Zombie Life Begins in Hongxi Village

Looking at Li Shimin's terrified expression, Lin Yi suddenly recalled the resentful look Wang Daniu gave Ma Dayong and Chu Renmei.

His figure vanished from the dojo in an instant, and appeared in the Netherworld Minor Dimension the next second.

Wang Daniu was chatting and joking with several newly recruited ghost messengers in a side hall of the Reincarnation Palace.

"Come on, I'll take you to find your wife." Lin Yi grabbed Wang Daniu by the back of his collar.

"Wife?" Wang Daniu was completely bewildered and before he could react, Lin Yi lifted him up.

But before he could speak, Lin Yi had already teleported him from the Netherworld plane back to Zhong Jiu's dojo.

"Go, Da Niu!" Lin Yi kicked Wang Da Niu into the brink of death.

Wang Daniu shot into the Yin-Yang passage like a cannonball, crashing into Zhong Xiaomei's ghost sedan chair at an astonishing speed.

Zhong Jiu was startled by Lin Yi's sudden appearance.

He instinctively drew the peach wood sword from the altar, held the tip horizontally in front of his chest, and asked with a solemn expression, "Who are you?"

His female apprentice was so startled by Lin Yi's sudden appearance that her hand trembled, and she almost knocked over the soul-guiding lamp on the table.

If the soul-guiding lamp goes out, the souls of Li Shimin and the rich woman will never return.

"Shh, we'll talk about it later, let's watch the show first." Lin Yi gestured for Zhong Jiu to be quiet, then turned her gaze back to the Gate of Hell.

Zhong Jiu opened his mouth, wanting to say something. But seeing his unquestionable gaze, for some reason, he obediently stood there and stopped talking.

On the other side, with the acceleration from Lin Yi's kick, Wang Daniu turned into a shooting star and accurately crashed into Zhong Xiaomei's ghost sedan chair.

Before the ghosts and spirits in the wedding procession could react, they heard a loud crash as the ghost sedan chair was smashed to pieces, with the white gauze curtains and bamboo body shattering on the ground.

"Ouch!"

Zhong Xiaomei was knocked to the ground, while Wang Daniu lay on top of her.

Zhong Xiaomei was stunned for a moment.

Normally, she should have pushed the man off her.

But she did nothing.

She just stared blankly at Wang Daniu's face, a feeling she had never experienced before spreading from her chest throughout her body.

Wang Daniu was also a handsome man, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a straight nose, a square mouth, and a strong and upright facial profile, somewhat resembling Zhu Shimao in later generations.

After all, he was Lin Yi's personal bodyguard, handpicked by Lin Yi himself from the guard company. If he were too ugly, wouldn't that be a slap in his face?

At this moment, the love potion completely ignited Zhong Xiaomei's emotions, concentrating all the loneliness and longing for love that she had accumulated over thousands of years onto the person in front of her.

Wang Daniu was also stunned.

This was the first time he had ever been so close to such a beautiful girl.

Chung Siu-mei has the classic beauty standard—an oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, phoenix eyes, a nose like a hanging gall bladder, lips like red cinnabar, and skin so white it's almost transparent, she's unbelievably beautiful.

He remembered Lin Yi's earlier words, "I'll take you to find a wife," and couldn't help but blush.

It turns out His Majesty wasn't joking; he really did find him a marriage partner.

This is absolutely gorgeous!

Just then, Li Shimin, whose upper garment had been ripped off by the cold wind, also flew over with the side wind.

He was shirtless, and he staggered through the air in a parabolic arc, crashing right towards Zhong Xiaomei and Wang Daniu.

Wang Daniu didn't even glance at him, and casually slapped him across the face. Li Shimin was sent spinning like a top and flying backward.

The little official hiding behind the rock was so anxious when he saw this that he jumped up and down in frustration.

The little ghost official clenched his fists, but dared not make a move. He sensed the same kind of netherworld divine power emanating from Wang Daniu as that of Lord Niu.

That kind of aura, at the level of a Yin General, has a great deterrent effect on it.

"How dare you!"

Just then, a loud shout, like a thunderclap, shook the entire gray stone plain.

Zhong Kui chased away Lu Pan, and when he turned around, he saw a bull's head pressing down on his sister, and he was immediately furious.

He charged forward, brandishing his demon-slaying sword: "Ah Bang! You fucking want to die!"

"How dare you bully my sister, Zhong Kui's sister! I'll chop off your bull's head and make soup with it!"

Clearly, he mistook Wang Daniu for Ox-Head Abang from the Fengdu Underworld.

"Brother, no!"

Upon seeing this, Zhong Xiaomei immediately spread her arms to block Wang Daniu without thinking.

Zhong Kui abruptly stopped his sword strike.

The tip of the sword grazed past his sister's ear, leaving a sword mark more than ten feet long on the ground behind her.

Wang Daniu looked at the sword mark, and a layer of cold sweat instantly seeped out from his back.

He sensed the threat of death—that the sword could truly kill him.

Zhong Kui's Ghost-Slaying Sword is a top-tier divine weapon in the Fengdu Underworld, used to slay ghosts and gods, and its power is terrifying.

Let alone a mere bull-headed man like him, even a judge of a higher rank would be seriously injured if struck by a sword.

If that sword had actually struck, Wang Daniu would be dead right here today.

"You are not Abang." Zhong Kui's gaze swept over Wang Daniu, and the rage in his eyes was gradually replaced by calm.

His gaze swept over the divine mark between Wang Daniu's eyebrows.

"Who exactly are you? How do you possess the Ox-Headed Deity's Talisman from the Underworld?"

Zhong Kui looked at Wang Daniu, who was being protected by his younger sister, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

Wang Daniu recognized Zhong Kui's identity and clasped his hands in greeting, saying, "I am Wang Daniu, the bull-headed servant of Lin Yiming, the King of the Underworld. I greet Judge Zhong."

"Lin Yi, the Underworld King?" Zhong Kui frowned slightly.

He had heard of this name before; the newly crowned Hades, a powerful and formidable deity, had emerged a few months prior.

He put down his demon-slaying sword, his tone softening slightly, but still carrying an interrogative tone: "Why did you come to Fengdu Underworld?"

"Uh," Wang Daniu scratched his head, glanced at Zhong Xiaomei, and a very incongruous shyness appeared on his face.

His voice involuntarily softened, but Zhong Kui and Zhong Xiaomei heard it clearly: "I was kicked down by my master."

He said... he said he'd find me a wife.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Xiaomei's eyes lit up, and her gaze toward Wang Daniu became intense.

She's been a spinster for thousands of years, and unlike ordinary girls, she's not shy about romantic relationships. Once she likes someone, she makes no attempt to hide it.

Zhong Kui's eye twitched.

He looked at Wang Daniu's honest and simple appearance, and then at his sister's lovestruck expression, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"I, Lin Yi, request that Judge Zhong come up for a chat."

The voice wasn't loud, but it penetrated the entire Yin-Yang passage, and every word was clearly heard by everyone present.

There was no command in his voice, but the unique majesty of Hades made everyone instinctively stand up straight.

"Yes, King Lin." Zhong Kui's expression turned solemn. He sheathed the Demon-Slaying Sword back on his back and bowed in the direction from which the voice came.

Although he was not one of Lin Yi's ghosts or gods, the King of the Underworld was still the King of the Underworld, and all the proper etiquette had to be observed.

Especially since this Hades is none other than the infamous Lin Yi.

"Alas, I truly don't know whether this is a blessing or a curse!"

He glanced back at his sister and saw her staring intently at Wang Daniu. He sighed heavily in his heart, then turned and flew towards the Yin-Yang passage.

Wang Daniu watched Zhong Kui's retreating figure, then glanced at Zhong Xiaomei, tentatively extending his hand and cautiously asking, "Miss Zhong, how about... we go take a look together?"

Zhong Xiaomei lowered her head, her cheeks slightly flushed, and softly hummed in agreement.

She tried to appear reserved, but the excitement and eagerness in her voice were impossible to hide.

Wang Daniu took Zhong Xiaomei's hand, and the two of them flew side by side toward the Yin-Yang passage, chasing after Zhong Kui's figure.

As they disappeared into the passageway, the minor official hiding behind the stone turned extremely ugly.

It gritted its teeth, turned around and whispered something to a ghost official beside it, then hurriedly flew towards Fengdu City.

In Zhong Jiu's Taoist temple, Zhong Jiu had just pulled the souls of Li Shimin and the rich woman back from the underworld.

After their souls returned to their places, they all collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, their faces as pale as paper figures just pulled from the water.

Li Shimin was in a daze. Although Wang Daniu's slap was just a subconscious act, it still wounded his soul.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will remain in a daze for the last three days of his life until he dies of old age.

Just then, the passage to the gates of hell opened again.

Wearing a red robe, a black gauze judge's hat, and a seven-star demon-slaying sword at his waist, Zhong Kui strode out.

Subsequently, Wang Daniu and Zhong Xiaomei also emerged from the brink of death.