She couldn't remember how she died.
Was she beheaded in the street market, or died on the bed out of old age...?
She couldn't even remember that.
Four immortals grabbed the iron chain tied to her body, and she couldn't help being dragged forward by them as the iron chain stubbornly clung onto her skinny hands.
There are countless side roads beside the road, and many newly dead people who are like her in plain white robes, were dragged forward by other immortals. Some were crying and some were laughing, and some were muttering something to themselves. All in one, everyone of them knew what was in front of them and what price they would have to pay.
However, no matter how much they regretted their death, they would be consumed by this deadly atmosphere and after drinking the water from river of forgetfulness, they would be straight pushed into the river of forgetfulness.
In the end, they can only silently follow the sequence of life and death, and pass through the distant gate of the city of the deads. The immortal, who led her forward stopped and waited for the entry.
She raised her eyes lazily, looking at the gloomy sky, looking at the blazing fire, and then looking at the bright red flower, which only blooms ones-in-a thousand-years. The flower is like a dragon's claw, and besides enchanting, it still carries a trace of hideousness.
She was staring in a daze, but heard a few immortals talking behind her say: "I don't know how long it will take to wait for them to go. The new ghosts are very noisy. It's better to feed them some water from the river of forgetfulness water first. Anyway, they still have to drink when it comes to reincarnation."
River of Forgetfulness? When she turned her head, she saw that a immortal took out a dark wine urn from his arms, walked to the side of the road, and pushed aside the red flowers, revealing a clear river.
She can't say what colour the river water is, she just feels it was blinding to her eyes, and it contained many strange wonders.
A immortal took an urn full of the water from that river, walked over and pinched another ghost's mouth open, regardless of his cry, forcibly poured it down. The ghost cried hard first, and slowly, but stopped moving, a dazed and sluggish expression appeared on his face, like a new-born baby.
Feeding several ghosts in this way, the tragic sound of crying gradually ceased. Seeing some water left in the wine urn, she couldn't help but curiously stretch out her hand. "Let me see." She said.
The immortal looked at her up and down with contempt, and sneered: "So bold, dare to talk to me this way. You talk to me again, the consequence will be dire."
But, she just innocently stretched out her hand and said again: "Let me see." This time the immortal didn't even speak, and raised his hand and summoned a sword out of thin air and was ready to hit her, but was hurriedly stopped by the other immortals escorting her.
"STOP RIGHT NOW! Do you know who she is?! Don't be reckless!" The immortal, who was going to hit her, still refused to accept it, and sneered disdainfully: "I want to know who she is! If it is a noble immortal, how can she be tied up with a soul chain, when only sinners will be tied with a soul chain?"
Several other immortals, who knew the whole story, on the side dragged him aside and whispered quietly: "Just because she is a ghost now doesn't mean you can just mess with her and she is quiet because her powers are sealed, otherwise who would dare to tie her up with a soul chain? And her soul is restrained by the soul chain, otherwise she will teach you how to die at this moment."
The evil spirit was baffled, and he turned his head to look at her carefully, only to find that she was beautiful, but her expression was dazed, but there were occasional anger and sadness between her eyebrows, which was really strange. Seeing that she still stretched out her hand to ask for the wine urn, now that he couldn't do anything to her, he could only pass it her obediently.
She opened the lid and hurriedly stuffed her hands in to the urn and touched the water inside her hands. Once the water moved, they were fragments of her life, all memories from before her life.
She touched the water again, but it is the memory of a young girl and boy, the girl did not commit any evil but suffered because of her family so she took revenge and in the end the young man took all the blame for her and killed himself.
Then the scene changed, the same young boy appeared, but this time he was being beheaded and the same young lady sitting on a carriage coldly looked at him.
And again there was a boy and girl, the girl got her dagger and pointed it on his chest. The boy was crying and there was slight smile on his face, he also mumbled something: "I am willing...to die...if you want me to die..." The girl was also crying but there was same anger between her brows. Suddenly, she gripped the dagger and forcefully dug it in his chest and that's it; he died.
But the girl didn't left, she stayed there and took a bit of blood and underneath the boy's left eye, she made a bloodstain and sadly looked at him and left.
She only felt that these fragments were familiar but unfamiliar. As if they belonged to her by weren't hers.
She wanted to know how she died and what she did before, when she was alive.
For some reason, she just couldn't remember anything as her past lives were some kind of illusion.
Seeing her seemingly unclear state of mind, the immortals couldn't help but panic. This person is the big buddha and with her knowledge, who knows she might get her power back and it will not be easy to deal with when she has seen through them at this time. The immortal had forcefully supressed the panic in his heart and squeezed a smile out and said, "Girl, come in quickly. Why don't you wait for it to be inside and the judge judges you from the life and death book?"
She nodded obediently, and returned the wine urn to that immortal. The four immortals took her as quickly as possible, and in a blink of an eye she came to the towering and gorgeous city gate of the Gods.
Two huge dark strange guardian guarded the door of the city gate, and when they saw them, they stopped. "Bring the brand."
One of the immortal hastily smiled and pulled out a vermilion sign with her name and important events in her life written on it. The guardian, whose face was cold as the winter, glanced at the girl's face briefly, as his cold face changed slightly, and then he looked at her carefully, the girl didn't know what to do at all, and so she only lowered her head to play with her her clothes.
"Isn't she conscious yet? How can I tie her up?" The guardian kept his voice low so the girl wouldn't be able to hear him. Yin Che, one of the immortals, shook his head, and showed him some kind of sign. The guardian suddenly understood, he looked at her scrupulously, retreated to the sides, and coldly said, "Please come in."
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The Immortals carried the heavy soul chain and pulled her in cautiously. However, there are many pavilions in the city, and the city of the deads are no different from the original world, but the residents here are all shameless, and there are occasional old ghosts as assistants to open teahouses, and they are all people who can't go on the wheel of reincarnation anymore.
She only felt that everything was very fresh, she smiled interested and examined the city properly, but forgot about the river of forgetfulness.
After being dragged for a while, she had been led to the front of a gorgeous platform. The layers of blue tiles on the platform spread upward like the wings of a phoenix. Auspicious clouds shrouded above, floating over the platform in silence, and layers of emerald green buildings, it was really a wonder in the world.
"Girl, please come in." The servants respectfully invited her in. Two of the immortals loosened the chains on her waist, went to the middle door and returned to the judge. The other two stayed guarding her, waiting in the hall.
A little devil with a strange blue face and sharp fangs and long horns brought the tea over in panic. She saw that the horns on the top of the little devil's head was so strange that she couldn't help but reach out to touch it. The little devil's blue face paled in fright.
Yin Che hurriedly made the kid go away, and said with a somewhat helpless smile: "Don't mind that kid girl, he hasn't seen the world yet, he is just on duty for today. Just spare him once." Though she didn't know what was going on, nevertheless she still nodded her head, and said, "I just think the horns on his head is interesting, can't I touch it?" The immortal only gave a wry smile, and said in his heart: You are the nemesis of the devils and demons, who dares to let you touch them?
The two immortals, who went back to their work, gave the official document of life and death to the judge, and the silver bearded judge also pondered for a while, not knowing what to do. After a while, he asked in a deep voice, "How did you chain her?"
Yin Che replied: "My Lord, since she is a human being, her soul was naturally chained after she died."
"Foolish!" The judge frowned, "Who asked you this! Don't you know who she was in her previous life!"
Yin Che quickly laughed and said: "My Lord is wise and Yin Che is confused. It is said that she shouldn't be handcuffed with a soul chain, but she died in the mortal world, when she was a human. If she was not chained, it would be against the law of Heaven, so we had to do that. Now, I have to ask the Lord, where should she enter the cycle this time?"
The judge touched his silver beard, considered for a long time and then hesitantly said: "Self-decision...It seems she still hasn't gotten the right way....yet.
She's too hostile and angry towards the world, and she still needs training. This time, she will go the same way and work harder until she is enlightened. So far. If she is not wise, she needs to continue to judge herself...and next time you let her plunge into the realm of hell and let her fend for herself!"
Yin Che was going down to take this decree back, but he suddenly heard a voice from the curtains: "Wait."
Yin Chai and the silver bearded judge hurriedly turned around and bowed down, saying: "Long Live The Great Emperor Bai Lin."
The calm voice said: "I feel that suffering may not be able to enlighten her. Her character is like this that the more she suffers the more resentful she gets, if her cycle of suffering continues like this, then I am afraid that her consciousness will be over taken by the.....evil sprit."
The judge lowered his head in ignorance and said, "I wonder what the Emperor means?"
Bai Lin pressed his lips into a thin line and spoke: "The previous lives, which were meant to giver her happiness, instead gave her pain and suffering, but the result is unclear, I am afraid this is not a good strategy. It is better to use joy and peace to influence her, calm her heart, and then in her next reincarnation, let her walk on the path of immortality."
The judge was a little bit embarrassed: "In this life, she has to decide everything, and she has to devote herself to the Heavenly Realm.... Besides, the road to immortality is difficult, and there are so few successful people. If this time, she is not successful, it will be a waste of the great intentions of the Emperor."
Bai Lin sighed, "Let her live in the underworld first, and teach her with the book of cultivating immortality every day. After a period of time, see which one works for her."
"Subjct Follows The Great Emperor's Decree."
Yin Che took the decree out, and saw that the girl could not sit still, she looking around the hall, curious about everything, Yin Che could not help but sigh in his heart. 'To keep this evil star in the underworld is extremely troublesome.'
He laughed and stepped forward, "Congratulations girl, Emperor Bai Lin has let the girl live in the underworld for a period of time, and then enter the wheel of reincarnation."
She didn't seem to understand what he said. Yin Chai groaned in his heart and said with a grin: "Girl, you just have to play in the underworld for a few days, read books about immortality and rest, and later, enter the wheel reincarnation when the time is up. "She nodded, touched the picture of the Dark Lady of the Nine Heavens on the wall, "I like it here.....I want to live here."
"Since you like this place, live here for now." He turned around and ordered the little devil to clean the guest room on the second floor, and then said: "Girl, there is another good news for you. The Emperor has pitied you, so he will give you name."
She was ignorant, and she didn't know what was going to happen, so she stayed quiet. The immortal, on the side had already gently pulled her over and bends over, and said: "The Emperor has given you a name, and you must kneel down and accept it.
But she didn't kneel, she just stared at the Immortal. Since she didn't kneel, the Immortal said: "Anyways, the Emperor gave you the name Xuanji. In the future, you will be the one who will be called Xuanji."
She nodded blankly and turned her head to see the little devil coming down from the stairs. She grinned and grabbed the horn on his head again, causing the little devil to whine.
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