Chapter 229 Jinjiang

Yan Shixun didn't expect Ye Li to use such words instead of answering, and was stunned for a moment.

In the previous battle, Yan Shixun pretended to be busy dealing with his master and dealt with the matter. He thought Ye Li would just let it go, but he didn't expect that Ye Li would never miss any opportunity to show his true feelings.

Even when he just wanted to confirm Ye Li's identity, Ye Li would take the opportunity to ask him again.

What Ye Li said was actually a question to Yan Shixun - Are you willing to let me be your lover?

Of course Yan Shixun would not answer.

It has not even been a night since he figured out Ye Li's intentions, and he hasn't even sorted out his own thoughts. How can he make a rash decision when he can't figure out what he is thinking?

Yan Shixun did not forget that in addition to this, Ye Li also had an identity as a ghost or god - and now he was even the lord of Fengdu.

This means that every word he said to Ye Li will be witnessed by heaven and earth.

Once an accurate response is made, it will be recorded by heaven and earth, and there will be no chance for regret or escape.

Under Ye Li's expectant gaze, Yan Shixun went from being stunned at first to silence, then turned his head away, avoiding eye contact with Ye Li.

Yan Shixun pursed his lips, his eyes were as firm as water waves breaking, with ripples crisscrossing and rippling, and the ripples were beautiful.

But in the end, Yan Shixun did not respond to this.

He just said, "I'll go up and take a look at the coffins on the mountain road."

"We arrived just in time. The master's last winter solstice festival had not yet begun, and those coffins had not yet been made into hanging coffins."

Yan Shixun calmed himself down and said calmly, "The bodies in the coffins, their souls may still be saved."

Ye Li had already guessed that Yan Shixun would say this.

After all, he is his beloved ghost exorcist. He has already understood Yan Shixun's character through long-term observation and knows how he will react.

However, Ye Li was not disappointed. He just smiled gently and asked, "Should I ask the ghost messenger from Fengdu to come? If there are souls that can be saved, the ghost messenger will be responsible for taking them to Fengdu for trial."

——He is not in a hurry.

Anyway... he had a long time to wait. No matter when Yan Shixun made up his mind, as long as he turned around, he would be by his side.

I will not miss every look and every word of Shi Xun.

Speaking of business, Yan Shixun's face also became serious. He shook his head and said, "At first, I didn't know that you were the Lord of Fengdu, nor did I know that Fengdu would get involved to help. So in my plan, I had already made a plan to let Jing Xiaobao come."

After entering the Changshou Village upstream, Yan Shixun realized that the rotting corpses in the river still showed residual consciousness, which meant that there might be souls left in them.

At that time, he had not yet discovered the hanging coffins, nor did he know that the rotten corpses were actually sugarcane residues that had been squeezed dry of juice. The souls in the real bones in the hanging coffins had already been incomplete and could not be reborn into the next life.

So, when Yan Shixun was pulled into the dream, taking advantage of the brief gap when Grandma Nan was still there, Yan Shixun quickly used a talisman to call Jing Xiaobao over.

After decades of scheming, my master had completely taken control of Nanming Mountain. Even the heaven and earth were isolated from it, and no one could do anything to him.

Only when Grandma Nan, who once suppressed the master's power with her death, is around, will the master's control over Nanming Mountain be temporarily lapsed, allowing Yan Shixun to communicate with heaven and earth and pass the news to the outside world.

However, only Yan Shixun can use this method.

——After all, among all the exorcists in the world, only Yan Shixun can use talismans to summon the new King of Hell.

If other Taoist priests or masters knew how Yan Shixun summoned Jing Xiaobao, they would probably be so frightened that they would wish to faint.

Because time was tight, Yan Shixun, in order to minimize the short time of communication between heaven and earth, made the summoning seal with his hands and called out coldly, "Jing Xiaobao, come here. I'm going to test your recitation."

Compared to other Taoist priests who were about to quote scriptures and even introduce their eighteen generations of ancestors in order to ask for a little divine power, this one just wanted the gods to lend him a little power because their ancestors had met before, and they recited a long and eloquent incantation.

Yan Shixun didn't even say the word "please" when he used the talisman to summon the gods...

It seems particularly outrageous.

What's even more outrageous is that others have to risk their lives to borrow a trace of divine power.

Arriving at Yan Shixun's place——

He directly called the King of Hell himself.

When the King of Hell, who had just taken office a few minutes ago, climbed up, there were even tears in his eyes.

She was in a state of dismay, looking as if she had been bullied by Yan Shixun, and was very pitiful.

Jing Xiaobao: "嘤QAQ."

Jing Xiaobao: Yanyan, if you want me to do the work, you can just say it nicely. It’s not like I can’t do it. But we all have such a good relationship, why do we have to take a test on memorizing for no reason?

As long as you don’t mention the endorsement, we are still as close as father and son QAQ.

But Jing Xiaobao only dared to think about these words in his heart.

He would never dare to say it out loud in front of Yan Shixun.

——The collection of books in Yan Shixun’s study is so vast that it covers all the ancient and modern miscellaneous studies and historical records, which is truly terrifying.

Just by holding the "Three Character Classic", Jing Xiaobao could already foresee his dark and bleak future.

Things have come to this, how could he take the initiative to hand over something to Yan Shixun and allow himself to be endorsed more!

When Yan Shixun's voice came, Jing Xiaobao was holding his beloved little ball, giggling sweetly while chasing evil spirits all over hell. Amid the chaotic screams, Jing Xiaobao laughed more and more excitedly and had a great time.

Unexpectedly, the end of being too happy is to end up in tragedy.

When Jing Xiaobao heard Yan Shixun asking him to go over, he was so scared that he loosened his grip and the ball rolled out of his hand to the side with a "dong dong dong!"

The evil ghost stretched out his bony claws tremblingly from the blood pool, wiped the ball that fell into the blood pool clean with himself, and handed it out respectfully.

However, Jing Xiaobao no longer cared about these things.

Tears quickly gathered in his beautiful big eyes, his tender red mouth pursed, and he almost burst into tears.

Jing Xiaobao also thought about it. He might as well pretend that he was not in the service area and the signal was bad, so he did not hear what Yan Shixun said.

But think about the consequences if Yan Shixun finds out that he is lying...

Jing Xiaobao was so frightened that he trembled and ran from hell to the human world in a listless manner.

The evil ghosts who were left behind by the new King of Hell looked at each other and exchanged glances.

A living person who can shout at the King of Hell at will and even scare him to tears... How terrifying it must be!

The new King of Hell is already ten thousand times more terrifying than the previous one.

Many old ghosts who had cursed the King of Hell madly after his death, began to miss the former King of Hell and spoke well of him every day after Jing Xiaobao appeared in hell.

There is no ghost who does not miss the past.

——After all, the former King of Hell still had a normal mind! Although his actions were solemn and inviolable, making the ghosts tremble, after all, the former King of Hell acted according to logic, and there were traces to follow.

But, but!!!

The new King of Hell is still a child. He died too early and swallowed too many babies, so he still retains the innocence of a young child. He loves to play and have fun, and never has a stern face.

But the kid doesn’t play by the rules at all!!!

The thinking of children is the most difficult logic in the world.

Especially since he possesses absolutely powerful strength.

The evil ghosts who were originally rampant were forced to play games with Jing Xiaobao in hell. In a short period of time, many cruel ghosts were tortured to the point of becoming exhausted, and some even wanted to be reduced to ashes.

Ghost: I am tired. Let me be destroyed. As long as I can escape the torture of this King of Hell, I don’t care.

Unexpectedly, when the ghosts were in despair, the King of Hell who frightened all the evil ghosts was actually called away by a stranger?

Called away???

Moreover, the stranger's attitude was so casual that he called the King of Hell by his name without even saying "please". The King of Hell, who was frightened by ghosts, followed him obediently.

Ghosts: Hmm???

"Who is that person?"

In the dead silence of hell, an evil ghost hesitated and asked: "If I run out of hell and go to the human world in the future, I will definitely take a detour."

"Yes, yes, yes. Even the King of Hell is afraid of it. It must be very terrifying."

But there were also some evil spirits who had seen Yan Shixun holding Jing Xiaobao's hand and who had been beaten by Yan Shixun, and they were so moved that their eyes filled with tears.

"Master Yan, you are such a good man!"

The evil spirit said excitedly: "If this happened in my time, I would have built a shrine for him!"

"Master Yan?"

An evil ghost blinked, and then his face gradually became terrified: "It's that evil ghost!!!"

"The evil spirit has entered my bones!"

The ghosts wailed: "No wonder!"

"If I go to the human world in the future, I will definitely avoid anyone with the last name Yan!"

"Yes, yes, yes, people with the surname Yan are so scary!"

"The evil spirits have entered my bones. Is this specifically for fighting evil spirits? The dead ones are terrifying, but the living ones are even more terrifying!"

…

The child's tender hands grasped the edge of the narrow mountain road, and he reluctantly popped his head out from the cliff.

"Yan Yan~"

As soon as they met, Jing Xiaobao started to act coquettishly towards Yan Shixun.

Jing Xiaobao: I heard from Lu Xingxing that you shouldn't hit someone who smiles at you. If I do this, Yanyan can't spank me, right? The spoiled Xiaobao has the best fate~

However, Yan Shixun just glanced coldly at Jing Xiaobao who was blinking his big eyes and trying to act cute and please him, then retracted his gaze to the coffin in front of him.

Jing Xiaobao: "QAQ Yanyan, don't you like Xiaobao anymore? Why don't you talk to Xiaobao?"

Yan Shixun frowned: "You should have become the King of Hell, right? Why didn't you bring the ghost messenger with you?"

"???"

Jing Xiaobao tilted his head, a look of question marks on his face.

Yan Shixun: "...You can do the job of the envoy yourself."

Jing Xiaobao: "!! I'm not a mature adult, how would I know that I need to bring a ghost messenger with me!"

Because the villagers who carried the coffins had also been transformed into monsters that were neither alive nor dead by the master in previous sacrifices, the Fengdu ghost soldiers also took those who still had souls among them to Fengdu for judgment.

But most of the lantern villagers only had a little bit of their soul left, supporting them to mechanically follow the master's instructions and act.

They could not be reincarnated, and could only turn into ashes under the power of Yan Shixun, achieving true death and falling asleep peacefully with a smile on their faces.

The remaining coffins were thrown on the narrow mountain road.

Yan Shixun opened the coffins one by one and found that the dead bodies lying in all the coffins were just as he expected. They were the missing people who had just traveled from the downstream Changshou Village to the upstream Changshou Village. They had only experienced the first death and had not yet experienced the second life and death in the hanging coffins.

Their souls can still be saved, and those who are innocent can follow Jing Xiaobao to the underworld to be reincarnated.

In addition to the few people he had seen in the village chief's room before, Yan Shixun even saw the travelers he had met by chance in the B&B outside the mountain. They were lying quietly in the coffins, their faces were pale, their bodies were stiff, and they were already dead.

It seems that the master has really disregarded everything for this winter solstice festival, and even no longer cares about the rituals he has always followed.

People who just entered the mountain died like this.

The dead bodies temporarily stored at the village chief's house, the villagers in Changshou Village upstream who had just been taken away by Liu Mingming, and the backpackers outside the mountain with beautiful hopes...

The bodies were placed in coffins, stretching along the winding mountain road with no end in sight.

Yan Shixun lowered his eyes to look at the dead bodies in the coffin, sighed, and reached out to close their wide-open eyes.

However, when Yan Shixun opened another coffin, his eyes widened instantly when he saw the person in the coffin.

"The person in charge?"