Hell Emperor.

Chapter 325: Shura Jie - Reason
After selecting a location to house the wandering soul, Ye Jie slowly turned around and looked at the young ghost with third-grade talent.

Ye Jie felt a strong hostility from this young ghost.

Ye Jie wanted to clarify with him. It was clearly the first time he met him, and they had no connection before. Why was he so hostile to him? And what did he mean by the evil spirit he mentioned? Unfortunately, he was interrupted by Cui Kun and other ghosts, leaving Ye Jie no time to deal with it.

After resolving other issues, Ye Jie finally found the time to get to the bottom of this matter.

While Ye Jie was busy, the young man's soul did not leave, nor did it come closer to Ye Jie. He stood there, with the anger in his eyes undiminished at all, which made Ye Jie even more suspicious, as if the two of them had some deep hatred and grudge.

Seeing Ye Jie looking at him, the young man folded his arms, raised his chin, snorted angrily, and his eyes seemed to be spewing fire.

Ye Jie was helpless. Seeing his expression, he was afraid that he would not say a word if he did not take the initiative to speak. So he asked, "Have I seen you before?"

"No." The boy answered without hesitation.

"If that's the case, then why are you so hostile to me? And you call me an evil demon?" Ye Jie asked curiously, "I built a big canteen for the ghosts to eat, and provided them with jobs so that they can work in the Yama Palace and find a place to stay. I don't look like an evil demon, do I? Why do you say that?"

Ye Jie's words did not avoid other people. Many ghosts nearby heard his words and saw the young ghost who was confronting him. They talked about it for a while:

"The Palace Master clearly distinguishes between good and evil. Not only did he save us from suffering after death, he also punished the bullies who oppressed us. How can he be described as an evil demon?"

"This child has been rude since he was young. It really makes us ashamed. How could such a disrespectful guy appear in our village..."

"Palace Master, if he has offended you, I am willing to apologize to you on his behalf. Please do not punish him... His family suffered a misfortune in the past, which is why he is so withdrawn. Please forgive him this time."

Listening to the words of the villagers around him, Ye Jie waved his hands and said, "I am not angry because of his collision. I am just curious. It is clear that we just met for the first time, but he is so hostile to me. It is really puzzling."

Unlike Ye Jie, the young man was so angry at the words of the villagers that he trembled all over. He gritted his teeth and said, "You don't understand anything. You are just deceived by his appearance. Only I know what this place is!"

Seeing Ye Jie's innocent look, the young man became even angrier, and even showed an attitude of fighting to the death, which made Ye Jie a little puzzled.

At this time, Ye Jie seemed to have thought of something, and asked one of the villagers: "You said his family had encountered misfortune? What happened?"

Hearing Ye Jie ask this, the villager hesitated, as if he wanted to say something, but finally swallowed all his words and turned his gaze to Shan Yao who looked a little guilty: "Let the ghost Shan Yao answer this question, she knows more than us."

"Oh?"

Ye Jie raised his eyebrows and looked at Shan Yao who was pretending to look up at the sky. He couldn't help but touch his chin: "Do you know him?"

Seeing Ye Jie asking this, Shan Yao knew he couldn't avoid it, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Palace Master, do you remember when we first met, I said you didn't look as big as my cousin..."

Ye Jie nodded: "You did say that."

Shan Yao coughed and said, "He is my cousin... His name is Wen Jiangsheng, and his friends all call him Sheng Jiang..."

Ye Jie nodded and looked at Shan Yao again, "Why didn't you tell me before that you have such a cousin?"

Shan Yao glanced at the young man beside him and sighed, "He has a somewhat eccentric personality and always said things that others couldn't understand. I was worried that his words would upset the Palace Master, so I didn't tell him. Who would have thought that he would still offend you..."

"Really? Then let me see what he has been through."

Ye Jie took out seven stitched pages, and as he thought about it, Jiang's life record soon appeared on the seven stitched pages.

His record was very ordinary. He had merits added due to simple good deeds, but also had merits deducted due to fights and conflicts among teenagers. At first glance, there was nothing special about him. Among countless ghosts, he could be said to be flawless.

"I heard that he encountered an unexpected incident. When did it happen?" Ye Jie looked through it carefully, but couldn't find the so-called unexpected incident, so he had to ask.

Shan Yao answered truthfully, "It happened three years ago. He and his father, my uncle, went out to the East China Sea to fish. But they encountered a big wave and the fishing boat capsized. My uncle drowned in the East China Sea, but he was lucky enough to survive. When he was found by others, he was already dying, drifting holding a broken piece of wood."

After a pause, Shan Yao sighed, "After that, he always said things that others couldn't understand. He said there was a fish monster in the sea that controlled the huge waves, that the witch elder saved him, and that he saw the soul of his dead father... The other children didn't know what he was talking about. They just thought he was hallucinating because of excessive sadness, but I always believed that what he said was true."

After hearing what Shan Yao said, Ye Jie was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to think of something: "So when you first met me, you thought I was a witch elder... I see."

Only the ghost messenger of the Witch God Temple would be given the title of witch. It seems that Sheng Jiang had some extraordinary experiences when he was alive.

Sheng Jiang stood there, looking indignant: "I have said it all, I did not lie, those are all true things that happened! The witch elder told me that the master of the Golden Wheel Palace has surrendered to the evil demon, and the Golden Wheel Palace has been completely corrupted and endangered the people. As long as it exists, the ghosts on land will not have a day of peace!"

Now Ye Jie finally understood why Sheng Jiang was so hostile towards him. His eyes were filled with anger, as if he wanted to eat him alive. After all, it turned out that Sheng Jiang didn't hate him, but the previous master of the Golden Wheel Palace.

This discovery also made Ye Jie couldn't help but shake his head. He inherited the Golden Wheel Palace, and naturally inherited the Golden Wheel Palace Master's past infamy. In the eyes of the ghosts who didn't know the truth, it was inevitable that they would mistake him. Seeing this, Ye Jie slowly said: "I understand what you mean. The Golden Wheel Palace Master you mentioned is the previous Palace Master of the Golden Wheel Palace. He died a few days ago, and I will succeed him as Palace Master."

"What……"

After hearing Ye Jie's words, Sheng Jiang was stunned for a long time. He asked in disbelief, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course." Ye Jie nodded, and then said, "From what you said, you met a ghost messenger from the Wushen Temple before. Didn't the ghost messenger from the Wushen Temple tell you that in the past, the Golden Wheel Temple directly used the Golden Wheel to collect souls? Why did they need to recruit ghost messengers? They would not bring ghosts into the temple. Now that the temple master has changed, I am not interested in the Golden Wheel and plan to vigorously develop the Golden Wheel Temple, so I have to recruit ghost messengers everywhere."

"Turning the golden wheel..."

Upon hearing the name of this object, Sheng Jiang was horrified, and recalled all the things that happened in the past: "You are right, the witch elder did tell me about the Golden Wheel. Now I have come to the Golden Wheel Hall in person and saw those huge prayer wheels, but none of them are still rotating. And the witch elder said that the owner of the Golden Wheel Hall will definitely not stop the Golden Wheel from rotating... It seems that you did not lie to me."

Seeing that Sheng Jiang finally figured out the key, Ye Jie just shrugged and said, "Do you believe it now? It's not too late."

Ye Jie looked at the ginger in front of him and roughly guessed why the witch elder told him the secrets of the Yama Palace.

Sheng Jiang has the third-grade talent of the Netherworld. There are countless ghosts who desire to possess this extremely powerful talent. But he happens to have it. With time, he will surely achieve something.

Ye Jie could check his files, and so could the Ghost Messenger of the Wushen Temple. Outside the East China Sea, it was the jurisdiction of the Wushen Temple. Perhaps one of the Ghost Messenger of the Wushen Temple had a heart of cherishing talent, so he saved Jiang's life in the shipwreck and even helped him modify his files, hiding the key records of the shipwreck during his lifetime, intending to let him serve as a Ghost Messenger after his death.

Ginger, who survived, firmly believed in what he saw outside the East China Sea. However, his companions were all full of doubts about him, except Shan Yao, who believed it all.

"It seems that your past can be described as quite tortuous."

Ye Jie sighed and said to Sheng Jiang, "Now that you are dead, why don't you stay in the Golden Wheel Palace and be a ghost messenger? You have extraordinary talents and magical powers. You are many times stronger than ordinary ghosts. If you keep working hard, you may have a chance to become the best ghost messenger in the palace."

Next to Ye Jie, Shan Yao also looked happy when he heard what he said, and started to persuade him: "Since the Palace Master has said so, you should agree to it quickly! Now we all have a place to stay."

However, facing everyone's persuasion, Sheng Jiang remained unmoved. He slowly said, "I can't promise you."

Ye Jie was puzzled: "Why? Is it that the treatment in the Golden Wheel Palace is still not attractive enough to you? Do you want more Yin De? Or do you want some kind of cultivation method? I can assure you that as long as the Golden Wheel Palace develops, you will have everything you want."

Unlike what Ye Jie expected, Sheng Jiang calmly answered the conditions he offered: "I promised the witch elder who saved my life that I would serve the Wushen Temple after I die and could not stay here. I don't want to break my promise, so please don't make things difficult for me, Master."

"Really... In that case, I won't force you."

After hearing Sheng Jiang's answer, Ye Jie sighed and immediately gave up the idea of ​​recruiting Sheng Jiang.

One life in life must be repaid with one life after death. This is a very reasonable condition, and it is also Ginger's oath.

Since he had made such a vow, Ye Jie had no way to embarrass him. If he used the power of the Palace Master to force him to stay in the Palace and serve, it would not only make him feel resentful, but also make him pretend to obey his orders and secretly disobey them, which would also sow all kinds of troubles.

Moreover, if Sheng Jiang really wanted to stay in the Golden Wheel Palace, Ye Jie would not be able to trust him. Even the oath of guaranteeing his life could be violated for the sake of immediate interests, so how could Ye Jie reuse him?
Ye Jie sighed and could only blame himself for his bad luck. He was a step slow, allowing the ghost messenger from the Witch God Temple to select Jiang, a ghost messenger with great potential.

"You want to go to the Temple of the Witch God, but do you know how to get there?" Ye Jie thought for a while and asked again.

"This……"

Ye Jie's question really stumped Sheng Jiang, and he didn't know how to answer for a long time.

Sheng Jiang had indeed promised the ghost messenger of the Witch God Temple that he would work in the Witch God Temple after his death, but he had no idea how to get to the Witch God Temple outside the East China Sea. Did he have to rush into the East China Sea and cross that vast ocean?
At the side, Shan Yao seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but interrupt: "I know! As long as we use the power of the Earth-Shrinking Stone, we can go to the Witch God Temple! The master of the temple said that ghosts can move freely with the help of the Earth-Shrinking Stone."

Ye Jie shook his head and pointed out the mistake in Shan Yao's words: "Ghosts can indeed move with the help of the power of the Earth-Shrinking Stone. This statement is true, but it is based on a premise. The movement of the Earth-Shrinking Stone relies on the power of the Hades Formation, so the range of movement is limited to the area covered by the Hades Formation."

After hearing Ye Jie's answer, Shan Yao was dumbfounded for a moment, realizing his mistake. Ye Jie continued, "Because of this, ghosts cannot use the Earth-Shrinking Stone to move to another continent, or even to another Yama Palace on the same continent. If you want to move to the Wushen Temple, you must use the Earth-Shrinking Stone of the Wushen Temple, but I see that you don't seem to have the Earth-Shrinking Stone of the Wushen Temple on you."

After listening to what Ye Jie said, Sheng Jiang seemed to remember something and couldn't help but open his mouth wide: "I remember that before the witch elder left, he gave me a black stone and said that with the power of the black stone, I could reach the witch temple. But the sea was too rough and I didn't hold it firmly. The shrinking stone finally fell into the East China Sea and disappeared. What should I do now..."

When he thought that he might not be able to go to the Witch Temple, Sheng Jiang became anxious and his eyes were full of anxiety. Even Shan Yao, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but worry about him. Could it be that he couldn't fulfill his promise?

Ye Jie had expected this and said slowly: "Don't worry, I have a way to get you to the Wushen Temple. The Resurrection Festival will be in a month. I will meet with the master of the Wushen Temple at that time, and you will get what you want then."

After hearing what Ye Jie said, Sheng Jiang was immediately delighted, and his gaze towards Ye Jie became full of respect. He felt that the current Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace was very different from the one described by the witch elder who had devoted himself to evil and was willing to be a sneaky person.

"Then I thank you, Palace Master!" Sheng Jiang did not hesitate and immediately accepted Ye Jie's kindness. "I can't let the Palace Master work in vain. In this month, let me serve as a ghost messenger to repay the Palace Master's kindness."

(End of this chapter)