Chapter 25: The Cursed Oath
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When Wang Long's mother came out of the ward with tears streaming down her face, Wang Long quickly went up to meet her. Liu Chu said to Wang Long with a painful expression: "Little Dragon, go and see your grandma quickly, she has been muttering your name all along." Wang Long ran into the ward with tears all over his face.
Seeing his grandmother lying in bed, Wang Long felt a pang of heartache. The robust and healthy grandmother he had seen last time was now lying on the bed with her eyes closed, her face extremely haggard and emaciated, her white hair losing its former luster, looking like withered grass in winter, her hands like withered branches with bulging blue veins, devoid of any blood color.
Wang Long ran towards his grandmother in agony, grasping her hand and shouting. His grandmother heard Wang Long's cries and struggled to open her dull eyes, a faint smile appearing on her pale face as she weakly said: "Long'er, my good grandson, you've come to see Grandma." Wang Long nodded desperately, tears falling onto his grandmother's withered hand as he said: "Grandma, Long'er has come to see you. You'll definitely be okay."
Wang Long mobilized a strand of spiritual energy, slowly probing his grandmother's body, but found that her body was somewhat abnormal, as if it had been cursed. Wang Long searched hard in his memory, but still couldn't understand what was going on. He wanted to use his spiritual energy to lift the curse, but there was no way to do so.
Wang Long immediately understood that his grandmother might have been secretly plotted against. Wang Long immediately thought of Ling Yunzi, who might be able to see the problem based on his experience, because although Wang Long himself had inherited the memories of Hua Long, it was already over 10,000 years ago, and the changes that had taken place in this world during such a long time were beyond even Hua Long's expectations.
Made a phone call to Lingyunzi outside the hospital and asked Ling and Zi to come to the hospital quickly. Since the matter in Beijing was handled, Lingyunzi had nothing to do for a while, and as soon as he received Wang Long's phone call, he immediately bought a plane ticket to the county.
When Lingyunzi arrived at the hospital, only two hours had passed. He didn't say much and immediately grabbed Wang Long's grandmother's hand as soon as he entered the ward. His face slowly revealed a solemn expression, and he said to Wang Long: "Your grandmother did not contract stomach cancer from the hospital examination, but was cursed by the Ghost King of Youming. At the last Demon-Slaying Conference, the Ghost King of Youming also participated in that action. Those who were cursed by a famous ghost king must be lifted by him or killed by him to be resolved. Last time, dozens of people were cursed by him at the Demon-Slaying Conference, and they all died after the Ghost King of Youming was seriously injured and disappeared. Why did the Ghost King of Youming target your ordinary grandmother this time? There is a problem with this decision." Wang Long anxiously asked: "Wu Lao, do you know where the Ghost King of Youming is now? How can I find him?" Lingyunzi shook his head with a bitter smile and said: "I don't know either. Since the last Demon-Slaying Conference ended, the Ghost King of Youming has disappeared, and no one knows his whereabouts." After finishing speaking, he patted Wang Long's shoulder and said: "Little Long, you don't have to worry. In my opinion, this matter is not so simple. The Ghost King of Youming chose to target your ordinary grandmother, and there must be some conspiracy behind it. I think that soon he will come looking for you. Since your grandmother is fine now, it means the Ghost King of Youming doesn't dare to really kill her; otherwise, he wouldn't have gone through so much trouble." Wang Long thought about it and felt that Lingyunzi's words were very reasonable. But why did the Ghost King of Youming target his own grandmother? He had no grudges against him. There was no way out now except to wait for the Ghost King of Youming to take the initiative to find himself.
Although Grandma now eats less, she can still get by with some nutritional drinks and the like, so Wang Long's heart is slightly relieved. However, thinking of this hidden ghost king makes Wang Long feel very annoyed.
Lingyunzi also sat with Wang Long, thought for a moment, and then pulled Wang Long to the hospital corridor, coming to a place where there were fewer people. Wang Long and Lingyunzi found a long bench in the hospital and sat down, saying that he would tell him about the Ghost King of Yin and Yang, so that he could have a simple understanding of the Ghost King of Yin and Yang.
Originally, this King of the Underworld was also a very famous figure in the mortal world, he was General Bai Qi of the Great Qin during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. General Bai Qi was the most outstanding general after Sun Tzu and Wu Qi during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, and participated in commanding two major battles that could influence history: The Battle of Changping killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers, causing the Zhao state to never recover; The war against Chu State became the second great general after Sun Tzu to capture the capital city of Yingdu during the Spring and Autumn period, and dug up the tombs of the previous kings of Chu State, making the six eastern states tremble with fear...
At that time, Qin had Fan Ju in literature and Bai Qi in martial arts, it seemed that the country would be unified soon. Unfortunately, Fan Ju, such a person, also committed a petty crime - jealousy. Taking advantage of his good relationship with the King of Qin, he often seized opportunities to speak ill of Bai Qi. One day, when the King of Qin was fighting outside, he asked Bai Qi to lead troops to cooperate. Bai Qi thought that this battle was not worth launching and made a purely technical suggestion, saying it would be better if he didn't go. As a result, Fan Ju took advantage of the situation and said that Bai Qi wanted to rebel. The King of Qin had always been wary of the invincible Bai Qi, so he gave him a precious sword and asked him to kill himself. Bai Qi angrily asked: "Why?" Later, after thinking about it, he understood, "I killed 400,000 people in Zhao Guo, shouldn't I die?"
Bai Qi died, and for a time, the Qin state's generals were unable to respond effectively. They used Zheng Anping, an old acquaintance of Fan Ju, but this incompetent person made a mistake as soon as he took command and was captured alive. Once, King Qin casually said in front of Fan Ju: "If Bai Qi were still alive, how could we have suffered such a defeat?" Fan Ju's face turned red with shame, knowing that the king was blaming him, so he found an opportunity to resign and leave. As a result, the unification of the Qin state was delayed for several decades.
After his death, Bai Qi's resentful spirit lingered in the mortal world, unwilling to depart. By chance, he obtained an ancient ghost immortal cultivation manual, "The Great Law of the Underworld". After thousands of years, his martial arts skills became great, and he called himself the Ghost King of the Underworld. With his profound abilities, he unified all the ghosts in the mortal world. All the vengeful spirits who had died unjustly and were unwilling to be reborn or leave the mortal world obeyed him.
The current abilities of the Ghost King of the Underworld are estimated by Ling Yunzi to be not far from transcending the calamity. However, the tribulation of ghost immortals is much more terrifying than that of true cultivators, and it is many times more difficult to overcome.
Wang Long also sighed, a famous general in history, now reduced to the state of a ghost cultivator, was indeed quite pitiful. His hatred for the Ghost King of the Netherworld also decreased somewhat. But he couldn't understand why the Ghost King would harm his own grandmother.
Lingyunzi told Wang Long about the situation with Youming Ghost King and then bid farewell to return to Beijing, after all, there were many things waiting for him to deal with at headquarters every day. Wang Long stayed by his grandmother's side, waiting for Youming Ghost King to come find him.
"Ding ding ding" The hospital room phone rang, Wang Long hastily picked up the phone and said: "Hello, I'm Wang Long, who is this?" "Little dragon, it's your Aunt Shan. How's your grandma doing now?" It was Aunt Shan calling to ask about Grandma. Wang Long replied: "Aunt Shan, don't worry, Grandma is much better now." After a while, Aunt Shan hung up the phone.
"Ring, ring, ring" This was already the sixth phone call today, and the previous five were all those seven aunts and eight sisters calling to ask about Wang Long's grandmother. Wang Long quickly picked up the phone. After Wang Long reported his name, a sinister voice came from the other end of the phone: "So you're Wang Long, I'm Hei Shan Lao Gui, the great apprentice of You Ming Gui Wang. My master asked me to call and inform you that tonight at 12 o'clock, bring your divine artifact, the Five-Colored Crystal Lamp, to the waist of Ya Ji Mountain. You should know what this is about. Master also told me to tell you not to worry about your grandmother's affairs, as long as you come on time, she will be fine. But if you don't bring the lamp, the result will be different." Wang Long hastily replied: "Okay, I promise you, please tell your master that I will definitely arrive on time. However, if anything happens to my grandmother, then you'll be in trouble!" As soon as Wang Long finished speaking, Hei Shan Lao Gui hung up the phone with a "click".
Seeing Wang Long's iron-green face, Wang Bing asked worriedly: "Xiao Long, whose phone is it? Is anything wrong?" Wang Long forced a smile and said: "Dad, it's a friend calling, nothing's wrong, don't worry."
It was already six o'clock in the evening, Wang Long went to a restaurant outside and bought some boxed meals. He also asked the chef to cook some congee for him, which he brought back to the hospital for his parents and uncles to eat. With a small spoon, he fed his grandmother the congee, looking at her pale face made Wang Long's eyes well up with tears. Thinking that it was all because of the Five-Colored Luminous Lamp artifact that his grandmother had been afflicted with this evil ghost curse by the Ghost King, Wang Long felt a pang of guilt in his heart.
But fearing to cause worry for his family, Wang Long didn't tell anyone, and instead silently calculated in his heart that he would definitely make the Ghost King of Youming lift this damn curse.
