You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 48 Is Chen Yang alright?

boom!
Qi Ruifeng's body fell to the ground and rolled down the steps at the entrance of the main hall to Chen Yang's feet.

His soul has been suppressed.

The death aura on his body was no longer suppressed and began to backfire. Gray mist, invisible to ordinary people, spread rapidly, and his flesh and blood dissipated at a visible speed. In just a few seconds, he was completely turned into a dried-up corpse!
It all happened so fast!

The disciples of Dongyue Temple didn't even have time to rush forward to rescue their "Abbot"... Of course, they were powerless to do so!

Especially after witnessing firsthand how the chain around Chen Yang's waist had pulled out the "Master's" soul, these disciples had begun to believe Chen Yang's words deep down!

Underworld ghost officials!

This title is too mysterious and mythical for these ordinary disciples who have only been in the Dongyue Temple for a few years and most of them have not been able to cultivate their way out!
Someone couldn't help but ask, "You...you really are a ghost official from the underworld?"

Chen Yang merely glanced at it indifferently.

However, the invisible pressure emanating from him made the person who spoke tremble and involuntarily take a few steps back!
Someone pounced on Qi Ruifeng's body.

It was Qi Ruifeng's fourth and fifth disciples. As they rushed over, they cried out, "Master... Master, you died so tragically... Ah!"

The "Ah" that followed was actually a startled reaction to the emaciated, "mummy" appearance.

But after all, he was his mentor.

If we ignore such a tragic death, how will we be able to maintain our reputation in the martial arts world?
Qi Ruifeng's fourth disciple looked up, his eyes bloodshot, and stared intently at Chen Yang, questioning, "You broke into the Taoist temple at night, killed someone, and now you want to ruin my master's reputation? Isn't that going too far?"

revenge?

I can't report it!
How much do we apprentices earn in a month?
But the master's reputation must be preserved.

Otherwise, if word gets out that the abbot of Dongyue Temple practices evil magic to prolong his life and creates ghost puppets to harm people, Dongyue Temple will be completely destroyed, and there will be no incense money left.
Qi Ruifeng's fifth disciple looked at Zheng Yuan and said angrily, "Third senior brother, why aren't you saying anything?"

Chen Yang glanced at Zheng Yuan.

Zheng Yuan trembled, and his eyes regained their clarity.

Although he had been controlled by Chen Yang, his own consciousness and thoughts were still intact. He just couldn't control his own behavior. What he saw and heard was not blocked. He knew that his senior brother was dead, his master had also been brought to justice, and he also knew Chen Yang's identity!

Pfft!
Zheng Yuan bent both knees and knelt down, then suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard across the back, crying out, "Lord Chen Yang... spare my life!"

"I...I...I was forced into this by that old bastard Qi Ruifeng!"

"Eight years ago, he went astray in his practice, suffered a qi deviation, and was left with little life force... But that old beast was unwilling to die like that, so he used evil magic to prolong his life!"

"He asked Wang Jianlin and Zhang Qinian to help him refine ghost puppets using the evil energy of the Five Dragons Mountain's earth veins. He then used these ghost puppets to harm innocent people and to cultivate evil magic using the souls and blood of the people!"

"I...I...I was just running errands for them. I wasn't even a key player in injuring your father back then!"

“I know I have broken the law, and I voluntarily surrender to the Special Administration Bureau to accept punishment!”

In order to save his own life, Zheng Yuan didn't care anymore and recounted Qi Ruifeng's crimes one by one!

The disciples of Dongyue Temple were all shocked. They never expected that the respected abbot would be such a person!
Qi Ruifeng's fourth disciple couldn't stand it any longer and angrily said, "Third senior brother, what nonsense are you spouting? Everyone in Gucheng knows that Master is kind-hearted and benevolent. How could he practice evil arts to harm people?"

"You know nothing!"

Zheng Yuan got anxious and turned around to retort, "You've only been a disciple for a few years! Do you know why our senior brother has been cultivating on Mount Wulong all these years? Do you know why so many supernatural cases have occurred in the towns and villages around Gucheng that even the Special Administration Bureau couldn't solve?"

He pointed at the main hall where Qi Ruifeng had been in seclusion for a long time and roared hysterically, "Go in and see what the Dao array carved on the ground where Master is in seclusion is!"

Chen Yang couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Qi Ruifeng has committed numerous evils and harmed people to prolong their lives. Why should I explain these things to you when I'm here to take him down?"

The luminous lantern in his hand swayed gently.

Wow!

Suddenly, a ball of will-o'-the-wisp burst into flame beside Chen Yang.

However, it was Wang Jianlin's ghost that was ignited by the "ghost fire" of the night-lit lantern!
No one could see Wang Jianlin's spirit, but they could see the ghostly fire. As the fire burned, Wang Jianlin's spirit was in great pain and let out a shrill scream!
The scream resounded in the ears of everyone present through a mental fluctuation.

"Don't scream."

Chen Yang turned to Wang Jianlin and said, "Compared to those innocent people who were turned into ghost puppets by you and had their souls extracted to prolong Qi Ruifeng's life, what is this little bit of suffering?"

"Go."

“Your third and second junior brothers aided and abetted the wicked and deserve to be killed, but killing you would be too lenient… I will burn half of their souls and then send you to hell!” The next moment.

The will-o'-the-wisp flew out and suddenly burrowed into Zheng Yuan's brow!

"Ahhhh!!!"

"Senior Brother...don't kill me!!!"

"Chen Yang, spare my life!"

Zheng Yuan suddenly clutched his head, fell to the ground, rolled around, and wailed. It turned out that his Yin spirit had been ignited by the "Netherworld Ghost Fire" and was burning continuously in his mind!
From between his eyebrows, Wang Jianlin's half-burnt soul transformed into a ball of ghost fire and flew out of the backyard, landing in the room where "Zhang Qinian" lived!

Zhang Qinian's soul was injured by Chen Yang, and he is still unconscious.

Wow!
His soul was also ignited, and he was jolted awake from his coma by the pain. After struggling and screaming for a few seconds, his soul, which had been burned by the ghostly fire, floated up and his body fell to the ground.

Zheng Yuan's situation was the same!
Chen Yang summoned the remnant souls of the three fellow disciples and suppressed them together with Qi Ruifeng in the Soul-Capturing Bell!

Chen Yang bent down, took a car key from Zheng Yuan's pocket, and turned to walk outside.

The lanterns emitted a faint, dim light, guiding and illuminating the way.

The disciples of Dongyue Temple in front of him stepped aside to make way for Chen Yang and watched him walk out of the backyard... A moment later, the sound of a car starting could be heard in the distance, and a Mercedes-Benz E300 drove down Dongyue Mountain in the night.

“This car…”

"really not bad!"

Chen Yang was driving, with the window rolled down and the night breeze blowing in. As he passed a bend, he brushed past a black SUV.

"Ok?"

"parking!"

In the back seat of the SUV sat a woman in sportswear, who was none other than "Lin Miao," the woman who had gone to Chen Yang's shop with Wang Lin.

The SUV braked suddenly and stopped halfway down the road.

Lin Miao quickly rolled down the car window and leaned out to look, but all she could see were the taillights of the Mercedes.

"Lin Miao, what's wrong?"

The driver was a thin young man, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, while a middle-aged man sat in the passenger seat. Both of them, like Lin Miao, were employees of the Special Administration Bureau.

The two of them turned to look at Lin Miao at the same time.

Lin Miao was holding a phone in her hand, and a call was going on.

Wei Rufeng's voice came through the phone: "Lin Miao, what's wrong?"

Lin Miao said, "Director Wei, I think I saw Chen Yang... He's driving down the mountain!"

On the other end of the phone, Wei Rufeng breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that Chen Yang is alright... Don't worry about Chen Yang for now. Go up the mountain immediately and seal off Dongyue Temple. I'm on my way... Does Qi Ruifeng really think I, Wei Rufeng, am a pushover, daring to practice evil magic to harm people and prolong their lives?"

"Hey!"

"That Chen Yang is too reckless... He didn't even call me after such a big incident?"

Wei Rufeng sighed inwardly.

Chen Yang helped resolve the vengeful spirit at the Wucheng Old Shangqiao Hospital, doing Wei Rufeng a huge favor... Now, to deal with Qi Ruifeng, Wei Rufeng cannot stand idly by, out of compassion, reason, and law!

Chen Yang was naturally unaware of all this.

He drove all the way out of Dongyue Mountain, and looking at the line of text that appeared on the system interface in his mind, he was in an extremely good mood!
[Having heard that a Taoist priest in the mortal realm, whose lifespan had ended, was practicing evil arts to prolong the lives of others, you immediately went to claim his soul and maintain order in the mortal world.]

[Reward received: Cultivation Points +500.]

[Reward obtained: Profound Yin Soul-Seizing and Soul-Severing Technique]

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PS: Thank you to Zero Starry Sky for the 5000 points donation, and thank you to Andrei Yiluo for the 200 points donation!
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