Chapter Eighty-Seven: Opening the Ghost Gate

  The black-clothed ghost spoke slowly, his eyes revealing a sense of helplessness and anger.

  "Ever since the land temple was demolished here, the noise of the umbrella repairing itself was too loud and was discovered by that old ghost. He thought this place was a gathering place for three yin evil spirits and wanted to occupy it."

  Xiao Yu heard the words of Tu Gui, and revealed a knowing expression, pointing at Wan Jia Yi, saying: "I came today to take her away and help her return her soul, her physical body is still alive."

  Tǔ Guǐ heard Xiao Yù bring Wàn Jiā Yí's soul away to help her resurrect, scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "So the young master brought her away to help her resurrect, I thought the young master was like that old ghost too, eyeing her extremely yin soul!"

  Xiao Yu heard the earth spirit say that Wan Jia Yi's soul was an extremely yin soul, and he also showed a surprised expression. Extremely yin souls, he only knew of their existence in Zhong Kui's memories, and had never seen one before. He couldn't help but stare intently at Wan Jia Yi's soul, and indeed, Wan Jia Yi's yin energy was extremely thick and pure. No wonder that old ghost would rather give up this three-yin gathering evil place than let go of Wan Jia Yi. Wan Jia Yi's soul was absolutely a top-notch cauldron for yin objects.

  As for the ghostly aura of the earth spirit, he was aware of it. Fortunately, Wan Jia Yi encountered an earth spirit; if she had encountered a malicious ghost, Wan Jia Yi would have probably been made into a sacrificial offering by now.

  Wanjia saw Xiao Yu and Tugui talking about herself, and she had also heard Tugui mention the extremely yin soul before, so she naturally knew what it meant.

  At this time, seeing Xiao You staring at herself, she was afraid that Xiao You would take her away and make her a tripod furnace. Although Xiao You said it was to return her soul, she couldn't help but be very frightened, and quickly hid behind Tugui, revealing only her head and looking at Xiao You timidly. Now, Wan Jiaoyi only dared to believe in Tugui, and didn't dare to trust anyone else.

  Tū guǐ saw Wàn Jiāyí hiding behind his back, naturally knowing her dependence on him. Looking at Wàn Jiāyí, he revealed a doting smile and said: "Don't worry, your master won't harm you!"

  Tu Gui finished speaking, and brought Xiao Ye to the center of the foundation pit. He told Xiao Ye that the聚阴伞 was buried here. Xiao Ye found an abandoned iron shovel from the side and started digging. Fortunately, during this period, he had been practicing Zheng Qi Jue, and his physical strength had increased significantly. Otherwise, according to his previous physique, it would have exhausted him to death.

  Before long, Xiao Yu dug out an oil-paper umbrella from the ground. It was indeed a treasure that had been buried underground for hundreds of years without rotting. Xiao Yu nodded in satisfaction as he opened the oil-paper umbrella, which except for two broken holes, looked brand new.

  "These two holes were damaged during the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth, and after absorbing evil energy for hundreds of years, they still haven't been repaired!" The earth spirit said as he saw Xiao Yu holding an oil-paper umbrella and staring at the two broken holes.

  "Tu Gui, if I take this umbrella of gathering yin energy away, the three yin gatherings and evil spirits here will be broken, and you'll come with me. What about them?" Xiao Ye pointed to the ghosts beside him.

  The earth demon listened to Xiao Yu's words and revealed a wry smile, saying: "Actually, they are like this because of me. Within a hundred meters around here, all are affected by the gathering yin umbrella. They died within this range, missing the time to enter the ghost gate, turning into lonely souls and wild ghosts. I hope Master can help them, letting them enter the ghost gate for reincarnation!"

  "Landlord, we don't blame you. If it weren't for your protection, we wouldn't have known how many times our souls would have scattered by now! Moreover, we still want to thank you, and from time to time, we can still see our children and grandchildren here!"

  One of the older oni, instead of being angry with Tsuchigumo, looked grateful.

  Yes...

  "Landlord, we don't blame you, instead we want to thank you!"

  The remaining ghosts also said so.

  "Do you have anything else to confess? If so, speak up; if not, I'll open the Ghost Gate!" Xiao Ye hurriedly said to these ghosts as he looked at his watch and found that it was already late.

  "It's gone, our family has already moved away, don't know where they went!" several ghosts said.

  "Old Jin, do you have anything else to say? After all, it's only been a few years since you died!" The earth spirit had interacted with them for many years and had developed some feelings for them, so he naturally hoped they would leave in peace. He asked this of an old ghost who was dressed quite neatly.

  Lao Gui thought for a moment and said, "Master Tian Shi, my son is Jin Xianglin of the Wancheng International Group. If you have time or are passing by, please tell him that if he encounters any insurmountable obstacles, he should go open the safe deposit box I left for him at the Swiss bank!"

  This was actually a signal agreed upon by the old ghost and his son when they were young, saying that if one day he died, the person who came to find him with this sentence would be his noble person, if he encountered an impassable ridge, he could go ask this person for help, the old ghost did this just to leave a last trump card or a secret weapon for his son!

  However, the old ghost hadn't found this noble person for his son when he suddenly died of a heart attack. He didn't think that after death, he could meet someone as extraordinary as Xiao Ye, so he thought of this signal and prepared to pave the way for his son.

  "Alright, if I see your son, I'll tell him!" Xiao Yu said seriously.

  "Earth Ghost, give me protection!" Xiao Yu turned around and said to the Earth Ghost. After finishing speaking, he sat down cross-legged and his yin soul escaped again. With his physical body's ability still not enough to open the ghost gate, only his yin soul could complete it.

  "The Gate of Ghosts, open..."

  Xiao Yu's mysterious pattern group formed a big pen in his hand, and with a loud shout, a small whirlpool made of black fog appeared on the empty ground. The whirlpool emitted wave after wave of suction force, drawing all the ghosts, including Tu Gui and Wan Jia-Yi, towards it.

  The earth demon saw that the situation was unfavorable, pulled Wan Jiaoyi who had been sucked up by the whirlpool's suction into a black mist and drilled into the umbrella of gathering yin.

  The ghosts were soon sucked into the whirlpool, and Xiao Yu saw that all the ghosts had entered the ghost gate, so he dispersed his magic power, and the black whirlpool collapsed with a loud noise and disappeared.

  Xiao Yu looked at his own yin soul and couldn't help but smile bitterly, the originally already illusory yin soul now only had a faint outline left.

  Xiao Yu didn't expect that opening the Ghost Gate would consume so much energy, fortunately his own yin soul had been strengthened by Zhong Kui's true spirit in the past, causing Xiao Yu's yin soul to undergo a slight transformation, and Xiao Yu's yin soul contained a hint of Zhong Kui's aura, otherwise the Ghost Gate wouldn't be something that just anyone could open.

  Xiao Yu's soul returned to his body, and he stood up, but his figure didn't stabilize for a moment, and he almost fell over. Xiao Yu couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

  Tǔ guǐ and Wàn Jiāyí hid in the yīn umbrella, feeling that the ghost gate outside had closed, Tǔ guǐ then took Wàn Jiāyí and flew out.

  "Little master, are you alright?!" Tū Guǐ saw Xiāo Yù walking with a floating pace and pale face, and couldn't help but ask with concern.

  "It's nothing... you all go back under the parasol first, we should leave!" Xiao Yu said with a wry smile.

  At this time, from the direction where the two male classmates in front of Xiao Yu ran away, came a burst of noisy voices and the sound of police sirens in the distance. Upon hearing the police siren, Xiao Yu put his mind at ease, as he was just thinking about how to deal with those fainted female classmates.

  Xiao Ye walked out of the middle corridor of the three buildings, turned around, and with the help of the faint moonlight, saw that two boys and several police officers had arrived at the place where several girls fainted, then turned and walked into the night.

  Outside the construction site, Song Hushan and Wan Hongguang were still anxiously waiting on the road. The cigarette butts scattered on the ground proved the anxiety in their hearts. From time to time, they looked inside through the gap between the two iron sheet fences.

  Song Hua Ling and Zhou Ruo Ying sat in the car, at this time, both of them had already calmed down, with anxious faces occasionally looking towards the construction site. Xiao Ye had been stuck on the construction site for over an hour, nothing should go wrong!

  Looking at the construction site in the darkness, the two of them suddenly thought of everything they had seen on the edge of the site and couldn't help but shiver, shrinking their necks, not daring to look in the direction of the site again.

  Wan Hongguang's driver and three female police officers were on guard around them. Although the three female police officers didn't show much change in their expressions, every time they looked towards the construction site, their pupils would slightly constrict, revealing that the people's hearts weren't as calm as they seemed on the surface.

  "Here, out..." When Wan Hongguang and Song Hushan looked inside through the gap in the iron fence, they suddenly saw a black shadow walking towards them from afar, and by the outline, it should be Xiao Ye.