Hell Emperor.

Chapter 375 Ye Jie-Awakening
"Where am I? Who the hell are you?"

After waking up from the chaos, He Xiaji widened his eyes and subconsciously reached for the knife from his waist with his right hand, but missed it. He could only look at Ye Jie with a wary look.

Ye Jie scanned his body with a scrutinizing gaze. He arched his back slightly and lowered his hands in a standard defensive posture. Any movement would alert him and he would launch a counterattack. He seemed to be a martial artist, but after becoming a ghost, all his realms were gone, and he only remembered the skills he had practiced.

"You are already dead, don't you remember?" Ye Jie spoke slowly.

"Dead..." After hearing the news, He Xiaji's eyes went blank, as if he was struck by lightning. He shook his head vigorously, and finally seemed to remember something, "I remember it! It was those damn witches who killed me. They didn't let me go even after death and imprisoned my soul here!"

Ye Jie was a little curious: "What did you do? Why did the witch want to kill you?"

"This is none of your business! Now that I am free, I will take revenge on those witches! Let them taste the pain I have suffered!" Hexia Ji roared.

"So you are a fierce ghost..." Ye Jie commented, "Since you don't want to tell me, I'll check it myself."

Ye Jie took out seven stitched pages and pointed them at He Xiaji. Soon, his life story appeared on them. His eyes moved downwards and finally stopped at the news of his death.

"In the winter of the 635th year of the Moro calendar, he drew his sword and killed Dacheng. He used the lives of passers-by to test his skills and killed 19 people. He was wanted and was beheaded by the shrine maiden Ina. He was 35 years old."

Looking at the records in the file, Ye Jie frowned, feeling that waking up He Xiaji was not a good idea.

Seeing Ye Jie recounting his deeds, He Xiaji was also stunned: "Wait, how do you know what I did before?"

"Everything you did is written in your Book of Life and Death. Not only do I know it, but the whole world knows it. Do you think no one will find out?" Ye Jie asked back, "Compared to this, I want to know what you are thinking. Why do you want to test your skills with human lives? If you want to test your skills, why don't you use monsters?"

He Xiaji's face was full of disdain, and he simply stopped hiding it: "They are just some low-class people. It is their honor to die under my sword! I first captured nine people, made them stand in a row, and cut them all in half with one swing of the sword. I felt that I had not reached my limit yet, so I captured ten more people. This time, my strength was not enough, and I failed to cut off the last person, and the sword got stuck in his waist. Compared with the brilliant sword light I swung, what are their lives worth?"

Ye Jie shook his head, not knowing what to say. He waved his hand and moved him back to the Golden Wheel Palace and threw him into the boiling oil.

"Reflect on your actions in the frying pan. Your sentence is 19 sixty years, which is... 1,140 years."

After sending He Xiaji away, Ye Jie's face was full of helplessness. He didn't expect that a heart-eating soul he randomly awakened would give him such a big surprise. If he had known this, he would have let He Xiaji rot here.

Looking around, seeing those ferocious looking Heart-Eroding Souls, Ye Jie also had a bad feeling: "Wait a minute... Could it be that all the Heart-Eroding Souls here are evil ghosts like He Xiaji?"

Thinking of this, Ye Jie did not dare to hesitate. He quickly took out the seven stitching pages and examined them. His face gradually darkened.

"As expected... all the souls lying here must have committed unforgivable crimes, not to mention countless murders. Some of them even died hundreds of years ago. What is going on? Why did the Witch God Temple imprison their souls here?"

After some thought, he still had no answer in his heart, so Ye Jie had to raise his head and look at the red ghost fighting with Ren Changhong in front of him.

With the blessing of the Wanhua level Xuannv Sutra, Ren Changhong was not at a disadvantage in the battle. His sword was as fast as a rainbow, bringing with it a chilling cold aura. Each of his swords was erratic, and his offensive was continuous like a storm, making the opponent's red ghost miserable.

Although Chi Gui was a second-level ghost fairy, he was restricted in the battle. Not only did he have to take on Ren Changhong's moves, but he also had to be wary of Ye Jie who was far away, so it was difficult for him to fully exert his strength. However, Ren Changhong became more and more excited as he fought, and he almost killed him several times.

A sharp arc of light swept past, and the red ghost let out a wail. His right hand holding the steel fork was cut off at the root and flew out. But he was a ghost fairy after all, and he tried his best to use his internal energy, and actually made his right hand grow back. However, the steel fork in his hand could not be returned.

Seeing that the situation was critical, he did not care about the order of the Lord of the Witch God Temple in a hurry. He soared into the air, turned into a blood-colored stream of light, crashed through the crystal clear spirit stone wall in the distance, made an explosive sound, and actually fled.

Before leaving, he did not forget to make a harsh statement: "Master of the Golden Wheel Palace! I am no match for you. This spiritual vein is yours for the time being, but you'd better not do anything to the Heart-Eroding Souls here. They are important resources of the palace. An envoy will come to negotiate with you later!"

Looking at the fleeing red ghost, Ren Changhong's face darkened: "He dares to speak so shamelessly after running away in such a miserable state? Ah Jie, do you want to keep him?"

Ye Jie thought about it, then shook his head: "Forget it, let him go. Our goal is this spiritual vein, and other things can be put off for later. After all, he is a ghost fairy of the Wushen Temple. If he dies, things will become very troublesome, and it will not be good for the subsequent missions..."

When Ye Jie mentioned the mission, his eyes narrowed, and Ren Changhong also noticed this. The mission Ye Jie mentioned was obviously that the Demon Palace Master asked him to eliminate the Wushen Palace Master. If he could not complete the mission assigned by the Demon Palace Master, even the position of the Golden Wheel Palace Master would be unstable.

Ren Changhong said angrily, "What is there to be afraid of? We have to deal with the Lord of the Witch God Temple anyway. At worst, we can just go to war with the Witch God Temple. Killing the red ghost in advance can also weaken the strength of the Witch God Temple, which will be more beneficial for future actions."

Ye Jie sighed, "You can't say that. If the two Yama Palaces go to war, there will be countless casualties, and it will inevitably affect both the human and ghost worlds. The entire continent will be in turmoil. Even if we must eliminate the Lord of the Witch God Palace, it is best to keep the losses to a minimum."

Ren Changhong was quite helpless and couldn't help but glance at Ye Jie: "How can there be any result without sacrifice? Even if the assassination is successful, the other ghosts of the Wushen Temple will retaliate and will not give up. In my opinion, only by showing our strength and making the ghosts of the Wushen Temple fear us from the bottom of their hearts, will they dare not take action."

After a pause, Ren Changhong licked the corner of his mouth and said, "Besides, a ghost fairy has at least several million Yin De, and if it is more, it may be hundreds of millions. You and I both have the power of Shura to plunder Yin De through killing, so how can we let it go so easily?"

"I think you just want to do good deeds." Ye Jie couldn't help but complain, "If you want to do good deeds, there are many ways, such as trading, or digging for spiritual veins, which can provide a lot of good deeds. Why do you insist on doing things that hurt the world?"

Ren Changhong's mouth twitched: "You make it sound as if Yangshou trade is harmless."

"It's against the will of heaven? Why do you all think so?" Ye Jie was puzzled. "Isn't this helping people? This is a heavenly merit."

Ren Changhong opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer for a moment. From Ye Jie's face, she could tell that Ye Jie was serious about what he said, so she could only say:
"Although I have served as Shura for many years and have been responsible for killing people, I can see that the Yangshou trade does more harm than good to people. Even if it can really help people, it will only be a very small number of people."

"Maybe..." Ye Jie lowered his head and said nothing. He glanced and his eyes fell on the right hand of the red ghost at his feet. There was a steel fork in that hand. Ye Jie stomped his feet hard, and the red ghost's right hand loosened. He hooked his toes and picked up the steel fork, holding it accurately in his hand.

"This is... a sixth-grade magical weapon, the Bone Crushing Fork?"

Compared to the seventh to ninth grade spiritual tools, the fourth to sixth grade magic tools are more spiritual and can be in harmony with the user's mind. Ye Jie just held the bone-crushing fork tightly in his hand, and the name of this magic tool unconsciously emerged in his mind.

"Unfortunately, bone-crushing forks come in pairs. If there is only one, its power will be much weaker."

Thinking of the mighty momentum of the Red Ghost when he wielded the double forks, Ye Jie was quite moved. It was an unexpected gain to be able to pick up such a magical weapon.

Ye Jie picked up the bone-crushing fork and gestured to Ren Changhong, "Do you want this bone-crushing fork? You chopped it off, so it should belong to you."

Ren Changhong waved his hand, looking down upon the bone-crushing fork, and replied, "No."

Ye Jie shrugged. Ren Changhong was best at using the sword, and the Frost Sword on his waist was no lower in grade than the Bone-Breaking Fork, so he obviously didn't need this thing.

After putting away the bone-crushing fork, Ye Jie looked around and focused his attention on the natural spiritual stones around him. He changed the subject and said, "The ghosts from the Witch God Temple have all left, and this spiritual vein is ours. They used the terrain of the spiritual vein to corrode the hearts of those souls, but because of this they cannot mine the spiritual vein to avoid destroying the environment here, which is a bargain for us."

Ren Changhong smiled, and suddenly saw the unconscious souls on the ground. He couldn't help but worry: "What should we do with the souls here?"

Ye Jie pondered and said, "They all committed unforgivable sins during their lifetime. Logically, they should have been thrown into the Soul Devouring Abyss, but judging by the situation here, the Witch God Temple has other plans for them."

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"Didn't you just wake one up? Do you plan to revive them?" Ren Changhong asked again.

Ye Jie shook his head: "No, there is no need to save them. With the sins they have committed, saving them will only make them fall into the oil pan. I heard from the Red Ghost that these Heart-Eroding Souls are important resources of the Witch God Temple. We might as well keep them for them first, and then let them exchange them for other resources when they come to negotiate later."

After deciding how to deal with those heart-eating souls, Ye Jie also turned his attention to the spiritual veins.

As Ye Jie took out the seven sewing pages, soon the people who stayed in the hall got the news and moved over.

Xie Xinyu, dressed in green, yawned. "What happened? I was soaking in the Heart-Warming and Soul-Nourishing Spring, why did Brother Jie ask me to come here?"

Before he finished speaking, feeling the majestic spiritual power around him and looking at the shining natural spiritual stone, Xie Xinyu suddenly opened his mouth wide and couldn't even speak: "That...that is...this place is..."

Ye Jie's eyes twitched: "Aren't you the judge in the palace? If you are not going to move forward with the agenda, how can you still have the leisure to soak in the hot springs?"

After being reminded by Ye Jie, Xie Xinyu finally reacted and said in a feigned anger: "The agenda I am responsible for has been prepared long ago, but the implementation of Tiangong Wogong has not been completed. Other agendas all require Tiangong Wogong as a prerequisite, and they cannot be implemented in advance!"

After saying that, Xie Xinyu turned her head away angrily, as if she would ignore Ye Jie if he didn't come to comfort her.

Ye Jie was helpless and reached out to pat her head, but she refused to accept it and pouted even higher. Seeing this, Ye Jie had no choice but to reach into his arms and take out the bone-crushing fork he had just obtained:

"I was wrong. I misunderstood you. This is my apology. What do you think?"

Xie Xinyu was stunned. She originally just wanted Ye Jie to comfort her and maybe give him a hug so she could forgive him. She didn't expect Ye Jie to understand and apologize with a gift. She was really angry.

"Who wants a fork to make amends, idiot!"

After saying that, she snatched the bone-breaking fork angrily and ran to the side to study it.

Ye Jie coughed dryly. At this time, several more people moved over. Seeing that everyone was gathered, he said, "This spiritual vein now belongs to us. Do you have any ideas?"

Hua Xiaomei said with emotion: "Spiritual veins?... When I first heard about spiritual veins, I didn't take it seriously. I didn't expect that I could really occupy a complete spiritual vein."

Li Ba also nodded and said, "Judging from the spiritual power around, this spiritual vein is quite rich. If we can dig it well, we will not have to worry about lack of spiritual stones in the future."

Xie Xinyu put away the bone-crushing fork and said seriously, "Since we have occupied the spiritual vein, the first step is of course to build a protective array to block other creatures from entering. After that, we will recruit stone-mining ghost messengers to come here to mine spiritual stones."

Hua Xiaomei reminded: "We must also prevent the stone-collecting ghost officials from hiding the spiritual stones. Many ghost officials are dishonest and stealing is commonplace. Every spiritual stone they take away is a loss to us. Severe punishment should be set up to prevent such things from happening."

Ren Changhong also suggested: "The Earth Dragon King can also be used. It is very good at digging. Even if it is collecting solid spiritual stones, it can be equivalent to hundreds of ghost messengers."

Everyone started discussing at once, and all offered suggestions on how to better manage the spirit vein. Seeing this, Ye Jie was naturally happy to have some free time. It seemed that he didn't need to worry too much about the spirit vein, and he could arrange it in an orderly manner.

After some discussion, Hua Xiaomei was finally responsible for managing the spiritual veins, while Xie Xinyu was responsible for recruiting stone-mining ghost messengers in the temple.

"Those souls...what should we do with them?" Hua Xiaomei also saw the thousands of heart-eating souls lying in the spiritual veins and asked with some difficulty.

"They will be placed in the Golden Wheel Palace, don't worry about them for now." Ye Jie's mind moved, and he communicated with the Golden Wheel Palace's Underworld Array. Soon, the array began to operate, and all the heart-wrenching souls sleeping here were moved to an unused warehouse in the Golden Wheel Palace.

(End of this chapter)