Hell Emperor.

Chapter 437 Hua Xiaomei - Return
After achieving his wish, Ye Jie was about to say goodbye and leave with the two of them, but was stopped by Moro:
"Where are you going?"

Ye Jie took a deep breath and replied, "I plan to return to the Golden Wheel Palace and prepare for His Majesty Moro's next visit to the main account."

Hearing this, Moro raised a faint sneer at the corner of his mouth and reminded slowly:
"It's not safe there anymore. I've seen the future. Soon, the entire Dongsheng Continent will turn into a dead zone. You should stay in the Demon Palace."

Ye Jie was shocked. Isn't the future that Moro mentioned the situation of the coming of the world-destroying thunder catastrophe? He hurriedly said:

"Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness Moro. However, there are still many innocent ghosts in the Golden Wheel Palace who are unaware of this. As the Palace Master, I should return to the Palace and evacuate the ghosts to a safe place."

"pity."

Moro was not in the mood and waved his hand, indicating that he could leave. Seeing this, Ye Jie did not dare to stay any longer and hurriedly took Hua Xiaomei and Chang Qing away.

Ye Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the Eternal Night Palace where Moro was. Under Moro's power, he didn't even dare to breathe.

"Are you guys okay?"

Ye Jie looked at the two people beside him. Hua Xiaomei had just woken up and had not figured out the situation yet, but there was one thing she was clear about, and that was that she must not offend the Lord of the Demon Palace. If she offended the Lord of the Demon Palace, let alone an ordinary ghost like her, even if it was the Lord of the Yama Palace, the consequences would be disastrous.

Compared to Hua Xiaomei who was shivering all over, Chang Qing was in an even worse condition. His tattered clothes were stained with blood, his body was covered with scars, and he couldn't even utter a complete sentence. It was hard to imagine that he was once the mountain god.

"I... I remember helping you in the Golden Wheel Palace... Xia Wei... she..."

Thinking of the magic light that passed through her body, Hua Xiaomei couldn't stop trembling and subconsciously covered her chest with her hands. Although the pain was fleeting, it still left an indelible impression on her.

Xia Wei's extremely furious look still remained in Hua Xiaomei's heart, but what puzzled her was that when she came to her senses, she and Ye Jie appeared in front of the Lord of the Demon Palace.

Ye Jie sighed. Hua Xiaomei's memory still stayed at the moment before her soul was torn apart. He then told the truth: "You didn't survive that catastrophe. Your soul was torn apart by the magic light... It was me who asked the Lord of the Demon Luo Palace to help you, and that's how you were able to be resurrected."

"So, I..."

Hua Xiaomei lowered her head, her face horrified, unable to accept the cruel reality.

Seeing this, Ye Jie patted her shoulder and comforted her:

"Don't be afraid, it's over. You are very safe now and no one can hurt you."

Hua Xiaomei's face was pale, without a trace of blood in it, until she heard Ye Jie's soft voice of comfort beside her ear, her expression improved, and was replaced by endless guilt towards Ye Jie:
"No one can ask the Lord of the Demonic Palace to move you. You must have paid an unimaginable price for doing this. Tell me, what did you do?"

"I gave her the main account of the Wushen Temple."

Ye Jie spoke slowly, his tone calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"The main account of the Wushen Temple?"

Hua Xiaomei took a deep breath. She certainly understood the value of the main account. It could be said that the main account was the symbol of the Yama Palace. Without the main account, the position of Yama would be unworthy of its name.

Although Ye Jie's tone was flat, just from the name of the main tent, Hua Xiaomei could imagine what kind of life-and-death adventures he would have to go through and how many powerful enemies he would have to defeat in order to get the main tent that all the ghosts were flocking to.

"Why……"

Hua Xiaomei lowered her head and pursed her lips tightly: "With the main account, you can definitely get more valuable rewards from the Lord of the Demon Luo Palace. You can ask for peerless magic skills and artifacts that even immortals envy. Why would you waste such a precious opportunity for me?"

"Because you are my family."

Ye Jie stared at her, his eyes were blazing and pure: "Be it a magical skill or a magical weapon, in the end, it will all be gone. Apart from our family, we have nothing."

Hua Xiaomei's fingertips turned white and her hands trembled unconsciously. The heat in Ye Jie's heart also reached her heart.

She hugged Ye Jie tightly and leaned her head against him. At this moment, words seemed to have lost their effect. There were only the two of them left in the world.

After a long while, she finally let go of Ye Jie and asked, "Where are we going now? Back to the Golden Wheel Palace? When my other companions learn that I've come back from the dead, they will surely jump for joy."

Ye Jie slowly shook his head and said sternly: "No, let's go find Xia Wei now. She is facing unprecedented challenges and she needs our help."

"Xia Wei..."

Upon hearing the name, Hua Xiaomei's eyes trembled and her expression became unnatural.

Anyone who hears the name of someone who once caused them to lose their soul, it would be good enough if they don’t hate him in their heart, but how could they possibly help that person?
"You want me to help Xia Wei? She's the one who caused me to lose my soul..."

Hua Xiaomei felt uneasy and unwilling, and refused to help Xia Wei no matter what.

Seeing this, Ye Jie sighed:
"I know this request is very difficult for you. She didn't mean to hurt you, and she regretted hurting you afterwards. If it makes you feel better, I am willing to apologize to you on her behalf and I beg you to forgive me."

Hua Xiaomei's face was filled with pain, and she turned her head away:

"You apologized for her? Have you forgotten how she treated you before?"

Ye Jie was silent for a while before speaking:
"Even so, she is still my family, and this will never change. Xia Wei is not the kind of person who is considerate, gentle and obedient. On the contrary, she is paranoid and irritable. She can't stand the various things that people have long been accustomed to, and she vows to turn the world upside down. But what's the harm? You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family."

Hua Xiaomei also felt the firm determination in his words. Just as she was about to speak, she was suddenly interrupted by a shout from the front:
"You are the ones who took away the servants who took care of my herb garden?"

Ye Jie didn't react when he heard the voice. Chang Qing, who was breathing weakly beside him, suddenly opened his eyes, with a hint of fear in his eyes, and his whole body was trembling.

Following the sound, Ye Jie also saw an old man with a goatee holding a staff. The old man looked aggressive and had no good intentions.

"Who are you? How dare you act wildly in the Demon Palace?"

Ye Jie raised his eyebrows. Besides being the master of the Golden Wheel Palace, he was also a Shura. If he clashed with a Shura in the Demon Palace, he would not end up well.

The old man was not frightened by Ye Jie's name, but was full of momentum:
"I am the Deer Envoy of the Beast Hall, and also the Honorary Elder of the Demon Hall. Not to mention you, even King Shura has to respectfully call me White Deer Immortal when he sees me."

"Deer-Shaped Envoy?" Ye Jie was slightly stunned, then he remembered something.

Before, in the Temple of the Witch God, when the red veil turned into Changqing, I heard him say that because he was once a mountain god, he was noticed by a certain master and was responsible for looking after the medicine garden under the Soul-Devouring Abyss for that master. It turned out that person was the Deer-Shaped Envoy.

"You are the one who took my servant away? Return him to me now while I am in a good mood. Otherwise, even King Shura will not be able to save you!"

The Deer-Shaped Envoy was not polite at all and started to scold Ye Jie immediately.

Ye Jie glanced at him and immediately asked the question in his mind: "Since you said that he is your servant, do you know what caused his injuries? Who did this to him?"

The last time Red Veil called Chang Qing, he was clearly full of energy and had no injuries on his body. Unexpectedly, after some time had passed, he was so injured that he couldn't even speak and looked like he was dying. Even Ye Jie was very puzzled and didn't understand what had happened to him.

The Deer-Shaped Envoy snorted:
"This matter is all his fault. He took good care of the medicine garden for me, and I never treated him badly. On the contrary, I saved him from being bullied by many ghosts. But he turned his kindness into enmity and was ready to unload his burden and run away. Fortunately, I discovered it early and had to teach him a lesson."

Ye Jie was stunned. Chang Qing had been suppressed in the Soul-Devouring Abyss for decades, but he was safe and sound, without any abnormality. Now he suddenly planned to escape. He must have been stimulated by something.

What stimulated him was obviously the previous contact with the red veil. Seeing his wife whom he had not seen for a long time finally awakened his determination to escape from the Soul-Devouring Abyss, but unfortunately it ended in failure.

"You dare to run away? When we get back, I'll break your legs!"

Seeing that the Deer-Shaped Envoy was about to take Chang Qing away, Ye Jie certainly would not give him this opportunity:

"He is no longer your servant. Palace Master Mo Luo gave him to me as a reward. If you have any opinions, please talk to Palace Master Mo Luo."

After saying that, Ye Jie took the two of them and prepared to leave.

"What did you say?"

The deer-shaped envoy was slightly stunned, but of course he would not just give up like that:
"How ridiculous! You are not even the Shura King, how can you be so high up as to be the Lord of the Demon Palace? You have committed the crime of treason by pretending to be the Lord of the Demon Palace. Once the news gets out, you will be dead!"

"Step aside."

Ye Jie was too lazy to continue talking nonsense with him and was about to leave, but he saw a tin staff coming towards him. The Deer-Shaped Envoy was not going to let him go so easily.

Feeling the power in the staff, Ye Jie's dragon pupils sank, and his body subconsciously reacted, responding with the most violent counterattack: "Dragon Tail Swing!"

But then there was a muffled sound of metal clashing, and the Deer-Shaped Envoy took several steps back before he could steady himself. His face was full of disbelief, and he raised his hand tremblingly, only to see that the originally intact tin staff now had a glaring crack.

"How could it be... This is impossible. You are not even a ghost fairy, how can you have such strength?"

The Lu Xingshi had a look of disbelief on his face. He had fought many extremely difficult enemies in his life, but none of them could give him such a strong shock as Ye Jie.

A Shura who has not yet achieved the status of a ghost immortal can actually be on par with him in terms of martial arts, and even has the upper hand. If this news were to spread, it would be enough to make him the object of ridicule by all the beast-form users.

"Who are you? How can you have such strength?"

Looking at Ye Jie, the Deer-Shaped Envoy put away his initial contempt and instead treated him as an opponent of the same level as himself, questioning him harshly.

Before Ye Jie could answer, a reprimand from afar interrupted their conversation: "No fighting in front of the Eternal Night Palace!"

Along with the sound came a ten-foot-tall giant in black armor, emitting a strong murderous aura. Just by getting close to him, one could smell a lingering fishy smell, which was enough to show how terrifying this man was.

Seeing this person, the deer-shaped envoy's eyes lit up: "The one coming is the elephant Shura, one of the four Shura kings who protect the Demon Palace. Boy, you are finished this time."

The deer-shaped envoy immediately stepped forward and said to the elephant Shura:

"King Shura, I found someone in the palace acting under the name of Lord Moro. You must quickly capture him and let him know the consequences of plotting against Lord Moro!"

The elephant Shura's arms were folded around him, like an unshakable iron tower, and he asked in a deep voice, "You said he acted in the name of Your Highness? What did he do?"

The deer figure immediately added fuel to the fire:

"He stole my servant and said it was given to him by Lord Moruo! How could Lord Moruo do such a thing? Who does he think he is? He even dreamed of being favored by His Highness Moruo. No, this matter must be reported to His Highness Moruo, and he must be punished severely."

The elephant Shura looked indifferent, but when he looked at the deer envoy, there was a hint of impatience in his eyes:
"The person you are talking about is the Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace who brought the four main accounts to Your Highness! Lord of the Demon Palace has just issued an order for every Shura in the palace to learn from Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace. How dare you be so ignorant and falsely accuse Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace? I think you are tired of being a beast-form user."

"What? He is the master of the Golden Wheel Palace?"

After learning Ye Jie's name, the Lu Xingshi's pupils shrank and a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. It turned out that the person he had just stopped was the Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace, who was very popular in the Demon Palace and every Shura had heard of him. This time he had hit a wall.

"Wait a minute, this is actually a misunderstanding..."

The Deer-Shaped Envoy waved his hands in panic, explaining: "If I had known that it was the Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace who wanted my servant, I would have offered him to me with both hands. How could this happen..."

In response, the elephant Shura just shook his head: "The name of Yama cannot be insulted. You are outspoken and blind. You have offended the master of the Golden Wheel Palace who has made great contributions to His Highness. You must be severely punished!"

After saying that, thick black fog erupted from the body of the elephant Shura. The black fog swept around and transformed into extremely tough ropes, which wrapped around the body of the deer-shaped figure.

Seeing this sudden change, the Deer-Shaped Envoy was filled with horror, and immediately transformed into a beast. An illusory and agile pale blue-white deer appeared in front of everyone. The white deer rushed left and right, but still could not get rid of the blockade of the black fog.

At the end of the dark and deep black fog, a big hand suddenly stretched out, with unstoppable force, and accurately grabbed the antlers on the white deer's head. With a click, half of the antler was broken off.

The pain of the broken antlers made the Deer-Shaped Envoy scream. Taking advantage of the pain, a huge force burst out from his body, and he broke through the blockade and flew away without looking back, while leaving a harsh word:
"Master of the Golden Wheel Palace, I will remember you!"

The black fog gradually dissipated, and the elephant Shura reappeared, handing half of the antler to Ye Jie: "This ten thousand year old white deer antler is the essence of the Deer Form Technique. After refining it, it can improve your strength. Just think of it as compensation to you."

After receiving the thousand-year-old white deer antler, Ye Jie also thanked the elephant Shura, ended this episode, and then left the Demon Palace.

(End of this chapter)