Chapter 441

The Underworld's spokesperson in the human realm?

Upon hearing this, Yu Die stared deeply at Wang Ping'an in the distance, her face full of complex thoughts, and said:

"Lv Qianhu, I think you and he are meeting for the first time; you don't even know him, so how could you know he is the Underworld's spokesperson in the human realm?"

Underworld spokesperson in the human realm?

She has been in the Demon Suppression Office for so many years; how could she not know what this title means? It is one of the liaison officials between the Underworld and the human realm, a cultivator who practices Underworld arts, or even a reborn Underworld entity come to the human realm to temper themselves.

Within Daxia, cultivation methods are myriad; not to mention Underworld cultivation, even demonic cultivation has many who try, cultivating themselves into neither human nor ghost.

She and Wang Ping'an have met before, but to say Wang Ping'an is the Underworld's spokesperson in the human realm is still hard for her to believe.

The Underworld's spokesperson in the human realm is not something just any cat or dog can qualify for.

"Yu Baihu, are you doubting my judgment?"

Lü Tu snorted coldly; although he disliked Yu Die, it was only because he resented her using backdoor connections to become a Baihu in the Demon Suppression Office. On matters of principle, he could still tell right from wrong, and wouldn't go so far as to clash with Yu Die in this situation, giving outsiders a laugh, or possibly letting a third party profit from their quarrel, he said:

"Do you think any human cultivator can casually summon the Guimen Guan?"

"Lv Qianhu, if you are basing this on his ability to summon the Guimen Guan and regard him as the Underworld's spokesperson in the human realm, I think you are still being careless!"

Yu Die reminded: "Over the many years since Daxia's founding, there have still been many cultivators who have trained Soul Salvation to the point of being unfathomable to gods and ghosts."

Not to mention conjuring a false Guimen Guan; even summoning the real Guimen Guan is commonplace.

These matters are recorded in our Demon Suppression Office; I think Lv Qianhu, you shouldn't be unaware of them, right?

"What you say is correct; merely based on this person summoning a Guimen Guan, I would not wholly regard him as the Underworld's spokesperson in the human realm!"

Saying this, Lü Tu paused, looked up at Wang Ping'an in the distance, his expression grave, and in his mind he couldn't help but picture the paper person opening its blood‑filled maw and swallowing Tang Anzhi's soul in one gulp, and he said:

"But this person controls the paper person and can actually swallow Tang Anzhi's soul in one bite—such an ability is unheard of; perhaps only the Underworld possesses it!"

"Lv Qianhu..."

Yu Die opened her mouth, about to say something, but Lü Tu knew this woman wanted to speak contrarily; he didn't know whether it was her cautious prudence making her reluctant to easily believe Wang Ping'an was the Underworld's spokesperson, or her opposing just to oppose, so he spoke first:

"Furthermore, Yu Baihu, do you know that the death of the previous Mountain God of Lion Ridge is closely related to this Imperial Attendant Tang?"

Yu Die frowned and said: "Lv Qianhu, what do you mean by that?"

"As the saying goes: 'If you want no one to know, don't do it.'"

Lü Tu made a sarcastic remark, not knowing whether he was indirectly criticizing; without waiting for Yu Die to answer, he continued speaking:

"A hundred years ago, the Mountain God of Lion Ridge was suddenly attacked by a monster and lost his life; according to information gathered by our Fengyin Prefecture Demon Suppression Office, the former Qingyang County Imperial Attendant Tang Anzhi had a hand in it!"

Yu Die asked, puzzled: "Why would Imperial Attendant Tang harm the previous Mountain God of Lion Ridge?"

"Our former Imperial Attendant naturally wanted a promotion and raise, so he sought merit!"

Lü Tu said with a narrow smile.

Merit? Yu Die was first stunned, then reacted, saying: "Lv Qianhu, if that's the case, why, when Imperial Attendant Tang retired, he still hasn't dealt with the monster occupying Shizi Ling?"

It's not that the monster occupying Shizi Ling is useless; over a hundred years, they couldn't even refine a mere Mountain God Token, but that's normal. A hundred years ago, if it weren't for our previous Immortal Official's sneak attack, which severely wounded the Mountain God of Shizi Ling, how could that monster possibly have killed the previous Mountain God of Shizi Ling?

Lü Tu gave a cold snort, raised his head, looked at Tang Anzhi's corpse not far away, as if thinking of something, his face full of disappointment, said:

Besides the monster occupying Shizi Ling being useless, our previous Immortal Official also knew that even if he killed the evil god who refined the Mountain God Token, with his age and cultivation, wanting a promotion and raise would be as hard as ascending to heaven, so he then thought of another matter, which is why he agreed to Wei Yuan's invitation to serve as an Imperial Attendant in his manor!

Another matter?

Yu Die curiously asked: "I don't know what the other matter you, Lv Qianhu, are referring to is."

Occupying the magpie's nest!

Lü Tu spoke with a complex expression.

"You mean, Imperial Attendant Tang wanted to wait for the monster occupying Shizi Ling to refine the Mountain God Token, then he would go kill that evil god, seize the Mountain God Token, refine it himself, and become the new Mountain God of Shizi Ling?"

Yu Die exclaimed in astonishment: "Could it be that he has a way to contact people in the Underworld, obtain the decree of divinization? Isn't he afraid that the Underworld people will find out, not only not obtaining the decree of divinization, but being deemed an evil god and facing extermination by human cultivators?"

People of the Underworld cannot act in the human realm, but they have connections with many human cultivation sects; anyone who cultivates and slays a ghost or monster deemed an evil god by the Underworld can obtain benefits from the Underworld through special means.

This novel you have reached.

Commander Yu, haven't you heard the old saying, money can make ghosts turn the millstone?

Lü Tu gave a cold snort and said: "Furthermore, what place is Shizi Ling? It's just an ordinary mountain range within Daxia, not even ranking in Daxia, let alone being mentioned alongside other lands' mountains and rivers; how could people of the Underworld possibly care about the origin of the Mountain God of Shizi Ling?"

Moreover, there's another sentence he didn't utter: that Daxia is even more realistic than Daxia, emphasizing even more that the strong are honored.

If.

The monster occupying Shizi Ling, if capable, could contact the Underworld, offer generous gifts, and perhaps obtain the Underworld's decree of divinization, turning from an evil god into a legitimate deity recognized by the Underworld.

Yu Die opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but the words reached her lips and she ultimately couldn't speak, so she changed her wording:

"So Lv Qianhu, that's why you think this person is the Underworld's envoy in the human realm?"

"One or two things could be coincidence, but if so many things can be linked together, then it can't be called coincidence!"

Lü Tu said: "Let's go out!"

"Go out?"

Yu Die asked in confusion.

Lü Tu explained: "Since that person is the Underworld's envoy in the human realm, how could we, the Demon Suppression Office, not meet them? In the future we might even have to deal with them!"

(End of chapter)