"Wuwuwuwu…."
Have you ever heard a child cry?
If you have, you'd probably thought, "how annoying." At that time.
Ever heard a grown man cry like a child?
You probably thought, "the f*ck is this?" At that time.
Then, have you ever seen a three thousand year old child cry in a grown man's body?
Well, Chu Nuan thought, "I'm gonna send this guy straight to Hell." At this exact time.
"Stop crying."
"Wuwawawa!"
"Bang!" Blowing off the wooden shards off her knuckles, Chu Nuan walked around the broken table to sit at a nearby chair.
"....sniff." Nan Hai closed his mouth with a pout. Displeased at being treated so roughly, his hand unconsciously rubbed his swollen right eye.
Crossing her legs comfortably she sighs with ease as she enjoys the warmth of the hotel room. "Let's recount everything you said." Chu Nuan stated as she placed a loosely clenched hand over her lips. "You escaped. How?"
".....Some unknown envoy. She told me that she'll help me if I want to escape."
"Oh? Is that how you managed to leave without anyone discovering you?"
"En. She gave me three spirit cleansing pills to help temporarily push down killing aura. Then told me where the weakest point in your formation array I need to attack. Lastly, she gave me the instructions on how to detonate the explosives hidden under the Bridge of Forgetfulness." Nan Hai recalled proudly as his finger curved down with each listing.
"Hehe." Chu Nuan laughed with a gloomy aura. "And you thought this was a good plan. Why?"
"Ugh." Realizing that he said the wrong words, Nan Hai quickly changed into a flattering smile. "I was wrong." He rolled his eyes as he tried to remember the details, "truthfully, I don't think that woman was an envoy at all."
"Hm? What makes you say that?"
"I can feel a faint demonic aura coming from her." Furrowing his eyebrows in contemplation, he suddenly remembered a really distinct trait, "if I remember correctly that woman seems to have purple eyes!"
Purple pupils?
Chu Nuan immediately frowned when she heard this piece of news. Due to the fact that envoys were once humans before death. No matter what shape or appearance they take, their eye colors will never stray from normality. They will always maintain a fragment of their human identities, this is why having purple eyes is not possible.
But….something suddenly flashed past her eyes. "Does that person have a mole on the corner of one eye?"
"Mole?" Pondering for a moment, Nan Hai nodded with certainty. "I think so."
Chu Nuan's face instantly blackened the moment she heard those words. Gritting her teeth, it was at this moment that she truly understood what is the cause of all this trouble.
"Your Honor?"
"It's nothing, continue."
Nodding in compliance, he started again. "Following that woman's suggestion, I broke through your formation and merged with the crowd of souls waiting at the bridge. Before reaching the checkpoint, I activated the exploding talismans. Taking advantage of the chaos, we ran through the gates and came to the human world. But because we were also in a state of confusion, us three brothers got separated.
I possessed the body of this dying man and began to wait for your arrival here. During my stay, I noticed a dense amount of negative energy gathering in this city. Thus I did a bit of investigating."
"What did you find?"
"Multiple back gates to the underworld are opening up, allowing a large amount of souls to escape. Whether the souls chose to or not, they are forcibly sucked into the human world. Trapped here unable to find a way back, some continued to wander aimlessly, while others decided to harm humans."
"I see…"
"In order to lessen the amount of damage that can be caused, I temporarily cast a restriction on the gates. I'm sure you'll have some kind of way to deal with them when I show you later on."
Finished telling his part of the story, Nan Hai, maintained his kneeling position on the floor. Eyes glancing at the big boss furtively, he started to pout once again.
As we wait for Chu Nuan to come to a decision, let's first formally introduce this poor soul kneeling on the ground.
As you already know, his name is Nan Hai, the eldest of the three lords that escaped. Although they are called brothers, in truth, they are not related at all. The reason why they considered themselves to be brothers, is first, because they work for the same person. And two, because they went through life and death together on many occasions.
Nan Hai was the very first out of the three ghosts to surrender under Chu Nuan's manly charisma. At that time, he was only a budding thirteen years old. After sinking into the swamp named Chu Nuan, his adoration for her blew through the roof. He usually has a good head on his neck, except when it comes to a certain envoy. In order to catch her attention, from tantrums to acting cute, he'd try anything to hook onto one of her stares.
This time, because of some conspiracy, this kid decided to bring his brothers along to run away from home. Then settled into the body of a pretty handsome man. Though, no matter how handsome, he is still a kid on the inside….
Standing up from her chair, Chu Nuan stood up with a yawn. "Let's go." She said, mentioning for Nan Hai to take the lead. "Let's go take a look at those doors."
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"This is the first one."
Observing the black mist leaking out the dark hole, sounds of painful moans echo from within. As if a hole ripped apart with a set of sharp claws, the tear in the space wriggled with an enormous amount of pale arms. Thanks to the restriction placed around the gate, the ghosts are unable to enter. But at the same time, they cannot leave, so they are stuck in between the boundaries.
"What do you think, Your Honor?"
Observing the black hole for a moment, Chu Nuan took a step forward with Xie Luochen and Lei Lin guarding on the side. Peering into the endless abyss, it's as if a pair of hands will drag you in the next minute.
Let's try with this first, Chu Nuan thought as a pair of talismans appeared in her hand. Transferring spiritual energy into the charms, she threw the charms right away towards the door. Immediately, they burn with a bright flame as they rush at their target. But instead of the expected result, like a monstrous mouth, the talismans got swallowed into the darkness. That's not all, upon devouring the attack, the gate started to glow a dark hue. Tremors surround the area around as a blast of powerful energy spews out from the dark hole, aiming for Chu Nuan.
"Dodge!"
In a split second judgment, everyone rolled out of the striking range. Evading inches from the dangerous assault.