halfway up, with a sheer cliff behind me. The little boy holding a large gourd was smiling so innocently that I had no defense. I didn't expect him to suddenly bump me with the gourd!The gourd barely...This familiar voice...

I turned back in some surprise, sure enough, there were Ah-Da and Ah-Meng!

"You! All of you! Are you alright!" I looked them over, my heart filled with a strange sadness.

——The two little ghosts had returned to their original shapes, but they lacked substance. Their bodies from the waist down were becoming increasingly transparent, and you could see through them all the way to the back seat.

"Hey hey, Little Empress, don't be sad. As long as your primordial spirit hasn't been wiped out, just cultivate slowly!" Amu comforted.

Ah-Da nodded vigorously.

"The negativity in the world today, wow, it's so refreshing..." Ah Meng had a smug grin on his face, which made me frown.

"Little Lady, we guarded the cemetery for so long before, absorbing a lot of Yin Qi, and that's how we gradually regained our forms. This malevolent energy is not our way of cultivation, but it truly made us feel comfortable..." A Meng explained, "It's a pity we don't have physical bodies, otherwise we could test drive this nice car..."

You're like this and you still want to drive!

“Alright, alright. You can't materialize into a real body, so I feel a little more at ease… What did Jiang Qiyun say” I started the car and waited for the people in the neighborhood to remove the barricades before driving out immediately.

"Your Majesty is very busy right now. After you recite the precious scriptures, Your Majesty will summon our two souls to outside the Heavenly Emperor's Hall and have us tell the young Empress: do whatever she wants, don't be afraid of causing trouble, all the consequences will be borne by me." Ameng said respectfully.

Well then, I won't be polite.

I licked my lips, slammed the gas pedal down to 120 miles per hour. There were almost no pedestrians or vehicles on the city streets. Even if I got a speeding ticket—Lin Yanqin would take care of it.

Along the way, every time I reached a crossroads, a Yin soldier would bow and point the way.

Thanks to all the land gods, for guiding my way with your troops along the road.

"Little Mistress, it seems like things are getting more and more desolate ahead…" Ameng's body popped out of the roof and looked around.

"This place looks familiar somehow..." I frowned. "I feel like I've been here before..."

"There's a large shantytown ahead," said Ameng.

"A slum district I was taken aback. Could it be that the underground gambling den from before was located here!"

On my way here just now, I passed a checkpoint. Now the road is deserted, completely empty. There's no one to ask for information.

I'm not very good with this high-end car's navigation system, and my phone signal has disappeared. This is a dangerous place, the pearl of mirage is hidden somewhere underground here, controlling an unknown number of gamblers.

A menacing chill, like an undercurrent beneath placid waters, was rippling through the air. I slowly brought my car to a halt at the fringe of this shantytown.

This place is like a lawless land, the narrow alleys are like mazes, and many people live in the low houses.

Except for a few two-story houses, most of the buildings were single-story homes, densely packed and stretching out.

This is not the intersection I last came to. I'm driving along the edge, looking for my brother's whereabouts.

"Little Miss, take a look at your watch," Ah Meng reminded me.

I pried it open, and inside was a tiny LCD screen. Because the signal here was heavily interfered with, I only saw a green dot flashing in the southwest direction before it disappeared quickly.

"We'll go." A Meng volunteered.

"There's probably a demon lord lurking here... That female demon called Shantao, and the creature called Shinju..." I was worried.

"It's nothing, under heaven everything belongs to the King. As long as this place is still part of the world, it falls under the jurisdiction of the underworld, which corresponds to yin and yang. Don't worry, Little Empress, we'll be fine. You should be careful of the powerful barrier." Amoe said with an eager expression.

I nodded. "Don't go down there yet, find my brother's car first."

Ah-Da and Ah-Meng immediately disappeared in a gust of cold wind. I shone my flashlight, searching along the way for my brother's tracks.

"Little Empress!" Amo arrived quickly, her face full of alarm as she pointed ahead. "There's a wall broken through up ahead! And there's blood on the ground!"

"Huh! I slammed the gas pedal and followed Ah Meng into a small alleyway."

The entrance to this alley was very dark. There was a closed shop nearby, with its rolling shutter smashed and broken.

Under the illumination of the streetlights, tire marks on the ground and a pool of blood at the alley entrance were visible.

My brother has never been a person who yields. His usual carefree and nonchalant attitude is because nothing has touched his Achilles' heel.

We grew up without a mother. As the only child in the family, he naturally took on the responsibility of taking care of his loved ones. If something happened to Big Mao... I really can't imagine what my brother would become like.

A naive child like Da Mao, who has no idea about the world, could have what enemies

It must have been bait. My place is well protected, with immortals and dragons. Perhaps the subordinates of the Southern Heaven Demon Emperor targeted my small building.

I took out my phone to have a look and gave up on the idea of calling. There was no signal at all.

"Let's go." I tightened my satchel, pressing it against my hip, and held the Zi Xiao Ruyi in my hand.

Azhu Azhen saw me lock the car, swallowed nervously and said: "Just us going in Won't we be outnumbered..."

"...Don't worry, the Mirage Dragon isn't far from us, and since Jiang Qiyun knows what's going on here, he'll definitely keep an eye out. Don't be afraid." I comforted him.

If the pearl opens its eyes, the mirage dragon will surely sense it.

As I stepped into the darkness of the alleyway, a faint chill immediately washed over me.

I'm not really afraid of ghosts, but I am afraid of zombies and negative energy. Negative energy can make me feel anxious, agitated, and even slow down my thinking.

A little ways down the road, there was a person lying against the wall of an alleyway, face down, with a strong smell of blood.

I carefully prodded the person with my foot, but there was no reaction. I turned his head over and saw blood streaming from his nose and mouth, his eyes rolled back in his head.

"Ah... dead" I was so scared that I quickly let go.

"No way...This is fainting... Seven souls haven't dispersed yet, but the soul... where did the soul go" Ameng looked around.

"Mesmerized" I frowned.

"It's possible this chilling power is drawing on the power of the underworld. It feels like a den of vipers…" Ameng was frustrated: "Too bad we can't use the soul summoning scroll and soul-grabbing rope right now…"

"It's fine, I'm not afraid." Although I, the little lady of the Underworld, haven't been very competent, I've at least served for four years.

We walked down the alley, these people lying on the ground like markers, guiding our way.

The more I walked, the more something felt off. These people were lying face down on the ground, like they had been knocked over one by one. Could it not be some kind of supernatural being, but rather... my brother

"Hey, isn't that car Brother's!" Ah Meng suddenly pointed to the three-way intersection ahead.s change, there will always be some people who remain devout."Have any traitors emerged from here" I whispered, gossiping, "Those bloodstains on the stones inside..."The guard's face darkened, and he...