What is he saying?
Wei Gongcheng stared intently at Chen Qing, unable to recover for a long time.
Chen Qing glanced outside, somewhat anxious. He wanted to patiently feign composure, but his unfortunate older brother had to wait.
"General Wei, if you have any questions, you may ask directly!" Chen Qing urged, frowning.
Wei Gongcheng snapped out of his daze, then looked at the city gate and then at Chen Qing: "My lord, are those so-called door gods or Mountain God also human beings?"
"No," Chen Qing shook his head. "General Wei is a smart man; he should know that any Transcendent power in this world is inseparable from demons, so the same applies to bestowing titles upon gods."
"So, the so-called Mountain God and door gods are actually demons?"
"Yes!"
"You're really daring, sir." Wei Gongcheng gasped. The one who looked down upon mortals from the city gates day and night, and was worshipped by so many people in the city, was actually a demon?
How ironic!
"What's there to be afraid of?" Chen Qing chuckled. "Cooperating with demons isn't just my family's doing. Haven't you bloodline families done it before? There are countless demons lurking in the Great Jin Imperial Palace. General Wei, are you deliberately pretending not to see them?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Gongcheng fell silent. Of course, he knew all this; of course, he knew that the nobles of today actually relied on demons to look down upon mortals.
"If that's the case, why ask Wei if he wants to be a god? Wei is not a demon!"
Speechless, Chen Qing grabbed Wei Gongcheng's hand. Under Chen Qing's Spirit Energy stimulation, Wei Gongcheng's hand instantly grew Wind Serpent scales to defend himself.
"General Wei, do you really think that people with demonic bloodlines can still be considered human?"
Wei Gongcheng: "."
He had actually asked this question when he was very young, but everyone was avoiding it.
In truth, most people with blood ties know deep down that they... can hardly be considered human anymore.
"What kind of deity does Lord Chen want me to be?" Wei Gongcheng finally didn't refute anymore, but instead asked about the affiliation, "Is he a door god in the north of the city, or will you erect a mountain peak for me to be named a Mountain God?"
" City God!"
" City God?" Wei Gongcheng was taken aback. "What's that?"
" The Principal God of the Underworld, who severs the karma of a person's past life, determines their Underworld Lifespan in the afterlife, governs the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and upholds order in the underworld!"
"What?" Wei Gongcheng's heart skipped a beat. The living don't believe in death. They say there is Samsara, Samsara after life, endlessly. The legend of Samsara has always existed, but those from powerful families who truly control the world don't believe in it. In their eyes, it's just a comforting saying that the weak are afraid of death.
It's okay if you don't have a good life in this one. If you accumulate good deeds, you can be reborn into a better family in the next life and live a prosperous life.
This is how people who are suffering comfort themselves!
"Is there really such a thing as Samsara?" If he weren't crippled, Wei Gongcheng felt he would probably jump up right now.
"There used to be, but that underworld is broken, and even if it existed before, it wouldn't have been for humans." Chen Qing shook his head and said, "General Wei, would you be willing to be the first God of the Underworld in this world?"
"You mean, sir, that the human race didn't have Samsara in the past, but after I became the God of the Underworld you mentioned, I was able to enable the human race to Samsara?" Wei Gongcheng asked blankly, feeling that his worldview had been somewhat overturned.
"Yes," Chen Qing nodded, "But only within Liuzhou City."
" Liuzhou City only?" The other party was taken aback, but immediately understood what was going on and looked at the location of the injured man in the distance.
I see
He said that the man's injuries meant he would definitely not survive. So that's how it is. If he became God of the Underworld, he could, to some extent, save the person that Chen Qing cared about so much.
So it's true?
The more one desires, the more it proves that Chen Qing's talk of Samsara is true!
But is that even possible?
Wei Gongcheng felt it was utterly absurd!
So this is the benefit they offered me when they recruited me?
"What's the price?" Wei Gongcheng suppressed his doubts and asked rationally.
Even if this were true, he didn't think it was entirely a good thing. Everything in this world has its positive and negative sides; the greater the benefit, the greater the price.
"General Wei is indeed a very cautious person." Chen Qing nodded. It was precisely because of this character that he chose him.
The deities of the Underworld govern the Samsara and karma, and the merits and consequences involved are extremely profound. One must have a calm and cautious personality to be qualified to serve as the head of a region of the Underworld; otherwise, the backlash can be quite terrifying if one is not careful!
Thinking of this, Chen Qing pointed to the city gate and said, "The gate god's true form was originally a former Wind Wolf King. Due to its advanced age and declining physical condition, it was challenged by younger Wind Wolves, lost its alpha status, and was driven out of the pack. If it hadn't become a gate god, it would have lived for at most three more years. But now that it has become a gate god, it has a lifespan of twenty years even before reaching the highest rank. If its faith increases and it reaches the Yellow rank in the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow system, its lifespan will be at least fifty years. If it reaches the top of the Yellow rank and enters the threshold of the Profound rank, it will have a lifespan of three hundred years. It can also condense its divine soul into a physical form and move freely within a five-hundred-mile radius of Liuzhou City. In case of emergency, it can instantly return to its position."
Chen Qing only mentioned the benefits, but Wei Gongcheng was a smart man and immediately discerned the cost within those benefits!
"A wolf king can live for at most three years, but if it becomes a door god, it has a lifespan of twenty years. I just want to ask you, sir, if it originally had a lifespan of a hundred years, how long would its lifespan be if it became a door god without attaining a certain rank?"
Chen Qing glanced at him, sighed slightly, and realized that intelligent people were indeed not easily fooled. He could only nod and say, "Twenty years!"
"Just as I thought!" Wei Gongcheng laughed. That's more like it; in this world, there's no such thing as a purely good thing.
"So, if one becomes a god but fails to advance further, they only have twenty years to live?"
"Even less." Chen Qing bluntly stated the truth. "The karmic burden on the God of the Underworld is heavier. If their souls cannot become stronger within a limited time, they will quickly dissipate. Before you reach the next level, you have at most five years!"
This is why he didn't want to establish the Underworld as soon as possible; without a certain foundation of public faith, establishing the Underworld would be too easy to backfire.
"Sir, you are indeed honest."
Chen Qing smiled. He wasn't being honest; if the other party didn't ask, that would be fine, but if he didn't answer, it would be considered deception, and there would be karmic repercussions against him. His position in the Underworld was extremely important, and he couldn't afford to make any mistakes.
"How can Wei extend his lifespan in five years?"
"Given the size of Liuzhou City, you would need at least 10,000 Underworld and 30,000 Yang believers to barely advance to the Yellow rank. Of course, this refers to ordinary believers; high-quality believers would be different."
"Are you confident, sir?" Wei Gongcheng asked, frowning.
"We didn't have any before. Now we have some!" Chen Qing said earnestly, " Jiangnan has suffered such a great calamity. If the rescue efforts are handled properly, we can quickly bring back the population to Liuzhou. In the face of such a crisis, we can better unite people's hearts and establish faith. If you and I work together, we might be able to establish the Liuzhou Underworld system in a short period of time!"
"If I become the Liuzhou City, will I be like that wolf demon at the city gate, unable to leave Liuzhou City?"
"Early Yellow Rank won't do!" Chen Qing shook his head, but then added, "But once you reach the higher ranks, as long as you condense your divine soul, you can leave your jurisdiction. At least in the Jiangnan region, you can go anywhere. If you reach the Profound Rank, you will be the Supreme God of the Jiangnan Underworld, and you can go anywhere in the world!"
"A Xuan-rank official can oversee the Jiangnan Underworld?" Wei Gongcheng curiously. "But I just heard the master say there are four levels: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. What happens when you reach the Heaven level?"
"A Heavenly Rank, huh?" Chen Qing said languidly, "You'll know when the Heavenly Road opens. You'd better not pray about it."
"Um?"
"Alright." Chen Qing didn't explain further and went straight to the point, "Have you thought it through, General Wei? Do you want to spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair, or take a gamble?"
"Do I have a choice?" Wei Gongcheng said with a bitter smile, "This fog has been shrouding the river for two days now. The imperial court can't have remained inactive. The fact that they haven't come to our aid means that even the court's great sorcerers are helpless against this fog. If I don't gamble with you, sir, I'm afraid my days in this wheelchair won't last much longer."
Upon hearing this, Chen Qing smiled immediately, "You won't regret it, General Wei."
"I hope so," Wei Gongcheng took a breath and closed his eyes. He knew very well what this meant. If the gamble failed, he would be a lonely ghost who could not leave Liuzhou, a lonely ghost who could only live for five more years. But if the gamble succeeded, he didn't know if it would really be as Chen Qing said, that he could go anywhere in the world!
But no matter what, things can't get any worse than they are now.
" Wei Gongcheng greets his lord!!"
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Imperial decree: Wei Gongcheng as the Liuzhou City, in charge of the Samsara of Yin and Yang in Liuzhou, judging the cause and effect of good and evil in the world, and determining the past and present lives of human souls; he is a righteous god of the Underworld!
The imperial edict resounded like thunder, echoing throughout the entire Yin-Yang Road!
The countless evil spirits on the Yin-Yang Road roared to the sky, their boundless resentment rising. Some slumbering beings opened their eyes, bringing with them an overwhelming pressure. Their mere consciousness crushed countless evil spirits, blood and flesh splattering everywhere. The densely packed evil spirits were crushed like ants, and the entire Yin-Yang Road was plunged into a raging sea of blood.
Even so, countless evil spirits still desperately ran towards Liuzhou, and even the ancient pressure could not suppress their madness!
But only a very few lucky ones managed to get inside. The next instant, black lightning struck, and the entire Yin Road in Liuzhou shattered, disappearing completely from the Yin-Yang Road area like a mirror.
Then a section of the Yin-Yang Road, the part belonging to Liuzhou, disappeared!
"Interesting."
An aged voice emerged from the sea of blood. It was a withered and frail old man who walked step by step. The sea of flesh around him avoided him, but he looked at the eyes in the sky as if they were old friends.
If Hong Lie, Wang Ye, or the Xiao Household's crown prince were here, they would surely recognize this old man as the terrifying figure who nearly wiped out their entire army.
"Isn't it interesting?" the old man said, gazing at the enormous eyes in the sky. " The Underworld... is alive!"
Hahaha!
The beings in the sky roared with thunderous laughter, and the entire Yin-Yang Road churned with their cries!
Is it alive?
Is there anyone who wants to regain control of Samsara?
They just kill them after they're alive; they've done this a thousand times, ten thousand times!
It's just a short break, there's no need to be so harsh on Mofang's Cube, ┭┮┭┮, I dare not stop now, here are two chapters for now, sob sob