Chapter 219

In the new autumn of July, the moon comes out between the Big Dipper and Altair in the Milky Way. There is Zhongqi in heaven and earth. The first is Zhongyuan*.

For the Fengdu people, the Hungry Ghost Festival is as grand and solemn as the Chinese New Year.

On a piece of land and two dimensions, they live a harmonious life of coexistence between human and ghost for a long time. Under the control of the Underworld, ghosts do not disturb the lives of the living, and the living are in awe of their invisible "friendly neighbors". On this day of the Hungry Ghost Festival, the earth is temporarily opened to ghosts so that the reincarnated can come back to visit those they miss. After the sun sets, every family will hang a lantern in front of their doors to guide their loved ones on the way home.

This is also the busiest and most stressful day in the Underworld. Although the Fengdu boundary will be opened with restrictions at this time to let those ghosts who have yet to reincarnate to go back and visit their loved ones, and the Fengdu boundary can only be exited and not entered at this time, and those who are allowed to be released back to earth are all the ghosts who have done no great evil in their lives, the Fengdu boundary is in a weaker state, and there are always fierce and resentful ghosts who try to be fishes in troubled water* and sneak into the earth. Millions of Yin servants will patrol around to prevent ghosts from doing evil. Of course, living beings should try their best to stay at home.

The reason why they are sure that the Supreme Demon and the Red Ghost King will rise in revolt during the Hungry Ghost Festival is precisely because this day is the best time of the year.

And the arrival of Li Bu Yu and Lan Chui Han made Fengdu City's dark currents surge. It is a sign of an upcoming mountain rain*. Even the common people felt an invisible sense of oppression. After all, the Hungry Ghost Festival is a ghost festival, why would the Immortal Alliance come to celebrate this kind of festival?

Since the battle of Chidi City three years ago, many rumors surrounding the resurrection of the Supreme Demon, the reincarnation of the Human Emperor, the red ghost king, and the immortal cultivation world have made all the people in Jiuzhou uneasy. The arrival of the Immortal Alliance at Fengdu during the Hungry Ghost Festival is clearly related to these disputes. In previous years, there were many bold people who even dared to go out after sunset just to see the legendary night walk of a hundred ghosts. This year it was still bright, yet every house was shut and there was no one on the street.

The City Lord of Fengdu City is a manager of Cui Jue in the human realm. His name is Xu Huan. He was born with Yin-Yang eyes* and can talk to ghosts. The Underworld should not interfere with earthly affairs. Zhong Kui was an alternative, but it does not mean that the Underworld knows nothing about the earth and does nothing. The City Gods of various places are used by the underworld to supervise the earth.

Xu Huan received Li Bu Yu and Lan Chui Han outside the city and settled them in the post house.

Lan Chui Han did not see Xie Bi An and was a bit surprised: "Where is Impermanence?"

"Oh, White Master will be here soon." Xu Huan said, "I will not disturb you all, I will leave first."

After Xu Huan left, Li Bu Yu sat steadily on the host’s seat with his eyes closed and coughed a few times stuffily.

"Master ..."

Song Chun Gui was about to go forward and ask, when Li Zhi Qing had already bent down and asked respectfully, "Father, is your throat feeling uncomfortable again?"

Li Bu Yu did not open his eyes and said softly, "How many times have I told you?" His voice was not angry, but mighty.

"Mm, Master. I’ll warm some pear soup for you."

"Mm."

Song Chun Gui stood in silence at one side.

Lan Chui Han’s gaze swept over the master and disciple, and finally looked deeply at Song Chun Gui, but Song Chun Gui avoided his gaze.

Just as Li Zhi Qing left, unusual footsteps and breathing came walking in.

Li Bu Yu opened his eyes. His cataract was already so severe that his pupils were nearly completely white, but he still struggled to look at the person in front of him under that white mist. Just that, no matter how much he enhanced his vision, he could not see the faces of the two people clearly.

"Bi An!" Lan Chui Han stood up from his chair and sheathed his sword at the same time. What made him nervous was not the sudden appearance of Xie Bi An, but Fan Wu She who was accompanying him by his side.

The people who stayed in the same post house with Li Bu Yu were at least elders of various immortal families. Their pupils were greatly shaken, as if they were facing a great enemy. They never expected that the Supreme Demon, who had disappeared for three years, would appear in front of them without warning.

Fan Wu She playful gaze swept through the whole house: "Your grandparents have seen the world more or less. This immortal cultivation world is really one year worse than another.”

"Bi An, what's going on?" Lan Chui Han suddenly sweats all over.

Xie Bi An found a chair and sat down slowly: "He said he would assist us in defeating Jiang Qu Lian and Qi Meng Sheng."

"What good intentions can he have?" Song Chun Gui held a sword to protect Li Bu Yu's side with no fear on his face, "He just wants to infiltrate the Underworld and steal the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman."

Upon hearing that, Fan Wu She rewarded Song Chun Gui with a straight look: "Taking other people's things is called stealing. The Heavenly Secret Talisman is my thing."

Song Chun Gui said in a cold voice: "I really regret that I didn't kill you back then in Fumenghui." When he saw Fan Wu She exert the Zongxuan sword technique, he should have realized that this teenager was extraordinary.

"It's good to have guts, but it's ridiculous to be overconfident." Fan Wu She suddenly spread his palm. With a faint flash of spiritual light, a scroll appeared in his hand.

The crowd unconsciously took a step back, and each expression changed.

"Back then, although I was not yet able to fully control this magical treasure, it was still more than enough to get one of you killed. The reason why you could survive until now is only because I did not want to reveal my identity at that time." Fan Wu She played with the Shanhe Sheji Map. He swept the crowd with a pair of dangling fox eyes which were overflowing with an evil aura, "Now that you guys are in my cage, I can bury the whole of Fengdu City alive."

Xie Bi An said in a cold voice, "With Fengdu City gone, you also won't get the Heavenly Secret Talisman. What exactly do you want?"

"It is still early in the day." Fan Wu She looked out the window and said sarcastically, "Who knows if there are any traitors among you who colluded with Qi Meng Sheng. When the time comes, you will naturally know."

"Fan Wu She, don’t you make things unnecessarily complicated." Lan Chui Han and said sternly.

Fan Wu She's gaze slowly drifted towards Lan Chui Han. His eyes condensed with a trace of a murderous aura: "Presumptuous. In terms of seniority, what do you think you are before me?"

Lan Chui Han glared in anger.

Xie Bi An’s heart jumped, fearing that Fan Wu She would harm Lan Chui Han: "Brother Lan, let’s have a word in private."

"You dare?" Fan Wu She glared at him gloomily.

Xie Bi An gave him a look, "You come along then."

Li Bu Yu, who had always been silent, hesitantly called out, "Emperor."

Xie Bi An swept him a glance and walked upstairs.

When the three of them arrived at Lan Chui Han's guest room, Fan Wu She and Lan Chui Han were almost standing in two corners of the room. In front of Fan Wu She, the two of them had a hard time talking, so Xie Bi An could only ask about Song Chun Gui.

Lan Chui Han helplessly shook his head: "Now Li Bu Yu has been taking his son everywhere and treats Song Chun Gui coldly. Song Chun Gui also has not been able to clear the suspicions of him killing Wu Si Hai, but is still extremely blindly devoted to Li Bu Yu ... Anyway, Wuliang Sect is in a mess. The Immortal Alliance is the same. There are already many sects that have jumped on the bandwagon and are about to defect to Qi Meng Sheng."

"They will not." Xie Bi An said in a deep voice, "I will not let Qi Meng Sheng get her way." He did not want Fan Wu She to know that he already had Qi Meng Sheng’s leverage in his hands, but unfortunately, he was afraid that he would not be able to find the opportunity to exchange mutual assistance with Lan Chui Han.

"The situation now..." Lan Chui Han glanced at Fan Wu She and said in a deep voice, "You said you want to help us, but you are also the one who was initially in cahoots with the Red King."

Fan Wu She revealed a smile that could be called cruel: "You suspect me? I also suspect that you are colluding with him. After all, you guys are really a pair of star-crossed lovers."

When this statement was out, Xie Bi An was shocked, and Lan Chui Han's face was even more white: "You ... what did you say?!"

"Lan Chui Han, even if you drank Meng Po soup, the former memory will not disappear, but merely be temporarily forgotten. Once in contact with people and things related to the previous life, the memory will be triggered." Fan Wu She looked at Xie Bi An with an evil smile, "Am I right, big brother?"

Xie Bi An looked at Lan Chui Han in a daze.

Fan Wu She stabbed again: "I don't believe that you haven't remembered about it at all during these years."

Lan Chui Han said with a trembling voice: "What do you know? What do you think you know?!”

"What I know, do you know?" Fan Wu She’s gaze was fierce, "Or do you dare not know?"

 

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PS: So damn curious about Xiaolan and the red king…

PS from Emzie:  Saaaame

 

In the new autumn of July, the moon comes out between the Big Dipper and Altair in the Milky Way. There is Zhongqi in heaven and earth. The first is Zhongyuan*[新秋七七，月出河汉斗牛间。天地有中气，第一是中元。]--- extracted from 《水调歌头》刘辰翁 I will come back with an explanation later…

fishes in troubled water*[浑水摸鱼]--- to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain

upcoming mountain rain*[山雨欲来]--- It means that something is about to happen.

Yin-Yang eyes*[阴阳眼]---people with Yin-Yang eyes can see ghosts and humans

 

Edited on 30 May 21 (Emzie)

 

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