The next day, Wen Li packed up Xie Zhan and sent him to the funeral home to pay off his debts.

Although Xie Zhan spent a lot of her money, he did help the archaeological team solve many problems in the past few months. Now that Wen Li is a wealthy woman, she wouldn't be angry with Xie Zhan over such a small amount of money.

The day before she set the date to send Xie Zhan to the underworld, Wen Li burned all the spoils Xie Zhan had looted for him.

Opening the gates of hell is not an easy task. Unless absolutely necessary, Wen Li would never open the gates of hell without authorization, much less send ghosts to the underworld herself.

But she and Xie Zhan had a karmic connection, and Xie Zhan remained fixated on that connection.

Although no ghost messengers came to take Xie Zhan after his death, he could have gone to the underworld to be reincarnated in July when the gates of hell opened if he wanted to.

The reason why he didn't go to the underworld for a thousand years and became a lonely ghost in the tomb was because Xie Zhan wanted to wait for his beloved concubine Jiang Yihuan, whom he would mention eight out of ten times.

On the seventh day of the tenth lunar month, the Beginning of Winter, a heavy snow fell in City A, and the ground was covered in a crystal-clear blanket of snow beneath the brightly lit city.

That evening, Wen Li set up the altar, which was surrounded by command flags and lit with incense, candles and paper money. In front of the altar was a portrait of the founder of the Seeking the Way Sect.

In the dimly lit yet spacious bedroom, only the flickering candlelight illuminated Wen Li's face in an indistinct way, with only her dark eyes shining in the dim light.

"Are you ready?" Wen Li held the talisman for opening the gates of hell in her hand, turning her head to look at Xie Zhan, whose eyes were growing brighter and brighter.

But soon, Wen Li fell silent.

Xie Zhan was covered in shoes and bags, and there were two large woven bags on his left and right sides.

These are all spoils of Xie Zhan's sweep of the market.

"I'm ready!" Xie Zhan rubbed his hands together excitedly, his heart fluttering with excitement at the thought of seeing his beloved concubine soon. He urged, "Let's go quickly."

Wen Li glanced back at Xie Zhan, who was secretly rubbing his hands together, paused for a moment, then silently took out a talisman. Her expression instantly became composed: "Primordial Heavenly Venerable, I hereby proclaim to all spirits, Moon Lord, Earth Spirit, the Supreme One commands—"

"Open the gates of hell!"

A thick black mist instantly enveloped Wen Li, and in the hazy distance, their location changed instantly. The ground beneath their feet turned into gray soil, and crows perched on bare rocks all around them, their bright yellow eyes fixed on the two of them.

Before the two appeared a stone gate several meters high, with the words "Ghost Gate" written in gilded gold at the very top.

Xie Zhan unconsciously moved closer to Wen Li.

Wen Li glanced at Xie Zhan: "Xie Zhan, you're the devil."

That's why I'm scared.

Wen Li sighed. She glanced around and saw no Yin messengers. It seemed she would have to lead the way herself.

Wen Li skillfully took out a soul-guiding incense stick and had Xie Zhan hold it in his hand.

"You must all go to Fengdu before the incense goes out, otherwise you will hardly have another chance to be reincarnated."

"But my beloved concubine..."

Wen Li explained, "Fengdu is not a place for reincarnation. According to the current rules and regulations of the underworld, a great ghost like you should be judged by the Emperor of Fengdu. If you committed many evil deeds in your previous life, you should first go to the eighteen levels of hell..."

"What!"

Xie Zhan's eyes widened immediately, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "The eighteen levels of hell? Wen Li, why didn't you tell me sooner! You know what kind of thing I was in my previous life!"

He was a foolish and incompetent ruler who brought about the downfall of his country!

What kind of good thing could he be?

Xie Zhan's face was already a deathly pale color, and it would only turn from deathly pale to waxy. His lips, which were originally quite rosy, became even drier.

"Why don't you just help me find my beloved concubine, and I won't reincarnate?"

Wen Li chuckled: "Too late."

After saying that, Wen Li lit the incense in Xie Zhan's hand, grabbed Xie Zhan's clothes, and walked into the Ghost Gate.

Along the way, Xie Zhan saw all sorts of wandering ghosts, some with severed heads, some with severed hands and feet, and some even with their left foot attached to their left arm and their right arm attached to their right leg, wandering around the desolate road of ghosts.

Xie Zhan's hands went limp as he held the things. If it weren't for his beloved concubine being his only motivation, he wouldn't have wanted to go even if his soul were to be scattered.

Finally, Xie Zhan stood in the lobby of the Fengdu office with a huge pile of luxury handbags.

After walking through the desolate wilderness, Xie Zhan was stunned to suddenly see such a modern service hall.

"The powerful figure currently serving as the Emperor of Fengdu is named Lu Bieshi. Once you enter, answer whatever he asks you. Do not cheat or lie."

Xie Zhan: "Huh? Aren't you going in?"

"It's you who died, not me, so what would I do inside?"

Xie Zhan was dejected, but even so, he refused to put down the dozens of luxury bags he was carrying. He ran to the counter, picked up the receipt, and walked in with a sense of despair.

Less than ten minutes later, Xie Zhan came bounding out.

Wen Li stepped forward and asked, "So, how many years was the sentence?"

"Can't you wish me well for once? In my previous life, I was an emperor, after all. Even when I met the Emperor of Fengdu, he was still very polite to me, wasn't he?"

Wen Li: "..."

Xie Zhan chuckled: "Actually, I didn't understand either, but when I went to that emperor's office, he glanced at me and said that my lifespan hadn't ended yet. He said that I would have to wait another hundred years before I was reincarnated. I asked him where my beloved concubine was, and he told me that my beloved concubine was ahead and that she had been waiting for me all these years."

Wen Li was slightly surprised after hearing this.

She didn't realize that Xie Zhan's lifespan hadn't ended. She only thought about the purple aura around Xie Zhan, and that even if he was an incompetent emperor, he should still be able to preserve the country. But it turned out that Xie Zhan's country was destroyed.

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