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"This truly is a ghostly place... right, buddy?" Weichi Peng patted the Ghost Horse beneath him, his face twisted in a bitter smile.

Looking up, the Path of Yin and Yang was indeed extraordinarily vast, resembling a ruined Capital City.

It seemed countless Evil Ghosts had sensed his approach as a living person.

To search for Wei Gongxing in such an environment was like searching for a needle in a haystack; it was unfathomable how his father and the others considered this their last hope. ..

Zhang Hao was a forthright man, as well as a practical one.

He had made it clear just a moment ago that if Weichi Peng could prove an obvious weakness in his adversary, convincing him there was at least a fifty-fifty chance of victory, he would take his brothers and join forces with Weichi Peng for a fight.

To Weichi Peng, that was already quite a generous offer.

Who would willingly engage in a battle with certain death?

Zhang Hao had his own elderly and young ones to look after.

With his current status, even if the times turned for the worse, he still had some means to resist - it was surely better than going to his death now.

Should he die, who would provide for his wife, children, and elderly parents?

Could you guarantee they would remain unharmed?

And to break the situation, the three thousand men of the Imperial Army under Zhang Hao were indispensable. Finding Wei Gongxing and learning the weaknesses of those monsters was the only way forward. But how to go about it...?

Weichi Peng stared blankly at the vast expanse of the netherworld, just as clueless as the brilliant Duke of Song. All the Duke had said was that since Wei Gongxing had chosen suicide, there must be a way for you to find him if you just rode out on the Ghost Horse.

These people really did trust that kid a lot. But was he really that impressive?

If he was that impressive, how did he end up picking up horse dung for so many years...?

But what Weichi Peng couldn’t figure out was how the kid was so sure he could be found?

For an ordinary person entering this place, wouldn’t escaping from the clutches of Evil Ghosts be an issue in itself?

As he was mulling over this, the Ghost Horse suddenly had a gleam of red in its eyes and began to run excitedly.

The Horse’s speed was swift. On the Path of Yin and Yang, its velocity was even several times that of the living world.

Running like a gust of wind, it made the acclimatized Weichi Peng squint his eyes, his heart filled with perplexity.

What’s going on?

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"Quick... summon the Path of Yin and Yang’s Evil Spirits, and promptly find that man for me!!"

Within the White Bone Forest, for some unknown reason, the forest’s ruler, who had suddenly returned here, became extremely corrupt, his rage infusing the entire forest like an earthquake.

His immense oppressive force made the crowd of Evil Spirits kneel on the ground, daring not to raise their heads.

The ruler of the White Bone Forest had not been this furious in many years; the last time was when King Xiang had invaded...

Could it be that another major event had taken place?

"Mu Ye, what’s happened?"

A deep voice sounded beside Mu Ye. Without turning his head, Mu Ye knew it was Tyrant Lu Xiao, the top Ghost General under King Chu Jiang and the one appointed to oversee the White Bone Forest.

"That kid played us!" Mu Ye’s jaw was clenched tight; he hadn’t felt such fury in millions of years!

He, a Ghost King Level powerhouse, was actually tricked by a green, inexperienced mortal!!

"You possessed that kid?" Lu Xiao, having already received the news, asked with confusion, "Wasn’t it said in the reports that he’s just a Fifth Rank Warrior? What did he do?"

Mu Ye, compelled to retreat to the Path of Yin and Yang due to physical damage, had received the news immediately. That’s why he rushed here, eager to find out the specifics—as now was the final step of King Chu Jiang’s plan to settle the chessboard!

"That kid committed suicide..."

"I know that..." the other party nodded. "It seems he was a foolishly loyal person, giving up a promising future and still doing such futile things. You needn’t get so angry. Recover a bit, and in at most three months, we can arrange for your next possession. Next time, we’ll choose a better vessel for you. .."

"It wasn’t futile, and the kid wasn’t foolishly loyal!" Mu Ye said gravely, "That kid might ruin Lord’s plan."

"Him? A Fifth Rank mortal?" Lu Xiao felt that the joke wasn’t funny at all.

"He’s different..." Mu Ye reminisced about his experiences with that kid.

In just one day, the kid had figured out a lot, including the side effects of being parasitized by that Ancient Demon. He had guessed it almost exactly right!

Yes, possession by an Ancient Demon allowed the host to evolve rapidly, but such an unnatural evolution had its side effects. These side effects were not only significant for the host, but if others knew about them, they could become the Ancient Demon’s greatest weakness.

The kid was indeed clever. The Ancient Demon had hidden its secrets for so many years, yet he had guessed them nearly correctly in just one day.

Seeing that he couldn’t keep it concealed, he made a promise and even established a Technique that, as long as the other side fully assisted him, he would arrange for him to reach the Path of Yin and Yang and cultivate him to Ghost General Level before the outbreak of the Ancient Demon’s poison!

In his view, for such a mortal, this was already an immense opportunity.

And with the Technique as a guarantee, anyone with a bit of common sense would not refuse. But that kid... committed suicide without hesitation!

Once he deduced that suicide could free him from the Ancient Demon’s poison, he was so resolute that it caught Mu Ye off guard, and even the Ancient Demon inside him didn’t have time to take over another body.

As a result, not only did the parasitizing Ancient Demon die, but he was also forcibly sent back to the Path of Yin and Yang.

"You established a Technique and he still didn’t compromise?" the other party was taken aback. "With such immense benefits offered, why did he refuse? And you’re saying he wasn’t foolishly loyal?"

"He was definitely not a foolishly loyal person. He had such talent yet was unwilling to come forward, clearly someone who didn’t want to serve the human monarchs. I don’t know why he chose to refuse me immediately, but it definitely wasn’t due to loyalty to the Emperor of the human realm."

"But so what?" Lu Xiao looked puzzled. "He’s just a mortal; the most he could do at his limit was to send you back, right? The Lord has already successfully passed through the Ghost Temple to the world of the living, and there are so many Ancient Demons in the Capital City. Just sending you back can’t affect the grand scheme, can it? "

"In theory, that’s true... but I have an unease," Mu Ye said gravely. "I can sense people’s emotions. I could feel it. He wasn’t the least bit afraid before his death!"

"There’s no creature in this world that wouldn’t fear death.

No matter how heroic a person might be, it’s impossible; even if one faces death with equanimity, deep down, there would still be that primal fear.

But he was different. There wasn’t a trace of fear in his emotions, which can only mean that he was confident he could escape from the Path of Yin and Yang and return! "

"How could that be?" The other party frowned.

How could he imagine that a mortal, once dead and on the Path of Yin and Yang, could escape?

That was utterly absurd!

"It’s not that there hasn’t been a mortal who escaped from here before..." Mu Ye reminded him softly. "Have you forgotten what happened a few years ago?"

The other party was startled, then recalled what Mu Ye was talking about. "You mean Chen Qing?"

"I’ve always felt... that guy is the biggest obstacle in the Lord’s plan."

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Yundu, just as Chen Qing was preparing to watch the third trial, suddenly sensed something. He rubbed the ring left by the Ghost Doll on his finger.

The bait he had left in the Capital City, unexpectedly, was taking effect here...