The rhythmic creaking of bones against each other echoed in the silent, dark space, accompanied by the girl's clear singing voice.

"Ding-dong, I have a secret to tell you quietly..."

Ye Sisi became more and more excited as she sang, and her initial unease disappeared without a trace.

So what if it's not eerie enough? No problem, she can fill it with scary nursery rhymes.

The main force disappeared completely into the darkness amidst this eerie atmosphere.

After walking for about two hours, Ye Sisi saw a cluster of golden light in the distance.

The golden light looked faint, but it was still too dazzling for her, who was used to the darkness.

He subconsciously covered himself with his hand, then a smile appeared on his lips, and he quickened his pace.

The faint golden light drew closer and closer to her, and the smile on her face grew wider and wider.

She recognized the light; it was the golden light of merit. Moreover, the golden light of merit here resonated with the golden light of merit within her body.

And wasn't the place where she received a large amount of merit and golden light the Forbidden Land of the Underworld? The eerie atmosphere here is similar to that of the Forbidden Land of the Underworld. She would never believe that the two were unrelated.

From afar, she could clearly see the source of the golden light emanating from the merit tree; it was a golden Bodhi tree formed entirely from merit.

Three figures sat cross-legged under the Bodhi tree. She recognized two of them; they were her junior uncle's Ghost King parents.

The other man was someone she had never seen before. He looked to be in his early twenties. He sat there quietly, appearing even more elegant and noble in the soft golden light.

The three of them smiled slightly when they met Ye Sisi's gaze; their eyes were gentle, even affectionate.

Ye Sisi secretly wiped the goosebumps off her arm; she couldn't stand that kind of gaze.

As they continued forward with the skeleton army, something miraculous happened the instant they stepped into the area enveloped by the golden light of merit.

The grotesque skeletons around him transformed the moment their bodies were fully bathed in the golden light of merit. Flesh and skin grew rapidly on their stark white skeletons, and the flames dancing in their eye sockets vanished instantly, replaced by pairs of bright and spirited eyes.

Ye Sisi, who had never seen much of the world, was so shocked that her mouth dropped open. She rubbed her eyes, thinking she was seeing things, but when she opened them again, the skeleton beside her had turned into a person with flesh and blood.

Realizing what was happening, she quickly covered her eyes, thinking, "Don't look at what's indecent, don't look at what's indecent."

Although the flesh-and-blood big shots look better than the skeletons, why aren't you all wearing clothes? Oh no, I'm definitely going to get a sty tomorrow.

Zheng Xiangyi was amused by Ye Sisi's incredibly cute actions.

She stood up, walked over, took Ye Sisi's hand, and smiled, "Don't be shy. As a cultivator, you should remain calm no matter what kind of situation you encounter."

Ye Sisi...

There's some truth to what she said, but damn it, she's still a young girl who's never been in a relationship.

So I blurted out, "Senior, you make it sound so easy. If you're so capable, why don't you just not wear any clothes?"

She regretted it as soon as she said it; she shouldn't have said such things. It was all her fault for being used to talking back and not being able to control herself.

Zheng Xiangyi's smile froze for a moment. She was in a terrible state too; the clothes she wore were made from scraps of fabric picked up from various places and patched together, and they only covered most of her body.

She looked down at Ye Sisi's bright red robes and her eyes lit up: "Sisi, I think your clothes are very beautiful, how about you give them to me?"

Ye Sisi looked at the somewhat miserable Zheng Xiangyi, and remembering all the good things she had given her, she gritted her teeth and took out two sets of clothes from her backpack.

"Please make do with these for now, senior. I'll give you as many as you need when the opportunity arises."

Zheng Xiangyi nodded in satisfaction and waved for the skeleton army to retreat from the area enveloped by the golden Bodhi light.

Ye Sisi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the big shots had returned to their skeletal forms. Then she asked curiously, "Seniors, where is this place? And what is your situation now?"

Zheng Xiangyi didn't have time to pay attention to her at that moment; she needed to tidy herself up.

Ye Sisi's lips twitched, and she walked up to Xia Changsheng and bowed, saying, "Junior greets senior."

Xia Changsheng smiled and shook his head, indicating to Ye Sisi that there was no need for formalities, and then introduced, "This is Fellow Daoist Dongfang."

Although Ye Sisi did not recognize the young man, she knew that he must be a big shot to be sitting with Xia Changsheng in this situation, so she obediently bowed and said, "Junior Ye Sisi greets Senior Dongfang."

At this moment, Zheng Xiangyi also changed her clothes and came back. She pulled Ye Sisi to sit down next to her, and then reached out and picked a large handful of bodhi seeds with great skill and stuffed them into Ye Sisi's hand, "Sisi, eat more, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Ye Sisi stared in astonishment at the golden Bodhi seed in her hand. Putting aside the fact that she didn't know whether real Bodhi seeds were edible, wasn't this Merit Bodhi seed made of accumulated merit? Could it be eaten?

But Zheng Xiangyi and the others were eating with gusto, looking like they really could eat a lot.

She tentatively took a bite, and hmm, it was quite sweet, tasting a bit like bayberries.

It just doesn't seem scientific. Why do bodhi seeds taste the same as bayberries?

Xia Changsheng said with a smile, "Eat more, don't be shy."

Ye Sisi secretly glanced at the three big shots. It was obvious that they didn't want to answer her question, or were unable to answer it.

She popped bodhi seeds into her mouth while pondering everything she had seen.

Only after she had eaten all the Bodhi seeds in her hand did she say, "Seniors, I don't know if you don't want to answer my question or if you can't answer it, so I'll just share my speculation. You don't have to answer."

"Did this Bodhi tree of merit appear after I converted the seniors in the Forbidden Land of the Underworld?"

Ye Sisi asked questions while observing their expressions, but unfortunately, the big shots usually had the ability to keep their emotions hidden, and she couldn't discern anything.

But she continued, "The predecessors I converted have returned to their own bodies, but for some reason they can only maintain their human form through the power of merit and enlightenment, including the three of you?"

Ye Sisi met three pairs of smiling eyes and continued expressionlessly, "The souls of the seniors in Bone Mountain are in three other places in the upper plane that are similar to the Forbidden Land of the Underworld."

"And for every soul I convert in the forbidden area, one more Bodhi of Merit will appear here. Once you collect four Bodhi of Merit, you can be reborn?"

There's one more chapter coming up a little later. I've been obsessed with another novel these past couple of days, and then I was lazy and didn't write anything yesterday. I'm currently working on the next chapter, so please don't blame me! Please!