Chapter 668: Chapter 198: Welcoming The Great Revered One! In order to Connect with the Heavenly Demon from Beyond! (A 10,000-Word Chapter, Subscription Requested)_1

Under the veil of night.

Atop a mountain ridge within the steep mountains, there lay an architectural complex, grand in its construction.

At this moment, although it was already nighttime, the complex atop the ridge was shrouded even more by mist.

It was somewhat difficult to see clearly what was inside.

The fog lingering around the buildings was not the usual mountain mist but rather billowing Yin Energy!

The pervasive Yin Energy that spread in all directions enveloped the entire structure, sending chills down one’s spine.

If anyone were to stray into this place, they would discover that it was a temple!

Because... The architectural style of these buildings was indeed constructed to resemble that of a temple from the Buddhist Sect.

Should one enter the complex through the mountain gate,

they would be greeted by statue after statue of the Buddha, with two Wrathful Vajras immediately coming into view.

The Wrathful Vajras shrouded in Yin Energy

were truly hair-raising to behold!

A temple like this not only failed to provide any sense of security,

but instead provoked fear!

"I wonder how many women will try to escape today?" muttered the left one of the two Wrathful Vajra statues behind the gate, astonishingly speaking in human tongue, "I really hope they all try to escape—then the Ghost King can bring over dozens of souls."

As it spoke, the Wrathful Vajra statue extended a long tongue and licked its lips, its eyes full of boundless greed and longing, "Soul harvested from the living are truly an extraordinary delicacy!"

"Last time, the Ghost King only rewarded me with one soul from the three souls and seven spirits, and I found it supremely delicious!"

The Vajra on the right glanced over and said without moving—retaining a statuesque posture except for its lips which moved as it spoke, "Do you think those women are that foolish? The only foolish ones are the women who’ve just been brought here."

"It is said that yesterday the Ghost King’s incarnations brought back quite a few souls, I wonder if there’s a share for us."

The Vajra on the left complained, "We’ve been guarding the gate for the Ghost King for decades; by rights, the Ghost King should reward us more, don’t you think?"

The Vajra on the right answered, "You only dare to grumble in front of me, but what’s the use? Why don’t you complain in front of the Ghost King?"

It teased, "Perhaps the Ghost King would be pleased and reward you even more."

"Eh..." said the Vajra on the left with a forced smile, "I’d better not!"

How could it dare to grumble in front of the Ghost King? 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

That’d be no different from seeking death!

"By the way..." the left Vajra seemed puzzled, "Why does it feel like the Ghost King has been capturing more and more women lately? It’s as if he needs a lot more demon spawn—but what use does the Ghost King have for so many demon spawn?"

"Using mortal women to conceive demon spawn is a nearly public secret technique of the Ghost King; he can extract the consciousness and memories of his fallen subordinates, and blend them into a bowl of secret medicine."

"Once a mortal woman consumes this secret medicine, she will conceive a demon spawn; which is, in fact, an embryo imbued with the consciousness and memories of the Ghost King’s fallen subordinates."

"This means those of us who are the Ghost King’s subordinates, even if we have died once and became ghosts... thanks to the Ghost King’s secret technique, we all have a chance at rebirth."

"However..."

It paused, full of confusion, "Lately, the Ghost King has been expanding his territory in the Netherworld, hence the increase in casualties among his subordinates, and the need for more demon spawn makes sense."

"The problem is, recently, the Ghost King doesn’t seem to have had any conflicts with other Ghost Kings, nor have there been any battles."

"The Ghost King shouldn’t have any consciousness or memories of a fallen subordinate in his possession, right?"

"So what does he need so many demon spawn for?!"

This left the Vajra quite perplexed.

"Why do you ask so many damn questions?" the right Vajra scowled, "What the Ghost King plans to do isn’t any of your business. Maybe the Ghost King just wants to stockpile some demon spawn. Who knows, maybe there’s a big move coming up, and a lot of ghosts might die then!"

It added ominously, "Perhaps at that time, you’ll get to enjoy being reborn from a demon spawn!"

The left Vajra’s eyes grew even wider, "Are you cursing me to die?"

They were not the Wrathful Vajras of the Buddhist Sect.

They were merely wicked ghosts!

"You two damn fools know nothing!" A sudden voice startled both Wrathful Vajra ghosts so much that their previously motionless bodies finally stirred. They turned their heads toward the source of the voice.

They saw a palm-sized Buddha statue that had appeared on the branch of a nearby tree.

This made the two ghosts even more fearful!

They hastily greeted, "We... we pay our respects to the Great Revered One!"

Clearly,

this palm-sized Buddha statue was the disguise of their direct superior.