From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Chu Xuan then asked, "Can a ghost and a human conceive?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhiwei's eyes widened, his gaze towards Zheng Zha and Fairy Loli filled with disbelief: "How much time has passed? Right in front of you?"

Chu Xuan nodded: "In front of me—"

"Don't fucking talk nonsense!"

Zheng Zha was furious. He glared at Chu Xuan and then revealed that he had entered the Heavenly Palace in the painting, but he concealed the main god's hint to prevent Chu Xuan from plotting anything. "That Heavenly Palace is constructed and composed of the radiance of the spiritual realm of heaven. Its time is different from that of the outside world, uh, this ghost realm... The fairies and gods in it are all the purest consciousness of a person when they are alive."

The Tao Te Ching says: Heaven attains oneness and becomes clear; Earth attains oneness and becomes tranquil; Spirit attains oneness and becomes divine.

Zhang Zhiwei's expression turned slightly serious. "The primordial spirit values ​​tranquility most. It seems that the Heavenly Palace in the Great Black Mountain is a place where one attains tranquility. Because the consciousness is pure and clear, there are no worries, and one can enjoy innocence."

As for the situation of the fairy Lolita—

Like a fairy who descended to the mortal realm, she entered the world, became tainted by worldly affairs, and was thus confused, restless, and beset by troubles.

Zheng Zha opened his mouth, at a loss for words.

Then Zhang Zhiwei said, "However, through her confirmation that there is a Heavenly Palace within the Great Black Mountain, I have some guesses about the purpose of that Underworld Emperor..."

the other side.

Zhan Lan, Zhang Jie, and Lu Renjia have already braved mountains of knives and seas of fire and climbed up a cliff.

Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie were alright, but Lu Renjia, who had just obtained Qi, was slightly out of breath. Looking up, he pointed into the distance and exclaimed, "Look!"

The two had already seen it.

In the distance, there was a cluster of pine trees, within which were several rather imposing houses. One could see—

The gate is draped with green cypress trees, and the house is near the green bamboo mountain.

A few pine trees stand tall and graceful, while several bamboo stalks are mottled and spotted.

Wild chrysanthemums bloom brightly against the fence, their beauty enhanced by the frost; orchids by the bridge reflect their crimson hue in the water.

The whitewashed walls warm the heart, and the brick enclosure provides comfort.

"How could there be such a normal and wealthy family in a place like this?" Zhang Jie thought it was abnormal.

"Go and see."

But Zhan Lan thought she should go and take a look.

Go ahead to dangers.

They had no choice.

Lu Renjia was unwilling to take the risk, but Zhang Jie scolded him, "Zheng Zha and the others are risking their lives to search for clues over Daheishan Mountain, and you still want to relax?"

You are a newcomer, that's true, but since you didn't choose to stay outside Yuhang City back then, and want to stay in the team, then follow orders!

Don't cause trouble!

Lu Renjia was too frightened to speak and could only obediently follow behind Zhang Jie and Zhan Lan, but his eyes were always fixed on the Desert Eagle at Zhang Jie's waist.

Zhang Jie had been hiding his true strength, so how could he not have noticed Lu Renjia's malice?

But they ignored it.

Although he was restricted by the main god, how could a mere newcomer who had just obtained Qi try to snatch the weapon from him?

dream.

Upon arriving at the grand gate of the wealthy household, Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie exchanged a glance, took a deep breath, and silently recited the Dharani of the Precious Box Seal. They focused their spirits on the point of light given to them by Jiang Liu, maintaining clarity of their primordial spirits and real-time communication with Zheng Zha and the others.

She walked to the door and raised her hand to knock.

Boom boom boom!

Who... is it?

A woman's voice came from inside the door, but it was low, hoarse, and even intermittent, as if her throat was damaged and a handful of shards of glass had been stuffed into it.

The sound was like shards of glass rubbing together, quite jarring.

Zhan Lan immediately became alert.

Zhang Jie also silently took out his Desert Eagle.

Lu Renjia was even more nervous, but he could only muster that negligible amount of Qi, turning his feet 45 degrees to the side, ready to run at any moment—

If there are ghosts in this "wealthy family", they are definitely more terrifying than the wandering ghosts he has encountered along the way. As a "newcomer", he should choose to leave!

# Chapter 353 Zheng Zha and the Others in Action (Part 9) Xiaoqian's Request

The door opened.

A beautiful woman walked out.

She was wearing a pair of long trousers with silver trim and red soles, covered with a light green vest, tied with a colorful goose-white brocade skirt, and paired with a pair of bright red embroidered shoes.

Her hair was styled in a traditional updo with a black gauze draped over her head, complemented by two-colored coiled dragon hairpins; a palace-style ivory comb shimmered with crimson and emerald hues, and two red gold hairpins were worn at an angle.

Although she is already a married woman, she is still as beautiful as a young woman of sixteen.

Unlike ordinary rich girls, she was like a celestial being descended to earth.

"Hello, we are travelers around the world. We are passing through this place and are very thirsty. We would like to ask for a bowl of water." Zhan Lan was stunned by the beautiful woman's appearance, because she looked almost identical to Zheng Zha's creation, a loli. However, Zheng Zha's creation had the heart of a loli, while the beautiful woman in front of him had the body of a mature woman.

But she quickly regained her composure and made up an excuse.

"Then come in..."

The beautiful woman smiled slightly, her voice hoarse and intermittent, and invited everyone into the courtyard. She then led them to the main hall and served them tea.

Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie looked at each other, not daring to actually drink the water from this ghostly realm. They just pretended to drink it. When the beautiful woman drank, they lifted their cups and tossed the tea inside behind them as if they had drunk it.

Tea time is over.

The beautiful woman asked, "May I ask where you all come from? And where are you headed in the Ghost Realm?"

Upon hearing the word "Ghost Realm," Zhan Lan was startled. After a moment's thought, she said, "I hope you know that we did indeed come from outside the Ghost Realm. For some reason, we arrived in this world as if we had returned to the past, or as if we had gone to the underworld. Do you know how to get out?"

[Speaking of which, Jiang Liu never said how to leave after entering, and the black pine forest that served as the entrance has already disappeared...]

"So that's how it is."

The beautiful woman smiled gently, her voice suddenly returning to normal, her tone melodious and pleasant. She said, "You don't need to call me 'master.' My surname is Nie, and my name is Xiaoqian. You can call me Madam Ning, or Xiaoqian."

Nie Xiaoqian?

Nie Xiaoqian!

Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie couldn't believe it, and Lu Renjia's mouth was agape, big enough to fit an egg.

Madam Ning, or rather, Nie Xiaoqian, was not puzzled that the three seemed to know her. She simply wept and said, "The three of you have mistakenly entered this place, just like my husband. But to get out is so difficult! So difficult! So difficult!"

"I hope Sister Xiaoqian can tell me the method." Upon hearing that the person in front of her was Nie Xiaoqian, Zhan Lan lowered her guard considerably, because she had read "A Chinese Ghost Story". No matter which version, Xiaoqian was not a bad person. However, perhaps due to the difference between ancient and modern values, a certain version of Nie Xiaoqian gave her a feeling of being a "green tea" (a manipulative woman).

But one thing is beyond doubt:

Regardless of the version, Nie Xiaoqian is a good person... a ghost!

Zhang Jie shared the same thought.

Needless to say, Lu Renjia stared intently at Nie Xiaoqian, seemingly quite excited, and the wisp of Qi within his body was already flowing downwards!

"To get out, you must obtain the Book of Life and Death, cross out your name, and then you can be resurrected," Nie Xiaoqian said.

"The Book of Life and Death?"

Zhan Lan was shocked, not expecting that this ghost realm actually had some knowledge of the "underworld".

"How do we obtain it?"

Zhang Jie hurriedly asked.

"I beg the three of you to do me a favor." Nie Xiaoqian did indeed kneel down.

This startled Lu Renjia, who rushed to help him up.

Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie dared not remain seated any longer and stepped forward together, both of them smelling a faint fragrance.

Zhan Lan's ancestral aperture had a light spot, and Zhang Jie's hidden strength was extremely strong, but neither of them paid attention to it. Only Lu Renjia was a little distracted. His internal energy flowed through the body in an instant, but the order of the energy flow was the opposite of normal. It went from the Jade Pillow to the spine and then to the coccyx.

"Tell me, what do you need our help with?"

Zhan Lan inquired.

"Help me find my two daughters—"

Nie Xiaoqian, weeping, recounted the cause, process, and outcome in detail.

original!

Within the Great Black Mountain lies a sacred realm, where one can enjoy boundless pleasure...

According to Nie Xiaoqian's description, she was originally a fairy in that sacred realm.

One day, a swordsman dressed as a scholar arrived, carrying a bronze statue of a rhinoceros with a crystal mirror on it that could reflect one's image and suppress evil spirits.

However, because the crystal mirror and the foundation stone of the sacred realm share the same origin, it caused spatial tremors, resulting in the complete manifestation of the ghost realm, which then disappeared into nature and became isolated from reality.

When the Ghost Realm first took shape, many people ventured into it due to the instability of the space, but most of them were devoured by the ghosts and monsters and later became ghosts themselves.

Driven by curiosity, Nie Xiaoqian ignored her grandmother's advice and left the sacred realm. However, she was blackmailed by a ghost who demanded that she seduce the scholar who had mistakenly wandered into the place, using her beauty and gold to lure him and devour his vital essence.

Until one day, a scholar named Ning Caichen arrived, unmoved by her beauty or greed for gold, and rescued her from the clutches of the Eastern Demon Judge—

“I intended to lead my benefactor away from the Ghost Realm, but at that very moment the Ghost Realm completely merged into nature and was no longer connected to the outside world.”

Nie Xiaoqian sobbed, "My benefactor can't get out now. Even if he did, he would die a violent death, because he's entered the Ghost Realm and is now a 'living dead,' which is against the laws of the mortal world..."

Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie knew that Ning Caichen's fate, representing the "past," had been severed after he entered the Ghost Realm. If a person loses information about the "past," it's like a bug in a program—it can exist, but it absolutely needs to be fixed so as not to affect the rules of the world.

"...So I led him to this place."

The core of the Ghost Realm, which is the location of the Great Black Mountain, corresponds to the Yang Fish Yin Eye of a natural Yin-Yang treasure land in the outside world. This area corresponds to the Yin Fish Yang Eye, which is the location of Beiguo County. Because this place is Yin within Yang, I can build a manor, transforming my husband's mother and wife into my husband's sister.

When the wife of the man I had transformed into passed away, I married him and became his wife, bearing him a son.

Afterwards, the mother of my husband, whom I had conjured, passed away. I then found a peony fairy to be my husband's concubine, and she and I had two more sons for him.