Chapter 44

A group of people emerged from the street corner, playing suonas and drums, and among them were many people scattering white paper money. However, Wang Sheng saw something strange about them; their walking posture seemed to be twisting, their entire bodies moving forward in a wave-like motion.

These are... paper figures?!

These paper figures walked towards them with happy faces, and behind them was a red, leaky sedan chair with red gauze curtains around it. As the curtains shook, a corner of the red gauze was shaken open, revealing the bride sitting on it.

If Shi Ye's paper figures are cute after looking at them for a long time, then these paper figures that are as tall as humans are absolutely terrifying.

Seeing that Shi was motionless, Wang Sheng became anxious, "They are coming soon, we should run."

Shi Ye calmed him down and said, "Don't run. The evil spirits in the ghost realm will sense where the living are. No matter where we escape, these paper figures will find us and follow us."

Wang Sheng was dumbfounded: "What should I do then? Can I just wait to die?"

Seeing that they had no reaction at all, he said calmly, "Let's see what they want to do."

The paper figures came forward, scattering paper money, their eyes always smiling, their mouths always downturned, and their faces dotted with a red dot. They kept pulling paper money out of their pockets, as if they would never run out.

The team stopped in front of them. Next to the sedan chair followed a paper figurine of a woman with a mole on her face. She walked in front of them with her broad body, twisting more flexibly than a snake, and emitting bursts of laughter.

The female paper figurine bent down, her pale face examining them carefully. She said, "Today is our wife's wedding day. Have you seen the groom?"

This is a matchmaker.

Wang Sheng wanted them to leave quickly, so he kindly replied, "No, but we just came out of there and thought we heard someone in there. How about you go in and look for them?"

He pointed to the mansion and spoke sincerely. The matchmaker was in front of him in the blink of an eye, smiling and asking him, "Are you serious? We've been looking for the groom for a long time, and he's actually in there?"

He also pulled Wang Sheng away, holding the talisman paper in his hand, ready to let it drink a pot of wine at any time.

Wang Sheng nodded quickly: "Really? Why would I lie to you? Just go in and take a look, and you'll know."

"But..." The matchmaker stood up straight, covering her downturned mouth with a paper handkerchief, staring at them and saying, "Didn't you come out of there? Who of you two is our groom today?"

The suona and drums stopped playing, and the paper figurine froze in mid-air, slowly turning towards them and whispering, "Groom, matchmaker, have you found a groom for your wife?"

The matchmaker folded her hands over her chest and turned to look at Wang Sheng. A shrill voice tugged at their minds, "Unfeeling man, is that you? You are a liar and unfeeling man, you cheated on marriage and love, you ran off with that courtesan and sent your wife back to her parents' home in her bridal sedan. You are today's groom, liar!"

Wang Sheng and Shi also pressed the solar plexus. This paper man can shout really well. It must have practiced the Hedong Lion Roar!

Wang Sheng: "No, Auntie, your wife and I don't even know each other, but you're marrying it to me, and you didn't even ask for its opinion. How can you be so inhumane?"

While Wang Sheng was making a fuss, Shi Ye threw out the round sky and square earth talisman, completely separating the two of them from the paper figurine. At least they could no longer hear the echo of the matchmaker.

The matchmaker conjured up a thick rope and came forward with the paper figures in a sinister tone, "Go back and get married, go back and get married. Once you're married, the groom won't change his mind. Once he has a family, he won't think about the opera singer anymore. Get married..."

The paper people stepped over the round heaven and square earth talisman, treating the barrier as nothing. They retreated to the front door, and Shi Ye threw out the Samadhi Talisman, lighting one of the paper people on fire, but the next moment two paper people rose from the ground.

Wang Sheng didn't believe it, so he also threw out a thunder talisman. One of the paper figures was turned into ashes by lightning, and immediately two more paper figures appeared.

Shi also thought that these paper figures were not evil spirits, and that was why the round sky and square earth talisman was useless against them. He pulled out the Wumen and stuck it into the ground. "The four directions are the boundaries, the five elements are the center. People have a way in, but ghosts have no way out!"

He directly trapped himself, Wang Sheng and the paper figures in a barrier, and then pulled Wang Sheng back quickly, exited the barrier, ran to the right of the gate, and chose to leave Wumen inside.

After the two of them stood still, they silently watched the paper figures running towards them, but were all blocked inside the barrier.

Wang Sheng: "No way!"

But there are still some paper figures that haven’t caught up, such as the paper bride on the sedan chair.

The paper figures carrying the bridal sedan turned it around so that the paper bride could see the groom's appearance.

Shi Ye looked at the sedan chair through the barrier and said, "Let's go and see what's on top of it."

Wang Sheng hugged himself, trembling, and said, "Do I really have to go see it? Can I not see it? I'm afraid it will fall in love with me at first sight and insist on marrying me. What should I do?"

A fierce look flashed in the eyes of the handsome man in tight clothes, "Then just kill him directly."

When Wang Sheng heard this, his legs and hands stopped shaking. His eyes instantly became firm and he rushed to the front. "Then let's go and get it! Oh my god!!!"

Before he could stay strong for long, he suddenly screamed and hid behind Shi Ye. It turned out that the group of paper people saw that they could not escape from the barrier without a door, so they chose to escape underground and bypass the barrier!

Wang Sheng: "No, this ghost realm is poisonous, right? How can you tell when I'm escaping underground? Samadhi can't burn all the paper figures everywhere."

Outside the ghost realm, the ghost master snorted coldly. This time he took out the paper bride just to present it to the prince for his use.

The prince wanted to win over Shi Ye, so he set up this trap to test Shi Ye's abilities and tactics. If Shi Ye passed this test, wouldn't his position with the prince plummet? This paper bride was a trap he had set up for a long time and created himself. It was basically unsolvable. How could they easily crack it?

Shi Ye: "Wu Men, come back!"

Wumen flashed with a cold light and returned to its owner's hands.

Wang Sheng had never thought about Liang Ruoyan like he did now. They were both ghost brides, but why was Liang Ruoyan so gentle and kind while this one only sent paper figurines to help it, like a coward?

"Mr. Wang, hold me tight." Shi Ye said suddenly.

Wang Sheng was slammed into the car before he could react, his eyes suddenly filled with Shi Ye's fierce profile. Shi Ye pulled him into a hug, then soared towards the rooftop, dodging the lingering group of paper figures and landing directly on the sedan chair.

The paper bride inside didn't move, as if she was unaware of the danger right above her head. She still sat there. The paper people carrying the coffin wanted to put the sedan chair down and bite it up, but it was too late.

Shi Ye's toes touched the top of the sedan chair, and then the entire sedan chair, the paper bride and all the paper people in front turned into paper money and exploded. They were surrounded by countless paper money, and their vision instantly became white.

He blocked it with his hands, then cast a wind talisman to scatter the paper money.

After the paper money scattered, his face suddenly changed. Just now, Wang Sheng in his arms disappeared!

He shouted to all around, "Mr. Wang!" But no one answered.

He quickly lifted up his sleeves, and the concentric spell did not appear, which meant that Wang Sheng was still safe. He continued to spread out his palms, and saw that the hair belonging to Wang Sheng stretched out a little bit, and then there was no response, which meant that he had completely lost the information about Wang Sheng.

He trembled imperceptibly.

I just told him I would protect him...

Paper money piled up around him like fallen white petals. Shi Ye's heart was only confused for a moment, and then he calmed down.

He clenched his five fingers into a fist, then flew to the roof and looked around at Pingyang City in front of him.

Every brick and tile of Pingyang City, even every mark on the stone steps, are no different from those outside the ghost realm. Beyond that is an endless abyss. Shi Ye closes his eyes and listens. In this world, apart from his breathing, there is no trace of anyone else.

This should have been correct except for Wang Sheng who was arrested, but the strange thing is this.

The ghost master unfolded the ghost domain. He had a strong sense of presence. If he was not in it, then the ghost domain would not exist at all. But now the ghost master could not be found.

He opened his eyes and looked back, and where his sight reached was the small building.

The ghost master would not be outside the ghost domain that he had opened up, so there was only one possibility.

The Pingyang City now is actually the real Pingyang City, but he and Wang Sheng are in different locations from other people in the city. They cannot see or touch each other. If they really can't get out, they will be trapped here forever until they are exhausted to death by the paper bride.

However, Shi Ye's sword trembled. If he couldn't find Wang Sheng, could he not find the ghost rider who was hiding behind him and watching him?

Yin Jianyue, who was outside the ghost realm, was face to face with Shi Ye through the screen. He couldn't help but look in the direction where Shi Ye was actually standing, then sat up and said, "What does he want to do?"

Han Tan murmured, "I, I don't know either... But he absolutely has no other options now. He can only search the entire city for the captured person, and then be forced into marriage by the paper bride and trapped to death."

Yin Jianyue chuckled, then looked at him and said expressionlessly, "Are you sure there is only one solution to this ghost realm?"

Han Tan was now uncertain. Before he could answer, the entire viewing platform shook. Everyone who was standing fell to the left and right. Even Yin Jianyue, who was sitting, had to hold on to the handrail to steady herself. Everyone was in an uproar.

On the other side,

At the same time, he released the restraint of the Sin Bell, and Wumen's whole body lit up. He swung his sword towards the viewing platform, and it seemed that a thousand pounds of force shot out from it and slashed towards the viewing platform. Without waiting for the people above to make the next move, he slashed out with another sword, and then the small buildings inside and outside were falling down.

It seemed useless, but the ghostly barrier inside was starting to loosen.

Han Tan was shocked. He quickly looked at Yin Jianyue, only to see that Yin Jianyue's clothes were disheveled and her face looked extremely bad.

He looked at the man in brocade clothes in the picture, gritted his teeth, grabbed the knife from the plate and cut his arm, letting the blood flow into the ghost realm, thus stabilizing the barrier.

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Somewhere in Pingyang City.

In the dim bronze mirror, a person with closed eyes and unconscious was reflected.

Behind him stood a paper figure wearing a red wedding dress.

The paper bride looked in the mirror, tilted her head, and her crying face turned into a smiling one.