The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 36: Misleading while drunk
The underworld captured a new male ghost today. His name was Hua Nanjin. He was 22 years old, a senior student, and committed suicide.

The King of Hell checked the "Book of Life and Death" and found that Hua Nanjin's life span had not yet ended, so he ordered the little ghost to send him back to the world of the living.

Who would have thought that Hua Nanjin was unwilling to return to the world of the living because his girlfriend in the mortal world cheated on him and he didn't want to go back.

Generally there are two kinds of ghosts that go to the [place of rebirth], one is returning to the world of life, the other is reincarnation.

Each deceased ghost will be escorted to the door of the "place of rebirth" by a little ghost, and each of them will be given a round death card. The reincarnated person is white, and the returned person is green.

The reincarnated person has lost his memory because he drank the "Meng Po soup" and walks forward with a dull look in his eyes like a zombie. The reborn person has all his memories in the mortal world and is no different from a normal person.

When they arrive at the [place of rebirth], the reincarnated ghosts and the returning ghosts are each divided into a team. Not far from the entrance, there is a ghost official who collects the signs and lets them pass.

Behind the ghost official, two corridors of different colors lead to different places.

On the left is the Path of Reincarnation, a corridor filled with white light; on the right is the Path of Return to Life, a corridor filled with green light.

The two ghost officials looked average, one fat and one thin. They set up a desk and worked at the same table.

The fat ghost official's face was red, as if he was a little... drunk. He took the sign from the ghost in front of him, looked at it with wide eyes, and said loudly: "Green sign, right, return to life."

For those who return to the world, the ghost official will cast a spell on them to make them forget everything about the underworld.

The thin ghost official looked at the fat ghost official next to him with disdain, shook his head helplessly, took another sign with one hand and said, "White sign, left, Samsara Road."

……

Just when the two ghost officials were busy, Hua Nanjin, who was the last one in the Return to the Living Path, became restless.

He was very reluctant to go back to that identity and didn't want to face betrayal. He couldn't bear it.

"Hey... brother, are you reincarnating? Which family did you reincarnate into? How about we switch?" Hua Nanjin nudged the reincarnated person next to him with his elbow. He was the last one in the cycle of reincarnation, that is, Yueyang.

"Why aren't you talking?" Hua Nanjin anxiously pulled Yue Yang's hand again and whispered, "Hey, I'm 22 years old this year. Although you've lived 22 years less, it's not without gain! You don't have to take the college entrance examination and you're already in the fourth year of college. Moreover, you can start dating right away."

The team from the Wheel of Reincarnation was moving faster and faster, and Hua Nanjin began to panic, fearing that they would not succeed and would be discovered by the two ghost officials instead.

"Is it okay? Just one word." Hua Nanjin asked Yue Yang again.

Young people these days really don't value their lives! There's nothing others can do if they don't want to die, but he has a chance to come back to life but he doesn't want to go.

Ugh!
The person who had returned to life before him couldn't bear to listen any more, and replied to Hua Nanjin impatiently: "All people who have been reincarnated must drink 'Meng Po Soup'. He doesn't remember anything, so it's useless for you to ask."

"Really?" After hearing what the other person said, Huananjin realized that all the ghosts in the reincarnation world were walking forward like zombies.

This way, it will be easier.

As the team moved forward, Hua Nanjin deliberately tripped Yue Yang and secretly exchanged their signs and positions.

"Ouch..." The thin ghost official suddenly felt a stomachache, and quickly stood up and said to the fat ghost official: "Fatty, I have to go to the bathroom, you watch first. Look carefully, don't make any mistakes!"

"Okay!" The fat ghost official agreed readily.

After the thin ghost official left, the fat ghost official was in charge of both the Samsara and Return to Life teams alone.

The progress was obviously much slower, but finally it was Yueyang and Hua Nanjin's turn.

"Brand." As soon as the fat ghost official opened his mouth, a strong smell of alcohol came into Hua Nanjin's nose.

Huananjin pretended to have drunk "Meng Po Soup" and handed the white sign in his hand to the fat ghost official with a dull look.

"White sign, on the left, Samsara Road."

Hua Nanjin walked towards the Samsara Path step by step, feeling extremely nervous, afraid of being discovered. Yue Yang handed the sign in his hand to the fat ghost official, and when he saw that it was a "green sign", he stretched out his hand and cast a spell on him.

“Hmm? You… look familiar…” The fat ghost official glanced at Yue Yang’s expression. Perhaps because he was drunk, he simply couldn’t remember Yue Yang.

While the fat ghost official was hesitating, two new waves of ghosts came in a line.

Looking left and right, the fat ghost official's eyes became blurry, and as he looked further and further, two human heads appeared.

“Forget it, forget it…” The fat ghost official put down the green sign with one hand and said, “Green sign, on the right… the way to return to life.”

Yueyang replaced Huananjin and entered the reincarnation path and returned to life.

Two new waves of ghosts lined up and came in. At this time, the thin ghost officer also came back.

The thin ghost officer saw two new waves of ghosts and asked in confusion: "Has the previous wave finished?"

"Let's go...we're done." The fat ghost official said with a smile.

"Alright, alright, go away! You reek of alcohol. If you do something wrong, we'll both be done for." The thin official said, pulling the fat official away with one hand, and said, "Go get that kid who just came here for internship to take your place. I can't handle it myself."

“Okay…!” the fat ghost official said, and then turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared.

……

After a while, a young ghost really came.

His name was Wang Er. Because he was quick-witted and able to adapt to changing circumstances, he was retained by the King of Hell as a trainee ghost official.

"Sir." Wang Er bowed politely to the thin ghost official as soon as he arrived, and said, "You have worked hard!"

"You can flatter me after get off work." The thin ghost official said with a wry smile, and suddenly he said seriously: "You are in charge of the Samsara Path. Take the signs from their hands and tell them 'white sign, left, Samsara Path'."

"Yes, sir." Wang Er responded and sat down, imitating the thin ghost official's behavior and doing it in a very professional manner.

……

After get off work, Wang Er went to Luo Dafu, the ghost official in the finance office, to get the paper money that his relatives in the mortal world burned for him.

After receiving the money, Wang Er was immediately intercepted by Princess Yan Lan.

Yan Lan covered his mouth and secretly took him to the side hall where she lived.

"Have you found out what I asked you to investigate for me?" Yan Lan asked anxiously.

Wang Er paused for a moment, looked around to see if there were any other ghosts, and then asked, "Princess, how did you know that the thin ghost official would ask me to help today?"

“Stop talking nonsense. Have you found out? Where was Yue Yang reincarnated into?” Yan Lan asked again.

"When I went there, Yue Yang had already passed away." Wang Er said as he recalled. Seeing Yan Lan's expression getting uglier and uglier, he immediately changed the subject: "However, after get off work, the master asked me to sort out the list of ghosts who were reincarnated and returned to life today. I saw the reincarnation information of Master Yue Yang, Neon City, Changsheng Road, Little Angel Women's and Children's Hospital, bed number 6, Lan Yue."

"Princess, if you really want to..." Wang Er wanted to try to persuade Yan Lan, but she was gone before he could finish his words.

I wonder if the King of Hell will be sent to the eighteenth level of hell if he finds out about this one day...

It shouldn't be that serious, right?

The more Wang Er thought about it, the more guilty he felt: I hope that princess won’t cause any big trouble in the mortal world!

(End of this chapter)