Volume Four: The Buddha Saves No One, but I, the Demon, Shall-Chapter 65: Into Heaven and Earth (Part One)

Peace Road City was a massive undertaking, after all. Its entire design could not be finished in a day or two. Luo Qian carried the Jade Purification Bottle and took the five ghosts around Peace Road Plain. Hidden inside the bottle, they had no need to worry about being discovered. Luo Qian decided to test them first: each would choose a site and design a building. Only a design that satisfied him would pass. If it failed, he was sorry, but they would go straight back where they came from.

The five ghosts knew that returning to the Netherworld meant inevitably falling into the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Besides, the sight of a Lord Emperor standing behind Luo Qian with his hands meekly at his sides like an obedient child told them plenty about Luo Qian's standing there. If the Lord Emperor learned they had failed to serve Luo Qian well, he might well tamper with their reincarnation and send them straight into the animal realm or the realm of hungry ghosts.

So all five pulled out every trick they had, racked their brains, and stretched their imaginations to the limit. Three days later, the designs were due. Luo Qian studied the five drawings, nodding again and again. This was the design he wanted: light and graceful, yet grand in scale.

All five were talented indeed. As Ox-Head and Horse-Face had said, they would never have dared bring ordinary candidates to Luo Qian. He handed back their drawings. "Very good. You've all passed for now. But that doesn't mean you can live in the Brahma World Vase forever. I'm giving you one month to each produce a complete construction plan for Peace Road City. I'll combine your designs to determine the final plan. Whoever has the most ideas adopted will