Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 454

The cane was dragged along the stone path.

Above, the old woman's figure fell.

The ghost generals nearby stared at him for just as long as Lin Shuyou stood at the alley entrance.

Even ordinary passersby, simply walking by, stopping and staring blankly, are still tainted by original sin. It's just that you're unlucky; the so-called undeserved disaster is prepared just for you.

If your pupils can reflect the reality that is happening inside, then you have already found a way to die.

There's no rush to take action against them, firstly because it's not necessary at the moment, and secondly because there needs to be a hierarchy of importance.

Therefore, even if Lin Shuyou had turned around earlier and wanted to leave safely, it would have taken him quite a bit of effort.

But since Lin Shuyou has chosen to move forward now, things that could have been resolved later should be dealt with sooner rather than later.

The old woman stared at Lin Shuyou with a cold gaze, making a chilling sound in her throat:

"You choose the path to heaven but refuse to take it, while you choose the path to hell but refuse to walk it."

The old lady felt that her status made it appropriate for her to say such things.

However, what she didn't know was that Lin Shuyou came from real hell.

The position of the Ghost General goes without saying, and even the official general who is nominally loyal to the Bodhisattva is now sitting on the ground in hell.

As for the gates of hell, they do exist.

Lin Shuyou often saw him when he was with Xiao Yuan.

Brother Xiao Yuan said this porcelain is solid and stable, suitable for smashing people.

The old lady is about to make her move.

then,

The old lady didn't get a chance to help.

Lin Shuyou grabbed her neck with his left hand and slammed her against the wall with a bang.

With his right hand, he picked up the cane that the old lady had used earlier. The sharp tip of the cane drew a string of dazzling sparks as it passed over the stone slab and the wall on the other side.

The old woman was surrounded by black energy, and her mind had not yet adapted to her current situation, so she instinctively launched a counterattack.

Lin Shuyou's vertical pupils have been activated.

In an instant, it was as if a cold waterfall had cascaded down from above, engulfing the old woman and extinguishing all her arrogance.

Old lady: "You..."

"puff!"

The cane pierced the old woman's chest.

Without hesitation.

Pull out, insert; pull out again, insert again; continue pulling out, continue inserting.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

The other ghosts on the roof were still hearing the old woman's old saying when, in a daze, the old woman herself was lifted up and pressed against the wall, her cane leaving a swift afterimage.

Going out to buy steamed buns and fried dough sticks, of course, wouldn't involve carrying a weapon.

Even without the golden mace, this cane with the phantom of a trident attached to it is sufficient.

Each piercing was like the entry of a trident, damaging not only the old woman's resurrected body, but also her original soul, which was already riddled with holes.

Ah-you let go of his hand and continued forward.

After he left, the old lady slowly slid down the wall.

She collapsed to the ground, black blood gushing from the corner of her mouth, her eyes twitching, and wisps of messy black smoke constantly billowing out.

Having already died once, she felt an overwhelming sense of dread, a fear of ending that was countless times colder and more desperate than the first time.

She wanted to speak up and remind her colleagues just how terrifying this young man was.

But it wasn't just her body that couldn't make a sound, but also her crumbling soul.

Chen Lin's brother lay prostrate on the ground, his soul making its last, pale struggle, completely unaware of what was happening behind him.

But the old man, who was at the other end of the alley and facing directly inside, saw it.

The bell was still ringing, the seal was still being pressed, and his eyes were still processing the scene he had just witnessed.

Then, in his eyes, the cane was growing bigger and bigger.

The old man suddenly threw away the bell, released his hand seal, and dodged to the side at the last second. The cane flew past his chest, and although it didn't hit him, he still felt a burning pain in his chest.

He glanced down and saw that the black robe was torn, revealing three bloody, mangled ravines.

A chill ran through the old man's heart.

After throwing his cane, Lin Shuyou stood in front of his brother-in-law.

The soul within the brother-in-law had been tormented to the point of madness. Once it lost its restraint, it subconsciously roared at Lin Shuyou, who was closest to it, and made a move to pounce.

Lin Shuyou raised his foot and stomped it down.

The arrogant and insane soul first twisted, then dented, and finally compressed back into the brother-in-law's body like a balloon.

There was a slight deviation in the control of force.

Because Lin Shuyou overestimated the Soul Body's current outward strength but inner weakness, he kicked it back too easily, and the remaining force from his boot landed on his brother-in-law's back.

"boom."

The brother-in-law landed face down on the stone slab with his limbs on the ground.

Then, it stopped moving.

The other boot was right in front of my brother-in-law's nose. Seeing the mist constantly rising from it, I was able to confirm that my brother-in-law was not dead and was still breathing.

The unconscious brother-in-law was more suitable for moving and rescuing. Just as Lin Shuyou was about to bend down, a ghost general slid down from each of the two walls.

The Ghost General's mark, which had been hidden by the forehead ribbon, lit up.

Lin Shuyou threw a punch forward.

"boom!"

The ghost general on this side was struck in mid-air before his feet even touched the ground, and exploded instantly.

The ghost on the other side was a little luckier; it landed on its feet.

What greeted it was Lin Shuyou's punch followed by a backward kick.

"boom!"

Ashes scattered, soul vanished without a trace.

Whether it's the supreme authority of the Ghost General or the wickedness of the Officer General who only kills and never saves, Lin Shuyou has a natural ability to suppress these ghosts.

Not to mention, every punch and kick from Lin Shuyou was imbued with the wailing of vengeful ghosts from the depths of Fengdu Hell, who were being beheaded and sacrificed by the Zhao family.

Ah-you's advantage lies in his ability to finish battles quickly; opponents who cannot be defeated in a single blow are his best targets for a swift victory.

The old man said, “There is no ghost smoke mark rising from your body. This matter has nothing to do with you. Who exactly are you, and why are you opposing my Valley of Living People?”

When you are weak, even passing by is a mistake; when you are strong, even if you kill them, there is still room for negotiation.

This world of martial arts, through the changing times and ever-changing scenery, no matter how many layers of skin it has changed, the fist will always be its underlying nature.

Lin Shuyou grabbed his brother-in-law and prepared to leave.

If we can leave now, the impact on Xiao Yuan's plans can be minimized.

Before taking action, Lin Shuyou was innocent and carefree; after taking action, Lin Shuyou was decisive and calm.

This stems from the psychological suggestion created by the repeated practice of spirit writing in childhood.

However, the old man was clearly unwilling to let his prey, which he had been longing for and was almost in his grasp, slip away.

After a brief internal struggle, the old man swung his arm down.

A net descends from above the alley.

Lin Shuyou let go of his hand, putting down the burden.

The brother-in-law's face returned the kiss to the earth.

Lin Shuyou rushed towards the old man, and the net tightened around him as he moved faster.

The next moment, Lin Shuyou froze and fell backward.

The net reacted a beat too slow, and Lin Shuyou, who jumped up, seized the weak point at the back and easily bypassed it.

Using the walls on either side for leverage, Lin Shuyou leaped out of the alley. Below, on either side of the old man, a middle-aged man and a middle-aged woman each held a net rope in their hands.

Lin Shuyou lunged at the woman first.

The woman released the net from her hand, pulled out two daggers, one flew swiftly from her palm toward Lin Shuyou, and held the other in reverse, drawing a talisman in front of her.

Lin Shuyou punched the air high up diagonally in front of him, and his body quickly fell diagonally downwards, landing right in front of the woman.

The woman had just finished drawing the last stroke of the talisman, but the talisman had been aimed upwards previously.

At this moment, she had no choice but to pierce the talisman paper with the tip of the dagger and forcibly change its direction to aim at Lin Shuyou.

Lin Shuyou's vertical pupils spun around.

Having followed Brother Xiaoyuan for so long, I'm really not used to this way of drawing talismans and casting spells anymore.

Even Xiao Yuan was constantly thinking about and trying to cover up the problems that came with being approached. How could this woman be any different?

With a horizontal elbow strike, before the woman could even activate the newly adjusted talisman, Lin Shuyou shattered it.

Then, with a quick turn, he grabbed the woman's wrist and, using his momentum, broke the muscles and bones that were causing her to struggle, allowing the dagger in her hand to pierce her neck with perfect accuracy.

Blood splattered, hitting Lin Shuyou's face, and a warm sensation followed.

She wasn't a ghost general; like the old man, she was a living person.

The woman's eyes widened in disbelief that this was her end. She tried to pull the dagger out of her neck, but her hands and forearms were limp and she couldn't muster any strength.

Lin Shuyou helped her by grabbing the dagger from her hand and pulling it out.

When pulling out, apply lateral force.

"puff!"

The woman's gaze shifted, and in the process, she repeatedly saw her own body standing there, receding into the distance.

After her head hit the ground, her eyelids grew heavier and heavier, slowly closing until she was completely plunged into darkness.

Lin Shuyou, wielding a dagger, charged at the old man again.

The old man chanted a spell.

"Buzz!"

The man behind him suddenly appeared in front of the old man, holding a stern stick, and blocked Lin Shuyou's dagger.

Ghost cultivators generally follow the path of techniques, a small number of talented individuals follow the path of formations, and those who follow the path of secret arts are even rarer.

The guy I met at the Three-Eyed family's ancestral home, covered in pus and fungi, was a secret cultivator who transformed himself into something neither human nor ghost.

Besides, only the most unambitious and hopeless people would practice body cultivation.

It's not that body cultivation is ineffective, but rather that each lineage has its own focus. Even now, Runsheng doesn't know how to walk the Yin path, so it would be difficult to find a suitable position in Hell.

The method of body tempering is very simple: continuously introduce ghost energy into the body and temper it. The final result is that the person is neither human nor ghost. It may have some advantages in the early stage, but it will be stuck at the upper limit in the middle and late stage, making it extremely useless.

After the man blocked one of Lin Shuyou's daggers, before he could even catch his breath, Lin Shuyou's daggers came down in quick succession.

It was incredibly fast and took a tricky angle.

The man struggled to hold on, but gradually became unable to continue.

He couldn't understand why the person in front of him, who was also a ghost cultivator in his understanding, was so ridiculously strong, as if there was no limit to it.
Even if Lin Shuyou had nothing to do but repair electrical circuits for the elderly in the village, he wouldn't waste time thinking about this kind of problem.

Behind them stood Brother Xiaoyuan. Every time Brother Xiaoyuan climbed a step, his next task was to lift them up with him. Brother Xiaoyuan was their ceiling.

However, this man in front of him did take up more of Lin Shuyou's time.

The old man behind the man successfully cast his spell, and ghost infants appeared, heading towards Lin Shuyou's circle.

Seeing this, the man tried to retreat to catch his breath.

Lin Shuyou stopped and looked at the group of ghost infants, giving the man a chance to retreat.

As the man put away his weapon and took a breath, Lin Shuyou moved like lightning, rushing towards him and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Tongzi had long shared his combat experience with Lin Shuyou, and his ability to control the tension and relaxation in battle was already highly refined.

The man hadn't expected that the other party would dare to attack him recklessly even while being attacked by magic. The old man behind him was so angry that he bit his tongue and spat out blood. One after another, ghost infants emitted red light and pounced on Lin Shuyou.

He raised the baton, intending to block the dagger as before, but this time it was Lin Shuyou's hand that struck him.

Lin Shuyou grabbed the stern rod and, following its direction, lifted it upwards as well. The man raised both hands high, and the middle gate opened.

Ah You immediately moved closer and plunged the dagger into his body.

The man let out a scream.

Lin Shuyou pressed herself against the man, using the dagger embedded in his body as a gripping point to turn the man's body.

One after another, blood-red ghost infants rushed over and all of them smashed into the man's back.

"Ahhhh!!!"

The man's screams grew even louder.

His body also began to rot rapidly, and a strong aura of curse permeated his body.

As the old man continued to spew blood to bless the ghost infant, he spoke:

"It's a misunderstanding. There might be a misunderstanding between us. You can take that person with you if you want. Let's turn hostility into friendship!"

Lin Shuyou did not respond.

The ghost baby's attacks did not slacken.

Finally, the flesh and blood of the man that Lin Shuyou had used as a human shield were separated, and the remaining bones quickly turned black and fell apart.

Most of the ghost infants had been consumed, and the remaining ghost infants formed an even smaller circle and pressed down on Lin Shuyou.

Lin Shuyou opened his mouth, and the White Crane Child, who had been preparing a spell within his body, was activated at the right time.

White flames spewed out, turning around and engulfing the surroundings. The ghost infants collectively let out screams of both pain and relief, all melting into black liquid and falling to the ground before they could reach Lin Shuyou.

The old man tore open his gray robe, revealing two skeletons pieced together from the bones of different people.

The stiff movements, the rough stitching, the simple and straightforward ghost energy transmission patterns... all exude the cheap, low-quality feel of something produced in an unlicensed workshop.

Boy: "Those two generals, Zeng and Sun, are still eating too well!"

However, no matter how much you look down on these two skeletal golems, they are at least undeniably strong and sturdy.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief and even looked back.

However, when he looked back ahead, his expression immediately froze.

He saw that the terrifying creature didn't charge directly at his two skeletal puppets at all, but instead moved quickly to the outside, circling around him at an extremely fast speed.

Originally, the skeletal puppets stood in front of him to protect him, but now he is the one tightly protecting the two puppets behind him.

In the South Channel stadium, as soon as Lin Shuyou finished his upgrade, Zhao Yi mentally rehearsed just how disgusting Lin Shuyou was now.

Right now, it's simply a case of disgust becoming reality.

The solid defense was bypassed, and Lin Shuyou, wielding a stern-looking stick, charged toward the old man.

No matter how hard the old man tried to control them, the two skeleton puppets still couldn't get to him quickly enough.

The old man stopped too late; by the time he tried to pull out something else to defend himself, the stern rod had already been raised.

"boom!"

With one blow, the old man's head exploded, but the force of the blow did not diminish; it continued to press down, finally splitting the old man's body in two like a knife.

Lin Shuyou put away the stick, slammed the bottom of the stick into the ground, and with a trembling sound, all the red, white, and sticky things on the stick fell off.

At this point, take your brother-in-law back with you, along with the breakfast and meat and vegetables you bought. Carry them on a pole, run as fast as you can home. The steamed buns and fried dough sticks should still be warm and edible.

The boy said, "Take your brother-in-law back with you. You saved that girl before, and this time you even saved her brother. She'll have to repay you handsomely and give me a little True Lord who's like a football team!"

Just as Lin Shuyou was about to step back into the alley, the boy's voice rang out:

"There's something big up above!"

Lin Shuyou looked up and saw the white soles of a pair of boots.

He gripped the baton again, raised both ends, and parried upwards.

"Squeak..."

This time, Lin Shuyou felt extremely strong pressure; the force of the opponent's descent was much stronger than he had imagined.

"Crack!"

The rod broke, and Lin Shuyou slid a distance on the ground before coming to a stop.

As the other person landed, their official boots did not actually touch the ground; upon closer inspection, one could see a gap of about the thickness of a chopstick between them and the ground.

The official robe he wore was also different from those of the ghost generals; it was not only more elegant and luxurious, but the patterns embroidered on it had also exceeded a certain standard.

If we have to make a comparison, it's like the images of the Ten Kings of Hell that people often see. There may be differences in the details, but in essence... it should be considered a copy and imitation.

Everything in the Lesser Hell, even if its strength level is insufficient, is presented in a way that resembles the Fengdu Hell.

The person before me holds the position of Yama, the King of Hell.

"Squeak squeak..."

Its head turned, from in front to behind, facing Lin Shuyou.

The ornaments beneath his official hat could not conceal his almost ashen complexion.

It's not out of anger, it's just how it is.

This little hellish Yama is in charge of the counterattack by the Valley of the Living.

Its main body stands in the center of the city, overseeing this pursuit.

Lin Shuyou's continuous killings here alarmed it.

Most importantly, its true form isn't far from here, so it can get here quickly after waking up.

But when it arrives, the people and ghosts here, those who should die, die; those who should disappear, disappear.

Tongzi: "This guy is not easy to deal with. Moreover, after it appears here, the Living Valley forces responsible for hunting it down, whether they are nearby or far away, will immediately converge here."

Lin Shuyou: "Should I take him and rush out?"

The boy said, "Its barrier has already covered this place. It's hard to say whether you can escape unharmed. Take someone else with you... or how about we cut off your brother-in-law's head and take it with us?"

That way the success rate is higher, and I'll have something to tell that girl when I get back. At least she'll have something to remember me by." Lin Shuyou: "Are you serious?"

The boy said, "If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who will know if he was still breathing when his head was cut off?"

Lin Shuyou: "She can tell for herself."

Tongzi: "That's true. That girl is much more cunning than you. But even if she figures it out, she'll pretend she doesn't know and will still continue to be grateful to you."

Lin Shuyou held the two broken killing sticks as if he were holding the familiar double maces again.

The boy knew that he, the spirit medium, had made his choice.

Of course, He didn't expect the spirit medium to actually cut off his brother-in-law's head.

You wish he could become more shrewd and calculating, less kind and honest, but ironically, the reason you chose him in the first place was precisely because of the latter.

The boy said, "Then let's fight. Don't look or care about your brother-in-law. All the people and ghosts here are dead. No one told this little Yama that you started the conflict to save that person. Let him lie there and sleep for a while."

Fortunately, this isn't the real Yama of Fengdu Hell. If we encountered the real Yama, we would have no chance at all.

This kind of imitation... I might want to give it a try!

Lin Shuyou had heard Xiao Yuange recount the existence of the Ten Yama Halls in Fengdu Hell.

If the Emperor of Fengdu is as majestic as Mount Tai, then Yama, who lies beneath him, is at least as imposing as a wolf mountain.

Although Langshan is only famous in Nantong and is indeed not very high, it is still a mountain in the eyes of ordinary people.

When the group faced Su Luo, who was projected by Yama, they were almost powerless to resist.

The imitation before us, though powerful, did not give off that overwhelming, despair-inducing pressure.

Lin Shuyou took a deep breath, and the Ghost General mark under his forehead shone brightly.

Yama raised his hand and pointed forward.

"Buzz!"

An invisible wave is rapidly approaching.

Lin Shuyou jumped up and quickly dodged.

A sharp, grinding sound came from where he had been standing.

Beneath the vertical pupils, one could see threads that seemed to appear out of thin air, swiftly completing the strangulation.

The boy said, "This is its barrier. In this situation, it's not easy for us to deal with it. Let's try to launch an attack on it first and see how it goes."

Lin Shuyou began to charge forward, his body constantly shifting and changing direction as he charged. Several times, he noticed a sharp sound coming from where he had been a moment before.

Yama's hand was also pointing at him, as if he were activating a protective barrier.

As the distance closed and Lin Shuyou prepared to launch another attack, the boy issued a warning:
"No, stop! It's waiting for you to do that!"

Lin Shuyou suppressed his impulse, and at that moment, he suddenly realized that the route he had originally planned to take for his final sprint was now filled with tangled, crystalline threads.

If I had actually launched an attack, I would be right at the center of all those countless threads.

Yama's earlier slow move was actually setting the stage for the final, decisive blow.

The situation suddenly became tense.

Lin Shuyou could only continue to circle around, dodging the opponent's attacks time and time again.

If the whole team were here, he would be willing to risk injury or even greater cost to clear the way for his comrades. But now that he's alone, it would be very unwise and not worthwhile for him to charge forward alone.

Even if you risk your life to hurt it, even severely, in this one-shot deal, the one who doesn't die is essentially the same as having suffered no loss.

Yama's hand began to speed up.

The threads chasing Lin Shuyou were moving faster and faster.

Lin Shuyu then accelerated further.

They stopped focusing on attacking and simply dodged.

Fortunately, this Ayou is not the same Ayou as before. The sacrifices from Fengdu Hell, after being transformed by the child, continue to fall on him, giving him greater endurance. In the past, he would have been close to exhaustion by now.

Tongzi: "This guy is like a hedgehog, naturally countering us. There's no way we can fight this."

Faster and more lethal attacks mean that if you can't get close, your advantage won't be realized. On the contrary, your disadvantages in defense and ranged attacks will be amplified.

Boy: "Watch out, it's laid out the wiring ahead, go around it!"

Lin Shuyou dodged in time and continued his rapid movement, while the threads chasing him from behind were like a persistent, stabbing wound.

The boy said, "It's shrinking the barrier; it intends to gradually compress our area of ​​activity."

At this moment, a series of black figures appeared in the distance, exuding an eerie aura.

The boy said, "The people from the Valley of Living People have started to come here, and their numbers will continue to grow."

One after another, ghost generals and inheritors of the Living Valley appeared on the nearby rooftops.

Their faces were filled with shock.

Even though they all knew that Lord Yama was in charge of this counterattack, they never expected that Lord Yama would personally take action.

Looking inside the barrier from the outside, it was very blurry; only a figure could be seen circling around Lord Yama at an unbelievable speed.

Everyone, including the ghosts, was puzzled. Who could possibly force Lord Yama to personally intervene and resolve the situation?

The spirit medium said, "The barrier is getting smaller and smaller, and the number of people from the Valley of Living People outside is increasing. Spirit medium, we have to do something."

Lin Shuyou: "What are you doing?"

The boy said, "Let's try to make a big commotion, preferably one that can sense it, so we can get reinforcements. We two can't do anything about this barrier, but in that person's eyes, it's nothing!"

Lin Shuyou: "No need."

The spirit medium said, "Spirit medium, let me tell you, don't be stubborn. You took action this time to save your brother-in-law. I've told you before, with his personality, he will never blame you, so don't feel pressured. We should try to ask for help when necessary."

Lin Shuyou: "No need."

The boy said, "Why can't you understand mythology?"

Lin Shuyou: "No need to call for help, Xiao Yuan and the others are coming soon."

The boy said, "I live inside you, and I can see everything you do. How come I didn't know you called for help?"

Lin Shuyou:
"Because I went to buy breakfast, and it's almost lunchtime now."

……

A tree branch was broken off and then suddenly swept backward, cutting a section of grass and revealing a wild rabbit hiding inside, trembling.

The rabbit was large and fat, wearing a bib and gold earrings.

"That's interesting. Instead of staying in the mountains and forests, this kind of monster dares to trespass into the human world. Are monsters this bold these days?"

Xiahe, do you think it's better to braise it or steam it?

Xu Mofan looked at Xia He, the maidservant beside him who was carrying a long cloth bag.

Xia He: "There's not much rabbit meat, so it'll definitely taste better braised."

Xu Mofan shook his head: "It's different. Look at it, it's so plump. It's delicious just steamed and dipped in some soy sauce."

As he spoke, Xu Mofan gently poked the rabbit's belly with the branch in his hand.

"Ok?"

He was fat, but not entirely because he was fat. Just now, Xu Mofan sensed several rebounds coming from the other end of the branch.

"Forget it, I won't eat it."

"Master, what's wrong?"

"It is pregnant."

"Oh." Xia He nodded, she understood, and didn't say anything more.

Xu Mofan looked at the wild rabbit: "Beasts have spirits. You are not a stupid creature. Since you are pregnant, why don't you stay in the mountains and caves to prepare for childbirth? Instead, you have ventured into the human world. Moreover, you seem to be deliberately following me."
Tell me, who exactly is coercing you?!

The hare continued to tremble.

It could understand Xu Mofan's words, but it didn't know how to respond.

Xu Mofan raised the branch again, releasing a hint of gun intent to pressure him:
"What, you still want to protect him even now?"

The hare was still trembling.

It couldn't answer, because recently, rumors have been circulating in the mountains that there was a weasel practicing asceticism on Lijiang Snow Mountain, which has now achieved enlightenment and become a human, and the benefactor who helped it become a human has now come to Yuxi.

In fact, those who were summoned by the Wood King to hand a plaque to Tan Wenbin under the minibus were already considered the best among the mountain spirits and wild demons in the vicinity.

This hare wasn't qualified to be there, and it didn't know who was behind it, because it had taken a subcontract from the mountain spirits above.

All it knew was that as long as it could observe and find the right person and report it, the mountain spirit would give it a generous reward, enough not only for it to give birth to a litter of healthy children in its cave, but also for the cultivation of its and its children's demonic energy.

Xu Mofan: "It's a... bold rabbit."

The branch tapped the rabbit's rump, and Xu Mofan sighed, saying:
"Go, go. I'll spare your life. If you try to follow me again, I won't spare your life."

The hare placed its hands in front of it, bowed repeatedly to Xu Mofan, and then turned and left.

It was very grateful that the other party was willing to spare its life. Now, it had to hurry up and report to the mountain spirit above that the target had appeared!

Xia He: "Young Master, what shall we eat for breakfast?"

Xu Mofan: "There's a breakfast shop over there, go and buy something."

Xia He ran over, then ran back: "Young Master, all the steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and mantou are sold out. We'll have to wait to make them again."

Xu Mofan: "It's only been a few hours, and it's already sold out?"

Xia He: "They said a customer just packed up everything that was made in the shop and took it away. But the owner said he could make rice noodles for us, and that he could make rice noodles very quickly."

Xu Mofan: "Then..."

Just then, Xu Mofan's gaze sharpened, and he looked in another direction.

Xia He: "Young Master?"

Xu Mofan withdrew his gaze: "Never mind, it should be the Valley of Living People chasing after their enemies."

Xia He: "Young Master, aren't you going to lend a hand?"

Xu Mofan: "Why should I get involved in this kind of江湖 (jianghu) feud?"

Xia He: "But young master, you also suspect that the people killed by the Valley of Living People this time seem to be people who have lit lamps."

Xu Mofan: "Let alone how many I can save by myself, even if I do save them, what's the point? You know my temperament, I'll stab anyone I don't like to death. Do you think I'm the kind of person who can organize and coordinate?"
This is something that Zhao Yi from Jiujiang is good at. If he were here right now, in this wave, and joined forces with me, I would be willing to help him gather manpower to rescue people.

"Never mind, let's just have rice noodles."

Xu Mofan walked to the entrance of the breakfast shop and held up two fingers to the owner:

"Boss, two bowls, please..."

Xu Mofan looked toward that side again.

Xia He: "Young Master, how many bowls would you like to eat?"

Xu Mofan: "I'm not eating rice noodles anymore, let's go have some fun first."

Just as a ghostly aura suddenly burst forth, it abruptly ceased.

Xu Mofan led Xia He toward the vegetable market.

"Hehe, it burst forth again and then stopped abruptly, this time it was two of them."

"It's still going on."

"Interesting, Xia He, there's a master here."

"Young master, how tall is he?"

"It's not necessarily shorter than my gun, young master."

Xia He covered her mouth and exclaimed softly, "So tall?"

Xu Mofan suddenly reached out and grabbed the maid's shoulder, pulling her back quickly.

After retreating a distance, Xu Mofan let go of her hand.

Xia He glanced at her young master, then took out a handful of powder from her pocket and waved it forward.

Silk threads appeared in front of him.

Xia He: "Young Master, this is a barrier."

Xu Mofan: "It must be the big thing in the Valley of Living People that has made its move."

As he spoke, Xu Mofan placed his hand on the cloth bag in the maid's arms, which contained his gun.

But after hesitating, he still didn't draw the gun.

Xu Mofan: "Xia He, this kind of big thing is really hard for me to deal with. It is a counter to your young master. I can stab a bullet hole in it, and it can crawl a hornet's nest on me."

Xia He: "Young Master, there's no need to worry. Xia He will help you break this barrier."

Xu Mofan remained noncommittal; he actually had no reason to take action.

However, he was quite curious to see who the person who had slaughtered the ghosts and humans of the Living Valley was.

Xia He handed the long spear and cloth bag to the young master, and then arranged all the tools in front of her, from the compass to the pointer, from the sand table to the Bagua. Just as she was ready and sitting cross-legged, about to make her move, the barrier in front of her suddenly began to retreat, directly moving away from the distance she had set up.

"I……"

Xia He rearranged everything again, sweating profusely. When she sat down cross-legged again, the barrier had retreated once more.

"oops!"

Xia He stomped her feet in anger.

"Hahahahaha!"

On the second floor above, someone opened a window and burst into laughter.

Xu Mofan turned his head and saw a young man dressed as a scholar, holding a braised chicken foot and gnawing on it. The chicken foot had five fingers, and they were very slender.

Zhu Yiwen: "Brother Xu, I suggest you find a more reliable array master to teach you how to walk the river. Your maid is really making me laugh to death, haha!"

Xu Mofan: "You're in this wave too?"

Zhu Yiwen: "I haven't figured out what this wave is like yet, I just arrived, but it's really lively here, with constant fighting and killing."

"Well, Brother Xu, if you're itching for a fight and want to go in, I, Zhu, can help you open this barrier and send you in."

Xu Mofan: "I didn't think that way."

Zhu Yiwen sucked on a "chicken claw" and spat out a finger bone below: "Tell me, who is in there, making such a big fuss? Judging from the situation, it must be the big thing in the Valley of Living People personally taking action."

The Valley of Living People is known as a miniature hell. If the large creatures in this miniature hell are so imposing, I'm truly curious what the mythical figures in the real Fengdu Hell must look like.

Xu Mofan: "You should go find Brother Zhao. It is said that Brother Zhao is the adopted son of the Emperor of Fengdu."

Zhu Yiwen: "Your knowledge of the underworld is outdated."

Xu Mofan: "Isn't that right?"

Zhu Yiwen: "He is an adopted son, but not that kind of adopted son. It is said that Brother Zhao cut off his own two testicles and presented them to the emperor."

The emperor was moved by his filial piety, and thus agreed to take him in as a eunuch.

Xu Mofan: "If that's the case, Brother Zhao, you're really willing to give it up."

Zhu Yiwen: "There's no other way. He has to resort to extremes. After all, he has a blood feud with those two Dragon King families."

Xu Mofan remained silent.

Zhu Yiwen: "The barrier is getting smaller and smaller. The one inside is probably going to be in trouble, hehe... huh?"

Xu Mofan: "It seems there's something wrong with this barrier; someone is trying to break it."

Zhu Yiwen's expression turned serious: "Brother Xu, you are not good at formations. That person is not trying to break the barrier, but is taking control of it!"

Xu Mofan: "The one trapped inside the barrier, have his subordinates come to help?"

Zhu Yiwen: "Is there an even more terrifying possibility? Is the one trapped inside the barrier someone else's subordinate?"

Xu Mofan: "Do you think this is possible?"

Zhu Yiwen: "Of course I hope it's me... overthinking it."

……

The net of justice is becoming increasingly tight, leaving Lin Shuyou with less and less room to maneuver.

Everything seems to be settling down soon.

The spirit medium asked, "Is it possible that the person woke up late today?"

Lin Shuyou: "Xiao Yuan's schedule has always been very stable."

Boy: "Is it possible that she doesn't have a good appetite today and doesn't really want to eat breakfast?"

Lin Shuyou: "Xiao Yuan will have dinner with A Li on time."

Boy: "But we're running out of time."

Lin Shuyou: "Then Brother Xiaoyuan should have arrived by now."

At this moment, Yama's face remained ashen, his mouth did not move, but his voice resounded through the vibrations of the dense silk threads:
"Now, you are permitted to bind yourself, enter my hell, and kowtow to beg for your sins!"

The spirit medium said, "Did you hear that, spirit medium? It wants to recruit us. If we follow it back to that little hell, we might have a chance to live."

Lin Shuyou: "Are you planning to surrender?"

Hehehe, hahaha!

The boy laughed.

"Surrender, surrender to them, can they carve a handsome sculpture for me, can they set beautiful gems in it?"

The spirit medium is no longer hiding; they're going to fight it!
Place the talisman needle.
I'll set myself on fire to liven things up!

Lin Shuyou: "The talisman needle is in the bag, and the bag is at... the guesthouse."

Boy: "..."

Yama raised his arm, and all the surrounding threads tightened, exuding a chilling aura, about to strangle Lin Shuyou.

However, at that moment, the silk threads suddenly became disordered, and then, along with the silk threads that formed the outer barrier, they also left it.

Yama opened his eyes, a look of horror appearing in his turbid gaze.

Because the silk thread and the barrier had broken free of his control, he could no longer use it to transmit his voice. Yama's mouth, which had been tightly closed for countless years, was forced open, and the lips that had grown together were torn apart.

Yama: "Who is it?"

The silk threads trembled collectively, emitting an even more majestic voice in the exact same manner as Yama had before:

"Now,
"You are permitted to bind yourself and enter my hell to kowtow and beg for forgiveness!"

(End of this chapter)