After finishing his meal, Chu Ze wanted to return to the underworld, but he was also worried that Chu Hanzhou would linger here or come often in the future. After he had eaten his fill, he turned hostile and said, "Hurry up and leave. Don't show up in front of me again."
Chu Hanzhou was used to it and responded good-naturedly, "Okay, I'll be leaving. Take care of yourself."
Bai Ningning was shocked by this shameless behavior for the first time. She was speechless for a while before she started to complain, "Why don't you do something humane? Wash the dishes."
Chu Ze wanted to be lazy and yelled at his eldest son, "Wash the dishes before you leave."
Bai Ningning was speechless. She pulled him towards the kitchen and corrected him, saying, "I asked you to help me wash the dishes."
Chu Hanzhou walked into the kitchen naturally and prepared to put on his apron: "I'll help wash the dishes before I leave."
Chu Ze snatched the apron from his hand and put it on himself, saying fiercely, "I don't need you anymore, get out of here."
Chu Hanzhou didn't mind his father's vicious attitude at all. He said "hmm", folded his suit in his hand, and prepared to leave.
"Wait." Chu Ze called him and called Chu Yuyan, "Give him a talisman."
Chu Yuyan was prepared. He took out a peace amulet from his pocket and handed it to Chu Hanzhou, saying with a smile, "Although I've given you many before, keep this one too. It will give him peace of mind."
Chu Hanzhou smiled, accepted the amulet, and said as if saying goodbye: "You should also take care of yourself and take good care of them."
Chu Yuyan smiled and nodded: "I can't see you off because of my inconvenience."
After everyone left, Bai Ningning whispered, "You clearly care about him, so why are you acting so fierce?"
Chu Ze looked dejected, but he was complaining quietly: "They're all like dog-skin plasters. They'll cling to you as soon as I show you a little kindness..."
[Alas, those working in the underworld are prone to ghostly auras and resentment. I'm afraid it will harm my son.]
My father is always being followed by various people. I've dealt with the little tail for now, but it's still a precaution.
Bai Ningning followed the comments and sighed that it wasn't easy for her old father either, and took the initiative to mention, "Today, Chu Yuyan and I went to the Yun family."
Chu Ze only uttered a faint "ah" when he heard it, and concentrated on washing the dishes. After rinsing and putting away the dishes, he casually said while wiping his hands, "Don't worry, that family doesn't have any bad intentions."
Bai Ningning knew that this was said specifically for Chu Yuyan, so she waved her hand and said, "I'm going to sleep."
Chu Ze brought her back: "You listen too. Going to bed right after eating, be careful of indigestion."
Bai Ningning frowned and said coldly: "I deliberately stopped me from going to the underworld. Tell me, what happened in the underworld?"
Chu Ze: "...You said you didn't install surveillance in the underworld?"
Bai Ningning: “?”
Chu Ze realized from her reaction that she was just trying to trick him. He let go of her hand in a daze, with an expression that said, "Oh no, I let something slip."
Bai Ningning didn't care about him and directly opened the door to the underworld. She quickly locked the door and kept out the two people who might stop her.
Yuan Muyang was still lying there, his breathing much more stable than before, and it seemed that he was out of danger.
Ma Juan, her mother, daughter and three others were all fine and working hard. When they saw her coming, they came to greet her with either surprise or confusion.
Cheng Xiu: "You're here so early today! Jiang Miao has a new product she wants you to try. Do you want to invite her over?"
"Yeah." Bai Ningning responded casually, then changed the subject, "Later."
Cheng Yun saw that she looked serious and looked around as if she was looking for something, so he asked, "What's wrong? Do you need help?"
Bai Ningning suddenly remembered her facial expression and tried to appear nonchalant. She asked, "Nothing's wrong. How's life in the underworld today? Is there anything special you need to report?"
The mother, daughter, and three others all smiled in unison: "Would you like to go for a walk? Everyone is looking forward to seeing you."
"Looking forward to it?" Bai Ningning didn't know what they were keeping in suspense, but she felt much more at ease.
Being able to show such a smile, it is probably not a bad thing.
Bai Ningning unlocked the door to the underworld and walked towards Area 1.
This was her first time visiting the underworld alone.
The street furnishings are the same as the last time I visited, but there are fewer residents to be seen.
"Little King of Hell!"
Suddenly, a spirit waved at her and floated over to her side: "I've filled out the recruitment application form! I hope to have the opportunity to work with you in the future!"
Bai Ningning didn't understand why, but still responded, "Come on."
The soul waved its claws and floated away contentedly.
Bai Ningning was stunned for a moment before she realized that the soul's form just now was a little special.
It looked like the ghost disguised as a sheet that you often see in cartoons, round but not scary.
Can speak human language, at least he was once a human being.
Was he not human in his previous life? Or was the most memorable memory of his previous life a non-human?
Even if they are non-humans, there are no non-humans in this form...
Bai Ningning continued to move forward, occasionally encountering souls that showed friendliness towards her, but most of them did not approach her, only greeting her from afar and expressing respect.
Until we reached the 4th area - the souls from the first three areas were probably all here.
They lined up in an orderly manner, and I didn't know what they were doing.
"Little King of Hell!"
"Hello, Little King of Hell! Are you here for an inspection?"
Many souls noticed her, but they still stayed in the team and did not move, and the order was stable.
Xie Bian came over to pick her up and took the initiative to introduce: "The first round of recruitment screening tests mental strength and spiritual power to determine whether you are suitable for being a ghost messenger."
Bai Ningning: "Are only souls from the first three zones allowed to participate?"
Xie Bian: "That's the case at the moment."
Bai Ningning fell into deep thought.
We also have to find something for the ghosts in the back areas to do, otherwise they will do nothing but fight and cause trouble.
Xie Bian took her to the interview and said, "Thanks to your previous experience in the field, the recruitment went very smoothly. We had planned to complete the first round of screening today, but everyone was too enthusiastic and the line was too long..."
He paused for a moment, and seeing that Bai Ningning was not interested in this topic, he asked again: "Did you see the gifts everyone prepared for you?"
Bai Ningning: "Gift?"
"that is……"
Before Xie Bian could finish his words, Fan Wujiu suddenly appeared, dragging Bai Ningning along and running: "Come and see what I've accomplished!"
Xie Bian: “…”
Bai Ningning was too lazy to move. She wanted to float along, but when she couldn't, she realized that she came in a hurry and her real body went straight through the gate of the underworld.
Bai Ningning felt strange: "Isn't the original body forbidden to come to the underworld?"
Fan Wujiu: "Hmm? So the ghosts didn't get too close to you. They were afraid of affecting you, or even being burned by you."
Ghosts have heavy negative energy, and if they don’t leave the human world, they will cause trouble to the living - Jiang Miao is an example.
Similarly, when living people with strong yang energy appear in the underworld, they will also cause trouble for ghosts with strong yin energy.
Fan Wujiu: "But you shouldn't have any impact, after all, you are in the field."
Bai Ningning: "Ah? I'm not opening it now."
Fan Wujiu released her wrist, stopped, stared at her carefully for a moment, and said firmly, "You are in the domain now."
Bai Ningning looked down at her hands. There was a translucent, light dark purple crystal film on the surface of her skin.
But she is also very sure that she has not opened any field yet.
"Qinghuai?"
"Um."
She called out and he answered.
Both sides knew what was going on, but neither said a word.
Fan Wujiu didn't understand and looked at her in confusion: "What?"
Bai Ningning smiled sweetly: "It's okay. What did you want to show me just now? I heard someone gave you special training yesterday?"
Fan Wujiu said with a sad face, "Everyone has lost their confidence and is training hard. Currently, we have three training camps divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels according to their abilities. We may add a special advanced class later. If you come and see everyone training, it will probably motivate you more."
Fan Wujiu said as he took her to the practice ground.
Everyone was practicing, and no one came over to get close to them under the pretext of taking a break.
On the contrary, after Bai Ningning's arrival, everyone practiced more vigorously.
Bai Ningning asked, "Why? I haven't met you all before. Is there anyone better than me to encourage and cheer you up?"
She was talking about Chu Ze.
She also found it difficult to address Chu Ze.
Chu Ze's age was there, so it wasn't appropriate for her to call him by his name, but calling him uncle wasn't nice either. As for the "Mr. Chu" that everyone mentioned - she knew too many Mr. Chus.
Fan Wujiu: "Mr. Chu? Although it's not nice to say this, most residents don't really trust Mr. Chu that much. Or rather, they appreciate Mr. Chu's contributions to the underworld, but don't recognize his abilities as the King of Hell."
Bai Ningning immediately looked at Fan Wujiu with new respect. She didn't expect that although he looked silly and was often teased, he actually had a very sharp view of things.
Fan Wujiu continued, "Although your previous energy field was immature, it also gave everyone hope. The most obvious point is that even the production of red velvet has increased, which is rare."
Bai Ningning looked at the ghost officials who were actively training, trying to keep a positive and optimistic expression, but she grumbled quietly, "What a cruel thing to say."
Fan Wujiu looked at her and showed a bright and carefree smile: "You are welcomed by everyone, but you are not happy?"
Fan Wujiu smiled at Li Jia for a moment, then changed his words: "Before, the Underworld couldn't afford so many ghost messengers, so everyone could only try not to cause trouble for the Underworld. After entering your domain, everyone realized they could afford it, and they came to apply for the positions one after another. This is the credit of all the generations of Hades."
Bai Ningning watched for a while, and when she stood up to go back to the Hades Palace, she casually said, "Let's erect a monument of merit for them later."
Fan Wujiu didn't respond to this question. Instead, he pointed at the ghost officers in training and asked, "How is it? Is the work efficiency pretty good?"
"Very impressive, and thanks to the ghost messengers for their hard work."
Fan Wujiu: "So we can't erect a monument."
Bai Ningning immediately understood what he meant.
The King of Hell is very important to the underworld, and the ghost messengers are also very important.
If only the King of Hell had a monument erected, but not the ghost messengers, it would easily discourage them. But if both were erected, what would be the selection criteria? Could a ghost messenger who only worked for one day also have his name engraved?
Fan Wujiu said, "And there's another very important reason. The King of Hell cannot leave his name behind—not everyone is grateful to him. If someone were to harm his relatives, friends, or descendants, it would be dangerous."
Bai Ningning bowed to him and said, "Thank you. I'm not very mature in my work, so please correct me."
Fan Wujiu waved his hands repeatedly, looking ashamed of the clothes: "I dare not, I dare not."
“Ningning——!”
Bai Ningning was caught by Jiang Miao as soon as she left the training ground.
When Jiang Miao saw her, he wanted to pounce on her, but Bai Ningning stopped him: "You'll burn you."
Jiang Miao immediately slammed on the brakes and kept a distance from her obediently.
Bai Ningning suddenly remembered how she used to refuse to listen to advice. She didn't know what she had experienced in the underworld in just a few days that made her become so obedient.
Jiang Miao: "Xiu Xiu said you wanted some refreshing tea. I changed the recipe and I'll give it to you to try today!"
Bai Ningning: "Next time, just give the Black and White Impermanence a taste of your tea. They will give you their opinion."
Jiang Miao looked terrified and waved his hands repeatedly: "Is this okay? No, it's not good..."
"They're quite easy to talk to, as long as you explain the reason."
Bai Ningning walked back with a smile. She had to go and exchange her spirit body. She didn't know if there would be any sequelae if her real body stayed here for too long.
Jiang Miao looked as if he had seen a ghost, and thought to himself that you might have misunderstood them.
When Bai Ningning walked to the gate of the underworld, she noticed that there were "gifts" piled on both sides of the door.
Probably sent by the inhabitants of the underworld, there was a basket of red velvet grass with a beautiful garland next to it; there were also various paper toys, such as paper game consoles, paper airplanes, paper chess and cards, and even paper puzzles; someone also sent a paper car and paper horses, and who knew who sent the things that the family members had burned...
In short, she felt the intentions of the residents of the underworld.
She held her forehead, accepted the red velvet and garland, and said to Jiang Miao: "Let everyone take these back. I receive the kindness, but these are all the thoughts of my family. I can't accept them."
Jiang Miao looked around, and when he found no one to speak for him, he said, "It's like this... Everyone heard that you were young, so they thought you were a child. They were afraid that you would give up, so they sent these entertainment products to keep you..."
Bai Ningning: “…”
Thanks, but no need.
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