"Is it Li Yi, Mr. Li?" The Yin General immediately paid his respects upon arrival: "I am a Yin General under the Meng Family, Meng Jinwei, and have been waiting here for Mr. Li for a long time."
"A Yin General from the Meng Family? I see, you know who I am?" Li Yi asked.
He remembered that he had reached an agreement with the Meng, Fan, Zhao, and Qi, the four major families, to help them kill the Thousand-Year Ghost God and seize control over the Four Seas and Eight Continents.
"I have had the honor of seeing Mr. Li’s portrait," Meng Jinwei said.
Li Yi said: "Is your Meng Family’s Yin God managing Ghost Street now?"
"Our Meng Family’s Yin God is only in charge of management, but the real master here is a Thousand-Year Ghost God," Meng Jinwei replied in a subdued voice: "Mr. Li, this is not the place to talk, please follow me, our Meng Family’s Yin God has been waiting for Mr. Li for a long time."
"Alright, lead the way," Li Yi said.
The Yin General promptly had a ghost soldier bring over a Yin Horse for Li Yi to ride, then led the way ahead.
This Yin General named Meng Jinwei had brought Li Yi to a tavern on Ghost Street.
Red lanterns hung inside the tavern, and from within came mournful, plaintive wails of women, eerie in their melodies, making one feel ill at ease.
But Li Yi still strode in.
The tavern seemed small, but inside it was another world entirely—a Grotto Heaven.
Under the lead of the Yin General Meng Jinwei, Li Yi arrived at the deepest part of the tavern, where gorgeous ghost women were dancing and dead-eyed ghost servants were playing music, resembling an underground palace.
At the front of the dance floor on the seat of honor, there sat a man who was seven or eight meters tall, dressed in black brocade, his body emanating heavy Yin energy, pale without a hint of blood color, like a clay statue in a temple, commanding reverence.
"This is our Meng Family’s Yin God, Meng Fanxing," whispered the Yin General Meng Jinwei.
In the Four Seas and Eight Continents, it is what the souls of Martial Artists who have reached the Refining God Realm become after death.
According to Li Yi’s understanding, martial artists who have reached Refining God have gathered powerful souls, and although their bodies die, their souls can transform into ghosts and remain in this world.
As for why the souls of the martial artists from the Four Seas and Eight Continents can stay in this world for long periods, Li Yi had not researched and thus did not know.
Perhaps every world has its own special characteristics.
"Mr. Li, it’s my first meeting with you, and I apologize for any lack of etiquette. My name is Meng Fanxing," he said.
Upon seeing Li Yi, this tall Yin God immediately stood up and courteously bowed to him.
This courtesy was not just because Li Yi had reached an agreement with the four major families, but also because Meng Fanxing as a Yin God smelled a dangerous and terrifying aura on Li Yi.
He remembered that the last time Li Yi was able to easily defeat three Gang Refining Experts when united, and now his strength had advanced even further, probably even Refining Gods would not be his match.
Perhaps only the Ghost Gods that have not perished for a thousand years could be his opponents.
"Since you recognize me, let’s skip the pleasantries. Ghost Street is the bridge between the Four Seas and Eight Continents and the world I come from, this much you must know already," Li Yi got straight to the point.
Meng Fanxing said: "This matter has already been spread among the ghost gods, it is no secret; that’s why I have been commanded to be stationed here, to assemble the Ghost Generals and seal off the entrance, to prevent anyone from mistakenly entering Ghost Street and crossing between worlds, and also to stop anyone attempting to leave. Honestly, since Mr. Li’s last departure, more than a dozen people have intruded into Ghost Street, but I have not harmed their lives and chased them away instead. There have also been several dozen martial artists from the Four Seas and Eight Continents who tried to break through and cross worlds but were also stopped by me; some were captured, others killed."
"However, human desires change, and such incidents will continue to occur. If one day a great Refining God expert from a major family comes to investigate, even if I wish to stop them, it would be beyond my power," he said, letting out a long sigh, appearing very helpless.
"However, Mr. Li can rest assured, our commitment as the four major families still stands. Aside from you crossing between worlds, all others will be stopped to prevent any unforeseen events," he continued.
Li Yi nodded and said: "Your approach is right. Once the news that Ghost Street can be traversed leaks out, the situation will be out of my control. But I have come this time to seize control of Ghost Street, do you have any good suggestions?"
Meng Fanxing said: "There exists a Thousand-Year Ghost God on Ghost Street; to take over Ghost Street, you must first kill the Ghost God."