Immortals and gods, demons and monsters; princes and generals; the Dragon Maiden holding a lamp, the cup filled with the sea.
The wild fox contemplating Zen, the fierce tiger realizing the Da...
The tone was grim, and a pair of strange eyes were fixed on the young Taoist.
Each of these ghosts exudes a chilling cold air. Although, apart from the natural ghosts such as the Five Ghost Emperors, ordinary ghosts, due to their own yin energy, can only cultivate to the peak of earthly immortals at best, and will never hope to become a True Lord in their lifetime, let alone the position of Great Emperor which is above the True Lord.
However, most of these ghosts and gods, who have existed for who knows how many years, have served under the command of Zhongtian Beiyin Emperor since he was a wisp of the Northern Emperor and commanded Fengdu. They have experienced battles for several eons and their combat power and experience are actually very rich. Although they can only maintain the peak level of earthly immortals due to their background, they are definitely the best at this level when fighting.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to suppress so many ghosts.
The Central Ghost Emperor stared at Qi Wuhuo.
The young Taoist remained calm, but his heart sank slightly.
Fengdu Ghost City was once directly under the jurisdiction of Beidi.
The Beidi Mirror was handed over to the Weaver Girl.
The Exorcism Order, which also had the core identity under the Northern Emperor, was also returned, and the purple energy in the scabbard was also returned to the Northern Emperor. At this moment, Qi Wuhuo did not have any artifacts that could prove his identity. As for the Purple Star Emperor Qi Sutra, when he first met Taibai that day, the latter had already introduced it, saying that this was a method practiced by the descendants of all the star gods and star monarchs in the sky.
Qi Wuhuo didn't think that this method, which was not taught exclusively to the master, could intimidate the Five Ghost Emperors before him.
If he took a wrong step, he would be torn apart here by these hideous and terrifying evil spirits.
Even in the past, it took the incarnation of the North Emperor to come here in person and transform into the Great Emperor of Zhongtian Beiyin to suppress them. This shows how cruel and fierce these evil ghosts are. At this moment, facing the gazes of many evil ghosts, the young Taoist suppressed the many chaotic thoughts in his heart and just smiled slightly and said, "Ghost Emperor, do you want to see the North Emperor's Order?"
"Is that so?"
The young Taoist glanced at these ghosts and said calmly, "Are you forcing me?"
The Central Ghost Emperor smiled and said, "I know that what I did today was a bit presumptuous."
"However, some of my brothers and subordinates have been following Lord Beidi since the third calamity era, and now we have not received orders from Lord Beidi for ten thousand years. We are anxious and worried that Lord Beidi has abandoned our brothers. Now that a distinguished envoy has come, we are really happy, but we are also worried that he may be an imposter."
"Hahaha, I have naturally already severely reprimanded them for this matter."
"But everyone doesn't believe it, and I'm still a little worried. Please, envoy, please show me the Northern Emperor's order to prove your true identity."
The Central Ghost Emperor smiled coldly, his eyes fixed on Qi Wuhuo.
Judging from the traces of the Huangquan sword sheath, which was previously obscured by the starlight of the Purple Star Emperor Qi, he was already somewhat doubtful and worried that the young Taoist in front of him was really a subordinate of the Northern Emperor. But now the Northern Emperor's aura suddenly dissipated, and the young Taoist was definitely unable to produce the Northern Emperor's order.
As long as he can't produce the Northern Emperor's Order, it doesn't matter whether he is the real Northern Emperor's Order envoy or not.
Kill them all directly!
It's so broken that the soul is scattered!
In this way, the other seventy-two ghosts and gods will know that the Northern Emperor has really abandoned them, and he does not care even if someone pretends to be the Northern Emperor's envoy and comes here to do evil. Then he can take advantage of the situation to raise the banner of rebellion and annex the so-called Ten Kings of Hell.
The underworld is independent of the six realms, and Heaven will not care about the changes in the underworld, so there is absolutely no problem with this step.
Then you can wait for an opportunity to completely disrupt the order of reincarnation.
By then, the water in the entire six realms will be muddied, and only then will it be possible to successfully get out.
The Central Ghost Emperor smiled and bowed, his murderous intent already locked onto the young Taoist.
Kill you to unite our hearts and as a sacrifice!
By that time, even if he was the real Northern Emperor's envoy, many ghosts and gods would have already embarked on this path and could not turn back.
He was at the standard Great Emperor realm. Killing a real person was easier than water. But at the moment of his death, the young Taoist suddenly laughed out loud. His brows were clear, and he swept his sleeves. Facing the group of ghosts and gods, he said loudly: "You have waited for a long time. I also know that you are worried and uneasy. I think that after such a long wait, a mere Northern Emperor Order is not enough to dispel your hesitation, right?"
Many ghosts and gods in the underworld looked slightly stunned.
The young Taoist flicked his sleeves and walked calmly towards the ghosts and gods in the underworld that were emitting a cold and gloomy aura.
"I also think that the Northern Emperor's Token is not enough. How can a mere token be enough to represent the Northern Emperor's identity?!"
"I have something bigger here!"
"I wonder if you guys would like to take a look?!"
The expressions of the seventy-two ghosts and gods changed, and they looked at each other and the young Taoist priest.
At first they were a little skeptical.
I doubt whether this young Taoist is really the envoy of the Northern Emperor.
However, seeing that the young Taoist priest was so calm and relaxed, and even scolded that the Northern Emperor's order was not important enough and that he wanted to show them something of a higher level, the ghosts and gods in the underworld actually had a little trust in them - just think about it, in this big world, how many people can talk and laugh so calmly under such circumstances?
If you don't have confidence, wouldn't it be a dead end to do things like this?
Then a tall ghost with a green face and fans asked respectfully:
"May I ask, Your Excellency, how do you know that this is a truly important item?"
The young Taoist was calm in his heart, but he smiled to himself and said, "Of course there must be an auspicious day, a grand ceremony, various sacrificial items, and a grand banquet. They were able to stop me here. Those who know you know that you want to see the things of the Northern Emperor. Those who don't know would think that you want to kill me here with weapons."
Many ghosts and gods in the underworld were frightened by him for a moment.
The Central Ghost Emperor originally planned to use Qi Wuhuo's life as a sacrifice.
He had dispelled the last hope of the seventy-two ghosts and gods for the Northern Emperor, but now the situation seemed to be reversed. If he really rushed up to kill the young Taoist priest, most of the seventy-two ghosts and gods would probably stop him directly, and the rough brother of the Northern Ghost Emperor would also carry the young Taoist priest to avoid the attack and ask him what he was doing instead.
So after careful consideration, he had no choice but to restrain his murderous intent and laughed out loud, saying, "Hahahaha."
"I never thought that this envoy could actually produce something of a higher standard than the Beidi Mirror and Beidi Order."
"I was actually startled and was rude for a moment, please forgive me!"
"Please! Please!"
"We have prepared wine, meat and delicious food here, please!"
The Central Ghost Emperor stared at the young Taoist priest, his eyes grim with murderous intent, and said with a smile:
"Your Excellency, you are so courageous."
The young Taoist waved his sleeves. Although he was worried about his body, he was calm in the face of life and death. He walked past the Central Ghost Emperor and said calmly, "What are you talking about, Ghost Emperor? I am an envoy. Coming here is like inspecting the territory of the Northern Emperor. What courage do I need?"
"Does the Ghost Emperor dare to kill me?"
"That's really courageous."
The ghost god who was adept at maneuvering in the Third Tribulation Era smiled slightly and said, "Your Excellency is worrying too much."
Qi Wuhuo smiled slightly and said, "It was just a casual remark."
But he felt a sinking feeling in his heart. At this moment, he was in the world of the living, facing an entire demon clan, including the seven major demon clans including the Demon King, who were besieging him. He had to escape into the demon clan's forbidden area, which was filled with miasma and clouds, and there were giant snakes and monsters hundreds of miles long circling around. It was already a dead end with every step he took.
And now, his soul has been dragged into the Fengdu ghost realm because of what happened before under the command of the Northern Emperor.
It was clear that he was no longer a member of the Exorcist Institute, but the death situation in Fengdu did not care about that. The Central Ghost Emperor had made it clear that he was determined to kill him. If he said that he was no longer the Northern Emperor's envoy, he would only die faster, and he might not even be able to speak before being crushed to death.
It's like walking on thin ice, but there's no need to be afraid.
We can only scare these ghosts and gods in the underworld first, and then proceed step by step with caution.
He waved his sleeves and walked forward. The young man walked among a group of extremely tall ghosts with terrifying auras who might jump up and tear him to pieces and eat him at any time. However, he was calm and spoke in a gentle tone. Fengdu Ghost City was extremely wide and vast. The bronze lampposts on both sides seemed to be twisting burning human bodies. The flames lit up and radiated light to the left and right, casting shadows on the ground.
In front and behind the young man, there were huge and ferocious creatures, which made people feel frightened when they saw them.
Paper money was floating in the sky, and the bluestone underfoot was as quiet as water.
In the distance, a woman's song can be heard, beautiful and eerie.
The Eastern Ghost Emperor had indeed prepared a wonderful banquet. The jade plates were filled with delicacies, but these delicacies gave off a chilling aura. A man among the ghosts exclaimed, "I never thought that the Emperor would prepare so many delicacies. Ha... I never thought that I could see these things."
"It really makes me miss it."
The Central Ghost Emperor raised his hand and said, "Everyone, please take a seat."
He then looked at Qi Wuhuo, with a cold purple light in the depths of his eyes, and said, "Your Excellency, please take a seat."
There is a chill in these five words.
Qi Wuhuo naturally sat at the top seat. The banquet table was extremely tall and extended far into the distance, immersed in the cold black aura.
Seventy-two ghosts and gods, all of whom were at the top of the earthly immortals, sat down. On one side were thirty-six ghosts and gods. The leader, a ghost from the [Quick Reporting Department], stood up and raised a wine glass that was as big as a wine jar in the human world. He said to the young Taoist: "My Fengdu City has been cut off from the Northern Emperor for ten thousand years. The food and drink you see today would have been ordinary in the past."
"But after eight thousand years of isolation from the outside world, these foods are becoming less and less."
"Two great joys today!"
"First, I get to see the Northern Emperor's envoy. Second, I can drink some good wine with the help of the Northern Emperor's envoy's name!"
"Come on, everyone, let's toast to the Honorable Master!"
Seventy-two ghosts and gods stood up at the same time and raised their glasses to toast.
The young Taoist stood up and picked up a glass of wine. It felt cold to his hand, as if it was going to seep into the deepest part of his body. His soul had a simultaneous feeling of coldness and comfort. His wine was obviously different from that of other ghosts and gods. Qi Wuhuo did not want to drink such an uncertain thing, but looking at these seventy-two ghosts and gods, each of them was enough to fight with the six-tusked white elephant.
There are also five ghost emperors by his side.
The arrow was already on the string and had to be shot. The young Taoist raised his glass and said in a clear voice, "Gentlemen, let's drink together."
Then tilt your neck slightly.
He just calmly drank the extremely cold wine brewed from the extremely cold Yellow Spring water. A sense of coldness and sharpness entered his brows, and his soul slowly stabilized a little. The largest Northern Ghost Emperor next to him said proudly, "Hahahaha, do you like it, Your Excellency? This is brewed from the spiritual spring that can only be found in the deepest part of the Yellow Spring."
"Yellow Spring is one of the three great spiritual veins, cold and chilly."
"It is difficult to reach the core unless you are at the level of a great emperor."
"The wine brewed with this substance is quite beneficial to the soul. The deepest spiritual spring, also known as the Yellow Spring Heart, is the place where yin and yang rotate and souls return. Therefore, it is extremely beneficial to the soul. According to legend, even if your soul is broken into seventeen or eighteen pieces and is about to disperse, it can be completely restored with the help of the Yellow Spring Heart."
The Northern Ghost Emperor said proudly: "It is because I can get close to the Heart of the Underworld that I can get these treasures."
The beautiful and charming Southern Ghost Emperor sneered, "Close? Are you saying we are still a thousand feet away from the core?"
The Northern Ghost Emperor was furious and glared at the Southern Ghost Emperor, but rarely did he refute.
The ghost from the Speed Report Department stood up, bowed slightly to Qi Wuhuo, raised his glass and toasted again, saying, "I am Dong Yunpeng, the head of the Speed Report Department. Nice to meet you, envoy." The young Taoist drank and suddenly seemed to be thinking about something. When Dong Yunpeng from the Speed Report Department sat down, he said, "Wait a minute."
Dong Yunpeng asked, "Does your Excellency have any advice for me?"
Qi Wuhuo suddenly tapped the jade pendant with his fingers, and suddenly a bunch of things appeared on the table in front of him, including spiritual objects, elixirs, and jade slips, all of which exuded a very strong aura of the underworld. It was obvious that they were quite extraordinary spiritual materials and treasures. Dong Yunpeng had been imprisoned in Fengdu City for ten thousand years, and the resources and spiritual objects would only become less and less, not to mention these things that were of great use to ghosts and gods at the level of earthly immortals?
Dong Yunpeng's expression was slightly moved, and he said: "Your Excellency, this is..."
The young Taoist smiled gently and said, "Since I am your envoy and this is our first meeting, how can I not give you some gifts?"
"Chief Dong can choose one of these spiritual creatures."
Although Dong Yunpeng had guessed it long ago, he was still overjoyed when he heard it. He thanked him quickly, stepped forward, and searched carefully. He found that these were all treasures that would tempt him. He wanted this one and that one too. Finally, he selected a gem that was secretly filled with Yin energy, and sat back in his original seat with a look of joy on his face.
The second head of the [Evil Punishment Department] suddenly stood up, picked up his wine glass and strode forward, saying:
"【Evil Punishment Department】, Diao Yongzhong, greetings to the Honorable Envoy!"
"I'm a rough man, I don't care about these etiquettes, I'll just do it first!"
He tilted his head back and drank the rest of the wine, then stared at the young Taoist with his eyes. The young Taoist drank another cup of the wine brewed with the water from the core of the Yellow Spring. He felt that his soul seemed to be much more relaxed, pointed at the spiritual objects, and said, "Please choose one of your own."
Diao Yongzhong was overjoyed and thanked him again and again.
Then he knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily, and said:
"My Taoist companion's spirit and soul are not as advanced as mine. Without this item, he will die in a few years."
"I will never forget your kindness. If you need me in the future, I will go through mountains of swords and seas of fire without hesitation!"
So, he returned with many thanks.
After that, the atmosphere became extremely heated. Many other ghosts and gods from the underworld came forward one by one to pay their respects. Then each of them got the treasure they had been longing for after being sealed for thousands of years. There were many smiles on their originally ferocious faces. Seeing that the young Taoist kept drinking and scattered all the treasures on the table without frowning, he was so magnanimous and generous that they couldn't help but have a strong impression of him.
The Southern Ghost Emperor's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly smiled and said, "Your Excellency is indeed generous and magnanimous, but I have one thing I don't understand."
"These things seem to be treasures, but they seem to belong to the Ten Kings of Hell."
"Honorable Envoy, how come you have their treasures?"
There is great hatred between the Ten Kings of Hell and the Seventy-two Departments.
In an instant, all eyes fell on Qi Wuhuo. The young Taoist drank slowly, letting the cold feeling penetrate his soul. His expression was calm, and he replied calmly: "Nothing, I just emptied their treasure house."
Empty the treasure house of the Ten Kings of Hell?!
The heads of the Seventy-two Departments subconsciously thought that the young Taoist was on their side.
Did one of our own emissaries empty the treasure house of good deeds of the Ten Kings of Hell?
Diao Yongzhong laughed loudly: "Hahaha, good, good, you actually broke into the underworld and robbed those guys of their treasures. The envoy is indeed worthy of being the envoy!" Everyone laughed, and then naturally there was a feast and eating, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious. The Central Ghost Emperor suddenly laughed and said:
"Your Excellency is indeed magnanimous. However, we have drunk the wine and eaten the banquet. We are still waiting for your Excellency's proof that is greater than the Northern Emperor's order."
The officials in charge of the underworld also looked at him.
The atmosphere suddenly became cold again, and one gaze after another was cast down, naturally making the atmosphere cold and eerie.
Qi Wuhuo said calmly: "As I said just now, we need an auspicious day."
The Central Ghost Emperor smiled and said, "Oh? What year and date is the auspicious date? Could it be that the envoy is stalling for time?"
“Hahahahahaha.”
"Why don't we take out the Northern Emperor's Order first?"
"Oh? You don't want to see more solid evidence? Instead, you want to see the Northern Emperor's order? It seems that the Central Ghost Emperor doesn't want to appease the hearts of the seventy-two officers."
The two of them made light of the tense situation with a few words.
The Central Ghost Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that the young Taoist in front of him was calm, but also sharp-tongued, which made him disgusting. It would be better to kill him on the spot. When his eyes were full of murderous intent, Diao Yongzhong suddenly laughed and said, "Why are you two arguing? Hahaha, don't worry about it. It doesn't matter how many days the envoy needs. We can wait."
Qi Wuhuo looked at the Central Ghost Emperor and said, "It will take ten days. Please ask the Ghost Emperor to arrange a place for me to stay."
"I'm here, so you don't have to worry. Can I still run away?"
The murderous intent of the Central Ghost Emperor subsided briefly.
To subdue the ghosts and gods in charge of the seventy-two departments, the more natural it is, the better. If he can't produce anything after ten days, no one can say anything if he kills them at that time. So the Central Ghost Emperor said slowly: "Okay."
"Old Five, take the envoy to the mansion."
The Northern Ghost Emperor showed the way, and the young Taoist stood up, knowing that he was safe for a short time.
The Central Ghost Emperor looked at him and said, "Then, in ten days, we will see what you can do."
Qi Wuhuo replied calmly: "You will see."
He was led to the core of the entire Fengdu Ghost City, a luxurious palace. The Northern Ghost Emperor pointed at the palace and said with a smile: "This is where the Northern Yin Great Emperor lived in the past. The one next to it is where the Northern Yin Great Emperor's assistants live. Your Excellency can rest there. Big Brother is just a little anxious, but he has no bad intentions."
"Please don't be upset or angry. If you need anything, just call me."
The Northern Ghost Emperor bowed and left.
The young Taoist priest confirmed that the Northern Ghost Emperor had left and closed the door. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the cushion, and lay back, staring at the traces on the sky. For a moment, he felt exhausted, his palms trembling slightly. He took every step carefully, like walking on a tightrope. Now, he finally got a breath of fresh air and a chance of survival in the underworld city of Fengdu.
We will have to face a life-and-death situation in ten days, and there is no way to delay any longer.
The murderous aura of the Central Ghost Emperor was almost about to explode.
The physical body is still in the forbidden area of the demon clan, but after the guidance of Taoist Qingyu, Qi Wuhuo's physical body has also developed the instinctive defensive ability. There is no need to worry about the previous incident happening again. What needs to be solved now is the life and death issue before him.
You can't rely on anyone but yourself.
Qi Wuhuo turned over and sat up, patting his face.
The mind is like the sun, cutting off the fatigue, fear, and instinctive trembling. Make seals with both hands and meditate with a peaceful mind.
Compared to the Beidi Order and Beidi Mirror, he does have greater power.
The young Taoist's mind was dark, and suddenly the figure of the Northern Emperor appeared, and the stars suddenly spread out, and then the power of the entire star turned into one blow, extremely dazzling, breaking the Demon King's offensive.
Beidi's secret moves!
That iconic buzzer beater!
Within ten days, at least imitate the aura...
Then, get out alive!