"Geng Ou, you've come at the perfect time. The beggar's chicken is just cooked. Want a bite?"
Xiang Wan smiled and held up the beggar's chicken, dragging a lotus leaf over to present it to him.
In this underworld, Xiang Wan only liked Geng Ou, and not just because he was an old acquaintance.
Geng Ou's eyebrows twitched a few times, and the corner of his mouth twitched. He said, "I'll settle the score with you after we finish eating."
As he spoke, he took a deep sniff and let out a satisfied burp.
"Doesn't it smell delicious? My beggar's chicken is absolutely amazing. No one in the world can compare to me. You're in luck."
As Xiang Wan spoke, she gnawed on a chicken leg, her mouth dripping with oil.
Geng Ou began to ramble on, "How many times has this happened? Unauthorized alteration of people's lifespans has caused so much trouble for the Underworld! People's lifespans are finite; if you can just change them like that, won't the Underworld be thrown into chaos? Let me tell you, this Book of Life and Death..."
"It's all fate!" Xiang Wan interrupted, taking a bite of a chicken wing. "My name isn't even in the Book of Life and Death, yet I'm standing here alive. What does that mean? It means that what I did was arranged by Heaven. Geng Ou, you're my hand. Changing the Book of Life and Death is no difficult task. Not changing it is just inviting trouble for your Underworld. If one day Heaven takes pity on you and cleaves your Underworld in two, don't blame me for not warning you. We're old acquaintances, I certainly won't betray you."
Geng Ou's hand holding the Soul-Hooking Pen was trembling.
What does it mean to not cheat him?
The last time someone was given ten years to live, he was walking along the road when a tile hit his head.
The time before last, I shortened the lifespan of a bandit, and he sprained his ankle as soon as he went out.
The time before last, someone changed his name again, and he didn't leave the house for several days because he was afraid that the knocked-out front tooth wouldn't grow back.
This time, dozens of people came at once. Does he still want to be the judge?
After finishing her meal, Xiang Wan patted Geng Ou on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, you underworld beings punish evil and promote good. If there's anything you miss, I'll fill in the gaps. As for my ascension to immortality, I don't have any special requirements. Just make sure my name is recorded in the Book of Merit."
"You..." Geng Ou suddenly felt a toothache and wanted to bite into some flesh to satisfy his craving.
"You have the leisure to keep an eye on me, why don't you go find the Ghost King you let go back then? If you don't leave soon, the King of the Underworld will punish you for dereliction of duty again."
After wiping his oily hands clean, Xiang Wan began to shoo people away.
Geng Ou's eyebrows shot up. He always used the same excuse, and he couldn't refute it.
The Ghost King's escape was due to the negligence of the Underworld.
Since the Ghost King's name is not on the Book of Life and Death, there is no way to track him down. We can only place our hopes on the ghost appraisers in the human world.
Seeing Xiang Wan's disgusted and impatient expression, Geng Ou felt annoyed. As he dodged away, he couldn't help but take out the Soul-Hooking Pen and slashed it hard at Xiang Wan's back several times before disappearing.
Xiang Wan shook her head and chuckled. The only one in the underworld who does anything human has such a bad temper. She really doesn't know who he took after.
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