Chapter 374 - River of Forgetfulness in the Wrong Position ! (2/2)

“He’s… out!” Everyone stared on in disbelief.

Indeed!

With a flick of his wrist, Yi Qing caused a spirit sword to land in front of Song Ren, forcing him to turn around and run back the same way that he was forced to run out of the city.

The boundaries of this city did not work against Song Ren. No wonder he made it to the immortal realm.

Song Ren was so scared that he was now curled up into a ball in between Shen Ying and Yi Qing He raised his head to look at all the other ghosts and trembled again. He inched closer to the two of them. This time, he had no guts to touch Yi Qing again. He reached out for Shen Ying instead.

Before he touched her, however, Yi Qing reacted. It was as if he had a certain sensor. With a gaze ten times colder than before, he glared at Song Ren.

Little bastard! What are you trying to do?

(艹皿艹)

Yi Qing stepped to the side so that he now stood between the ghost and Shen Ying. Then, he grabbed Shen Ying up by the collar and conjured a seal to make his ghostly body more tangible. It was then that he turned to address the group of ghosts. “Do any of you recognise him? He used to live in this city.”

All the ghosts paused and tried to look closely at Song Ren, whose face was green from fear. One by one, they shook their heads.

“Never before. I may have known him when I was alive, but I don’t remember..”

“Exalted Immortal, did he die in this city too? It doesn’t look like it.”

“That’s right – he’s much worse than the rest of us. He’s not even as scary as the Hanging Ghost.”

“That’s right, just one look and I know he’s a good-for-nothing ghost.”

“…”

Yi Qing’s expression darkened. It looked like he was not going to be able to find out much else. He wanted to find out why Song Ren died, and find out why he had so much grievous energy in his body. He had not expected to find an entire ghost town filled with ghosts who had no recollection of how they died.

“Master, what do you think we should do with all of these ghosts?” Yi Qing turned to Shen Ying and asked hesitantly.

“Huh?” Shen Ying, who was reaching out to grab another fruit, paused and tilted her head. “What do you think?”

“I think this is too strange.” Yi Qing’s expression remained stern. “There are so many ghosts here – they can’t be trapped here forever. I think I want to bring them to the River of Forgetfulness in the Underworld.” Shortie was not there. They could only bring these ghosts to the Underworld through the River of Forgetfulness.

“Aright.” Shen Ying picked a pastry out of Yi Qing’s bag, instead of a fruit. She nodded as if she had no other opinion. She had not been listening to what was going on, anyway.

Chef turned around to address the group of ghosts. Using both of his hands, he conjured a huge array which appeared beneath all of their feet. The Yin Qi around the ghosts’ bodies dissipated. Even the ghosts that looked the most terrifying were slowly beginning to recover their original looks. They no longer looked as horrible as they did before. A power that flowed like a river began to wrap around them.

The next moment, the ghosts all turned into green smoke which floated downward. They were about to disappear into the array, yet their bodies began to flash and a huge group of ghosts turned up in the middle of the main pathway once again. Even the array below Yi Qing’s feet broke apart.

Huh?

Yi Qing jumped, looking at his own hands in disbelief. How could this be? Why was he unable to send the ghosts up? Even if this place was isolated from the rest of the world, it was not like a realm beyond realms. There was no reason they would not be able to enter the River of Forgetfulness, unless…

His heart fell as he squatted down and placed his hand on his chest. Overcome with shock, he turned to face Shen Ying. “Master, there is no River of Forgetfulness under the ground!”

“Oh.” Shen Ying tilted her head and pointed above. “I think it’s on top.”

What?

He looked up at the grey skies and activated his assistant authority to look. There, in the middle of the sky, was a golden river that flowed through the entire ghost town.

The River of Forgetfulness… was in the sky!

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