"This is the debt of favors from the underworld." Fang Jian took out the 'debt settlement' records he had brought from the underworld, "Please pass them around."
Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong had seen this record long ago, so they passed it to the Emperor of Dongyue.
The Emperor Dongyue opened the settlement record, swept his mind through it, and read it completely in a moment.
After reading the account settlement record, Emperor Dongyue glanced at the gods of the underworld. Since he had no one to pass on the message to, he said to Fang Jian, "Emperor Hongqing, although the gods of the underworld have done some favors, these favors are also unavoidable from common sense."
When Fang Jian heard this, he glanced at Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong and said, "It's very similar to what you said."
Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong smiled faintly, because after reading the settlement record, they said the same thing as the Emperor of Dongyue.
Fang Jian turned his head and looked at the Emperor of Fengdu, and said, "What do you think, fellow Daoist?"
The Emperor of Fengdu said, "Emperor Hongqing, although the underworld is independent of the mortal world, it is not completely unrelated to it. Many matters of the underworld must be carried out in the mortal world. Take the matter of soul arrest, for example. If a ghost were to be found in the temples of the Taoist or Buddhist masters, how would our underworld's ghost soldiers and ghost messengers arrest it?"
Fang Jian said: "Whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, they all have the obligation to liberate the souls of the dead and send them to the underworld."
"That's true, but there are always exceptions. When people from our underworld walk in the world of the living, they always have to rely on cultivators and great people from all sides. If the underworld doesn't do them some favors, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble." said the Emperor of Fengdu.
Fang Jian said, "What you're saying, Daoist friend, is nothing more than the belief that the underworld needs to be kind to people in the human world and do some favors. This is inevitable, right?"
"Yes." Fengdu Emperor said, "Emperor Hongqing, may I ask if you encountered any difficulties when you were the land god?"
Fang Jian said calmly, "No, because I have the advantage of magic weapons, so for me, nothing is difficult."
The Emperor of Fengdu nodded and said, "Then do Emperor Hongqing, the underworld's ghost soldiers, ghost messengers, and even the many righteous gods have the same opportunities and magic weapons as you, Emperor Hongqing? Let's not talk about the past, even now, the magic weapons you wield are either acquired treasures or innate spiritual treasures. Even Emperor Qingyuan Miaodao and Emperor Qitian don't have them, right?"
Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong exchanged a glance, and then Erlang Shen said, "I do have an acquired treasure, but I wouldn't dare ask for an innate treasure."
Erlang Shen's acquired treasure was naturally left to him by his master, Jade Tripod Taoist Master, while Sun Wukong said: "My Ruyi Jingu Bang was blessed by Tathagata when he became a Buddha. Its power is not inferior to that of an acquired treasure."
The Emperor of Fengdu said, "That's right. Forget about acquired treasures, even low-grade and high-grade immortal treasures are not something that ordinary people can possess. Emperor Hongqing, the people below have their own ways of doing things. As long as they don't harm the sentient beings of the Three Realms or undermine the majesty of the Heavenly Court, in my opinion, some things can be allowed to exist."
Sun Wukong said to Fang Jian, "The King of Fengdu is right. After all, not everyone is the original Fang Jian."
Fang Jian said, "I understand this principle. The strong have their own rules, and the weak have their own ways of doing things. But small things add up to big things, everyone. If this rule is relaxed, who can guarantee that they won't do things that harm all living beings in the future?"
"It's true there's no harm now, but once the abuse of power begins, it's bound to develop into something deeper! Small gains now will lead to bigger gains later." Fang Jian said earnestly, "Desire knows no bounds."
Erlang Shen said, "What the Emperor Hongqing said is not without reason. A thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole. Although such things do not warrant severe punishment, we must be vigilant and prevent them."
Fang Jian heard Erlang Shen support him, but only said to be vigilant and eliminate it. He couldn't help but say: "This matter can only be completely banned or acquiesced. There is no middle ground."
Erlang Shen said, "We can set up a supervisory office and allow the existence of 'favor accounts' in the underworld. However, these favor accounts must be reported to the supervisory office and publicly reconciled and settled. This way, we can prevent small matters from becoming large ones and endangering sentient beings."
"I agree with what the Emperor Qingyuan Miaodao said," Sun Wukong said, "Establish an Inspectorate, or have the Heavenly Court oversee it directly."
Emperor Dongyue said, "I agree."
The King of Fengdu did not speak, because he and the underworld were the "parties involved", so he did not express his opinion.
But there are only five emperors present here, and three of them have already expressed that they can tolerate the existence of such things, but they just want them to be "supervised" and "open to the public." To be honest, this is somewhat contrary to Fang Jian's idea.
Among the four Lingxiao emperors, Nezha left Daluotian and went to another heaven. Now there are only three emperors present, and two of them have expressed their opinions, so the tone of this matter can almost be settled.
However, Fang Jian suddenly called out, "Where is King Yama?"
King Yama of the Fifth Hall responded and walked to the center of the hall, holding a jade scepter in his hand. He bowed and said, "I am here."
Fang Jian asked, "Do you also do favors?"
King Yama said, "Your Majesty, Emperor Hongqing, I do not do favors."
Fang Jian frowned and said, "But this 'settlement of accounts' account book also includes your debts to King Yama, and you have the most."
Upon hearing this, King Yama said: "Replying to Emperor Hongqing, those are not favors, they are..."
"It's the mercy account." Just as King Yama hesitated, the Emperor of Fengdu spoke up and answered for him: "King Yama is the most compassionate to the world. Therefore, whenever he sees someone suffering, he mercifully grants them life. That's why King Yama has the most 'accounts'."
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