In Luoshan County City, a team of practitioners consisting of hundreds of people set out from the military camp and stepped out of the monster formation that covered the entire Luoshan County City.
Among this team of hundreds of practitioners, there are captains of the Luoshan Army and envoys from the Imperial Observatory. Their cultivation is at least at the Qi Transformation Realm, and the five leaders are great cultivators at the Qi Training Realm.
In today's Luoshan County, it can be regarded as a pillar of strength.
Only a small number of practitioners who were responsible for clearing out the evil spirits were left in the entire Luoshan County City, and almost all the other practitioners went out.
The people in charge of leading the team are naturally the two envoys of the Imperial Observatory, Baihu and Zhuque. As the first batch of practitioners who were promoted to the Qi training stage in Daxia, the cultivation of the two envoys, Baihu and Zhuque, has reached the peak of Qi training.
If the rules of heaven and earth had not just broken through the limitations of the Divine Transformation Realm, they would even have had hope of being promoted to the Divine Transformation Realm relying on the foundation of the Imperial Observatory.
Such power is already extremely powerful in the present world, and is even enough to suppress some old monsters in the paradise where they do not come out.
But compared to the entire underworld, it seems very thin.
As a part of heaven and earth, the underworld is not suppressed that much in the Xuanhuang Realm. Powerful immortals like the Ten Kings of Hell can move freely in the underworld.
Although the power he exerted was far from the level of his peak period, he was at least as strong as a spirit cultivator in Fengdu City. In terms of strength alone, even if the entire Daxia was filled in, it would still be far from enough.
The two envoys, White Tiger and Vermillion Bird, naturally knew this, but their real reliance was not on their own realm and strength.
Walking on the empty road, hundreds of people left Luoshan County City. The gathered Yang energy was like a torch that constantly attracted wandering souls and evil spirits around.
Ghostly aura rose from the bodies of hundreds of evil spirits, as if turning the area within a few hundred meters into a small ghost den. The heart-wrenching roars constantly shook the souls of the surrounding Qi Transformation Realm practitioners.
Many practitioners' faces turned pale instantly. There were thousands of wandering ghosts and evil spirits approaching this place, including hundreds of evil spirits at the Qi Transformation Realm.
Even though there are five great Qi-cultivating monks in the team who have the advantage in strength, they will inevitably suffer losses when facing so many ghosts.
They were not afraid of being injured, but the key issue was that they had just left Luoshan County and were hundreds of miles away from Fengdu City.
It is hard to imagine how many evil spirits will attack us if we just walk along this path.
Even the three great Qi-cultivating monks changed their expressions and looked at the two leading envoys from the Imperial Observatory.
The White Tiger smiled contemptuously and said:
"It's just a few hundred wandering ghosts, and you're so scared.
Don't worry, since I brought you out of Luoshan County, I will definitely be able to bring you back."
As soon as he finished speaking, the White Tiger took out a black wooden box inlaid with gold and jade from his storage ring. The texture on the wooden box looked like a hideous and twisted evil spirit.
The moment the wooden box appeared, the small ghost den where ghost energy gathered around it instantly collapsed, and the invisible breath quietly spread.
The Thousand Wandering Ghosts stopped at this moment. They were not intelligent at all and looked at the wooden box in the hands of the White Tiger Envoy with doubtful eyes.
White Tiger raised the corner of his mouth, but did not reach out to open the wooden box. Instead, he looked around at the practitioners around him and spoke loudly:
"You monks are escorting the Lord's order. There are evil spirits all around you along the way. It's a dangerous situation. You should accept the Lord's magic to protect yourself!"
“All cultivators in the Qi Transformation Realm should be ghost messengers, in charge of arresting souls and capturing evil spirits, not commanders of the underworld.
The three Qi training cultivators can be ghost generals, and are granted a set of cave armor and a soul-scattering stick. With the help of the Lord of the Mansion, they can restrain the gods of the underworld and summon the ghost king of the underworld!"
As the White Tiger Envoy spoke, a huge amount of incense and prayer power quickly rose from the wooden box and landed on the three Qi training realm masters among the hundreds of cultivators present.
The clothes on the Qi-transforming cultivator's body turned into a black robe, and he held a chain made of soul iron in his hand.
Hundreds of chains suddenly swayed in unison, extending towards thousands of wandering ghosts and evil spirits in all directions.
The evil ghosts that were ferocious just a moment ago, when they saw the chains in the monks' hands, they seemed to feel the fear from the depths of their souls, and they all let out shrill wails and fled in panic.
Even the evil ghosts and vicious ghosts mingling among the ghosts were frightened and fled to the distance in panic.
However, the chains had already been woven into a large net, trapping all the ghosts inside, making it impossible for them to break free.
At this moment, three ghost generals wearing black armor and holding soul-scattering sticks took a step forward, waving the sticks in their hands and shouting in unison.
"Disperse!"
Under the soul-scattering stick, the rules of the underworld seemed to be materialized. Thousands of wandering ghosts trapped in the shackles of the ghost catcher were scared out of their wits in an instant, and the entire outskirts of Luoshan County City were cleared out.
After doing all this, the White Tiger Envoy nodded with satisfaction, and then he and the Suzaku Envoy quickly rushed towards the direction of Fengdu City.
Behind them, hundreds of ghost messengers and three ghost generals followed, tearing open a clear passage in this land where evil spirits were rampant.
Luoshan County, an abandoned town less than thirty miles away from Fengdu City.
Shen Yuan casually crushed a vicious ghost to death and looked thoughtfully at the Fengdu City in the distance.
When he reached this distance, Shen Yuan could already see the grandeur of this underworld city.
The city wall, which is dozens of feet high, is still oppressive even from such a distance. If we only consider the height of the city wall itself, even a wall that is a hundred feet high is useless to practitioners.
But on this dark city wall covered with mottled marks, Shen Yuan clearly felt the heaviness that was like a world barrier, and he was unable to use any means of flying above the city wall.
Even if a true spirit cultivator used his Yangshen Dharma form, it would be difficult to shake this solid city wall.
Outside the city wall, a large number of armored ghost soldiers were patrolling back and forth, surrounded by a large number of wandering ghosts who wanted to enter the city but were refused entry.
If you enter this city by conventional means, you will definitely be discovered by the patrolling evil spirits.
Seeing this scene, Shen Yuan couldn't help but frowned slightly.
He originally thought that Fengdu City would remain open like a ghost market, but who would have thought that the current situation had turned the entire city into a military fortress.
With Shen Yuan's strength, there would be no problem even if he broke into the city by force, but this was completely contrary to his original purpose.
Shen Yuan's original idea was to use his magical powers to intimidate these underworld ghosts and gods to quell the unrest. However, if he took forceful action outside the city, he would inevitably expose his own true strength.
However, if he used his magical powers to exorcise gods and intimidate these evil spirits, it would be like the emperor going on a secret tour and revealing his identity to a beggar, which would inevitably affect the identity and character of Emperor Donghua.
If he cannot maintain the personality of Emperor Donghua, he will naturally not be able to intimidate the ghosts and gods in the underworld and the Ten Kings of Hell.
Ideas flashed through Shen Yuan's mind, but he rejected them one by one.
At this moment, a team of hundreds of people was approaching the magnificent Fengdu City at a rapid speed.
The team of practitioners that set out from Luoshan County City slowly stopped in front of the gate of Fengdu City. Along the way, tens of thousands of wandering souls and evil spirits fell into their hands.
Under the natural suppression of ghosts by the ghost catcher, no one in the team of hundreds of people was killed.
At the front of the team, the two envoys, Suzaku and Baihu, looked at the magnificent Fengdu City in front of them and looked at each other. The Baihu envoy took the initiative to step forward, and his voice echoed outside Fengdu City.
"The envoy of the Great Xia Dynasty wants to see the Ten Great Underworld Marshals and discuss important matters with the gods of the underworld!"
The ghost soldiers patrolling outside the gate of Fengdu City looked at the team in front of them cautiously, especially when their eyes fell on the three ghost generals, they showed a hint of fear.
These patrolling ghost soldiers did not speak, but on the wall of Fengdu City, a ghost general guarding the city loudly questioned:
"The Great Xia envoy? Could it be that the Great Xia court has already agreed to the request for co-governance between humans and gods?"
As soon as these words were spoken, a sinister laugh suddenly rang out from the city wall. It seemed that these ghost generals guarding the city did not take the envoy team below seriously at all.
A trace of anger flashed in the eyes of the White Tiger, but he immediately suppressed the anger in his heart and said:
"Co-governance between humans and gods has already exceeded Daxia's bottom line, and this is absolutely impossible. As for other requests, the court is willing to sit down with the ten great underworld generals and the underworld gods to discuss them in detail.
Whether it is the position of the City God, the treasure of the underworld, or the land of the living world, they are all within the scope of negotiation."
The ghost generals guarding the city seemed to be moved by the words of the White Tiger Envoy. A whisper was heard on the city wall. Seeing this, the White Tiger Envoy couldn't help but smile, but the next moment his smile froze on his face.
A rough voice sounded on the city wall:
"Rejecting co-governance between humans and gods? Then what else is there to discuss? Is it possible that our underworld lacks that little treasure?
As long as we achieve co-governance between humans and gods, the ownership of all city gods will be under the control of our underworld.
As for the land in the Yang world, hehe, the entire Luoshan County has been incorporated into the territory of the Yin world. I, the Yin world, can take as much land as I want.
The envoy of the Great Xia Dynasty is so treacherous that he actually wants to trade with us using things that belong to our underworld."
The rough voice spoke and immediately won the approval of the vast majority of the ghost generals guarding the city.
"What the evil ghost general said is right!"
"We in the underworld can take whatever we want at any time. What right does Daxia have to negotiate with us?"
“If the co-governance of humans and gods is issued, I might have the opportunity to become the city god of a prefecture, enjoying millions of incense offerings, and in the future I might be able to ascend to the realm of immortals and live forever.”
"Humans are so treacherous that they actually tried to deceive us with such a small profit. Fortunately, the evil ghost general discovered it early!"
The White Tiger's face turned pale, but he still spoke loudly:
"This matter should be discussed by the Ten Underworld Marshals and the gods of the underworld. I'm afraid you can't make the decision. Please report to the Ten Underworld Marshals."
On the city wall, the words of the evil ghost-killing general rang out again:
"Co-governance by humans and gods was proposed by the Ten Great Yin Marshals. Since you have rejected co-governance by humans and gods, the Ten Great Yin Marshals certainly do not want to see you. It would be a waste of time for us to report this to you.
You should just go back to Luoshan County and wait for our underworld army to come!"
The White Tiger Envoy could no longer maintain his composure, and shouted sternly toward the city wall:
"This is an important matter to be discussed between the Great Xia Dynasty and the Ten Great Ghost Marshals. If something goes wrong, can a mere ghost general like you take the responsibility?"
There was a moment of silence on the top of the city wall, and then a ghost general who was more than ten feet tall and as huge as a mountain of flesh poked his head out and looked down at the White Tiger Envoy and others below.
His eyes were cold, and powerful pressure instantly fell on the White Tiger Envoy and others.
"You said you were envoys from the Great Xia Dynasty, so you are real envoys?
I now suspect that you are fake messengers. Leave as soon as possible before I change my mind, or I will let you see the majesty of the underworld's law!"
The White Tiger was under tremendous pressure, and the storage ring in his hand flashed with light, and a black wooden box inlaid with jewels appeared in his hand.
The moment the wooden box appeared, the pressure on everyone disappeared immediately. The White Tiger held the wooden box in his hand and said loudly:
"This is the imperial edict given by the Lord of Mount Tai to the Emperor of Man. Seeing the imperial edict is like seeing the Lord in person. You ghosts and gods in the underworld should kneel down and welcome him!"
This item can be regarded as the most precious underworld treasure of the Great Xia Dynasty. A few months ago, an envoy from Yingzhou came to Great Xia to ask for a page with an imperial edict printed on it to suppress the night parade of hundreds of ghosts.
In the end, Emperor Xia used this as an excuse to dismiss the previous Taichang, and no one in the court opposed it. This is enough to show the preciousness of the Taishan Lord's talisman. This was also the biggest reliance of the White Tiger Envoy and others when they came to Fengdu City.
The White Tiger Seat Envoy thought that after he showed the Taishan Palace Lord's Talisman, the city guard ghost general on the city wall would immediately kneel down and apologize and let them in. However, contrary to the White Tiger Seat Envoy's expectations, the evil butcher ghost general just snorted coldly and said:
"The talisman of the Lord of Mount Tai? What kind of person is the Lord of Mount Tai? How can you guys pretending to be the envoys of the Great Xia Dynasty produce his talisman?
Maybe the wooden box once contained an imperial edict, and you used it to deceive people by pretending to be the Lord of Mount Tai."
"If the talisman is real, why don't you take it out and let us see if it's real?"
The Suzaku master at the side put his hand on the wooden box and said in a cold voice:
"Don't listen to them. There's something fishy about the attitudes of these ghost generals guarding the city!"
After the Suzaku envoy's words of warning, the White Tiger envoy, no matter how stupid he was, immediately reacted and realized that there was definitely something wrong with the attitude of the evil ghost-slaying general in front of him.
The evil butcher ghost will press them step by step, and his real purpose is most likely to make them open the wooden box on their own initiative and reveal the Taishan Lord's talisman inside.
The Taishan Lord's talisman is not an ordinary treasure. It has been nurtured by the good fortune and incense of the Great Xia Dynasty for thousands of years. It is sealed in a wooden box to prevent the good fortune and incense from escaping and to ensure that there is enough good fortune and incense when the talisman is used at the critical moment.
According to the original plan, the Taishan Lord's decree can only be used when the Ten Great Underworld Marshals are seen, in order to ensure deterrence to the entire underworld.
If we open the wooden box prematurely now, some of the incense's luck will dissipate, and the full power of the Taishan Lord's talisman may not be able to be exerted at that time.
Although he calmed down in his heart, the White Tiger Envoy still spoke after thinking for a moment:
"The wooden box must be opened! These ghost generals guarding the city have made their stance clear. If the wooden box is not opened, they will never let us into the city. All other methods will be useless.
Don't worry, the Taishan Palace Lord's Talisman has enjoyed three thousand years of incense luck, even if some of it is lost, it is enough to suppress the underworld."
The White Tiger Emissary spoke like this, and the Suzaku Emissary had no way to stop him. He just silently withdrew his right hand.
On the city wall, the evil ghost general watched the White Tiger Envoy slowly extend his hand towards the wooden box, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.
At this moment, the tightly closed gate of Fengdu City suddenly opened, and powerful ghost energy rushed out of Fengdu City like a wave and swept in all directions.
The evil butcher ghost on the city wall instantly turned the joy on his face into anger, and roared:
"Without my order, who dares to open the gate of Fengdu City?"
"I will definitely send you to the eighteenth level of hell and make you endure all kinds of torture!"
The evil butcher ghost general jumped down from the magnificent city wall. His huge body caused the earth to shake. His dark green eyes looked towards the city gate filled with ghostly aura with resentment.
As the black ghost energy slowly dissipated, a huge body emerged from the thick ghost energy.
A god wearing jet-black armor and with a bull's head and a human body appeared in front of everyone.
The originally furious evil killer ghost was stunned for a moment, and his original anger turned into a trembling filled with fear at this moment.
The evil ghost-killing general wanted to retreat, but when he thought of the person behind him, he mustered up his courage and whispered:
"Master Niutou, it is against the rules for you to open the gate of Fengdu at this time!"
The Bull-Headed Yin Shuai did not say anything, but just strode forward. His original body with a bull's head and a human body began to transform into a huge black bull.
The cow's hooves stepped on the ground and cracks spread clearly in all directions, followed by a roaring sound of the earth shaking.
The evil ghost general was suddenly startled, and then immediately looked behind the Ox-Headed Yin Marshal, only to see that the ten Yin Marshals who had manifested their true forms were dragging a huge chariot that looked like a palace.
The entire chariot is black and gold in colour, and the carriage is painted with billions of ghosts and gods from the underworld.
The seals of the Five Ghost Emperors appeared on the five directions of the chariot's canopy. The roaring huge wheels were like the six realms of reincarnation turning endlessly in the underworld. Everything in the underworld was displayed on the chariot. The whole chariot was like a underworld that had been shrunk countless times.
The ghost generals guarding the city on the city wall trembled and knelt on the ground, unable to help but speak:
"The Emperor's Chariot, it's the Emperor's Chariot!"
The huge black bull took a step and slowly walked towards the outside of Fengdu City.
The wheels of the emperor's chariot turned, and the entire underworld shook.