Hell Emperor.

Chapter 318: Shura Jie - Recruiting Ghost Messengers
"you are dead."

After waking up the girl who was crushed to death by the beam, Ye Jie saw her standing there without saying a word for a long time. He thought she didn't understand the current situation, so he reminded her.

"I know."

The girl with pigtails finally spoke. To Ye Jie's surprise, she seemed calmer than he had imagined.

"No one can survive such an injury, unless they are immortals, I will definitely die."

Ye Jie glanced sideways. Many people could not accept the fact that they were dead even after they died. Even if their corpses were placed in front of them, they would only know how to escape. But the girl in front of him was extremely calm.

Silence fell again, and Ye Jie had no choice but to ask, "What's your name?"

"Yam."

"is it?"

Ye Jie lowered his head and glanced at the seven stitched pages in his hand: "Your file clearly states that your name is Wen Yaoer."

“My friends call me Yam.”

"All right……"

"What about you? What's your name?"

Shan Yao raised his eyes, with a hint of calmness in his eyes, and his tone was clear and steady, as he just looked at Ye Jie.

"You can call me Shura Jie."

"Xura Jie, I have never seen anyone like you. Are you dead too? Or are you the witch elder that the adults are talking about?"

"I'm not a witch, I'm the Lord of Yama Palace." Ye Jie answered slowly, "But you are right about one thing, I'm dead too."

At this time, there was another violent tremor in the distance. People around were afraid of being affected by the aftershocks and fled in all directions. Only the crying woman was still kneeling in the same place, holding the dead body of Yam and sobbing.

Shan Yao looked melancholy. She stretched out her hand, wanting to touch her grief-stricken mother. Her hand was halfway extended, then suddenly curled up again. She was scared and confused, not understanding how she could see her mother when she was already dead.

Seeing this, Ye Jie slowly said, "I am recruiting people for the Golden Wheel Palace and can offer you a position. What do you think?"

Yam chuckled, "You? You don't even look older than my cousin, and you're still saying you're going to give me a position?"

Ye Jie frowned: "You are very lucky. You have never done anything bad in your life. My conditions are still valid. Please consider it carefully."

Yam tilted his head: "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"There are several positions in the Golden Wheel Hall. You can carry bone fragments for smelting next to the flaming oil pot, make food for hungry ghosts in the dining hall, or serve as a ghost messenger to summon souls from all over the place and bring more ghosts to the Golden Wheel Hall."

Shan Yao was not interested: "It sounds boring. What can I get?" "You can get Yin De as a reward. With Yin De, you can travel between the human and ghost worlds to see your relatives in your previous life, and you can also send them dreams. Among them, the ghost messenger has the highest reward. If you work hard, you may be able to see them every week. Other positions are less rewarded. It may take you months or even years to accumulate enough Yin De to see them."

When Shan Yao heard that he could see his relatives from his previous life, he immediately became excited, his eyes shining: "Okay then, I want to be a ghost messenger!"

Ye Jie glanced at her and said, "It's not easy to be a ghost messenger. On the way of collecting souls, you may encounter a sensual ghost, a ghost cultivator who captures ghosts and refines souls, or a cultivator with a high level. If you are not careful, your soul will be scattered and there will be no recovery. Although the other positions pay less, they are absolutely safe. If you stay in the Golden Wheel Palace, you don't have to worry about encountering danger."

Shan Yao pursed her lips and said, "I still want to be a ghost messenger. I don't want to wait so long to see my mother."

"As you wished, you are now a ghost messenger of the Golden Wheel Palace." Ye Jie nodded, "With good deeds, you can also exchange them for skills or magic weapons that are helpful for cultivation. Your talent is better than that of ordinary ghosts, but it is only a little bit better. If you want to achieve the right result, the chance is still very slim."

"Practice..."

What Ye Jie expected was that after hearing about the matter of cultivation, Shan Yao did not feel happy, but rather a little worried. He pursed his lips and said, "Here, practicing privately is a taboo. If anyone is discovered practicing, the end may be miserable..."

Ye Jie frowned: "You don't allow us to practice? Then if the monsters come, who will resist them?"

Without practitioners, it also means that when external enemies come, there will be no resistance, which would be impossible no matter where they are.

Shan Yao replied: "With the protection of the demon kings, no foreign enemy dares to come here, so we don't need to practice at all."

Ye Jie remained silent, feeling that things were not quite what he expected, so he asked, "You mean, the monster will protect you?"

Shan Yao nodded, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and couldn't help but pursed his lips and said:

"The one responsible for protecting our village is the Earth Dragon King. He is a very gentle demon king. I have seen him several times before, and even climbed onto his body with other companions. Normally, the Earth Dragon King always lives in a deep valley, and every spring he would dig up the ground for the villagers. But this time, for some reason, he actually caused such a big earthquake, hurting many people..."

In the end, Shan Yao became less vocal and she died in the earthquake.

As they were talking, there was another violent shock under their feet. The shock was so violent that even the ghost-like Shan Yao fell down. She hurriedly climbed up and pleaded with Ye Jie:
"Xura Jie, can you stop the mad Earth Dragon King? If you don't stop it in time, more people will be injured..."

Ye Jie spread his hands: "People in the underworld should not interfere too much in human affairs. Mortals have a destiny when they die. Moreover, if people don't die, how can the Yama Palace increase its population? I am not here to stop the earthquake, I am only here to collect souls, why should I take action?"

"You will." Shan Yao said firmly, "I saw you lift the beam just now to save me. If you really didn't want to help, you wouldn't have saved me!"

Shan Yao opened her eyes wide and stared at Ye Jie without blinking. Her intuition told her that Ye Jie must be a kind person who could be trusted, even if he was a ghost.

Ye Jie remained silent for a long while before he sighed, "Okay... I'll go and see what's going on with the Earth Dragon King. If it's too strong, I can't guarantee that I can stop it."

Hearing this, Shan Yao laughed and a look of triumph appeared on his face.

Ye Jie glanced at her and said, "Now, you are the ghost messenger of the Golden Wheel Palace. Your first task is to collect the souls of the dead in this earthquake and send them safely to the underworld. This is the Earth-Shrinking Stone, which can help ghosts move freely. But don't use it indiscriminately. Each time you move, you need to consume 25 Yin De. You only have 300 Yin De, which will be used up soon."

Ye Jie threw out a black stone, and Shan Yao took it in a hurry. Then he heard Ye Jie say: "You can ask me to reimburse you for the Earth-Shrinking Stones consumed in the mission. Let's start now!"

(End of this chapter)