"Please come this way, Mr. Tamura."
Under the leadership of Miss Death Otoya, the three came to the platform of the station where Kamakura is located, where a train that only the deceased could see was waiting.
The train is an extremely old-fashioned one, with a total of three carriages.
When Gu Yun got on the car, there were already many people sitting in the car.
There is a god of death who guides the way around all the deceased, and Gu Yun once again laments the one-stop service provided by Kamakura.
"If you want to lead to the underworld, you must find the entrance."
Grandpa said: "Most of the entrances are controlled by the gods of Huangquan, with almost no exceptions."
Therefore, the simplest and best way to go to Huangquan is to take the Huangquan track and follow the rules.
Of course, this is a one-way trip, you only go there and never come back.
After all, I have never heard of people being able to send you back after they die.
"There are a lot of reapers here."
Gu Yun thought of Sode Shirayuki's awakening mission and stepped forward to greet them: "Well, hello everyone, I am Iijima Gu Yun. This is the first time we meet. Please give me some advice."
"Oh, oh."
The gods of death were a little confused, but they still shook hands with Gu Yun.
【Sode Shirayuki】
Awakening requirements: Contact 10 benevolent gods who can guide the souls of the dead (completed)
Awakening method: Call the name of 'Sode Shirayuki' in your heart to awaken the Zanpakutō
"Done!"
"When you get back, summon Sode Shirayuki."
There were many Shinigami in the carriage. In order to avoid offending others, Gu Yun got to know the rest before sitting back down.
"Is this your first time going to Huangquan, young master?"
Miss Otoye is very familiar with Grandpa.
In the past, she accidentally let go of the dead who needed to be guided, causing the other party to turn into a wraith.
Iijima Snail, who was still relatively young at the time, met the troubled Miss Otoya and helped her catch the ghost.
Fortunately, the other party's resentment is not very strong yet.
With Grandpa's spiritual power, he was able to dispel the curse and purify it.
Because of this incident, Miss Yiye became my grandfather's guide when he sneaked into the underworld, and helped him go back and forth between life and death many times.
"Well, it's my first time."
Gu Yun asked: "Is there anything I need to pay attention to in Huangquan?"
"It's nothing special," Miss Otoye said, "Just don't go to hell and don't get close to the mansions of the gods in the underworld."
The underworld itself is part of the divine world and is located in the 5th dimension.
Not to mention ordinary spirits, even a Shinigami like Miss Otoye is not qualified to enter it.
"Yeah, I remember."
Because of his grandfather's relationship, the other party loves the house and the bird.
Gu Yun knew the purpose of this trip to Huangquan, so he began to accept his connections and connections here.
"Speaking of which, what level of spirit exterminator is Master Iijima now?"
"I treated a cracked girl before, it was an intermediate level ghost story."
"That's the intermediate spiritual master!"
Miss Otoye was very surprised. At Gu Yun's age, he was able to defeat Kaidan who was comparable to an intermediate level demon. This strength was really astonishing.
"Yeah~~"
Miss Otoye laughed at herself: "Much better than me."
"As for me, I can barely deal with lower-level monsters. If you encounter intermediate monsters, you can only resist them." Miss Otoye scratched her head: "I will definitely not be able to defeat them anyway, hahaha."
Evaluated as a 'good god' by Emu, Miss Otoya's spiritual quality is not low.
However, she is a product of the Underworld Rules and cannot be directly equivalent to the 'human spirit'.
In the spirit-removing circle, human spirituality and potential are divided to a certain extent.
No spiritual power, that is, 0 spiritual power points.
Such people cannot see ghosts and cannot use magic.
They are non-staff personnel, and Miyoko will not recognize such people as spiritual masters anyway.
1~5, ghosts can be seen, but spells cannot be cast.
In addition to the spiritual world, there is a general term for these people, that is, 'spiritual mediums'.
Psychic mediums can be regarded as the basic level of exorcists, but most of them do not regard exorcism as a job, and they do not have the ability to exterminate monsters.
5~10 are serious spiritual masters, no longer liars.
It's just that although these people have a certain amount of spiritual power, due to talent issues, even basic spells are extremely difficult to learn.
The peak one can reach in his lifetime is probably the level of Uncle Daomo.
Spirit levels 10 to 20 correspond to lower-level demons.
If you practice well, you will be able to confront lower-level demons by the age of around 20.
Winning may not be guaranteed, but it will not be easily defeated. If you arrange the barriers and magic circles in advance, there is still hope of defeating the opponent.
They are the elites in the spirit-killing world, and they are also what Snail calls 'general spirit-killing masters'.
In terms of strength, a little good deity like Miss Yiye would feel a lot of pressure when facing an ordinary spiritual master.
She can use her spiritual power to hide in the dimension of the good god, but her attack power is extremely awkward.
After that, 20~30 is the intermediate level, and 30~40 is the advanced level.
Over 40, take Snail as an example. Without the help of any shikigami, he can be 50-50 equal to ordinary special-level monsters by relying only on his own spells and spiritual power.
If you include the art of controlling gods, even if the opponent is a big monster, Grandpa can still fight against the opponent.
In addition, a high spiritual level does not mean strong strength, and the two are not absolute.
Grandpa’s spiritual power is 40+ and Miyoko’s is 50+.
If they fight against each other, Grandpa is confident that he can beat the latter.
The snail is nearly eighty years old, and the spiritual power accumulated over the past eighty years is quite huge.
Although everyone's spiritual power explosion period is different, before the age of 35, the spiritual power increased every year will exceed the previous year.
After the age of 35, the rate of increase in spiritual power will suddenly drop sharply, and then enter a trough, with the increase becoming smaller year by year.
Miyoko is 28 years old this year, and she still has many years to go.
However, after Gu Yun's purification ceremony, Meiyoko's spiritual power suddenly improved, which also brought about the completion of her spiritual power.
Today's Miyoko's spiritual power is almost the same as that of those who are born with a spiritual power of 50+ when they reach the age of 28.
Use data to describe it.
Before the exorcism ceremony, Grandpa's spiritual power was more than five times that of Miyoko.
But in just one night, Meiyoko's spiritual power reached 60-70% of her grandfather's.
If nothing unexpected happens, in another year or two, Miyoko's accumulation of spiritual power will surpass that of the old man.
There is no way, people with high spiritual levels are just so unreasonable.
At the same age, the higher the spiritual level, the more spiritual power.
However, spiritual power is not the key to victory or defeat.
Grandpa has a series of supporting magic systems such as the God Control Technique, but Miyoko does not.
This is the reason why Snail beat Miyako.
Spells are really important in warlock battles.
It's like a martial arts secret book in a martial arts novel. You have all your inner strength but don't know how to use it.
Qiang is still very strong, but with his strength, he may not be able to perform three points.
It's okay to fight in a crushing battle. If you encounter an opponent who is not much different, the opponent may find a flaw in an instant and kill you instantly.
This shows how important it is to have a good background in the world of warlocks.
Origin here is not about power and status, but the heritage of a family.
The reason why the Iijima family was selected among the ten disciples was not only because of Grandpa's divine skills, but also because of his accumulation over the years.
The ancient books and documents in the old man's study contain countless spells and forbidden arts.
Even with Gu Yun's talent, those spells are enough for him to learn for more than ten or twenty years.
"Boom~Boom~~"
"Um?"
Gu Yun sensed the fluctuations in space. He looked towards the front of the track through the car window and saw a dark vortex that seemed to be made of mist appearing out of thin air.
"It's time to leave."
After Miss Otoye finished speaking, the train shook and began to move forward slowly.
"Buzz~~"
After passing through the whirlpool, the train first traveled in a gray space like a tunnel.
After just ten seconds, Gu Yun felt his eyes light up.
Outside the originally dark carriage, bright sunshine was shining, and the golden setting sun shone into the carriage. Gu Yun couldn't believe that he had actually arrived in the underworld.
"This is Huangquan?"
Gu Yun stood up and looked through the car window, only to see a wooden track floating hundreds of meters in the air.
Below the track is the endless sea, with mountains standing on it.
The train shuttled between the mountains. Gu Yun opened the window and felt the breeze blowing on his face. His nose could even smell the fragrance of flowers blowing from the peaks on both sides.
"Isn't it beautiful?"
"Um!"
Gu Yun looked at the azure sea. When he raised his head, he saw plank roads and wooden houses built against the mountains.
There are many mountains and mountains, row after row, and there are faint clouds and mist, like a dream or an illusion.
'It's unimaginable that such a world turns out to be a hell! '
The entire underworld world gave Gu Yun the feeling that it was not like the place where the soul would return after death.
If he hadn't known it in advance, he would have even thought that this place was the Penglai Wonderland on the sea, a paradise uncontested by the world.
"We arrive at the station ahead, Huangquan."
"Passengers getting off the train, please note that the station ahead is Huangquan."
As the train announced, the speed of the train began to slow down.
The undead souls saw a platform built on a high mountain, with smoke curling up from the kitchens and the aroma of the food making people believe that they were not dead.
"Buzz~~~"
The train stopped slowly, and as the door opened, a group of people swarmed in.
It was like a relative who had been abroad for many years finally returned to his hometown, and their relatives and friends came to pick him up excitedly.
"Jiro, Jiro, are you here?"
"Mom? Are you the mother?"
A sixty-year-old man looked at a middle-aged woman who was twenty years younger than him, his eyes full of surprise and nostalgia.
"Azheng, this way, I'm here to pick you up!"
"elder sister?"
The young man stepped forward tremblingly, his eyes full of tears: "Are you waiting for me here?"
"Poor child, he died so young."
The woman stroked her brother's face and said sadly, "Azheng must be having a hard time over there, right?"
"I'm sorry I let you down."
Ah Zheng held his sister's hand tightly and said with a trembling voice: "I clearly agreed that I would live strong, but I still died without getting happiness."
"It's okay, Azheng has done his best."
The elder sister took her younger brother's hand and walked out of the platform: "Hurry up, mom and dad are already waiting for us at home. Mom made your favorite sushi."
"Are mom and dad here too?"
"Well, we've been waiting for you to come over."
The fate of their family was very tragic. Their parents died in a car accident. The older sister worked hard to raise her younger brother, but she became ill due to overwork and died young.
My younger brother lives very hard and works very hard.
But staying up late and working overtime day and night eventually overwhelmed his body.
However, he never expected it.
He became an orphan in the human world and could only face the cold world alone. After his death, he was able to see his sister again and reunite with his parents and family.
There are no relatives there anymore, but here, there are people waiting for him to go home.
"Mr. Tamura!"
"Keiko?"
Mr. Tamura got out of the car and met a woman in her thirties. She was his wife who passed away many years ago.
"Is that you?"
The two hugged each other and cried at the station, and they had endless things to say to each other.
'Is this it, after death? '
Watching this scene, Gu Yun felt a lot of emotions in his heart.
"I'm going to work, Mr. Iijima."
"Well, go ahead."
Grandpa took the silent Gu Yun and said goodbye to Miss Otoye, then walked onto the platform and walked through the streets.
Surrounded by the cries of vendors, you can also smell the aroma of food.
"Are these all true?"
When Gu Yun asked this question, his grandfather did not answer directly. Instead, he conjured an apple and handed it to his grandson.
"Um…"
Gu Yun had no doubts and bit into it: "It's true!!"
"how did you do that?"
To create matter out of thin air, logically speaking, it should be impossible with my grandfather's spiritual power.
"It's not true."
Grandpa smiled and took the apple, pinched it and turned it into nothingness: "This is Huangquan, everything is based on your heart."
"soul?"
"It can be understood as imagination."
As Grandpa explained, he motioned Gu Yun to look around: "In your eyes, what does Huangquan look like?"
"A fairyland, lush mountains, azure sea," Gu Yun glanced at the lively streets around him: "There are also small towns and streets built on the mountains like temple fairs."
"Oh, in Gu Yun's eyes, Huang Quan is like this."
Grandpa smiled slightly: "Well, I'm about the same. Anyway, it's very beautiful."
According to grandpa, Huangquan is the world of souls, and there is nothing in the material world here.
In other words, every plant and tree here, even the sky and the ocean, are all transformed.
However, this kind of illusion is also called the heart-to-world.
"Kind people come to Huangquan, and the world is peaceful and beautiful in their eyes."
"In the eyes of evil people, the underworld is full of filth, like purgatory."
In the same way, because it is the world after death, the spirits here can create all kinds of things according to their imagination.
The soul will not be hungry, but it can shape the food it knew before birth through memories and memories.
The more you understand about food, the tastier your food will be.
Of course, TVs, computers and the like are definitely not possible.
After all, imagination is not born out of thin air. Grandpa's shaping of apples will consume the spirit body's thoughts. If you use it too much, the spirit body will become very tired.
Because Gu Yun and Grandpa have spiritual power, their durability and upper limit are far beyond that of ordinary souls.
"I see."
You can conjure whatever you want, whether it's food or various tools.
Each spirit body can only change a limited amount of things every day, so they can brainstorm, and everyone is responsible for each other's certain aspects of food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and then exchange and buy and sell, forming an alternative market.
"Can they stay here forever?"
If the soul can live forever in the underworld, in disguise, will it also realize the dream of immortality?
"You'll get tired of it."
Grandpa shook his head and said: "Yellow Spring is a place for souls to relax. They have suffered in the world, so they cultivate here to fill the spiritual defects and seek healing."
However, such cultivation will sooner or later make the spirit body feel tired.
At that time, the spirit body will leave the underworld, board the train to the afterlife, and start a new life for them.
In Gu Yun's words, there is no nostalgia or regret in life.
They let go of their obsessions and this journey.
"My parents, Gu Yun's great-grandfather and great-grandmother, left the underworld and were reincarnated decades ago."
Their obsession was that they failed to take good care of their grandfather and his sister, so they raised the two children in relatives' homes and depended on others.
Many years ago, my grandfather took his sister to Huangquan to reunite with his parents.
They forgave their parents, allowing them to let go of their guilt and go to the afterlife with peace of mind.
