"Me? Hehe, hardly. I'm just a little crow. What standing could I possibly have?" Rainbow Crow had suddenly turned modest.
Wen Xishu dearly wished a text prompt would appear to explain this crow, but that was clearly impossible.
The crow continued:
"If you decide to take someone away, you'll be given a strange route next."
"This route will take you on a detour through the Middle Spirit District and Lower Spirit District."
"The Lower Spirit District has a very complicated structure. Between it and the Upper Spirit District lies the Middle Spirit District. Above and below represent good and evil, while the middle is for all other creatures."
"In traditional terms, it's where the animals stay, called the Animal Realm."
"There, animals with spiritual awareness can reincarnate as humans. But they still have to suffer in the Lower Spirit District."
"As for the Lower Spirit District, it contains the Eighteen-Layer Hell."
"Imagine it: you have to take a spirit body across the Animal Realm, then through the Eighteen-Layer Hell, without being discovered. Is that possible?"
"Besides, we already had our eyes on you."
Wen Xishu thought that was downright underhanded. But since this was already the realm of the dead, a little underhandedness hardly seemed out of place.
"Once I cross the Eighteen-Layer Hell, I can reach the Netherworld Gate? That Void Land?" Wen Xishu asked.
Rainbow Crow shook his head:
"Not even close."
"The Netherworld is enormous. Beyond the three Spirit Districts, there's also the Ghost Gate. It has plenty of guards. Without clearance documents, there's no way they'll let you leave."
"Past the Ghost Gate is the Yellow Springs Road, formed from countless dead souls who were tortured until they gave up on reincarnation."
"After the Yellow Springs Road, you'll reach the Soul-Losing Hall. It strips every spirit