Chapter 1643 - 1490: Yin Yang Inn 46
Chapter 1643: Chapter 1490: Yin Yang Inn 46
Because Li Yu had entered the room and hadn’t come out for a long time, Pei Shaosen, who was waiting left and right for her, finally mustered the courage to enter the inn despite his fear of Luo Yao and the eye-watering style of the Wood Demon.
After that, more people were captivated by the play at the table. A little while later, Feng Lin and Bai Yao, who were feeling a bit bored outside, also came in, adding two more to the audience.
Since it was about acting out a person’s entire life, the Wood Demon performed for half a day, from dawn to moon high in the sky, finally showing the protagonist becoming a favored concubine and preparing to ascend to the position of Imperial Concubine.
Because none of them were human and all were mesmerized, and there was even Yuan Chongyuan in charge of logistics continuously bringing delicious food, they ultimately decided to binge-watch until the end.
In the end, this great play lasted for three days and two nights before finishing. If they were mortals, they probably would have all become pandas by now.
With the play ending, Luo Yao, feeling unsatisfied, held his teacup, drinking tea while discussing work with Qi Shuangshuang. Yes, this time Luo Yao not only came for a break but also had some work to entrust to Qi Shuangshuang.
However, previously, he had been so attracted by the Wood Demon’s performance that this Lord Black Impermanence forgot about the important matter and was just focused on watching the play.
The reason they were talking while holding teacups instead of enjoying a table full of drinks was because they hadn’t stopped eating while watching the play, and now Luo Yao felt somewhat stuffed.
"I’m here to find you because there’s a problem in the Mortal World. More than a dozen people have suddenly died even though their allotted lifespans weren’t up yet, and their spirits didn’t enter the Underworld afterward.
And your Yin Yang Inn didn’t guide these souls onto the Yellow Springs Road, so although I’m supposed to be on vacation this time, it’s really a semi-vacation since I need Manager Qi to help investigate the whereabouts of these spirits.
What exactly caused these people to die before their time and their spirits to vanish after death? The worst fear is that there’s a soul-eating monster preying on the spirits, which would be troublesome."
Saying this, Luo Yao seemed somewhat frustrated. The Black and White Impermanence are among the busiest in the Underworld. All unresolved work and major issues from other impermanences get reported to them.
In this vast Underworld, the number of impermanences is uncountable, making it so busy for him that he hardly gets a vacation. Even when he does, it always involves tasks; the Netherworld King just doesn’t want him to have a stress-free break.
Qi Shuangshuang was also a bit upset, Luo Yao and Luo Feng rarely get a break, but she never gets one at all, as the guests coming to the Yellow Springs Road don’t care whether she needs a vacation.
For example, this time, Qi Shuangshuang had just dealt with a Taotie monster spawned by the accumulation of evil intentions with Li Yu, and now she has to go out and work again.
However, this time Qi Shuangshuang doesn’t plan to take Li Yu with her. Primarily, Li Yu received a lot of positive energy during the last battle, strengthening his inner core.
The white light from those positive thoughts did leave Li Yu’s body, but its subsequent effects remain. Li Yu can take this opportunity to retreat and cultivate, enhancing his cultivation.
Qi Shuangshuang naturally wouldn’t let Li Yu miss such a great opportunity, while Feng Lin, who has a new partner Bai Tao, finds it fresh and wouldn’t want to go out to play.
As for Pei Shaosen, he is self-aware enough to know that until he achieves something significant with his spells, he won’t go out with Qi Shuangshuang to become a burden.
Ultimately, it was decided that the ones to investigate this matter would only be Qi Shuangshuang and Luo Yao, the Black Impermanence.
Li Yu initially didn’t want to retreat; he disliked going out to work but disliked Qi Shuangshuang working with others even more.
However, Qi Shuangshuang was very firm, not allowing him to fuss, insisting he retreat to enhance his strength. She then directly left with Luo Yao, leaving Li Yu to retreat with a gloomy face.
Holding Bai Yao, Feng Lin watched Li Yu’s sullen demon beauty face, lowered his voice, and complained to Bai Yao: "I’m telling you, this Li Yu has a terrible temper, unpredictable as can be, only the shopkeeper can tolerate him."
Bai Tao bounced affirmatively in Feng Lin’s palm: "Exactly, this annoying fox is very sharp-tongued too, obviously a fox nobody likes."
The two young ones were quietly venting complaints together, when Li Yu, with his cold and remarkable face, looked gloomily down at Feng Lin and Bai Yao.
This glance frightened the cat and Taotie into reflexive silence, shuddering in unison, feeling Li Yu’s mood was particularly aggressive today.
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In the Mortal World, Qi Shuangshuang had spent quite some time lingering here recently, only to return again. However, this time the destination was somewhat unclear.
Luo Yao stood by a large stone, spreading a map on it, pointing at several red circles on the map, and said to Qi Shuangshuang: "This time, our objective is a bit tricky.
Firstly, the locations of the victims aren’t fixed. In other words, it’s impossible to determine the suspect’s lair, making both investigation and capture challenging, requiring extreme caution to prevent them from escaping.
Secondly, the victims come from a wide range, from wealthy city dwellers, poor common people, to impoverished scholars, making it impossible to identify any special characteristics or commonality among them."
Qi Shuangshuang also felt distressed, but she looked at the circled spots on the map and pointed to the closest big city: "Let’s investigate the nearest place first to see if there are any clues.
Also, let’s check these victims’ daily habits to see if there’s anything we’ve missed or any undiscovered common points."
Luo Yao had no objections. Qi Shuangshuang was professional in handling these matters, more adept than him, so he didn’t mind following her lead.
Regarding intelligence gathering, however, Luo Yao was actually more adept, or rather, he was more resourceful than Qi Shuangshuang.
Instead of personally investigating, Luo Yao directly summoned all the Yang Wuchang in the city, requesting their help in gathering information.
Yang Wuchang mostly have Merit and are living people specially recruited by the Underworld to serve while alive, assisting Ghost Messengers with Underworld affairs.
The Underworld areas utilizing Yang Wuchang are usually those where Ghost Messengers are too busy, which is why Yang Wuchang are recruited as temporary Underworld employees, immediately promoted upon death.
Several Yang Wuchang quickly gathered the information and earnestly reported back to Luo Yao, their intent to curry favor obviously apparent.
In this city, three people had died prematurely, all male; one was a woodcutter who chopped wood every day and sold it in the city for a handful of copper coins.
The second was a poor scholar who enjoyed tagging along with wealthy classmates for free meals and drinks, deplorably lacking in spine.
The third was a wealthy merchant whose favorite activity was frequenting the brothel, redeeming clean courtesans to take home as concubines, and having poor character.
Qi Shuangshuang frowned at this; these three individuals with widely differing identities and statuses offered no commonality!