The ghost noticed Zhao Youliang's predicament and immediately looked dejected, knowing that it could no longer count on him.
Seeing the ghost looking dejected, Zhao Youliang felt a pang of pity.
"Old Immortal, besides killing that zombie, is there any other way to reincarnate this man?"
The grasshopper spirit answered readily: "Yes, of course."
"Whether it's Taoism or Buddhism, any truly accomplished master can deliver the souls of ghosts."
"Core disciples of the second generation or above from the five major shamanic families are also acceptable!"
For Zhao Youliang, the grasshopper spirit's words were as good as nothing.
Because he didn't know any of those people, and he couldn't invite them.
If he could have been invited, he wouldn't have ended up in this state, even losing his lifespan...
Just when Zhao Youliang was at his wit's end, Xiao Li suddenly had a craving for cigarettes.
"Brother Chen, did you get a fire? Mine got stuck in the car."
Upon hearing this, Chen Wei immediately reached into his pocket and realized that he hadn't brought his lighter with him either.
He could only shake his head to indicate no.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Youliang instinctively pulled out his gold lighter: "I have one."
While talking, he hit someone and tried to light a cigarette for Xiao Li.
Just then, an unexpected incident occurred: the moment the lighter was lit, a sound like a broken gong was heard, which was obviously pre-recorded.
"Smoking without a lighter is pure nonsense; having a lighter but no smoke, you'll just have to pick up the cigarette butt... Hey, bazaar hey!"
After the nonsensical rhyme was finished, the lit flame actually detached from the lighter and flew up.
It seemed slow, but in the blink of an eye it landed on the ghost, burning it into a human-shaped torch with a whoosh.
"Ah!" A scream echoed throughout the entire mountain forest.
The sudden scene shocked everyone, especially the grasshopper spirit, who was also a spirit.
He was so frightened that he covered his head and ran away, only daring to stop and look back after running nearly a hundred meters.
"W-What happened?"
"Quantum, what kind of treasure are you holding? I feel terrified just looking at it!"
At this moment, Zhao Youliang had no patience to pay attention to the grasshopper spirit. He quickly took off his clothes and covered the burning ghost with them.
"Are you alright? I didn't mean to!"
However, when Zhao Youliang's clothes landed on the ghost, he "missed it".
The other party was burned to ashes, leaving not even a trace.
"This...this...how could this happen!"
Just as Zhao Youliang was filled with remorse, the ghost reappeared.
It's just become transparent and cleaner.
The stench on his body had completely disappeared, and even the two bloody holes on his neck from the zombie bite were gone.
The ghost, whose appearance had drastically changed, knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously to Zhao Youliang.
"Thank you, brother! Thank you so much for helping me cleanse my resentment. I can finally be reincarnated!"
Before Zhao Youliang could react after saying this, two illusory figures came singing from afar.
Zhao Youliang is very familiar with that word; he's heard it twice already.
"I am the greatest in both the Yin and Yang realms; if I want you to be born, you will be born. If Yama (the King of Hell) decrees someone to die at midnight, he will never let them live until dawn."
"Whether you're damned or not, hurry up and get on your way."
"There are no inns on the road to the underworld, so we must set off as soon as possible."
Zhao Youliang thought to himself: Aren't these the two strange men who invited me to drink in my dream?
They also provided that little sign.
Upon seeing that it was a familiar "person," Zhao Youliang was about to greet him when the grasshopper spirit grabbed him tightly.
At this point, the grasshopper spirit was trembling with fear and was on the verge of losing control of its bladder and bowels.
"Quantum, quantum, be careful, don't talk nonsense, these two are underworld officials!"
"Also, you'd better hide quickly. You're about to die, so don't take you with you on your way!"
The reason they said it was on the way was because the two underworld officials were clearly there to ferry the ghosts who needed a taxi.
As they spoke, the ghostly messenger, existing between reality and illusion, floated up to them.
His expression was unusually cold, exuding the majesty of the underworld.
With a clatter, the tall man in white slammed the iron chain around the ghost's body.
"The time has come, follow us... Oh my god, Lord Zhao?!"
It turned out that the underworld messenger hadn't even finished speaking when he suddenly saw Zhao Youliang, who was all smiles and waving at him.
If it were just Zhao Youliang, that would be fine; he could simply say hello and slip away.
The key thing is that golden lighter he's holding—why does it feel so familiar to the "ghost," so annoying, and so scary?!
Left with no other choice, the two ghost messengers instantly abandoned their previous sternness, forcing out what they considered to be the most benevolent smiles on their ugly faces.
They ignored even the ghosts and approached with unusual friendliness.
"Oh my, isn't this Lord Zhao? May you be blessed!"
"What are you doing here in the middle of the night, playing with ghosts?"
"If you like this ghost, we brothers will take the liberty of leaving it for you, just don't play with it until it dies."
"Let us know when he's had enough fun, and we'll come pick him up."
The ghost messenger's words and attitude left everyone present completely bewildered, especially the grasshopper spirit.
He even began to doubt his "demon life"...
This is a dignified ghost messenger! Even great cultivators would give way to such a powerful underworld official!
How come he's so docile in front of Quantum... no, I mean in front of Lord Zhao?
Could it be that Lord Zhao is hiding his true abilities and was just teasing me all along?
No wonder the Hui family, the Huang family, and even the Chang family are all vying to send their direct descendants here!
I see!!
Was my previous behavior somewhat disrespectful to Lord Zhao?
Will the sir hold a grudge against me later?
We'll have some deep-fried grasshoppers as a snack with our drinks...
The grasshopper spirit became increasingly frightened, and almost burst into tears.
At this moment, Zhao Youliang had no time to care about the grasshopper spirit's feelings; he was busy greeting his "old friend."
With a fawning smile on his face, he took two cigarettes from Xiao Li and handed them over.
"What a coincidence, we meet again, you two ghost brothers."
"Keep smoking, don't mind that it's not any good cigarettes!"
Zhao Youliang's actions, especially the way he offered the ghost a cigarette, immediately stirred up a rather unpleasant memory in the two ghost messengers' minds.
Memories of the owner of the gold lighter.
At the same time, he thought to himself: It seems that the young general's cousin is even more despicable than the young general himself!
That's both unethical and stingy!
It's one thing to offer a ghost a cigarette, but to be so stingy as to not even give him a basic one... especially with that smug look on his face, he's clearly a wolf in sheep's clothing.
The kind that hides a knife behind a smile!
My brother and I must be careful and always be polite and courteous. We must not let him find any fault with us!
At this moment, Zhao Youliang was unaware of the ghost messenger's opinion of him and even enthusiastically offered to light a cigarette for the messenger.
He took out the gold lighter and lit it with a bang, and the broken gong-like sound rang out again.
"Smoking without a lighter is pure nonsense; having a lighter but no smoke, you'll just have to pick up the cigarette butt... Hey, bazaar hey!"
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