Twin female zombies come to the door: My lord, please have mercy!

On the other hand, Frostnova's search method was much simpler and more direct.

The little girl had absolutely no interest in those pieces of scrap metal.

She squatted beside a collapsed stone platform, frantically digging through the ashes and mud with her hands.

A short while later, she let out a cheerful soft cry.

In the soil, there lay a bead the size of a longan, perfectly round and jet black.

The bead emitted a faint black light, and inside it seemed to be sealed countless faces of people wailing in pain.

"A soul pearl formed from the condensation of supreme resentment!"

Lin Ye glanced at it and was secretly alarmed.

This stuff is a deadly poison for living people; contact with it will surely lead to death.

Froststar, however, treasured it.

She casually wiped the dirt off the bead with her sleeve, opened her small mouth, revealing her sharp little tiger teeth, and threw the soul bead into her mouth without hesitation.

"Crack!"

A crisp chewing sound.

Froststar crushed the Soul Orb like it was a candy.

A thick, pure black aura spilled from the corner of her mouth and was instantly inhaled back into her body.

The little girl narrowed her heterochromatic eyes with satisfaction, and the extremely cold aura of the Netherworld Corpse King emanating from her body subtly intensified.

"Don't eat things of unknown origin, or you'll get an upset stomach," Lin Ye scolded in a low voice.

"Okay, brother-in-law, this tastes like expired vinegar, it's not very good."

Froststar licked her lips and continued digging a hole in the ruins.

Lin Ye withdrew his gaze and focused his attention on a stone platform in front of him.

The stone platform was covered with a thick layer of black adipocere.

Lin Ye used the hilt of his peach wood sword to scrape away the amber, revealing a palm-sized, broken Bagua mirror covered in green rust.

The edges of the broken mirror were incomplete, the surface was cloudy and covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

Lin Ye reached out and picked up the broken mirror.

The moment I touched it, a strange aura, both eerie and subtly calming, flowed into my palm.

The "Complete Guide to Elementary Talismans" and Feng Shui knowledge were rapidly circulating in my mind.

"This is... a fragment of the Soul-Stabilizing Mirror?"

A hint of joy flashed in Lin Ye's eyes.

The Soul-Stabilizing Mirror is a Taoist ritual implement used to soothe frightened souls and suppress resentment.

This broken mirror, having been nourished by the yin energy for countless years outside this city of the unjustly dead, has long since undergone changes.

Although it lost its original exorcising power, it gained a strange ability to conceal the life force of the living and soothe restless souls.

This is a rare and bizarre prop!

Lin Ye carefully put the broken mirror into his pocket.

Just then, a deliberately lowered exclamation came from not far away.

"Yoko! Yoko, come quick! I think I've dug up some treasure!"

Lin Ye gripped the peach wood sword tightly, quickly walked around several stone pillars, and arrived at the location of the fat man.

Fatty Wang was kneeling amidst a pile of skeletal remains.

His hands were covered in grayish-white powder, and he was clutching a pitch-black object tightly in his arms.

Lin Ye took a closer look and was immediately stunned.

That was a butcher's knife.

The blade is wide, its surface covered with dark red rust and layers of dried blood.

The handle was made from a piece of thick, unidentified animal bone, and it had been polished to a patina.

The knife lay quietly in the fat man's hand, its blade faintly emanating a chilling dark red aura.

"Where did you find this thing?" Lin Ye asked, frowning.

"It's buried right under this pile of bones."

The fat man lowered his voice excitedly, holding the boning knife up with both hands.

"Yezi, don't be fooled by this broken knife. The moment I touched it, the chilling fear I felt vanished instantly!"

"Holding this thing in my hand, I feel like I could punch a bull to death! This is definitely an exorcising artifact!"

Lin Ye activated his Qi Observation Technique and carefully examined the boning knife.

This is an extremely malevolent object that has accumulated countless streams of malevolent energy!

In ancient times, butchers killed countless lives, and the knives they used were naturally imbued with a malevolent aura that could terrify wandering ghosts.

This knife ended up in the ghost market, and after being corroded by the yin energy, it has become a truly bizarre and deadly weapon.

If a living person wears it for a long time, their mind will be corrupted by the evil energy, and they will become bloodthirsty and murderous.

But Fatty Wang was an exception.

This guy has a very weak constitution and low yang energy, making him very susceptible to attracting evil spirits.

He held the menacing boning knife in his hand, using poison to fight poison. It could be used to scare away evil spirits with its malevolent aura, while also providing psychological comfort to this cowardly fat man.

As long as the wearing time is controlled, this knife is practically a tailor-made life-saving artifact for the fat man.

"The knife is good; it exudes a strong malevolent aura and can suppress evil spirits."

Lin Ye nodded.

"However, this thing is too malevolent. It should be wrapped in red cloth and kept under the bed. It can only be pulled out when it encounters something dirty. Remember not to let it come into contact with living blood."

"I understand! I understand!"

The fat man was overjoyed. He quickly took off his coat and wrapped the boning knife in layers of fabric, then hugged it tightly to his chest.

With this thing by his side, his legs, which had been trembling, were finally able to stand still.

The four continued searching in the ruins of the ghost market for about fifteen minutes.

Lin Ye found a few more pieces of Netherworld minerals containing pure Yin energy.

These ores, when taken back and placed in the Yin-gathering array at the funeral parlor, had an excellent effect.

Just as everyone was preparing to explore a collapsed palace deeper inside.

"Ugh!"

A muffled horn sounded out of nowhere from the depths of the thick fog.

The gray-white ground beneath my feet began to tremble violently.

Lin Ye suddenly raised his head, his gaze passing through the thick red mist to the majestic black city gate.

The two massive, tightly closed bronze city gates were slowly opening inwards.

The metallic scraping sound was like a series of heavy hammer blows striking everyone's hearts.

Lin Ye's eyesight far surpassed that of ordinary people. Through the red mist, he clearly saw the terrifying scene at the edge of the door crack.

The heavy bronze door was not opened by any mechanism.

Inside the widening crack in the door, countless pale, swollen hands, devoid of nails, were digging in densely packed around!

Behind the door, those indescribable creatures, imprisoned for who knows how many years, were layered upon each other, clinging to the door and dragging it backward with their bloodied, mangled finger bones.

The grating scraping sound was the sound of finger bones being broken and crushed against the bronze door.

An indescribable, terrifying pressure poured out through the crack in the open door!

"Oh no! The city gates have opened!"

Leng Yue's expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, she flashed in front of Lin Ye, spread her arms, and pushed her half-step drought demon aura to the limit, forming an invisible barrier to resist the terrifying death aura sweeping over her.

"Brother-in-law!"

Froststar also felt the oppressive force that could tear her apart, and her face turned pale with fright. She threw herself into Lin Ye's arms and hugged his waist tightly.

Wang Pangzi's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, clutching the boning knife wrapped in his coat tightly in his arms. He scrambled towards Lin Ye.

"We can't be greedy anymore, let's get out!"

Lin Ye made a decisive decision.

Ancient ruins of this caliber contain things that are far beyond what they can currently contend with.

If they wait until the city gates are fully open, any ancient evil spirit that runs out could wipe them out.

He put one arm around Leng Yue's slender waist and used the other to pull up the fat man who had collapsed to the ground.

"Run! Get back to the bus!"

The four of them burst into their fastest speed, running desperately through the thick fog.

The sound of the city gates behind them opening grew louder and louder, and a chilling, piercing coldness gripped them tightly...

Two minutes later, the dilapidated blue and white bus finally came into view.

The headlights on the front of the car were off.

The driver in the driver's seat seemed to notice the unusual activity outside and prepared to start the vehicle.

Through the windshield, Lin Ye could clearly see the driver slowly raising his swollen right hand.

Its finger hovered over the red button that controlled the hydraulic valve of the car door, and it was pressing down.

With a faint hissing sound of air leaking out, the originally open folding car door began to slowly close inward.

Once the car doors are locked, they will be completely abandoned in this soon-to-be-runaway underworld ruins, becoming nourishment for the City of the Unjustly Dead.

"Get in the car quickly!"

Lin Ye kicked open the half-closed car door and threw the fat man inside first.

Then, he pulled Froststar onto the footboard.

Behind the Cold Moon Palace.

Just as she was about to board the bus, a huge tentacle made entirely of black resentment suddenly emerged from the thick fog behind her.

The tentacle tore through the air with tremendous force, and fiercely wrapped around Leng Yue's ankle.

"My lady, be careful!"

Lin Ye's eyes were bloodshot, and the pure yang energy within his body erupted without reservation.

He suddenly leaned halfway out, grabbed Leng Yue's wrist, and pulled her forcefully into the carriage.

Leng Yue reacted extremely quickly.

A flash of golden-red karmic fire appeared in her eyes, and with her other hand, her fingers were like a knife, and the edge of her palm, burning with red lotus karmic fire, precisely slashed at the black tentacle.

"Sizzle!"

The tentacle let out a piercing scream and was burned off by the karmic fire.

Using the recoil, Leng Yue fell into Lin Ye's broad embrace.

The two rolled onto the rusty carriage floor.

"Bang!"

The bus doors slammed shut the moment they fell in.

The engine let out a frenzied roar.

This ghost bus, shuttling between the realms of the living and the dead, also sensed the awakening of the terrifying presence behind the city gate.

With the accelerator floored, like a startled wild bull, it plunged headlong into the thick white fog on the return journey.

Inside the carriage, Lin Ye lay on his back on the cold floor, panting heavily.

My heart was pounding wildly in my chest like a drum.

The cold moonlight pressed down on him.

Her silver hair fell loose, obscuring Lin Ye's vision.

She slightly raised her head, her stunningly beautiful face almost touching Lin Ye's.

The two could clearly feel each other's disordered breathing.

"My lord, it's alright now."

Leng Yue's voice was as gentle as water, carrying the tranquility of someone who had survived a calamity.