"It's not necessarily true that I have to reincarnate here. Besides, there's no killing without buying and selling. Your underworld openly sells human tools. Aren't you deliberately enticing lawless people in the human world to kill for profit? This is extremely unfair to humans in the human world. I wonder what you think about this?"
"In my opinion, the Underworld should completely ban the sale of human-made artifacts. All beings in the Underworld are now equal, men and women are equal, everything is equal, yet it is not equal to the human world. This doesn't make sense."
Wang Yao spoke eloquently, but he learned from the problems that arose during his debate with Gu Qi. He reduced the so-called moral preaching and instead brought up equality. Doesn't the Underworld like to talk about the equality of all beings? Your sale of human artifacts is unequal to the human world. This argument can stand up to the Heavenly Emperor.
"Lord Yue Lao, you can't just say things like that. When did I ever say I ate a celestial artifact? I was just using an analogy. Besides, I said that if I had a celestial artifact, I would offer it to Lord Ghost King." While King Pingdeng was still pondering Wang Yao's words, Gu Qi became anxious first.
He was indeed somewhat reckless in saying those words. He was really annoyed to see Wang Yao actually manage to convince two ghosts with his twisted logic, so he thought he would use those words to provoke Wang Yao. However, he did not expect that Wang Yao would seize on his weakness.
If this gets back to the Heavenly Court, not only the Heavenly Court, but even the immortals residing in the Underworld would be unhappy with Gu Qi. "You little brat, you're actually plotting to eat me? Anyone would be annoyed in that situation!"
"Lord Gu, we are all people of status. Can we go back on our word? You said you would give the immortal artifact to the Ghost King, but which Ghost King would eat an immortal artifact? Look, Lord Pingdeng is right here. He is the King of Hell, a rank higher than the Ghost King. Ask him if the Ghost King would eat an immortal artifact."
"You're obviously just trying to get the food yourself, but you're using the Ghost King as an excuse. I may not be smart, but I'm not stupid either. How could I be fooled into speaking ill of the Ghost King?"
“Lord Equality, I know even without you saying it that most of the leaders in the Underworld still have a sense of right and wrong and a bottom line. Those hungry ghosts who dare to eat even celestial artifacts are a minority. Don’t worry, even if we go to the Heavenly Emperor to reason with him, I won’t overthrow the entire Underworld with one blow.”
"You mean this matter of selling human-machines...?" Wang Yao said, but then looked at King Pingdeng.
When King Pingdeng heard Wang Yao ask him this question, his face turned black with anger. "You brat, you've shut me up with your words. Do you expect me to admit that the King of Hell and the King of Ghosts in the Underworld dare to eat anything, not even celestial artifacts? Even if that were true, I still couldn't bring myself to say it."
Just like that, this kid changed the long-standing rules of the underworld with a few words. Isn't that ridiculous? Let alone Wang Yao not even going to the Three Links Center, even if he did, at most he would just give him some underworld specialties like Yin energy, Yellow Spring water, and soul power.
The underworld is a place that values rules and hierarchy. Not only can the sale of human tools not stop, but even Wang Yao's attitude towards him makes him angry. If it weren't for the fact that he needs the matchmaker's help right now, he wouldn't bother with him at all under normal circumstances.
“My lord, I…I really didn’t mean that! I just…” Seeing that Wang Yao was being unreasonable and misinterpreting his meaning, Gu Qi had no choice but to look to King Pingdeng for help. King Pingdeng raised a hand to stop him from continuing.
"Well... what the Old Man of the Moon said about human-machines is indeed reasonable. Our Underworld has developed to the point where we are still selling human-machines. This bad habit should be changed. However... the economic affairs of the Underworld are all under the jurisdiction of the Five Senses King. We are not in that position and should not interfere in his affairs."
"How about this... I promised to introduce you to the King of Five Senses after this is all done, right? Then you can discuss this matter and the interface window issue with him together."
"I'll try to persuade him indirectly. After all, the underworld is a place where reason prevails, and we should humbly accept the Old Man of the Moon's opinion. I think we should leave it at that. Does the Old Man of the Moon have anything else to discuss besides this?"
With a smile, King Pingdeng made the decision for Wang Yao on his own behalf, thus putting aside the matter of selling human-machine hybrids once again.
Wang Yao could easily tell that King Pingdeng was playing coy with him, pushing everything onto King Wuguan, who wasn't even there anyway, so it all depended on King Pingdeng's words.
Moreover, the Five Senses King and the Old Man of the Moon still have some grudges, so how could he be so easily persuaded?
Wang Yao had given up hope that the matter of the Underworld Window on the interface panel would be resolved immediately. He only planned to meet with the Five Senses King first to understand the specific reasons for his conflict with Xi Fu. He would have to find a solution from Fairy Caixia to truly resolve the issue.
The nature of the human-selling device and the interface panel underworld window are different. The interface panel window is a legacy issue. It would be best if Wang Yao could solve it, but if he couldn't, he could push the blame onto Xi Fu, since it was Xi Fu who caused the trouble, and he would just be the scapegoat.
Selling human-machine interface is different. This is a genuine request made by Wang Yao himself to the underworld, and it's not for his own benefit.
Gu Qi had previously refused this offer, and even though Gu Qi later conceded, Wang Yao didn't accept it because it was limited to the zeroth floor.
For Wang Yao, once he brought up the matter with King Pingdeng, it was no longer just a matter of right and wrong, but also a matter of his own face.
"Face" is a rather interesting concept. Having it won't make you gain any extra weight, and not having it doesn't seem to cause any real loss.
But this thing is related to psychological feelings. Because its influence touches the soul, it is often not visible from the outside. Therefore, it makes the behavior of humans, including immortals like Wang Yao, incomprehensible and elusive.
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