Chapter Fifty-Three: The Traitor

  Following the dark soul inside, I found that all the buildings were constructed from the same eerie aura. Thinking about it, it's probably the Crow King of Ghosts they mentioned.

  I've never heard of this name before, but to dare treat Ying Zheng like that, this ghost king can't be some minor character. There's nothing suspicious about Old Guo either, did Ying Zheng owe this ghost king 100 yuan?

  Forget it, I'm too lazy to bother with all this anymore.

  When I walked into the main hall, I saw that crow ghost king. At that time, I thought this ghost king was a joke! In a world built entirely of yin energy, he still managed to build himself a dragon throne, and even constructed a table in front of it, with all sorts of food laid out on top. But the main thing is... this ghost king was wearing a dragon robe.

  I saw Ying Zheng's eyebrows slightly furrowed, but he quickly dispersed. I leaned in close to Ying Zheng and whispered: Are you going to hit him? If you don't hit him, I'll help you hit him, okay?

  My voice was small, but Zhao Feiyu with sharp ears still heard it. He walked up to me, put his arm around my neck and said seriously: Add me one!

  "What did you say I should add to you?" Suddenly, Hei Yang spoke up from his seat on the dragon chair.

  I raised my head and saw him sizing us up. He let out a soft laugh, then said: A yin-yang master, a monk, two Taoist priests. Ying Zheng, is this all the military strength you have?

  "He directly called out the name of Shi Huang." Kong Yilang reminded us after hearing Ya's words.

  We couldn't help but exchange a helpless glance, bro, we all heard it, so can you just stop emphasizing it?

  "Unrepentant to the end." Qin Zheng let out a cold snort, and didn't seem to have taken to heart what Hei Yang had said earlier.

  We shrugged and didn't mind Crow Yang's words. I looked around, although there were chairs built with yin energy, but could we sit? Forget it, let's just stand.

  "I came looking for you, just like you inquired about someone's whereabouts." Ying Zheng wasn't one to drag things out; he took a step forward and said everything he had to say.

  "This place is full of ghosts, how could the person you're looking for be here? Please leave." Crow's voice was cold and mocking, his words were brief but it was clear he had given an order to expel the guest.

  "He was my former subordinate, named Biyan. The last time I was besieged by some so-called righteous people, he got trapped here. I don't know if you have any news about him." Ying Zheng completely ignored Ya's words and continued to talk to himself.

  Crow Yang felt ignored, he slapped the dragon's hand and shouted: I told you to leave! Did you hear me? Come on! Get them all out of Ghost City!

  This crow's temper is really violent, but our temper is even more violent.

  Innumerable dark spirits emerged all around, but Qin Zheng didn't even give them a proper glance. Kong Yiyi merely smiled faintly and said to me: I'll take care of this. Killing these things won't break any rules.

  Since Kong Yī had already taken the initiative to ask, I naturally wouldn't refuse. I nodded, and that was equivalent to giving up the venue to Kong Yī.

  Kong Yī held a rosary in his hand, and as soon as he stood up, he began to chant scriptures. I vaguely felt that a golden light was emanating from Kong Yī's body, and behind him appeared a gigantic Buddha image. Kong Yī's movements were completely synchronized with the Buddha image.

  Kong Yī stretched out his hand, with the palm facing downwards, and placed it on the ground. The Buddha statue's movement was also the same. When Kong Yī's hand touched the ground, a surge of energy dispersed around us. All the vengeful spirits were scattered by Kong Yī's power. Kong Yī lifted his hand again, aiming his palm at Yaō Yang.

  "Can you speak properly now?" Kong Yat looked at Ya Xiang and asked with a smile.

  Crow Yang obviously didn't think that Kong Yi would resolve everything so simply, he stared blankly at Kong Yi for a while before reacting and saying "good".

  Ying Zheng looked at Kong Yi with a mixture of emotions and continued to ask: I want to know what happened to the tyrant.

  He looked at Ying Zheng and said: How do I know where that thing is? Since the Ghost Market was sealed, I also fell into a deep sleep. I just woke up recently. Besides, with your abilities, you probably already knew I came and went out to find me. By the way, many ghosts in the Ghost Market knew that after the entrance to the mortal world opened, they all left. Didn't you know?

  Ying Zheng furrowed his brow subconsciously after hearing this. As for where the thing was, we really didn't know, but it couldn't be given up just because of Ya's words, could it? Ying Zheng thought for a moment, then made a face at the empty space, indicating that he should let go.

  Kong Yi withdrew his spell and looked at Ying Zheng in confusion. Ying Zheng just smiled casually and said to Ya Yang, "Sorry for the disturbance."

  After finishing speaking, Ying Zheng turned around and left without looking back.

  Several of us followed behind Ying Zheng until we had walked far enough, and only then did he stop in his tracks.

  "He's lying, we've been staying in Huai Tree Village all along. If there was a ghost who wanted to go out, how could we not know? Qin Shi Huang, are you going to let that ghost king off?" Kong Yiren spoke up as soon as he saw Ying Zheng stop in his tracks.

  "I knew he was deceiving me, but I always felt that he had some plan. With Ya's arrogant personality, how could he hide his own palace? There is only one explanation: he already knew we were coming and wanted to give us a warning!" Qin Shi Huang said this with great calmness.

  "Does the Ghost King have a fortune-telling function?" I stood by and asked with furrowed eyebrows.

  Guo Lao heard my words, gave me a white eye and said: "I really don't know how your dad taught you! Gui Wang is just a mere life! He can only control three things as his own weapons: resentment, yin energy, and evil energy. Can these three things be used to predict fate? You calculate it for me!"

  Zhao Feiyu patted Guo Lao's shoulder and smiled apologetically: Master, calm down, Master, calm down. Xiaolin was never a professional fortune teller anyway, just calm down.

  I shrugged and said to myself, "Since that Gui Wang doesn't have these functions, it can only mean one possibility - there's a traitor. Ying Zheng, who else knew you were coming to Gui Shi to find Zhan Yan besides us?"

  Qin Zheng closed his eyes and thought carefully, then clicked his tongue and said somewhat gloomily: It's not ruled out that we might have been eavesdropped on.

  I looked at Ying Zheng helplessly, and Zhao Feiyu also asked with a worried face: What are we going to do now?

  "Go back."

  As for what Qin Zheng said, these two words, we all think it's strange. What are you going back to do?

  "That person will definitely appear and discuss plans with Ya Chao. Mu Lin, don't you Onmyojis have a technique that can pretend to be a vengeful spirit? Hurry up and use it." Ying Zheng had already spoken out his thoughts.

  The yin-yang symbol that Qin Zheng mentioned can temporarily hide a living person as a yin soul. I rarely use it. This is mostly used for espionage, which I never do.

  Because intelligence is usually delivered by ghosts.

  I took out a few clean talismans, bit my finger and drew symbols on the talismans with concentration. These five talismans were simple, but it was troublesome to use them.

  I carefully explained to them how to use these few talismans, what the incantation was, and how long they could be used. Old Guo suggested that we five people walk together, so that if one person encounters trouble at some point, the others will know. We didn't have any objections and all agreed.

  The effect of the Yin-Yang symbol is to lock your own Yang energy in one place, allowing your body to adapt to the surrounding Yin energy. It makes things in this place think you are one of them. However, as time goes on, this effect becomes weaker and weaker. So our speed must be very fast.

  After using the Yin-Yang symbol, the five of us returned to the front of Kuya's palace. The five of us just walked past like that, and no one stopped us. This is a good place.

  We walked into the grand hall, but Hei Yang was nowhere to be found. Ying Zheng then took us to search for Hei Yang in his palace. We didn't walk for long before we really found him.

  "What am I supposed to do now! I'm still injured from the last beating, my strength hasn't recovered yet! Are you telling me to go deal with Ying Zheng now?" The voice was anxious.

  "Now that Jie has been captured by you, his tenth tail will grow out tomorrow. You just need to hold on until then. At that time, what can Ying Zheng do?"

  This voice is very familiar. Hmm, especially familiar. Qin Zheng's face turned very ugly. Hmm, especially ugly.

  It's good that Ying Zheng isn't born with a glass heart, otherwise he would have gone berserk by now. He just let out a soft laugh and shook his head, as if he was already used to this kind of thing.

  "Every time, there are always such people around us, except for looking down on us, except for looking down on us." Qin Zheng said to himself standing beside us.

  I suddenly feel that Qin Shi Huang is somewhat pitiful, and what about his pursuit of immortality? He can be said to have experienced all the hardships of life. Every time, there will still be people who betray him. Thinking this way, what's the point of him living on?

  That person, we all know, Yin Zhou Yang.

  "Kill or not, it's up to you." Zhao Feiyu had already prepared for a fight, clenching his fists as he stared at Ying Zheng, waiting for him to speak.

  Ying Zheng waved his hand, indicating for us to continue listening for a while.

  "I'm surprised, you're clearly a person from Qin Zheng's side, yet you've come to my place to help me. And even helped me find Biyue, I don't know what you're trying to do." Crow Yang's voice rang out once again.

  "I'll help you kill Ying Zheng, and the tenth tail of the arrogant one will be mine. It's that simple. I've never cared about anything else, only benefits. You kill Ying Zheng, and your prestige in both the yin and yang realms will rise. Your name, Ya Yang, can be as intimidating as Ying Zheng's. Isn't this the life you've always wanted?"

  "Qin Zheng has died so many times, and yet he still has a fetus in his body. How could I possibly kill him?"

  "The medicine on Ying Zheng's body has been used many times, its efficacy is already weakening. At most two more times, Ying Zheng will definitely die. So you can't let him find the yin-yang master called Mu Lin. He also has the same medicine on his body and it's very powerful."

  Alright, I'll take the blame too. Looking at Ying Zheng, I smiled and asked: First Emperor, who do you want to kill? I'll let them go for you.

  Ying Zheng just smiled casually and said to me: "The main body, I'll leave it to you. Yin Zhou will take her wherever she goes, killing her is easy, just make her heart stop beating directly."

  I nodded in understanding and walked away in another direction.