After all the hard work, my mouth was really dry, so I took the tea handed over by King Yama and drank it all in one gulp.
It is said to be tea, but after drinking it, it has a faint taste of Chinese medicine.
Although it has a medicinal taste, the tea is not unpleasant to drink. I was very thirsty, so I drank the tea in one gulp without thinking too much.
But the moment I finished drinking the tea and placed the cup on the table, everything in front of me changed drastically.
I went back to the train decades ago. In the old-fashioned carriage, sitting in front of me were the King of Yama and the perverted Jialan.
'I' turned my head and glanced at the car window, and there was no suspense - it was Guangwu Heze who was reflected in the reflection.
"We're going to the underworld soon."
After King Yama murmured something, he continued to say to me:
"Have you thought about it? Once you enter the underworld, you can't go back.
After reincarnation, I will cut off all your memories and immortal spells in this life, and then make a fake life and death book for you. In this way, even if the heaven comes to check, nothing will be found.
After three reincarnations, I will return the memories of this life to you.
As for the immortal magic, you have to find a way to store it, and then take it back after you have memories in three lives."
Before 'I' Hiroyuki Aizawa could speak, the big rikishi on the side spoke:
"Your Highness, it's not that we don't believe you.
But if there are deviations in the three reincarnations and I can’t get back my memories and immortal magic, then what will happen?”
"Then let's just be mortals with peace of mind."
This sentence came from ‘I’. After a pause, ‘I’ continued:
"It may be better to be a peaceful mortal than to hide in Tibet now.
Everything depends on God's will. After three lives, we will either get back our memories and immortal magic, and continue the great things we have not completed.
Or we can be ordinary people and only worry about five buckets of rice every day."
Having said this, ‘I’ smiled at King Yama and said:
"Thank you very much, Your Highness, for this journey.
But after three lives, I still have to trouble you to wake us up."
King Yama gave a bitter smile and said:
"At least I can still be pure for three lifetimes
But there is one more thing that needs to be understood. In these three lives, your life will not be too easy.
It is unavoidable to have little fortune, little salary, and a short life, so as not to attract the attention of heaven.
Fortunately, if your life is short, you can complete these three reincarnations earlier, and you can meet again in less than a hundred years."
Just as King Yama finished speaking, the train suddenly blew its whistle and then slowed down.
"This is the last stop before entering the underworld - Wangxiang Terrace.
All souls who enter the underworld must stay at Wangxiang Terrace for a while.
Let them take one last look at the direction of their hometown, and after entering the underworld, they will end this life."
While speaking, King Yama had already stood up, and then said to Jia Lan beside him:
"Jiaxian, come with me and take a look.
Go and see what has become of my hometown in my previous life.
If it's not convenient for you three to go out, just wait for us on the train."
After finishing speaking, he pulled the reluctant Jia Lan out of the carriage.
After the carriage door was closed again, Mr. He stood up and walked to the carriage door. After opening a gap and taking a look, he turned back to 'me' and Lux and said:
"King Yama will give us another time to discuss the storage of immortal magic.
But Lord God, is it too risky for us to hand over all three lives to King Yama?
During these three lives, once there is any friction between heaven and hell, no one can say whether King Yama's thoughts will change?
Will he use us to make deals for the benefit of the underworld?
No one can be sure about this. By then we will have no immortal magic or memory, so we will have no choice but to be at the mercy of others."
After hearing Mr. He's words, 'I' was silent for a moment, and then said:
"Since you have decided to hand over your three lives to King Yama, don't think about these things.
If it's really like what you said, Mr. He, then it's our own choice.
What I want to think about now is to find a safe place to store the immortal magic."
The 'two people' in front of them all nodded, and it was Mr. He who spoke:
"Before departure, we all knew that we had to hide the immortal magic, and we had already hidden our spiritual roots and most of the immortal magic in advance.
I left a small amount for the road.
It’s just that your immortal magic is still with you, Lord God. Do you really want King Yama to keep it for you?”
‘I’ smiled slightly and said:
"I have already made arrangements.
But in order to cooperate with the retrieval of the immortal magic in the future, I still need to take insurance."
While talking, 'I' stood up from my seat, and then reached out and pulled out a Guangwu Aize who looked exactly like 'I' from my body.
After this 'Guangwu Heze' appeared, he stood motionless and looked at me blankly.
‘I’ said to him:
"I want to leave the third life
You must continue to be Guangwu Heze in my place, and show up from time to time to make the gods in the sky think that I am still in the mortal world.
When I am a human in the third life, you will hide yourself and find me after the third life.
By then, there is a high probability that Heaven will already have clues about me, and you must find a way to protect me.
Guide me to get back my memory and immortal magic."
Guangwu Heze, who looked exactly like 'me', nodded and said:
"After three lives, I can't find you, what should I do?"
‘I’ said:
"Then you are the real Guangwu Aizawa. You can do the things I haven't finished yet."
After listening to my words, Guangwu Heze, who looked exactly like 'me', lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then said:
“Isn’t that still a grave sin that destroys both body and spirit?
I am just a spiritual consciousness and cannot bear such a big responsibility.
Don't worry, I will find you after three lifetimes.
You have to bear this responsibility yourself, and you can't trouble my consciousness."
At this time, there was a chaotic sound outside the carriage.
Those souls who had wandered around the Wangxiang Terrace came back, and Guangwu Heze, who looked exactly like me, said:
"Three lives later, we will see each other again"
After he finished speaking, he disappeared in front of the three of us.
After a while, King Yama took Jia Lan back to the carriage.
The train continued to move forward, and after half an hour, the train slowly stopped at a dark station platform.
King Yama stood up and said:
"Arrived at the terminal
Welcome the three of you to the underworld. According to the rules, Jiaxian, you can’t get off the car. Lord Guangwu, you three, please come with me."
After getting off the bus with King Yama, we walked along the platform towards the inside of the station.
When passing by a small room similar to a control room, someone in the room coughed.
After hearing this voice, ‘I’ stopped and said to King Yama:
"Your Highness, please wait for me. A friend is waiting for me inside."
King Yama knew who was inside, so he just smiled faintly, and then continued walking towards the station with Mr. He and the two strong men.
After watching them walk away, I pushed the door open and entered the room, and said to a person standing in the shadows inside:
"I've been waiting for a long time. It's hard for you, a living person, to come to the underworld early and wait for me.
Then I’ll leave my magic to you.”
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