Chapter 73 Tracing the Origin
It had been a long time since he had set foot on this muddy road to the underworld. Yu Huo endured his occasional obsession with cleanliness and quickly walked towards the city gate of Fengdu.
There were many ghosts on both sides, they were all moving slowly or wandering in one direction, there was not even a sound around, and Yu Huo's footsteps were particularly prominent in this silence.
Many ghosts stopped and looked in his direction curiously.
Their faces were pale and their expressions were dull. It took them a long time to notice what he was wearing. They quickly looked away, lowered their heads and dodged to the sides, fearing that they would bump into each other.
When he reached the city gate, the gatekeeper suddenly stepped forward and held the steel fork in front of him: "Please show me your ID!"
Yu Huo's blood-red eyes slowly fixed on the ghost official: "New here?"
The ghost official snorted, "Stop trying to get close to me and show me your ID."
Yu Huo endured it and said, "I was in a hurry to come out, so I didn't bring any. How about this... go and call your Lord Xie, he recognizes me."
The ghost official's eyes suddenly widened. He first glanced curiously at the bamboo hat covering the man's head, then his gaze swept across the black robe he was wearing, slowly passing over the two words "apprentice" on the collar. He understood what was going on and said contemptuously, "How dare you, an apprentice soul guide, bother Mr. Xie? I won't go! I think you just want to get me reprimanded! Get out! You can't enter the city without a permit!"
Yu Huo clenched his fists, and considering the other party's loyalty to his duty, he managed not to lose his temper. "If the officials don't dare to come to me, then you can go to hell and summon a few evil spirits to prove my identity, right?"
The ghost official thought for a moment and said, "Okay, who knows you?"
"Sister Qin, Pen Fairy, Gambler, they all know me..."
Before he could finish his words, the ghost official in front of him angrily thrust his steel fork forward and shouted, "Are you here to brag? Get out of here now! Don't disturb me at work!"
To be honest, I don’t believe it, it’s amazing!
"...This doesn't work, and that doesn't work. What do you think we should do?"
The ghost official blinked, thinking that the other party was just an apprentice soul guide, and did not give him any chance to make concessions: "No entry without a certificate!"
Yu Huoqi laughed: "You really are Mr. Bao's son—stubborn!"
The ghost officer thrust the steel fork forward again and snorted, "Eh? You, an intern, dare to mock us regular employees? Who gave you the courage..."
Gulu, gulu, gulu——
Just as the ghost official was impatiently about to kill him, the ghosts that were wandering around not far away suddenly dispersed. Only an unmanned carriage came running from a distance. When it arrived at the city gate, the ghost official changed his serious expression and bent down flatteringly: "Master Fan, you are back?"
The curtain was lifted, and the Black Impermanence, wearing a tall hat, asked in a cold voice, "What are you all doing here? And why are you the only one guarding the city gate?"
The ghost official raised his finger and pointed at Yu Huo, "Brother Zhang has asked for an hour's leave, he should be back soon. As for why everyone is stuck here... it's because this guy insisted on entering the city without a permit. When I refused to let him in, he started bragging and threatening me at the city gate."
Hei Wuchang adjusted his hat and leaned out of the car window. When he saw the young man's distinctive bamboo hat, he suddenly smiled and said, "Xiao Yu, are you going into the city?"
Yu Huo hummed, his attitude was neither cold nor hot, and there was no flattery of the ghost official. Seeing this scene, the ghost official stood there in amazement, not daring to say a word.
"Then get in the car. I'm going back to the city, so I'll take you with me."
Yu Huo glanced at the ghost official and saw him step back with his head down. He smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Master Fan."
The curtain was lowered and the carriage sped away.
The ghost official was still a little dazed, looking at the back of the carriage in confusion: "Isn't he just an intern? Why is Master Fan taking such good care of him?"
At this moment, Brother Zhang, who was guarding the city gate with him, came running back and punched him on the shoulder: "You guy, why are you stopping everyone?"
The ghost official uttered a cry of relief: "Brother Zhang, when did you come back?"
"I came back when Lord Fan came, but I didn't go forward." After explaining, the ghost official called Brother Zhang tutted and said, "He's not an intern, he's an evil star. Remember to stay away from him in the future!"
"ah?"
"What?!" Brother Zhang shook his head and sighed, "Do you know who raised that apprentice soul guide?"
The ghost official scratched the back of his head: "Isn't he raised by His Highness?"
"Your Highness can't even take care of himself, and he's too embarrassed to see him." Brother Zhang quickly covered his mouth after saying this, and continued to explain to his new colleague in a low voice: "In this underworld, every prominent person has taken care of him for a few days. I heard that Your Highness accidentally did something wrong in his early years and felt guilty about him... Oh, I don't know the details, but if you see that evil star in the future, stay away from him, he has a strong backing!"
The ghost official was puzzled: "Since he has such a strong background, why is he still an apprentice soul guide?"
Brother Zhang stroked his chin and pretended to be profound: "That kid doesn't like to study, so he won't pass the exam."
"puff!"
The ghost official couldn't help laughing, and after realizing Brother Zhang's cold gaze, he quickly looked away.
Here, Hei Wuchang sent him to the bank of the River Styx and drove away in his carriage.
Yu Huo thanked the carriage as it left, then stepped onto the bridge to go to the temple where the archives were stored. However, just after he took two steps, a ray of silver light whizzed past his eyes and fell into the River Styx with a plop.
The wailing ghosts in the river stopped abruptly, and they all moved away after the silver light fell into the water, as if they had encountered some terrifying existence.
Yu Huo stopped and leaned over the handrail of the bridge to see what was going on.
Suddenly, an extremely cold voice sounded behind him.
"What are you looking at?"
Yu Huo shuddered, and the tinkling sound of the copper coins hanging on both sides of his hat colliding with each other was extremely pleasant to the ear.
He turned around, patted his chest, and looked at the female ghost in front of the hall wearing a bright red high-split cheongsam. He laughed dryly, "I didn't see anything. Um... where is my master?"
The ghost girl raised the white feather fan in her hand to cover half of her beautiful face, and pursed her red lips in displeasure: "Your master was called by his advisor to the research institute to do a project."
"When will she be back?"
"You don't know her yet?" The ghost girl got a little angry when she said this. The cold wind blew her long black hair to her waist, and a dark aura surrounded her. "What a nerd, all she knows is studying! Who knows how long it will take for her to come back this time?"
Yu Huo tilted his head: "Aren't you a ghost?"
Before he finished speaking, the cold wind lingering around the female ghost suddenly changed direction and blew violently towards Yu Huo, almost knocking the hat on his head to the ground.
Yu Huo quickly reached out to hold him down, pleading for mercy with his eyes half-closed: "Master's Wife, I was wrong. I was too mean. Please forgive me this time!"
The cold wind suddenly stopped, and the flooded water in the River Styx also stopped at this moment. The ghosts floating in the river all breathed a sigh of relief.
The ghost girl's pursed red lips curled up slightly, her face filled with complaints, but her tone was not at all accusatory. "Hey, kid, what nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you tired of going out on missions? How about my mistress ask His Highness to approve a vacation for you?"
Yu Huo shook his head, as if he had something to hide. "Forget about the leave, but... Master's Wife, can you please do me a favor?"
The ghost girl blinked and took a step back cautiously: "No loan."
Yu Huo frowned and said, "I don't want to borrow money! I want the key to the archives."
The Pen Fairy, Ren Yan, lowered her eyelashes and glanced calmly across the surface of the River Styx: "What do you want the key to the archives for?"
"Didn't I get transferred to the Doomsday Group? I want to check the mission records of other missioners."
Ren Yan shrugged and tapped the closed feather fan twice in the palm of his hand: "Don't waste your energy, there is nothing."
"Why not?"
The ghost girl reached out and tucked her long hair behind her ears. Her beautiful profile looked eerie and sinister. “Because all the other taskers failed, you are the only one who successfully rescued two sub-worlds.”
"Why am I the only one who succeeded..." Yu Huo raised his head and pushed aside the copper coins that blocked his view: "Master's Wife, do you know something?"
Ren Yan stood by the river and sighed, seemingly staring at the river in a daze. After a long while, he said, "I've told you everything I know. As for the rest, you can find the answers yourself."
It was obvious that he was not telling the truth. Yu Huo rolled his eyes and tried to ask some questions, but Ren Yan, the century-old ghost, saw through his thoughts at a glance and did not give him a chance to speak. He opened his feather fan and waved it lightly, and he was blown away by the strange cold wind.
Yu Huo had given up resisting while flying in the air. Judging from the Pen Fairy's behavior, it was obvious that he was hiding something from her. She didn't want to say it, but she really had no way to do it.
Thinking of this, his blood-red eyes glowed with a strange red light, and he chuckled: "Forget it, I'll find it myself."
On the other side, looking at the beautiful female ghost who had not left the River Styx for a long time, she squatted down and put her hand into the cold river water, scaring the ghosts in the river to scatter and run away, their teeth grinding.
Seeing this, the female ghost laughed maliciously, deliberately teasing the ghosts in the river, muttering: "Sure enough, the only one who can tie up a madman... is another madman."
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