Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 333: Chapter 158 Fire!

Looking at his two cousins in front of him, the handsome man felt a surge of anger welling up.

As a Returning Soul, he was an entity that had returned after death.

He could even feel the long-cold blood in his veins boiling with rage.

In other words, his blood pressure was rising.

Anyone would be furious if they were given such a hard time; he had been blocked by this broken door for over ten minutes.

After paying a hefty amount of wealth and even losing two servants, all he’d done was enter the door, only to find another cousin inside? Also known as a brother-in-law?

He glanced at the two servants beside him.

One with a sunken head, the other with a sunken chest.

To a ghost, such injuries were not fatal.

Merely physical injuries, hardly enough to kill a ghost.

But now, they were dead. If it wasn’t the act of their own kind, then it must have been... a Spiritual Ability User!

The man’s gaze grew colder, and his originally handsome face became gloomy and eerie.

”It seems you intend to break the contract,” said the man coldly; behind him, the wedding procession looked increasingly ferocious, while the Yin Soldiers downstairs grew more restless.

Did that guy Lu Shou hire a Spiritual Ability User? And not just one?

This made the man furious; Returning Souls valued contracts deeply!

After all, they were a collective of strong obsessions from numerous souls returning home after death. Under certain conditions, they transformed into Returning Souls and possessed considerable power.

They would not and could not harm the living easily. Unless it involved a transaction, therefore, they would engage in trade with humans in need of help and collect fees.

He had ensured Lu Shou’s safe return home, not dying to those bandits, so he naturally came to collect the fee. It was the contract they had set from the beginning.

Paying debts is a natural duty!

Now hiring a Spiritual Ability User to break the contract, Lu Shou was really breaking the rules!

It can’t be blamed on him then; without a contract, they can’t harm humans at will, but there are no restrictions for those who break contracts.

No matter how strong those two Gate God-like fellows were, they would only retreat under the attack of Yin Soldiers!

Eventually, he could take the bride and fulfill the contract!

”How can you speak of breaking the contract?” Jing Lin said calmly with a smile, ”Aren’t we just performing the common door-blocking ritual?”

”Indeed,” Li Yelai joined in, ”Now, haven’t you successfully entered? What, you can’t even afford that bit of money to marry my cousin?”

”Pity, pity, you’ve finally made it inside,” Jing Lin said sarcastically. ”Since you don’t want to receive the bride, you might as well go back home.”

”You’ve killed two of my servants and you still say you’re not breaking the contract?”

The handsome man’s face twisted hideously, and a terrifying chill spread around.

This was not an illusion; in front of Li Yelai and Jing Lin’s face armor, ’white mist’ formed. This indicated an abrupt drop in the temperature nearby.

”Don’t talk nonsense; I merely touched them lightly.” Li Yelai shrugged, feigning innocence, ”Look, my umbrella is even tied with a cloth strip; killing them was never my intent. They were just too fragile. Couldn’t you find a more presentable groomsman for such a task?”

The man noticed that Li Yelai’s Big Black Umbrella indeed had a towel tied to it, with black blood dripping off.

In ancient times, wedding rituals also included calling at the door and blocking the door.

Generally, it was the groom’s groomsman or friends who would call.

If the red envelope offered did not satisfy the bride’s relatives, they would continuously refuse to open the door.

The groomsmen could then force the door open.

Of course, the bride’s relatives would also attack the door-forcing individual with sticks wrapped in cloth.

Although it wouldn’t hurt much, it did cause pain.

Thus, smart groomsmen would wear soft armor under their clothes and protect their heads.

This, too, Li Yelai learned while working at an antique shop. Being a groomsman in ancient times was a risky task.

Such customs had naturally vanished nowadays.

However, since Returning Souls insisted on ancient rituals, why not play along?

Li Yelai also complied with this, wrapping a large towel around the Big Black Umbrella, aiming to appear honest.

However, the weight of the Big Black Umbrella combined with the Azure Dragon Halberd was already far more than that of an adult.

Li Yelai could lift it single-handedly purely because his body was exceptionally strong.

So, towel or not, nothing hindered Li Yelai from killing two ghost servants with one arm.

Li Yelai lifted the Big Black Umbrella onto his shoulder single-handedly, his face covered by Copper Face looking towards the door-facing wedding procession, and said indifferently, ”Aside from the bridegroom, who else wants to enter?”

In the wedding procession, the ghosts appeared ferocious but dared not step forward.

Approaching meant certain death; this human had no sense of martial ethics! Did they still want the bride to get married?

This made the man even more irritated; to him, this was even worse than a direct breach by the other party!

A direct breach would allow him to call the Yin Soldiers behind him to clear the scene and take the bride!

If the welcoming ritual continued, he didn’t know how much more humiliation he’d have to endure!

Now, this... they were only in the living room!

There was still the bride’s chamber and other rituals to get through.

The man looked towards the main bedroom, but Jing Lin stood up to block his path, ”You’ve given so much to the bride’s second cousin; you can’t just skimp when it comes to me.”

”Do you know what you’re doing?” the man coldly warned, ”Don’t provoke me.”

He was already somewhat regretting not breaking through the door to take the bride directly instead of following this wedding ritual.

”Getting anxious, he’s getting anxious,” Jing Lin pointed at the man and laughed to Li Yelai, then his smile faded as he said to the man, ”If you can’t pay, leave! Remember, it’s your lack of ability to marry her, not us breaking the contract!”