Yinshan Record

Chapter 549 Let's use the jade hook to fish for the golden toad (Part 2)
"My sister still has the mind to look at these other things."

The woman opposite Madam Xie was, in terms of appearance alone, the most beautiful woman in the world. Her skin was as white as snow and her lips were as red as cinnabar. However, there was something slightly out of place about her.

It was so glamorous and alluring that it felt somewhat discordant and seductive.

Upon closer inspection of this discordant allure, one finds the originally charming features increasingly repulsive, and the eyes filled with boundless malice.

"My elder sister has reincarnated many times, and her foundation has long been weakened. Otherwise, she would not have fallen into my younger sister's trap. As for my elder sister's Zhu Yan, Elder Fei of our sect is personally taking care of it, so I'm afraid we can't rely on it easily."

The woman slowly took out bone needles from her sleeve and inserted them into various vital points on Madam Xie's body.

"Before I went south, the sect's patriarch gave me three instructions. If I could accomplish them, it would be considered a great achievement. One of them was to find my sister."

The charming young girl covered her mouth and laughed, "The ancestor said that when the Demon King Juntian Guangle had the five departments of Heavenly Demons under his command, namely Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom and Faith, his might shook the void. He was the first level of existence below the Primordial Saint Lord. Now, in the Demon Realm, there are seventy-six Lesser Thousand Worlds and thirty-two Greater Thousand Worlds. Back then, he even used clever means to cause the collapse of the ancient Heavenly Court. And you are the leader of the Department of Propriety."

Madam Xie ignored him completely, paying no attention to the charming woman.

"But later, for some unknown reason, after the collapse of the heavens and the earth in this world, my sister betrayed the old man Juntian Guangle Tian Demon King and came here. The old man Juntian Demon King once calculated that he had a great karmic connection with this world and was unwilling to come to this world in person, but he did send people down to look for my sister several times."

The charming woman suddenly reached out and immediately gave Madam Xie a sharp slap, leaving five red marks on her cheek.

"Sister, if you can be handed over to the Ancestor, then I will have hope of achieving immortality."

Madam Xie suddenly shook her head and said.

"If you were willing to donate your body to the Hehuan Sect, wouldn't it be easier to achieve immortality than to suffer in the North?"

The woman, however, was not angry. Instead, she smiled sweetly and said, "What are you saying, sister? I am a chaste girl and am hoping to find a good family to marry into."

"Qu Duo Xue Li, um, that is, your Bei Nu Tian, ​​did not have any good intentions when he founded his sect in the North. He was just using his disciples to deduce the flaws in his own laws."

Madam Xie stretched out her hand and looked at her palm. Her fingers and palm were covered with tadpole-like demonic characters, which were filled with curses. Various curses rushed in from infinite distances, constantly permeating her primordial spirit that had been tempered a thousand times.

"Therefore, your sect is filled with the six desire realms, and apart from sorrow and anger, you cannot even find a realm of freedom. Rather than handing me over to him, you might as well find another way out for yourself."

Madam Xie pointed to the demonic cloud on the horizon and said, "There are three things that I cannot obtain due to grief, anger, and desire. The first is the ancient Black Emperor's relic, the Six Heavens Yin Instrument, held in the palm of the Yin-Yang Dharma King. The second is the reincarnation of the ancient Azure Emperor Ling Weiyang. The third is me. If I can find the first two for you, can you exchange them for my freedom?"

The demonic woman laughed and said, "Sister, you're really joking. Who doesn't know that now that the Yin-Yang realm is shattered, the Yin spirit that Xuandu Palace decreed could never attain sainthood has probably already vanished into thin air. Where can we find the Six Heavens Yin Instrument now?"

"As for the true spirit of Ling Weiyang's reincarnation, he divided it into countless forms back then. Over the years, there have been at least eighty or ninety who are worthy of being his reincarnations, if not a hundred. The more reincarnations he captures, the more there are. Yan'er can't afford to mess with this one."

"Sister is still the best. After so many reincarnations, your primordial spirit has long been weakened. Even though you are a Six Desires Demon who has long attained immortality, you are the one who is most easily restrained by our demonic methods."

Yan'er revealed her wrist, which was as white as lotus root, with a silver ring wrapped around it. She gently touched it with her finger, and Madam Xie immediately trembled like a leaf, as if she were suffering great pain.

"A bird in the hand is worth more than a hundred birds in the forest."

Yan'er gently shook her head: "Sister, why don't you come with me to the north?"

“But…” Madam Xie looked at Qingyun on the other side.

"The reincarnation of the Azure Emperor is right there. Don't you really want to go and see him?"

“No, we’re not going. Maybe another one will come out in a few years. What’s there to see?” Yan’er shook her wrist, and Madam Xie’s trembling became even more violent.

“These are not the shadow bones that Ling Weiyang created,” Madam Xie said, looking at the witch before her. “These are Ling Weiyang’s only true spirit, Juntian… He is also the true spirit that he seeks to possess.”

Yan'er looked towards the horizon, unsure of what she was thinking.

Few people can say for sure where the most lively place in Jiankang City is.

However, if you were to list the five most bustling places, the City God Temple would definitely be on that list.

All sorts of vendors, goods from the north and south, delicacies from the mountains and seafood—whatever you want, you can find it in the market in front of the City God Temple. Not to mention the pilgrims who flock from all directions to fulfill their vows, couples praying for a son, scholars hoping for success in the imperial examinations, elderly people praying for peace and longevity, and merchants praying for abundant wealth…

People from all walks of life, from the north to the south, and from all religions and social classes, came and went.

This is the hustle and bustle of the mortal world, and also the magnificent divine power of the capital.

The incense offerings and the devout prayers of believers, like scattered lights, intertwine above the City God Temple, creating a scene beyond the reach of ordinary people.

A crystal-clear lotus flower floats above the City God Temple, with sixteen petals, pure and elegant.

On each petal of the flower, there is a scene of all living beings, and within these layers of scenes, a solemn divine kingdom evolves.

Palaces and pavilions, forests and trees, rare birds and animals, all blend into this lotus flower the size of a grain of rice, forming another world.

Inside the Judge's Hall, a bearded ghost judge dressed in a red robe held a ivory tablet, his copper bell-like eyes fixed on the ghost messengers below, listening to their reports.

"Of the 376 black-clad messengers on the register, all have now returned to their posts."

"The 1,530 Ox-Headed Demon Soldiers on the register have all returned to their posts."

"Seventy-two people in embroidered robes holding swords are listed in the register..."

"One hundred and twenty clerks..."

"Two hundred and thirty for cleaning and sweeping..."

A gaunt clerk held a book in his hands and made a mark on it with each sound.

After all the ghost officials had finished reporting, the clerk cautiously spoke.

"Reporting to the master, our department should have 3,274 ghost officers, all of whom have returned to the mansion, and there is not a single one left outside."

The red-clad ghost judge nodded upon hearing this.

"Listen carefully, all of you. There are sorcerers performing magic outside the city. The master has issued a decree that we must guard the gates and stay in the mansion. We must not wander around. What are we after for incense, flowers, candles, gold ingots, or blood offerings?"

The ghost judge, still not convinced, added, "Don't take this lightly. The master has already ordered that the city gods from all over the country need not come to pay their respects, precisely to avoid any unforeseen complications. That demon has caused trouble a few times, so he'll probably give up. We'll keep things quiet..."

The judge thought for a moment and then added, "Consider it for the sake of the country and its people."

After saying that, he regretted it. He was already dead, so why should he care about the country and its people?
(End of this chapter)