Soul Eater

Not far away, the jumping ghost hurriedly stuffed his eyes back and sat aside to study the script seriously. It can be seen that it really loves this industry and has a high professionalism.

"..." The brows of the priests twitched. After a long time, they finally regained their voices and asked with difficulty: "Fellow Daoist Ruan, what are they..."

Ruan Yang thought that the Taoist priests were devoted to cultivating the Tao and didn't know the shooting equipment, so he explained casually: "Oh, a film crew is filming here."

The priests: "..."

Of course we knew we were filming!

The problem is that this is in the underworld!Fellow Daoist, don't you think there is something wrong?

Everyone was silent for a long time, and a Taoist leader couldn't help but speak slowly: "Well, the poor Taoist thinks that this matter seems inappropriate."

Ruan Yang waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's okay, I've made an agreement with them, only activities in this corner will not affect the order of the underworld."

The main thing is that sentence, how can I earn money if I don’t film?Recently, the infrastructure of the underworld has been basically completed. Leaving aside the burnt down house and office supplies, the construction of the power plant alone has cost him a lot of money.

Ruan Yang secretly sighed in his heart, how difficult it is to be Pluto, how can outsiders know?

The priests: "..."

We really don't know.

Wei Xuan and Ming Chai who were in charge of supporting him had already been waiting near the Santu River. The moment he saw Ruan Yang, Ming Chai's eyes lit up, and he was about to come up to him, but he was forced by Xiao Siming's sharp knife-like eyes. Forced to retreat, he had no choice but to suppress his excitement, and said to the Taoist priests: "The Taoist priests are finally here, hurry up and follow me."

The priests finally recovered from the shock that Ruan Yang brought to them just now, and they were a little dazed by him: "Where are you going?"

That Mingchai smiled and said, "Of course I'm going to see Lord Wufang Ghost Emperor."

As soon as they heard that they were going to see the Wufang Ghost Emperor, the expressions of the priests were shocked immediately.

Everyone followed the guide who led the way, secretly fixed their eyes on Ruan Yang, and started whispering——

"If you talk about the five ghost emperors, they have a lot of background. In the mythology system, their status is second only to Hades."

"It's more than that. I heard that they are actually the actual rulers of the underworld. They have weird tempers and are in charge of all the ghosts in the underworld."

"I'm afraid I'm not as easy-talking as Daoyou Ruan..."

Wei Xuan listened to the discussions of the priests, and also took a peek at Ruan Yang. Seeing that he was still whispering to Xiao Siming who was next to him indifferently, he couldn't help curling his lips. , You have never seen what kind of ghost emperor Wufang was forced into by this little devil.

The priests discussed in low voices all the way, and the more they talked, the more confused they became.

Because they were worried that the subsequent negotiations might not go well, the priests were so preoccupied that no one noticed the changes in the surrounding scenery for a while, until the leader who led the way stopped and said, "Here we are, this is here. Everyone Daoist, ahead is our comprehensive office building in the underworld."

Comprehensive office building?

Everyone thought they had misheard, but when they looked up, they were caught off guard by the shocking scene in front of them: "..."

I saw tall buildings rising from the ground in front of me, soaring into the clouds, so magnificent.And the "comprehensive office building" mentioned by Mingchai is even more spectacular. It is the most magnificent building among these high-rise buildings, and its appearance is not inferior to the Ali headquarters in the world.

Standing here, they seem to be in the most prosperous business center in the world.Surrounded by ghosts who shuttle back and forth, most of these ghosts hold a briefcase in one hand and a mobile phone in the other. They wear black suits, dressed like white-collar workers who come to clock in for work, full of elite style.

The pupils of the priests trembled, and their minds were in a trance as if they lacked oxygen. They quickly took a deep breath to adjust their breathing.

It would be fine if this place is really a business center in the world, but this place is clearly the underworld, the underworld!Everything in front of me is so fucking unreasonable!

However, it seems that only a few human Taoist priests feel that it is unreasonable. At least the leader who leads the way does not feel that there is anything wrong. Not only that, he also laughed twice: "The office of Lord Ghost Emperor is currently on the 26th floor. Daoist priests Do you want to go directly to the 26th floor, or do you want to visit other floors first?"

Ruan Yang's original plan was to show his partners the level and strength of the underworld, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's go to other floors first."

Everyone: "..."

Before today's visit, the underworld they envisioned was dark and dark, and big figures like Wufang Ghost Emperor should stay in their respective palaces, judging ghosts who made mistakes.

And now...

They were wrong, they were really wrong.

The priests followed with numbness into a large elevator suspected to be dedicated to the general manager.

The elevator stopped on the twentieth floor, and the leader who led the way, Mingchai, probably worked as a tour guide when he was alive. Now that he has an occupational disease, he enthusiastically introduced to everyone as soon as the elevator stopped: "This floor is where our grassroots Mingchai works together. In the past few days, everyone has been busy uploading past data to the cloud for backup, so it is a bit chaotic inside, Taoist priests, please pay attention to your steps."

The priests didn't quite understand, but they still nodded in response: "Oh, yes."

Ruan Yang suddenly asked: "Are you still used to the new method?"

Mingcha immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, his eyes were shining, and he looked at him with admiration on his face: "I have adapted, I have adapted. Under the new method, everyone's work efficiency has increased several times compared to the past!"

Ruan Yang nodded with satisfaction: "That's good, the previous working methods are really too old."

The Taoist priests were at a loss when they heard it, and at the same time, they had a vague premonition in their hearts - a new method?What's the meaning?

With the sound of "ding", the elevator door slowly opened in front of them. When they saw it, it was a bright and spacious multi-person office. The ghosts in suits and leather shoes sat in their respective positions, each with a computer. , staring at the screen intently, while pressing the keyboard with ten fingers quickly.

The moment Ruan Yang brought people in, they all put down their work, stood up in unison, bowed to the people at the door, and then shouted in unison like in an idol drama: "Hello, Your Highness! Hello, priests! Welcome to visit the Underworld!"

Not only that, but there were two underworld servants on the side who pulled up a banner with the words "Welcome the Taoist priest to visit the underworld, and wish the cooperation between the three realms smooth!".

"..."

All the priests didn't know what to say for a while, Ruan Yang's voice sounded very relieved: "Very good, it seems that everyone has learned how to use computers."

"Most of my colleagues can use it, but some who died early are not used to it, such as Lao Qin over there," Mingcha pointed to a certain direction in the office, "Old Qin has been dead for 2000 years, he will He can write, but he can't use pinyin, but we have installed the Wubi input method on his computer, and he is still getting used to it."

Everyone looked in the direction of his fingers, and sure enough, they saw a middle-aged man with long hair among a group of hard-working ghosts. The man was obviously not used to high-tech products such as computers. In addition to similar information, there is also a Xinhua dictionary spread out, and every time you type a word, you have to compare it with the dictionary.

...too hard.

The Taoist priests present thought one after another.

Originally they thought that the incidents they had experienced since they met Ruan Yang were enough to open their eyes. However, until just now, after witnessing a group of living people filming in the underworld, the priests couldn't help but have a little doubt about their careers .

And this kind of suspicion finally climbed to the peak when he witnessed the high-rise buildings in the underworld and the ghosts sitting in front of the computer one by one, as if they were doing streamlined office work.

"That's right," Ruan Yang took a tour, expressing his satisfaction with the positive working status of the ghosts, and at the same time suggested: "We can also hold a tutorial class for them later, teaching them how to use computers, mobile phones, etc. tools, let them have more exposure to modern culture, and solve problems from the root.”

Hearing the words, Mingchai also showed a thoughtful expression, and then suddenly realized, he took out a small notebook from nowhere, and nodded frantically while recording it: "Your Highness is right, this subordinate will report to Mr. Wuchang , strive to start classes as soon as possible!"

Taoists: "..."

They looked at Ruan Yang with shock in their pupils, what the hell is teaching Mingchai, fellow Daoist Ruan, can you still do something in the world?

Combined with what they saw and heard along the way, the priests were speechless. When they wanted to say something, they thought that this is the underworld, which was originally their territory. Of course, Ruan Yang could do whatever he wanted, so the words came to his lips I could only change the subject: "With so many computers and electric lights, does the underworld actually have electricity?"

Ming almost nodded and said, "That's natural."

The priests were stunned when they heard the words: "With so many high-rise buildings, a lot of electricity will be used in a day, right?"

Several priests muttered secretly: "I didn't expect the underworld to be quite rich."

"Yes, let's see that the electricity bill last month was more than 1000, and I haven't paid it yet."

"Okay! What do you guys mean? The Golden Crow Temple in the poor way was included in the urban area last year, and one unit of electricity is one yuan and three..."

Wei Xuan looked at the Taoist priest who couldn't pay the electricity bill with pity. The Taoist priests complained about the electricity bill and didn't notice his gaze at all.

There is no way, the Taoist temple does not make much profit, and the state subsidy is not too powerful. The money sent out will be used up after a few meetings. The daily expenses of the temple need to be borne by themselves. One is so poor that his pocket is cleaner than his face.

Ruan Yang was deeply moved by this topic. Since the underworld was electrified, the demand for electricity has been astonishingly large, and he can hardly supply it here.

So as soon as the priests said it, Ruan Yang became emotional: "Yes, it's a good thing that the wind on the Three Valleys is strong enough."

Taoists: "?"

What does this have to do with wind power?

Immediately afterwards, Na Mingcha pointed out the window, and said proudly: "Considering the need for electricity, Your Highness ordered someone to build a wind power plant early in the morning. The public electricity for the office building is removed every month, and the remaining private electricity The electricity usage quota will be transferred to the ghost’s account, and the ghosts can use it by paying the electricity bill on time.”

The priests looked at Ruan Yang in astonishment again: "..."

WTF?power plant? ? ?

An old Taoist priest who had been obsessed with Taoism for many years looked out of the window in a daze.

In the distance, hundreds of wind turbines are arranged neatly, forming a beautiful landscape in the underworld.

The old Taoist voice was weak: "...the underworld...is it like this?"

***

Ruan Yang doesn't think there is anything wrong with the power plant he built with huge sums of money. The wind in the Three Valleys of the Underworld is extremely strong due to the terrain. Even a strong man with a height of 1.8 meters can be blown away. Such a superior natural Resources must of course be well utilized.

Not only that, he also planned to use the water potential on the other side of the Santu River to build several hydroelectric power stations.

It's just that he had a vague premonition in his heart. If he told the priests about the plan to build a hydroelectric power station, the priests might look even more dull.

"Your Highness, Your Highness."

When Ruan Yang heard the voice, he turned around and met a pair of bright eyes. It turned out that it was Mingchai who finally found a chance to squeeze to him while everyone was stunned.

Xiao Siming frowned, stretched out his arms to block Ruan Yang, and refused the ghost's approach.

"what are you going to do?"

Mingchai rubbed his hands together, ignored Xiao Siming's cold question, but looked at Ruan Yang with a twisted expression on his face: "Your Highness, everyone admires you very much. They said that after you came back, the overall standard of living in the underworld will be improved." Up several levels! This...can you sign me?"

Ruan Yang was stunned for a moment, but after realizing that he also had loyal fans, he was quite happy. He took the pen in his hand and asked, "Where is the signature?"

A suspicious blush appeared on Mingchai's pale ghost face: "Is it okay to sign on the chest? Hehehehe."

Ruan Yang: "?"

Xiao Siming: "..."

***

Of course, it was impossible to sign on the chest. In the end, Mingchai only got a signature on paper, and Xiao Siming's cold eyes.

Although it's a pity that I didn't get the idol's signature on my chest, but I am very satisfied to get the signature. You know, how many ghosts are envious of him being able to do things in front of His Highness, it's simply chasing stars at public expense.

That Mingcha stuffed the small book into his clothes as if it were a treasure, and instead of looking at Xiao Siming's cold gaze, he turned to ask the priests: "How is the visit, priests? Do you need to go down a few Let’s take a tour of the first floor? There are [-] floors of hell that we have improved from the first to the [-]th floor below.”

The daoist priests who had been stunned came back to their senses, with some resistance in their hearts: "...it's still not good."

Xiao Siming stared coldly at the bulging area of ​​Ming Chai's chest and the eager eyes he was looking at Ruan Yang. Hearing this, he snorted coldly: "Why don't you see it? The eighteen levels of hell are the iconic attractions of the underworld. "

Ruan Yang also thought it made sense, but the minds of the priests could no longer withstand such torture, so before Ruan Yang spoke, they shook their heads and waved their hands in unison: "No need! Really don't need to read!"

Ruan Yang hesitated: "Are you really not going to look at it anymore?"

What are you looking at?Don't you think you haven't done enough harm to us?

The Taoists were so wronged that they almost covered their faces and wept: "Really, Fellow Daoist Ruan! The five ghost emperors are on the 26th floor, right? Then let's go to the 26th floor and sign the contract directly!!

Ruan Yang himself is not too happy to go to hell, and seeing that the priests are suddenly so enthusiastic about signing the contract, he is also relieved, "Okay then, we Go to the 26th floor."

Perhaps it was because Ruan Yang showed too many coquettish manipulations, and when they finally met each other, both the human Taoist priest and the ghost emperor of the underworld felt a little haggard.

What the priests didn't say was that one of their group of people was not a real priest, but a negotiator they had invited from the relevant departments.The other party is eloquent and smooth. He once made some big countries speechless at international conferences. This time, they specially arranged for a Daoist priest to mix in. The world view is estimated to have suffered a devastating impact.

Originally, they were ready to sit down with the high-level officials of the underworld for a negotiation, but they didn't expect that the ghost emperors seemed unreasonable, but in fact they didn't make things difficult for them.

The human Taoist priest was flattered, Wufang Ghost Emperor waved his hands impatiently after signing, "That's it, since His Highness has agreed to cooperate, then the underworld will try its best to provide help."

The signing process was surprisingly smooth, without even having a negotiator on the floor.Daoist Duan held the signed contract, but there was an indescribable complexity in his heart.

Daoist Lou at the side saw his gloomy face, couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Fellow Daoist Duan wants to open up. Although the process is a bit tortuous, the result is good after all, isn't it? We have seen it with our own eyes. The first batch of people who witnessed the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Three Realms!"

Duan Dao let out a long sigh, and his tone was very tired: "It's really a good thing... Poor Dao is just thinking about whether it's time to go down the mountain to practice and practice, so as to stabilize and stabilize Dao Xin."

Several veteran priests present fell silent.

It's too difficult, really, who would have thought that the frightening and cold underworld in the legend would become what it is now, and with this contract in black and white in their hands, they don't seem to represent the two worlds of heaven and man to establish diplomatic relations with the underworld, on the contrary It seems that I have come to discuss cooperation with some big company.

***

Ruan Yang didn't know that the trip to the underworld had shaken the beliefs of several Taoist priests. Everyone was eager to go back to stabilize their hearts, so they politely rejected Ruan Yang's invitation to stay in the underworld for a day.

Their intuition told them that if they continued to stay in the underworld, their faith might be completely crushed by this insignificant Daoist Ruan.

No matter how big-hearted Ruan Yang was, he noticed that the Taoists were looking at him strangely, so he secretly asked Xiao Siming, "Mr. Xiao, why do they always look at me?"

Moreover, he only looked but didn't speak, he wanted to speak but stopped talking and wanted to, with a look of preoccupation.

Of course Xiao Siming knew the real reason for the dejection of the priests, but it was Ruan Yang who asked this question. He lowered his head to meet Ruan Yang's crystal-clear eyes, paused for a while, and reached out to touch his little furry head. Without changing his expression, he said: "You are the King of Pluto, so they naturally look at you because they admire you."

Ruan Yang was a little uncertain: "Really?"

Xiao Siming nodded: "Of course, you have made so many contributions to the underworld, it's normal for them to admire you."

Ruan Yang believed it. He was indeed running around to transform the underworld these days. It was not easy to be the chairman, because there was not enough manpower, so many things had to be done by himself.

With Xiao Siming's approval at this moment, his exhaustion seemed to be swept away, and all his efforts had meaning.

He is like a very coaxable child, his brows and eyes are crooked when he gets a compliment, and his eyes are shining, which makes people feel soft in their hearts.

Xiao Siming couldn't help wrapping his arms around him, kissed his forehead, and at the same time glanced around like a knife, quietly paying attention to Mingcha: "Let's go, let's go back to dinner and go to the movies tonight. Watch your favorite suspense movie."

The priests: "..."

They heard it like crazy, and really wanted to go up and remind these two people—bye!trust!The big monster is about to be born, and the catastrophe is coming, can you two be more nervous and serious? !

However, these words could not be uttered under Xiao Siming's chilly gaze.

Ruan Yang likes going out with Xiao Siming very much. No one bothers them in the two worlds, but they are too busy recently, and even the number of dates has been affected. Now the transformation of the underworld is almost coming to an end, and the cooperation of the three realms has finally been finalized. When Xiao Siming mentioned it, he also felt that today is a good day for a date, so he happily agreed.

Everyone went out on the same road together, and along the way, the road chiefs were lucky enough to see a construction team that was repairing the road.

But they were already numb. Seeing this underworld construction team composed of ghosts from the underworld, they could still pass by without any fluctuations in their hearts.

When we got near the gate of hell, someone called Ruan Yang: "Master Ruan!"

Ruan Yang turned around and greeted the visitor: "Boss Tao."

Boss Tao would come to the set once a week. This time, he happened to see that Ruan Yang was there, so he came over to chat with the little monster: "I didn't expect you to be here today... Who are these?"

Ruan Yang turned sideways, and introduced to him the Taoists behind him: "These are all Taoists from the local Taoist Association, let's talk about cooperation here."

Then he introduced to the priests: "This is Boss Tao, who invests in film and television."

Boss Tao saw that these Taoist priests were all wearing Taoist robes, so he didn't think about what the "cooperation" in Ruan Yang's mouth was. of."

Ruan Yang: "Is there anything you can do with me?"

Boss Tao is looking for him for something. Could it be that there are other crews who want to cooperate with him?

Boss Tao waved his hand: "It's not the production crew, it's about worshiping gods and gods, I'm not for..." He paused, and looked at the little monster in his arms meaningfully, "... As for the golden statue, I heard people say that the golden statue should be consecrated before you come back, so I would like to trouble you to consecrate it here, how about today? What do you think?"

Xiao Siming: "..."

Before Ruan Yang could speak, Xiao Siming rejected Boss Tao's request expressionlessly: "Not today, we won't accept the consecration commission."

Ruan Yang patted his arm to comfort him, turned his head and said sincerely to Boss Tao: "We do have other arrangements today, you can ask the priests, they often consecrate the gods in the homes of believers .”

It wasn't a big deal at first, and the Daoist present didn't take it to heart. Daoist Duan originally wanted to chat with Boss Tao, but the phone in his pocket suddenly started to vibrate.

The underworld has not yet installed a signal base station, and there is only a signal at the gate of hell. Daoist Duan picked up the phone, and after a few words, his expression changed immediately.

"What happened?" asked the fellow daoist beside him.

Duan Daochang looked at Xiao Siming solemnly, and said eagerly: "The big thing is not good! Just now, the magic circle was destroyed from the outside, and the things inside have escaped! The disciples guarding the magic circle all Get hurt!"

"What!" Faced with such a change, the other Taoist priests were stunned, "They are moving so fast?!"

Boss Tao held the drowsy little monster in his arms, and was taken aback by the sudden serious expressions of the priests, "Wh, why are you moving so fast?"

His question made the Taoists calm down a lot. Although everyone panicked, but considering that the other party is just a mortal who doesn't know anything and shouldn't worry about the safety of the world, they reluctantly twitched the corners of their mouths to deal with him: "It's nothing. A tiger in the nearby forest zoo just sneaked out, you guys are filming here, don’t run around.”

Wild beasts in the zoo have fled and attacked passers-by before. Boss Tao is not familiar with this area, so he has no doubt about it: "Okay, I have to tell the crew. Are the priests going to catch tigers? Then you have to be very careful, the lethality of this tiger is not a joke."

Faced with his concern, the priests could only smile wryly in their hearts.

Yes, no one can tell how lethal the opponent is this time. Fortunately, the Three Realms have just formed an alliance, and they can still bring reinforcements from the underworld.