Chapter Ten Ambush

  "Stop calling, stop calling... I've heard it..." A green light flashed on the token, and a strange meowing sound came from it, Yang Hao suddenly felt that this token was quite useful, it's even more efficient than a mobile phone.

  "Less nonsense with me, if you have something to say, say it. If not, then leave..."

  "Cough...cough...Brother Tiger Head, it's like this..." Yang Hao told Tiger Head everything from start to finish.

  "What? You said that Yiyang Shu is actually... Where are you?" Yang Hao felt strange after hearing this, could it be that they know each other? However, after he revealed his location, he couldn't hear Tiger's voice anymore. Yang Hao had no choice but to stand still, but not long after... He heard someone calling out his name from behind him, and when he turned around, sure enough, it was Tiger's dark figure crouching on the top of the car.

  "Hutou brother is indeed a god... no, a god cat! It takes me 30 minutes to drive from the police station, but Hutou brother did it in less than 1 minute. I really admire him!"

  "Hmm... now you know I'm fierce? Who was it that just called me 'kitty'?"

  "Haha... didn't know beforehand, did I?" Yang Hao scratched his head.

  "What about the person you mentioned called Yiyang?"

  "He went back to the country to arrange some things, or should I give him a call?"

  "Not so fast, what is this place?" Tiger Head's face suddenly changed, his eyes staring straight at the church behind him.

  "That's where I got into trouble..."

  "Is that so? I didn't notice it before..." Hu Tou scratched his chin with his small paw, looking thoughtful.

  "Hello... is this Uncle Yang?" Yang Hao dialed Uncle Yang's phone number.

  "It's me... what's wrong?"

  "Come to the church for a bit, I've invited some friends from the underworld, we can have a good chat."

  "Oh? Okay... I'll go now..." Putting down the phone, Yang Hao and Hu Tou started talking about his experiences here. Hu Tou was also amazed by what he said. It itself had been cultivating for a hundred years before being chosen as a Yin messenger, and it couldn't believe that Yang Hao had also entered this line of work due to a sudden disaster. This really made it feel a sense of wonder. Just when it wanted to speak, it suddenly felt something. Yang Hao saw it staring fiercely at the door, its fur standing on end, "Hiss~" it jumped up, and just then, on the table where Hu Tou had been sitting, a loud explosion sounded, and a ball of flames erupted. Immediately after, the door was kicked open.

  "You little monster, where do you think you're going?"

  "Take aim~~~~"

  Yang Hao was taken aback, he didn't expect two of his own people to start fighting as soon as they met.

  "Yang Hao, stop spacing out and catch it!" Uncle Yang shouted loudly, taking a series of strange steps that looked chaotic but were incredibly fast. As he passed by Yang Hao, all he felt was a gust of wind. Just as he was about to explain something, Uncle Yang emitted a golden light. Wherever the light touched, it exploded like small cannonballs... Left palm, right palm, alternating rapidly, combining with swift footwork. Yang Hao's eyes widened in shock.

  "Hiss~~" The tiger head seemed angry too, its eyes turned blood red, and a red glow shot out from its eyes, colliding with Uncle Yang's golden light. The explosion was twice as loud as before. The two were having the time of their lives, exchanging blows. It turned out that Uncle Yang had mistaken it for a cat demon. This was bad, what to do? Yang Hao's heart was burning with anxiety. He shouted several times, but when he saw no effect, he took action. He sprinted towards the middle of the two combatants, who were still engrossed in their fierce battle. Just as a golden light and a red glow were about to collide, they finally noticed Yang Hao standing between them.

  "What's wrong with Ah Hao?"

  "These two were stunned. If either of them had used this move on an ordinary person, they would have been killed or crippled, let alone being attacked from both front and back? But it was too late for regrets... so he tensely shouted out."

  "Bang... boom...." The explosion sounded.

  "Done... done... Ah Hao." Yi Yang Shu was the first to react, rushing towards the smoke as soon as the explosion ended, while Hu Tou called out anxiously. However, after taking only two steps, both of them froze in place. The person before them filled them with terror. This expert, who could make a person's skills reach the pinnacle, and a cultivator who had practiced for hundreds of years, felt terrified. The person stood steadily, their clothes tattered from the explosion, revealing an extremely powerful physique underneath. Their hair stood on end, flowing with the air currents, while their blood-red eyes seemed to have no pupils, emitting a faint red glow. One hand, three times larger than normal, with sharp fingernails, stretched out straight along with its arm. The other hand held a nearly broken rope and a Tong Yu command token.

  Originally, Yang Hao ran over, thinking that the person and cat would notice him, but he didn't expect that as soon as he stood firm, two strong gusts of air attacked from front and back. At this critical moment, the energy in Yang Hao's dantian suddenly burst out. His left hand instantly transformed into a long and terrifying ghostly hand. With a swift lift, he managed to catch Tiger Head's attack, then turned his head, and shot out a red light from his eyes, colliding with Old Man Yang's fierce strike. However, the energy was so strong that it blew his clothes to shreds. But this shocked Old Man Yang and Tiger Head. What kind of person is this? He caught the fierce attacks of two people in an instant, and except for his torn clothes, he didn't have a single injury on his body. Such a person is truly terrifying. Just as they were marveling at this, Yang Hao's hand gradually returned to its original shape, and the red light in his eyes slowly faded away. With a thud, he sat down on the ground, panting heavily.

  "Are...are you two done fighting yet?!" Yang Hao panted out.

  "Ah Hao... you... are you okay??" Ah Yang rushed over and confirmed that Yang Hao was fine after checking him out, finally putting his mind at ease. Meanwhile, Hu Tou was staring at Ah Yang with a resentful expression.

  "Hum, you demon cat, are you going wild?" said Yi Yang Shu, and he was about to take action again.

  "Fart, you're the demon. You're still a cultivator, yet you can't even tell demons and gods apart, utterly ignorant"

  "Nonsense! What kind of crap are you spouting? Eat my fist!" Yang Hao suddenly stood up and blocked the two people.

  "Are you two going to keep this up? If you continue fighting, neither of you will be hurt, but I'll die first! I'd really hate it if Old Man Yang died at your hands. And as for you, Tiger Head, if I were to die, rest assured that when I see the King of Hell, I'll make sure to report everything truthfully. Cough... cough."

  "Ahao, what did you say?"

  "Hey, stop it... can't you see I've had enough?" The man and the cat finally stopped their quarrel, shifting their gaze to Yang Hao. After a brief pause, Yang Hao's breathing gradually calmed down.

  "Old Master Yi Yang, what he said is true... it's not a demon, but an envoy from the underworld, just like me..." Yang Hao saw that if he didn't explain his identity, things wouldn't go well. Otherwise, this man and cat would fight to the death while he was away?

  "Look at this..." Yang Hao took out the Tongyou Command Token and handed it to Yi Yang Shu. Yi Yang Shu took a look and saw that on the front of the small black token was written in large characters, while on the back were two smaller characters.

  "Hmph... now you believe me? I told you before that I'm not a demon, but you didn't listen. Look." As the tiger head spoke, it also took out a token with the same front side, but with words written on the back. After a moment of silence, Yiyang Shu smiled and said, "Oh, so it was a misunderstanding... sigh... it seems that what's written in books isn't all true." Yiyang Shu said this because in the cultivation books from the human world, it is clearly written that the pinnacle of animal cultivation is the same as the pinnacle of human cultivation. Moreover, stories often depict animals that have cultivated becoming demons, killing people and drinking their blood, committing all sorts of evil deeds. This led to people having such thoughts. However, this isn't actually true. After society modernized, human civilization truly dominated the world, and the natural environment was severely damaged. The opportunities for animal cultivation were almost zero, and most people fell into the struggle for wealth and power. The number of cultivators also decreased. Therefore, animals that occasionally achieved success were formally given identities, leaving behind their demonic nature. They were now called "earthly immortals", a much more pleasant name.

  Yang Hao stood up, tore off his tattered clothes and smiled at the two people.

  "Never mind, it's better to know each other through fighting. From now on, let's get to know each other more and there won't be any misunderstandings."

  Tiger head tilted, that little brain child, a face of discontent, but Uncle Yang quickly accepted this fact and opened his mouth.

  "I just found out too... Ah, it seems like some things are really harmful..."

  "Hehe...right, Uncle Yang, Tiger Head and I's identities must be kept secret at all costs, you have to help us keep the secret"

  "Uh...no problem."

  "Right, Brother Tiger Head, I've called you here this time to ask if you have any way to find that Japanese ghost."

  Yang Hao remembered the purpose of finding Hu Tou.

  "There is a way, but you need to use your special envoy status to invite someone."

  "Who is it?"

  "The unpredictable black in the unpredictable black and white. He specializes in capturing evil spirits and seems to have a unique way of chasing ghosts."

  "Okay, I'll give it a try."

  "Oh... right, Hei Wuchang is quite stubborn, you'd better use your identity to pressure him a bit, otherwise he won't help you that easily." Yang Hao heard this and smiled to himself, thinking, "Since I couldn't become an official in the mortal world, it's not bad to try out the taste of wielding official power in the underworld either." So he took out the Tongyu Command Token.

  "Yan Wang's special envoy Yang Hao summoned Yin Si Hei Wu Chang to come and see me quickly." After Yang Hao finished speaking, he infused his intention into the command plate using his energy. Not long after, a clanging sound of iron locks being dragged on the ground came from outside the door, and then the door was opened. A man wearing a black robe appeared before everyone, holding two pairs of iron handcuffs. Yang Hao had heard old people talk about Hei Wu Chang when he was young, and today he finally got to see him in person, which made him a bit excited. He couldn't help but carefully examine this Hei Wu Chang, who specialized in capturing evil ghosts and wicked spirits. This man's face was dark, his feet were invisible, and his black robe floated entirely in mid-air. On his head, he wore a high black hat. His handcuffs were locked onto two greenish-black evil ghosts, which hung their heads in shame as they were dragged along by him.

  "Hei Wu Chang Fan Wu Jiu Te Lai Mian Jian Te Shi" said with a fist and palm salute.

  "Hey! Shouldn't your hat say 'Good luck at first sight'? Why does it say 'I'm catching you'?"

  "Return to the special envoy, the little people will only wear 'a see and get rich' hat during the day, giving wealth to those who have a predestined meeting, at night it is the time for the little people to catch ghosts, so they can change."

  "Brother Wu Chang, how have you been? What's the nickname for the 7th White Impermanence?"

  "My brother is in charge of punishment during the day, and at this moment, he is out meeting people who have a good fate, granting them wealth." Hei Wuchang saw Yang Hao and didn't think much of it, but his tone was slightly more respectful. After all, Yang Hao was also a favored person in front of the City God, and his official position wasn't small either. However, when he saw the Tiger Head beside Yang Hao, he flashed with a hint of surprise. He couldn't understand why the Tiger Head was also there. But if Yang Hao could call him, Hei Wuchang, over despite being busy, then couldn't he also call over the Tiger Head? With the King of Hell backing them up, who would dare to offend them?"

  "What instructions does the special envoy have for me?" Yang Hao saw that he still had an evil spirit trailing behind him and thought it wouldn't be good to delay him too much.

  "Oh... Don't be too humble with the nickname '8th Master of Darkness', we're both yin messengers, let's just call each other brothers." Yang Hao found this method to be quite effective. Just now when he was looking for someone, he spoke of himself as if he were a high-ranking official, and now he's trying to get close to others, the tiger-headed man beside him couldn't help but curl his lip in disdain.

  "The humble one does not dare, the special envoy asks to speak directly." Hei Wuchang's face still did not have a hint of expression, no wonder even Yan Wang himself had praised him as truly being iron-faced and impartial, today seeing him indeed lived up to this reputation.

  "There is currently a group of Japanese oni in the local area, committing all sorts of evil deeds such as murder and arson. Despite our efforts to investigate, we have yielded no results. We've heard that you, Eighth Master, are skilled at capturing evil spirits, which is why we've taken the liberty of inviting you here from your busy schedule. We hope for your guidance." Yang Hao finished speaking and also made a fist-and-palm salute, then laid out the entire sequence of events and the results of their analysis. Hei Wu Chang listened intently.

  "Excuse me, Ambassador, has the deceased's body been taken care of?"

  "The bodies of the couple in front have been cremated, the remains of this father and daughter should still be at the police station"

  "Very well, thank you for your trouble, sir. Would you kindly lead me there and see if it's possible?"

  "Alright then... let's go." Yang Hao said, and together with Yi Yang Shu, Hu Tou Mao Mao, and the invisible Hei Wu Chang, they arrived at the police station's morgue. There, Hei Wu Chang stood in front of the deceased's corpse, took out a mourning staff from his robes, and muttered incantations, "The soul of the deceased, originated from this body. The ghost of the deceased, lost in that place. Flying souls, bewildered ghosts, listen to my words, awaken and perceive. Yanluo's decree, urgent like a law." As soon as he finished speaking, light dots began to gather above the corpse, and before long, they formed an image - a mountain cave with no connecting roads, surrounded by weeds and withered trees. Just as they were about to enter the cave, two mournful cries suddenly echoed, and the image vanished in an instant. Hei Wu Chang turned around and said...

  "These two ghosts appeared in a certain cave and were trapped inside. It seems that someone has discovered their awakening and cast a spell to suppress their energy, making it impossible for them to communicate with the outside world. This is all I can do."

  "Hmm...after all, knowing that the target is in a cave is still a considerable gain." Hu Tou muttered somewhat discontentedly.

  "If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave and report back. If there's another use for me elsewhere, I'll be at your service at any time."

  "Thanks for your trouble..." Yang Hao gave another fist bump salute. Then Hei Wuchang disappeared into thin air again.

  "It seems that this Yin world is indeed formidable. After death, relying on the corpse can also reach the location of the ghost spirit. It seems we have a lot to do." Yiyang Shu seemed to have some ideas on the side.

  "Uncle Yang, what should we do now?"

  "In my opinion, this cave shouldn't be too far from the city. After all, ghosts can't pass through provinces after they die. Let's deploy more personnel to search the mountains around the city, we should be able to find this cave."

  "Alright... then let's do it this way, I'll go back and inform the other messengers, help you search, and organize our strength at the same time. If we get any news, with our skills, taking down these evil spirits will be a piece of cake!" Hu Tou said, seemingly eager to take action, not because of anything else, but because it had been a long time since he had encountered such a big event. It's no wonder that even a land deity who had lived for several hundred years was so excited. The two humans and the cat reached an agreement and each went their separate ways to organize the search. However, they underestimated these things - the despicable Japanese oni dared to come out and commit crimes in densely populated areas, and had actually made preparations to retaliate against them long ago. Moreover, there were even more formidable existences behind them...