The next day, we continued to wait patiently. Marshal Leopard returned. Soren Black had told me that Judge Cui was a rather upright judge—he wouldn't favor the Underworld Court, and that put my mind at ease.
I checked on Wu Zheng's situation several times—there's no doubt it's fake. Some power from the Underworld Court had mixed into Wu Zheng's soul, and that bothered me a lot. But the final result would have to wait for Judge Cui to arrive.
Speaking of Judge Cui, I had met him once before at the Bridge of Remorse, when I went to get Lady Meng's Elixir. At the time, I kept my head down and didn't dare look at him. Last night, Soren Black told me that Judge Cui's only shame in life was the Life Ledger—right under his nose, John Chou managed to steal it.
As for the City of the Dead, the reason it has now become nothing more than a tourist spot is closely tied to John Chou. It was during that incident, after he stole the Life Ledger from Judge Cui in the City of the Dead, that the Underworld Court's institutions in the living world were destroyed.
"Hey, Ethan Zhang, is this really necessary? We're pretty busy, you know."
Felix Fu started complaining beside me, and I could only apologize. Lan Yin walked over and grabbed him by the head.
"Busy with what? Going back to play video games?"
Felix Fu brushed off Lan Yin's hand. I muttered to myself, is he another gaming addict?
Just then, the Day Warden and the Night Warden walked toward us. Lan Yin stepped forward.
"Is there something you need?"
"Hmph, Lan Yin, since when have you people from the Yellow Springs gotten so close to the Ghost Sovereign's forces?"
The Night Warden questioned, his tone sharp. Lan Yin just smiled.
"We from Yellow Springs may do work for your Underworld Court, but let’s get one thing straight—we aren’t your errand boys, and certainly not your subordinates."
As soon as Lan Yin finished speaking, the Day Warden and Night Warden’s auras suddenly intensified. The Day Warden began to glow with a light as bright as the sun, while the Night Warden’s body radiated a darkness as deep as a moonless night.
"Why so much hostility?"
William Fan rushed over, holding his Mourning Staff. With a clang, he instantly separated the two groups. I stared in surprise—the distance between us and the Day and Night Wardens had suddenly grown to more than ten meters.
"Lan, let’s just drop it. No matter what, we shouldn’t fall out with the Underworld Court. Otherwise—"
"Shut up."
Julian Lu tried to speak, but Lan Yin cut him off.
"If you want to be a lackey your whole life, that’s your business. Today, I want to make our Yellow Springs’ position clear. Lackeys? Lapdogs of the Underworld Court? Heh—do we really deserve those insults after all these centuries?"