Hell Emperor.

Chapter 385 Ren Changhong - Special Ghost Messenger
In front of the Document Hall.

Tens of thousands of ghosts whose life spans were taken away during their lifetime gathered here, blocking the perimeter of the Document Hall. They fiercely criticized the hall master for promoting the life span trade and hoped that the hall master would revoke his order. The dissatisfied tones turned into a wave, sweeping across the entire Golden Wheel Hall.

At the judge's instruction, the ghost officials lined up in front of the document hall, on guard with solemn expressions, preventing the ghosts from approaching.

The ghosts were not satisfied with just sitting and waiting outside the Document Hall, and gradually, their actions became more and more radical. Some ghosts tried to break through the ghost blockade and break into the Document Hall, but were discovered by the ghosts and captured.

The ghost officer was about to take the trespassing ghost away and put him in jail, which caused a great uproar. The ghosts outside the hall rushed forward to grab the person and prevent the ghost officer from taking him away. What's more, one of them took advantage of the chaos to cast a soul-breaking arrow and injured the ghost officer. This action was naturally severely punished. Soon, the impermanence came out, pulled the ghost out from hundreds of steps away, and threw it into the oil pan to be punished.

Wuchang's actions not only failed to extinguish the arrogance of the ghosts, but instead attracted more and more ghosts to join in. Even among the ghost catchers, different voices began to emerge, and some even simply quit their jobs, creating an extremely chaotic scene.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Judge Hua could no longer sit still:

"If this continues, more ghosts will join in and the entire Golden Wheel Palace will be out of control. The administrative efficiency of the palace has been seriously affected by this incident. We must put an end to this matter completely!"

Beside her, Judge Xie looked worried: "But, what can we do to satisfy those ghosts and make them stop resisting the trade of human life..."

Judge Hua's eyes darkened, and he made a decision in his heart: "Now that things have come to this, the only way to solve this problem is to send in the special ghost messenger!"

"Special-grade ghost messenger?" Judge Xie gasped, his face pale with fear. "But... the administrative option of the special-grade ghost messenger has not been unlocked yet. Only if Brother Jie comes can this administrative option be unlocked. He is still resting in the Warm Soul Nourishing Spring. Do you want me to call him?"

"No need to disturb him, just let him have a good rest." Judge Hua reached into his bosom, took out a golden token, and said loudly, "This is the order of the Palace Master. In the name of the Acting Palace Master, I approve the unlocking of the special ghost messenger administrative option! Tell the ghosts outside the Document Hall to leave within one hour, otherwise, they will be charged with treason!"

As Judge Hua finished his words, a new law slowly emerged on the remaining pages of the life and death books of all the ghost messengers:

[The special ghost messenger administrative option has been unlocked. 】

[Special-grade ghost messengers: Special-grade ghost messengers can be set up in the Yama Palace. Special-grade ghost messengers are only responsible to the Palace Master and have a higher status than all other ghost messengers. They can exercise privileged supervision over all ghosts, including the judges. When necessary, they can use all means to eliminate any hidden dangers that are detrimental to the Yama Palace without the approval of the Palace Master.]

Outside the Document Hall, the ghost officer Sheng Jiang looked at the information on the remaining pages of the Book of Life and Death in astonishment, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

Beside him, his sister Shan Yao said indignantly, "I have long advised the Palace Master not to covet the Heavenly Merit, and not to unlock those administrative options that are obviously not good, but he refused to listen. Now, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of ghosts who died because of this incident enter the Palace every day. Now we are in trouble, right?"

Shan Yao had always been dissatisfied with the business of living beings. He had paid off his debts before and resigned from his position as a ghost catcher on the spot. Now his identity was no different from that of an ordinary ghost.

After a pause, Shan Yao continued, "Now so many ghosts are petitioning the Palace Master, begging him to revoke his decision, return the Heavenly Merit to Heaven, and stop the life trade. Of course, we can't just stand by and watch. I'm going to petition too!"

"You can't go!" Upon hearing this, Sheng Jiang suddenly panicked. The message on the torn page also gave him a very bad premonition. If the premonition was true, things would be very bad.

In this case, he certainly couldn't just watch Shan Yao get into trouble and refused to let her leave no matter what: "The Palace Master has unlocked the special ghost messenger administrative option. It would be dangerous if we go now! It's safer to stay here."

"Step aside!"

Of course Shan Yao didn't listen. How could the decision she made change because of what Sheng Jiang said?
Just as Shan Yao was about to leave, a pitch-black rope tied her to the spot, making her unable to move.

Shan Yao was furious: "What are you doing? Why are you tying me up with the soul-binding rope?"

Jiang looked apologetic, but the Soul Binding Rope secretly increased its strength: "I'm sorry, sister, but I can't watch you get hurt. You'd better stay here. I will apologize to you when this is over."

After saying that, Sheng Jiang stood still, holding on to the Soul Binding Rope. No matter how Shan Yao scolded him, he remained unmoved and was determined to keep Shan Yao here.

world.

Xiao Yun reached the foot of the mountain with trembling legs, his face full of despair.

He didn't remember how he got down the mountain. He just felt that everything around him became blurry, the world seemed to have drifted away from him, and there was no sound in his ears.

He found his old mother who had fallen off a cliff. Her once lively body was now cold and icy.

"Mother... I am an unfilial child. I shouldn't have coveted the Heavenly Merit, and I shouldn't have lied to you..."

Xiao Yun knelt in front of his mother's remains, his voice choked with tears, hating himself for what he had done before, but unfortunately, everything was irreversible.

"...Let me, your child, see you off for the last time."

Xiao Yun raised his hand and placed it on his mother's forehead. It was ironic that after he became a ghost catcher, all he thought about was how to gain more life span to extend his mother's life. Now, the first time he personally caught a soul, the target was his own mother.

"The soul is back."

Xiao Yun let out a low groan, and his mother's spirit also appeared in front of him. The two looked at each other in silence, hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Finally, the old mother choked up and said, "The life span of all living beings is a blessing from Heaven. If we hand over Heaven's work to human hands, it will cause endless troubles. People don't have the knowledge or the ability to undertake the great work that should be handled by Heaven..."

Xiao Yun was silent: "But, this is the order of the Palace Master..."

The old mother shook her head and said, "The Palace Master can also make mistakes. Didn't you say before that a ghost was begging the Palace Master to take back his decision? We will go too, and we just hope that this mistake will not continue to spread."

Xiao Yun supported his mother, and the two of them staggered back to the Golden Wheel Palace, each step seeming to weigh a thousand pounds.

In front of the Documents Hall, the noise was like a tide, and the sky was boiling. Ren Changhong was wearing a Shura brocade jade robe, with a seven-foot frost sword hanging from his waist. He stood in front of the hall like an unshakable sculpture, emitting an icy and murderous aura.

The Shura evil spirit, which seemed to be condensed from the bones of millions of people and crawled out from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, immediately frightened the ghosts outside the hall.

Judge Hua stood beside her and said, "Sister Hong, the position of the special ghost messenger is now handed over to you. These ghosts refused to accept the will of the Palace Master and intended to rebel. Their rebellious behavior has seriously affected the order in the palace and even the business. Only by eliminating them can everything be put on the right track."

Ren Changhong raised the corners of her mouth, as if joking with her sister, and smiled: "Since Xiaomei said so, then I will take this job. These ghosts dared not listen to Ajie, I think they are ready to die."

After saying that, Ren Changhong stood with his hands behind his back, his aura was extraordinary and peerless. His cold eyes glanced at the ghosts in front of the hall, revealing a hint of coldness: "When will we start? I only need two moves to kill all these rebellious ghosts."

"No rush. There is still a cup of tea time left before the given deadline. If they are still here after a cup of tea, it means that they are determined to go against the Palace Master. It will not be too late to get rid of them then!" Judge Hua replied.

Ren Changhong was not in a hurry either. He released his Shura-like murderous aura and began to gather his strength. In the face of the terrifying pressure that overwhelmed everything, the ghosts gathered outside the hall were finally afraid.

Some ghosts fled in a hurry when they saw the situation was not good, but some ghosts stayed there and insisted on making the Palace Master take back his order. If they retreated in a hurry without even seeing the Palace Master, there would be no possibility of changing anything in the future.

Xiao Yun and his mother also came to the outside of the Document Hall. Upon learning of the ultimatum given by Judge Hua, Xiao Yun panicked and hurriedly pulled his mother: "Mother, it's not safe here. If you offend the Hall Master, you will be killed! Let's leave quickly..."

But the old mother insisted: "Even if we can maintain peace for a while, what can we do? As long as the lifespan trade is still there, there will be no peace in the world, and all living beings will be in danger. Do you want your children, or your own reincarnation, to continue to be born in this dangerous world, where there is always the danger of having their lifespan taken away? Even if I risk my soul, I will ask the Palace Master to take back his order!"

His mother's unwavering words finally moved Xiao Yun. He stopped retreating and instead, risking his life, stayed in front of the Document Hall, waiting for the Hall Master to appear.

After a cup of tea, seeing that the ghosts still did not retreat, Judge Hua's face darkened and he said in a cold voice: "The time has come, all the evil ghosts who are plotting rebellion, you must..."

"Wait a minute."

Just as Judge Hua was about to give an order, a familiar voice suddenly came from afar. The tense hearts of the ghosts couldn't help but relax a little when they heard that voice. They looked in the direction of the voice and saw Palace Master Ye finally arriving.

Arriving at the Hall of Documents, Ye Jie couldn't help feeling a little helpless. He had only been playing in the Soul-Nourishing Spring for a few days and finally had a chance to relax, but he didn't expect such a scene to happen in the hall.

Upon seeing Ye Jie, the ghosts shouted and petitioned:

"Palace Master, please abolish the life-saving trade and return the heavenly merit to the heaven!"

"Palace Master, the world has become a purgatory. If this continues, I'm afraid that all lives will be destroyed..."

Ye Jie waved his hand, looking past the crowd and questioning Hua Xiaomei: "What's going on? I just saw someone unlock the special judge option on the seven-sided stitching page. The only person in the palace who has the right to do this is you, besides me."

Hua Xiaomei did not hide it and pursed her lips and said, "Yes, it was indeed me who did it. Do you want to blame me?"

"How could I blame you? You are my family. But why didn't you tell me in advance..." Ye Jie was a little confused.

Hua Xiaomei sighed, "The situation is worse than we expected. Once the Yangshou trade came out, the world was in chaos. A large number of ghosts died every day. They gathered outside the Document Hall to petition, causing a lot of trouble. If this continues, how can other affairs in the hall be run? Or do you plan to stop the Yangshou trade?"

"I have no intention of terminating the Yangshou trade." Ye Jie replied.

"I know, so apart from the special ghost messenger, there is no other way!" Hua Xiaomei looked as if she had known this.

Ye Jie didn't think so. He thought, "There will always be a way. I can promote the gift of reincarnation and let them have a natural supernatural power in the next life. I can open the skills of the Document Hall to them to calm their anger. I can also do good deeds to help them reincarnate into a better family. It won't take the use of special ghost messengers..."

"As long as the life span trade is not abolished, these methods can only provide temporary relief! If you take a step back, you will retreat step by step. New ghosts come to the Golden Wheel Palace every day. You can't compensate all the ghosts. When the time comes, they will ask for your spiritual veins and warm soul-nourishing springs. Will you still satisfy them? Only a special-grade ghost messenger can solve this problem once and for all!" Hua Xiaomei argued.

Ye Jie opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, and said dejectedly: "But...but..."

Hua Xiaomei shook her head: "Besides, the part of the benefits you give up are all our benefits, the benefits of your family! It takes 300 million Yin De to promote the gift of reincarnation. Do you want to pay this Yin De? Do you still want to modify the files for your family?"

Ye Jie sighed in disappointment: "So all this is for profit..."

"That's not the case..." Hua Xiaomei bit her lower lip tightly, her eyes showing some grievance, "Do you think I do this for myself? I do all this for you! You know what kind of flowers I like, and I also know what kind of person you are. If I asked you to come, you would definitely not be able to make such a decision. But for the sake of the Golden Wheel Palace, for all of us, there are always some difficult decisions that need to be made. Do you remember what you said? You are Ye, I am Hua, and I will help you with the orders you can't give!"

Ye Jie's eyes trembled, and he was filled with emotion. He hugged Hua Xiaomei in his arms, tears welling up in his eyes as he said, "So, you did all this for me... Since you have such feelings, how can I refuse you? Just do as you say."

Ye Jie turned and left. The gazes of the ghosts in front of the hall made him feel uneasy. When he passed by Ren Changhong, he patted Ren Changhong on the shoulder and advised him, "Be quick in your moves, and be kind when you attack. Never let those ghosts feel pain."

"What about you?" Ren Changhong was stunned.

Ye Jie closed his eyes and said, "I have a kind heart and cannot bear to see this."

After Ye Jie left, with his instructions, Ren Changhong no longer had any worries in his heart, his aura surged, and the sword light condensed: "The Palace Master has ordered that all treasonous evil spirits must die! Try this move, the eleventh sword of the Thirteen Swords of Shura, the Red Dragon Eating the Sun Sword!"

As the sharp sword was swung, the sky and the earth changed color. The ghosts raised their heads tremblingly. The scene in the sky made them feel scared and their hearts were broken.

But at the end of the sky, the ultimate sword light turned into a huge blood-red dragon that was a hundred feet long. The dragon opened its huge mouth to swallow everything, revealing sharp dragon teeth that flashed with cold light, and pounced straight to the ground.

Xiao Yun held his mother, looking at the dragon's arrival with fear in his eyes, but there was a loud explosion, and in just a moment, his body was completely shattered by the sword light and ceased to exist.

(End of this chapter)