That person said, "Think carefully about the past! Now that Ye Yang has replaced Qu Mo, your ordeal will begin when Qu Mo reaches the Land God Temple."

My head buzzed.

According to my estimation, not having my cultivation crippled meant I had broken the Reincarnation Secret Art.

However, I overlooked one thing: the Reincarnation Secret Art doesn't 100% recreate the original scene.

The real core of the secret art is to reproduce the ordeal I escaped back then.

Now is when the ordeal truly begins.

As that person spoke, the soldiers outside approached within five meters of the Mountain God Temple.

They not only couldn't see the ghost soldiers, but they also couldn't see the crisscrossing Soul Retrieval Ropes near us. They were all approaching the Mountain God Temple step by step, following the original route.

Su Su turned back and said, "Be careful, I'm going to kill him!"

I quickly transmitted my voice, "Get out of here and find a way to escape, go get reinforcements. Don't worry about Ye Yang and me, we won't die anytime soon."

I was only telling Su Su to get reinforcements because I didn't want another person to die here.

At this point, where could we possibly find reinforcements?

Su Su didn't know I was lying to her. She flashed out the door.

She hadn't run far before she was surrounded by red-clad ghost soldiers. When Su Su struck out with her palm, the red-clad ghost soldier raised his blade to meet it.

More than a dozen people, with flashing blades and shadows of palms, shuttled back and forth among the soldiers. The phosphorescent light from the exploding ghosts fell like rain on those people, but they were completely unaware, still cautiously approaching the temple gate.

These were all ordinary soldiers, and with their strong blood energy, they could only feel the swirling Yin wind nearby when the ghosts didn't actively attack them.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw Su Su getting further and further away.

At that moment, the Soul Retrieval Ropes that had penetrated the walls emitted a loud rumble. The Land God Temple, already riddled with holes from the duel between me and Zhu Zi Yan, couldn't withstand the shock of the Soul Retrieval Ropes and began to collapse.

My heart sank!

The Soul Retrieval Rope in the hands of the ghost soldiers was a ghost artifact configured by the Underworld. As long as it was held in their hands, ordinary people couldn't see it.

The soldiers couldn't see the Underworld ghost artifact, but they would be able to see me and Ye Yang after the Land God Temple collapsed. Because my illusion relied on this dilapidated temple. With the temple gone, the secret art would naturally be gone as well.

If one or two more people die at this time...

Just as this thought flashed through my mind, the Land God Temple collapsed with a bang. Although smoke and dust rose around me, it couldn't hide my figure anymore.

At the same time, several ghost soldiers silently appeared behind the leading soldiers, raising their sabers and slashing at their necks.

As the blades flashed, no blood was seen on the men, but they fell to the ground, lifeless.

The soldiers behind, without hesitation, raised their guns and aimed at me and Ye Yang.

At that critical moment, I heard someone shout, "Stop! No one is allowed to fire!"

When I looked in the direction of the sound, I suddenly heard a gunshot from across from me. I instinctively crouched down, and the bullet flew past the top of my head into the distance.

Crouching down was instinctive. I was almost entirely relying on luck to avoid that cold shot.

Su Su ran away, but she left the luck to us.

The person who shouted didn't wait for anyone to fire a second shot before rushing into the ranks, "Who told you to shoot? Didn't you hear the order?"

That voice sounded a bit like Ye Mu?

Just as I was about to look up, I heard Xiao Mao'er's voice, "Mu Tou, stop! They're all ordinary soldiers, don't make things difficult for them."

"Major Wang, you can take them back, but I don't want anything to happen to them."

When I looked up, I saw Xiao Mao'er negotiating with a military officer. The officer said, "As long as they don't resist, I will guarantee their safety, but..."

Major Wang paused and said, "Necessary measures still need to be taken. Li Po and Ye Yang are not ordinary people after all, please understand, Team Leader Li."

Ye Mu's face darkened, "What do you mean by necessary measures? Are you going to pierce their *pipa* bones with iron chains, or are you planning to sever their Achilles tendons?"

In ancient times, the government always used these two methods to prevent notorious bandits from escaping prison.

Major Wang said, "Of course not, we just need to put special handcuffs on them."

"That won't do either!" Ye Mu immediately flew into a rage.

Xiao Mao'er said calmly, "Since the people from our Security Team are here, we won't do anything illegal. I will be responsible for escorting them to the designated location. I will be responsible for any problems that arise along the way."

"This..." Major Wang hesitated for a moment, and Xiao Mao'er said sternly, "I'm not discussing this with you, this is an order. My rank is higher than yours."

Later, I learned that when Wang Hun left that year, his subordinates had been officially commissioned by the government. Xiao Mao'er was one of the four people with the highest military rank among them.

"Alright then!" Major Wang didn't insist anymore and led his men to put me and Ye Yang on the prisoner transport before finally leaving our sight.

I looked at Ye Mu sitting in the car and said, "Brother Ye, we've caused you trouble this time."