Hell Emperor.

Chapter 390 Ye Jie - Determination
Seeing the two people's strange expressions, Lin Hanyan was stunned and asked, "Wait a minute, do you know something? Could it be that the spiritual vein occupied by the Wushen Temple was taken away by the Jinlun Temple?"

Ye Jie nodded and confirmed her statement:

"If it's not the Golden Wheel Palace, could it be the Yama Palace of another continent? We did occupy that spiritual vein. As for the Heart-Eroding Souls you mentioned, I've seen them before. I heard from the red ghost guarding the spiritual vein that those Heart-Eroding Souls are important assets of the Witch God Palace. I didn't expect that they are actually related to the witch's secret method..."

At the end, Ye Jie couldn't help but recall what he saw at the spiritual vein that day.

In the spiritual vein, there are thousands of heart-eating souls lying densely, and the scene is extremely spectacular.

The heart-eroded souls have been processed with secret methods. Even if an immortal comes here, he cannot restore them if he does not use the right method. However, Ye Jie has seven stitching pages. He only needs to modify the files to restore those heart-eroded souls to their original state.

Those heart-wrenching souls committed unforgivable sins during their lifetime. It can be said that none of them is innocent. Even if they are awakened, it will only cause more trouble for the Yama Palace, and they will not escape the fate of being thrown into the frying pan.

For this reason, Ye Jie did not wake them up, but placed them in a spacious warehouse, waiting for the Witch Temple to send people to negotiate. However, he did not expect that those souls were actually related to the witch's secret techniques.

Ye Jie pondered and said, "What on earth do those witches intend to do with the Heart-Eroding Souls? Are they trying to refine the souls and cleanse the spirits, and turn those Heart-Eroding Souls into ghost soldiers who only know how to obey orders?"

When examining those heart-eating souls, Ye Jie also noticed that they all had at least one great-achievement-level skill. If they were to be refined into ghost soldiers and devils, they would be an excellent choice.

Lin Hanyan was also puzzled and shook her head, saying, "I don't know what the witch wants to do with these souls. Unless it's the ghost messenger inside the Witch God Temple, no one can know."

Ye Jie frowned: "Since the witch has this secret technique, the witch god temple master will naturally know it better. The secret technique he possesses must be stronger than that of other witches. If we can figure out the effect of the secret technique and take action, we will have a greater chance of winning."

If he wants to seize the main account of the Witch God Temple, he must mobilize the Lord of the Mo Luo Temple to resurrect Hua Xiaomei. The Lord of the Witch God Temple is a big problem standing in Ye Jie's way.

Although they were both Yama Palace Masters, their strengths also varied. The Wushen Palace Master was best at the treacherous and unpredictable ways of witches and sorcerers, and his strength was no less than any Palace Master Ye Jie had fought before.

If you can find out the secret technique that the Lord of the Witch God Temple is best at before taking action, you can gain the upper hand and avoid being confused about the enemy's special moves when the battle begins.

At this time, Lin Hanyan sighed: "I heard that those Heart-Eroding Souls have been purified one by one and fell into a deep sleep. No one can wake them up except the witch. If you can wake up a Heart-Eroding Soul and ask him about the situation, maybe you can know everything about the secret method..."

Ye Jie took a deep breath and spoke at the right time: "I did awaken a Heart-Eroding Ghost, but this ghost has a fierce temperament. Even if he wakes up, he is still a fierce ghost, so I threw him into the oil pan as punishment."

Lin Hanyan's face lit up with joy. She didn't know how Ye Jie had managed to awaken the soul that even immortals couldn't wake up. She quickly said, "If that's the case, then bring him here and interrogate him thoroughly."

Ye Jie nodded, and several people came to the outside of the boiling oil pot together. Before they got close, they heard the endless wailing of the ghosts in the pot. The boiling hot oil kept bubbling. The evil ghosts who did evil in the human world but escaped punishment were now being cooked in the pot. While they were being punished, they also continuously produced the resentment resources necessary for the construction of the underworld buildings.

Seeing the arrival of the hall master, the ghosts in the pot begged desperately, wanting to escape from this oil pot purgatory that brought them unbearable pain. Ye Jie remained silent and ignored these evil ghosts. Instead, he stretched out his hand, and an evil ghost with a thin body and a sallow face escaped from the oil pot, flew out, and knelt in front of him.

"Ah... Damn you, you actually dared to throw me into the oil pan. When I get out of this, I will not let you go..."

After escaping from the frying pan, He Xiaji's face was full of indignation, his eyes were blazing with fire, and he wanted to eat Ye Jie alive.

"It seems that the lesson I taught you during this period is not enough. You'd better stay in the pot again."

Seeing that he was unwilling to cooperate, Ye Jie shook his head and was about to throw him back into the frying pan, but he heard him begging for mercy: "Wait, I know I was wrong, as long as you don't throw me into that unbearable frying pan, I will do anything for you!"

Ye Jie stopped what he was doing and asked, "What do you know about the witch's secrets?"

He Xiaji was slightly stunned: "Those damn witches? Why are you asking this?"

"That's none of your business. Do you know anything about the witch's secret techniques? If you don't, you'll have to stay in the frying pan again." Ye Jie replied coldly.

When he picked up the oil pan, He Xiaji's face trembled. He was obviously unwilling to return to the boiling hot oil, so he had to say:
"Regarding the secrets of the shrine maiden, I am not from the shrine, so I don't understand the secrets. However, I have heard from the warriors who traveled with me that the shrine maiden can draw on the power of other souls, especially those souls that are heart-eating..."

Ye Jie frowned: "Can you be more specific?"

He Xiaji pointed at himself and said, "Just like me. When I was alive, I had mastered the Draw Sword Slash and had just reached the proficiency stage of the Heart Piercing Hand. After being refined into the Heart-Eroding Soul by the shrine maidens, I just needed them to perform the secret technique. Even a shrine maiden who had never practiced for a day could use my soul to perform the Draw Sword Slash at the perfection stage and the Heart Piercing Hand at the proficiency stage."

Ye Jie nodded, as if he understood what kind of secret method it was: "You mean, the effect of the secret method is to let other ghosts possess you, or to directly bring down the spirit?"

Previously in the Tianxuan Palace, Ye Jie had used the spirit summoning talisman and tried to ask the gods to possess him, and he had demonstrated strength far greater than his own. He was not unfamiliar with this method of possession and summoning spirits.

He Xiaji replied: "It's worse than that. The witches will completely absorb the refined Heart-Eroding Soul and seal it in their bodies, so as to borrow all the skills of the Heart-Eroding Soul. Do you understand? They can see ghosts not because they have reached a certain level, but because there are ghosts hidden in their bodies. Their eyes are the eyes of ghosts."

While Ye Jie was stunned, he heard He Xiaji say angrily: "I finally mastered the sword-slashing technique, but I was killed by the damn witch. After death, I was refined into a heart-eating soul and could not escape the fate of being imprisoned by the witch. If I can escape, I will make those witches pay a heavy price!"

Ye Jie couldn't help but shake his head: "Your death is all your own fault. Who told you to test your skills on a living person? You can't blame those witches."

After asking about the secret method, Ye Jie also got a general idea. He was about to throw He Xiaji back into the frying pan, but he heard him shouting, "I have told you everything I know. Why don't you let me go? I don't want to go back to that frying pan!"

"Don't want to go back to the oil pan? Then go to the Ice Prison. There's still room there." Ye Jie waved his hand and was about to throw He Xiaji into the Ice Prison to let him suffer the bone-piercing coldness, but he let Chang Hong whisper:
"Ah Jie, this ghost holds a grudge against the Witch God Temple. Not only him, but other Heart-Eroding Souls were also killed by the witches, so he naturally holds a grudge. The Resurrection Festival is approaching, and there are more than a thousand of these Heart-Eroding Souls. If we awaken them all and release them back to Japan, it will surely cause chaos, making the local witches overwhelmed, thus diverting their attention and dispersing their defenses, creating an opportunity for us to deal with the Lord of the Witch God Temple later."

Ye Jie's face trembled, he was undecided, and he transmitted the message hesitantly:
"But... these evil spirits were all evildoers when they were alive. They deserved to be killed by the witch, and they should be severely punished after death. If these evil ghosts are released, it will inevitably cause unnecessary chaos in the human world. They will not only target the witch, but also implicate many innocent people..."

Ren Changhong glanced at Ye Jie. As a Shura who had the Xuan Nu Sutra in her body, she had no idea what pity was. She used a persuasive tone to convey her feelings:

"Those who want to accomplish great things should not be too particular about small details. To achieve our goal, this little sacrifice is nothing. As long as doing so is beneficial to our next actions, then just do it."

Ye Jie showed reluctance and hesitated: "But, it is wrong to do so... As the Lord of Yama Palace, how can I let the evil ghost who should be punished escape and indulge the evil ghost to harm people and commit crimes?"

Ren Changhong just said: "Think about Hua Xiaomei, you are doing this for your family! The main account of the Wushen Temple will not come to you by itself. You have to spend all your energy to seize it. Only at all costs can you get it in your hands and revive your family!"

Ye Jie's pupils trembled, but he heard her continue to transmit: "In order to seize the main account, you will provoke a war between the two Yama Palaces, you will kill many innocent people, kill many innocent ghosts, you will disrupt yin and yang, and cause chaos in the world, and you will let more people starve to death like you! Even so, you will still be steadfast, even if it means that the lives of people and ghosts will be destroyed, you must get the main account of the Wushen Temple?"

"I understand……"

Under Ren Changhong's persuasion, Ye Jie trembled all over, and finally understood something. He put away all the hesitation and hesitation in his heart, and showed an unwavering look:

"For my family, I have no choice! Even if it leads to such bad consequences, even if I bear eternal infamy, I will take the main account of the Witch God Temple at all costs!"

At the end, Ye Jie's brows also showed a bit of righteousness: "As for those who starved to death, I feel sorry for them, but I will compensate them. I don't want them to repeat the tragedy that happened to me. I will let every one of them have a full meal before they starve to death! Increase the number of longevity ghost messengers in each area, and ensure that every person who is about to starve to death can find a longevity ghost messenger as soon as possible."

After making the final decision, Ye Jie's eyes showed a light of determination. He found He Xiaji, who was trembling with fear and afraid of being punished, and asked:

"By the way, you haven't told me where you were from before you died?"

He Xiaji didn't understand why Ye Jie asked this, but out of fear, he answered truthfully: "Report to the Palace Master, I am from the Feiniao Kingdom."

"Flying Bird Country? So, you lived overseas in Japan during your lifetime? That place is not under the jurisdiction of the Golden Wheel Palace at all."

Ye Jie pretended to be in a daze, and said to He Xiaji: "You can leave now. The Golden Wheel Palace is only responsible for land affairs, not overseas affairs. The mistakes you made outside the East China Sea should be handled by the ghost messengers of the Wushen Palace. It has nothing to do with us."

He Xiaji stood there in a daze, not daring to believe what he heard. Ye Jie had clearly been planning to throw him into the Ice Prison. Just hearing the name of the Ice Prison made him tremble all over and shiver with cold. He couldn't imagine how cruel and unbearable it would be. But who would have known that in the blink of an eye, he was released by Ye Jie.

A huge sense of astonishment filled He Xiaji's heart, making him open his eyes wide, unable to believe it.

"Don't you want to leave? Or are you more attached to the oil pan in the Golden Wheel Palace and can't bear to leave?" Seeing that He Xiaji was unmoved, Ye Jie asked again.

Knowing that he was truly free, He Xiaji could no longer suppress the joy in his heart. Just as he was about to leave, he was suddenly captured by a huge force and could not move.

Ye Jie held him in his grasp with his dragon-catching hand, and said, "I almost forgot. You are a ghost from the Wushen Temple. You cannot wander around in the territory of the Golden Wheel Temple. I will send you and the other Heart-Eroding Souls back to where you belong."

Although Hexia Ji felt that something was wrong, when he thought about the joy of regaining his freedom and not having to continue suffering in the frying pan or other prisons, he was filled with gratitude for having survived the ordeal.

Without having time to think too much, he was soon sent back to overseas Japan under the leadership of the ghost messenger in the palace along with other awakened heart-eating souls.

Ye Jie watched the ghosts go away, and suddenly he heard a burst of hurried and dull footsteps behind him.

Following the sound, he saw a huge meat ball coming up behind him. The huge body made the nearby ghost officers hurriedly make way.

"Shoufa Immortal, why don't you enjoy yourself in the dining hall? How come you have time to look for me today?"

Seeing the familiar figure, Ye Jie couldn't help but feel a little confused.

During this period of time, unless something major happened, Shoufa, who was sitting in the cafeteria, was unwilling to move even a bit.

He ate voraciously all the time, and the workload of the cooks and ghost messengers increased several times. Even so, his appetite could not be satisfied. It was as if his mouth was not connected to his stomach, but to a bottomless pit that could never be filled.

Ye Jie originally thought that Shoufa would stay in the cafeteria, but he didn't expect that he would leave the cafeteria today and come to find him on his own initiative.

Shoufa was all smiles, and said joyfully: "Palace Master Ye, my master is coming!"

"Your master, do you mean... Wanshou Lao Ren?"

Ye Jie was stunned, and suddenly remembered this. Not long ago, Shou Fa did tell him that his master was planning to visit him, but because of the troubles caused by Xia Wei, Ye Jie forgot about it. He didn't expect that Master Wanshou would be here soon.

(End of this chapter)