Transcendent Dawn

Chapter 615: Chapter 0615: Capture (Third Request for Monthly Pass)

“[Ghost Officer]?”

Li Shitou looked at his black, ghastly, like a ghostly claw right hand and said: “Little Qingzi, can you ask Grandpa for me…if I continue to cultivate, will I be able to seek revenge?”

He couldn’t speak to Su Lu directly because Su Lu was hiding inside Xu Changqing’s heart.

“I’ll ask for you…”

Xu Changqing followed through and immediately said: “Grandpa says…you’re still too weak. You need to at least pass four major hurdles before you can potentially handle the Corpse Dissecting Fairy from that day!”

“Corpse Dissecting Fairy? I’ll remember that.”

Li Shitou, caressing the iron chain on his right hand, fell into silence.

After a moment, he asked again: “Did you come to the underworld just to find me?”

“No, there’s another thing. It concerns everyone in Xiaozhai Village…” Xu Changqing was quick to recount Zhou Quan’s predicament, then asked: “Shitou, have you found any similar ‘weird creatures’ around here? The Village is waiting for it to save them!”

“No… It seemed like it was just me and Wang Hu here at the beginning…”

Li Shitou let out a sigh.

“So…the village is doomed?” Xu Changqing sounded disappointed.

“However…after becoming a [Ghost Officer], I feel like I’ve formed some kind of connection with this mansion in some mysterious way…”

A look of confusion crossed Li Shitou’s face: “Follow me!”

He led Xu Changqing to a spot in the ruins: “This is it. I feel like something underneath here is calling me.”

“So…shall we go and see?”

Xu Changqing asked: “Sir…what do you think?”

“Li Shitou is already a [Ghost Officer], perhaps he can sense Yin Gods of the same path. It’s worth a try!” Su Lu carefully replied.

Currently, he could only observe through his host and was less sensitive to these matters than Li Shitou.

“Let’s give it a try then.”

Xu Changqing lifted a piece of rubble.

“Let me do it.”

Li Shitou came forward, pressing down with his right claw.

Whoosh!

His right arm at the moment could hardly be distinguished from iron, digging into the ground like a knife through tofu, leaving a neat gap. His strength was enormous, and his actions were swift.

In no time, the ruins were cleared out, revealing a downward passage.

‘He’s so strong…Isn’t he as capable as Zhou Quan?’

Xu Changqing watched, slightly envious.

If it wasn’t for Grandpa warning him that to become a Yin God like Li Shitou, he would have to die first, he might have been tempted.

“I’ll go first, you follow.”

Li Shitou quickly stepped in, seeming rather urgent.

“Be careful…The attraction he’s feeling seems to be getting stronger.”

Su Lu warned Xu Changqing to follow Li Shitou.

In the case of the soul, darkness has no concept with the ability to perceive objects intact.

As Xu Changqing ventured further down, his expression became more bewildered.

The path was long, discouragingly so, and it became broader the further they went down. It was as if beneath the mansion, there was a palace ten times larger hidden.

“Grandpa…uh…what is going on here?”

A sense of cold and majesty was constantly assaulting Xu Changqing’s mind, causing him to stutter on his words.

“The so-called Land of the Dead, since it is named ‘Land’, naturally it is valued for its depth…Just as you mortals would build towers. The more towering and splendid, the better. In the Land of the Dead, the structures are even more magnificent and enormous the deeper you go.”

Su Lu replied with a guess.

After a duration of time, the path finally came to an end.

Xu Changqing exited the tunnel, finding himself before an indescribable palace.

If he had ever seen an imperial palace in the mortal realm, he might have found the two strikingly similar—one illuminated, the other in shadows—but both were equally grand and awe-inspiring.

In front of the palace was a huge Hanbai jade square. Here and there, broken walls and ruins could be seen, indicating some degeneration.

Kerfs left by sabers and axes could be found on many stone pillars.

“I can’t…I can’t go any further.”

Xu Changqing felt a wave of fatigue creeping up from the bottom of his soul.

“Hmm…it looks like this place is really something. Look to your right.”

Su Lu directed him to a wall, inscribed with characters similar to tadpole scripts.

“This is the Yin text of the Land of the Dead. Translation would suggest, ‘Mountain God curse of the East, Six Heavens summons, Red Book of Life, governing assembly in Luofeng, demons come, ghosts sent…all led to the wooden palace, dare to delay…’ The bottom half is too blurred…”

“Here, should be called Luofeng Mountain, or… Luofeng Six Heavens? It’s a gathering place of powerful Ghost Gods, but for some unknown reason, it is in ruins.”

“Congratulations, kid. There’s a high possibility you can find the weird creature here!”

Xu Changqing didn’t quite understand the earlier remarks, but caught on to the last sentence and immediately lit up with joy.

“However, it could also be extremely dangerous. One misstep and you may lose your life here.”

Su Lu coldly warned.

“Who’s there?”

By this time, Li Shitou in the middle of the square seemed to have finally come out of his daze, and barked angrily.

Immediately, he pivoted around with his right hand reaching out into the void.

Where there was previously a void, dark currents suddenly formed into a shadow, laughing teasingly.

“Hehe…”

Just hearing this voice made Xu Changqing’s mouth twitch—the urge to burst out laughing was overwhelming.

“Don’t laugh. If it lures out the emotions hiding in your heart, you’re a goner. ”

At this critical moment, Su Lu shouted in Xu Changqing’s mind, jolting him awake. “This…is this a demon?”

“Stronger than a ‘demon’, weaker than a ‘ghost’…It should be a strong emotion left behind by some entity, born from this extraordinary area…”

Su Lu said: “After so many years, retaining this kind of power is not bad at all. After all…this is just the periphery!”

“So, you’re saying…that’s a residue of some guardian’s regret?” Xu Changqing was wide-eyed: “And it’s this powerful?”

“Don’t worry, at least a [Ghost Officer] can cope with it.”

Su Lu looked over and saw Li Shitou’s right-hand claw passing through the shadow’s body in vain but there was a smirk on his face.

Swish! Swish!

The black chains on his arm quivered, like freed serpents, they entwined the shadow and he grasped it in his hand.

Snap!

Following a soft noise, the dark fog dispersed and the silhouette vanished.

But Li Shitou’s smirk faltered.

In the darkness, one after another, figures walked out, all making playful laughter sounds.

The shadow just then had instantly split into hundreds!

Upon seeing this spectacle, cold sweat started to drip from Xu Changqing’s forehead. He knew that even Li Shitou might not survive this encirclement.

“To deal with this situation, you have to find the original body! The one wearing the tall hat.”

Su Lu reminded him.

“Brother Shitou, the one with the tall hat!”

Xu Changqing immediately shouted.

“Hm?”

Li Shitou scanned the area and found that among the encircling shadows, there was only one wearing a tall, pointy, black hat. Suddenly, he felt relieved: “Die!”

He lunged towards the shadow, his chain spreading out like a spider web.

Whumph!

The shadow with the tall hat was directly caught, dissolving into streams of air, restrained by the chain, and absorbed into Li Shitou’s palm.

The other shadows around instantly vanished.

The ghost was successfully captured!

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