561 The Exiled Baby (2/2)
The primordial spirit on the bridge looked down with a dim gaze. ”I understand. Thank you, Messenger of Death, for giving me three days' time.”
The messenger of death nodded. His small boat sailed out of the small world and returned to Youdu. He continued to head forward.
”Once a person is born, they make a pact with Earth Count for their souls to go to Youdu after their lifespan runs out. The messenger of death that was going to inform you had planned to enter your Life and Death Divine Treasure to tell you about Earth Count's orders, but who would've known that he'd be blocked by the treasure on your body. That's why I had no other choice but to go to the world of the living to find you. The longer this matter is delayed, the worse it will be for you.”
Feeling even more bewildered, Qin Mu asked with a smile, ”I'm on Six Directions Realm so my Life and Death Divine Treasure hasn't even opened yet, so how could the messenger of death enter it?”
”To you, it may be shut, but to the messengers of death, they are all open. When we enter a person's Life and Death Divine Treasure to send information, it's like giving them a dream,” the messenger of death said. ”However, we were blocked by the treasure on your body and couldn't enter your dream.”
Qin Mu took out his jade pendant and asked, ”The treasure you keep mentioning, is it this jade pendant? Where did it come from? Does it have some curse?”
”Wear it properly. Don't take it down,” the messenger of death admonished him in a hurry.
Qin Mu could only hide it back under his clothes.
The messenger of death was still wary and took out a yellow joss paper to stick it on Qin Mu's face. He took down the lantern and shone it on the surrounding darkness. ”Which Dao friend is lying low in the vicinity?”
Qin Mu poked two holes in the yellow joss paper and looked around. Everything was dark, and he couldn't see anything.
Suddenly, the light of the lantern fell on a slimy body. It moved quickly, and its scales reflected all kinds of lights which soon vanished.
The messenger of death muttered irresolutely for a moment before sneering. ”He is someone Earth Count wants to meet so don't try anything; otherwise, you won't be able to pay for your crimes!”
Soft laughter came from the surroundings of the boat as strange devil eyes lighted up. Those eyes were huge and surrounded the whole boat.
”Earth Count wants to see him so we won't obstruct. After all, we also live in Youdu and seek a place under the name of Earth Count. However, we also have masters and have received an order to find him.”
Voices came from all directions, followed by strange laughter. They were like worms crawling in one's body and speaking as they gnawed on the bone.
”Sovereign Equal to Heaven, you're General Governor of Heavenly Talismans, an Official Sovereign of Youdu, so we should be somewhat respectful to you. However, you covered his face to prevent us from seeing his face and learning his identity. So how are we going to answer our master? Remove the yellow talisman and we will let you take him away!”
The messenger of death sneered, and the eyes suddenly closed and vanished. A boat came sailing over. It had an elder carrying a lantern that lit up the surroundings.
In the darkness, numerous slimy bodies slithered away from the light.
Qin Mu's gaze flickered, and he saw more and more small boats sailing toward them. They overlapped with their boat, and the messengers of death also did the same. In the blink of an eye, some sixty-seventy boats and messengers of death overlapped to become one!
”Now we won't have to worry about them,” he said.
”Who were the ones who stopped us?” Qin Mu asked immediately
”Gods and devils planted by the celestial heavens.” The messenger of death shook his head. ”A bunch of fellows who reap things they did not sow.”
Qin Mu fell into his thoughts as the small boat continued to sail forward. Finally, he saw Earth Count once more. Of course, it wasn't the complete form, just the horns of nine bends.
Layers of worlds formed them. The closer the boat went, the bigger the two horns looked, forming incomparably huge lands on them. Countless volcanoes erupted to connect the lands together.
The paper boat traveled through one, and Qin Mu saw countless souls moving with difficulty through a world of magma.
The boat sailed leisurely, and he didn't know how much later and how many planes of Earth Count's horns they had passed before they came to a stop. There was no heart palpitating hell in that piece of land, just a cluster of majestic palaces.
The small boat descended and stopped in front of them. The palace hall had a name in the language of Youdu, and Qin Mu looked over. He instantly knew the meaning of the words there—Manor of Benevolent Saintly King Equal to Heaven.
The messenger entered the hall and said, ”This is my manor. Your body is too small so Earth Count can't meet you directly. Wait for a moment, Earth Count's clone will come and question you.”
Qin Mu checked the murals in the manor while waiting. They portrayed various myths and legends.
Suddenly, magma flowed out from the center of the hall, and the floor became bubbling magma. It swirled, and a pair of twisted horns rose up, followed by the whole body of Earth Count that was over thirty yards tall.
The messenger of death bowed and took out a book. ”I've brought Qin Fengqing. All the evils he has done is recorded in this book, may Earth Count go through it.”
Qin Mu hurriedly came closer and saw that the book was terrifyingly thick. He hurriedly said, ”I didn't do all of those things in the book! I'm just eighteen years old, so how could I have done so many bad things?”
The magma Earth Count took the book and flipped through it to check. Divine lights blazed in his eyes as he said, ”The things recorded here are not the things you have done in the world of the living, but in Youdu. Is the jade pendant I made for you still around? I could feel the seal loosening recently.”