Chapter 137 Coffin Skin

When I arrived at the rooftop near the Land God Temple, Ye Yang was already waiting for me, throwing me a look of disdain as soon as he saw me: "You're making me save your dumb dog life again. I'm still injured, you know."

I rolled my eyes at Ye Yang, but couldn't suppress the curiosity in my heart: "How did your Soul-Shattering Sword touch Chang Jiuzhen?"

Ye Yang had Nie Xiaochun take out a piece of human skin tattooed with a coffin from his bag: "This is the human skin on Sun Qing's back. I found Chang Jiuzhen through it."

"After setting up the Feng Shui array, I stirred up Sun Qing. You guessed wrong on one point. Sun Qing is not Chang Jiuzhen himself, but a descendant of Chang Jiuzhen. All of his family's secret techniques are hidden in the human skin coffin."

"When the previous generation dies, the human skin coffin is peeled off and pasted onto the next generation."

"Sun Qing is the heir to this generation's human skin. Qianhe Hall was run by Sun Qing's father. I stabbed his father to death in the alley with one sword."

"After I got rid of him, I used the human skin on his body to help you. Unexpectedly, it was just in time!"

I narrowed my eyes and looked at Ye Yang: "Isn't there something else you haven't told me?"

It was easy for Ye Yang to kill Chang Jiuzhen with the Soul-Shattering Sword, but it would take some effort to see what was happening on my side. How could his sword have come at just the right moment?

Ye Yang rolled his eyes at me: "You're really not suitable for doing business with girls. You're just a dumbass who only knows how to risk your life. Qin Xin is about to cry."

"Next time you risk your life again, I'll tell Qin Xin not to contact Xiaochun, but to contact the restaurant directly and book a banquet."

I was so angry with Ye Yang that I was gasping for breath, but Zhao Yuezhu covered her mouth and giggled behind me. That dead girl, she saw someone who could specifically deal with me, didn't she?

I have to find a way to trick Ye Yang once, for the dignity of the Liangjie (Two Realms) Hall Master!

Just as I was planning how to deal with Ye Yang, a sound of a copper gong clearing the way suddenly came from the courtyard of the Land God Temple. When we looked down again, a four-carried sedan chair carried by ghost messengers was slowly coming from the Netherworld.

After Shang Xingyan got off the sedan chair, he walked to the middle of the courtyard with his hands behind his back and said, "Why aren't you escorting the souls back to the underworld? What are you doing here?"

Wang Qing quickly ran up and knelt on the ground: "Sir, you must stand up for us!"

Wang Qing told the story with added details, and Shang Xingyan's face darkened slightly: "So, you are gathering people to cause trouble?"

Wang Qing was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "We are not gathering people to cause trouble, we just want to seek justice!"

"Justice?" Shang Xingyan sneered, "Ye Yang only said he wanted to slaughter all the ghost messengers in Wancheng. Did he do it?"

"No... no..." Wang Qing had already realized something was wrong: "But..."

"Shut up!" Shang Xingyan roared, "Ye Yang's words were just bragging in the end. But you disregarded the duties of ghost messengers because of Ye Yang's wild words. Do you think the iron laws of the underworld are just for show?"

"I..." Before Wang Qing could speak, Shang Xingyan waved his hand and said, "Ghost Messenger Wang Qing, you have violated the criminal laws of the underworld. The crime deserves death. Execute him immediately."

"Sir..." Before Wang Qing could defend himself, he was dragged down by the red-clothed ghost messengers brought by Shang Xingyan and beheaded on the spot.

The moment Wang Qing's head fell, all the ghost messengers knelt down, and no one dared to look at Shang Xingyan.

Shang Xingyan glanced coldly at a group of ghost messengers: "Whoever took Li Po's Inspector's Seal, hand it over immediately. This official can be lenient, otherwise, you will all be punished."

Shang Xingyan came up and killed people, and no one dared to hide the matter of the Inspector's Seal anymore, so they quickly handed over the Inspector's Seal that he had taken away.

Then Shang Xingyan put his hands behind his back and said, "Considering that you are first-time offenders, you can be punished lightly. All of you go back to the underworld to receive punishment. This official will send other ghost messengers to take over Wancheng. Get out of here."

When the four red-clothed ghost messengers who carried Shang Xingyan over escorted the large group back to the underworld, Shang Xingyan also appeared in front of me silently, with a face full of smiles, and said, "Master Li, are you satisfied with my handling?"

I was too far away from the Land God Temple to hear what Shang Xingyan said below. After he explained it to me, I frowned and said, "That ghost messenger who tricked Wang Qing into gathering people to cause trouble, was he sent by you?"

"Yes!" Shang Xingyan said, "Master Li is in trouble, I have to make some arrangements, right? Fortunately, we got through this hurdle."

My frown deepened: "Your move is not very good. Have you thought about how to explain it to your superiors when you go back? Moreover, so many ghost messengers have suffered losses. As long as someone investigates a little, you won't be able to hide it."

"Thank you for your concern, Master Li," Shang Xingyan said with a smile, "I have my own way to deal with this."

Seeing that Shang Xingyan was confident, I was not worried that he would not be able to explain it when he went back, but I waved my hand and said, "I thank you for helping me. But, have you thought about it? This time, the civil officials' faction didn't gain any advantage. How will they reuse you?"

"I want you to stand out in the civil officials' faction, not to be mediocre!"

Shang Xingyan's face also turned ugly. He wasn't unaware that his actions would be looked down upon by his superiors, or even abandoned. However, he had no choice. If the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren (Yang Realm Life Borrower) lost the Inspector's Seal, the underworld would not reissue it, which meant that I would lose the qualification of being a Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren.

Shang Xingyan could only risk exposure and gather all the ghost messengers in the Land God Temple, temporarily detaining the Inspector's Seal.