Chapter 62: The Messengers of the Underworld

  "Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" A cry of surprise came from the doorway. Liu Lan rushed over and helped Xiao Chen up.

  Liu Lan, who was resting in the mansion arranged by Ding Heng, waited for Xiao Chen to return but he didn't come back. Liu Lan became anxious and worried that something might have happened to Xiao Chen, so she hastily rushed towards him.

  In the anxious cries of Liu Lan, Xiao Chen finally managed to open his eyes with difficulty. "Xiao Chen, it's great, it's great, you're fine. Do you know that just now, you scared me to death? Wuuu!" Overjoyed and tearful, Liu Lan tightly hugged Xiao Chen.

  "I'm fine, Liu Lan, don't worry about me!" At this moment, Xiao Chen felt extremely weak and drained, making even the slightest movement, like bending his little finger, seem incredibly difficult. He let out a long sigh, although his memories had stopped abruptly when he was completely crazy. However, Xiao Chen understood that something terrifying must have happened next.

  "What the heck is this thing? Why is it so eerie?" Staring at the object on his right wrist, which was called a "宿命手镯" (Destiny Bracelet) by the Underworld's Judge Cui. At this time, that eerie and cold glow had faded away, and the bracelet had returned to its original dull and lightless state.

  If Xiao Chen knew that the Suo Ming hand ring had another name called Devil's Ring, I wonder what he would think?

  "Xiao Chen, as long as you're fine, as long as you're fine!" Liu Lan still tightly hugged Xiao Chen, having already lost her only relative, her grandfather, she couldn't lose the man in front of her whom she deeply loved.

  "Liu Lan, you should let go first, you can't keep me sitting on the ground forever, right?" Xiao Chen smiled wryly, but for some reason, an extremely warm feeling rose up in his heart.

  "Oh, oh!" The beautiful girl finally came to her senses, she hastily helped Xiao Chen up from the ground, "Right, Xiao Chen, what exactly happened here? And that little girl, where did she go?"

  Looking at the dilapidated hut, Liu Lan was full of doubts. Facing Liu Lan's inquiry, Xiao Chen fell silent. After a long while, he whispered, "Liu Lan, if I said that I didn't know anything and couldn't remember anything, would you believe me?"

  Xiao Chen was also very aware that his words sounded extremely absurd and ridiculous.

  "Xiao Chen, no matter what you say, I believe in you. No matter what you do, I unconditionally support you." Liu Lan leaned her head on Xiao Chen's arm and smiled sweetly. In fact, she still had some reservations about Yue Chuan and Xiang Yu sisters in her heart. But now that this pair of sisters had mysteriously disappeared, it was just as she had wished.

  "Liu Lan, let's go, okay?" A sense of relief in her heart.

  "Alright! Let's head back now! Get a good rest!"

  "No, I mean leave the county town of Jiayuan." Xiao Chen lowered his head, not daring to look into Liu Lan's eyes. This kind and beautiful girl had been with him through thick and thin since they met, suffering a lot together. Now that they finally had a place to settle down, would she be willing to give up everything here and accompany him again in those days of wandering and homelessness?

  Don't forget that the silver you had on your body was given to those poor people. Now, I'm penniless!

  Liu Lan smiled, a smile that was incredibly refreshing. "Xiao Chen, do you remember? Since meeting you, I made a vow to heaven that no matter what happens in the future, I will share joys and sorrows with you, never leaving your side! Isn't it just leaving Jiayuan County? Fang Zheng is also a place of sorrow for me, so let's leave!"

  "Thank you, Liu Lan!" A warm current rose in her heart.

  "But Xiao Chen, at least before we leave, shouldn't we say goodbye to Deputy Director Ding and them?"

  "Hmm!"

  At the end of the extremely cold northern land, there is a forbidden area that ordinary humans cannot enter. On the high mountain with thousands of miles of ice and snow, in the beautiful crystal palace, the handsome heavenly god was still sitting on his throne, closing his eyes to cultivate his spirit, while his right hand was quickly changing various strange gestures.

  Suddenly, the Heavenly God stopped moving and opened his eyes with a smile. "Indeed, the Devil's Ring has awakened. However, Xiao Chen, your performance still surprised me greatly!"

  A smooth, mirror-like surface suddenly echoed with a clanging sound, and then the figures of two men appeared. One of them was slightly tall and thin, with a sharp glint in his eyes that he couldn't conceal.

  And another person was slightly shorter and plumper, with a somewhat foolish expression. But these two people had only one thing in common: they both had powerful and terrifying auras surging from their bodies. The two of them came to the front of the Heavenly God and simultaneously knelt down on one knee, their expressions extremely respectful. "I don't know what orders the Heavenly God has for us this time?"

  "Both of you, I called you here this time just to tell you that your companion, the fourth messenger from the underworld, his devil ring has also awakened not long ago!"

  "Oh! But Lord God, what does this mean?" The short and stout man asked dazedly.

  "Wu Ze, you fool. Don't you understand? Once the Devil's Ring is fully awakened, the Envoy of the Underworld will possess power rivaling that of the strongest human in this world, Yorishiro Musashi. And such immense power should be under the command of Lord Tengoku, to be wielded at his whim. Just like you and me!" The tall, thin man scolded.

  "I get it! Wén Càn!" Wu Zī suddenly enlightened, "So the Heavenly God's intention is to let us go bring him over?" Looking at this, Wu Zī's brain is far from being as brilliant as Wén Càn's.

  "It is our duty to serve the Heavenly God!" said Wen Chan and Wu Zi in unison. Like Xiao Chen, they were also Hell Messengers and knew that once their demonic rings awakened, they would gain extremely powerful and terrifying powers. However, the price of such power was also astonishing - losing one's true nature and sanity.

  And if you want to possess this powerful strength without losing your true nature, the only way is to surrender to the heavenly lord in front of you. As long as you have the protection of the heavenly lord, all troubles will be resolved effortlessly.

  "I originally had that intention, but unfortunately, the messenger from the underworld was not very lucky. He was discovered by those seven self-proclaimed true gods before I could find him and was unfortunately killed." The tone of Tian Shen's words couldn't hide his regret.

  "Ah...." Wu Xie and Wen Can were initially shocked, then felt a wave of fear afterwards. Like Xiao Chen, they were also envoys sent by the underworld to this place, their mission was to find the seven thousand-year-old wandering souls who escaped from the underworld hiding in this world. However, after arriving in this world, they discovered that those seven thousand-year-old wandering souls had become true gods praised by the people, and they possessed extremely powerful and terrifying powers.

  The two who descended from the underworld to this world accepted a mission to bring back or thoroughly eliminate these seven thousand-year-old wandering souls. However, after finding those seven self-proclaimed true gods of the thousand-year wandering souls with great difficulty, Wu Zhi and Wen Can suddenly discovered a secret: the reincarnation bracelet indeed brought them powerful and terrifying power, but at the cost of completely losing their original nature.

  Wu Xue and Wen Can were thoroughly enraged, only then did they understand. What kind of ridiculous mission was this? The underworld had sent them to this world, clearly to have them perish together with those seven thousand-year-old wandering spirits.

  What kind of mission is this? Deception! What destiny bracelet? It's clearly a devil's ring! We've been deceived by the underworld. And what makes the two even more desperate is that, even with the powerful strength brought by the devil's ring, they are not even each other's opponents, and are instead treated as evil beings to be annihilated on the spot.

  Fortunately, at the most dangerous moment for the two, God appeared. People thought that God had long left this world, but he appeared and rescued the two from the hands of the True God. He told the desperate duo that as long as they followed his words, not only could they use the powerful power brought by the Devil's Ring, but also maintain their own nature.

  From then on, Wu Zi and Wen Can followed the Heavenly God wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, the fourth messenger from the underworld did not have their good fortune, and was unfortunately killed by those self-proclaimed true gods, the thousand-year-old wandering souls of the underworld, just before the Heavenly God was about to make his move.

  What a pity! It's really such a pity! Wu Xi and Wen Can sighed at the same time, but they also had some hidden joy.

  "There's nothing to regret! Although that guy didn't even get a chance to wait for me to make my move before being killed by those self-proclaimed true gods, but fortunately, that guy managed to revive himself not long after!"

  "Ah...." Wu Xie and Wen Cang were stunned. After being killed, he could still come back to life on his own? This fourth messenger from the underworld, who was he exactly? How terrifying!

  "I can say without exaggeration that this fourth messenger from the underworld may be the most extraordinary and ultimately achieve the highest accomplishments among the four of you!" The heavenly god's words were filled with unmistakable admiration.

  "Needn't be!" Wén Càn muttered under his breath. As fellow messengers from the underworld, why do you, Heavenly Lord, hold him in such high esteem? Is it that in your eyes, we who have faithfully followed you are not as good as that young whippersnapper whom you've never even met?

  "As long as he's not dead, it's easy to handle! Lord Tenshin, let's go and bring that guy here." said Mu Akira. Compared to Bunka, Mu Akira was not only a bit dull in the head, but also had an unusually slow sense of feeling.

  "No need for that, it's not time to gather him yet!" The Heavenly God waved his hand.

  "What's going on?! Lord Tenson!" Wu Xieqi exclaimed.

  "You good-for-nothing thing! Do I need to tell you the reason for what I'm doing?" The Heavenly God was furious, "Get out of my sight!"

  "Wuzi, you're too reckless! Lord Tiangong must have his reasons for doing things this way. As subordinates, we shouldn't ask questions that are none of our business!" Wencheng hastily advised. His own companion was really too obtuse, having followed Lord Tiangong for so many years and still not understanding his temperament, nor even learning the most basic skills of observing expressions and words.

  It seems that the only one who can truly share God's worries and difficulties, and truly stand alone, is me, Wen Chan!

  "Wǔ zǐ knew he was wrong, Wǔ zǐ knew he was wrong! Terrified, Wǔ zǐ continuously kowtowed. However, neither the enraged Tiān Shén nor the peacemaking Wén Huī noticed that in Wǔ zǐ's seemingly foolish eyes, a cold glint flashed by, so deep and so cold."

  But can people with such eyes be as unbearable as they imagine?

  "Get out! Scram!"

  "Fall back!" Wu Xi shouted as he fled in disarray.

  "Master Tenshin......"

  "Get out of here too!"

  The two of them left, and the enraged Heavenly God also calmed down. "Four messengers sent by the Underworld, two have already sworn allegiance to me. Unfortunately, one is incompetent, and the other likes to be clever. Only this fourth messenger from the Underworld has infinite possibilities, it's really exciting!"

  A dazzling multicolored light burst forth, slowly hiding the figure of the Heavenly God. When the light dissipated and the Heavenly God's figure reappeared, it was in a dimly lit small chamber. Here, it was quiet and empty. There were only two transparent crystal coffins lying horizontally in the chamber, emitting an icy and eerie aura.

  Inside the crystal coffin lay two people, a man and a woman, both around forty years old. The man was handsome, while the woman was stunningly beautiful. In terms of appearance, it's no exaggeration to say that they were the meticulous masterpieces of the Creator. Unfortunately...