And it was only at this moment that Hu Ma looked towards Miss Red Wine and the others, realizing they had already made arrangements on their way here. He was still curious, though, about how they intended to take him to the Bloodstain Pond.

Entering the underworld as a Shousui was already a challenge. Back when he wanted to enter the City of the Dead, even Er Guotou couldn't carry him in because of his cultivation. Now, with his cultivation as rare as Ten Incense Sticks in the world, entering the underworld was undoubtedly even more difficult.

However, in the face of his worries, Miss Red Wine seemed to have anticipated the method long ago and smiled, saying, "No need to worry."

"It's said that Shousui restrains tricksters, so to save my life, I have learned a lot about Shousui men. Entering the underworld is indeed difficult, but what if you were meant to go down to receive a blow?"

"..."

Hu Ma was a bit taken aback. "Hmm?"

Before he could react, Burning Blade, standing beside him, suddenly drew a knife, its edge cold and sharp, and slashed at Hu Ma's neck.

Hu Ma didn't even raise an eyebrow, allowing the blade to slash down.

Yet, the strike was incredibly fast and harsh, but when it landed on his neck, all the force suddenly dissipated, leaving not even a white mark.

"Some want to find the Bloodstain Pond yet cannot.

Miss Red Wine, with a smile, had already had Er Guotou open the door to the underworld. As she walked toward Hu Ma, she continued, "But there are some who don't wish to enter, yet the Bloodstain Pond will send for them to be taken in."

"In the end, the deeper the sins, the easier it is to be drawn to the Bloodstain Pond. Although you are a descendant of the Hu Family, you have borne sins in Mingzhou. Adding your special status, the Li Family would love for your sins to weigh a bit heavier, and you've been on the list for a long time."

"Therefore, it's easy for us to just take you in directly."

"Of course, speaking of sins, yours are relatively light. If it were Miss Digu instead..."

"She wouldn't even need this strike. As long as she stayed in one place at midnight and called out her own name, the underworld officials would come for her on their own."

"..."

While speaking, a red string was wrapped around the wrists of Hu Ma and Burning Blade. They even cut a lock shape out of white paper, symbolically tying it to Hu Ma's wrist, like Su San on her way to execution.

Taking a step back, tilting her head to observe, she clapped her hands and said with a laugh, "With this, we can go."

"Truly worthy of the trickster doors that deceive gods and spirits."

Hu Ma understood her arrangements. Because of his sins, his name was already in the Bloodstain Pond, and Burning Blade, having responsibilities in the Bloodstain Pond, naturally had the duty to kill and take him to the underworld.

So they used this fake blow to deceive the Mingming Underworld, openly taking him to the Bloodstain Pond.

However, he was still a bit worried as he looked at Burning Blade, "Will this false strike on me cause you any trouble?"

Given his current heavy fate, anyone who kills him would pay a great price.

This strike by Burning Blade, although a false killing, was still meant to deceive the Mingming Underworld, making it theoretically equivalent to a real blow, and Hu Ma couldn't help being concerned for him.

"Hehe, I know your fate is heavy, but in the past twenty years, countless souls have perished under my blade. I've seen all kinds..."

Burning Blade looked delighted, pulling on the red string as if actually chaining Hu Ma.

But before the words were finished, he suddenly frowned, feeling a chill run down his back. Unconsciously, he shrank his neck and glanced around, "The sun hasn't even set yet, why does it feel as if there's a cold wind blowing on my neck?"

While speaking, Er Guotou had already set up a shadowy altar, and everyone began to walk inside. Er Guotou reminded them, "Once in the underworld, just keep looking forward."

"With the cultivation you all have, if anyone turns back, my magic altar could easily be broken."

"..."

Hearing this, everyone refrained from turning back. Not even their peripheral vision strayed, as they walked forward. At the moment they stepped onto the magic altar, they felt the world become gloomy, as if they had entered another realm.

Only Miss Red Wine's words, still carrying a touch of human warmth, drifted to their ears, "The Bloodstain Pond is the מקום where the grievances and sins of the underworld gather."

"The principles of heaven and the veins of the earth, reincarnation, entanglements of cause and effect, sins being hard to fade, gradually became a scene in the Netherworld over time."

"Throughout a human life, everyone carries grievances and sins. Before reincarnation, one must be cleansed. Those grievances are left behind in the pond, which gradually became a scene in the Netherworld over time."

"Yet, it takes various kinds of people to make up the world. It's said that there are those so malefic that even before their death, their sins remain unresolved. They cannot wait for their time to end, and the underworld will mark them down, sending officials at night to take them to the Bloodstain Pond to receive a strike."

"This is called stopping sins by killing!"

"However, the Bloodstain Pond does not directly kill people. It recruits those with a heavy killing nature to act as executioners."

"Burning Blade is one of them. Their job is called leading underworld officials."

"However, people in the Path subconsciously think these officials belong to the Li Family, but they do not."

"The Li Family are also simply overseers of the underworld officials. They just became familiar with the Bloodstain Pond well in advance, possessing significant abilities, creating the illusion that they own the Bloodstain Pond."

"In reality, the Bloodstain Pond belongs to no one, only to this world."

"..."

She is the quintessential reincarnator, her actions and words carrying the demeanor of a first-generation reincarnator. As she entered the underworld, she continued to explain, "The tasks of the Bloodstain Pond in the human world include summoning, capturing, and execution. The Li Family only oversees the first two."