My Disciple Died Yet Again Chapter 231-232

Chapter 231: The Great King Brought Me to Patrol the Mountains

What came out of the formation was also a ghost officer, and it was evident that he had a really high rank. He immediately pulled Zhu Yao into the formation, and she had already arrived in another realm in the next instant. The ghost officer named Ning Yun gave her a simple explanation as they walked.

The place she was at before was just a very small part of the Underworld. Because of the existence of the Door to the Underworld, a large number of fallen pract.i.tioners would appear there. However, most fallen pract.i.tioners had frail souls, and though they kept a little of their human intellect, they were usually fragmented and incomplete. This incompleteness was not only manifested on the ghost body itself, but also on their intellect. No wonder she felt that the ghosts she saw were acting strange, their spiritual consciousness was not completely intact.

With an incomplete spiritual consciousness, a ghost had two choices. One, to reincarnate and build their spiritual consciousness again starting from a child. Two, return to the mortal realm to recall his past life. Only then could they truly begin cultivating their spiritual body.

That strange rule of needing to scare exactly ten people in the mortal realm before ghosts could become a ghost officer, was set up to aid the ghosts in awakening their spiritual consciousnesses and restoring their intellect to normal.

She wondered if they were to scare several more people, would it raise their intellect even more?

"We're here!" Ning Yun suddenly stopped.

In front of her eyes was a long, silvery white river. It was very broad, and the bottom of the river could be seen due to how clear the river water was, as though it was a gigantic piece of silver coloured silk. Zhu Yao was dumbfounded. There was actually such a beautiful scenery in the Underworld, this was simply illogical.

"That's the River of Forgetfulness." Ning Yun brought her towards the riverbank. The place was densely packed with several ghosts, and surrounded by them were about five other ghost officers dressed like Ning Yun, who were attempting to maintain order. Those ghosts looked ferocious and terrifying, different from those which were lacking brains back at the Door to the Underworld. These ghosts were filled with hostility and were extremely deranged, occasionally letting out some terrifying wails. These were the true evil ghosts of h.e.l.l.

Seeing them coming over, the eyes of the ghost officers at the front sparkled.

"Ning Yun, you're finally back." A man came running over. As he gave Zhu Yao a scrutinizing eye, he said. "Is this a ghost who had just awakened her spiritual consciousness?"

 "Mn, my luck was pretty good. I encountered one the moment I left." Ning Yun nodded.

"That's great, we finally have another helper." The man heaved a sigh of relief. Looking at the crowd of ghosts at the front, he said with a resentful look. "This is why I say I hate heretic pract.i.tioners the most. They could cultivate whatever they want, but they just had to cultivate these ten-thousand-ghosts banners and gather these many evil ghosts, causing the entire s.p.a.ce to be filled with murderous intent. It's fine if he falls, but leaving behind so many evil ghosts really creates so much trouble for us."

"Don't complain anymore." Ning Yun waved his hand. "If you have the time, might as well hurry and cleanse these evil ghosts."

That man pouted, and then he looked at Zhu Yao with a smile. "Newcomer, you have only just birthed your spiritual consciousness, so you're not suitable to come into the waters. Stand at the side and keep these ghosts under watch. It's fine to scare them a little to stop them from running around."

"… Alright." She really was here to scare ghosts, hey.

After the man finished his instructions, he brought Ning Yun towards the river in front of the crowd of ghosts.

Zhu Yao took a closer look. There were indeed more than ten thousand evil ghosts in the crowd, lining up in several dozen queues. Though their looks were terrifying, they were still obediently staying in their lines. Occasionally, there were a few who would cause some disturbances, but as long as she stood in front of them, they would immediately turn quiet and obedient, as they tried to hide away from her with fearful looks.

Zhu Yao touched her own face. Was she really that scary?

After pondering for a moment, she figured that it was because of the word 'Officer' on her hand, causing these ghosts to instinctively fear her.

Ning Yun and the rest were standing at the very front of the riverbank, pus.h.i.+ng these ghosts into the river one after another. After those ghosts entered the water, they would stay in the water for about seven minutes at most before floating out. The ghosts who came up anew had completely different looks. The murderous intent on their bodies had completely dispersed, their expressions turned peaceful and calm, and they even carried a slight form of sluggishness. Not to mention their clothes had turned snow-white in colour as well, and not even one of them had the slightest appearance of an evil ghost.

This water was really too mysterious. It's basically a powerful detergent, and after a wash with it, even the type of clothing itself would change.

Zhu Yao curiously inspected the new ghost for a moment, and then turned to look at the evil ghost at the side. She stared at him attentively, looking for any differences.

The evil ghost at the side s.h.i.+vered for a moment, as though he was frightened. His ghastly head lowered, lowered, and lowered even more. In the end, as though he was unable to stand her burning gaze any longer, he weakly stretched out a hand and pa.s.sed her something all of a sudden.

Zhu Yao was startled. "For me?"

The evil ghost quickly nodded.

"Thank you!" Zhu Yao curiously received it. The object was snowy white and had a reflective surface. It only had the size of a pencil, and a small portion of it was delicately carved. What was this?

Zhu Yao was doubtful, and then she saw that vile ghost plucking out something again from his hand. Then, he pa.s.sed a similar object over to her. And now, two fingers were missing from his left hand…

"Uh…" Zhu Yao's face darkened. "This can't actually be your finger bones, right?"

That evil ghost gave her a quick glance, and then immediately looked down.

The h.e.l.l, what's with the reddened face?

Why are you giving me your bones, hey?

Seeing that she was not rejecting them, the ghost decisively broke his entire left hand, and then orderly placed each section of it onto her palm.

Then, he raised his head and stretched the corner of his lips, as though he wanted to give her a smile. However, he ended up pulling out a ferocious grin, and even let out a strange laughter. "Kekeke…"

Looking as though he was desiring praise.

Chills ran down Zhu Yao's spine. When he was about to tear down his collarbone, she stopped the ghost who loved to give people his bones.

You're an evil ghost, being evil and showing tricks are different, hey!

Pus.h.i.+ng her hands, she stuffed his bones right back into his hand.

"Hold them yourself." If you don't want to be crippled in your next life.

The evil ghost's expression instantly sank, and tears began to fall. He would have looked heartbroken, if not for the tears made of blood flowing down his face…

Zhu Yao hurriedly walked away. Why did these ghosts like to take out parts of their bodies and give them away randomly? To act cute? It's not cute at all, alright!?

In truth, the so-called ghost officers were existences that do miscellaneous ch.o.r.es in the Underworld. Occasionally, there would be missions sent down to help maintain the order in the Underworld. Different from the myth she knew of, ghost officers did not belong to any department, and there wasn't any leading figure called King Yama or whatever in the Underworld either.

All of the ghost officers were left to fend for themselves.

When Zhu Yao asked Ning Yun how should ghost officers go about in cultivating spiritual bodies and ascending to Spiritual Realm, Ning Yun's reply was –

Patience!

That's right, it was patience. There's nothing else to do but wait. No one knew how spiritual bodies were formed, just that when ghost officers had stayed in the Underworld for a long time, they would naturally have them one day. Just like people with mixed qualifications, they would naturally be promoted after a long time.

This setting was really too random.

It's no wonder these ghost officers would be willing to maintain order in the Underworld or extradite evil ghosts without any payment. This was all because, they had nothing better to do.

Of course, there were many people who could not endure this long wait, and directly chose to reincarnate. Thus, the number of ghost officers had always been maintained at a stable amount.

And the appearance of this batch of evil ghosts this time was because of a fallen heretic pract.i.tioner. That heretic pract.i.tioner cultivated a ten-thousand-ghost banner when he was alive, and captured countless of evil ghosts with it. When the heretic pract.i.tioner died, the countless ghosts returned to the Underworld, and they had even arrived at Ning Yun's territory. Because they killed people under the heretic pract.i.tioner's control, the murderous intent on these evil ghosts were too heavy. If they were to stay in the Underworld in their present state, chaos would definitely ensue. Thus, the bunch of ghost officers had a discussion, and decided to send them directly to reincarnation.

After working for an entire day, they cleansed off a large half of the ghosts, and sent them across the River of Forgetfulness. Because Zhu Yao was a newcomer, she did not carry a great amount of spiritual energy in her body, and thus could not approach too close to the River of Forgetfulness. She could only watch from the side, and work on matters such as helping this ghost pick up his bones, and helping that other ghost pick up his eyeb.a.l.l.s.

The number of ghosts decreased as time went by, and now, less than a hundred of them remained. Suddenly, the sky which was bright as day earlier, as though someone had turned off the switch, turned dark. In an instant, a cold wind blew, and a dense fog that could not be blown away began to appear in the surroundings.

"What's going on?" Ning Yun and the rest were startled as well.

The remaining hundred or so evil ghosts became restless as well. Even though there were ghost officers next to them, they were unable to suppress their violent actions.

Suddenly, a strange, hoa.r.s.e roar resounded, and it scattered in all directions like a shockwave. Zhu Yao simply felt her soul stirring, and even her ghost body shook for a moment, feeling as though she was being scattered.

"Not good, it's a Realmless Ghost King!" Ning Yun's expression changed, and he instantly became anxious. "I never expected that within this ten-thousand-ghosts banner, there's even a Realmless Ghost King as well." It even came so late. This was bad.

That furious roar once again erupted. This time, the remaining hundred or so evil ghosts, as though they had received commands, released out various terrifying ghost wails at the same time.

"This… What should we do?" The other ghost officers were in a fl.u.s.ter as well, as they looked at each other in the eyes.

"What else can we do?" Ning Yun said. "A single Realmless Ghost King can dominate ten thousand ghosts alone. How can we possibly hold on against it? Let's hurry and leave!"

After saying that, he called everyone to dash to the road they came from before.

"Hurry and leave, the Realmless Ghost King is coming." He especially dragged Zhu Yao along. "Newcomer, run faster. You have just awakened your spiritual consciousness, if you hear that roar a few more times, you will also be attracted by that Ghost King."

Before Zhu Yao could even figure out the situation, she was already following after the ghost officers, fleeing for their lives.

Not far away, there seemed to be something approaching. Its figure was extremely huge, and even though there quite a bit of distance between them, that bone-piercing chill could still be felt.

The six ghost officers wildly sprinted towards the teleportation formation.

When Zhu Yao turned to glance at the riverside, she saw that the remaining hundred or so ghosts were still roaring out madly. Not even a moment later, they began to turn into beams of green light, flying into the distance, including the evil ghost who gave her his bones.

 "What's going to happen to those evil ghosts?" She could not help but ask Ning Yun.

"Obviously, they will be swallowed by that Realmless Ghost King." Ning Yun replied. "The Realmless Ghost King is formed by smelting ten thousand ghosts in the first place. It basically does not have any spiritual consciousness, and unless it falls into the River of Forgetfulness, it will just swallow other ghosts."

"Then are we just going to leave this be?" If it could swallow other ghosts, and was left as it is in the Underworld, there would come a day where it would eat all the ghosts, right?

"Don't worry." Ning Yun patted on her shoulders. "Spiritual Realm will not just stand idly by. I believe that they will dispatch someone quickly to defeat it… Look! He's here!"

Ning Yun pointed at the sky. The sky which was still pitch-black earlier, seemed to have been sliced apart by something, exploding forth a beam of light that stretched out to ten thousand meters. A gigantic spiritual sword pierced across the skies and descended in a direction far away from them, causing a loud explosion.

From afar, she could see a gigantic human figure. Though she couldn't see clearly due to how far away she was, she could discern that it was the figure of the Realmless Ghost King. It was more than a hundred times larger than an average evil ghost.

When the spiritual sword descended, it instantly pinned the Realmless Ghost King to the ground.

Riding on his sword, a white figure stopped in the air and seemed to have cast an art. The water of the River of Forgetfulness stirred, forming two water dragons that then rained down on the Realmless Ghost King. In an instant, like a deflating balloon, the Realmless Spirit King became smaller and smaller. It let out an enraged roar that resounded through the clouds.

"Newcomer, stop watching. Let's hurry and leave." Ning Yun immediately pulled Zhu Yao into the formation.

She saw a flash of red light, and then she arrived at a foreign street. There were manors orderly aligned at the two sides, and every manor looked pretty much the same. Ning Yun pointed to the manor at the very far end, and said. "Newcomer, you will live here from now on. We will call you when there's tasks to do."

So ghost officers were allocated their own houses? That's pretty good welfare.

Ning Yun seemed to be extremely tired, and did not give much instructions before returning to his own home. Zhu Yao entered her courtyard. The Realmless Ghost King earlier looked pretty powerful, but it was still lacking in front of pract.i.tioners. It might pose a threat to those who had yet to form their Azoth Cores, but if it encountered someone of the Nascent Soul level, it was just something that could be easily thrashed.

She suddenly thought of that white-robed pract.i.tioner. Though she was too far away and couldn't see him clearly, she felt that the figure looked a little familiar?

In the early morning of the second day, she heard Ning Yun's voice. Something seemed to have happened as he was fuming with anger. As he walked, he angrily said. "Those bunch of turtle grandsons, they're really such b.a.s.t.a.r.ds. We were the ones who clearly spotted the Realmless Ghost King, but in the end, they took all the merits."

"That's right, that's right, it's simply intolerable. So what if they were able to receive that lord? It doesn't mean they will definitely enter a great sect." The ghost officer at the side seemed to look furious as well.

"What happened?" Zhu Yao walked out at the same time.

"Newcomer little missy, it's great you're here." Ning Yun waved his hands at her. "Let's all go greet that lord who came from Spiritual Realm."

The ghost officer at the side nodded. "That's right. Let's go together. We must definitely expose their schemes."

"Hmph, those bunch of bootlicking ghosts, they're aren't frightening in the least."

"They actually dare carry out such shady acts behind our backs, they will never form their spiritual bodies no matter how long they work as ghost officers."

"We can forget about all the past incidents, but we definitely can't tolerate them this time."

"That's right. We must settle this score."

The ghost officers became more agitated and furious as they spoke, and they looked like they could eat the other party at any moment.

This felt like a group fight was about to happen!

Though there weren't any management behind ghost officers, most of the ghost officers in the Underworld were thrown together in the first place. Ning Yun and this crowd, for example, were made of about seven or eight ghosts, so that they could conveniently look out for each other in times of crisis. As for the method of hiring newcomers, it was very simple. Whoever finds one first gets one.

Evidently, Zhu Yao was picked up by Ning Yun, and so she naturally belonged to their bunch.

Zhu Yao spent about half a day before she was finally able to figure out the situation from their conversations. When they were cleansing the bunch of evil ghosts yesterday, they spotted a Realmless Ghost King, and they had to retreat in advance in fear of being involved with the Ghost King. After the pract.i.tioner from Spiritual Realm took down the Ghost King, another wave of ghost officers came and took the merits of cleansing the evil ghosts instead.

Adding the fact that the Spiritual Realm pract.i.tioner seemed to have intentions of staying for a short while, they took the opportunity to receive that pract.i.tioner in their own home.

It must be known that ghost officers would cultivate spiritual bodies one day, and they would become newcomers the moment they enter Spiritual Realm. Once they build up a good relations.h.i.+p with people of Spiritual Realm, they would have a pillar of support in Spiritual Realm as well. No matter how talentless they were, they could still manage to join a sect or clan, and they would not have to end up as wandering pract.i.tioners.

Evidently, their pillar of support was robbed away from them.

This was simply intolerable!

This was why Ning Yun was so furious and wanted to bring people over to greet that pract.i.tioner of a great sect. He hoped that they could make it in time to give him a good impression.

Zhu Yao felt a little nauseous when it came to such bootlicking actions, and from the looks of it, there was a great chance that a group brawl would occur. As a newcomer, she truly did not feel like partic.i.p.ating in a group brawl or whatever. But in the end, she was told by Ning Yun that it was a good chance to "gain experience", and was brought along with them.

The group of people furiously charged right into their home base.

But to find n.o.body there.

Reason: The great king brought them to patrol the mountains.

That Spiritual Realm pract.i.tioner went to the River of Forgetfulness to enjoy the scenery, and incidentally brought along a bunch of ghost officers.

Chapter 232: All of You Have Been Surrounded

Thus the crowd of ghost officers could only charge towards the River of Forgetfulness. Unfortunately, the place was empty as well. They had already headed over to the Bridge of Judgment by following along the riverbank.

Zhu Yao couldn't float any longer, and she silently cursed at the pract.i.tioner who was on vacation using public expenditure. That pract.i.tioner really had nothing better to do, huh? They best not let her encounter him, otherwise… she couldn't do anything to him either.

Ning Yun however did not give up, giving a face that looked as though he wouldn't stop until he managed to bootlick the pract.i.tioner. Moving along the riverbank with the crowd of ghosts, they walked for more than two hours, before they could finally see a bridge that stretched across the entire River of Forgetfulness.

It was a stone bridge, yet it was constructed with black coloured stones, and when positioned above the silvery white river, it looked exceptionally distinct.

Before they could even approach it, they were stopped by others. The one leading the other pack was a muscular looking ghost officer, dressed in a black robe with many red flower patterns embroidered on it.

"Ning Yun, you crossed the boundary. This place isn't your territory." That person smiled arrogantly, giving a face that looked like he was not going to let them pa.s.s.

"Ling Lin, you best hurry up and call your boss over."

"Our boss is busy." That person simply wasn't going to let up.

Ning Yun instantly flared up. "You bunch of lowly men, don't think I'm unaware of your unhonourable act."

Ling Lin's expression darkened, giving him a glare. "So what? That lord said that he simply wanted to take a look at the Bridge of Judgment. He doesn't want to take a look at your piece of land, what can I do?"

"You…" Ning Yun was extremely furious. "If you have the guts, let us cross. I shall personally give the lord an explanation."

"This is our territory, why should I let you come over?" Ling Lin seemed determined, not only was he not making way, he even called over a few ghost officers over to block the road.

Fumes blew out of Ning Yun's head, yet he had no idea on how to deal with this. After all, the Bridge of Judgment was indeed part of the other party's territory. The two sides entered a stalemate, with neither giving way to the other.

On this side, the people were anxiously going about in circles, trying to find ways to break through, while on the other side, they were blocking the road perfectly tight. An hour pa.s.sed, yet there wasn't any result to be seen.

Zhu Yao could not help but lose focus, and was now inspecting that bridge. There were many ghosts next to the bridge. Some were dressed extravagantly, while some were improperly dressed. There were all types of ghosts there, but all of them had hollow looks, without the slightest of sparkles in their eyes.

Zhu Yao guessed that they were probably the souls of regular mortals. Souls which usually arrive in Underworld, unless they harboured heavy resentment in their former lives, would not have any spiritual consciousness to speak of. The souls of pract.i.tioners were usually stronger, so even if they arrived in Underworld, they would still keep part of their former lives' memories and spirituality, though not a lot.

Even though they were all ghosts, the ones she saw at the Door to the Underworld was much livelier than the ones here.

Zhu Yao then measured the bridge with her eyes. The bridge itself was really huge, with half of it submerged within the mist. This bridge was the only structure above the River of Forgetfulness. It was called the Bridge of Judgment, and also referred to as the Bridge of Regrets. On the other side of the river was the road to reincarnation.

She heard from the other ghost officers that only souls which completely did not carry any attachments from their former lives could pa.s.s this bridge. Otherwise, they would fall into the River of Forgetfulness, had everything of their former lives cleansed away, before they could reach the other side of the river.

Zhu Yao summarized everything that she learnt. The entire River of Forgetfulness was like a large-sized database reset program, and it even had a forceful nature. Though she was a little curious where this river started from, and where was its end destination?

"Newcomer, why are you s.p.a.cing out? Hurry and shout!" Ning Yun suddenly nudged her.

"Ah? Ah?" She came back to her senses and was confused.

"You're a woman, so you have the loudest voice. This mission shall be handed to you." Ning Yun said with a stern look.

Zhu Yao was stunned. What? She simply did not hear listen to their conversation earlier. "Shout… What am I supposed to shout?"

"Since we can't go over, we can only lure that lord's attention over here." He patted on her shoulders. "Don't be afraid, just shout as loud as you can. If you manage to get him over here, I will note this down as your merit."

She understood now!

"Alright!" Zhu Yao patted on her chest. Wasn't it just shouting at someone? Just leave it to her!

Zhu Yao cleared her throat, got into a proper stance, and loudly shouted. "The people inside listen up. All of you have already been surrounded. Put down your weapons and surrender. All of you do not have the rights to remain silent, if you do not come out now, this old lady here will smack your b.u.t.tocks till they bloom."

How's that? Was that tyrannical enough? Eh? Ning Yun, why is your face so black?

Ning Yun really wanted to cry now. Missy, you're a spy sent by the other party, right?

"Like h.e.l.l he would come over if you shout like… Ehhhh…" He really came!?

Before he could even finish, suddenly, a human figure came charging from the other side. Only a flash of white light could be seen, as though a gust of wind had wildly swept over.

Even Ling Lin behind them exclaimed in surprise. "Lord…"

In an instant, Ning Yun became excited. Just as he was about to speak, that white figure disappeared without a trace.

"…" His stomach-full of words instantly returned back into his own stomach. So, was this considered a success or not?

When he turned around to look.

Eh? Where did the newcomer missy go?

He couldn't have come to settle the scores with her for what she shouted earlier, right? In an instant, his heart was in a fl.u.s.ter.

Oh right… What was that missy called again?

Zhu Yao was a little dumbfounded. She simply felt something had come towards her like a gust of wind, then her waist tightened, and her entire body was now flying backwards at extreme speed. After that, the sounds of the whistling wind made her feel a little dizzy.

She finally stopped, but she was already turning a little light-headed from the dizziness. As a new ghost, a high-intensive exercise like this was really an unbearable pain to the soul.

She needed time to calm down.

After gasping for air, she saw a head with pitch-black hair was presently pressing against her small buns on her chest. They were not huge in the first place, and now they were like a plane runway after being pressed down.

"My buns…" Zhu Yao cried out miserably, as she reflexively raised her leg and sent him a kick. Instant Kill Technique – Breaking Offspring Breeding Kick!

"Ow!" That person cried out miserably, as he was. .h.i.t right on target. In an instant, his body curled up like a shrimp, and he slid off her body. Rolling on the ground, one of his hands was actually still grabbing onto the corner of her robe.

"The h.e.l.l, you dirty b.a.s.t.a.r.d!" You actually dare press against my little buns. Though the buns are small, they are still a.s.sets. There's a possibility that they still have room to develop too! Hss… It hurts this old lady so much.

Zhu Yao tugged the corner of her robe, yet she was unable to get him to let go. Thus, began to pull with all her might!

"Big sis Zhu Yao…" He suddenly groaned, carrying a suppressed and coa.r.s.e voice.

Zhu Yao's hands stopped. This voice… sounded familiar! She looked down at the person who curled into a ball, only to see him holding onto his bottom part with his two hands, and he was slowly raising his head to look at her.

This was the face of a youth. Every part of it was familiar to her, but a little youth seemed to have faded from the part between his brows, and it was replaced with a little vicissitudes that were foreign to her.

She stiffened, and then probed. "Mushmush?"

The youth's expression sank, and the pain on his face deepened even more. He focused his gaze on her, and as he blinked, a droplet of water fell out of those eyes which seemed to be filled with countless emotions. The sound he choked out was barely audible. "… Big sis Zhu Yao."

Zhu Yao completely stiffened, as though there was something which had instantly struck her. Her eyes unconsciously opened wide, and for a moment, she could not find her own voice. "Little… wimp…"

He tightened the grip on the corner of her robe.

"It really is you!" Zhu Yao squatted down, and pulled up the person on the ground. He measured this familiar face in detail. This was impossible! "Why are you still alive… Ah pui!" This seemed to sound strange. "Why haven't you gone to reincarnate… Ah pui!" This sounded even weirder. "You… Why are you here? Am I seeing things?"

"It's me." He nodded. He seemed to want to say something, yet he kept having his words choked in his throat, and the mist in his eyes instantly welled up. He gone up to hug Zhu Yao in an instant, and then buried his head into her embrace like a little child. "Big sis Zhu Yao, I finally get to see you."

It really is him! Little wimp…

"Why are you crying?"

"It… It hurts!" w.a.n.g Xuzhi tightened his grip, as he went deeper into her embrace.

"Serves you right for taking advantage of me." Zhu Yao could not help but lecture him, yet her heart was feeling an unbearable pain. With her sleeves, she rubbed the tears off his face. "When you were young, didn't you say a grown man only bleeds, and never cry?"

"But… It really hurts."

Alright, she really did kick him a little heavily. Let me apologize to your wife!

"d.a.m.n brat, stop crying! Don't you know tears are contagious? Even I want to cry now." Zhu Yao could no longer hold it in, as her tears began to go out of control and flow down her face. It definitely was not because she was frail and weak, it was just because of how contagious it was. It definitely was!

Little wimp. Her little wimp. That brat whom she raised when he was young. Prideful and stubborn, causing her to worry all the time. That little brat whom she had to watch out for at every moment.

He finally returned.

Realmspirit promised that he would allow her to see little wimp again, and he was finally keeping his promise for once. Zhu Yao had once imagined what would happen if she were to meet him again?

But it was definitely not like this where she gave him a kick. Mn. And it was right at a certain part which cannot be described. Then, the two of them cried out painfully for an hour in each other's embrace. His was due to the pain, while hers was because of how contagious it was.

Tears flowed down endlessly, and Zhu Yao was even moved by her own self. Just as she was about express the might of motherly love to this child whom she finally got to see again, a female ghost came drilling out of the ground.

"Hey, are you two done yet? You two have already been crying all day, and your tears are already drowning my home. Can't a ghost get some sleep?"

w.a.n.g Xuzhi: "…" Why was the ground her home?

Zhu Yao: "…" What a stupid place you chose.

The two of them weakly crawled away. As expected, being sad like this was not their style.

"Oh right, little wimp, why are you here in the Underworld?" Zhu Yao only then recalled she wanted to ask w.a.n.g Xuzhi about what happened. "Didn't you reincarnate?"

w.a.n.g Xuzhi was startled. "Big sis Zhu Yao, how did you know?"

"Uh… Don't mind how I got to know about it, so why are you here now?" She clearly recalled Realmspirit showing the scene of him being reincarnated back then. But looking at him the way he was now, he looked exactly the same as back then.

He sank into silence for a moment, before he slowly said. "I did indeed enter the wheel of reincarnation, but for some reasons, when my lifespan ended and I returned to the Underworld, I regained the appearance of my past life. Then, my spiritual consciousness awakened and I remembered big sis Zhu Yao, so I went ahead to cultivate a spiritual body and entered Spiritual Realm."

Wasn't it said that the water of the River of Forgetfulness would cleanse off everything of one's past life? So how did he recover them?

Haah, I don't care anymore. Being able to see him again was enough to satisfy her.

"In other words, you have once again begun to cultivate into a deity?" Zhu Yao measured him for a moment, and nodded satisfyingly. "Not bad little brat, as expected of my son."

"Big sis Zhu Yao… I'm not your son." His expression darkened. He never was after all.

"Aiya, don't mind such details." Zhu Yao waved her hands. "So, how are you doing in Spiritual Realm? Is there anyone bullying you? Tell big sis, this big sis will add him into the blacklist."

"I'm doing really well." w.a.n.g Xuzhi nodded. Looking at her, he heaved a long sigh of relief. As though he had recalled something, he slowly said. "When I awakened my spiritual consciousness, I remembered big sis Zhu Yao. So, I would often stop by at the Bridge of Judgment, hoping that I can see you, and at the same time, hoping I won't get to see you."

He wanted to see her, but this place was the Underworld after all. Seeing her here would mean that she would have fallen, and now…

w.a.n.g Xuzhi was stunned for a moment, and seemed to have thought of this point, as he anxiously started to console her. "Big sis Zhu Yao, don't be sad. Even if you have fallen, it's not a big deal. We can go to Spiritual Realm and start over again."

"Enough." Zhu Yao patted on his head. "It's not like I have not experienced death before." She was already used to dying, alright?

He stopped speaking, though he looked a little guilty.

Zhu Yao's heart could not help but tingle, as she hurriedly blurted out. "Little wimp, I'm sorry!" She was the one who should clearly feel guilty, after all, she promised Uncle w.a.n.g that she would take care of him, yet she failed to do so.

"That wasn't your fault, big sis Zhu Yao." w.a.n.g Xuzhi smiled, and after pausing for a while, he continued. "I have never blamed you."

When she openly returned with w.a.n.g Xuzhi in tow, Ning Yun and his companions were stunned.

"Hi!" Zhu Yao took the initiative to greet them.

"Lord, spare our lives!" Ning Yun blurted out. He then knelt on the ground and loudly shouted. "This little ghost has no intentions to disrespect you, this is all that newcomer missy's doing."

Zhu Yao: "…"

What happened to the promised love between co-workers?