Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter

Chapter 655: Chapter 199: Husband and Wife Plot for the Upper Hand, Loyal Spirits Leave the Temple to Pay Respect to the Mistress

It was clearly the scorching heat of midsummer, yet the violent sunlight here became particularly eerie.

The Black Market Ghost Realm had transformed into a massive, indistinct silhouette, resembling a deep ocean abyss...

Forget about ordinary people; even a Martial Artist, upon seeing it, would feel as if their heart was gripped by a pale, icy hand, rendering them unable to breathe.

With the integration of the "Pig," Lady Yan’s appearance had become even more hauntingly dignified.

The whiteness on her face was no longer a horrifying pale but a delicate pallor, as if she had applied a thick, expensive foundation.

Her red lips were as vivid as flames.

Her hairpin became darker, engraved with obscure patterns.

Most noticeable, however, was her cyan robe.

The cyan robe had turned into a black, floor-length gown, adorned with peculiar ghostly designs — icebergs, copper mirrors, blood pools, cages, crawling Hungry Ghosts... an array of images. From a distance, it seemed imposing, but upon closer inspection, it invoked an inexplicable dread, an unparalleled fear.

Li Yuan was enveloped in a red "bubble," a result of his internal fire being crushed by the immense Yin Qi.

"Sister Yan."

He looked at the woman before him, genuinely happy.

Upon seeing Xue Ning age, he suddenly realized... all his loved ones might not escape the threshold of lifespan. Even if he could place them in the Divine Tomb, it wouldn’t change the fact that he would eventually remain alone in the world.

But now, at least there was a base assurance for this long life.

Sister Yan would always be by his side.

He realized this, and so did Lady Yan.

The same was true for Yan Yu.

If it weren’t for Li Yuan, then... even if she successfully linked Xiaozhao to the Ghost Realm, she would inevitably lose her humanity and become a complete Evil Ghost.

She would, as would Xiaozhao.

But now, with Li Yuan by her side, even though Yin and Yang could no longer touch.

This would not happen again.

The black-gowned Lady Yan stood at the edge of the Ghost Realm, gently looking at the "youth" lying in a pit on the other side, softly saying, "You remain as you are, but I... have changed."

Li Yuan replied with a smile, "Haven’t you become even more beautiful?"

Lady Yan slightly lowered her head and said, "After becoming an Evil Ghost, I always thought of acting according to the killing rules of the Evil Ghosts. My ideas... are increasingly departing from humanity.

However, there is one thing I always remember."

"What’s that?"

"I always remember the human hell scene of corpses everywhere and children being eaten by their parents out of hunger.

So... I want Xiaozhao to come over and help me.

That child is thirty-one this year, much more mature now. She can run a chamber of commerce well.

Her chamber of commerce should make a lot of money.

With money, I hope she can save more people."

"Okay, I’ll have Xiaozhao..." Li Yuan was agreeing when he suddenly stopped.

The air fell silent, inexplicably tense.

The next moment, Li Yuan suddenly said, "Sister Yan, Xiaozhao can’t come now."

"Why?"

"Because... we definitely interrupted the merging of the Miracle Beast Garden and Lianyi House.

After this, whether it’s the Lotus Sect, the Incense Worship Sect, or that powerful force I sensed earlier, they will all come to investigate.

Before, Sister Yan, you stayed on Fujiang Ghost Street for a long time, and some among them know you, so they also know you possess humanity."

Li Yuan’s eyes flickered with a thoughtful light, then he said slowly and clearly, "Before, they may not have paid much attention to you, but now... they will mobilize all resources to try to find out who you are.

Then, they’ll use your family to threaten you, forcing you to agree to complete the Great Unity of Yin Yang and to absorb Lianyi House, which has fused with another part of the Miracle Beast Garden.

If Xiaozhao comes, they won’t even need to look for her, they can threaten you directly."

"Would they dare?!"

The three ice-cold words came from Yan Yu’s mouth.

A terrifying aura emanated from her.

And the red fire bubble around Li Yuan was further compressed, becoming increasingly smaller, more fragile, like a tiny boat disappearing in a stormy sea.

As Li Yuan looked at Yan Yu in this Ghost Lady form, he increasingly realized that Yan Yu’s rationality as a person was slowly dissipating. To a ghost, any living thing that dared to provoke should be slain.

As for the twists and turns in between, Evil Ghosts disregard them.

Their thinking is mostly limited to utilizing the killing rules, but such use is bound to be incredibly crude, even to the point of being laughable to humans.

Therefore, they need Jade Remains.

Because Jade Remains are humans, they can help them think, help them utilize their power more cleverly.

This is why the Miracle Beast Garden needs Peng Mingyi, Lianyi House needs Zhao Guyue.

But Lady Yan is quite special. She evolved from a true human into an Evil Ghost, not an Evil Ghost that gained spiritual awareness.

Thus, she once trusted Pang Yuanhua, who helped her subdue most of the Cloud Mountain Path cadavers and formed the Judge; and now she began to trust Xiaobai and Xiaohai, though Xiaobai and Xiaohai’s attitude toward Lady Yan... is one of genuine worship, a kind of worship toward a deity.

These two were once caught in the schemes of the Incense Worship Sect and were sent to Ghost Street, but their supposed death was avoided because of their "Rewarding Goodness and Punishing Evil" actions, earning them ghost coins from Lady Yan, thus buying their lives, and they became cadavers.

Yet, regardless, any Evil Ghost with awareness still needs someone to strategize for them.

Lady Yan’s scope is broader, though.

Li Yuan gave a wry smile and said, "Sister Yan, don’t be mad."

"Husband..."

Lady Yan lowered her head, stopping further speech, and she realized her problem too, so she asked, "What should we do now?"