So, I decided to sell the golden-haired old man and let Gui Sanniang torment the old man.

Mei Mingyou, the madman in black and I took a bus to Chongqing and arrived at the station on Halloween.

Fengdu Ghost City, formerly known as the "Second Capital of the Ba people," was established as a county in the second year of the Yongyuan reign of Emperor He of the Eastern Han Dynasty, boasting a history of nearly 2,000 years. Located on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Fengdu County, downstream from Chongqing, it is a popular tourist attraction for Yangtze River cruise passengers. Fengdu Ghost City is also known as the "Underworld Capital," the "Kingdom of Ghosts," and the "Hometown of Chinese Divine Comedy." It is renowned for its various underworld-themed buildings and designs. Within the ghost city, there are numerous structures representing the underworld, including the Hengha Shrine, the Emperor's Hall, the Naihe Bridge, the Yellow Spring Road, the Wangxiang Terrace, the Medicine King Hall, and the Ghost Gate.

When we arrived at the ghost town, it was around eight or nine o'clock in the evening. We had a good meal at a nearby restaurant, and after getting everything ready, we came to the most classic checkpoint in the ghost town - Ghost Gate, with the help of Su Xiaoniu.

Legend has it that Ghost Gate is the only way to enter the realm of the dead. Anyone entering here must be inspected to see if they possess a pass to the realm of the dead—a road pass. This is the document used to register for the afterlife. The road pass is three feet long and two feet wide, printed on soft yellow paper. It bears the inscription, "Issued by Fengdu Tianyu Yamaluo, the Great Emperor of Heaven. This pass is essential for all who wish to ascend to the underworld and be reborn in heaven." It is stamped with the seals of the City God of the Underworld and Fengdu County Government. When this pass is burned during burial or cremation, it will accompany the soul to the underworld, allowing it to travel freely wherever it wishes.

However, whether it truly works or not can only be known through personal experience. But who would bother trying such a thing? Tired of living, right? So, until now, I've just treated it as a leisure activity after meals.

Of course, none of this mattered to me. Ghost Gate was deserted late at night. After all, today was Halloween, also known as the Ghost Festival. At midnight, the Ghost Gate would open, and the ghosts from the underworld would come out to stroll around the living world. If they were in a good mood, they might even kidnap a living person and take them to the underworld for a little fun. So, most people didn't dare show up at Ghost Gate at this time. Of course, excluding the brave ones who had never seen a ghost, they would wait for an opportunity to hide near Ghost Gate, filming with cameras, just to see if there were any ghosts in this world!

When we arrived at the Ghost Gate, we saw many brave people hiding in groups near the Ghost Gate. Some were holding mobile phones, some were holding cameras, and some were holding video cameras. I was speechless watching this.

Su Xiaoniu told me not to worry about them and told me to go directly to an office building near Guimenguan and take the elevator. But I had to do it at midnight. There were a lot of steps to take the elevator, and Su Xiaoniu would teach me step by step when I got there.

At the Ghost Gate, I saw Man Yuanyi, who had been waiting for me for a long time. He said he had come a long time ago, but couldn't see me and thought I was not coming. I smiled and said to follow me. Man Yuanyi didn't know what I wanted to do. He said that the Ghost Gate was right here and it was almost 12 o'clock. It was better not to wander around at this time.

I reluctantly told him that the true passage to the underworld wasn't inside Ghost Gate, but in an elevator near Ghost Gate. That was the true passage to the underworld. Man Yuanyi was skeptical, but my knowledge of this subject far surpassed his, and Ning Xue and I were very close, so he assumed I wouldn't lie, so he followed me.

As for those guys hiding at the Ghost Gate, waiting for the ghosts, I don't know what happened to them. Anyway, I arrived at this somewhat remote office building near the Ghost Gate, with 40 to 50 floors. There's also a rule in this office building: you're not allowed to use the elevator after 11 p.m., especially on Ghost Festival (the 15th day of the seventh lunar month) and Halloween. On these two ghost festivals, the elevator is forbidden.

Everyone knows why.

I checked the time: 11:50, ten minutes to go! This office building has two elevators, one on the left and one on the right. Su Xiaoniu said that tonight's elevator ride was an emergency, and for special reasons, no more than two people could ride. Mei Mingyou and the maniac in black knew what to do, so I didn't need to explain. But Man Yuanyi wasn't quite as good. So, Mei Mingyou and the maniac in black took the elevator on the right side of the office building, while Man Yuanyi and I took the elevator on the left.

Man Yuanyi and I boarded the elevator while no one was around. We didn't start the elevator immediately, but waited silently inside for the next ten minutes. During this free time, I asked Su Xiaoniu why she'd come to this elevator. What was its connection to the gates of hell? Could it be, as I'd told Man Yuanyi, that this elevator was the true passage to the underworld?

Su Xiaoniu, who had already returned to my body and was using my Yang energy to nourish her soul, smiled strangely, scaring me so much that my scalp went numb...