Zombie Life Begins in Hongxi Village

Hua Guang's body trembled, and the fire dragon flames on his divine robe flickered. His majestic eyes were filled with emotion.

He is a folk deity who arises from incense offerings, and his biggest constraint is that he cannot be separated from the worship of his statue.

Once the incense offerings cease, His own power will continue to weaken until He completely disappears from this world.

Since His birth in the Song Dynasty, He has witnessed far too many deities of His time perish because their incense offerings ceased.

Those mountain gods, land gods, river gods, and water gods who were once highly revered are now forgotten by the world.

The Judge of the Underworld is the head of the four judges of the underworld, a true deity.

If one can obtain the position of a righteous god in the underworld, it is equivalent to completely breaking free from the shackles of incense offerings and achieving true enlightenment.

"Thank you for your high regard, Your Majesty. I am willing to serve you."

Without much hesitation, Hua Guang bowed deeply to Lin Yi.

The two minor deities behind Him, Clairvoyant and Clairaudient, also prostrated themselves on the ground, their faces beaming with joy.

They had followed Master Huaguang for hundreds of years, with incense offerings coming and going intermittently, and they had lived a meager existence. Now that their master had risen to become a judge in the underworld, they, his two followers, could also benefit from his good fortune.

"Judge Huaguang, please rise."

Lin Yi nodded and personally helped Master Huaguang up.

He unleashed the Yin Law Judge's Talisman, which he had prepared beforehand. A dark blue light shot from his fingertips and entered Hua Guang's brow.

The moment the divine talisman entered his body, the ethereal incense energy surrounding Hua Guang began to undergo a dramatic transformation—

The magical power originally accumulated through incense offerings was gradually transformed by the talisman into pure and righteous Netherworld divine power.

The divine body also changed from a semi-transparent phantom to an extremely solid form.

After becoming a true god, Hua Guang's entire demeanor changed completely. He was no longer the clay god who needed incense to prolong his life, but a proper god of the underworld.

Lin Yi then looked at the two little gods with big eyes and big ears, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly:

"Eyes that can see a thousand miles, ears that can hear the wind, I hereby appoint you two as Inspector and Judge under the Judge, to assist Judge Huaguang in investigating illegal activities related to Yin and Yang."

"Thank you, Your Majesty the King of the Underworld!" Thousand-Mile Eye and Wind-Following Ear were overjoyed and immediately knelt down to express their gratitude.

Two dark blue divine talismans entered their bodies respectively.

The moment the divine talisman entered their bodies, their forms became incredibly solid, no longer appearing as ethereal and seemingly capable of dissipating at any moment.

More importantly, their far-seeing and far-hearing abilities are no longer just for show—

Previously, their ability was so great that they could barely travel a mile, let alone a thousand miles.

But with the blessing of the divine talismans, their abilities underwent a qualitative leap, truly reaching the level of seeing and hearing from thousands of miles away.

Thousand-Mile Eye blinked his large, copper-bell-sized eyes, and a pale blue halo appeared deep in his pupils. He could clearly see the veins on a leaf a thousand miles away.

The ears of the person with super hearing trembled slightly, and fine runes appeared on their auricles. They could hear two people whispering in hushed tones a thousand miles away.

Just then, Shunfeng'er suddenly turned his head, his large, fan-like ears twitched slightly, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

He listened carefully for a moment, then suddenly said, "Your Majesty, Your Honor, I heard ghosts fighting under the stage."

The all-seeing eye immediately looked down at the area below the stage. Its large, copper-bell-sized eyes pierced through the soil, allowing it to see clearly the scene inside the underground tomb.

He frowned, then said, "It's a demon beating an old demon."

"The evil ghosts and monsters have tainted the place and made a mess of the yin house;

Old Ghost argued that it was the people above who made the mess, and that it had nothing to do with him;

The evil spirit wouldn't listen, saying, "There are only the two of them there. Who else could it be?"

The all-hearing creature relayed the conversation between the two ghosts underground in real time.

The all-seeing eye continued, "The evil spirit has grabbed the old ghost's head... The evil spirit kicked the old ghost away..."

Now the evil spirit is lying in bed, and the old ghost is cowering in the corner, too afraid to move... It has emerged, it has come into the theater—”

Lin Yi watched as the two brothers, Thousand-Mile Eyes and Wind-Following Ears, sang in unison.

One was in charge of the visuals and the other of the audio, and they described the movements of the two ghosts underground so vividly that I felt like I had struck gold.

Isn't this just a beggar's version of the mythical beast, Di Ting?

With their keen eyes and sharp ears, they could detect even the movements of the two old ghosts in the underground ghost house.

This intelligence-gathering ability is unparalleled within the entire system of judges in the underworld.

Lin Yi looked down at the Chaozhou ghost that had just emerged from the ground.

"Chu Renmei," Lin Yi gestured with her chin toward the stage, "Go, catch those two ghosts."

"Yes." Chu Renmei bowed and accepted the order, her voice clear and crisp.

As soon as she finished speaking, her figure transformed into a wisp of pale blue wind, swooping down from the clouds like a silent bolt of lightning.

The Chaozhou ghost was crouching on the edge of the curtain behind the stage, tiptoeing to peek inside.

Suddenly, a chilling aura arose around it, and an immense Yin force, so powerful that it made its very soul tremble, surged from all directions, instantly sealing off all its escape routes.

Before it could turn around, countless black hairs silently emerged from the void, sweeping towards it like living things.

"A ghost!"

In less than a breath, the Chaozhou ghost was completely wrapped up by those black hairs, turning from head to toe into an airtight black rice dumpling.

The black-haired ghost did not disappear after it had bound the Chaozhou ghost tightly.

It seemed to possess its own consciousness, sending out dozens of strands that burrowed underground, piercing through the thick layers of soil, and shooting into the burial site like sharp arrows.

The evil spirit in the yin house was resting with its eyes closed when suddenly it felt a bone-chilling cold rushing in from all directions. Before it could react, countless black hairs bound it tightly by the hands and feet.

The evil spirit struggled desperately, its ghostly energy surging wildly as it tried to break free.

But the black hair remained motionless—its power was utterly insignificant in the face of Chu Renmei.

The two old ghosts were dragged by Chu Renmei's black hair and slowly rose into the sky, passing through the clouds, and were finally thrown in front of Lin Yi and Hua Guang.

The actors on the stage below were completely unaware of this, busy repairing the gongs and drums, tidying up the costumes, and preparing for the opening performance that afternoon.

Lin Yi withdrew her gaze and turned to Hua Guang:

"Judge Huaguang, now that you have been conferred a godhood, go back to the underworld and take charge, and get to know your colleagues there."

Judge Shi and Judge Lin are both in the Punishment and Investigation Departments. Go and see them; it'll be helpful when you're handling cases in the future.

He paused, then pointed to the two old ghosts on the ground, "Oh, and take these two to the underworld as well."

Check their records of merit and demerit. If they are guilty, judge them according to the law. If they are innocent, let them stay in the underworld for now.

After the official handover of jurisdiction on Hong Kong Island, the entire island will need to be thoroughly cleaned up; there are too many wandering souls here.

"Yes, Hades."

Judge Huaguang responded and gently flicked his golden whip, restraining the two old ghosts beneath it.

The all-seeing eye and the all-hearing ear followed behind Him, one on the left and one on the right.

Hua Guang turned around, opened a gate to the Netherworld, and stepped inside.

Lin Yihua left and did not linger.

He has achieved all his goals in coming here.

As for staying to watch the play, his interest in theater was far from enough to warrant waiting for an hour or two.

Chu Renmei had no intention of watching the show; she came here only to see Uncle Sheng one last time, and now that she had seen him, her wish had been fulfilled.

She also wanted to go to the city to visit her nephew, Xiaoqiang.

Lin Yi did not go with Chu Renmei to find Xiao Qiang. A flash of dark golden light appeared in his eyes, and his figure disappeared from the clouds, instantly teleporting back to the villa in Kowloon Pond.

Chu Renmei and Ma Dayong flew slowly side by side toward Kowloon city.

As soon as Lin Yi sat down on the sofa in the villa, a familiar stream of information surged into the depths of her consciousness.

The story reward for Blue Tear arrived on time, this time as the settlement screen for "The Haunted House".

"Complete the plot of 'The Ghostly Man'."

After capturing the evil spirits and Chaozhou ghosts and subduing Master Huaguang, the story will not continue.

The plot disruption level is S-level.

Rewards: The space of the Qiankun Ring expands to 40.84 million cubic meters; the ability "Fire within Wood" is gained; the abilities "Thousand-Mile Vision" and "Wind-Following Hearing" are gained.