With the stairway to heaven gone, Hell descended into chaos. As the Hell Path was one of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, its turmoil meant the Underworld was hardly any better off.
The Four Great Yin Spirits were taking a break and had only played two rounds of mahjong when a jailer rushed in. "Reporting to Ox-Head and Horse-Face! Something terrible has happened!"
"What are you panicking for? With the Great Emperor guarding the Underworld, what have you got to fear?" Ox-Head said calmly. Did this fellow not realize who they were working for now? That was Dongwang Gong.
"No, that's not it! The souls in the Underworld have suddenly grown agitated! They should have been soothed after the Ghost Festival, but for some reason, a lot of them are causing trouble today. We don't have enough people!"
"Not enough people?" Horse-Face was speechless too.
"After the Great Emperor took charge of the Underworld, the benefits improved and there was more entertainment. Quite a few of the brothers took leave to visit their families. Of course, some went off to do other things because their shifts were quiet. Now that trouble has suddenly broken out, many of them can't get back in time!"
"Have you asked the Mount Tai God for help?" Lu Pan frowned. The ten courts of Yin Mountain in the Underworld were merely its basic forces. Its real elite forces were the Four Ghost Emperors, who served under Huang Feihu!
Lu Pan had not called him Great Emperor Fengdu directly because the Heavenly Dao had long since stripped Huang Feihu of his divine office over life and death.
"We did. They said they were busy with official duties around Mount Tai and couldn't spare any manpower right now!"
Bastards! Anger flared in Lu Pan's heart. *That's nothing