Ch 35. Enter the Ghost City! Rendezvous with the Demon King

It was very embarrassing, only after four hours later did Xie Lian have the free time to peek a few scrolls and finally learn about the background of this Wind Master.

The Five Elemental Masters of Heaven used their title to change their family name. For example, before Master Earth rose, the name in his previous fanatic world was Ming Yi. After ascending, he was referred to as 'Master of Earth Yi'. As for the Wind Master, his previous name was Shi Qing Xuan, and after ascending he was called 'Wind Master Qing Xuan'. It is suitable for his title, his personality is like the wind; he is gracious and generous, ignores any small details, and is very popular in heaven, as seen from him who previously easily distributed ten thousand merits in the arrangement of spirit communication. But in the end, because his brother was a god who controlled mortal wealth, of course the Wind Master was very generous and did not care about such small details.

Indeed, the elder brother of the Wind Master Qing Xuan (Shi Qingxuan) is what is referred to as "The Tyrannical Water," his name is Water Master Wu Du and his previous mortal name is Shi Wu du.

Going down to hell together, the two gods walked side by side, chatting casually as they traveled. Xie Lian crossed his arms and said in amazement, "The Pei family that produced two generals rising with one name is already a legend, but you and your brother, one becoming the Wind Master and one as the Water Master, two of the five lords of the heavenly element ascending at the same time , truly a fairy tale of a miracle. "

It must be known that even in a million possibilities no one has the ability to rise. When Pei Ming and Pei Su ascended, they were separated by several hundred years, and Pei Su was not even a direct descendant of the Pei Ming family; he came from a branch of Pei Ming's brother's family who knows who knows how many times it has been lost from generation to generation. Water Master Wu Du and Wind Master Qing Xuan were brothers related to real blood, a pair of heavenly officials who had risen from the same house, and at the same time, thus it was something truly extraordinary.

Shi Qing Xuan laughed at her, "It's nothing. My brother and I were born from the same mother, grew up together, studied together, cultivated together, so naturally we would ride together."

Xie Lian also knew about this when he was still reading about this Wind Master from his scroll. Shi Wu Du ascended first, but after only a few years, his brother Shi Qing Xuan also made it through the heavenly calamity (a kind of heavenly torture / ordeal). Mortals often worship these two heavenly officials together in the same holy temple and praise them equally. Obviously the two brothers enjoyed and had a good relationship. As San Lang and Nan Feng had previously mentioned, the Water Master must be the reason Pei Ming did not touch the Wind Master. However, the brother of The Tyrannical Water is not someone who can be easily chosen.

When he came to this, Xie Lian thought of other details and considered it before asking, "Master Wind Master, in the Great Hall of the Martial earlier, General Pei's manner of speaking sounded as if he shared a good friendship with your brother. having previously filed a complaint against General Small Pei will affect ... "

"Well." Shi Qing Xuan replied, "My brother already knows that I cannot stand and cannot face Pei Ming."

"Knowing is one thing, action is another." Xie Lian said. "Wouldn't all this cause a rift in relations between the Water Master and General Pei?"

"If it causes a rift in their relationship, it will be even better! I hope my brother will stop associating with him, and leave the designation of the" Three Tumors' in the heavenly realms someday, "Shi Qing Xuan said.

* One of the "Three Toxic Tumors" in Tianting = Heaven (Nangong Jie, Yi Pei, and Shi Wudu). "Three Cancers / Tumors" (refers to three people who have a bad reputation but are on good terms in heaven). This has been discussed in the introduction chapter Vampli, just a reminder.

Xie Lian stopped, "What is 'Three Tumors'?"

Shi Qing Xuan said in surprise, "What! Even you also don't know about this? Fine, whatever. I now know that you do not know enough new things about any problem. Listen and laugh." The Three Tumors' are nicknames that are given to three heavenly officials who did not have a good reputation but had a good relationship with each other in heaven, and they were Ming Guan, Ling Wen, and my brother. "

"I can't believe that it's not Xie Lian, Xie Lian, and Xie Lian on the list." Xie Lian thought.

Shi Qing Xuan fanned herself with her Wind Master fan and continued, "Even if I can't bear to deal with him, the whole business and problem this time is started by Little Pei himself. There's no way I can let Pei Ming pin all these mistakes to Chief Reverend Ban Yue and protect Little Pei. It doesn't matter if you are a human, a god, or a devil, you must take responsibility for whatever actions you have done yourself. Bluffing a little girl is so low. "

The last line was spoken in a tone that sounded disgusted, and Xie Lian smiled. "Mr. Wind Master is a defender of justice."

Shi Qing Xuan laughed, "You yourself are not bad! I've heard rumors about the Small Road Inside Ban Yue here and there, but never had the time to investigate it; plus, my brother would immediately yell at me when I started talking about this problem, with so many images I have, I forgot something, when I heard you ask about the problem in the Small Road in Ban Yue in the spirit communication array a few days ago, it reminded me of the exact same case as that time "So I decided to go and check it out. Not only did you ask, you even intended to go to that place alone! So I thought, damn, you are a wonderful man!"

This Wind Master was specifically someone who had the personality to say directly what he wanted to say and was someone who was so attractive, and Xie Lian could understand why he was so popular in heaven. He never thought that after his ascension this time, he would be able to form a friendship with other heavenly officials like this, and he could not help but keep his happy smile. But when he turned to face the direction the Wind Master was, the white-clothed cultivator beside him had now turned into a woman in white. Really so suddenly, Xie Lian almost stumbled in her steps. "Mr. Wind Master, why did you do this transformation so suddenly?"

"Oh. To be honest, I'm actually stronger in this form." Shi Qing Xuan answered.

As mentioned above, Wind Masters and Water Masters are often worshiped together. However, this also caused a strange accident. Maybe people think that worshiping two male gods together in one temple is something strange. Mister and Miss go hand in hand hand in hand with each other, what a harmonious pair that looks so handsome and beautiful, that is something that should happen. So, after a while someone somewhere carved out the manifestation of the Wind Master as a goddess.

Forget about the statue of the goddess, they must also make up a story that fits the version where the Wind Master is a goddess, something like the god of Wind and Water used to be brothers and sisters; there is even a version where they are husband and wife. After a few hundred years, the story has spread and from them comes even stranger legends. Every now and then the two officials read the story out of curiosity, but each time they read it, they will grimace and their bodies will immediately be filled with goosebumps. Even so, there are more people who believe in such outrageous stories, and the true sex of the Wind Master starts to become confusing; the sentence "My Lady, please watch and pay attention to me." can be heard everywhere. As such, Shi Qing Xuan was nicknamed 'Miss Wind Master'.

Even though it all sounds so silly, something like that actually doesn't happen rarely. For example, Ling Wen, for example, also has a similar experience. Ling Wen was a female celestial official, but she was not dressed in color and style like the other female deities. He often wore black or dark clothes, looked serious and competent, and spent his days working carefully through heaps and heaps of administrative scrolls in his palace. Although his own personality is partly to blame, but most is for other reasons. If someone has to ask a human: Is Ling Wen a man or woman? Anyone will answer that question with confidence and say: A man.

The God of Literature is, of course, male. Only for this problem, when Ling Wen rose he suffered a loss. She is a goddess of literature, but many people in the mortal world think: how can a woman be in such an important position? How can women ensure good luck in literary competence? That's definitely not effective! So, even though he worked hard, he still had very few worshipers. Then, some worshipers could not forget him, and rebuilt his statues into male gods, transforming him from Goddess Ling Wen to God of Ling Wen, and even making a whole series of fancy backgrounds. After this change, the temple prospered and everyone praised how effective Lord Ling Wen was. But the reality is, an official is an official, their spiritual powers are all the same, and all the legends that are scattered are all false. But people just eat it not digested anyway. From then on, when Ling Wen needed to appear in someone's dream, his followers could only do so in the form of himself as a male god.

By the same logic, people believe that it is more appropriate to worship men and women as a couple in the temples of Wind and Water. Who cares if you are a god or a devil? You must appear in accordance with the beliefs of others. Appearances can be as different as straying for a million miles and everyone will still see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear. High-ranking court officials no longer pay attention to this sort of thing and ignore it.

As for Shi Qing Xuan himself, by Xie Lian's own observations, he did not seem to mind at all. In fact, he was completely immersed and enjoying his own satisfaction, and even eagerly dragged others into it, making Xie Lian wonder about the real identity of the woman in black who went with the Wind Master last time. During the four hours they had spent traveling to the underworld together, Shi Qing Xuan had tried several times to persuade Xie Lian to disguise herself as a woman, with very convincing reasons such as 'Woman' having a stronger Yin aura, by because it will be much easier to hide in a crowd of Ghost Towns. "

* Yin from Yin Yang - Yin represents shadows and femininity.

Xie Lian thought about it and rejected the idea, "I don't have enough strength to change."

"It's alright. I'll lend you my strength!" Shi Qing Xuan answered excitedly, "That is the reason why the Great Deity requested and appointed me for this mission, right?"

"My lord, please save your strength and use it when we truly fight the enemy ..."

Shi Qing Xuan could not persuade Xie Lian, and stopped to push him further. At this time, both of them had reached a wild field in the middle of nowhere. The night was getting late, and the sound of crows sounded so crazy in the dark, creating an atmosphere that felt so creepy. Xie Lian looked around and said, "The place must be here. There are many evil auras in the air and there is a large grave near this place, we will definitely catch and find one or two people who are about to leave.

  we will follow him when the time comes. "

So the two then crouched over the mound and began to wait.

A few moments later, Shi Qing Xuan put one hand in his sleeve and began to look for something, and then he seemed to hold a small jug filled with liquor taken from his sleeve and then said. "You want?"

Xie Lian grabbed the small jug and took a sip, feeling her throat burning so badly, she returned the jug. "Thank you."

Shi Qing Xuan took the jug back and then drank it in two gulps, "You can't drink?"

"I can," Xie Lian replied, "But drinking liquor causes madness, so just feeling it is enough. What time is it now?"

Shi Qing Xuan hummed, and answered, "It's midnight."

"Then maybe soon." Xie Lian said.

Just as Xie Lian finished his sentence, a line of faint light appeared from a distance in the depths of the forest.

The faint rows of light slowly approached and drew closer, until finally the two of them could see that the rows of light were a group of expressionless women wearing white clothes, walking in a line. Some of them are old, some are young, some are beautiful, and some are ugly, each wearing mourning or burial clothes, a white lantern in hand, they seem to walk with such light steps.

They must be the ghosts of women heading to the market in the dark tonight.

"Come follow them." Xie Lian said quietly.

Shi Qing Xuan nodded, took a final gulp from the liquor jug ​​and then threw it away. The two of them stood up and casually walked behind the group of female ghostly convoys.

Both of them had prepared beforehand and they had also erased all the spiritual auras that were inside of them. When they walked, they just looked like people in the form of wood without the scent of life. The group of female ghosts in front of them held a white lantern and followed an unknown path in the dark forest, walking while chatting in a soft, high-pitched voice.

"I'm so glad the ghost market is opening again! I need to do facial treatments!" Said one female ghost. Very enthusiastic!

"What happened to your face? Didn't you just get facial treatment before?" Answer the other female ghost.

The first female ghost answered, "My face is rotten again! Huh, the person who served me last time said that facial treatment is guaranteed to make my face fresh for a year! But what? Look at this! It hasn't even been half a year."

Xie Lian and Shi Qing Xuan trailed behind them, quietly listening to their chat, and did not say a word. When they hear something funny, they will only raise their lips and meet one another. After about an hour, the group finally arrived in a valley.

A red light emanated from deep in the depths of the valley, and something that wafts on this smooth night seemed to be a music. Xie Lian became even more curious and seeing it with her own eyes would look like what Ghost City was like. When they entered the valley, something happened, the female ghost in the last row suddenly turned and found their whereabouts. The ghost looked confused, he then asked, "Who are you two?"

That question made all the pale-faced heads in front of them turn around, and the ghosts of the woman then began to surround them both, curious. "When did they start following us? They were not part of the group when we left the cemetery, right?"

"Which grave are you from? Why haven't we seen your face before?"

Xie Lian cleared her throat, "We ... came from a distant grave, so of course all of you have never seen us."

Shi Qing Xuan also smiled, "That's right! We came from a tomb thousands of miles away from here that specifically came only to see this Ghost Market."

The group of white-clothed female ghosts then fell silent, and expressionlessly looked at the two of them. If it was someone else, they might fall to the ground shivering with fear of wet their pants. Xie Lian was not afraid if their two identities would be known; These weak wild ghosts don't have enough strength to defeat them both. However, because the Ghost City was now right in front of their eyes, it was not wise to start anything at this close distance to a target that might inadvertently cause a warning to the enemy because of their actions.

At that moment, one of the women who looked at Shi Qing Xuan slowly moved her teeth.

"MeiMei, your face is very well groomed," he said

* MeiMei is a familiar name for calling a younger sister.

Xie Lian and Shi Qing Xuan were speechless.

Immediately, the two of them then nodded several times. Xie Lian replied, "Right, not bad." And Shi Qing Xuan imitated his tone and said, "Pretty good, right?"

All the female ghosts there then approached the two of them and began the discussion, "Yes, not rotten at all."

"Mei Mei, where did you do your facial treatment?"

"Do you have any special tricks?"

"Can you recommend a place for us?"

Shi Qing Xuan didn't know how to respond to all those questions, and he just laughed awkwardly to just buy time. At that moment, the group of female ghosts then turned around, and a bright red light suddenly appeared in the eyes of the two of them.

A mysterious and haunted world wide open before their eyes.

A long stretch of road appeared before them. The road seemed so long that they were unable to see the end of the road with their current line of sight. Along the way there are many shops and stalls that provide an aura full of courtesy and hospitality; various kinds of colorful signs were flown high above them and several giant red lanterns were hung low. Pedestrians seemed to fill the road, many of them wore face masks with various expressions such as crying, laughing, and angry; some of them are human, and some are not human. Those without masks can only be described as 'strange shapes'. Some of them had big heads and small bodies, some looked thin as bamboo sticks, some looked flat like pancakes pressing on the ground, letting pedestrians walk above them while complaining.

Xie Lian seemed to be careful not to step on anything strange. When he passed a food stall, he saw the owner of the stall looking to use a giant bone to stir a giant soup pot there, and while he was stirring the soup, some spit would spill between his teeth, drip and fall into the soup, and in a soup full of strange objects and colors it seemed to pool a lot of eyeballs. Xie Lian witnessed all of that and suddenly he seemed to have just gained confidence.

On the other hand, he saw a strange busker doing a performance there: so many fans saw the show, it was a burly man who seemed to be holding a small ghost, weak as a chick, in his grasp, and he then opened his mouth to blow a big fire which he used to roast the figure of the little ghost which then the little ghost screamed like a dying pig, writhing wildly. The crowd who watched the show then cheered and screamed, shouting 'repeat'. There was even a crazy person who randomly threw some money into the air, and when one slip of money flew in front of Xie Lian, he then quickly took one and flipped the money, it was the money of the dead as he thought. Of course ah!

As he walked, there was a meat stall with rows of broken human heads displayed there, human heads hung in accordance with the age order, as indicated on the price tag; the head of a child is this big, the flesh of a young man is that big, the flesh of a grown man spends this amount, the veins of an adult woman are charged that much, and so on. The figure who was wearing an apron with a meat knife in his hand was a wild boar with black skin, and with very thick hair; and under the knife he was holding, it was a muscular-looking human leg that was being slaughtered and cut into pieces, it still seemed to twitch.

This was truly a swarm of evil, the chaos of hell before him.

Humans slaughtering pigs is a common sight and is still able to be understood by Xie Lian, but a pig who slaughters humans is not, so Xie Lian is unable to do anything but can only surrender and peek at several other incidents. The boar then saw him who was watching the stall and immediately reacted, "What do you see? Do you want to buy?"

Xie Lian shook her head, "No."

The butcher with the figure of the pig kept chopping human flesh on his cutting board hard, the blood from the flesh seemed to spread everywhere. He shouted, his voice sounding so rude, "If you don't buy then don't watch! Damn this want to try to start something? Get out of here!"

Xie Lian immediately left the place. But when he accelerated his pace, he suddenly realized that something very wrong had happened.

the female ghost group and Shi Qing Xuan have disappeared.

In the shock that befell him, Xie Lian was about to connect with the Wind Master in the line of spirit communication, afraid that he would really be dragged by the female ghosts to do facial treatments. However, this is a Ghost Town, and the spells used by heaven are very limited. His connection to join the spirit communication array didn't work at all, so he had to walk the streets around the Ghost Town to find the lost Wind Master. As he walked, someone suddenly grabbed him. Xie Lian looked alert and felt her body tighten, Xie Lian immediately reacted, "Who's that?"

The person who stopped him was a woman, and he looked surprised at the reaction given by Xie Lian. But after seeing his face clearly, he began to giggle, looking shy, "Hey, little gege. You look very strong."

This woman wore a very open dress, her makeup looked very heavy, the white foundation she wore looked uneven, and when she opened her mouth, a lump of earth seemed to fall from her face. His chest looked as though something was filling his flesh. Really, a shocking sight. Xie Lian gently pushed away her thin claw-like fingers and said, "Miss, don't need to talk like this."

The woman was surprised, and burst out laughing, "My lord! 'Miss' ?? Who still calls me like that at my age? Hahahahahahaha!"

All the passersby who passed by them seemed to think it was a funny incident, and started laughing together. Xie Lian shook her head, but before she could speak, the woman pounced on him, "Don't go! Little gege, I like you. Come and have fun with me all night, I won't ask to be paid by you!"

The woman looked sullen and winked, "But I will collect it. Hehehehehe ..."

"..." Xie Lian sighed and prayed silently, and gently but firmly then pushed him away. He said kindly, "Miss, please."

The woman looked upset now and then screamed, "Stop calling me 'miss', no one will care! Stop wasting my time, will you come or not?"

To tempt Xie Lian even further, the woman suddenly opened her already opened shirt. Xie Lian was not ready to face the brave movement and then sighed again before turning and continuing his journey. The girl's ghost then chased after him and continued his seduction, "Do you like what you see?"

Little did the woman's ghost realize, Xie Lian had grown up in the Royal Holy Pavilion, practicing abstinence from alcohol and women for most of her life in the human world, and she had a body and mind that was always stable like a mountain. No matter what he saw, his heart was clear as water, something inappropriate would make him automatically chanting the sutras (verses) in his mind, calming his soul. Unsuccessful in the temptation he did, the expression of the female ghost changed, and he began to shout, "You don't want this? Are you really a man ??"

Xie Lian looked away from her and replied, "I'm a man."

"Then prove it!" the female ghost shouted.

From among the crowd there, a pedestrian mocked, "You are a prostitute! He thinks you are old and ugly, and does not want you. What do you do by continuing to stick like that?"

Hearing those words, Xie Lian did not change her facial expression at all and only put on an expressionless face, "That's not it. It's because I have a problem. I can't get an erection."

Everyone fell silent. Then in an instant everyone began to burst into laughter. burst out laughing: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ..."

This time, Xie Lian was the victim of ridicule. Nobody has ever met a man brave enough to announce to the world that they have such a problem. However, for someone like Xie Lian, it didn't matter whether his personal limbs functioned or not, so he was used to using such methods as an excuse to get out of a situation like this. And it is a practical and inexpensive method that works all the time when needed. Sure enough, the woman's ghost then tidied her shirt and stopped sticking to him. "No wonder you're like this. Like a pig. If you have a problem, why don't you say it sooner? Pfft!" T

Not far behind them, the pig butcher who had been seen by Xie Lian seemed to throw his knife again and shouted, "Damn bitch! What are you saying? What's with the pig ???"

The female ghost seemed to show no fear, and immediately shouted, "What's wrong with pigs ?? Damn animals! Why?"

Immediately the long road was now filled with screams and scolding, everyone shouted, "That woman's ghost, she's Lan Chang, starts her nonsense again!"

"Butcher's Zhu is a cutting ghost!"

The two sides sounded buzzing back and forth, so noisy and chaotic, and in the midst of the chaos, Xie Lian fled. After walking for a while, from afar he looked back to where the crowd was and sighed.

Xie Lian continued walking and soon found another rowdy crowd in front of him, and he then stopped in front of a giant red building.

The building looked so magnificent and magnificent; the pillars, the roof, the walls, all were bright red, and the floor was covered with a beautiful thick carpet. If you have to compare, this building is equivalent to a heavenly palace. The only difference is that compared to how dazzling it is, it's more like the building looks more dignified. Several large crowds appeared in and out of the door, and inside the building, Xie Lian saw that it was already quite crowded, filled with loud noises that sounded so excited. Looking closer at the place, Xie Lian discovered that this place was a gambling house.

Xie Lian walked towards the door of the building, and on the two pillars in front of the entrance he saw that there was a set of poems *. On the left it says "Money Over Life", and on the right it says "Gain Over Shame". On the horizontal pole above it says "HAHAHAHA".

* Entrance Verses (rhymes at the entrance) are three lines of poetry that express the meaning / theme of the establishment, or just for good luck. One line on each side of the door, and one above.

"..."

That sentence is so ugly and rough, it doesn't deserve to be a poem at the entrance. The rhyme sentence also sounds so wild, careless, and full of noise; so embarrassing to just call it a calligraphy! It was as if someone had taken a brush while he was drunk, and started scribbling and writing the sentence so badly, and the words were immediately exploded by an explosion of evil aura before it formed. Xie Lian was once the heir to the throne, and his calligraphy was taught by the best Supreme masters in the country. The character he saw before him now was a form of real tragedy. Hurting his eyes. In fact, the characters were so evil that Xie Lian began to think they looked funny, and then he just shook his head. The Wind Master will not play in this place; Xie Lian will have a greater chance to search for and find female ghosts before in a beauty salon.

He would soon leave the Gambling House, but something made him reconsider his decision, and after only taking a few steps, he then turned and entered the red building.

In the main hall of the Gambling House, several crowds filled the place; countless heads were moving, several laughs and desperate cries could be heard and filled the air of the place. Xie Lian was about to go down a few steps when he suddenly heard a scream, and when he saw the origin of the scream, four masked guards walked over to bring someone.

The man looked in pain, writhing and howling as he was carried, and a trail of blood followed them. Apparently, the man's legs had been cut clean from his knees, and blood flowing from the pieces. A small ghost followed them so closely, and greedily licked all the blood on the floor as they left.

It was a terrifying sight, but there was no one in the Gambling House who did not see it, and they kept screaming and cheering, rolling around. Although, of course, all the gamblers in the Gambling House are not human, and if they are human, then they are not ordinary human beings.

Xie Lian lowered his body to continue following the four guards who took the man, and then he continued to walk deeper into the place. A petite officer wearing a mask laughed at him and welcomed him, "Sir, are you here to play?"

Xie Lian smiled a little, "I don't have money. Mind if I just look?"

In his experience, usually if you say those words in any company you will be expelled. Why did you come in if you didn't bring money? But the petite clerk still giggled, "No money doesn't matter. Those who play here don't really use money to gamble."

"Is it true?" Xie Lian asked.

The petite clerk closed his mouth, "Really. Sir, why don't you come with me."

He waved his hand at Xie Lian, and then hurried away. Xie Lian followed behind him without a word, but carefully surveyed his surroundings.

This gambling house when viewed from inside looks very luxurious and so stylish, but it doesn't look tacky at all; it is a building that is rich in taste. The petite officer took Xie Lian to the very back of the main hall, and there was a long table that filled the room like sardines lined up. Xie Lian was just about to approach one of the tables and then he heard a man crying, "I bet my arm!"

There were too many spectators, Xie Lian couldn't get past the crowd, and could only listen from outside the crowd. Suddenly another voice was heard, lazily answering, "No need. Just forget your arm. Even your bad life has no meaning here. Hearing that voice, Xie Lian's heart immediately jumped.

He silently recited a name, "San Lang."

What he heard was indeed the voice of the young man. However, the voice sounded a little deeper than he remembered.

However, this is why his voice sounds more pleasant in his ears. Even though he was surrounded by such a noisy crowd, the voice still sounded loud and clear defeating the crowd in the Gambling House and entered his ear.

Xie Lian raised her head and found that behind a long table was a red curtain. And behind the curtain, he could see faintly a red silhouette, looking relaxed lying in a long chair.