Chapter 34 of 100

Chapter 34

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The ghostly body disintegrated, the soul became unstable, and the three souls and seven spirits were on the verge of dissipating.

A pale pink, translucent fish lay tightly in Su Xing's palm. Its large, lustrous eyes, full of spiritual energy, were now dim and lifeless. This was the soul of the red fish, whose original form was a fish. Due to some extraordinary encounters, it had condensed its ghostly body into a human form.

"I won't let you die, don't worry, I promise!" Su Xing held the red fish's soul in both hands, his expression resolute with a hint of madness. "The water of the Yellow Springs can condense the ghostly body and nourish the soul."

Su Xing fetched a jade basin, spat out the remaining Yellow Springs water from his body, and gently placed the weak soul of the red fish into the jade basin filled with Yellow Springs water.

Amber light flowed, and the pale pink, translucent fish became slightly more solid, no longer in a state where it could dissipate at any moment. The water of the Yellow Springs temporarily preserved the red fish's soul.

"Next, I'll deal with you evil ghosts!" Su Xing stood up abruptly, his gaze icy cold, and the temperature around him suddenly dropped. He looked at the tin ghost and the butcher ghost, his eyes like ice.

"I learned a few methods of torture and interrogation when I was alive, and I'll use them on you." Su Xing said coldly, rummaging through the scrap metal of the Bugatti Veyron, fashioning torture instruments from the remnants, and slowly approaching the tin ghost and the butcher ghost.

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At the Ghost Department, the Ghost Office, the list was torn down, and the two evil ghosts were escorted in by ghost catchers, while Su Xing waited for his reward.

"A hundred Ghost Essence Pills and 100,000 nether coins, that's quite a fortune," Su Xing muttered to himself, leaning against a huge stone lion in front of the Ghost Office. Although he was about to receive a substantial reward, he felt no joy.

The Ghost Office, one of the six departments of the Ghost Kingdom, is an executive department. The ghost catchers and clerks are responsible for maintaining the city's security and capturing evil and fierce ghosts.

Two three-zhang-tall stone lions guarded the Ghost Office. The stone lions were lifelike, fierce, and majestic, with their eyes glaring and mouths wide open, their powerful limbs crouched, and their claws gleaming like steel.

At the foot of one stone lion was a carved evil ghost's head, extremely realistic and terrifying, with a bloody aura emanating from it. The other stone lion had its mouth wide open, biting an evil ghost's head.

"Rattle," "Rattle"

The eyes of the stone lion suddenly moved, and Su Xing looked up.

"Was it just an illusion?" Su Xing glanced at the two stone lions, which remained motionless, just ordinary statues.

"Clearly, I'm still too tense and haven't adjusted my state yet." Su Xing shook his head and naturally rested his arm on the stone lion's claw.

"Brat, you're pressing on me!" A deep, resonant voice suddenly sounded, like a闷雷 (thunder).

Su Xing looked up in surprise and found that the stone lion he was leaning on had come to life. The massive head, with eyes the size of lanterns, glared at Su Xing, and the stone eyeballs rolled in the eye sockets.

"It's really alive!" Su Xing was shocked and immediately jumped back. The stone lion spoke, and the evil ghost's head it was biting almost fell off.

The stone lion moved again, its mouth wide open, and its head raised. With a "gurgle," it swallowed the evil ghost's head in one bite.

"It swallowed it!" Su Xing exclaimed, sweat breaking out on his forehead. He thought the evil ghost's head was just a decoration, like the stone balls under the feet of stone lions in the human world.

"Brat, what are you shouting about! It's been a long time since Lion Lord woke up, and I'm hungry!" The stone lion glared at Su Xing, speaking in a deep, resonant voice, like rolling boulders.

Su Xing sighed, not bothering to respond. Encountering strange things in the netherworld was not unusual.

"Hey, brat, talk to Lion Lord. If you disrespect Lion Lord, I'll swallow you whole!" The stone lion said angrily when Su Xing ignored him.

Su Xing's lips twitched slightly, realizing the stone lion was a chatterbox. Fortunately, the other stone lion hadn't woken up; otherwise, his ears would have suffered.

"Brat, don't ignore Lion Lord. It's been hundreds, no, thousands of years! Time flows differently in the netherworld. Could Lion Lord have slept for tens of thousands of years?" The stone lion suddenly fell into deep thought, lifting its paw to count its fingers, trying to figure out how long it had been asleep, which would probably take a few hundred years.

Su Xing sighed helplessly. He had encountered many bizarre ghosts, and he still wanted to visit the Nether Bridge to ask the ghost immortal Yuan Liunian why his reputation wasn't working.

The chatterbox stone lion kept talking, but Su Xing remained cold and ignored its complaints.

After about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, a red-faced ghost clerk walked out of the Ghost Office, carrying a small bag.

"Here he comes." Su Xing's eyes flashed, and he walked forward.

"Are you the third-class civilian Su Xing?" The red-faced ghost clerk stood on the steps, looking down at Su Xing with disdain, his tone arrogant.

Su Xing's expression turned cold, and he replied calmly, "Yes, it's Su Xing!"

"Is that so? Just a third-class civilian, and your strength is only at the fourth level of Ghost Soldier. How could you possibly defeat two evil ghosts? I think you just got lucky and came to the Ghost Office to claim a reward!" The red-faced ghost clerk looked at Su Xing with suspicion and disdain, speaking bluntly.

Su Xing's face remained cold, his eyes fixed on the red-faced ghost clerk.

"Here, this is your reward!" The red-faced ghost clerk pulled out a small yellow bag from behind his back and threw it on the ground.

"This is the reward I earned with my life and my friend's life!" Su Xing's voice was firm and resolute as he bent down to pick up the small yellow bag.

When he opened the bag, his eyes turned cold, and a hint of a cold smile appeared on his lips.

The bag contained the reward for the two evil ghosts, but only half of it was there, the other half was missing!

"How is it half missing!" Su Xing looked up at the red-faced ghost clerk, his voice cold.

"What!" The red-faced ghost clerk shouted, looking at Su Xing with disdain. "You're just a third-class civilian, you should kneel and thank me for the reward. You're complaining about it being too little? I should have given you only a little nether coin, and the Ghost Essence Pills would have been a waste."

The red-faced ghost clerk spat at Su Xing and turned to leave.

"Third-class civilian? Kneel and thank me? The reward I earned with my life and my friend's life is only worth a little nether coin? Giving Ghost Essence Pills is a waste?" With each word, Su Xing's killing intent grew stronger, and a cold, tangible aura enveloped him, with pale yellow ghostly energy rising.

"Stop." Su Xing said calmly.

"What did you say?" The red-faced ghost clerk paused, turning to ask.

"I said, stop!" Su Xing's voice rose sharply.

"Say that again, and I'll make you!" The red-faced ghost clerk's face turned cold, and he shouted.

Su Xing's eyes narrowed, then suddenly opened, emitting a sharp light. He took a step forward, his nine force-spirit wheels spinning, amplifying his strength to the maximum, and punched the red-faced ghost clerk's face!

The wind howled, and the fist, as large as a wok, grew larger in the red-faced ghost clerk's eyes.

"Arrogant!" The red-faced ghost clerk roared, raising his fist to meet Su Xing's.

"Bang!" The fists collided, and a shockwave erupted.

"What are you two doing in front of the Ghost Office? Do you want to be laughed at by other ghosts?" Li Mu scolded.

Just as Su Xing's fist and the red-faced ghost clerk's fist were about to collide, Li Mu suddenly appeared, darting between the two, and caught both fists with his palm.

"Captain Li!" The red-faced ghost clerk's face changed, looking somewhat awkward.

"You have some nerve, Nuke!" Li Mu said sarcastically.

"How dare I, I was just teaching a disrespectful brat a lesson. I didn't mean to disturb Captain Li." The red-faced ghost clerk laughed nervously, retracting his fist and stepping back.

Su Xing's eyes moved, and he also retracted his fist and stepped back.

"Brat, you attacked a Ghost Office constable. As a third-class civilian, you should be imprisoned for a few days, but since it's your first offense, I'll let it go. Tell me the truth, why were you fighting?" Li Mu said, his voice stern.

"I... I..." The red-faced ghost clerk opened his mouth to explain.

"Shut up! Did I ask you to explain?" Li Mu suddenly shouted, turning to Su Xing and asking coldly, "Speak! If you lie or slander the Ghost Office constable, you'll be thrown into the dungeon!"

Su Xing snorted and began to speak, not lying at all, as there was no need to.

"Um... Um..." Li Mu nodded as he listened, his face growing increasingly stern and cold.

The red-faced ghost clerk's face grew worse, trying to explain but finding Li Mu's powerful aura oppressive, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"Nuke!"

After Su Xing finished explaining, Li Mu's gaze fell entirely on the red-faced ghost clerk, his oppressive aura forcing him to step back.

"Is what he said true?" Li Mu asked coldly, his powerful aura not allowing the red-faced ghost clerk to lie, or he would face a fierce and terrifying attack.

Su Xing looked at Li Mu, his eyes showing a hint of surprise. He hadn't realized Li Mu had such strength, at least at the ninth level of Ghost Soldier, with a condensed spirit wheel!

The red-faced ghost clerk's face turned pale, and he nodded weakly, as if using all his strength.

"Do you know what to do?" Li Mu asked expressionlessly, his calm demeanor like the calm before a storm.

The red-faced ghost clerk nodded, pulling out another small yellow bag from behind his back. It looked similar to the one he had given Su Xing, but the contents were vastly different.

The small yellow bag he had given Su Xing was just an ordinary bag, but the one the red-faced ghost clerk now held was a Ghost Office benefit, called a Ghost Pocket, similar to a storage bag in the human world, with a one-square-meter space inside.

The red-faced ghost clerk hesitated slightly, preparing to pour out the Ghost Essence Pills and nether coins he had embezzled.

"Give it to him directly." Li Mu said coldly.

"This..." The red-faced ghost clerk hesitated, his face showing bitterness.

"Get a new one later." Li Mu said calmly, and in front of the captain, the red-faced ghost clerk was like a child.

"Take it." The red-faced ghost clerk glared at Su Xing, gritting his teeth, and threw the Ghost Pocket to Su Xing.

"Hmph!" Su Xing snorted, taking the Ghost Pocket and stuffing it into his clothes without hesitation. He glanced at Li Mu and the red-faced ghost clerk, silently vowing to become stronger. The netherworld was a place of naked survival of the fittest, a law of nature!

Under this, a man must strive to be strong!

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