"Don't be in such a hurry. Do you know what kind of life these Yama Kings lead in the Underworld?" Wang Yao smiled slightly. "If you want to hear it, come in with me. I'll tell you slowly on the way. Then you'll know that bringing Director Lü to work in the Underworld is definitely not to harm him."
"What kind of life does the King of Hell lead? Isn't it just a ghost's life? What else could it be?" The fairy was quite taken aback by Wang Yao's words. Seeing Wang Yao turn around with a smile and walk forward on his own, she hurriedly followed and asked, "Hey, where are you going?"
"Go to the Santong Center?" Wang Yao was completely baffled by the fairy's question.
"The Three-Way Center is this way, how do you get there? Have you finally changed your mind and don't want to go to the Three-Way Center anymore?" The fairy glanced at the soul lamp in her hand, pointed behind her, and asked Wang Yao. "Do you even know the way?"
"How could that be? I definitely have to go to the Santong Center. I... um... I've been talking to you for a while, and I'm a little confused." Wang Yao scratched his head and said to the fairy.
"I have to say, you young people are so unreliable. How can you not use a soul lamp to explore in such a strange place by yourself?" The fairy said, handing the soul lamp in her hand to Wang Yao, then took out a new one, lit it, and turned to walk away with the soul lamp.
"You...you're going in too?" Wang Yao had always thought that the fairy was unwilling to go to the Underworld District, but now that he saw her walking decisively towards the center of the Three Links, he couldn't help but take a few quick steps to catch up with her and ask from the side.
“Since you insist on taking the risk, I have no choice but to go with you. What will happen to my old man Lu if you also get trapped in that Three Passes Center?” The fairy pouted and rolled her eyes at Wang Yao. “Tell me quickly, what kind of life do those Yama Kings lead?”
Wang Yao chuckled and, as he walked, recounted to the fairy maiden everything he had seen and heard in the underworld. The fairy maiden listened with awe, occasionally asking questions when she didn't understand something.
This fairy was no ignorant housewife. She was good friends with the Heavenly Emperor and his wife, so her vision and knowledge were far superior. She had a deeper understanding of the various systems of the Underworld than Wang Yao, so she was far more shocked than Wang Yao.
"My goodness, why does the Underworld Office never report these situations?" The fairy muttered to herself, frowning as she walked.
It's understandable that immortals are unaware of the underworld. Not to mention immortals, even mortals in the human world don't like to inquire about the underworld unless necessary. After all, it's the place where living beings go after they die, and they feel somewhat uncomfortable about it.
As far as the Heavenly Court is concerned, the Underworld is an independent realm among the Six Realms. On the one hand, it should maintain the principle of the Underworld's self-management and not interfere too much in the affairs of the Underworld. On the other hand, in the minds of ordinary people, how much benefit is there in a place where ghosts stay?
This situation is somewhat similar to that of junk collectors in the human world. In most people's minds, junk collectors deal with scrap metal every day and can't possibly make a lot of money. But they don't know that the waters are very deep there, and there are many people who have made a fortune by collecting junk.
Of course, the Heavenly Court's office in the Underworld was well aware of the various systems and regulations of the Underworld. However, it was unclear whether they intentionally concealed the truth or whether no immortals in the Heavenly Court had paid any attention to it, to the point that even beings like the Fairy Maiden were completely unaware of the situation in the Underworld.
He still pictured the underworld in his mind as a miserable, sunless place, unaware that as a high-ranking member of the underworld, he had already concentrated all of its resources and was living a very comfortable life.
They were very good at disguising themselves, just like that junk collector who became a rich man. He still acted like a penniless wretch wherever he went. In fact, he might have already bought a villa in the foreign lands.
"Well, that's true, but Lao Lü still can't come here. My wife and I have been separated in the human world, which has caused quite a few problems. Now that we're in the underworld, who knows how long it will be before we can go back to the heavenly court. It's more suitable for a ghost to be the King of Hell."
After pondering for a long time, the fairy maiden finally decided that Lu Xian was not suitable to be the King of Hell.
The two walked and talked. The fairy looked at her watch, then looked down at the soul lamp in her hand. Wang Yao's soul lamp had already gone out and he had casually tossed it into the stairwell.
“Going this way isn’t a solution. The Santong Center is still far away. Let’s speed things up and get back quickly.” As the fairy spoke, she reached out and put her hand on Wang Yao’s shoulder. Wang Yao felt a blur before his eyes, but suddenly heard the fairy say “Eh?”
In the blink of an eye, their positions had changed. It seemed they had gone deeper into the Underworld District. The corridors had become narrower, and the corpse energy in the air was extremely dense, as if a layer of blue mist was floating in the corridors.
"These corpse puppets are quite rare; they seem to be something foreigners would make." The fairy stared intently ahead, where three or five little yellow figures were hopping and skipping closer.
Knowing that these high-level corpse puppets had a great impact on the Netherworld Ghosts, Wang Yao quickly put a protective shield on each corpse puppet, turning them all into chimneys in the corridor.
“This place is indeed a bit eerie, let’s slow down.” The fairy looked down at the soul lamp in her hand. Wang Yao followed her gaze and saw that the small red dot in the center of the three-way connection was still outside the lantern’s light and shadow, so it seemed to be quite far away.
After easily eliminating several high-level corpse puppets, the two walked a little further, only to encounter another low-level corpse puppet, the kind Wang Yao had seen before, that seemed to be two people combined.
The fairy demonstrated her powerful magic. With a flick of her finger, and without anything appearing, the corpse puppet that was rushing towards her stood frozen in place, as if it were stuck in a swamp, unable to move an inch.
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