Chapter 184: Chapter 184

Yu Nianzhao stomped a few times, the room was pitch-black, and still, there was no reaction.

"Huh? Could it be that I’ve lost all my Divine Power, so even Mr. Luu can’t be summoned?"

Yu Nianzhao, unwilling to give up, attempted the summoning a few more times.

Just as she was about to give up, a vortex appeared in the darkness, gradually forming into a door.

A middle-aged man in a blue robe, elegant and refined, slowly stepped through.

"Greetings, King Yan."

Mr. Luu politely bowed, speaking with a refreshing manner.

"Mr. Luu, it’s really been a long time, I thought you couldn’t hear my summoning anymore."

"How could that be? For so many years, I’ve been waiting for King Yan’s summoning, and now it’s finally here."

Mr. Luu smiled faintly, his eyes revealing a sense of nostalgia.

"I’m lacking in Divine Power, and the time to summon you is short, so I’ll be brief. You’re the most knowledgeable person in the underworld, and I want to ask you, do you know how to cure corpse poison?"

"Corpse poison? Has King Yan encountered corpse ghosts?"

"Yes, someone is secretly refining corpse ghosts; I’ve been dragged into the ghost realm and seen sinister spirits from unknown regions, truly shocking."

"What? Such a thing? It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this, someone trying to refine corpse ghosts, things beyond the Three Realms? Doesn’t that imply a wish to bring chaos to the human world?"

Mr. Luu furrowed his brow, understanding the gravity of the situation.

"Yes, indeed, but since I walk the realm of humans, I will personally investigate this matter thoroughly. I’ve summoned you to ask if you, this encyclopedia, know how to save someone who has been poisoned by corpse poison?"

Mr. Luu scratched his head for a moment, then said softly, "I remember seeing documents related to corpse poison on a scroll once. If it’s a higher-level corpse poison, it requires fighting poison with poison."

"Fight poison with poison?"

"Yes, corpse poison is something that condenses from the dead, King Yan can use sinister spirits as medicine and then have the fox spirit around you contribute a bit of demon essence, and the concocted pill can dispel the corpse poison."

Mr. Luu caught the scent of a fox spirit in this temple, "Time is of the essence; if corpse poison reaches the heart, one will become the next corpse ghost."

"Alright, I’ll give it a try."

Her Summoning Skill lacked the blessing of Divine Power, and Mr. Luu’s figure was already fading, about to vanish along with the door.

"By the way, Mr. Luu, when did I come to the human world from the underworld? Wasn’t the Ghost Emperor’s rebellion a hundred years ago? During this period, what exactly happened to me, do you know?"

Yu Nianzhao took the opportunity to ask the answer she was seeking.

"I, don’t know... King Yan coming to the human world is beyond our reach."

Mr. Luu shook his head, quickly disappearing from the spot, leaving behind one last sentence, "We await the return of King Yan in the underworld..."

Without finding out the secret about herself, Yu Nianzhao wasn’t discouraged, "Let’s just go find those sinister spirits to concoct the pill first!"

As the door opened, Xie Jiuxiao leaned over, "Zhaozhao, are you done?"

Peering past Yu Nianzhao’s silhouette into the room, empty apart from the darkness, Xie Jiuxiao couldn’t tell what Yu Nianzhao had been up to inside.

"Yeah, I’m going to find sinister spirits."

Yu Nianzhao hurried towards the door.

"Find sinister spirits? Now? Where are you going to find them?"

"Of course, the mass graves!"

Yu Nianzhao spoke as if it was the most natural thing, to find sinister spirits, naturally you go where there are many corpses, the mass graves being an apt choice.

Mu Hongxuan gasped for air, just hearing the name sent chills down his spine.

"Yes, but before that, I need to catch a fox first."

Yu Nianzhao paused her steps, catching a glimpse from the corner of her eye of a fox curled up on one of the beams in the main hall, sleeping leisurely and contently.

Mu Hongxuan thought he was hearing things.

Until Yu Nianzhao actually walked into the hall and grabbed a fox out, Mu Hongxuan was utterly dumbfounded.

"Whimper whimper, my lord, I’ve been very well-behaved lately, coming to the temple every day to absorb the incense; I haven’t done anything wrong, so please don’t throw me out, let’s talk it out."

The fox spirit opened its eyes, initially wanting to curse, but met Yu Nianzhao’s cold gaze, feeling an icy chill down its spine, even its fox fur was useless.

"I don’t intend to throw you out, but you must make a little contribution."

Yu Nianzhao said, "I need to help someone remove corpse poison, and require you to a bit of demon essence, are you willing?"

Yu Nianzhao’s gaze was heavy on the fox spirit, seeming as though she’d strip its fur if it uttered a refusal.

"Of course, I am... willing!"

The fox spirit hesitated only a few seconds, then replied with a cheeky smile.

"That’s more like it."

Yu Nianzhao grabbed the fox, and Mu Hongxuan assisted them all the way to the nearest mass graves.

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The gusty, chilling wind blew, with green lights flickering and vague white shadows drifting past.

"Princess, are there really ghosts here?"

Mu Hongxuan felt a chill at his nape, like someone blowing on his neck.

"Do you want to see?"

Yu Nianzhao, obligingly, opened a Heavenly Eye for him and Xie Jiuxiao.

Soon, they saw various spectral figures in different attire hovering over the mass graves.

Some floated right up to Mu Hongxuan’s face, almost touching him, the sight enough to make him almost scream.

With a wry face, he said, "Princess, you misunderstood me, I really don’t want to see these ghosts, really don’t!"

Joking aside, although well-trained and decisive, encountering such entities really impacted his mood.

"Alright! A rare opportunity, just to broaden your horizons."

Yu Nianzhao, seeing their ghastly expressions, kindly withdrew the ’Heavenly Eye’.

"Whew!" Mu Hongxuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Jiuxiao asked, "Is this to collect these sinister spirits?"

"Yes, but selection is required. Some wandering souls don’t disrupt the order of the living realm, and can reincarnate, they don’t qualify as sinister spirits!"

Yu Nianzhao pulled out a purple gourd, captured the sinister spirits and opened it to pull them inside.

Before dawn broke, the gourd in her hand was heavy, filled to about half, only then did she stop.

"This should be enough. Take it and concoct the pill!"

Yu Nianzhao handed the gourd to the fox spirit, who grabbed it and hurried toward a small grove.

"Princess, has this fox gained intelligence? So spirited?" Mu Hongxuan was rather amazed.

"That’s a fox spirit on the verge of cultivating into human form, been alive for hundreds of years, akin to your ancestor’s generation."