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Chapter 900 Huangquan Road

Song Jiang soon discovered that the problem was not just that. The births and deaths of other people in the Book of Life and Death were all fixed, but Gu Hao only had a death date but no birth date, and his death date was just a few days ago...

In the past, Gu Hao was the expert on this kind of thing, but now that he was gone, naturally, he could only rely on Meng Zhe to interpret it. So Song Jiang quickly handed the Book of Life and Death to Meng Zhe and said, "Take a look at this. Could this thing be real?"

Meng Zhe took the Book of Life and Death and looked at it carefully. He said, "It seems that this is a trap to capture Gu Hao, and it is very likely designed specifically for him..."

After hearing this, Song Jiang immediately thought of the feud between Gu Hao and the underworld. Could it be that this trap was set by the underworld? But on second thought, it seemed unlikely, because first of all, Gu Hao was able to stay in the human world because Meng Zhe had guaranteed him. Song Jiang believed that if Li Chenghuang was not stupid, he would not have suddenly captured Gu Hao without saying hello.

Furthermore, even if it was true that a high-ranking person in the underworld had skipped Li Meng and secretly taken Gu Hao away... there would be no need to make such a big fuss, right? To build a scenic spot? And then abandon it? Just to catch him? And that poor baby, Song Jiang believed that even if the underworld wanted to take Gu Hao back, it would not sacrifice an innocent life as the price.

Song Jiang thought of this and said puzzledly, "If this is true... then the hatred between the other party and Gu Hao must be very deep. But even if this is the case, isn't the fuss here a bit too big? Just to capture Gu Hao?!"

Deng Kai also waved his hands and said, "Impossible, impossible. Don't you know what kind of person Gu Hao is? He usually wants to be invisible in the crowd. He won't say a word to others if he can avoid talking to them. How could such a person have any enemies?!"

Song Jiang looked at Deng Kai somewhat helplessly, not knowing whether he should tell him about Gu Hao's reincarnation. If he didn't tell him, the truth would be exposed sooner or later, and it might be a big shock to Deng Kai then... If he told him, it would be difficult to explain it in a few words.

Deng Kai was surprisingly smart at this time. Seeing that neither Song Jiang nor Meng Zhe responded to his words, he asked with a puzzled look on his face, "You don't know something that I don't know, do you?"

Meng Zhe asked him, "What do you think? Have you never thought about how Gu Hao, who is so young, can have such amazing abilities?"

Deng Kai looked bewildered and said, "Isn't it because he comes from a family of metaphysics? Isn't it...?"

Song Jiang looked at Deng Kai's "innocent" expression and couldn't bear to continue deceiving him, so he sighed and said, "There is one thing... I should let you know. Gu Hao is not Gu Hao."

"What do you mean? What do you mean Gu Hao is not Gu Hao? Who else could he be if not Gu Hao?" Deng Kai said with a shocked expression.

"The Gu Hao we all know has actually always been a person who has taken over another body... The popular meaning of taking over another body is that a soul occupies the body of another person without a soul. So although Gu Hao looks very young, he should actually be a ghost who is much older than you and me." Song Jiang explained patiently.

Deng Kai was completely dumbfounded after hearing this. This truth was somewhat unexpected for him... However, thinking carefully about his previous interactions with Gu Hao, he realized that the other party was indeed much more mature and experienced than himself. At that time, he even laughed at Gu Hao for always looking so old-fashioned despite being so young. However, he never thought that the real Gu Hao was actually older than himself.

Seeing Deng Kai standing there in a daze, Song Jiang quickly comforted him, "You don't have to be afraid. Gu Hao is now a little older, but he is not much different from ordinary people..." But Deng Kai asked, "Have you always known about this?"

Song Jiang nodded awkwardly and said tactfully, "It's a little earlier than you know..."

Deng Kai became angrier and angrier, and said aggrievedly, "Why didn't you tell me? Do you all take me for a fool?!"

Song Jiang quickly explained, "Of course not... This is Gu Hao's own secret. How can we talk about it if he doesn't say it? Besides, even if Gu Hao said it himself, he would need an opportunity. He can't just say to you after knowing you for a few days: I am a person who has been reborn by taking over another body, please take care of me? Then you will think he is a psychopath, right?!"

Obviously, Song Jiang's explanation did not make Deng Kai feel much better, because in his heart he always felt that he knew Gu Hao very well, but he never expected that the other party was actually a completely unfamiliar existence...

Seeing that Deng Kai seemed to be quite upset, Meng Zhe wanted to help Gu Hao explain, but as soon as he opened his mouth, it backfired. "This is his own business. It's natural for him not to tell you. Besides, he didn't take the initiative to tell us. We just happened to know it. Now that you know his true identity, if you don't want to stay and take risks... I can send you out first."

"No need. Since I agreed to come, I will definitely help you rescue the people." Deng Kai said coldly.

Song Jiang also knew that the most important thing now was to find Gu Hao first, so he nodded and said, "That's fine..."

Afterwards, the three of them left the land temple and continued to walk deeper into the cave, but ended up walking into a deep tunnel. The tunnel was only about two meters wide, and the ground beneath their feet was an uneven bluestone pavement...

When Meng Zhe stepped on the bluestone road, he immediately realized where he was, so he blurted out, "This is the second stop of the underworld - Huangquan Road."

When they heard these three words, Song Jiang and Deng Kai both shuddered. As ordinary people, it would be a lie to say that they were not afraid when they walked on the Yellow Springs Road...

"This broken tunnel is the road to hell, isn't it too unreal?" Deng Kai consoled himself.

Although Song Jiang knew clearly that this was not the real Yellow Springs Road, for some reason he felt panicky. At that time, he comforted himself in his heart like Deng Kai, saying that what he felt now was just the normal reaction of an ordinary person walking on the Yellow Springs Road... But when he shone the flashlight forward, he saw a little girl in a flowery dress standing in front of them with her back to the three of them.

The sudden appearance of a little girl in such a place was not a good thing, and Song Jiang saw her without any preparation. He was so frightened that he dropped the flashlight in his hand to the ground with a "snap" sound...

This kind of sound was undoubtedly a loud noise in such a quiet and closed space, and it frightened Deng Kai so much that he trembled and exclaimed, "What...what's going on?!"