We three came down from the snow mountain to find Lao Liu and the others already waiting at the foot.

Jun Jixue, however, left with his men without even a word of greeting. Heroes of the martial world don't stand on ceremony; their lack of formality isn't an affectation.

It's because we know that when we need each other to stand behind us, the other will surely appear, even if we have to face thousands of soldiers and horses, or the gods and demons of the heavens.

Back in the Two Realms Hall, I prepared a memorial tablet for Ye Mei, but I didn't know what to write on it.

Should I write ghost deity? Mother? Or simply Ye Mei!

When I thought about it carefully, I only had two encounters with Ye Mei, one of which was a life-or-death struggle.

Ye Mei had saved Ye Yang and me, but my feelings couldn't change instantly, and I couldn't treat her as my mother right away.

In the end, Lao Liu wrote "Adoptive Mother Ye Mei" for me.

Lao Liu said, "Ye Mei saved your and Ye Yang’s lives. She deserves the title of 'Adoptive Mother'."

As soon as he turned his head, a plum blossom silently bloomed in the garden of the Two Realms Hall.

Perhaps that was Ye Mei's last trace of true spirit!

Lao Liu said, "If no one touches that plum blossom, it might transform into a ghost deity after many years. Perhaps that will be the reborn Ye Mei."

I asked Lao Liu at the time, "Did you know that Ye Mei had infiltrated the Two Realms Hall?"

Lao Liu's answer was that he had discovered Ye Mei's existence from the first day she arrived. After tracking Ye Mei twice, Lao Liu finally reached an agreement with her.

He wouldn't expose Ye Mei's existence, and Ye Mei would secretly guard the Two Realms Hall.

When we decided to fight the Reincarnation Division, Lao Liu had Ye Mei take Xiao Kui with me to the snow mountain.

The ghostly figure that Feng Ruoxing and Ye Yang saw before we set off was Ye Mei.

As for why Ye Mei was unwilling to come out and see Ye Yang and me...

It was because she felt that the relationship between warlocks and ghost deities was too complicated. A rash recognition might lead us to not accept her identity and might also bring us trouble.

Therefore, she chose to hide.

Ye Mei's departure left me sighing with emotion. I couldn't understand her feelings, but I had to avenge her.

I gathered all the people from the Two Realms Hall together and explained the situation: "Now, I can't figure out many things. Does anyone have any suggestions?"

Lao Liu squinted his eyes and said, "On the way back, I've been paying attention to news in the warlock world."

"There are two pieces of news: one is that the Seven Kill Ghost General personally visited the snow mountain, swept away the divine temple, and exterminated the demon gods."

"I think this should be a cover-up deliberately done by Wang Hun."

"The second thing is that Wang Hun killed two groups of the Reincarnation Division's men. The Reincarnation Division is denouncing Wang Hun, but the Coffin Gate hasn't responded directly."

Lao Liu said, "I can't quite understand Wang Hun's operation. Fortunately, the Coffin Gate has stalled the Reincarnation Division. They won't be able to find trouble with us in a short time, so we can develop in peace."

I pondered, "We still have the task of the Eight Great Thieves. I'm afraid it's impossible to develop in peace!"

Lao Liu shook his head and said, "Developing in peace and tracking down the Eight Great Thieves are not contradictory."

"If you want to find the Eight Great Thieves, you must first bring a ghost deity under your command!"

"Ghost deity? Who?" I couldn't help but frown.

"The ghost actor, Qing Tang!" Lao Liu said, "If this person claims to be second in the collection of information in the divine and ghost worlds, no one dares to claim to be first. Zhao Ci highly recommends him."

"If you bring him here, we won't have to worry about not having information. If the other party sincerely submits, we can even suppress the Tianji Society and the Feng Gate in terms of intelligence!"

Lao Liu's words made my heart beat faster. I shook my head slightly and said, "It's true that we'll suffer a lot without intelligence. Zhao Ci is gone, and I definitely need to find someone to replace him. But the starting point you've given me is too high, isn't it?"

"Precisely because the starting point is high, the benefits will be greater." Lao Liu said, "Think about it, even the Underworld and the ghost deity world can't find the whereabouts of the Eight Great Thieves. Can the Tianji Society and the Feng Gate find them?"

"To take a step back, even if they find the Eight Great Thieves, can we afford the sky-high intelligence fees? And why should those two intelligence organizations sell the information to us?"

"The information on the Eight Great Thieves can get greater rewards whether it's given to the Underworld or the ghost deity world. You must know that people who deal in intelligence are never short of money!"

I took a deep breath and said, "What you said makes sense!"

"But, if you're thinking about Qing Tang, won't others be thinking about her too? The fact that she has always refused to submit to others means that this Qing Tang is hard to find and hard to talk to, right?"

Lao Liu shook his head and said, "It's not that she's hard to find, it's that she can't be found at all. Qing Tang's whereabouts are actually harder to find than those of the Eight Great Thieves. According to Zhao Ci's information, Qing Tang should have disappeared a long time ago."

I was so angry that I almost exploded: "After talking for so long, are you playing with me? You can't even find the person, so how can you subdue her? Are you trying to tell me to burn more incense for her, and chant her name more often day and night, to see if I can chant her over?"