Chapter 453: Lost Soul
Burning the city.
Maybe it’s a cruel word.
But in this dead little town, it became the final farewell.
All the people in the city have died, and countless poisonous insects have left their bodies and are crawling all over the city.
It's so densely packed and very creepy.
Li Yuan can use his magical power to kill all these poisonous insects.
But the decision to burn the city was made jointly by the old officials and the generals of the army.
"Let the living people bid farewell to each other with the flames in the sky..."
At nightfall, the old official sighed, and together with the generals and soldiers, they threw torches into the city and burned the streets.
Burn all the corpses and poisonous insects in the city to ashes.
Anyway...after experiencing the incident with the immortal poisonous insect, no common people would dare to live in this city again.
Here, only ruins will remain.
In this regard, Li Yuan could only sigh and let them make the final choice.
He simply used his magical powers to protect the souls in the city, keeping them safe in the raging fire.
Outside the small town, the relatives and friends of the city residents who rushed over looked at the flames rising into the sky, becoming more and more sad and crying.
Tens of thousands of lives were lost just like that.
Among them are their relatives and good friends, but they can’t even see them for the last time.
Suddenly, they were separated by life and death.
When only ruins and ashes were left in the small town.
The army had already set out.
The Gushu sect that is behind the rebellion will be eradicated by Anyue's army, without leaving any trace.
Li Yuan silently guarded the city wall, waiting for the arrival of the guide from the underworld.
soon.
A skeleton-like figure emerged from the ground and reached the top of the city wall in one step.
He is the Skeleton Guide who had dealt with Li Yuan before.
"When the world is in turmoil, people's hearts are in turmoil..."
The Skeleton Guide looked a little tired. He seemed to have been very busy recently and only had time to come now.
"Greetings to the God of Anshan Mountain... or should I call you Yuankui Star Lord? You are now a serious god. Even when I was in the human world, I have heard a lot about your deeds..."
"In the Three Yuans' Great Battle, you have turned the tide and made great contributions to the Heavenly Court!"
The skeleton guide smiled and bowed to Li Yuan.
His tone of voice was quite respectful, and he also called himself a little immortal.
Li Yuan was thinking of the suffering of the people, forced a smile, and exchanged a few polite words with him.
He was also humble in his words, saying that he was more accustomed to others viewing him as the god of Anshan Mountain rather than the Yuankui Star Lord, who held the position of a great god.
He didn't want this Hades Immortal, with whom he had some friendship, to think that he became arrogant after being promoted to a great god.
"The city is full of living souls. I hope you will take the trouble to guide them and let them enter the reincarnation peacefully."
"If it is possible, I would be very grateful if you can give me more blessings..."
These people died miserably, although it did not happen in his Anshan territory, but since he was there and saw this tragic scene, he wanted to do something for them to the best of his ability.
Li Yuan talked with the Skeleton Guide and took out a large amount of Hades Yuan.
He even took out a bit of bone mud from his sleeve.
The bone mud dug out from the forbidden area of the third heaven is extremely heavy, but very valuable.
It is also a rare treasure for the underworld immortals.
Sure enough, the moment the skeleton guide saw Gu Ning, a "brilliant" smile appeared on the skeleton's face.
"Hey~ You are too polite, Anshan Mountain God. The evil spirits are causing chaos and innocent people are implicated. I can't bear it..."
"I will certainly make arrangements for them, so that they will suffer less and wait less time in the underworld, and be reincarnated as soon as possible..."
A guide from the underworld said that he couldn't bear to see the people die, but Li Yuan knew that was pure bullshit.
At the beginning, when the skeleton guide was unable to take away the 140,000 resentful souls who died in the battle, he would rather let the souls continue to be exposed to the scorching sun, become increasingly weak, or even dissipate. They came thousands of miles to Li Yuan for help, rather than let other guides share the credit.
It can be seen that in their eyes, the rebirth of human souls is just a pure achievement.
Of course, Li Yuan would not expose it. It was impossible to force the Hades Immortal to have any humane morals.
As long as the other party takes the money to do the job, it's fine.
Thinking of this, he silently stuffed both Gu Ning and Ming Yuan into the hands of the Skeleton Guide.
The skeleton guides a bony face to naturally be "smiling with joy".
"Among the living souls, there should be a female official soul with meritorious deeds. She was chivalrous and righteous during her lifetime, and protected the peace of the people. Her name is Zhao Wanjun."
"However, I only saw her broken body, and did not see her soul in the city. I wonder if the guide knows the reason?"
Li Yuan thought of this and asked softly.
Zhao Wanjun's body died in a tragic way, and to avoid hidden dangers, it was also reduced to ashes in the fire.
But Li Yuan looked around several times, but he never saw her soul among the souls in the city.
The Skeleton Guide was slightly stunned: "Please wait for a moment, Anshan Mountain God."
It began to perform dark magic with its white bony hands, silently chanting Zhao Wanjun's name and calculating with its fingers.
After a moment, the Skeleton Guide got the result.
"This woman is indeed a person of merit, and her soul is deeply obsessed, but it is not just a simple negative resentment."
"It seems that after death, the soul left the body and went after the evildoers who spread the poisonous insects."
"It's just... after a mortal dies, even if he has accumulated merits and his soul is protected by the power of the underworld, there will always be a time of confusion."
"I think she has lost herself halfway, wandering in the world, confused and dazed, not knowing where to go."
The Skeleton Guide sighed slightly.
Being able to take away a soul with merits is a great achievement for it.
Unfortunately, this soul got lost due to its obsession and wandered around the human world, no one knew where it went.
There are tens of thousands of souls waiting to be arranged here, which is also a big deal.
For a moment, it had no time to look for it.
After thinking about it, the Skeleton Guide simply did a favor.
"Since the Anshan Mountain God knows the soul of that female official, there must be some cause and effect."
"I have a talisman here. Once you find her, you can keep her conscious."
"Once the cause and effect are cleared and the obsession is gone, it won't be too late to send her into reincarnation..."
When he said the following, the ghost fire in the skeleton's eye sockets flashed, as if he was hinting at Li Yuan something.
Moreover, the skeleton guide pointed in a direction and told Li Yuan that was the direction where Zhao Wanjun's soul was wandering.
Li Yuan thought silently for a moment, nodded, and bowed slightly to the skeleton guide.
"Thanks for letting me know."
The Skeleton Guide waved his hands hastily, not daring to accept the greeting:
"Oh, you are embarrassing me!"
"You are now a great god, and you are the leader of all the star gods. You have a noble status. How can you bow to a dark fairy like me?"
Li Yuan forced a smile and didn't try to be polite anymore.
The Skeleton Guide has been very busy recently. Seeing that Li Yuan was no longer in the mood to talk, he stopped chatting and started to do his business.
It just waved the soul-calling flag in its hand, and a mysterious force spread out, drawing the souls of tens of thousands of people slowly towards the city gate.
The wide, dilapidated city gate with black burn marks had unknowingly turned into a dark gate.
The souls of the common people were somewhat dazed and confused. They followed the steps of the skeleton guide, passed through the Yin Gate and entered the underworld.
After Li Yuan made a thorough inspection and confirmed that there were no remaining poisonous insects, he flew in the direction that the Skeleton Guide had pointed out.
He wanted to see what this old friend's obsession was.
Where did his soul wander to and what was he doing?