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Chapter 335 The Serpent Messenger of the Gods greets the Lord of the Underworld!
Pink Cherry City, North Villa District.

After Li Gongyang buried four boxes at the four corners of a villa, he entered the villa.

Several people were sitting in the villa's hall. When Li Gongyang entered, they all stood up, even though one of them was an old man in his seventies.

"Master Mu Zi, is it finished?"

Ding Yaozong, with a full head of white hair, looked at Li Gongyang with anticipation in his eyes.

He had heard about what had happened in other cities a few days ago, and he felt apprehensive.

Fortunately, Pink Sakura City was spared from the impact.

But we weren't affected this time. Who knows what might happen in the future?
I've heard that in those cities that suffered undeserved disasters, the rich died just as many times as the ordinary people, because the so-called Bureau of Investigation didn't protect the wealthy class first!

Don't they know that the rich are the biggest taxpayers?
Outrageous!

He worked hard all his life and built such a large fortune. How long has he enjoyed it before it's already in a precarious situation, on the verge of collapse?

This is something he cannot accept!

So he used many connections and inquired about many things, and finally, he found this Master Mu Zi.

According to his friend, this Master Mu Zi is someone whom even the Bureau of Public Opinion Research treats with great respect.

Could someone respected by the Bureau of Polls be an insignificant person?
You can't go wrong with him!

Unfortunately, Master Mu Zi did not accept offerings, so he could only settle for having Master Mu Zi decorate his home as a precaution.

"We'll only be considered successful if we complete the final step tomorrow."

Li Gongyang said with a smile.

Having served as a fortune teller for nearly half a year, Li Gongyang's mindset is no longer that of a college student about to graduate.

"Alright, alright, Master Mu Zi, I've prepared a room and some simple food for you. You must be tired after a long day. I'll bring it to your room in a bit."

Hearing Ding Yaozong's words, Li Gongyang did not refuse.

"Then it'll be hard work."

After saying that, Li Gongyang was taken upstairs by Ding Yaozong's son.

Only after they were out of sight did voices begin to emanate from the lobby on the first floor.

"Grandpa, I think Master Mu Zi isn't much older than me. Is he really capable?"

Ding Peng frowned and asked.

Ding Yaozong shook his head.

"Do you think I didn't do any research before I looked for him?"

"Although he was just an ordinary college student, there are not always traces of how people rise to prominence."

Ding Yaozong recalled the first sum of money he had when he first made his fortune.

Who would have thought that his initial capital came from a jade thumb ring he accidentally pried off from the skeleton inside a coffin when he accidentally fell into a pit while herding sheep?
Although he didn't get much money from that thumb ring at the time, without it, he would have just been a shepherd boy.

"How about I go find my classmate? His father works for the Bureau of Investigation. Maybe they have better methods there?"

Ding Yaozong did not refuse upon hearing this.

"Then go ask tomorrow, but don't mention Master Mu's situation, just be prepared for both possibilities."

"Yes!"

……

Li Gongyang was unaware of the conversation downstairs. After returning to his room, he wrote down a number in his notebook.

207/270
207 is the amount of house-protecting medicine he has saved up enough to make, and 270 is the amount of house-protecting medicine he plans to make.

This was his promise to the students in that building, even though they were unaware of it.

"At this rate, in another three months..."

Li Gongyang suddenly remembered that the number of people looking for him had suddenly increased recently.

"No, we should be able to gather all the necessary resources for the house-protecting medicine in two months."

But at this moment, Li Gongyang stared at the number 207 and fell into deep thought.

As a messenger from the underworld, he made a special trip to the Bureau of Investigation to learn about what had happened in other cities.

He originally planned to prepare all the resources for the 270 protective medicines before making arrangements for each one, but given the current situation, if he waits until two months later, will the families of those 270 students still be safe and sound?
This is an unknown.

After thinking it over, Li Gongyang made a decision.

After arranging the talisman for the Ding family tomorrow, I will contact the suppliers.

Bring five sets of materials for the house-protecting medicine first. After you've used them all, have the supplier send the rest by express when you arrive at your destination.

Otherwise, the materials for 207 doses of the house-protecting medicine would be too much for him to handle.

Li Gongyang put away the notebook, opened his suitcase, and placed the notebook inside.

"Gah!"

As Li Gongyang closed the box, he heard crows cawing.

He turned his head and saw a crow staring at him from a cage nearby.

After going over and adding some water to the crow, Li Gongyang's gaze fell on the crow's feathers.

"Which feather was the one given by the Raven Prophet?"

Just as Li Gongyang was wondering what was going on, there was a knock on the door.

"Mr. Mu Zi, your dinner is here."

"Enter."

Li Gongyang withdrew his gaze and looked at the group of people who walked in from outside, carrying food and dishes. He was taken aback.

Each of these people had a tray with three or four dishes on it.

After the group placed the dishes on the table, Li Gongyang counted them and found there were ten dishes and one soup!
Is this what you call just eating casually?

Li Gongyang felt helpless. Even though he now had a high status and tens of millions in savings, he still couldn't compare to the arrogance of these families who had been operating for decades.

While he was observing around the villa, he noticed a torn electrical wire near the Ding family villa, and then he saw its glittering gold color.

The entire wiring in this villa is made of gold!
Poverty can truly limit imagination.

"Mr. Mu, please enjoy your meal. If you need anything, just call us. There are people waiting at the door."

After Ding Yaozong's son finished speaking with a smile, he left with his men.

Looking at the table full of dishes, Li Gongyang sat down.

"Fortunately, I just exchanged for the second volume of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, and my appetite has increased significantly, so it won't go to waste."

Shaking his head, Li Gongyang picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.

I had only taken a few bites when there was another knock at the door.

"Enter."

Li Gongyang put down his chopsticks and looked at the young man who had just served the dishes at the door with a puzzled expression.

"Is there anything else?"

Li Gongyang frowned as soon as he spoke.

Because he saw the young man smile as he closed the door.

"There is indeed something going on."

Looking at the other person, Li Gongyang wondered if the other person had encountered some supernatural event, which was why they secretly came to find him, a master.

"Well, you said."

Li Gongyang was never pretentious, and he turned around to listen to what the other party had to say.

"Well, we'd like to ask Master Mu Zi a question."

'us'?
Li Gongyang was puzzled.

"what's up?"

The young man said with a smile.

Where is the underworld?

As soon as the words left his mouth, Li Gongyang's pupils contracted.

Hell?

The other party knows about the underworld; he's no ordinary person!

Even Ding Yaozong only knew that he was respected by the Bureau of Investigation, but he didn't know his identity as a messenger from the underworld. How could this servant of the Ding family know?
"who are you?"

The young man walked towards Li Gongyang with a smile.

"Who I am is not important. What is important is, where is the underworld?"

As the other party approached step by step, Li Gongyang became secretly on guard, and the few strands of qi and blood power that he had just condensed within his body began to stir restlessly.

Just as the young man approached within two meters of Li Gongyang, Li Gongyang, unwilling to sit idly by and wait for his death, gathered his qi and blood power in his hand and was about to throw a punch at the young man.

But after this thought popped into Li Gongyang's head, he was shocked to find that he could not move his body!
Cold sweat trickled down my forehead.

This was the most powerless I'd ever felt since that time in the dorm when I had endless dreams. Who was he, and what did he want?
The young man walked up to Li Gongyang, bowed, and looked at Li Gongyang sitting in the chair.

"Can you say it now?"

Li Gongyang discovered that he could move his mouth.

"who are you?"

"I've said it before, who I am isn't important. What's important is where the underworld is?"

The young man sighed, and then Li Gongyang noticed something wriggling on his limbs.

Wherever it passed, it brought a chilling, bone-deep cold.

Li Gongyang hurriedly mobilized the few strands of qi and blood in his body and sent them to his limbs.

But the limited amount of vital energy he possessed only provided temporary relief.

Seemingly stimulated, the things on its limbs moved even faster.

It traveled down his limbs and came straight for his head.

Soon, Li Gongyang saw four raised black snake heads appear before him.

The things slithering across his body were actually snakes as thick as fingers!

Looking at the scarlet eyes on the snake's head, Li Gongyang felt a chill.

"It seems you're not going to tell me. Well then, I'll let you experience it for yourself first... the Ghost Serpent!"

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the four snake heads lunged at Li Gongyang's face.

Two cold snake fangs pierced Li Gongyang's left cheek. Soon, dozens of thin black lines spread across half of Li Gongyang's face along the veins from where the snake fangs bit him.

"How are you feeling? I'm in good control. Only the left side of your face is numb. Don't worry, there's still hope within ten minutes."

The young man said with a smile.

Li Gongyang's left eye was vacant, while his right eye held a mixture of anger and fear.

"Speak up, even half a mouth can speak. If you don't speak, then you might as well not have a mouth at all."

Li Gongyang's eyes darted around as he looked at the three remaining menacing snake heads in front of him.

He wanted to say something, but he didn't know where the underworld was, so how could he say it?
After thinking for a moment, Li Gongyang looked to the side with his right eye.

The young man followed Li Gongyang's gaze and looked at the crow next to him who was preening its feathers in the cage.

Seemingly sensing the gaze, the crow tilted its head to look at the young man.

"Gah?"

The young man looked away.

"Is that crow connected to the underworld?"

"……Yes."

Li Gongyang replied.

“My connection with the underworld is through that crow. I don’t know where the underworld is, but it… should know.”

The young man looked into Li Gongyang's eye and smiled.

I hope you're right.

The young man walked toward the crow.

Through the cage, the young man brought his head close to the crow.

"You're saying you communicate with the underworld through this crow?"

"Correct."

"Is it a letter?"

"No, it's communication?"

"Communication? This crow can talk?"

The young man was somewhat surprised. Although he played with snakes, he was not ignorant about other animals.

I've never heard of crows talking. Even if they could, they'd only be using simple words; how could they possibly communicate?

But Li Gongyang had no reason to lie to him.

Thinking this, the young man looked at the crow with a peculiar gaze.

Just as he was about to speak with the messenger from the underworld, the crow suddenly froze.

"What are you?"

"..."

The young man was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he saw a feather shoot out from the crow's tail.

The young man tried to dodge, but then realized that the raven feather hadn't been aimed at him.

He turned his head and looked at the spot where the raven feather had been shot.

Li Gongyang!
The moment the raven feather touched Li Gongyang, countless black raven feathers surged out from it.

In less than the blink of an eye, Li Gongyang was draped in a black raincoat made of raven feathers.

His lower body was shrouded in black mist.

The most bizarre thing was that Li Gongyang had an extra crow-face mask on his face, with a crow's beak that was several tens of centimeters long.

Seeing that Li Gongyang looked even more like a villain than he did, the young man immediately ordered the four ghostly snakes that had been placed on Li Gongyang to attack.

But after the command was issued, Li Gongyang was not only unharmed, he even stood up.

The young man took two steps back, and small black snakes emerged from under his clothes and slithered all over his body.

Just then, the young man saw four crow feathers shoot out from Li Gongyang's body.

As the raven feathers fell to the ground, each one was pierced with the head of a small black snake.

"Who are you!"

Alarm bells are ringing in the minds of young people.

He originally thought he had found a minor figure among the underworld officials, but now it seems he has been fooled.

No one paid any attention to the young man's words.

Just as the young man was pondering whether to attack or retreat, Li Gongyang suddenly exploded in front of him, transforming into dozens of crows that flew around the room.

The young man controlled the ghostly snake to fend off the crows that were scurrying around everywhere. Just as he was wondering why these crows were so weak, the crows in the room returned to one place and formed the figure of Li Gongyang.

The young man looked at Li Gongyang with apprehension.

At that moment, he did not notice the tiny paper figure, no bigger than a thumb, stuck to his back.

“Friend, we are not enemies of the Underworld. We are here to meet with some important figures in the Underworld. We, the divine messengers, want to cooperate with the Underworld.”

"Looking for the underworld? Then come on over."

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man saw Li Gongyang shrink his entire body, transform into a raven feather, and shoot into the void, disappearing from sight.

Before the young man could even wonder what kind of ability this was, he felt a pulling force coming from his shoulder.

Suddenly, his vision blurred, and he realized that his surroundings had changed.

The brightly lit room disappeared, and what appeared before him was the trunk of an enormous banyan tree.

Standing beside the banyan tree trunk was Li Gongyang, who had just disappeared from his sight.

Before the young man could speak, a rustling sound came from above.

look up.

Countless aerial roots hang down from the canopy of the giant banyan tree.

The aerial roots intertwined and eventually transformed into a chair.

Above the chair was a canopy of trees that blocked out the sky.

Behind the chair are countless aerial roots connected to the tree canopy.

Beneath the chair, a young man looked up, his eyes wide with shock.

Suddenly, a crow landed on the back of the chair.

The young man's gaze had just been drawn to the crow when he noticed a dark aura emanating from the chair.

A surge of energy rippled and a figure composed of black mist appeared on the chair.

Looking at the humanoid black shadow, the young man suddenly lowered his head.

Bang!
The pale-faced young man placed his right hand on his chest and knelt on one knee.

"The Serpent Messenger of the Gods greets Your Majesty of the Underworld!"

"May I ask which figure in the underworld you are, and how should I address you?"

……

(End of this chapter)