Volume 2 Chapter 14: Black and White Impermanence
When I opened my eyes, I knew I had traveled through time and space, and ended up in the underworld!
As for how I got here, whether it was my soul leaving my body or my whole body, I have no idea. However, looking at Shen Bing beside me and the half-dead female ghost, I can conclude that Shen Bing and I definitely did not come here as a whole person. A human body cannot enter the underworld. There are only souls here!
The Yellow Springs Road is under my feet, and the boundary river is not far ahead. I was so sad that I just wanted to cry. How wonderful it would be if I could travel through time. I have only heard of traveling through time to ancient times or other worlds, but never to the underworld. It is probably over for us!
"Country bumpkin, are we back to the underworld?" Shen Bing screamed beside me.
"Don't you have eyes?" I was in a bad mood, so I said to her and got up from the ground. I looked at the bottle in my hand and felt very strange. How could this thing follow me into the underworld?
"Is this the underworld?" It seemed that the female ghost came in for the first time. She lay on the ground and looked around.
At this time, two shadows floated in front of me. When they came closer, I could see clearly that they were the Black and White Impermanence brothers. We knew each other. Last time I went back, they were on duty at the "port" for releasing animals. They would occasionally come to my shop to buy some things. Because they are the errand boys of the underworld, I would inevitably use them for this kind of business, so I didn't need Gui Ya. The two guys have a good relationship with me.
But when I saw them this time, I was stunned. The pointed hats on their heads were replaced with western cowboy hats, their hair was cut short, their tongues were curled in their mouths, they were wearing cowboy outfits, and there was a work badge hanging on their shirts: "Ghost Messenger"!
Damn, even though the two guys’ hats and clothes are still one black and one white, they look like two cowboys, pretty cool!
"Hey, why are you two here again?" asked Bai Wuchang.
I said with a bitter face: "Seventh Master, to be honest, we don't know how we got here. Can you help us check if we are dead?"
The White Impermanence is named Xie Bian, and the Black Impermanence is named Fan Wujiu, also known as the Seventh Master and the Eighth Master. Normally, no one calls them by their names, they either call them the Second Master Wuchang or the Seventh Master and the Eighth Master.
"Since you are not dead, the director asked the two of us to collect this female ghost named Ding Ruiyun. It has nothing to do with you." Hei Wuchang said.
I glanced at the female ghost lying on the ground and thought to myself that her name was Ding Ruiyun. Since these two gentlemen said that we were not dead, it means that our death time in the Book of Life and Death has not come yet, so it seems that we are in a different post.
"That's good, that's good, I was scared to death." Shen Bing said, patting his chest.
Bai Wuchang liked to joke around, so he teased her, "Don't be scared to death, or we will take you to report. By the way, we took you away once before."
Shen Bing nodded with fear in her eyes: "As I remember , it's only been two months."
I also understood one thing, that all the registered dead ghosts, once they entered the underworld, these two guys would take them to report. And I was also on the other side last time, and the two guys didn't come to trouble me.
"Ding Ruiyun, died on the seventh day of the sixth month of the Dingmao year, drowned. Was it you?" Hei Wuchang took out a diary from his pocket, read it while shaking his head, and finally looked up and asked with his eyes wide open.
"It's me." The female ghost answered timidly.
"Come with us, first go to the management office to register, and then go to the reincarnation management office to make a number. When it will be your turn to reincarnate depends on your luck." Bai Wuchang shook his big head.
Ding Ruiyun climbed up tremblingly. The Black and White Impermanence looked at me as if to say goodbye, then turned around and flew away.
I pulled Shen Bing and chased after her. She hit me and said, "It has nothing to do with us. Why do we have to cross the river? Once we cross the river, we can't come back."
"Do you think we can go back now? The exit won't let us through without a pass. We have to ask the director for a visa!"
Since we were not really dead, we couldn't fly away lightly like ghosts. We ran in a sweat and only caught up with the Black and White Impermanence after crossing the boundary river.
I actually don't know how I got into the underworld this time, how to get out, and whether I need to ask the director of the management office for a visa. If I want to find out, I can only ask these two guys.
"Seventh Master, Eighth Master, you two are dressed so handsomely today, you look so cool!" I praised them first.
The two guys grinned, and Bai Wuchang said, "Now the underworld is trying to align everything with the living world, and they are also reforming their clothing. The higher-ups said we still have uniforms, but we haven't made any samples yet, so we'll just wear jeans for two days."
"My lords, you see, we are not dead yet, so how can we go back? Please show us a way." I asked with a smile.
Hei Wuchang's face turned dark, and his fucking head looked more like a crow's. He frowned and said, "There is no bright road in the underworld, only dark roads." This kid is stupid.
Bai Wuchang smiled and said, "There have been many cases like yours, but not many people have returned. You still need the management office to urge me to give you a pass."
There are quite a few people who come to the underworld to visit their posts for no reason. Some of them can't go back. Fortunately, I know the director and I promised to send him some Yin-replenishing pills, so going back should not be a problem.
Shen Bing poked me and asked, "How did you get a visa last time? Go get another one this time."
I quickly winked at her. The tone of her voice made it seem like the underworld was theirs, and they could just create one whenever they wanted. If the director got wind of this, he might get angry and it might be difficult to get a visa.
After saying this, the Black and White Impermanence floated forward, leaving us far behind. Since they already knew what to do, there was no point in following them. Since we knew where the management office was anyway.
After we entered the ghost street, that desolate and sad feeling came over us again, and our noses felt sore.
Shen Bing sniffed and said, "I don't know if I can find my parents here. If I can reunite with them, it doesn't matter whether I go back or not."
I turned around and saw tears on her face. After all, she was a girl, and she couldn't stand the influence of this atmosphere. She was filled with grief and thought of her dead parents.
"It's better to go back," I said.
"What's the good of going back? I'll be alone for the New Year. It's boring." Shen Bing said with a pout.
"Can't you find a boyfriend? " I thought to myself, what a moron. In terms of conditions, she is diamond-level and a hot commodity, so how come she doesn't have a boyfriend yet?
Shen Bing sighed and said, "Is it that easy to find a boyfriend? The ones I like all have girlfriends, and the ones chasing after me are the ones I don't like."
That's true. No matter how beautiful or ugly you are, fate is not entirely determined by appearance. For example, in my case, the one I like can never get me, and the one I don't like has become my fiancée!
I went to the management office and found out that the director was not there. He was out inspecting the household registration with the director. What does the director do? The two registrars explained, and then I understood that the director is equivalent to the chief steward under the King of Hell. I asked what the King of Hell was called now, and they said it was the special chief executive!
Oh my god, I almost fainted!
