Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 334 The Bizarre Ghost King
The spirits of the underworld vanished as order collapsed, and the underworld soldiers disappeared without a trace.

Therefore, those with some skill or those protected by magical treasures can easily break free from their restraints and escape.

It was precisely because of this situation that demons like Black Mountain were able to occupy the City of the Wrongfully Dead and gather a massive army.

If the sixth great prison is like this, the other seventeen great prisons are probably the same.

Xu Xuan hadn't expected things to be so chaotic on the back side of Yinshan Mountain before even entering the first prison.

After walking only a few miles and crossing a small hill, we saw all sorts of strange and abstract mountain and forest scenery, and many evil ghosts and vengeful spirits lingering in them.

On the branching tree hangs a red, yellow, and purple silk garment; in front of the cliff, squats a shrew who curses her parents-in-law.

The bizarre and incoherent chatter was so loud it gave me a headache; the word "strange" was barely enough to describe it.

Many ghosts have lost their original appearance and have been transformed into products of desire.

This is the consequence of not being subject to the punishments of the underworld and not entering the cycle of reincarnation. Gradually, they are rejected by heaven and earth, lose their self, and finally turn into yin energy before returning to the order.

Just then, a commotion broke out.

There were both hissing and barking sounds.

Upon closer inspection, I gained a greater understanding of the diversity of ghosts and spirits in the underworld.

The barefoot, disheveled demon let out an inscrutable roar, driving its bronze snakes and iron dogs as they sped along the back of Yinshan Mountain.

They chased after a scholar ghost around those crazy, rocky branches.

It's clear that although these evil spirits are incredibly ugly, they still possess some intelligence and even know how to flank.

Just as the scholar was about to be captured, he unleashed a scattered burst of sword energy with his bare hands, repelling the copper snake and iron dog that lunged at him.

The soul became visibly more transparent, and driven by its will to survive, it flipped over and continued its escape.

Xu Xuan didn't want to get involved in ghostly matters, but that scholar was different.

Meeting an old friend in a foreign land, someone with whom I had once exchanged gifts.

Then this person will definitely be remembered.

At this moment, the acquaintance had lost her graceful demeanor and looked quite disheveled.

"Zhang Hua, over here!"

The scholar ghost, while fleeing, saw Xu Xuan and was also shocked and extremely puzzled.

He intended to ignore them and run away, but then he saw that several of the pursuers behind him had also split up and were running towards Instructor Xu. He knew that his idea of ​​not wanting to drag them down had failed.

So he gritted his teeth and ran over anyway, his first words being:
"Instructor Xu, you're dead too?!"

What are you saying? Oh, I am indeed dead.

"Forget it, it's not safe here, let's run."

She tried to pull Xu Xuan away to escape, but her shoulders were grabbed instead.

"Relax, I run very fast."

huh~~~
Zhang Hua felt himself floating again; this was indeed quite fast.

It's a speed that's neither too fast nor too slow, just the right pace for the enemy to catch up, but also not to lose them.

Why do I feel inexplicably at ease?
Xu Xuan chuckled to himself, "I'm an old fisherman."

Their escape speed was very consistent, and the two even chatted along the way.

"Why didn't you reincarnate? Why did you end up on the other side of Yinshan Mountain?"

"Teacher Xu, I am not qualified to be reincarnated."

Then Zhang Hua recounted the whole story with a hint of resentment.

Ultimately, he was still terribly betrayed by Lei Huan.

That fellow is truly wicked. After befriending the scholar, he plotted to have the scholar kill the two spirit beasts, Fox Spirit and Huabiao, greatly damaging his own fortune.

Later, he was tricked into entering the tomb of King Zhao of Yan to retrieve the sword, which further damaged his moral character. On the way, he was controlled by the sword and committed many murders. In short, he committed many crimes.

After entering the Gates of Hell, they were judged all the way to the Ninth Hall, which is the Hall of the King of Equality.

He was sentenced to a hundred years in the seventh level of hell of knives, a hundred years in the ninth level of hell of boiling oil, and a hundred years in the fifteenth level of hell of dismemberment.

While it was certainly terrifying, the underworld had its own laws. He had killed a centuries-old spirit beast and destroyed the tomb of a Spring and Autumn Period overlord—crimes that ordinary people could not commit.

He was willing to pay the price for his sins, otherwise he wouldn't be able to be reincarnated.

When Xu Xuan heard Zhang Hua say this, he suddenly remembered the Golden Monk who had just been sent to the eighteenth floor. His biggest crime should have been questioning the procedures of the underworld.

"Then why are you here?"

It turns out that as soon as Zhang Hua arrived at the seventh floor, he was targeted by the ghostly forces entrenched there, namely the Void Belly Ghost King of the Examination Bureau.

"Tell me who this Ghost King with the Empty Belly is."

Xu Xuan didn't know much about the forces in the underworld, so this was a good opportunity to gather some intelligence.

It turns out that this Ghost King was a scholar who studied diligently all his life, and was pitied by Yama, so he was given the job of the Examination Office.

However, ghosts can change. Or perhaps they were incapable of doing bad things in life, but after death they become officials, which is quite something.

Wealthy people must pay money or gifts before they can get things done here.

Poor people who come here must cut off three fingers' width of flesh from their legs as a tribute.

Finally, one day a stubborn scholar came and went straight to the King of Hell to complain.

The King of Hell was furious and removed the "good tendons" from his body, replacing them with "evil bones," so that he would never be able to hold an official position for all eternity.

Later, when the divine path collapsed, this fellow, relying on the power of his evil bones, managed to escape and occupy a mountain in the underworld, reopening his own 'Examination Bureau'.

Because of his bizarre nature, he is a rather famous ghost king in the underworld.

Good heavens, he's a power-hungry official with ambitions of becoming corrupt.

"The reason for arresting you."

Zhang Hua looked gloomy when this was mentioned.

It's still Lei Huan's trap.

Before his death, he had sealed the sword energy of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie within his body, and after his death, his soul was also tainted by that sword intent.

It's a decent material for the Ghost King.

Just then, the Yin-Yang Dharma King was forging a magic sword, which presented a rare opportunity to curry favor with him.

Xu Du wanted to gain an opportunity to become an official in the Yin-Yang Dharma Realm by offering materials.

Who would have thought of this?
Nobody could have predicted that.

If Xu Du hadn't smugly revealed it himself, Zhang Hua would never have guessed this ridiculous reason, even if he were reduced to ashes.

A ghost so ambitious can at least be said to have lived up to its obsessions in life.

Later, while being escorted to the Yin-Yang Realm by the little devil, Zhang Hua decisively activated the sword energy within his body and escaped.

What followed was a period of hiding and running around in several layers of hell.

许宣
It makes perfect sense that the underworld is in chaos; how could it not be chaotic when it's full of evil spirits who indulge their desires and never forget their original intentions?

Moreover, a weak belly is nothing; the Yin-Yang Dharma King is quite formidable.

As he pondered the other party's intentions, he sensed that there were no other presences around him, so he stopped.

There are no ghosts around here; it's truly a good place for a ritual to help the dead find peace.

The evil spirit chasing behind them, unaware of the reason, burst into laughter upon seeing the two not running away.

Finally, he couldn't run anymore. I've never seen a ghost run so handsomely and calmly.

Before they could utter any ghostly words, Xu Xuan had already changed into a white monk's robe when he turned around.

Boundless light, boundless life, sweeping across the ten directions and eight extremes, the Great Vajra Divine Power is unleashed with a single palm strike.

The area ahead turned into nothingness.

Although the Arhats killed people, they were also genuinely practicing magic.

The White Lotus Dharma Image has learned a great deal from life and death, and it is perfectly suited for this situation.

Zhang Hua was completely dumbfounded.

This is not something to be taught.
(End of this chapter)