The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

105. The Red Lotus Hell

Translator: Ning LL

Perhaps because the boy had just returned from outside, the disappointed look on his face didn’t last for long.

Seeing that, the King rubbed the boy’s head and said, “Xi, come to a place with me next.”

“Which place?” Feng Xi sniffed with a curious expression. Normally, the place where the King would bring him to would be either interesting or torturing…

The King answered in a flat tone, “You’ll know when you arrive.”

“OK.” Feng Xi imitated the King’s flat tone. However, he had already guessed out the answer, so there was only expectation instead of disappointment in his eyes.

Seeing the boy immersed in his own fantasy, the King showed a gentle smile in his eyes and then looked to Wolf Fang and Nangong Li.

“Nangong Li, I want you to pick a few powerful cultivators from the Green Nether Hunting Group tomorrow. Tell them to assemble in the Heaven Peak Palace after four days. Remember, those cultivators have to be absolutely obedient, that’s the priority.” The King raised his head, with no expression in his eyes, but the words he said seemed quite meaningful.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Nangong Li was a bit startled. Then he calmed down and decided secretly that he would definitely let his subordinates keep their mouths shut. If the King wanted Nangong Li to be held accountable, the latter would receive more than just a simple warning.

After Nangong Li had left, the King looked to Wolf Fang thoughtfully, “Wolf Fang, was there anything unusual happening in the Ghost World?”

“Your Majesty, since the Black Spirits escaping incident, nothing strange has happened in the Ghost World. However, lately when the Lord of the Transmigration Palace checked the Book of Life and Death, he found that the lives of lots of the cultivators suddenly ended, but their souls didn’t come back to the Transmigration Palace and seemed to have been locked somewhere. The Lord has tried to employ the Evocation Art, but still failed to summon the souls.” Wolf Fang answered respectfully and then passed on the message from Lord of the Transmigration Palace.

“When did this happen?” King of the Netherworld asked.

“About half a month ago, right after the Black Spirits have escaped.”

It was reasonable to believe that someone had been plotting against the Netherworld, since those things had happened one after another during the last month. However, the plot seemed to be too obvious, which easily raised the doubts of others, especially Wolf Fang.

“Did Lord of the Transmigration find where the fluctuation of the souls came from?”

“He couldn’t, those souls seemed to have been sealed by something special. The Lord could not find them even if he used the Transmigration Mirror. However, according to his assumption, those souls should be at a place near or even inside the Netherworld.”

“I see, you can go back.”

Nothing like these had happened in the Netherworld for thousands of years. Especially, someone seemed to have plotted these things deliberately. If the King couldn’t get to the bottom of it, the authority of the Netherworld would be challenged. Perhaps the King had stayed quiet for too long, so someone had already forgot about certain things about him.

Wolf Fang couldn’t figure out what the King was thinking, but he believed that it wouldn’t take long for those problems to be solved. Perhaps everything would be settled very soon.

After Wolf Fang had left, the Palace fell into silence again and everything went back to peace. Feng Xi already came back to his sense. He had wanted to urge his leader to take him to that place. However, when he raised his head, he found his leader already closed his eyes. With a peaceful look on the King’s face, he put his hands on the arms of the chair beside the crystal desk and sat upright, but he didn’t seem to be taking a nap right now.

Suddenly, the silver gem on the King’s forehead gave off dazzling light which was brighter than that of the stars in the night sky.

Feng Xi climbed up in surprise. As he approached the King, he found there were lots of shooting stars flickering in the gem, lighting up the areas around them. As Feng Xi felt himself being enveloped by the light, the gem suddenly sent out strange pressure which went through Feng Xi’s body and spread in all the directions. After that, the pressure, centered in the Heaven Peak Palace, enveloped the whole Netherworld.

Suddenly, two golden flames appeared in Feng Xi’s eyes. Right at this moment, an attractive force came out from the gem and absorbed Feng Xi’s soul into it. Then the boy couldn’t help but close his eyes in the dazzling light.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself floating in the night sky above the land of the Netherworld.

Feng Xi, with his eyes opened wide, got panicky right away because he thought that he would fall down. However, after he had thought of all kinds of things which would happen to him, he found that right now he was only a soul. Meanwhile, there was a powerful force rising high and overspreading the Netherworld overwhelmingly.

Under Feng Xi’s gaze, all the black spots in the Netherworld had been destroyed by that force without having a chance to resist. Among those black spots, there were three sending out the air which Feng Xi felt very familiar with. When he remembered who those black spots were, they had already been wiped out.

After three seconds, all the black spots had been eliminated.

Before Feng Xi could figure out what had happened, his soul was dragged out from the gem by an attractive force again. When his soul went back to his body, he fell from the King’s body right away. Before he could cry for help, the King reached out his hand and held the boy up by the waist.

“Xi.”

There came the King’s emotionless voice. The gem on his forehead had already gone back to normal and the dazzling light also disappeared. It seemed that the light had been taken back, but the gem still looked extremely beautiful.

As Feng Xi looked up, his nose was pinched instantly. Then the King’s face suddenly came closer,

“That’s too rash! Don’t do this ever again.” The King warned that. He didn’t want to see such a dangerous thing happened to the boy again.

“Sorry, I made a mistake.” No matter how slow-witted Feng Xi was, he still knew that the King was talking about what had just happened. However, the boy’s eyes were still sparkling, because he had never seen such a marvelous art which could eliminate all the enemies. So awesome!

Feng Xi then put his arms around the King’s neck and said excitedly, “My leader, your move just now was so amazing! Can you teach me how to do that?”

“You are not able to learn that right now. When you become a real powerful cultivator and could create your own world, you’ll be able to destroy the people in your own world with one single thought. However, by then if you want to eliminate the people of other worlds, you have to be stronger than the ones who create those worlds.” The King put his hands on Feng Xi’s waist and leaned on the back of chair.

Feng Xi said calmly, “My leader, I just came to a conclusion.”

The King glanced at the boy reposefully, “Which is?”

Feng Xi then shook his head right away and said, “Everything could only be done on the basis of a powerful cultivation base. Without great power, one could complete nothing! Is that right?”

“I’m glad that you can realize this.” The King rubbed his head and suddenly changed the subject, “Although one’s power is very important, intelligence is also the key to success.”

Feng Xi patted on his chest and promised, “My leader, don’t worry. My biggest asset is my cleverness.

‘Really?’ The King really doubted that.

“All right, haven’t you said that you would take me to a good place? No time like the present, why don’t we go now?” Feng Xi, having bragged about himself, suddenly remembered that the King had promised to take him to a place.

“Fine!” The King chuckled.

At the same time, deep in the Red Lotus Hell, there was an abyss whose bottom could hardly be seen in the complete darkness.

There suddenly came a hoarse voice after tens of thousands of years of silence, sounding aged and gloomy. After untold ages, the voice now became deeper and more peaceful than before. The man with that voice raised his head and looked at the black sky with his red eyes. Then, he opened his mouth slowly as if he was muttering to himself,

“Did it fail?”

The Ghost World was a place where the sinful souls went, without any sunlight all the year. If the souls there wanted redemption, they had to atone for the crimes they had committed and wash the sin off themselves in the Red Lotus Hell.

Souls were fragile creatures. However, since they had made mistakes, they should be prepared for their punishment. Nearly none of the souls could tolerate the punishments in the Ghost World, thus there were always wails and howls coming out from the Red Lotus Hell. Those souls always begged for mercy miserably, but the cold-blooded ghost officials who had heard the same things for so many years would have no sympathy for the souls who deserved those punishments.

Like what happened in the Underworld, every official did their jobs in an orderly way in the Ghost World. There were ten Lords of the Palaces who were ruled by the Lord of the World in the Ghost World.

The Lords of the Palaces were directly subordinate to the Lord of the World and all had different parts to play. The system of power here was like the one in the Kingdom of the Human World. When the Lords of the Palaces had anything they were not able to handle, they would report to the Lord of the World. However, this kind of situation wouldn’t even happen once in a hundred years. Therefore, the incident this time must have been plotted long ago.

Because of the appearance of the traitors, the Ghost World was under tight security right now. Anyone who entered or left the Red Lotus Hell would have to go through a very strict investigation. Once someone was found suspicious, he or she would be caught at once. Even a fly couldn’t get in or out of this place easily.

The place where the King brought Feng Xi to was exactly the Red Lotus Hell.

However, they didn’t startle anyone, including Wolf Fang. After the King employed a teleportation art, they arrived in the Red Lotus Hell right away. When they stood in the air, the cold and gruesome air came at them right away. There were countless sinful souls crying and growling under their feet while crawling up to get rid of the darkness beneath them. However, there seemed to be a layer of barrier blocking them. Once they touched the barrier, they shrank back immediately.

Feng Xi never witnessed anything like this and clung to the King’s body with fear right away. This time he truly had broadened his horizon.

In the dark, a pair of eyes was suddenly opened while giving off bloody red light. Then the eyes were fixed right on the two people in the air.