The ghost residents in Fengdu Ghost City all greeted Wen Xi enthusiastically when they saw him. They surrounded him and pushed away the people who followed him.
"No, no, I have something else to do today. I'll come back another day and enjoy it."
Wen Xi chatted with them familiarly for a few words, then led them to a stone staircase. Looking up, what came into view were the countless stone staircases towering into the clouds, and the half-hidden main city tower made of red bricks and green tiles.
"Are we going up?"
Yao Qianqian was dumbfounded. Her legs felt weak before she even took a step forward.
"Of course I have to go up!"
Wen Xi gave her a strange look, then said, "You don't think I want you to climb up, do you?"
"Isn't it?"
"That's not the case. The underworld is also developing. We have an elevator."
Wen Xi led them two steps to the side. Behind the huge rockery was an escalator.
“That’s amazing!”
Xiao Shaoyan sighed and gave a thumbs up.
"Let's go!"
Wen Xi brought them back to the main city tower of Fengdu. Standing on the magnificent main city tower, one could overlook the entire Fengdu Ghost City. Apart from the Ghost City Fortress, all that could be seen was a barren land. In the distance, blue-purple lightning flashed, and a continuous palace could be vaguely seen.
"Oh my god, I never thought I'd be able to see such a spectacular sight of Fengdu Ghost City in my lifetime. I'm really... so moved."
Tie Ruonan opened her eyes wide, wanting to engrave these images in her heart.
"Miss, you are back, these people..."
The guard at the door was dressed in a neat suit, no different from a butler in the mortal world.
"They were affected by the Ghost Gate that was forcibly opened by the Western Ghost Emperor Zhai Wuya, and were brought back unintentionally. I will bring them back to the world of the living later!"
Wen Xi explained it so that no one would mistake it for a ghost and accidentally lure them all away.
"Immediately notify the Four Judges, the Ten Lords of the Palace, and the remaining Five Ghost Emperors in the underworld to come see me!"
"yes!"
Once we entered the hall, the eerie and terrifying atmosphere made us feel uncomfortable.
"It's so cold here!"
Xiao Shaoyan hugged his arms and exhaled cold air.
Wen Xi waved his hand, and a golden halo fell on them, warming their bodies.
Wen Jianghan looked at Wen Xi with a complicated expression and hesitated, "During the years you were missing, I always thought you really lived in that small Taoist temple on Ema Mountain. In fact, you were in Fengdu Ghost City?"
Wen Xi blinked her beautiful eyes and said nonchalantly, "That's not the case. I couldn't adapt to the eerie ghostly aura of the underworld. The old man had been living with me on Ema Mountain. It was built by the living world to worship him. But later on, there were no more people living on the mountain, and fewer people came to worship there, so it became a gathering place for the underworld spirits."
Wen Chenxi asked, "Who is the master you are talking about?"
"He is the Lord of Fengdu Ghost City and the previous Emperor of Fengdu!"
A deep voice echoed throughout the hall, and along with several green lights, several figures landed in the hall.
The overwhelming power of ghost energy made Xiao Shaoyan and others feel breathless. They all stared with their eyes wide open, like country bumpkins from a remote village who had never seen such a big world.
"Meet the young lady!"
They shouted in unison and bowed respectfully.
"Everyone, there's no need to be so polite. I've already issued a wanted order for the Western Ghost Emperor Zhai Wujiang. You should have all received it."
Wen Xi suppressed his smile, walked up to the upper seat step by step, sat on the ice jade chair, and glanced at the people below him with a majestic and domineering attitude.
"I never thought that as one of the Five Ghost Emperors, he would have such evil thoughts."
King Yama sighed softly and said, "You have caused so much trouble in the world of the living. This is simply unforgivable."
Judge Lu said, "The arrest warrant has been issued, and the devil soldiers and generals have been dispatched to cast a net to capture him."
"If we want to apprehend Zhai Wujiang, we Ghost Emperors should take action."
The Eastern Ghost Emperor said coldly, "With your abilities, you are no match for Zhai Wujiang."
"Having said that, who knows if there are any other guys with ulterior motives among the Five Ghost Emperors."
Shangshansi sneered, "You are usually so arrogant, but I didn't expect you to do something like this. You are really too ambitious."
"How dare you, a mere charity department, speak to us like that?"
The Northern Ghost Emperor glanced at him coldly, and an invisible pressure swept over him, and Shangshansi's smile became more and more stiff.
Wen Jianghan and others were even more affected. Their faces turned purple from holding their breath.
A golden light passed by, easily dissolving the pressure.
Wen Xi said coldly, "That's enough. In this situation, why are you fighting each other here instead of working together? Your quarreling is giving me a headache! It really makes me worry."
The Northern Ghost Emperor bowed and said, "I dare not. If the eldest lady had inherited this position sooner rather than later, it would have been a matter of course and proper, and it would have appeased the hearts of all the people in the underworld. Perhaps the incident with Zhai Wujiang wouldn't have happened."
"What the hell?"
Wen Xi was speechless. "Are you blaming me? It's not that I don't want to succeed to the throne. Don't you understand the rules and procedures? I have to die before I can succeed to the throne. Are you hoping that I will die soon?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room fell silent. The Ghost Emperor and the Ten Lords of the Palace looked at her eagerly. The meaning in their eyes was very clear. Aren't they just hoping for your death?
"Xiao Xi, what do you mean? Hoping you'd die? How could that be? Our Wen family finally got you back and wanted to take good care of you and protect you. How could we allow you to die?"
Wen Chenxi, the sister-protecting maniac, ignored his inner fear and dread of the Ghost Emperor, clenched his fists, and looked over with a cold gaze.
The Northern Ghost Emperor looked at him as if he were an ant and said coldly, "So what if the young lady has feelings in the mortal world? It was the Lord who rescued her and gave her a noble fate. This is her responsibility!"
"What the hell is this responsibility? She's still so young, and you want her to shoulder such a big responsibility?"
Wen Chenxi stared at him intently, ignoring Ling Feng's attempts to stop him, "I only know that she is the younger sister of our Wen family! We must protect her!"
"Protecting?"
The Eastern Ghost Emperor smiled playfully, "How ridiculous! You know the person you are trying to protect is the next King of Fengdu, the Lord of the Underworld, and our future master!"
The powerful words struck everyone's head like thunder, shocking them so much that they were speechless for a moment.
Ling Feng was the first to find his voice again. He said in horror, "The next King of Fengdu? Wen Xi, you said you were from the underworld. I f*cking thought...it was just some ghost trick or something. But you...you actually have this other identity. No wonder you can open the Ghost Gate!"
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