I, the transmigrated villain, please wait, gentle master.

Chapter 237 Teaching the son in person, disciplining the husband in private

"Promise not to let anyone bully me?" Mei Shiyu smiled gently and squeezed Li Tingyun's hand that was tightly holding his.

He transmitted his voice, saying, "It seems like you're the only one who 'bullies' me all the time. Also, remember to say things like that in private next time."

Li Tingyun blinked, her eyes and brows full of smiles.

Seeing his lively and cheerful smile, Wangcai's fur stood on end, and he tiptoed away quietly.

"Where are you going?" Li Tingyun suddenly stretched out a leg to block him, kicked his buttock hard with his boot, and said to Mei Shiyu, "Do me a favor and take him down!"

Mei Shiyu understood his meaning and turned the Bodhi ring on his finger.

Wangcai: "???"

In an instant, he was taken into the ring.

In that hidden world, the Undying Bone lay listlessly on the coffin lid, crossing his legs and counting stars.

A large yellow dog fell from the sky, landing squarely on him as if it were a cushion.

That hard bone was unharmed and completely numb, while Wangcai was smashed until he was foaming at the mouth; it would have been better if he had just fallen to the ground.

Unmelting Bones does a sit-up: "!!!"

Outside of the Bodhi precepts.

Mei Shiyu said, "If I had known earlier that you liked raising spirit pets, I would have definitely gone to the Beast Taming Sect to pick out a few for you to keep you company."

“I don’t have a penchant for pets, except for Wangcai. This dog is just my type; he’s silly, clumsy, and funny. I wouldn’t want any other dog if it weren’t him.”

"You're quite loyal."

"I'm not only loyal, I'm also devoted. I don't like anyone else but you..."

"Shut up!"

These kinds of things can only be said in private!

"Why did you ask me to put Wangcai into the Bodhi Vinaya? Are you afraid he'll get lost?"

“...I didn’t want him to go find the cat that Si Wuxie kept.”

"What's wrong with that cat?"

“Wangcai confessed to me that Xuan Yu’s cat is used to ward off evil spirits and is kept by Si Wuxie’s side to guard the ‘Tai Sui’.”

There was something wrong with what he said. Li Tingyun didn't mince words and said, "This stupid dog isn't smart enough. What if he gets scammed and then blames me instead? I need to lock him in a cage and train him for a while."

"You think so badly of everyone, not even Wangcai, so why are you relentlessly pursuing me?"

"If you stab me in the back, I'll just take it as flirting, it's no big deal. It's just that I like you so much..."

"That's enough, that's enough, stop talking."

Mei Shiyu glared at him, truly at a loss.

Didn't you say "once a day"?

He repeated it over and over again in a short period of time!

Furthermore, Mei Shiyu said in a muffled voice, "...Why would I stab you in the back?"

Li Tingyun casually said, "That's right. Immortal Mei is an upright gentleman. If you're going to expose someone, you'll expose them directly."

He was just joking, but as soon as the words left his mouth, he realized something was wrong. The joke had gone too far and sounded sarcastic.

"I..." Mei Shiyu was speechless for a moment, turned her face away, and did not look at him again.

Back then, it was he who stabbed Li Tingyun in the heart with that sword, but even now, the one whose heart is still bleeding and whose wound has not yet healed seems to be him, the one who stabbed him. Li Tingyun's joke about it so casually has stirred up endless entanglement and regret in him.

As the saying goes, this "hatred" will last forever.

Mei Shiyu casually raised her hand to wipe her face, and said in as calm a voice as possible, "...Let's not talk about this anymore."

"Hmm," Li Tingyun responded softly, "I won't say anything more."

Mei Shiyu's sudden reddening of the corners of her eyes and her moistness left him at a loss, his heart pounding with anxiety.

Fragmented memories flashed through his mind. He only remembered being stabbed by Mei Shiyu. He couldn't recall the cause, process, or outcome of the incident, but he was certain that he had wronged Mei Shiyu. He probably deserved the stab.

Mei Shiyu took a deep breath, realizing that she had overreacted.

After all, besides the two of them, there were also a ghost and a monster, who were "non-human," watching.

Li Tingyun glanced at the two extra guys, his cold, sharp gaze seeming capable of skinning them alive.

Both the vendor and the zombie were startled.

Mei Shiyu turned to the vendor and asked, "Will you come with me?"

The vendor nodded vigorously, like a hen pecking at rice.

He shoved the haiku in his hand to the zombie beside him, saying, "Tall guy, take care. This is for you."

They met by chance, and he patted the zombie on the shoulder, saying, "I wish you a happy life. Nothing else matters in life, being happy is the most important thing."

The zombie returned the book to him, saying, "I don't need it. Only heartless people can say things like 'being happy is the most important thing.'"

"Hey, you're like a rock in a cesspool, smelly and hard." Seeing that he didn't appreciate it, the vendor rolled up the book and stuffed it into his sleeve.

“Immortal, please take me with you,” the zombie suddenly said. “I’ll go with you.”

Mei Shiyu asked him, "Do you know where we're going?"

The zombie said, "There is no turning back in the underworld; one can only go west. The dead must pass through the Yellow Springs Road, the River of Oblivion, and the Judge's Temple in sequence to reach Hell. They must then pass through the nine great hells and finally jump into the Well of Reincarnation in the last Ghost King's Palace to be reborn. I want to go to the Judge's Temple, which happens to be on the same route as you."

Mei Shiyu then asked, "Why are you going to the Judge's Temple?"

Without hesitation, the zombie said, "I'd like to ask Cui Jue to take a look at my wife's fate, lifespan, and marriage prospects."

Li Tingyun noticed something amiss: "You seem quite familiar with the structure of the underworld and the duties of the underworld officials."

"Huh? Isn't this common knowledge? Everyone should know that, right?"

"What makes you think you can cross the River of Oblivion and enter the Temple of the Judge?"

"I hadn't thought about that. But I thought it was easy; it's just crossing a river and going into a temple, right?"

"Then what makes you think that Cui Jue will help you or do you this favor?"

"He can't? Why wouldn't he? Isn't he usually very easy to talk to?"

"..."

Li Tingyun didn't say anything more.

The zombie, oblivious to its surroundings, said to Mei Shiyu, "Immortal Master, I recently encountered a strange incident that I would like to ask you about."

Mei Shiyu said, "Go ahead and say it."

The zombie said, "Do you remember when you used the formation to send me out of the gates of hell? I don't know what happened, but your formation went wrong and sent me to a strange place, like a military camp... The camp is full of ghost soldiers! There are at least tens of thousands of them!"

Mei Shiyu said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect the Gates of Hell to be suddenly sealed off, and the teleportation array malfunctioned. You look... travel-worn, you must have gone through some hardships to escape from there."

He used very euphemistic language. The other party was more than just "travel-worn." At first glance, he was clearly covered in dust and looked disheveled, as if he had been beaten by dozens or hundreds of people. It was hard to imagine what kind of struggle he had gone through to escape the ghost soldiers' camp.

However, the zombie said, "I didn't get this look in the military camp."

He glanced at Li Tingyun.

Instead, he was beaten up so badly by this person that his head was pulled off, put back on, and he was beaten to a pulp like this!

Mei Shiyu also glanced at Li Tingyun, who returned a clear look to him that said, "Why are you looking at me if you don't know or don't understand?"

The zombie continued, "I'm used to military camps in the human world. Ghost armies setting up camp is pretty much the same as a battlefield in the human world, nothing to be afraid of. There's just one thing that's not quite right..."

Logically speaking, since he had ventured alone into the heavily guarded military camp, he would have been regarded as a spy and arrested and severely tortured.

However, he was not arrested.

Not only was he not arrested, but a group of people rushed up to him and pushed him into the commander's tent. When he went in, he found military tally, armor, and long-handled swords, but no one was there.

Those ghostly soldiers could not speak, but only knelt on one knee in front of him and saluted, expressing their unwavering loyalty with their uniform posture.

Mei Shiyu pondered for a moment, then guessed, "Could they have been your subordinates when they were alive?"

“Impossible,” the zombie declared confidently. “I don’t know a single one of them.”

"I wouldn't say I remember every single soldier's name, but at least I've seen them all, and I'm familiar with every face! If those ghost soldiers were under my command in life, how could I not recognize a single one of them?"

"What do you think?" The Binding Immortal Rope had never loosened its grip on Li Tingyun's wrist, and Mei Shiyu's voice echoed in his mind.

Li Tingyun replied, "In my opinion, we should take him a while and wait until we reach the Judge Temple, where the truth will be revealed."

"Let's go then." Mei Shiyu walked ahead, with Li Tingyun following closely behind, never leaving his side, more clingy than a shadow.

Unexpectedly, Mei Shiyu had only taken a few steps when she suddenly turned around and bumped into Li Tingyun head-on. The impact made her nose hurt, and she couldn't help but exclaim, "You're like a demon descended from heaven, are you here specifically to bring me down?"

Li Tingyun let him accuse her, she was fine with anything, just not to be far away from him. "...Why did you suddenly turn around?"

“That tree…” Mei Shiyu pointed to the willow tree not far away. The zombie and the vendor were still standing in the shade and hadn’t followed yet.

If he remembered correctly, it was under this very tree in his past life that he and Li Tingyun met the peddler and heard a tragic story about a little devil who refused to accept his fate.

"What happened to that tree?"

Mei Shiyu's words came to an abrupt end, leaving Li Tingyun curious.

Mei Shiyu raised her smooth wrist and remembered the rattan bracelet that Li Tingyun had picked up from the ground and woven for her in her previous life. She didn't remember ever taking it off, but for some reason, the rattan bracelet disappeared later.

When Li Tingyun locked him in the Taiji Hall for "solitary confinement," he still had the rattan bracelet. When he was agitated, he would clench his fists, pinch his palms, and even clench his wrists. He remembered that the willow branches had rubbed his skin raw, leaving a ring of bloodstains.

He collapsed the entire Taiji Palace and went to the Gates of Hell to protect Yuan Che. At that time, the rattan bracelet should still be there, but an accident occurred halfway, the spiritual power supply was cut off, he suffered a backlash and fell into a coma. When he opened his eyes again, he was already in Jiangnan.

He packed his belongings, intending to return to the world of cultivation. He put on his cloak, and as he flicked his sleeve, he noticed that his wrist felt empty.

The willow vine bracelet is lost.

Along with that fragmented memory.

They were all lost.

“That tree… it’s nothing special…” Mei Shiyu lowered his hand, his sleeve covering his wrist, “It’s just that it’s rare in this area.”

He said it was nothing, but Li Tingyun felt there must be a reason behind it. It was truly strange; even a tree by the roadside had a story. He glanced back at it, but couldn't figure it out, only feeling somewhat uneasy.

"...Let's go, let's go."

The vendors and the zombies followed on their own, leaving the market and heading west.

Mei Shiyu thought about many things that happened in his past life, remaining silent with heavy emotions weighing on his heart. This made Li Tingyun feel sorry for him, and suddenly, a clever idea came to him.

Li Tingyun asked, "Shiyu, have you ever heard of the 'Four Joys of Life'?"

"Hmm?" Mei Shiyu rarely heard him call her name like that, and replied a beat late, "Of course I've heard of it."

"What about the 'four sorrows of life'?"

"This... I haven't heard of it."

"Can you really turn 'Four Joys' into 'Four Sorrows' by simply adding two words?"

"Just tell me."