"Now, Brother Wu, please tell us your story!"
After collecting the Cold Marrow Spring Soul, Li Yao turned his gaze to the Wuhuan.
"My...my story?"
The Wuhuan looked bewildered and said, "I'm just an ordinary person. What stories do I have to tell?"
"Yeah?"
Li Yao sneered and said to Wangchen Siming beside him, "Wangchen Siming, you tell me, is he an ordinary person or not?"
"..."
Despite Wangchen Siming remaining silent.
However, her expression already showed that she had realized that Wu Huan's identity was not simple.
"how?"
"Brother Wu, do you insist that I take action before you will confess honestly?"
Li Yao stared coldly at the Wu Huan, making the Wu Huan feel a chill run down their spines.
"Okay, I'll tell you!"
After hesitating for a long time, the Wuhuan, like Wangchen Siming, finally chose to submit.
He took a deep breath and said, "Actually, like Wangchen Siming, I am also one of the guardians of Shennong Jiuquan."
As he spoke, he raised his left hand, and a phantom bracelet appeared on his wrist.
That was the Divine Spring Key Ring.
At this moment, the Cold Marrow Key Ring appeared on Wangchen Siming's wrist, as if it were sensing something.
"Hmph, I knew it!"
Li Yao snorted coldly.
Yesterday at Xin'an Pawnshop, Wu Huan suddenly appeared. He and Xiao Bai immediately sensed the aura emanating from Wu Huan, which was the aura of Shennong Jiuquan.
The Wuhuan people must have had a purpose in coming to us!
Therefore, they remained calm and did not alert the Wuhuan. They even had the Wuhuan follow them to see what the Wuhuan were planning.
However, the Wuhuan people did not make any move.
Li Yao was too lazy to wait any longer, so he stopped wasting time with the Wuhuan.
Which sacred spring are you protecting?
Xiao Bai asked.
"The Immaculate Divine Spring!"
The Wuhuan thought for a moment and then answered.
"If I'm not mistaken, the source of this Immaculate Divine Spring should be in Wuyan Village."
Li Yao guessed.
"Brother Li is indeed clever!"
Wu Huan gave a wry smile.
"What kind of extraordinary abilities does the Immaculate Divine Spring possess now?"
Xiao Bai asked again.
The Wuhuan hesitated for a moment before replying, "We can foresee the future!"
"Oh, so that's the kind of superpower!"
Li Yao suddenly realized.
He immediately understood why the Wuhuan had suddenly appeared in Xin'an.
He smiled and said, "You predicted that we would go to Wuyan Village to obtain the soul of the Immaculate Divine Spring through the Immaculate Divine Spring. That's why you suddenly appeared in Xin'an Village to find out our strength and weakness."
"It seems nothing can be hidden from Brother Li!"
Wu Huan gave another bitter smile.
He hadn't expected Li Yao to make such an accurate deduction based on just this one point.
"You've come to us of your own accord, are you trying to stop us from obtaining the Soul of the Immaculate Spring?"
Li Yao asked the question.
"I do have that idea, but..."
The Wuhuan hesitated for a moment, then continued:
"However, when I was predicting the future, I discovered something very strange: I saw you appear in Wuyan Village."
"However, apart from this, I have been unable to obtain any information about you and your wife through the Immaculate Divine Spring."
"I'm very curious, who exactly are you people? Why can't the Immaculate Divine Spring see through you?"
"Therefore, I want to get closer to you and see what your background is!"
"Fortunately, there were four of you in your group. I was able to find you by following the trail of the Heavenly Ghost King and the Immortal in the Book!"
"I never expected that my identity had already been discovered by you!"
Chapter 538 Ghost Realm
After hearing the explanation from the Wuhuan, everyone finally understood why the Wuhuan had suddenly appeared.
It turns out that the Wuhuan people appeared because the Immaculate Spring had the ability to foresee the future.
"Now that you're here, don't leave for the time being."
"Come with us to the Ghost Realm. After we've finished our business there, we'll head to Wuyan Village together!"
Li Yao said calmly.
Although he spoke casually, his tone left no room for doubt.
The Wuhuan remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Following the guidance of the Heavenly Ghost Emperor, Li Yao used his spatial abilities to lead everyone away from the Forgotten World and head towards the Ghost Realm.
Among the six realms, the sunlit side, illuminated by the sun, moon, and stars, is the divine land of the human realm.
In the world, everything has yin and yang, light and darkness.
There is also a dark side to this world that will always exist.
At the center of this yin side lies a chaotic place called the 'Reincarnation Disc'.
The Reincarnation Disc was formed during the time when Pangu created the world, and it possesses the most powerful and primordial Yin energy in the Six Realms.
The extreme yin power of the Wheel of Reincarnation attracts and pulls the spirits of the dead from the six realms to drift naturally into the Wheel of Reincarnation and begin the cycle of life anew.
The dead are ghosts!
Thus, an independent spatial world was formed, which is called the 'Ghost Realm'.
Originally, there weren't many living beings in the ghost realm.
However, three thousand years ago, the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi dispatched the Great God Houtu to lead a group of officials into the Ghost Realm and establish Youdu.
Youdu has two main responsibilities: first, to imprison gods who have committed serious crimes in the divine realm; and second, to manage the order of the dead in the ghost realm.
From then on, the Ghost Realm, a special place in the Six Realms that was originally chaotic and without good or evil, began to have rules and order.
From then on, Youdu became the capital of ghosts and spirits.
The goddess Houtu, who was responsible for establishing Youdu, was henceforth known in the ghost realm as the 'Great Commander of Youdu'.
Of course, to leave one's mark on the special space-time formed during the primordial chaos of Pangu, whether it was the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi, Houtu, or the many gods, one had to pay a tremendous price and exert great effort.
However, they believed that in order to achieve a greater goal, namely, to control the power of 'reincarnation' and thereby control the moral order of the six realms and six races.
All their hard work was absolutely worthwhile.
However, the Wheel of Reincarnation is a force naturally formed by heaven and earth, and even if the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi himself came, he would not be able to control it.
Therefore, the Yama, judges, and other officials in the ghost realm predict the fate of each deceased soul after entering reincarnation based on known rules, namely the Book of Life and Death projected by the Cold Marrow.
Since the goddess Houtu established Youdu, the entire ghost realm has been divided into two parts: Youdu and the Underworld.
The central city of the Ghost Realm is Youdu, somewhat resembling the capital of the Ghost Realm.
Unfortunately, the forces of Youdu could not control the vast area of the outer Netherworld.
The ghosts living in Youdu are strictly disciplined.
However, the desolate and chaotic underworld surrounding it is filled with disorder, savagery, and chaos.
There were originally not many living beings in the underworld.
However, ever since the establishment of Youdu, there have always been unruly undead and powerful divine prisoners who have escaped from it.
Over thousands of years, many forces, large and small, have formed in the underworld near the outskirts of Youdu.
Some powerful leaders of the Netherworld Ghost Clan even declared themselves kings.
The Heavenly Ghost Clan, under the Heavenly Ghost Emperor, is one of the ghost clan forces.
In the underworld, the strong prey on the weak and fight for territory. Sometimes, powerful underworld tribes will even invade Youdu and plunder lower-level ghosts as delicious food.
The Heavenly Demon King's Heavenly Demon Clan gradually declined in the dog-eat-dog world.
As a result, the current Heavenly Ghost Emperor is merely called the 'Ghost Emperor', but has no real power to be one.
Although the ghosts, who live outside of Youdu, do not submit to the jurisdiction of the Youdu gods.
However, it is an undeniable fact that the only passage from the Ghost Realm to the other five realms is located within the territory of Youdu and is firmly in the hands of the Great Ruler of Youdu.
It is precisely because of the strict guarding of the Six Realms passage by Youdu that ordinary ghosts generally find it difficult to travel to other realms.
Although the core area of the Ghost Realm is ruled by the gods.