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Chapter 989 Huangquan Inn
Meng Zhe glanced at Song Jiang, who was still concentrating on trimming the branches of the sapling, and snorted, "What else? Are you still hanging out outside? Don't you see what time it is now?"

The reason why Meng Zhe never had a good face towards Yang Jian was because the two of them had experienced a real fierce battle in the past, the kind of life and death... When Qinglong lost his nature after being possessed by the devil, in order to stop him from killing living beings, Meng Zhe and Yang Jian once stood on the same front. Later, in order to protect Qinglong's soul, Meng Zhe stood on the opposite side of Yang Jian. It can be said that he tried his best to earn a glimmer of life for Qinglong, so Meng Zhe and Yang Jian were both enemies and friends in the past.

Yang Jian was silent on the phone for a while before he spoke, "Didn't you notice that Song Jiang has been a little bit strange these days?"

Meng Zhe laughed and said, "Do you know Song Jiang better or do I know Song Jiang better? Is there anything wrong with him that I need you to remind me?"

Seeing that Meng Zhe didn't believe him, Yang Jian said truthfully, "I have sent people to monitor Song Jiang's every move these days. Although he does live his life according to the routine, I feel like something is wrong."

Meng Zhe said angrily when he heard this, "Can you stop being so suspicious?"

"Okay, anyway, I've already kindly reminded you... If anything really happens, don't regret it." Yang Jian hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

Meng Zhe threw his phone on the coffee table in frustration, then looked up at Song Jiang who was still mumbling to the sapling and said, "You agreed to lend your body to Qinglong, wasn't it just to save this little tree demon?"

Song Jiang, whose secret was suddenly revealed, smiled awkwardly and said, "When did you find out?"

Meng Zhe snorted, "Even if my spiritual power is weak now, I can still feel the evil spirit on it... Did it become like this in order to save you?"

Song Jiang sighed and said, "Well... it was seriously injured at the time, and Qinglong agreed to help rescue it, but the condition was to borrow my body for a period of time."

Meng Zhe was puzzled when he heard this, "Aren't you worried...what if he doesn't return it?"

Song Jiang smiled innocently when he heard this and said, "How is that possible? Although I don't know the Azure Dragon Lord, he is the brother you once tried your best to save. His character is naturally beyond reproach. At least he is a man of his word. The facts have also proved that the Azure Dragon Lord did not lie to me. Now he has returned the body to me, hasn't he?"

Meng Zhe looked at Song Jiang's innocent expression, and swallowed the words that were on his lips. At the same time, he felt a deep sense of guilt. When he first met Song Jiang, he really just regarded him as a tool to help Qinglong be reborn. But after a long time of getting along, he understood that Song Jiang was a person, a person with flesh and blood and feelings! So later when he learned that Qinglong's soul had always been in Song Jiang, he resisted in his heart. He didn't want Song Jiang to sacrifice for Qinglong, even though he was born for this...

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Song Jiang met with Gu Hao secretly again that day and together they planned to go to the underworld. Gu Hao told Song Jiang that the passage and the gap in the Queergou Scenic Area must not be used because there was a barrier set up by Meng Zhe there. Whether they entered or destroyed the barrier, Meng Zhe would know it first, and their plan would end early.

Song Jiang thought for a moment and said cunningly, "Since you said so, there must be other ways..." Gu Hao glanced at the thoughtful Song Jiang and said with a smile, "You are really smart... There is indeed another way to enter the underworld."

When Song Jiang heard this, he immediately said happily, "I knew it was right to ask you for help..."

Before he could finish his compliment, Gu Hao poured a bucket of cold water on him, "Don't be too happy too soon. Although there is no white tiger like Meng Zhe blocking the way on the other road, it is also full of dangers and it is not so easy to pass smoothly."

The reason why Song Jiang had to ask Gu Hao for help was because he was familiar with the underworld. Only he could help him bypass Meng Zhe and enter the underworld quietly. Thinking of this, he asked, "Tell me... How do you get around the dangers?"

Then Gu Hao told him that if a living person wanted to enter the underworld, he must first go to a place called Huangquan Inn, where half-living ghosts usually lived. Their bodies had basically stepped into the gates of hell, but they had not yet died. Since the souls of such people had already left their bodies, the underworld officials naturally could not let them wander around, so they temporarily placed the ghosts in Huangquan Inn.

Song Jiang asked in confusion, "But aren't these people also ghosts?"

"Don't be impatient, just listen to me..." Gu Hao then explained, "The reason why living people must first go to Huangquan Inn to enter the underworld is because the proprietress there is a living person herself."

"A living person is doing business with the dead outside the underworld. This woman is really bold!" Song Jiang couldn't help but sigh.

Gu Hao nodded and said, "Of course... No one knows this woman's last name. We only know that her nickname in the human world is Wan'er. But there is a reason why she can stay in Huangquan Inn as a living person."

It is said that this Wan'er was once the woman of a gangster boss more than a hundred years ago. The two had a good relationship, but the man had been doing a bloody business for many years, so it was inevitable that he would have a few enemies. So even though the two lived a life of luxury, they were always not at peace.

Later, one time, the man's enemy captured Wan'er and threatened the man to hand over all his property and life. The man agreed without hesitation, but he made a request, that is, Wan'er should leave first, and he would give the other party an explanation. Wan'er refused to leave no matter what, so the man had no choice but to make an agreement with Wan'er, asking her to go home first to pack up all her belongings and wait for him on the beach where they often dated before, and then he would take her away and promised her that he would find her no matter what.

In Wan'er's heart, men are always as good as their promises, so she believed it. However, she waited at the beach all night but the man did not show up. Wan'er was unwilling to give up, nor did she believe that the man would break his promise to her, so she waited there day after day, year after year, until by chance she met a wandering Taoist priest, who saw that she was really pitiful, so he used the man's birth date and time to tell his fortune, but the result was a very bad omen.

When Song Jiang heard this, he asked nervously, "Is that man dead?"

Gu Hao shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. Since the man has not yet been reincarnated in the underworld, his life span in the world of the living has also ended. He can be considered to be in a state of neither life nor death."