I thought I was going to fall and die, but suddenly I landed on a piece of soft fur, still half hanging in the air. The feeling of lying on it was very familiar. I opened my eyes and saw that it was indeed Hu Lingshang. She had now turned back into the appearance of a nine-tailed white fox, and was walking on the wind and clouds with me on her back, and then slowly descended to the ground.

I sighed. If it weren't for her, I would probably have my brains popped out.

"Why are you back?" I asked.

A thick mist covered the nine-tailed white fox, and after a moment it returned to the appearance of a pretty and otherworldly fairy.

"I was worried about Zhou Lang, so I turned back. I'm sorry, Zhou Lang, I lied to you. In fact, sister Yunwen is still buried underground, but I thought it was too hasty to bury her with the hyenas, so I found another place to bury her. It's my fault. In order to let Zhou Lang protect my fox tribe, I said such lies. I really deserve to die." Ling Shang said.

"Forget it, you just saved my life, so I won't hold it against you. But you must keep your word next time and don't lie to me again. Besides, Yunwen is your sworn sister, and as for her problem, even if it's not for me, you should really think of a way to help her, right?" I said.

"As a newcomer, I did do many things wrong. Zhou Lang taught me a lesson. Now I have a solution that may be of use." Ling Shang said.

"What method? Tell me quickly," I said.

"Now that the mermaid is dead and the Zhenming Umbrella is unattended, I will go and collect the umbrella. I can use it to help sister Yunwen awaken her remaining consciousness first. As for how to restore her body, we will think of another way then. Do you think this is feasible, Zhoulang?" Lingshang asked.

"This is what I find strange. Since Peter is dead, why hasn't the Zhenming Umbrella been closed yet? Also, I remember that Ryan has been alive since he came back to life, and only after I killed him did he let out a breath of white mist and float away from his head. There was no Zhenming Umbrella at that time. Therefore, I judge that the function of the Zhenming Umbrella is not to maintain the survival of the deceased, so what is the point of opening it? Is it just to change the weather in the sky, making it cloudy, rainy and foggy?" I asked.

Ling Shang shook her head and said, "Of course not. Zhou Bo, guess what the dark clouds in the sky are?"

I looked up and found that the gray sky was not covered with dark clouds at all, but layers of floating gaseous substances with subjective consciousness. They were just superimposed on each other and looked like dark clouds. Then I remembered why the Golden Que Sword was so strange and actively gathered lightning. It might be related to the gaseous substances floating in the sky.

"If I were to guess, it should be some life energy, or in layman's terms, the soul or spirit, right?" I asked.

She nodded, then shook her head and said, "It is indeed a spirit, but to be precise, it is just a special substance called residual spirit. When the umbrella is opened, all the spirits that die, that is, the life energy you mentioned, will be converted into residual spirits and remain in the umbrella. The residual spirits inside can be used anywhere by the umbrella owner. However, borrowing the residual spirits in the umbrella also requires a very high price, so only the Lord of the Ghost Realm can use it. Others dare not abuse it easily. They must be equally responsive before they can be borrowed."

"Like what kind of price?" I asked.

“For example, if you want to borrow a residual soul that can be resurrected by a small insect, perhaps you only need to sacrifice the skin on your hand, the skin will ulcerate, and the residual soul you get will be only as big as a fingernail, and it can basically revive a small insect. But if you want to revive a goat, the cost will be higher. The borrower’s vision, hearing, smell, taste, etc. If you borrow the residual soul of a person who can survive, then greater conditions are required, such as killing another person, allowing the Zhenming Umbrella to collect the same amount of residual souls, and then it will exchange the same amount of residual souls for you to use.” Ling Shang said.

"A pawn shop, what is this? Then how did that guy just now revive the monster Joseph and the four-armed white ape? The price should be quite high." I asked.

"Zhou Lang, think about it carefully." Ling Shang looked at him carefully and said.

I thought about it and my eyes widened suddenly. Some things really make me break out in a cold sweat when I think about them behind my back. It’s terrifying to think about them carefully.

"No, it can't be those slaughtered hyena people? The Curse One slaughtered the hyena people in order to resurrect these two monsters and his subordinate Ryan?" I asked.

Lingshang nodded at me.

Only then did I understand why the fellow who possessed this treasure was called the Lord of the Ghost Den. This name is really apt. The way of playing this way simply regards the natural life and death of the world as nothing. Killing to gain life, life to borrow life. This is really the most terrifying rule of the game I have ever heard of in the world. If a person wants to be resurrected, he has to kill another person. This is simply playing with life. It's really a ghost den!

"What if I kill someone for Zhenming Umbrella so that it gets enough residual souls, but I also die, then it owes me the same amount of residual souls. How do I settle this account? Can I resurrect myself?" I asked.

She shook her head and said, "If you have been transformed into a remnant spirit by it, you are a broken spirit and have no right to discuss conditions."

So domineering, and a black businessman. This umbrella is really insidious.

But just now I killed the monster Joseph, the four-armed white ape, and the curser Peter under the umbrella, three lives, which means I got the residual spirit of three lives for the Zhenming umbrella, so I can also allocate the residual spirit of three lives for my own use. The rules of the Zhenming game are to borrow as much as you pay back, and exchange at an equal value. Since there is this condition, I can use one of the residual spirits of three lives to save Yunwen, and one each for the two hyenas who were smashed to death, which is enough just now.

"I understand. No matter how evil it is, as long as Yunwen can be saved, it's good. You go get the umbrella first. I have to go find my soldiers. I just swung the Golden Que Sword and now I have no strength left. I can't accompany you. Come to the woods to find me later." I said.

She nodded, then walked over and put her hands on my shoulders. Her pretty eyes kept looking at me and she said, "Today I have a new respect for Zhou Lang. I never thought you could defeat the enemy in just a few moves."

I smiled and was about to speak, but I didn't expect her lips to come up to me, and a fragrance kissed my lips. Slowly, a thorough floral fragrance penetrated into my body, making me intoxicated. However, I just tasted it lightly, and she retracted her lips and said, "I often see sister Yunwen encouraging you like this, so I also want to try it. I wonder if Zhou Lang is encouraged?"

I scratched my neck, thinking what a naive girl she was. But okay, I'd take it as encouragement, and nodded, but my face was already red.

She smiled sweetly, then winked at me with her right eye, turned around and walked away on the wind and clouds.

It really feels like an electric shock.

Just now, Hu Lingshang took me to the right side of the jungle. I also paid a lot of attention in mid-air. According to my memory of the vision in mid-air, there are probably four or five mountain road turns away from the hyena team. Now I can only move forward step by step. However, I had just swung the Golden Que Sword and had already used up all my strength. It would be extremely difficult to walk over like this.

But there was no other way. Getting the umbrella was also very important and there could not be any mistakes. Otherwise, if something unexpected happened and some weirdo came and snatched it away, all my efforts along the way would be in vain and I almost lost my life. Therefore, there was no time to delay and I could only ask Hu Lingshang to get it quickly. Even if I was a little tired now, there was only so much time.

But I remember that not long ago when the Curser Peter attacked me, there were continuous rumbling sounds on the ground and there was a lot of noise. My attention was on dealing with the attacker, so I didn't pay attention to what caused it. Now I think about it and I'm a little worried. After all, I remember that when Hu Lingshang and I went to investigate in the hyena territory, we found some roots of heaven and earth, which means that Peter should be connected to the roots of heaven and earth, and the vibration was very similar to that in the Five Poison Mountain, so the big noise just now was most likely the roots of heaven and earth coming.

But since Peter had brought the Heaven and Earth Root with him when he slaughtered the hyena man, but the Heaven and Earth Root had already died, if he wanted to revive, he would have to borrow the residual spirit from the Zhenming Umbrella, and he would have to pay a price? He hadn't killed the hyena man at that time, so what was the price?

Then I also thought that he didn't use the high priest's blood pupil this time, and it seemed that he had pawned it.

It seemed that my hyena soldiers were in trouble, so I hurried to speed up. However, at this moment, I saw something moving on the ground. I looked carefully and found it was a black heart. I heard from Yunwen that the sirens could infect other people's minds because of that black heart.

So even though he was anxious, he still walked over, picked up the stone, and said coldly: "Everything has its own consequences. Just accept it."

Bang bang bang bang!

I took turns smashing it to pieces, which helped Yunwen vent her anger and also completely eliminated the possibility of his rebirth, thus avoiding any further trouble.