" The Underworld. Will there still be wars?"
This time, even the young judge looked puzzled and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"Some."
A deep voice sounded behind the young judge, causing the boy to turn around in surprise.
" Elder Liu?"
He was very familiar with this person; he was the current chief judge of the Underworld in Yunzhou. It was said that three years ago he was the head of the powerful Liu Family. He was appreciated by the City God Underworld in Liuzhou and was promoted all the way up. Later, because the Underworld in Yunzhou was too young and needed an experienced veteran to assist him, he was transferred here.
He was able to serve as a judge in the Underworld here entirely because of the cultivation he received from the person in front of him.
The young man quickly bowed and asked, "Didn't you go to Liuzhou?"
"Yes, I just returned with the City God, and we're about to start making important arrangements."
" Elder Liu, what exactly is going on? How can there be war in the Underworld?" The young judge was truly puzzled.
In his view, the Underworld was the most peaceful place. All evildoers were judged before they even entered the Underworld, either imprisoned or Samsara prematurely, and had no right to stay. As a result, most of the people who could live in the Underworld were of good character, and everyone wanted to accumulate good deeds and virtues in their daily lives, with goodness being the priority in everything they did. The atmosphere was even more harmonious than that of the mortal world in Nanyang.
How could there be war in a place like this?
"Are you puzzled?" Elder Liu asked. "The Underworld is supposed to be peaceful, yet it's been constantly expanding its military. Since two years ago, any high-ranking Fighter Army who died in battle have been recruited into the Underworld 'Underworld Ministry of War department as Ghost General. They have incredibly leisure time, except for maintaining order in the Underworld and occasionally helping wandering spirits by capturing overly vicious evil spirits. But clearly, there's not much of that. The Underworld is very peaceful, and situations requiring military generals to maintain order are rare. There aren't many evil spirits in Jiangnan now either. Even when the living corpses were everywhere and vengeful spirits were rampant, we didn't need so many Ghost General. Now that Jiangnan so peaceful, why is the recruitment so rapid?"
"Yes," the young man nodded, "I also feel that the expansion of the Underworld's military is somewhat illogical."
As a judge, he knew that these Underworld Ghost General needed to train and undergo rigorous training and assessment on a daily basis, which was clearly a posture of preparing for war!
"Actually, there was a war in the Underworld, although it only happened once and for a very short time, but I remember the scene very clearly."
"That actually happened?" The young judge was even more bewildered; he had never even heard of it!
"That must have been about half a year ago, in Liuzhou," Elder Liu said with a sigh. "Because the situation was serious, I was transferred back to Liuzhou. At that time, it was the time when we in Jiangnan were recovering West Sea, and it was organized by Lord Ziyue."
"Recapture the West Sea?"
He had heard that after Princess Xiao Mingyue died, West Sea became a city without a master. At that time Jiangnan launched an invasion under the slogan of clearing out the living corpses of the West Sea and saving the people inside.
However, since the Shen Family member and the eldest princess were both dead, the unclaimed West Sea City had almost no power to resist. In less than a day, it was said to have been completely occupied by Jiangnan, and the million-strong zombie army of West Sea City was wiped out!
But what does this have to do with the Underworld? Isn't that a battle in the mortal realm?
"You didn't go back then, and those who participated in that battle were all Ghost General from Liuzhou. They're basically not connected to the Seven Continents Underworld, so it's normal that you didn't hear about it. At that time, the Underworld was actually extremely dangerous."
"Dangerous?" The young judge grew increasingly puzzled as he listened.
"You were also born into a family of sorcerers, so you must have heard that after death, people go to the Yin-Yang Road, right?"
"Yes!" The young judge nodded. This was also what he considered the most magical thing about Jiangnan. In other places, after a person dies, no matter how powerful you are, you can only become an evil ghost in the Yin-Yang Road or become food for evil ghosts. But only in Jiangnan is the place where people die in such an orderly and governed manner.
"Our Underworld in Jiangnan was seized by Chen Qing. Chen Qing is now the King of Qin in Jiangnan, and all the territories we occupy in Jiangnan have corresponding Underworld. But if we expand outwards, things will be different. Once we expand outwards, the barrier between the Underworld and the Yin-Yang Road will be opened!"
The young judge was greatly alarmed upon hearing this!
He had seen the barrier Yin-Yang Road; the outer perimeter was teeming with evil spirits, who hated everything within the Underworld to the core. Was that barrier really going to be opened?
"Yes, it's open." Elder Liu laughed, "When I heard the news, I was almost scared to death, just like you. At that time, the entrance to the Underworld opened towards West Sea City. For every place it occupied, the Underworld gained an inch more territory, but the evil spirits on the outside could still invade!"
"At that time, all the Ghost General had to resist the invasion of evil spirits. Fortunately, there weren't many powerful evil spirits in the West Sea. We held on with great difficulty, but Lord Xu Hu didn't make us wait long. It is said that there were also experts from the Dragon Palace to help us. At that time, it only took less than a day to recapture the West Sea City and completely occupy it."
"That's why we now have the West Sea Underworld. We took great risks to obtain it!"
Hearing this, the young judge finally understood. He cautiously asked, " Elder Liu, do you mean that as long as Jiangnan expands outwards, it must open the barrier to the Yin-Yang Road? And that it must continuously resist the attacks of the evil spirits of the Yin-Yang Road until it occupies the corresponding area in the mortal realm?"
"You're quick on the uptake!" Elder Liu grinned immediately.
"So, does that mean... war is brewing in Jiangnan?" The young judge suddenly looked towards the Southeast Commandery.
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Why choose the southeast direction?
This direction was suggested by Ziyue, and Chen Qing was immediately puzzled by this suggestion.
" The Southeast Commandery connects to the Southern Barbarians Lands, and its location to the south gives it potential no less than that of the North Pole," Ziyue explained in a low voice. "The more barbaric the land, the more demons there are. And after the Earth Spirit Revival, these demons will grow at an unprecedented speed. If left unchecked, they will swell and cause terrifying natural disasters in just a few years. But if we can control those places before they become too wild, the demons will become the best source of essence blood. This will benefit our faster revival of the Dragon Palace. We can't really gamble everything on the North Pole, can we?"
"Aren't you afraid of running into those sealed monsters if you're plotting against Nanhuang?" Chen Qing asked curiously.
The sealed monsters he mentioned were those lone wolf players who were sealed away because they were too powerful, including the one he had encountered last time. These were all terrorists!
"If there's an opportunity, we can actually try to make contact," Ziyue said instead. "The guild players are incredibly powerful, and their arrival is practically unstoppable now. Since that's the case, we should naturally try to unite all the forces that can be united, even if those lone wolves are too dangerous, we should still try to win them over."
"Furthermore, the southeast location carries the least risk. As long as we act quickly enough, we should be able to avoid the Four Kings currently lurking on the Yin-Yang Road!"
" The Four Kings, huh?" Chen Qing murmured.
In the second version, the Yin-Yang Road revived the Four Great Ghost Kings Ghost King. Originally, there were ten Ghost Kings, but in the original setting, due to various reasons, only four remained, including Ghost King Xiang, who has not yet fully revived.
The remaining three guard three locations in the Central Plains, each representing a place of great fortune.
The first one is Heavenly Capital, the ancient capital of six dynasties of the human race, the place with the most prosperous fortune. Chen Qing remembered that it was guarded by the most senior Ghost King, the first Ghost King: King Qinguang.
The second is the former kingdom of the Warlock Dynasty: the Four Saints City, which gathered the most brilliant Warlock civilization of the human race and had the oldest group of Warlock undead. It was guarded by the King Songdi King Songdi, whose Ghost Warlock Legion was one of the most difficult legions to deal with in the second version!
The third place of destiny is this newly established kingdom of the Great Jin, which now appears to be the target of contention between King Chujiang and Ghost King Xiang.
The two forces were locked in a fierce battle, and Chen Qing had witnessed two groups of evil spirits fighting in that location on multiple occasions.
Given the current size of the Underworld, it would be difficult for it to compete with any other party. It could only choose some less risky locations. As Ziyue said, although the Southeast Commandery was somewhat mediocre, it was a relatively safe place.
However, Chen Qing knew that there was actually a troublesome place in the Southeast Commandery.