The voice was faint, so faint, like a drop of vapor melting into the air. Yet it was bone-chillingly cold, as though it could freeze a person's heart completely.
"Lu Sheng... Lu Sheng..."
The voice was distinctive. Though it was not loud, it rang clearly in everyone's ears amid such a noisy environment. As Asano Kiyoshi was still wondering who "Lu Sheng" was, the man beside him suddenly raised his head. Then, a pure white figure appeared before him.
Instinctively looking up, he saw a tall, thin, pale-faced man with a wide smile. His tongue hung long from his mouth, and the hat on his head bore four words: "A glimpse brings wealth."
Upon seeing that iconic long tongue and hat, Asano Kiyoshi instantly understood the man's identity!
One of the underworld figures from mythology—White Impermanence!
To be honest, although his Zanpakuto was the entire underworld, and he knew that what he had entered was merely a special Inner World of his own, when he truly saw White Impermanence, Asano Kiyoshi had to admit that an instinctive terror still arose within him!
White Impermanence seemed to notice Asano Kiyoshi's feelings. He glanced lightly in his direction, but only briefly. Then he said to Lu Sheng:
"Lu Sheng, your lifespan in the world of the living has come to an end. It is time for you to depart..."
Hearing White Impermanence's words, Lu Sheng's whole body went weak. He stood where he was and exhausted all his strength before painfully forcing out a few words from his throat:
"My lord, may I ask... once I leave, will I be unable to return?"
White Impermanence nodded and said:
"Yes. Once you depart and drink Meng Po Soup, you will forget your past life. There will be no return."
Hearing White Impermanence's words,