The one who came out of the formation was a ghost officer as well, and his ghost age was evidently very high. He immediately pulled Zhu Yao into the formation, and when she regained her senses, she had already arrived at another world. That ghost officer gave her a simple explanation as he walked. His name was Ning Yun.
The place she was at earlier, was merely a very small part of the Underworld. Due to the existence of the Door to the Underworld, a large number of practitioners would appear there after they died. However, usually, most of the fallen practitioners had weak souls. Although they retained some of their rationality as humans, most of them were incomplete. This kind of incompleteness was not only displayed on their ghost bodies, it was also displayed on their intelligence. It was no wonder the ghosts she saw earlier were a little spastic. So their spiritual intelligence was incomplete.
If their spiritual intelligence was incomplete, they would either have to reincarnate, and start restoring their spiritual intelligence as a child. Or, they would have to return to the mortal realm, and recall everything that happened in their previous lives. Only then could they truly begin to cultivate their spiritual bodies.
The strange rule of scaring people ten times in the mortal realm, before they could become a ghost officer, was set up to awaken their spiritual intelligence, and restore their normal intelligence.
She wondered if scaring people a few more times would increase their intelligence?
"We're here!" Ning Yun suddenly stopped.
A huge silvery-white river appeared in front of them. It was very wide, and the river water was so clear that the bottom could be seen, as though it was a gigantic silver ribbon. Zhu Yao was dumbfounded. The Underworld actually had such a beautiful scenery, this was simply illogical.
"That's the River of Forgetfulness." Ning Yun brought her to the riverbank. There was a dense mass of ghosts surrounding them, and there were four or five Ghost Envoys dressed like Ning Yun surrounding them to maintain order. Those ghosts were all sinister and terrifying. Different from the ghosts at the Door to the Underworld, these ghosts were filled with hostility, and they were extremely violent. They would occasionally let out terrifying ghost cries. These were the true evil ghosts of hell.
Seeing them coming over, the eyes of the ghost officers at the front shone.
"Ning Yun, you're finally back." A man ran over, and carefully inspected Zhu Yao. "This is a ghost that just awakened its spiritual intelligence?"
"Mn, my luck isn't bad. I encountered one the moment I left." Ning Yun nodded.
"That's great, we have another helper." The man let out a sigh of relief and looked at the group of ghosts in front of him as he complained, "That's why I hate evil cultivators the most. Of all the ghosts they could cultivate, they just had to cultivate the Ten Thousand Ghost Banner. With so many evil ghosts gathered on it, it's incredibly evil. Not only did he fall, he even left behind so many evil spirits, causing us to be so busy. "
"Stop complaining." Ning Yun waved his hand. "If you have the time, why don't you hurry up and kill a few more evil spirits?"
That man curled his lips, raised his head to look at Zhu Yao, and said with a smile. "Newcomer, you've just gained sentience, so you're not suited to enter the water. In a while, stand at the side and watch over these ghosts. Scare them a little, and don't let them run around."
"… Okay." She was really here to scare a ghost.
After the man finished his instructions, he brought Ning Yun to the river in front of the ghosts.
Zhu Yao looked carefully for a moment. There were indeed tens of thousands of these evil spirits, and they were lined up in dozens of long lines. Although they looked terrifying, they were still obediently lining up. Occasionally, there would be a few restless ones, but as soon as she stood over them, they immediately quietened down. He hid from her in fear.
Zhu Yao rubbed her old face. Was she really that terrifying?
After pondering for a moment, she reckoned that it was probably because of the 'Cha' word on her hand, which was why these ghosts were instinctively afraid.
Ning Yun and the rest were at the very front of the group on the riverbank, and were currently pushing those ghosts into the river one by one. After those ghosts entered the water, they would float out in less than a few minutes. The new ghosts that came out, had completely changed their appearances. The evil aura on their bodies had completely disappeared, and their expressions had turned calm and peaceful as well. They even carried a little sluggishness. Even their clothes had turned snow-white. They no longer looked like evil spirits in the slightest.
This water was simply too mystical. It was simply a powerful stain removal tyrant. With a single wash, even their species had changed.
Zhu Yao curiously sized them up for a moment, before turning to look at the ghost at the side. She stared at it carefully, to see if there was anything different about it.
The evil spirit at the side trembled for a moment, as though it was frightened. Its head drooped lower, lower, and lower. In the end, as though it could no longer withstand her fiery gaze, it weakly reached out its hand, and passed her something.
Zhu Yao was startled. "For me?"
That evil spirit hurriedly nodded.
"Thank you!" Zhu Yao curiously received it. That thing was snow-white and translucent. It was only the size of a pencil, and it was short and exquisite. What's this?
Just as Zhu Yao was puzzled, she saw that evil spirit crouching down again, pulling out something from its hand, and passing her a similar thing. And, his left hand was missing two fingers …
"Uh …" Zhu Yao's expression darkened. "This can't be your hand bone, right?"
That evil spirit quickly glanced at her, and then, it immediately lowered its head again.
The hell, why are you blushing?
Why are you giving me your bones, hey?
Seeing that she did not object to it, the ghost decided to go all the way. Crack crack crack. He disassembled his entire left hand, and then, he neatly placed them on her palm one by one.
Then, he raised his head and pulled the corner of his lips, as though he wanted to give her a smile. However, his expression turned even more sinister, and he even let out a strange "Kekeke …" laughter.
He looked as though he was begging for praise.
Goosebumps rose all over Zhu Yao's body. Just as the other party was about to disassemble his collarbone, she stopped this ghost that loved to give people bones.
You're an evil spirit. Evil spirits and pranks are different, hey!
She retracted her palm, and stuffed the bones in her hand back to him.
"Hold it yourself." If she didn't want to become a cripple in her next life.
The evil spirit's expression instantly darkened, and tears began to fall from his face. He looked as though his glass heart had been hurt. If it weren't for the tears of blood …
Zhu Yao hurriedly walked away. Why do these ghosts love to disassemble their own bodies and give them to people, hey? Is it to act cute? It's not cute at all, alright!?
— — — —
Actually, the so-called ghost errand boys were existences that did odd jobs in the Underworld. Occasionally, they would go on missions, and help maintain the order in the Underworld. Different from the legends she knew, ghost errand boys did not belong to any department. The Underworld did not have a supreme leader called the King of Hell either.
All of the ghost errand boys were left to roam.
Zhu Yao had asked Ning Yun before how a ghost errand boy could cultivate a spiritual body and ascend to the Spiritual Realm.
Ning Yun's answer was, wait!
That's right, wait. Wait without doing anything. No one knew how something like a spiritual body was formed. However, many ghost errand boys had lived in the Underworld for a long time, so they naturally formed it. Just like getting experience, after a long time, they would naturally be promoted.
This setting was a little too casual.
It was no wonder these ghost errand boys would willingly come to maintain the order in the Underworld without any remuneration, and extradite evil spirits. This was all because they were bored to death.
Of course, there were also many who could not endure the long wait, and would directly enter the cycle of reincarnation. Hence, the number of ghost errand boys had always been maintained at a stable number.
And this time, the appearance of this group of devils, was because of the death of a heretic practitioner. That heretic practitioner had refined a Ten Thousand Ghost Banner when he was alive, and subdued countless evil spirits within it. After the heretic practitioner died, the ten thousand evil spirits returned to the Underworld, and they even landed in Ning Yun's territory. Because they were controlled by the heretic practitioner to kill people, the evil spirits were too heavy. If they stayed in the Underworld for too long, there would definitely be chaos. Hence, the ghost errand boys discussed and decided to directly send them into the cycle of reincarnation.
After busying themselves for an entire day, they finally cleansed most of the ghosts, and sent them across the River of Forgetfulness. Because Zhu Yao was a newcomer, the spiritual energy in her body was not heavy, so she could not get too close to the River of Forgetfulness. She could only watch from the side. She did things like helping this ghost to pick up a rib, or helping that ghost to pick up an eye.
The number of ghosts in front of them decreased, and there were only about a hundred of them left. Suddenly, the sky which was still bright earlier, as though someone had turned on the lights, instantly darkened. In an instant, a chilly wind blew, and dense fog that could not be dispersed began to appear in the surroundings.
"What's going on?" Ning Yun and the rest were stunned as well.
The remaining hundred or so evil spirits began to move restlessly as well. Even though there were ghost errand boys at the side, they were unable to suppress their rage.
Suddenly, a strange, hoarse, furious roar resounded, and like a shockwave, it spread in all directions. Zhu Yao simply felt her mind shaking, and even her ghost body shook for a moment, as though it was about to scatter.
"Not good, it's a Realmless Ghost King!" Ning Yun's expression changed, and he instantly became anxious. "I never expected that there would be a Realmless Ghost King in this Ten Thousand Ghost Banner." And it even came so late. This time, they were in trouble.
That furious roar once again resounded. This time, the remaining hundred or so evil spirits, as though they were summoned, let out various terrifying ghost cries at the same time.
"This … What should we do?" The rest of the ghost errand boys panicked as well, as they looked at each other.
"What else can we do?" Ning Yun said. "The Realmless Ghost King controls tens of thousands of ghosts. How are we supposed to suppress it? Hurry and run! "
After saying that, he called out to everyone, and sprinted in the direction they came from.
"Hurry and run, the Ghost King is about to arrive." He intentionally pulled Zhu Yao. "Newcomer, run faster. You have just awakened your spiritual consciousness, if you hear that roar a few more times, you will be absorbed by that Ghost King as well."
Before Zhu Yao could even understand the situation, she followed the ghost errand boys and ran for her life.
Not far away, something seemed to be approaching. The figure was extremely huge, and even though they were separated by such a distance, they could still feel that bone-chilling Yin energy.
A group of five to six ghost errand boys sprinted in the vicinity of that teleportation formation.
Zhu Yao turned to look at the riverside, and saw that the remaining hundred or so evil spirits were still madly roaring there. A moment later, they began to turn into rays of green light, and flew into the distance. Including the evil spirit that gave her the bone.
"What will happen to those evil spirits?" She could not help but ask Ning Yun.
"Naturally, they will be devoured by that Realmless Ghost King." Ning Yun replied. "The Realmless Ghost King is smelted from ten thousand ghosts in the first place, and basically does not have any spiritual consciousness. Unless it falls into the Myriad Rivers, it will only devour other evil spirits."
"Then are we just going to leave it like that?" If it could devour other evil spirits, then there would be a day when it would devour all the evil spirits in the Underworld, right?
"No need to worry." Ning Yun patted on her shoulder and said. "Spiritual Realm will not leave it like that. I believe they will send someone to subdue it very soon … Look! They're here! "
Ning Yun pointed to the sky. The sky which was still pitch-black earlier, suddenly looked as though it was being split apart, as countless rays of light burst out. A gigantic spiritual sword pierced through the air, heading towards a direction far away, and fell straight down with a loud boom.
From afar, she saw a gigantic figure on the ground. Though she could not see it clearly due to the distance, she could tell that it was the figure of the Realmless Ghost King. It was more than a hundred times larger than a regular evil spirit.
That spiritual sword instantly nailed the Realmless Ghost King onto the ground.
A white figure stopped in the air on his sword, and as though he was casting an art, the waters of the River of Forgetfulness stirred, forming two water dragons, pouring down towards the Realmless Ghost King. In an instant, the Realmless Ghost King was like a deflated ball, becoming smaller and smaller. It let out a berserk roar, resounding through the clouds.
"Newcomer, stop looking, let's hurry and leave." Ning Yun immediately pulled Zhu Yao into the formation.
She simply felt a red light flash in front of her eyes, and instantly, she arrived at a foreign street. On both sides of the street were neat little courtyards, and every single courtyard looked the same. Ning Yun pointed to a courtyard at the very end, and said. "Newcomer, you will be staying there in the future. If there's anything, we will come and call you."
So Ghost Errand Soldiers actually had a house allocated to them? The welfare wasn't bad.
Ning Yun seemed to be extremely tired, as he did not say anything else, and returned to his house. Zhu Yao entered the courtyard. That Realmless Ghost King earlier, looked strong, but to practitioners, it was still not enough. It was still a threat to those below the Azoth Core stage, but if it were to encounter a Nascent Soul practitioner, it was basically something that could be crushed.
Suddenly, she recalled that white-robed practitioner. Though she was unable to see his face clearly due to the distance, why did she feel that his figure looked a little familiar?
— — — —
Early in the morning of the second day, she heard Ning Yun's voice. As though he had encountered something, he was furious. As he walked, he said indignantly. "That bunch of bastards, they're really too despicable. We were clearly the ones who discovered the Realmless Ghost King, but in the end, the credit was all given to them. "
"That's right, that's right. This is simply intolerable. So what if we received that lord? We might not even be able to enter the door. "The Ghost Errand at the side looked furious as well.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Yao just happened to walk out.
"Newcomer girl, you came at the right time." Ning Yun waved his hands at her. "Let's go pay our respects to that lord from Spiritual Realm."
The Ghost Errand at the side nodded. "That's right, let's go together. We must expose their scheme."
"Hmph, that group of ghosts only know how to bootlick, they're not worth a single bit."
"They only know how to do shady things behind the scenes. No matter how long they stay as Ghost Errand, they won't be able to become spiritual bodies."
"We can let bygones be bygones, but this time, we definitely can't tolerate it."
"That's right, we must seek justice."
The few Ghost Errand became even more agitated and furious as they spoke, looking as though they could not wait to devour each other.
This was the rhythm of a group fight!
Though Ghost Errand did not receive any restrictions, most of the Ghost Errand of the Underworld were gathered together. For example, Ning Yun's group had seven to eight Ghost Errand, so if anything were to happen, they could take care of each other. As for the method of recruitment, it was very simple. It belonged to whoever picked it up.
Evidently, Zhu Yao was picked up by Ning Yun, so naturally, she was in a group with them.
Zhu Yao spent half a day before she finally found out the ins and outs of the matter from their mouths. It turned out that they had guided that group of evil spirits yesterday, and discovered the Realmless Ghost King. Because they were afraid of being implicated by the Realmless Ghost King, they retreated in advance. That practitioner from Spiritual Realm had subdued the Realmless Ghost King, but another group of Ghost Errand Errand claimed the credit of guiding the evil spirits.
In addition, the Spirit Realm cultivator seemed to want to stay for a while, so they went with the flow and made the cultivator stay.
One had to know that ghost errand boys would one day cultivate a spiritual body. Once they entered the spiritual world, they would be considered newbies. If he could build a good relationship with the people in the Spirit Realm now, he would have a backer in the Spirit Realm in the future. At the very least, he could join a sect and not end up as an itinerant cultivator.
It was obvious that their backer had been robbed.
This was simply intolerable!
That was why Ning Yun was so angry. He wanted to bring some people to meet the cultivator at the gate, hoping that they would be able to make it in time and leave a good impression on him.
Zhu Yao had a cold towards these continuous bootlicking actions, and from the looks of it, it was very likely that it would turn into a group fight. As a newbie, he really didn't want to participate in a group fight. However, he was forced to be brought along by Ning Yun in the name of "broadening his horizons".
A group of people aggressively charged into the enemy's base camp.
But he missed.
Reason: The king brought them to patrol the mountains.
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