All living beings in hell

Chapter 127 - Takato Ri-kun
The lotus lantern at the entrance was lit up, and the office welcomed No.80 guests.

A client with a feathered face and a hooked nose like an eagle's beak enters the office barefoot.The guest has a pair of giant wings with feathers, and the thick feathers of brown piebald cover the wings layer by layer, like thick clothes, like armor.His long hair is braided behind him, his chest reaches to his left arm, and he has a red totem tattoo.The totem is very abstract, like auspicious clouds and waves.When he got closer, I saw a pair of Ling Ran's eyes hidden behind the facial feathers.Gray blue, fierce but calm.

"Hello, what should I call you?"

"I am Yingren Lijun, and I have met the writing master." Yingren clasped his fists with both hands, exuding a heroic spirit.

I signaled Li-jun to sit down, and then wrote his name on the paper: "Li-jun, why are you looking for me today?"

"My lord, do you still remember Alan?"

"Oh? Remember, what's wrong?"

"I've been guarding the entrance of the Heavenly Court all year round. That day I saw a monster in thick armor barge into the South Heaven Gate. I tried to persuade him but didn't listen, so I was executed on the spot."

I was a little surprised: "You killed Al Lan?"

"Exactly, his physical body has been destroyed in front of the Nantian Gate. As for where his spiritual consciousness goes, I don't know."

"Bring this up to me, why?"

"Alan gave me a number plate before he died. I dedicated this number plate to Marshal Li Tianwang, but the lord said that I can hold this card to play in hell and visit the hell's scribe. I have never left the heaven before I go down , I am very happy to have this opportunity to travel! I am not familiar with this hell, so I want to visit you first, my lord."

"Understood, so you are on vacation now."

"Exactly, this is a rare vacation in the millennium, and I cherish it very much."

"Drink tea or drink? They are all specialties of hell, don't come here for nothing."

"Wine, it must be wine."

Li Jun grinned, the feathers on his face fluffed up, and his head swelled up.

I poured wine for myself and Li Jun, and took a sip.Li Jun picked up the earthenware bowl, gulped down the strong wine, and coughed repeatedly because of the heat.

"This! This hell's wine! It's so spicy!"

"Naturally, the sweetness does not come from the heavenly nectar."

Li Jun coughed for a long time, repeatedly hitting his chest.After finally recovering, he took another big sip.This time he didn't cough, and his whole face was flushed, as if he was already overwhelmed by alcohol.

"Drink slowly, we have to talk for a while." I quickly comforted.

Li Jun put down the wine bowl, and coughed a few more times: "Yes, everything is fresh to me, and I feel fresh when I taste it. Although this wine is spicy, it does not have a rough flavor compared to the elegant wines of heaven. .I am very happy!"

"Well, as long as you like it. Where are you going to play next?"

"As soon as I came to hell, I went straight here because I am really not familiar with hell. I don't have a referral and I am embarrassed to disturb other officials. Only your number plate allows me to at least temporarily have a place to stay. Next, go to Where, I haven't figured it out yet."

"I'm not here for a long time. After all, I'm on official business, and I still have to receive guests one by one. After you, there are 81 guests in line. I'm sorry, but I can't let you stay here forever."

"I understand, of course I understand this. Li Jing told me that you are an open-minded person who can talk to you about anything. I wonder if my lord would like to hear about my affairs?"

"Of course, it's my job to listen to stories, please tell me."

"Since I can remember, I have lived in the Heavenly Court. I have received various Taoism and martial arts exercises. It has been thousands of years since I was a heavenly soldier and then a guard at the Nantian Gate. My friends who have practiced martial arts since childhood are all They have already left the Heavenly Court, some have been reincarnated, and some have been assigned to be officials elsewhere. Only me, who has been going around for thousands of years, is still in the Heavenly Court.”

"You don't want to continue to be an official in the Heavenly Court?"

"No, my lord, I don't mean that. I like my job and my life in Heaven. If I have the opportunity to travel and see other places, that would be the icing on the cake. I don't have any complaints about guarding the gate, and I don't feel bored. Occasionally, I can meet a powerful opponent like Al Lan who has fought with me for more than a dozen rounds. If I can kill the opponent smoothly, then I feel that my position is very meaningful."

"Sounds good."

Li Jun's wine bowl is empty, so I will refill it for him.The feathers on Yingman's wings became soft under the appeasement of the spirits, and they were no longer as tight as when they first entered the door.

"But, sometimes I feel that I am too unmotivated."

"Not self-motivated? How do you say that?"

"Think about it, all the friends I grew up with were sent to be promoted, or went to the human world to practice, and I was the only one left in the heaven. Thousands of years have passed, and I am just a goalkeeper. On the commander-in-chief I am not interested in soldiers and horses at all. I think it is more interesting to look at a door. I have never cared about high officials and high salaries. In this place, Tianting, if you don’t eat, you won’t be hungry, and if you don’t sleep, you won’t be tired. Apart from making people jealous, what is the use of high officials and rich salary?"

"Yes, I agree. No matter what the official position is, it is best for you to feel comfortable."

"But sometimes, I still feel faintly worried. Do I need to be more aggressive? I see those boys who are memorizing in front of the Nantian Gate, so hardworking. There are also generals and soldiers who are practicing in front of the gate day after day, tired. Panting. They all seem to have a lot of things to do, as if only me, the guard, is an idler, the most idler in the heaven."

"Is there anything wrong with being leisurely?"

"It's good to be leisurely, but sometimes it makes me feel useless."

"What if you feel useless?"

"I'm worried, and I think about things like cultivation. But when it's time to practice, I can't cheer up at all."

"Is cultivation a must-do daily routine for you Heavenly Soldiers and Generals?"

"Basic training, such as raising energy, practicing, chanting scriptures, etc., of course, this kind of training is necessary. More training, such as practicing a spell other than your own job, improving your own morality, this category is It belongs to additional practice. Any spell cultivation requires a lot of time and energy, and it is not something that can be easily done. The gods who can do it are quite self-motivated, unlike me, alas."

"Do you want to be self-motivated and do those extra disciplines?"

"I want to, but I don't want to."

"Why so contradictory?"

"I thought, if I force myself to practice hard, maybe I don't have to rely on beheading intruders to get a little sense of accomplishment. But I also thought that there is no end to cultivation. It was very difficult to stop at the beginning. And this is not something that must be done, I am quite content to be my own goalkeeper now, not to the point where I cannot go on as a last resort.”

"That's true, and your heavenly generals have a very long lifespan. Even if your physical body is gone, your spiritual consciousness can usually be preserved quite well. There is no threat of lifespan. It really seems that everything can be done slowly. There is no rush. Not slow."

"The lifespan of our Yingren clan is not as long as that of the gods, but it is indeed quite long. It is also like what the adults said, the loss of the physical body does not necessarily mean death, it is just another way of existence."

"I think you take cultivation seriously."

Li Jun drank another half bowl of wine, and I continued to refill it for him.

"How do you say that, my lord?"

"Cultivation is indeed endless, but that doesn't mean you can't stop once you start. It's precisely because there is no goal, no result, and no time to rush, so you can try it whenever you want to start, and stop if you want to stop. It’s free. Even if you start to practice a spell, and you don’t like it halfway through, just stop.”

"Some spells cannot be stopped once they start, they must be completed, otherwise it is easy to go crazy."

"If you don't want to practice the kind of spells that must be perfect, change to something else that is easier. There should be spells that can be practiced at any time."

"Yes, there is, but when I practice that kind of spell, I always feel that something is missing."

"Lack of a sense of accomplishment? Isn't it more enjoyable than beheading a traitor?"

"Yes! There is no sense of accomplishment! There is no such thing as sitting through the whole thing in one go!"

"The sense of accomplishment is just a by-product of cultivation. As the saying goes, practicing the Dharma is not the Dharma, and practicing the Tao is not the Tao."

"Then what is the purpose of practicing?"

"Everyone's pursuit of cultivation is different. What is the purpose of your cultivation?"

"Living in Heaven."

"Then your goal has been achieved."

"Maybe I want to be more powerful, maybe I want to be in command, who knows, hiccup."

Li Jun hiccupped, he seemed to be [-]% drunk.

"So you don't know what you want."

"I know, but I don't know."

"This state is very good, and we have been exploring."

Li Jun hiccupped several times in a row, and his speech became intermittent: "This... this wine... can't drink any more... it's strong... it's strong."

"That's right, don't get too drunk. If you pass out drunk on the roadside in hell, it's not as safe as heaven. Although lonely ghosts may not dare to take a heavenly general, there will always be one or two thorns who will think about it." Come here to provoke me. At that time, if you use the power of alcohol to make some noise in hell, it is estimated that you will not be able to go back to heaven."

"My lord... hiccup... my lord, don't worry. I, I, the wine is very good." Li Jun patted his chest and said firmly.

I still replaced Li Jun's wine with bitter tea, hoping that the bitterness would make him sober up quickly.Li Jun took a sip of hot tea, frowned, and swallowed reluctantly.

"This tea is interesting."

"What's so interesting?"

"Although it's bitter, it's not astringent. When the tea is swallowed in the stomach, the bitterness reaches the Tianling Gai, which is a breakthrough."

"Then drink more and sober up."

"My lord! I've said it all, I'm fine," Li Jun's belch was also dissolved by the tea, "What were we talking about just now?"

"After leaving my office, where do you plan to go next?"

"I'm going to visit Hades' Great Hall, and then Suicide Cliff. It is said that there is a place at the end of hell called 'The Land of the Fallen Gods', and I want to see it too."

"Sounds like it's going to be quite an enriching journey."

"Where is the writer's favorite place in this hell?"

"I love walking by the Sea of ​​Blood."

"The sea of ​​blood is extremely stinky, and the waves are full of broken limbs and broken arms. The broken bones on the bone beach are sharp, and if you are not careful, you will scratch the soles of your feet. Why do adults like this kind of place?"

I smiled: "Probably because I have been in hell for a long time, as long as it is a place where there is a small wind, I feel relaxed and happy."

"You hell officials are quite sinister."

"Speaking of which, do you plan to practice diligently after you return to Heaven?"

"Cultivation, let's talk about it later. Maybe one day I can't bear it anymore, and I will start to practice myself."

"Yes, maybe now is not the time."

"Now, it's time for me, Li-jun, to have fun!"

Hawkman spread his wings, which were so huge that they could span the entire space of the office horizontally.

"Then you go and have fun."

"Thank you sir!"

Li Jun cupped his hands at me, and a nameless wind rose from his bare feet.The wind swirled upwards, holding up the pair of giant piebald wings.The wind intensified, and the huge wings were folded and wrapped around the body like cannonballs.Li Jun kicked the floor hard, and his whole body was ejected from the skylight of the office like a dragon going out to sea.I looked up through the skylight and saw a figure of an eagle high in the sky.Accompanied by the mournful howl of the eagle, the figure flew into the depths of hell.

(End of this chapter)