Realm of the Night God - Chapter 121: Burial Master Xue Li

Yang Haoran had assumed that the reason the stone chamber hadn’t collapsed was due to the dense array of enchantments and the special materials used for the chamber. However, he hadn’t anticipated that all of this was simply because Xu Meijing had intentionally controlled the force.

Was it that Xu Meijing’s strength was even more terrifying than he had imagined, or was it that the enchantments within the stone chamber were weaker than Xu Meijing claimed? At this moment, he truly couldn’t discern.

Just as Yang Haoran was still astonished by Xu Meijing’s words, a surprised voice came from Xu Meijing’s mouth.

“Huh? Isn’t this our Yin Division’s soul gathering bead?”

These words caused a slight change in Yang Haoran’s expression. Without lingering outside the stone chamber, he stepped inside.

With no enchantments present, upon entering the stone chamber, Yang Haoran didn’t feel any discomfort. However, he remained extremely vigilant.

Arriving by Xu Meijing’s side, he followed her gaze and indeed found a bead beside the mummified corpse.

Perhaps outsiders wouldn’t recognize this bead, or they might mistake it due to unfamiliarity, but Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing, as members of the Yin Division, couldn’t possibly mistake it.

Xu Meijing was right. Beside this mummified corpse was indeed a soul gathering bead.

However, neither Xu Meijing nor Yang Haoran concluded that the other was a member of the Yin Division just because of a soul gathering bead. After all, to them, the soul gathering bead wasn’t a particularly rare item. Obtaining it wouldn’t be too difficult for outsiders either.

Yang Haoran activated his ghost eye, attempting to discern something from this mummified corpse, but to his disappointment, at the moment, it was just an ordinary mummified corpse. He didn’t make any discoveries.

“Heh, things are getting more interesting. Even our Yin Division’s soul gathering bead is here.”

Xu Meijing chuckled, then without any apparent action, the killing aura in her hand transformed into a mass of Yin Qi, merging into her body. The terrifying aura emanating from her also subsided with the disappearance of the soul weapon, returning to its usual state.

Yang Haoran specifically sensed it and could no longer detect that terrifying power from before. It was as if it had never appeared. At this moment, Xu Meijing felt no different from usual to him. Although the power fluctuations emanating from her body were much stronger than before, compared to when she had opened her soul, the difference was like night and day.

No wonder Master Zhou had capsized in her hands, hiding so deeply. Even if the boat had capsized, even if the boat ran faster on land than a car, he wouldn’t find it strange.

After retracting the soul weapon, Xu Meijing beckoned to the soul gathering bead beside the mummified corpse, and it floated up on its own, hovering in front of her.

Inside the soul gathering bead, soul threads swam, in addition to several clusters of Soul Qi. The soul threads and Soul Qi filled the entire soul gathering bead.

The soul threads were transformed from undead, while those clusters of Soul Qi were truly transformed from evil spirits. However, this Soul Qi was not the pure Yin Qi found in Night Watch Soul Qi. It was just a form taken by the evil spirits after being contained in the soul gathering bead.

“With so many undead and even a few evil spirits, the person who died here might not necessarily be from our Yin Division,” Xu Meijing said, looking at the soul gathering bead in front of her, smiling.

“It’s also possible that he stole this soul gathering bead,” Yang Haoran expressed his opinion.

“That possibility cannot be ruled out.”

Xu Meijing appeared indifferent, as if she didn’t care whether the mummified corpse in front of her belonged to the Yin Division or not.

The ghosts inside the soul gathering bead were originally quiet, but it seemed they had noticed Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing’s presence. Their emotions became excited for a moment!

Ghostly faces transformed within the soul gathering bead. They continuously roared and howled at the two, constantly colliding their soul bodies against the soul gathering bead, as if they wanted to escape from it.

Although their roars didn’t emanate from inside the soul gathering bead, their expressions and reactions made it evident that they were currently frenzied.

“It’s strange. Why are they so agitated? I can understand evil spirits being like this, but normally, undead are quite docile inside a soul gathering bead. Why are they so crazy?” Yang Haoran looked puzzled.

“Perhaps staying inside for too long has driven them more insane than you could imagine. Look at how crazed these undead are. They must have been in this soul gathering bead for quite a few years. But to know the truth, we must release an undead and ask,” Xu Meijing said.

With these words, Xu Meijing infused a bit of Yin spirit power into the soul gathering bead, then took out a relatively strong undead.

This undead had clearly devoured other undead. Its Yin Qi was heavy and fierce. The moment it was taken out from the soul gathering bead, its soul body immediately transformed into its appearance before death. Then, it roared fiercely at Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing, as if it were demonstrating and venting its anger.

Xu Meijing’s expression turned cold. She hadn’t expected this undead she took out to be so unruly. However, she wasn’t planning to indulge it. With Yin spirit power enveloping her right hand, she slapped it.

Undead didn’t have physical bodies; they only had soul bodies. Normally, ordinary physical attacks couldn’t harm them, let alone a slap. But if Yin spirit power was infused into the hand, the situation would be completely different. What happened next fully proved this point. The undead, still roaring, was sent flying by Xu Meijing’s slap.

This slap dealt considerable damage to the undead. Its soul body had become much fainter. Looking at its current state, if Xu Meijing were to reinforce the slap with more Yin spirit power, it might completely disperse the soul body of this ghost.

Suddenly, not only did this undead become bewildered by the scene, but even the other undead still roaring inside the soul gathering bead became much quieter. Only a few evil spirits remained fearless, continuing to roar inside the bead.

After receiving this slap, the undead immediately shut its mouth. It snapped out of its “regained freedom” joy and realized that the Yin Qi emanating from the two individuals before it was stronger than its own. It instantly understood their identities and revealed a mixture of fear and hatred on its face.

“Heh, I don’t like the look in your eyes now. What, do you want another slap? I assure you, this slap can scatter your soul,” Xu Meijing said with a cold smile.

The undead trembled, quickly suppressing the hatred in its eyes, leaving only fear on its face. From the previous slap, it had no doubt about this woman’s ability, nor did it doubt that she would do as she said.

“Just now… just now, I was too excited. I’ve been inside the soul gathering bead for too long, so…” the male ghost struggled to force a smile on its face, stuttering out an explanation.

“Don’t give me useless excuses. I ask, you answer,” Xu Meijing said as she inserted her right hand back into her pocket.

The undead dared not say a word against her. It quickly nodded and said, “Rest assured, whatever you ask, I will answer truthfully, definitely!”

“Who is he?” Xu Meijing glanced at the mummified corpse in front of her and then asked the undead.

“He’s called Xue Li. He’s the one who killed me and sealed my soul inside the soul gathering bead,” the undead said, its eyes filled with deep hatred when mentioning Xue Li. If it weren’t for its fear of Xu Meijing, it would have gone berserk again.

“He killed you and sealed you inside the soul gathering bead?” Yang Haoran frowned. If the undead wasn’t lying, then the soul gathering bead floating in front of Xu Meijing was indeed owned by this Xue Li. And if Xue Li had the ability to seal undead inside the soul gathering bead, then it was highly likely that he was indeed a member of the Yin Division.

However, what surprised him was why this mummified corpse Xue Li would kill this undead in front of him and then seal its soul inside the soul gathering bead.

“Do you have a grudge against him?” Yang Haoran asked, expressing his doubts.

“No grudge. I didn’t even know him before. Not only did he kill me, but the nine layers of undead inside this soul gathering bead also died at his hands. Those powerful evil spirits were also cultivated by him.”

The undead’s words were shocking. Not only was Yang Haoran startled by them, but Xu Meijing couldn’t help but reveal a shocked expression on her face as well.

“Are you kidding us?” Yang Haoran’s expression changed. He felt the credibility of the undead’s words was low.

If Xue Li was indeed a member of the Yin Division, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to eliminate an ordinary person using his abilities. If there was an irreconcilable hatred between them, it wasn’t impossible for him to kill. He had done similar things before.

Although Wang Qing’s death wasn’t directly caused by him, it was related to him. At that time, he had just become a Night Watch, and he dared to do such things. There was nothing surprising if Xue Li did the same.

However, there were countless soul threads inside the soul gathering bead, and there were even several powerful evil spirits. If all of this was done by Xue Li, Yang Haoran couldn’t believe it.

The duty of an Underworld Envoy was to guide the undead, eliminate malevolent spirits, prevent various kinds of death spirits from disrupting the mortal world, and arbitrarily killing living people, as well as raising evil spirits. Such behavior was not only disrupting the order of the mortal world but also tarnishing the reputation of the Yin Division. Once this matter was exposed, the consequences would be severe.

Although Yang Haoran wasn’t Xue Li, he was also a member of the Yin Division. Standing from his standpoint, he really didn’t want to believe the words of the undead before him.

Seeing Yang Haoran’s doubt and his unsightly expression, the undead panicked and hurriedly explained, “It’s true! Everything I said is true! Xue Li is just a lunatic! He takes advantage of being the Yin Division’s burial master to wreak havoc here in Lecheng! After dark, it’s supposed to be the world of the undead, but during his time in Lecheng, after dark, it’s no longer the world of the undead, but rather his playground as the Underworld Envoy!”

“What did you just say? Xue Li is the burial master? Or the burial master of Lecheng?” Yang Haoran’s shock intensified even more. However, as soon as his words fell, Xu Meijing, who had been frowning in thought, suddenly changed her expression. She looked sharply at the undead in front of her, startling it!

“You just said his name is Xue Li?” Xu Meijing asked sternly.

The undead was frightened and dared not speak. The slap Xu Meijing had given him just now had left a deep impression. It just nodded in fear, not daring to say anything.

“Xue Li… Xue Li… why does this name sound so familiar? So it’s him! I never thought he would die here!”

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