Two days later.

In the Dark Wind Hills.

As in the previous days, Qian Feng always liked to stay alone in the bamboo forest, gazing northward, waiting for the Pinnacle bird to bring back the latest news from the north.

Last night, the Pinnacle bird brought back exhilarating news: the tens of thousands of allied forces from the five major families on the Huiyin Mountains had begun to approach Sunset Pass. Factoring in the time for the five families' allied forces to regroup, he estimated that they would attack Sunset Pass at the latest the day after tomorrow.

The day the allied forces of the five families attacked Sunset Pass would also be the day he led seventy thousand troops and thirty thousand Ghost Army soldiers in an offensive towards Netherworld City.

"Hee-hee hahaha!" Suddenly, a shrill, piercing mockery came from the soldiers' camp; those Ghost Army soldiers were causing a commotion again.

Qian Feng could not help but snort in helplessness; these thirty thousand Ghost Army soldiers were just too noisy. Since they had arrived two days before, there had been no peace in the Dark Wind Hills.

For a long time after, the laughter of the Ghost Army continued unabated. For Qian Feng, who was always strict with camp discipline, this was intolerable.

Just as he was about to stand up and return to the camp to enforce discipline, the sound of horse hooves approached.

Qian Feng looked towards the north, and although the returnee was not the Pinnacle bird he awaited, he still looked overjoyed, for it was Lin Huashan!

Ever since he dispatched someone to rescue Lin Huashan from the broken mountain, he had lost contact with her.

Later, there were rumors that Chen Hao had gone missing for a while after a sudden ambush by King Nanlin, and Qian Feng feared that she might have encountered misfortune with Chen Hao;

Not until a few days ago, when Chen Hao made a surprising return, and Qian Feng could not get any news or tokens from Lin Huashan, did he speculate that Chen Hao and Zhao Chong had detained her.

Unexpectedly, Lin Huashan had now returned.

As Lin Huashan rode her flying horse past those Ghost Army soldiers overhead, dozens of vengeful spirits suddenly floated into the air to block her path, and then began to harass her.

"Ah!" Lin Huashan let out a panic scream, "You dead spirits, get out of the way; I need to find Clan Leader Qian!"

"Little girl, what do you want with Clan Leader Qian? Tell us dead spirits, and we'll pass the message to Clan Leader Qian."

"That's right, how dare you pass over our heads without saying hello. At least entertain us a bit, then we'll let you see Clan Leader Qian."

The vengeful spirits teased Lin Huashan, each taking turns at the mockery.

Seeing this, the vanguard flew into a fury, immediately transporting himself instantaneously to the outside of the circle of vengeful spirits, and shouted with anger, "Stop it!"

"Clan Leader Qian, you've come at the right time; this little lady was looking for you!"

The vengeful spirits turned their heads and smiled at Qian Feng, not yet aware of the fury in his heart.

"Clan Leader Qian, let us borrow this young girl to play with for a while, then we'll let her come to see you!"

With that, the spirits returned their attention to Lin Huashan.

Qian Feng snorted in anger, then took off the gold ring from his left forefinger and threw it in front of him.

All of a sudden, a terrifying roar of a lion echoed, and the gold ring transformed into a golden lion-tiger beast, closely resembling a lion, but with the stripes of a tiger. Moreover, the size of this lion-tiger beast was several times larger than an ordinary lion. A single roar from it caused the surrounding air to tremble violently.

After the lion-tiger beast roared, the enclosing vengeful spirits hurriedly scattered in all directions in fright.

"Clan Leader Qian, what are you doing?" the fierce ghost glared at Qian Feng and asked.

"This is my territory, Qian Feng's territory, my command is everything. Anyone who dares to disobey will be executed," Qian Feng said angrily, although his eyes were still hazy as if in a trance.

"You!" The fierce ghosts were all very dissatisfied with Qian Feng's words. After all, they were hired by Qian Feng with money and should at least be treated as honored guests.

"Clan Leader Qian, you're not giving us any face by speaking like this. Brothers, let's leave!" The fierce ghosts instigated a walkout.

"Hold on!" Qian Feng said sharply.

The fierce ghosts looked towards Qian Feng.

Qian Feng walked over to the fierce ghosts and said, "What do you think this place is? You come and go as you please! Since you've taken Qian Feng's money, you must work well for me. Do you still not understand such a simple rule?"

"So what if we took the money and don't do the work? What can you do to us?"

Qian Feng looked at the Chimera and cleared his throat softly.

"Roar!" The Chimera let out an even more brutal howl, causing the fierce ghosts to shudder.

Suddenly, the Chimera leapt forward, and its gaping maw swallowed three fierce ghosts whole.

With another soft cough from Qian Feng, the Chimera immediately retreated back to Qian Feng's side.

By then, those fierce ghosts were already scared stiff.

Qian Feng turned to face the Chimera and gently stroked its body. After a few strokes, the Chimera emitted a dazzling golden light. When the light faded, it had transformed back into the original golden ring.

Qian Feng extended his right hand to catch the golden ring and then put it on the index finger of his left hand.

Lin Huashan, who was beside him, noticed that, in addition to the index finger of his left hand, there were other rings on five other fingers of Qian Feng's hands. She couldn't help but wonder if the other five rings could summon other mythical creatures like this golden ring could.

"Get back to your place and stay put, and remember to tell your comrades to keep quiet; otherwise, military discipline will be enforced without mercy!" Qian Feng ordered as he walked over to Lin Huashan and helped her off the horse.

Having said that, he turned and walked with Lin Huashan towards the bamboo forest. Meanwhile, the terrified fierce ghosts immediately returned to their camp, no longer daring to make noise.

"Huashan, I haven't heard from you since you went to look for Chen Hao last time. At first, I thought you and Chen Hao had met with misfortune; later, I suspected that you had been imprisoned by them."

"When I went to look for Chen Hao, I ran into King Nanlin, and then I entered the Dust Realm with them..."

Then, Lin Huashan told the whole story, from entering the Dust Realm to parting ways with Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao in the Huiyin Mountains two days prior.

After Lin Huashan finished speaking and Qian Feng had pondered for a while, he finally said, "You mean there are two Nether Kings, and the mysterious woman who knocked you out is one of them."

He spoke very calmly. Before Lin Huashan could even respond, he continued to muse, "So, the other Nether King must be the combination of her Nether Soul and the Netherworld Azure Bird."

Lin Huashan looked bewilderedly at Qian Feng and said, "Maybe, Chen Hao didn't reveal the truth to me when we parted. He no longer trusts me now, and I don't know where he has gone."

"I found out yesterday that he's at his home in the mortal world."

A gleam of light flashed in Lin Huashan's eyes as she said, "Then, will he come back to the Netherworld?"

"Don't worry, he definitely will. The Nether King's goal is to eliminate the Ghost King and restore order to the Netherworld, and Chen Hao is the key person to defeating the Ghost King," Qian Feng said confidently, "The next time they return to the Netherworld, I should meet him and the Fourth Generation Underworld King in person."

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