I become a god in another world

Chapter 724 Heading to Lizhou
Chapter 724

As Granny Xu spoke, the Fengdu Ghost Domain, along with the ghost fire, disappeared. After the Ghost Domain disappeared, the ghostly figure of Fengdu reappeared beside Zhao Fusheng and then returned to its divine position.

Once the hell had recovered, Zhao Fusheng finally relaxed, looked at the raging fire spreading throughout Wuqing County, and softly responded:
"it is good."

However, Xu Yu's eyes were damaged by the backlash of a vengeful ghost, and no doctor in the human world knew if they had any way to cure her.

Both sides knew the answer, but they just didn't say it aloud.

Zhao Fusheng remained silent for a moment, then looked around at Kuai Manzhou.

Not far from her, a 'monster' covered in vines lay prostrate on the ground.

Perhaps sensing Zhao Fusheng's gaze, the 'monster' raised its head.

It has a deformed human body, but numerous vines pierce through its trunk and limbs, and thick ghost vines wrap around its head, making it resemble a 'cow' head.

Several strands of ghost vine intertwined and twisted into two curved bull horns.

On its back, there was a huge black hole. Through the rotten, withered flesh and tendons, you could see that its internal organs had long been devoured and empty, and blackness was slowly seeping out from inside—this was proof that it had been marked by Kuai Manzhou and had walked the ghost path.

The reason it is still alive is purely because it cleared the path to the underworld for Kuai Manzhou.

"Master Wu."

Zhao Fusheng sighed silently.

As soon as she finished speaking, dark tears welled up in Wu Ciping's large, dark eyes.

The two belong to different eras, but they meet by chance because of the same ghost case.

Zhao Fusheng recalled that in Baili Temple, Wu Ciping mustered up his courage and followed the others to Wuqing County.

He went there together, ostensibly to retrieve his accumulated gold, but in reality, he probably wanted to find a way to survive.

Unfortunately, this ghost story was far more cruel than he had imagined.

His consciousness was not yet extinguished, but his physical body had long been absorbed by the Ghost Tree, leaving only a shell.

Cheng Mengyin's curse before her death transformed into a law, turning her into a monster.

This man was once a general in the Zhenmo Division of Lizhou, holding a command in his region. Who would have thought he would end up like this?

Zhao Fusheng paused for a moment, then looked at Wu Ciping:
"Lord Wu, your situation is special right now—"

Having resolved the major incident, Zhao Fusheng finally had time to deal with the karmic entanglement between himself and Wu Ciping:

"You yourself are a ghost tamer, and although you are connected to the Ghost Tree, but—" Zhao Fusheng paused, glancing at Wu Ciping:
"But you are marked by a whole week of vengeful ghosts."

Kuai Manzhou is associated with a living shrine and has also suppressed one of the six paths of reincarnation. He has some karmic connection with the Ghost Tree.

Therefore, the moment she marked Wu Ciping, she indirectly suppressed the power of the Ghost Tree on Wu Ciping's body.

Furthermore, since the Ghost Tree was eventually imprisoned in the Ghost Realm of Fengdu and suppressed by Zang Junji, Wu Ciping escaped a calamity and did not suffer the same fate as the hundreds of thousands of other ghost followers in Wuqing County.

This also shows that Wu Ciping was able to survive.

Although his current state is deformed and bizarre, he is alive and well and still conscious.

Zhao Fusheng briefly explained what had happened:
"If you wish to leave Wuqing County now, I can take you with me—"

She paused for a moment, her gaze calm, trying to meet Wu Ciping's eyes:

"But I am only human, not a god. I can only guarantee your life and ensure you will have enough to eat and wear for the rest of your life—"

At this point, Zhao Fusheng suddenly felt like laughing.

Wu Ciping is now in a state that is neither human nor ghost. His body has long been destroyed, and his skin can be easily pierced with a light touch. His internal organs are empty, and he is like a walking corpse.

He cannot feel hot or cold, and does not need food.

The four seasons are irrelevant to him. What benefit would it bring him if I offered to ensure he had enough to eat and wear? It would be nothing but empty words.

Thinking of this, she felt quite melancholy and could only remain silent.

After the initial shock, Wu Ciping calmed down.

He was conscious but unable to speak. After a while, he suddenly made a 'moo' sound from his nostrils and then turned his head to look at a certain place.

Wu Ciping pawed at the ground with his limbs, making a rapid sound.

The direction he pointed to was shrouded in flames, where a half-collapsed house stood, half of its beams broken and half of its walls collapsed, revealing the rotting furnishings inside.

Zhao Fusheng was struck by inspiration:
"Is this your former residence in Wuqing County?"

'Moo.'

Wu Ciping nodded.

He is unable to speak and can only communicate through body language.

Zhao Fusheng makes another guess:

"Is the gold you once hid hidden here?"

Wu Ciping nodded again.

Zhao Fusheng released hell, and shadows cascaded down, enveloping the direction he was pointing.

The next moment, the three appeared in the ruins.

Zhao Fusheng collected the will-o'-the-wisps in the ruins and put them into hell. The flames went out, and Wu Ciping, on all fours, awkwardly rushed into the fire.

He made his way strangely through the ruins, and after a short while, he stopped at a corner.

Even though the house was long gone, he still remembered where the gold was hidden.

Wu Ciping banged his head against the ruined wall.

With a series of 'bangs', a large amount of soil was spilled.

The echoes carried far and wide, and dust and mist rose up in a cloud of smoke.

As the wall collapsed, Wu Ciping, covered in dust, began digging at the soil with his forefingers.

Before long, his fingernails made a 'clanging' sound, as if he had scratched something hard.

Wu Ciping raised his hand and slammed it down.

The hand wrapped in the ghost vine was hoof-shaped and smashed the hard object open, revealing several jars wrapped in red cloth inside.

Tears welled up in Wu Ciping's eyes, and he made a mooing sound.

Seeing that he was only scratching the cloth with his hooves but was unable to open it, Zhao Fusheng stepped forward and tore the cloth open for him, revealing the jar inside.

The lid of the jar was opened, revealing it to be full of gold ingots. Wu Ciping's eyes lit up with satisfaction upon seeing the gold.

After a while, he suddenly spread his hooves and lay down on the gold, dark brown tears streaming from his big eyes.

After a long while, he pushed the jar toward Zhao Fusheng and touched her foot.

"Are you going to give me this gold?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

Wu Ciping nodded.

"Moo-"

He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Cheng Mengyin's curse ruined him, and this grudge can never be resolved with Cheng Mengyin's death.

A look of dejection flashed in Wu Ciping's eyes, which then returned to calm.

He was determined to die.

Living like this, neither human nor ghost, is also painful. He pointed to the gold on the ground, then pointed to his own head, and looked at Zhao Fusheng with a pleading expression.

You want me to kill you?

Zhao Fusheng asked.

Wu Ciping nodded again: 'Moo.'

"Have you made up your mind?"

Wu Ciping paused for a moment, then nodded.

Years ago, the moment he stepped into Wuqing County, he had already died from a ghostly calamity. He was only alive today by sheer luck.

He had so much to say, but he could no longer speak.

Moreover, decades have passed, and all those who knew him back then have died one by one. Even Feng Du, whom he knew best, died not long ago after being resurrected by a vengeful ghost.

What's the point of living like this?

He lowered his head, quietly awaiting death. Zhao Fusheng watched him kneeling on the ground for a long time. Several jars of gold, carefully hidden by Wu Ciping, were placed beside him. The incident in Wuqing County had caused such a great uproar, yet this gold remained untainted. It had witnessed the ghost case and was perhaps a complete survivor of it.

After a while, she summoned the underworld messenger, Horse-Face.

The law of the Six Paths of Reincarnation has been established, and the law of vengeful ghosts will naturally be determined by them.

The duties of the underworld messenger, Horse-Face, are to capture evil spirits and suppress ghosts.

If it believes Wu Ciping is a ghost, then it will take action.

Horse-faced demon wielding a curved sword has appeared.

It sensed Wu Ciping's presence and immediately strode forward.

The dark blue finger marks gripped Wu Ciping's neck, and the underworld official swiftly severed a bull's head, holding it in his hand.

Wu Ciping's ghostly body was disintegrated, and the remaining corpse fell to the ground and turned into black mist. In an instant, the ghostly accomplices were revived.

The moment it revived, Zhao Fusheng opened Hell, and the sealed ghost realm appeared.

The law of the six realms of reincarnation forms an absolute order.

The headless ghost couldn't help but walk towards the Gate of Hell. Granny Xu, who guarded the gate, appeared, saw this scene, and then disappeared into the shadows.

The gate to the underworld, which only allows entry but not exit, opened silently. The ghost accomplice entered the ghost realm. In the dark abyss, a boatman rowed a ghost boat out of the abyss and led Wu Ciping's ghost accomplice into the boat.

The direction it was heading towards was the Pool of Reincarnation, where Meng Po, who had prepared the soup, was waiting for it. After it finished drinking the soup, she would send it into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, where it would await the next step of the law.

……

Everything is settled.

Zhao Fusheng invited the ghost messenger, Horse Face, back to his place, then held the bull's head in his hand and examined it for a long time.

“You were once a great general of the Demon Suppression Division, and you held sway over a region. It is unfair for you to end up like this after your death.”

She thought for a while:

“I will find you a suitable corpse. In life, you were a general who suppressed evil spirits. You should have some dignity in death.”

After saying that, Zhao Fusheng continued to speak to himself:
"Now that I have the underworld messenger Horse-Face, I can also have an underworld messenger Ox-Head."

When the two ghosts are paired up, they can become her right-hand men, suppressing evil spirits and capturing ghosts for her.

As soon as she finished speaking, she already knew what to expect.

"Manzhou, guess if I've found a good place for Wu Ciping's head?"

"Hehehe." The child's soft laughter echoed through the dead city of Wuqing County. After a moment, Kuai Manzhou said expressionlessly:
"Shilipo, Qiao Yuesheng".

"That's right!" Zhao Fusheng opened Hell, took the bull's head into it, and temporarily suppressed it.

The power of the Ghost Prison caused the revived ghost head to fall into a deep sleep.

Zhao Fusheng took the child's hand:

"Manzhou is so smart."

Hehehe.

The child laughed again.

The sound was particularly eerie in the empty, dead city.

Zhao Fusheng smiled too, but after a moment her lips drooped weakly. Her gaze fell on the bloody hole in the child's forehead, and she reached out to touch it.
"Does it hurt at the full week?"

Kuai Manzhou tilted his head and looked up at her, then shook his head after a long while:
"No pain."

Zhao Fusheng gently patted her head, and after a long while, he whispered:

"Man-joo, I'm sorry."

The child pressed his face against her thigh and rubbed it against her twice, then shook his head nonchalantly.

She took out a string of copper coins from her small purse, shook it a few times, and the coins clinked together. Then she handed it to Zhao Fusheng.
"Fusheng, don't cry, buy some candy."

After saying that, he stuffed the copper coin into Zhao Fusheng's hand:

"I'll buy you candy."

The copper coin was cold, yet it carried the comforting scent of a child. Zhao Fusheng stared at the coin for a long time, then suddenly burst out laughing.

She gripped the money tightly in her palm, then casually slipped it into her pocket, and responded with a soft "Yes."
"Okay! It's definitely not good to keep too much money on a child. I'll keep it for you for now—"

The child nodded blankly.

……

The vague guilt that had been looming between the large and small figures disappeared, replaced by an intimacy that was no different from before.

Looking at the burning Wuqing County, Zhao Fusheng said:
"We also need to leave this place first."

Over the course of several decades, Wuqing County was completely destroyed, and the number of corpses was countless. Granny Xu's ghost fire could not spread throughout Wuqing County. The only way to clean up the mess was to have local government officials organize manpower.

"First go to the prefecture, then head to the capital."

The ghost car took Liu Yizhen and the others away, and Zhao Fusheng was not worried about their safety.

The Night Wanderer's laws prioritize finding Magistrate Pei at the end of March next year, and will only implement their own laws after that—from this perspective, Liu Yizhen and the others are safe until March next year.

The most pressing issue is the more difficult situation in Wuqing County.

"Man Zhou, use the path of ghosts to pave the way." As she spoke, she summoned the two ghosts, Wang and Jiang:

"The two Earth Gods have appeared and are ready to obey your command."

As soon as the Investiture of the Gods appeared, the two ghosts, Wang Zhiyi and Jiang Jinshan, appeared beside Zhao Fusheng.

She looked at Kuai Manzhou:

"Full week, can you tag them?"

The child nodded expressionlessly.

The ghostly figure of Zhuang Si Niangzi appeared behind her, followed by a series of knocking sounds. Suddenly, a faint temple appeared above the heads of the two local earth spirits, protecting them.

However, Kuai Manzhou's power seemed to have advanced during the series of ghost cases on his way to the capital.

Zhuang Si Niangzi's power broke through the temple's seal and struck the back of the two earth gods.

The sound of the knocking disturbed the spirits, and they were immediately marked by Zhuang Si Niangzi.

Wang and Jiang had visited Lizhou Prefecture in those years.

As Kuai Manzhou opened the Ghost Path and set the target path, the two ghost gods immediately stepped onto the Ghost Path and began to lead the way.

Zhao Fusheng and Kuai Manzhou held hands and followed behind the ghosts and gods.

……

At the same time, a terrifying tremor was also felt within the Zhenmo Division of Lizhou Prefecture.

It was as if a terrifying beast was lurking beneath the ground. The moment the beast turned over, the roof beams of the prefecture shook, and the mud walls of many people collapsed, eliciting desperate cries.

Inside the Demon Suppression Division, everyone was alarmed.

The ordinary messengers, unaware of the situation, thought they had encountered a once-in-a-century earthquake;

The ghost tamer, however, was much more perceptive; he noticed that the malevolent energy continued to linger after the earthquake.

"G-ghost trouble?!"

A demon tamer, his face filled with terror, looked in the direction of the sound:
"That's... to the southeast, in Wuqing Prefecture—" As soon as he finished speaking, the man realized something:
"Something has happened in Wuqing County? Go quickly and fetch Lord Huang."

"Lord Huang" is a Jin general in Lizhou Prefecture, and he commands ghosts that have reached the level of Calamity.

At this time, a major incident occurred in Wuqing County, and the evil aura had even spread to Lizhou Prefecture, indicating that this incident in Wuqing County was definitely not a trivial matter.

As they were talking, the envoy was horrified to see a shadow sweep across the ground.

Thick black vines, like pythons whose heads and tails could not be seen, coiled and slithered across the ground, suddenly passing under the messenger's feet.

As the ghostly figures surged, immense terror descended. The ghost tamer didn't even have time to dodge, and immediately let out a desperate cry:

"what--"

The ghost vine emerged from the ground, and the messengers standing beside him also saw it.

Everyone's face showed extreme horror. The ghost vines entangled everyone. The plaque above the Demon Suppression Division emitted a faint light, but as soon as the three large characters 'Demon Suppression Division' on it lit up, the light went out after a moment, as if it were covered by a thick layer of dust.

(End of this chapter)