Ordinary people who possess a Zhongzhou Soul Imprint made of a silver thread can survive under the existing rules.
Li Yu had countless strands of gold thread connected to her head.
This alone is enough to demonstrate Li Yu's strength and status in Zhongzhou.
In addition, there was the sense of impending death that Li Yu had given him when she looked at him earlier.
The Soul Master suspected that Li Yu possessed no ordinary ability, but rather some kind of power of rules.
Seeing that Li Yu still looked wary, the Soul Master sighed softly:
"I'm an old man who's about to die, and I guess I can only take this secret of yours to my grave."
Li Yu kept her eyes fixed on the Soul Master, her tone tinged with confusion:
"You...are human?"
Although the answer was right in front of her, Li Yu still found it hard to believe.
How does a human become the supreme ruler of the ghost kingdom in the underground world of ghosts?
And how did they manage to convince so many ghosts that they were all human?
Even under the command of the Soul Master, those ghosts would not hesitate to sacrifice themselves!
The Soul Master did not answer, but simply spread his hands silently.
The fingers, like withered bones, had distinct knuckles with slightly protruding veins.
This aged body is enough to prove everything.
"So... why did you lure me here?" Li Yu asked curiously, the light from the Phoenix Bow dimming slightly.
He didn't believe that the Soul Master would go to such lengths just to see him once.
The Soul Master wasn't in a hurry to explain; instead, he turned his gaze to the side.
As a golden light flashed in his eyes, an inconspicuous hidden door on the opposite side slid open silently.
A ghostly figure, completely bound by dense golden energy and resembling a marionette, was pushed out by an invisible force.
When Li Yu saw the ghost's face clearly, she was startled again: "Huang Ya?!"
Unexpectedly, after entrusting his sister to him, the other party came here alone.
When Huang Ya, who was bound, saw Li Yu, his soul fluctuated violently.
The Soul Master withdrew his gaze, and the golden light binding Huang Ya loosened slightly, allowing Huang Ya to speak again:
"It's you, Li Yu! You've been captured by this old monster too?"
Huang Ya asked with a worried look, "Sasha wasn't captured, was she?"
Li Yu looked at the Soul Master with suspicion, not understanding why Huang Ya was being controlled here, and what the Soul Master's purpose was in bringing Huang Ya out at this time.
The Soul Master glanced at the golden thread on Huang Ya's body and took the initiative to explain to Li Yu:
"We've already had a lot of trouble lately, and yet it has repeatedly infiltrated the core area to cause trouble. This time, we were supposed to punish it severely to set an example and establish our authority..."
The Soul Master's gaze confirmed it once more:
"But I discovered something new on it: a golden thread pointing to an unknown fate. Out of curiosity, I spared its life."
The Soul Master's gaze followed a golden thread, finally settling on Li Yu, his expression one of utter understanding:
"Only after meeting you today do I finally understand where the other end of Huang Ya's thread is tied."
With this golden thread connecting them, the descendants of the Huang family might still have a chance to survive.
"You old scoundrel! Stop your bewitching tricks! I will never let you continue to persecute my Huang family members!" Huang Ya struggled and roared, deeply disgusted by the Soul Master's brainwashing of the Huang family's ghosts into slavery.
The Huang family members, already ghosts, were now being controlled by others, which was completely unacceptable to Huang Ya.
"Persecution?" The Soul Master let out a disappointed sneer, a laugh that was desolate and weary:
"Huang Ya, if I really wanted to kill you, do you think a mere ghost of the Fiend Body level could move freely in this underground core area and even survive until today?"
The Soul Master's voice suddenly rose, carrying a soul-piercing question:
"Huang Ya! Open your eyes and look! Even now, you still can't recognize who I am?!"
The stern shout was like a thunderclap, causing Huang Ya's soul to tremble violently!
The golden light that bound it also seemed to carry a certain power of awakening.
Huang Ya's consciousness cleared considerably in an instant. It stared intently at the Soul Master's aged face, the outline of which seemed vaguely familiar.
When Huang Ya looked into those iconic golden eyes, his pupils contracted slightly, and long-sealed fragments of memory suddenly pierced through the mist!
"You...you're Huang Po?! You're still alive!"
Huang Ya's voice was filled with extreme shock and disbelief, and his soul light trembled violently:
"Impossible! I detonated everything back then. That massive explosion caused the mine to collapse, leveling Kang Town to the ground. Everyone died! How could you still be alive?!"
"The Yellow Soul of that time is indeed dead." The Soul Master's voice returned to calm, carrying a kind of indifference that came with the passage of time: "You can call me Soul Master now."
"What's going on? How do you two know each other?" Li Yu's gaze swept back and forth between the Soul Master and Huang Ya, the mystery in his heart growing ever larger.
The Soul Master did not answer immediately. He slowly reached out and picked up a piece of black mineral with a faint glow from the low table. He gently stroked the cold surface with his fingertips, as if touching a heavy piece of history.
He was lost in distant memories, and his voice became low and ethereal:
"This ancient and dark underground world is originally a great underground rift valley that has been silent for hundreds of millions of years."
"Until one day, when the residents of Kang Town were digging for survival supplies, they accidentally broke through the rock layer. Rainwater kept flowing in but could not fill it. That's when they discovered this great rift valley and the amazing mineral resources beneath it."
"In order to mine the vein, the Huang family united everyone in Kang Town, mobilized the entire town, and worked day and night to excavate, continuously extending downwards, and finally successfully opened up the mine tunnel leading to this great rift valley."
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