Hell Emperor

Under Li Ba's anxious gaze, Po Meng slowly said: "You can take one person with you, but you can only take one person with you..."

Ye Jie was stunned. He could only bring one person with him. What did that mean?

Just when Ye Jie was confused, he heard the howling of the wind coming from behind, and a ghost figure hurriedly came out of the thick fog. It was Xiao Yan, who had just met the two of them.

"Take me away! You don't know how long I've been waiting for this opportunity! Now the destined one is finally here... It must be God who asked you to save me!"

Xiao Yan looked at Ye Jie like a man who had fallen into the water. Now he finally found a life-saving straw, unwilling to give up this opportunity he had been waiting for.

Li Ba was angry for a while. She was obviously Ye Jie's companion. She had just found hope of a safe escape, and now there was another competitor.

"What are you doing? Who said he was going to take you away, you..."

Li Ba shouted, his short body was not worthy of the former Lord of Yama Hall.

Xiao Yan glanced at her, no longer suppressing his powerful aura, and released the ghost-immortal aura, which immediately made Li Ba shut up without saying anything unpleasant.

However, keeping her mouth shut is one thing. It is absolutely impossible for her to obey the appointment and give up the opportunity to escape from this place.

Ye Jie stepped forward, blocked the two of them, and said: "Okay, I know who to take away. Master Xiao Yan, I am not the destined person you are waiting for. You should hire someone else." ”

Having said that, Ye Jie was about to take Li Ba away, but heard Xiao Yan say: "Wait! Take me away, I can give you what you want, what do you want? Immortal magic weapon? Immortal Taoism? I have it all. I can give it to you...Now that the Lord of the Palace of King Guang is rebelling against the order of the underworld, as long as I leave this place, I can help you deal with him, and I can make you the next Lord of the Palace!"

Ye Jie took a deep breath. In order to get out of here, Xiao Yan offered a high price that was hard to refuse.

Becoming the next palace master is a temptation that no one can refuse.

Ye Jie thought for a while, and finally looked at Po Meng: "Can I take them two together?"

Po Meng shook her head: "Only one person."

Ye Jie touched his chin: "Everyone?"

As expected, Ye Jie looked at Po Meng like she was a fool.

"Okay... then I'd better take Li Ba away." Ye Jie said helplessly.

Hearing Ye Jie's choice, Xiao Yan's expression changed slightly: "What did you say? Why did you reject me? I can give you all my life's virtue, what can she give you?"

The conditions offered by Xiao Yan made Li Ba feel uneasy. She didn't have that much virtue, couldn't produce magic items at the level of an immortal, and her strength was far inferior.

If you take away the previous palace master, you will have the help of a ghost fairy, and you will get the ghost fairy's repayment. But if you take her away, you will get nothing. Isn't it clear at a glance how to choose?

Seeing that Li Ba was unable to refute, Xiao Yan took advantage of the victory and pursued him: "On the bridge just now, I heard your conversation... You are looking for Tathagata. You want to know who he is, right? I know everything about him, take me out. , I can tell you the answer!”

Ye Jie was stunned. He didn't expect that Xiao Yan had heard all the chat on the bridge just now.

"Do you really know who Tathagata is?" Ye Jie asked tentatively.

"Once upon a time, his name was known to everyone, and he was the one who suppressed the King of Demons. But from one day on, everything changed..."

At the end of the sentence, he looked nervous and looked around, as if he was being targeted by a savage beast. He did not dare to say another word: "I can't say any more...take me out and you will know everything!"

Ye Jie remained silent, and the place suddenly fell into silence.

Seeing that Ye Jie was moved by his words, Xiao Yan looked happy, while Li Ba looked depressed and let out a long sigh: "It goes without saying... Ye Jie, I know what choice you will make."

"Do you really know?" Ye Jie was a little doubtful.

Li Ba gritted his teeth tightly, his face drooped, and his slumped shoulders seemed to bear the weight of the whole world:

"Does this need to be said? Everyone knows how to choose, let alone you who are good at calculation... I am very satisfied to be able to send my clansmen into reincarnation. My journey is over. Not only does the Master Xiao Yan He is strong and knows the unknown secrets, which will be enough to help you in the future..."

At the end of the sentence, Li Ba's face turned pale, without a trace of blood.

She didn't resent Ye Jie. Ye Jie said that he would take her to send her clan members into reincarnation, and now he did it. However, what happened after that was unexpected by everyone.

Ye Jie didn't answer. After a while, he finally spoke: "Palace Master Xiao Yan, you made an offer that I can't refuse..."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan looked overjoyed: "Very good, then take me out of here now!"

However, what Ye Jie said next made him stop laughing.

"...It's just that I'm not the one you're waiting for." Ye Jie shook his head.

As soon as these words came out, both Li Ba and Xiao Yan were stunned and couldn't believe their ears.

"What did you say? I understand. You must think that I haven't given you enough. What do you want? As long as I have it, I can give it to you!" Xiao Yan said in disbelief.

Ye Jie's expression did not change: "It has nothing to do with the number. My partner and I came here together, so naturally we have to leave together."

Li Ba looked at Ye Jie with glazed eyes. He couldn't believe that Ye Jie actually refused the conditions offered by the previous palace master for his own sake: "Ye Jie, you..."

Ye Jie looked at her with reassuring eyes: "Don't worry, I will never leave my partner behind."

Xiao Yan still refused to give up: "What can she give you? I can give you ten times more!"

Ye Jie shrugged helplessly: "Don't you understand? She is my partner, she doesn't have to give me anything."

Xiao Yan's body trembled, his mouth moved, and he couldn't make any sound for a long time. After a while, he finally became discouraged: "Maybe, you are really not the one I am waiting for, I have to continue waiting..."

He turned around, his figure seemed to have aged ten years, and finally disappeared in the thick fog on the Naihe Bridge.

After Xiao Yan left, Li Ba breathed a sigh of relief: "I was scared to death. I didn't expect that the Palace Master Xiao Yan would show up halfway... Ye Jie, I thought you would give up on me."

Ye Jie's mouth twitched: "Are you so unconfident?"

Li Ba lowered his head: "I don't have no confidence in you, but in myself... Just like what the Palace Master Xiao Yan said, Ye Jie, I can't give you anything. I laughed at you before. Why did you choose me?"

Ye Jie smiled: "The past is over. Besides, didn't you treat me to a meal? Didn't you give up on me in the underworld? If you feel bad, wait until all this is over, wait until the day when the disaster is far away, and treat me to a meal again."

"This is not the same thing at all..."

Hearing this, Li Ba's mouth, which had always been suppressed, finally rose. How can rejecting the Palace Master's offer be confused with an ordinary dinner invitation? But Ye Jie thought so.

The restriction of not being able to retreat on the two of them has disappeared, and they can leave the bridge freely.

"Ye Jie, when are we leaving?" Li Ba asked.

Ye Jie was a little embarrassed: "We can leave, but once we walk out of the Naihe Bridge, we will be surrounded by the Lord of Guangwang Palace. The Impermanence Formation is still outside. If we leave now, I'm afraid there will be no good results..."

If Xiao Yan helps, any Impermanence Formation will be broken in an instant in front of the previous Palace Master at the level of ghost fairy, and it will not pose any threat at all.

If it were Li Ba, let alone breaking the formation, even escaping would become a problem, and he could only wait here.

Li Ba also noticed what Ye Jie was thinking, and curled his lips: "Humph, Ye Jie, don't look at me, I can't break the formation."

Ye Jie scratched his head, turned his eyes, and looked at Meng Po who was waiting on the side: "After all, this bridge is guarded by Meng Po and is under the jurisdiction of the Equal Hall in charge of reincarnation. Let's see if Meng Po has any way to help us leave."

After that, Ye Jie stepped forward and found the ghost fairy Meng Po who was guarding here.

Meng Po said nothing about the dispute between Li Ba and Xiao Yan. Her eyes were indifferent, as if she had seen through the world and nothing could move her heart.

Ye Jie clasped his fists and asked: "The Lord of Guangwang Palace has sent troops to block the road outside the Naihe Bridge. May I ask Meng Po, is there any small path here that can allow us to leave safely?"

"Where are you going?" Meng Po spoke in a hoarse and slow tone, word by word.

Ye Jie's eyes lit up and he answered truthfully: "Go to the Netherworld Ghost Prison, just north of Guangwang Palace."

"I'll take you there."

After speaking, Meng Po walked slowly to the bridge and picked a bright flower from the Yellow Spring at the end of the thick fog.

"That is..."

Looking at the flower from a distance, Ye Jie's pupils shrank.

The flower is bright red and dazzling, like the blood flowing in the veins, and like a wild and burning hot flame. The center of the petals emits a soft light, as if a bright gem is inlaid, giving people a mysterious and charming feeling.

Even if he only looked from a distance, Ye Jie felt that the bottleneck that had troubled him for many years was loosening. His body was constantly trembling, and his soul was extremely eager, like a hungry traveler trapped in the desert, who suddenly saw an oasis and wanted to take it for himself no matter what.

Li Ba also covered his mouth and exclaimed: "That flower... Could it be the legendary soul-healing wonder, the red spider lily?"

Red spider lily, all ghost messengers have heard of its name.

As long as you can refine this flower, no matter how serious the injury to the soul is, it can be restored in a short time. Not only that, even poor qualifications will usher in a transformation like a rebirth under the nourishment of the red spider lily. Only one flower can create a genius in the way of cultivation.

"Take it, it can help you..."

Meng Po handed the red spider lily to Ye Jie. She looked solemn and looked at Ye Jie, as if she saw his future trajectory.

Ye Jie was stunned. Of course, he would not refuse such a good thing.

After accepting the red spider lily, Ye Jie felt his soul agitated.

In order to cooperate with Xia Wei in performing the Soul of the Underworld, his soul collapsed many times. Although it was repaired with the Golden Fiber Soul Nourishing Technique, it still left some hidden injuries.

Although those hidden injuries were not fatal and did not affect the performance of the Soul of the Underworld, if they continued to accumulate, sooner or later, they would be unbearable.

Now, with the soul-healing wonder of the red spider lily, as long as it was refined, Ye Jie's soul would be completely renewed and all hidden injuries would be healed.

Not only that, the red spider lily can also improve the soul's qualifications and make cultivation smoother, especially for ghosts like Ye Jie who have poor talents and no natural supernatural powers, it can have an immediate effect.

After accepting the red spider lily, Ye Jie was about to thank Meng Po, but he saw Meng Po gently flicking her sleeves, and he and Li Ba were immediately pushed away by a strong force.

The figure was in a trance, the space changed, and when the two came to their senses, they saw that the surrounding Naihe Bridge had disappeared, and it was replaced by a familiar ghost prison.

Li Ba opened his mouth wide: "Ye Jie, we...we have returned to the Ghost Prison?"

Ye Jie nodded: "You are right, it seems that Meng Po sent us back, and saved us the trouble of risking crossing the impermanence formation."

Thinking of the experience on the Naihe Bridge, Li Ba was still in shock: "Wait a minute... She just gave you a red spider lily? Red spider lilies only exist in legends, I have never really seen one, how many ghost messengers want to find one but can't, she just gave you the red spider lily? Ye Jie, what did you do?"

Ye Jie scratched his head: "The reason why Meng Po let me off the hook may be due to Aunt Meng's relationship... Aunt Meng chose me as her destined person and asked me to protect her. Maybe because of this, Meng Po said that my mission was not completed."

After listening to Ye Jie 's explanation, Li Ba was quite emotional: "It is a great benefit to be valued by the ghost fairy. So, Ye Jie, you are lucky..."

Ye Jie just shook his head: "My luck is very bad, and I have proved this for many years. As for now... I think someone must have shared his luck with me, so I can do all this now."

Li Ba blinked: "Can luck be shared?"

Ye Jie nodded and laughed: "Don't you know that good luck is contagious? But this time, I don't know who shared my luck with me..."

Hearing this, Li Ba frowned. Is there more than one person who shared good luck? How many people can share his luck?

"Anyway, since we are back to the outer perimeter of the Ghost Prison, let's go and see what the situation is over there." Ye Jie looked into the distance, a little anxious.

Outside the Ghost Prison, the situation is precarious. The dragon has returned, and the master of Tianxuan Palace is trying his best to fight, but it seems that he can't hold on for long.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ye Jie's expression changed slightly. He did not dare to delay for even a moment and hurried to find Xuan Cheng and his party.

"Ye Jie... you are finally back!"

Seeing Ye Jie return, Xuan Cheng could no longer suppress his anxiety and pulled him.

Ye Jie's face tightened. From Xuan Cheng's expression, he knew that something must have happened here: "Don't worry, what happened?"

"Just now, the Ghost Prison Formation changed. The formation master in the hall discovered that under the Ghost Prison Formation, there was also a layer of Soul Locking Formation. Now it's all over..." Xuan Cheng said with a gloomy face.