Black Underworld Official said coldly, "Zhang Zhongxing is dead. His soul belongs to the underworld and has nothing more to do with the Zhang family. I enforce the law by my own measure. Since you are also a cultivator, I'll let this pass without holding it against you." With a sweep of his wide sleeve, everyone ordinary in the area fainted. Their brief memories of seeing the Underworld Officials also slowly grew muddled.
Xu Yi went along with it and "fainted" too.
White Underworld Official pointed at Xiu Niang and berated her. "Audacious demon! You dare run amok on the streets of Tokyo City? Are you looking to die?"
Xiu Niang cupped her fists. "Please hear me out, Immortals. Zhang Zhongxing and I were husband and wife. He died today, and I kept his soul only to ease my longing for him. I beg you, Superior Officers, to show some leniency." As she spoke, she flipped her hand and produced two Incense Beads.
The two Underworld Officials exchanged a glance. Black Underworld Official beckoned, drawing the two Incense Beads over, and each took one.
After pocketing the Incense Beads, Black Underworld Official flew into a rage. "Audacious demon! You dare bribe an Underworld Official? Do you really take us, the two gods who patrol by day and by night, for filthy, shameless wretches? Zhang brothers, did you see that clearly?"
The Zhang brothers immediately swore to heaven, "This vile woman tried to bribe the two Immortal Officials, but she's badly mistaken. A brazen woman who dares disrupt the order of reincarnation has committed a capital offense against the laws of Heaven. We brothers are willing to help you Superior Officers capture her and leave her to your disposal."
Their phrase, "leave her to your disposal," showed just how shrewd the