The White Ghost walked to the door. His wound was so deep that the bone was visible. With great effort, he pulled the young Jun He and Chi Yu out of the pile of corpses.
As soon as the White Ghost released their restraints, the young Jun He went crazy. He turned around, opened the door, and was about to rush out.
Seeing this, Chi Yu stepped forward and hugged Jun He tightly, shouting at him:
"Jun He, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to kill them! I'm going to save my mother. Let go of me!"
Jun He struggled desperately, but Chi Yu hugged him even tighter and refused to let go.
"Outside are all the Heavenly Soldiers. If you rush out, you'll only be walking into a dead end."
"Even if I die, I have to save my mother. She can't die." At this point, Jun He finally couldn't hold back his tears and sobbed painfully.
His cry was like that of a child who couldn't find his mother, so heart - rending that it made Chi Yu's eyes well up with tears.
The White Ghost pressed his chest and walked up to the two of them. "Stop crying. Let's go upstairs and figure things out."
After saying that, the White Ghost planted his mourning staff on the ground. The souls of the demons and ghosts lying in the pool of blood condensed into quicksand, flowing out of the window with the blood on the ground.
The entire City of Eternal Night instantly returned to its former appearance, but the people were gone, and it was desolately quiet.
The two kids were quite sensible. They supported the White Ghost and went upstairs, then laid him on a lounge chair.
"Jun He, my wound hurts badly. Go to your mother's room and get some healing pills for me."
Jun He looked at the White Ghost's wound and frowned. All the arrogance he had shown before when facing the White Ghost was gone. I even saw pity on his face.
He nodded slightly at the White Ghost and quickly ran to the second floor.
"Seventh Master, bear with it. I can help you heal your wound." Chi Yu squatted down and placed her two hands, one on top of the other, on the White Ghost's chest.
A colorful glaze light flashed between her fingers. In a short while, the wound on the White Ghost's chest had healed.
The White Ghost lowered his eyes and looked at the healed wound without showing any surprise.
"I deliberately sent him away. There are no healing pills in his mother's room at all." The White Ghost said languidly.
Chi Yu sat sideways on the ground, her hands on her knees, without raising her head.
She asked in a low voice, "I know... Does Seventh Master want me to do something?"
"You're a smart kid. You can tell at a glance that I have my own agenda."
"Jun He is an impulsive kid. If he goes to the Heavenly Court, he'll probably go but never come back. After all, the disaster in the Underworld was all caused by Crown Prince Yuan and you. So I was thinking..."
"Cough, cough, cough..."
The White Ghost coughed twice and continued, "The Heavenly Court is heavily guarded. Familiar faces will be discovered as soon as they get close. So it's better for a new face to go in... And you're the perfect candidate."
Chi Yu was silent and just nodded.
"No... If we're going, I'll go with him." Their conversation was heard clearly by Jun He, who hadn't found any pills.
"I've known for a long time that you wanted to send me away, Seventh Master. It's my mother who was taken away. Of course, I'll be the one to save her. I'll never let anyone else do it for me."
As soon as Jun He finished speaking, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he fell unconscious.
"Seventh Master, please take Jun He away. Leave the rest to Chi Yu and me."
The person speaking was none other than Gu Yuan.
"Gu Yuan, why are you back? Didn't I tell you to hide in the human world?" When Chi Yu saw Gu Yuan, her worry outweighed her joy.
"Seventh Master is right. It's all because of me. How can I escape alone and ignore the Underworld? The landlady tricked me out today. I felt something was wrong, but I still came back too late. But don't worry, Seventh Master. I'll settle this score with the Heavenly Court sooner or later."
Gu Yuan's eyes were filled with cold light and extreme disappointment.
"What's the use of you coming back? You'll just be going to your death. Right now, only this little girl has a mysterious identity. She can sneak in as a little maid without being noticed. Crown Prince Yuan, your identity is too conspicuous."
The White Ghost still wanted to persuade Gu Yuan to leave quickly, but he had made up his mind and would never stand by and let Chi Yu take risks.
"Gu Yuan, let me go. I want to fight side by side with them." Although Jun He was awake, he didn't have the strength in his body.
"Take him away. Go to a place where the Heavenly Soldiers can't find him. They're not targeting Jun He, so they probably won't pursue him relentlessly."
The White Ghost heaved a heavy sigh. "Alright, then I'll have to trouble Crown Prince Yuan. After I send Jun He to a safe place, I'll come back to assist you."
"No, I'm not leaving. I want to be with Chi Yu. I've sworn that I'll protect her for the rest of my life. Gu Yuan... You're so despicable. We agreed to compete fairly, but you actually..."
Before Jun He could finish his words, the White Ghost pressed hard on his neck, and he fainted.
Everything in front of him plunged into darkness.
"What's going on? Why is it so dark in front of me?" I anxiously grabbed Jun He's arm and asked.
"Do you even need to ask? The person is unconscious. Of course, it's pitch - black in front of him."
"Right. I'm looking from your perspective. Wouldn't you not be able to see how the two of them save people?"
"Save people? Hehe..."
Just as I was feeling confused, the scene in front of me started playing again like a movie.
At this moment, Jun He was in a grotto. His hands and feet were chained, and there were all kinds of hideous demons and ghosts on the walls.
Jun He looked up. It seemed that he had been locked in a dungeon. Through the faint light above his head, he could only see a part of the grotto.
"Where is this? Why are you here? Where's the White Ghost?" I quickly asked.
As soon as I finished asking, the figure of the White Ghost appeared in Jun He's sight.
At this moment, the White Ghost was also trapped in the grotto, but he was in a worse state. His body was lacerated by whips.
Seeing this, the young Jun He dragged his chains and took a few steps towards the White Ghost.
But a "muffled groan" diverted his attention.
In the dark corner, there was another person. She was completely immersed in a blood pool.
All kinds of unidentifiable wriggling creatures in the blood pool were gnawing at her body. This person had been tortured beyond recognition and didn't even have the strength to call for help.
Just as I was wondering who this person was, Jun He recognized her at a glance.
"Chi Yu... Chi Yu..."
He rushed into the blood pool without hesitation, trying to pull Chi Yu out.
But his chain was connected to the chain that had been dug into Chi Yu's collarbone.
As soon as he tried to get closer to Chi Yu, the hook in her collarbone would tear at her flesh and pull her out of the blood pool.
Chi Yu's body was lifted into the air. Her whole body trembled, and the blood flowed down her hands and feet. She murmured weakly, "Pain..."