The Taste of Ghosts in the World

Farewell to Po Meng, Feng Baisui asked Qi Mu when walking back: "Why does the king of hell feed the fish?"

Qi Mu was taken aback, "You don't know?"

"You never told me." Feng Baisui's face was not very good.

"Oh, I forgot." Qi Mu pretended not to see his dissatisfaction, "After all, no one wants to mention this matter again, and I will tell you slowly later."

At this moment, Yan Wang came up with Black and White Impermanence, and Qi Mu handed him the cloth bear in his hand, "Give this to you, take it back, I'm afraid the ghosts at home will be sad, why don't you put it in the underworld as a souvenir.

Yan Wang nodded and took it, and then said: "I forgot to ask just now, sending ghosts to reincarnation should be escorted by ghost messengers, why did you come by yourself?"

"Your sister said that she doesn't have enough staff there, so she can't get them out."

"Indeed." Yan Wang nodded, "Recently, the workload has suddenly increased, and the ghost messengers can't be dispatched. Xiaoheixiaobai has been called back to help."

He pointed to the black and white impermanence behind him.

Bai Wuchang complained as usual: "My lord, we demand an overtime bonus!"

"Okay." This time Yan Wang agreed readily, and only added: "You can go to my dear sister to ask for it."

"..."

Heiwuchang patted his partner on the head comfortingly.

Qi Mu asked Hades, "Would the ghost activity be so frequent recently related to the theft of the orb?"

"Maybe..." Yan Wang's expression became a little unnatural, "I don't know the specific situation, I can only wait for the notification from the heavens."

"Speaking of that bead, I'm a little worried about the commotion in the world now..." Thinking of those friends in the world, Qi Mu hesitated for a while before asking: "Can I see your life and death book? I want to know how many The situation of a friend will never be revealed."

Yan Wang smiled and said: "Originally, the book of life and death is a secret of the underworld, and it cannot be easily shown to others, but if you want to read it, you don't have to worry about it."

As he said that, he turned to Bai Wuchang, "Xiao Bai, go and call Xiao Lu..."

The voice stopped abruptly, and Yan Wang seemed to be aware of his slip of the tongue, his expression was rather annoyed, he paused a few times, and said in a lonely tone: "Forget it, you go directly and get the book of life and death, and I will look it up myself."

It was rare for Bai Wuchang not to say much, he dragged his partner and turned around with a promise.

"Wait," Yan Wang stopped them, and handed the cloth bear to Bai Wuchang, "Take this one with you to the main hall, and put it on the table as a decoration."

Soon, Black and White Wuchang came back, the black one was holding a few thick old booklets, and the white one was still holding the big cloth bear just now.

"Why did you take it back?" Yan Wang asked.

Bai Wuchang stuffed the cloth bear into his arms, and said with a gleeful smile: "The lord said, don't let her see such a girly thing in the hall, it will damage the majesty of the underworld."

"..." Yan Wang sighed, "Forget it, I'll put it in my room."

Bai Wuchang ignored his disgraceful leader, but said to Qi Mu courteously: "Master Yuan Ling, whose life and death book do you want to see, we will check it for you."

"Look at my father first, Qi Zong's."

As soon as Qi Mu finished speaking, Hei Wuchang handed over one of the booklets. When he opened the page, Qi Zong's name was written on it, with his date of birth and place of birth clearly marked on it. Looking at the time of death, it turned out to be blank.

Qi Mu looked at Feng Baisui, and the other party's eyes were full of doubts, so he could only ask Hades: "Why is the time of death not written here?"

"Not written?" Hades was taken aback, "No, unless it is a cultivator, those have to be compiled separately."

Qi Mu showed him the book, Yan Wang suddenly seemed to remember something, showed a helpless expression, and sighed: "This must be erased by Xiao Lu, only the judge's pen can completely erase the records in the book of life and death... No! Yan Wang frowned, "Xiao Lu was gone before Qi Zong was born, so it can't be him."

"My lord, do you still remember that a demon immortal broke into the underworld more than ten years ago? The human being he led seemed to be named Qi Zong." Bai Wuchang reminded.

"Do you think he did it?" Yan Wang frowned, "Impossible, no matter how powerful the magic power of the demon fairy is, it cannot erase the records in the book of life and death."

Bai Wuchang seemingly casually said: "It is said that the Yaoxian used to have a good personal relationship with Lu Pan..."

Yan Wang was stunned, silent for a while, closed the book of life and death and handed it to Hei Wuchang, and said in a low voice: "He has caused a lot of trouble."

Qi Mu couldn't help interjecting: "Then my father..."

Yan Wang said: "Qi Zong was originally an ordinary person, but he had an adventure in the first half of his life and his fate was changed. Since this is the case, he can only go on like this. His death is no longer under the jurisdiction of the underworld. As for what will happen in the future, it depends on him. own creation."

Qi Mu thought, the adventure in Qi Zong's life must be the elusive thrush fairy. Now that they are together, the crow will not harm him. As for how these two elders want to live in the future, he is not worried anymore.

He also wanted to see the fate of old man Zhang, so Hei Wuchang exchanged a book of life and death.

Yan Wang explained that celestial masters belong to a special profession. Except for those swindlers, real celestial masters are a group of people who can more or less see the secrets of heaven, which can easily cause major problems. The bondage of the Three Realms and Five Elements, so it must be listed separately and closely monitored.

However, although the old man has a keen spiritual root and knows too many things that he shouldn't know, fortunately he is generous and has done a lot of good deeds. If the merits and demerits are offset, he can live an extra ten or twenty years, so that he will not be taken back by the underworld early.

When mentioning this line of work, Qi Mu naturally thought of that little celestial master who was strict in his work. As soon as Yan Wang heard Qi Buyang's name, he immediately asked, "Is that Qi from the family of celestial masters?"

Qi Mu was surprised, "Is the Qi family famous?"

Yan Wang nodded and said: "The Qi family is the most flourishing faction among the few surviving celestial master families. It has been passed down from generation to generation for more than 300 years. We in the underworld have been paying attention to their development. You just checked That old man Zhang is from the same family as the No. 17 head of the Qi family, and he is also counted as a side branch of the Qi family's outer branch..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Bai Wuchang say "huh" and said to Qi Mu, "My lord, your friend..."

Seeing his distressed face, Qi Mu's heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"……he died."

"Ah?" Qi Mu was startled, he couldn't believe it and said, "We've only been away for half a year and something happened?"

"No," Bai Wuchang also leaned over to look, then shook his head and said, "He died a long time ago, it should be said that he never lived at all."

Under Qi Mu's suspicious gaze, Bai Wuchang handed over a booklet, which indeed had Qi Buyang's name written on it. Looking at the birth and death, the time of death written by cinnabar was exactly the same as the date of birth in the first half of the line above. The exact moment is slightly different, that is to say, from the book of life and death, Qi Buyang only lived for six hours, and died almost immediately after birth.

"Is the person with the same name and surname mistaken?"

"It can't be wrong." Feng Baisui whispered, pointing to the sign under Qi Buyang's name: Qi Family No. 19 Generation Head.

There are two small bright red characters on the back - premature death.

Yan Wang also came over to take a look, and then told Hei Wuchang: "Xiao Hei, go to the hall and ask if there is any observation report from the Qi family."

"Yes."

Hei Wuchang took the order to go, and came back soon to reply: "Yes, the adult said that you had to review the report she had read a long time ago, but you didn't read it yourself."

"Really?" Yan Wang coughed in embarrassment, "What does the report say?"

"The report states that the No.18 family of the Qi family has no descendants here, and the offshoots are not successful. This family will inevitably decline in the future, and the surveillance can be appropriately reduced."

"How is this going?!"

Qi Mu felt chills on his back, looked at Feng Baisui, who said in a deep voice, "Go back and have a look.

He nodded and bid farewell to Hades, and the two hurried back to the world and went straight to Qi's house.

Finding that empty wilderness again, the Qi family's mansion hidden in the barrier is more difficult to find than before. Qi Mu can only follow the aura fluctuations to grope a little bit. When he stops, he stretches his hands into the air, and a gust of wind blows It blew past, but bypassed the original trajectory.

Feng Baisui poked at the transparent boundary wall in front of him, frowned and said, "There is another layer of barrier."

"What should I do?" Qi Mu looked at the looming outline of the building not far away, "Tell me...if you call someone here, can you hear it from inside?"

Feng Baisui said impatiently: "Break the boundary directly." As he spoke, he raised his foot and was about to kick.

"No, if we hurt the house, we won't be able to pay for it." Qi Mu stopped him, and put his hand on the surface of the invisible boundary wall, the spiritual energy rippled out layer by layer like water waves in an instant, and it took a while before Restoring calm.

Soon, more than ten people appeared out of nowhere in front of them.

Qi Mu saw the people from the Qi family coming out, and was about to go up to meet them, but found that these people didn't look like they were here to greet guests, but all of them looked solemn and neatly formed, each of them was holding a handful of talisman papers, and they looked like The formation of the enemy.

The expression on the leader's face was particularly nervous, and he immediately shouted: "What do you want to do?!"

Qi Mu quickly explained: "Don't be nervous, we don't have any malicious intentions, we just want to visit your family."

Hearing this, the Qi family became even more nervous. Impatiently, they had already pinched the talisman between their fingers, as if they were ready to strike at any time.

"Look at what we are doing! Who are you guys?"

Qi Mu was helpless, "We are Qi Buyang's friends, and we came to visit him specially."

"Friend?" The leader looked at them suspiciously. He used to work with Qi Buyang. After Qi Buyang became the family, he didn't go back to the ancestral house. Recognize it, and quickly tell others to stop.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but their bodies were still stiff and did not dare to slack off.

The leader went forward to make amends repeatedly, "I'm really sorry for the two honored guests, but recently something happened to the Qi family, and everyone was in trouble."

When Qi Mu heard this, he frowned and asked, "What happened to the Qi family?"

"It's not peaceful recently. The number of evil spirits has increased, and there are still some inexplicable evil spirits lingering around."

"Is Qi Buyang okay? Why doesn't he come out?"

"Young Master... Sigh!" The man sighed, his eyes were a little anxious, as if he was deliberating whether to tell them or not.

"If we speak up, we might be able to help."

The man's eyes lit up, he hesitated for a few seconds, and finally said——

"We're young masters... Missing..."

"Missing?!" Qi Mu was startled again, "What's going on? Didn't Mr. Luo follow him?"

"Yes, although Mr. Luo has never shown his real skills in front of us, the old servants who have worked in the house for a long time say that Mr. Luo is very powerful, but what's the use of it! Maybe it's because of this that we took it lightly..." Then The man shook his head annoyedly, "A while ago, Master Shao and Mr. Luo went out to do errands, and Mr. Luo was injured when he came back. Master Shao didn't say anything, let alone we don't know what happened.

Mr. Luo's illness lasted for three days, but he didn't get better, and he became weaker and weaker. Young master even went to ask the master, and checked a lot of ancient books, and then the two of them entered the retreat room and told us not to disturb him.

Early the next morning, there was a big commotion from the retreat room. We ran over to have a look, and we pried open the door without giving orders. We saw a big hole in the roof, and the room was empty. There was no Shaodangjia and Mr. Luo. ah! "

Qi Mu heard it strangely, so he asked: "Does Qi Buyang's grandfather know about this?"

"I have already consulted the master, and now half of the disciples in the mansion have been recalled to the ancestral house, leaving only a few guards behind us." Speaking of this, the man looked at Qi Mu expectantly: "I know you two are not Ordinary people, I still need to trouble you to help, you and the young master are friends, maybe you can find him, thank God!"

Qi Mu vaguely agreed, but he didn't have the slightest idea about this matter. Coupled with the issue of the life and death book, he only felt that the Qi family had far more secrets than he had imagined.

After much deliberation, they had no choice but to find old man Zhang, who is a branch of the Qi family, and logically should know something.

But when they went to old man Zhang's shop, what they saw was the closed door, and they had no choice but to leave when Feng Baisui suddenly found something stuck in the crack of the door, and there was a faint spiritual fluctuation.

Qi Mu carefully pulled the thing out, and saw that it was a small note rolled into a stick, and there were restrictions on the note, so ordinary people would not be able to find it.

Opening it up, it was a piece of talisman paper with a few words scrawled on the back: something happened to Bu Yang, go to the ancestral house.

Obviously the person who left the note left in a hurry and didn't even look for a blank sheet of paper.

"It seems to be reserved for us."

Feng Baisui nodded.

Qi Mu pinched the note, and suddenly felt that Qi Buyang's matter had just begun.

"Come on, let's go and see."

Feng Baisui held Qi Mu's hand impatiently, and said seriously: "We will return to the spirit world as soon as this is over."

"Okay." Qi Mu chuckled, "Maybe our honeymoon will be wonderful."

——End of text——

The author has something to say: The story of Qi Mu and Feng Baisui is coming to an end here, and the next thing will unfold in "Strange Tales: The Yin-Yang Heavenly Master". Tomorrow, I will start a special episode, let's talk about Father Qi first. The story that the Thrushcross Fairy had to tell.