Chapter 1656 - 1499: Yin Yang Inn 55
Chapter 1656: Chapter 1499: Yin Yang Inn 55
After listening to Yun Qing’s words, the sentimental Feng Lin and Bai Yao both had tears in their eyes. Bai Yao was sobbing uncontrollably in Feng Lin’s palm.
"Wuwuwu! Daoist Yun, you all have suffered too much. Shopkeeper, you’re so powerful, you must help him! You can’t let the Underworld capture Daoist Yun. Daoist Yun is a good person, wuwuwu!"
Bai Yao cried as she spoke to Qi Shuangshuang. Feng Lin’s cat eyes were also red, but he had faith in Qi Shuangshuang: "Don’t worry, Bai Yao. Our Shopkeeper has the best heart. She will definitely help Daoist Yun."
Qi Shuangshuang: "..."
She knew it. Just listening to the story meant work for her. Although she sympathized with Yun Qing, she had just returned and hadn’t even rested for a day before having to go out again.
Seeing Feng Lin and Bai Yao cry so miserably for him, Yun Qing couldn’t help feeling a bit embarrassed, and his ears turned red. Gone was his previous air of calmness, replaced by the shyness of a young and innocent person.
Seeing Feng Lin and Bai Yao crying non-stop, Yun Qing stammered slightly as he tried to comfort them: "You don’t have to be sad for me. Guarding the Evil Sealing Tower and preventing Evil Ghosts from disturbing the Mortal World is the duty of us cultivators. I don’t find it hard."
Qi Shuangshuang looked at Yun Qing. His eyes were filled with sincerity, revealing his genuine thoughts, which made her admire him. As expected from someone who has never been touched by the Red Dust, he was so pure.
Bai Yao and Feng Lin, upon being consoled by Yun Qing, cried even more miserably: "Wuwuwu, such a good Daoist is so unfortunate. How pitiful!"
The cat and the Taotie were crying when Li Yu, who had gone somewhere unknown, came in. Seeing Bai Yao and Feng Lin crying so miserably, he couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow: "What’s going on? Why is everyone crying so sadly?"
Feng Lin and Bai Yao immediately scrambled to recount Yun Qing’s story. When they spoke of Yun Lin breaking the Evil Sealing Tower and releasing the Evil Ghosts inside, they were even angrier than Yun Qing.
When they reached the part where Yun Qing had no choice but to turn everyone at Yunxi Temple into zombies and was marked by the Underworld as a major criminal, they cried even more than Yun Qing.
Li Yu didn’t have the same strong sympathy as Feng Lin and Bai Yao to cry for Yun Qing. He merely looked at Qi Shuangshuang and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you want me to go with you this time to handle it?"
Qi Shuangshuang waved the round fan in her hand: "Whether you go or not is up to you. This should originally be the responsibility of the Underworld, and it has burdened so many people for years to suppress it."
Actually, handling this was very easy. Qi Shuangshuang and Li Yu went to Yunxi Temple, released the Evil Ghosts and zombies from the seal, sent the Evil Ghosts to Hell, and handed the zombies over to Black Impermanence Luo Yao.
The combat power of Qi Shuangshuang and Li Yu was overwhelming for the Evil Ghosts. These Evil Ghosts were truly no match for them and were easily dealt with.
As for the handling of the zombies, it was simple. The Underworld has a Washing Resentment Pool, which can cleanse the resentful energy from innocent souls, allowing them to reincarnate.
These zombies, in essence, were trapped in their corpses by resentful energy, and their bodies were infused with it, giving rise to them. Once the resentful energy is cleansed, they can detach from their bodies and re-enter the cycle of reincarnation.
Of course, if it’s a sinful soul, entering the Washing Resentment Pool only hastens their demise, let alone cleansing the resentful energy from their spirits.
In this matter, the most troublesome was Yun Qing. If handed over to the Underworld for punishment, he would certainly never reincarnate. Although Yun Qing is a good person, his crimes cannot be erased.
This is the harshness of the Underworld’s laws; punishment for the guilty, no mercy, ensuring absolute fairness, cold as it may be, ultimately for the greater good.
However, Qi Shuangshuang couldn’t bear to send Yun Qing to face his punishment in the Underworld, especially with Feng Lin and Bai Yao crying and insisting she find a way to help him.
Having no choice, Qi Shuangshuang thought it over and only came up with one solution – to have Yun Qing sign a contract with the Wood Demon, becoming a servant of the Yin Yang Inn.
The Yin Yang Inn has a contractual relationship with the Underworld. While it listens to the Underworld, it is not bound by it, existing independently of Yin and Yang, beyond the reach of both the Mortal World and the Underworld.
By signing a contract with the Yin Yang Inn, Yun Qing could temporarily escape the pursuit of the Underworld, and by doing more good deeds, helping more souls cross over, and accumulating merit, he could eventually erase the Underworld’s mark.
Of course, before signing the contract, Qi Shuangshuang still invited the Black and White Impermanence, Luo Yao, and Luo Feng as witnesses.
This act was to indirectly inform the Underworld that the person contracted, though marked, was not truly guilty, and not an actual wrongdoer.
With the Black and White Impermanence as witnesses, Yun Qing is considered to have cleared the way in the Underworld, so that when a Ghost Messenger encounters him in the future, they won’t immediately attack, preventing future troubles.
After Yun Qing’s matter was resolved, Qi Shuangshuang finally welcomed her long-awaited peaceful life. Without Taotie, puppets, and the Evil Sealing Tower as major problems, small matters didn’t require the Shopkeeper’s intervention.
With Yun Qing, who has been exceptionally diligent since joining Yin Yang Inn, particularly enthusiastic about taking on exterior jobs, along with Li Yu, the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox, Qi Shuangshuang really got to rest for a while.
Qi Shuangshuang is someone who can enjoy tranquility. She doesn’t mind having nothing to do all day, spending her time admiring flowers, reading books, and enjoying delicacies, living quite comfortably.
However, after enjoying a few days of leisure, the same scene occurred again, in the same location, with Feng Lin rushing in holding Bai Yao.
Even the urgent words Feng Lin spoke were about the same: "Shopkeeper, something’s wrong! A living person has come to our Yin Yang Inn! Shopkeeper, you need to take a look!"
Qi Shuangshuang twitched her forehead, feeling a headache. Day after day, how do so many living beings find their way to her Yin Yang Inn? What trouble has arrived this time?
Once at the hall, Qi Shuangshuang discovered that the visitor was alive and humanoid, but unfortunately not a mortal being, but a Divine Beast, and an ascended one at that.
The visitor had a tall stature, broad shoulders, a slim waist, and long legs, exuding a very masculine charm. When Qi Shuangshuang entered the hall, the visitor was sitting in a chair, elegantly yet swiftly eating.
The table in front of him was filled with all sorts of delicacies. Yuan Chongyuan, who spent all day in the kitchen, was standing next to him with a humble expression.
And this visitor, while eating, commented: "The freshness of your fish is excellent, but it’s too focused on the freshness, slightly overlooking the natural sweetness and aroma of the fish.
And this meat, it’s been fried a bit too long. If it were fried a little less, with slightly lower heat, it would be perfect. And this sweet and sour fish..."
This was a fairly picky guest. Yuan Chongyuan’s usually highly praised culinary skills had more than a few flaws in this visitor’s eyes.