Chapter 124: I’ll Take You Out
Yun Jiao and Captain Jiao were locked inside a pitch-dark underground prison. Since the place was meant for detaining ghosts, it wasn’t made to be comfortable—the yin energy around was strangely thin, and the whole cell glowed faintly with the light of restraining formations etched into the walls.
Jiao Hengyi was immediately filled with guilt. He turned to Yun Jiao and said remorsefully,
“It’s all my fault for implicating you, Fellow Daoist Yun.”
If he hadn’t smashed those bottles, they wouldn’t have attracted the ghost wardens. He had acted in anger, and now both of them were caught.
“Forget it,” Yun Jiao said indifferently. “You didn’t do anything wrong. Those bottles needed to be destroyed anyway.”
There might have been a more methodical way to release the captured life forces, but the people of West City couldn’t wait any longer—that was why she hadn’t stopped him.
Jiao Hengyi was deeply moved. His old eyes suddenly grew hot, almost to the point of tears. What a good comrade! Even after being dragged into this mess, she didn’t blame him. He sniffed and forced himself to focus.
“Then what should we do now?”
“First, find a way back to the human realm,” Yun Jiao said. “We’re still alive, and staying long in the Underworld won’t end well.”