"Without you, he could not have been resurrected either." Feng Qishi patted the Underworld Official firmly on the back, channeling all his gratitude into his palm.
"..." After coughing a few times from Feng Qishi's patting, the Underworld Official's voice trembled in rhythm with the blows, "Alright, alright, go and see your disciple."
Heeding the Underworld Official's words, Feng Qishi slowly rose, turned to look at Lin Yan, who had also gotten to his feet, and smiled, "I said my disciple’s fate couldn't be so thin."
"Master, this time," Lin Yan's eyes were resolute, "I will definitely live well."
"Hmm, don't charge forward again in the future, understand?" Feng Qishi adopted a master's demeanor and said sternly.
Lin Yan replied similarly, "Understood, Master."
Feng Qishi smiled.
The Underworld Official rubbed his shoulder and was about to speak when the Book of Life and Death flew out from his embrace. After automatically flipping through several pages, it stopped and hovered in front of him.
The Underworld Official had never encountered such a situation. Looking at the Book of Life and Death appearing and turning pages on its own, he was astonished. However, the moment he saw Zhang Mai's name, his astonishment vanished. He exclaimed, "The name... is no longer transparent." As he spoke, he inadvertently saw a character appear beneath Zhang Mai's name: dog.
Seeing this, he grabbed the Book of Life and Death and glanced inside the door, asking, "Feng Qishi, are there more souls inside?" He made the Book of Life and Death disappear for the time being.
Upon hearing this, Feng Qishi finally shifted his gaze from Lin Yan's face and turned to the Underworld Official, "Yes."
"Yes..." The Underworld Official's eyes lit up. "I'll go take a look." With that, he sidestepped Feng Qishi and hurried inside.
Feng Qishi glanced at the Underworld Official's retreating back, then looked at Lin Yan, "How do you feel?" He gestured towards Lin Yan's leg.
Lin Yan, responding to Feng Qishi's question, took two steps forward and said, "It doesn't affect me much."
"That's good." Feng Qishi nodded and pointed inside, "Let's go in."
"Mhm." Lin Yan nodded, and together with Feng Qishi, they turned and walked into the dilapidated house.
Inside.
Mu Anxiao saw the Underworld Official enter and asked, "How did you do it?"
The Underworld Official was momentarily stunned. His gaze, which had been fixed on the female ghost, shifted to Mu Anxiao. "How did I do what?" He stopped beside the wolf demon.
The wolf demon glanced at the Underworld Official. "She said Lin Yan was resurrected."
Hearing this, the Underworld Official looked indifferently at the wolf demon and asked, "Wolf demon, don't you already know?"
"You know?" Mu Anxiao shifted her gaze back to the wolf demon. "If you know, why didn't you tell me?"
"You don't even pay attention when I talk to you, so I figured you wouldn't listen if I said this."
"..." Mu Anxiao couldn't be bothered to argue with the wolf demon and returned her attention to the Underworld Official. "What's the situation?"
"I had one chance to resurrect a soul. Now I've given that chance to Lin Yan. It's that simple."
Listening to the Underworld Official, the wolf demon pondered for a moment and then looked at Mu Anxiao, asking, "You didn't know about this?"
In the wolf demon's memory, Mu Anxiao had been by their side that day, so she must have known. Yet now, she appeared to know nothing? This truly baffled the wolf demon.
"I didn't know." Mu Anxiao said casually, no longer dwelling on the matter. She turned to the female ghost standing in place and watching them, saying, "Is she your soul?" 678
Hearing this, the Underworld Official withdrew his gaze from Mu Anxiao and shifted it to the female ghost. "Are you called Zhang Mai?"
Every time the Underworld Official was close to capturing the female ghost, she would escape. Each time, he couldn't get a clear look at her face. Thus, he was still quite unfamiliar with her.
"Yes," the female ghost nodded.
"Zhang Mai..." Mu Anxiao repeated the name. Casually glancing at the elderly woman lying on the ground, she pondered the rules of wandering souls occupying mortal bodies. She then asked the female ghost, "Zhang Mai, are you and this old woman of the same surname?" She pointed at the elderly woman.
The female ghost followed Mu Anxiao's finger, glanced at the elderly woman, and said, "We are not of the same surname, nor is she Changsun."
"Then you..."
"I just wanted to torment her to death," the female ghost stated directly.
Mu Anxiao was speechless.
The Underworld Official, seeing the hatred on Zhang Mai's face, pondered the cause of her death. He said, "You refused to come with me back then because of your dog, didn't you?" As he spoke, he glanced at the dog soul.
The dog soul dared not bark.
The female ghost Zhang Mai replied, "Yes, but at the time, I didn't intend to seek revenge."
"I believe you," the Underworld Official said. Thinking of Zhang Mai's name in the Book of Life and Death, he looked at the elderly woman again. "I cannot help you apprehend her. I also hope you won't resent her, as it will affect you."
The Underworld Official's task was to take Zhang Mai away.
That year, he had clearly witnessed the entire process of Zhang Mai's final struggle and strangulation. That process showed him the horrors of human nature, but as an Underworld Official, he couldn't save her.
Consequently, whenever he recalled Zhang Mai's contorted, deformed face during her struggle, he felt particularly distressed. It was also for this reason that he had never truly seen her face clearly. Furthermore, his rank in the underworld was too low, so there were no portraits. Each time he came, it was based on feeling.
This was also the reason for his repeated failures. However, he wasn't discouraged; it was simply because his rank was too low.
However, by speaking to Zhang Mai in this manner, he wanted to convey that resentment was futile now that things had come to this. He didn't know if Zhang Mai could accept his words, but in his opinion, it was better to say something than nothing.
In Zhang Mai's perception, all Underworld Officials were particularly fierce and cruel. Now, feeling the Underworld Official's amiable demeanor, she felt less afraid. "Thank you for believing me."
"..." The Underworld Official smiled, conjured the Book of Life and Death again, and then used a spell to place a checkmark after Zhang Mai's name, saying, "Alright, let's go."
Zhang Mai: "..." She hesitated, then looked down at her dog soul.
The dog soul looked at the Underworld Official, not daring to bark.
The Underworld Official followed Zhang Mai's gaze and looked down at the dog soul. "It will go with you."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao was startled. "You handle dogs too?" He stared at the Underworld Official.
The Underworld Official glanced at the exaggerated expression on Mu Anxiao's face and said, "Occasionally." Then, he looked back at Zhang Mai.
Zhang Mai smiled, brimming with emotion. "Thank you." She nodded slightly.
"..." The Underworld Official remained silent. After drawing a checkmark behind the word "dog," he put away the Book of Life and Death. While conjuring a black rope, he walked up to Zhang Mai and used the rope to bind the dog soul's neck and Zhang Mai's hands.
Mu Anxiao watched the Underworld Official's back, then looked at Zhang Mai and the dog soul bound by the black rope. "You didn't need to tie them up."
"..." The Underworld Official ignored Mu Anxiao.
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