When Xie Bian and the judge heard Xia Yuyang's words, they both fell silent for a moment before shouting at the same time,"Why didn't you say so earlier!"
Xia Yuyang spread his hands." I just remembered that since Qiu Hui is already dead and the mastermind behind the scenes is so familiar with the Netherworld, the mastermind must have already received the news that we're here to investigate the Book of Life and Death. Then, Qiu Hui, this chess piece, is dispensable to him. If we let her continue living in a nondescript manner, the matter will definitely escalate. If the higher-ups of the Netherworld take action in the end, it will be detrimental to the mastermind.”
"Sigh, what a pity! He had missed a good opportunity to wait for the rabbit!”Xie Bian slapped his thigh.
……
When the two of them stepped out of the gates of the underworld, Xia Yuyang felt the temperature around him suddenly rise. He looked up at the increasingly dark night and estimated that it would be about two hours before he left. According to the ability of the person behind the scenes, it was probably already too late. He changed out of his Wuchang Suit and rushed to Yi Feng Bay with Xie Bian.
Although he had already predicted Qiu Hui's situation, when Xia Yuyang passed through the wall of Room 403 and saw Qiu Hui lying stiffly on the bed, he could not help but feel uncomfortable for a moment. Human life was so fragile. In the face of supernatural forces, Qiu Hui, who should have been in hell long ago, had inexplicably " come back to life." In these " stolen " more than 20 days of life, not only did she not live in peace, but she also attracted the scolding of her neighbors. Now, the person behind the scenes had not been found, and she had died inexplicably. How sad.
In the twenty years that he had been muddling along and fighting for nothing, Xia Yuyang had the thought of working hard to become stronger and climb up for the first time. The so-called fairness in this world was a kind of injustice. History and rules were defined by the strong, and powerful strength was the greatest reliance of every individual. It was still unknown who the opponent behind the scenes was, but this ability to come and go freely in the human world and the underworld as if he had entered a no-man's land was enough to make people fear him.
If he could not become stronger, how could he protect the world?
"Miss Qiu, what happened just now?”Xia Yuyang called out to the soul that was still in a daze in the corner.
"I don't know either…I was sleeping when I suddenly became like this. I felt a force pulling me, but I couldn't wake up. When I opened my eyes, I was like this. Am I…dead?"
Qiu Hui stared blankly at her cold body, not understanding why her soul had left her body after a nap.
"Yes, we went to the underworld to check the Book of Life and Death. You should have died after falling off the cliff, but someone with ill intentions intervened. The other party must have placed some kind of barrier on you, causing the ghost reaper to come and capture your soul without finding you.”
"Hell?" Qiu Hui then realized that there was a white-robed ghost standing next to the young man who came to find her during the day. His appearance was quite similar to the White Impermanence that was often mentioned in ghost stories.
"It's good that he's dead. It's better than living in a muddled state these days, always feeling that his life was stolen.”After figuring out the situation, Qiu Hui was quite optimistic.
Stolen? Xia Yuyang muttered in his heart. He felt that they seemed to have overlooked some crucial clue.
"Do you remember what happened after you fell off the cliff?”Xie Bian did not give up. He wanted to see if he could get any clues from Qiu Hui.
"Previously, I felt like I was missing a piece of memory. Just now, I seemed to have started to remember something. At that time, after I fell from the cliff, I was hooked by a tree midway. The impact wasn't that strong, so I didn't die immediately. However, it was too painful. I thought that it was better to die than to be in so much pain. After that, I lost consciousness.”
"I remember that I married a male ghost. I wanted to be a ghost couple, but a few days later, someone took me away.”
"What does this person look like?" Seeing that there was hope, Xie Bian continued to ask.
"I can't quite put my finger on it." Qiu Hui thought hard but couldn't come up with a reason.
"Concentrate and think of this person in your mind.”Xie Bian raised his hand and pointed at Qiu Hui's forehead.
Qiu Hui felt her soul body tremble when the Wuchang Ghost touched her with its cold finger. She shuddered and quickly tried to recall what Xie Bian had told her.
Soon, the image of a person slowly appeared in the void in front of him. The person was draped in a black cloak, and the brim of the hat covered his eyes. Only his nose and mouth were exposed.
Unfortunately, the exposed parts were covered by a thin layer of mist. It could only be seen that this was a tall and slender man. However, height was something that even ordinary human criminals knew how to hide during anti-reconnaissance, not to mention this " criminal " who could fool the underworld and not know if he was a human or a ghost.
Although he knew that since the other party dared to appear openly, he must have made preparations to not be exposed by Qiu Hui, Xia Yuyang still felt a little disappointed when he saw Xie Bian's backtracking method.
"Forget it, if I may ask, Miss Qiu, would you like to follow us to the place where you fell off the cliff?”Xia Yuyang thought for a moment and asked Qiu Hui.
If it was possible, Xia Yuyang actually did not want Qiu Hui to make this trip. Falling off the cliff was considered a violent death, and those who died violent deaths were most likely to become earthbound spirits. Although Qiu Hui had been " resurrected " by others using abnormal methods, now that this method had been broken, Qiu Hui, who had already become an undead, would probably be triggered by her resentment if she went to the place where she died.
"Yes, just take it as letting yourself understand.”After Qiu Hui had experienced all this, she knew that she was dead. She had put down all the burdens she had when she was alive, and her entire ghost had an open-minded and detached temperament.
Hearing Qiu Hui's straightforward answer, Xia Yuyang was a little surprised. He was prepared to waste his breath, but he did not expect Qiu Hui to be so magnanimous.
"From the Book of Life and Death, I can see that you followed the rules when you were alive. You were honest and dutiful. You didn't do anything evil. You also did good deeds and accumulated kindness. You came with us this time to help the underworld solve official business. I can give you some power of merit. With this power of merit, you can be reincarnated into a good family in your next life. Although it can't guarantee your wealth, it can guarantee your family's happiness.”Xia Yuyang had earned quite a bit of merit recently, so he was not stingy with his money.
Hearing Xia Yuyang's words, Qiu Hui, who had almost never enjoyed the warmth of a family in her life, burst into tears. Wealth could be fought for, but a warm family could not be bought with money.
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The group soon arrived at the foot of the Oxtail Mountain where Qiu Hui had fallen and died.
"It's up ahead, next to the second tree on the left.”Because of Xia Yuyang's power of virtue protecting her, Qiu Hui's expression was calm and did not reveal her appearance when she died.
Xia Yuyang took out the yellow paper he carried with him and folded a paper lantern. He made a hand seal and flicked it on the paper lantern. The lantern rose up shakily, and a long beam of light illuminated the area around them.
He used the light to scan his surroundings. When he saw the surrounding scenery, he paused. He saw that in the area five to six meters around the tree that Qiu Hui had pointed out, both weeds and wildflowers were growing very well. Compared to the other withered plants, they were simply creatures from two different worlds.
Xia Yuyang knew that something was wrong. He turned around to ask Xie Bian, but he realized that his expression was extremely solemn.
"The abnormal growth of plants and overflowing vitality are definitely not the work of ghosts.”
Hearing Xie Bi 'an's words, Xia Yuyang suddenly remembered something he had read in a story book: When the gods descended, everything in their path grew.
" Is this the divine breath?!" Xia Yuyang felt as if he had found out some incredible secret.
"Yes, I think we were wrong from the beginning. Those who do evil things can not only be ghosts, but also unqualified gods. The other party probably needed Qiu Hui's blood to cast a spell, which was why he left the divine breath here.”
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