Zhuge Kongping cautioned Zhuge Xiaoming a few words, then continued to lie on the ground feigning death, lest his soul be taken by the Black and White Impermanence. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"Xie Bian, how should those two living people be dealt with?"
"Idiot, their lifespan has not yet ended, so it's useless for us to take their souls. When the King of Hell finds out, he'll punish us both. We'll wait another five years."
Zhuge Kongping and Zhuge Xiaoming, father and son, lying on the ground, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that Black and White Impermanence would not take the souls of those whose lifespans had not yet ended.
If their souls were taken, the Zhuge family would be without heirs. Only the youngest, Zhuge Konglong, would remain, and his cultivation was not yet at the intermediate level of Human Master.
In such a case, they would likely decline from generation to generation, eventually failing to even reach the Human Master level.
"Kui does not leave a hundred miles, and where there is a Kui, there will be a Ba."
"Xie Bian, Fan Wujiu, since you are out, bring back a Ba as well, to avoid the appearance of a Kui Ba later."
Shi Jian, in the carriage, saw a Kui appear in the village and instinctively concluded that there was another Ba within a hundred-mile radius.
Kui evolved from a Ghost King, while Ba evolved from an uncorrupted corpse.
If the two met, the Kui's soul would merge into the Ba to supplement the Ba's incomplete intelligence, forming a symbiotic relationship.
Therefore, this kind of evil spirit is commonly called "Kui Ba." He had only seen explanations of Kui Ba in the "Shang Qing Yi Wen Lu" and had never actually encountered one.
Ba is different from Han Ba. Han Ba is one of the Four Great Corpse Ancestors, formed when the soul of a Hou invaded the corpse of a deceased person, causing corpse mutation, resulting in Han Ba. (Cough, this is a personal opinion!)
"Ba, that thing is not easy to deal with. Kui is just a bit more intelligent, and its strength is weaker than Ba."
"I say, Xie Bian, with the Soul Dispatcher here, what are you afraid of? A mere Ba is nothing to worry about."
"Just right, the Ghost Gate needs a Ba to guard the gate!"
Fan Wujiu, upon hearing that there was another Ba within a hundred miles, directly declared his intention to capture it and bring it to the Diyu to guard the Ghost Gate.
"Alright, I'll drive the carriage this time, you go deal with the Ba."
White Impermanence Xie Bian immediately jumped into the carriage upon hearing Fan Wujiu's desire to capture the Ba.
"Old Xie, I can't handle the Ba alone. If you don't help me, I'll have no way to deal with the Ba."
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and search for the Ba's whereabouts. You two stop dawdling here."
Seeing Black and White Impermanence arguing about dealing with the Ba, Shi Jian, inside the carriage, became displeased. He didn't want to listen to the two ghosts bickering here and waste precious time.
After dealing with the Kui Ba, there were still many dying people on the Yin司簿, waiting for Black and White Impermanence to escort their souls to the Diyu.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Black and White Impermanence dared not waste any more time and quickly drove the carriage away from the village.
After Shi Jian's carriage left, Zhuge Kongping and Zhuge Xiaoming's vision gradually returned to normal. The surroundings were no longer pitch black, and they could see the moonlight and starlight in the sky.
"Dad, what was that carriage just now?"
Zhuge Xiaoming, who had been lying on the ground, stood up and looked outside the village, only to find that the carriage had disappeared.
"That should be a Death Carriage, a mode of transport specifically provided by the Diyu for ghost officers."
"As for the person sitting in the carriage, I'm not sure, but their status is definitely higher than Black and White Impermanence. Most likely, they are a Judge, or perhaps a City God."
Zhuge Kongping, lying on the ground, broke out in a cold sweat upon seeing the carriage leave the village.
Then, he supported his waist with his left hand and slowly stood up from the ground.
"Fortunately, we didn't bring Konglong with us this time, otherwise, the three of us, grandfather and grandson, would have fallen prey to this Smiling Ghost."
The stout Zhuge Kongping, with Zhuge Xiaoming's help, left the village.
Meanwhile, Shi Jian sat leisurely on horseback, reviewing the names on the Yin司簿.
"Wang Ming, this name sounds a bit familiar, I can't recall it right away."
While flipping through the Yin司簿, Shi Jian saw a familiar name.
Having stayed in the Diyu for too long, and spending most of his time on Mount Mao as sect leader, rarely descending the mountain, he didn't recall it immediately.
"Wang Ming, isn't that Old Master Wang? He lived so long, a full one hundred and six years!"
After thinking for a while in the carriage, Shi Jian finally remembered Old Master Wang.
After becoming the sect leader of Mount Mao, he had no contact with Old Master Wang and almost forgot about him.
Seeing Old Master Wang's name on the Yin司簿 this time was truly fate. He wondered what expression Old Master Wang would have when he came to claim his soul.
As Shi Jian was contemplating, the voices of Black and White Impermanence came from outside the carriage, and the carriage's speed slowed down.
"So many lonely souls, it seems the Ba should be nearby."
"Let's collect these lonely souls first!"
Outside the carriage, Black and White Impermanence saw a large number of wandering souls and directly took out their mourning sticks to collect them.
Shi Jian, through the small window of the carriage, saw the scene outside. The entire village was filled with corpses, and countless wandering souls roamed around the carriage.
"We can't waste time here, we need to act fast!"
With Black and White Impermanence alone, it would take some time to collect all the wandering souls.
In his urgency, Shi Jian took out his mourning stick, walked out of the carriage, and used his teleportation ability to collect the wandering souls before him. In less than a minute, all the wandering souls in the village were collected.
"Soul Dispatcher, there are probably quite a few more wandering souls nearby."
"Don't worry about these wandering souls for now. Dealing with the Ba, the main culprit, is the most important thing. Otherwise, more villages will be massacred by zombies."
Hearing this, Black and White Impermanence had no choice but to give up pursuing the nearby wandering souls. They turned back to the carriage with Shi Jian and continued searching for the Ba's trace.
"Ancestor, save me, Ancestor, save me!"
As soon as Shi Jian returned to the carriage, he heard the words "Ancestor, save me" echoing in his ears.
"Could it be that my mental state has been a bit off lately, and I'm hallucinating?"
As time passed, the voices in his ears grew louder.
However, Black and White Impermanence outside the carriage seemed not to hear anything, continuing to drive the carriage in search of the Ba.
"Summoning divine technique, could it be that only I can hear this sound?"
Shi Jian's mind raced. He immediately thought of the Summoning Divine Technique. It was possible that a disciple of Mount Mao was in trouble and used the Summoning Divine Technique to seek help from their ancestor.
Since he and Black and White Impermanence were searching for the Ba, they did not possess any Mount Mao disciples.
Mount Mao had dozens of successive sect leaders, so there was no need to worry about no one going to help.