Du Yu waited quietly outside. Before he knew it, the sky had darkened.
The door creaked open, and Cui Jue slowly emerged. The hesitation in his eyes had vanished, replaced by a hint of resolve.
"Boss, have you asked your mother?" Du Yu asked.
"Yes." Cui Jue nodded slowly. "Mother hopes even more than I do that the Underworld will have a Judge of the Underworld who understands the greater good."
"Wonderful. Looks like the legend really is over. Now we just have to wait for Lady Houtu to come take you away."
Just then, Du Yu suddenly received a voice transmission.
"Hello, hello, hello? Can you hear me?"
The voice sounded terribly familiar to Du Yu. "Lady Houtu?"
"Yeah. You know me?" the other party said flatly.
"What kind of question is that? Boss, we only met this afternoon. How could I forget you so soon?"
"This afternoon?" Lady Houtu paused thoughtfully, then said, "Are things finished on your end? Has Cui Jue become the Judge of the Underworld?"
"Yes." Although Du Yu felt Lady Houtu was acting strangely, he still nodded. "He's accepted your invitation, boss."
"All right, then. Ask him something for me," Lady Houtu said.
"What?"
"Ask him whether, if one day I ordered him to assassinate the lord of the Underworld, he would be willing."
Du Yu froze for a moment, as though he had not quite understood what she meant.
"Boss... say that again. Maybe the signal was bad and I misheard."
"I said, if one day I told him to assassinate the Eastern Peak Great Emperor of Mount Tai, would he be willing?"
This time, he heard her all too clearly. Du Yu would rather have misheard.
Was this scene part of the legend too? Looking troubled, Du Yu called Xiao Qi. He