CHAPTER 229: CHAPTER 228: REINCARNATION NETHER ENVOY

"Phantom beast remnant? It seems quite powerful, but it looks terribly frightening. That look it gave just now, I thought it was going to eat us up too."

Liu Yi scratched his head, his smile innocent and endearing.

Yu Nianzhao replied calmly, "Isn’t it? When it was alive, it loved eating humans; after death, it loves eating ghosts. But it’s understandable, since it has had a taste of the carnivorous life, wanting to savor it again is inevitable."

Savor?

Liu Yi exclaimed in horror, "Doesn’t that mean it still wants to eat people?"

Yu Nianzhao glanced at him and said seriously, "Yes, but don’t worry, it’s just a remnant, at most it will eat your soul."

Liu Yi, "..."

He couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

"Tong’er!"

Mr. Liu and Ms. Liu hurriedly rushed to Liu Tong’s side, cradling the half-unconscious Liu Tong in their arms.

"She’s okay now. The Zhuhuai I summoned devoured the evil spirit on her."

As Yu Nianzhao finished speaking, Liu Tong slowly awoke. She asked in confusion, "What happened to me just now?"

"Oh right, where is my child?"

Her eyes widened; her arms were empty, and she frantically searched for her child.

"The child’s fine, over there."

Yu Nianzhao pointed to the ground, and Liu Tong then noticed the swaddled child not far from her.

Filled with emotion, she crawled over in a hurry, and upon seeing the child clearly, her joyful expression froze, bewildered, "This child’s not right. I remember my son’s face doesn’t look like this. He had a mole at the corner of his mouth. Where’s the mole?"

Mr. Liu and Ms. Liu leaned over to look, their expressions somber as they said, "Tong’er, this child isn’t yours. It must have been swapped, it’s someone else’s child."

Ms. Liu wanted to take the child, "Come on, give the child to me. We can’t just leave him alone after all."

"No, I’ll hold him."

Liu Tong was unwilling to let go of the child, tears in her eyes. "Children are innocent, no matter whose child it is, they must be taken away from this filthy place alive."

She looked up at Yu Nianzhao with an apologetic expression, "Miss Yu, I’m really sorry for just now. I didn’t even realize I wanted to harm you all."

"It’s alright, you were possessed, it was beyond your control."

Yu Nianzhao shook her head, glancing around the cave with a cold gaze, "What? Still hiding? Your most prized fierce ghost has already been dealt with. You think you still have the strength to fight us? You’re just a turtle in a jar."

Yu Nianzhao’s voice echoed through the cave, but no one responded.

Ms. Shen asked anxiously, "Then what about my grandson?"

"Ask your son," Yu Nianzhao replied bluntly.

"You still suspect it was my son? You must be mistaken. My son wouldn’t do such a thing. Why would he?" Mr. Shen firmly denied it.

"You’ll know if you take a look."

Yu Nianzhao picked up a talisman, lighting and burning it. A little golden insect flew out from the flame, flew around the cave, and finally stopped by a wall.

"Zhaozhao, is there a space behind the wall?"

Xie Jiuxiao, who already knew the insect’s ability, asked directly.

"Yes, break it down."

"Okay!"

With a wave from Xie Jiuxiao, the Dragon Shadow Guards charged forward, and soon the wall was broken open to reveal another chamber inside.

"Let’s go in and take a look."

Xie Jiuxiao went in first, followed closely by Yu Nianzhao and the others.

A sacrificial altar came into view, with small pits on the ground ahead, each containing a swaddled baby, who’s ’ee-ya-ya’ sounds filled the air.

Several young children, appearing to be four, five, or six years old, were tied to stone pillars, crying out in fear and crying for help.

In front of them, a man in a black robe wearing a white impermanence mask held a dagger, about to cut their throats to draw blood.

"Mu Hongxuan!"

Xie Jiuxiao’s eyes flashed sharply as he called out.

Mu Hongxuan’s figure darted over swiftly, kicking the man away.

Clang!

The dagger fell to the ground, and the man’s eyes, filled with rage, pointed at them furiously, "I was so close, and you ruined my ritual. You bastards, do you know how great the thing you’re obstructing is?"

"Oh! Great? Do you even know how to write ’great’? Spout such nonsense about a great thing? Wanting to kill so many innocent children and call it great?"

Yu Nianzhao leaped onto the altar and unceremoniously stomped him back, speaking from a high position, "To slaughter lives is to fall into hell. Once I take your evil soul, to these children, I will be the greatest person."

"Hahahahaha, you fools, you have no idea what we’re trying to accomplish!"

Even nearing death, he was still shamelessly boasting.

"Isn’t it just about resurrecting a dead person? Hard to guess?" Yu Nianzhao tilted her head and asked back.

"..." His smile froze, and he fell silent.

Yu Nianzhao continued, "Your plans will all be shattered. Now that the Underworld is gone, you still harbor wicked thoughts. You might as well turn in your Nether King; I might consider giving you a different way to die."

"You... you were the one causing chaos at the Black Market before?"

His pupils contracted, finally recognizing Yu Nianzhao.

"Yes, it’s me. Too bad there’s no reward."

"Let me go, I’m the Reincarnation Nether Envoy of the Underworld, in charge of the life and death of you humans. I’m just sending them into reincarnation, what’s wrong with that? You don’t understand, you simply don’t understand!"

The Reincarnation Nether Envoy boasted shamelessly, the madness in his eyes showing no sign of fading.

"No, no... none of these are my child, where is my child?"

Liu Tong searched through all the children laid on the ground but couldn’t find her son.

With red eyes, she rushed onto the altar, grabbing the Reincarnation Nether Envoy’s collar, and yelled angrily, "Where’s my son? Where did you take my child?"

In her agitation, she inadvertently knocked off the mask on his face, revealing a rather young and handsome face beneath, leaving Liu Tong stunned.

Both Mr. and Ms. Shen were even more shocked, letting out a short cry.

"Husband?"

Liu Tong murmured, then released her grip in disbelief, trembling, "It really is you? I didn’t quite believe it when Miss Yu mentioned it before. I never thought you’d do something so inhumane. Why on earth would you?"

Shen Qing pursed his lips, smirking coldly, "A woman like you would never understand our great ambition."

"Are you really my husband? Or are you possessed by a ghost?"

Liu Tong looked confused, wondering how her once gentle and accommodating husband could have changed so completely.