"Not good, discovered again."
Jiang Liu's heart tightened. He was a living being and had practiced the "Tempering Body" technique, so his vital energy was as fiery as a furnace.
Ordinary ghosts, upon approaching him, would be seared to the point of excruciating pain.
This resulted in no ghost daring to approach within a yard of Jiang Liu, making him stand out among the rest.
It is reasonable that the ghost enforcers would be able to spot him at a glance.
He did not want to engage in a conflict with the ghost enforcers. Seeing their aggressive approach, he wanted to loudly explain, "I did not intentionally intrude upon the Underworld. I just wanted to ask a question of a friend!"
The ghost enforcers paid no heed: "People who have previously disrupted the Underworld by trespassing have also tried to say the same thing!"
In vain.
Jiang Liu could only apologize and immediately summon the Whole Heaven Earth Feng-Chilling Sword, raising it to meet the incoming Sadness Mourner Stick.
Upon engaging in battle, the ghost enforcer's expression changed: 'This is a tough opponent.'
Jiang Liu was delighted: 'He's weaker than Lang Wuji!'
Jiang Liu flicked his "Mountain-carrying Decision," forcing the ghost enforcer to retreat with a single sword, and then seized the opportunity to grab his hand.
He grabbed the Sadness Mourner Stick and pulled it.
The ghost enforcer was too slow to react and could not resist, and the Sadness Mourner Stick was snatched away by Jiang Liu.
The ghost enforcer exclaimed angrily, "Give me back my stick!"
"I'm not stupid. If I give it back, you'll just use it to chase me again." Jiang Liu refused, out of curiosity, looked at the Sadness Mourner Stick in his hand and muttered in surprise: "It's also a magical artifact. When I hold it, I can feel a slight pain in my soul."
Jiang Liu felt a bit fearful afterward.
Fortunately, he didn't get hit. Otherwise, even if it was difficult for physical weapons to penetrate the skin and bones, his soul would still be vulnerable to being struck.
The ghost enforcer, in a hurry, shouted loudly: "Hurry up and help me! Don't just watch the show. Join me in capturing the bandit who has sneaked into the Underworld!"
Jiang Liu immediately furrowed his brow, wanting to clarify that he was not a thief.
Suddenly, a dozen ghost enforcers from all directions surrounded him.
While the ordinary ghost enforcers are weaker than Lang Wuji, there are many of them, and each carries a Sadness Mourner Stick.
Jiang Liu saw the situation was not good and also realized that this was their territory. If things got out of hand, there might be more than just ten ghost enforcers chasing after them.
"Many ghosts against few humans, shameless!"
After throwing that remark, Jiang Liu turned around and ran without hesitation.
The ghost enforcer who had had the Sadness Mourner Stick taken away shouted angrily, "Give me back my Sadness Mourner Stick!"
However, Jiang Liu was already long gone, leaving at great speed.
He could only see Jiang Liu's increasingly smaller back.
...
"Ah, I forgot to return the stick to him." Jiang Liu only then noticed that the Sadness Mourner Stick was still in his hand.
He couldn't just throw it away, after all, it was someone else's property.
So he had no choice but to temporarily store it in his Mustache Scale, and if he ever ran into that ghost enforcer, as long as the other party apologized and admitted that they had misunderstood him, he would return it to him!
After escaping the ghost enforcers' pursuit, Jiang Liu's gaze wandered around.
His gaze rested on one ghost face after another.
And he specifically focused on the ghost faces without hair.
Jiang Liu followed the ghost tide like a river for about ten miles, finally spotting a small bald ghost with not much height.
On looking closer, he was overjoyed.
It's Huijing!
He saw that, having already become a ghost, Huijing was full of alarm and anxiety. He dared not look around or make a sound, as he was surrounded by ghosts. Even though he himself was a ghost, he still struggled to overcome his fear.
His appearance immediately made Jiang Liu conclude that Huijing was retaining his memories from life, unlike most ghosts who were confused and dazed.
"Huijing! Look!"
"Look here!"
Hearing someone call out to him, Huijing was so startled that he quickly turned his head to see, and then he was stunned: "Jiang Liu? Did you also die?"
Jiang Liu squeezed through the crowd of ghosts, making all the other ghosts avoid him as he went by, because his vital energy was too strong.
Jiang Liu stopped about ten feet in front of Huijing, and if he took another step forward, the ghost would undoubtedly be scalded by his vital energy.
"I'm not dead, I just used some methods to temporarily arrive in the underworld."
Jiang Liu first explained, then asked, "How did you die? Why was your skin in Wolf Valley Cave?"
Huijing cried out, "Jiang Liu, the abbot is a bad man. He tricked me into going to the demon cave and colluded with that demon. I was captured by the demons and even turned into two pills."
"The demons took one, the abbot took one... Jiang Liu, wu hu hu, they ate me!" He cried very sorrowfully.
Jiang Liu gritted his teeth, "That old guy was constantly against the Master of Dharma Ming, I knew he wasn't a good person! But I didn't expect him to be so bold, actually colluding with the demons in Wolf Valley Cave! And also using people to make pills, even eating people!"
"You go and have a good rebirth, and I'll avenge you!" Jiang Liu said.
Huijing hurriedly said, "The abbot can command hundreds of monks in the temple, don't worry about me. I'll just bear the burden quietly."
Jiang Liu declared firmly, "I must help you!"
At this moment, the shouts of the ghost enforcers came from afar— "Found him! He's right here! Let's all join forces!" "The criminal is here, catch him and hand him over to the Minister of Judgment!" "Don't run, return my Sadness Mourner Stick, give it back to me quickly!"
At first, there were only ten or so ghost enforcers, but now there were at least dozens of them.
A black and ominous crowd was quite terrifying.
Huijing couldn't help but be startled as he looked behind: "What on earth is that all about?"
Jiang Liu's face changed: "They are here to capture me. I need to run back to the place where I first entered the underworld and return to the mortal world. Otherwise, I will get lost between the mortal and spiritual realms."
"Huijing, I'll be going first!"
Jiang Liu swept a sword horizontally, kicking up dust, and then took off running.
A group of ghost enforcers had finally caught up, only to see a swirling cloud of dust, and the thief's figure had already vanished.
"Hey, that little monk!" The ghost enforcer who had lost his Sadness Mourner Stick asked urgently, "Someone ran over here just now, where did he go?"
Huijing felt that this scene was a bit familiar.
He weakly pointed in the opposite direction.
"That thief can really run! Come on and chase after him!" The ghost enforcer was both urgent and angry.
The ghost enforcers chased after him in that direction.
...
When Jiang Liu returned to the mortal world, he appeared in the Wolf Valley Cave.
"I now know who the other person is who killed Huijing."
As soon as Jiang Liu returned, he directly stated, "It was the old abbot!"
He briefly recounted Huijing's tragic plight.
Although Hu YuYu was not well acquainted with Huijing, seeing that the gentleman seemed very angry, she also harbored resentment against the old abbot. Hu YuYu bit her silver teeth: "Eating one's own kin for longevity is no different from beasts! When we fox spirits cultivate, we never eat our own kind!"
Shocked by QingQing's delicate face filled with anger, it was an emotional outburst from the depths of her heart: "As the leader of a temple, he should be a high-level cultivator. How could such a high priest act in such a manner?"
Jiang Liu was filled with killing intent and said, "So the old son of a bitch should be killed!"
Jiang Liu carefully folded away the human skin of Huijing.
He found a blessed land near Wolf Valley Cave, dug a grave and carved a monument, and buried the body of Huijing with only the remaining human skin under it.
Jiang Liu whispered the Buddhist scripture for transcending.
Shou Qing recited the Taoist scripture for transcending by his side.
Hu YuYu copied them, but he kept switching back and forth, mixing the two scriptures together, making it appear unbalanced and stumbled in his recitation.
Hu YuYu blushed, feeling that she had little culture, had read few books, and was somewhat out of place.
Seeing this, Jiang Liu comforted him, "It's all right, as long as you mean it."
With the comfort of the gentleman, Hu YuYu immediately became happy again.
The man, the fox, and Hu YuYu headed straight for the Golden Light Temple.
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