Chapter 159: Battle [Update 2] The gap is left for me
Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can went upstairs carrying tea cakes.
They knocked on the door of "Duan Junheng's" house very smoothly.
It shouldn't be an illusion. The person who opened the door for them looked even worse. He was thin, his skin was yellow, and there was a severe dark blue under his eyes. When Minghui used this body, he seemed to never sleep, and the frequency and amount of his meals and drinks were just enough to maintain his vital signs.
Lin Zhuyue felt worried every time she looked at this body.
Ming Hui is not a good person, but Duan Junheng, whose body is occupied by him, is really innocent.
"Is this a good time to go out?"
Duan Junheng stepped aside to let Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can enter, and asked,
"I won't be held accountable by the Spiritual Master House along with you, right? I might even have to pay for your actions. After all, I'm the homeroom teacher."
Shi Can said sarcastically:
"Master Ghost King, I dare not let the Spiritual Master's Mansion make things difficult for you. If you go crazy and massacre the Spiritual Master's Mansion, who can I go to for justice? Should I go to your grave and scold you? Do you even have a grave?"
Minghui was very calm. He didn't argue with Shican. He pointed to the sofa and asked Lin Zhuyue and Shican to sit there, while he went to make tea.
Ming Hui asked, "Are you really here as guests?"
Also brought gifts.
It's really like seeing a ghost.
The sun rises from the west?
Shi Can got straight to the point and said, "I want to ask you about the underworld."
Ming Hui asked, "What do you want to know?"
Lin Zhuyue asked the first question:
"You are a ghost king. After the blockade of the underworld is lifted, you are the most wanted criminal. Why are you so determined to facilitate something that is harmful to you and has no benefit at all?"
"Maybe he won't be wanted anymore, and he'll be recruited as a ghost messenger."
Minghui came to the table with a teapot and poured two cups of tea.
"This was the promise Ling Yan made to me back then. Unfortunately, he's dead. I wonder if his descendants are willing to fulfill his promise."
Shi Can shook his head and said, "That's not a good enough reason. You're not the type of person who would hope to become a ghost messenger for no reason."
Ming Hui was silent for a moment, then replied, "There is someone I really want to see. She is in the underworld."
Shi Chan pressed, “Lover?”
"Stop delving into my affairs." Ming Hui placed the teacup in front of Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can and asked, "What exactly are you doing here? You can't really be here to listen to gossip, right?"
Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can looked at each other.
Shi Can took out a tablet, opened the map of the underworld, pushed it in front of Ming Hui, and said:
"Can you complete this map?"
Ming Hui understood what Shi Can meant and asked, "Do you want to know the location of the underworld?"
"Yes," Shi Can said to Ming Hui, "Since you promised us that you would tell us about the key and the underworld after completing the four tasks, you must know how to get to the underworld, right?"
Ming Hui reminded them, "You've only completed three tasks, and there's also the requirement of winning the four-school league championship. She hasn't achieved that yet, has she?"
Shi Can pushed the tablet an inch closer to Ming Hui and bargained:
"There's no need to be so rigid, City Lord. Perhaps the time has come?"
Lin Zhuyue summoned the Ukiyoe scroll and showed Minghui the pattern on it:
"Having grown to this point, I'm strong enough to win the championship, right? And it's not that I don't want to win, it's just that I'm suspended... Does it matter whether I have the championship title or not?"
Ming Hui calmly denied Lin Zhuyue and said:
"You are strong enough, but the timing is not right yet."
Lin Zhuyue asked: "When is the right time?"
Ming Hui did not explain directly, but started a new conversation:
"Lin Zhuyue, the door to the underworld can't be opened with just a key. A door has both an outside and an inside. You can undo the blockade of the inside from the outside, but can you undo the knot that the inside of the underworld has had with the outside for so many years?"
Lin Zhuyue frowned unconsciously.
She had never considered this issue.
Lin Zhuyue asked, "Maintaining order between the Yin and Yang realms is the responsibility of the underworld, right?"
"It's quite good that the Spiritual Master Mansion has temporarily taken over this responsibility. There's still room for some venting of anger." Ming Hui smiled and changed the subject, "We need to put some pressure on the Underworld and not leave them any room for maneuver. But you don't have to do it. I know you can't do it."
Lin Zhuyue asked: "What do you want to do?"
"Lead the Anti-Ling faction and release the evil spirits from the Soul-Suppressing Well."
Ming Hui said to Lin Zhuyue,
"Then, I will give you a fourth task. Find the key, take it to the underworld, and ask for help from the underworld."
Shi Can warned, "Do you know what the evil spirits in the Soul-Calming Well are like? The Soul-Calming Well is not much worse than the ghost den you found in the underworld. If you let those evil spirits out, many people will surely die."
Ming Hui smiled and said, "That's what I want."
Lin Zhuyue was silent for a long time before asking, "Do you really have to do this?"
Ming Hui nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes, I must do this."
Lin Zhuyue took a deep breath and said, "I'll ask you one last time—"
Ming Hui said, "No matter how many times you ask, I will always answer you this way."
Lin Zhuyue closed her eyes and opened them again. All the confusion and weakness in her eyes disappeared, leaving only determination.
She raised her hand, and the ukiyo-e scroll responded to the call and spread out around her.
Eight spells flew out from the scroll and headed straight for the living room window behind Ming Hui. Then, the glass flashed, and the luster seemed different from before.
Lin Zhuyue called out, "Kunpeng!"
A Kunpeng, which was much smaller than when it first appeared in the competition, swam towards Minghui.
Minghui made a gesture of resistance.
However, the moment he was hit by Kunpeng, he was actually knocked out of the body that did not belong to him, and flew backwards towards the glass window that was imprinted with the spell. When he was about to hit the window, he seemed to jump into the sea, and his entire soul did not enter.
Shican started running, and when he was close to the window, he jumped with all his might and entered the "sea".
Lin Zhuyue followed closely behind.
When Lin Zhuyue cast a spell on this window, it had already become the door to the underworld.
After passing through the "door", Lin Zhuyue saw the crimson sky and the vast yellow sea of sand.
Shi Can had already summoned his two swords. He raised his right hand, pointed the sword tips at Ming Hui, and said:
"There's no need to hold back here... Come to think of it, we're really alike. You don't mind destroying the Yang Realm, and I don't care if the Yin Realm suffers any damage because I'm leaving no room for anyone..."
The yellow ribbon slipped out from the cuff.
He and Lin Zhuyue had already prepared for a life-and-death fight with Ming Hui. Therefore, before entering Duan Junheng's house, they tied yellow silk ribbons around their wrists and hid them in their sleeves.
Ming Hui stood on the sand dune with his hands behind his back.
After leaving Duan Junheng's body, he returned to his true form, dressed in a black Tang suit. His face was pale and cold, and his eyes were dark, as if stained with ink. Yin energy gathered around him, and soon, black mist blew across the dunes of the underworld like a sandstorm, slicing across Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can's cheeks like a knife.
Ming Hui asked, "You dare to make a move? Don't you want the key? Don't you want to know the location of the underworld?"
Lin Zhuyue opened her hands, and a ball of golden light emerged from her palms.
Minghui looked surprised.
Lin Zhuyue grabbed the golden light again and said, "I have the key."
Lin Zhuyue added, "As for the location of the underworld, I don't believe you're the only one who knows it. Ask a few more people and be a little more friendly. You'll eventually find out."
Before Lin Zhuyue finished speaking, Shi Can had already rushed forward with the magic sword in his hand, heading straight for Ming Hui's face.
Ming Hui raised his hand to block, but the blade almost cut into his wrist.
Behind him, the sand dune was split into a cross-shaped crack by the blade's wind. The yellow sand was still for a moment before slowly starting to flow, smoothing the wound.
Minghui's expression turned serious, and he whispered, "The strength is different..."
"I already said I was holding back before!"
Shi Can's first strike failed, so he attacked again with his sword.
The magic sword is a deadly one, it is used for attack instead of defense. If the enemy retreats a little, I will advance a little. The key is to press forward step by step.
Lin Zhuyue was not idle either. She spread out the Ukiyoe scroll and said:
"Zhao'an, Mirror Immortal, Monument King!"
A black shadow emerged from the Ukiyo-e scroll, carrying a thick yin aura, and pounced towards Minghui.
And this is just the beginning.
Lin Zhuyue waved his hand and said, "Kunpeng, Zhuyan, Zheng, Tiangou... Floating World·Mountains and Seas!"
The figures of ferocious beasts appeared beside her, obeying her command and pouncing on the evil spirits opposite.
Despite being in the underworld, a realm hostile to the living, Lin Zhuyue seemed to thrive like a fish in water... Her innate, immense spiritual power naturally gave her the potential to rival the Ghost King, perhaps even defeat him. She cared nothing for casualties or destruction, and could attack Minghui without mercy. She personally severed the forces that sought to confine and control her, feeling the wind of freedom blowing, a sense of joy filling her heart.
Shi Can and Ming Hui were fighting with each other.
Ming Hui asked, "Why do you always hit me in the face?"
"Because you hurt my face." Shi Chan answered as a matter of course, "Do you know how important face is to someone who has a crush on someone? Even though it's an open relationship now."
Lin Zhuyue tapped the Ukiyo-e scroll again, and it turned into golden light and then condensed into a bow, which was held in Lin Zhuyue's hand.
Lin Zhuyue pulled the bowstring towards Ming Hui.
The golden spiritual power condensed into an arrow, placed on the bowstring, and aimed at Minghui.
Ming Hui reacted instantly and flew high into the sky, trying to avoid Lin Zhuyue's arrows.
He is a ghost, and being burned by the extremely yang fire that restrains the yin energy will do him no good at all.
Lin Zhuyue didn't care that Ming Hui had deviated from her aiming position, she released the bowstring and shot an arrow.
The golden arrow flew halfway when it suddenly turned and caught up with Ming Hui closely.
Lin Zhuyue pulled the bowstring again.
Two arrows, three arrows, four arrows...
And these arrows will continue to split during the pursuit.
Minghui was soon surrounded by a rain of golden arrows.
Ming Hui praised: "Very good, but there are gaps——"
Shi Can put away his knife and stepped back, saying, "Sorry, the gap is left for me."
After Shi Can escaped from the encirclement of the rain of arrows, the only remaining gap was blocked by the last arrow shot by Lin Zhuyue.
"A million spiritual talismans! Explode!"
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