Yama Rising
chapter-170

There was no response.

The City of Salvation was able to conceal him from the prying eyes of the three daolords, and yet it couldn’t do a single thing to uncover any traces of the extraterritorial Yin spirits.

And because only Emissaries of Hell could detect the presence of emissaries of other underworlds.

Yet Arthis remained completely cool and collected, displaying her wealth of experience dealing with such startling developments, “I’ve got a piece of good news. Would you like to hear it?”

Arthis turned a blind eye to his snarky attitude and explained, “But before I tell you this piece of good news, I would first have to preface that with this - spies were a commonplace occurrence even during the eons of glory of Cathay’s old Hell. In Cathay, we call underworldly spies darkfeathers.”

Qin Ye fervently repressed the roiling emotions in his heart. He knew full well that anxiety didn’t help him one bit, so he took the next few minutes to cool off completely before he began to contemplate Arthis’ question.

He elaborated, “The construction of Hell, man… no, ghosts come first. Without ghostpower, what kind of expansion and development do we have to talk about?”

Arthis listened quietly without interjecting.

Arthis didn’t respond straight away. She took several seconds to gather her thoughts, before quipping, “All talent, especially top-notch talents, are the greatest driving forces behind the growth and expansion of Hell.”

She gently sighed, “Over the last few millennia, we’ve had our fair share of successes and failures as well, albeit failures were few and far between. Our track record is something that the various underworlds know full well. Thus, whether they decide to step in this time… is something that is entirely up to their emissaries.”

There was one… no, rather, there were several extraterritorial emissaries that had discreetly snuck into the City of Salvation.

“Whose souls did you manage to seize over the last few millennia? And who did you fail to secure?” He finally formulated a peculiar question to Arthis after some moments of deliberation.

“Then whose souls did you manage to reap?”

What the hell?!

All ten great scientists across the history of the world were seized by the Cathayan Hell?

Suddenly, a brainwave surged through his mind, and he drew a deep breath, “And your good news is that… this special Yin spirit…”

Qin Ye immediately drew several deep breaths. He couldn’t resist the urge to reap his soul right back to Hell right now!

So much for becoming a hermit in the recesses of the mountains. This was nothing more than a casual thought. After all, Qin Ye knew that there was no room for retreat any longer.

The Harken would immediately tear him to shreds when he aroused from his slumber.

They were existences that had been suppressed under the six paths of reincarnation for thousands of years. How could they possibly tolerate the existence of any remaining Emissaries of Hell? Death was inevitable as soon as he was discovered by them.

“So… does this mean that we have to square off against these extraterritorial emissaries?” Qin Ye rubbed his chin as he thought aloud.

“Do our best?”

“And it’s precisely because of this that the incoming emissaries of their underworlds… are definitely the cream among the crop, even among their numbers. They’d naturally opt for quality over quantity. Their numbers wouldn’t exceed five, but… this is only for each underworld that has decided to join in the fray. We’re weak right now. I’m afraid that liberating this Yin spirit from their shackles is going to be… an uphill task, to say the least.”

Dilemma.

Qin Ye’s gaze flickered, yet it continued to burn with passion. It seemed as though he were alone, but the truth of the matter was that there were several other factors he could tap on to his advantage.

For further instance, the Special Investigations Department!

“Then… shall we first learn for ourselves who the deceased is? Which acclaimed person is this that can cause the other underworlds to throw caution to the wind and risk everything to reap his soul.”

He put aside his thoughts for the moment and began to inspect Hell.

It was a simple tent with a single table inside where the Design Department’s architectural drawings of Qin Gardens Phase 1 was placed. Qin Ye mulled over the progress of the construction works he had just seen and asked, “Is there an expected completion date?”

Qian Tianyi sighed, “My lord, there’s an urgent need for more equipment and materials. By our estimations, the materials that your excellency has obtained previously isn’t even enough to complete the first level of the project. Ancient-styled buildings occupy a massive land space, and are generally low-rise. Therefore, the construction of each floor of the building naturally takes a lot more materials than other similar projects. With the last batch of Yin spirits that had arrived, we’ve managed to recruit several thousand more workers. Unfortunately, with the shortage of materials, work in some locations have come to a complete stop.”

There were still several pieces of antiques and jade artifacts worth a hundred million lying under his bed in his possession right now. The only problem was that the academy had just commenced its first semester, and he was naturally unable to take leave of absence from his teaching duties.

After patrolling about for the next three hours to ensure that everything was in good order, Qin Ye returned to the mortal realm. By the time he returned, it was already dusk.

The nights in the mortal realm were extremely peaceful - especially in the City of Salvation. Qin Ye glanced at his watch. It was exactly 7 p.m. He smiled, “Right on time.”

There were already several instructors seated within the television room. As soon as Qin Ye entered, he immediately heard the familiar introductory tune to the news broadcast. Having noticed Qin Ye’s arrival, a middle-aged instructor smiled, “What brings the fabled Instructor Qin here for television? I don’t generally see you being too concerned about our current affairs.”

“It is. Besides, the campus grounds of Insignia University is rather large. It’s rather tiresome to have to make the trek to this place on a daily basis.” An elderly instructor who appeared to be in his sixties stroked his beard as he quipped back, “That’s right, the initial appraisal test is about to take place soon. How’s Instructor Qin’s preparation for it so far?”

“That’s true.”

“I was looking for you all afternoon to play ball. Where were you?”

Lin Han rolled his eyes at Qin Ye and ignored his comments completely.

The City of Salvation was in a state of total isolation from the rest of the world, and they were uninformed of most of the ongoings in the outside world. That said, there were still some channels of information that continued to flow.

Any talent that could justify the long journey of extraterritorial emissaries from their respective underworlds were most certainly entities that would make the news!

A target for him to lie patiently in wait for.

1. As opposed to manpower.

2. A chinese inventor and a formal eunuch court official of the Han Dynasty.

3. A chinese pharmacologist, physician, inventor, and writer of the Eastern Han dynasty and one of the most eminent Chinese physicians during the later years of the Han dynasty.

4. Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman from Nanyang who lived during the Han dynasty. He achieved success as an astronomer, mathematician, seismologist, hydraulic engineer, inventor, geographer, cartographer, ethnographer, artist, poet, philosopher, politician, and literary scholar.

5. A chinese military general, calligrapher, and poet who lived during the Southern Song dynasty.

6. Queen of the japanese underworld.

7. The founding emperor of the Qing dynasty (reigned from 1636 to 1643).