Chapter 1 The Leather Whip

Zhou Ze walked over and picked up the leather whip that had fallen on the ground.

Even now, Boss Zhou couldn't believe that his arrogant competitor had been so cowardly when faced with a fierce ghost.

Although nine fierce ghosts, especially high-level ones stained with human lives, were indeed difficult to deal with, with this whip, it wasn't impossible to turn the situation around.

Even a fool could see that this whip had a natural restraining effect on the ghosts in this fog.

He and Lawyer An had been so cautious before. If he had known that the guy was so useless, he should have directly taken him down.

Then, the mystery surrounding this paifang (memorial arch) and this fog should be solved, right?

Suddenly, Zhou Ze felt someone poking him in the waist.

He turned his head and saw it was Lawyer An.

"What's wrong?"

"Boss, look over there."

Zhou Ze turned his head and saw that the nine female ghosts were staring at him with intense vigilance.

Clearly, when Zhou Ze picked up the whip, they had already assumed that he was the one who was going to force them.

The way fierce ghosts think is actually very emotional.

Because they are already dead.

After losing the constraints of "work," "income," "social interaction," and "face," which only the living have,

they become as "pure" as children.

The situation was clear now.

Continuing to hold this whip might provoke an attack from the nine fierce ghosts.

Perhaps, that was why the guy had thrown the whip away when he ran.

But to just throw the whip away like that?

Boss Zhou was really reluctant.

He was poor,

and he'd finally picked up something that could be considered a magical artifact.

Just throw it away like that?

Too wasteful!

"Hehehe…"

"Hehehe…"

The nine fierce ghosts were slowly approaching Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze took a deep breath and gritted his teeth.

Lawyer An seemed to understand something, shook his head, and stood beside Zhou Ze, facing the nine female ghosts who were slowly pressing in.

People die for wealth, and birds die for food.

Boss Zhou was unwilling to give up this whip.

The whip was unfurled and swung at the ground.

"Crack!"

A loud bang rang out, and the nine female ghosts simultaneously showed expressions of pain.

To Zhou Ze's surprise, he had never played with a whip before. Lawyer An might have, but he only played with those kinky little whips.

But this whip was very light and seemed to have a kind of proactive "tolerance."

In short, you wouldn't hurt yourself when wielding it because you didn't know how to use it.

What to do?

He liked this whip more and more!

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Zhou Ze's hands itched, and he swung it a few more times.

The expressions on the female ghosts' faces became even more painful.

They even began to crawl on the ground,

wailing and crying.

Huh?

They were subdued just like that?

Even Lawyer An, who was watching from the side, felt a little horrified.

Impossible, right?

If these female ghosts couldn't stand being whipped, how dare they attack that guy before?

"Could it be that my boss is a real ghost messenger, and that guy before wasn't a ghost messenger at all, but a fake who put green onions in his nose to pretend to be an elephant?"

Lawyer An thought to himself.

It seemed that was the case.

Who would be a normal ghost messenger who would run here to collect ghosts at this time?

Moreover,

who would be too afraid to fart when encountering a fierce ghost, pretending to be something he's not, dropping the whip, and running away?

Zhou Ze took a step forward.

The female ghosts fell to the ground in extreme pain, their painful expressions intensifying.

Too bad Lawyer An wasn't Lao Dao.

This made Zhou Ze a little regretful.

If Lao Dao was here,

he would definitely shamelessly offer a flattering remark,

and then be glared back by himself,

but he would still feel refreshed in his heart.

However, at this moment, the paifang behind Zhou Ze and Lawyer An began to shake violently.

Before the two could turn around to take a closer look,

they felt the wind around them begin to blow again,

and that scalp-numbing pain attacked once more!

Yin wind,

that damned yin wind again!

At this moment, the fog seemed to be shrinking,

and began to gather frantically towards this side,

all converging into the paifang.

This terrifying air wave

was even more intense than when Zhou Ze and the others had first experienced the yin wind!

Perhaps it was because of the distance. That time, they were only affected, but now, the two of them were directly in the center of the typhoon!

The nine female ghosts let out shrill screams,

and then their bodies surged directly into the paifang,

with no room for resistance.

Zhou Ze and Lawyer An both lay on the ground, grabbing the rocks on the ground tightly.

"If you can use a vacuum cleaner, why were you using a broom to sweep the floor just now?"

Zhou Ze shouted.

Being able to directly suck them in like this,

wasn't it just taking off your pants to fart by having people drive the wandering souls in with a whip just now?

"Boss, the pattern under the paifang has changed."

Lawyer An shouted with difficulty.

Zhou Ze raised his head and looked forward.

Sure enough,

the previous light curtain, similar to the Taiji diagram, had completely turned black at this time, like the mouth of a giant beast, frantically swallowing all the nearby wandering souls!

Moreover,

there was an aura in it

that was extremely familiar to Zhou Ze.

It was the aura of Hell!

At this time,

behind this paifang,

what was connected

was the real Hell!

This feeling was very strange, like the paifang had suddenly changed channels. Before, it was a private illegal channel, but now it was an official legal channel.

Under this terrifying suction,

Zhou Ze felt that he couldn't hold on any longer. The feeling that he was about to be torn apart was like enduring torture.

Lawyer An wasn't doing any better,

his entire face had turned liver-colored.

"Boss… after you…"

Lawyer An reached out and was about to pat Zhou Ze.

Both of them couldn't hold on any longer,

so Lawyer An planned to send Zhou Ze on his way first.

Who would have thought that a leather whip would be faster than his hand and directly hit Lawyer An's back.

"Hiss…"

Lawyer An cried out.

"Boss… you!"

His soul directly left his body and went towards the paifang.

Zhou Ze gritted his teeth and held on for two more seconds,

before feeling a darkness in his vision!

About ten minutes later,

the light of the paifang dissipated,

and even the paifang itself began to slowly peel off, turning into dust.

And in the grass in the mountain depression,

the bodies of two men were still stuck to the ground,

one of the men even had his hand on the other man's shoulder,

and the other man was holding a suggestive leather whip in his hand.

The mountain wind blew past,

the two,

remained motionless.

…

"Huff!"

Like waking up from a dream.

Opening his eyes, Zhou Ze found himself standing in a ruin.

He could tell

that this used to be a magnificent and imposing place with waterside pavilions and terraces,

but now,

only a pile of rubble remained.

Staggering to his feet, looking up at the somewhat familiar blood moon above his head, Zhou Ze knew that he had come to Hell.

But this area didn't seem like the Yellow Springs Road, and there were no faceless women by the pool. It was an unfamiliar area that he had never been to before.

And not far away, Lawyer An was stuck headfirst in a rock.

Zhou Ze walked over, grabbed his leg, and pulled it back.

Like pulling a radish, he pulled Lawyer An out.

"Huff… huff… huff…"

Lawyer An woke up,

and jumped up in fright after looking around.

"Damn it, damn it, I'm really in Hell again! It's over, it's over, it's all over now!"

Lawyer An was a criminal. Everyone could turn a blind eye to a little smuggling in the Yang world, just like many corrupt officials who have immigrated abroad, and only a small minority are actually extradited back to the country to face legal sanctions every year.

But if he didn't know whether to live or die and ran back to the country,

then don't blame the long arm of the law for being inescapable.

Lawyer An was in this situation now. He hadn't been back to Hell for a long time. This time he came back directly. If a patrol inspector or even a judge sensed his aura, it was estimated that they would arrest him without saying a word to hand him over and claim credit.

"Hey, stop yelling, where is this place?"

Lawyer An calmed down, looked carefully around, and said with some doubt, "I don't know either."

"Weren't you once an official in Hell?"

"But do you know how big Hell is? Moreover, there are many places in Hell that even people in the Yin Division can't enter casually, such as the Naihe Bridge and the Di Ting Peak. The tentacles of the Yin Division don't dare to extend there.

I've really never been to this place."

Lawyer An thought for a while and said,

"Let's leave here first and find the Yellow Springs Road as soon as possible, so that we can return to the Yang world.

Most importantly,

our souls are here,

and our bodies are still in the wilderness.

If something happens to our bodies,

we'll be in trouble and can only become wandering ghosts."

Zhou Ze nodded.

Yes,

the body was still important.

Just as the two were about to find an exit to go out and find the Yellow Springs Road,

a subtle rustling sound suddenly came from the rubble pile in front of them.

Lawyer An immediately signaled not to move, and the two of them squatted down in this rubble pile.

The subtle rustling sound began to grow louder.

An old woman holding a lantern walked out from a distance,

followed by a team of women holding peach blossom paper umbrellas and wearing cheongsams.

With each step the women took,

their thighs were looming beneath their cheongsams,

their steps were graceful,

and their postures were beautiful,

like models walking on a fashion runway,

so exquisite.

He had seen these women before!

Just as Zhou Ze was about to speak,

Lawyer An immediately reached out and covered Zhou Ze's mouth, while lowering his voice and said,

"Boss, I know what you're going to say, I've seen them too, but we can't let them see us. You don't know their identities, they are…"

"Ugh, ugh, ugh!"

"Boss, stop it!" Lawyer An was anxious.

I know you've seen these beautiful young ladies,

but this isn't the time for you to show off!

Zhou Ze pointed to his back.

Huh?

Behind them?

Lawyer An turned his head to look,

and was immediately dumbfounded.

Behind the two of them,

stood nine female ghosts,

the female ghosts who had been sucked in together.

At this time,

these nine female ghosts seemed to have just woken up from a dazed state.

The first thing they did when they woke up

was to open their arms

and scream in a shrill voice!

"…" Lawyer An.