I'll Quit Being a God-Novel

Chapter 397: New Year's Eve

Inside the ruins of the Zhuxian Ancient City, You Yue followed by Lu Heng, reported to Lu Heng about the progress of the construction of the Underworld.

The current Underworld still suffers from a dire shortage of manpower.

Although the Fire Pass Country should have already accumulated a considerable number of souls, with King Zhennan's departure from the Youxiong Country, there will also be an increasing number of souls awaiting employment in the Underworld.

Lu Heng had no time to return to the Fire Pass Country before and was unable to bring back the souls of the deceased to the Underworld.

However, with the arrival of Black and White Impermanences, there is no longer a need for Lu Heng to personally run errands.

Just by informing the Fire Pass Country, temporary construction of a few coordinate anchor points can be arranged, and the Wuyou and Wuyu siblings, who possess divine powers of impermanence, can naturally shuttle between the mortal realm and the Underworld, bringing the souls from the mortal realm into the realm of the Underworld.

This is a special power bestowed upon the ghost cultivator by the position of the Impermanence Ghost. Apart from this, ninety-nine percent of ghost cultivators are unable to easily traverse between the realms of Yin and Yang.

Even the current Chakravartin You Yue is unable to rely on her powers to travel back and forth between the mortal realm.

Of course, once the Underworld is truly established in the future, there will certainly be a method for high-ranking ghost cultivators to enter the mortal realm. However, at least for the foreseeable future, besides Lu Heng, only the Wuyou and Wuyu siblings will have the freedom to come and go between the mortal realm.

After completing her report, You Yue suddenly smiled and said, "Isn't the Wolf God currently looking for your disciple? Why not send Wuyou and Wuyu siblings to explore the mortal realm?"

"These two siblings can transform into myriad forms, allowing them to directly act as avatars in the mortal realm, gathering information. As long as the Wolf God is willing, no movement or rustle in the world will escape the keen senses of the Wolf God."

You Yue's proposal left Lu Heng momentarily stunned.

Soon after, he also smiled and said, "Good idea, we can give it a try. Those evil demons may have powerful concealment techniques, but ultimately, they cannot simply vanish into thin air."

"Let Wuyou and Wuyu siblings search around the mortal realm, it won't take long to find their whereabouts. Moreover, with these siblings acting as avatars, even if they are discovered and killed by the evil demons, the demise of their avatars will not affect their true selves… Yes, it's a good idea."

You Yue's proposal filled Lu Heng with great joy.

He pursued the group of demons for half a year, but could never ascertain their exact whereabouts. He could only trail closely behind them, biding his time, neither too far nor too close, waiting for an opportune moment.

However, the recent divine ordainment of the Black and White Impermanences indeed bestowed upon Lu Heng a new opportunity.

After a discussion with You Yue amidst the ruins, Lu Heng returned to the mortal realm. Within the swirling snowflakes, the accumulated snow in the mountains was alarmingly thick.

This morning, the snow stopped for a while, but now it is falling again, and the accumulated snow in the mountains and fields is continuously thickening. It is almost reaching waist-deep for a person.

In such a world of ice and snow, ordinary creatures are indeed unable to travel.

However, the little girl carrying the Heavenly Thunder Sword approached from beyond the mountains, treading upon the soft and thick accumulated snow, without leaving a single footprint along her journey.

For this Lunar New Year's Eve dinner, Xiao Ai can be described as toiling and laboring, as she bought numerous ingredients from the city. With the return of the little girl, the kitchen of Green Bamboo Garden quickly bustled with activity.

Meanwhile, Lu Heng sat on the terrace overlooking the lake, consecrating the Heavenly Thunder Sand puppet, while awaiting the completion of the Lunar New Year's Eve dinner.

As for the newly appointed Black and White Impermanence, after the siblings arrived in the mortal realm, they disappeared into the mountains and fields in search of Sun Yan's whereabouts.

Lu Heng can be certain that the group of demons is currently within the area he is in, and the distance between them is no more than three hundred li.

This territory, one might say, is not vast, but it is neither small. If Lu Heng were to fly swiftly, he could search the entire area in a very short time. However, in doing so, the target would be too conspicuous, making it easy for the group of demons to sense Lu Heng's presence and promptly evade.

However, the investigation of Wuyou and Wuyu siblings is different.

With the divine authority bestowed upon them by the Black and White Impermanence, coupled with their unique state of existence that lies between reality and illusion, they can swiftly travel through the mountains and fields, surreptitiously inspecting all suspicious locations without the need for light-footed movements or revealing any traces of their presence.

Moreover, the siblings have the ability to transform into countless forms. These manifestations can scatter and search the entire land. Not even a blade of grass or a single leaf can escape their watchful eyes if they are suspected.

Since then, it has become nearly impossible for the demons to escape from Lu Heng by relying on their concealment techniques. Even if they manage to elude Lu Heng's divine consciousness, they would never be able to withstand the meticulous search carried out by the Black and White Impermanence siblings, who can comb through mountains and seas, examining every inch of land and every piece of turf with an unwavering resolve.

Therefore, Lu Heng completely relaxed, calmly seated on the terrace, cultivating with the Heavenly Thunder Sand puppet, while awaiting the New Year's Eve dinner prepared by Xiao Ai, and the good news from the Wuyou and Wuyu siblings.

As the sky darkened under the same gloomy expanse, within the village overtaken by demons, the roaring bonfire ignited once again at the village center.

The incident that occurred in the early morning didn't disrupt the atmosphere of the demons.

The emaciated and indifferent teenage boy buried the lifeless body of the girl, who had hanged herself, along with the scattered remains of her younger brother at the village entrance, and then silently returned to the small square in the center of the village.

Four demons were also present here, but no one paid him any attention.

Xie Yunniang glanced up, shook her head, and then closed her eyes to continue her cultivation.

Ning Po, on the other hand, couldn't be bothered to even open his eyes and take a glance, as if he hadn't noticed anything at all.

And the perpetually quirky Red-blue Twin Devils, this time, as if oblivious to everything, didn't mock the young man who was not far away, seemingly unaware of the little girl's death.

Even for a whole day, the two devils were so bored that they resorted to hurling insults at each other, trading verbal abuses back and forth just to pass the time, completely ignoring Sun Yan without a single taunt, silently agreeing to disregard the frail young man.

As the demons didn't come to provoke, Sun Yan also paid no attention to that group of demons. There were no vicious words spoken about what he would do, nor any expression of fierce hatred in his chilling gaze towards those demons.

He simply sat alone in the snowy landscape, sitting cross-legged with closed eyes, focusing on his cultivation. The ethereal spiritual energy swirled around his body, continuously being absorbed by him, solidifying the cultivation that had previously been artificially boosted and forcefully infused into his body by the demonic cultivators.

It appears that even he was unaware of the little girl's hanging suicide.

The whole village was quiet, with an eerie touch.

Until nightfall, when the raging bonfire turned into the sole source of light beneath the pitch-black canopy of the sky, the voices of the Red-blue Twin Devils echoed throughout the entire mountain village.

"It's time, it's time. On New Year's Eve, everyone come out of the house."

"We always keep our word. On New Year's Eve, those who are selected to die and those who are not will survive."

"Indeed! We shall certainly claim the life of one more living person, and of course, not spare a single dead person… hehehe…"

Within the sinister laughter of the Red-blue Twin Devils, the doors of the village were pushed open, one by one. The villagers, who had been hiding in their houses for three days without daring to venture outside, now, under the command of the malevolent spirits, timidly emerged from their homes, obediently gathering in the small square at the center of the village.