My Silly, Sweet Wife

However, over the years, the number of people who can enter the Netherworld Mountain are very few, and even if they do enter, no one truly knows if the Netherworld actually exists.

At this moment, inside a cave in the Netherworld Mountain.

A black-robed figure stands with hands behind his back, gazing at the seventeen burning candles in front of him.

While the entire cave is windless, those candles gently flicker.

Yet one candle suddenly seems to blow out by a gust of wind, extinguishing with a sound.

The black-robed man raised an eyebrow and clenched his fists twice unconsciously: "Chang Hu is dead."

His voice is deep, as if it comes from beneath the earth.

Standing behind him is a middle-aged man emanating a dense aura of corpse, with a complexion pale as paper.

It’s just that the middle-aged man has no pupils, and his skin is shriveled and wrinkled like a corpse.

This man is the corpse cultivator of the Netherworld Mountain, known as the Corpse Master.

And the other person is a charming woman.

The woman is also dressed in black, her waist flexible and slim, her figure comparable to a devil.

Yet her face is equally pale, contrasting sharply with her bright red lips.

This person is the ghost cultivator master of the Netherworld Mountain, dubbed the Ghost Lady.

Originally, while the Corpse Master and Ghost Lady guarded the Netherworld Mountain together, they have always been at odds with each other.

But ever since the young master of the Demon Clan arrived and with strong means suppressed the two of them, he managed to control them, achieving a temporary, subtle balance between ghost and corpse cultivators.

The black-robed youth, naturally, is the young master of the Demon Clan, who claims the name Haotian.

As for his real name, no one knows.

"Young Master, just a little Chang Hu, not worth mentioning!" The Ghost Lady laughed charmingly: "Besides, the Demon Saint had left measures a long time ago. With you governing the Netherworld Mountain, the Demon Clan is about to reappear, who can withstand the might of the Demon Clan?"

The Corpse Master also hurriedly flattered: "Exactly, Young Master, the hidden gates are about to open, the Demon Clan will return to the human world, even those upright Immortals wouldn’t have expected this, would they?"

Haotian turns around, looking at these two sycophants, snorting coldly: "Indeed, back then, to avoid the siege of those Immortals, the Demon Saint forcibly altered my bloodline, making me a half-demon. Now, once the bloodline is reactivated, however, to truly reach the peak, I need the fountain of life. Without the fountain of life, how can I help open the hidden gates?"

"This..." Hearing Haotian’s words, the Corpse Master and Ghost Lady were at a loss.

"Well, Young Master, without the fountain of life, is there no other way?" The Ghost Lady asked tremblingly.

Haotian’s lips curled, his gaze profound: "Of course there is. Just what I asked you to do before, as long as enough humans are refined, the opening of the hidden gates is just a matter of time. However..."

Haotian’s tone shifted, his aura suddenly changing, harshly reprimanding: "But you messed it up! My Demon Clan’s children were driven over the ice wall, and none of the people you sent did their job right. What use are mere hundreds of thousands of human corpses? I need millions to sacrifice, don’t you understand?"

The Corpse Master and Ghost Lady were so scared they lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

Haotian waved his hand dismissively, seemingly disinclined to argue further: "But it’s not entirely your fault, just an unexpected variable."

Here, Haotian looked towards the Ghost Lady: "Has that guy named Ye Guichen been investigated clearly?"

The Ghost Lady lowered her head: "I’m inadequate, still haven’t investigated his specific identity."

"Specific identity?" Haotian snorted: "Actually, no need to investigate, I can almost guess it. This person is probably closely connected to that Snake Woman from back then, isn’t he?"

"Snake Woman?"

Upon hearing these two words, both the Ghost Lady and Corpse Master narrowed their eyes, unable to hide their fear, seeming extremely wary of this name.

Haotian licked his lips, his eyes filled with greedy desire: "Moreover, according to the information I have, that Snake Woman once lingered in the human world and bore a son with a man. Hehe, if I’m not mistaken, that child is this Ye Guichen."

"How is this possible?" The Ghost Lady’s face suddenly changed: "That Ye Guichen is obviously a human, how can he be the descendant of the Snake Woman?"

"Yeah, he has never shown any connection to the Snake Woman, Young Master, you might have gotten the information wrong?"

Haotian sneered: "Wrong? If it weren’t for that damned Snake Woman, would our Demon Clan be imprisoned? If it weren’t for her, would our Demon Clan have fallen to such a state?"

"Now, it’s been over a thousand years, and that kid surnamed Ye has appeared again, hehe, back then the Demon Saint said, when the Demon Clan emerges, there must be someone to stop it. And if we can kill him, using his blood to sacrifice, the hidden gates will open!"

"Is there really such a thing?" The Ghost Lady exclaimed.

The Corpse Master was also somewhat incredulous: "Young Master, if that’s the case, wouldn’t it be as soon as we capture that Ye Guichen, the hidden gates imprisoning the Demon Clan will be easily opened?"

Haotian shook his head, squinted, his gaze cunning: "Not only that, if we find the Snake Woman, the matter can be accomplished."

"This, this might not be easy?" Upon hearing this, the Ghost Lady became conflicted: "That Snake Woman vanished when the hidden gates closed and hasn’t appeared all these years. If we calculate, if Ye Guichen truly has connections to the Snake Woman, he might have appeared once over twenty years ago. But, was he really just going out to have a child?"

The Corpse Master also questioned: "Yeah, moreover, since the Snake Woman is related to the hidden gates imprisoning the Demon Clan, even if we find her, how can we possibly be her match?"

The two looked eagerly at Haotian, all wearing worried expressions: "The most important thing is, we’ve been imprisoned here by the Demon Saint, our cultivation sealed, unable to manifest now."

"Humph, with me here, your cultivation naturally won’t be a problem!" Haotian could easily discern the meaning in the Corpse Master and Ghost Lady’s words.

They don’t want to find the Snake Woman.

But as soon as Haotian said this, both the Corpse Master and Ghost Lady were taken aback: "Young Master, you mean, you can unlock the seal on our corpse and ghost cultivation?"

"Of course!" Haotian raised his hand, with a gesture, a violet-black jar appeared in his hand.

"Since the Demon Saint arranged for me here, naturally he planned for future moves." Haotian handed the jar to the Corpse Master: "Let all your people drink this water, and the seal on your cultivation will naturally be unlocked."

Upon hearing this, they were overjoyed.

"Thank you, Young Master!"

"Thank you, Young Master!"

Haotian smiled: "No need to rush to thank me, I’m unlocking your seal to urge you to find the Snake Woman, and think of ways to lure Ye Guichen here, if you can capture him, even better."

"Find the Snake Woman?" The Corpse Master duo were shocked, with bitter expressions: "That Snake Woman disappeared for so long, where would we go?"

"Hehe, she’s right at the Netherworld Mountain!"

As soon as Haotian said this, both the Corpse Master and Ghost Lady were stunned, shaking their heads in disbelief.

"How is that possible!"

"Indeed, we’ve been here for so many years, if she’s at the Netherworld Mountain, how could we not have discovered it?"

"Young Master, are you mistaken?"

Haotian said calmly: "I’m not mistaken, I’m very certain."

"Not only is she at the Netherworld Mountain, but she’s likely among your people."

"This, this..."

Upon hearing Haotian’s words, both the Corpse Master and Ghost Lady felt it was akin to a surreal tale.

Haotian explained: "The reasoning is simple. When the Demon Clan was imprisoned, the Netherworld Mountain was a move left by the Demon Clan. The Snake Woman was left here to constantly watch the events at the Netherworld Mountain, hehe, just that she didn’t realize the Demon Saint not only left the Netherworld Mountain move, but also left me here. Moreover, I’m sure her cultivation was depleted when the Demon Clan was imprisoned, now capturing her would be easy!"