The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 99: The Secret of the Underworld, the Battlefield of the Human World

The next day, early in the morning.

Zhang Jiuyang walked out of the room with a bruised face and looked at Ah Li, who also had a bruised face, and sighed at the same time.

The three paper figures at the door have disappeared.

Last night, just as the Second Master said, the ghost soldiers attacked again, but they stayed at the door for a moment and then left.

The process was uneventful and went very smoothly.

It can only be said that he is worthy of being the leader of the contemporary ghost-walking lineage. When it comes to his understanding of ghost soldiers and the underworld, no one can match him. Even the Imperial Observatory seemed to have a very headache, but he solved it with just three paper figures.

This is what it means to specialize in one's field.

Compared to the attack of the evil soldiers last night, what really made Zhang Jiuyang feel his life was in danger was Yue Ling's dragon-sparrow saber.

Yesterday, out of some evil taste, he persuaded Ali to fold a Yue Ling so that he could see how Ming Wang danced.

As luck would have it, Yue Ling just happened to be rushing back from Yangzhou, and Li Yan took her back to the inn.

Zhang Jiuyang quickly asked A Li to retract the spell, but little A Li then remembered that the bald grandfather only taught her how to bring the paper man to life, but did not teach her how to break the spell.

So the man and the ghost were caught red-handed.

When Yue Ling pushed the door open with a pot of good wine, she saw another version of herself taking off her armor and speaking in her own voice.

"Master, the armor at the back cannot be unfastened. Can you help me take it off?"

Yue Ling's first reaction was that an evil spirit was impersonating her, but just as she was about to draw out the Dragon Sparrow Sword, she heard a man and a ghost speaking in unison.

"It was Ali who broke it!"

"Brother Jiu asked me to fold it!"

Yue Ling was silent for a moment, then chopped off the head of his paper man with a knife and turned the knife around.

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Thinking of the painful experience last night, Zhang Jiuyang still felt a lingering fear.

Fortunately, it was the back of the knife, otherwise he would have been evenly cut into hundreds of pieces...

Zhe Yueling was in such a dangerous state, it seemed that it would be better for Zhe Longnu to wait a little longer before pouring him a glass of wine.

"Hey, kid, why are you so absent-minded? Go!"

Zhang Jiuyang was holding a basket covered with a white cloth. In the basket was the head of the Second Master. He seemed a little anxious at the moment and kept urging.

"I know. It's just going to the market. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhang Jiuyang shook his head. After waking up the Second Master today, the thing he wanted to ask was very simple. It was to ask Zhang Jiuyang to take him to the market.

Thinking of the ghost soldiers who retreated last night, Zhang Jiuyang agreed to return the favor.

After a while, he came to the market with a basket.

It was still early in the morning, the light was dim, and there were not many pedestrians, but various stalls had already begun to appear in the market.

The people of Luotian County would never know what kind of dangerous thing happened here on this ordinary morning before the sun rose.

Whenever he sees the daily life and feels the breath of life, Zhang Jiuyang feels slightly moved.

Being able to live in peace is a kind of happiness in itself.

"Quick, go east, faster!"

The second master's voice became more and more anxious, and he kept urging him.

Zhang Jiuyang could feel his complex emotions of eagerness, anxiety, anticipation and uneasiness.

After he walked a little further, the second master's voice sounded again, saying excitedly: "This is it, stop!"

He even failed to control the volume and startled a passerby, who looked at the basket in Zhang Jiuyang's hand in surprise.

However, when he saw the sword on Zhang Jiuyang's back, he hurried away.

The second master quietly poked his eyes out and looked straight at a woman who was making pancakes in the distance. She was not very pretty, but had a gentle temperament. She wore a plain skirt and a hairpin, and had a fair face.

Her belly was slightly bulging, as if she was pregnant, but she was still skillfully kneading dough and making pancakes. She was not good at speaking, but always had a gentle smile on her face.

"Is this your daughter?"

Zhang Jiuyang asked subconsciously.

The second master flew into a rage and said, "Bullshit, this is my woman, my wife!!!"

Zhang Jiuyang was a little shocked, but then he remembered that the Second Master only looked old, but was actually only 37 years old, so they were a good match in terms of age.

After a pause, his voice suddenly became low and he sighed: "It's really unfair to her to follow me."

"So you helped me escape from the execution ground just to take another look at your wife?"

Erye looked at the figure silently for a long time, and his voice suddenly became soft.

"Su Ru was originally a maid in a wealthy family in the city. In the second year of Taiping, there was a famine in Qingzhou and she was dismissed and kidnapped by some ruffians. I rescued her."

"I felt sorry for her, so I let her stay at my house for a few days. She said she wanted to follow me, but I refused."

The Second Master laughed at himself and said, "How could a woman be interested in an old and ugly man like me? I know she just saw that I had some food stored and didn't want me to starve."

"Besides, there are five disadvantages and three drawbacks for being a Yin person. I have long given up the idea of ​​getting married and having children."

Zhang Jiuyang asked curiously, "What made you change your mind?"

"I couldn't help it..."

The Second Master coughed and said, "Su Ru poured me a few glasses of wine, and then climbed onto my kang in the middle of the night. Although I am a strong and heroic man, I became weak when I touched a woman's white body."

"What are these five disadvantages and three shortcomings? I can't stand it!" Zhang Jiuyang: "..."

"I thought at the time, at worst I could let her go free after the famine is over, and she can go wherever she wants."

"During that time, I was really happy!"

He sighed, "You also know that the ghost soldiers are equivalent to the ghost messengers of the underworld in the world of the living. I usually sleep during the day and help the ghost soldiers at night, but no matter how late I come back..."

"There's a light on in the house for me."

"She sensed something, but she was never afraid of me. Instead, she cooked for me, washed my clothes, made my bed, and folded my quilt. She never asked me any more questions, but just heated up my food when I came back late at night."

Zhang Jiuyang sighed, not to mention an old bachelor, most men would not be able to withstand it.

"To be honest, I was even afraid later on. I was afraid that when the famine was over, Su Ru would leave me. I was afraid that all this was just fake..."

"With your skills, do you still need to worry about this?"

Zhang Jiuyang was a little surprised.

Although Erye has a plain appearance, he is also the leader of the ghost-walking people in the world and is proficient in many unique skills. If he really wants to capture the heart of an ordinary woman, it should not be difficult.

The Second Master sneered and said, "I am not like you, the Second Master. You have an oily face and look like an unreliable man."

"The blood of the Yin-walker has given me the ability to make a living, but it also entangles me with deathly aura. I am destined to encounter bad things. How can I let others suffer from it?"

"So you let her go?"

"Yes, I gave her some money and asked her to leave. She took it and left without saying anything."

"But when I finished my work for the ghost soldiers and returned home at night, I saw that the light was on again. Su Ru did not leave, but used the money to buy this stall."

"She said that her pancakes were delicious and that she could make money from them in the future. She also told me not to work so hard and come back earlier at night."

Erye smiled foolishly and looked at his wife who was making pancakes, his eyes full of tenderness.

If a wife is found like this, what else can a husband ask for?

"Then why were you captured and beheaded by the ghost soldiers?"

Zhang Jiuyang was a little puzzled. This had always been a question in his mind.

The ghost walkers work for the underworld and can be regarded as ghost messengers living in the world of the living. Sometimes they can even borrow the power of ghost soldiers.

Why has it fallen to this point?
The Second Master sighed, "Because Su Ru is pregnant, there are five disadvantages and three drawbacks for ghosts, so I was worried, so I asked a friend to do a fortune-telling. The result showed that the child was destined to be difficult to deliver, and Su Ru might even be taken away!"

Zhang Jiuyang was stunned. It was the same problem again. Uncle Jiang had once been willing to destroy his own cultivation and live in seclusion in order to get rid of this terrible curse.

However, even so, he ultimately could not escape his fate.

"I have a question. If you, the Yin-walkers, have difficulty passing on your offspring, shouldn't you disappear after a few generations?"

Zhang Jiuyang was puzzled.

According to Lao Gao, the history of the Yin-walking people is very old. It seems that when there were Yin soldiers, there were Yin-walking people.

The two complement each other. In this case, he is very curious about how the bloodline of the Yin-walkers is passed down.

The Second Master sneered upon hearing this and said, "That's because, for the Yin Walkers, their bloodline is not passed down through offspring. Many Yin Walkers, including me, have ordinary parents, but their bloodline was suddenly awakened."

"It's almost impossible to find any pattern. I absolutely don't believe that the underworld has no hand in this."

Zhang Jiuyang's heart sank. It was no wonder that the bloodline, which did not rely on offspring to pass on, could be passed down for thousands of years without fading.

"Who am I, Second Master? Among all the ghost walkers in the world, no one is more skilled and has more skills than me. I was determined to protect my wife and children, so I used some forbidden techniques among ghost walkers to change the fate of Su Ru and the child."

Change your destiny against the will of heaven!

Zhang Jiuyang found that he had underestimated the leader of this ghost walker. He could forcibly change the will of heaven and alter the fate of the living. This was no small ability.

"Although I succeeded in changing my fate, I also alarmed the underworld and turned against the underworld soldiers. After resisting for a long time, I was eventually caught and became a death row prisoner."

A hint of realization flashed in Zhang Jiuyang's eyes. So that's why. No wonder the Second Master, who was a ghost walker, was captured by the ghost soldiers.

"There were ghost soldiers passing through Luotian County before. In addition, I lived there all year round, so the Xishikou execution ground became the place where the ghost soldiers carried out executions at night. The prisoners who were beheaded included not only ghosts like me who had violated the rules of the underworld, but also other ghost soldiers."

Zhang Jiuyang thought of the first prisoner who was beheaded. That beast-like roar was definitely not something a human could make.

"Why must the execution be carried out in the mortal realm, and why must so many wandering souls be invited to watch?"

"That's to raise the Gu. After the ghost eats the corpse, it may become a new ghost soldier, and then be taken back to the underworld and become one of them."

Zhang Jiuyang felt a little chill in his heart when he thought of the horrific scene of hundreds of ghosts sharing food and drinking raw meat and blood.

The underworld in this world is really too weird.

"Boy, the underworld is far more terrifying than you can imagine. I have been a ghost walker for twenty-three years, and I have only seen the tip of the iceberg of this behemoth. The more I understand, the more terrified I am."

After a pause, he said meaningfully: "According to my observation, the underworld... seems to be engaged in an invisible contest with an equally powerful force."

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes flashed, and he asked, "What force?"

"I don't know, it's just a feeling I have."

The Second Master's voice continued to ring out, but what he said made Zhang Jiuyang feel colder and colder.

"This invisible contest has been going on for thousands of years, or perhaps even longer. The emergence of us Yin-walkers may be due to this contest."

"The world has already unknowingly..."

“It has become a battlefield.”

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(End of this chapter)