After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

"This is the place."

The security guard's tone began to turn serious.

“My brother said he saw the wall crying, water coming out of the wall, and the wall stained by the water turned into a dark human figure.”

“My brother was so scared he cried and ran back to me. I then went to our team leader, who reported it up the chain of command. The final result was that the place was sealed off. The human-shaped wall was covered up with putty by a few money-grubbing plasterers.”

Zhou Yan looked at the wall covered with putty powder, and Bai Ze's gaze passed through the initial surface to see the human-shaped water stains inside.

As if sensing human gaze, a muffled, choked sob rose from the surroundings, low and mournful, filled with deep sorrow.

Little Yama, who was beside Zhou Yan, let out a soft cry, like a chicken whose neck had been grabbed. Before he could vent his resentful and sorrowful cries, the crying stopped.

2 "Huh?!"

The security guard's expression changed; he seemed to have just...

The security guard looked at Zhou Yan, the Little Yama, with trembling eyes.

"Guests, did you hear crying just now?"

Zhou Yan smiled.

Shan: "Are you getting so into character while you're talking? Crying? I didn't hear anything."

The security guard nodded.

"Maybe it's just my imagination."

Indeed, when the security guards patrolled past this wall, they always had some inexplicable feelings. This time, they may have talked too much and were even hallucinating.

"Huh?"

The security guard exhaled a puff of white breath. He was a little confused, wondering if it was just his imagination. Why did it feel colder on his side again?

Zhou Yan waved his hand.

“We understand what’s going on here, Mr. Security Guard, you can go now.”

Before the security guard could say anything, Xiao Yanjun took out a stack of banknotes and handed them to him, who accepted them with a broad smile.

He guessed that Zhou Yan and the other person probably wanted to remove the putty to see the human-shaped water stains inside, and as a security guard, he should firmly and absolutely stop them.

But Zhou Yan gave them far too much money.

He can just quit his job and find another one. Right now, Luomen City is in dire need of rebuilding, and there's a demand for strong men like him everywhere. He won't have trouble finding work.

The security guard, having accepted the money, left with a grin.

Little Yama looked at the wall covered with putty and said.

"These nine pillars must be part of a grand formation. The Emperor of Fengdu probably hopes to use these nine pillars to open the gates of Fengdu and pull us into the underworld."

Little Yama didn't notice when there was only one pillar, but now two pillars have appeared out of nowhere. Little Yama can feel that the Yin energy around him has become much stronger. If it continues to upgrade at this level, and all nine pillars appear, it might be able to turn this area of ​​the human world into the underworld.

"Having connections is definitely an advantage."

Seriously, Zhou Yan finally understood why opportunists always need powerful backers. Otherwise, given that he had offended Bo Xun this time, if it weren't for Nuwa and the Emperor of Fengdu supporting him, Bo Xun could have easily captured the two of them and tortured them into the shapes he desired using his various methods of torture.

Zhou Yan grabbed Xiao Yanjun beside him, and this time Zhou Yan used his teleportation ability to reach the hotel kitchen.

Because of numerous problems, the kitchen was normally off-limits to unauthorized personnel. As soon as Zhou Yan and Xiao Yanjun appeared, several apprentice chefs washing vegetables turned to look at them. One of them even rolled up his sleeves and walked over, frowning.

"Who are you? Outsiders are not allowed in the kitchen."

The apprentice washing vegetables gave a look to his companions, who then gathered around.

Zhou Yan immediately took out a stack of RMB from Xiao Xitian. At this moment, one has to admire the charm of money. The apprentices who had surrounded him were originally fierce-looking, but when they saw the thickness of the RMB in Zhou Yan's hand, they stopped in their tracks.

Zhou Yan said in a deep voice.

"Ten thousand yuan per person. I have some paranormal questions, like about the rice ghost that eats rice at night. Anyone want to talk to me about it?"

The apprentices looked at each other, and the strongest man with the thickest arms stepped forward.

"Is it just a problem with rice-eating ghosts?"

Zhou Yan nodded vigorously.

"Yes, the problem of rice-eating devils."

Zhou Yan then took out another stack of ten thousand.

“Twenty thousand per person, whoever speaks up, I will not shortchange you by a single penny.”

The strong apprentice walked toward the kitchen door.

"Let's go outside and talk."

Zhou Yan and the apprentice went outside together.

As soon as they went outside, the apprentice took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, and offered it to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan shook his head.

I don't smoke.

The apprentice picked it up himself.

"You want to know about the rice-eating ghost, right?"

Zhou Yan, Little Yama nodded, "I've been waiting for you to make up something out of nothing."

The apprentice lit a cigarette and began to reminisce about the past.

"It's not exactly a secret, but it's a rather torturous story. Well, back in the last head chef team, the hotel's supplier had a nephew who got into the chef team through connections. He originally wanted to learn the head chef's skills so he could make a living and not starve, but you know, people with connections like to slack off."

The apprentice opened the cigarette in his mouth and exhaled a puff of white smoke.

Zhou Yan disgustedly put a screen in front of him to block the secondhand smoke.

"After learning to flip the wok for a few days, my nephew's arm started hurting so much he couldn't lift it. So he went to his uncle to complain. His uncle scolded him, 'If you don't work hard, how will you eat in the future?'"

Little Yama said to Zhou Yan.

"I used to really admire some chefs who could cook several kilograms of food in a wok for several hours. It's something a normal person really can't do."

Being a chef requires physical strength, arm strength, and endurance; most people couldn't handle the hardship.

The apprentice put the cigarette back to his lips.

"The nephew slunk back home, and instead of continuing to work hard, he was thinking about how to get rich without lifting a finger..."

The apprentice's eyes suddenly darkened, and he began to stammer.

A flash of lightning appeared in Zhou Yan's eyes.

This apprentice's spirit platform has been taken over by the Heavenly Demon!

Bo Xun, unable to deal with Nuwa and the Emperor of Fengdu, sent his underlings to invade the living people and stop the Emperor of Fengdu from creating something out of nothing.

Of course, none of this matters. Even Zhou Yan and Little Yama are terrified of Bo Xun, but the other Heavenly Demons, it's no exaggeration to say...

Everyone except Mara is a noob!

Zhou Yan took a deep breath, his tongue crackling like thunder.

"roll!"

Thunder rumbled for miles. Before the demon residing within the apprentice's spiritual platform could even open its demonic womb realm, the apprentice shuddered, his eyes changing from chaotic to clear.

"Huh? I..."

The apprentice scratched his head, looking completely bewildered.

Zhou Yan hurriedly replied.

"You just mentioned that your nephew wanted to cheat and get something for nothing. What happened next? What happened to this nephew after that...?"

Zhou Yan looked up and, from a height of tens of meters, saw several Heavenly Demons who had already successfully transformed run out and began randomly killing people, clearly trying to cut off the channel through which Zhou Yan and his companion had fabricated their story (according to the hotel staff).

Little Yama said in a deep voice.

"No big deal, leave it to me!"

As the second-in-command of the underworld, it's one thing to fear Mara, but how dare a bunch of lesser demons, who aren't even demigods, act so arrogantly in front of her!?

Several enormous Yin ghosts rose from where Zhou Yan had seen the Heavenly Demon and engaged in a fierce battle with it.

The burly apprentice opposite him hadn't noticed anything yet and continued smoking and speaking.

"That nephew started stealing food from the hotel, like frozen premium steaks, imported lamb, and specially supplied black pork. He stole whatever was expensive. At first, he stole little and no one noticed. But this bastard got a taste of the benefits and started stealing more quickly."

"Until one day, when there were few people around at night, this nephew sneaked into the hotel's ice storage room. As soon as he entered, he heard a crying sound."

“My nephew isn’t afraid, because it’s normal for a chef’s apprentice to come to the freezer to get things. On the contrary, the crying made the apprentice curious.”

"Which chef is heartbroken and sneaks into the freezer to cry? Aren't they afraid of freezing to death in this sub-zero environment?"

Combat:

Chapter 678, Chapter Six: Stopping

On the ninth floor of the hotel, a cleaner was walking from room to room with a cleaning cart. He swiped his universal room card in front of an empty room, and the door opened automatically.

The cleaner walked in humming a song.

As soon as I entered, I saw a dark figure standing at the far end of the suite. Because the room was dimly lit and the cleaning lady was old and had poor eyesight, I didn't immediately notice anything unusual about the dark figure.

"Hey, isn't this place supposed to be deserted?"

The cleaner muttered to himself.

The figure standing by the window slowly turned around, and the cleaner saw a face without features.

"My God!"

The cleaner yelled, but before he could even instinctively give the order to run, the dark figure that had turned around pounced on him.

That aura of a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey clearly indicated that this dark figure was up to no good.

However, halfway through the attack, a female ghost with long hair and an eerie aura emerged from the ground and blocked the faceless demon from below.

"Oh!"

After the demon and the female ghost held them off, a huge noise came from the ground, and a lot of black cracks appeared. Many of the tiles on the ground burst and flew up, revealing the dark cement and the good quality steel bars that prevented the floor from being smashed through.

"My God!"

The cleaner shouted again and ran away in a panic.

……

Outside the hotel kitchen.

The strong apprentice had melancholy eyes.

"...The nephew went toward the source of the sound, and there he saw an old man, wearing an old-fashioned tattered cotton-padded jacket with patches all over it, hiding in a corner, grabbing rice, meat, and seafood to eat, crying as he ate."

“My nephew watched for a while and was about to call security to arrest the person, but when the old man who had eaten meat and rice turned around, you don’t know, do you?”

The apprentice smeared it on his face.

"That old man's face only had a mouth; he had no nose, eyes, or ears."

"Dong dong dong..."

There was a crackling sound coming from upstairs, and the apprentice looked up in confusion.

Zhou Yan explained.

"Maybe there's a couple having a great time upstairs."

The apprentice said ambiguously.

“I’ve been here for months and haven’t heard any of this. How much of a donkey must be up there to make such a commotion?”

Little Yama clapped his hands.

"Let's not talk about that. And then? What happened?"

Little Yama clearly felt that the Yin energy around him had increased significantly. With the apprentice speaking, the third stake should have begun to form, bringing him one step closer to escaping Mara's clutches and returning to the underworld.

"Then the nephew was so frightened that he fainted in the freezer. If someone hadn't come to get the meat and found the unconscious nephew, he probably would have frozen to death in the freezer."

The apprentice exhaled a puff of white smoke.

"This nephew was later sent to the hospital. When he was rescued, he went crazy. He kept saying that the hotel was haunted and that he would never dare to steal anything again. It is said that this nephew had a stack of ghost money on him. It was the old-fashioned, round paper money. We all said that the ghost who steals food is particular. He pays for what he eats. Unlike this nephew, who was paid to steal from his old employer."