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Chapter 367 The First Underworld Messenger to Enter the Underworld
The use of the Hundred Crows Formation does not consume the user's physical strength, qi and blood, etc.

The three of them had a great time, and Raven Feather was shooting out like it was free. Eighty percent of the two hundred heads were wiped out. But as a result, their physical strength, blood energy, and even mental state all declined.

If they were to come back again, our only option would be to run away.

"Just now, were the heads we killed from one ghost or multiple ghosts?"

As the season drew to a close, Ji Mo suddenly asked this question.

Upon hearing this, Bai Yongnian and Ye Chang also snapped out of their excitement.

Yes, we just killed more than one head!
Even without destroying the original body, dealing with the evil spirit itself can bring merit.

Ye Chang suddenly thought of something and pulled a palm-sized cloth dog out of his bag.

"My lord, may I inquire about my karmic deeds?"

Bai Yongnian's gaze fell on Ye Chang's hand, which was holding something.

Because of the raven feather raincoat, he couldn't see what the thing was.

Just then, they saw Ye Chang take something out of his other hand under his raven-feather raincoat, though they could guess what it was from its outline.

It's a cell phone!
On Ye Chang's phone screen, his Yin De was being displayed.

When he entered the underworld, his merit was 1,052 points. If you include the six vengeful ghosts he dealt with in Building No. 1, it would be at most 1,100 points.

But now, his Yin Virtue Points are 1,450!

In other words, those heads were indeed counted as acts of karmic merit. Even if they were distributed equally, those 350 points of karmic merit would amount to at least 50 vengeful ghosts.

That one wave alone earned him the merit he would normally take three or four days to accumulate.

Sure enough, this task can earn you a lot of good karma.

Ye Chang looked up at the other two.

"Just now, I gained about 350 merits. You should have gained about the same amount."

Upon hearing Ye Chang's words, Bai Yongnian and Ji Mo's eyes lit up.

Doesn't this mean that if we do it seven more times, we can accumulate enough merit to bring all our family members into the underworld?

"Come on, come on, seven more times!"

"By the way, Brother Ye, what did you use to check your Yin Virtue Points just now?"

Upon hearing Ji Mo's words, Ye Chang put the cloth dog on the ground.

"It's a cloth dog, one of the talismans. However, I also used ten yin virtues to have Lord Jiu Ri deal with this cloth dog, so it can directly contact Lord Jiu Ri."

"I see."

The end of the season brought a sudden realization.

Neither he nor Bai Yongnian had exchanged for the method of making the cloth dog; they never expected that this thing would have this use.

So it seems that once I have enough Yin Virtue Points, I should at least exchange for all the Town Items. Maybe I can unlock some hidden functions.

"By the way, can I ask why you need so many merit points?"

Ye Chang suddenly asked.

He was somewhat surprised when he heard Ji Mo say that it would take seven more times to accumulate enough merit.

If he guessed correctly, these two, like him, wanted to bring their families to the Sanshan base.

Even with a family, ten people would only need two thousand merits. With extra reserves, it would only be two thousand two or three thousand. Why does Ji Mo seem to be saying that three or four thousand merits are needed?

“Our family is large, with 15 members. Each person needs three stickers to go back and forth, which is a total of 4,500 merits. We are still short of about 2,500 merits.”

Bai Yongnian nodded: "My situation is similar."

Ye Chang was taken aback, and immediately said, "Why three? Wouldn't two be enough?"

"One location card, one card for bringing your family in."

Ji Mo asked in confusion, "Isn't there another one after we go out?"

Ye Chang shook his head: "If you're in a hurry, you can bring your family to the Three Mountains' camp first, and then go and earn the merit of bringing them out. Otherwise, to earn 1,500 merits, you'll have to make your family wait at least a week, right? The situation in Great Xia isn't good right now, so there's a risk in what you're doing."

After hearing Ye Chang's words, Bai Yongnian and Ji Mo were both stunned.

Yes, they could have completely ignored whether or not to leave and just brought the person in first!
The situation in Great Xia has changed so rapidly these days, yet they are still thinking about this matter with their old mindset. They really haven't quite caught up!

"So, I only need less than a thousand units of Yin virtue to bring my whole family in?"

Ji Mo was beaming with excitement.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Seeing Ji Mo's excitement, Ye Chang spoke again.

"I think we should take a break first."

As soon as Ye Chang spoke, Ji Mo and Bai Yongnian both looked over.

During their time together, Ye Chang's composure and magnanimity had won over Ji Mo and Bai Yongnian.

Therefore, both of them were willing to listen to what Ye Chang had to say.

"Brother Ye, why is that?"

Bai Yongnian asked, though he could think of a reason.

Ye Chang looked at the two of them and said, "I don't think we should underestimate this mission just because of what happened earlier. I wonder if you two have learned about Yinming before?"

Bai Yongnian and the other man were taken aback.

"Before this?"

Judging from their expressions, Ye Chang knew that there was no such thing.

"It seems you haven't investigated the identity of the underworld officials."

After learning about the Bureau of Investigation's attitude towards the Underworld, Ye Chang went back and thought about it a lot.

The next day, he went directly to the Bureau of Investigation, wanting to learn about another world he didn't know about before, posing as a messenger from the underworld.

After that, he saw all the information that the underworld officials could see in the Bureau of Investigation.

This includes information about the underworld.

He had assumed that this was something all members of the underworld would do, but now it seemed that it was just something he personally preferred.

Not many other people want to know these things.

Perhaps this is related to his role as an editor.

When reviewing novels, I always like to learn about some of the world background.

In a novel, writing style is an important factor, but it is not the author's hard work.

The author put a lot of thought into building the novel's world-building, but readers don't perceive that; they want to see the finished product, not just a framework.

Therefore, when he reviews novels, if he finds that some authors' writing skills are not good, but their world-building is excellent, he will sign them and is willing to nurture them.

Because while writing skills can be improved, the ability to construct a world cannot be cultivated.

What he didn't expect was that this professional habit, once brought into reality, would actually become an advantage.

"You'll find out about Yin Ming when you get back by checking with the local Bureau of Investigation."

"What I'm trying to say is that the Underworld isn't like a game where you have levels placed there in a specific order for us to conquer."

"In the underworld, the most difficult challenge may not be at the very end, so we may encounter malevolent forces or even bloodshed in the underworld at any time."

"Just like now, even though we followed Lord Jiuri's advice and didn't touch any rooms related to the number four, they still opened."

"These are variables in the underworld, and these variables are related to our actions in the underworld. Perhaps the opening of that door was caused by our elimination of the ghosts in Building One."

"Just now, we set off fireworks in front of Building One with great fanfare. Perhaps next time we go in, we won't be greeted by those long snakes of human heads made of vengeful ghosts." "Perhaps next time, we'll encounter ghosts and monsters made entirely of malevolent spirits!"

"Don't think this is impossible. In a dark and gloomy area, the probability of bloodshed occurring in large numbers is very small, but the probability of large numbers of malevolent spirits appearing is not low."

"If you're not careful, you'll die."

"besides……"

Ye Chang recounted all the taboos and precautions about the Yin-Yang region that he knew and could remember.

Bai Yongnian and his companion broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.

No wonder Ye Chang is so 'sensible and considerate of the big picture', it turns out he was genuinely afraid!

Perhaps only items of the Yin Marshal level or higher can grant them fearlessness in the underworld.

"Then, Brother Ye, what do you suggest we do?"

Ji Mo asked.

"What I mean is, let's not have any more of that kind of commotion. If we encounter a long snake of human heads like that, we need to find other ways to deal with it. For example, we could have had two of us distract them from the front while the other person went around into the room and put the Yin-General level Candle Night Stone Town inside."

"In this way, the effect might be even better. After all, although those human-headed snakes look terrifying, they are actually vengeful ghosts. Placing a Yin-General level Candle Night Stone Town inside should have a good effect."

Ji Mo and Bai Yongnian thought about it and agreed that this would indeed be better.

"Shall we give it a try later?"

Ji Mo asked.

Ye Chang shook his head.

"My suggestion is to enter the community from a different direction and avoid building number one."

"I'm afraid something has already been attracted to Building One."

Ye Chang glanced at Building No. 1 in the distance and continued, "I wonder if you noticed the pattern of those heads appearing just now."

"what?"

Bai Yongnian was surprised, and his admiration for Ye Chang grew even stronger.

In that situation, how could you possibly be in the mood to observe other things?

What does this Brother Ye actually do in real life?

While Bai Yongnian was speculating, Ye Chang shared his discovery.

"In the rooms that were just opened, heads were seen in the rooms related to number four. But after the head in room 404 shot out, the number of heads in the other rooms decreased sharply. I feel that the rooms related to number four are interconnected. At least from the heads, it seems that heads were taken from other rooms, starting with room 404."

Bai Yongnian frowned.

"Even if they are interconnected, they are just some vengeful ghosts, and they shouldn't pose a great threat to us."

Ye Chang shook his head and looked at Bai Yongnian.

"What if it's not just the rooms in Building 1 that are interconnected?"

Bai Yongnian was taken aback.

"what?"

"I believe that all the rooms in the entire community that are related to the number four are interconnected! It's just that those ghosts in the other buildings, for some reason, did not appear in Building 1."

Ye Chang continued, "The reason might be that they are not interested, or it might be something else, but our attack just now might have attracted the attention of some beings."

"Perhaps those beings have already appeared in the rooms of Building One."

"Of course, these are all just my speculations, but we're only here to pray for good karma, not to risk our lives. It would be better to play it safe, don't you think?"

Bai Yongnian pondered for a moment and nodded.

"Brother Ye is right. It's better to be cautious. A steady and long-term approach is the best way."

After discussing what to do in case of an emergency, the three of them entered the residential area from a different direction.

During this period, they stayed away from Building 1 and Building 4, and chose Building 9, which was on the far side.

This time, everything went smoothly. With just one room opened, Ji Mo's Candlestone Town advanced to the Yin General level.

The door that opened afterward was used by Ji Mo to cultivate the Soul-Binding Rope, preparing to complete his path of winning by sheer numbers.

Bai Yongnian continued to train Zhuyeshi Town, preparing to take a specialized path, and the conditions here just happened to be suitable.

As for Ye Chang, he took out the magpie feathers and cultivated a new talisman.

When the three of them stepped onto the third floor again, the scene that had happened before repeated itself.

There was nothing strange or suspicious in any of the five rooms.

This put them on edge.

Just as they were preparing to retreat, room 9-304, which was closer to them, opened.

The exact same scene as before appeared, with heads crowding out of the doorway one by one.

This time, the three of them did not take off. Instead, Ye Chang took out a bag of ashes from a Yin-General level Yang-Rising Spirit Fire Basin and threw it into the room.

When one of the heads bit through the ashes, the other heads also began to burn in the ashes.

But after those twenty heads were burned, twenty new heads popped out.

After Ye Chang threw another ash package over, Bai Yongnian had already arrived at the door with the Candle Night Stone Town in his arms.

Before those heads could even pop out, he placed his Candlestone Town into 304.

A loud rooster crowed.

Bai Yongnian just watched as the chicken wreaked havoc in the room, no matter how many heads it took, none could break through the flames on its body.

Just as Bai Yongnian was overjoyed, the rampaging rooster was suddenly swallowed by a head.

The candle-shaped stone scepter placed at the entrance cracked open.

The culprit was a head that was as tall as a person.

The moment Bai Yongnian's eyes met those heads through the door frame, the paper cutout of the stunt double hanging on his body suddenly burst into flames.

Upon discovering this situation, Bai Yongnian didn't even use the Raven Feather Raincoat. After shouting "Escape!" to the outside world, he used the sticker to teleport back to Sanshan Village.

The other two followed closely behind.

Just as the three met in Sanshan Village, Bai Yongnian was about to recount what had just happened.

They heard an old voice.

"Slow down! Don't fly around recklessly, or you'll forget about getting those crow feather raincoats again!"

Immediately afterwards, the three saw dozens of crows fly out of a courtyard.

"This means... someone has already moved in?"

Ji Mo said blankly.

"Not only have they moved in, but it seems they've even rented raven feather raincoats for their family members to play with..."

Bai Yongnian's words silenced the other two.

While they are still fighting to the death to accumulate good karma, some people have already started using their good karma points for entertainment and consumption.

The difference between different "yin" (a type of unfortunate person) is so great?

……

P.S.: One more chapter, coming soon.

(End of this chapter)