Chapter 41 Welcome to Youdu
Liu Haoyu’s eyes were blindfolded with black cloth, and his entire body was pressed against the coffin.
Leaning against the thick coffin wood, he felt as if he was sinking into the deep sea, the endless feeling of sinking making him a little dizzy.
His eardrums felt like they were being pressed, and he couldn’t hear any sound at all.
The entire world was plunged into an extremely strange silence, or rather, it was as if Liu Haoyu had become completely deafened.
But after a while, he felt as if he was no longer falling.
It was just that because he was leaning against the incomparably hard coffin, this still made him very uncomfortable.
As time passed, it felt like there were many gazes around him, people who didn’t know where they came from, staring at him. This feeling, like ten thousand relatives watching him sleep, made him feel uneasy and his hair stand on end.
However, the black book had warned him not to open his eyes, no matter what happened.
Once he opened his eyes, he might see extremely terrifying existences.
And it would also lead to the failure of the ritual.
Liu Haoyu gradually emptied his mind, which also made him gradually calm down.
“Liu Haoyu…”
“Liu Haoyu…”
“Liu Haoyu…”
In the extreme silence, there suddenly seemed to be countless voices.
And with his eyes closed, he couldn’t see what was happening around him at all.
Being in a mass grave, perhaps countless ghouls had crawled out of their graves and were now surrounding Liu Haoyu.
And perhaps they were staring at him in the coffin with greedy and bloodthirsty gazes?
Liu Haoyu held his breath, forcibly suppressing these chaotic and frightening thoughts.
That feeling of sinking continued.
The originally hard coffin now seemed to have become a mire.
And he was the unfortunate person trapped in it, unable to escape.
The squeezing sensation from all directions made Liu Haoyu’s breathing extremely difficult.
Even more strangely, these squeezing sensations were like countless cold hands, madly tearing at his body.
The calls in his ears became increasingly distorted, becoming noisy and strange.
Accompanying these strange sounds were the extremely heavy breathing sounds right next to him.
Something was beside him…
Liu Haoyu’s heart rose to his throat, and the breathing sounds grew more and more numerous and closer.
Those invisible hands tearing at him grew stronger, until they became pain… severe pain… the pain of being torn apart by five horses.
This torture-like experience made Liu Haoyu’s forehead constantly break out in cold sweat. He clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth.
His nails dug into his flesh, his teeth bit through his lips, and blood flowed out.
The rich smell of rust made him nauseous.
But even so, he didn’t let out even a tiny scream.
Did Qin Liu suffer the same pain as this back then?
Or was it far more tragic than this pain?
Liu Haoyu didn’t know. The extreme pain was about to make him faint.
Just as he was about to collapse, these invisible hands all disappeared.
The breathing, roaring, and moaning sounds in his ears all vanished.
All that was left was a grim and silent darkness.
Seizing this opportunity, Liu Haoyu took a few breaths.
However, that feeling of weightless falling continued, and it became faster and faster.
From the feeling of sinking into the deep sea, it became the experience of falling from a high altitude.
Just like the despair many people feel in their dreams when they jump from a tall building and fall.
At this moment, Liu Haoyu seemed to have fallen into an endless abyss, and he didn’t know where he would fall.
Perhaps it was the eighteenth level of hell?
Facing the fear of the unknown, Liu Haoyu showed a faint smile.
Finally, that falling sensation instantly disappeared. It seemed he had hit the bottom.
Just as Liu Haoyu hesitated whether to open his eyes, the black book spoke.
“You can open your eyes now,”
“Welcome to Youdu, or you can call it… the Underworld.”
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In the Hall of Yama, a majestic man in a dragon-patterned robe was resting with his eyes closed.
And in front of him, a monster with an ox’s head and human body bowed slightly to him.
“King Yama, Black Impermanence sensed today that Qin Liu’s strength is recovering. This may not be a good thing.”
Upon hearing this, King Yama frowned slightly. He opened his eyes and cast his gaze upon White Impermanence.
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“Oh? Has she arrived in the Underworld?”
“No, she is still sealed in that haunted house, fulfilling her duty as a guide.”
“So that’s how it is…”
King Yama tapped the case with his index finger, seeming to be thinking about something.
And while he was thinking, Ox-Head continued to speak.
“King Yama, we can’t understand why she, after harming the authority of the Underworld, broke the Nai River Bridge and disrupted the normal cycle of yin and yang, with so much sin and karma on her, why is she still free?”
Ox-Head pointed to the unrepaired hole in the ceiling of the Hall of Yama and continued.
“Even the roof of the Hall of Yama was blown off by her!”
Facing Ox-Head’s strong condemnation, Horse-Face on the other side remained silent.
The Hall of Yama fell silent again.
After a long time, King Yama opened his stern eyes again, looked at the judges and ghost messengers below, and said.
“This criminal is still undergoing labor reform, so you don’t need to be indignant. You may leave first.”
Although he called it labor reform, King Yama knew the truth in his heart, but if he didn’t say it this way, his subordinates wouldn’t be comfortable.
As expected, upon hearing this, these ghost messengers, including Ox-Head and Horse-Face, could only give up and left the Hall of Yama in an orderly manner.
Only one judge was left, no one remembered his name, only that everyone called him Judge Cui.
After all the ghost messengers left, King Yama asked Judge Cui.
“What is the current operational status of the Yin and Yang realms?”
“It can still be maintained. Although the guide broke the Nai River Bridge, she also sent a large number of departed souls into the Underworld. In the long run, the merits and demerits offset each other.”
Although Judge Cui was only a judge, his ability and wisdom were evident. King Yama’s decision not to issue an arrest warrant for the guide was also at Judge Cui’s suggestion.
Therefore, King Yama asked with confusion.
“Old Cui, why don’t we send that Qin Liu to the eighteenth level of hell? The ghost messengers below seem to be unable to swallow this anger.”
To this, Judge Cui said.
“King Yama, please guess why we have been dragging our feet on the reconstruction of the Nai River Bridge?”
“Why… oh~”
King Yama’s voice suddenly paused, and then his stern eyes showed a smile.
He reached out and pointed at the judge beside him, and the two smiled at each other like cunning old foxes.
After all, compared to paying a huge price to catch that monster and send her to hell, it was better to let her maintain this endless job. This could also logically make her the most powerful external support for the Underworld.
Brilliant, brilliant~
