I am the Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysterious-Chapter 406 - 370: Prime Minister

When the Red-clothed Class Master, bound by the Soul Hook, saw Zuo Jinye, a glint of excitement shot through his peach blossom eyes. Actually, he was also gambling, gambling on Zuo Jinye’s appearance.

After all, relying solely on the blood and fear of a million people wasn’t enough to step into the Ghost God Realm; the blessing of incense was still needed.

Ever since Zuo Jinye became the Prime Minister, he abolished the Witch Temple, seized the incense from the Witch Lady, took over the Evil Suppression Bureau, and used the power of the Prime Minister to mandate the construction of the Prime Minister’s Temple in various places.

Just in Jingzhou, there were nearly two million officials, influential families, and common people. The intensity of Zuo Jinye’s Incense Heart Lamp had probably long surpassed the boundary between the Sixth Level and Seventh Level, and the fundamental reason he hadn’t officially become a Ghost God was that the Black and White Impermanence he controlled lacked the fear of a million people.

Ghost Gods are revered and feared by people; reverence makes people sincerely offer, fear makes people abide by rules. Reverence and fear, neither can be missing.

The Qinzhou chaos was unbelievably smooth-going, and the Class Master had long suspected that without Zuo Jinye, the Prime Minister, pushing things along, it wouldn’t have reached this stage easily.

Therefore, the Class Master was certain that when he gathered the Power of Fear of a million people, Zuo Jinye would definitely come. They are both standing on the last step between the Sixth and Seventh Level; stepping down would make them Ghost Gods!

Today, between him and Zuo Jinye, only one could successfully advance!

The Class Master’s body suddenly turned into blood water under the Soul Hook, falling into the Blood Lake below, forming a reflection, yet having no true form.

In the Blood Lake reflection, ten thousand ghosts converged into a theatrical face again, Hua Dan and the Class Master rapidly merged into one in the reflection, the blood clothes on the Class Master turning into a lavish stage costume.

Outside the Blood Lake and inside it seemed like two completely different worlds.

White Impermanence suddenly appeared beside Qiu Wanjun, with a flick of the Mourning Stick, he snatched the yellow cloth bag from Qiu Wanjun’s waist.

The yellow cloth bag sparked a fire, and the Mourning Stick retrieved the object within, White Impermanence opened his mouth to swallow it, covering his face with his sleeve. Moments later, White Impermanence grew a scarlet long tongue, hanging to his chest, emitting deep eerie laughter.

Zuo Jinye suppressed the Blood Lake to the smallest range with his own power, he walked to the reflection of the Class Master in the Blood Lake, suddenly looked up towards where Sang Que was.

Sang Que’s heart skipped a beat; the pressure from that glance was indescribable, panic boiled within her, she couldn’t even control her body, retreating several steps, raising her hand to open the gate to leave the Deceit Dynasty.

Unfortunately, she was a step too late, Black Impermanence suddenly appeared in front of her, a flick of the Soul Hook bound Sang Que, while the Yin Child and Deceitful Bride dispersed in place, Sang Que was fixed in place, unable to move, all her power swiftly absorbed by the Soul Hook.

Sang Que felt not only her actions restricted but her entire soul bound by the Soul Hook, tethered to this world. If she tried to leave without breaking the Soul Hook, it might just pull her soul out from her body.

Is this the method Zuo Jinye used to trap Wuyou back then?

How did he recognize her in one glance?

Qiao Ling and Cheng Ge saw the situation and intended to rescue Sang Que, but an invisible force kept them at bay, unable to get close.

Zuo Jinye glanced and then withdrew his gaze, dressed in a red official robe, sleeves floating in the wind, standing alone like a solitary peak in the storm, flanked by the ominous Black and White Impermanence, surrounded by yin energy.

Zuo Jinye’s reflection in the Blood Lake was replaced by Hua Dan, Black and White Impermanence gradually invading the Blood Lake, ten thousand ghosts surged like tides, baring fangs and claws, surrounding Black and White Impermanence in the Blood Lake reflection to kill. White Impermanence waved the Mourning Stick, making swathes of Evil Ghosts vanish.

Crack!

Suddenly, a cracking sound, a rift appeared on the Blood Lake’s surface, rapidly expanding in all directions, blood alongside countless rubble continuously shattered, everything around crawling with cracks, the whole world trembling violently.

The power shattering the earth continuously spread and intensified, impacting Jianshui City, causing the city walls to shake, bricks and tiles to fall, the entire city slowly tilting towards the Blood Lake, raising a sky-obscuring dust, sweeping across the land like a sandstorm.

Except for the square inch of ground under Zuo Jinye’s feet, and the Hua Dan in his reflection, everything was falling into a bottomless dark abyss amid the cracking.

Amidst deafening rumblings, sinister cracks extended to the forest, the abyss broadened like the Nine Netherworld Hell, filled below with darkness and terrifying unknown things.

At that moment, in the collapsing Jianshui City, the Ghost Vendor with five Big-headed Ghosts continually flashed around, smashing Dream Puppets left by Mo Yan Shu with his pole.

Each Dream Puppet was indistinguishable from the original, able to be him or, at his mere thought, silently and unknowingly pull people into the puppet’s small dream realm.

The number of Dream Puppets created by Mo Yan Shu was limited, and since they couldn’t be distinguished, the best strategy was to destroy each one encountered.

After breaking five Dream Puppets in a row, the Ghost Vendor stepped on air, a collapsing house plummeting, with an endless dark abyss behind him, five Big-headed Ghosts immediately huddled together, appearing beneath the Ghost Vendor for leverage to leap up.

The sixth Mo Yan Shu was shattered by the Ghost Vendor with a pole, numerous manuscripts flew in the wind, filled with dark red writing.

The Ghost Vendor was shocked, and in the urgency of the situation, didn’t see the detailed content, catching only a few key words.

Yunzhou, hatred, curse-kill...

Another Mo Yan Shu appeared further away, waving a folding fan, smiling at the Ghost Vendor, leading him to run towards the other side of Jianshui City, further and further away from where Zuo Jinye was.

In the forest, the ground cracked, trees leaned in disarray, Sang Que remained immovable in place, yet even as the trees toppled, they narrowly missed her, Qiao Ling watched in horror, filled with helplessness.

She was just a doctor, able to save lives but unable to avert disaster!

"Leave while you still can, we can only leave our fate to heaven now!"

Qiao Ling shouted to the people from Yunzhou, rifling through her medical box, trying to find something to save Sang Que, unaware that those from Yunzhou all had bloodshot eyes, full of hatred, glaring at Zuo Jinye in the distance.

Cheng Ge and Xingzhu uncontrollably recalled the Gu Masters captured on Zuo Jinye’s orders, the Five Spirits Saintess harmed by his commands, and over the years, the continually encroaching Da Xuan and Evil Suppression Bureau on Yunzhou.

The mountain villages burned, headless corpses, enslaved Yunzhou women, all scenes flashed in the minds of Yunzhou people, arousing their anger and hatred.

The root of all these evils was the Da Xuan Chancellor, Zuo Jinye!

The previously colorful-clothed old woman stood out, striking her cane on the ground, shouting, "Ladies and gentlemen, since we violated the ancestral teachings by leaving Yunzhou, we are sinners of Yunzhou, we can never face returning home. Since this is so, why not seize this opportunity to kill this villain, and rid Yunzhou of this plague at its roots!"

"Indeed, if this villain succeeds in advancing to the Ghost God Realm, he could obliterate Yunzhou with a wave of his hand, he must be eliminated!"

"If our lives can be exchanged for Yunzhou’s century of peace, it’s worth it!"

"Kill this villain, sworn to protect Yunzhou to death!"

"Kill this villain, kill this villain!"

In a surge of fervor, Qiao Ling sensed the anomaly yet was utterly powerless to stop what was about to happen, left watching helplessly as the Yunzhou Gu Masters and Ghost Witches, eyes bloodshot, filled with hatred, glared and shouted, under the lead of the old woman, as they turned the knife inward towards their own hearts, chanting in Yunzhou’s ancient tongue.

Meanwhile, Sang Que, striving to calm herself, realized that in their current situation, there was no way, even for someone of her level, or for Qiao Ling, to undo the bind. So, who could help her break free and stop Zuo Jinye and the Class Master?

The Witch Lady! But with her trapped, even if freed, there was little she could do.

Ghosts! Only ghosts can deal with ghosts!

Sang Que suddenly noticed something as the idea solidified in her mind, an altar gradually appeared under the almost toppling large tree beside her.

The Earth Ghost’s altar!