Chapter 2718 The Mad City Lord's Love-Hate Relationship 41
At midnight, all was quiet.
The moat was pitch black, reflecting the faint starlight and moonlight. Suddenly, without any wind, strange ripples appeared on the surface of the water.
Deep within the cracks, the outlines of majestic and ancient palaces, exuding endless gloom and majesty, can be vaguely seen.
The passage between the two realms briefly overlapped at this moment.
"opened!"
"And ghost towns!"
In the distance, the cultivators who had been drawn by this earth-shattering Yin energy exclaimed in surprise, their expressions varied.
That is the underworld, which governs reincarnation and judges good and evil!
It is a forbidden place where even mortal cultivators can hardly glimpse its true form in their entire lives.
As everyone was in a state of excitement, Jin Chen flipped his wrist, and a long sword appeared in his hand as he stepped into the Gate of Hell.
Just a few breaths later, a crimson figure appeared on the riverbank.
Yin Chaosheng was pale, his dark hair was slightly disheveled, and he was only wearing a thin red shirt, clearly having rushed over.
His crimson pupils swept across the shrinking entrance to the underworld, then looked at the silent crowd around him, his brow furrowed with anxiety.
"City Lord?" Chu Jiushan was the first to react, and hurriedly stepped forward, exclaiming in surprise, "Why have you come?"
“It’s late,” Yin Chaosheng interrupted him, his voice low and hoarse, “Jin Chen hasn’t returned yet. Where is he?”
Black Wing pointed to the flickering Ghost Gate, "Brother Jin... just went in, saying he wanted to go to the underworld on your behalf."
Zang Huai'an finally recovered from his shock, swallowed hard, and said with difficulty, "Brother Jin said that he went to negotiate with the Underworld..."
He himself found it hard to believe when he said it.
Is that something we can discuss?
Yin Chaosheng's beautiful pupils contracted slightly. After a moment of silence, he slowly walked to the riverbank, lifted his clothes, and obediently sat on the cold river stone, staring intently at the deep entrance.
The night was deep, and the river wind was biting and cold.
Yin Chaosheng sat quietly, his red clothes fluttering in the wind.
He recalled the days long ago when he was still an official in the underworld, his first encounter with Jin Chen in the Ghost City, and the days and nights in the Ghost City when he was either entangled with Jin Chen or confronted her.
Every little detail flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern.
"Jin Chen..."
Yin Chaosheng murmured softly, his fingertips gently touching his heart.
The place was originally a deathly cold place, but now, because it is in the mortal world and because of the bond with Jin Chen, one can feel the faint pulse of living beings.
Yin Chaosheng really liked this feeling, and he especially liked pressing his ear against Jin Chen's chest to listen to his heartbeat, feeling as if he were truly alive.
He sat by the river all night without saying a word.
Chu Jiushan advised him to go back and rest, but he seemed not to hear him.
As dawn broke and the eastern sky began to lighten, Jin Chen still had not returned.
Chu Jiushan stepped forward again, looking worried. "City Lord, it's dawn, and the yang energy is getting stronger. Why don't you go back to the barrier set up by your senior brother and wait there?"
Yin Chaosheng slowly raised his head, looked at the increasingly bright dawn in the sky, stood up, and his crimson figure stood out in the morning light.
"I want to go to the ghost town."
Everyone was shocked!
Someone blurted out, "Lord of the City! What...what are you going to do now?"
Yin Chaosheng raised his eyes to look at everyone, and in his strange pupils there was a kind of calm that had been washed away.
From this day forward, there will be no more Crimson Yin Ghost King, nor Crimson Yin Princess.
Whether he is reborn or his soul is scattered, he lives only for Jin Chen.
"The gates of the underworld have opened, and the cycle of reincarnation has restarted. This is the only chance to deliver the souls lingering in the ghost city and send them to the afterlife."
These words moved all the cultivators present.
Their siege of the ghost city and their fear of the ghost king stemmed from their concern that ghosts would wreak havoc on the human world.
Now, the Ghost King is willing to take the initiative to help all ghosts transcend their suffering and go into reincarnation himself.
At the funeral of Huai'an, everyone bowed and made a solemn gesture of respect.
Yin Chaosheng's lips twitched slightly as he used the last of his ghostly energy to cast a spell, his crimson figure merging into the phantom.
[The villain's darkening value is detected -6, totaling 20! 】
Three days later, in the underworld.
Deep within the underworld, the River of Oblivion flows silently, and the flowers of the other shore bloom.
Inside the main hall, however, the atmosphere was somewhat... subtle.
Jin Chen stepped out from an inconspicuous door in the side hall, his moon-white robe spotless, and he was playing with a reincarnation tablet in his hand.
He turned around with a relaxed and even polite demeanor, casually cupping his hands towards the side door, his tone carrying just the right amount of courtesy.
"Thank you for your leniency, Your Majesty."
The ox-headed and horse-faced demons standing outside the hall, along with the peeking little ghost messengers, all looked at each other in bewilderment.
They had personally witnessed how this living demon cleaved through the barrier of the underworld with a single sword strike three days ago and stormed in!
The sheer scale of it was enough to demolish the entire Yama Palace!
How come... how come it seems like they had a pretty good talk with their king?
Some of the bolder kids peeked into the half-open side door, only to hear an extremely authoritative voice coming from inside.
"Cough! Hmm!"
The King of Hell's voice rang out loudly, echoing in the empty hall, "The Crimson Yin Ghost King Yin Chaosheng, although his merits have been exhausted, has governed the Ghost City for me for hundreds of years, restraining all ghosts without any major mistakes, so it can be considered that his merits and demerits are evenly matched!"
"Now I hereby grant him... hiss... to be reborn as a human! You... may you go!"
Jin Chen smiled slightly, nodded again, and walked towards Meng Po of the Reincarnation Department and the Director of the Human Affairs Department who were waiting outside the hall.
The Director of the Personnel Department looked at Jin Chen blankly, then at the empty side door, and hesitated before saying, "Um, Lord Jin Chen? If you give me this token, I can choose a suitable family for his reincarnation based on the merit and demerit book."
Jin Chen: "I'll choose."
Director of the Personnel Department: "???"
His eyes widened in disbelief; he almost thought he had misheard!
Who will make the selection?
You choose!
Do you think the underworld is your personal fiefdom?
He instinctively turned his head to look at the tightly closed side door, his mind screaming: Your Majesty! How can you tolerate this? This living person is trying to ride roughshod over our underworld…
The side door remained tightly shut, and there was complete silence inside.
