The Ghost Insists on Giving Me a Beautiful and Powerful Wife! - Chapter 40.1

The words Mei Jingwan spoke, let alone Yu Ruoyin, even Nan He was surprised: “You… she…”

Her personality was gentle, and encountering this kind of situation, she stammered, unable to form a complete sentence.

Seeing Mei Jingwan’s gaze towards Yu Ruoyin growing colder, wishing she could flay her and strip her bones immediately, Nan He quickly stepped in front of Yu Ruoyin.

Nan He partially shielded Yu Ruoyin with her side: “Yin Messenger Mei, please… please don’t misunderstand, Little Yu really has a wife.”

“Spirit?” Mei Jingwan only then noticed Nan He. She frowned in annoyance: “A Spirit is also getting involved in such filthy business? Whose guardian spirit are you? Or did your owner die, leaving you undisciplined?”

Yu Ruoyin had previously felt that Xing Ruoyuan’s words were harsh, but compared to this Yin Messenger, Xing Ruoyuan was far better.

When Xing Ruoyuan wasn’t losing her temper, she was quite easy to get along with.

Yu Ruoyin vaguely remembered Xia Yu saying that the Yin Messenger from Yin City had pursued Lu Qingzhen, and Lu Qingzhen didn’t like that Yin Messenger from Yin City, which was why she was unwilling to travel with them to Yin City. If she wasn’t mistaken, it was this Mei Jingwan in front of her.

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but look at Mei Jingwan a couple more times.

Mei Jingwan found more room to elaborate: “Heh heh, Birds of a feather, indeed.”

Yu Ruoyin could only grit her teeth and say it one more time: “Yin Messenger Mei, I truly am already married.”

Mei Jingwan sneered continuously, clearly still believing she was lying.

“Since you say you have one, is she prettier than me?”

“Of course, she is!”

Yu Ruoyin wasn’t a ghost, but facing this ghost from the Underworld, she still instinctively felt a three-point reduction in her momentum.

Thinking of Jiang Huaining, she suddenly found her courage.

The sentence she spoke to Mei Jingwan, this very sentence, was the loudest.

“Heh heh.”

Yu Ruoyin was speaking the truth, but Mei Jingwan didn’t believe her, only sneering.

Mei Jingwan was certain she was lying and mocked her falsehood.

She seemed to not believe that this kind of Yu Ruoyin could find a beautiful wife.

Yu Ruoyin’s sensitive nerves were touched, and she lost her composure: “Are you mocking me? What right do you have to mock me? My wife is just very beautiful, a thousand times prettier than you. If you’re not convinced, just bottle it up. We came to save you, not to listen to your nonsense!”

Nan He grabbed her: “Little Yu, we… we still need to destroy the altar. Now is not the time to argue.”

Yu Ruoyin also knew her rebutting behavior was childish and ridiculous, but she couldn’t control herself right now.

Why?

She didn’t even know her wife was Jiang Huaining, yet she already felt she wasn’t good enough?

“No, I want to argue with her.”

“Little Yu…”

Nan He clung tightly to Yu Ruoyin’s sleeve, almost tearing her clothes.

She dared not let go, afraid that the argument would turn into a fight.

Mei Jingwan scornfully pouted her lips: “Childish ghost, I have no interest in arguing with you, I still have to…”

Mei Jingwan stopped speaking further. She stood up from the pool of blood, looking as if she was about to walk out. Blood constantly dripped onto her, yet it didn’t harm her in the slightest.

The corrosive effect of this blood seemed to be ineffective against these two brides; Lu Qichun, who was still soaking in the blood pool, was also fine.

Just as Mei Jingwan took half a step, the blood suddenly bubbled up, and a force forcefully pushed her back down.

She couldn’t help but glare at Yu Ruoyin, pointing a finger at her: “You must be very satisfied with this outcome, right!”

Mei Jingwan’s finger had just been soaked in the blood, looking almost transparent under the red light.

With this glance, she suddenly noticed something wrong.

The Yin energy on Yu Ruoyin’s body was fading.

She raised an eyebrow strangely: “You’re not a ghost?”

Yu Ruoyin stared intently at her, reason and anger battling it out.

She disliked Mei Jingwan even more than Lu Qingzhen now.

“Yin Messenger Mei, we already said it earlier, Little Yu is not a ghost, and she doesn’t want to marry you. We are not accomplices with the one who trapped you.” Nan He shielded Yu Ruoyin behind her, explaining patiently: “We came to rescue you. Do you know how to destroy the altar?”

Yu Ruoyin nudged her from behind, and she quickly said: “Little Yu, this might be a misunderstanding. Yin Messenger Mei misunderstood us, that’s why she spoke that way.”

That still didn’t cover up the fact that she was too aggressive.

Yu Ruoyin was sulky and remained silent.

Mei Jingwan also lost some of her aggression, but her words were still unpleasant: “Rescue me? How many people did you bring, yet you dare to speak of rescuing me?”

“Four, four people.”

Nan He truthfully informed her, which earned Mei Jingwan’s sneer: “Overestimating yourselves.”

Even a clay figure has some temper, let alone Nan He who wasn’t a clay figure.

Nan He was also a bit angry: “Yin Messenger Mei’s words are a bit too harsh, we…”

Although they came to find Gou Nanchun, they had gone through hardships to get here, and they had genuinely exerted themselves for Mei Jingwan’s life, even retrieving her Underworld Plaque. Her way of speaking was truly grating.

The sarcasm in Mei Jingwan’s eyes intensified: “Do you know where this place is? Four people still dare to boast about saving me. You can’t even damage the corner of the altar!”

“No wonder Sister Qingzhen doesn’t like you.”

“You know Lu Qingzhen?” Mei Jingwan finally spoke properly upon hearing the name of an old friend: “Did she come?”

“Heh heh.”

Yu Ruoyin realized she had somehow sprouted thorns. After Mei Jingwan had pricked her, she only wanted to prick back.

Even though she was somewhat afraid of Mei Jingwan, she didn’t want to speak nicely now; she only wanted to reply with two cold sneers.

Not only did she keep silent herself, but she also tugged at Nan He, preventing her from speaking.

Mei Jingwan probably understood that she had offended them and surprisingly took the initiative to explain the situation to them.

Mei Jingwan finally explained the situation. The reason her words were sharp and why she had speculated about Yu Ruoyin in that manner was because there was indeed a group of ghosts trying to forcibly marry her, not just one, but a whole group.

There had been turmoil in Yin City a while ago. Mei Jingwan was framed right after reporting to the Underworld.

She hadn’t expected that the Yin Messengers under her would collude with outsiders to deceive her, not only knocking her unconscious but also taking away her Underworld Plaque, preventing her from contacting the Underworld.

Normally, if a Destiny-Severing or Soul-Severing Yin Messenger encountered an accident, their Underworld Plaque would automatically report to the local supervisor. If an Yin-Severing Yin Messenger like them encountered an accident, their Plaque would automatically report to the Underworld. However, Yin-Severing Yin Messengers had a precedent of lending their Plaque to the Yin Messengers under them for use, so as long as a Yin Messenger was still wearing the Plaque, the Underworld would not receive a message. This was how Mei Jingwan fell into a predicament.

When she woke up again, she was trapped in this place, with a group of spirit mediums nearby.

Mei Jingwan took several days to figure out that the mastermind was trying to breed ghosts. Unlike in times of chaos, there weren’t many people dying unjustly now. Even though the Underworld still had some shortage of personnel, and there were ghost-catching Daoists to help, maintaining stability wasn’t too difficult. Nowadays, there generally weren’t widespread, rampant evil spirits.

The mastermind wanted to use the power of ghosts for evil, so they had to resort to twisted methods, which was ghost breeding.

However, the speed of ghost breeding was too slow. It was unrealistic to quickly cultivate ghosts in a short time.

Because there were precedents of Yin Painters having spiritual interactions with ghosts, leading to rapid leaps in both sides’ power, and because the stronger the spiritual interaction ghost was, the more power would be obtained, Mei Jingwan was targeted.

Ordinary ghosts were powerful, but unlike the Yin ghosts of the Underworld, they didn’t possess special power, especially Yin-Severing Yin Messengers like her. Their Underworld Plaque also had power bestowed by the King of Hell. Mei Jingwan’s strength was among the top three among Yin Messengers, and even some lesser Yin Officials were no match for her. Naturally, she was a good choice. However, spiritual interaction required mutual affection between both parties. Even if the mastermind had other means to control their consciousness, it would be too difficult and time-consuming to use spiritual interaction to breed a group of ghosts. This was why the mastermind set their sights on the spirit medium.

Spirit mediums had inherently Yin and evil characteristics. With long-term possession by Yin ghosts, a powerful spirit medium could even accommodate a hundred ghosts possessing them simultaneously.

If the spirit medium’s body was qualified, then only one Yin Messenger, Mei Jingwan, would be needed to feed a hundred ghosts.

Lu Qichun was the spirit medium chosen by the mastermind.

It was strange to say, although Lu Qichun was a spirit medium, her body was very special. There was also spiritual energy flowing within her. Let alone a hundred ghosts, even a thousand ghosts might be possible. The mastermind trapped them in this place to first use the altar to connect her and Lu Qichun’s bodies, making them compatible, and then control their consciousness.

The time flow inside the barrier was much faster than outside. Now that the sacrificial offerings were sufficient, the Yin energy had converged. They were just waiting for the Red Moon to rise, and she would be married to Lu Qichun, simultaneously marrying a hundred ghosts.

How could this not drive her mad? This was also why she was so sarcastic when she saw Yu Ruoyin; she thought Yu Ruoyin was one of those hundred ghosts.

Yu Ruoyin was very angry, but after hearing this, she couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for her.

However, the pity didn’t last long, because Nan He looked at her suspiciously: “You…”

Yu Ruoyin knew Nan He was sensitive to emotions. She must have sensed something to have this attitude, rather than feeling sorry for Mei Jingwan.

Unfortunately, Nan He didn’t speak her thoughts aloud. She silently looked at Lu Qichun and slowly asked: “Do you know how to damage the altar?”

“What use is telling you?” Mei Jingwan contemptuously pursed her lips: “This altar is connected to the barrier, and it’s also the center of the formation. The formation eye has already been blocked. To damage the altar, at least seventy-two live sacrifices must be destroyed simultaneously. Do you four people have such power?”

Nan He pulled Yu Ruoyin back a bit, her expression looking unwell.

She was usually kind-hearted, but now, looking at the pitiful Mei Jingwan, she didn’t show any sympathy, which was truly odd.

Yu Ruoyin couldn’t help but ask her: “What’s wrong?”

“Something’s not right…”

Nan He’s voice was barely audible, and she kept lightly shaking her head.

She only said “not right” but didn’t explain what wasn’t right.

Mei Jingwan slightly lowered her head: “What are you suspecting?”

“Your emotion is wrong. You seem to be showing off…”

Mei Jingwan interrupted Nan He angrily: “Showing off what? Showing off that I’m about to marry a hundred ghosts? Are you mocking me?”

“The anger is real…”

Nan He mumbled quietly, and the look in her eyes towards Mei Jingwan changed to one of apology.

Mei Jingwan coldly snorted and waved her hand: “You should leave. You can’t save me, don’t sacrifice yourselves here.”

“This sentence…” Nan He was a little confused now, she could only follow her heart: “No, we will save you, and we will save Nanchun. I’m very capable, and even if I’m not, Granny Zhuang… Granny Zhuang is also very capable.”

“Granny Zhuang?” Mei Jingwan lowered her voice, asking uncertainly: “Are you referring to Zhuang Huaishu?”

It wasn’t strange that she knew Zhuang Huaishu, but her tone was a bit odd, seemingly faintly filled with expectation and excitement.

Yu Ruoyin knew the context. If an outsider didn’t know, they would think Zhuang Huaishu was her old lover.

Yu Ruoyin didn’t immediately answer Mei Jingwan. She supported Nan He, whose thoughts were in turmoil, and quietly asked: “Yin Messenger Mei, aren’t you reporting this matter to the Underworld now?”

She already had a grudge against Mei Jingwan. The two sentences Nan He quietly mumbled had floated into her ears, and the slightest pity that had arisen completely vanished. She only felt that Mei Jingwan was problematic in every way.

Mei Jingwan tightened her grip on the Underworld Plaque: “We are all trapped in the barrier now, the Underworld Plaque cannot connect to the Underworld at all.”

Mei Jingwan paused slightly, then suddenly raised her head, her face showing delight: “If the Granny Zhuang you speak of is Zhuang Huaishu, why not ask her to report to the Underworld? Can she send messages to the Underworld?”

She couldn’t, but Zhuang Huaishu could?

Both Yu Ruoyin and Nan He were suspicious, but the excitement on Mei Jingwan’s face grew: “Her bone pen comes from Lord Wheel-Turning King. She can communicate directly with Lord Wheel-Turning King. The barrier cannot block the connection between bone and blood. As long as… as long as… Lord Wheel-Turning King can come here, she is so powerful, so…”

The Wheel-Turning King!

Among the old Yin Officials of the Underworld, second only to the King of Hell were Meng Po and the Lords of the Seven Halls.

Ghosts wanting to reincarnate must first atone for their sins from their previous life. After atonement, they temporarily reside in Fengdu City, waiting for reincarnation.

Fengdu City is governed by the City God, and the Wheel of Reincarnation is in the hands of the Wheel-Turning King. All ghosts slated for reincarnation must pass through her hall, where she arranges their identity for the next life. Just her name alone is enough to intimidate many. However, the Underworld has always only allowed Yin Messengers to freely appear in the Yang World. How could the Wheel-Turning King be connected to Zhuang Huaishu?

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