Completed the Mission (Two Chapters in One)

The dim yellow raindrops grew larger and larger. In the City of All Beings, the residents walked out of their homes and bathed in the downpour. Looks of liberation spread across their faces as their bodies turned into wisps of green smoke and slowly faded away in the rain.

"They're disappearing!!"

The novice QQ cried out as he watched the residents vanish below the city walls.

"They're not disappearing. They're being freed."

Six-Eyes stood nearby. He raised his head to look at the dim yellow rain overhead. "This is Meng Po's Hope for Return. Any Yin Soul—even something like a guillotine—will immediately be freed from all its murderous karma and entanglements. The rain will carry them into the Yellow Springs."

Six-Eyes was also astonished. He hadn't expected Xiao Ran to have connections with Meng Po. That old woman was famously stubborn as a mule; even the King of Hell had to coax her into going to work.

The fact that Xiao Ran had managed to obtain [Hope for Return] from her made Six-Eyes regard Xiao Ran's methods in a new light.

He vaguely remembered that when he'd first met the young man, Xiao Ran's abilities had been utterly unremarkable.

But now, he had first become Plum Blossom Daoist's successor, and then an Yin-Yang Patrol Envoy.

"Hmm...

Could he... really be that legendary Chosen Guardian?"

As Six-Eyes' thoughts wandered off to who knew where, the gloom overhead grew thicker.

It wasn't just raining over the City of All Beings. The downpour covered the entire region.

Even the Yin soldiers in the distance weren't spared. Those touched by the rain gradually turned into wisps of green smoke.

Large numbers of Yin soldiers dissolved into the misty downpour. Just then, Xiao Ran's gaze sharpened. He spotted a banner swaying faintly in the distance,