Zhou Gongxian told Xu Zhiqiong everything about his past experiences.
He was originally a bodyguard of the former Yama Lord You Zhengxuan. On that day, You Zhengxuan was counting the "sin karma" in the Yama Hall and found that one of the boxes of "sin karma" was wrong, so he ordered Zhou Gongxian to go and check.
Zhou Gongxian brought the owner of the "sinful karma" to You Zhengxuan. He thought that Yan Jun would make that guy disappear into ashes, but he didn't expect that the two were old acquaintances. The man deliberately brought a box of fake "sinful karma" just to see You Zhengxuan.
Zhengxuan side.
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Do you still remember that person's appearance and name?"
"I don't have much impression of him in terms of appearance, but he also has to give me his name... It seems that his surname is Jiao, and he is also a Lord of Yama."
Yan Jun whose surname is Jiao...
Xu Zhiqiong did not recognize Yan Jun whose surname was Jiao.
But he thought he was a ghost emperor named Jiao.
Could it be Jiao Liewei?
Probably.
Maybe Jiao Liewei was still Yan Jun at that time.
Jiao Yanjun and You Zhengxuan chatted happily all day, and that night they drank in the bedroom and seemed to have talked about some confidential matters. Zhou Gongxian was waiting outside the door, but he couldn't bear the sleepiness and fell asleep.
When he woke up the next day and heard You Zhengxuan calling in the room, Zhou Gongxian quickly entered the bedroom.
When they got to the room, they saw that You Zhengxuan was covered in bruises and was dying. Jiao Yanjun had already disappeared.
"You Yanjun took out a wooden box from the secret compartment and handed it to me. He asked me to give something in this box to his clan brother, Yu Xianguo Ghost Emperor You Shiqiang.
Yu Xianguo and Qiancheng Kingdom are separated by a huge sea. I usually can't even go to the Yangshi. Where can I go to the underworld of Yuxianguo?
You Yanjun asked me to cross from Liangjie Prefecture.
Where is the Two Realms State? With my little cultivation, how can I possibly come out alive?
I told You Yanjun to find another way, but I never thought that Yanjun would die soon after, and his soul was nowhere to be found.
You Yanjun is dead, I just put the box away. I don’t have the courage to go to Liangjie State for a while.
Not long after, the Yama Palace was in chaos. There were no fourth-grade cultivators in the Qiancheng Yin Division. Several impermanent envoys fought for the position of Lord Yama.
I was by your side when Lord Yama died, and the envoys of Impermanence all thought that I knew Lord Yama’s last words, and they had to ask me to identify the person who would succeed Lord Yama.
How dare I say something like this? If I say it, my life will definitely be lost."
In order to avoid this turmoil, Zhou Gongxian brought enough dry food and made up his mind to go to Liangjie Prefecture.
After walking in Liangjie Prefecture for ten days, he ran out of dry food and drank all the water. Zhou Gongxian got lost.
I thought I would definitely die trapped in Liangjie State, but I didn't expect to meet that Jiao Yanjun again.
Zhou Gongxian did not dare to resist and kowtowed to beg for mercy. Jiao Yanjun spared his life and not only did not kill him, he also made a deal with him.
"He took out this square inkstone and gave it to me. He also gave me a piece of snake skin and taught me how to use the inkstone.
As long as this square inkstone does not fall to the ground, there will be ink inside. Once the ink is spilled on a person, the soul of the living person will be sucked out and the soul will be wiped out.
He told me not to touch the inkstone at ordinary times, but to wrap it with snake skin and place it on top of wooden objects. Never touch the earth or rocks. When I want to use the inkstone, I must wear this piece of snake skin on my hand.
He used these two things to exchange the belongings of my predecessor, Lord Yama, from me. He also took me back to Qiancheng Yinsi, and then disappeared without a trace.
When I returned to the Hall of Yama, several black and white envoys had already distinguished themselves, and Hei Wuchang Zhang Yuanrui became the new Lord of Hell. I thought this matter would be over.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuanrui was still thinking about the last words. He thought I had concealed You Zhengxuan's last words and was always looking for opportunities to get rid of me.
I endured the humiliation and suffered for two full years while learning how to use this inkstone."
Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise: "What's the point of studying? You just throw the ink on the opponent!"
"It's not that easy," Zhou Gongxian shook his head and said, "This ink is very special. If it leaves the inkstone, it will lose its effectiveness in the blink of an eye.
During a distant battle, if I throw the ink out and the ink is still in the air, it may not work.
During the close combat, I was not very skilled and had no chance to take out the inkstone."
Xu Zhiqiong suddenly realized: "So you just threw the inkstone over."
Zhou Gongxian nodded: "This method is quite difficult. I only realized it after repeated study. My inkstone is very accurate. If I can hit you, your soul will be sucked out by me. If I can't hit you, the ink splashed will fall on you."
I can take away your soul from you, but who would have thought that you would hide so far away..."
Speaking of this, Zhou Gongxian lamented again and again.
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Don't be sad. Think about how you became the Lord of Hell, and you will feel better!"
Zhou Gongxian said: "Once, because I was greedy for a little "criminal karma", which was only about three thousand taels, Zhang Yuanrui caught me and wanted to put me on death row.
In desperation, I fought with him and sucked out his soul with ink, and then let him disappear into ashes.
When people saw that I could use soul-draining techniques, they thought I had a fourth-grade cultivation level, and from then on I became Lord of Hell."
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "What do You Zhengxuan's relics look like?"
"It's hard to say," Judging from Zhou Gongxian's expression, it's hard to describe, "That's an eye. Sometimes it looks very big, sometimes it doesn't look so big, and sometimes it feels hard.
Sometimes it’s quite soft to the touch.”
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Do you touch it often?"
"You can't touch it often. If you touch it once, you will feel dizzy for a long time. Sometimes just looking at it will make you feel dizzy." Zhou Gongxian's expression gradually fell into a strange confusion. "Normally it won't move, but if you look at it for a long time, it will become dizzy."
I feel that the eyes are moving, and when I look at other things around me, I feel that they are different from before."
"Why is it different?"
Zhou Gongxian thought seriously and said: "Hei Wuchang Dai Huiqin is quite handsome and has a good figure, but after seeing those eyes and looking at her again, I feel that she is not handsome anymore.
Bai Wuchang Yu Yancai, this man is very scheming and vicious, but when I look at him after looking at him, I feel that this man has a good heart.
You Zhengxuan has been dead for so many years, and his bedroom has always been empty. That day I saw him by the window. He seemed to be still alive. I felt that he was alive, and I also saw that he was really alive..."
Every word Zhou Gongxian said seemed true.
However, Xu Zhiqiong heard some logical problems in his words.
"When did You Zhengxuan die?" Xu Zhiqiong asked.
"Eighteen years ago." Zhou Gongxian answered truthfully.
Eighteen years ago was a special time.
Just eighteen years ago, Master led Wu Xu, Lin Tianzheng, and Qiongqi's remnant soul in a bloody battle in Wanganhe.
Is this just a coincidence?
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Eighteen years ago, You Zhengxuan died. You exchanged You Zhengxuan's relics for an inkstone, endured it for two years, and became the Lord of Hell sixteen years ago?"
Zhou Gongxian nodded.
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "When did you meet Bai Wuchang Yu Yancai and Bai Wuchang Dai Huiqin?"
"We have known Yu Yancai for a long time. I got to know him before I became Lord of Yama. He became a Taoist in the same year as me.
Dai Huiqin is a junior. She has only been in Taoism for ten years. She is very talented. She was promoted to the fifth rank this year. I met her last year. I originally wanted to ask her to come to Yama Hall to serve me, but every time I look at those eyes and look at her again, I always feel...
I thought she was not handsome and not as good as the maids around me, so I didn’t want her..."
"Stop it!" There was a serious problem with the time logic. Xu Zhiqiong asked, "Have you seen that eye last year?"
Zhou Gongxian nodded: "I've seen it."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "You gave that eye to Jiao Yanjun eighteen years ago and changed it to an inkstone. How could you have seen that eye last year?"
Zhou Gongxian suddenly laughed: "There is a lot of mystery here! Do you want to know? If you want to know, just promise me something!"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "You want to live, right?"
Zhou Gongxian nodded: "Not only do I want to survive, I don't want to go to jail and suffer."
Xu Zhiqiong smiled: "Old ghost, you are very greedy, what do you want me to do?"
Zhou Gongxian said with an excited expression: "I want you to go to Huanyang Pavilion and help me get a Resurrection Pill and a body. There is a body there that is exactly like mine. I specially prepared it for myself.
After I reincarnate in this body, I will tell you the secret, and then I will leave the Yin Division immediately. From now on, you will make the decision in the Qiancheng Yin Division. You can make whatever rules you want.
I will return to the Yang world and continue to live my life, and I will have nothing to do with the underworld from now on, just treat me as if I have never cultivated in this life, what do you think?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head when he heard this and said, "Just because of your crazy words, I will spare your life. I'm afraid it's too cheap."
Zhou Gongxian said: "This is not crazy talk, this is a huge secret, and it is worth much more than my old life.
If you insist on torture, I will tell you the truth. When you can no longer endure the torture, I have a way to make myself disappear into ashes, so that no one will know this secret anymore."
Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and agreed: "Okay, just wait here."
After saying that, he left the side hall, and not long after, he walked in with a body.
"Is this it?"
When Zhou Gongxian saw his body, his soul became excited and wanted to get into the body, but was stopped by Xu Zhiqiong.
"You haven't said the secret yet."
Zhou Gongxian suppressed his desire for the body and said slowly: "Please listen carefully. The relics You Zhengxuan left for me are a pair of eyes, not just one, and You Yanjun only asked me to hand over one of them."
To his brother, that eye fell into the hands of Jiao Yanjun, and the other one has remained in the Yinsi."
Xu Zhiqiong's eyes lit up: "Are you serious?"
Zhou Gongxian said: "I am the only one who knows where the other eye is. Please let me resurrect it first, and I will take you to get it."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and handed the body and the Resurrection Pill to Zhou Gongxian.
Zhou Gongxian grabbed the Resurrection Pill, ate it, and then dove into his body.
After entering the body, Zhou Gongxian slowly opened his eyes and looked at Xu Zhiqiong silently.
Xu Zhiqiong leaned over and said: "You have come back to life, now take me to find the other eye."
Zhou Gongxian's throat squirmed and he said with difficulty: "I can't move now. If I move even a little bit, my soul will disperse. I'll tell you where the eyes are. Go get them yourself. If you can't get them, I can't leave either. You
Just kill me."
Xu Zhiqiong agreed, and put his ear close to listen to Zhou Gongxian slowly say: "That eye is in my bedroom on the seventh floor of Yama Hall.
I hung a painting beside the bed. You roll the scroll three times, then hang the scroll upside down. After half an hour, a secret compartment will open on the bed, and the eye will be in the secret compartment."
"I'm going to get it right away. Don't play any tricks. There are people guarding the door. If you dare to step out, I'll chop you with ten thousand knives." Xu Zhiqiong turned around and left the side hall.
Listening to the footsteps, Xu Zhiqiong had already walked away.
Zhou Gongxian, who seemed motionless at first, suddenly stood up and groped towards the desk in the side hall.
He turned the candlestick on the desk one and a half times, moved it left and right twice, and opened a secret door under the desk.
Zhou Gongxian walked into the secret door and walked all the way through the secret passage. Go east at the first intersection, go straight at the second intersection, and there are five forked roads at the third intersection. Zhou Gongxian chose the second one from the south.
In the fork in the road, Zhou Gongxian pressed down six bluestones on the stone wall and opened another secret door.
Behind the secret door is a dark room.
He entered the darkroom, moved a wooden box from the southeast corner to the southwest corner, and turned it around the corner three times. A piece of bluestone on the wall was slightly loose.
The other eye is behind the bluestone.
"Ma Shangfeng, you are so deceptive. Not only you, but even Jiao Yanjun couldn't take away the remaining eye."
Zhou Gongxian groped for the gap, trying to pull out the bluestone.
It would have been easy under normal circumstances, but Zhou Gongxian had just come back to life and couldn't exert any strength. After trying several times, the bluestone could not be pulled out.
While he was anxious, Xu Zhiqiong comforted him: "Don't worry, I'll help you."