Chapter 178 Soul Bottle

Zheng Wenjie led Fang Dawei through the hazy fog. The fog was thicker and thicker as they walked. Fang Dawei could not see clearly even with his eyes wide open.

The more he walked, the more frightened he felt. Fang Dawei couldn't help but ask Zheng Wenjie, "Um... Boss, where are we now? Why can't we see anything around us?"

Fang Dawei followed Liang Jiamin and called himself the boss. Zheng Wenjie didn't care. He stopped and said calmly: "We have passed the entrance to Huangquan and are waiting now."

"Wait?" Fang Dawei floated in the same place as Zheng Wenjie, puzzled. After a moment, a ray of light appeared in the foggy front and slowly approached here.

As the light got closer, the surrounding fog slowly dissipated. Fang Dawei looked around and saw a vast expanse of black earth. An indescribable sadness and loneliness surged in his heart.

"Am I really dead and can never go back..."

“When a person dies, it’s like a light goes out. It’s good to be reincarnated soon.” The speaker was the soul-catcher holding a lantern.

Looking at the hairless soul-catcher wearing a black cloth, Fang Dawei was not afraid. He turned his head and found that Zheng Wenjie was gone.

"Where's the boss?"

The soul-catcher shook the lantern in his hand, and when the light shone, Fang Dawei felt that he could no longer control his body. When the lantern moved, he also floated with it.

"My Lord should have gone to the Palace of Hades. As for you, follow my Lord's instructions and go to the Eighteen Levels of Hell with me first."

"Wait, ghost catcher, sir, ancestor, please wait a moment, why do we have to go to the eighteen levels of hell?" Fang Dawei wanted to struggle but he could not control his body at all. He could only howl in fear.

The soul-catcher ignored Fang Dawei and walked forward with the soul-catching lantern. There was a flowing river, but strangely, it was like dead water and there was no sound at all.

There were several wooden boats of different sizes moored by the river. The soul-catcher took Fang Dawei onto the smallest wooden boat, which drifted down the river as if it were alive.

The soul-catcher stroked the wooden boat with nostalgia and said, "Next time, you won't have to take the boat. You should take the elevator to the Eighteen Layers of Hell."

"Once all the elevators in the Eighteen Layers of Hell are repaired, we Soul Catchers can relax. These officials have finally done something good."

Fang Dawei felt his mouth loosen up at this moment. He couldn't open his mouth and speak after howling just now. He hurriedly asked, "Sir, shouldn't I go to the judge first, and then cross the Naihe Bridge to drink Mengpo soup? Why do I have to go to the Eighteen Layers of Hell first?"

The soul-catcher laughed and said, "Don't worry. This time, we will go to the Eighteen Layers of Hell first, and then to the Judge's Palace. There will be no Meng Po soup in front of us."

"Now you don't have to cross the Naihe Bridge. After you have been sentenced to a lifetime in the Judge's Hall, if you can be reincarnated, you will drink Mengpo soup on the spot to be reborn."

"As for you, my lord has told me that you made a deal with a ghost. That ghost is being punished in hell now. My lord told me to hand you over to that ghost."

Fang Dawei suddenly remembered the deal he made with Liang Kun. If his soul had been able to move, he would have definitely run away. Liang Kun was a gangster and had once been a leader, so it went without saying that he was ruthless.

If I give myself to Liang Kun, then I will die, right? How could he care if I die too early? He only thinks that he promised to take care of his mother in her old age but did not do so.

"No! I want to complain! Yes, I want to complain. We are all ghosts. Why do you want to hand me over to another ghost?"

The skin at the corner of the soul-catching messenger's mouth cracked, and he spit out a foul breath towards Fang Dawei with a ferocious mouth, and roared hoarsely: "This is the underworld, the heavens are not responding and the earth is not working. I haven't eaten a ghost for hundreds of years. Don't force me to eat you now."

Fang Dawei was frightened into silence, his mouth tightly shut, and he just watched the soul-catcher close his mouth and return to normal.

"Be honest. At most you will be punished along with the ghost. When he is able to reincarnate, you can be reincarnated with him. If you dare to complain, we will kill you first."

Fang Dawei didn't dare to say anything more. Now he couldn't escape and there was nothing he could do. Judging from the look of this monster, they were afraid of complaints. There was still a chance. Dawei, don't be afraid!
Zheng Wenjie lamented that the underworld changes a lot every time he comes. Now this underworld city is full of high-rise buildings at a glance. The only difference from big cities is the people and ghosts.

"You can't be reincarnated right away, especially if you want to be reincarnated as a human being, you need to wait in line."

Hearing the voice, Zheng Wenjie turned his head and saw Pluto A-Cha wearing a black long skirt that reached her ankles. It swayed gently with her steps, and a peony made of broken diamonds sparkled at the waist of her skirt.

"Lord Pluto, you are so handsome and graceful." Zheng Wenjie praised and said, "I came here today to ask, are you ready, Chiyou?"

Ah Cha's heart moved slightly. She took two steps forward and looked up at Zheng Wenjie. Her eyes became more and more seductive. She stroked Zheng Wenjie's chest with one hand and murmured, "What do you want to say?"

Zheng Wenjie knew that the mention of Chi You had alerted Ah Cha, so he took two steps back and asked in confusion, "Aren't we allies? Don't you need my help with Chi You?"

The perfect shyness on Ah Cha's face disappeared, and she realized that she had been too aggressive. It was Zheng Wenjie's increasingly terrifying power that made her no longer expect Zheng Wenjie to protect Chi You until he was successfully reincarnated.

From the beginning of the preparation for the cooperation to now, A-Cha hopes that he will not interfere and affect his own layout.

"Since I have promised you, I will not go back on my word. The red moon of the next month and a half is the day you are going to let Chi You reincarnate, right?"

Ah Cha nodded slightly, and with a slight wave of her slender, white jade hand, the magic power attached to Zheng Wenjie's shirt turned into a green stream of light and wrapped around her hand.

"That's right. Only on that day will I have the chance to reincarnate my brother. On the day of the red moon that only comes once in a thousand years, the destiny of the universe will be in turmoil, and even the Queen Mother of the West cannot figure it out."

"No one will stop me on that day. What matters is whether my brother can grow up safely in the future until he awakens."

Zheng Wenjie nodded slightly. This was pretty much the same as what he had judged. The day of the red moon was indeed the day when Chi You was reincarnated, and no one would stop it because there were too many souls reincarnated on that day, and Kunlun had no way of being sure where Chi You would be reincarnated.

Seeing that Zheng Wenjie did not blame him for his intention to take the initiative when things went wrong, Ah Cha breathed a sigh of relief, dispersed the magic power in his hand, and then curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled.

"It seems that cooperating with you is the most correct thing I have done in the past tens of thousands of years, but..." Ah Cha looked at Zheng Wenjie pitifully: "Will you really protect my brother until he awakens?"

Zheng Wenjie smiled and said, "We are in the same group. We are hostile to the Possa World and Kunlun after all."

"We should cooperate sincerely, right?"

Ah Cha did not hide her joy. She looked at Zheng Wenjie fiercely and said with emotion, "That's right. You and the Posha world can't get along. Neither can I and Kunlun."

"But as long as we can stay like this, we won't be afraid of them. When my brother wakes up, we won't have to be afraid of them even more." "I, A-Cha, am willing to swear an oath with you. We will always be like brother and sister, and the underworld will always support you!"

Seeing Ah Cha stretch out her hand after she finished speaking, Zheng Wenjie's heart twitched. Originally, he just wanted to deal with her. Although he had no clue yet, he had never given up the idea of ​​controlling the underworld. He didn't expect Ah Cha to go to such lengths and ask for an alliance with him.

But now that things have come to this, it is impossible to reject Ah Cha's proposal. Zheng Wenjie's expression became serious, and he stretched out his hand and clapped it with Ah Cha's.

Ah Cha put down her hand, feeling very happy, took two steps forward and leaned into Zheng Wenjie's arms and said happily: "From today on, you are also my brother!"

Zheng Wenjie stretched out his hand stiffly and patted her on the back. He had miscalculated. He had not expected that as the King of Hell, A-Cha would go to such an extent as to acknowledge him as his brother. In turn, then, wouldn't Chi You also be his brother?

Ah Cha left Zheng Wenjie's arms and took Zheng Wenjie's hand with a smile on her face: "Brother, from today on, I am your sister. If there is anything you need me to do, please tell me and I will definitely help you."

Zheng Wenjie smiled and asked, "What can I do? I just remembered our original agreement today and came to ask if there is anything you need me to do."

Ah Cha's eyes were filled with emotion: "Brother, thank you. But I have made preparations, and it will be foolproof! Brother, you don't have to worry about me."

"That's good. By the way." Zheng Wenjie asked curiously, "I heard that on the day of the red moon, the Xuanyin Qi will appear in the world. If I'm not mistaken, the Posha world has done so many things, and their target should be the Xuanyin Qi."

"What is the use of this mysterious Yin energy? Is it worth them doing so much?"

Ah Cha held Zheng Wenjie's hand and shook it, saying with a smile: "This mysterious Yin energy is dispensable to us in the underworld, but it is a rare treasure to the Posha world and Kunlun."

Although Ah Cha's hand felt like soft jade, smooth and cool, Zheng Wenjie still felt uncomfortable. He pulled his hand away from Ah Cha, crossed his arms across his chest, and looked as if he was thinking.

Ah Cha smiled and continued, "The most important thing in the world is actually yin and yang. We in the underworld do not need the mysterious yin energy because the underworld is yin to this world."

"The human world is yang, but Kunlun and Posuo are small worlds. These immortals and Buddhas are not short of yang, but yin."

"The Xuanyin Qi can be used for cultivation by them, and it can also be used to integrate into the small world, making the small world more stable, and also allowing the small world to expand and become bigger."

Zheng Wenjie nodded: "I understand, no wonder it is like this. But if it is so important to them, why do I only see people from the Possa world, and I haven't seen any from Kunlun."

Ah Cha smiled confidently: "Kunlun is not like the Possa world, where even the lower world will hide and conceal themselves. Especially since they actually know that I will let Brother Chi You reincarnate on the day of the red moon, they will not offend me in this world."

"But on the day of the red moon, they will definitely come down to earth to collect the mysterious Yin energy."

Zheng Wenjie snapped his fingers and looked at Ah Cha and asked, "Do you think I can collect all the Xuanyin Qi and prevent them from getting it?"

"It's impossible. This is nature, or the power released by the world consciousness. Its purpose is to make these two small worlds stronger."

"For the world consciousness, whether it is the Possa world, Kunlun Mountain or the Dragon Clan world, they are all his children. It is because these small worlds lack the power of Yin that the Red Moon gave birth to the mysterious Yin energy."

Zheng Wenjie was not disappointed. He knew that it was impossible for him to collect all the Xuanyin Qi. The purpose of coming to the underworld today was to ask A-Cha if she had any magical weapon that could collect the Xuanyin Qi.

Zheng Wenjie himself had never seen the Xuanyin Qi. Although he had a way to collect the Xuanyin Qi, it was certain that the amount he could collect would not be much.

Zheng Wenjie pretended to be depressed and waved his hands: "If that's the case, then there's nothing we can do, but do you have any way to collect the Xuanyin Qi?"

"If we collect more, they will collect less, which can help curb their power. What do you think?"

Ah Cha's heart moved, and she knew what Zheng Wenjie was doing in the underworld today.

Ah Cha smiled and waved his hand, and a jade platform appeared out of thin air in the hall. On the jade platform was an object about one foot high, shaped like an ancient jade pot, but made of neither jade nor stone. It was a deep, dark blue color that seemed to be able to swallow the surrounding light.

The body of the pot is engraved with complex runes, which emit a faint blue light on the body of the pot.

Zheng Wenjie took two steps forward, bent down, looked at the bottle belly that he could hold with both hands, and asked, "What is this?"

"The Soul Bottle is one of the magical instruments that accompanied the birth of the underworld. It can collect any soul, purify the impurities in it, and improve the quality and strength of the soul."

"I have sealed the Soul Bottle since I founded the Ferryman. Since my brother wants to go against Po Su and Kun Lun, as your sister, of course I have to support you."

"With the Soul Bottle, although I cannot collect all the Xuanyin Qi, when Luohou performs the Moon Burial Ceremony, the Xuanyin Qi will gather."

"When he fails, at least 30% of the Xuanyin Qi from the birth of the world will be gathered there. Brother can use the soul bottle to collect all of it in one go."

Zheng Wenjie stretched out his hand and touched the soul bottle. Suddenly, a biting cold air came out from the mouth of the bottle and wrapped around Zheng Wenjie. Visible frost appeared on his hand, but was dissolved by Zheng Wenjie's instinctive protective power.

A ray of light like petals appeared on A-Cha's forehead. He raised his hand and the green magic power wrapped around the soul bottle, erasing the mark he had left behind.

"Brother, I have erased the mark of my magic power. It will no longer resist you."

However, just as Ah Cha said, the spirit bottle no longer resisted him. Zheng Wenjie put the spirit bottle into the red coffin with a touch, and then said with a smile: "King of Hell, thank you very much."

"Brother, don't call me Pluto." A Cha said softly, stretching out her hands and holding Zheng Wenjie's arms.

"Since we have pledged our love, from today on I am your sister and you are my brother."

Zheng Wenjie smiled and held Ah Cha's hand with his backhand: "You are right, from today on you are my sister."

Although it was a little different from what he had imagined, since Ah Cha, as the King of Hell, was willing to be humble, Zheng Wenjie had no reason to refuse.

Whether A-Cha did this for Chi You to wake up successfully or for some other reason, Zheng Wenjie didn't care. His goal from the beginning to the end was to completely control the underworld.

Although it seems that there is no way out now, Ah Cha and the underworld have merged into one, but what Zheng Wenjie lacks the least is time. Now he can use the power of the underworld for his own benefit, which is enough. (End of this chapter)