Chapter 367: The Origin of the Ghost Immortal
After Du Ping and Ji Kongkong left, Jiang Li called Qi Ming over.
"I have something to say in advance."
"Human Emperor, please speak."
"I have a selfish reason for Xiaofang to meet you. I can't bear to see you two in the same city but miss each other by coincidence, so I brought Xiaofang here."
"But Xiaofang is a ghost after all, and she is just one step away from reincarnation."
"If the underworld comes knocking on your door someday, Xiaofang might be forced to reincarnate. You must be mentally prepared."
Qi Ming nodded with difficulty.
"But you don't have to worry too much. I will also help with this matter and see if there is any way to make a workaround."
Qi Ming bowed to Jiang Li again.
…
Jiang Li brought all the ghosts and Qi Ming to the Human Emperor Palace.
Commander Liu looked as if he had seen a ghost.
"Palace Master, you have just left the Human Emperor Palace for half a day and you have already caused such a big incident."
Commander Liu didn't expect that something would happen even in the underworld. It turns out that it's not safe even after death.
"You build a city near the Human Emperor Palace, set up a Yin-gathering formation under the city, and a Yang-killing formation on top to prevent the ghosts from being burned by the Yang energy."
"Okay." Commander Liu agreed. This was not a difficult matter.
"Also, I have appointed Du Ping as the temporary commander. He is responsible for finding the ghosts hidden in various places in Kyushu."
"...Okay." Commander Liu hesitated for a while, but still said that he was aware of the matter.
Commander Liu had a headache. Du Ping was not a person who could be easily troubled. Why had he included him as a candidate for the commander in the first place?
And why did the Palace Master fall in love with him?
Commander Liu was extremely exhausted. In such a huge Human Emperor Palace, from the Palace Master to the commanders, he was the only normal one.
Jiang Li found the Immortal Changcun again and told him about the things in the underworld. However, the Immortal Changcun also showed a rare look of confusion.
"Conflicts between the Ten Kings of Hell? I've never heard of that, but it makes sense that they would have conflicts."
"What's the meaning?"
"Do you know how the ghosts in the underworld came from?"
“I don’t know.”
Changcun Xianweng stroked his white beard with a smile: "After the immortals die and enter the underworld, they have two choices. One is to reincarnate and cleanse their memories to start over. The other is to stay in the underworld and become a ghost immortal."
"Doesn't that mean that all immortals have to stay in the underworld?" Jiang Li was surprised. If one can cultivate to the level of an immortal, who would be willing to lose their cultivation, forget everything, and start an unknown next life.
No matter how well you do in your next life, can it be better than being an immortal?
"Of course, not all immortals are qualified to stay in the underworld. Only those with deep virtues are allowed to transform into ghost immortals and become part of the underworld."
"If you haven't become an immortal, but you die, you should be qualified to stay in the underworld. I should be able to do it too."
"So now you know, there are no native ghosts in the underworld. They are all dead from the immortal world, and the Ten Kings of Hell are no exception."
"Immortals are stubborn and like to fight for power. They still maintain this character even after death. It is common sense that the demons from outside the domain will disrupt the balance between life and death and intensify the conflict between Yama and Yama."
"I understand, but what is the difference between Yin De and Gong De?"
"Yin De is the calculation of good and evil in the underworld. The Yin and Yang are separated, and the underworld wants to reduce its connection with the Yang world as much as possible. That's why it came up with a set of merits for the underworld."
“I don’t know the specific calculation standard.”
"If the Immortal Realm turns a blind eye to the invasion of the heavens and myriad worlds by the demons from outside the domain, wouldn't that be a loss of merit?" Jiang Li wondered. Immortals value merit, but wouldn't the actions of the Immortal Realm reduce merit?
Immortal Changcun was silent for a while, then organized his words and said, "The underworld has its own set of values, which may not be the same as those in the world of the living. Perhaps they believe that it is natural for the demons from outside the domain to invade the heavens and myriad worlds and cause the death of living beings. Life and death are determined by fate, and one will die eventually."
"Including causing an imbalance between life and death?"
Immortal Changcun smiled strangely: "The increase in the number of dead souls, doesn't this give the underworld a reason to expand?"
"The realm of the underworld is beyond the world of the living, making yin and yang reversed, the underworld becomes the world of the living, and the world of the living becomes the underworld."
"Don't forget, the Ten Yama Kings were all immortals. When it comes to fighting for power, is there anything greater than fighting for power between the Yin and Yang worlds?"
Jiang Li remained silent. Immortal Changcun thought he had frightened Jiang Li, so he continued, "Of course, this is the worst possible scenario, but it is not necessarily inevitable."
"There was a battle in the underworld, and we cannot rule out the possibility that the demons from outside the realm wanted to invade the underworld."
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"The Immortal knows a lot about the underworld."
"It's all hearsay, and a lot of it is my guesswork. I just speculated what the underworld looks like based on the thinking of the immortal world. Maybe the real underworld is not like this, and the Ten Kings of Hell are all selfless people."
After Jiang Li thanked the Immortal, he turned and left.
The immortal watched Jiang Li leave, smiling the whole time.
…
Jiang Li received a new task.
[New task released: The once-in-a-century secret realm of sentient beings in Buddhism is opened, causing a sensation in Kyushu. Even the genius cultivators of the previous generation have come to participate. Geniuses have gathered, from the Golden Core stage to the God Transformation stage. All sentient beings have gathered in front of the secret realm. As a Yuanying stage, although your cultivation is impressive, you are not famous. Some cultivators of the previous generation think that you are just an unknown junior who got the skills passed down by their ancestors from somewhere.]
[Please obtain the inheritance of Manjusri Bodhisattva in the secret realm of all living beings]
[This task cannot be abandoned]
[Quest Rewards: Half a Century of Cultivation, Golden Chain Mail, Daoist Sect's Secret "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones"]
"Secret Realm of All Living Beings?" Jiang Li ignored the system rewards, as they were all worthless rewards. However, the Secret Realm of All Living Beings could remind Jiang Li of some things.
The Secret Realm of All Living Beings is well-known in Jiuzhou. In the secret realm, there are many inheritances left by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats from the fairy world. The Bodhisattva of the Fragrant Elephant obtained the method of practicing the divine eye here, the Arhat who subdues the dragon obtained the inheritance of the Arhat who subdues the dragon, and the Arhat who cannot be subdued obtained the inheritance of the Arhat who subdues the tiger.
Five hundred years ago, Jiang Li and the Saint Lady Jingxin went to this secret realm together. However, just as he was about to enter the secret realm, he was driven out by a certain Arhat on the grounds that he had killed too many monsters in the Bai Ze Dynasty, which was against the harmony of nature and not in accordance with Buddhist etiquette.
In anger, Jiang Li started a debate with the Arhat, saying that after he entered the Bai Ze Dynasty, it was the monster that attacked first and he was just defending himself. However, the Arhat said that Jiang Li could defend himself but did not have to kill the other party.
Jiang Li said that the Arhat was taking things for granted and could not put himself in other people's shoes. The Arhat said that he was cruel and could not think for the monsters he killed. The two quarreled for several days and the quarrel was not over until the Secret Realm of All Living Beings was closed. Jiang Li also lost the opportunity to enter the Secret Realm of All Living Beings.
The Holy Maiden Jingxin felt that this was unfair, so she accompanied Jiang Li outside to argue with the Arhat.
Afterwards, when Xumi Buddha heard about this, he reprimanded the arhat, thinking that he had gone too far. He gave Jiang Li and Saint Lady Jingxin some Buddhist scriptures and natural treasures as compensation.
Later, when Jiang Li became a candidate for the Human Emperor, he no longer took the Secret Realm of All Living Beings seriously, and he never went there when it was opened again.
As for the arhat who had quarreled with him, he passed away two hundred years ago.
"Then go there."
Jiang Li didn’t know what the inheritance of Manjushri Bodhisattva was. According to ancient records, Manjushri Bodhisattva was in charge of wisdom, so perhaps his inheritance was related to wisdom.
(End of this chapter)