Chapter 163: The Underworld [Part 2] We don’t need you to get along with each other…
"If the Spiritual Master's House could easily handle these ghosts, they would have been dispersed long ago instead of being imprisoned in the Soul-Suppressing Well."
Shi Chan stood up and walked to the window, looking at the dark sky and street outside, and said,
"You see, even though they've been weakened by the Soul-Calming Well, the spiritualists are still struggling and may even get hurt. Besides, now isn't the most dangerous time yet."
Shi Can took out his phone and said, "There are still thirty-seven minutes until the sun sets."
Now these ghosts are only so strong with the help of the cover of dark clouds. When the sun sets, the yang energy weakens and the yin energy dominates, these ghosts will completely usher in the battlefield that belongs to them.
"...I had someone warm up the helicopter."
Cui Yi sighed and turned away.
"The private plane will also apply for emergency takeoff. After you arrive at Linhai City Airport, you can fly directly to Wudu. Wudu will also arrange a helicopter to pick you up."
Cui Yi stopped and asked worriedly, "Can you two... do it?"
"It's not convenient to bring more people," Lin Zhuyue replied. "If the people we bring can't withstand the toll of the underworld, they'll actually hinder us."
Cui Yi nodded: "I understand."
While the helicopter was warming up, Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can replenished their supplies, namely mineral water and compressed biscuits.
Shi Chan said disdainfully, “I want to have a seafood feast when I get back.”
Lin Zhuyue replied, "Yes, a seafood feast, and mushroom chicken soup."
Soon after, they headed to the rooftop, boarded a preheated helicopter, and took off from the Spiritual Master's Mansion. The wind blew, ruffling Lin Zhuyue's hair. She tilted her head, watching the island recede, and unconsciously grabbed Shi Can's hand.
Shi Can held Lin Zhuyue's hand in his backhand: "Nervous?"
"It would be strange if I weren't nervous, right?" Lin Zhuyue exhaled and said, "Come to think of it, after this matter is over, my mission and reason as a spiritual master will also come to an end, right?"
"Probably..."
Shi Can squeezed Lin Zhuyue's hand and asked,
"How do you want to live after this?"
"I don't know. I haven't thought about it yet." Lin Zhuyue looked at Shi Can and smiled, "But you must still want to be a spiritual master, right?"
Shi Can responded, "Yes, I want to be a spiritual master for the rest of my life."
They soon arrived at Linhai Airport and, under the arrangement of the special agents, boarded a private plane bound for the Fog City. After the two of them slept on the private plane, they had already arrived in the Fog City. The helicopter that came to pick them up took them into the mountains, and after entering the mountains, they had to walk for several kilometers.
There is a "door" leading to the underworld here. It was opened by a spiritual master and is the "door" closest to the underworld.
Lin Zhuyue took Shi Can's hand, climbed up the cliff, and saw the target——
A small pond that was about to dry up.
Lin Zhuyue said to the special agent, "Our journey to the underworld is estimated to take fourteen hours, so allow a little more time. If we don't contact the Spirit Master's Mansion after twenty-four hours, we'll be considered dead."
The Secret Service responded, "Okay."
Shi Chan tied the yellow ribbon around his wrist, stepped forward, and said, "Let's go."
He and Lin Zhuyue jumped into the pool one after another.
Lin Zhuyue held his breath and swam downwards against the buoyancy.
When she surfaced again, she saw endless yellow sand and a dark red sky. She and Shi Can were in a dark, stagnant pool of water. The stagnant water had an inexplicable suction force, and Lin Zhuyue felt as if her spiritual power was being drained away. She didn't dare stay any longer and immediately went ashore.
It’s a good thing that my clothes are not wet and my supplies and tool kit are safe.
Lin Zhuyue summoned Kunpeng.
Kunpeng was half buried in the yellow sand. Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can climbed onto its back along its fins, and then were carried by it, flying high into the sky, heading towards the city in the memory left by the Ghost King Minghui.
In the yellow sand below, the walking souls of the dead would occasionally look up.
"What is that?"
"There's someone up there... carrying yang energy. Is he a living person?"
"The direction they're going is... bad! We have to stop them!"
Before the underworld was sealed off, the netherworld was pristine, with virtually no souls roaming freely. It's easy to imagine that once the underworld's seal was lifted, those souls roaming freely within the netherworld would most likely be captured. Even if they managed to escape, they would no longer be as free as they are today. Therefore, they could not allow the underworld's seal to be lifted, no matter what.
Lin Zhuyue held a freshly opened compressed biscuit in his left hand, patted Kunpeng on the back with his right hand, and urged him, "Fly faster."
Kunpeng let out a long cry, followed Lin Zhuyue's instructions, and swam faster in the sky.
But as he swam, a black spider web appeared in front of him.
Shi Chan stood up, summoned the Absolute Blade, and swung it twice, cutting through the spider web in a cross shape.
However, there was more than one layer of spider web. After Kunpeng passed through the spider web, more than ten webs appeared in front of him.
Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can looked down.
Black energy gathered on the yellow sand, and one after another, the dead souls appeared. Nearly a thousand souls gathered here, looking up at Kunpeng swimming in the sky. And this was not the limit. The yin energy was still gathering, and more souls were arriving here, even chasing the direction of Kunpeng's swimming.
Shi Can pointed down and said, "Look, it's Kang Huazong."
Lin Zhuyue looked in the direction Shi Can pointed, and sure enough, she saw a familiar ghost. Not long ago, this ghost was still alive, sitting in the office of the head of the Spiritual Master's Mansion.
"It's only been a short while, and you've already arrived here?" Shi Can sneered, "The dead really do travel faster than the living."
Lin Zhuyue frowned and said, "He seems to be more powerful than when he was alive."
Shi Can nodded and guessed, "Death allowed him to break free from the limitations of his body, right?"
Lin Zhuyue had a very bad feeling and said, "There are also very strong souls among the other dead..."
"It is very likely that he is an ancestor of a metaphysical family."
Shi Can raised his head and looked at the increasing number of net barriers in front of him, and said,
"Luckily it was me. If it was anyone else, they wouldn't be able to pass through the barrier so easily."
After saying that, Shi Can cut through the barrier with ease, as if cutting through mud.
Lin Zhuyue controlled Kunpeng and swam forward quickly.
But after the barrier was cut, a hand reached up from below.
One, two, three... one ghost hand after another reached out towards Kunpeng. The hands were getting closer and closer, and they were about to grab Kunpeng and pull Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can down from the sky.
"They're really persistent... It looks like they won't let it go until someone is left behind."
Shi Can took two steps back and fell headfirst with the knife in his hand. He mobilized his spiritual power, spun in the air, and cut off the hand that was reaching out to Kunpeng.
Shi Chan fell into the heavy shadows on the ground.
Lin Zhuyue exclaimed, "Shi Can!"
Shi Can said, "Leave this to me! Do what you have to do well!"
Shi Can took out a talisman and chanted a spell. The talisman floated from his hand and was consumed by the spiritual fire. Yang energy burst out from him like a flood, attracting the surrounding ghosts to look at him.
Lin Zhuyue frowned, then she took a deep breath, made up her mind, and continued to control Kunpeng towards the underworld.
The sky was getting darker and the wind and sand were getting stronger.
Lin Zhuyue wiped his eyes with a wet handkerchief, then opened them wide and searched carefully in the yellow sand, fearing that he might have missed the underworld.
This may be Shican's only chance of survival. It cannot be delayed, and it cannot be missed.
But the deeper he went, the more confused Lin Zhuyue became.
Is the underworld really here?
Is she lost? Can she find her way back?
How's Shi Chan? Is he still alive?
After about ten hours, Lin Zhuyue finally saw a city.
She was overjoyed and controlled Kunpeng to fly over.
This was a rather mysterious city. Although Lin Zhuyue was clearly flying in the sky, he couldn't see what was inside. He could only observe it from the outside. It was more than ten times larger than Minghui City, but unlike Minghui City's bustling atmosphere, the gates were tightly closed and there was no sound at all.
Kunpeng landed in front of the city gate.
Lin Zhuyue slid down from Kunpeng and walked towards the city gate.
There is a couplet posted on the city gate:
"In three lifetimes on earth, you have committed all the crimes against the world; in the underworld, no one has ever been spared from this."
"You're here."
As Lin Zhuyue walked, he was blocked by an invisible wall.
She raised her hand and knocked on the wall, and a huge keyhole gradually appeared in front of her.
She took a deep breath, raised her hand, and a ball of golden light rose from her palm.
A ball of light floated into the keyhole, and with a "click", the keyhole turned into fragments of light and gradually dissolved into the air.
It's over, it's all over.
Lin Zhuyue closed his eyes, and the huge stone in his heart finally fell.
However, she soon discovered something was wrong.
The blockade of the underworld has clearly been lifted, but there is still no movement.
Lin Zhuyue knocked on the door hard, but received no response.
No way?
Could it be true, as Minghui said, that the Underworld harbored a grudge against the Spirit Master? However, the Spirit Master's Mansion was already in chaos. Hadn't the time for action come? Why hadn't they reacted?
Lin Zhuyue took a few steps back, raised his hand, Kunpeng floated up, and slammed heavily into the gate of the underworld.
The ground was shaking and yellow sand was rolling, but the gate remained motionless.
Lin Zhuyue's breathing gradually became heavy, and tears welled up in her eyes.
What should Shican do?
"Open the door! Open the door!" Lin Zhuyue banged on the door again and again, saying, "I understand your anger towards the spiritual master! But Shi Can and I have done nothing wrong! Neither he nor I should die in the underworld because of your anger! Open the door!"
"If you don't open the door! I'll put the seal back in its original place!"
Lin Zhuyue admitted that she was a little angry, but she had to knock on this door today no matter what.
A voice came from behind: "Isn't even breaking the seal of the Soul-Suppressing Well enough?"
Lin Zhuyue turned around.
Ming Hui's figure appeared on the sand dunes. Besides him, there were thousands of other dead souls beside and behind him. His spiritual power was much weaker than before, but with thousands of dead souls gathered together, the ghostly aura still surged into the sky.
"Then I'll have to force them out myself."
Lin Zhuyue looked at him quietly, holding the sword in both hands.
Ming Hui couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Do you want to take action too?"
Lin Zhuyue pointed the blade in his hand at Minghui and said, "City Lord, there are indeed many conflicts between the spiritual masters and the underworld, but we don't need you to understand each other."
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