I turned around and saw a young man in white monk's robes standing behind me. His appearance had changed somewhat from before, but the outline of his whole figure had not changed much.
There was a faint smile on his handsome face, one that made people feel as though a spring breeze had brushed over them.
The oppressive force generated by the Netherworld Blood Sea vanished without a trace.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was looking at me.
I was looking at him too.
"Jiang Xiaobai, it has been a long time. I told you last time that we would meet again. Well? I was right, wasn't I?" he asked with a smile.
I truly could not remember.
But hearing him say it, it did seem like something like that had happened.
Ying Gou shut his mouth after Ksitigarbha appeared.
He stared fixedly at Ksitigarbha.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was not angry. Instead, he said to him, "What, do you still want to make a move against me?" Ksitigarbha's smile vanished at once, and there was a trace of killing intent in his eyes as he looked at Ying Gou.
Ying Gou said, "I don't feel like getting beaten up, but since I've run into you under these circumstances, let me ask you honestly—if you weren't in the Netherworld Blood Sea, do you think you could defeat me?"
Ksitigarbha's expression changed considerably after Ying Gou said that. It seemed Ying Gou was indeed right.
Ksitigarbha turned to look at me. "You're here to take someone out?"
I nodded. There was no need to hide something like this. Sometimes, it was better to be direct.
"I'm looking for someone—more precisely, a woman named Xu Qiuyan. I heard she was locked up here, and she has been imprisoned for a long time." Only then did I state