Chapter 443: Lu Ying Meets Tu Bo at the Ghost Market

After the Yuanqing battle three years ago, I haven’t seen Lu Ying since. I heard that he didn’t even return to the Supreme Sect.

By that time, True Man Lieyang had passed away, and even his body had not been found. Everyone was immersed in sorrow, and they searched for Lu Ying to no avail. They all thought that he had also died in that catastrophe, and after building a cenotaph for him, the matter was left unresolved.

However, Lu Ying came to the demon world alone.

Originally, he was put into a bag by a demon, who wanted to take him back to the demon world to enjoy him. However, after arriving in the demon world, the demon was delayed by Lingxiang’s title-conferring ceremony. As a result, Lu Ying had the opportunity to escape.

This can be considered as being saved by Lingxiang again.

After Lu Ying escaped from the Demon City, he was affected by the aura of the Netherworld. In a daze, he accidentally walked to the Weak Water Ferry, and happened to knock down Bai Gao who was rowing a boat, and was rescued.

By then, the gate to the world had been destroyed and Lu Ying had nowhere to go, so he followed Bo Gao’s advice and hid in the ghost market.

Otherwise, when luck comes, it can’t be stopped.
Soon after arriving at the ghost market, I met an old man with disheveled hair and dirty face. That man was Tu Bo.

It is said that Tu Bo was originally a follower of Hou Tu Niangniang. Hou Tu Niangniang incarnated into the six realms, and Tu Bo ruled the underworld for a thousand years. After the divine court was stabilized, the underworld was ruled by Ziwei Emperor.

Later, during the Conferred Gods War, the immortals were worshipped, the Emperor Ziwei experienced tribulations on earth, and the underworld was handed over to the Emperor Fengdu, thus establishing the current underworld.

Therefore, Tu Bo is one of the few ancient gods left, and the one who truly governs the Ghost Market is not the legendary dragon ghost or sky dragon, but this Tu Bo.

When the Gods came to recruit him, Tu Bo had to hand over the underworld due to the will of heaven. However, he was unwilling to go along with the gods, yet he could not let go of the underworld dedicated to Hou Tu Niangniang. Therefore, he built this ghost market outside the Ruoshui Source to supervise Fengdu’s every move.

If the underworld is unfair, he will rebel at any time.

Lu Ying went into the ghost market as Bo Gao said, but he didn’t know where to go. He had only taken two steps when he was stopped by Tu Bo, who insisted on telling him his fortune.

Facing the old man, Lu Ying didn’t want to be too rude to him, and seeing that he couldn’t refuse, he just let him do it.

There’s nowhere to go anyway, so why not do some calculations?
Unexpectedly, the seemingly inconspicuous old man was able to predict things quite accurately. No matter where Lu Ying came from, which school he studied under, or how many years he had practiced, he was able to predict everything with 100% accuracy without Lu Ying saying a word.

This shocked Lu Ying. Even his own master, Zhenren Lieyang, who had made great achievements in arithmetic, could not calculate so accurately.

Lu Ying was about to believe it, but after listening to Tu Bo saying that he was the incarnation of the Star of Wisdom and insisted on taking him as his disciple, he became cautious again.

I always feel that this routine is a bit similar to those fake Taoist priests who cheat people in the mortal world?
What virtue and ability did Lu Ying have? Could he be the reincarnation of a star from heaven? If he really was a star from heaven, why would he be stuffed into a sack by others and end up in such a situation where he has nowhere to go today?

Hey! You can’t disbelieve what arithmetic says, but you can’t believe it completely either. Just treat it as a joke.

However, this little doubt was completely dispelled after Tu Bo said that he could provide a place to stay.

tsk…

It is difficult for a hero to be worth three taels of gold. A real man can bend and stretch.

Beheading is just a scar as big as a bowl. For a small place to live, it is nothing more than being fooled. It won’t cost you a piece of flesh. What is there to be afraid of…

They come, the security!

Lu Ying comforted himself as a matter of course and accepted the current facts with peace of mind.

Tu Bo’s little house is not very big, but it has everything he needs.

After all, it is the underworld. It is good enough to have a place to live. There is no right to be picky.

However, there is a small courtyard in the house. Although there are no rockery or flowing water, it has stone paths, flowers and plants, which gives it a unique flavor.

It’s just that some of the flowers and plants are in strange shapes, and look scary.

Fortunately, Lu Ying didn’t care and thought it was just the bad taste of old age.

When they first settled in, Tu Bo was quite friendly. He just said that Lu Ying was only a mortal after all, so he should rest for three or two days and adjust to the atmosphere of the Netherworld before discussing other things.

Therefore, Lu Ying lived a comfortable life in the first few days. Apart from practicing martial arts every day, he also meditated, but he never practiced sitting meditation or introspection.

This was also the daily routine when I was in the sect. After forming a habit, I can’t give it up now.

Before going to the Ghost Market, Bo Gao had given some advice that the air of the Netherworld is extremely cold and gloomy, and even a person with a purely yang body may not be able to withstand it. If it is not necessary, it is best not to circulate qi and regulate breathing.

As for what Lu Ying was thinking, no one knew, but it was definitely not what he thought about during the morning classes in the past.

The current situation is not optimistic. Lu Ying has to think of a way to escape on the one hand, and endure the inner torment on the other.

When setting out for Yuanqing, Master Lieyang had repeatedly reminded them that this trip might be unpredictable and if anything happened, no one should put themselves in danger for revenge.

The enemy is right next to me. If I cannot avenge this vengeance, wouldn’t I be unworthy of being a disciple? But it is difficult to disobey the master’s orders! And now my situation is like hanging upside down, how can I talk about revenge?

The days passed by in this kind of entanglement and comfort.

But one day, Tu Bo suddenly appeared with a ruler in his hand. His attitude changed drastically and he forced Lu Ying to meditate.

What? Meditation? Why not just let him die?

Senior Bai Gao had warned us not to practice breathing exercises, but now this old man wants to meditate on his own. I told him to just go die.

Lu Ying was about to say something to explain, but Tu Bo scolded him harshly: “Since you are a disciple, you should do whatever the master tells you to do. There is no point in refusing!”

How come this old man changes his attitude faster than turning the pages of a book?
“But……”

As soon as Lu Yingfang opened his mouth, a long and thin ruler fell down and hit his leg hard, making a dull sound.

hiss……

It still hurts…

This old man looks skinny, but he is so strong.

Lu Ying rubbed the painful spot for a while to ease the pain. He dared not speak again and could only look at Tu Bo with grievance.

Tu Bo looked very satisfied, with his hands behind his back in a serious manner, like a teacher checking homework in the mortal world.

“I won’t let you take this beating in vain. Since you have doubts in your heart, I will help you to clear them up.”

This……

This “teacher” sounds really awkward to me…

Although Lu Ying was reluctant, he did not refute and waited for the next step.

“The netherworld was originally a hell of fire, with flowing rocks everywhere and a sea of ​​fire all over the sky. When the heaven and earth were first created, the pure air rose to form the sky, the turbid air fell to form the earth, and the lower part was the netherworld.”

“The turbid air is extremely cold and yin, especially the first one. It falls into the netherworld and merges with fire and rock to form mountains and land.”

“At that time, all things were created, and birth and aging were all natural, so the world of all gods was born.”

“The gods coexist in the world, fighting for supremacy, the world is in ruins, and all living things suffer.”

“Hou Tu is merciful, and her body transforms into the six realms, beginning the cycle of reincarnation.”

“Hmm…” Lu Ying suddenly interrupted, “So what does this have to do with you insisting on me meditating?”

Tu Bo, who was interrupted, looked dissatisfied and raised the ruler in his hand high, which frightened Lu Ying so much that his neck shrank and he quickly closed his eyes.

But after waiting for a long time, the ruler didn’t fall, but I heard Tu Bo sigh.

“Do you know why the demons were born?”

This……

I’ve never heard of this…

Note: The general annotations to the “Classic of Mountains and Seas” indicate that Hou Tu should have been a male and the son of Gong Gong.

In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it is recorded that “Gonggong gave birth to Houtu, Houtu gave birth to Yeming, Yeming gave birth to Sui twelve”, and in the Classic of the Great Wilderness North, it is recorded that “Houtu gave birth to Xin, Xin gave birth to Kuafu”.

So it can be understood that Hou Tu had two children. One was called “Ye Ming”, who gave birth to the twelve months of the year, and some said it was the twelve Earthly Branches years; the other was called “Xin”, who gave birth to the foolish Kuafu who chased the sun and committed suicide.

As for when Hou Tu became “Niangniang”, it was mainly during the Later Han Dynasty.

At that time, people thought that the “Hou” in Hou Tu meant a woman kneeling on the ground, and “Tu” meant a woman’s chest. Putting them together meant “a woman breastfeeding”, which means giving birth to the earth.

The name “Hou Tu Niangniang” is still used to suit the general public and has nothing to do with the records. Moreover, most of the records are fabricated and there is no need to delve into them.

Tu Bo originally refers to the god of land. Some say he is the gatekeeper of the underworld, and some say he is the ghost emperor. There are many different opinions, so there is no need to delve too deeply into them.

Everything in the article is borrowed and fictitious, so just read it for fun.

If you are interested in the evolution of ancient mythology, you can refer to “Classic of Mountains and Seas”, “Chu Ci”, “Bamboo Annals”, “Book of Rites” and “Zuo Zhuan”.