Chapter 4109 Ferryman
By now, we were deep within those red spider lilies, quite far from that large group of walking corpses.
If we hide here, they won't be able to find us.
Beside us flows a ceaseless river, emitting a fishy stench, its turbid waves churning.
Everyone looked at my master, who calmly said, "This river is the River of Oblivion. It is filled with wandering ghosts who cannot be reincarnated, crying and wailing, floating day and night. In a moment, I will send you away from this River of Oblivion."
Upon hearing my master's words, everyone looked toward the River of Oblivion, where ravenous wolves were raging. Various ghosts were emitting mournful howls, making it seem like a living hell.
Little Fatty said in a somewhat frightened tone, "Senior, um... you're not going to make us swim across this river, are you? I wouldn't dare. With such a ghost in there, it would tear us to pieces."
Old Li rolled his eyes at Little Fatty: "We'll take a boat later, you swim across by yourself."
"No way, whatever you say goes, senior. I can't swim that far," the chubby boy waved his hands repeatedly.
"Senior Li, the River of Oblivion is so dangerous, with countless evil spirits in it. If you are pulled in, you will lose your life. How do we cross the river, and where should we go?" Master Zhiqing asked very respectfully.
"The River of Oblivion connects to the rivers, lakes, and seas of the mortal realm, places where the yin energy is extremely heavy and mist lingers year-round. You can use the River of Oblivion to return to the mortal world. As for the exact location, I'm not entirely sure. I'll call a ferryman over in a moment to take you away," my master said solemnly.
Hearing this, I was somewhat surprised: "Master, aren't you coming back with us?"
"Well, I still have things to do here. You all go back first. I estimate it will be another six months before I can return to Yanbei."
As he spoke, Old Li patted my shoulder and said earnestly, "Good disciple, go back and take good care of your injuries. Although the cultivation method you practice is somewhat unorthodox, as long as you don't use those methods to do evil, your master can accept it. However, don't forget to cultivate the Profound Truth Enlightenment Technique, that is your foundation. I have discovered that you have many cultivation methods, and recently you have also been practicing the Blood Refining Saint Technique, the top-level unorthodox cultivation method of the Blood Spirit Ancestor. This technique may have a backlash, but with your current cultivation level, it doesn't pose much of a threat to you..."
"I understand, Master." Hearing how much Master cared about me, I was moved once again.
However, I felt a little secretly pleased when he said that it would be another six months before I could return to Yanbei.
In other words, after I sell the good stuff I got this time, he can't possibly swindle me out of it.
After I got the money, I spent it all right away. I bought all sorts of talismans, including gold talismans, invisibility talismans, and all kinds of random talismans. When he came back in six months, I wouldn't have a hair left on my body.
Thinking about all this makes me incredibly happy.
"Senior, um...aren't we supposed to leave the Yin-Yang Realm?" the slovenly Taoist priest couldn't help but ask.
“There are several places to leave the Netherworld, not just the Yin-Yang Realm. For example, the Three Realms Stele, the Yin-Yang Ferry… The Yin-Yang Realm is quite a distance from the River of Oblivion, and it gets quite dangerous ahead. I can go by myself without any problem, but there are too many of you, and it’s easy to expose yourselves. Let’s be on the safe side and leave via the River of Oblivion.” My master looked at us.
“Master, whatever you say goes. We’ll listen to you as long as we can get back,” I said with a smile.
"It's been a long time since I've seen Huwa. Can he call me Grandpa yet?" Old Li's lips curled into a smile as he spoke of Huwa.
"He's learned it now, he can even walk. He's always pulling the fur off Eighth Master, and Eighth Master avoids him whenever he sees him," Little Fatty said.
"This child is destined for greatness. In a few years, Old Zhang can teach him some skills," the master said with a smile.
"Senior Li, when shall we set off?" Master Zhiqing looked around and asked in a low voice.
"We're leaving right away, follow me." With that, my master got up and continued towards the depths of the other shore flowers, carefully walking along the banks of the River of Oblivion.
I looked closely toward the River of Oblivion, and saw that the river water was dark and murky, like ink. As the water churned, pale and distorted faces would occasionally float to the surface, and hands would constantly reach out of the water, as if trying to pull people back into the water.
We followed behind our master, walking quickly among the red spider lilies. After walking for half an hour, we arrived at a place that looked like a ferry crossing.
It's called a ferry crossing, but it's really just a few dark stones placed on the banks of the River of Oblivion.
The master stopped there, took out several talismans from his body, and threw them into the dark waters of the River of Oblivion.
The talismans fell into the River of Oblivion, and all the lonely ghosts and spirits in the river floated up, rushing towards the talismans one by one.
However, as soon as the talismans fell into the River of Oblivion, they immediately disappeared. Several large waves crashed over, instantly engulfing the wandering ghosts.
"Master, what are you doing?" I asked in a low voice.
"Why ask so many questions?" Old Li rolled his eyes at me.
"When I was a child, didn't you tell me that if I didn't understand something, I should ask?" I smiled slightly.
"I've given you so much to do and I've told you to study hard, so why are you always last in class?" Old Li said irritably.
"Exactly, he even goes to a top-tier elementary school. I could do better than him if I went there." That shameless little fatso always likes to seize any opportunity to criticize.
As we were talking, suddenly, a small boat slowly sailed towards us from the depths of the River of Oblivion.
There was another person on the boat, wearing a black straw hat and all black clothes, holding an oar and gently paddling the surface of the River of Oblivion.
The wandering ghosts that had been constantly rising to the surface of the water sank back into the water and became silent after this person appeared.
I feel that this person's attire looks somewhat familiar, very much like Shi Jiangsong.
This man in black must be the ferryman between Yin and Yang that Master mentioned.
We watched as the small boat slowly approached us.
Before long, the small boat stopped not far from us.
The man in black stood on the boat without saying a word, and he constantly exuded a very strong aura of malevolence.
My master immediately stepped forward and bowed respectfully to the man in black, saying, "Thank you for your trouble."
The man in black didn't say anything, but simply moved to the side, indicating that we could board the boat.
"Hurry up, there's no time left, you should get out of here right away." My master waved to us.
