Chapter 375: Guardian Appears |
The tall platform was entirely black, formed by blocks of massive black rocks. Ghostly flames the size of human heads floated around the platform, illuminating the entire structure.
Yang Haoran looked towards Xu Meijing beside him. Xu Meijing's gaze was also fixed on the platform.
"What is this stone platform for? And what is that black hole?" Yang Haoran lowered his voice and asked Xu Meijing.
This time he wasn't pretending to not know, he really didn't know.
Xu Meijing had his hands in his pockets and shook his head, then said, "I'm not too sure either."
Yang Haoran was somewhat surprised. In his impression, Xu Meijing was like an encyclopedia, someone who knew everything. But unexpectedly, Xu Meijing also didn't know what this platform and black hole were.
"Why are you so surprised? Did you really think I knew everything? However, you also heard that voice that spread through the underworld just now. From that voice, this platform and black hole may be related to offering souls," Xu Meijing noticed the surprise on Yang Haoran's face and spoke.
Just as Xu Meijing finished speaking, a huge rift suddenly opened up in the space above the platform. Figures then began walking out from the spatial rift one after another.
Their appearance immediately drew the attention of all the Underworld Envoys on the Jingling Continent.
After a moment, no more people came out from the spatial rift. The rift disappeared, and on the platforms of the Four Continents, there were now an additional hundred people on each without exception.
These hundred people were of all ages, men and women. After appearing on the platform, they took out stone desks and office chairs and arranged them neatly on the platform.
Additionally, they placed an imposing stone chair at a prominent special spot on the platform, clearly prepared for an important figure.
They then sat down at their respective positions and took out iron books to place on the stone desks in front of them.
No one conversed with each other, and they didn't even make much noise. They just went about their own business. Once everything was set up, they sat upright at their seats with serious expressions, as if waiting for something.
Not only the hundred people on the Jingling Continent's platform behaved this way, but also those on the platforms of the other three continents.
From their attire, they were all ghost attendants of the underworld.
Not long after the ghost attendants sat down, a rift opened up in the space above the platform again. But this time, it only occurred on the platform of the Jingling Continent.
As the spatial rift appeared, a figure stepped out from within and stood upright on the platform.
Seeing this figure, many Underworld Envoys on the Jingling Continent were stirred up. Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing also revealed looks of surprise. The hundred ghost attendants who had just taken their seats immediately stood up and respectfully paid respects to the arrival.
This black-robed figure who suddenly appeared was none other than Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing's superior, the Guardian Luo Yao.
There were nine Guardians on the Jingling Continent, and Luo Yao was just one of them. So not all Underworld Envoys on the Jingling Continent recognized Luo Yao.
However, Luo Yao had thousands of Underworld Envoys under him. Those whose expressions changed or became emotionally stirred were almost all Luo Yao's subordinates.
Of course, there was also a portion of Underworld Envoys who were not under Luo Yao but recognized him and knew his status as a Guardian.
After appearing, Luo Yao did not pay attention to the Underworld Envoys from the other three continents. Instead, his gaze swept over the Jingling Continent's Underworld Envoys present before he spoke.
"Everyone, I am one of the Guardians of the Jingling Continent. My name is Luo Yao. This year, I will be presiding over the Jingling Continent's offering of souls," Luo Yao said with a solemn expression.
From Luo Yao's expression, his mood did not seem very good.
Correct, Luo Yao's mood was indeed not very good at this time, because every year hosting the soul handover was an event that each continent would send a guardian to preside over. However, in the eyes of the guardians, this was a trivial matter that wasted their time, and no one wanted to take on this task.
Starting this year, the presiding guardian for the Jingling Continent is Luo Yao, and his term will last for ten years. In other words, for the next ten years, at the end of each year, Luo Yao will have to come to the underworld to preside over the Jingling Continent's Underworld Envoy's soul handover.
Of course, he is only responsible for the Jingling Continent, while the other three major realms will have their own guardians presiding.
Although presiding over the Underworld Envoy's soul handover does not require him to do anything, he only needs to oversee it, but he still has to stay here, and he has to come every year-end for the next ten years. Just thinking about it makes him feel annoyed and his mood sour.
However, the Underworld Envoys of the Jingling Continent are unaware of these reasons. They only noticed that this guardian's mood was not very good, so no one dared to speak rashly, and they could only listen quietly.
As Luo Yao started speaking, space rifts also appeared on the high platforms of the other three major realms, welcoming the guardians of their respective realms.
Among these three guardians, one of them, like Luo Yao, did not have a good expression on his face. To put it bluntly, this guardian's expression was even worse than Luo Yao's.
As for the other two guardians, one had a bitter smile on his face, showing that he felt helpless about this task, but this also indicated that his attitude was relatively better.
The last guardian's facial expression was very calm, showing neither joy nor sorrow, so it was impossible to judge his mood from his facial expression.
The appearance of the other three guardians did not draw Luo Yao's attention. At this moment, the Burial Masters of the Jingling Continent naturally did not have the heart to pay attention to the situations of the other three major realms. Their gazes were all locked on Luo Yao, including Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing.
After his words fell, Luo Yao looked at his watch with a solemn expression and then continued to speak to the Burial Masters of the Jingling Continent below: "Everyone, it's time. Next, we will begin this year's soul handover."
After saying that, Luo Yao turned his gaze towards the hundred ghost attendants on the high platform and said, "You can start now. The rest of the work is up to you."
"Please be at ease, divine envoy!"
The hundred ghost attendants answered in unison, respectfully bowed, and then dared to return to their seats.
From then on, the work was entirely handed over to the hundred ghost attendants. As the guardian, Luo Yao only needed to preside over the high platform and did not need to manage anything else.
On the high platform, the hundred ghost attendants had already prepared an imposing exclusive stone chair for Luo Yao. Luo Yao did not stand on ceremony and, with a solemn expression, walked to his exclusive seat, plopped down, and closed his eyes in boredom, waiting for the Jingling Continent's Underworld Envoy soul handover to finish.
At this moment, one of the ghost attendants spoke to the Jingling Continent's Underworld Envoys below.
"Everyone, soon the name of an Underworld Envoy and the city they are responsible for will appear above the heads of us, the hundred ghost attendants. Please hurry to the corresponding ghost attendant as quickly as possible. Do not waste everyone's time. Thank you for your cooperation."
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