"Your Majesty, will there be any trouble with our identities?"
Yan Lingji and the others hesitated. After all, they were people from another world. What if their identities were exposed after taking positions in the Underworld?
"Don't worry. I'll communicate with the Earthly Dao and get you legitimate identities, so you can walk openly through the Prehistoric World."
Houtu waved a hand as she spoke, putting Yan Lingji and the others at ease.
Yan Lingji and the others exchanged glances, delight appearing on their faces as they all nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. We sisters are willing to join the Underworld."
Chen Yu's eyes lit up as well. If the Earthly Dao was willing, he could bring people over from other worlds. In no time at all, he could fill every official post in the Underworld. So he asked:
"Ahem, Your Majesty, how many positions can you get? Our Underworld is severely understaffed."
Houtu gave Chen Yu a bland glance. How could she not understand what he meant? Not to mention the Earthly Dao, even she would never agree to his method. She immediately refused.
"Impossible. Don't even think about it. Go recruit people from the Prehistoric World properly!"
"There are quite a few great cultivators in the Prehistoric World now. You can go fool them..."
"Ahem, you can try to win them over to the Underworld."
Chen Yu rolled his eyes. When Haotian later became the Heavenly Emperor, even with the Dao Ancestor backing him, no Innate Divine beings were willing to serve in the Heavenly Court. Much less the Underworld, whose circumstances were even worse.
"Your Majesty, why not personally invite Patriarch Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi into the Netherworld Realm? They are both well suited to the Earthly Dao."
"Especially Zhen Yuanzi. His companion spiritual treasure,