Shang Xingyan's silence was within my expectations. Any normal person would have to weigh the pros and cons, let alone someone who would abandon all sense of shame for profit and survival.

After watching Shang Xingyan remain silent for a long time, I finally asked, "What rank are you?"

Shang Xingyan replied with a hint of arrogance, "This official... oh no, this child has been serving in the Underworld for a hundred years and has already reached the rank of seventh grade."

"Only seventh grade?" I said sarcastically. "You've been working for a hundred years and you're only seventh grade. It seems your skills aren't all that great!"

"It's not..." Shang Xingyan quickly explained, "There are many officials in the Underworld, and promotion is difficult. To be able to within a hundred years..."

I interrupted him before he could finish, "You said it yourself, there are many officials in the Underworld. In other words, besides the top-level existences, the other ghost officials in the Underworld aren't worth much."

Shang Xingyan said with an embarrassed expression, "It can't be said that way, can it?"

I laughed, "Lao Shang, have you ever thought about this? If you really capture me and bring me back to the Underworld, what awaits you? High office and generous salary, or the soul-severing blade on the Ghost Execution Platform?"

"Of course it's..." Shang Xingyan gasped before he could finish speaking.

He wasn't a fool. At first, he might have been blinded by profit, unable to see the truth. But once someone gave him a little nudge, he immediately understood.

Ye Yang and I were the inheritors of Black and White Impermanence and could directly communicate with them. If Shang Xingyan captured us, Black and White Impermanence might not target the top-level figures of the civil official faction, but they definitely wouldn't let him, the vanguard, go.

The Underworld's famous Ten Yama Generals wouldn't find it any more difficult to crush him, a seventh-grade ghost, than swatting a fly.

Moreover, the civil official faction always emphasized a combination of carrot and stick. As long as the goal was achieved, they would eventually reconcile with Black and White Impermanence. As for him, he would definitely be used as a tool to quell the anger of Black and White Impermanence, annihilated in both body and spirit.

Just as Shang Xingyan's face turned extremely ugly, I added, "Lao Shang, not that I'm saying anything, but you've been an official for so many years. Don't you understand what it means that no one has been looking for you since you disappeared for so long?"

"It's reasonable that I didn't pay attention to you because you're just an unimportant enemy of mine."

"But your superior, your colleagues, they didn't notice you either?"

I paused and said, "How about this? I'll ask you a simple question."

"If you return to the civil official faction now, will your colleagues welcome you with open arms, or will they report you to your superior and kick you down?"

"Will your superior offer you warmth and concern, or will they arrest you and interrogate you harshly?"

"This... this..." Shang Xingyan collapsed to the ground, defeated. "I'm doomed."

"Not necessarily!" I said in a deep voice. "I'll say it again, as long as you're willing to stand on our side, you'll have high office and fine horses. What do you think?"

"Heh..." Shang Xingyan gave a bitter laugh. "I'll die if I follow you too. Like you said, I'm just a seventh-grade official. What could possibly make Black and White Impermanence value me?"

"When you haven't figured things out, you're always unwilling. Once you understand, you become disheartened. As the saying goes, which temple doesn't have a wronged ghost? Now that things have come to this, what can I do?"

After hearing this, Ye Yang smiled and raised an eyebrow at me, meaning: Look, you messed up, didn't you? You've crushed him to the point of despair. Now we're screwed.

I laughed, "If I give you the Greedy Wolf Coffin (Tanlang Guan), can you make something of yourself when you go back?"

Shang Xingyan's eyes suddenly lit up. "What Greedy Wolf Coffin?"

I explained the situation of the Greedy Wolf Coffin (Tanlang Guan) in detail. Shang Xingyan's eyes grew brighter and brighter until I finished speaking, then he fell silent again.

After a long while, Shang Xingyan tentatively said, "Can I get the assurance of the two Divine Lords?"

The promise of Black and White Impermanence was the key to making Shang Xingyan work for me!

In Shang Xingyan's view, Ye Yang and I were the agents of Black and White Impermanence in the human realm, but agents were just that. They might not be able to represent the attitude of the gods.

Moreover, hidden agents were also disposable pawns. Once it was necessary to sacrifice a hidden agent, no one who planned the situation would hesitate because of how much merit he had accumulated.

I had long anticipated that Shang Xingyan would ask this question. "Wait a moment, I'll contact the Ancestral Master."

The possibility of me getting a scolding from the Ancestral Master was high, but I still contacted Black and White Impermanence.

The struggle between Underworld agents in the Yang world had already begun. With the style of the civil official faction, it was highly likely that they had already placed hidden agents among the Ten Yama Generals. If we didn't participate in this struggle, we might suffer a great loss.

Just as I activated the Governor's Decree (Xunfu Ling), I heard White Impermanence's voice, "This Seat guarantees you won't die!"

"Thank you, Divine Lord!" Shang Xingyan had just knelt down when Black Impermanence grabbed him from outside the mirror with a hand that stretched through the air.

Black Impermanence said in a deep voice, "Li Po is fully responsible for matters in the Yang world, and we brothers will naturally take care of things in the Underworld. From now on, what Li Po says can represent us brothers."

Just as a warm feeling arose in my heart, White Impermanence kicked me to the ground. White Impermanence's voice followed, "You little bastard, remember this beating for now."