Hell Emperor

Chapter 57 Ye Jie - The best ghost

Outside the Pingding Hall, Hua Xiaomei looked dull after hearing Di Ting's report, her eyes completely lost focus, and she really suspected that she was dreaming.

She raised the broken page with trembling hands. The records written in cold words on the broken page proved to her that all this was true.

[Records in the Book of Life and Death:]

[Announcement from Guangwang Palace: Gui Cha Jie won the title of the best ghost chai in the twelfth year of Zhenguan, and earned a total of 1.34 million Yin De throughout the year. All the ghost chaplains in the Guangwang Palace pay their highest respects to Gu Cha Jie! 】

After repeatedly confirming that she had seen it correctly, she could not accept it no matter what. She held her head in her hands, and her already pale face became increasingly pale: "This... this..."

Beside her, Nan Linghe blinked: "Sister Mei, I just seemed to hear Brother Jie's name."

Hua Xiaomei's tone was trembling: "Ye Jie, he...he became the best ghost of Guangwang Palace this year! Who can tell me what happened? Where did these more than one million Yin De come from?"

Thinking of her previous adventure with Ye Jie, Hua Xiaomei couldn't figure out where the cash-strapped Ye Jie had managed to find more than one million Yin De. This was simply unbelievable to her! This is no longer a surprise, but a kind of shock!
After hearing the news, Nan Linghe couldn't help but cover his mouth and exclaimed: "I heard that if you become the most influential ghost of the year, you can get a reward of 100 million yin. Is it true?"

"It's not that simple..."

After suppressing the surprise in her heart, Hua Xiaomei bit her lip slightly. When she went back to see Ye Jie, she would hold him for interrogation:
"The current Ye Jie is just the best ghost of the year in the Guangwang Palace. After the selection, the ten best ghosts from the Ten Palaces of Yama will engage in a ten-person melee, and only the one who wins in the end will win. This is the final annual Fengyunguizai, who will receive a reward of 100 million Yin De."

Nan Linghe nodded as if he understood, and asked with longing in his eyes: "Can Brother Jie win?"

Hua Xiaomei is not optimistic: "With his strength, I'm afraid there is no hope at all."

Nan Linghe's face drooped: "Then Brother Jie can't get anything?"

Hua Xiaomei corrected him: "That's not true. According to the rules of the Lord of Guangwang Palace, as long as you become the best ghost of the year in Guangwang Palace, you can get a copy of the Heaven-level Kung Fu even if you lose in the final melee. As a reward! That is a heaven-level skill! Its power is not comparable to that of low-level skills."

At the end of the sentence, Hua Xiaomei couldn't help but rub her hands, and there was a bit of excited anticipation in her eyes.

In the Hall of Equality, after listening to the announcement of the sacred beast, Gui Cha Ba's entire body turned to stone. He simply couldn't believe his ears that his position as the best Gui Cha Ba had actually been snatched away by someone. The man is Ye Jie, the ghost that it has never seen before!

Even Xie Xinyu couldn't help but open her mouth when she heard Gui Chajie's name: "This is impossible... How could Gui Chai, who is not even qualified to enter the Hall of Equality..."

The ghosts around him also had expressions of disbelief:
"Gui Cha Jie became the best ghost chai? How is this possible?"

"I just saw that he was ranked second, and suddenly one million yin virtues suddenly increased! There must be an error in the book of life and death. There is no other possibility!"

"That Gui Chajie is obviously a joke. He gained 1.35 million yin virtues in the winter, but only 1.34 million yin virtues throughout the year. That is to say, in the other three seasons combined, he still lost 10,000 yin virtues. If such a person stays in Guangwang Palace, he will only become our laughing stock, so how could he..."

The exclamations from the ghosts' mouths made Gui Chaba blush, and with an angry look on his face, he finally approached the Lord of the Guangwang Palace:

"Honorable Master of Guangwang Palace, I have some doubts about the origin of Yin De in Ye Jie, the best ghost in Guangwang Palace this year. With his strength, it is absolutely impossible to obtain one million Yin De, let alone win the best He must have used other means to get Gui Cha's position."

Faced with Gui Chaba's doubts, the master of Guangwang Palace, who was wearing a gold dragon robe, just said lightly: "There is absolutely no chance that there is any error in the records in the Book of Life and Death."

Gui Chaba was unwilling to give up, and continued: "I can guarantee that Gui Chajie will never be able to do this. I implore the Lord of Guangwang Palace to investigate this matter thoroughly!"

Gui Chaba's loud plea also drew many eyes from those around him.

Seeing the Lords of the Yama Luo Palace sitting on the other thrones casting their playful gazes at him, the Lord of the Guangwang Palace looked a little confused. When he got angry, a dazzling golden light burst out from his eyes, and the vast dragon power suppressed him.

Gui Cha Ba, who has always been unforgiving of power, felt his breath blocked just by the golden vertical pupils of Lord Guang Wang, and he felt like he was falling into the abyss. He quickly lowered his head and begged for mercy with a trembling voice: "Master, spare your life, I know I was wrong..."

The master of Guangwang Hall did not want to argue with it, so he waved his hand, and Gui Chaba hurriedly resigned, not daring to delay even a moment, and hurriedly left the Pingdong Hall.

The embarrassing situation of the ghost bastard naturally attracted a lot of discussion from the ghost bastards. The ghost bastards who had dared to be angry and dare not speak out under its strong pressure jumped out at this moment:
"I didn't expect that this ghost would have such a miserable day."

"Having offended the Lord of the Guangwang Palace, Gui Chaba's good days have come to an end. From now on, it may not be able to move even an inch in the Guangwang Palace."

"Kiuzhaba worked so hard to win the best ghost for three quarters, but he didn't expect that in the end, let alone winning a Grand Slam, he wouldn't even be the best ghost of the year. It's really funny."

After the ranking of the best ghosts in the ten halls was announced, a loud voice was heard on the high platform, which once again spread throughout the entire Hall of Equality:

"The announcement of the best ghost has been completed. Please invite the best ghost from each palace to come on stage and start a brawl. The one who falls off the platform or dies is considered a failure. The last winner standing will become the underworld this year. The annual turmoil of the year was rewarded with 100 million virtuous virtues."

As Ting Ting's words fell, the best ghosts who had been preparing for a long time jumped onto the high platform, and the ghosts with different appearances were gearing up.

Among them, there are monks holding scriptures in their arms, witches holding magic weapons, foreigners whose faces are covered with gauze and only their eyes are exposed, and living skeletons with exposed bones and withered flesh and blood. No matter who they are, they are all interested in becoming the ghost of the year. Determined to win.

Behind each of the best ghost servants is the palace master sitting on the throne of Yama. The palace masters look indifferent, like a pond of stagnant water in an ancient well, and they are not happy at all.

The most powerful among the ghosts was a tall figure wearing a Shura mask, with a peak fifth-level cultivation. After she jumped on the stage, she half-knelt down towards Moro who was on the throne of the palace master. He said respectfully:

"Your Majesty Moro, I will continue to show the power of the Shura people and will never humiliate your glory. The final victory must belong to our Moro Palace!"

Moro raised his eyebrows and chuckled, as if joking, and said in a casual tone: "If you lose, you can commit suicide."

Shura Hong trembled and became more determined to win.

"That Shura is the strongest. She was the one who won the title last year. When the war begins, we will deal with her first, and then we will decide the winner."

"That's right. If we fight alone, none of us can be her opponent."

The people with evil intentions reached a tacit agreement, preparing to sweep the strongest out first, and then continue the fight.

After waiting for a long time, the brawl has not started yet. After everyone counted them carefully, they discovered that there were only nine ghosts who had jumped up to the high platform. Where was the other one?
"Why is there one missing?" "Let me take a look... the best ghost in Guangwang Palace is not on stage."

Listening to everyone's discussion, even the Master of the Guangwang Palace looked a little confused: "Who knows where my best ghost has gone? Why hasn't he taken the stage yet?"

"Reporting to the Palace Master, that Gui Cha Jie only has second-level strength... Besides, he has never come to Fengdu Imperial City at all." The judge on the side found Ye Jie's location through the book of life and death, and answered with black lines on his head.

"what?"

Without waiting for the master of Guangwang Hall to continue asking, he heard the Divine Beast Truth say: "The time has come. The ghosts who have not yet appeared on the stage are equivalent to giving up directly. Guangwang Hall has been eliminated."

After hearing Diting's verdict, Lord Guangwang could only shake his head helplessly: "Forget it, with his second-level strength, can I still expect him to kill the fifth-level Shura and become the final winner?"

When he learned that someone was absent, even Moro on the throne couldn't help but laugh loudly: "Are you giving up before the fight has started? Lord Guang Wang, the best ghost in your palace is not good enough."

The Master of the Guangwang Palace looked ugly, and there were still many evil spirits nearby who had ulterior motives and were jealous of others. They spoke to the Master of the Guangwang Palace:
"That Gui Cha Jie didn't come to the Ping Ping Palace because he was afraid and didn't dare to go on stage to fight with the best Gu Cha from the rest of the Nine Palaces of Yama. Although he became the best Gu Cha, he also lost the title of our Guang Wang Palace. Face!"

"Please, the Lord of the Palace, punish him."

"The palace master promised that he would reward the best ghost with a heaven-level skill, but that cowardly ghost Jie is not qualified to receive such a reward!"

The Lord of Guangwang Palace waved his hand: "You are not joking. Since I have said it, I will definitely do it. Do you think I am a person who does not keep my word?"

Under the powerful gaze of Lord Guang Wang, the ghosts did not dare to raise their heads or say another word about this matter.

On the high platform, the fight between ghosts had already begun. Shura Hong swept all the way, and no one was her enemy. The ghosts were swept away by her one by one, and they were eliminated one after another. Soon, only the ghosts were left on the entire high platform. Her figure alone.

Di Ting said at this time: "Shuluo Hong has achieved the final victory. She is this year's annual Gui Chai, and has won the award of 100 million Yin De! Thanks to all the hall masters for visiting, this year's Gui Chai event has come to a successful conclusion..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a voice: "Wait, I have a few more words to say."

The person who said this was none other than the Lord of the Demonic Palace, who was wearing a dark cloak. Seeing Moro speaking at the ninth level, Tingting leaned down and gave her the place to speak.

The palace masters also became serious and did not dare to miss a word.

"I think you all have heard the prophecy of Lao Jun. Soon, the King of Demons, Monkey King, will return to the world. I remember that the last Emperor of Hell died in his hands. Do you have any thoughts? ?" Moro said slowly.

Wearing a purple shirt and with a cold temperament, the master of the Ningling Palace said: "The first one to be affected by the disaster should be Nanzhan Buzhou. We still have time to wait and see what happens."

Wearing a red robe and having sharp teeth, the Master of the Blood Pond Palace immediately retorted: "Knowing that a danger is coming, and not waiting until the moment the butcher's knife falls on one's head, without even thinking about taking precautions, that is undoubtedly a stupid act. .”

"We cannot change the outcome of the Monkey King's return. Laojun's prophecy is destined to come true. Any attempt to prevent the prophecy from happening will instead help to make the prophecy come true." The Master of the Witch Temple shook his head.

"Among all the palace masters, the most powerful one is undoubtedly the master of the Demon Luo Palace. I wonder what the master of the Demon Luo Palace has in mind?" said the master of the Guangwang Palace.

As the words of Palace Master Guangwang fell, all the palace masters turned their attention to Palace Master Moro. Moro stood up, the dark cloak behind him rustling, and said without hesitation:

"We cannot sit still and wait for death. Five hundred years have passed. The world only knows that there is the Jade Emperor in heaven, but forgets that there is also the Hades Emperor in the underworld. The position of Hades Emperor has been vacant for too long, and it is time for someone to ascend the throne!"

The Master of the Blood Pond Hall echoed: "The Master of the Hall of Moro is ranked ninth rank and is one of the most powerful people in the world. She has experienced immortal tribulations and has a lifespan as long as the sky. She is the perfect candidate for the Great Emperor of the Underworld. With her here, the underworld can enjoy Eternal peace.”

The master of the Underworld Palace looked slightly cold: "According to the precepts of the Underworld, whoever can control the complete form of the first-class artifact: the Book of Life and Death, is qualified to become the Emperor of the Underworld. But now, the Book of Life and Death has been divided into ten and dispersed to all the Yama Palaces. In the hands of the Lord, it is probably against the rules for Lord Moluo to do this."

Moro glanced at her, and in his starry eyes, there was only extreme self-confidence: "Before I become the Emperor of Hell, I will complete the recasting of the Book of Life and Death, and what you have to do is to reshape the books in your respective palaces. Give me that part of the book of life and death."

Hearing this, all the palace masters seemed to explode.

"The Book of Life and Death maintains the movement of Yin virtue in the underworld and has long been the cornerstone of the operation of the underworld. Once the Book of Life and Death is lost, the ghosts will be unable to complete their errands and browse the life stories of wandering souls. Even the reincarnation of the world will become It’s extremely difficult, I’m afraid the entire order in Hades will collapse immediately…”

"I'm sorry to have to obey."

"The Master of Equality Hall will not allow such a thing to happen."

Regarding everyone's reaction, Moro had already anticipated it and spoke slowly: "I know that you cannot accept this result for a while, so I will give you one year to prepare. When the time is up, if you still refuse to hand over your life and death certificate, you can Don’t blame me for not warning you, you will experience the power of the nine-turn Proud World Immortal.”

The palace masters had livid faces and did not say a word.

The ghost mission event is over, but the words of the master of the Demon Palace still left an unforgettable and deep impression on the ghost missions who participated in the event. All the ghost missions who came to the Hall of Equality felt like a storm was coming in their hearts. The entire Hades , things are about to change.

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Beside the bridge, Aunt Meng's departure made all the maids extremely sad, and everyone looked like they were in a state of despair.

After a while, Guazi was the first to recover. After Aunt Meng was gone, she was the most powerful person in the wine country and the mainstay among the maids. She said to Ye Jie:
"Since you sent Aunt Meng away, now it's your turn to fulfill your promise and take us to find Aunt Meng's reincarnation."

Ye Jie said apologetically: "I'm really ashamed. I need the help of a friend to find the whereabouts of Aunt Meng's reincarnation. She has now gone to Fengdu Imperial City to observe the ghost festival. It may take some time to return. Wait until she returns. , I immediately started looking for Aunt Meng’s whereabouts.”

Guazi expressed his understanding: "Okay. The current situation in Nanzhan Buzhou is not good. We need to find Aunt Meng's reincarnation as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams."

Ye Jie thanked him and sent a message to Nan Linghe by ghost messenger. Then he said goodbye to the chief maids and prepared to go to the human world.

For some reason, Ye Jie was worried about Xia Wei and didn't know what was going on with her.

(End of this chapter)