After I stopped being a lady from a rich family, I fought all over the capital

Chapter 311 Old Cui Lights the Fire
Zhong Kui was drinking tea with Cui Jue.

I was suddenly dragged away, and I was a little confused.

But Cui Jue has a lot of experience with this!
He knew immediately who had taken Zhong Kui away.

Without hesitation, he quickly chased after them.

Song Lan hadn't expected that after pulling one along, another would come along as well.

"Oh? Lord Cui has so much free time today?" she teased, raising an eyebrow.

Cui Jue quickly bowed and greeted the man, saying, "You flatter me, sir."

Zhong Kui came to his senses and greeted Song Lan as well.

Then he asked, "Why did you summon us here, sir?... The aura of yin energy is so strong! Is there some evil spirit?!"

"Ah."

Song Lan had no intention of participating; she only gave Zhong Kui directions.

Her ghostly domain sealed off the Changsheng Temple, so she wasn't worried that the other party would escape.

Zhong Kui left very quickly.

Cui Jue stayed behind and quickly sorted out the cause and effect. Bai Wuchang investigated the whereabouts of the ghost messengers in the vicinity.

The ghost messenger in charge of this area was found to be trapped by the evil Soul-Binding Town and was about to die and his soul would be scattered.

"...What audacity! They even dare to arrest the souls of the underworld's ghost messengers!"

Song Lan chuckled, her tone languid: "What's the big deal? Their new Underworld office is right next to your Netherworld!"

White Impermanence: ...

Pig's heart!

Shrimp and pork heart!
"My lord, these people's lifespans have been taken by the evil spirit. If we want them back, it seems we can only wait until Lord Zhong defeats the evil spirit..."

Cui Jue, standing to the side, cautiously offered a suggestion, hoping that Song Lan could lend a hand.

Song Lan simply replied, "I understand."

Cui Jue: Huh? ? ?

That's it?!

He looked at Song Lan with anticipation, hoping to glean some indication of her willingness to help. But Song Lan's direct response extinguished all his hopes with a single sentence: "Since Lord Cui is already here and has sorted out what happened here, then this task will be entrusted to you for your care."

She was referring to helping with the campfire here.

Cui Jue is a public official in the underworld, and in essence, he is similar to her.

If the campfire cannot be extinguished, then there is no way to break the formation.

Because once the deadly formation on the bonfire is broken, the bonfire will inevitably go out.

Therefore, only one person who wouldn't be affected by the campfire could be needed to keep adding firewood and keeping the campfire burning.

To ensure that the firelight was sufficient to illuminate the small courtyard.

Otherwise, without the firelight to protect them, their lifespan would be completely taken away, and their bodies would rapidly deteriorate.

Even if one can regain their lifespan and capture their soul, once the body is gone, the possibility of resurrection is lost.

Cui Jue: ...

So, he just voluntarily came to our door to be a laborer.

Seeing that Song Lan showed no sign of helping Zhong Kui, Cui Jue hesitated several times before finally saying nothing.

He obediently took over the task of burning firewood from Song Lan.

It wasn't until dawn was breaking, when the rooster crowed three times.

The Changsheng Temple was shrouded in thick fog. The people who were nearly scared to death by the sudden appearance of the ghost messengers eventually couldn't hold on any longer and started to doze off.

Suddenly, a chill ran through her body, startling Lin Zhixiu awake.

When she saw that the campfire in the courtyard had gone out and the ghost messengers had disappeared, she quickly woke up the person next to her.

"Wake up, everyone wake up! Wake up, everyone!"

"The campfire has gone out!"

The campfire went out, like a heavy hammer blow to everyone's hearts.

At that moment, they all had only one thought: It's over. They're finished. There's no way out for them.

Why? !
Why give them hope for life, only to let them die in despair?