Chapter 47: The Old Taoist’s Old Acquaintance, White Impermanence of the Underworld

Note: Don't Forget to join my Patreon.com/flokixy to get access to +30 Advance Chapters I have to stop if there is no support [Oh my god, after looking up what minghun [1] is, I just want to say, what kind of feudal dross is this!] Some curious viewers in the live stream specifically went to search for what minghun was, and were scared witless by some of the pictures and texts. Some, not minding stirring up trouble, even posted Popular Science [2] about it. "Little master, but I don't even know that man!" Xunsheng Tage [3] naturally saw the comments from enthusiastic netizens. The hairs on her body stood on end. The thought that she was actually married to a ghost was simply too shocking. So-called minghun actually mostly involves one of the parties being deceased, meaning a dead person and a living person going through the wedding ceremony. And jie minghun (forming a minghun) is also called jie yinqin (forming a ghostly marriage). Although they are referred to as the same thing, there is a slight difference between the two. The former requires a complete wedding process. Because of the issue of the deceased's appearance, roosters or other livestock are generally used as substitutes for the bowing ceremony. Jie yinqin, on the other hand, is much simpler. As long as the birthdates of the man and woman are matched, and a feng shui master who understands yin and yang acts as a matchmaker and reports to the various officials of the underworld, it can be achieved. It has now become a means for evil cultivators to seek money. They help the families of the deceased who are unwilling to leave the mortal realm, borrowing the life force of the living to support the ghost, thereby allowing the deceased to avoid the perception of the ghost messengers of the underworld. But ghosts are ultimately yin objects. The living person who is jie yinqin'd will be constantly devoured of their yang energy every day. Until the yang energy is exhausted, then the living person will become a dead person. Xunsheng Tage's yang energy was leaking, and she had no marriage contract in the mortal realm, yet her Marriage Palace [4] had a ruling star residing in it. This meant she was jie yinqin'd. The reason Yao Yao didn't notice it at first was that yinqin goes through the underworld, and the ghost can greatly conceal its aura by borrowing life force. If the other party hadn't lost his composure and attacked Xunsheng Tage, using yin energy that couldn't be concealed, Yao Yao wouldn't have noticed the clues for a while. "Little sister, perhaps you shouldn't be asking me this question, but rather you should ask your father." Yao Yao's big, bright eyes rolled, and she slowly spoke. It should be known that jie yinqin is not difficult, but it basically needs to follow the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Only then will the yinqin formed be more stable and more effective in avoiding ghost messengers. Listening to this little sister's meaning, she was given to her father. Then, according to human law, the only person who could qualify as the parent's order was actually her father. Therefore, it was obvious who had arranged the marriage. "You mean, that man was found for me by my dad? How could he do this!" At this time, Xunsheng Tage also remembered her father's sudden change in attitude that night. She originally thought that the other party was just playing the emotional card to make her soften and continue to send money. But who knew that he was so cruel, not wanting to persuade her at all, but planning to sell her, and selling her to a ghost! The live stream also didn't expect this kind of reversal, and the comment section immediately started cursing. [This dad is really not human. He didn't even raise his daughter when she was young, and when she's grown up, he still wants to sell her. How black must his heart be!] [I can only say, hell is empty, and the devils are in the human world.] [Although the Fated Person's [5] father deserves to die, shouldn't the most important thing now be how to deal with this yinqin? After all, that ghost is coming to kill the Fated Person soon!] Obviously, the enthusiastic viewers in the live stream still remembered that the Fated Person was being haunted by a male ghost. So the direction of the wind changed, and they began to ask for help for the Fated Person. Yao Yao glanced at the comments and the pale-faced Fated Person. She said crisply, "Little sister, you don't have to worry. People can get divorced in the mortal realm, and they can also get divorced in the underworld." These words fell on Xunsheng Tage's ears, and she instantly snapped out of her disbelief at being sold by her own father. Her eyes reddened, and her voice unconsciously carried a sob, "Little master, tell me what to do, and I will fully cooperate with you." She was only twenty-five or twenty-six years old now, at the prime of her life to focus on her career. Let alone a ghost, even if she were given a celebrity hunk, she wouldn't consider it. She clenched her fists tightly, thinking that after the live stream ended, she would definitely call back and scold her black-hearted father, and then block all his contact information. In the future, even if he died, she wouldn't go back to burn paper money or offer incense. "It's very simple, little sister, just give me your bazi [6]!" Yao Yao's voice was childish. Although minghun is recognized by the underworld, it is against the rules for ghosts to use minghun as a pretext to linger in the human world. As long as she communicates with the underworld officials, she can take the person to the underworld. As for what to do with the so-called marriage line? This was even simpler. The yin-yang master who acted as the matchmaker was not skilled enough, and the marriage line he established was not very strong. She could just cut it off for her! When Xunsheng Tage heard this, her face immediately showed joy, and she quickly sent her bazi to Yao Yao in the background. The reason she remembered it was because her grandmother believed in fate. When she left home to go to university, she specifically asked a carpenter to carve a longevity plaque, and these were engraved on the back of the plaque. Yao Yao glanced at it and memorized the time, "Seventh Brother, I'm going out for a bit, please watch the live stream." She not only had to cut the marriage line, but more importantly, she had to cast a spell to summon the underworld officials. Ordinary people couldn't see the ghost gate and the underworld officials, and they might see her doing something strange. Seventh Brother said that if the live stream was too outrageous, it would be banned. Then her rice bowl for earning merit would be smashed, and she would absolutely not allow this to happen. "Okay, I'll watch the live stream." Gu Yu nodded. To be honest, he wanted to follow, because he was also very curious about how to solve the minghun matter. But since his sister had asked him to stay, it wouldn't be good to insist on going. Seeing this, Yao Yao grabbed some foil paper from the small drawer, quickly ran out of the room, and then found an empty guest room in the villa and slipped in. She even cautiously locked the door, and then her little fleshy hands skillfully folded the foil paper into gold ingots. Before long, a mountain of ingots piled up on the ground. Yao Yao gently exhaled. "Fortunately, I haven't forgotten how to fold them, hehe!" Previously, the Taoist temple would prepare some paper money, ingots, and incense for burning incense, to make it convenient for tourists to buy. The Old Taoist had taught her this, and she had been doing it ever since. And to summon underworld officials, one naturally couldn't do it empty-handed. Money can move ghosts and gods, and there was nothing wrong with this saying. However, the money of the yin and yang realms is not the same. The more profound the magic of the person from the Xuanmen [7] who folds the ingots for ghosts and gods, the more valuable they are. Conversely, the underworld officials mostly look down on those folded by ordinary people. Yao Yao didn't know what level she was at, but the Old Taoist always used them when summoning underworld officials, so she thought they shouldn't be too bad. After preparing the ingots, Yao Yao chanted a spell, her fingers drawing a talisman in the air. And when the talisman was finished, a sinister, ancient bronze-colored gate appeared out of thin air. The three-foot-high gate was covered with complex patterns. With a creak, the gate slowly opened, and a surge of yin energy rushed out from behind the gate, lowering the temperature of the entire room. An underworld official wearing a long white robe and a tall, pointed white hat walked out from it. On his hat were clearly written the four words: "Wealth at First Sight." There was only one person in the underworld who dressed like this, and that was Bai Wuchang, Xie Bi'an. The latter's nose suddenly twitched, and his gaze immediately fell on the pile of gold ingots on the ground as offerings. He reached out and grabbed them, and the ingots spontaneously combusted without fire, turning into streams of incense, which he swallowed whole. The familiar taste of the ingots made his two long eyebrows twitch. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at the little doll in front of him and slowly asked, "What is your relationship with the Qinghan Daoist of the Fire Cloud Temple?" Yao Yao was stunned. She didn't expect Bai Wuchang to know her master. She was immediately happy, "I'm his disciple." At the same time, she couldn't help but feel proud of her master. That was Bai Wuchang, a high-ranking official in the underworld! Looking at the other party's appearance, they were also very familiar. This made Yao Yao's eyes smile into crescents, because the Old Taoist had said that it was easier to get things done if you had connections in the underworld. It seemed that there would be no problem today!