The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Thirteen Sister was like a snake that had just woken up from hibernation, her whole body wrapped around Shen Yifei, as if she wanted to suck Shen Yifei's soul out.

Shen Yifei felt a chill run down his spine from her stance. Unfortunately, he had just transferred most of his Five Elements Magic Power, and his whole body felt weak and powerless, making it impossible for him to dodge.

"I said, Thirteen Sister..." Shen Yifei finally managed to exhale a breath of cold air from between her lips, "You...you slow down...I just saved you, don't strangle me to death in the underworld."

Thirteen Sister didn't say anything, she just held his back tightly with her hands.

Outside the door, Liu Mengli leaned against the door frame, and Su Huan stood nervously beside her, craning her neck to look inside.

Liu Mengli clicked her tongue twice and called out through the crack in the door, "Master, if you're not done yet, Su Huan and I will go for a stroll in the Gates of Hell first, and you two can have your fun."

"You guys go first, I...I'll be there in a bit...!" Shen Yifei shouted from inside the house, his voice a little unsteady.

Liu Mengli chuckled, glancing back at Su Huan: "Look at him... he's good in every way, except he can't control his spending. You'll be with him from now on, so be prepared."

Su Huan's face flushed slightly, and the life spirit she had just retrieved throbbed in her chest. She didn't reply, but just stared at the half-open door, her little stars twinkling.

Although she had no real combat experience, she had seen her share of big scenes. But today, it truly opened her eyes.

"Is he...is he human?" Su Huan asked.

Inside the room, Shen Yifei didn't know how much time had passed, but when Thirteen Niang finally let go of him, he felt as if his soul had lightened by two ounces.

Thirteen Sister, on the other hand, was radiant with joy, her eyes and brows brimming with contentment.

She leaned lazily on Shen Yifei's shoulder, "Young Master Shen, your 'Qi Transfer and Rejuvenation' technique is more exciting than any gamble I've ever made in my life."

Shen Yifei gasped for breath: "You've really gotten a shock. I almost had my soul drained by you."

Thirteen Sister chuckled, stood up naked without putting on any clothes, walked to the gambling table, reached under the table and pulled out a black token from a hidden compartment, then threw it in front of Shen Yifei.

Su Huan told me that this is why you came to the Life and Death Gambling House!

Shen Yifei caught the token; it was heavy. The front was engraved with the two ancient seal characters "Reincarnation," while the back had a swirling pattern that faintly shimmered with a ghostly light.

"So you and Su Huan were in cahoots all along? What about Su Huan...?"

Before Shen Yifei could finish speaking, Su Huan's voice came from outside the door: "Young Master Shen, I didn't mean to hide it from you."

Su Huan walked in. "After I lost my life soul, Thirteen Sister told me that as long as someone can remove her mask one day, my life soul and her freedom will both return. But she doesn't know who that person is or when they will come."

"Then how do you know I can remove her mask?"

"Young Master Shen, over the years, I have sent countless people to you, but I never expected it to be you."

After hearing Su Huan's explanation, what could Shen Yifei say? They were searching for a needle in a haystack, but they just happened to find him.

He looked at the token in his hand, then at the two women in front of him, and then clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Gentlemen, I am fortunate to have met you two in the underworld. Now that I have the Reincarnation Token, I will go to the Looking-Homeward Terrace to retrieve my mother's soul. After I have done so, I will return to the Gates of Hell to thank you for your help."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Thirteen Sister said, "I'll go with you!"

Su Huan chimed in, "Maybe we can help you. Besides, I can show you the way!"

Shen Yifei shook his head, "As you both know, this journey has been extremely dangerous. Your cultivation levels... sigh, wait until I return..."

Shen Yifei's words were clear: the two women would only be a burden if they went.

Seeing that he said that, Thirteen Sister did not press him any further.

She just smiled and said, "I'll wait for you to come back. My body still needs your care..."

Su Huan remained silent. She had never experienced being pampered before and didn't know what to say.

While she possessed seductive skills, she was far inferior to Thirteen Sister in both her actions and verbal provocations, aside from her ability to use them.

She felt that after that one bet involving taking off her clothes, she wouldn't dare to gamble again.

After bidding farewell to the two women, Shen Yifei put away the dice cup and, pulling Liu Mengli along, disappeared into the gloomy streets of the Ghost Gate Pass.

Su Huan stood alone at the entrance of the life-or-death gambling den, watching the two figures disappear into the distance, her eyelashes drooping slightly.

Suddenly, she removed a silver hairpin from her temple, and with a flick of the tip against her palm, a drop of soul blood seeped out, condensing into a dark red bead.

She twirled the bead, muttering to herself, "Thirteenth Sister, you're lucky; someone took off your mask for you. My fate, I have to earn myself."

After saying that, she pressed the bead to her forehead, and her whole body turned into a wisp of smoke, silently chasing after him.

Shen Yifei and Liu Mengli left the Gates of Hell and walked forward along the Road to the Underworld.

The road was paved with bluestone slabs, smooth and even, with patches of enchanting flowers blooming on both sides.

Liu Mengli bent down, picked a flower, and twirled it in her hand. Suddenly, she said, "Master, this flower is beautiful, but it's so strange!"

"Flowers from the underworld are all evil; what's so strange about that?"

"Master, look, the flowers bloom without leaves, the leaves grow without flowers, and neither flower nor leaf ever appear. This flower exudes a sense of longing and unfulfilled desire."

Shen Yifei paused, turned to look at her, and asked, "Why are you suddenly so sentimental?"

Liu Mengli tucked the flower into his lapel and chuckled, "It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of that line."

They hadn't gone far down the road to the underworld when they heard a chorus of barking dogs ahead.

The sound was rough and dense, sometimes like a dog barking, sometimes like a wolf howling.

Liu Mengli squinted and saw a gray mountain range not far ahead, which was very similar to the sky. Without careful observation, it was impossible to tell that it was a mountain.

Upon closer inspection, the mountain was teeming with vicious dogs.

The large ones were as big as calves, and the small ones were the size of wolves. Their eyes glowed with an eerie green light, and they chewed on fragments of souls and spirits, making a "crunching" sound as they tore them apart, which made people's scalps tingle.

"Evil Dog Ridge." Shen Yifei curled his lip. "Su Huan said that we would have to pass through Evil Dog Ridge and Golden Rooster Mountain along the way. I thought it would be more frightening, but it seems to be nothing special."

No sooner had they finished speaking than a vicious dog the size of a calf had already set its sights on them.

The dog lowered its body, growling softly, drool dripping from its fangs, and slowly approached.

Liu Mengli secretly activated her reincarnation power, but Shen Yifei stopped her, took out a Yin Longevity Crystal from his pocket, and threw it at the vicious dog.

The crystal rolled twice on the ground, and the vicious dog twitched its nose and its eyes lit up.

It pounced on the crystal like a hungry tiger, its tail wagging like a windmill, and without barking, it trotted back to the pack of dogs.

The remaining vicious dogs, seeing this, swarmed over. Hundreds upon hundreds of dogs crowded onto the road to the underworld, their tails wagging wildly, all staring longingly at Shen Yifei, looking just like a pack of begging dogs.

Liu Mengli was both amused and exasperated: "Master, did you really feed them like dogs?"

Shen Yifei explained, "Dogs in the underworld and dogs in the mortal world should be the same. Whoever feeds it good food, it will follow that person!"

Besides, why resort to violence when money can solve the problem?