"Where is Zhou Qingmei?"
He Pingsheng spoke bluntly.
"No!" Hearing He Pingsheng's words, Ox Head jumped in fright. "No, no, no... brother, anyone else would be fine, but not Zhou Qingmei!"
"The Prefecture Lord has personally asked about her!"
"And he could summon her for questioning at any moment. If anything goes wrong, we're all finished!"
"That's all right!" He Pingsheng said. "When the time comes, you can put all the blame on me!"
"I'll bear it all myself!"
It was not that He Pingsheng was generous or unafraid of death.
Rather, he knew something of the Underworld's rules.
The Underworld's rule was to settle accounts after death.
Even if he wreaked havoc in the Underworld today, once he returned to the Spirit Realm, they could not possibly haul him back.
Only after he died could the Underworld continue settling the Cause and Effect Power attached to him.
Who knew how many years away that would be?
If I fucking become an Immortal, I might not even enter the Underworld.
Why worry about all that?
"My time is very limited!" He Pingsheng said. "Keep dawdling, and some of you will die!"
His voice was cold and stern.
Yet flashes of lightning crackled over his body.
"Fine!" Ox Head said. "You're the one doing this, anyway. We're only being coerced. It has nothing to do with us!"
"Come along!"
"Whether you can take her away will depend on your abilities!"
Then Ox Head led the way, and everyone followed.
Countless ghosts in the cages on either side stretched out their hands, shrieking as they tried to grab He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng was puzzled. "What's going on? Why are they all trying to grab me?"
Although none caught him, the sight was still frightening.
Horse Face said, "Just ignore them. These are