"I am upholding the dignity of the laws of the underworld and punishing the lawless elements of the underworld. Please do not take offense, Fairy Maiden," Gu Qi explained.
"Outlaws? This Shadowless One forcibly used a speed spell to save Floor Zero, leaving him with only his head. What kind of outlaws are we talking about?" Wang Yao, who had been listening to Gu Qi's blatant lies and distortion of the truth, was already furious and immediately spoke up with a livid face.
"This Qin Su set up telephone lines between the various checkpoints to facilitate communication. In the Underworld area, she even went to the front line, using her body to block the invasion of corpse energy. And what kind of serious criminal is she who should be executed? Does your Underworld have no sense of right and wrong? Don't you have any morality?"
"The Old Man of the Moon is right. We have all seen what these two have done to resist the corpse energy. We beg the Judge to show mercy."
The Lord of the Reincarnation Path had long been obsequious to Gu Qi, completely disregarding the lives of the ghosts on Floor Zero and harboring a lot of resentment. However, due to the strict rules of the Underworld, he only dared to instigate the ghosts to surround Gu Qi and Dean Li here.
But they were just standing around; everyone knew that if Gu Qi turned hostile, no one would dare to say a word. They could only express their opinions in this subtle way.
Fortunately, Dean Li himself was unwilling to go upstairs, so everyone stayed here chatting and supporting Dean Li.
Everyone was at a loss as to what to do when Gu Qi insisted on inviting Dean Li upstairs. Just then, they saw the Old Man of the Moon and the fairy arrive. Only then did the Lord of the Samsara Dao dare to plead, but Gu Qi scolded him and his face changed.
Seeing the Old Man of the Moon reprimand Gu Qi, the Lord of the Samsara Path felt secretly pleased and quickly knelt down, seemingly pleading with Gu Qi on behalf of Wang Yao. In reality, however, he was indicating that the ghosts on floor zero were very dissatisfied with Gu Qi and the leaders upstairs.
Seeing the Taoist Master kneel down, the bustling ghosts in the corridor also knelt down in a large group. Among the kneeling ghosts, a fat, white rat sniffed around and darted over.
Upon seeing Qin Su lying on the ground, the rat, without being urged by Dean Li, swiftly rushed over, circled Qin Su twice, squeaked twice, and then climbed onto Qin Su's body.
It climbed directly under Qin Su's neck, lay on her chest, tilted its head, and its small, dark eyes seemed to be scrutinizing Qin Su. Its sharp, rat-like snout was aimed directly at Qin Su's half-open mouth.
Then the rat's body suddenly swelled up, and in a moment it became like a fully inflated balloon, with only its pointed mouth remaining unchanged.
As the rat's body swelled up, a thin column of blue smoke could be seen slowly emerging from Qin Su's mouth, as if Qin Su were holding a pen tube in her mouth. The blue smoke gradually lengthened and was slowly inhaled by the rat.
"Hey Gu, let's be frank. I've protected these two. You dare lay a finger on them?" Wang Yao shouted, his face still dark.
"Lord Yue Lao, these two are ghosts from my Underworld. It is my Underworld's business to govern them. What you are saying... If you have any objections to Lord Pingdeng's orders, you can report them to him. Instead, you are making things difficult for us. Isn't that putting this humble servant in a difficult position?"
Seeing that Wang Yao was determined to save Wuying and Qin Su, Gu Qi naturally didn't want to make another move, but he also didn't want to give up. After all, he had to carry out the orders of the King of Equality and maintain his own authority. Otherwise, if he wanted to kill ghosts again in the future, ghosts would come to his rescue immediately. What would be the point of him being the master of the tower?
"Team leader, these carrion rats are fed on corpse energy and are most susceptible to disturbance. If you have something to discuss, could you please move away a bit to talk?" Dean Li whispered to the fairy.
The fairy nodded, pointed at Gu Qi, and gestured towards the distance. Gu Qi naturally understood and nodded repeatedly. He then looked with great curiosity at the corpse-eating rats that were devouring the corpse energy.
"Come here too." Wang Yao turned his head and called to Wuying. The three of them walked past the ghosts kneeling on the ground and arrived at the other end of the corridor.
“I discovered a spirit on your floor. The Heavenly Court’s initial rescue team doesn’t have anyone who can deal with that thing. I’m going to take the Old Man of the Moon back to the Heavenly Court to request reinforcements from immortals who specialize in dealing with spirits. As for the existing immortal healers, let’s focus on ensuring the floor remains intact and wait for the Heavenly Court’s reinforcements to arrive before making any further plans.”
The fairy maiden was too lazy to argue with Gu Qi about whether or not to kill ghosts, so she spoke directly to him.
"What? A spirit has been found on this floor too?" Gu Qi exclaimed in surprise upon hearing the fairy's words.
"I just discovered that You something while I was exploring the Three Links Center with the Old Man of the Moon," the fairy said, turning to look at Wang Yao.
“You Junda,” Wang Yao reminded him from the side.
"...Yes, it's that immortal named You Junda. He has become a spirit inhabiting the nest, but it seems that the two haven't adapted yet, and the inhabiting nest probably doesn't have the ability to move around for the time being," the fairy said.
"Fairy Maiden, there's a hotline upstairs to contact the Heavenly Court, and fax and email are also very convenient. Fairy Maiden, please go up to the eighteenth floor first and help the people upstairs resist the evil spirits. You absolutely mustn't leave!" Gu Qi blinked as he listened to the fairy maiden's words and hurriedly pleaded.
"I can't handle such filthy things, what's the point of keeping them around? Am I just waiting to become their nest too?" The fairy immediately became angry.
"There's one more thing. This Shadowless One needs to come upstairs with me. I'd like to trouble Judge to arrange for the Lord of the Cycle of Reincarnation to reincarnate Qin Su as a human being," Wang Yao quickly added from the side.
Since Wuying's ghost body was incomplete and Gu Qi harbored ill intentions towards him, it was safest for him to stay with him. He planned to take Wuying to the eighteenth floor to find Yama and restore his ghost body. As for Qin Su, he was not at ease leaving her here. Only after watching her reincarnate could Wang Yao leave the underworld in peace.
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