Previous lives, Xia-Zhou Dynasty.
The night when the crown prince was killed in a battle, a fire broke out in the East Palace. The fire was too strong, and there was a hot flame spreading in every corner of Ye Sui’s palace, and it was inevitable.
From outside the palace, the palace man’s shouts sounded, “Go and extinguish the fire! The crown princess is still inside…”
There were multiple footsteps outside the hall, and the palace people were fighting to extinguish the fire. The flames in the hall burned more intensely, and the air was filled with a burnt smell.
When the fire was about to cover Ye Sui’s body, she tightly held the hairpin that Chen Shu gave her. She raised the corners of her lips and called out his name.
“Chen Shu.”
After Ye Sui died, her soul was shifted to a dark place. Ye Sui’s sight fell to the center, and she found three words impressively engraved on it.
Wang Si City
The city of death was created in hell by the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva for the ghosts who died of unexplained disasters. It was located adjacent to the Naihe Bridge and the blood basin. In charge of the dead city was the sixth hall’s Yama King Biancheng among the ten halls of Yama.
Originally, this was where the people who die in vain go to after their death.
Wang Si City was peaceful, and the city wall was dark blue, the color was so dense that it appeared like ink. The surrounding area was filled with mist and unrecognisable silhouettes.
Two lanterns were hung on both sides of the city wall. The wind blew gently swaying the lanterns, but the candles among them did not go out, as they burned for eternity.
A few wisps of ghostly white light, added gloominess to the eerie atmosphere.
The weird city walls, the pale and gloomy fog, the meandering shadows…There was no day, no night.
Ye Sui shifted her gaze down and it fell towards the gate of the city. The door was closed tightly, and there were no souls around it. It was completely empty.
Ye Sui was a little surprised. There were many people who died in vain, and there should be a big crowd in the city. But why was there no gatekeeper at the door?
Yin Bing guessed Ye Sui’s thoughts, and he laughed a few times, “Don’t even think about leaving Wang Si City, or your soul will be destroyed.”
The people who died in vain were trapped here, not allowed to die, and not allowed to live, until they went to reincarnation, and only then would they get their freedom back.
The city was a cage that imprisoned the souls of dead people. After entering Wang Si City, don’t even think about leaving by yourself. Ye Sui’s complexion remained unchanged, no matter what was waiting for her beyond the walls, she would not care anymore.
With a creak, the closed door opened, and a cloud of dust rose from the ground, floating in the air.
Ye Sui walked into Wang Si city, and the door closed heavily behind her.
Ye Sui thought she would see some terrible scenes. Unexpectedly, this Wang Si city was beyond her imagination. Inside, people were running to and fro. The layout inside was almost exactly the same as on earth.
Seeing Ye Sui coming in, some people looked back at her, all of them looked blank, with the same expression.
They soon looked away and continued doing their own thing. In Wang Si City, everyone only cared about themselves.
Those who came here died violently. Some of them feared all day at whether their enemies would get their comeuppance, while others thought about their loved ones who would never be allowed to meet them.
Thoughts, hatred, and pain …… haunted them forever. Ye Sui numbly walked forward, she did not know where she should go, and did not know what she should do.
At this time, a person pulled Ye Sui’s sleeve. She looked down and saw that it was a 12-year-old girl. Ye Sui asked, “You are?”
The little girl pointed at her throat, then shook her head. She was a mute girl and could not speak.
Ye Sui felt that the little girl was very pitiful. The little girl pulled her sleeve and motioned her to walk with herself. Ye Sui and the little girl came to a place where there was a room that looked like an inn on earth.
The little girl took the branch and scratched it on the ground, “You can live here.”
Ye Sui didn’t know why the little girl wanted to help her, but she spoke sincerely, “Thank you.”
The little girl smiled, she had no relatives and was all alone. Just now she felt affectionate as soon as she saw Ye Sui, so she was willing to help her.
Ye Sui lived there.
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