"Let's go, let's leave this wretched place!" Fairy Maiden said, wiping away tears as she listened to Cao Xian's story. When he finished, she wiped her eyes with the back of her hand.

Wang Yao also took out Cao Xian's Awakening Token and handed it to him.

"How many immortals have you brought back this time? Let me tell you, this thing called 'spirit body' is extremely vicious. We can't do without immortals who can control it." Cao Xian put away the Awakening Token, but then asked the fairy maiden.

"It's just the two of us. I've already informed the Heavenly Court about the appearance of spirits in the Underworld, but it probably won't be long before the Heavenly Court sends an immortal down. As you know, there aren't many immortals who can control spirits, and most of them have somewhat eccentric personalities. They might not be willing to obey the Heavenly Court's orders."

The fairy maiden addressed Cao Xiandao.

"Just the two of you?" Cao Xian stared at the fairy maiden in astonishment, then turned to look at Wang Yao, and hurriedly shook his head. "That won't do. I can't leave yet. I have a whole bunch of subordinates here. I have to find them all, dead or alive!"

"Um...is Su Jin your subordinate?" Wang Yao asked from the side.

“Su Jin? Little Su? Yes, you’ve seen him? Where is he?” Cao Xian straightened up, her eyes fixed on Wang Yao.

“In the Biancheng Prince’s Mansion, it had already been possessed by the spirit. We killed the spirit, but Su Jin was also shattered into pieces,” Wang Yao said, nodding.

"You... killed the essence? How did you kill it?" Cao Xian asked in astonishment.

“Oh, they arranged a marriage for him and then killed him,” Wang Yao said.

"Oh, I remember now. King Pingdeng mentioned you to me, saying that my two subordinates, Zhu Cong and You Junda, were trapped in the Underworld Zone on Floor Zero. He asked you to go and rescue them, but you kept negotiating and refused to go in. Is that true?"

“I say, young man, since you have the means and we are all colleagues in the Heavenly Court, how can you just stand by and watch someone die? Zhu Cong and You Junda are both good immortals, they are down-to-earth and diligent. When King Pingdeng asked the immortals to go down to floor zero, none of them were willing.”

"Only those two volunteered. Even if you don't care about King Pingdeng's reputation, you should at least consider the immortals' reputation. Alas, how many years of good fortune does it take to become an immortal? It's such a pity that they died like this." Cao Xian shook his head repeatedly as he spoke, heartbroken.

Wang Yao was seething with hatred for the gossipy King Pingdeng, but he didn't know how to explain to Cao Xian that he had indeed negotiated terms and hadn't gone to the Santong Center for rescue, so King Pingdeng wasn't wronging him.

However, he couldn't deal with the spirit body at that time, as the underworld interface hadn't been opened yet.

"This is not Xiao Wang's fault. The Underworld really bullies the immortals too much. King Pingdeng even complained to the Heavenly Court about Xiao Wang. Actually, Xiao Wang is from the Heavenly Court's office in the human world, under my old Lu's command. He came to the Underworld to take care of some business, but those Yama Kings kept making excuses and refused to do it for him."

The fairy maiden, standing to the side, spoke up in defense of Wang Yao.

"At the time, Xiao Wang was helping to block the corpse energy on floor zero and couldn't get away at all. He can't teleport. You didn't see it, but this genius assistant ran away until only his head was left. He can deal with spirit bodies entirely thanks to the Matchmaker System, but do you know how he opened that underworld interface?"

The fairy maiden, under the pretext of speaking on behalf of Wang Yao, recounted in detail everything that had happened between her and Wang Yao after she parted ways with Cao Xian.

“You know me. Although I don’t fight or compete in Heaven, even the Heavenly Emperor and his wife give me some face. But these Yama Kings treat me like this. If I hadn’t insisted, they wouldn’t have even allowed me to come upstairs to find you.”

“If I had listened to those Yama Kings, you…you don’t know how long you would have been hiding…” As the fairy spoke, her eyes reddened again.

"Alas, the underworld is like the feudal states of the human world. Those Yama kings seem to respect the Heavenly Court on the surface, but deep down they don't take us seriously at all. They think that they and the Heavenly Emperor are equals, and that we are condescending to them."

"It's already a favor if you can say a few kind words to us," Cao Xian sighed, shook his head and said to the fairy, then turned to look at Wang Yao.

"After hearing what Xiao He said, I realized I wronged you. Sigh, I had high hopes for Su Jin. He's bright, writes well, and has connections in Heaven. Director Li of the Heavenly Court's Cultural Affairs Bureau always asks me a few questions about him whenever we meet. I never expected that he would be defeated here."

Although knowing that Wang Yao could deal with the spirit body was a great relief to Cao Xian, and he no longer had many concerns about finding his subordinates, he still couldn't help but sigh deeply as he spoke.

His Heavenly Court's office in the Underworld only had about thirty immortals. It was already confirmed that You Junda and Su Jin were dead, and Luo Renjie was possessed by a spirit, so it was no different from being dead. Zhu Cong had been in the Three-Way Center on the zero floor and there had been no news of him, so he must have met with misfortune as well.

Adding to this the missing Huang Zhen who entered the Underworld and has been missing ever since, and the fifth brother Shan who is said to have been possessed by a spirit, there have been six immortals lost. When has the Heavenly Court ever suffered such a great loss of immortals, except for the great war thousands of years ago?

As the director of the Heavenly Court's office in the Underworld and the superior of these immortals, Cao Xian felt unable to explain himself to the Heavenly Court and also felt guilty towards his subordinates. He felt dejected and extremely depressed.

"Stop saying anything. You said you wanted to find your subordinates, so let's go find them right away. Once we find them, we should leave the Underworld as soon as possible. Whether Yama looks down on us or not, the Underworld's affairs have nothing to do with us. Let's go, okay?" The fairy stood up and said.

“You can say that, but I still have a position in the Heavenly Court. How can I leave so easily?” Cao Xian shook his head and stood up shakily.

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