Ghost Realm River View Room 4
The City of the Wrongfully Dead is not entirely filled with vengeful ghosts, but those ghosts will not come to attack Xie Guijin and Xie Guijin. They have long since hidden in the diagonal area furthest from the city gate to avoid being caught in the fighting or being killed by the vicious ghosts.
It's too early to tell where the cyan-green spiritual energy will spread, and it's even unknown whether the energy has the ability to spread there at all.
Unbeknownst to Xie Guijin, who was at the center of the storm, she had single-handedly nearly wiped out half of the vengeful spirits in the City of the Wrongfully Dead. At this moment, she was doing everything in her power to save Xue Linchuan, but to no avail.
The spiritual energy within Xie Guijin's body thus became even more rampant.
Upon hearing the news, King Biancheng rushed over and, seeing the rich, bluish-green spiritual energy, exclaimed in surprise, "The spirit of the Mingjia?"
Although King Biancheng had many questions in his mind, now was not the time to ask. So he immediately knocked Xie Guijin unconscious and took her back to the Sixth Hall of the Underworld.
Even when Xie Guijin was unconscious, she clung tightly to Xue Linchuan, and since Xue Linchuan's lifespan had not yet ended, they were taken back together.
King Biancheng ordered a physician to treat Xue Linchuan, and at the same time had another physician wake Xie Guijin.
After the physician administered a few acupuncture needles, Xie Guijin slowly woke up.
The moment she opened her eyes, she felt a venomous gaze. She looked up slightly and saw King Biancheng sitting on the high platform, staring at her expressionlessly, as if he wanted to devour her alive.
Xie Guijin reflexively jumped up and quickly looked around.
King Biancheng sat at the top, while a group of children, bound hand and foot, knelt below the steps. Xie Guijin and Xue Linchuan were also below the steps, kneeling a little ahead of the children, between King Biancheng and the children.
On the ground in front of the little devil were a ghost firefly pouch, a shape-shifting mud, a snail that steals sound, a mourning bell, and a paper substitute.
The Shadow-Concealing Raincoat was placed in front of Xie Guijin.
King Biancheng sneered, "You didn't listen to a word of my advice. Using such trivial things and getting entangled with these little devils, you actually dared to launch a war against the City of the Dead. You're really something."
"No, I didn't," Xie Guijin said, standing ramrod straight and quickly waving her hands in denial.
"I just wanted to create a little disturbance..." Xie Guijin swallowed the rest of her words as Biancheng Wang's gaze grew increasingly cold.
As soon as King Biancheng raised his chin, a ghost official spoke up: "After investigation, at three-quarters past midnight, four little ghosts first shook mourning bells (small bells made from the finger bones of those who died unjustly, the sound of which resembled a child crying at night, mixed with the sobs of vengeful spirits) under the three walls of the City of the Wrongfully Dead, which aroused the resentment of the dead in the city and caused strange disturbances."
The ghost guards at the city gate were thus divided into three groups: one group searched along the city wall for the source of the bell, one group entered the city to appease the ghosts inside, and the other group guarded the city gate.
The ghost messengers, searching for the bell, caught the mischievous imps and brought them back to the city gate.
Meanwhile, the other imps used shapeshifting mud (taken from the edge of the Mirror of Retribution, which could be molded into any shape and briefly transformed with a breath) to create a large number of fake imps to attack the city gates.
Xie Guijin raised her hand in a low voice to protest: "Where is the aggression of the fake ghost made of shape-shifting mud? The word 'aggressive' is too strong."
King Biancheng shot him a glare.
Xie Guijin quickly covered her mouth with her hand, indicating that she would not say anything more.
The ghost official continued, "To make the attack seem more realistic, they also used echo conch shells (which can record and amplify specific sounds) to create the illusion that a large number of ghosts were attacking the City of the Dead."
"Just as the city's guards instinctively shielded the captured little ghosts behind them and did not defend themselves, the little ghosts released ghost firefly pouches (containing a large number of underworld fireflies that would emit a shrill cry and fly around when startled) to interfere with the guards."
At this point, the ghost official paused, looking disdainfully at the kneeling little ghosts, clearly dissatisfied with their ungrateful behavior.
The little devils, stung by its gaze, lowered their heads in shame without hesitation.
The ghost official then withdrew his gaze and continued disdainfully, "After successfully interfering with the ghost messengers, they threw out substitute paper figures (yellow paper figures with blurry human faces painted on them, stained with the nail dust of living people). The paper figures turned into blurry ghostly shadows and ran forward. In the chaos, they were mistaken for the ghosts escaping from the City of the Wrongfully Dead."
"This is the complete account of the crimes committed by you, you lowly imp." After saying this, the imp bowed to King Biancheng.
King Biancheng pointed at the little devils and ordered, "Take them away and throw them into the Enchanted Wall."
The Chaotic Enclosure is one of the prisons in the underworld. Those imprisoned there lose their five senses and are confined in boundless silence and darkness. Only the echoes of the chaos they themselves created reverberate in their minds until the punishment ends and their sins are absolved.
Xie Guijin strode forward, blocking the little devils, and pleaded humbly, "The idea was mine. They are still young and were tricked and manipulated by me without their knowledge. I am willing to take full responsibility for all the crimes. Please, King Biancheng, show them mercy and let them go."
"You think you've escaped punishment?" King Biancheng sneered. "It's just that it hasn't been your turn yet."
"Take them away now!" King Biancheng shouted at the executioners.
Xie Guijin hurriedly knelt down and said, "I am willing to be punished in their place. Please grant my request, King Biancheng."
"Who do you think you are, to dare to negotiate with me?" King Biancheng first looked down on Xie Guijin, and then ordered the ghost messengers to take the little ghost away again.
The ghost messengers quickly took the little ghosts away.
Xie Guijin was powerless to stop it and could only watch helplessly. She realized once again that she had acted inappropriately and would harm others.
Despite having the opportunity to complete a quick transmigration mission and change her life or death, she was still just an ordinary person, without any so-called protagonist halo or domineering aura.
She couldn't even shout to stop it like a passionate person, because she knew clearly that if she did something superfluous, she would be making an enemy of the entire ghost realm, and she was powerless to fight against the entire ghost realm.
No matter what kind of resistance she puts in, she cannot change the fact that these little devils will be punished.
Moreover, she also had to complete the system's house-selling tasks, prioritize her own survival, and consider Xue Linchuan's life and death.
Xie Guijin still wanted to try another method to save the little devils.
King Biancheng seemed to see through her thoughts and mocked, "You are really overestimating yourself. You dare to think about other things. I advise you to think about how to get through your punishment."
He had barely finished speaking.
The ghost official followed up and said, "The drowned girl ghost used candy and toys to lure other little ghosts to create a disturbance outside the City of the Dead, and then she broke into the City of the Dead herself, causing the death of 30% of the ghosts in the City of the Dead."
"Do you plead guilty?" King Biancheng demanded again.
Xie Guijin did not defend herself, only saying, "I plead guilty and accept punishment, but..."
As she spoke, she looked up at the ghost officials and ghost messengers in the palace.
King Biancheng smiled and thought for a moment, then waved his hand to dismiss his ghost officials and messengers.
After the area was cleared, Xie Guijin said, "Your Highness knows that I am not a Tribulation-Crossing Ghost Envoy. If Your Highness wants to punish someone, wouldn't the punishment fall on her?"
"You think you can escape punishment this way?" King Biancheng squinted and sneered.
Xie Guijin hurriedly denied it, saying, "I dare not think such a thing. I beg King Biancheng to capture my soul and not implicate the innocent ghost messengers."
"Is this why you didn't revert to your human form even when you were on the verge of death?" King Biancheng tapped his fingers on the chair, making a clanging sound. He said, "You still have some backbone. I can grant your wish."
Xie Guijin instantly felt the air pressure around her drop, and an indescribable pain, as if she were living a life worse than death. The pain was so intense that she couldn't help but scream.
But a voice rang out from inside the hall: "Wait a moment."
Xie Guijin collapsed to the ground, unable to straighten up, still feeling the illusion that the pain had not yet subsided.
King Biancheng rose, leaning on the table with one hand, and said, "Lord Beidou, you have come uninvited and interrupted my law enforcement. What is your intention?"
“The Crossing-the-World Ghost Messenger belongs to my Fourth Palace. If King Biancheng wants to punish her, he should at least inform me first,” Beidou-jun said, bowing respectfully.
King Biancheng slowly walked down the steps and stood opposite Beidou Jun. He said expressionlessly, "Beidou Jun is very perceptive. Surely you know this." He pointed to Xie Guijin, who was lying on the ground and barely raising her head, and said, "She is from another world and is not a ghost messenger from another realm."
“Then it is even less appropriate for King Biancheng to punish her. Your Highness only has the right to punish erroneous ghosts within this ghost realm, doesn’t he?” Beidou-jun asked in a serious tone.
King Biancheng's face turned cold as he said, "It seems that Lord Beidou is determined to protect her. Am I right?"
"I only wish to prevent King Biancheng from breaking the rules of the Ghost Realm, that's one reason. Secondly, King Biancheng has already tried, but he couldn't completely separate her soul from the Crossing Ghost Envoy. Forcibly separating them would also harm the Crossing Ghost Envoy. How innocent the Crossing Ghost Envoy is, to suffer this torture of having her soul torn apart?"
Upon hearing this, King Biancheng raised an eyebrow, giving off a look that said, "Go on, let's see what other tricks you have up your sleeve."
"Thirdly, the commercial exchanges between the Ghost Realm and the other realms have always been strained, which is currently the most important political matter for our Ghost Realm. The Heavenly Dao has sent her here now, perhaps the solution lies with her. If this matter is hindered because of punishing her, it is not something King Biancheng can bear," Beidou Jun said solemnly.
"Why must you spread such alarmist rumors, Lord Beidou?" King Biancheng was not buying it at all: "Let's not even talk about whether she has the ability to promote trade between my Ghost Realm and the other realms. Even if she really does have the ability, so what? Merit is merit and demerit is demerit, how can they be mixed up? Furthermore, we cannot use future merits that have not yet been achieved to offset the crimes committed today."
"Heh," King Biancheng's lips curled into a mocking smile: "Speaking of which, I haven't yet questioned Lord Beidou. If she hadn't possessed the jade talisman you made that could open the passage to the Six Realms, how could she have entered the City of the Wrongfully Dead so easily?"
Before Beidoujun could speak, Xie Guijin, standing to the side, was filled with astonishment.
The shock on her face caught the attention of King Biancheng.
King Biancheng moved closer, squatted down, raised an eyebrow, and asked Xie Guijin, "What are you surprised about? Do you think you didn't enter the City of the Wrongfully Dead using the jade talisman?"
"I thought it was the plaster on your palace walls that worked," Xie Guijin said, overwhelmed by pain, the sheer volume of information, and the numerous events that had transpired in a single day. Several brushes with death had driven Xie Guijin to madness, and she blurted out such a ridiculous answer.
"Hahaha, wall plaster," King Biancheng laughed loudly, "How could you even think of that? That kind of thing can break the prohibition I set? It seems you have one less crime to commit: damaging the wall of the Sixth Hall of the Underworld."
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