Zombie Life Begins in Hongxi Village

Then, the entire underworld began to move.

This is the first wedding since the establishment of the Linming Underworld, and with Zhong Kui in attendance, the scale of the event is naturally not going to be shabby.

Uncle Shou personally decorated the Underworld Palace, adorning the plaza in front of it with red silk; Mao Shanjian found the finest dark wooden tables and chairs; Uncle Jiu, along with Si Mu, hung red lanterns outside the palace…

Chu Renmei sent a ghost messenger to take the souls of Sheng Shu and Xiao Qiang to her family.

When Uncle Sheng was led into the Underworld Palace by the ghost messengers, his legs were trembling. He had been singing opera all his life and had seen all kinds of grand scenes, but he was still so nervous in front of a group of real gods of the underworld that he didn't even dare to breathe.

"Amei, you've really made something of yourself."

Uncle Sheng looked at Chu Renmei, his eyes slightly red, and his voice choked with emotion.

He had previously visited Huangshan Village, intending to perform a ritual to help her pass on to the afterlife.

To his surprise, Huangshan Village was deserted, and Chu Renmei's ghost did not appear. He even thought that she had been beaten to death by some master.

Unexpectedly, instead of disappearing, she became a righteous god of the underworld and married the Yin general, Horse-Face.

This kind of fate is something even plays wouldn't dare to depict.

Xiaoqiang was initially a little scared and stayed hidden behind Uncle Sheng, not daring to come out.

Just then, Lin Yi's five demon children, who had transformed into toddlers, were chasing and playing outside the hall. When they saw Xiao Qiang standing there all alone, they took the initiative to run over and pull him to play together.

Xiaoqiang was a little reserved at first, but a child is a child after all, and he loosened up after running a few laps.

Uncle Sheng stood in the hall for a while, and suddenly saw Master Huaguang sitting in the first seat on the left.

He was stunned on the spot, and after a long while, he walked over shakily, knelt down with a thud, and kowtowed three times.

Huaguang Zushi is the ancestral master worshipped by opera troupes. Uncle Sheng sang opera all his life and worshipped the Huaguang statue all his life. He never dreamed that he would be able to see the true form of the ancestral master in his lifetime.

Seeing that he was upright and respectful, and noticing that his lifespan was nearing its end, Master Huaguang, after obtaining Lin Yi's consent, took out a token of the Yin Law Judge and handed it to him in a gentle tone:

"Take this. When your lifespan ends, you can use this token to enter my underworld court and become a court attendant."

Uncle Sheng took the token, tears streaming down his face with emotion, and kowtowed again.

Lin Yi found this quite amusing. Including Uncle Nine, Zhong Jiu, and now this Uncle Sheng, he had already collected three of Uncle Ying's faces.

For time travelers, it's incredibly reassuring.

The ingredients Zhong Kui prepared were all specialties of Fengdu, including Netherworld Lingzhi, Silver-scaled Nether Fish, Ghost-faced Mushroom, and tofu imbued with the power of incense and prayers... and so on.

Liu Angxing stood in front of the makeshift stove in the back kitchen, his eyes shining like two stars as he looked at the unheard-of ingredients from the underworld.

He rolled up his sleeves, tied on an apron, laid out the knives in a row, took a deep breath, and his entire demeanor instantly changed.

His eyes were sharp, his movements steady, every cut precise to the millimeter, every flip just right.

What truly shocked everyone was what happened after the firing began.

Liu Angxing simultaneously controlled three pots: one for stewing soup, one for stir-frying, and one for deep-frying, his movements fluid and graceful.

The aroma, almost tangible, wafted from the kitchen and permeated the entire Hades Palace.

The spirits and deities in front of the hall involuntarily stopped talking and turned their heads to look in the direction of the kitchen.

Even Shi Jian, who wasn't particularly interested in food, had his Adam's apple bob several times.

When the first dish was served, everyone unconsciously rubbed their eyes—it really was glowing.

Lin Yi took a bite with her chopsticks, chewed it twice, and then closed her eyes.

It was an extremely complex yet extremely harmonious taste experience.

Every flavor was perfectly placed, neither too much nor too little, creating wave after wave of sensation on his tongue, reminding him of his lost youth.

Shi Jian took a bite of the boiled fish and then fell silent.

Tears streamed down the cold-noodle judge's face, yet he kept putting the noodles into his mouth, one after another, as he remembered the taste of his mother's cooking.

Uncle Nine was drinking a bowl of clear tofu soup when he started to tremble.

The most outrageous incident involved Master Ikkyu and Master Simu, who almost got into a fight over the last piece of honey-glazed ghost mushroom.

When the banquet ended, everyone was tipsy.

The grooms, Wang Daniu and Ma Dayong, were flushed from drinking, while Zhong Xiaomei and Chu Renmei each helped their husbands back home.

Lin Yi personally escorted Zhong Kui to the plaza outside the Underworld Palace, and called him back as they parted.

"Wait." Lin Yi raised his right hand, and a golden lightning bolt condensed at his fingertips.

The lightning wasn't large, only about the thickness of a thumb, but the moment it condensed and took shape—

The surrounding ghostly energy seemed to have encountered a natural enemy and frantically fled outwards, and even the Ghost-Slaying Sword at Zhong Kui's waist emitted a buzzing sound uncontrollably.

Lin Yi compressed and sealed the divine lightning into a small golden rune, and gently patted it into Zhong Kui's palm.

"Keep this divine lightning for now. Activate it if you encounter danger; it can save your life."

Zhong Kui looked down at the golden rune in his palm and could clearly sense the terrifying power contained within it.

This divine lightning bolt was enough to easily annihilate a judge of his rank.

In other words, the protective talisman that Lin Yi casually gave away was already more powerful than the killing move he had painstakingly cultivated for a thousand years.

Deeply shaken, he bowed deeply to the ground.

"Your Majesty, I will remember this kindness. If Your Majesty ever needs my help, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

He made up his mind that he would definitely spend more time with his brother-in-law Wang Daniu in the future and maintain good relations with Lin Ming Underworld.

After everyone left, Lin Yi did not rush back to the mortal realm.

He stood alone in front of the Underworld Palace, took out the six boxes of merit gold sand from his Qiankun Ring, and then took out the Human Emperor Banner.

He refined the gold dust into the Emperor's Banner.

The moment the gold dust touched the banner, it was like parched land receiving sweet rain, seeping into every texture in fine threads.

The brownish-yellow patterns on the banner gradually transformed into pure gold, starting with the thickest main pattern in the center, followed by the fine auxiliary patterns on both sides, and finally the tassel patterns on the edges.

When the last grain of gold seeps into the flagpole, the entire pole transforms into pure gold, and fine dark patterns appear on its surface, resembling some ancient divine inscriptions.

Anyone who sees it will only think that this thing was born to be enshrined in a temple, and no one can tell that it was once the Ten Thousand Ghost Banner that devoured 100,000 souls.

At this moment, the Emperor's Banner radiated a magnificent and righteous golden light from the inside out.

Even the most powerful exorcism talismans from Maoshan and the most domineering thunder magic from Longhushan can only cause physical impacts on them, but cannot restrain them at the level of laws.

"It looks really good, but unfortunately it's not very useful against first-generation zombies; it can only be used to clear out mobs."

Lin Yi looked at the Emperor's Banner, its golden light shimmering in his palm, and sighed softly.

To deal with a red-eyed zombie, the Emperor's Banner would need to devour at least hundreds of millions of living souls, but there are only 70 million people in all of Japan right now.

"For now, it'll just have to gather dust." Lin Yi put away the Emperor's Banner and turned to find Liu Angxing, who was still cleaning up the stove in the back kitchen.

"Come on, let's go back to the mortal realm. For the time being, you'll work at the villa in Kowloon Tong."

Liu Angxing quickly responded, took off his apron, folded it neatly and placed it on the stove, and followed Lin Yi into the passage leading to the mortal world.

……

Meanwhile, in the underworld of Fengdu.

Deep within the forbidden territory of the Li clan in Longxi, an ancient ancestral hall is nestled among towering locust trees.

A woman with a dignified appearance and graceful demeanor entered the forbidden area alone.

Before long, a thin, withered young man slowly stepped out from behind the stone gate of the forbidden area.

The boy carried a pair of incredibly heavy golden hammers on his shoulders.

He looked thin, but with each step he took forward, the hard, iron-like ground of the underworld would tremble slightly, leaving deep footprints under his feet.

He walked out of the Li clan's territory step by step, without encountering a single ghost along the way.

At this moment, a scholar dressed in a robe of a ghost or deity was already waiting outside the Li clan's territory.

He was tall and thin with a refined appearance, but there was an inescapable sinister aura hidden between his brows and eyes.

He quickly stepped forward and lowered his voice to say to the boy, "Fourth Master, Zhong Kui has gone to Hong Kong Island. Before he returns to the underworld, I will send you to the mortal realm to intercept and kill him."

However, you must remember, this trip is only to deal with Zhong Kui; whatever you do, do not provoke the Underworld King Lin Yi.

A faint glimmer of light suddenly flashed in the boy's dull eyes. He tilted his head, looked at the scholar, and asked in a hoarse, slow voice, "Is Lin Yi very strong?"

The scholar's expression changed drastically, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "Fourth Master, you mustn't do anything rash! Lin Yi is not someone we can afford to offend, he—"

He paused, carefully considered his words, and his tone became more serious than ever before.

"In short, if you provoke him, I won't send you there. Also, this is Empress Zhangsun's wish."

Upon hearing the words "Empress Changsun," the glimmer of light in the boy's eyes vanished like a candle flickering in the wind.

He reverted to his blank and bewildered expression, simply nodding slightly and asking no further questions.

It's clear that he listens to that Empress Zhangsun very much.

However, what they didn't know was that the moment the scholar uttered the name "Lin Yi," Lin Yi, far away in her villa in Kowloon Tong, suddenly opened her eyes.

An image suddenly appeared in his mind—

A scholar dressed in a robe of a ghost or deity, a thin, withered boy wielding a golden hammer and a drum, and all the conversations between the two.

"The true name sensing has been triggered?" A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Yi's eyes.

"Fourth Master, Eldest Grandson, Big Hammer, could it be him?" Lin Yi's interest was piqued.