Chapter 33: Better to die with a clear conscience than to live in silence!

  Two more hours until noon...

  As soon as she saw the sky was no longer early, her figure flashed by, and the girl fainted with a mouthful of white foam.

  After a long time, she was finally helped up by someone with great care and given a small mouthful of milk tea.

  Everyone dismounted to give their horses water and feed them bean cakes. They were restoring the horses' strength, for if they continued to run like this, these horses would probably collapse from exhaustion.

  When the girl woke up, all the horse thieves fell to the ground and cheered: "Samaan, Samaan..."

  This girl had a feeling of being in a different world, too many things happened that night. First, the tribe was attacked by horse thieves. Then, she almost got surrounded and killed by wild ghosts. And now, she suddenly became a high-ranking shaman.

  Great joy and great sorrow, everything seems like a dream. In the heart, for that strange yet extremely familiar spirit, I feel a deep affection rising from the bottom of my heart.

  Liu Yi just casually laid down a leisurely chess piece, it's not necessarily useful, and it was just done casually, without exerting much strength.

  This sweet spring had dried up thousands of years ago. It is no longer a holy land outside the Great Wall.

  However, as it was an ancient battlefield, countless battles were fought here throughout the ages, and many people died, resulting in a thick accumulation of yin energy. Even now, it has not dissipated.

  But anyway, in short, it's safer for Su Shan on the other side of the tunnel. It also lets Liu Yi completely relax.

  This time the harvest was not small, Liu Yi left those horse thieves and soon found himself near that passage again. As the sky brightened, the Ghost Domain began to separate from the mortal world and sank back into the ground. Liu Yi started hunting once more.

  It wasn't until almost dawn again that they stepped into the pass and returned to Su Shan.

  As the heavens changed, the passage disappeared. The return turned to the other end of the Gan Chi Ghost Domain. It has already appeared in this mountain.

  As soon as he walked out of this deep passage, he saw that there was indeed a checkpoint at the entrance. There were ghost soldiers stationed there, and when they saw Liu Yi returning, they hurriedly surrounded him and paid their respects.

  But then he saw Mou Su among them and couldn't help but ask: "What's going on?"

  "Zhang Yue has returned, and after infiltrating Su Shan, he obtained a lot of information... My lord, the messenger from Hui Ling City has arrived!" Mou Su reported, now serving as a ghost official beside Liu Yi, handling some document work, which can be considered as the main clerk.

  Liu Yi's foot paused for a moment. He asked loudly: "What does Huiling's letter say?"

  Jian Zheng and other ghost soldiers drew back a distance, then Mou Su lowered his voice to say: "In the near future, there will be great changes. Let the master beware!"

  "What kind of great change?" Liu Yi's heart skipped a beat. He instinctively felt that the opportunity had finally arrived.

  "Just get the master ready, that's all. Once it's confirmed, we'll notify him to take action immediately!" Mu Su said: "It's all through the ghostly servants under the Ghost Prison Officer to report back."

  Yes, the ghost prison guard is a high-ranking official in the Cheng Huang Temple. He can be considered one of the left and right arms under the City God, but he suddenly turned against himself, although there are enough reasons to say that it's still a bit strange.

  This is a matter of life and death. Liu Yi would naturally not just listen to the words of this ghostly prison guard. He asked again: "Did Wu Hua come?"

  "We've been waiting at the foot of the mountain for two days already!" Mu Su said.

  "What about Shen Tu? Has he come back?"

  "No," Mou Su said uneasily.

  Liu Yi's heart sank a little further down. He asked again: "What did the messenger sent by the Ghost Prison Officer say?"

  "Say what you will, say what you will... Shen Tumi has already been captured..." Mu Su muttered. He continued indignantly: "This Shen Tumi claims to be a hero and a great man, yet he couldn't even fulfill his loyalty to our lord, and was actually captured! It's truly a shame for people like us!"

  Liu Yi was slightly stunned, listening to Shen Tuoqi being captured but not killed. Liu Yi's first thought was actually a feeling of relief, thinking that he could still rescue him.

  Listening to Mou Su's words, he was somewhat stunned, but seeing the ghostly soldiers listening beside him, such as A Xie and others, all had a look of approval.

  It's hard not to think of the world where scholars and officials were so chivalrous, that they would rather die than suffer humiliation. Generals who lost battles would often take their own lives, high-ranking officials would refuse to be imprisoned, and it was not uncommon for them to kill themselves in the hands of clerks with swords and brushes.

  It's like Shentu Qi, a hero who made these ghostly soldiers admire him. However, at this time, he was unexpectedly captured without putting up a fight to the death on the spot, which made these ghostly soldiers feel especially ashamed.

  If there's a day when I'm faced with such a problem. Is it to live in ignominy or die with honor, I would choose the latter.

  Liu Yi thought to himself, his first idea was that in another world, he would rather be a small citizen of 20 or 30 years old, and it's better to live than to die.

  But then, a strong and arrogant aura emerged from his chest. He sneered, as if he really had such a day. His original self might still be struggling to survive.

  But in this world, as a deity. As the master of so many loyal subordinates, it is absolutely impossible to tolerate such humiliation. I would rather die with a clear conscience than live in silence!

  Thinking so, he solidified the idea in his mind. He felt that the Confucian air of humanity on top of him was straightening up, strong and upright.

  However, after all that had happened, Liu Yi believed in Shen Tumi's character. He believed that Shen Tumi was absolutely not the kind of person who would betray others. Being captured must have had other reasons behind it.

  "So I'm telling you: Shentu Jun, I've always believed in him. This time he was captured, it must have been unavoidable. Don't say anything more, and don't spread this around. Got it?"

  Never had they seen Liu Yi look so stern and severe, and the ghosts all nodded in unison, their hearts trembling with fear.

  Liu Yi thought, Shentu has been caught. In this chaotic world, it's hard to say what will happen next, and something big might really have changed.

  Although he was worried and anxious in his heart, he wouldn't show it. His emotions would unintentionally affect those under him.

  So he smiled and said: "Since Zhang Yue is back, then go see Zhang Yue. Anyway, we have to return to Fenglai Mountain."

  "Yes, milord." Mou Su said, unable to hold back and continued: "The information Zhang Yue gathered is also very important. There's news about the rumored Ghost King of Su Shan within the mountains!"

  "Is there really a Ghost King?" Liu Yi's heart sank. In this world, indeed everywhere was fraught with danger and crisis. There wasn't a single place where Liu Yi could relax his guard.

  Sighing in his heart, but he couldn't show any expression in front of his subordinates. Encouraging himself, he thought that according to Confucianism, heaven would impose great responsibilities, and there must be such trials.

  Since ancient times, great achievements have never been easy to attain. They are always the result of overcoming numerous difficulties and challenges. How can they be achieved easily?