You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 131 If it is a righteous magic weapon, why is it emitting billowing black smoke?
"Old Chen, your Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner is so cool!"

Yang Shuai floated over, holding the mourning staff in both hands and waving it around: "With just one wave, the skull flew out... Old Chen, is that skull the spirit of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner?"

"You know what, these magical artifacts are actually pretty cool!"

"........."

Chen Yang's face darkened, and he said speechlessly, "What Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner? This is a patrol banner, a magical artifact used by the underworld for daily patrols. It is a righteous artifact that cannot be more righteous than the righteous path!"

"what?"

Yang Shuai asked in confusion, "If it's a righteous magic weapon, why is it emitting billowing black smoke?"

"When capturing and refining the souls of the dead and evil spirits, black smoke naturally billows out."

Chen Yang cursed, "You talk too much nonsense... Get back to work!"

Once the Vengeful Spirit was captured, the overseer ghosts and the Yin soldiers guarding the kiln immediately panicked and lost their previous prestige!

Suddenly, a kiln worker ghost attacked, snatching a knife from the ghostly guard and stabbing it into the guard's abdomen, hysterically roaring, "Brothers... the Vengeful Ghost Immortal is dead, our suffering days are over!"

"kill!"

"Kill these damned overseers and guards!"

"If we suffer their beatings and humiliation while we're alive, and then suffer even more after we die, wouldn't that mean we died in vain?"

"I wish I could swallow their blood, eat their flesh, and suck their marrow!"

The kiln workers were in a daze, their expressions numb. Even when they were whipped, they seemed not to feel any pain. They mechanically fired the kiln and moved ceramics, like puppets on strings!
But at this moment, they were bursting with a great deal of resentment and killing intent!
There were six vengeful ghosts overseeing the kiln, along with dozens of ghostly soldiers guarding it, but there were three or four hundred kiln workers. They swarmed forward and instantly knocked many of the ghostly soldiers to the ground.

Those who managed to grab weapons used them, while those without weapons simply used their teeth, hands, and feet as weapons!

Bite with your mouth, tear with your sharp nails!
In just a moment, dozens of Yin soldiers and guards were torn to pieces, and the Yin energy they transformed into was devoured by the many kiln worker ghosts. The resentment and malevolence on those kiln worker ghosts became even stronger!
They then pounced on the six overseer ghosts.

"Your Excellency the Inspector..."

Li Ali stepped forward and asked Chen Yang, "Should we stop those kiln workers?"

Chen Yang shook his head: "You reap what you sow. These supervisors and guards are just reaping what they sowed. You don't need to worry about them. Let the kiln workers vent their anger."

Meow!

The cat let out a meow.

It came to Chen Yang's side, its cat eyes shining brightly, and said, "Your Excellency Inspector, although there are many of these kiln worker ghosts, these six overseer ghosts are very powerful. In my opinion, they may not be able to defeat them... But if we can deal with two of the overseer ghosts, there should be no problem if there are only four left."

As it spoke, it licked its lips again, looking like it was drooling.

It is clear.

It wanted to eat it itself.

After obtaining Chen Yang's permission, Cat Lord suddenly grew larger and flew out, swallowing the two overseer ghosts in two gulps!
The other four overseer ghosts were overwhelmed by hundreds of kiln worker ghosts.

As the last four vengeful ghosts of the overseers died, the "ghostly domain" that had enveloped the entire village gradually dissipated. However, the hundreds of kiln worker ghosts that had gathered together, their soaring yin energy forming dark clouds, still shrouded Dingjiagou Village.

The villagers, livestock, and even insects that had been porcelainized gradually came back to life.

Outside the village, under the big willow tree, Marin's roar echoed—

"Cao Zepan!"

"I'll fuck you *****, *****!!!"

"You motherfucker!"

The insults were so vulgar that Cao Zepan got angry: "Malin, how can you, a Hui, use such foul language? It's just a leg and a penis, what more do you want? I've already given you a bigger one, what more do you want?"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, He Wanzhong quickly stepped in to break them up.

In the center of the village.

Chen Yang had already cast the Rebirth Mantra, summoning the "Gateway of Life and Death".

"Gentlemen, your grudges are settled... it's time for you to set off."

These kiln workers' ghosts had been dead for over a thousand years and had long since lost all attachment to the human world. They immediately lined up and entered the gate between life and death one by one. "Another small act of merit."

Chen Yang sighed.

However, he wouldn't keep all the credit for himself. After all, there were three or four hundred dead souls involved, and Gu Jinghui, Yang Shuai, Li Ali, Ruyi, Cat Master, and Niu Si, the River God of Qingshui River, had all made contributions. So Chen Yang added a credit for them to the "Book of Yin and Yang Good and Evil".

We left the village.

Wei Rufeng came to greet him immediately.

After briefly inquiring about the situation, Wei Rufeng said, "Master Chen, if it weren't for your help, the villagers and livestock of Dingjiagou would probably all be dead. On behalf of all the villagers of Dingjiagou, I thank Master Chen for saving our lives."

Chen Yang smiled and said, "I was just doing my duty. Maintaining the order of Yin and Yang is my responsibility."

Some of the villagers' and livestock were broken after being porcelainized.

As the demonic realm dissipated, the shattered civilians and livestock turned into a pile of broken flesh and blood. At this moment, screams and cries echoed through the village. Wei Rufeng then ordered Lin Miao and others, along with the local police and county leaders, to enter the village to handle the aftermath.

Chen Yang couldn't offer much help with the cleanup, so he decided to leave.

"By the way, Director Wei."

"There's something I'd like to ask you for a favor... Could you help me find out if there's a Zhong Kui Temple within the territory of Xixia Prefecture?"

"Also... isn't the construction of our City God Temple in Wucheng about to begin?"

"Could we build another temple to the God of Wealth next to the City God Temple? ... The statue of the God of Wealth can be carved in the likeness of my father."

"what?"

Wei Rufeng was startled and said, "Could it be that Mr. Chen... has been made the God of Wealth?"

Chen Yang laughed and said, "Not yet, let's build the temple first!"

We left the village.

Chen Yang and his group, including humans, ghosts, and gods, went to the county town again.

Yuzhen is under the jurisdiction of Tongxin County, and Yang Shuai attended junior high school in Tongxin, so he is very familiar with this small county town.

"We have three kinds of delicious food to try together."

"The first is steamed lamb in a bowl... Most of the lamb here comes from free-range mountain goats, and the steamed lamb in a bowl is made from young lambs that don't have enough wool yet, so the meat is tender and fragrant."

The term "lamb without enough wool" is a local expression, which can be roughly understood as an unmarried lamb.

As for "steamed lamb in a bowl", the meat is steamed in a bowl. The meat is marinated in advance, and a flatbread is placed on top of the bowl when steaming. This ensures that the aroma of the meat will not dissipate, and the flatbread becomes very delicious after being soaked in the aroma and broth of the meat.

Yang Shuai said, "The second dish is Tongxin pure meat xiaolongbao... and the best xiaolongbao in Tongxin is [Zhao Family Baozi], which is a time-honored brand that has been open for decades."

Gu Jinghui: "And third?"

"The third is Tongxin Liangpi (cold skin noodles)..."

Yang Shuai led the way.

After enjoying a delicious meal in the small county town, they left Niu Si at Qingshui River and didn't return to Wucheng until nightfall.

Gu Jinghui didn't stay in the store for more than a few minutes before leaving in a hurry.

He said he was going to take charge of things at the Helan Mountains.

In reality, he slipped away to Niushoushan Cemetery to meet with Song Jingxuan.

Chen Yang knew perfectly well what was going on, but he never called it out on it.

He flipped his hand and took out the "Patrol Banner," then looked at it.

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PS: Second update. This chapter only has a little over 2000 words. I'll try to update more tomorrow.

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