Chapter 169 Nourishing the Soul
The World of Sangha
Time was paused, Madonna was still suspended in mid-air, and Jiang Chen had just waved his five fingers, but they gradually turned into wind and sand and dissipated.

"A fly loves to seek out light and fly into paper, but it has no difficulty getting through. Suddenly it bumps into the same path it came from, and then it realizes that it has been deceived by its eyes all its life."

The great Arhat Guling stepped down from the void, with a clear face and wearing a white monk's robe. As he spoke verses, the surrounding scene dissipated like sand and smoke.

The surroundings were filled with warm golden light and pale golden clouds, making it seem like a dream.

"Gu Ling, Bodhisattva Guanyin still won't take action?"

Subhuti, the pagoda-holding arhat, poked his upper body out from the smoke and looked up towards the sky of the Posahava world, where a huge and magnificent group of golden palaces were located.

There is no earth or sky in the world of Possa, or rather, the palaces and pagodas of Bodhisattvas and Arhats stand in the sky, and looking down, there are only patches of light golden smoke.

Gu Ling said calmly: "Miao Shan has already passed away, so how can there be any talk of her still being here?"

Subhīnta curled his lips and said, "Avalokitesvara is Avalokitesvara, Miaoshan is Miaoshan. Since Avalokitesvara will not leave the Vāsāra world, then you go and borrow the Jade Purifying Bottle."

"Tens of thousands of years ago, the Xuanyin Qi absorbed by the Posuo World made the Posuo World expand by more than half a time. We cannot let it go this time."

Gu Ling opened his eyes slightly, looked at Su Pintuo with silent contempt, ignored him, and walked away.

Subhuti was not annoyed. He smiled and lifted up the small and exquisite golden pagoda in his hand and shouted loudly: "Anyway, we eighteen Arhats will never enter the universe, and we will never accept the decree of the Great Leiyin Temple."

"Stop making a fuss. It's really embarrassing." Jiang Long Fu Hu looked depressed and carried Su Pin Tuo on his left and right and flew in the opposite direction, muttering to himself.

"At least don't mention our name as the Eighteen Arhats. There are so many Arhats around here casting spells and transforming into different forms. You want us to be embarrassed along with you."

Supintu was not happy, and he glared at Fuhu and cursed: "I am doing this for your sake. Do you want to go to the universe and be struck to death like Miaoshan?"

"I won't refuse now. I'll see what to do when the Great Leiyin Temple issues an order!"

Fu Hu couldn't help but complain, "Shut up! Fahai is their man. They handled everything this time. How could they let us take over? Your actions really bring shame to us, the Eighteen Arhats!"

"Yes." Jiang Long also followed up: "Why do you still mention Guanyin Bodhisattva?"

Supintu pulled left and right, pushed away the dragon-subduing tiger, snorted loudly, raised his head and said:
"You just can't let go of your pride. It's obvious that there's no benefit this time, it's all a trap! If you don't shirk responsibility, those half-hearted people will push the responsibility onto you, and that's bad luck! I'm just preparing for a rainy day!"

Jiang Long and Fu Hu looked at each other, covered their faces and quickly flew away from Su Pin Tuo.

"The Buddha has transformed himself into a Taoist, and the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara can intervene in all matters, big or small. Now things are obviously going badly, and the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara will definitely not let those who left Kunlun and joined the Pure Land to die!"

"This is foresighted of my own. I have definitely not violated the precepts. Our Eighteen Arhats are legitimate Buddhist disciples. For the sake of everyone's peace and tranquility, at most I will sit in meditation for a hundred years to purify myself and break the precepts!"

Subinduo said this with his head held high, but there was no response for a long time. He turned around and saw that Jianglongfuhu had disappeared.

Supintu was so angry that he pinched the pagoda in his hand and said, "You guys don't know how to appreciate kindness! Wait until you are grateful to me! Then see if I will accept it!"

Jiang Long followed Fu Hu back to Fu Hu Temple. Fu Hu knew that Jiang Long had a good relationship with Guan Yin, so he consoled him: "Tota was made greedy and foolish by the Five Degenerations of the Celestial Beings. There is nothing we can do about it."

"It's not because of the five decays of the gods, didn't you hear? This Subhīpa is still bothered by the fact that Avalokitesvara became a monk late in life, and he still thinks he has a good family background."

Jianglong said helplessly that in ancient times, Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was known as Taoist Cihang, and when the water in Kunlun was flooding the original people, he could not bear to see it, so he rebelled against Kunlun and joined the Possa world.

At that time, Subhuti, the Pagoda-Holding Arhat, had already attained the status of Arhat, while Subhuti, the Dragon-Subduing and the Tiger-Subduing were not yet born. When he attained the status of Arhat, it was the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara who came to give him advice and guidance.

They could understand Subhuti, but they did not accept his prejudice. However, the Eighteen Arhats advanced and retreated together, and since they could not persuade him, they could only let it go.

Zheng Wenjie returned home, but Zhao Wenru had not left yet. He was still sitting there with a respectful look on his face. Yu'er was standing above him with a sinister look, but he pretended not to see her.

"How did you know that they could travel through time and space, and how did you think of informing me?"

Zheng Wenjie waved to Yu'er and asked the question.

Zhao Wenru also spoke out his prepared speech in one breath.

"At the beginning, Lord Pluto asked me to take charge of Hong Kong on his behalf. I was fortunate enough to have seen the fight between your lady and the heir of the Ma family. I have always had concerns about them and sent a few ghosts."

"It was by chance that I got the news from the ghost that He Youqiu raised, and I came to tell you right away."

Zheng Wenjie touched his chin and asked curiously, "Which dynasty are you from? I saw you at the conference. You must have been a ferryman for a long time. Why are you still talking like this now?"

Zhao Wenru smiled in surprise: "I'm used to this. I was originally the envoy of Sinan of the Ming Dynasty. Later, I made a mistake and was demoted to a barbarian land by Lord Hades. This time, I was able to come back only because of your blessing."

"Speak properly, you can even look at a convenience store, but you can't speak? Nowadays, there is no such thing as adults or children, everyone is equal."

Zheng Wenjie waved his hands and said with a smile, then changed the subject and asked, "What about the seven people who were buried alive? Have you violated the ferryman's taboo? Or is it because you are on my territory? Don't you have anything to tell me?"

“This…” Zhao Wenru lowered his eyebrows and stammered, “This is my subordinate… No, I did something wrong.”

"This is what I promised a monk from Qingyun Temple. Whether I am a human or a ghost, I am unwilling to break my promise. These seven people are not good people. They are not qualified to be reincarnated in the underworld."

"I have carefully checked and found that this soul-nourishing formation does not cause harm to ordinary people. On the contrary, it replenishes the souls of living people and has many benefits."

Zhao Wenru smiled at Zheng Wenjie with a shy face, "I still have some thoughts, and I understand what Hades means. From now on, you are my master, and I will work for you in the future."

"I am a ferryman who was banished to the barbarian land. It is thanks to you that I have returned to my hometown. I have no special talents, but this soul-nourishing formation I got by chance can be of some use to you."

"I can fulfill my promise and repay you as much as I can. Even if I am punished by Hades, I am willing to do so."

Zheng Wenjie sneered: "If Hades knew what you did, your soul would be torn apart. Are you willing to do that?"

"This... I finally got back to my homeland." Zhao Wenru shook his head and sighed, "It was because this Taoist priest from Qingyun Temple came to me for help that I helped him. I accidentally violated the taboo of Hades."

"Tell me about it." Zheng Wenjie glanced at the time. Gong Ruomei and Tang Xue should be back soon. As for Meiyue, she will attend summer camp this week.

"Back then, there was an extremely smart person in Qingyun Temple. He created an evil technique that could take over a person's body without dispersing his soul, and he killed countless people."

"She was just harming people, so I had no reason to intervene. But she was still absorbing other people's souls to sustain herself, and Qingyun Temple came to ask for help." "She was reincarnated to meet the disaster. We finally caught her when she took away the body of a rich girl, but her strength should not be underestimated. In the end, Qingyun Temple asked the ancestor to send an immortal from Kunlun to seal her."

"And because I had contact with Kunlun without telling her, Hades was furious and banished me to a barbarian land."

Zhao Wenru sighed, "This is indeed my negligence. Since harming people's souls is my Hades' business, I didn't inform the Hades, but let Kunlun come to intervene."

"Then who did you agree to set up this soul-nourishing formation, and what was it for?"

"I promised that monster."

Zheng Wenjie immediately laughed: "So you are not an honest guy either. Hades didn't go far in demoting you."

"I don't want to know why you agreed to set up this soul-nourishing formation for that demon. Since you just said it was a thank you to me, then this soul-nourishing formation is mine. How is the setting going?"

Zhao Wenru smiled and said, "It was completed two days ago, but I am still waiting for a better time to report to you, sir."

"I never thought that such an accident would happen today. I have no choice but to come here early."

Zheng Wenjie nodded: "Yes, it's good that it's done. Otherwise, I would have let you live for almost half a year in vain, and I would not be happy."

Zhao Wenru's face changed and he opened his mouth to say something, but Yu'er had already released her resentment and entangled Zhao Wenru, and Zheng Wenjie had already stretched out his hand, reaching out to the motionless Zhao Wenru.

"After all this talk, you're repaying me for my kindness, giving me benefits, and even coming to remind me."

"You colluded with a demon that sucked souls and attracted people from Kunlun. Hades didn't beat you to death because she was merciful. Now you have buried seven people alive and you still come to coax me. What use is there to me if you keep me here?"

"I only see troubles in you, not benefits." After he finished speaking, Zheng Wenjie also stretched out his hand to cover Zhao Wenru's crown, and the inky black resentment emitted by Yu'er also completely engulfed Zhao Wenru.

Zheng Wenjie withdrew his hand, and a trace of resentment naturally circled around Zheng Wenjie's hand and wiped it: "Here, this body is yours. Although the ferryman is immortal, he will age. In order to maintain his youthful appearance, he still absorbed a lot of good things. It's a great tonic for you."

Zheng Wenjie smiled as he watched Yu'er tightly wrap Zhao Wenru up. After his soul was shattered, his body naturally decomposed and turned into spiritual light that flew to the basement.

Looking at the time, they were about to come back, and Zheng Wenjie leaned comfortably on the sofa.

Thanks to the soul-nourishing formation sent by Zhao Wenru, Zheng Wenjie can now accept it with complete peace of mind. There is definitely something wrong with Zhao Wenru.

Since he knew that I was Shangguan, he had been back for half a year but had not come to meet me once. Either he had something to hide or he didn't take me seriously.

In fact, Zheng Wenjie was overthinking it. It was not that Zhao Wenru did not come to pay his respects earlier, but that he did not know that Zheng Wenjie had returned, and the underworld did not notify him.

In name, he was in charge of the ferry work in Hong Kong Island for Zheng Wenjie, but in reality he went nowhere. He never even actively summoned the Soul Catcher and just studied his own things when he had nothing to do.

If there is a problem, just find a way to delay it. No matter how many people die, he climbed up Kunlun's thigh hundreds of years ago and just did the job of the ferryman to get the job done.

If Kaiming hadn't found him today, he wouldn't have known that Zheng Wenjie had appeared. Even the reasons and excuses were discussed by Zhao Wenru and Kaiming.

Pluto also realized that Zhao Wenru was neither honest nor competent, so he handed him over to Zheng Wenjie, treating him as a waste.

Look how much this Lord Pluto values ​​you. You are a ferryman, and he is also a ferryman, but he is your subordinate, your man!

Zheng Wenjie didn't think too much about it and happily calculated the time. At present, the Tongtian Tower has been built to more than 300 meters high, which has exceeded the 374-meter-high Central Plaza built in 1992.

It’s not much different from the 436 meters on the blueprint, and it will be almost completed in two months.

Just as he was thinking about moving to a new home, the color TV in the living room flickered. Zheng Wenjie frowned and looked up, and Pluto A-Cha's pretty face appeared on the color TV.

"The person I arranged for you died, did you know that?"

In the picture, Ah Cha raised his eyebrows and leaned on the large throne made of dark stone and wood with an unhappy look on his face.

Zheng Wenjie pointed to the ground and said, "I've sent him to rest in peace. If you want to send someone, send me some simple and obedient people."

"You asked him to take my job, but when I just came back, a soul-catcher came to complain to me. This is totally irrelevant. It's the same with or without him."

Ah Cha's expression eased up: "It's fine as long as he wasn't killed by an outsider. But now that he's dead, I can't find anyone to help you for a while."

"There are only a few ferrymen, and I will carefully screen each one. Until I find the right person, you will take charge."

"If you have nothing to do, go to the convenience store more often. Ferrymen from other regions have to clock in at the convenience store every day, and all the information will be reported to the judge."

"If no one shows up at your place, how can I convince them? You can just go there every day. Besides, the convenience store is specially built to attract ghosts who cannot enter the underworld on their own. You can also select one and let him become a ferryman to work for you."

"He showed up automatically without even taking a look around with the copy of the Yin Book."

"Sure." Zheng Wenjie nodded. "I'm pretty free, so it's good to find something to do. Is there anything else? If not, get out of here. My wife and kids are coming back soon."

"Wife? Children?" Ah Cha straightened up and stared at Zheng Wenjie with wide eyes: "How come you have a wife and children? I've never heard you talk about them before?"

"I'm over a hundred years old. Why are you surprised that I have a wife and children?"

Ah Cha snorted twice: "I don't know how long I have lived..."

"You have been dead for who knows how long, Lord Hades. You are now a ghost, and your body is still sealed in the underworld, tightly sealed by several walls. How can you still think about getting married?"

Ah Cha was interrupted by Zheng Wenjie when she was halfway through her speech. As she listened to Zheng Wenjie's words, Ah Cha's expression began to change visibly, and her silky long hair gradually floated in the air.

Before Ah Cha started to get angry, Zheng Wenjie directly cut off the connection between the underworld and here, and took a look at the purple-blue stone engraved on the back of the color TV.

This is the magic power gathered by A-Cha and given to Zheng Wenjie, so that he can contact Zheng Wenjie through the medium at any time.

Zheng Wenjie finally understood what Ah Cha meant by contacting him through a medium.

(End of this chapter)