Let's Pretend Nothing Happened

The solemn and oppressive atmosphere was instantly shattered as the Ghost Realm prison sounded what was probably the loudest siren in its history.

The prison guards ran back and forth nervously, occasionally banging their Iron Chains against the cell bars to deter the restless Prisoners.

The news quickly reached Yanluo King of Hell. Upon hearing it, the dark-faced middle-aged man's expression darkened further. He roared, "How could he have escaped? Wasn't his cultivation already bound by His Ghost Emperor's Soul-Suppressing Iron Chains?"

"Your Majesty, we don't know either."

The Underworld Emissary he was about to cry but had no tears.

"When the patrolling guards passed by the Book of Questions at night, all that was left in the cell was a pair of Iron Chains. We didn't even know when they left."

"Waste!"

Yanluo King stamped his foot, it was unclear whether he was cursing the Underworld Emissary or himself.

"Your Majesty."

One of the Underworld Emissary officials mustered his courage and asked, "What should we do now? It seems that the wanted poster for that guy has been removed by the Immortals from the Immortal Realm..."

"What nonsense could Immortals possibly have! Right now, the Ghost Realm Ghost Emperor. Unless the Ghost Emperor says he'll let him off the hook, he's the number one wanted criminal!"

Yanluo King turned his head and cursed, "Guards, give it to me..."

"Wait a minute."

The sudden sound interrupted Yanluo King's words, and then, a little girl came running out from the shadows beside Yanluo Hall.

The little girl had silver hair and was pretty, but she was short, only about one meter tall. She wore a long white robe with wide sleeves that almost dragged on the ground, and her body made strange clicking sounds when she walked.

"So it was the Puppet Venerable."

Upon seeing the little girl, Yanluo King's expression softened slightly, and he asked, "What brings you here Puppet Venerable?"

"I received intelligence that a Sinners was about to be cast into the Six Paths of Reincarnation has escaped."

The Puppet Venerable tilted its neck, producing a crisp cracking sound.

"What I'm trying to say is, we don't need to catch them."

What does the Puppet Venerable mean?

Yanluo King was somewhat angry.

"Are we to let Sinners go unpunished?"

"Please calm down, King Yanluo. It's not that we want to let Sinners go unpunished, but that we have no choice but to let Sinners go unpunished."

The Puppet Venerable looked up at Yanluo King and said, "The Ghost Realm is in dire need of rebuilding and is short of manpower. If Yanluo King wants to pursue them, who do you intend to send? I certainly can't defeat them, and neither can Ling Venerable, Flame Venerable, or even the Primordial Three Venerables Sinners. Do you really want to trouble Your Majesty to personally apprehend a criminal?"

"This..."

Yanluo King hesitated for a moment, then let out a long sigh.

"Lift the guard; that guy must have already left the Ghost Realm by now."

He instructed the Underworld Emissaries: "Return to your posts and begin your normal duties."

"So, about today's matter..."

"Today..."

After a moment's hesitation, Yanluo King, said, "Let's pretend nothing happened today."

"A wise decision."

The Puppet Venerable nodded.

"Then I shall take my leave, Yanluo King. I still have matters to attend to in the Reincarnation."

After she finished speaking, she left the Yanluo Hall with a series of crisp, loud clattering sounds.

Yanluo King, stared at the figure of this minor Ghost Venerable, remaining silent.

He always felt that the Puppet Venerable knew things they didn't, and her attitude towards this Sinners was also quite subtle.

Although this Puppet Venerable's strength and cultivation level have not reached the level of an immortal Immortal Venerable, and are even inferior to them, his mystery is second to none.

From the moment she appeared until now, her entire body has been a puppet body constructed from Mechanism Arts, and the Puppet Venerable's combat power is also linked to the quality of these puppet bodies.

Since she took office, the Underworld Emissaries have discovered that the Puppet Venerable can appear in different places at the same time, and to this day, no one knows where her true body is.

It's likely that only the Ghost Emperor who promoted her knows her true identity.

On the banks of the Styx, in a secluded spot, two figures stood together.

"I persuaded Yanluo King, to go back."

The short, doll-like girl raised her head and said to the person next to her as if seeking praise.

"Good job, sir."

Bai Qiuran patted the head of the Puppet Venerable beside him and said approvingly, "Yanluo King's style of doing things is acceptable, but he's too inflexible."

The little puppet girl beside him was none other than Puppet Venerable, one of the Three Venerables newly appointed Ghost Realm Venerables promoted by Bai Qiuran.

Back then, she was nobody, using her Divine Ability abilities to work as an inconspicuous Book of Questions Librarian in the Great Library. It was only by spending all her time there that Bai Qiuran discovered her extraordinary qualities.

In fact, Yanluo King and the others were wrong. The Puppet Venerable did not have a true body; rather, she did not have a true body at all.

After she arrived in the Ghost Realm, she never formed a physical body. Instead, she focused on studying Mechanism Arts and used the bodies of puppets as her own.

This physical body, coupled with her masterful Souls Splitting and Reconstitution Method, granted the Puppet Venerable the ability to command from multiple locations simultaneously. Combined with her exceptional management and coordination skills, Bai Qiuran made an exception and made her one of the Three Venerables Ghost Realm Venerables.

This ability also makes the Puppet Venerable's vitality extremely tenacious. She may be the weakest in combat among the Three Venerables, but she is the one with the strongest ability to escape, disguise, infiltrate, and survive.

However, this also made it extremely difficult for the Puppet Venerable to improve her cultivation. The body created by her Mechanism Arts prevented her from cultivating, and if she wanted to break through, she could only rely on her Mechanism Arts to make progress.

If she could create Puppet at the Immortal Venerable level, her combat power would immediately soar to above the Immortal Venerable level.

They'll find out who you are sooner or later.

As Bai Qiuran stroked her head, the Puppet Venerable squinted her eyes, looking quite comfortable. Bai Qiuran wondered if special sensor devices were installed on the heads of these puppet bodies, because whenever he or Jiang Lan touched her head, the girl would show a very comfortable expression.

"It's better to discover it a day later."

Bai Qiuran replied.

"Once I find a pretext to clean up the Immortal Realm, then it won't matter."

Are you leaving again?

Feeling Bai Qiuran's hand leave his head, the Puppet Venerable hurriedly asked.

"Yes, I have to go to the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou."

Bai Qiuran glanced at her.

"Don't worry, Lan'er will come back after I leave and take care of the safety of the Ghost Realm. There's no need to worry."

Upon hearing that Jiang Lan was coming, the Puppet Venerable became happy again.

Seeing her like this, Bai Qiuran couldn't help but smile. He patted the Puppet Venerable's head with a smile and said, "Then after I leave, I'll leave the Six Paths of Reincarnation to the great Puppet Venerable Your Highness."

"Yes."

The Puppet Venerable raised his hand towards Bai Qiuran, his sleeve slipped down, inadvertently revealing the ball joint on his elbow.

"I guarantee the mission will be accomplished, Your Ghost Emperor."