Gradually, I followed Violet Swallow up into the overflowing mountains, where she finally stopped.
"Master Ethan, please be patient. Soon, we will reach the world of the living."
Wu Zheng has been trapped inside my ghostly soul, whimpering. I bound his hands, feet, and mouth, leaving him unable to make a sound.
Suddenly, I sensed a surge of powerful ghostly energy behind me, mixed with anger. I turned around cautiously and saw a mass of green light rushing toward us.
In the blink of an eye, the green light arrived before us—it was Lucas Lan. His brows were tightly furrowed, his eyes full of hostility as he glared at me.
"Brother..."
Violet Swallow called out, but Lucas Lan snorted coldly and replied.
"Do you still see me as your brother, Violet Swallow? Hurry and fix the passage's track."
Violet Swallow shook her head.
"Brother, are you still angry because Brother Yin left us all those years ago?"
"Enough talk, Violet Swallow. If you still consider me your brother, then..."
"Brother, do you know that what we're doing is wrong? Brother Yin must have had his reasons for leaving us. Now that he's back, this is when we Hundred Ghosts need to support him. Why are you, together with Brother Bai, helping the Immortality Society? They are even worse than ghosts..."
"Enough."
Lucas Lan's brows drew together in anger as he glared at Violet Swallow, then shot me a look.
"Hand over Ethan Zhang. Wu Zheng's soul must be with him."
I said nothing, only silently drew my Hell's Sentinel.
"Brother, don't be so stubborn. Haven't you seen what those people have done over the years? They're even more despicable than ghosts, yet you help them. Isn't this aiding evil?"
Lucas Lan let out a cold laugh.
"Violet Swallow, you're the one who's stubborn. Even if you have feelings for Yin Choujian, he will never reciprocate. You're only humiliating yourself. All those years ago, everything that happened destroyed our trust and what we felt for him. Things aren't the same anymore."
Violet Swallow said nothing, only gazed quietly at Lucas Lan. Then, with a whoosh, she pulled out a pipa.