Chapter 1 The Pain

Yuan Mu Ye slowly opened his eyes, feeling sore all over, as if he had been run over by something, his bones aching.

"It hurts!" Yuan Mu Ye sat up slowly.

"It should hurt. I warned you just now not to pay attention to those ghosts. You didn't listen and insisted on looking," the old man glanced at him and said.

Yuan Mu Ye wanted to explain, but thought better of it. It was no use saying anything now. What was done was done, and nothing could change it.

Most importantly, he was still alive.

"Thank you for saving me," Yuan Mu Ye said politely to the old man.

The old man chuckled and said, "I'm not used to you being so polite to me now."

Yuan Mu Ye was stunned. Could it be that he used to treat the old man badly?

That shouldn't be!

Either that, or the two of them were very close!

He couldn't imagine what kind of relationship they had before.

Yuan Mu Ye jumped off the boat. Strangely, the moment he jumped off the boat, he heard all kinds of crying sounds, from adults, children, and women…

Without exception, these cries came from the river.

"Why are there cries?" Yuan Mu Ye looked at the old man in confusion. After all, when he was on the boat just now, he didn't hear any cries other than that voice that confused him.

The old man sighed and said, "Those ghosts are all trying to appeal their grievances in the depths of the underworld, but unfortunately, they can't get in, so they can only cry outside."

Yuan Mu Ye frowned slightly. He always thought there were many grievances in the human world, but he didn't expect there to be any in the underworld as well.

Although he felt sorry for those ghosts, he didn't have the power to help them.

After all, he couldn't even handle his own affairs, so how could he help these ghosts?

"Where are we going next?" Yuan Mu Ye regained his attention.

Now he needed to focus on his own affairs, so he didn't want to be affected by these things.

"Come with me!"

With that, the old man walked forward.

Yuan Mu Ye quickly followed.

After walking for about four or five minutes, Yuan Mu Ye saw a palace not far away.

However, this palace was different from the palaces he had seen before. This palace was black, completely black.

The old man led Yuan Mu Ye to the gate of the palace. Looking at the towering palace, Yuan Mu Ye felt a sense of familiarity in his heart, as if he had been here before.

That must have been in a previous life!

"Who lives in this palace? Could it be King Yama?" Yuan Mu Ye asked curiously.

It seemed that the one living in the depths of the underworld should be King Yama.

The old man shook his head and looked at Yuan Mu Ye calmly, saying, "King Yama has been missing for some time."

King Yama was missing?

Yuan Mu Ye opened his eyes in disbelief. All matters in the underworld were under the jurisdiction of King Yama. If he was missing, who would be in charge?

"No wonder the order in the underworld is so chaotic now. So it's because King Yama is missing," Yuan Mu Ye said casually.

However, the old man's answer shocked him again.

"Even if he were still in the underworld, the order in the underworld wouldn't be much better."

Yuan Mu Ye looked at the old man with a puzzled expression, not understanding at all.

If even King Yama couldn't manage the order of the underworld, then who could?

But then again, why would King Yama disappear for no reason?

Could it be that something happened?

Or was he kidnapped by an evil ghost?

But it seemed that those evil ghosts shouldn't have such courage and ability!

Besides, the depths of the underworld were not a place where evil ghosts could come as they pleased.

"Didn't the people of the underworld look for him?" Yuan Mu Ye looked at the old man and asked.

"Of course they looked, but they didn't find him."

As the old man spoke, he walked to the door, then raised his hand and knocked on the door. The crisp knocking sound seemed particularly abrupt in the silent environment.

After a while, the gate of the palace slowly opened.

A ghost in black poked his head out of the door and glanced outside. When he saw it was the old man, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Lord Wangchuan, what brings you here today?"

"I brought someone here today, maybe he can help you find King Yama," the old man said indifferently.

The ghost's expression froze for a moment, then he looked at Yuan Mu Ye standing behind the old man. After sizing Yuan Mu Ye up and down, he frowned slightly and said, "Lord Wangchuan, don't joke with me at a time like this. He's just an ordinary little ghost. Even we can't do anything, how could he possibly have a way?"

Yuan Mu Ye also agreed with this ghost's opinion.

He never dreamed that the old man would bring him here to help the underworld find King Yama.

"He's not an ordinary little ghost. When he was in the underworld, you don't even know where you were. All right, take us to see the Judge," the old man obviously didn't want to say so much to this ghost.

The ghost hesitated for a moment and led them into the palace.

After entering the palace, Yuan Mu Ye, perhaps because it was his first time here, wanted to see how the palace of the underworld was different. He kept looking around, and everything he saw felt new to him.

The ghost led the two of them to the back garden of the palace.

When Yuan Mu Ye arrived at the back garden, he was also taken aback by the scene in front of him. He had seen many gardens, but he had never seen a garden like this before.

It was said to be a garden, but there was only one kind of flower in it, the hell flower that bloomed in the depths of hell.

In human terms, it was the flower of the other shore.

The flower of the other shore was usually red, but the flower of the other shore blooming here was black, which matched the black palace very well.

"You two, please sit for a while, I'll go and call the Judge out," the ghost said, then turned and left.

As soon as he left, Yuan Mu Ye couldn't help but ask the old man, "Why do you think I can find King Yama?"

The old man glanced at him, slightly raised the corner of his mouth, and said, "Because even if you don't go looking for him, he will come looking for you. If I'm not mistaken, the two of you may have already met."

When he heard this, Yuan Mu Ye's heart suddenly tightened. It was true that he had seen many evil ghosts, but he didn't believe that he had seen King Yama.

"How is that possible? If I had really seen him, how could I not know?"

Yuan Mu Ye felt that it was unlikely.

"King Yama went to the human world, do you think he would show himself in his true form?" the old man asked him rhetorically.

Yuan Mu Ye felt that there was some truth to it. After all, he didn't show himself in his true form when he came to the underworld.

But then again, he had seen so many evil ghosts and people, who knew which one was King Yama!