Hell Emperor

Chapter 54 Hua Xiaomei-Shocked
"The Lord of the Demon Palace has arrived!"

As the announcement resounded through the sky, the door of the golden carriage opened wide, and there was only endless darkness behind the door. Any light approaching this place would be swallowed up.

When everyone was astonished, an extraordinary and heroic woman walked out of the darkness. She was wearing a dark cloak and heavy boots. Her eyes were like stars, her nose was straight, and she had a slight smile at the corner of her mouth, showing her confidence and publicity. With a bit of awe-inspiring arrogance, it seemed as if nothing was ever in her eyes.

Upon seeing this person, all the palace masters who were seated first in the Hall of Equality bowed to greet him.

"Master Guangwang Palace, together with all the judges in Guangwang Palace, respectfully welcome Master Mo Luo Palace..."

"The Lord of the Blood Pond Palace welcomes the Lord of the Demon Luo Palace!"

"Master Jinlun Hall, I would like to extend my highest greetings to Master Mo Luo..."

"The Master of the Beast Form Palace meets with the Master of the Demonic Palace."

Respectful greetings came one after another, and there were many palace master-level presences among them. You must know that in a Yama Palace, the master of the palace is the one and only existence, so why should he grovel to others?

The ghosts in the Pingding Palace were not surprised by this situation. The respectful greetings of the many palace masters could only be enjoyed by the most powerful person in the underworld, the ninth-turn proud Immortal of the Demon Luo Palace.

Outside the hall, Hua Xiaomei also caught a glimpse of the retreating figure of Lord Mo Luo. It was only after the endless coercion that threatened the world had gone away that she patted her chest lightly and introduced to Nan Linghe:
"She is the master of the Demon Palace, Moro. Her strength is unfathomable. She has never appeared in person at the Ghost Festival in the past years, but only asked her subordinates to attend on her behalf. Why is she here in person this time?"

Nan Linghe nodded in understanding, and was about to say something when he heard a muffled groan coming from beside him. Looking carefully, Lucy suddenly squatted on the ground, holding her head in her hands, with a painful look on her face.

"Are you okay?" Nan Linghe looked worried and hurriedly took out the powder Bai Luo gave her and carefully fed it to her.

Hua Xiaomei found a place for the two of them to sit down. Seeing that Lucy was not in good condition, she simply suggested: "Looking at her like this, she probably won't be able to go to the Ghost Fair. It just so happened that the Lord of the Demon Palace was here too, and the Ghost Fair was about to begin." To start, why not just listen to the rankings of this ghost mission event outside the Hall of Equality, and see what other ghosts with amazing talents have appeared in other continents."

Nan Linghe nodded and looked around, only to see many ghost servants who, like them, were not qualified to enter the Hall of Equality and could only listen to the announcements outside.

In the Hall of Equality, on the grand high platform, a golden auspicious beast appeared on the stage under the gaze of everyone. The auspicious beast had a strange appearance, with a tiger head, a dragon body, a lion tail, and unicorn feet. Even if you just get close, you can be touched by it. The auspicious aura caused all the ghosts in the hall to scream in surprise.

"It's the mythical beast Di Ting! Di Ting is on stage!"

"Is it hosting this ghost event?"

"That Diting is an auspicious beast. If you follow it, you will definitely have good luck. The effect is equivalent to the first-grade talent: Lucky Star in your destiny..."

"Stop arguing and let me listen to the rankings!"

On the stage, Di cleared his throat and announced the start of the grand event. His voice was not loud, but it rang in the ears of all the ghosts in Fengdu Imperial City. No matter what they were doing or where they were in the Imperial City, they could hear its words accurately. .

"The Ten Halls of Hell gather together, and the Ghost Festival begins now!"

"Based on the rankings of each Yama Hall last year, I will announce the best ghost candidates for different Yama Halls one by one. The order is Mo Luo Hall, Ping Ping Hall, Blood Pond Hall, Beast Shape Hall, Golden Wheel Hall, Qinglian Hall, Ming Ling Hall. Temple, Witch Temple, Tianxuan Temple, and King Guang Temple."

"The first is the Mara Palace. In the 638th year of the Moro Calendar, the best ghost in the spring was Shura Hong, who received a total of 5.9 million yin virtues, and the best ghost in the summer was Shura Leopard, who received a total of 470 Among the ten thousand yin virtues, the best ghost dagger in autumn is Shura Hong, with a total of 4.5 million yin virtues, and the best ghost dagger in winter is Shura Yan, with a total of 6.2 million yin virtues..."

"This year the candidate who won the title of the best ghost in the Demon Palace is - Shura Hong! A total of 19.3 million Yin De was obtained throughout the year!"

"Next is the Hall of Equality..."

In a remote corner of the hall, Gui Cha Ba listened to the cold announcement, and could no longer contain the excitement in his heart. His moment had finally arrived.

It reached into its arms and took out a broken page. As it thought, the content on the broken page soon came into view:
[Book of Life and Death Archives:]

[Guangwang Palace: Winter Performance Ranking in the Twelfth Year of Zhenguan]

[First place: Ghost Chaba, totaling 371,000 Yin De]

[Second place: Ghost Chahu, totaling 296,000 yin virtues]

[Third place: Gui Chaan, totaling 229,000 yin virtues]

【…】

After seeing the content on the remaining pages, Gui Cha Ba was overjoyed and laughed out loud: "Huh, hahaha, maybe I can't compare to those Shura people who have their backs against the big trees, but in this Guangwang Palace, Who else is my opponent? Even the fourth-level impermanence is below me, so the best ghost position in winter must be mine!"

Hearing this, the ghosts belonging to Guangwang Palace also congratulated:
"I remember that the best ghosts in the spring, summer and autumn this year were all you! So, when you become the best ghosts in winter, you will achieve the epic achievement of a year-round grand slam!"

"A Grand Slam for the whole year... That is a great achievement that no ghost has been able to achieve in the history of Guangwang Palace. I didn't expect that we can witness this moment with our own eyes today."

"The ghost bastard is so lucky. It is really the pride of our Guangwang Palace! I wonder what kind of amazing reward the master of Guangwang Palace will give it after it becomes a palace-level ghost bastard of Guangwang Palace?"

The praises from everyone made Gui Chaba feel excited. When he thought about the reward he was about to receive, he couldn't help but rub his hands in excitement. Who is the Lord of Guangwang Hall? A little reward revealed between the fingers is enough to benefit an ordinary ghost for a lifetime.

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"Ahead is the Soul-Eating Abyss."

On the top of the Black Mountain surrounded by the gloomy wind, Ye Jie led the soul of the Hengshan Bandit to this place and spoke lightly.

"Jump down, Jiang Xin, that's where your soul belongs. You've killed too many people, and your soul will be tortured in the Soul-Eating Abyss for hundreds or thousands of years. I'm afraid it won't end."

Behind Ye Jie, the Hengshan bandit looked calm, as if he had accepted the result.

Seeing the evil and ominous things under the Soul-eating Abyss, which made people palpitate, Luo Bei's teeth trembled and asked: "What about me?"

Ye Jie glanced at her: "You have not done any evil deeds during your lifetime, so you do not need to be punished in the Soul-eating Abyss. You can be reincarnated directly. You still have two thousand yin virtues in your body, which is enough for eighth-level reincarnation, and you will be reincarnated into a wandering family in your next life."

"How could this happen..." Luo Bei shook his head repeatedly, "No, I want to stay with my husband, and I also want to enter the Soul-Eating Abyss."

Ye Jie sighed: "The Soul-Eating Abyss is extremely terrifying. There are mountains of knives and oil pans, tongues and hearts are pulled out, stones are crushed by beasts, and punishments of being cut into pieces with thousands of knives are specially created to punish evil spirits. Anyone who enters it will Soul, I have never seen you again, do you really want to do this?"

Hearing about the horrific punishment he was about to face, even the murderous Hengshan bandit showed some fear on his face and advised Luo Bei:
"You don't have to be like this. Our relationship as husband and wife has ended in this life, and it's time to part ways. I have killed too many people. This is the retribution I deserve, and you should not suffer this. You should forget about me. Don't worry. Reincarnate, that is your destination."

Luo Bei burst into tears and stretched out his hand to touch the Hengshan Thief's face:

"How could I leave you? You committed a heinous crime to avenge me and our children. Let the two of us bear this retribution together. We are husband and wife, and we should have difficulties in common. Of course, even death cannot separate us."

The two hugged each other and cried. Ye Jie stood aside with his hands behind his hands and looked up at the sky, only to see black clouds rolling in and no sun.

At the end, Luo Bei wiped away his tears, bowed to Ye Jie and said: "Master Gui Cha, it is thanks to your help that I can reunite with my husband. I have decided to go into the Soul-Eating Abyss with Jiang Xin and suffer the consequences." Thousands of years of punishment and the bad virtues in my body are useless, so I will give them to you."

Ye Jie took out the broken page, and it really showed the Yin De from Luobei. He sighed and asked the Hengshan robber: "Jiang Xin, I have another question for you. You take the baby with you all the way. Going south, could it be that you want to take them through the barrier in Lei Ze and go to other continents?"

The Hengshan thief shook his head: "I originally planned to take them to Jinghe River. The Dragon King there promised to give us protection, but unfortunately the success fell short in the end."

Hearing this, Ye Jie nodded slightly, took out the Ghost Order from his arms, handed it to the Hengshan Bandit, and said, "I understand, let's just say goodbye."

The Hengshan bandit took Luo Bei's hand and walked to the edge of the cliff. The two hugged each other and jumped down together. Their bodies fell downwards and fell into the black clouds, and soon disappeared without a trace.

Ye Jie stood there, speechless for a long time, but saw several new ink marks on the remaining pages.

[Bookkeeping of life and death:]

[In the winter of the twelfth year of Zhenguan, the souls holding Gui Chajie's token were escorted to the Soul-Eating Abyss. 】

[Second-level ghosts receive 10% of the reward fee. 】【Ghost Cha Jie received 247,000 Yin De. 】

Next to the dark text, two faces were painted with scarlet blood. Jiang Xin had a sinister eye and a scar on his face. Luo Bei was in tears and was inconsolable.

Ye Jie stood on the edge of the cliff for a long time before taking the broken page into his arms.

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Outside the Pingding Hall, Hua Xiaomei listened to the announcement from Di Ting, stretched out, and took out the broken page: "Let us take a look at the ranking of Guangwang Hall this year. You don't need to look to know that Gui Chaba is... First……"

It didn't matter, but she couldn't move her eyes away at all!
"This..." Hua Xiaomei was stunned, "No, what does this ghost mean?"

"What the hell is wrong?" Nan Linghe looked puzzled.

"It's Gui Cha Jie, Gui Cha Jie!" Hua Xiaomei gestured wildly with her hands and feet, and her words were difficult to say. "Look! The third place on the performance list, Gui Cha Jie!"

Nan Linghe poked his head curiously and read the records on the remaining pages:

[Book of Life and Death Archives:]

[Guangwang Palace: Winter Performance Ranking in the Twelfth Year of Zhenguan]

[First place: Ghost Chaba, totaling 371,000 Yin De]

[Second place: Ghost Chahu, totaling 296,000 yin virtues]

[Third place: Ghost Cha Jie, a total of 242,000 yin virtues]

【…】

Looking at the rankings on the remaining pages, Nan Linghe tilted his head: "Is there another ghost Jie in the underworld?"

"What other one? It's him, Ye Jie!" Hua Xiaomei was almost going crazy, "What on earth is going on? Why did Ye Jie get to third place? Also, these 240,000 Where did Yin De come from? When did he earn 240,000 Yin De? There must be something wrong with the Book of Life and Death!"

"Two hundred and forty thousand Yin De..."

Nan Linghe scratched his head, recalling every bit of getting along with Ye Jie, and suddenly thought of the task Ye Jie assigned her for the first time: "Brother Jie asked me to post a wanted notice before, and the wanted thief on it seems to be worth Two hundred and forty thousand Yin De, what is the name of that thief..."

After some thought to no avail, Nan Linghe shook his head and gave up: "I don't remember... I just remember that the man had a scar on his face, and it scared me. He seemed to be called a big thief..."

"Big thief? Hengshan thief?" Hua Xiaomei reacted and immediately opened her mouth, "Only people of the level of Hengshan thief are worth 240,000 yin. You mean, Ye Jie captured Hengshan thief? How is this possible? …”

Hua Xiaomei looked at Nan Linghe, and then at the ranking of the remaining pages in her hand. Now she had to believe it even if she didn't believe it. She sighed repeatedly: "Oh my God, what did Ye Jie do? When I get back, I have to take care of myself." Just ask him."

In the Pingdong Hall, many ghost servants affiliated with the Guangwang Hall also discovered the change in rankings at the first time:

"Look! Someone rushed to third place and pushed Gui Chaan down!"

"Wait a minute...that person is Gui Cha Jie? Isn't Gui Cha Jie ranked last all year round? How come he's in third place?"

"I just saw that he was the last one, but how come there was a sudden increase of 240,000 Yin De... It seems that he has captured a very important wanted evil spirit."

When everyone called his name, Xie Bian looked livid. He looked at Gui Chajie's name on the performance list, his eyes filled with chills. What really made him angry was not that he was surpassed in the rankings, but the meaning behind the 240,000 Yin De. :
"The Hengshan thief died like this? It's useless, my design was in vain..."

Seeing Xie Xinyu looking at him curiously, he shut up and began to close his eyes to rest. However, the rising and falling of his chest seemed to tell that he was not at peace in his heart.

Gui Chajie, who was confident of winning, also heard everyone's discussion. He quickly took out the remaining pages and flipped through them. He suddenly fell into a rage. Gui Chajie's name on the performance list was so stuck in his throat that he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Recalling the unexpected encounter with Ye Jie not long ago in the Hengshan Bandit Camp, Gui Cha Ba's teeth were almost broken:

"Hmph, Ye Jie! How dare you take advantage of me to receive the award and steal the soul of the Hengshan thief. That is my target! It belongs to me! When the ghost festival is over, you will be dead. , I will let you experience my power!"

At this moment, everyone's discussion also caused Gui Chaba's expression to change slightly, and a bit of cold sweat actually dripped from his forehead:
"Look, Gui Chajie's performance is still increasing! And the trend is far from stopping..."

"Looking at this momentum, could it be that he wants to compete for the best ghost of this quarter?"

"That Gui Chajie has always been the last one, and was once the laughing stock of Guangwang Palace. I didn't expect that once he rose up, he would have such ambitions..."

Hearing this, Gui Chaba couldn't sit still anymore and lowered his voice and roared: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could that Gui Cha Jie be so virtuous that he actually wants to surpass me? The best ghost chai this winter must be It belongs to me!"

Under Gui Chaba's intimidation, everyone remained silent, but still watched the changes on the performance list with suspicious eyes.

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The top of the Black Mountain.

Ye Jie unfolded the soul-calling banner and released all the men of the Hengshan Bandit. They followed the Hengshan Bandit and slaughtered people along the way. Their hands were stained with a lot of blood. They were unable to enter reincarnation and had to be punished in the Soul-Eating Abyss.

The soul of the black-armored warrior knelt in front of the cliff, holding Ye Jie's ghost order in his arms and muttering in his mouth, his words full of sadness:

"King Hengshan, I failed you during my lifetime, but I won't let you down this time! Please lead us and continue to fight in the underworld after death to kill all those unjust people!"

He jumped up, just like he had used a shock attack on Xia Wei before, with his legs straightened, and with a momentum that would never come back, his body fell towards the dark abyss like an iron tower.

The other thieves were inspired by him and jumped into the Soul-Eating Abyss like dumplings.

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Ye Jie's number of evil virtues rose rapidly, from the original 240,000 to 260,000... 280,000... and even 300,000... 350,000. Then he stopped and stopped for a long time. The change caused many ghosts to discuss:
"It finally stopped. Gui Chajie's performance has surpassed Gui Chahu's and reached the second position. There is only 20,000 difference to jump to the first place..."

"It's a pity... don't look at the difference of only 20,000. The 20,000 Yin De is enough to become a natural chasm and completely cut off Gui Chajie's hope of becoming the number one."

"The tasks issued by private individuals in the Guangwang Palace, or the Yin De traded from other ghosts, will not be included in the performance list. The final settlement will be carried out soon. It seems that the ghost Jie has no What chance..."

Outside the Hall of Pingping, Hua Xiaomei looked at the rapidly growing numbers on the performance list. She was shocked to the point of being completely numb. Her eyes were wide open and she could not say anything.

Nan Linghe waved in front of her: "Sister Mei, are you okay?"

At Nan Linghe's call, Hua Xiaomei came back to her senses. She couldn't calm down for a long time. She pulled her hair and said, "Then what on earth is Ye Jie doing... Could it be... Could it be..."

At the end, Hua Xiaomei also had some unreal thoughts in her heart. Scenes that only existed in dreams seemed to appear before her eyes. Is it possible that Ye Jie will become the best ghost of this season?
This idea was so ridiculous that Hua Xiaomei immediately rejected it from the bottom of her heart. Just looking at the rapidly growing numbers on the performance list, she couldn't help pinching her pale face.

Unfortunately, the rapidly growing number stopped completely after reaching 350,000. There is still a gap of 20,000 between the number one Guizhaba, and it seems that there will be no change.

This result made Hua Xiaomei feel sad and speechless for a long time. Nan Linghe noticed something strange about her and couldn't help but ask: "Sister Mei, are you okay? From the beginning, you looked a little wrong. .”

Hua Xiaomei sighed: "It's a pity... He and I have been crawling around in the underworld for many years. We are both down and out. I really hope that your brother Jie can win once, even just once... It's a pity. After all, I still took a breath..."

In the Hall of Equality, Gui Cha Ba was already sweating profusely when looking at the ranking changes on the performance list. Even he himself was not aware of this. His eyes were wide open as he stared straight at the performance changes on the remaining pages. .

This 370,000 Yin De is already the largest amount of Yin De obtained by Gui Chaba in a single season among the four quarters of this year. The total amount of Yin De obtained by it in a year is only 1.33 million.

Seeing that Ye Jie's performance had stopped moving at the position of 350,000, Gui Cha Ba was finally relieved and wiped the sweat from his forehead. His arms were trembling slightly, but he still held on and said:
"Humph, what kind of ghost is it? Trash is trash after all, and it is not worth mentioning at all. The best ghost this winter must belong to me, ghost!"

(End of this chapter)