My enemies became my companions

Chapter 330: Deep into the Underworld (Three-in-one update)

Chen Yi casually cut a piece of linen from his inner clothes and covered Yin Weiying's eyes with it.

Thinking that this was his underwear, Yin Weiying's pretty face turned red, and she pursed her thin lips and pulled it lightly.

"Don't put it down."

Yin Weiying stopped moving when she heard Chen Yi's voice. After hesitating, she asked again:
"What did you find?"

Chen Yi casually replied, "Some ghost things, they confuse me."

After he finished speaking, Yin Weiying put his hand down and waited quietly.

Chen Yi stared at the corpse in the coffin, looking back from time to time to identify it carefully. The figure was similar to Yin Weiying, and he was wearing a Taoist robe from Mount Taihua. The only thing he was uncertain about was the face.

Chen Yi thought for a while, and then asked:

"Emperor Luan, when is your birthday?"

"The seventh day of the second month of the Guiwei year." Yin Weiying responded, "Dragon King Day, which is the time to worship the Dragon King."

She had agreed with Chen Yi at that time that if she liked it on her birthday, he would give her a hairpin. However, her birthday was still a long way off, so she did not tell Chen Yi the exact date.

Chen Yi looked down at the female corpse in the coffin, reached down to feel around, and found a "Nothing to Worry About" token around his waist.

The birth date was engraved on the Wu Shi Pai, and Chen Yi had a hunch that it should be that of the female corpse.

The ninth day of the sixth month in the year of Guiwei.

It’s different from Yin Weiying’s birthday, so the time doesn’t match.

Chen Yi let out a sigh of relief. Since the birthdays didn't match, it meant that Yin Weiying was really not a paper man.

To create an identical paper figure, the birth dates must match.

He originally wondered whether Yin Weiying was also a paper figure, and the one in the coffin was the real "Yin Weiying", but now he could see that this speculation could be ruled out.

Then, Chen Yi had another guess.

He took the knife in his hand and stabbed it downwards, piercing the body directly.

The corpse had a solid feel of flesh and did not disperse in the wind. It was obviously not a paper figure, but a real corpse.

Chen Yi narrowed his eyes and thought:

This corpse and Yin Weiying are two completely different people...

But she was wearing the Taoist robes of Mount Taihua...

Was it someone who put it on her later, or was she originally the Goddess of Taihua?
Thoughts intertwined in his mind, and Chen Yi suddenly came up with many guesses, and each guess seemed to make sense, but they all needed to be verified.

Chen Yi glanced at the pile of paper scraps on the ground that were formed by the eldest prince. He couldn't help but wonder, were King Jing and the Queen all paper figures?

This idea is too horrible and hard to accept.

But the possibilities are just... too great.

Chen Yi turned his eyes to look at Yin Weiying who was waiting in confusion, and pondered for a long time.

So what if Prince Jing and the Queen are paper figures? So what if they are not paper figures?

In the previous investigation, Chen Yi, relying on his status as a son-in-law, had investigated everywhere in Prince Jing's mansion, and even found out about the concubine using the jade ruyi, but he did not find any more clues.

So no matter whether Prince Jing and the Princess were paper figures or not, no clues could be found, and no one could identify the mastermind behind the scenes.

What if we can’t find the mastermind behind this?

Thinking of this, Chen Yi's thoughts suddenly became clear. Regardless of whether Prince Jing and the Princess were paper figures or not, finding the mastermind behind all this was of vital importance.

What's more, if this matter were to be exposed to Yin Weiying, it would probably cause this nun's faith in Taoism to be shattered once again.

Chen Yi took a deep breath, moved the corpse and the coffin to the side, and then looked deeper inside.

There seemed to be more space inside, but it was not clear in the moonlight.

Chen Yi took out a flint and a small oil lamp from his arms. When the crackling sound of the fire was heard, Yin Weiying couldn't help but smile.

"What are you laughing at?" Chen Yi turned around.

Yin Weiying stopped talking, paused for a moment, and then whispered, "You've already reached the golden elixir stage, why are you still using a flint to light a fire?"

"I haven't learned much magic." Chen Yi said.

It is good that the true energy injected into the Clairvoyance can be used to deduce magic. The Yin-Yang Sutra of Resentment has also accumulated a lot of true energy during this period of time. However, the problem is that Chen Yi has not obtained many magic secrets. Dao Ce counts as one book, but the spells in it are so basic that they are almost useless.

The flames started, Chen Yi grabbed Yin Weiying's hand and slowly went to the space under the coffin. It was a long and narrow dark corridor. The soil on both sides was filled with cold air, and an eerie and gloomy feeling was overwhelming.

The corridor was long and narrow, only wide enough for one person to pass through. Chen Yi and Yin Weiying walked one in front and one behind, with the light of an oil lamp illuminating the front. They seemed to be walking down all the time, deep into the ground.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the scenery changed. With the light of the oil lamp, Chen Yi saw an ancient bronze door in the distance. There were lions carved on the door, but it was already incomplete and unrecognizable, with layers of green rust piled on the door.

Chen Yi tried hard to identify the other patterns on the door, and then saw a red spider lily, and immediately realized what was behind the door.

Hell.

Who would have thought that in the back mountain of Prince Jing's Mansion, there would be a door leading to the underworld.

Chen Yi took a deep breath, pressed his hand against the bronze door, and then pushed it slowly.

The door opened immediately.

The bright yellow flame of the oil lamp in his hand turned faint blue from the center of the fire the moment he stepped over the threshold, and turned into a dark green netherworld fire.

After looking around, Chen Yi let go of Yin Weiying's hand and took off the blindfold for her.

Yin Weiying suddenly opened his eyes and saw the scene of the underworld. He was stunned in shock.

Everywhere you look, you can see darkness and gloom, with large patches of dark green and dark blue occupying the vision. The ground is almost barren, with no grass growing, but there are scattered red spider lilies and heartbreak grass growing very abruptly. The farther you look, the hazier it becomes, as if covered by a layer of mist.

"The underworld?" the nun exclaimed.

Chen Yi nodded slightly and said softly: "In the mountain behind your house, there is a door leading to the netherworld, which is well hidden."

Yin Weiying was stunned, feeling a mixture of astonishment and surprise. Although she had heard similar stories from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio about the underworld behind a door, she had never thought that this would happen to her.

"I want to find out the truth about your family, so I brought you in." Chen Yi said.

Yin Weiying nodded, she was also full of confusion.

"Go ahead and follow me."

Chen Yi started forward.

"wait wait wait."

Yin Weiying called him.

"what happened?"

Chen Yi turned his head and saw the nun walking towards him in two or three steps, pinching the hem of his clothes with her slender jade fingers.

She turned her head and said, "Okay..."

Chen Yi smiled. No matter whether they were in the underground palace or in the Sutra Library of the Hehuan Sect, she always held his clothes like this.

She was afraid of the environment around her and herself, but she had to rely on herself in her fear.

Chen Yi didn't say anything more, and started forward again, slowing down his pace a little so that she could hold the hand steadily.

The two walked forward, with mist lingering around them. The evil energy around them stung their skin. Yin Weiying used one hand to perform the golden body protection technique, and the thin and subtle light stuck to his skin to block out the evil energy.

"Meng Po Soup, selling Meng Po Soup."

A faint voice came from afar. Chen Yi and Yin Weiying both stopped and looked over there.

It was a woman wearing a light blue horse-faced skirt. She had a thin face and not a very attractive appearance. Her figure was vague and hazy, like a ghost.

"Meng Po Soup, selling Meng Po Soup."

She was holding a bucket of soup in her hand, and the spoon gently tapped on the hanging iron sheet, making a tinkling sound.

The soul floated and approached Chen Yi and Yin Weiying little by little. The nun quickly held the peach wood sword in front of her, her face full of vigilance.

The ghost woman came in front of them, with a warm smile on her face, raised the wooden barrel in her hand and said:
"Do you want Meng Po soup?"

Chen Yi stared at the ghostly woman and continued:
"We are living people, why would we need Meng Po soup?"

A hint of disappointment appeared on the woman's face when she heard this. She muttered:
“Live people can drink it too.”

Yin Weiying's face darkened, he took a step forward and said:
"Who is this evildoer, selling Mengpo soup outside the Naihe Bridge?"

For the sake of the magnanimity of the Goddess Taihua, she took a step forward and let go of Chen Yi's clothes.

Yin Weiying's Taoist robe was conspicuous. The ghost woman hurriedly took a step back and raised her hand and said:

"It's not a private sale. It's not a private sale. I, the Sun God, asked the King of Hell for permission to sell Meng Po Soup here."

"Sun Travel God..."

Chen Yi thought of someone and continued:
"Your surname is Min, right?"

The ghost woman's eyes were filled with astonishment, and she kept leaning forward and said:

"You know me, young master?"

Looking at the ghost woman's reaction, Chen Yi was sure that the Sun-Watching God she was talking about was Min He, so he nodded.

Chen Yi looked around and found the environment unfamiliar. Even with the map, he didn't know where he was in the underworld, let alone the Palace of Yama.

The Yama Palace is the most important part of this trip.

Not only because the names on the Book of Life and Death need to be crossed out, but also because the Book of Life and Death is called the Book of Life and Death because it records the birth dates, locations, origins, and ancestral bloodlines of all living beings in the world.

In other words, the Book of Life and Death records most of a person's information from birth to death. As long as Chen Yi finds the Book of Life and Death, in addition to being able to cross out his own name and sever the connection with the Spring and Autumn Register, he can also find the origin of the female corpse in the coffin and solve the mystery of Prince Jing's Mansion. It can be said that he kills two birds with one stone.

Chen Yi looked at the ghost woman and asked, "How do I get to the Second Hall of Yama?
The ghost girl recalled, pointed to the southeast, and then she said:

"What are you going to do there? It's been a mess lately, with all kinds of ghosts appearing there, and some spirits have escaped from prison. I don't know what happened."

The ghost woman didn’t know the situation there, but Chen Yi knew.

All of this is related to the late emperor who is about to return to life.

So Chen Yi said: "You don't need to ask more about this matter. Thank you for your guidance, young lady."

After hearing this, the ghost girl asked earnestly:
"Would you like a bowl of Meng Po soup? There are only two left, just one for each of you."

Yin Weiying frowned and said:

"What are you planning?"

With the peach wood sword in front of her, the ghost woman shrank back and shook her head repeatedly.

Chen Yi turned around and asked, "By the way, why are you selling Meng Po soup here?"

The ghost woman said angrily: "It's nothing, if you don't want to buy it, just leave."

As she spoke, she picked up the wooden barrel and floated away from sight.

Yin Weiying stared at her leaving figure, sheathed the peach wood sword with half a sword flower, and said softly:
"She has only one soul and one spirit."

"Oh?"

"Children are most likely to lose their souls, but she is not a child, nor does she look like a ghost messenger from the underworld." Seeing that Chen Yi was confused, the nun said in a clear voice: "I'm afraid there is a ghost in this Mengpo soup."

Chen Yi nodded slightly. A ghost woman with unknown origins came up to sell Meng Po soup. No matter how friendly she appeared on the surface, she was probably hiding some conspiracy behind the scenes.

After this little episode, Chen Yi and Yin Weiying headed southeast.

In fact, Chen Yi was not sure whether the direction the ghost woman pointed to was correct, but considering the current situation, having a direction is better than having no direction.

Even if the ghost woman led them to a wrong path full of dangers, with Chen Yi's current ability, even if it was not enough to kill her, he would be able to escape with Yin Weiying.

The underworld is not an endless wilderness, but a place full of mountains, covered with dark and cold rocks, dense stone forests, and barren land with no grass anywhere. Along the way, you can also see skeletons and the heartbreak grass growing next to the skeletons.

Walking along the road, some dim footprints appeared on the ground. Yin Weiying saw them and asked in confusion:
"Are there footprints?"

"That proves there's someone ahead...or rather, a ghost."

Chen Yi looked up and walked forward for a while. He saw blue flames between the dense stone forests. Not far ahead on the road, he could hear the sounds of people drinking and playing finger-guessing games.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yi was certain in his heart.

This is not the wrong way.

Yin Weiying followed closely behind Chen Yi, passing through the stone forest. When he walked over, he saw the blue fire of the underworld burning, accompanied by laughter and playfulness. Anyone he saw was set on fire and singing. Upon closer listening, it was still the song "Drunken Beating of Jiang Menshen".

The group of people were all wearing patched robes, their faces were purple, and they were dressed like mountain hunters, wrapped in animal skins, with strong bows and long spears at their sides.

When the two approached, the big man in the group saw them and was alert at first. He stood up and asked, "Who are you?"

Seeing this, Chen Yi replied: "I didn't mean to pass by, I just wanted to borrow your road to go for a walk."

The men picked up weapons from the ground one after another, including spears and short sticks. They stared at the two men warily, and one of them shouted:
“There are actually living people walking here.”

"A living person? Hiss, it's really a living person."

"Rare...very rare...Except for the day of exterminating bandits and demons that comes once every 360 years, it's rare to see living people."

One day on earth is one year underground. For Chen Yi and Yin Weiying, only a few months had passed since the day of slaying bandits and eliminating demons. However, for this group of people dressed as hunters, it seemed like decades.

Those eyeballs moved around the two of them. Yin Weiying, who was wearing a Taoist robe, held down the peach wood sword. Seeing this scene, several hunters hissed and took a few steps back.

The leading man hurriedly apologized:

"My name is Liu Ting. I have been guarding this road with a few brothers for hundreds and thousands of years. Now I am a little excited to see living people. I apologize to you two. May I ask your origins?"

Chen Yi clasped his fists and replied, "I can't tell you his origins. My surname is Chen and my given name is Yi. As for this person, he is a Taoist from Mount Taihua. We are close friends and we travel together."

The big man named Liu Ting flattered:
"I think you two are of extraordinary origin, especially this female Taoist, who is as beautiful as a fairy. If you want to pass by, just follow us."

As Yin Weiying looked into the distance as he heard this, he saw that the mountain road was rugged, the stone forests were layered, there were many forks in the road, and there were potholes along the way. Add to that the mist, and there was no telling when he would reach the end without someone to lead the way.

Their trip was to the Second Yama Palace.

This is because the Book of Life and Death in the capital of Dayu is under the custody of the Second Yama Palace.

On the way, Chen Yi told her that the reason he went to the Second Yama Palace was to solve the mystery in Prince Jing's Mansion. As for what the mystery was, Chen Yi was a little vague.

If he didn't want to say it, then he wouldn't say it. Yin Weiying just thought that he looked down on himself and had too high a vision. If it was the human world, it would be fine, but in the underworld where evil spirits were rampant, how could someone like him who was still a mortal at heart deal with it? In the end, it was still up to him, a genuine Taoist priest, to show his power.

The group of hunters stared at the two of them without blinking.

Chen Yi said, "Since you all sincerely invite me, I will trouble you."

"No need to bother, no need to bother..." Liu Ting rubbed his hands and gestured, "I just wonder if you two have any money on you?"

The nun glanced at him and said in a cold voice, "I thought he was a kind person, but I didn't expect him to ask for a bribe."

She stopped talking here, and it all depends on whether the ordinary husband beside her is aware of it.

Liu Ting patted his chest and said, "You said that this matter of leading you is not big but not small either. Not to mention that we need this paper money to live, if we don't accept the money, then you will not feel at ease to lead you, so it's just a token of appreciation."

Yin Weiying remained silent.

However, Chen Yi took out a large-denomination paper money from his pocket and said solemnly:

"Then I'll trouble you all."

"Okay, okay." Liu Ting took the paper money and stuffed it into his arms, then turned around and shouted, "Brothers, get to work quickly."

The group of men packed up their things and walked in front, while Liu Ting was at the end of them, waving his hand for the two to follow.

Chen Yi walked away slowly. Seeing this scene, Yin Weiying sighed secretly and shook his head.

He didn't see it after all.

This group of people have sparse eyebrows, sparse teeth, black tendons, and red eyes.
Cannibal phase!

(End of this chapter)