The lady in the suit stepped forward in high heels, "click-clack, click-clack," her slender jade legs gracefully moving as she approached you. She extended her delicate hand and gently tapped your forehead, then flicked her finger.
"Hiss."
"Does it hurt?"
"It’s, it’s okay."
You took a half step back, covering your forehead, sowhat baffled.
"You little fellow, sotis you’re sharper than monkeys, and at other tis, you’re as dense as a piglet."
The stylishly dressed lady swiveled around to sit in a rotating office chair, crossing her snowy white legs, and asked, "So, tell , what do you want?"
Unlike when buying dumplings, the lady before you now had a much more daunting presence. However, the feeling she gave you was not one of coldness or heartlessness. A hint of amiability shone through the beautiful smile on her cheeks, and her lovely eyes brimd with a gentle laughter.
You collected yourself and said to the lady in the suit, "I want to go down to the Underworld."
"Hmm?"
Her eyebrows knitting together, the lady in the suit looked at you and said, "What, young and already tired of living? I rember, don’t you have a young girlfriend? If you die, what will she do?"
Just thinking about Wu Qiyi trapped deep within the sunlight-deprived Hell, your heart felt as if sothing was gripping it tightly, the pain was intense!
At this point, you cast aside all reservations and bowed to the lady in the suit, saying, "Granny, I’m going to cut to the chase and say it straight!"
Then, you recounted everything that had happened to the enchanted lady.
After hearing everything, the lady in the suit fell into deep thought.
"Granny, I have no other requests. Just tell how to get to the Underworld. The rest, I will handle myself!"
"By yourself?"
The lady in the suit glanced at you and laughed, "Kid, you really don’t know how vast the sky or how deep the earth is, do you? That’s the Underworld we’re talking about. Do you think it’s a playground where you can just buy a ticket and have fun?"
Your eyes blazing, you looked steadfastly at the lady in the suit: "As long as I can save Er Ya, nothing else matters to !"
"You little fellow, here I was thinking you ca over to chat with because I was bored, but it turns out you’ve brought such a big problem," she said.
The lady in the suit slowly stood up. Just like before, she stretched out her slender, onion-shaped finger and gently touched your forehead.
This ti, she didn’t flick her finger but looked at you seriously: "That Heavenless Hell holds extrely dangerous people, and is guarded by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s mount, Emperor Ditian, with a hundred thousand Underworld Soldiers stationed within. For you to enter is difficult."
You didn’t say anything, letting her finger touch your forehead, eting her gaze with unwavering determination.
Seeing your resolution, the lady in the suit couldn’t help but laugh: "Kid, your stubbornness reminds of soone. Seems like you two have quite a bit in common."
"Granny, I..."
"Alright." The lady in the suit withdrew her hand, "I know what you’re thinking. It’s not hard for to take you to the Underworld, but to enter the Heavenless Hell, and furthermore, to rescue your little girlfriend, you will have to rely on your own abilities."
"Thank you, Granny!"
"Hmm?" The lady in the suit’s expression changed abruptly, a sharp aura instantly enveloping your whole body.
"Oh, thank you, Elder Sister!"
"Ah, I like that title." The lady in the suit smiled, "My surna is ng, so you can call Sister ng from now on."
"Okay!"
"Um, Sister ng, may I ask you a question?"
"Go ahead."
"Are you really Grandma ng?"
Sister ng replied with a sweet laugh: "Why, don’t I look the part?"
"I’ve always heard people say that Grandma ng is an old woman with white hair and a kind face, not at all like a heavenly beauty like Sister ng."
"You have a sweet tongue, huh? Bet you’ve chard plenty of girls," Grandma ng teased, then suddenly flicked your forehead again.
"Hiss—"
At that mont, you felt such pain that even your soul trembled!
In a hurry, you switched to another question and continued, "Since elder sister is Grandma ng, shouldn’t you be stationed at Yu Wangtai? Why are you here?"
Seeing Grandma ng reaching out again, you quickly dodged to the side.
With a glimpse of you, she imdiately burst into a smile as beautiful and brilliant as a myriad of blooming flowers, "You little thing, who told you Grandma ng must always stay at Yu Wangtai? Yu Wangtai has long been abandoned. I’ve adopted the thods of the Yang Realm and established divisions in each Chenghuang’s territory, selecting wise and capable won from the female deceased, training them, and then assigning them to the divisions. That way, I’m free, aren’t I?"
You suddenly saw the light and nodded earnestly.
"Moreover, I am a goddess personally appointed by the Jade Emperor, and I already have a group of maids under . Assigning the soup is naturally a crude task I leave to them."
You nodded, "Right, with so many people dying every day in the Yang Realm, if you were to serve the soup alone, you wouldn’t be able to keep up."
"Mmm, you catch on quick, not bad," she said approvingly.
As she said this, Grandma ng walked gracefully toward the door; seeing that you were still standing there motionless, she turned her head with a smile and said, "What are you dawdling for? Let’s go."
"Oh."
You nodded and hurriedly caught up with Grandma ng’s pace.
Grandma ng waved her hand at the door in front of her, and it opened automatically.
Instantly, the scene outside the door changed; the corridor had turned into a spiraling staircase.
You stood at the top of the staircase, glanced down, and saw a bottomless depth!
"Let’s go."
"Oh."
The two of you, one in front of the other, walked down the seemingly endless staircase.
Click-clack, click-clack...
After a while, you suddenly felt that ti seed to stand still when you were walking down the stairs.
"Elder sister, where does this staircase lead to?" you asked.
Without turning her head, Grandma ng replied with her unique, softly laughing voice, "Of course, it leads to Hell."
"Hell?"
You appeared sowhat astonished; before coming here, you had imagined many different scenes of entering the Underworld, but you never expected to descend into Hell in such a manner.
"Do you find it strange?" Grandma ng asked with a smile.
"Yeah, I thought I might have to cross the Three Origins River or the Netherworld Road or sothing," you admitted.
Grandma ng laughed lightly, "Silly boy, that’s the path the dead take. You are entering the Underworld as a living person, so naturally, you walk a different path than everyone else."
You nodded and pointed towards the abyss at the bottom of the spiraling staircase, "Elder sister, how much longer do we have to walk before we arrive?"
"Hmm, ten years? No, no, twenty years," she mused.
"Huh?"
You paused, "Elder sister, you’re not teasing , are you?"
Grandma ng smiled gracefully, "Why would I tease you for no reason?"
"That won’t do; if we keep walking like this, when will we ever finish?"
"What, you think it’s too slow?"
"My dear elder sister, you are a divine being, I’m just an ordinary person. In ten or so years, other people’s kids will be able to hold their girlfriends."
Grandma ng raised her eyebrows with a smile, "If you think it’s too slow, I do have a faster way."
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