Seeing that Hui Shuo was indeed exhausted, Wang Yao decided not to force him any further.
“Father…” Hui Shuo really didn’t want to be separated from his parents. When he heard Wang Yao’s decision to go alone, he didn’t say anything, but just looked at Wang Yao with tears in his eyes.
"Don't worry, I have magic powers. I'll go take a look and come right back. We can't just stand by and do nothing when there's danger in the human realm. You just stay here and wait for me with everyone else." Wang Yao comforted him and then planned to use his magic "Soil Control" to go and check out the construction area.
“I…I’ll go with you.” Unexpectedly, the female ghost beside him also stood up and said.
"You...? I want to investigate the source of the corpse energy, it's very dangerous." Wang Yao said, looking at the female ghost.
"Don't worry, there are... there are adults here. I... I'm familiar with the terrain of the construction area, I can give you directions, so you can save some time," the female ghost said shyly.
Upon hearing this, Wang Yao felt a surge of joy. In all his years, he had never been trusted like this before. Even Cai Xia treated him with a degree of condescension. This female ghost, though just a ghost, had completely entrusted his safety to him.
The reason wasn't because he was obedient or hardworking, but because he was a celestial being with divine powers. Although she only said a few words, they were more pleasing to Wang Yao than any flattery. He smiled slightly and waved to the female ghost.
The female ghost was overjoyed at the sight. She lowered her head shyly and ran to Wang Yao's side. Wang Yao first cast a "Glass" spell on her, and then cast "Earth Control". The ground beneath their feet moved rapidly, carrying them forward at high speed.
"M-Master, to the left..." the female ghost said to Wang Yao, pointing ahead.
"You don't need to call me 'Master, Master.' My name is Wang Yao. Just call me Wang Yao or Little Wang. By the way, what's your name?" Wang Yao asked the female ghost while manipulating "Yutu" to change direction.
“I… my name in my past life was Qin Su. I dare not call you by your name, sir. You are my savior, and it is taboo to call you by your name in the underworld. If my superiors hear this, I will be punished by being sent downstairs.”
Qin Su said with a smile, but she didn't seem to be afraid.
“I don’t have any of those taboos here. Just call me by my name. A name is given by your parents, isn’t it meant to be called by you? Why do you need all those ridiculous rules? If anyone dares to punish you by making you go downstairs, I’ll beat them downstairs for you first,” Wang Yao said with a smile.
"Then...then I'll...I'll call you Brother Wang, okay? You...you seem like my...my...elder brother from my past life." Qin Su said, sounding a little shy.
Wang Yao didn't pay attention to her appearance, but instead thought of something else.
"By the way, don't all ghosts in the underworld love to eat human flesh for nourishment? I saw a ghost offering it to you, why didn't you eat it?" Wang Yao asked curiously.
"That's a person? How can you eat that? It's disgusting! You immortals wouldn't...?" Qin Su looked at Wang Yao, her eyes wide with surprise.
“Of course we immortals don’t eat that. To be honest, as long as immortals have spiritual power, they don’t actually need to eat anything. But I see that you ghosts in the underworld love to eat it?” Wang Yao asked her with a smile.
“It’s not that we all love to eat, it’s just that we have no choice.” Qin Su shook her head sadly. “We…we are the same. As long as there is Yin energy, we don’t need to eat anything. But the Underworld has controlled Yin energy, and the pressure to survive in the Underworld is great. In order to maintain our energy, we have to eat.”
“In my past life, I was a picky eater. I could only eat a few bites of a dish. My older brother always… always ate my leftovers. Now that I’m in the underworld, I eat everything raw. It’s really… really hard to get used to. I rarely eat human food, let alone chicken or duck food.”
"Anyway, I don't eat much; I'm full after a couple of bites."
"You're quite an interesting ghost. Not only do you remember your past life, but you even retain your appetite," Wang Yao couldn't help but tease her.
"Big...King...Brother Wang, could you...please not...please stop calling me a ghost? I know I'm a ghost, but...but it still doesn't feel right, it doesn't...sound nice." Qin Su looked ahead and frowned as she spoke.
Hearing her say that, Wang Yao felt somewhat ashamed. To be honest, when facing these ghosts from the underworld, he couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority. He was an immortal, seemingly much more advanced than mortals, let alone ghosts.
So when he was with these ghosts, he would unconsciously look down on them. He never expected that there would be ghosts like Qin Su in the underworld who still maintained the habits and principles of being human. In fact, she was more like a human than a ghost.
"I'm sorry, you really don't look like a ghost," Wang Yao quickly apologized to her.
"I am a ghost, why do you need to apologize? I... I just don't feel used to it. You... do you think I'm being a bit... pretentious?" Hearing Wang Yao apologize, Qin Su seemed a little flustered. She hurriedly explained to Wang Yao and then asked him nervously.
"How should I put it?" Wang Yao scratched his head.
“If you’re just using ‘ghost’ as a name, like my name Wang Yao, then you are indeed being a bit pretentious. However, if you consider the behavior of most ghosts in the underworld as the definition of a ghost, then you certainly don’t resemble a ghost, so there’s no question of you being pretentious.”
"Disposition...?" Qin Su paused for a moment, then understood the meaning behind Wang Yao's words, and shook her head sadly. "They...they didn't really want to be like that..."
"Once you enter the underworld, the hope of reincarnation is so slim, and the pressure to survive is so great, where can you earn enough money to be reborn? Who in the underworld doesn't have a lot of connections to be reborn? Otherwise, you can't even find a part-time job."
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