The scene in front of Bai Ningning turned into the Hall of Hell.

But to her, this was a very unfamiliar place, just like the Chinese New Year. There were red paper-cuts and blessing characters on the walls, and many big red lanterns hanging on the roof, which looked very festive.

When I thought that this was the underworld, I suddenly felt less festive.

Just like turning on the lights means a wedding, turning off the lights means a ghost marriage, it has a hint of Chinese horror.

This illusion seemed to be able to read minds. Bai Ningning just thought about the difference in light and dark for a moment, and its light began to gradually dim.

The stickers on the wall also disappeared with the brightness of the light, leaving the wall bare and not very nice.

Bai Ningning stared at the slightly mottled wall for a while and realized that this might be caused by the instability of the King of Hell's spiritual power.

Where is mom?

Bai Ningning walked out. If the scene brought her here, there must be something he wanted to show her.

As she reached the door, she realized something was wrong.

In the previous scene, you can see the scenery outside without going out.

But outside the door here is a vague flat land, which is not right.

Looking out from the Hall of Yama, you should be able to see neat buildings in a nearby area, as well as the beautiful purple sky.

None of that here.

The person who created this illusion had never been to the underworld, but had only seen the appearance of the King of Hell's Palace - most likely through a photo or through the gate of the underworld.

If she had not sat in the Hall of Yama and observed the daily lives of the inhabitants of the underworld, she might have thought that these subtle differences were due to the traces of time.

What she had seen before were illusions created by Yun Youshun's memories, so she was basically following Yun Youshun.

The only two sentences Yun Youshun had just exchanged with her weren't memories; they were most likely Yun Youshun himself. Since he had appeared, he must have left traces, different from the inherent aura in her memories.

Bai Ningning closed her eyes, eliminating all visible and invisible interference, and sensed the spiritual composition of this illusion.

She had never thought before that after she had tricked Gu Bozhi into using spiritual energy to find someone, she was now also using this method to find someone.

It's really a retribution.

Although Bai Ningning closed her eyes, she could still "see" the changing scenes in the illusion.

She saw the hill where she was originally located. The moist soil gradually became lighter in color under the sunlight, and then some beautiful houses with different yet harmonious styles were built from the barren plain.

She saw the sun and moon change, the seasons overlap, the ordinary sunrise and sunset accompanied by the market from surging crowds to demolition and reconstruction. Life is full of ups and downs, but people always look forward to a new day.

She saw that the Jun family's house was always bustling with people, and guests came and went in an endless stream. The guests went from being very fearful at first to pretending to obey them in secret later. Old Master Jun was always in charge, as steady as a rock, but his aging speed was visible to the naked eye.

She saw Qing Huai trapped in the formation, his ghost energy gradually dissipating, his expression was hideous with pain, but he didn't seem to be struggling, more like going to die peacefully - coincidentally, this formation looked familiar, it was exactly the same as the power generation formation that operated by the Wangchuan River in the underworld to eliminate ghost energy.

She heard someone laugh.

Yun Youshun's voice followed from the sky: "You'll be trapped here forever! Hahahaha...!"

He spoke very loudly, not just to bluff but also because the space was small and if you listened carefully you could even hear an echo.

The other illusionary scenes that Bai Ningning saw were like high-speed video files, unaffected by anything. Only Qinghuai was stimulated and suddenly struggled, his ghostly aura restless as if he was about to break free from the shackles in the next second.

Bai Ningning silently clenched her fists and watched coldly.

She couldn't sense any ghost energy now and couldn't determine Qinghuai's location, but as long as Yun Youshun jumped out again, she would be able to find the opponent's weakness.

After a while, Yun Youshun challenged again, "You knew this was a trap I set for her, and you wanted to suffer for her? Humph. Now, she refuses to accept my offer and insists on coming in. You can only watch her get trapped. Perhaps I can do her a favor and open a backdoor for her so she can witness your death with her own eyes. How about that?"

Bai Ningning was so furious when she heard this that she raised her hand and wanted to set fire to Yun Youshun, the bastard.

Her angry expression was a stimulant for Yun Youshun, who became even more arrogant. "Or maybe I could just grant your wish and let you die together, like a pair of desperate mandarin ducks."

"Kill you, you big-headed ghost!" Bai Ningning raised the giant hammer condensed from spiritual energy and accurately hit Yun Youshun in the air.

Yun Youshun was startled by her actions and turned into white light and fled in all directions.

The surrounding illusions were also hit as Yun Youshun, and collapsed in an instant, turning into a pure white world, with only the formation that trapped Qing Huai remaining.

Qinghuai fainted in it.

The formation was destroyed and stopped working. The ghost energy that was extracted surrounded Qinghuai, unable to go back or disperse.

Bai Ningning couldn't get close and could only watch from afar.

Her aura is so strong now that no one can get close to her. If you don't keep a good distance from her, Qinghuai might get burned.

Qinghuai is in a stable condition now and is on the verge of life and death. If we don't touch him now, at least he won't die, but he won't survive either.

Bai Ningning stood aside and watched quietly.

Yun Youshun hid for a while, and when he saw that Bai Ningning had no intention of chasing him, he boldly asked, "Why did you find me?"

His voice came from underground. He felt that no matter how exaggerated Bai Ningning was, it was impossible for her to dig three feet underground to find him.

Bai Ningning ignored him and spoke after a while, but she didn't try to clear his mind. Instead, she asked, "Is the past event I just read written in the Spring and Autumn style?"

"What Spring and Autumn style of writing?" Yun Youshun was obviously stunned, and Bai Ningning caught the flaw and lifted him out of the ground with spiritual energy.

"It's hot, it's hot!" Yun Youshun screamed in pain. He was now in a spirit state and was not very strong. If Bai Ningning didn't let go, he would fall apart.

Bai Ningning casually drew a circle on the ground, making it a prison, and threw him there.

She thought Yun Youshun didn't understand the idiom, so she lost her patience and said something else: "Are you deliberately misleading me?"

Yun You saw her let go and wanted to slip away, but no matter where he ran, he would be burned if he left the circle even a little.

He could only withdraw his hand awkwardly, sitting down in the center of the circle. He said, "I admit I shouldn't have made up this illusion to lie to you. I just thought you'd never met your mother, so I wanted to make up a happy and peaceful life for the three of us... well, it's not really a life for ordinary people..."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but make excuses for himself, like a middle-aged elder who kept saying "it's for your own good".

Bai Ningning listened to his chatter and realized that what he wanted to show her was completely different from what she actually saw.

Regardless of whether she used the Spring and Autumn style of writing or not, at least what she saw was real.

That was what Yun Youshun saw twenty years ago.

Yun Youshun was still rambling on and on, but Bai Ningning didn't listen to what he was saying. She asked directly, "Twenty years ago, how did you know that the underworld was going to collapse?"

As soon as the voice fell, Yun Youshun stopped talking mid-sentence and stared at Bai Ningning in a daze, obviously not expecting why she suddenly brought up this matter.

There was no emotion in Bai Ningning's eyes, she just stared at him quietly.

Yun You was instantly panicked and became incoherent: "Did you...did you...did the Jun family tell you? Or was it the Xuan Committee? The Xuan Committee knows nothing at all. They, they..."

What he said was all nonsense and had no point.

Bai Ningning was a little impatient and said, "Don't ask, just answer."

Yun Youshun wanted to argue, but just as he raised his neck, he saw the circle on the ground. He shrank back awkwardly and said timidly, "I calculated it."

Bai Ningning didn't give him any face and immediately interrupted him: "You can't calculate it, you don't have the ability."

Yun Youshun was a little embarrassed, but he still stiffened his neck and argued: "I was still very capable when I was young!"

Bai Ningning said bluntly, "If you could really predict fate, you wouldn't be alive now. Interfering with cause and effect will cause you to bear the consequences of this karma - as the saying goes, you will be punished by heaven."

Yun Youshun still refused to admit it: "So I hid in the mountains for refuge."

Bai Ningning's face was cold, and she didn't bother to argue with him point by point. She said directly, "You're a cowardly and vain person. You spread rumors among the people that the underworld was about to collapse, just to gain a foothold in the metaphysical world. You wanted to use the people's voice to become equal to the major metaphysical families. But unfortunately, as soon as the rumor was spread, you were locked up in the basement by Master Jun. He immediately saw through your half-baked skills."

Bai Ningning half guessed and half inferred, and told a detailed summary of the events that were not shown in the illusion.

With every word she spoke, Yun Youshun's face turned paler, and he finally realized that Bai Ningning had already figured out his background.

"You shouldn't know this... You can't possibly know this... Those who know this are all dead..." Yun Youshun was so flustered that he couldn't even breathe. When he was completely lost, he finally grasped the key point, "You peeked into my memory?"

Seeing his IQ briefly improve, Bai Ningning smiled with relief: "You showed it to me on your own initiative."

Yun You was stunned for a moment, then laughed bitterly.

After all, he underestimated her strength.

He thought he could weave a dream to deceive her, but she was not deceived at all and he could see into her heart.

Bai Ningning asked: "Any last wishes?"

Yun Youshun's face turned pale, and he shook his head after a while.

Bai Ningning: "Where's Yun Xian?"

Yun Youshun opened his mouth but no sound came out. He tried for a while and finally closed his mouth.

He stared at Bai Ningning blankly, not knowing what she was going to do, nor whether her attitude towards him was good or evil.

Seeing that he looked hopeless, Bai Ningning returned to the original topic: "Where did you hear the news that the underworld was about to collapse?"

Yun Youshun lowered his head and replied woodenly, "A woman with a child was talking. I saw the gate to the underworld... She said the underworld would collapse, and she wanted to dedicate her spiritual power to save it..."

Bai Ningning: "And then?"

Yun Youshun: "Then they went in..."

Bai Ningning: "What else did you say?"

Yun Youshun: "The transition period... requires the little boy to sacrifice..."

Bai Ningning roughly understood that the child was her second brother, Chu Yuyan.

I'm afraid it was the King of Hell who was making arrangements for his funeral arrangements at that time.

Bai Ningning: "How did you get involved?"

Yun Youshun: "She discovered me and came to me, asking me to keep it a secret... But Chu Yuyan misunderstood, so I just let it go..."

Bai Ningning completely understood the whole story.

The underworld went wrong for unknown reasons and was in danger of collapse. The previous King of Hell (her mother) decided to sacrifice herself to save the underworld, and believed that the metaphysical world and the acting King of Hell (her father) could hold on until the next King of Hell took office.

During the transition period when there was no King of Hell in the underworld, her mother and Old Man Jun worked together to prepare a transition plan, but some pests from the big metaphysical families wanted to get a piece of the pie, and some speculators wanted to interfere.

Mr. Jun and Chu Ze had a rough time but managed to get through the transition period without the King of Hell relatively smoothly, and finally handed the baton to her.

As soon as she took office, those opportunists who were hiding in the shadows began to stir again.

Bai Ningning: "Ghost Alliance, are you the boss behind the scenes?"

Yun You nodded, then shook his head: "I cooperate with various families... yes..."

He began to read out the list of partners in a rambling manner without any focus, and Bai Ningning was too lazy to listen.

It’s troublesome to have to verify it after listening to it.

Anyway, she captured all those people and brought them to the underworld to work, without missing a single one.

Bai Ningning asked for the second time: "Do you have any last wishes?"

Yun Youshun didn't know what he was saying: "Kite... I promised Xiaoxian to go fly a kite with him..."

He had barely finished speaking when he transformed into white particles of light and dissipated into the air along with the illusion.

Bai Ningning sighed and muttered to herself, "People always think about tomorrow when they're alive, and only start to regret it when they die... Alas, I can't help you with something like this."

Before the light curtain had completely dissipated, the skinny Yun Xian suddenly appeared in front of her, clutching half a sheet of Four Seasons Notes in his hand, with an anxious look on his face: "I finally found you, I'm here to save you."

Bai Ningning suddenly realized and felt that she might have asked an unnecessary question.

He even considered others and didn't want his children to be affected by the disaster. He was quite smart.

Yun Youshun had already thought of a way out for Yun Xian. She cut ties with him in advance and then arranged for Yun Xian to rescue her, so that Yun Xian could flatter her and make his future easier.

Too bad she didn't buy it.

Bai Ningning asked: "Did I ask you to sign and fingerprint before?"

Yun Xian was stunned: "What?"

Bai Ningning pointed at the half-page of the Four Seasons Chronicle in his hand and said, "That's perfect. Sign your name and put your fingerprint on it and go work for the underworld to pay off your debt."

Although Yun Xian was a little confused, he did not hesitate and did as she said.

Bai Ningning put the half piece of paper he handed back into the Four Seasons Chronicle, and the paper instantly returned to its place, as if it had never been torn.

Bai Ningning: "Are you aware of what your father did or not?"

Yun Xian nodded honestly: "I don't know everything, but I roughly guessed it."

Bai Ningning calculated with her fingers: "You'll have to work for nothing for at least seven lifetimes to pay off the debt you owed for aiding and abetting evil in this lifetime."

Yun Xian nodded in response.

Bai Ningning: "Also, I helped you out of kindness, but your family bit me back. Shouldn't that be counted on you as well?"

No matter what she said, Yun Xian nodded in agreement.

Bai Ningning was speechless and waved her hands: "Be a good person in your next life. Find yourself first and then work for the underworld. The underworld doesn't accept wooden people."

Yun Xian also nodded in response.

As they spoke, the light curtain of the surrounding environment turned into white dots and gradually dissipated, revealing the true appearance of the basement, which was still dark and dilapidated.

Yun Xian was above the door, looking at her.

Bai Ningning only then realized that she was sitting on the stairs, surrounded by a circle of light.

She was staring at Yun Youshun's horrific corpse, whose eyes were still open. She was stunned for a moment, feeling a little guilty for some reason, but she immediately denied any involvement. "Although it was a murder in a closed room... no, it was probably a suicide in a closed room. It has nothing to do with me. I didn't take him away."

Yun Xian nodded and said okay, then glanced at the corpse in the corner. There was struggle and reluctance, hatred and love in his eyes. He stared at it with mixed feelings for a few seconds, then turned his face away.

He held out his hand: "Shall I help you up?"

Bai Ningning shook her head: "Someone is waiting for me."

Yun Xian: "There's no one else in this basement."

Bai Ningning: "Ghost wait for me."

Yun Xian: “…”

He didn't know whether Bai Ningning was serious or joking, but seeing that Bai Ningning had no intention of extending her hand, he withdrew his hand.

He held the basement door again, hesitated for two seconds, and then considerately closed it for Bai Ningning.

Ghosts generally cannot see the light.

Well, he's such a sweet and nice guy.

Bai Ningning looked at the dark basement: "..."

For a moment, it was hard to tell whether he was truly honest or deliberately seeking revenge.