Chapter 87 Pluto A-Cha
It seems as if I am wandering at the border between dreams and reality, like a lone boat floating on the lake, gradually being embraced by the night.

Zheng Wenjie had the illusion that his five senses were being stripped away. When he came to his senses, he was walking on the streets of Hong Kong Island, but it seemed as if the moment he turned around, he saw a barren land overgrown with weeds.

"We just passed through the entrance to the underworld. This is the underworld. There are entrances to the underworld everywhere in the human world, but only ghosts can enter the underworld."

"Unless it is the day of the twilight that comes once every three hundred years, only those with great cultivation can protect their bodies and step into the underworld."

Zheng Wenjie recalled the feeling just now: "It's not the day of the fireflies now, right? You protected me in the underworld?"

"You are different. I wanted to use my magic power to protect you just now, but Huang Quan didn't have any effect on you. It's as if you are not a living person either."

Zheng Wenjie understood a little bit. As a zombie, he had already jumped out of the Three Realms and was not within the Five Elements. It seemed that he was not a real living person either.

"Is this the underworld? It's so desolate." Zheng Wenjie looked around.

Zhao Li walked in front with some nostalgia: "It's much better now. When I first became a ferryman, I vaguely remember that the underworld was a desert, but now it has flowers and plants planted on it."

Zheng Wenjie narrowed his eyes and looked at a bright line appearing in the distance: "There is still a sea of ​​flowers over there. What kind of flowers are those? I have never seen them before."

Zhao Li stopped and looked at the sea of ​​flowers: "This is the end of the 800-li Yellow Spring, the entrance to the underworld. Those flowers are the favorite flowers of a former friend of mine, called Lycoris radiata."

"Come on, I'll take you there and introduce you to a friend." Zhao Li said calmly.

"Your tone doesn't sound like you want to introduce a friend to me." Zheng Wenjie smiled and followed Zhao Li.

The petals of Lycoris radiata were as gorgeous as the sunset, blood-red and enchanting. Smelling the faint fragrance of the flowers, Zheng Wenjie recalled the time in his previous life that he had deliberately forgotten.

Zheng Wenjie only felt sadness welling up from the bottom of his heart, a tear flowed from his eyes and fell on a swaying petal.

"The flower language of Lycoris radiata is 'sad time'. Whenever I walk through this sea of ​​flowers, I can't help but recall those beautiful times that have passed and fall into the sadness of the past." The person who spoke was not Zhao Li, but a handsome man in plain clothes with a little red bead on his forehead.

"Really?" Zheng Wenjie wiped his eyes and said, "I didn't expect that what I miss most is my previous life."

"Very happy, right?" Zhao Li looked at the Lycoris radiata stained with Zheng Wenjie's tears and said, "This Lycoris radiata has blossomed even more beautifully."

Zheng Wenjie looked at Changsheng: "Changsheng, can I take this Manjusaka away?"

Changsheng smiled quietly and said nothing, but his eyes expressed his thoughts.

"Thank you." Zheng Wenjie thanked him and said, "I'll take it away when I get out."

"How do you know his name is Changsheng? Have you been to the underworld?" Zhao Li asked casually.

Zheng Wenjie felt melancholy as he looked at the sea of ​​flowers: "The Lycoris radiata reminds me of my past life. Maybe I came here when I died in my previous life."

"Those who are in love are not afraid of life, death or separation. Among all things in the world, only love is immortal, and that is eternal life. I like your name very much." Zheng Wenjie smiled at Changsheng.

Changsheng said nothing, with his head slightly lowered as he looked at the Lycoris radiata that was planted by Zheng Wenjie.

Zhao Li didn't believe what Zheng Wenjie said, but he couldn't ask any more questions. He just laughed and said to Changsheng jokingly, "Changsheng, it seems that your Mengpo soup doesn't work for everyone."

Changsheng just nodded and asked with some concern: "Isn't it the day of the burial of the dead once every three hundred years? Why did you bring a living person to the underworld?"

"You have been in Huangquan for a thousand years. It is time for you to go out and broaden your horizons. Now you have made a mistake. He is not a stranger."

Zheng Wenjie nodded at Changsheng and said, "Yes, I look at you as if you were familiar faces, Changsheng, Zhao Li, Pluto A-Cha, and Xia Dongqing!"

"Let's go. Hades is still waiting for you. Don't make her wait anxiously. If she gets angry, I will be sad." Zhao Li made a gesture of invitation to Zheng Wenjie.

"Let's go." Zheng Wenjie responded and walked through the former Mengpo Village, which is now a ruin.

Zhao Li, an Arhat monk a thousand years ago, was led into the underworld by the Hades Acha, where he killed Meng Po, but was defeated by the Hades again. The Hades sent his soul into reincarnation, leaving his spirit to become the soul ferryman under the Hades.

"Ever since Meng Po died, Hades set up a judge to judge souls to replace Meng Po. That place is the core of the underworld and the gathering place of the dead souls in the world." Zhao Li pointed to the huge city with no visible borders.

At the city gate, countless ghosts lined up in several straight lines. There were people with yellow skin, black skin and white skin. Zheng Wenjie also saw a guy with red skin.

"Apart from the ferryman and the judge Hades, are there any other positions in the underworld?"

Zhao Li curled his lips and said, "This is the underworld. Everything that happens in the underworld is known to Hades."

Zheng Wenjie knew that Zhao Li was reminding him, and said helplessly: "I'm just curious, just asking."

Zhao Li looked at Zheng Wenjie with a complicated expression: "I hope so. Judge, the ferryman handles the dead souls, and the government officials manage the underworld. People cannot be reincarnated immediately after death. They have to drink Meng Po soup after being judged by the judge before they can be reincarnated."

"But there are only so many judges, and everything takes time. The souls of the dead who die every day gather in this city, and these miscellaneous matters need to be handled by the government officials."

Zheng Wenjie wanted to know if there were any departments in the underworld that relied on force, but looking at Zhao Li's eyes, he knew that he had some concerns in the underworld, so he stopped asking and motioned for him to take him to see the King of Hell.

Zhao Li did not take Zheng Wenjie in through the wide-open city gate, but instead walked away from the line of ghosts and walked towards a small, tightly closed city gate on the side.

Zhao Li pushed the city gate with both hands, and it slowly opened a gap wide enough for one person to pass through. From the outside, Zheng Wenjie could only see the heavy darkness inside.

Zhao Li walked into the city gate first, and Zheng Wenjie did not hesitate either. He stepped into the darkness, and his eyes suddenly lit up. This was a vast hall. There was no light in it, but the walls around the hall, including the gold bricks under his feet, were emitting light, making the vast hall as bright as day.

"This is the Palace of Pluto. Pluto used to hold court meetings here, but he has not held court meetings in person since a hundred years ago." Zhao Li took Zheng Wenjie through the hall and came to a long and wide corridor.

"This is the elevator. Pluto is on the top floor. You can go up by yourself." Zhao Li opened an elevator door, pressed the top floor button for Zheng Wenjie, and got out of the elevator. He watched the elevator that Zheng Wenjie entered slowly rise to the top floor.

Zhao Li leaned his forehead against the wall, feeling a little worried. Would Zheng Wenjie really be able to deal with Hades? What on earth did Hades want to do by inviting Zheng Wenjie?

Zheng Wenjie had no time to think about what Zhao Li was thinking. He was now full of curiosity. The imaginary character from his previous life was about to appear before him in reality, and he was Pluto. This made him even more excited than when he met Kuang Guohua and others.

They are human, Hades is already a god who controls a world, and he is no longer comparable to himself when he was just reborn. At least Zhao Li Arhat's body cannot withstand his supernatural powers. The elevator door slowly opened, Zheng Wenjie frowned, and there was a dark scene outside. The faint light through the thick fog allowed Zheng Wenjie to see that there was an endless clear water surface outside the elevator, and the water surface without a ripple was like dead water.

"This is the Milky Way. Have you never seen it?" A melodious voice sounded in my ears.

Zheng Wenjie took a step back and leaned against the iron wall of the elevator, concentrating on sensing his surroundings. There was still deathly silence, as if even time had stopped flowing.

"Oh, don't be afraid. The water in the Milky Way is big enough for you to stand. You won't fall in. Just keep walking forward through the fog and you'll see me."

Zheng Wenjie was a little hesitant. It would have been fine if he hadn't recalled the memory that he had deliberately forgotten, but since he recalled it, Zheng Wenjie knew a little about Pluto A-Cha's personality.

Ah Cha leaned against the carved wooden railing, his masked eyes gathering magical power as he looked at Zheng Wenjie from afar. Seeing that Zheng Wenjie was still standing in the elevator, hesitating and not daring to leave, he couldn't help but curl his lips and continued
"I have been unable to leave this place for a hundred years. I learned of your existence by chance. Don't be afraid. I need your help and will give you a satisfactory reward."

Zheng Wenjie suddenly laughed at himself. What was there to be afraid of? Why was he hesitating? He stepped out of the elevator decisively. Unexpectedly, he actually stood steadily on the water.

"Lord Pluto, it's my honor that you invite me." Zheng Wenjie imitated Zhao Li's tone and said, no matter whether Pluto was stronger than himself or not, at least he had lived longer than his two lifetimes combined.

"Hehe, come here quickly, just walk straight ahead, I'll be waiting for you here." A Cha urged happily.

Zheng Wenjie walked forward quickly without delay, but his feet suddenly felt empty and he fell into the water. Zheng Wenjie sank in the water and was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that he would really be played by Pluto.

"Oh! How did you fall in suddenly? How could you be so careless?" Ah Cha screamed, and her voice was even brighter and more pleasant in Zheng Wenjie's ears who was in the water.

Zheng Wenjie had no choice but to open his arms and swam out of the water. As soon as his head came out of the water, he bumped into a white curtain. He stretched out his hands to tear open the curtain, and in front of him was a thick wooden table floating on the water. Zheng Wenjie looked up.

Hades, dressed in gorgeous Hanfu, half leaned on the small table, her jet-black hair cascading down like a waterfall, like a flowing ink painting, her white jade-like hands resting on her chin, and a strange black and white mask covering her face.

Zheng Wenjie knew that this elegant and calm woman was the one who played tricks on his Pluto, A-Cha. However, Zheng Wenjie could not get angry because he knew how A-Cha became the Pluto.

"You invited me so you can just let me soak in the water forever?" Zheng Wenjie looked at the wooden table which was not very wide and long. There was just enough space for Ah Cha to lie on it.

"What else? Do we need to change positions?" Ah Cha put down his arms and leaned his upper body on the wooden table, with the mask only a palm's distance away from Zheng Wenjie's head.

Zheng Wenjie sighed and stepped back: "Then Lord Pluto, why did you invite me?"

A-Cha turned over boredly and lay face down on the table. One toe stretched out from the table and touched the water surface, creating ripples that collided with the waves created by Zheng Wenjie's swimming.

"You are a descendant of the Pangu tribe. I thought there was only Japan's Amaterasu. So when I knew there was you, I always wanted to meet you."

"But it's boring and dull. You're not even angry when I tease you."

"When Amaterasu came to the underworld, she fought with me and even expanded the borders of the underworld. What about you? Do you have the same level of cultivation as Amaterasu?"

Zheng Wenjie was moved when he heard the question, and then he moved his eyes away from Ah Cha's jade feet: "I have heard of Amaterasu, but I don't know how strong she is. I think we can give it a try?"

Ah Cha raised her white hands from her wide long sleeves and waved them, saying dejectedly like a woman who has lost her will, "No, fighting hurts so much, I don't know how long it will take me to recover."

Zheng Wenjie found it hard to imagine that the person who said these words in front of him was the same person who called him "Queen" in his memory.

"So what exactly do you want to do with me?"

"I want you to do me a favor. Go to Japan, find Amaterasu and ask her to come to the underworld. If you agree, I can grant you one wish."

Zheng Wenjie propped himself up with his hands on the table, and pushed Ah Cha, who was wearing a gorgeous Hanfu, off the table into the water, and then stood on it himself.

The heat rose from his body, drying up his Tang suit. Zheng Wenjie then looked at Ah Cha who was submerged in the water and said, "So you asked me to come here just to run an errand for you?"

Zheng Wenjie didn't expect that Ah Cha wanted him, a second-generation zombie, to run errands to Japan to find Amaterasu, a third-generation zombie and the descendant of Xu Fu. If he didn't show his strength, Ah Cha wouldn't take him seriously.

A-Cha and Kunlun have a grudge against each other. A-Cha has always wanted to resurrect her brother Chi You, but Kunlun has always been blocking her and has trapped A-Cha in the underworld since ancient times.

But A-Cha was not eager to counterattack Kunlun, he only wanted to resurrect Chi You.

If I really have to face Kunlun in the future, the person who can truly cooperate with me is Chi You.

Of course, the prerequisite is that he no longer obsesses about having children with Tianren.

"Don't you want to?" A Cha's deep voice came from above with majesty.

Zheng Wenjie looked up and saw the flowing and gorgeous Hanfu floating in the air. The wide sleeves covered Ah Cha's mask. An indescribable pressure came from her.

Zheng Wenjie bared his fangs, roared, quickly stretched out his arm, grabbed a ball of brocade and pulled it down with force, and with his other hand smashed at the mask hidden by the sleeve, but missed.

All that was left in his hands was a large Hanfu robe, and A-Cha was nowhere to be seen.

Zheng Wenjie took a deep breath. He should not have had a friendly conversation, demonstrated his strength, or shown his fists. Why should the high and mighty Pluto take him seriously? The so-called cooperation was just asking himself, a descendant of the Pangu clan, to run errands. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and war marks appeared on his face.

"Pluto! Come out!" Zheng Wenjie roared, and red and white flames rose around his body, rushing towards all directions like a huge wave.

At the moment the flames surged, A-Cha had already sunk into the Milky Way. Through his Dharma Eyes, he could clearly see the red and white flames that had been drawn into the Milky Way and had never been extinguished, spewing out tongues of fire.

Shocked, Ah Cha suddenly felt that things were looking up. Three hundred years ago, Amaterasu came to the underworld and wanted to cross out a name on the Yin Voucher so that the person with the crossed out name would live forever in the world of the living.

The two fought for several months, and their magic power was almost exhausted. Although Amaterasu no longer cast spells, her body was still strong. Finally, she summoned all the ferrymen and defeated Amaterasu.

Since then, Amaterasu has never come to the underworld again. The reason why A-Cha wants to find Amaterasu is because she has prepared a container suitable for Chi You's reincarnation. She wants to cooperate with Amaterasu to protect Chi You and wait for him to wake up.

Based on her understanding of Kunlun, the Pangu clan, which is more ancient than the gods of Kunlun, would never be welcomed by Kunlun even if they are just their descendants. A-Cha originally wanted to create an imaginary enemy like Kunlun for Amaterasu, to threaten and induce her to cooperate. But now it seems unnecessary. The flame that even the Milky Way cannot extinguish is not something that the celestial beings can withstand.

(End of this chapter)