Female City God?
That princess.
Situ Xiu was stunned for a moment. He knew that the City God worshipped in the City God Temple in each city was different, and there was no unified City God.
But female city gods are very rare.
"A monk on earth?"
The princess tried to ask. The young man looked very ordinary, but his eyes were staring at her, as if he could see her.
When the voice came, Situ Xiu swept his spiritual sense around and found that no one else heard it, as if he was the only one who could hear it.
"Um."
Situ Xiu nodded and stared at the large yellow cloud above the princess's head. Those were produced by incense, containing the faith and wishes of all living beings. Ghosts and gods could absorb them to condense their souls and strengthen their cultivation.
"I wonder what brings you here, monk?" asked the princess.
"I want to know the situation in the underworld." Situ Xiu spoke with his spiritual consciousness, a voice that mortals could not hear.
"The underworld?" The county lord frowned slightly. "Don't you know that the underworld no longer exists?"
"What do you mean?" Situ Xiu asked. He had seen A Chinese Ghost Story and thought the underworld was in ruins.
"I don't know the details, and I have never been to the underworld. I was only worshipped after my death, and accidentally became the city god here. For all these years, I have never seen a ghost messenger. After death, people will go to the underworld on their own. I don't know whether it is reincarnation or not." said the princess.
"Black Mountain Old Demon, do you know?" Situ Xiu asked.
This Black Mountain Old Demon is no simple person. He is the overlord of the City of the Dead. He has great power in the underworld and controls countless ghost soldiers and generals.
When the county lord heard this, he shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."
"Thank you, goodbye."
Situ Xiu turned and left, not intending to ask any further questions. This princess knew nothing and knew very little. It would be better for him to go somewhere else and ask other city gods.
"Why is he asking about the underworld?"
The princess frowned.
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Thousands of miles away, another city.
In front of the main hall of the City God Temple, a middle-aged man in a vermilion official uniform was standing with his hands behind his back, looking at Situ Xiu with a serious expression.
"Human monk, what do you want from me?"
"I am the Holy Lord Taiyin. Let me ask you, does the underworld exist?" Situ Xiu asked.
"Of course it exists," the City God said with a gleam in his eyes. "The Underworld is in charge of reincarnation in the human world. How could it not exist?"
"Are you lying?"
As the voice fell, Situ Xiu's aura suddenly surged, and a huge aura pressed towards the City God.
"What!"
The City God's expression changed slightly, and he was terrified. He hurriedly shouted, "Sir, calm down, calm down, and listen to me."
"Speak." Situ Xiu's expression relaxed and his aura subsided.
The City God breathed a sigh of relief and slowly spoke, "The Three Realms suffered a great catastrophe a long time ago. I heard that all the gods in heaven disappeared, and even the underworld was deserted. The Ten Kings of Hell were nowhere to be found. Not long after, the underworld also disappeared into the netherworld.
However, once a ghost walks onto the Yellow Springs Road, it enters the underworld and never appears again. This must be a sign of reincarnation. That's all I know."
Situ Xiu pondered for a moment, then left half-believing and half-doubting without asking any more questions.
"Damn it, human cultivator, you're courting death! I'll report this to Emperor Huang Quan and make sure you're in trouble."
The City God said angrily.
In one day, Situ Xiu visited dozens of cities and visited dozens of city gods. Most of these city gods were at the Jindan realm, and a few were at the Yuanying realm, but they were a little inferior to him.
From the mouths of these city gods, he learned that the gods were no longer in this world, the underworld had disappeared, and ghosts and demons were wreaking havoc on the human world. Fortunately, the world was protected by the city gods and those who practiced Taoism, so it did not become a hell.
However, Situ Xiu believed that a world without order would sooner or later be on the road to destruction, and these ghosts and demons would sooner or later wreak havoc on the human world.
While inquiring about the underworld, he also inquired about the two immortal artifacts, the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen, but no one knew about them.
Whether he really didn't know or was pretending not to know, Situ Xiu didn't delve into it further, but instead asked about the cultivation of the power of incense.
The City God replied, "The power of incense and vows is the power of faith and vows in a person's heart. Vows can enhance the spirit and strengthen cultivation, but they can also increase negative emotions. If too much incense and vows are absorbed, it will generate a lot of distracting thoughts in the human mind. These distracting thoughts will make people crazy, and cultivators cannot avoid them. They may even go astray and become possessed. Therefore, non-ghosts cannot practice cultivation."
Situ Xiu narrowed his eyes: "Are you lying to me?"
In Journey to the West, there are many temples dedicated to Erlang Zhenjun, which shows that immortals can also practice with the help of vows.
The City God was terrified: "Sir, I really didn't lie to you. We City Gods can't absorb too much of the power of incense and vows. We can only absorb a certain amount every day. If you don't believe me, I will tell you the practice of absorbing the power of incense."
The City God was frightened and told others about the cultivation of the power of incense.
Situ Xiu listened carefully, but he didn't know whether it was true or not. However, he could ask other city gods to find out the truth.
Along the way, he asked no less than ten city gods, but got the same answer from them all. So he changed his method of questioning and directly captured a city god, threatening him with life and death.
He is not Xin Shisinian, who is so kind that she does good deeds and accumulates virtue to become a god.
Facing death, the City God finally told the truth, "The power of incense can only be absorbed by ghosts and gods, but there are two things that can eliminate distracting wishes: the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen. But these two things have disappeared."
Situ Xiu didn't say anything, but the aura on his body continued to grow, erupting with terrifying power.
"Really, everything I said is true." The City God said tremblingly.
Situ Xiu thought about it and let the City God go. This world might really have this reason. After all, they were different worlds, and he couldn't confuse the cultivation of the two worlds. The universe was so vast, and the cultivation was so diverse. It was normal to be similar but different.
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