Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 1172 - 1168: Keeping Watch

"We’re setting off, okay."

Because Xiao Yue had worked hard for several days, collecting a huge amount of incense in the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, Shen Siyuan decided to head to the Yangzhou Netherworld again.

"Okay!" Duoduo immediately opened the Qiankun Umbrella.

"Heh~"

At that moment, a silly laugh came from beside them.

Everyone immediately turned to look at Dou Dou.

"Be serious, don’t laugh," Duoduo scolded.

Dou Dou instinctively covered her mouth but quickly realized something, looking aggrievedly, "It’s not me laughing."

"If it’s not you, then who is it? You’re always imitating Tang Tang’s laugh. If it’s not you, could it be Tang... um..." Xiao Yue stopped mid-sentence, suddenly realizing it could be possible.

But Shen Siyuan had already discovered this little thing.

Looking under the table, sure enough, Tang Tang was sitting cross-legged under the table, wearing shorts, bare-chested, hugging a Little Monkey doll.

She grinned, looking at everyone with a silly smile.

"What are you doing here?"

Shen Siyuan was also at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

"Oh~"

Tang Tang pointed her finger at Dou Dou.

Good grief, are you ambushing here at night to catch Dou Dou? What kind of spirit is this?

Shen Siyuan bent down and reached out to pull her out, but the little one immediately shrank back, pointing her little finger at him seriously.

"Oh~"

She seemed to be saying, I warn you, don’t touch me.

She already had experience, Shen Siyuan would always send her back to the room. This time, she wouldn’t be caught no matter what.

"Come out." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Oh~ Oh~ Heh~" The little one was smug.

She was huddled inside, and Shen Siyuan couldn’t catch her for the moment.

"Let me do it."

Dou Dou bravely turned into the table.

And then—

"Heh?"

She was immediately hugged by Tang Tang, like sending a bun to a dog.

Thus, the two little ones started wrestling under the table.

"Brother, what do we do now?" Duoduo looked at Shen Siyuan.

"What else can we do? Separate them first."

Shen Siyuan grabbed the edge of the table with one hand, lifting it up, removing the table while the two little ones didn’t notice.

Xiao Yue immediately stepped up, separating them one by one. Well, mostly Dou Dou, because Tang Tang was naked, making it hard to grab.

"Oh?"

Tang Tang open her mouth slightly, staring in surprise.

Where did my big table go?

"Alright, don’t be naughty, hurry back to bed."

Shen Siyuan bent down to lift her from the floor, feeling her skin cold to the touch.

Bin Hai has a coastal climate, hot during the day but quite chilly at night. Who knows how long this little one had been here bare-chested.

"You shouldn’t catch a cold from this," Shen Siyuan tapped her little butt a few times.

"Yeah, hit her hard," Dou Dou immediately chimed in.

"Heh~"

Tang Tang’s short legs kicked in the air, completely unconcerned.

Then she clung to Shen Siyuan’s arm, like a koala, not letting go.

"Play together," she said.

"It’s late at night, play what? Quickly, go to bed," Shen Siyuan said with mild annoyance.

"Oh~"

Tang Tang pointed at Dou Dou and the others, clearly meaning, you’re playing with them without me?

"Ha-ha, not taking you, not taking you..." Dou Dou made a face at her.

Tang Tang, in Shen Siyuan’s arms, waved her little fists like a mud fish, trying to free herself.

"Oh~ Oh~"

"Stop that, hurry and sleep."

Shen Siyuan lifted Tang Tang under her arms, letting her short legs kick in the air. The sight made him grin; it was probably the most authentic ’child’s moonwalk.’

"Sister Xiao Mao."

Shen Siyuan knocked on the door, pressing Tang Tang’s wriggling forehead against him.

"Behave, or I could be mad, alright."

Tang Tang pouted and poked his face with her finger, eyes full of grievance.

"I’ll take you out to play tomorrow, okay?" Shen Siyuan coaxed.

The little one’s eyes brightened immediately at his words.

"You little thing." Shen Siyuan tapped her nose.

At that time, Mao Sanmei hurriedly opened the door, her sleepy face with a touch of panic.

Seeing Tang Tang in Shen Siyuan’s arms, she sighed in relief and quickly reached out to take her.

She explained how she had locked the door, not knowing how Tang Tang got out.

Shen Siyuan smiled and waved his hand, signifying it was understood.

There’s likely no door in the world that can keep this little escape artist locked.

"Let her get back to sleep; who knows how long she’s been out here. Be careful she doesn’t get a cold," Shen Siyuan advised.

Mao Sanmei nodded quickly and thanked him again.

As Shen Siyuan was about to leave, Tang Tang waved at him with a smile. He couldn’t help but feel amused and waved back.

Back at the balcony, Dou Dou immediately said, "You were too gentle. You need to be harder, like this, whack~ whack... she won’t dare anymore next time."

"I think you need a spanking too. How did you provoke her, making her camp here at midnight?" Shen Siyuan lightly tapped her small head.

Dou Dou immediately covered her head, protesting, "I didn’t provoke her; she’s the one who started it. She’s just a troublemaker."

Shen Siyuan casually said; he had no desire to spend energy on these small matters. Children playing is too normal.

So he turned to Duoduo, saying, "Let’s continue."

Duoduo immediately lifted the umbrella handle, and Dou Dou dashed under it, fearing she’d be left behind.

With Duoduo turning the umbrella handle, Heaven and Earth flipped, instantly crossing thousand miles to arrive at Si Ming, without any stalling, arriving directly at the Netherworld.

This was where they had left off last time.

A faint incense smell permeated the air, the black land turned yellow from the incense’s invasion.

"Is this the original color of the Netherworld? Black is a result of Polluted Energy corruption?" Shen Siyuan was a bit surprised.

"Wow, look at the big moon," Dou Dou first noticed the sky, seeing a bright moon hanging on the night sky. Thin clouds like gauze swirled gently, under the breeze, exuding a serene beauty.

Shen Siyuan didn’t care much, heading along the yellow dirt road, wanting to see the range infused by incense.

As he moved forward, he found some dead ’corpses,’ with peculiar shapes, resembling crabs or mosquitoes, or patched like rag cloth, all kinds, stretching human imagination.

In reality, these were manifestations of human desire, reflections of the soul. Human souls could be beautiful, but also filthy, stinking more than a cesspit. In such a case, what good could come out?

But now these Mud Worms were dead, seemingly poisoned by incense.

But why only on the periphery?

Thinking about it, Shen Siyuan took out the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, lightly waved it, letting threads of incense fall onto the Mud Worm corpses.

As the incense corroded the corpses, they started to melt, eventually disappearing, although the incense was consumed in the process, seemingly neutralized.

Seeing this, Shen Siyuan was delighted.

Unexpectedly, incense had such a function.

With this realization, Shen Siyuan wasted no time, tossing the Ten Thousand Soul Banner into the air.