Chapter 76: I Am White Impermanence
Chapter 76: I Am White Impermanence
What should he do?
He really wanted to use the soul locking chain to teach Pei Ye a lesson!
What did she mean by saying he was not qualified?
He was a proper underworld messenger for seizing souls, someone who had fought his way up from countless contenders through real strength.
Even human Celestial Masters had to treat him with great respect. Although Pei Ye was indeed a bit fierce and terrifying, she could not insult him like this!
His rich inner thoughts were hidden behind a cold and rigid expression of deathly stillness, while the wide black hood covered most of his face.
Pei Ye could not hear his thoughts and only felt that this guy was extremely inefficient.
Someone as highly efficient as Pei Ye could not tolerate this at all.
An employee with such low efficiency would have been fired if he worked under her.
“Forget it, if you will not call him, I will.”
Black Impermanence should be high enough rank, right?
Pei Ye spoke so naturally that the underworld messenger could not help but feel a jolt in his heart.
Could it be that Pei Ye really had deep connections with the upper ranks of Fengdu?
If she really called some big shot, should he slip away to avoid the storm? (:з)∠)
He had accepted this Celestial Master’s summons during working hours, strictly speaking this counted as dereliction of duty.
These thoughts flashed through the underworld messenger’s mind, but his feet firmly refused to move.
“Hmph!”
A contemptuous snort came out from under his nose.
Did she really think Fengdu officials were so easy to summon?
They were all extremely busy people. As an underworld messenger, he could not even see Black Impermanence or White Impermanence once a year.
Talking big without fear of the wind breaking your tongue.
At this moment, Pei Ye casually threw out a talisman to restrain Bai Jia.
“What did you do to me?”
Realizing he could not move at all, Bai Jia’s panic overwhelmed his negative emotions.
“Just making sure you do not run. I do not have time to chase people.” Pei Ye said with a faint smile, “If I catch you, I usually break your legs.”
To avoid extra trouble, she chose the simplest method.
Bind him first!
Ignoring Bai Jia’s curses, Pei Ye began chanting.
The underworld messenger immediately felt something was wrong as soon as he heard the beginning of the chant.
“Wait, this is not the summons for the underworld messenger express department?”
Brother, are you not bluffing a bit too hard?
The underworld messenger express department was just a new side department for part time income. There was no big official stationed there at all.
The next second, reality slapped him in the face.
A circular vortex of yin energy appeared on the ground, and a dense mass of yin energy floated out from it, condensing into a man dressed in white robes.
This man’s face was as unnaturally pale as Black Impermanence, and his clothing style was similar as well, only the color was different.
Apart from his hair and eyes, everything about him was deathly white.
When the underworld messenger saw him, even his expression turned deathly white.
White Impermanence!
Pei Ye looked at the unfamiliar summoned being that appeared in the vortex, or rather the soul, and frowned.
“You are not Black Impermanence.”
The man had lifeless eyes and held a soul locking chain that was longer, thicker, and more strangely patterned than that of ordinary underworld messengers.
Although his outfit resembled Black Impermanence, he was clearly not him.
Hearing Pei Ye’s question, he could not help but retort, “Of course I am not Lao Hei.”
He was White Impermanence, thank you very much!
Pei Ye said, “But I am looking for Black Impermanence.”
White Impermanence: “...”
In this day and age, even delivering express requires specifying Black Impermanence?
Is White Impermanence not acceptable?
While on duty, White Impermanence had sensed a terrifying disturbance and rushed over.
But after arriving, he found the reality completely different from what he had imagined.
The summoner immediately asked for Lao Hei, and from her tone, she seemed quite familiar with him.
Could it be...
Hiss, could Lao Hei have a girlfriend in the human world?
That was not impossible.
Maybe they were using so called delivery work as an excuse to meet secretly.
“What do you need him for?”
Pei Ye said, “I have an important matter that requires cooperation from Fengdu’s higher ups. Black Impermanence is the only official from Fengdu I know.”
The man immediately understood that he had overthought things again.
She was not looking for Lao Hei for anything romantic at all, but for serious business.
But still,
Why use the underworld messenger express summoning order?
Do your Daoist teachers not teach anything else?
Using a courier summoning order to call Black Impermanence...
Heh...
If that actually worked, it would be strange.
White Impermanence was good tempered, but also worried about provoking Pei Ye.
“If it is a serious matter, you can ask me for help instead. It depends on what exactly the issue is.”
Pei Ye asked him, “And you are?”
“I am White Impermanence. People call me Lord Seven.” White Impermanence said calmly, “If you have matters, asking me is the same as asking Black Impermanence.”
Just from the title, it was clear he and Black Impermanence were of the same rank.
Compared to Black Impermanence’s cold and rigid aura, White Impermanence seemed much more friendly.
He also firmly believed he was more popular with female spirits than Black Impermanence.
Pei Ye clearly did not know what politeness was.
She went straight to the point.
“Here is the situation. I recently received a commission. The client told me that Film Emperor Bai Jia killed his wife and child. As a brave person exposing this crime, the client is worried that Bai Jia will silence him. My mission is to protect the client’s life safety, and also protect the victim in this case, this female ghost beside me, Qin Jie. We confronted Bai Jia, and he repeatedly denied committing murder. I searched Qin Jie’s memories and confirmed that she was indeed killed by Bai Jia. Before the murder, Bai Jia also used a fate stealing and fortune changing evil technique with the help of two suspicious individuals. Because the nature of this case is extremely serious, and Bai Jia continues to deny all criminal acts, we would like to request Fengdu’s intervention to assist in the investigation.”
White Impermanence’s expression grew slightly more serious upon hearing this.
Stealing fate and changing fortune?
That was indeed extremely malicious.
White Impermanence said, “What do you need me to do?”
“Could Lord White Impermanence check the true cause of death of this female ghost?” Pei Ye said, “The client’s intention is to bring Bai Jia to justice and make him pay for his crimes. However, Qin Jie has been dead for over ten years without being discovered. There is a saying in the human world, no witness means no proof, but I heard Fengdu has cooperation with human departments. Evidence provided by Fengdu should be admissible, right?”
White Impermanence revealed a stiff smile.
He thought he looked very kind, but his rigid face made the smile look more like a chilling grin.
“Yes, Fengdu does cooperate with the Celestial Masters Alliance. If you have complete procedural documentation, submit an application and we can consider assisting you.”
Pei Ye paused for a second and checked her phone.
She had contacted Zhu Chun’an and Xiao Pangzi after accepting Guan Nong’s commission, but neither had replied.
She also messaged them privately through the “Break Through the Dimensional Wall” app, but still no response.
Probably asleep or out on a mission.
Do not fail at a critical moment.
Pei Ye frowned.
“Sorry, Lord White Impermanence. I am just an unofficial Celestial Master and have not passed the Celestial Masters Alliance assessment yet.”
White Impermanence: I am White Impermanence.
Pei Ye, frowning: But I am looking for Black Impermanence.
Black Impermanence, frowning: This is bad, White probably found out about the courier job.