Chapter 147: An unexpected ally (2/2)

Hou Yi frowned and fell silent.

”I'll believe it when I see it, but I still can't believe that an imperial court member was a malevolent creature.”

”Thank you for giving me the benefit of the doubt, Hou Yi, we've shared a long friendship,” Zhong Kui smiled, albeit with a creepy smile due to his 'underworldly' appearance.

Hou Yi pointed his finger at the former and said, ”It's only because it's you, I'll take care of these two as you as soon as this is proven untrue.”

With that, they forged a temporary and fragile alliance.

However, they had to prove the existence of the ghost kings, and that the imperial court member was one of them to avoid the wrath of this archer.

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After that, Zhong Kui and Hou Yi explained their shared backstory.

”Hou Yi was the strongest of the mortals, and the most courageous, but he died often because of his mortality.”

”Every time he died, his wife, the moon goddess, would go on a rampage and Yan Wang had to chase him out every time.”

Zhong Kui coughed and said, ”As you might know, Yan Wang hates-

”When people leave his realm?” Alex finished the sentence.

”Exactly.”

”Zhong Kui, stop with that backstory, it's embarrassing, and I'm an immortal now.”

Whenever Alex tried to speak to Hou Yi, the latter simply said, ”I can't speak to you, if you two turn out to be pleasant people, I won't be able to eliminate you.”

Since they were together, they helped with the evacuation effort from the flood plains and saved some of the villagers.

”Why were you so rash as to kill a court member in his own territory?” Hou Yi asked Hermes with a strange look on his face.

”Exactly, we didn't kill a 'court member',” Hermes replied with resolve.

With the help of three more powerful gods, they saved most of the villagers.

”Now then, prove to me that this ghost king exists.”

Truthfully, they didn't know where to start.

”Do you have a yin qi detection talisman?” Alex asked Hou Yi.

The archer searched through his pockets and took out a golden piece of paper.

They had to search manually for the places with the highest concentration of yin qi.

Alex flew out into the sky and began his survey.

The talisman glowed a red color mostly everywhere due to the natural disaster, but there had to be exceptions and standout areas.

”Bingo.”

The talisman in his hand shined with a blinding light, and if there was a ghost king who hadn't abandoned his ghostly form like the imperial court member, he was likely to be here.

Suddenly, his expression took a sour turn.

He was over a hilly area, and it was likely here, but the talisman gradually lost its shine.

As he moved slightly to the west, the talisman regained its brightness again.

”The yin qi is...moving?” They did not encounter such an occurrence last time.

He looked around at anything that moved west around here.

There wasn't anything, except...

”The clouds?” Alex found it unlikely, but he memorized the formation of the cloud around this area and went back to his group.