Chapter 322: Netherworld

I don't have the state of mind of Cang Yao who laughs at life and death. Even after hearing her witty words, I really can't laugh. I was confused first, so I closed my eyes and meditated, forcing myself to calm down.

Seeing this, Brother Yaozi and the others sighed secretly, but didn't say anything to stop them.

People have their own way, dogs have their own way.

If you want to be an ordinary person, you must be more active. Being too rigid will not end well. The Xuanmen business has been hidden in a corner invisible to the world for thousands of years. It has not been cut off. It relies on the rules of this gate. Although there is a sense of cherishing something, everyone recognizes this. Rules are rules. Rules are bigger than people. The master is on everyone's head. Without the master, you are nothing. No matter how black-hearted people are, no one will stand up and say a few fair words to you. Now I have brought out the master and the identity of the closed disciple. They have to recognize it. They can't refuse.

I really couldn't care less about whether it hurt the relationship or not. I couldn't just do a moth-to-flame show for the sake of brotherhood. It sounded exciting, but those were human lives, and the lives of my brothers. If I agreed to them without hesitation, I would be an out-and-out bastard.

Lao Bai did things with a sullen look, and was much more efficient than before. Besides, there was no such complicated process for inviting the gods to possess the body. Soon, he picked up some broken bricks and tiles to build a small pylorus. We couldn't offer the three animals as tribute, so we took out some dry food and put it on.

After doing all this, Lao Bai pushed it aside with a dark face and sneered, "Come on, Taoist Wei, the road to the netherworld is ready for you."

Zhang Xinya felt that this was too harsh and ambiguous, as if she was cursing me to die quickly, so she poked Lao Bai hard with her elbow. Lao Bai snorted coldly and turned his head away gently.

I didn't take it seriously, took a long breath, sat down in front of the pylorus, took out three spiritual incense sticks from the leather tube, lit them, and inserted them in front of the pylorus, and then I closed my eyes.

This is not the first time I have done this kind of thing. I am familiar with it and will not be as flustered as the first time. Naturally, I will not make Taoist finger gestures again, and I will not listen to the old sayings and point one hand to the sky and the other to the ground like an idiot, posing as the only one in the world. That is not to invite gods, but to seek practice.

The spiritual incense exudes a faint leather smell, and the smell of incense lingers in the nose, which can easily calm people down. Gradually, I entered the ethereal state that only occurs when meditating, and there are no more so many miscellaneous thoughts in my mind.

Soon, waves of strong sleepiness came over me.

This feeling is too familiar!

"It's done!"

I thought to myself, the last time I saw Black Master, it was at this time that he appeared, so I quietly opened my eyes, wanting to see who was invited this time, but there was only wisps of green smoke rising in front of me, but there was no mysterious and ethereal feeling like last time.

"Failed?!"

I whispered to myself, and glanced at Brother Yaozi with the corner of my eye, and found that they were also puzzled. There was no problem with the ceremony, and it should be time to receive a response.

I closed my eyes and waited for a while, but there was still no response. Seeing that the spiritual incense had burned one-third, I finally couldn't hold it back. I was about to ask Brother Yaozi, when I suddenly felt a strong tingling sensation in my head.

It was like an invisible hand passed through my skull, then grabbed my brain and was about to pull it out.

I screamed "Ah" and fell straight on my back.

A figure came quickly and supported me. I vaguely saw that it seemed to be Lao Bai, but I couldn't see his expression. I just felt dizzy. The dark and shiny black steel tomb was spinning rapidly. Everything around was covered with fog and became more and more blurred.

Then, I felt that I became relaxed, as if I had gotten rid of some kind of shackles. I felt light and floated, circling in the air...

That feeling... was like drinking too much!

However, the fog in front of me made me unable to see anything clearly.

After a long time, I finally saw that there seemed to be a stone platform floating in the foggy environment.

The stone platform was shaped like a lotus, with a few gold-plated ancient seal characters floating up and down on it...

"There are four dogs in the sky to guard the four borders.

I have four dogs to guard the four corners."

I vaguely understood the meaning of those ancient seal characters, and I was a little confused for a while. Isn't this a Taoist spell? My master has included it in the "Qingwei Inner Alchemy" given to me. It seems that this spell is also related to the Taoist Nine-Character Mantra.

What on earth is this place? The last time I invited Black Eight Master, this situation did not happen at all!

This was completely beyond my cognition. For a while, I was at a loss. An inexplicable force was pulling me to fly towards the stone platform...

Just when all my mind was focused on the stone platform, a huge ghost face suddenly emerged in the rolling fog. It seemed to be a man, with a sullen face and scarlet eyes. He shouted "Wow" and rushed straight to my face.

I was so frightened that I didn't even think about it. I just picked up the Taoist Five Thunder Jue and hit him in the face.

The ghost face roared, dodged to the side, and disappeared into the thick fog.

The force that pulled me to the stone platform also disappeared at this moment. I felt like a person falling off a cliff, falling rapidly, as if falling into an endless abyss.

I couldn't help but scream "Ah", and the next moment, I returned to my body again. The moment I opened my eyes, I saw Lao Bai and Brother Yaozi, who were looking at me with concern. The terror lingered in my heart and I couldn't help shivering slightly...

Brother Yaozi was relieved to see me wake up, and then asked me what happened.

I had expected that there might be some accidents when I invited the gods this time, but the so-called accidents were nothing more than inviting the Black Eight Lord again, and then being severely abused. As for everything I encountered, I was completely unprepared. I was full of doubts and naturally wanted to find a way out. Without any hesitation, I told everything I saw.

"Are you really sure that you saw a stone platform?"

Brother Yaozi almost jumped up after hearing this, and looked at Lao Bai, muttering to himself: "This is impossible, it's unreasonable..."

As soon as I saw him like this, I knew that he must have known something, so I asked what the situation was.

Brother Yaozi didn't say anything, but looked me up and down carefully, and suddenly said: "Jingzhe, are you sure that you are really like my uncle said, with mediocre talent and a mercenary person?"

Is there any need to ask this question?

I nodded without thinking. It's fine that I don't know anything about the five arts of Taoism, mountain medicine, fortune-telling, after all, no one is born with these skills. But if I can't even understand those mysterious words, isn't this enough to explain the problem?

Brother Yaozi muttered to himself: "It shouldn't be, is my uncle wrong?"

I reminded him in a deep voice: "We don't have time!"

"Your soul has left your body!!"

When Cang Yao's voice came, I noticed that she had come out of the wind chime at some point. At this moment, she was looking at me with an extremely weird look and said: "I was also shocked when I found that your soul had left your body. Now it seems that you just prayed to the gods, but your soul floated into the underworld, and you saw the legendary generals' platform!!"

This statement is too terrifying.

The soul floated into the underworld, doesn't that mean that I just died?

I suppressed my shock and asked, "What is this Dianjiangtai?"

"The place where the Emperor of Fengdu inspects the underworld soldiers and generals!"

Brother Yaozi said, "Dianjiangtai, there have always been legends about this in Xuanmen, but there are countless people who can invite gods and countless people who can go to the underworld, but no one has ever seen the Dianjiangtai! No, to be precise, everyone who has seen this thing has become a legend. As far as I know, the last person who saw the Dianjiangtai was more than 600 years ago..."

I subconsciously asked, "Who is this person?"

"Liu Ji, Liu Bowen!!"

Brother Yaozi said with some hesitation: "Liu Bowen was originally a Taoist priest, and was proficient in this art. It is said that after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he retired after achieving success and went to the underworld three times. The last time he saw the Dianjiangtai, he sat cross-legged on the Dianjiangtai for 49 days and discussed the Dao with the Ten Kings of Hell in the underworld. After returning to the world of the living, he composed "The Song of the Baked Cake", a song that predicts the future. It is almost as famous as the Tui Bei Tu, both of which are prophetic divine books. However, that discussion also exhausted his energy and he died of illness. Some people also said that that discussion made him no longer linger on the human world, so he went to the underworld to find the Ten Kings of Hell and continue their discussion."

I was sweating on my forehead. I had never heard of such a statement. I asked with a stiff face: "Besides Liu Bowen, who else has seen the Dianjiangtai?"

"Ancestor Chen Tuan!"

Lao Bai was still angry with me, and said expressionlessly: "It is said that after the ancestor Chen Tuan won the Huashan bet with Zhao Kuangyin, he went to the underworld to see the Dianjiangtai, discussed with many big men in the underworld, and understood the "Hetu" and "Luoshu", so he composed the "Yilongtu". "

"It is said that Zhang Liang also saw it."

Brother Yaozi spread his hands: "Zhang Liang is also a Taoist disciple. There is such a saying that after he assisted Emperor Gaozu to seize the world, he also wanted to become an official and do something else. As a result, he suddenly had a dream one night. In the dream, his soul left his body and came to the underworld. He saw the generals' platform, but he did not see any ghosts and gods. He only heard a voice saying twelve words to him, "When the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden; when the cunning rabbits are dead, the running dogs are cooked." Zhang Liang woke up from the dream and thought about that voice. He felt sad from the heart. He thought it was a warning from the gods. Liu Bang and Lu Zhi were afraid that they would not be as rich and noble as each other, and they would eventually attack him. So he was prudent and protected himself, and it was rare to keep a life. It is said that his pursuit of the way of gods in his later years was not just to save his life, but was related to his experience that night.

As for who was the person who talked to him on the stage, this has also become a mystery. People in the industry always like to talk about this matter after dinner. Whenever it is mentioned, someone says that the person who talked to him must be the elusive Fengdu Emperor! !

Some people have seen the Ten Kings of Hell, each of which is in charge of a place, but no one has ever seen this Fengdu Emperor. Liu Hou may be the only one who has received instructions from Fengdu. "

At this point, Brother Yaozi saw that I couldn't say a word. He knew that I would be scared to death if he continued, so he stopped giving examples and spread his hands helplessly, saying: "You may have missed a great opportunity. You have also seen that those who can see the stage are all famous Taoist priests and big figures. On the stage, you can invite all the beings that can be invited in the underworld. As long as your body can bear it and your face is big enough, Fengdu Emperor may follow you. At that time, the water prince will poke shit out of him with just one finger.

You should never, ever use the Five Thunder Seal. Why should I put it? The one who pounced on you might be an unknown general from the underworld, who was eager to follow you, but was slapped away by you. With his insincere attitude, you naturally could not get on the platform and were directly driven out of the underworld! "

"Perhaps, it is not as complicated as you think. Don't associate everything with destiny. That stinky Taoist priest is right. This kid really doesn't have any outstanding talent. He is very mediocre, even mediocre. If he is a little worse, he probably won't even be able to enter the threshold of cultivation..."

Cang Yao opened his mouth and mercilessly commented on my talent, which was a mess. At the end, he said: "Being able to see the generals' platform may be related to the layout of this place. Don't forget that this is a mass grave. Countless souls and evil people who escaped from the underworld were attracted here by the jade bone corpse. For the underworld, this place is guilty. The souls of these countless evil people, plus the extreme yin of the underworld sea, are full of variables when opening an altar to invite gods here. It is not impossible to lead to the legendary generals' platform! "

Brother Yaozi thought about it and felt that what Cang Yao said made sense. After all, he looked left and right and didn't see that I was a prominent figure. It was possible that it was related to the Feng Shui pattern of this place, so he said: "Try again. If you can really get on the stage, don't be reckless. Find a powerful character, maybe you can directly defeat the Water King!"

I nodded, wiped the sweat from my forehead, and was about to continue, but Lao Bai suddenly put a red rope on my wrist and asked Wushuang to light a stick of incense.

"When the soul enters the underworld, you can't feel the time. If it takes too long, you can't come back. Do you understand? It's very dangerous! ! "

He said quickly: "With your current ability, you must not stay in the underworld for more than one stick of incense. From now on, I will keep watching this stick of incense. When the incense is exhausted, I will pull the red rope. You will feel it then. No matter whether you succeed or not, you must come back. Don't delay. This is not a joke. Even if it takes more than one second, you will not be able to come back! ! "

I stared at him blankly...

After chattering for a while, Lao Bai finally came to his senses. His face immediately turned into a donkey face. He jumped up and moved away from me as if I were a pile of stinking dung. At the same time, he cursed: "What are you looking at? Do you think I'm afraid of your death? I'm just afraid that if you die, Mr. Zhang will blame me! ! "

I smiled, said nothing, cut off the three previous spiritual incense sticks, nodded to Brother Yaozi, and then lit three more spiritual incense sticks.

But I don't know what happened this time, I just couldn't get into the state, and some strange thoughts always popped up in my mind to distract me. In this state of mind, let alone going to the netherworld again, even inviting gods is difficult.

After several failed attempts, I sighed helplessly, thinking that it might be too exhausting last time, so I simply opened my eyes and stared at the three spiritual incense sticks.

At this time, a strange scene appeared.

The curling green smoke from the three incense sticks seemed to have life, like a group of flexible little snakes swimming towards me, and all of them went into my nasal cavity.

Then... that feeling came again!

Intense pain swept through my head, more fierce than the last time. In an instant, blood flowed out of my mouth, nose and eyes. I screamed "Ah", and my eyes went black. I knew nothing...