"Exactly. You'll be responsible for scouting the way, and we'll follow behind you. Of course, we're not asking you to be cannon fodder. It'll be extraordinarily dangerous. Without you, we really won't stand a chance. We'll assist you from the side as well. When the time comes, we'll all ascend together and share in the glory and prosperity of the Upper Realm!" Yin Ge spoke excitedly, while the gathered cultivators from the Seven-Star and Eight Trigrams realms also gazed at me with yearning.
I finally understood the saying, "It's easy to deal with the King of Hell, but hard to deal with the little devils." These ghosts could kill them as easily as chopping vegetables, but they were using their numbers to threaten me. They weren't causing trouble now, but if I refused them, they would come harass me after I left.
If the conflict escalated, then even if I didn't leave, they might occasionally run around doing evil and play this guerrilla-war game. That infuriated me, but then I thought that if there really was a passage below, it might not be a bad route after all.
Besides, Sun Chongyang knew about the passage too, and bringing him along would certainly be a good thing. Still, I couldn't agree just like that, so I said at once, "Glory and prosperity? It might be hell instead. Don't put too much faith in the legends of the Upper Realm. No one can say for sure what it's really like."
"How would we know without going up? We promise to keep Heavenly One City peaceful for a hundred years. Are you still unwilling?" Yin Ge looked somewhat puzzled, as though wondering whether he had offered too low a price. He continued, "How about this? I'll add more to the bargain. As long