By the Wangchuan River.
A middle-aged man, a girl in green robe and a girl in white stand side by side.
The three of them looked at the Wangchuan River with serious expressions.
"You have to pay attention to the timing, otherwise-" the girl in white said.
"Don't worry." The girl in green robe said.
The middle-aged man suddenly said: "It's time!"
The girl in green robe suddenly became excited and suddenly raised her hands——
The fishing rod was raised high and a big fish that bit the hook was brought out of the water.
Snapped!
The big fish landed on the shore and kept flopping.
The three of them were delighted.
"Wow! It's so big! Rod, you said you can fry fish, so I'm going to cook first!"
"Okay, leave it to me." Gu Qingshan said.
The girl in white nodded and hurried away.
Gu Qingshan took out a pot, used a flame technique, and started to heat the pot.
He rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the fish and started handling it, saying:
"I heard that Wangchuan is the reincarnation path of Huangquan. How come there are big fish in it too?"
The girl in green robe said: "Yes, it is the mother river of Huangquan. It can naturally breed some things, otherwise we would have been drinking from the northwest wind."
"You are the gods of Huangquan, why can't you provide food and drink?" Gu Qingshan said in surprise.
The girl said: "In normal times, we can go to all the worlds and earn some food and drink, but now is a special period. The entire underworld has entered a state of war, and we can't get out."
"——The current situation is that we can't go out, and we have no merit and cannot exchange for supplies. Others are busy participating in various tasks. We are the only ones left at home every day, and some of our savings are slowly used up."
The girl couldn't help but sigh and murmured in a low voice: "Originally, we have already found the Ghost King of Underworld and are fully expecting his return. Who knows..."
Her expression was a little sad, and her voice became lower and gradually became inaudible.
Gu Qingshan was silent for a moment and stopped asking questions.
He threw the processed fish into the oil pan.
——Zila!
The oil pan made a sound.
Gu Qingshan picked up the spatula and began to concentrate on handling the fish.
Fish from the Wangchuan River is a rare ingredient. He has never cooked it before, so he needs to accumulate relevant experience this time.
The girl put the fishhook through the bait and threw it into the Wangchuan River again.
Gu Qingshan glanced casually.
I remember that this fishing rod is also a sacred weapon, representing one of the gods in seducing souls and killing people.
Now, the artifact is being used for fishing.
——Gods naturally won’t starve to death, but as gods, it’s really miserable if they can’t afford to eat.
Are today's eighteen levels of hell really that unbearable?
Gu Qingshan fell into deep thought.
after awhile.
The girl in white flew in from a distance, carrying a big bag in her left hand and a rice cooker in her right hand.
She fell behind the two of them, set the table and tableware, and went to serve the food.
"The meal is ready, I brought an extra set of tableware, and in order to welcome the newcomers today, I prepared beer."
The girl took out three cans as if she were offering a treasure.
The green-robed girl turned around in surprise: "Did you take out the last three cans of wine?"
"Yes, I said something wrong just now, so this is an apology." The girl in white smiled at Gu Qingshan.
Her face suddenly darkened, and she added: "If your fish is not delicious, then I won't give you wine."
Gu Qingshan smiled, took the big fish out of the pot, put it on a plate, and brought it to the table.
"I'm not very familiar with Huangquan's fish. It's my first time to make it today. Let's try it." He said.
The girl in white couldn't wait to move her chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish.
She was stunned.
The girl in green robe also put away the fishing rod, sat over, and asked hopefully: "What's wrong? Isn't it delicious? It smells delicious."
The girl in white slapped the table and cheered: "It's so delicious! I haven't eaten such delicious fish in a long time."
"Ah, really? Let me try it too." The girl in green robe said quickly.
The two of them were chatting while eating.
"This soup is not bad either."
"Well, I'll give this piece to you as a reward for your fishing achievements."
"It smells so good. Just this fish, I can eat a big bowl of rice."
"Me too."
The two of them ate for a while, then suddenly stopped together and turned to look at Gu Qingshan.
I saw Gu Qingshan resting his chin on his hands, sitting next to him and smiling.
"Why don't you eat?" the girl in green robe asked.
"I've eaten before coming here, so I'm not hungry." Gu Qingshan said.
The girl in white handed over a can of beer and praised: "You are a good person. You are willing to join our Eighteen Hells and you are good at cooking. I have to drink one with you."
"Yes, let's celebrate your joining." The girl in green robe said.
"cheers!"
The three of them drank one and put down their glasses. They all felt closer to each other.
The girl in green robe raised her glass again and said: "I am the God of Seduction, and my sister is the God of Death. I usually call her Taisheren like this. Uncle, you can call me Xiaolang from now on. As for my sister, you can call her -"
The girl in white had her mouth full of rice and said vaguely: "Liu Li."
"I understand, just call me Rhodes, no need to call me uncle." Gu Qingshan said.
"Uncle, be kinder."
"right."
The two women nodded together, indicating that they would stick to their opinions.
Gu Qingshan smiled and said: "It's up to you."
He picked up the wine and took a sip. The wind blew from the River of Forgetfulness, making him almost forget those overwhelming things.
The sky suddenly gradually became brighter.
Gu Qingshan looked up and saw dozens of rays of light appearing in the far-reaching sky.
These rays of light trailed long tail flames and flew into the Forgotten River. Gray lead clouds rose on the river, which was spectacular for a moment.
"How can there be so many meteors in the underworld?"
Gu Qingshan said doubtfully.
The two women had already put down their dishes and chopsticks, and their faces changed to serious expressions, with a hint of sadness hidden in them.
"Uncle, you don't know that someone died in the war outside." Xiao Lang said.
"Huh? War?"
Gu Qingshan looked at Wangchuan and saw that the flow of the river was gradually speeding up, washing the corpses that had just surfaced out of sight.
"Yes, the war has become more and more intense recently, and more and more gods and dead people are dying." Liuli said.
Gu Qingshan said in surprise: "——No, the gods and the dead in Huangquan will also die?"
"Those who have died will naturally not die again, but they will forget what happened here and go to Wangchuan to be reincarnated." Xiao Lang said.
Gu Qingshan was silent.
That's right, or this is the normal rule of hell.
The reason why the group of dead people under his control did not die in the world was actually due to extremely special circumstances.
The prison-suppressing ghost king's staff, the huge merits, the laws of hell, the fused world, and the short innocent time before reincarnation, all of these together constitute the most magical moment.
It is basically impossible to recreate that scene now.
Otherwise, the Six Paths of Reincarnation would have been invincible long ago.
but……
Who is the underworld at war with?
Gu Qingshan asked this question directly.
"I don't know. The other ministries are so mysterious that they haven't told us anything." Xiao Lang said.
"I see that the entire Huangquan has been mobilized. Don't you know about such a big war?" Gu Qingshan said in surprise.
Liu Li said: "Every task is required to be kept secret. Participants cannot reveal a word, otherwise their souls will immediately fly away - so of course we, the two gatekeepers of hell, don't know anything."
Xiao Lang sighed and said, "Don't look at it, let's continue drinking."
Liuli raised his glass and said, "Yes, there are only three of us, and we are also responsible for guarding hell. Things on the front line have nothing to do with us."
Gu Qingshan said: "But if this continues, the merit will be..."
The two women fell into silence.
If you don't participate in the war and don't contribute, there will be no merit.
Merit is everything in the world of six realms.
Even in Gu Qingshan's case, the highest order can exchange merit into world power for him to use world-like spiritual skills.
"Is there really no mission for Hell?" Gu Qingshan asked.
The two women shook their heads together.
"Uncle, to be honest with you, we are subordinate gods of the Ghost King of Hell. If the Ghost King is not around, we can't change the current situation of hell." Xiao Lang said.
"What can the Ghost King do?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"He can distribute the dead, throw the dead into hell to replenish the power of hell, and can also order the dead to do something." Xiao Lang said.
Liuli also said: "If the Ghost King is here, we may receive some tasks."
Gu Qingshan thought for a moment.
Now he is no longer the ghost king of hell.
——But I am the god of death in the river of life and death.
The Ghost King of Underworld and the God of Death, do they have anything in common?
He stretched out his hand, pointed to the clearing and said: "Wake up, you sleeper in the river of death."
The earth is loose.
One by one, the dead stood up from the ground.
Gu Qingshan knocked on the table and said to the two women: "Look at these dead people in the river of death, can I let them join hell?"
The two women were stunned.
"I remember that if the dead have unfinished karma, they will have to go back to hell even if they die outside. Does this make our hell more attractive?" Gu Qingshan asked again.
Xiao Lang was a little unable to recover, and said in a daze: "Ah, this is the truth, but -"
Liuli continued: "But after they join hell, they will suffer in hell because of their own karma, and they will not be able to participate in the war in Huangquan."
Gu Qingshan thought the same thing.
The three of them were silent for a while.
Gu Qingshan thought about it again and frowned: "Is there nothing we can do?"
Xiaolang and Liuli looked at each other.
Liuli tilted her head and thought for a while, then said: "Unless..."
"What?" Gu Qingshan asked.
Liuli said: "Unless someone awakens the Prison Suppressing Ghost King's Staff and restarts the Ghost King's struggle for supremacy."
