsheng, who recklessly disrupted the cycle of reincarnation, was also involved.
Of course, Li Tingyun didn't care about who was responsible.
He couldn't care less about all that nonsense.
If it were him, he would simply raze the entire area to the ground.
Xia Changfeng asked, "Then... Palace Master, do you know a way to leave the Ten Kings Palace?"
Li Tingyun said, "There are plenty of ways. You can dismantle his territory, drag him out and beat him up, then make him send you out."
Xia Changfeng: "..."
Li Tingyun: "If you can't do it, then just stay there and wait to die."
Xia Changfeng remained silent for a moment.
I have decided not to humiliate myself any further.
He should figure out a solution himself.
In addition, Xia Changfeng asked, "By the way, Palace Master, Si Wuxie said that he sensed something was wrong in the mural space... Palace Master, what exactly happened on your end?"
Li Tingyun said, "It's nothing serious, just that the mural was blown up. Don't worry, I'm safe and sound."
Xia Changfeng: "..."
After he came to his senses, he said "good" three times in a row.
"Lord of the Palace, I wish you good health and all the best."
After saying that, he quickly cut off the "telephone line".
It's as if saying one more second would cause an explosion.
Xia Changfeng turned to Si Wuxie and said, "If that mural is destroyed, the space will collapse, and the restriction you used to trap Si Wuyou and prevent her from running around must have also become ineffective."
"You were worried before that Si Wuyou might sneak out, but now you don't have to worry anymore..."
"Because she must have already run away."
Si Wuxie's face turned pale, and he said anxiously, "What I'm most worried about right now isn't that she'll meet Li Tingyun, but that she'll accidentally run into people from the Yunlan Sect..."
Xia Changfeng raised a question: "This is the territory, how could she have run into those cultivators from the Yunlan Sect? Even if she escaped from the gates of hell, the chances of her running into the Yun Clan disciples for no reason are not high, unless she went to them herself."
Si Wuxie said to him, "Before this, people from the Yunlan Sect had already contacted me many times. After all, Wuyou and I belong to their sect leader, Yun Songhe..."
illegitimate child.
He scoffed, his voice gradually fading. He took a deep breath and continued, "Just before you and I came to the Judge's Temple, I received a teleportation talisman from an elder of the Yunlan Sect."
"The elder said that several direct disciples of the Yunlan Sect had an accident in Yongjie Town, suffering from the Yin-Yang Curse of the Taiji Hall, and the Yunlan Sect was helpless."
"He asked me if there were any ways to break the curse in the lower realm, since there are too many evil spirits and heretics gathered here, and the border market is a well-known black market in the lower realm, where all sorts of unorthodox remedies might be found."
“The elder also said that he wanted to come to the territory to find me in person, and I… I agreed.”
Xia Changfeng chuckled and said, "So what are you thinking? You promise them that you will lure them to find you in the mural, and then they will meet the Palace Master."
"In your opinion, the Palace Master is capricious and might kill everyone to solve this problem for you if he's unhappy, right?"
He was speculating about Si Wuxie with the utmost malice.
Si Wuxie was speechless. After looking at him for a long time, he finally said, "Yes, that's what I think."
He raised his chin and gave a strange smile, "I wish everyone in the Yunlan Sect were dead!"