In the daytime, outside the city, the four’s company were standing under the scorching sun, watching the plaque of the name hanging above the front gate—Fengdu.

Rongnuan asked with doubt, “Isn’t Fengdu the Ghost Town?”

You Yue agreed with his question by nodding, looked at others embarrassedly, and asked confusedly, “Why do we come here?”

How did she find Fengdu, which had not been found by humans for generations?

Ronghua replied, “What’s wrong? Are you afraid?”

You Yue’s expression changed at once, “Of, of course not. I’m from the prominent family of slaughtering monsters. How is it possible that I’m afraid of this? I just feel this place a little bit weird. Besides, I’ve never been to this place before.” Her sound gradually became too small to hear.

Ronghua looked regretful, “Oh, I see. It’s a pity. There is someone inside knows how to find your sister, but we can leave since you are unwilling to enter.”

After she said so, You Yue dragged Ronghua to stop her, “No, don’t leave. We can go inside now. I’m not scared!”

Even the mountain of swords and the sea of flames could not stop You Yue when she heard there was the possibility to find her elder sister.

Ronghua snickered. Rongnuan immediately separated You Yue’s hand from Ronghua’s and led Ronghua to walk ahead, “Then let’s get in now! Don’t waste time.”

Ronghua could not help smiling again when she saw his childish behavior. He was really...

“Let’s go! The gate will close if we’re late.”

In fact, there was another well-known name for Fengdu— the Ghost Town.

There’s no wonder that You Yue was so scared. She would never step into such a place but for her sister. Most people would never discover this place during their whole life, but Ronghua was not included. There was nothing she could not see with her unique eyes, except for the innermost being of Rongnuan.

The living souls would not come to Fengdu, while the wandering ghost could be seen at every corner. They were monitored as soon as they got into the Ghost Town. However, those ghosts dare not get close to them because they dreaded their strength. The ghosts only stalked them from a distance, waiting for the time when any of them was alone.

In most of the cases, an unlucky guy who broke into Fengdu would be sucked to a dried corpse by the ghosts and had no chance to survive.

They could hear the sound of running water from both sides but could not see any rill. The oncoming air was as chilly as the ice of thousands of years.

All the passengers beside them were glassy-eyed and were urged to walk, like a flock of sheep with a herding dog supervising.

“Are they... all the dead?”

You Yue asked and shivered. She had been hiding behind them since they entered.

It was not the first time for Ronghua to walk along the road like this, just not here. The ghosts she had met at that place were more brutal than here. It was fortunate that those ghosts were under the charge of their master. Otherwise, this world would be in a tumult.

Ronghua was accustomed to this and walked quickly without casting a glance at the ghosts. She came to such a place again, but she was here with a problem this time.

“Ignore them. They dare not come close. You’ll be fine if you don’t provoke them. Keep concentrating!”

The streets of Fengdu looked the same as the normal ones, but it seemed endless as they kept going. The sound of floating water was mingled with the sounds of bubbles, which created a feeling that something might suddenly emerge from the water. Rongnuan was frightened to shield himself behind Ronghua.

Ronghua had no choice but to protect this proud kitty who was reluctant to admit his fear.

White lanterns were hanging every ten inches along the street. The lights were not dazzling but left long shadows on the road. There were a few blooming Manjusakas under the coquettishly red lanterns.

Here was Huangquan for humans. The livings were directing the way to the next life for the dead on the road of Huangquan. However, some ghosts had unforgettable memories, and their obsessiveness determined how long the trail was. No matter how arbitrary and powerful you had been when you were alive, you were nobody on the road of Huangquan. All the past would go when you arrived at the bridge to Hell and drank the Granny Meng’s Soup made from the Lethe Water.

Something seemed to flash in Ronghua’s eyes in a trance.

“Are you sure that your bonds with this world are just a dream, and you can forget your past lives?”

Ronghua felt a sharp pain in her heart unexpectedly as if her heart was dug out by someone rudely. She staggered and was noticed by Rongnuan behind her. He reached out his hand to support her.

You Yue asked, “What happened to you?”

The scene continued in Ronghua’s mind, and someone said, “All your bonds with previous life should end as you enter the world-changing platform, while I bestowed one more life to you as your affinities were not yet finished.”

Ronghua’s face suddenly went pale, and she swallowed the blood violently, which rose to her throat. She held still for a moment and then shook her head to You Yue as if nothing had happened, and restarted to walk ahead.

Jun Lang knew that she was forcing herself to pretend to be okay again.

There were a lot of ghosts waiting to begin their next lives in Fengdu. Some ghosts had too strong obsessiveness to reincarnate or who were serving sentences for their sins as well. They had lived there for more than hundreds of years, or even thousands, so they had deep-rooted obsessiveness that livings could not understand. Once a ghost who was a little powerful went outside to harm living humans, he would soon be eliminated by people who specialized in slaughtering evil things and even lost the right for reincarnation.

Ronghua had not experienced the feeling of death and could not understand the meaning of “Life is no pleasure, and death is no fear.”

“Ronghua, have you ever experienced death?”

Jun Land asked abruptly, and Ronghua paused.

“...I have gone through something more terrible than death.”

Rongnuan raised his head slightly, “Huahua, you...”

“I’m fine. Even though I was not good at that time, I came over it.”

She had come over it.

Her words stabbed heavily into his heart like a thorn. How painful she had been that drove her to forget!

You Yue had never been to the Ghost Town. Others had told her how terrible this place was since she was a kid, but she was so brave and confident that she never believed the tales. However, when she witnessed these with her own eyes, she was scared and anxious. Ronghua glanced at her and warned her in a low voice, “Whatever happens later, don’t speak, and I’ll deal with it. Don’t blame me that I did not remind you if you were trapped here!”

After that, Ronghua hugged her even harder, causing Ronghua to laugh.

Jun Lang nodded and followed in the rear, in case anyone stupid came close and made her unhappy.

When they reached the destination, they saw three shapeless and twisted words—House of Soul, which were hard to distinguish.

Ronghua glimpsed at it, hesitated, and asked them, “Do you want to go inside?”

They swallowed because of anxiety, except for Jun Lang. The house looked gruesome. Should they enter or not？

“... You’d better stay outside. Jun Lang will protect you!”

You Yue nodded firmly, but Rongnuan shook his head fiercely.

“No, I don’t want to wait outside. I’ll go in with you.”

Ronghua was resigned. Rongnuan was apparently afraid but still insisted on going with her.

Rongnuan began to act in a shameless way when he sensed that Ronghua poured scorn on him.

“I don’t care. I must go inside! I don’t want to stay outside. You are leaving me alone again!”

Ronghua was speechless. What was he talking about?

“Okay, okay. Let’s go together!”

Jun Lang stepped forward and opened the door. There was nothing terrible inside the house. It was just like a normal bookstore. What was Ronghua going to do here?

“Visitors! Is anyone here?”

They greeted, but no one answered. You Yue looked around, “Is it a shop that nobody comes?”

“Who said there’s no one!”

A sound burst and You Yue was startled to shiver. The voice seemed to spring up from the ice and was so freezing!

There was a counter behind the portiere, and a woman was sitting there. She turned the book to the next page and closed it with satisfaction. She was holding a pipe in her hand and puffed on it as she came out.

Then they could see her. Standing under the lamp, she was in a red silk dress that was low-necked and presented her full bosom. Her face was pretty like the confederate rose, her arched-eyebrows were like the salix leaves, and her eyes were more charming than the peach blossoms, which could intrigue both men and women. Her skin was white as snow. Her black hair was coiled up, showing her charm of mature, and her red lips slightly curved up. What a gorgeous female!

“Well, I haven’t seen living humans visit my shop for years. It’s quite rare!”

Ronghua said, “I want to ask about a person!”

She cast a coquettish glance at Ronghua, “Good appearance! You are a beauty, but….”

Ronghua continued, “You must know him.”

She did not mind that Ronghua interrupted her. She turned her body and brought forth the wind, which was full of her perfume.

She sat on a table and said, “I know nothing about the livings. I could not interfere in their business and am not willing to be involved, so you’d better go back, please! There’s an hour left before the gate will close. It’s enough for you to go out.”

“Oh. Really?”

Ronghua squinted at her.

The woman smoked, “Miss, this is Fengdu. Are there any living humans except you four?”

Ronghua smiled, “Of course you can’t interfere in humans’ world, but when did I say that I wanted to ask about the living?”

The woman rolled her eyes and presented a stiff smile, “You’re right. Wait a moment. Please come in and have a cup of tea first! Attendant, serve the tea!”

After saying so, she returned to the room, perhaps to fetch things.

Ronghua held Rongnuan’s hand and walked over. A chubby kid came out from the inner room and served them tea. Ronghua picked up the teacup and smelled. She behaved as if she were tasting the tea, but it was sure that she would not drink it. Even the drama scripts had written about the consequence of taking food or drinks in Huangquan. Every human with a little common sense would know this.

As a god, she could drink this. These things had no effects on her, but this tea had a bitter taste that made her had no appetite for it.

You Yue probably had heard about the tale as well, so she just watched the tea turning from hot to cold and never touched it.

Jun Lang looked careless about all this and even did not cast a glance at it. He did not show the intension to drink it as well.

Only Rongnuan, the naive boy, picked up the teacup directly and was to drink.

Ronghua raised her head and bent her finger. Then the teacup fell, and its pieces spread on the floor.

Rongnuan was stunned and then hid in Ronghua’s arms and felt wronged.

Ronghua said, “I apologize for dropping your teacup.”

The woman stepped out, smoking, “Never mind. It’s just a cup. I have a lot!”

They saw that she carried a huge thread-bound account book with her. She put it plainly on the table. After a moment, she suddenly asked, “Who are you looking for?”

“The Evil King of Ghosts— Gong Shisan,” Ronghua answered.

The woman raised her head and gazed at Ronghua unkindly, “I forgot to ask. Who are you, Miss? How dare you look for the Evil King of Ghosts?”

Ronghua still did not show any emotion, “I’m Ronghua. What? Can’t you find him?”

Of course, she can. This human was so fearless that she had the courage to search for the Evil King of Ghosts!

“Is there any problem?” Jun Lang frowned and began to worry, “...Ronghua.”

You Yue looked at Ronghua’s peaceful face and gave up interrupting her.

Rongnuan had hidden behind her consciously because he had a presentiment that something bad would happen!

“I can find him if I want. May I ask why do you want to find our Emperor of Fengdu, Miss?” She smiled and looked up again.

Ronghua finally knew the exact identity of that man.

“Of course, I have something to deal with him.”

The woman suddenly smoked the pipe and slowly spat out a puff of smoke, “You don’t need to be nervous. Transaction tops everything else here.”

“Then, we can make a deal between us?” Ronghua laughed.

“I’m Manniang!”

“Ronghua!”

They looked at each other and smiled. That was how they met.