When the Second Generation Nether King dispatched seventeen personal guards with the Hand of Death to the mortal world, he demarcated seventeen large prisons within the Eighteen Levels of Hell to receive the Yin Souls sent by the Hand of Death. The Yin Souls delivered by the same Hand of Death were confined in the same prison.

Therefore, it was not difficult for Zhao Chong to find Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing; he simply had to search through each of the seventeen prisons one by one.

Furthermore, ever since the Ghost King took control of the Netherworld eighteen years ago, the Eighteen Levels of Hell had been left unguarded, so over the years, the Yin Souls brought by the Hand of Death had been left unattended.

For this reason, the Yin Souls of the Yang Family Village villagers sent to the Eighteen Levels of Hell during the past twelve years should still be in the same prison as Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing's Yin Souls.

After searching through seven prisons in succession, Zhao Chong finally found the Yin Souls of Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng in the eighth prison. Besides the two of them, there were over thirty Yin Souls inside, all male, who were the villagers sent to Hell by the man from the ancient house of Yang Family Village.

Since the majority of these people's natural lifespans had not yet ended, their vitality, essence, and memories still lingered in their physical bodies, hence their Yin Souls were in a state of unconsciousness. Only on the day their natural lifespans came to an end would their spirits descend into the Netherworld along with their memories and Primordial Spirit, instilling consciousness into their Yin Souls and waking them.

Seeing Zhao Chong approach, the fierce ghosts who had been standing outside the prison door, drooling over the inmates, were immediately frightened away without a trace.

Although the prison's door lock was forged from Netherworld fine iron, Zhao Chong effortlessly disintegrated it into powder and walked inside.

Afterward, with a wave of his hand, Zhao Chong sent all the Yin Souls in the prison back to the mortal world.

Five minutes later.

In the mortal world, Yang Family Village.

Because the Yin Souls returned to their bodies suddenly, and with a forceful impact, the recovered villagers, unable to resist such a violent shock, suddenly passed out.

"Not good, my son suddenly fainted!"

"My man too!"

...

Suddenly, Yang Family Village was thrown into chaos as the villagers poured out of their homes and gathered together.

As several companions nearby had also abruptly passed out, Yang Shirong joined the crowd and called out loudly, "Folks, there's no need to wonder. It must be those brats who entered the ancient house and angered the spirits inside, causing us all to suffer for it!"

"Exactly!"

"That's right!"

The villagers nodded in agreement.

"But what do we do now?" an old man asked urgently with a trembling voice.

"Of course, we're going to hold them accountable!" Yang Shirong shouted angrily. "We must give those kids a good lesson first, then make them bring the people back to us!"

"Weren't we told not to approach that ancient house? How are we going to hold them accountable?"

"What's there to be afraid of!" Yang Shirong was extremely agitated. "Given the circumstances, what do we have to fear! Who's with me? I've made up my mind; I'm going to confront them right now!"

Having said that, Yang Shirong strode angrily in the direction of the ancient house.

After hesitating for a long time, many villagers followed him, and in the end, everyone present went.

Two minutes later, Yang Shirong led a group of over a dozen villagers to the entrance of the ancient house.

Seeing this scene, the village head Yang Weiguo, who had been sitting at the entrance, quickly got up and urged, "Don't come over here, it's very dangerous!"

Yang Shirong halted, pointed at Yang Weiguo angrily, and shouted, "Yang Weiguo, you are the one to blame for all of this. You're not fit to be our village chief. Isn't that right?"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, an elderly grandmother excitedly walked up to Yang Weiguo, grabbed his sleeve, and cried, "Yang Weiguo, you disaster, causing us to lose our only heir is bad enough. If my son doesn't wake up, I will make sure we go down together!"

"Ah!" Yang Weiguo was startled. Just as he was about to ask what was happening, a villager punched him in the left eye, knocking him out cold with a single blow.

Seeing that the villagers who had rushed to the old house's gates were all unharmed, Yang Shirong finally dared to come forward.

Subsequently, under Yang Shirong's instigation, the villagers smashed open the door of the ancient house and surged in, shouting and bustling into the main building of the old residence.

In a room on the second floor of the annex at this time, Ye Yuqiao, who was lying in Chen Hao's embrace, was startled awake by the noise downstairs. She then got up and walked to the balcony of the annex.

As soon as she appeared, she was spotted by a villager standing outside the main building, who immediately pointed at her and shouted, "They're upstairs!"

"What's happened?" Ye Yuqiao asked.

At this time, Yang Shirong ran out from the main building and, upon seeing Ye Yuqiao, his eyes immediately lit up with infatuation, and he yelled, "Catch them!"

No sooner had he spoken than Yang Shirong charged up the stairs like a shot.

Ye Yuqiao frowned, realizing that the situation was not good, and immediately returned to the room.

Half a minute later, Yang Shirong was the first to burst into the room. He glanced at Chen Hao, Xie Xiaofeng, and Tang Jing, who lay on the ground, and then leered at Ye Yuqiao, saying, "Beauty, I'm glad you're fine. Don't worry, I'm here to rescue you!"

Having said this, Yang Shirong lunged toward Ye Yuqiao. With the villagers about to enter any second, he wanted to seize her first. After capturing Ye Yuqiao, his plan was to find a way to take advantage of her even more.

Seeing Yang Shirong pounce, Ye Yuqiao quickly dodged to the side and hastily retreated to a corner.

"Beauty, don't be afraid, I really am here to save you!" Yang Shirong said with a smile, rubbing his hands together and hardly able to contain his excitement.

He opened his arms, cornering Ye Yuqiao, and then a sly smile appeared on his face.

He thought he was about to achieve his goal.

However, before he could take the next step, Ye Yuqiao suddenly vanished before his very eyes.

Upon witnessing this, Yang Shirong was instantly stunned, his eyes filled with terror.

It was not until the villagers charged in that Yang Shirong snapped back to reality.

After blinking a couple of times, Yang Shirong suddenly screamed, "Ghost!" and then ran for the door!

"Yang Shirong," at this point, a few villagers stopped Yang Shirong, "where's the ghost? Don't spook everyone with your scaremongering."

"Exactly, you called us all here, so why are you running away now?"

"There really is a ghost!" Yang Shirong cried out in terror, "I just saw it with my own eyes, that, that, that..."

Suddenly, a strange voice spoke up close to Yang Shirong's ear: "Don't talk too much, or I'll cut off your tongue!"

"Ah!" After a scream, Yang Shirong fainted.

This eerie voice was Ye Yuqiao intentionally pretending to scare Yang Shirong; at this moment, no one could see her because she had activated the Stealth Stone.

Seeing Yang Shirong passed out, the villagers looked at one another, and after a moment of stunned silence, they swarmed out of the room and quickly left the old house.

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