Nalan Huaide smiled slightly, "Lord Shang, I would like to ask Young Master Li a few questions. There shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Shang Xingyan said, "Of course, Lord Nalan, please feel free."

I glanced at the young civil official and said, "Learn from your master. Is it that hard to speak like a human being?"

"You..." The young civil official was so angry that smoke came out of his ears. He wanted to come up and argue with me, but Nalan Huaide stopped him.

Nalan Huaide asked with a smile, "Young Master Li, may I ask why you appeared on this desolate mountain at midnight?"

"To wait for them!" I pointed outside. "How could I spare those people who dared to impersonate my master?"

Nalan Huaide said, "Our constables found Zhu Ziyan's traces near you."

I replied, "In the beginning, I was indeed with her. Later, I let her go."

"From my master's perspective, Zhu Ziyan is, after all, my elder. I can't kill her, can I?"

Before Nalan Huaide could speak, I added, "Of course, I won't just watch you take her away, so! To save trouble, I can only let her go!"

Nalan Huaide was speechless for a moment.

Nalan Huaide was, after all, a civil official and wasn't familiar with the ways of the constables. He could only quietly give his subordinates a look.

A red-clothed ghost soldier quickly approached and whispered a few words into Nalan Huaide's ear. The latter nodded slightly and said, "Young Master Li, my subordinates found Zhu Ziyan's aura beneath your feet. This official strongly suspects that you used the art of feigned death to bury Zhu Ziyan beneath you."

My face immediately darkened. "Good! Since Lord Nalan says so, how about we make a bet?"

"You can dig the ground open in front of everyone!"

"If Zhu Ziyan is below, I will commit suicide here and my soul will return to the underworld with you to plead guilty!"

"If Zhu Ziyan isn't below, you have to give me equal compensation."

Nalan Huaide immediately laughed, "Young Master is joking. Among us, who is more noble than Young Master? I can't afford to take this bet!"

"However, I mobilized nearly a thousand constables from the Ministry of Justice. If I only helped Young Master to kill a few ghosts, I'm afraid I won't be able to report back to the Judge, let alone explain to the Yama King!"

Nalan Huaide was clearly using the Judge and the Yama King to pressure me.

However, I already felt the fluctuations coming from nearby—Gui Da's forbidden technique was already on the verge of being unleashed. I didn't need to waste time with Nalan Huaide anymore.

I took a step back, "Lord Nalan, please!"

I seemed to be yielding to the other party, but the position I was standing in was directly opposite Nalan Huaide. He was essentially shielded by me.

Nalan Huaide obviously didn't expect that I would be so straightforward and instinctively frowned, "Young Master Li..."

Before Nalan Huaide could finish his words, a scream came from outside. When everyone turned their heads at the same time, they only saw a place surrounded by ghost soldiers erupt in a soaring blaze.

The dazzling pillar of fire shot straight into the sky, and the surrounding ghost soldiers were engulfed by the flames, their bodies and souls destroyed.

In the blink of an eye, five more pillars of fire rose one after another.

In just a few seconds, the fire illuminated half the mountain.

"Retreat!" I slammed both palms into the ground at the same time!

The loose soil that had already been dug up by me and Ye Yang was lifted up by my palm force, revealing a shallow pit.

I first threw Su Su into the pit, and then wanted to grab Ye Yang, but he kicked me onto Su Su. Before I could get up, Ye Yang followed and pressed me into the pit.

The three of us had just laid down when an earth-shattering roar erupted on the hillside. The whistling yin wind, amidst the red light filling the mountain, was like a flurry of knives, slashing across the sky. The screams of the ghost soldiers had not yet faded away before they were drowned out by the endless sound of blades.

At this moment, if I looked up, I would have seen countless fiery curved blades crisscrossing in the mountains, dancing wildly in the air. The airtight curved blades were unavoidable and unstoppable.

I wasn't afraid to face the eight ghosts other than Gui Da. Although the other eight ghosts were strong, they weren't invulnerable.

The only thing I didn't dare to face was Gui Da's forbidden technique.

When the forbidden technique was activated, gods and ghosts alike would be slain, leaving not a blade of grass behind.

The forbidden technique that Gui Da launched at the cost of burning six ghosts was enough to flatten half a mountain if no one stopped it.

I was betting that Nalan Huaide had brought a major underworld weapon to deal with the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

But I didn't expect that I would be pinned down by Ye Yang.

If Nalan Huaide hadn't had time to activate the ghost weapon and had been torn to pieces by the wind blades, Su Su and I might not have died, but Ye Yang would definitely have turned into a pile of minced meat.

I struggled to switch places with Ye Yang, but that guy pressed me on top of Su Su.

Just as I was at my wit's end, a series of rumbling sounds suddenly came from the ground, sounding as if thousands of troops were colliding their weapons in the air.

I only felt the earth beneath me rising and falling amidst the deafening roar. The three of us were sinking continuously with the tremors of the ground, and the soil falling from above was constantly burying us.

Although I had learned the forbidden technique from Gui Da, I had never seen him actually use it. Because using the forbidden technique required a great price, he only taught me, not let me practice it.

Although I had estimated the power of Gui Da's forbidden technique, I didn't expect it to be so violent.

At this rate, even if the three of us didn't die under the forbidden technique, we would be buried alive in this mountain.