The people of the divine realm are generally brave and fierce, so the grotesque appearance of this Shadowless One, with only its head remaining, actually earned the commander's great respect. This reassured Wang Yao that he would definitely deliver the ghost head intact to Marshal Yue.
Leaving Wuling Pass, the fairy maiden used teleportation to arrive at Binghe Ferry in an instant. Without needing any introduction, she boarded the awning boat at the ferry and returned to Shangshilou in the blink of an eye.
In the sweltering summer, at Willow Leaf Ferry in the Green Willow District, a guide ghost sat under the shade of a tree, engrossed in watching a movie on an iPad. Upon meeting the two fairy maidens and learning that they were heading to Taiqing Immortal City, he didn't waste any words. He summoned a carriage and took them to Peach Leaf Ferry in the Peach Blossom District.
Wang Yao discovered that the scenery in each area of the tenth floor of the underworld was indeed lifelike. In the Midsummer Green Willow area, they were in a scene of summer, with bright sunshine, high temperature, and the incessant chirping of cicadas.
But when you arrive at this area where peach blossoms fill the sky, you are greeted by a scene of vibrant spring. The soil underfoot is damp, as if a spring rain has just fallen, and as far as the eye can see, peach trees in full bloom stretch to the horizon.
Following the path through the peach grove, you'll soon come to a winding river. You can see fallen peach petals drifting gently on the clear water, and awning boats moored at the ferry crossing. It's truly a beautiful sight.
The two boarded the covered boat, and when they stepped off again, they found themselves in another office. Wang Yao realized that they had arrived at Taiqing Immortal City.
"Fairy Maiden!" the immortal behind the desk called out as he stood up.
"Quickly notify the Sixth Security Committee and tell them that a spirit has been discovered in the underworld. Please ask the Heavenly Court to arrange for a special immortal to rescue it immediately," the fairy said to the immortal with a frown.
Wang Yao turned around and found that what was behind him was no longer the awning boat, but the Heavenly Court's usual routine: an elevator. However, the fairy did not take the elevator, but led Wang Yao out the door.
Outside the door was still a corridor, but the doors of the offices on both sides of the corridor had signs hanging on them. Wang Yao saw that the sign on the opposite door read "No. 7". The fairy led Wang Yao around and walked forward along the corridor.
Ahead in the corridor was a closed double glass door. The fairy walked to the glass door, but instead of pushing it open, she turned around and pushed open the door on the left with a sign that read "No. 1". Inside, there was still a fairy sitting behind a desk. Upon seeing the fairy, he quickly stood up.
"No need for formalities. I have urgent business to attend to on the eighteenth floor of the Underworld. I just spoke with the people at number 8. They discovered a spirit in the Underworld. Notify Li Jing, and the Heavenly Court will send a special immortal to assist you immediately." As she spoke, the fairy walked directly to the elevator in the room and pressed the button.
The elevator doors opened, and Wang Yao followed the fairy into the elevator, watching her press the button for the eighteenth floor.
In a short while, the elevator doors opened and closed. As soon as Wang Yao stepped out, he felt a strong gust of wind that almost made him lose his balance. He turned his head and was so frightened that he trembled all over and stood there, not daring to move an inch.
It turned out that the place where he stood seemed to be on the summit of a mountain. Apart from a rock behind him, all three sides of him were sheer cliffs, as if one misstep would plunge him into an abyss. Below was a vast expanse of white mist, so much so that he couldn't even see how high the mountain was.
"It's alright, you're all immortals, why would you be afraid of falling to your death?" The fairy said, putting a hand on Wang Yao's shoulder. Wang Yao felt a blur before his eyes, and when he looked again, he found himself halfway up the mountain. Looking up at the mountain, it looked like a stone pillar standing straight up, making the mountain seem even more precipitous.
"These ghosts from the underworld have no good intentions. When we Heavenly Court descend, we all have to be on that spire. They have guides guarding it up there. As soon as an immortal arrives, the people below will immediately receive the message." The fairy muttered, putting her hand on Wang Yao's shoulder again, and teleported away.
This time, the two finally reached the foot of the mountain. Wang Yao looked at the mountain and couldn't help but feel speechless. The mountain looked very strange. It looked like a person making a fist and raising the middle finger, or like a man's penis standing high in the clouds.
He thought to himself that the aesthetic sense of the Kings of Hell in the Underworld was truly strange. If it were a natural scene, a landscape formed naturally by mountains and rocks, there would be nothing to say. But he already knew that the thirty-seven-story building in the Underworld was all constructed by ghosts, so he figured that this mountain could naturally have been built by ghosts.
It's like a set design for the tenth floor, but it's built like this? And the entrance to the immortal's passage is placed on that pointed top. What kind of twisted sense of humor is this? It's really hard to say.
Below was a vast grassland stretching as far as the eye could see, the grass knee-deep. Wang Yao looked around and saw no other living creature besides the fairy maiden. He suddenly had the illusion that this was not the eighteenth floor of the underworld, but rather a vast and boundless grassland.
"There doesn't seem to be any corpse energy here yet. Let's head over there." Wang Yao was looking around when the fairy maiden put her hand on his shoulder and teleported again. However, after teleporting several times, she found herself in a vast grassland, only passing several mountain peaks of different shapes.
"That's really strange. Last time I came, the King of Hell sent a car to pick me up. It felt like we arrived at a manor in no time. How come I'm still not out now?" The fairy was also puzzled and stood there looking around.
"Don't you have a soul lamp? Why don't you light one and try it out?" Wang Yao suggested from the side.
"Oh my, really! This grassland is so realistic, I forgot I was inside a building!" the fairy exclaimed. She then took out a soul lantern, lit it with a lighter, looked at the surface of the lantern, and nodded.
"Hmm, the King of Biancheng's palace is not far away. He should still be here. Let's go take a look." As she spoke, she was about to put her arm around Wang Yao's shoulder, but then she suddenly stopped. Wang Yao also frowned and looked into the distance, where a long line of ghosts slowly walked towards them.
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