Chapter 367 The Origin of Ghosts and Immortals

  After Du Ping and Ji Kongkong left, Jiang Li called Qi Ming over.

   "There is something I said earlier."

   "The Emperor, please speak."

   "Xiaofang met you because of my selfish intentions. I couldn't bear to see you all in the same city but missed by coincidence. That's why I brought Xiaofang here."

   "But Xiaofang is a ghost after all, and she is one step away from being reincarnated."

   "If the underworld comes to your door one day, maybe Xiaofang will be reincarnated. You have to be mentally prepared."

  Qi Ming nodded with difficulty.

   "But you don't have to worry too much, I will also help in this matter, and see if there is any workaround."

  Qi Ming pays homage to Jiangli again.

  …

  Jiang Li brought a group of ghosts and Qi Ming to the Human Emperor's Hall together.

   Commander Liu looked like he had seen a ghost.

   "Hallmaster, you just left the Human Emperor's Hall for half a day and you did such a big thing."

   Commander Liu didn't expect that something would happen to the underworld, and it would not be safe for the co-author to die.

   "You build a city near the Human Emperor's Palace. A large yin-gathering array is placed under the city, and a yang-absolute array is placed on top of the city, so that the ghosts will not be burned by the yang energy."

   "Okay." Commander Liu agreed, this matter is not difficult.

   "Also, I appointed Du Ping as the interim commander. He is responsible for finding ghosts hidden in various parts of Kyushu."

   "...Okay." Commander Liu hesitated for a while, but still said he knew about it.

   Commander Liu has a headache, Du Ping is not a worry-free person, why did I include him as a candidate for command?

   And why did the Palace Master agree with him.

   Commander Liu was very tired. It was normal for him to be the only one from the hall master to the commander in the huge Human Emperor Palace.

  Jiang Li found the Everlasting Immortal again, and told about the affairs of the underworld, but the Everlasting Immortal also showed a rare look of confusion.

   "There are conflicts among the ten halls of hell? I have never heard of this, but it is not unreasonable for them to have conflicts."

"What's the meaning?"

   "Do you know how the ghosts and immortals in the underworld come from?"

   "I don't know."

  Chang Cun Xianweng smiled and stroked his white beard: "After death, an immortal enters the underworld. There are two choices. One is to reincarnate and cleanse the memory and start over. The other is to stay in the underworld and become a ghost."

   "Isn't it true that all immortals will stay in the underworld?" Jiang Li was surprised, who would lose his cultivation, forget everything, and start an unknown next life if he could cultivate to the realm of immortals.

   No matter how good the next life is, how can it be better than a fairy?

   "Of course not all immortals are eligible to stay in the underworld. Only those with profound moral virtues are allowed to turn into ghosts and immortals and become part of the underworld."

   "If you have not become a fairy, but if you die, you should also be eligible to stay in the underworld. I should be fine too."

   "So you know, there are no native ghosts and immortals in the underworld, they all died from the fairy world, and Yama of the Ten Temples is no exception."

   "Immortals are stubborn and like to fight for power, and they still maintain this character after death. It is common sense for the extraterrestrial demons to break the balance of life and death and intensify the conflict between Yama."

   "Taught, but what is the difference between yin and merit?"

   "The virtue of Yin is the calculation of good and evil in the underworld. Yin and yang are separated. The underworld should minimize its connection with the yang, so that we can create a set of merits in the underworld."

   "I don't know the specific calculation standard."

   "The fairy world turns a blind eye to the invasion of the heavens and worlds by the extraterrestrial demons, isn't it damaging Yin virtue?" Jiang Li wondered. Immortals value Yin virtue, but wouldn't the actions of the fairy world reduce Yin virtue.

  Chang Cun Xianweng was silent for a while, and organized the words: "The Underworld has its own set of values, which may not be the same as the Yangjian. Maybe they think that it is natural for the extraterrestrial demons to invade the heavens and the world, and let life die.

   "Including causing an imbalance between life and death?"

  Changcun Xianweng showed a strange smile: "The increase of dead souls, doesn't this give the reason for the expansion of the underworld?"

   "The realm of the underworld surpasses the yang world, turning yin and yang upside down, turning the underworld into the yang world, and the yang world into the underworld."

   "Don't forget, Yama of the Ten Temples used to be an immortal. When it comes to fighting for power, what power is greater than fighting for power in the two realms of Yin and Yang?"

  Jiang Li remained silent, Chang Cun Xianweng thought he had frightened Jiang Li, so he continued: "Of course, this is the worst possibility, not necessarily inevitable."

   "There is a battle in the underworld, and it is not ruled out that it is an extraterrestrial demon who wants to invade the underworld."

   "Xianweng really knows a lot about hell."

   "It's all hearsay, and there are a lot of guesses in it. I just speculate on the appearance of the underworld according to the thinking of the fairy world. Maybe the real underworld is not like this. The Ten Temples of Yama are also selfless people."

   After Jiang Li thanked Xian Weng, he turned and left.

   Xian Weng watched Jiang Li off, always smiling.

  …

  Jiang Li received a new mission.

  【Release a new task: The once-in-a-century secret realm of all living beings in Buddhism is opened, causing a sensation in Kyushu. Even the genius monks of the previous generation came to participate. The geniuses gathered, down to the Jindan stage, up to the transformation of gods, and all sentient beings gathered in front of the secret realm. You are in the Nascent Soul stage.

  【Please obtain the inheritance of Manjusri Bodhisattva in the secret realm of all beings】

  【This task cannot be given up】

  【Task Rewards: Half-Jiazi Cultivation Base, Golden Chain Mail, Taoist Secret "One Qi Transforms Three Purities"】

   "The Mystery of All Beings?" The system rewards were ignored by Jiang Li, they were all worthless rewards, but this Mystery of All Beings reminded Jiang Li of something.

  The secret realm of sentient beings is well-known in Kyushu. There are many inheritances left by Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats in the secret realm. The Xiangxiang Bodhisattva obtains the method of practicing Tianyan here.

   Five hundred years ago, Jiang Li went to this secret realm with the Holy Maiden of Purity, but just as he was about to enter the secret realm, he was kicked out by a certain Arhat. The reason was that he had killed too many monsters in the Bai Ze Dynasty, which harmed the peace of heaven and was not in line with Buddhist rituals.

   Annoyed, Jiang Li started a debate with this Arhat, claiming that after he entered the Bai Ze Dynasty, monsters attacked first, and he was just defending, but the Arhat said that Jiang Li could defend, but he didn't have to kill the other party.

  Jiang Li said that Arhat took it for granted and couldn't put himself in the shoes of himself. The Arhat said he was cruel and couldn't think about the monsters killed by him.

  The Holy Maiden of Pure Heart felt that this matter was unfair, so she accompanied Jiang Li to quarrel with that Arhat outside.

  Afterwards, Old Buddha Sumi heard about this and reprimanded that Arhat, thinking that he had done too much, and gave Jiang Li and the Holy Maiden of Jingxin some Buddhist scriptures, natural materials and earthly treasures as compensation.

   Later, Jiang Li became a candidate for the Emperor, so he didn't take the secret realm of all beings seriously, and he didn't go there when it was opened again.

  As for the Arhat who quarreled with him, he passed away two hundred years ago.

   "Then go there."

  Jiang Li doesn't know what Manjusri's inheritance is. According to ancient records, Manjusri specializes in wisdom. Perhaps his inheritance is related to wisdom.

  (end of this chapter)