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Chapter 440 The River of the Dead! (Seeking monthly votes)

Golden Ghost Prison!

Mu Sheng's gains from Xiao Qiang Club were scattered on the ground.

Zhang Han, trapped as a mummy; Ye Jun, sealed by a graveyard sword; a skeleton ghost scattered as a pile of bones; and five vengeful ghosts resurrected after the death of their ghost tamers.

"Eight ghosts and two ghost tamers, that's a pretty good haul!"

"There are also some Ghost Riders who aren't at the club today, but there shouldn't be many."

Mu Sheng made a note of this matter for now and would deal with it when he had time later.

The five resurrected vengeful ghosts, along with the skeleton ghost from Wang Xiaoqiang, were buried directly in the Ghost Prison by Mu Sheng.

Beside the original mounds of graves, six more grave mounds of varying sizes appeared.

"Next is to reform the underworld officials!"

Mu Sheng first went to Ye Jun, whose chest was pierced by a graveyard sword, and reached into his abdomen.

The power of the Golden Ghost Prison surged, and dozens of golden threads weaved through Ye Jun's body, forcibly pulling out the Corpse Water Ghost from within him.

A clump of yellowish, foul-smelling corpse fluid appeared in Mu Sheng's hand.

The corpse fluid writhed in Mu Sheng's hand, as if a living creature was struggling to escape his clutches.

However, it was tightly surrounded by dozens of golden threads and could not break free.

The corpse fluid possessed a terrifying corrosive power, and Mu Sheng felt a slight stinging sensation on the skin of his palms.

"If an ordinary person were to touch this corpse fluid, they would likely be quickly assimilated and dissolved into nothingness."

Mu Sheng looked at his slightly red palms and clicked his tongue.

"This corpse-water ghost is not suitable to be buried in the grave!"

After thinking for a moment, Mu Sheng headed east, away from the graveyard.

Mu Sheng stopped when he reached the easternmost edge of the second level of the Golden Ghost Prison.

"This is it!"

Mu Sheng stomped his foot, and a waterway one meter wide and several tens of meters long appeared on the ground.

The walls of the waterway were covered with golden sealing runes, filled with the power to suppress evil spirits.

Mu Sheng threw the Corpse Water Ghost into the waterway, and the latter instantly expanded from a small clump of corpse water into a river of corpse water four or five meters long.

The Corpse River churned and surged, trying to break free from the riverbed's constraints.

However, whenever the corpse water gushes out of the river, it is absorbed by the surrounding grave soil.

A few minutes later, the corpse-water ghost seemed to realize that it could not leave the river, so it began to flow back and forth in the river.

"Its color is yellowish and turbid, and it can corrode the flesh and blood of the living and suppress evil spirits. Let's call you the River of the Underworld!"

As Mu Sheng finished speaking, an earthen stele rose up on the land beside the river, inscribed with the three large characters "Yellow Springs River".

After suppressing the corpse-water ghost in the Yellow Springs River, Mu Sheng returned to Ye Jun's body.

After being stripped of the vengeful spirit within him, Ye Jun's life quickly came to an end.

If it weren't for the sealing effect of the grave soil sword, it would probably be dead by now.

"I can't let you die like this!"

Mu Sheng reached out and pressed his hand on Ye Jun's head, using the power of the Golden Ghost Prison to transform him into a ghost slave. He then borrowed the power of the human skin paper and newspaper ghosts.

Ye Jun was transformed into the No. 2 underworld messenger!
Then Mu Sheng went to Zhang Han, who was trapped like a mummy by blood-stained newspapers, and pressed his hand against Zhang Han's back.

That's exactly where the Ghost Tattoo is located.

As Mu Sheng's hand approached, the blood-stained newspapers around him vanished, revealing a hideous and terrifying ghost tattoo.

Mu Sheng's fingernails dug deep into Zhang Han's back skin, and with a forceful tug, he tore off the piece of skin with the ghost tattoo.

Bright red blood immediately spilled out, staining the surrounding ghost newspapers red.

"woooooo"

The intense pain stimulated Zhang Han inside the mummy, who immediately began to whimper and writhe.

Mu Sheng ignored Zhang Han, who was like a caterpillar, and instead began to study the ghost tattoo in his hand.

"It can transform into a physical vengeful ghost, or it can transform into a tattoo; this kind of transformation is quite interesting."

The unique form of the Ghost Tattoo reminded Mu Sheng of the secret technique from the Naruto world: Super Beast Imitation Painting.

After he refined and 'comprehended' the latter, he developed a variety of powerful sealing techniques.

"If tattooed ghosts can transform into tattoos on the bodies of ghost tamers, then what about other ghosts? What about supernatural powers?"

More than ten ideas for utilizing the power of the Ghost Tattoo flashed through Mu Sheng's mind.

For example, the power of a certain ghost in the Ghost Prison can be sealed in a tattoo and then bestowed upon others.

Another example is to directly imprint the supernatural power of ghosts onto cold weapons or bullets, so that even ordinary people can master the power to fight against evil spirits.

"That's not right either. If it's directly tattooed on the human body, it will still be subject to the erosion of supernatural forces."

"The tattoos are much better on objects. As long as you don't touch them regularly, the slight corrosion won't be a problem when you actually use them."

"But I don't have any forces under my command that need to be imprinted with supernatural powers, so why bother thinking about this? It's pointless!"

Mu Sheng shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind, and after controlling the Golden Ghost Prison to condense a stone platform, he sealed the Ghost Tattoo imprint on it.

Zhang Han, who was also stripped of his vengeful spirit, was transformed into the No. 3 underworld messenger by Mu Sheng, just like Ye Jun.

He wore a human skin hat with the character "yin" in gold thread and a blood-red paper robe with the character "cha" in ink.

The two underworld messengers were thus freshly made.

"Lord Fu Zun!"

"Lord Fu Zun!"

The second and third underworld messengers, Ye Jun and Zhang Han, knelt on one knee and bowed to Mu Sheng.

"I should have known better than to use the Vulcan cannon to sweep the area; it wasted several Ghost Masters."

Mu Sheng regretted using the M61 Vulcan cannon on a whim when cleaning up Xiaoqiang Club.

I felt great at the time, but I regret it now.

"So what if I ejaculated? I just made a mistake that every man makes, there's nothing to regret!"

Thinking of a certain big-nosed man's famous quote, Mu Sheng's slight regret immediately dissipated.

With the suppression of the eight vengeful ghosts, the area of ​​the Golden Ghost Prison also expanded.

The diameter has been expanded from over 300 meters to 400 meters.

As these suppressed evil spirits are gradually absorbed by the Golden Ghost Prison, the area of ​​the Golden Ghost Prison will continue to grow.

Looking at the expanded Golden Ghost Prison, Mu Sheng pondered for a while before bringing up the familiar control panel.

"It's not intuitive enough to look at it like this, let's change it!"

With a thought, the information on the panel in front of me changed.

【Golden Ghost Prison (Second Floor)】

[Divine Position]: Su Lei (Ghost: None)

[Ghosts]: Human skin paper (73%), newspaper ghost (81%), grave soil ghost (64%), ghost fog (35%), ghost hair (100%), corpse water ghost (12%), ghost tattoo (19%), skull ghost (5%).
[Underworld Messengers] Feng Quan, Ye Jun, Zhang Han.
"That's much more intuitive!"

Mu Sheng nodded in satisfaction. Unbeknownst to him, his Ghost Prison already held fourteen ghosts.

If all of these vengeful spirits were released, the entire city of Dachang would descend into chaos. The number next to each spirit on the panel represents the progress of the Golden Ghost Prison in absorbing and accommodating it.

Regardless of the progress, as long as it is suppressed, the Golden Ghost Prison can borrow the power of this ghost.

Once a ghost has been completely digested and absorbed by the Golden Ghost Prison, Mu Sheng can then bestow that ghost upon someone else.

For example, Su Lei, who is currently the only one with a divine position; Feng Quan, Ye Jun, Zhang Han, and other underworld officials; and others.

However, a ghost is still a ghost. Even after being suppressed by the Golden Ghost Prison, the ghosts that are digested and absorbed will continue to erode the lives of the living.

This is also why Mu Sheng needed to use ghost tamers to transform them into underworld messengers.

Ordinary people who accept the power of vengeful spirits will most likely only turn into a soulless corpse.

Those ghost tamers who already imprisoned vengeful spirits became the best material for reforming the underworld officials.

However, having a divine position is a different story!

The divine position possesses a portion of the power of the Golden Ghost Prison, enabling it to resist the corruption of the living by vengeful spirits.

"Has the demon hair been completely absorbed?"

Mu Sheng looked at the panel, where the only ghost was already at 100%.

"As expected of the worst C-rank ghost, it was completely digested in just one day."

Mu Sheng pursed his lips and then looked at the ghosts represented by the ellipses.

These are all C-level ghosts, and the Golden Ghost Prison can digest them quickly; Mu Sheng estimates it will only take a day or two.

The remaining corpse ghosts, tattooed ghosts, skeleton ghosts, etc., will probably take anywhere from three or four days to seven or eight days.

The ghost mist digests the slowest, taking half a month, probably because of the ghost realm.

"Now that the ghost hair has been digested, let's go try to find Su Lei!"

Mu Sheng's consciousness was withdrawn from the Golden Ghost Prison. After sensing Su Lei's location, he transformed into a golden rainbow and flew over there.

Halfway there, Mu Sheng remembered the two underworld officials still in the Golden Ghost Prison and casually left them at an unfinished construction site.

Guanjiang Community is a high-tech community built by Qiangsheng Group.

In the early stages of the project, the houses in the community were sold at a price of 1.6 yuan per square meter.

The original plan was to deliver the house in three years, but then it took another three years, and then another three years.

The young couple who bought the house for their wedding are now in the third grade of school, but the developer still hasn't finished building the house.

However, it has caused immense harm to a large number of young people.

All six pockets in the house were emptied, resulting in a pile of construction waste and millions of dollars in bank loans.

"This is Guanjiang Residential Area."

Looking at the surroundings outside the unfinished residential complex, Zhang Han quickly determined his location.

"I never imagined that it would be just you and me left in the club."

Ye Jun looked at Zhang Han with a complicated expression. Back when they were at Xiaoqiang Club, their relationship wasn't exactly good.

Unexpectedly, we've now become the closest of colleagues!
And he went from being a lavish and aloof ghost tamer to a loyal lackey.

'But it's all for the best. Although I've lost my freedom, the vengeful spirit within me has also been stripped away.'

'But at least thanks to Lord Fu's blessings, I no longer need to worry about dying from a resurrected vengeful ghost!'

"Zhang Han, what are your plans next? Want to come along?"

Ye Jun said, "It'll be good to have someone to help us if we encounter any paranormal events."

Although they no longer need to worry about dying from the resurrection of vengeful spirits, it is undeniable that their power is far less than before after losing the vengeful spirits within them.

Mu Sheng defined the role of the underworld messengers as removing the demons from people's hearts.

To deal with ordinary people with mortal bodies, one naturally doesn't need too much supernatural power.

The deductive abilities of the human skin paper and the ability of the newspaper ghost to view and modify memories are the most suitable.

Zhang Han shook his head and said, "Two people working together is too slow. Let's go our separate ways."

"If you encounter any supernatural events, report them to Lord Prefect immediately. As long as you are careful, there should be no danger."

Although the underworld officials retain their original memories and personalities, their primary principle has become to eliminate the ghosts from people's hearts.

"Alright!" Ye Jun nodded, agreeing with Zhang Han's statement.

Then he looked up at the unfinished building above him and said, "Since the Prefect has placed us here, I will start with the Qiangsheng Group and eliminate these evil spirits who cheat the common people."

The paper mask covering Ye Jun's face revealed lines of information.

A few minutes later, after confirming the target's location, Ye Jun said goodbye to Zhang Han and left.

After Ye Jun left, Zhang Han didn't rush to start working.

The ghostly armor on his body wriggled and transformed into a set of ordinary clothes.

After leaving the unfinished building complex, I hailed a taxi and went home.

Before the attack on Xiaoqiang Club, Zhang Han had already planned to earn enough money to ensure his family's future financial security, and then quietly await his death.

Unexpectedly, this misfortune has turned into a blessing, and we have completely escaped the threat of the resurrected evil spirits.

What Zhang Han wants most right now is to go home and see his parents, wife, and children.

At the entrance of an upscale residential community, Zhang Han got out of the car and walked quickly towards his home.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Who is it? Honey? Why didn't you just open the door? Did you forget your keys?"

"I've lost my keys!"

"How could someone this age lose their keys?"

Zhang Han's wife couldn't help but scold him, then noticed the clothes Zhang Han was wearing, and her eyebrows furrowed immediately: "Where are the clothes you wore this morning?"

She came back from her trip with her clothes changed, which made it hard for her not to be suspicious.

"Uh..." Zhang Han was suddenly at a loss, but fortunately his youngest daughter ran out of the house and solved his problem.

"Daddy! You're back!" A little girl, about three or four years old, hugged Zhang Han's leg.

"My sweet daughter, were you a good girl at home today? Did you miss your dad?"

Zhang Han quickly picked up his daughter and, under his wife's suspicious gaze, squeezed into the house.

Seeing this, Zhang Han's wife shook her head with amusement, while also having a strange feeling that her husband seemed less heavy-hearted than before.

After staying at home for more than an hour, Zhang Han went out again to buy a new phone and get a new SIM card.

His old phone had long since rusted away when it was trapped like a mummy by the ghost newspaper.

"Ring ring~!"

"Ring ring~!"

I had just installed the SIM card and turned on my phone when a call came in from an unknown, possibly unknown number.

After changing phones, Zhang Han lost all his previous contacts, so he wasn't sure if the person on the other end was someone he knew.

After all, what kind of good person would bother to memorize phone numbers?
"Hello! Who is it?"

"Yan Li, what's wrong?"

"Okay, okay, I understand. Let's find somewhere to meet and talk. There's been a bit of a problem at the club."

(End of this chapter)