"Wait, let me ask you something!"
Du Feng was curious, so he stopped the Soulbringer.
"Great Emperor, what's the matter?"
Du Feng hadn't shown himself on purpose so the Soulbringer couldn't see him. Now that he saw an Ultimate Emperor Realm expert in front of him, he was shocked. Whether it was in the human world or the Underworld, Ultimate Emperor Realm experts were respectable. Even their Great Yinsi Meng Po was only Ultimate Emperor Realm Cultivation.
Even if Ultimate Emperor Realm experts died accidentally, their souls would rarely be captured and sent to the Underworld. At most, they would be invited over politely and entrusted with important tasks. This was a living Ultimate Emperor Realm expert. Even if it was against the rules to enter the Underworld, the Soulbringer didn't dare offend him. He could only answer the question honestly.
"Didn't you stop the Daoist from Benevolence Sect from intercepting people?"
Du Feng was really curious about this question. Even if the Soulbringer couldn't stop the old Daoist, there were still Yinsi, Great Yinsi, the Ten Yama Kings, and the Great Emperor. Even if he didn't dare to stop them, he had to report it to the higher-ups. Why did he just watch as Benevolence Sect took away two human souls without saying a word? If that was the case, wouldn't he be able to take away good souls for free in the future?
As long as they were good enough, it didn't matter if they could reconstruct their bodies and train them into powerful subordinates or raise them into ghost servants.
"This … this question …"
The Soulbringer was a bit troubled, but he still explained it to Du Feng. The old Daoist from Benevolence Sect didn't have a high Cultivation level. The reason why he dared to take people away was because Benevolence Sect had reached an agreement with the higher-ups of the Underworld. It was fine to take away a few souls occasionally. But the premise was that the souls had to be taken away voluntarily. If they were unwilling, they couldn't be taken away by force.
If they were taken away by force, even if the higher-ups agreed, it would still violate the rules of the Underworld. Even the Holy Light that was being guided would be blocked.
Du Feng understood. In other words, Benevolence Sect had given benefits to the higher-ups of the Underworld, and they would turn a blind eye to this matter. As long as he didn't get stuck by the rules of the Underworld, the rest was up to him. In any case, there were millions of human souls that entered the Underworld every day. It wouldn't matter if a few or a few dozen died.
"There's nothing else. You can go."
Du Feng let the Soulbringer take the ghosts away first, while he strolled slowly behind. He pondered for a moment. If he wanted to take away a portion of the souls from the underworld, he would need the approval of an official at the level of Judge Cui Daoming. If the number was large, he would probably have to find a higher official.
Along the way, he suddenly heard a series of dog barks. The barks were getting louder and louder, and it was getting more and more hair-raising. Interesting, didn't they say that before passing through the Evil Dog Ridge, they would first pass through the Village Viewing Platform? The reason why Du Feng didn't go to the Village Viewing Platform was because he wasn't dead at all. His physical body was alive and he came to the Underworld for a tour.
The Village Viewing Platform was for the souls of the dead to look back at their families. One day he did not eat human food, two days he passed the World of Yin and Yang, three days he reached the Village Viewing Platform, where he saw his loved ones crying. Du Feng wasn't dead, so naturally, no family would cry for him. Thus, he wouldn't go to the Village Viewing Platform.
This proved that whether it was the various palaces in the Underworld or the various stops on the Yellow Springs Road, they weren't fixed. It felt like he was jumping between many teleportation points, and he didn't know where he would end up.
"Woof, woof, woof …"
"Woof, woof, woof …"
When the dogs of the Evil Dog Ridge saw the newcomers, they rushed down the hill in large numbers, barking as they did so. However, as soon as they got close to the ghost servants, the barking turned into whimpers. The ghost servants were at the third level of the Ultimate Emperor Realm Cultivation. They were considered experts among the ghost cultivators. The dogs could bully ordinary ghosts, but they became obedient when they saw the ghost servants.
As expected, they were a group of dogs that bullied the weak and feared the strong. When he saw the dogs lying there and constantly licking the ghost servants' boots, Du Feng sighed and shook his head. One-third of the ghosts that the Soulbringer had brought with him had died. They had been torn apart by these dogs, and even their organs were eaten clean.
Souls in the Underworld were the same as bodies in the human world. They all had complete bodies, flesh, blood, organs, and bones. Their blood splattered on the Yellow Springs Road, and when it was absorbed by the soil, it actually bloomed into scarlet flowers. That's right, these were the legendary spider lilies.
When the flowers bloomed, there were no leaves, and when there were leaves, there were no flowers. The flowers and leaves didn't meet. According to legend, this flower only bloomed in the Yellow Springs, and was the only scenery on the Yellow Springs Road. However, this scenery didn't exist for very long, and it was different from the legends. It didn't always bloom on the Yellow Springs Road, but only when there was fresh blood to replenish it.
When the blood dried up, they would quickly wither. They would wait for the next batch of pitiful ghosts to be torn apart, so that they could absorb fresh blood again. The Evil Dog Ridge was only one of the stops on the Yellow Springs Road. The next stop was the so-called Golden Chicken Ridge.
The Golden Chicken Ridge was different from the Evil Dog Ridge. The Evil Dog Ridge was just a small hill beside the road, and a pack of dogs gathered on the hillside. When they saw the defenseless ghosts, they would rush down and tear them apart. During this period, most of the ghosts could still escape during the chaos.
However, the Golden Chicken Ridge was a mountain, and it was very steep. They had to cross this mountain before they could continue forward. As soon as they entered the Golden Chicken Ridge, flocks of roosters pounced on them. Their iron beaks were comparable to vultures' beaks, and they wanted to poke the eyes of the souls. Their flapping wings made people unable to open their eyes, and their sharp claws were more like soul hooks. A single claw could tear open a person's skin and flesh, and penetrate deep into their organs. Moreover, they wouldn't stop until their hearts and livers were ripped out.
This time, Du Feng was closer to them. Perhaps it was because the ghosts in front were too weak, and they moved slower and slower. When he arrived, he just happened to see them being pecked blind, and their stomachs torn open, and their organs dug out. The roosters were even bigger than wild dogs. It seemed that the road to the Yellow Springs was really more difficult than the previous one. No wonder people were unwilling to die. After dying, they would go to the Netherworld, and they wouldn't have the ability to make their own decisions.
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