"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, hey, ma'am, what's wrong with you? Didn't you already take it? Why are you coming back for it? That's not right, you know?"

Ye Dongfeng and Yin Ni were handing out gold ingots to a group of elderly women and men who were doing square dancing in the western suburbs. However, as they were handing them out, they suddenly noticed that several of the women who had already received their ingots were queuing up again, wanting to get an extra one.

Fortunately, Ye Dongfeng discovered their cheating in time and stopped them on the spot.

Several middle-aged women who were caught cheating left with awkward smiles, and never dared to come back.

Actually, at first, Yin Ni disagreed with distributing those gold ingots to the elderly, because those things were prepared for ghosts who didn't want to return to the ghost realm.

However, after they returned to the western suburbs, the elderly women and men discovered what they had bought. Because they had given those things to ghosts in previous years, the elderly women and men knew their rules. So, those elderly women and men who also wanted to receive gifts made a request to cooperate with Ye Dongfeng and his group.

The terms of the cooperation were that the elderly men and women could help them persuade some ghosts to return, but they also had to pay the elderly men and women some compensation.

Although the idea of ​​having ghosts persuade other ghosts might not be very reliable, Ye Dongfeng knew that these old ghosts were well-connected in both the human and ghost realms, and might actually have a way to help. So he agreed to cooperate, which led to the scene just now.

After distributing dozens of gold ingots, the old ghosts began to help find ghosts to persuade them, while the hidden one watched over the remaining items and said, "Actually, if we can exchange dozens of gold ingots for dozens of temporary workers, that would be pretty good."

"Haha~ That depends on whether they can persuade the ghost."

Ye Dongfeng didn't really think highly of those old ghosts. If they were still human, they might listen to his advice out of consideration for their age. But now that they were all ghosts, they might not listen to his advice.

Ye Dongfeng, biting into an ice pop, said, "Actually, I don't quite understand those ordinary ghosts. Why don't they want to go back to the ghost realm? They weren't the kind of ghosts who died with a lot of lingering attachments. Even if they were attached to the human world, it wouldn't be good. The human world has such strong yang energy that ordinary ghosts can't stay there for long. So I just don't understand why they don't go back and wait to be reincarnated."

"Emmm, actually I don't know why either, but I think you humans are really weird, unlike us demon souls. We demon souls don't have so many problems when we die."

Hidden also said, "By the way, it's almost time, let's get ready."

It was already past eleven o'clock, and with the gates of hell about to open, Ye Dongfeng and Yinni were getting ready to get to work.

On the south-facing street in the East District, Yue Jiuling had just thrown away the trash she had finished eating when she saw several ghosts walking towards the Ghost Gate. When Yue Jiuling returned there, she saw Ya Zi setting up a 'street stall'.

Actually, their "street stall" is just a place where they simply lay out incense, candles, and paper money on the ground, and see if any ghosts "need" them. If they do, they give them to the ghosts.

A dozen minutes later, at midnight, the Gate of Hell opened again precisely on time. As soon as the Gate of Hell opened, a great deal of yin energy arose. In the chilly yin wind, Yue Jiuling saw two ghost messengers dressed in black armor slowly walking out of the Gate of Hell.

These two ghost messengers were not the same ones from last night. Yue Jiuling knew this the moment she saw them; these two ghost messengers were of a much higher rank than the ones from last night, at least two ranks higher.

When Ya Zi saw the gates of hell open, he stood quietly by and watched the ghosts who had voluntarily returned enter the ghost realm. He said to Yue Jiuling, "They're doing quite well. Look how well-behaved they are."

Yes, when Yue Jiuling saw that many ghosts returned obediently and on time, she felt that they were very well-behaved. However, she still felt that there were too few ghosts. Only a few dozen ghosts returned automatically, which was pitifully few compared to the tens of thousands of ghosts that poured out last night.

Yue Jiuling shook her head and said, "That's too little. They were already told the return time when they came out, so they won't be late."

Upon hearing Yue Jiuling's words, Ya Zi knew that very few ghosts were returning now, but he still guessed, "Could it be because they remembered the time wrong, or their homes are too far away and they can't make it back in time?"

"Um, maybe."

Yue Jiuling actually felt that she might be worrying too much. After all, the Ghost Gate isn't just open for an hour or two. It will be open until about 5 a.m. tonight. And although the return of ghosts begins at midnight, it doesn't mean they have to come back at midnight.

So even though not many ghosts have returned yet, it's not a big problem, since it's still early.

"Never mind for now, the ghost messengers are keeping track. If the numbers are off around three or four o'clock, they'll let us know."

The ghost messengers' job is to keep track of the numbers. If the numbers are too far off after a certain period of time, they will inform Yue Jiuling and the others. So Yue Jiuling is not worried about them for the time being.

Meanwhile, on the pedestrian street, Hua Li immediately took Da Hei and Zheng Wanqi inside the Ghost Gate the moment it opened. Because she had been to the Ghost Realm before and had the help of ghost messengers she knew, she didn't even need to apply for a pass. She simply swaggered in with the dog and the ghost into the Ghost Realm.

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