Chapter 2576

Zhang Gong nodded, a look of satisfaction on his face. Seeing the black aura surrounding him, it was clear he had done this kind of thing many times.

"Scum," Zhu Yanyi muttered, displeased.

Seeing his wife so angry, Yan Aohan comforted her. "Since he is scum, just take his soul." He waved his hand, and a pair of Black and White Impermanences appeared.

"Black Impermanence Number Seven greets Your Majesty, the Yan Emperor, and Your Majesty, the Yan Empress."

"White Impermanence Number Seven greets Your Majesty, the Yan Emperor, and Your Majesty, the Yan Empress."

The Black and White Impermanences bowed in unison to Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi.

Zhu Yanyi pointed at Zhang Gong below. "Zhang Gong has committed grave sins. Cancel all her karmic merit. Take her soul and pass judgment within three days."

"Yes." Black and White Impermanence Number Seven agreed immediately.

If anyone in this world could arbitrarily change a person's lifespan, it was Yan Aohan. As the founder of the Underworld, Yan Aohan could change anyone's lifespan if he wished. However, he never used such power lightly.

As the Yan Emperor, he knew it was wrong to arbitrarily take human life. But Zhang Gong was truly unbearable. For someone like him to live was a waste of his lifespan. So, Yan Aohan changed his fate.

When the Yan Emperor changes fate, it is as if Heaven has decreed it. No matter where Zhang Gong went to complain, it would be useless, for this was an order signed by the Yan Emperor.

In a way, Zhang Gong had made history in the Underworld. He was the first person whose lifespan was personally ended by the Yan Emperor.

After giving the orders, Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi left. With the Yan Emperor’s command issued, there was no need to worry. The rest would be handled by others. Black and White Impermanence Number Seven and her team would do the job.

Seeing Yan Aohan’s decisiveness, Zhu Yanyi smiled lightly. "Do you think Zhang Gong will cry foul?"

"Foul what? He brought this on himself," Yan Aohan sneered. "He should have thought about it. His current status exists only because of the connections left by Xie Yijun. Yet he created such karma. If Xie Yijun knew, he would surely hate him too."

"By the way, I didn't see Xie Yijun in the Underworld," Zhu Yanyi said. Given Xie Yijun’s abilities, the Underworld, which valued talented souls, should have recruited her.

Xie Yijun’s wife, Ouyang Manqing, had failed the resident assessment and could only enter reincarnation. Xie Yijun could not bear to leave his wife, so he went with her, planning to take the exam again in the future.

Zhu Yanyi understood. She knew Xie Yijun and her wife were deeply in love. Her actions were understandable.

"That is good," Zhu Yanyi nodded with a smile. Although Xie Yijun and her wife were not her formal uncle and aunt, they were nice people. Though they did not interact much daily, their exchanges during festivals were always warm.

Yan Aohan asked, "Where shall we go now?"

"Let’s eat roast duck." The process of dealing with the scum was too simple, lacking any excitement.

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan did not need to appear in person. The恩怨 (grudges) between Zhang Gong and Li Kang would be handled by the appropriate officials of the Underworld. Now that their task was done, Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan wanted to see more of this place.

After landing in a spot near a roast duck shop, they materialized and walked in.

There were not many people in the Beijing Roast Duck shop, but the order was good. It seemed less noisy than in years past.

However, eating roast duck in such a quiet place felt unfamiliar to Zhu Yanyi. Perhaps she had grown used to the previous liveliness. Now, the silence made her and Yan Aohan feel as if this was not the right place for roast duck.

Because of this, Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan simply packed two roast ducks and left.

They returned to their cloud vehicle in mid-air to eat.

"I feel I can no longer adapt to the current roast duck shops," Zhu Yanyi said slowly. "Let’s go look at the sky above Aoyan Traditional Chinese Medicine School."

Most of the teachers at Aoyan Traditional Chinese Medicine School were now strangers to Zhu Yanyi, but the students’ enthusiasm for learning traditional Chinese medicine was very strong.

For the entire world below, traditional Chinese medicine was a national treasure. They loved this passion for the art.

Zhu Yanyi looked at the students studying hard below. She saw some children singing the Soup Head Song (a mnemonic for herbal formulas). She remembered her own days of learning medicine. "I feel like I was learning medicine just then. Now, it seems to have passed by without me noticing."

Yan Aohan looked at her with tenderness. "Yes. I still remember when little you treated me. Thinking back now, it feels like yesterday."

"Let’s go see the situation in Sicheng Town." Since they were here, they should tour around. After visiting familiar places, they could look elsewhere.

Sicheng Town had now become Sicheng District, a separate district. Although not large, it was famous because of the talents produced there and their contributions. The Zhu family of Sicheng Town had clearly become a prominent clan.

Zhu Yanyi looked at the people below. They still had honest smiles, but with more courtesy. Indeed, having a family structure raised their overall quality.

Whether at Aoyan Traditional Chinese Medicine School or in Sicheng Town, Zhu Yanyi saw bronze statues of herself. She was slightly stunned. "I have a bronze statue?"

"No wonder I felt your power of faith increasing recently. It must be because of these statues," Yan Aohan said, also seeing them. "Why don’t we go down and see what is going on?"

Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Let’s go. I want to know too."

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan landed in an unnoticed spot and cast an illusion over their faces. Even if someone saw them, they would not remember.

Zhu Yanyi walked to the bronze statue and touched it. It was cast from pure yellow copper. Unexpectedly, the face was so clear.

"Are you tourists?" an elderly man approached.

Yan Aohan nodded, then took out a pack of cigarettes, offered one to the old man, and lit it for him. "Old sir, we noticed this bronze statue is very clear, so we came to look."

"Haha, you don’t know who this statue is, do you? This is the ancestor of the Zhu family in Sicheng Town, named Zhu Yanyi. She is also the divine doctor in our Chinese legends. Look at our Zhu family today; many are studying medicine. But they learn it poorly, bringing shame to our ancestor," the old man said with a helpless expression.

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "So this is the hometown of the divine doctor. We heard stories of the divine doctor in Beijing and came here to travel. Unexpectedly, on the first day, we saw such a large bronze statue."