Temporary Mission: Evil Spirits Block the Road

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"Sir, could you please come over and talk to me?"

Gu Xi, sitting on the Evil Coffin, waved to the black Ghost.

The black Ghost cautiously raised his head, and in the next instant, he felt as if he had seen the Ghost King.

Even if the person in front of me is not the Ghost King, he still has the same kind of grandeur as the Ghost King.

He sat on a gaudy coffin, accompanied by a powerful, enormous undead, a gigantic Skeleton made of some unknown material, carrying lightning bolts in its hand.

Looking further into the distance, a City Gate made of steel stands tall.

Beneath this City Gate, a colossal white-boned dragon coiled up.

Thinking back to the gazes of the thirty to fifty thousand White Impermanence who had been watching them from the sky, these black Ghost didn't dare to move an inch.

He immediately lay down on the ground in front of Gu Xi.

"Li Liangquan, the Yellow Springs Patrolman, greets Your Excellency."

"Watcher?"

Gu Xi asked curiously.

"Oh, we are temporary workers."

Seeing the change in Gu Xi's expression, Li Liangquan immediately began to explain.

Gu Xi laughed upon hearing this. This person was quite shrewd; he was afraid of making Gu Xi angry and also afraid of embarrassing the Yellow Springs, so he made a special explanation.

"You're quite interesting. Get up. Don't be afraid. I just happened to pass by here and discovered that this ghost village was occupied by this big tree. All the ghosts have become Puppet under the tree's control, so I took action to deal with it."

What did you just say?

"A big tree? What kind of tree is it?"

Li Liangquan did not answer Gu Xi's question, but instead asked his own.

"I don't know, it's something like 'Ghost Clapping Hands'."

Gu Xi thought about it carefully and realized that he really didn't know what kind of tree the previous big tree was.

This is very unreasonable. In the Undead Knowledge, there are some things related to burial, including the tree species that are most suitable to be planted in cemeteries and graveyards.

Gu Xi should have heard of a tree species like "Ghost Clapping Hands," which is clearly problematic, even if it's just a nickname.

But he discovered that he didn't even know what kind of tree it was.

"It seems that's really the case."

Seeing that Li Liangquan seemed to understand, Gu Xi couldn't help but become curious.

What happened?

"This is something that shouldn't be said, but since you have the status and identity of the Ghost King, you should know."

About five hundred years ago, some scattered passages into the Yellow Springs were blocked. At first, the patrolmen would go and deal with them, but as the situation worsened, the patrolmen were too busy to handle it.

More than two hundred years ago, all the wandering soul passages scattered in ghost villages, desolate graves, and dark valleys were abandoned. Now, only the Mountain Deity or City God still have passages to the Yellow Springs.

It is activated once a month on the 15th to send the dead to the Yellow Springs.

Since the adults suddenly opened up here, we naturally had to come and take a look.

The Ghost Clapping Hands " that the adults were talking about was actually a poplar tree...

"Wait, what kind of tree did you say the Ghost Clapping Hands tree was?"

Gu Xi interrupted Li Liangquan directly.

"Poplar trees."

Li Liangquan looked puzzled; he didn't understand why Gu Xi would interrupt him here.

At this moment, Gu Xi closed his eyes slightly.

"Mulberry, willow, poplar, locust, and chinaberry—I could have forgotten such basic Five Ghost Tree Species. There must be something wrong with this."

After opening his eyes, Gu Xi still ignored Li Liangquan and checked the information that popped up when the Ghost Clapping Hands.

[Ding! You have inadvertently opened the blocked Yellow Springs Road discovered some secrets about it. You can now activate a Temporary Task.]

[Temporary Task: Roadblocking Evil Spirit]

[Mission Description: Investigate and gather intelligence and information regarding the blocked Yellow Springs Road!]

[Task Requirements: Find out the corresponding information about the blocked Yellow Springs Road (0/3) and relay it to the relevant personnel (0/1)]

[Quest Rewards: Soul Gathering Ground reputation and resources (corresponding to the intelligence gathered).]

[Note 1: Please note that the blocked Yellow Springs Road is not unique to this ghost village.]

[Note 2: When investigating the situation, you will encounter some enemies. Furthermore, when you enter the Soul Gathering Ground, you will already be a mortal enemy of some factions.]

[Note 3: The Yellow Springs Road is fraught with strange occurrences; do not wander Yellow Springs Road.]

After reading the Temporary Task, Gu Xi looked at Li Liangquan again.

"What did you just say?"

"The Ghost Clapping Hands is a poplar tree." Li Liangquan looked at Gu Xi with some confusion.

"I was asking about the previous sentence."

"The passage that was silently blocked by the master suddenly opened, so we came to see what was going on. We didn't expect to encounter the master clearing the way here."

"Actually, with your current strength, you don't need to do such a thing at all. You only need to speak to the nearby Mountain Deity or City God, and they will open the Yellow Springs Road for you to come and go as you please."

"I just came to check on the situation in this ghost village. I didn't expect to be attacked here. They attacked me on their own initiative. By the way, all the wandering soul passages you mentioned that were scattered in the ghost village, the abandoned graves, and the Yin Valley have been abandoned."

Is this what I meant?

"Yes, all the wilderness passages have been abandoned. We will not accept anyone who tries to enter the Yellow Springs Road through these wilderness passages."

Li Liangquan said with certainty, but then he changed his tone, "Of course, it is reasonable for someone like you to enter the Yellow Springs Road from any direction."

But you must not rush directly into the Ghost Gate Pass. If you wish to enter the Underworld, you must first wait at the Soul Gathering Ground.

"What kind of place is this Soul Gathering Ground?"

Since the Temporary Task was related to the missions and resources at the Soul Gathering Ground, Gu Xi naturally wanted to find out the details.

If it were all things irrelevant to him, Gu Xi wouldn't have made this trip.

"Ah, this Soul Gathering Ground is like this. Originally, this Soul Gathering Ground was actually a place where ghosts from unorthodox paths gathered. However, in the past few hundred years, the number of ghosts from unorthodox paths has decreased significantly, and this place has become a place for Underworld transactions and smuggling."

"Unorthodox path?" Gu Xi reacted quickly, "Besides the wandering soul passage you mentioned before, are there any other unorthodox paths you're referring to?"

"Yes, the royal family has a special passage to the Underworld, as do the three upper sects of the immortal sects and the Family Tomb of the Esteemed Families. These are all unconventional passages."

All ghosts who are not of the righteous path who wish to enter the Underworld must wait at the Soul Gathering Ground for the changing of the guard at the Gate of Ghost Gate Pass every three days.

Some people simply stayed at the Soul Gathering Ground and started doing business in both the Underworld and the netherworld.

"With your strength, entering the Underworld is a simple matter, but please, when you descend, do not attempt to breach the Ghost Gate Pass or disrupt the order of the Underworld."