Strange Tales: The Yin-Yang Celestial Master

Judge Lu ran all the way to the City of Death, where it was always the same bustling scene, with red lanterns hung all over the city, brightly lit.

There were quite a few people in the city who knew the judge, so he grabbed a resident who was greeting him and asked, "Do you know Xiao Hong...the woman who just came today, dressed in white and with injuries..."

"You said her!" The man obviously knew it. "She is not new here, she has been here for a long time, but she has never been reincarnated. I heard that she will have to go to hell after a while."

Judge Lu didn't pay much attention to what he said, but hurriedly asked: "That's her! Where is she?"

"She lives in the innermost street, you can find it over there."

Thanks to the other party, Judge Lu quickly came to the Li Street that the person said. The environment here is relatively simple, and it is specially provided for temporary shelter for ghosts who have just arrived or do not live here.Walking along the narrow alley for a long time, there are closed low wooden doors on both sides, as if there is no end.

At this time, there was only a "squeak -" and a wooden door next to it opened, revealing a familiar face.

"Sister Hong!" He blurted out.

The man froze for a moment, saw his face clearly, and immediately opened his eyes wide, as if he couldn't believe it.

"... A Dao?"

Xiao Hong welcomed Judge Lu into the house and said it was home. In fact, she had just returned not long ago. There was nothing in the house, and the ghost didn't need to eat. After searching for a long time, she couldn't even find a kettle.She smiled shyly at the judge, "I'm sorry, A Dao, my place is too simple and I don't have anything to entertain you."

"It's okay." The judge shook his head quickly.I can't help but think of the other party's appearance in red clothes, with a long sword on her waist, and her black hair fluttering in the wind. She was a fairy at that time, and she was so radiant. Huafa, dressed in rough plain white clothes, more of a tiredness that couldn't be hidden on his face, he looked a bit old, this contrast made his nose a little sour.

"Sister Hong, after I became a fairy, I have almost forgotten the past, so I didn't recognize you last time." The judge apologized to her.

Xiao Hong shook her head, "Those things, forget it." Seeing that the judge still looks like a teenager, she smiled sincerely, "You are pure in mind, I knew you would be able to attain the Tao, and I knew you were living a good life. Don't worry."

--"how about you?"

It wasn't until the judge said it that he realized that he had made a slip of the tongue. Judging by her current appearance, it was obvious that she was having a bad time.

Fortunately, the other party didn't mind, just smiled, didn't answer, and asked about the current situation, knowing that he is now a judge, and he has made many friends. The King of Hades is also very kind to him, and the woman looks very relieved.After chatting for a few words, the sense of intimacy that had been lost for many years was gradually regained. The woman has been quietly listening to him talking about many things about Hades.

"If only Sister Hong could become a fairy with me at that time." The judge couldn't help sighing.Along with that sense of familiarity, he also slowly recalled some memories——

The two of them have been neighbors since they were young. Xiao Hong is several years older than him. She is regarded as his older sister. She has always played with him and grew up with him.Later, in the famine and war, the parents of the two families died, only the siblings depended on each other, and they left their hometown with a few pieces of bread and began to flee.By chance, they fled into the deep mountains and met an old man. They learned from a teacher. The old man taught them how to practice martial arts to protect their lives.

After the master became an immortal, only the two of them were left behind, but at this time, they had already achieved some fame.The two agreed that they would cultivate together to become immortals, jump out of reincarnation, and leave this suffering world, but unexpectedly, Xiao Hong gave up when he was about to succeed. In the end, only Lu Zhidao achieved the Tao, and the two worlds were separated from then on.

Thinking of this, his memory was broken, "Sister Hong, why did you give up practicing back then?"

This question made Xiao Hong smile wryly.

The familiar smile seemed to overlap with the memory many years ago. The judge remembered the day Xiao Hong left, and came to say goodbye to himself: "A Dao, I have a sweetheart..." The woman said softly, with guilt in her tone, but it was more about her daughter's family. Shy and happy, "I want to marry him, have children, and live like this for the rest of my life."

The teenager at that time couldn't understand: "For that man, don't you even want to be a god?"

The woman shook her head and said sweetly: "I only envy mandarin ducks but not immortals. I cherish him, and he also cherishes me, that's enough."

"But..." The young man stared blankly at her, with the tip of his sword hanging on the ground, not knowing what to say, he just repeated: "It's not worth it! It's not worth it..."

"You still don't understand." The woman patted his head, "I'm sorry, Dao, I can't accompany you."

...

"I remembered!" The judge jumped up, "Where is that man? Why..." How did you end up here alone... What made him even more puzzled was—with Xiao Hong as a person, how could he have to bear the burden after death? The pain of hell?

"Don't feel sorry for me," Xiao Hong comforted him, "I don't regret it at all. For at least ten years, I lived happily. During those ten years with him, I was like thousands of couples in the world."

"And then?" asked the judge.

"Later..." Xiao Hong pursed her lips, her eyes were a little misty, "We are different after all."

It turned out that Xiao Hong practiced immortality since she was a child, and she was already a half-immortal body, her life span was much longer than that of ordinary people, and her appearance remained in her 20s.However, more than ten years later, when the man has grown gray hair and wrinkles on his face, the wife who shares the bed with him still has the same ageless face, which has not changed at all.The two stood together, and those who didn't know would think that there was a generation difference between them.

Gradually, rumors began to spread, saying that Xiao Hong was actually a vixen, that's why she was so young all the time. The man was sucked by her, and of course he would grow old quickly. In addition, Xiao Hong had nothing to do in the past ten years, her husband's family had already treated her She was dissatisfied, and was suppressed because of the man's protection.As time went by, the man gradually couldn't bear the pressure, so he half-pushed and let his family give him a concubine.

After that, they lived in peace for a year, and the concubine's room gave birth to a boy, but Xiao Hong was still the same.

The man also began to have some grievances in his heart. As he got older, even the concubine who was five or six years younger than Xiao Hong became more and more mature. Only his wife remained unchanged, which made him fearful. Feelings are shaky.

Fear breeds suspicion, rumors spread, and the only man in the family who protects Xiao Hong also begins to hesitate, making Xiao Hong's situation more and more difficult.Finally, the man issued a divorce certificate and straightened the concubine's room that gave birth to a son. The couple of more than ten years finally came to an end.

"I can't help but sneak back to see him from time to time. I always see their family of three in harmony. That is the life I dream of. I hate that scene, and I can't help myself not to look at it, but every time I go Look, it stings my eyes again, and after a long time, I have a demon..."

Hearing this, Judgment Lu was very disturbed. Demons are a big taboo for practitioners, and they may fall into the way of demons and never recover.He seemed to understand the reason why Xiao Hong went to hell.

"Once, I sneaked up to that child while he wasn't there... That boy is innocent and cute, with dark eyes, very similar to him. If only I could give birth to him, I thought like a demon , couldn't help but strangled the boy's neck."

The judge widened his eyes, "Sister Hong, you..."

"Didn't you expect it? I didn't expect that I would become such a person." Xiao Hong shook her head bitterly, "The child is not dead, and I still couldn't do it at the last moment, but I have already hurt him, and the root cause of the disease has fallen from then on. , and was seen by the child's parents when they broke in... I will never forget the look in his eyes at that time, I think, he must hate me very much." The woman said quietly, her eyes were blurred, she didn't know where to look.

Judge Lu was ignorant in this regard, but he was still caught by her eyes at this time, and felt extremely uncomfortable.

"I hurt that innocent child because of selfishness. I owe this to their family, and I will repay it with life and death in hell." After Xiao Hong finished speaking, she stood up, "Go back, Dao, I'm a little tired, you Hurry back to the manor too, don't make that adult wait too long."

Judge Lu returned to Hell's Mansion in a daze, with Xiao Hong's words still echoing in his mind: - "Don't feel sorry for me, I don't regret it at all."

How could she not regret it? She was willing to give up being a fairy, just for the love of that man, but in the end, she still didn't get anything, and she even had to suffer from hell and heartache. If she didn't go with him, would the ending be completely different?

The judge couldn't figure it out.When he looked up, he found Lord Yan Wang was waiting for him in front of the courtyard gate. When he saw this person, his eyes suddenly became a little sour, and he raised his face in aggrieved way and said, "Bo, the love in the world is not beautiful at all, is it?"

Yan Wang stared at him with those deep black eyes for a long time, without speaking, finally raised his hand to stroke his head, and pulled him back.

After that day, Judge Lu often visited Xiao Hong in the City of Death, and chatted with her, as if they were still in the world, before they met that man, the quiet time the siblings spent together.It's just that there was an extra "King of Hades" in the judge's mouth. The frequency of this name appeared so high that Xiao Hong could not have noticed it. He wanted to wake up this unresponsive brother, but he thought it was better for him to be like this now. Leave the other problems to him. Lord Hades, she thought deliberately.

Since she met Judge Lu, she has become much more cheerful, and sometimes even changed back to the fairy in red in Judge Lu's memory.

There is no Jiazi in the underworld, and the year is unknown in the cold and heat.

This day, when the judge went to look for Xiao Hong in Wushi City as usual, he was in vain. There was no one at home. He even asked a few residents of Wushi City, but he said he didn't know. He only had one guess: "Will you go to reincarnate?"

The judge was startled, and hurried to ask the ghost officer, but met Xiao Hong who was escorted away by the ghost officer on the way. He stopped them and asked, "Where are you taking her?"

"If you return to Master Lu, you are going to hell."

"Hell?! Haven't you already been there!" The judge was so confused that he almost jumped up in a hurry.

"She is being tortured on behalf of someone else." A majestic voice came from behind, and looking back, it was the King of Hades.

Xiao Hong and Yan Wang, two people who have known each other for a long time in the mouth of Judge Lu, except for Xiao Hong who listened to the judgment from a distance in the palace of Yan Wang, this is the first time they have met face to face.

When the judge heard this, he turned to look at Xiao Hong: "Sister Hong, who are you being punished for?" Before the other party could answer, he had already thought of that man, "For him again?!"

Xiao Hong nodded helplessly, "I still can't let it go, I always want to stay here, so that every time he comes down from Yangjian, I can still take a look at him from afar."

Yan Wang explained indifferently: "She will be punished for all the mistakes that man has committed in these lifetimes."

"How could you allow it!" The judge stared at Hades, his face flushed with anger,

Xiao Hong persuaded him softly: "A Dao, don't blame your lord, I did it willingly."

"Why do you want to do this?! You don't owe him! Even if you owe him, you have already paid it off!" The judge turned back and shouted at Xiao Hong. He couldn't understand, let alone why a woman tortured himself like this. He just felt that this woman was too stupid. It was maddeningly stupid, and he had never been so angry.

Compared to his anger, Xiao Hong was very indifferent: "But I can't bear it. I can't just watch him suffer. If you want me to watch, why not let me suffer for him."

The judge looked at her, gritted his teeth as he did many years ago when he was still alive, and asked, "Is it worth it? Is it worth it!"

"It's not worth it." Xiao Hong shook her head lightly, "A Dao, you still don't understand... If possible, I hope you never understand."

"you……"

Xiao Hong didn't speak any more, and the ghost messenger took her away.The judge stayed where he was, looking at the thin figure from a distance, feeling something was blocked in his throat, unable to go up or down, very uncomfortable.

"Why is it like this?" His eyes were a little confused, and he turned to look at Hades, "Sister Hong said that she only envied mandarin ducks and not immortals. Is this the love you get in exchange for giving up becoming an immortal?"

Yan Wang sighed, walked over and put him in his arms, and told him in a low voice: "Love in this world is mostly bitter."

"It's so bitter...why keep it?"

"Because I can't let it go, and I can't bear it."

...

Xiao Hong stayed in hell for nine years. On the day she came out, the judge went to pick her up. Seeing her bloody body, she almost shed tears.

"It's okay, this is not a physical body, just take care of it."

Judge Lu remained silent. This is indeed not a physical body, but it is a spirit. The punishment of hell directly affects the soul. Those pains will not recover no matter how they are raised, and will only leave marks on the soul. Eternal life and eternity merged into one.

"It's really fine, I'm used to it, I don't feel much pain..." Seeing that he was not in a good mood, Xiao Hong tried her best to comfort him, but was interrupted by Judge Lu.

"Sister Hong."

"Ok?"

"Go and reincarnate." The judge lowered his head and said softly.

Xiao Hong was silent for a long time, thinking of the ignorant and sad eyes of the young man, finally nodded, "Okay."

On the day she walked up the Naihe Bridge, Judge Lu went to see her off and specially asked Granny Meng to prepare a bowl of sweet and delicious Mengpo soup for her, hoping that this sweet taste could wash away the pain imprinted in her soul.

"Sister Hong, in your next life, you will definitely live happily and be with the person you like for a long time." Judge Lu blinked his big bright eyes and told her confidently.

Xiao Hong nodded with a smile, "Well, I believe it." She glanced at the adult standing at the end of the bridge, held the judge's hand, hesitated to speak, and finally said only one sentence: "A Dao, you have to take care. "

The judge nodded and watched her drink Mengpo soup, then walked down the bridge step by step, never looking back.

He just turned around and walked back. Yan Wang saw him approaching, and said coldly: "Their fate is over, why do you force it?"

The judge stopped in his tracks, bit his lips, "There is no end, as long as there is one person who remembers it, it is not counted! There is no reason why Sister Hong has to bear the punishment for him for several lifetimes, but he gets along with others. It's not fair!"

Hades stared fixedly at his stubborn eyes, and after a while, he sighed: "Even if you change her horoscope in the next life, let her and that man be born at the same time and in the same place, and let the two of them grow up Marriage is not guaranteed to be together."

The judge took a deep breath, "You know?"

"What do you say?"

"Whether we can be together or not, at least give her a chance to be an ordinary woman." Otherwise, the cultivator will fall into the evil way, and according to the original horoscope, Xiao Hong will live a very miserable life in the next life.The judge quietly clenched his fist, "This is my fault at work, and I will not shirk it. I will report this matter and ask for punishment."

"Do you think it's a trivial matter to modify the book of life and death without permission, and meddle in the fate chart of ordinary people?" Yan Wang was anxious, grabbed his collar and reprimanded him: "The punishment from heaven can't just be deducted from your salary!"

"I know." The judge looked at him, his big round eyes were very calm.

"You..." Yan Wang gritted his teeth, let go of him, and said slowly after a while: "You don't need to write, I will handle this matter myself."

The judge was taken aback, "What do you want to do?"

"You don't have to worry about it."

The judge suddenly understood what he meant, "You want to hide it? Impossible, they will definitely know..." After thinking about it, there is only one possibility, "You want to take the blame for me?"

Yan Wang kept a dark face and said nothing.

The judge regarded him as acquiescing, "Are you crazy? You are the king of Hades! It is impossible to make such a mistake! You, you are the symbol of the underworld! If even you are influenced by mundane things, what should the underworld do?"

"I have already been swayed!" Yan Wang couldn't help but growl at him.

The judge opened his eyes wide for a moment, as if he understood something.

Realizing his gaffe, Yan Wang felt a little regretful, the young man in front of him had lowered his head and did not look him in the eyes.

"...It's too late, my love letter has already been handed in."

Yan Wang's pupils suddenly constricted.

Soon, the verdict was approved—Judge Lu modified the book of life and death without authorization, changed the samsara horoscope, disrupted the order of the world, seriously dereliction of duty, was sentenced to suspend his duties, and re-entered the ninth life of reincarnation, experiencing the joys and sorrows of the world, love and hate Pain, experience the suffering of mortals, and only then can you return to your position.In view of his voluntary confession, good attitude of repentance, and Yan Wang's protection, he changed the suffering of the ninth life to the seventh, and the memory of the past will be sealed in the seventh life, and no one in the underworld is allowed to help in private.

On the day he fell into reincarnation, the King of Hades personally sent him across the Naihe Bridge.

"Don't keep that straight face," the judge was still in the mood to joke with him, "Didn't you always say that I don't understand love in the world, so I just went to experience it this time."

"Xiao Lu..." Yan Wang hesitated to speak.

The judge suddenly grabbed Hades' hand—the ghost messengers were grateful for the old relationship, and didn't put him in shackles, but let him go on the road clean and comfortable as usual.

"When I experience it well and understand, there is one thing I want to tell you."

Yan Wang's heart skipped a beat, and he saw the young man smiling slyly, blinking his big bright eyes, "Bo, wait for me to come back."

"it is good."

...

What they didn't expect was that this short period of seven lives would be so difficult, and they couldn't turn back.

In order to achieve the purpose of punishment, the judge was arranged to suffer for seven lifetimes - whether he was separated from life or death, or could not get what he asked for, or was betrayed by his loved ones, or was framed by relatives and friends. A good death often dies young, and several of them die by suicide at a young age.

After his death, he returned to the underworld to reincarnate again.In the beginning, Black and White Wuchang would go to see him, but later they couldn't bear it, so they stopped going.There is only one person, every time he ends his life in the yang world, the King of Hades will wait for him on Huangquan Road, and then silently walk side by side with him, passing through the halls and hells they have walked through countless times before, until the bridge of Naihe, watching him again After drinking Mengpo soup once, he continued to suffer endlessly.

Watching his soul become more and more broken every time, new reincarnation, and many new wounds.Yan Wang always clenched his fists, his face was cold, and he said nothing.

Until the last life, which was also the most painful life, Yama, who had already read the horoscope, sent the man to Naihe Bridge as usual, and the man suddenly spoke to him: "I always see you, aren't you busy with work?"

For a moment, Hades thought he remembered, and then realized that this person only had the memory of the seventh life, and his impression of himself should only be that of the person who came to pick him up every time.Sure enough, the other party didn't look at him, but just stared at the blood-red river silently, without focus in his eyes.

"It's okay." Yan Wang endured it and answered as calmly as possible.

"You always talk about the suffering of reincarnation, are you talking about us mortals? Struggling in the sea of ​​suffering, we will never swim ashore." His tone was very calm, even with a self-deprecating smile, but his eyes were dead silent.

The King of Hades felt distressed when he saw it, with bitterness in his mouth, and said in a hoarse voice: "Even if you are out of reincarnation, as long as you still have the seven emotions and six desires, you will feel pain."

The man was talking casually, but he didn't expect him to answer seriously, so he raised his eyes to look at him in surprise, and said quite approvingly, "Yes, it's suffering if you don't get it, and it's also suffering if you can't get it for a long time..."

"It's even more painful to watch someone you love suffer while you can't do anything about it,"

The man was taken aback, "You..."

Yan Wang seemed to have made a lot of determination, and suddenly stretched out his hand to him, "Come with me, I will take you away." This was the second time he violated the principle since he became Hades, both times because of the same person.

"Where are you going?" The eyes that had lost their memory did not cheer up, but were at a loss.

The ghost messenger, who had consciously backed away a few steps to avoid it, sensed Hades' movement and immediately ran over, shouting as he ran, "My lord! What do you want to do?!"

Hearing the sound, two ghost messengers rushed up from the opposite side to help, but they didn't dare to fight the king of hell, they just wanted to separate the two of them as much as possible, and take Lu Zhidao's soul to reincarnate first, and haunt the king of hell here, hoping that he can calm down down.

But when they started fighting, they found that they couldn't deal with Hades at all. They had never seen him make a move before, and now they found out that this man's magic power was unfathomable.

In the chaos, Lu Zhidao's soul was forced to the side of the bridge, close to the low railing, and another blow came over him, he couldn't stand still, was lifted up, his thin soul wobbled, and fell headlong to the bridge .

"No!!!" Yan Wang saw that he was about to burst into tears in an instant, and rushed over with all his strength, but it was too late to grab the opponent. Without hesitation, he held on to the bridge railing and was about to jump off.

"Stop him! Stop him!" The ghost messengers were so frightened that their souls flew away. They desperately pulled their arms and legs, and forcibly grabbed Hades, who was about to jump off Naihe, while shouting: "You can't go down, my lord! Even if it is You will be out of your wits too!"

Yan Wang watched helplessly as the soul was instantly engulfed by the bloody water. The water surface was churned up by waves, revealing the ferocious back of the strange fish in the river, and some shining light spots escaped. Yan Wang lay on the side of the bridge desperately trying to hug those light spots back to his arms. But in vain, I can only watch them disappear little by little.The ghost messengers looked at each other and let go of their hands, not daring to look at Hades' expression.

At this time, a transparent bowl of steaming soup was placed on the side of the bridge, and the remaining light spots were attracted, slowly approaching it, and suspended above the hot soup.

"What are you still doing?" Meng Po scolded, "Hurry up and get the soul-gathering bottle!"

Only then did a little ghost come to his senses, and ran to find the soul-gathering bottle.

Even so, most of the soul has been lost, but Yan Wang carefully put the remaining soul into a bottle and hid it in his arms. When Po Meng saw it, she sighed, "Little Lu, life is not good... ...It seems that your fate is over, my lord, please mourn."

Yan Wang's face was dull, and he didn't say a word for a long, long time. Only Xiao Lu's smile and sparkling eyes before he left, and his stubborn words in his mind: "No, as long as there is one person who remembers, there will be no end."

...

"What's next! What's next?" The little voice in my heart couldn't wait to ask.

The man smiled, "Later, that King of Hades went to the river to feed the fish every day, hoping that those strange fish would not eat Xiao Lu's soul. He learned to smile and treat people gently, hoping to be closer to that person's appearance, hoping That guy doesn't come back complaining about his stern face."

"But isn't that person already out of his wits?"

"That's right, but Hades asked Brahma, the great god in charge of the God Realm, and got a method. He wrapped the man's remnant soul into his own soul, hid it in his heart, nourished it with his own soul power, and repaired it. It, watching it grow and become more and more complete every day."

"So, he'll be back, won't he?"

"Yes, he will definitely come back." The man pressed his right hand on his left chest and said softly, "The story is over, go to sleep."

His heart gradually returned to calm, but his hand refused to let go.

When the soul is fully restored, maybe he can borrow his spirit world from Yuan Ling, and then ask Qi Buyang. The body that grows from the tree of life also contains the vitality of that tree. Xiao Lu made a flesh body.

Thinking of this, a reassuring smile appeared on his face—it's not too bad, is it?

At least they have a chance to start over.

——Yan Mofu, judging right and wrong, there is a fate, there is no burden

Extra Story [-]: Yan Molu (End)