"No, no, no, he is a fox spirit, how can he be compared to an ordinary person? You have to go to the underworld to find him."
"You go, I'll stay here and keep watch."
"Senior sister, don't forget, I was kicked out by my father. I can't even cross the Bridge of Helplessness now." The little prince shrugged and spread his hands at Tang Nian.
Tang Nian sighed, realizing she had forgotten about it.
She hesitated for a moment: "Can you still open the Gate of Hell?"
The young prince nodded.
"You stay here and guard him. Don't let anyone get close. I'm going to the underworld," Tang Nian decided decisively.
Watching Tang Nian disappear into the gates of hell, the young prince stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the unconscious Lou Mu with a smile: "This time, you'd better thank me properly."
Ever since Tang Nian walked through the Gate of Hell, she has become famous among evil spirits.
There wasn't a single ghost in sight on the pitch-black Ghost Road. Tang Nian scratched her head; she had wanted to ask a ghost for directions.
She was in such a rush that she forgot she has no sense of direction.
She looked around, randomly picked a path, and started walking.
After Tang Nian left, the evil spirits cautiously peeked out.
"Is this the woman they were talking about last time?"
"How many people can actually enter the Gates of Hell?"
"Why is that woman here again? She scared me to death! I almost let her see me."
"Wait, isn't the place she went to that person's residence...?"
The evil spirits shuddered and, not daring to stay in their lair, hurriedly ran towards the underworld.
They didn't care whether they would be arrested or not; releasing that person would be worse than going to hell.
Tang Nian didn't know this. When she was a child, her master would come to pick her up when she came to the underworld. She didn't even have to cross the Bridge of Helplessness.
Seeing the increasing number of red spider lilies along the roadside, Tang Nian slowly stopped.
Something seems off...
On the way to the Bridge of Helplessness, there doesn't seem to be such a large field of red spider lilies.
Tang Nian looked at the dark road she had come from and wondered whether she should turn back.
"My little darling! My little darling! What brings you here!"
Suddenly, a sound broke the silence of the darkness.
Tang Nian squinted and saw an old man running towards her while shouting.
"Judge? What brings you here?"
"Oh my, my little darling, what are you doing here? Come back with me right now."
Tang Nian followed behind the judge with a puzzled look on her face, listening to the judge's endless rambling.
"Judge, where was that just now?"
The old man stopped, looked around nervously, then leaned closer and whispered, "The forbidden area of the underworld, what do you think?"
Tang Nian pursed her lips and nodded thoughtfully.
She certainly knew about the forbidden area of the underworld, where legend had it that "people" capable of destroying the world were imprisoned, but she never expected there to be so many red spider lilies there.
"What brings you here this time, my little ancestor?"
"Judge, do you know where the two souls of the Kunlun Fox Fairy are in the underworld if they are lost?" Tang Nian, who knew she had no sense of direction, still pinned her hopes on this unreliable old man in front of her.
"Kunlun Fox Spirit? Lou Mu? I have no idea where his lost soul is. You'll have to ask the King of Hell about that."
The judge's answer was exactly what Tang Nian expected.
"Please, Your Honor, take me to the Yama King's Palace to find Yama."
The old man could only hear the word "sir" when Tang Nian begged him, and he felt like he was floating on air.
Back then, Tang Nian was a precocious child who turned his judge's hall upside down and even dragged the little prince to cut his beard.
Just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes.
He coughed lightly and waved his hand gently, and Tang Nian found herself standing in front of the King of Hell.
"Thank you, Your Honor." Tang Nian bowed respectfully.
Tang Nian looked at the Yama Palace in front of her. Only a few days had passed, but the Yama Palace looked even more sinister.
She stepped forward and gently knocked on the door.
"Enter."
Tang Nian pushed open the door, and there sat Yama, the King of Hell, in the center, having almost finished reviewing the piles of memorials.
Yama didn't look up, nor did he pause writing with his brush: "You've come because of Lou Mu, haven't you?"
"Yes, Master, do you have a way to find his two souls?"
Yama snorted coldly: "I have already sent men to arrest you. You shall wait here."
After speaking, he closed the memorial and glanced at Tang Nian with his inscrutable eyes.
"What trouble have you run into this time? You two have even managed to lose the spirit of the fox spirit."
Tang Nian turned her head away, touched the tip of her nose embarrassedly, and told the King of Hell what had happened tonight.
But Yama replied without hesitation, "His soul wasn't lost because of this."
"What?"
Tang Nian had just sat down when she bounced up again.
If it wasn't because of that space, what else could it be?
What else happened between you two?
Tang Nian suddenly remembered that she had fought with Lou Mu at the Fuyao Theater.
Could it be because of this?
But when she woke up, Lou Mu didn't seem to be in any danger...
She swallowed hard and watched as Yama recounted what had happened at the opera house.
"It seems this is your fault, so it's only right that you come down."
Seeing the King of Hell's malicious gaze, Tang Nian pursed her lips: "You wouldn't happen to..."
"This was originally meant for him, but now this task is entrusted to you." Yama casually pulled out a memorial from a pile of memorials, waved his hand, and the memorial floated to Tang Nian's front.
Tang Nian hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took it.
"This is... a murder case in Nanyu City?" Tang Nian skimmed through it, placing it on the table before finishing reading it.
“These people did not die according to the Book of Life and Death; you must investigate this thoroughly.”
Tang Nian nodded: "Did you banish him to the mortal realm because of this?"
Yama, the King of Hell, did not speak, but simply shook his head.
Tang Nian guessed what was going on, opened her mouth but didn't know what to say, so she could only sigh.
"Once this is over, I'll give you what you've always wanted, but remember, you have to be quick."
Tang Nian's eyes lit up.
She had long coveted the Ghost Spirit Pearl, unique to the Underworld. It wasn't exactly a rare item, but her master had always kept it hidden from her, yet this time he was being so generous.
"Thank you, Master." Tang Nian suddenly remembered something and quickly asked, "Master, what about Song Shiyan's ghost...?"
"His soul has returned to the underworld," Yama told Tang Nian without even consulting the Book of Life and Death.
After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Go and wait by the Bridge of Helplessness. Fan Wujiu has already taken Lou Mu's two souls there."
Tang Nian nodded and turned to leave, but was stopped by Yama.
"Before the truth about Nanyu City is found out, do not return to the underworld, and do not let him open the gates of hell again."
Tang Nian paused, swallowing back the words of advice that were on the tip of her tongue: "I understand."
Arriving at the Bridge of Helplessness with ease, I was not surprised to see Meng Po scooping Meng Po soup at the bridgehead.
"Oh, Nian Nian, you're here again?" Meng Po put down her long soup ladle, ignoring the ghosts queuing up, and pinched Tang Nian's cheek.
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