If ghost messengers had brought Chen Yu here, then there must be a record left. He only needed to check the records of living souls within these two hours to know if Chen Yu had been captured to the Underworld.
It was just that a living soul was too conspicuous in the Underworld, so the moment Elder Wu entered, he cast a camouflage spell on himself to conceal himself. That way, he looked no different from a dead soul.
There were seven windows in the registration office. Six of them were for dead souls, and only the rightmost window was for living souls. Compared to the busy level of the other windows, this one was incredibly idle. The ghost messengers inside were lazily leaning on their chairs and playing with their cell phones.
âHello, please, may I ask to see if my daughter is dead?â An old man ran to the window and asked.
âElder Yang, why do you come to ask every day?â the ghost messenger replied with a tone full of helplessness.
âI think sheâs almost dead,â Elder Yang said.
âElder Yang, you shouldnât be too anxious. People would end up dead sooner or later.â
âIâm not afraid she wonât die. Iâm afraid she wonât die until Iâm reincarnated. If that happens, thereâs no way I can beat her.â
âI know she abused you when you were alive. This will naturally have a punishment system in the Underworld when she enters hell,â the ghost messenger comforted.
âBut if I donât beat her myself, I donât want to open my eyes after reincarnation ah!â Elder Yang said painfully. Who could understand the pain of dying without closing oneâs eyes and living without opening oneâs eyes?
Elder Wu observed quietly on one side for half an hour, and only then carefully walked forward.
âHello, I want to register,â Elder Wu said.
As soon as the registration officer at the living soul window looked up, Elder Wu immediately withdrew the camouflage spell on himself.
âName.â To make sure that he was a living soul, the ghost messenger then put down the phone in his hand and lazily turned on the computer.
âZhang Hu,â Elder Wu made up a random name.
âHow did you enter the Underworld?â the ghost messenger asked.
âIâm a Celestial Master. I came to the Underworld to ask the Black and White Impermanence something,â Elder Wu answered.
âCelestial Master? There arenât many Celestial Masters these days who can enter the Underworld with their living souls,â commented the ghost messenger while tapping on the computer for a while. Then, he frowned and asked, âHow come your name canât be found in the system?â
The Underworldâs management of living souls was relatively lax because the reasons for the emergence of living souls in the Underworld were mainly divided into two categories. The first being the soul was mistakenly or accidentally hooked by the ghost messenger. Hence, the ghost messenger would naturally bring the living soul directly for registration. A living soul mistakenly brought into the Underworld radiated vital qi. With such a striking feature, a ghost messenger would discover it and bring the soul to register.
The second being the souls of Celestial Masters entering the Underworld. This situation was relatively rare. Moreover, the system of the Underworld had a registry for the Celestial Masterson earth. They just had to verify the name and then record it.
âItâs my first time in the Underworld. How could my name be in the system?â Elder Wu feigned ignorance.
âYou are here for the first time, so you donât know. Our Underworld has records of you Celestial Master in the world of the living. Whether you have been here before or not, I will have the information here.â The ghost messenger said and checked again, âYour nameâs really not here.â
âHow come? Let me see,â Elder Wu said and stuck his head inside.
The ghost messenger probably did not expect someone to impersonate a living soul, so without doubts, he directly turned the computer screen to him and said, âLook, your nameâs not here.â
âFreeze!â Elder Wu took advantage of the ghost messengerâs inattention and cast a freeze spell on him. The ghost messenger froze, unable to move.
Elder Wu scanned the surroundings and found that the ghost messengers in other windows were very busy, and no one noticed their side. Hence, he leaned forward, grabbed the mouse in the ghost messengerâs hand and clicked to view the registration record of todayâs souls in the computer.
Thanks indeed to his stay in the Internet cafe for half a year. Otherwise, he probably wouldnât have known how to operate a computer. The last time he came, they obviously still recorded things in a notebook.
Elder Wu scrolled down. Today, there were only two registered souls in the entire Underworld. Also, both were brought mistakenly into the Underworld. After registration, they were sent back. Chen Yuâs name wasnât there.
That wicked girl wasnât captured? Did she perhaps successfully perform the forbidden technique? Elder Wu suddenly felt a sense of pride. Sheâs indeed worthy of being my apprentice.
Elder Wu breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking that he had been in the Underworld for almost an hour, he decided to hurry back, lest heâd be discovered in the washroom. By then, the police might be alerted.
Elder Wu put the mouse back, raised his head to meet the horrified eyes of the ghost messenger he spellbound. He put the phone that the ghost messenger had just put down back into his hands, smiled and said, âMy name is indeed not there. Continue playing on your phoneâ
Elder Wu advised and walked towards the registration office door without looking back.
The staff next to the living soul window turned his head and looked at his colleague next door. When he discovered him still playing on his phone, he bowed and continued working with envy deep inside. Who asked him to have no backing? Hence, no cushy job for him.
When Elder Wu turned to leave the registration hall, he cast another blindfold spell to conceal his vital qi and was trying to walk towards the Ghost Gate when he ran into two acquaintances head-on.
âWu Li?â Black Impermanence recognized Elder Wu at a glance. âLao Bai, look. Is that Wu Li?â
ââŚâ Elder Wu thought, This is bad.
âThatâs right.â White Impermanence swept a glance at Wu Li.
Black Impermanence handed the soul he hooked back to his sidekick and asked him to take it in for registration, and the two of them, himself and White Impermanence, walked toward Elder Wu.
Black Impermanence looked Elder Wu up and down and asked, âYouâre finally dead?â
ââŚâ I forgive you for failing to see through this old chapâs recently researched camouflage technique.
âHave you registered?â White Impermanence asked and moved to go through his phone.
âNot yet.â Elder Wu promptly spoke to stop him.
White Impermanence stopped from looking up his phone and stared at Wu Li in confusion.
âYou guys also know that I⌠was⌠ahahaha⌠young and frivolous in my youth.â Wu Li laughed dryly.
âYou now know how to be afraid, thatâs why I told you to be restrained a bit from the very start,â Black Impermanence quipped, âPeople will all die. They must pay the price for everything they did before death after they die.â
âArenât I regretting them now? Thatâs why Iâm wandering at the door.â Wu Li was full of remorse.
âYou canât put it off forever.â White Impermanence said, âThis is the Underworld. If you become an unregistered resident, then you really can only be a wandering ghost for life.â
âLet me delay it for now.â Elder Wu was between tears and laughter.
âLook at you.â Black Impermanence patted Elder Wuâs shoulder and said, âWe brothers were just about to go for a drink after work, so weâll buy you a drink first and send you to the registry later.â
ââŚâ Frankly, I donât want to go. In fact, I canât go.
No matter how reluctant Elder Wu was deep inside, he was eventually dragged to the bar by the Black and White Impermanence.
âFor the things you have committed before, you will definitely be sent to serve your sentence in the tenth level of hell when you are done registering. Come on, for the sake of our acquaintance, letâs have enough to drink today.â Black Impermanence drinks (????)?? Geez.
âD-Donât be so polite.â
âLao Bai, Iâll buy the drinks. Youâll sing later.â Black Impermanence addressed White Impermanence on the side.
âDeal!â White Impermanence nodded without objections.
And also sing!!! Bloody hellâŚWill I be in the crematorium or in the hospital once I wake up?
Early the next morning.
The airport cleaning staff was doing her rounds, she found that the last toilet cubicle door was locked. She knocked on the door, but no one answered. Feeling doubtful, she lay on the ground to take a peek inside and found a pair of human legs.
âAhhhhhhh⌠dead.â
So the following morning, when Mother Chen returned the phone to Chen Yu, the first call Chen Yu received was from a city police station.
âHello, may I ask what is your relationship with old Mr. Wu Li?â The police comrade asked.
âHe is my grandfather. Did something happen?â Chen Yu was puzzled.
âMr. Wu Li was found dead in the bathroom of the airport this morning. Itâs suspected that it was an accidental sudden death. Weâre sorry for your loss.â The police comrade said in a heavy voice, âWeâre asking the family to come and claim the corpse as soon as possible. Only after processing the formalities can he be sent for cremation.â
âWait⌠Donât cremate him just yet, ah.â Chen Yu was startled. âMy grandfather wonât die so easily.â
âWe need the family members to go through the formalities before cremating him. However, if the family members have objections to the cause of death, we can also let the forensic medical examiner conduct an autopsy,â the officer added.
âDonât, donât⌠He might not be dead yet.â Chen Yu was almost scared to tears.
Grandpa, ah, what are you up to, huh?!
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Elder Wu: This isnât how I wanted to make an appearance.