Otherworldly Desert Dust

Ghost marriage??

What the hell, why is this so messy!

Could it be that I am not a natural-born ghost of the underworld, but simply bound by some absurd entanglement?

Liu Mengying was resolute, determined to obtain the Death Omen Yuan You, even though her mana was weak and the battlefield ahead could only be described as terrifying.

Wu Hen began to deduce from these snippets of conversation.

Immortal Clan, Yin Clan...

It seemed that during the all-night conversation with the Immortal Gong Qin, he had heard about the matters of the Yin Clan.

What does one turn into after death, and where does one go?

This in itself is something that cannot be proven.

However, in the Otherworldly Dust, there is an extremely small probability that after death, one can achieve another form of eternal life and become an Underworld Priest.

This bears similarities to ancient folk mythology.

Some famous people, after their deaths, take up posts in the underworld, with the most typical examples being Judge Cui, Zhong Kui, King Yanluo...

In Otherworldly Dust, there’s a Yin Pole Divine Realm, which is the Underworld depicted in folk mythology.

Which are more numerous in the world, the living or the dead?

The answer is naturally those who have died.

Therefore, the brilliance of the Yin Pole Divine Realm is significant; all living people could potentially become followers of the Yin Pole Divine Realm in the future, since real eternal life does not yet exist.

The Yin Pole Divine Realm has countless ghosts, and there are also gods who govern these ghosts.

They are known as Underworld Priests.

The Underworld Priests possess vast divine skills and have Yin Temples in many realms, with at least one Priest presiding over each temple.

In some realms where there are many Yin Temples, a Divine Authority Organization will emerge, known as the Yinji Little Heavenly Court. They generally manage hundreds or even thousands of temples and can be considered bureaucrats among the deities of death.

In theory, such an otherworldly Divine Authority Organization would be a gathering of mighty figures. Sending just one of them out could exhaust many powerful civilizations; even faced with top predators of the Desert Dust, they should be able to hold their own!

Overnight, the Divine Authority Organization was gone!

No reason, no sign, and not a trace left behind...

This made Liu Mengying, who had only recently joined the Yin Pole Divine Realm, start to question whether the Divine Realm was just leading her on with false promises, suggesting that perhaps they weren’t as powerful as they seemed and that they also walked on eggshells in the Desert Dust.

But after coming into contact with many Human Clan Forces in Red Port, she found that no matter how the Human Clan Forces were classified, they could never compare with the Underworld Priests she had encountered, including the Totem Sacred Sect that boasted of being Saints; they were still no match for the Underworld Priest colleagues she had met.

Aside from the Immortal lineage, they as Underworld Priests were the Netherworld Immortals who controlled the lives and deaths of countless people, including the Divine Power Laws they possessed!

Even in the face of unforeseeable accidents, it could also be a test from the Little Heavenly Court. Only by surviving this ordeal could she become a true Yin Pole Xuan Lady.

"Let me ask, since we’re only married after our burial, theoretically we’re not a legal couple. The mortal government doesn’t even allow such backward customs, so why bother keeping me by your side?" Wu Hen couldn’t help but inquire, seizing an opportunity during his breathing control.

"You think I want this!" Liu Mengying was so angry that her body trembled.

This was madness.

In her life as a mortal, she was frail and sick, hardly having any peaceful days.

Since her childhood, she had believed in Bodhisattvas. Even though she spent her days with bitter medicine and nights tormented by illness, she remained committed to doing a good deed every day, giving away money every month to help others...

One day, she dreamed of a Bodhisattva.

The next day, she never woke up—it was the most peaceful night of sleep since her memory began.

She knew she had left the mortal world and gone to the underworld.

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Between the choices of reincarnating as a human and becoming an Underworld Priest, she chose the latter.

She had thought joining the brilliant and enchanting Yinji Kingdom would change her fate dramatically, making her life incredibly exciting and revered by people just like the ladies in the temple.

Who would have known that even among Underworld Priests there were lower clerks and high officials, that she would need to endure numerous challenges, traverse the three thousand great worlds, undergo audits by the various Little Heavenly Courts, and travel thousands of miles to eliminate countless competitors in a manner akin to taking a civil service examination...

Only then would she possibly become a true Yinji Niangniang, possess her own temple, and bring salvation to all souls.

"Marriage not recognized in the mortal world, but in the underworld, it forms a marriage contract. Once we part, my mana will fade even faster," Liu Mengying said irritably.

Liu Mengying could be considered to have finally come ashore.

However, after coming ashore, she did not cut ties with her intended one and went to pursue her perfect future alone. Instead, the gods arranged for her a ghost marriage, tying her to a complete stranger’s partner, one bound by a contract within the underworld’s divine authority system. Even Liu Mengying herself found it outrageous!

Liu Mengying knew that it was her family in the mortal world that cherished her, afraid she would be lonely in the underworld alone, thus they found her a good family and arranged a ghost marriage. But to her, it was no different than being pressed with an extra burden.

Fortunately, because of her Divine Rank, the fellow also qualified as a Priest, acquiring the Third Rank Netherworld Eye, which allowed him to discern many unusual anomalies in this world. If nurtured properly, he could indeed become a strong male assistant for Liu Mengying...

But this guy was too soft by nature. It wasn’t apparent when he was offering warmth and concern on normal days, but upon reaching the battlefield, his true nature revealed itself: timid, cowardly, hardly someone who could accomplish great things! @@novelbin@@

"Your resentment is so strong, like a female ghost, not at all like a Priest," Wu Hen teased upon noticing not a hint of warmth in Liu Mengying.

That comment nearly ignited rage within Liu Mengying’s chest.

She was already unfortunate enough!

Having accumulated so much virtue in her past life, she became an Underworld Priest but saw no semblance of it, now hardly different from a mortal, resorting to such means to obtain the Death Omen Yuan You...

"My destiny is already extremely adverse. If I succumb to fate, it is only a matter of time before I face eternal doom," Liu Mengying said.

"That’s hard to say, isn’t there a possibility that losing touch with the Yinji Heavenly Court might actually be your greatest fortune?" Wu Hen still voiced this thought.

Through some residual memories of his host, Wu Hen could sense that this female Underworld Priest was not a cruel and atrocious being, fundamentally different from those he had encountered in Yinzhou.

"You..." On hearing these words, Liu Mengying found herself stunned.

Liu Mengying was intelligent; she understood what Wu Hen was trying to convey.

His meaning was, the Yinji Heavenly Court had fallen!

Her losing contact with the Yinji Heavenly Court undoubtedly meant she had escaped a deadly catastrophe!

Liu Mengying had considered this before, but had never truly come to terms with it in her heart. After all, it was a vast and overbearing divine authority organization...

Yet considering the current situation, it seemed highly likely that the Yinji Heavenly Court, ruling over this otherworldly realm, had fallen, and she might be the only surviving Underworld Priest in this otherworld.

"Why are you suddenly acting so strange, like you’re a different person?" Liu Mengying snapped back to reality and murmured to herself.

"You’ve never truly understood me; we’ve spent such a short time together," Wu Hen said cryptically.

Indeed, this was true.

Liu Mengying felt that this man was more like her young male housekeeper; she never had the intention to understand him.

"Hmph, let’s survive today before discussing anything else," Liu Mengying turned away, unwilling to continue this meaningless conversation with him.

Wu Hen also focused ahead. It was evident that many forces, keen to curry favor with the Yinji Sect, were providing escorts voluntarily, significantly reducing the pressure on their advance.

"Little Yi, it looks like you’ve wiped out someone’s headquarters," Wu Hen, having nothing better to do, started conversing with Little Yi.

Little Yi adopted an indifferent, none-of-my-business attitude.

To him, the Yinji Heavenly Court didn’t ring a bell, only remembering that during that fight, it had blunted its sword edge quite a bit!