Wu Chang Jie

31

Official Lord, you must not!" Bo Zhu rushed over and hugged Cui Jue's leg, looking at him pitifully, tears flowing out when his eyes were squeezed.

Xie Bi An begged immediately: "Official Lord, please don't be angry, though master's character is unruly, he has no evil intentions, just forgive him."

Zhong Kui was shocked too: "Zi Yu, don't be impetuous, I was wrong. We have been friends for so many years, do you bear to see me die an untimely death?"

Night Patrol also advised: "Official Lord, please think twice."

Cui Jue laughed coldly: "You ignored the underworld's laws, broke them countless times, looking at how the Emperor heavily relies on you, I have never punished you. Seems like I've been too lenient on you, such that you have been unbridled." He opened his lips slightly, blew a magical breath towards the book, the pages flipped with a rustling sound, finally a page was displayed, "Today I will let you know, the underworld's law..." He lowered his eyes and looked at the book, yet he was suddenly stunned.

Everyone was staring at Cui Jue's changing expression. The inner Jiuyun palace immediately became extremely quiet.

Fan Wu She broke the silence: "Official Lord, what's wrong?"

Cui Jue stared at Zhong Kui, his eyes were slightly bloodshot, his chest heaved heavily once, reprimanded: "You've always been acting in your own ways and don't listen to advice. Is it because you thought that you're very capable, so there won't be any taboos? As a martial judge, don't you know by randomly creating karmas it will lead to sufferings?!"

Xie Bi An has never seen this state of Cui Jue before, he had a bad feeling: "Official Lord, wh-what's wrong?"

Zhong Kui put away his smiling face, muttering to himself irresolutely: "My predestined lifespan has shortened, right?"

Xie Bi An froze. According to Zhong Kui's cultivation level, living over a hundred years is not a problem at all, if it's just decreased by ten or twenty years, Cui Jue wouldn't even react like this, unless...

Cui Jue closed the book, his lips shut tight.

"How many years left?" Zhong Kui asked and answered himself: "Oh, you can't say. Seems like there's not much left."

Xie Bi An anxiously said: "Official Lord, c-could you have seen wrongly? Take a look again, how can it decrease without any reason?"

"In this world, there is no 'without any reason'." Cui Jue said softly, "You reap what you sow, you interfere with human matters frequently, you will only carry more and more karma."

Zhong Kui smiled: "I'm a living being originally, how can I be detached from the world of mortals totally? If it's because of a fear of death and am just hiding in the underworld, not getting involved in karma, then what's the point of cultivating in life? Life and death have their quota, there's nothing much, moreover, after I die, I'll officially be an Yin servant."

Bo Zhu hugged Cui Jue's leg, entreated: "Official Lord, can you increase Heaven Master's predestined lifespan? He has been chivalrous in the human realm, it's a blessing."

"Bo Zhu, don't speak rashly." Zhong Kui lightly reprimanded, "Official Lord Cui cannot be bribed."

"Someone who can increase predestined lifespan must have a huge amount of merits, you used the Eastern Emperor's Bell to reconstruct the enchantment of Fengdu, which has increased your life by 20 years, but you inadvertently created this cause and effect..." Cui Jue said angrily, "What did you do when you went to the human realm?!"

The three masters and apprentices went silent. At Mount Shu, Zhong Kui had conflicts with the leader of the world of immortality. It may be a possible reason for wanting Zhong Kui's life.