Chapter 2321 - 2318: Night Watch

Chapter 2321: Chapter 2318: Night Watch

"I also heard about the disturbance caused by the Japanese ninjas. But I know those ninjas can’t stir up any trouble," Ning Luoxi said with great certainty.

Lin Tian agreed, "That’s for sure. A few ninjas wanting to cause trouble is a bit naive. It was the Divine Clan who caused some trouble, but thankfully we managed to get the Shennong Ding, solving the problem of the alien energy."

"It’s good that it’s resolved. It’s great that she has you..." Ning Luoxi turned her head to look at Lin Tian with a slight sigh.

Lin Tian felt a jolt in his heart, understanding that Ning Luoxi also had her own issues. He couldn’t help but comfort her, "You’ll find the complete Cultivation Technique, trust me."

"I’m not as fragile as you think," Ning Luoxi’s eyes flickered for a moment, but she quickly returned to her usual seriousness.

As they talked, they came to the outside of the construction site. Sure enough, the site was already surrounded by high walls, sealed off. However, for Lin Tian and Ning Luoxi, climbing over the wall was no challenge.

Lin Tian climbed over first, and as soon as he landed, he looked to his right because there stood a person. If it weren’t for his night vision, Lin Tian would have almost mistaken this "shadow" for a Spiritual Body.

"Senior Sister Xiuluo, it’s you..." Lin Tian said in surprise, not expecting to run into Wu Xiuluo since Ning Wenbin just mentioned her in the afternoon.

At this moment, Ning Luoxi also jumped in, and upon seeing Wu Xiuluo, she wasn’t surprised at all.

"We arranged to meet," Wu Xiuluo seemed to know what Lin Tian was thinking and explained herself.

"Isn’t this setup a bit much?" Lin Tian joked.

"I also hope nothing happens," Ning Luoxi said softly.

Knowing Ning Luoxi’s responsibilities, Lin Tian stopped joking and began his super sight, scanning the construction site. The site had already transformed significantly, with many ancient tomb passageways unearthed, crisscrossing like a maze.

However, after observing with his super sight for quite a while, Lin Tian didn’t find anything unusual.

"Let’s go," Ning Luoxi didn’t know that Lin Tian had already checked everything and continued the search.

The three jumped into the Underground Maze, walking along the passageways in search of suspicious clues. But as expected, Ning Luoxi and Wu Xiuluo also did not find any so-called supernatural phenomena.

Just as Lin Tian was about to jump out of the passageway to search elsewhere on the site, Wu Xiuluo suddenly said, "Wait..."

"They’ve been here..." Wu Xiuluo said in a low voice, as she raised her hand, a ball of golden light appeared in her palm. She turned and pressed her hand against the tunnel wall.

A ring of golden light spread out like flowing water, covering more than half of the construction site. After the light passed, a magical scene appeared. On the ground and tunnel walls, faint phosphorescent light appeared.

The phosphorescence was a ghostly green, flickering like ghostly fire, extremely eerie.

"What is this?" Ning Luoxi asked in confusion.

"Ghost Fire Phosphor. Whenever a Netherworld Spiritual Body walks in the Human Realm, it leaves behind this phosphorescent ghost fire. It won’t dissipate within three days and can only be revealed using special methods," Wu Xiuluo explained softly.

This so-called method of hers might be unique to a Ksitigarbha Envoy.

Lin Tian furrowed his brow and said, "So, you’re saying that within these past three days, a Netherworld Ghost Messenger appeared here at the construction site?"

"Whether it’s a Ghost Messenger is unclear, but it must be a Netherworld Spiritual Body," Wu Xiuluo said very confidently.

"Sometimes the Human Realm also has Spiritual Bodies, like Japan’s Shishen. Could it be them?" Ning Luoxi asked seriously.

Wu Xiuluo shook her head slightly and explained, "The Ghost Fire Phosphor is unique to the Netherworld. Only Spiritual Bodies that have lived in the Netherworld for a long time would be tainted with this aura. Spiritual Bodies that have never been to the Netherworld would never have such traces."

"The Netherworld is at war, how do they still have the interest to come to the Human Realm for a stroll..." Lin Tian muttered softly, thinking of the ghost soldiers marching in Death Valley.

The two women were stunned, simultaneously looking at him, "What did you say? Netherworld war? How do you know?"

After thinking for a moment, Lin Tian didn’t hide it: "When I was in Kunlun Death Valley, I happened to encounter the ghost soldiers marching through, and coincidentally, my friend was among them..."

"Wait..." Ning Luoxi interrupted him, looking extremely shocked, "Your friend appeared among the ghost soldiers marching? How do you have friends in the Netherworld?"

Although Wu Xiuluo was calmer, she was equally puzzled. Encountering the ghost soldiers marching was already eerie enough, but Lin Tian also said he was friends with one of the Yin Department, which was truly unbelievable.

Some things are just troublesome to explain. Lin Tian felt helpless but still candidly said, "What if I told you I’ve been to the Netherworld, would you believe me?"

"We believe," the two women said in unison, seemingly for Lin Tian, no matter what happened, it shouldn’t be surprising.

Seeing the two women ready to hear a story, Lin Tian didn’t want to elaborate at this moment, simply saying, "My friend’s name is Mu Yun; she’s a first-class Impermanence in the Netherworld. She told me that evil spirits are rioting and that there’s a war in the Netherworld. They theoretically don’t have time to visit schools, as there are no vengeful spirits here to detain."

"Evil spirits rioting?" Wu Xiuluo’s face changed drastically, and her expression turned unprecedentedly serious.

Judging by her expression, she clearly understood the terror of evil spirits. As a Ksitigarbha Envoy, she knows more than Lin Tian.

"We can’t get involved in Netherworld wars; let’s focus on investigating what these Netherworld Ghost Messengers are doing at school," Lin Tian didn’t dwell much on the evil spirit issue because a war in an entire realm is not something he alone can change.

Furthermore, he didn’t want to change anything. The Netherworld shouldn’t be weak; by sacrificing some, they should be able to repel the Evil Spirit Tide’s attack.

Even though he said so, Wu Xiuluo seemed a bit uneasy, still concerned about the Netherworld issues.

"What do you suggest?" Ning Luoxi asked.

"Ghost Messengers acting at night must have a purpose. If we keep watch at midnight, we’ll surely catch a few rabbits," Lin Tian suggested.

Ning Luoxi was speechless, daring to mess with Ghost Messengers, not an ordinary person would dare, and coincidentally, she was also fearless, immediately agreeing to Lin Tian’s suggestion.

Wu Xiuluo didn’t oppose, so Lin Tian took that as her agreement.

Lin Tian jumped out of the passageway, found a mound, and crouched down. Wu Xiuluo cast a light screen, covering the three of them, but the screen flashed and disappeared.

"I’ve concealed our presence, and the Ghost Messengers won’t detect us," Wu Xiuluo explained.

All three of them were patient. Time passed, night deepened, and the night’s chill gradually intensified. On the ground’s stone slabs and tunnel walls, water droplets condensed, much like the damp season in the south.

Except near the coast, the dry north typically doesn’t experience the southern damp season, nor does moisture appear on walls. If it does, it’s because the house has too much yin energy.

Water droplets on the stone slabs were condensing at a rate visible to the Physical Eye, flowing down as if the stone was bleeding, appearing very eerie.

"It’s coming..." Lin Tian and Wu Xiuluo almost spoke in unison. His sensitivity to yin energy was like a shark’s sensitivity to the smell of blood.