New Times, New Hell

Shang Que was speechless for a while, he could only look at Yu Zhengdu helplessly, and after a while, he slowly pulled Yu Zhengdu into his arms and hugged him tightly.

"As long as you're okay, I won't collapse."

Usually when Shang Que and Yu Zhengdu were together, they always acted like a "person", but at this time, perhaps he suddenly relaxed after being too flustered, which made him forget to maintain his usual disguise.

Yu Zhengdu himself is in the state of a ghost now, but when he leans on Shang Que's arms, he can still clearly feel the coldness emanating from Shang Que's body, which is a kind of coldness that goes deeper into the bone marrow than the Yin Qi carried by the ghost itself. .

Yu Zhengdu was not frightened, on the contrary, he suddenly felt a little indescribably moved. Although Shang Que seemed to have everything written on his face, in fact he had never really opened his heart to anyone.

Perhaps it was because of this that the fragility he displayed at this moment seemed particularly moving.

"With you here, I'll be fine." Yu Zhengdu hugged him instead, and patted him on the back lightly.

Under Yu Zhengdu's comfort, the frightening coldness on Shang Que's body gradually subsided. After a long time, he lifted his head from Yu Zhengdu's hair and slowly looked into the distance.

The sea of ​​flames spouted by the hungry ghosts at the mouth of the torch is still burning. The flames rise higher and higher under the gust of wind, and leap into the air, turning the entire forest into a terrifying crimson red. Sparks splash in all directions, just like the reappearance of the legendary volcanic hell. .

In the endless flames, the torch-mouthed hungry ghost slowly stood up.

The long hair on his body was scorched black by the flames, and his flesh was covered with blisters, but the smile on his face grew wilder, chewing and swallowing with his ferocious mouth, and there was still half of the devil's body hanging out of the mouth.

While devouring the devil, he stared at Shang Que with resentful eyes, and his voice was as rough as sandpaper: "So it's you, so it's you who came..."

Shang Que stared blankly at the hungry ghost of Jukou, watching him devouring the ghost, not bothering to speak at all.

His indifference made the Torch Mouth Hungry Ghost even more annoyed, and the huge monster staggered forward: "I'm so hungry and thirsty, I can't get enough no matter what I eat...every bite I eat is like swallowing coals of fire, Every sip of water I drink will turn into magma..."

"But even so, I will swallow those ghosts one by one. Even if the evil fire burns my flesh and blood, I will return to the human world and seek revenge on you..."

Looking at this terrible scene, the hungry ghost at the mouth of the needle shrank himself into a ball of blue, and said with a "wow": "Mom, the mouth of the torch is eating my brother again, I'm afraid——"

The ghost mother's face was also extremely heavy, she looked at Shang Que and said: "Master Ghost King, something is wrong, this is the thousandth ghost he has eaten, he is about to become an extremely evil ghost and escape from the way of hungry ghosts .”

As the torch-mouthed hungry ghost swallowed the devil, his body swelled again, like a moving hill, his bloody mouth was like a brazier, his fangs were like hills, and his saliva was like hot magma, blowing away all the splashed blood. Trees burned to charcoal.

"So what about Luofeng Mountain Ghost King, I will fight you to the death today, hahahahaha——"

The torch mouth hungry ghost raised his arms high, his back was a raging sea of ​​flames, and in front of him was a devil who felt threatened and fled frantically. His grinning laughter resounded through the sky, making the forest tremble.

The whimpering of the hungry ghost at the mouth of the needle became the background sound of this horrific scene, making everyone else shudder.

It was also the first time Yu Zhengdu saw such a terrifying evil spirit, and his whole heart was tightly suspended. He subconsciously grabbed Shang Que's arm and asked, "Xiao Shang, this...can you deal with it?"

Shang Que didn't answer for a while, Yu Zhengdu couldn't help but glanced at him, only to find that there was a funny look on his originally expressionless face.

Seeing Yu Zhengdu looking over, he sneered lightly: "It seems that the world has forgotten me for a long time, so there are evil spirits who dare to say such ridiculous things."

Seeing that Yu Zhengdu was puzzled, he explained, "That's what he meant by bragging."

Yu Zhengdu==: "...Oh."

The torch-mouthed hungry ghost had already approached them, separated from them by the black lake, opened its mouth and sprayed, and the overwhelming flames swept over.

The flame was like a substance, almost flowing and spreading. Wherever it passed, the ground turned into magma, the lake water evaporated, and the devils who couldn't escape were instantly reduced to ashes, and they didn't even have time to struggle.

The needle-mouthed ghost lay flat on the ground: "Mom, are we going to be burned to death by my brother?"

The ghost mother yelled angrily: "Shut up!"

The eyes of the hungry ghost at the mouth of the torch are like two furnaces in the reflection of the fire, burning with malice and resentment: "From now on, the hungry ghost will regard me as king—"

The moment he opened his mouth, countless bolts of lightning exploded in the night sky, and the dazzling white light gathered into a net, the thick black sky shattered like a mirror, the light covered the sea of ​​fire on the ground, and the entire Hungry Ghost Realm was instantly illuminated. as day.

Along with the lightning, the muffled thunder rolled in, and the thick clouds pressed down layer by layer, like a sky falling in a trance.

The heavy rain fell in response, like a pouring basin, and the sky and the earth were suddenly shrouded in boundless squalls and showers.

The rain was like a raging sea, like a rushing tide. Wherever it passed, the sea of ​​fire was extinguished, and the magma turned into dead ashes.

After a while, the soaring flames burning in the ghost realm were extinguished, and the original darkness was restored between the heaven and the earth, only the lightning flashed from time to time, occasionally illuminating the faces of the hungry ghosts at the mouth of the torch.

"No—I don't believe—"

The hungry ghost at the mouth of the torch let out a heart-piercing roar, and once again squirted vigorously at Shang Que. A long tongue of fire spat out from his mouth, and was instantly extinguished by the rain.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Zhengdu saw that the torch-mouthed hungry ghost was like a giant lighter, with tongues of flame constantly spraying out of his mouth, then extinguishing, then spitting out, and then extinguishing again.

Yu Zhengdu: ==Okay, now the Torchkou Hungry Ghost has no more noodles.

The hungry ghost at the mouth of the needle stared blankly at this sudden change. The whole ghost was stunned. After a long while, it slowly crawled to the ghost mother's side and asked in a low voice, "Mom, what are the torches and torches doing?"

The ghost mother looked deeply at the huge crazy monster in the rainstorm, and said: "He lost."

The needle-mouth hungry ghost was puzzled: "He is so powerful, how could he lose?"

There was fear in the ghost mother's eyes, and her voice trembled: "The ghost king of Luofeng Mountain was born with the ability to control thousands of evil spirits."

Yu Zhengdu also looked at Shang Que, recalling the information about Luo Fengshan that Mu Daochang told him when he was in Qinglian Temple in Diyang.

Legend has it that there are hundreds of thousands of evil spirits suppressed at the foot of Luofeng Mountain, gathering the most powerful evil spirit in the world. The ghost king of Luofeng Mountain was reborn from the evil spirit. The power of evil spirits.

It turned out that this is not a legend.

The torch mouth hungry ghost struggled and breathed out the flames, and finally found that everything was in vain.

"Impossible—impossible—" he roared unwillingly, and his thick and hard feet stepped forward. Every time he took a step, the ground trembled, "I'm going to eat you and make you all my The burning coals in my stomach—"

He stepped into the black lake with one foot, sending up monstrous waves.

At this moment, dazzling lightning lights up, and the thunder of "Boom—" is like a sky crash.

Amidst the loud noise that shook the sky and the earth, thunder and fire fell from the sky and landed on the hungry ghost at the mouth of the torch.

Shang Que's voice seemed to come from ancient times: "Then let the karmic fire that cannot be extinguished by rain, burn you to ashes."

With a sound of "Boom," the torch-mouthed hungry ghost ignited raging flames.

"Ah—ah—" the torch-mouthed hungry ghost cried out in pain, "What is this? Why is this fire hotter and more painful than the fire in my stomach—I'm in so much pain—ah—"

The rain still kept pouring down, covering the entire Hungry Ghost Dao in the rain curtain, but the fire on the Torchmouth Hungry Ghost's body was not extinguished at all, and he was completely wrapped in it.

There was a look of fear on the face of the ghost mother: "Yes, it is infinite karma..."

Infinite karmic fire can burn out the soul.

"Am I going to die?" The Hungry Ghost with Torch Mouth seemed to have finally realized his situation, his voice was filled with endless fear, "Is it possible that this time, he doesn't even have a soul?"

The karmic fire on his body boiled the black lake, and countless devils howled out of the mud and fled to the distance, but the huge lake could not extinguish his sins.

He stretched his hands forward, like two long burning sticks, trying to catch Yu Zhengdu: "I don't want to die...don't want to disappear..."

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't take another step forward.

Finally, he lifted his head feebly, looked at the sky unwillingly, fell down slowly, and fell into the black lake.

The fire of karma continued to burn in the water, and the black lake boiled like hell, burning the hungry ghosts at the mouth of the torch to ashes bit by bit.

The needle-mouth hungry ghost was completely terrified by this terrible scene, and hid behind the ghost mother trembling: "Mom, I will never dare to do bad things again!"

……

At the beginning of the heavy rain, the hungry ghosts at the mouth of the torch were burned to ashes, and the road of hungry ghosts returned to calm.

The ghost mother still couldn't recover, she sat slumped on the ground, looked at Shang Que blankly, and then went to see Yu Zhengdu, her mood was complicated for a while.

It never occurred to her that this handsome-looking young ghost would summon the ghost king of Luofeng Mountain at random.

At this moment, she could only frantically think in her heart whether she had offended him just now.

After thinking for a while, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she behaved well before, and even invited him to eat!

Yu Zhengdu also just came back to his senses, and quickly applauded Shang Que: "The boss is really amazing!"

Shang Que looked at him helplessly, then stretched out his hand to caress the top of his hair: "It's not strong enough, otherwise I wouldn't let you get stuck here."

His voice was full of tenderness, and his movements were natural and slightly intimate, which made Yu Zhengdu feel a little strange... He didn't feel it before, but after he said those words in the class, he didn't know if it was. Because he started paying attention, now he always feels that Shang Que's actions seem to have a different meaning in it.

He was still wondering that the ghost mother had brought the needle-mouthed hungry ghost to visit Shang Que.

The ghost mother said: "I didn't expect... I didn't expect that I would see the ghost king of Luofeng Mountain again one day."

Shang Que was also a little surprised: "I didn't expect that Xishan Ghost Mother is still here."

There are many ghost mothers who can give birth to children in the hungry ghost realm, but this is the only one with tiger-dragon feet and python eyebrows.

Yu Zhengdu asked unexpectedly: "Hey, do you know each other?"

The ghost mother bowed deeply: "1000 years ago, it was Lord Ghost King who opened the barrier of the Hungry Ghost Dao and rescued the innocent souls trapped in it."

Having said that, she couldn't help but look at Yu Zhengdu out of the corner of her eye, and her mood once again fell into unspeakable complexity.

Before thinking back, she still laughed at Yu Zhengdu, saying that no one would ever open the Hungry Ghost Dao enchantment again to save innocent souls. She never expected... not only did she open it, but she was the same one thousands of years ago.

Yu Zhengdu was stunned. The Ghost Mother had clearly said before that the person who opened the barrier of the Hungry Ghost Dao 1000 years ago is no longer there?

I heard the ghost mother say: "I didn't expect that the ghost king can return to the world. It's really great."

"Don't mention the past." Shang Que interrupted her without interest, and looked around, his eyes turned cold, "What's the matter with the Hungry Ghost Dao? Why do extremely evil ghosts appear?"

Yu Zhengdu said, "It's Jiang."

As soon as this name was mentioned, Shang Que's eyes suddenly became unfriendly: "He is the one who sent you to the Hungry Ghost Realm?"

Yu Zhengdu nodded and told what happened after he met Jiang.

After he finished speaking, the ghost mother also added: "In fact, since a few years ago, the hungry ghosts have become very wrong. The number of ghosts in the hungry ghosts has been decreasing. I didn't know what was going on at the beginning, until I gave birth to a torch-mouthed hungry ghost a few months ago, only to find out that he can eat ghosts..."

But the ghost mother didn't know why Torchmouth would eat ghosts, she just thought it was because she was so hungry and went crazy. She was born as the mother of all hungry ghosts, and she had a natural maternal love for the ghosts she gave birth to, so she couldn't bear to hurt Torchmouth hungry ghosts. The killer only drove him away, and hid his other devils so that he would not find them.

If it wasn't for the fact that the Hungry Ghost with Torch Mouth was about to complete his great work and told the truth when he was proud, she would never have thought that he actually carried the memory of his previous life and knew that becoming an extremely evil ghost could break free from the shackles of the Hungry Ghost Realm.

What's more, she didn't expect that after she hid all the devils, someone would secretly cast souls from other places here and continue to feed these evil spirits.

"Fortunately, the ghost king of Luofeng Mountain descended again to prevent this catastrophe..." said the ghost mother.

As her words fell, the needle-mouth hungry ghost's big eyes suddenly widened, pulled her arm, pointed to the distance and said, "Mom, look..."

All the ghosts turned their heads to look, and saw blue will-o'-the-wisps lighting up bit by bit in the boundless woods, and there were more and more will-o'-the-wisps, like stars covering the sky in the dark night.

The flame was getting closer and closer, and gradually the outlines could be seen, and densely packed hungry ghosts came out of the darkness and came towards them.

The humming voice, filled with weakness and remorse, floated in the sky above the realm of hungry ghosts.

"It's the ghost king—the ghost king—"

"Master Ghost King—please forgive us——"

Yu Zhengdu was startled, so scared that he reflexively grabbed Yu Zhengdu's shoulder and exclaimed in a low voice: "Why are there so many ghosts suddenly appearing!"

But the ghost mother suddenly realized: "It seems that the ghost mother is not the only one who hides the devil."

No wonder the number of hungry ghosts in the Hungry Ghost Dao suddenly decreased. It turned out that not all of them were eaten. I am afraid that other ghost mothers had discovered the phenomenon and hid all the ghosts first.

It's no wonder that it took so long for the torch mouth hungry ghost to appear. It turns out that there are no ghosts to eat elsewhere.

But now, the Luofeng Mountain Ghost King opened the barrier of the Hungry Ghost Dao, rained down boundless karmic fire, and burned the Torch Mouth Hungry Ghost to death. Only then did these hidden ghosts finally dare to show themselves.

I saw ghost fires all over the mountains and plains floating in the air, and countless hungry ghosts bowed down and bowed together: "Greetings, Lord Ghost King—"

At this time, Yu Zhengdu saw their appearance clearly, and saw that they were all skinny and ragged, with will-o'-the-wisps on their shoulders and mouths, bringing them endless torture of hunger and thirst.

Yu Zhengdu couldn't help but sighed with emotion: "It's too miserable."

Shang Que was unmoved, and said indifferently: "That's all the cause they planted in their previous lives."

Yu Zhengdu thought for a moment: "That's right."

As the programmer who developed the life and death book system, he knows the relationship behind these karma best.

Shang Que waved his hands at the ghosts indifferently: "Go away, I can't forgive your sins."

Following his voice, there was a sound of "whooping" in the forest, and countless hungry ghosts cried in a low voice: "Please forgive us—"

Although the hungry ghost at the mouth of the needle was in a daze, but the voices of the ghosts made him empathize with him, and he also knelt down, whimpering and saying, "Please forgive me——"

Only the ghost mother remained motionless, only sighed, and said: "What's the use of praying to the ghost king? Your sins are serious, and only by repenting day and night can you gradually wash away your sins. It's a pity..."

Yu Zhengdu looked at her: "What a pity?"

The ghost mother showed compassion in her eyes: "It's a pity they don't understand."

Hungry ghosts and sentient beings are muddled. Their IQ is slightly higher than that of animals, but not much higher. They can vaguely see the past, but they don't understand it. They only know that they have done evil things and received evil rewards, but they don't know what to do. How to correct it is to endure the torment of hunger and thirst day after day, passively waiting for the day when the sins will be canceled.

The ghost mother said: "For so many years, I have been concentrating on researching cooking skills, just hoping to let my devils feel the beauty of food, so that they can receive a little guidance in their ignorance, so that they can break free from this way as soon as possible and go to the afterlife. The devil is too disappointing!"

Yu Zhengdu: "..."

He almost blurted out, it really can't blame her devil!

With her culinary skills, he almost gave up and left the world of hungry ghosts, not to mention her devils!

Yu Zhengdu looked at the way she hated iron for steel, then looked at the hungry ghost at the mouth of a needle where the tiger was crying, thought for a while, patted Shang Que, and said, "Xiao Shang, I have an idea!"

Shang Que looked at him: "Huh?"

Yu Zhengdu said: "I think this Hungry Ghost Road is like a large prison. It's not an option to let it go on like this. Maybe one day it will be used by people with ulterior motives."

When Shang Que thought that Yu Zhengdu was almost killed in the Hungry Ghost Dao, he inevitably felt a little lingering, so he nodded: "Yeah."

Yu Zhengdu rubbed his hands: "We have to reform the way of hungry ghosts."

Although the Hungry Ghost Dao belongs to the Six Realms of Reincarnation, it is not connected to other Dao because of the barrier of karma. In addition, all the beings in the Dao are evil people from previous lives, so they have been neglected in the Three Realms. It is a state of letting it fend for itself.

But if the world is collapsing today, and some people use the hungry ghost realm to do evil, if we don't pay attention to it, once something happens, the power of the human world alone may not be able to deal with the millions of hungry ghosts in the hungry ghost realm.

What Yu Zhengdu meant was to learn from the prisons in the world, provide quality and reform education for these "starving criminals", and help them change their minds and leave this way as soon as possible.

Shang Que's suggestion to him was naturally obedient: "Okay."

However, hungry ghosts are mentally retarded, so it may not be easy to educate them.

Shang Que thought for a while: "Let's beat him a few times..."

Yu Zhengdu: "...they are miserable enough."

He thought about the reaction of the needle-mouth hungry ghost when he saw the gourmet recipes, clapped his hands, and said, "Why don't we provide them with food education."

Shang Que looked at him for a long time, then nodded meaningfully: "Poison education late at night, yes."

Yu Zhengdu: "..." He didn't mean that.

The ghost mother was overjoyed: "Master Ghost King, I apply to join the team of educating hungry ghosts."

Yu Zhengdu quickly waved his hands: "No, no, the first point of educating hungry ghosts, you can't join."

Ghost Mother: "..."

After a while, Yu Zhengdu stretched out his hand again: "By the way, return the phone to me."

Ghost Mother: "..."

Shang Que turned his head, frowned and asked, "You took his cell phone?"

"No." Ghost Mother quickly took out her phone and handed it back respectfully, "I'm just looking at the recipe."

Yu Zhengdu took the phone and said with a smile, "Don't be unhappy, I'll burn another one for you later."

The ghost mother was overjoyed: "Okay, thank you very much."

……

There is a long way to go in reforming the way of hungry ghosts, and I can't figure it out for a while. The most urgent thing is to bring Yu Zhengdu's ghost back to the yang world to restore the yang, otherwise, once the twelve hours pass, he will die if he is not dead.

So after a few words between Shang Que and Ghost Mother, he took Yu Zhengdu back to Yangjian.

The hungry ghost at the mouth of the needle reluctantly said: "Brother Milk Tea, you must remember to visit me often——"

Yu Zhengdu waved his hand: "Yes."

Shang Que's palm passed by his eyes, Yu Zhengdu only felt the light was shining, and when he fixed his eyes again, he found that he was already standing at Minan's reincarnation point, the sun was shining outside the house, and it was completely different from the Hungry Ghost Realm.

"It turns out that the Hungry Ghost Realm and the Yang World really overlap." Yu Zhengdu said with emotion.

Shang Que nodded, and led him to the small bed in the lounge of the reincarnation point, only to see Yu Zhengdu's body lying quietly on the bed.

"Fortunately, Jiang only took away your soul, and did not do anything to your body." Shang Que said with lingering fear.

Perhaps Jiang didn't want to do anything to Yu Zhengdu's body, but there were too many people on the pedestrian street, and he was afraid of side effects, but in any case, at the very least, Shang Que could bring back Yu Zhengdu's body in its entirety.

This is the luck of misfortune.

Looking at his own body, Yu Zhengdu couldn't help saying Fan Li's famous words: "I look so peaceful."

Shang Que: "..."

Shang Que's face was serious, he looked into his eyes, and said very seriously: "Don't say such things."

Yu Zhengdu looked at his rare serious look, and then thought of the worry and tenderness that almost overflowed his eyes in the hungry ghost realm, and that strange feeling came to his heart again.

Could it be that Shang Que is really interested in him?

But he didn't show any signs of pursuing himself before?

Yu Zhengdu was full of doubts, and Shang Que pushed him: "Go back to your physical body."

Yu Zhengdu nodded, and was about to lie back in his body when suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, "haha" laughed twice, took out his mobile phone and said, "Wait, I'm in a ghost state now, can't I check our app?" client!"

Shang Que was helpless: "Why are you still in the mood to watch this?"

"Of course there is!" Yu Zhengdu said while downloading the app and registering, "Did you forget? Our app can tell fortunes with big data, and souls with unfinished lives can see the future!"

Before, Fan Li saw his marriage in advance on the app, and finally he was really with Jin Yue.

As one of the development members of the app, Yu Zhengdu naturally wanted to experience this function himself.

He quickly registered, and excitedly opened the [Good and Evil Value] function to check his life events. Sure enough, the page showed some of his later experiences, but for some reason, his memorabilia was not as long-term as Fan Li's. It shows the experience of the next few months, and it is very limited, only a few items.

This situation can be understood by Yu Zhengdu. The big data fortune-telling function, in the final analysis, is constantly changing according to the actual situation of each person, and the length of time that can be calculated is naturally different.

But it's not bad to see a few items, after all, it's a prophecy!

Yu Zhengdu hurriedly lowered his head to look, then stared, and blurted out in shock: "What's going on?!"

Shang Que was waiting to supervise him with his arms around his chest, but when he saw him making a fuss, his heart tightened, fearing that something bad happened, so he hurried over: "What's wrong?"

"Don't—" Yu Zhengdu remembered that Shang Que was next to him, and wanted to escape, but it was too late.

His big data fortune-telling results had few items, and Shang Que saw the point at once.

I saw that Shang Que also opened his eyes, and said blankly: "... On a certain day in a certain month, I will formally confirm my relationship with Shang Que."

Yu Zhengdu took a look, yes, he had seen it all, so he simply smashed the can, and thought about asking him if he was secretly in love with him.

Just as Yu Zhengdu turned his head to speak, he saw Shang Que pursed his lips slightly, and said with a reserved face: "So you plan to confess your love to me this day, I know, I will think about it carefully."

Yu Zhengdu: "..."

Yu Zhengdu: "???"

The author has something to say: In fact, the water in the data turns into urine when it reaches the eyes of the hungry ghost, but... so I changed it to magma_(:з」∠)_

Shang Que: So that's what he planned!

Zhengdu: I'm not, I don't!