"But since you are all old acquaintances of mine, I will give Miss Ma another chance."
Zheng Wenjie looked at Ma Xiaoling holding Lucky Star's hand tightly and continued, "Miss Ma, you should change your career. Why would such a young girl choose to catch ghosts and kill zombies when there are so many other options?"
"Hey, stop talking. I think you know that it's because you were born in the Ma family and you can't make the decisions." Zheng Wenjie raised his hand to stop Ma Xiaoling who was about to speak.
"Then you can join my Sun God Cult and do your job. Not only will I provide you with financial support, I can also help you with the ghosts you can't deal with."
"There's more." Zheng Wenjie sat back on the sofa and continued, "If you want to deal with Jiang Chen or other zombies that have nothing to do with me, I won't regret it. How about considering it? It's better than dying in a moment."
A cloud of Yin energy flew out from Ma Xiaoling's back. Ma Donna sat cross-legged on it and stared at Zheng Wenjie with her eyes wide open: "Don't dream! We in the Ma family will never work for a zombie like you!"
"Why don't you reincarnate after you're dead? These soul-collecting messengers you left in the human world are really useless." Zheng Wenjie pointed at Ma Donna and said to Kuang Tianyou, "Brother Kuang, how can you govern the three realms if you work with these insects in the underworld?"
"Working together?" Kuang Tianyou looked at Zheng Wenjie strangely: "What do you mean by that?"
Zheng Wenjie took out a copy of the Yin Book and handed it to Kuang Tianyou, saying, "I am currently the ferryman of the underworld, and the area I am responsible for is the area of Hong Kong Island."
Madonna sneered, "You, a zombie, can still be the ferryman of the underworld. Don't you think it's ridiculous for you to say these things?"
Kuang Tianyou flipped through the Yin Book and looked at the names of people that appeared and disappeared, the times of their deaths, and so on. He closed the Yin Book and handed it to He Youqiu.
Zheng Wenjie ignored Ma Donna and just smiled at Ma Xiaoling and said, "After she died, Ma Donna could still freely travel between the Yin and Yang worlds and interfere with the human world. Miss Ma, do you think I should let your aunt's soul fly away?"
"Zheng Wenjie, you are still as despicable and shameless as you were before!" He Youqiu closed the Book of Conspiracy and slammed it on the guest table, cursing with a sullen look.
"But you made a wrong calculation. Although I don't know how you turned into a ferryman of the underworld, we ascetics have a tacit agreement with Hades."
"Shut up!" Zheng Wenjie looked at He Youqiu and said coldly, "If you keep talking nonsense, I will pull out your tongue right now."
"You!" He Youqiu stood up suddenly and glared at Zheng Wenjie. Kuang Tianyou also stood up and said to He Youqiu, "Uncle Qiu! Since we are negotiating now, let's calm down."
"Negotiate?" Zheng Wenjie looked at the three people who stood up and Ma Donna who was floating in the air strangely and sneered, "I am giving your Ma family a choice."
"Brother Kuang, what do you think these people who practice Taoism are doing? What is their purpose in subduing demons and monsters?"
Zheng Wenjie said calmly, "It is undeniable that there are indeed some celestial masters who are dedicated to conquering demons for the sake of people, but aren't most of them just trying to achieve immortality and ascend to heaven? If they can't achieve it in one lifetime, they will conquer demons for three or nine lifetimes to earn merit until that day comes."
"Of course, this is human nature. After all, how many selfless people are there in this world?"
"Cooperate with me. It will be faster and easier to subdue demons under my hands. What's wrong with that? If you agree, everything will be fine. If you don't agree, I won't do anything to you. It's just that Madonna's actions will be handled according to the rules of the underworld."
Zheng Wenjie looked at the time on the clock and said, "My wife should be back soon. Ma Xiaoling, please think about it carefully and give me an answer."
"Don't think about it. My Ma family has been hunting down generals and ministers for more than two thousand years. We have conquered countless demons. Even if their souls are torn to pieces, they would never associate with a zombie like you!" Madonna said decisively.
"We cultivators are also not without achievements in the underworld! My senior, Great-Uncle Lin, is the president of the No. 1 Bank in the underworld! Even the superior judge of you, the ferryman, includes my ancestor!" He Youqiu snorted coldly.
"Uncle Qiu, please sit down first." Kuang Tianyou comforted He Youqiu and sat down. After thinking for a moment, he asked Ma Xiaoling: "Miss Ma, you need to make up your mind about this matter."
Ma Donna glared at Kuang Tianyou unhappily and looked at Ma Xiaoling: "Xiaoling!"
Ma Xiaoling sat back on the sofa uncomfortably and looked at Zheng Wenjie with a painful face: "No wonder my aunt and Uncle Qiu said that you are a despicable and shameless villain. Why can't you face us like an enemy? How can you still talk to yourself here calmly!"
"We... don't have any grudges, right? You didn't kill Xiaoxue, so as long as she can be saved, it's nothing to me." Zheng Wenjie smiled and continued, "Compared to that, it would be better for me to have another Heavenly Master who can subdue demons and monsters."
In Japan, Zheng Wenjie has always been thinking about how Amaterasu can reincarnate as a human. After careful consideration, Zheng Wenjie also set his sights on the Sun God Cult. Human power is endless. The main god of Japan's Shintoism is Amaterasu. Since he still doesn't know how Amaterasu did it, he might as well follow Amaterasu's path first.
Ma Donna floated in front of Ma Xiaoling and said, "Xiaoling! You can't be fooled by this zombie. The Ma family's thousand-year reputation cannot be ruined in our hands!"
"I... understand, aunt." Ma Xiaoling took a deep breath and looked at Zheng Wenjie and said slowly: "Besides doing things for you, is there any other way to make you let my aunt go?"
Zheng Wenjie did not answer but stood up, left the living room, came to the door of the villa and smiled at Gong Ruomei who was holding hands with Meiyue.
"Father, if it weren't for mother, I would have been dead if Sadako had appeared just now. It was so scary!" Miyue waved her hands and said loudly after seeing Zheng Wenjie.
Zheng Wenjie walked down the stairs with a smile, letting Meiyue grab his arm excitedly. He looked at Gong Ruomei and asked, "How is it? Are you surprised? I told you that although it is pitifully weak, it cannot be completely eliminated, but you still don't believe it."
"It's not that I don't believe it, I just want to try it." Gong Ruomei stroked Meiyue's hair gracefully and said softly, "They are already here. They came really early. There is still more than an hour left since the agreed time. Three people and one wandering soul."
"There's another zombie, but you can handle them all by yourself. Brother Kuang has been drinking the blood of dead people and is malnourished. If you let him use one hand, he can't beat you."
"Is it the exorcist who injured Sister Tang Xue? Then they are dead. Mother is the most powerful being I have ever seen besides father!" Meiyue said confidently.
"When I saw Sadako's eyes, my chest ached. Everything I had experienced since childhood flashed before my eyes like a movie. But after my mother put her hands on me, I not only returned to normal, but I also saw my mother slap Sadako on the head with one hand, and Sadako was beaten into a black aura!"
"No wonder you've become so close to your mother all of a sudden. It's said that people go through their lives like a revolving lantern before they die. It seems to be true."
Meiyue nodded, looked at Zheng Wenjie and then at Gong Ruomei, couldn't help but laugh and said, "After all, I also want to have a real family."
"This is your home, and we are your family." Zheng Wenjie said as he led the two people back to the living room, one on the left and one on the right.
"Let me introduce you. This is my wife Gong Ruomei and our daughter Zheng Meiyue." Zheng Wenjie greeted them.
Gong Ruomei looked at Ma Xiaoling and then at Ma Donna who was floating in the air and glaring at her and the others. Her eyes turned cold and she said, "I'll go see Xiaoxue first. Let them wait."
Watching Gong Ruomei and Meiyue turn around and leave towards the basement, Zheng Wenjie spread his hands and said, "My wife seems to be even angrier."
"Ma Xiaoling, have you thought it over? Otherwise, I won't be able to decide whether to spare your life after you start." Zheng Wenjie said as he sat back on the sofa.
Kuang Tianyou frowned and looked at Ma Xiaoling and said directly: "Promise him, even if you still want to eliminate zombies, you should understand the story of sleeping on straw and tasting gall, don't fight against the stone with an egg!" "That's right!" Zheng Wenjie looked at Ma Xiaoling in agreement and continued: "I will give you a chance to wait for you to be under my command and wait until you are strong enough to eliminate me."
"Make a choice now. You are yourself and you should make a choice for yourself!" Zheng Wenjie looked at Ma Xiaoling with encouragement. As the protagonist, Zheng Wenjie has already given Ma Xiaoling a lot of tolerance.
Ma Xiaoling had already made up her mind. She looked at Ma Donna and said resolutely, "If I choose to join you, then what difference would there be between me and the traitors of the era you lived in?"
"My great aunt is the 39th generation descendant of the Ma family, and I am the 40th generation descendant. I cannot let the reputation of my Ma family be ruined."
Zheng Wenjie's patience was exhausted, and he laughed softly and said, "They are traitors. If you join my men, you will be considered a traitor."
"But I won't do anything to you today. Everything will be decided by my wife today."
Zheng Wenjie turned his head and looked behind him. Gong Ruomei and Meiyue were supporting Tang Xue as they walked from the basement into the living room.
"Is your injury so serious that you need two people to support you?" Zheng Wenjie's mood became a little unhappy because of Ma Xiaoling's refusal, and he scolded Tang Xue for her pretentious behavior.
Tang Xue coughed twice, freed her arm, walked to Zheng Wenjie and tugged at his clothes: "I'm injured like this, why are you still so mean to me?"
"Who but Mitsuki can't see that you're almost well?"
Tang Xue laughed dryly twice, raised her head and crossed her chest, looking at Ma Xiaoling with ill intent: "Why, are you here to pay back the money or to seek death? If you want to die, pay me back the one million you owe me first."
Zheng Wenjie couldn't help but patted Tang Xue's arm: "Your young lady challenged them to come back for you before letting them in, but when did Ma Xiaoling owe you one million?"
When Tang Xue heard that it was Gong Ruomei who issued the challenge, she turned around and looked behind her. Gong Ruomei had already disappeared, so she said with some emotion: "I made a bet with Ma Xiaoling that the loser would give the winner one million. After I won, she found out that I was a zombie and started to fight with me."
Zheng Wenjie laughed and looked at Ma Xiaoling: "You not only stole the car but also came to evade the debt."
"I...I will give you this one million!" Ma Xiaoling looked at Kuang Tianyou awkwardly. Besides Kuang Tianyou, Uncle Qiu and Ma Donna also knew what had happened.
"It's not giving, it's paying back. And it's not one million, it's two million. I didn't expect you to steal my car. I don't want a car that has been driven by someone else. I'll sell it to you at a discount." Tang Xue said while looking at Ma Xiaoling with disdain.
Ma Xiaoling stood up angrily: "You are so weak that you can't even watch the car. Even if I give you a few more chances, you will not be my opponent."
"If you say so, then it is, but not a cent less than two million." Tang Xue continued indifferently: "But you can talk about it if you survive today, otherwise if you die, my two million will be wasted, and my young lady is coming down."
After Tang Xue finished speaking, she looked towards the steps. Gong Ruomei had changed into a training outfit and walked down holding Meiyue's hand. She patted Meiyue's shoulder before coming to Zheng Wenjie and looking at Ma Xiaoling and the others and said, "Since you've all come early, let's get started now. Do you need to give you a little more time?"
"No need, let's start!" Ma Xiaoling looked at Gong Ruomei and said decisively.
Gong Ruomei nodded slightly, turned and walked out of the villa, and everyone followed her to the lawn in the backyard of the villa.
He Youqiu nodded encouragingly at Ma Xiaoling, and Ma Donna was also ready to risk her life if danger arose.
Gong Ruomei looked at Ma Xiaoling who was standing opposite her and asked, "Why are you alone? You guys can come together."
Ma Xiaoling took a deep breath and said, "What do you mean by that? You are issuing a declaration of war to me."
"It's unfair for you to win against me alone. Since those who are willing to help you are here, there's no need to waste time and just come at me together." Gong Ruomei's pupils changed color and her fangs were exposed as she spoke.
"Okay! Then let the two generations of my Ma family come together to meet you, a zombie!" Ma Donna floated to Ma Xiaoling's side and shouted loudly.
He Youqiu also limped over, and Kuang Tianyou looked at the scene with a frown in confusion.
"If you want to go, then go. Why are you so indecisive?" Zheng Wenjie said calmly with his arms folded across his chest.
Kuang Tianyou glanced at Zheng Wenjie, closed his eyes, sighed, and took a step forward.
"Miss, it's one against four here. She can also summon a dragon. Will it be dangerous?" Tang Xue asked Gong Ruomei with some concern.
"I will kill them all..." A sinister voice came from Tang Xue's side. Tang Xue touched Yu'er's cold hair helplessly and said, "If you keep killing people at will, the lady will definitely punish you if she hears it."
Zheng Wenjie looked at the big and small one and smiled, then looked at Meiyue who came out and looked nervously at the field with her arms clenched, and couldn't help but say: "They are just a bunch of chickens and dogs that will break at a touch, what is there to worry about?"
Zheng Wenjie's words were heard loudly and clearly by the people on the field. Ma Xiaoling's face became even uglier. She turned her wrist and four small flags appeared in her hand.
"Xiao Ling sets up a formation!"
After saying this, Madonna flew towards Gong Ruomei first, and used the little magic power in her soul, but it missed.
Gong Ruomei's figure had disappeared from the spot and appeared behind He Youqiu. Her slender, white hands clasped his scapula and then instantly released them to avoid Kuang Tianyou's punch.
He blocked the talisman that He Youqiu was about to stick to him after he reacted with his palm, and then hit He Youqiu's shoulder with the back of his other palm. As the clear sound of broken bones was heard, Kuang Tianyou could no longer hold back and let out a low roar. His fangs extended from his mouth, and the sound of breaking air continued to come from his swinging fists.
Gong Ruomei pushed He Youqiu away with a palm, and dodged and blocked Kuang Tianyou's continuous attacks. The two fought very fast, and the ordinary naked eye could not keep up with their speed.
"Miss, you've fallen into a trap!" Tang Xue looked at the two people who were already fighting in the air in confusion: "Miss, your power will be stronger on the ground."
"They are not good enough for your young lady to take seriously. Just think of it as a warm-up." Zheng Wenjie looked at Madonna indifferently after she supported He Youqiu and then looked at the flying shadow in the air in shock.
He Youqiu covered his broken shoulder with one hand and explained to Ma Donna with sweat on his forehead: "Tianyou... is a good zombie. His family has never done anything harmful. We have known each other for more than 30 years."
As soon as he finished speaking, Kuang Tianyou was smashed down beside them, with half of his body buried in the grass. Kuang Tianyou groaned and rolled out from the lawn, looking up in pain at Gong Ruomei who was falling from the sky.
Tang Xue looked at Kuang Tianyou in shock and then at Zheng Wenjie: "His eyes are also green."
"A malnourished second-generation zombie who drinks the blood of the dead every day. Xiaoxue, I believe even you can defeat him." (End of this chapter)