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Chapter 221 The so-called Heavenly Soldiers: The Advantage of Suppressing Ghosts
Yunbing and Li Yang strolled side by side down the bustling street, surrounded by crowds of people and a constant stream of various vehicles, each following its own path under the direction of traffic management personnel, everything seemed so orderly.

Sunlight filtered through the treetops and fell upon them, while a gentle breeze brought a refreshing coolness.

Unable to resist, Yun Bing narrowed his eyes slightly. He hadn't truly experienced this kind of realistic touch in many years.

Before, even when he descended to earth, he could only see and hear, without any real physical sensation.

All they can sense are spiritual entities, such as ghosts or supernatural powers.

Now, having created divine bodies, they are able to perceive human affairs.

Without thinking, he once again expressed his gratitude to the dynasty in his heart.

Looking at the bustling scene before him, Yunbing felt a surge of mixed emotions, a mixture of envy and satisfaction.

Looking back on the past, those difficult and arduous days seem like they happened just yesterday.

Back then, in order to survive, they had to travel around, endure wind and rain, work from dawn till dusk, and suffer all kinds of hardships.

Even so, under the oppression of those landlords and officials, they could barely make ends meet, and once there were natural disasters or man-made calamities, they could only wait for death in despair.

But now things are much better. Under the Emperor's leadership, they overthrew the corrupt Ming Dynasty and brought down all the landlords and officials who oppressed them. No one will oppress the poor people anymore.

It's just a pity that they will never be able to enjoy the prosperity of the world.

However, they also received their own destiny and became heavenly soldiers and deities.

However, although the two were fond of worldly pleasures, they also knew what their main task was now.

After a short while, the two arrived at the Martyrs' Shrine.

Behind the Martyrs' Shrine lies a former battlefield, the burial place of Ming soldiers who died in battle.

Of course, because there wasn't a large-scale battle at the time, the death toll wasn't high.

The only troublesome thing is that because the people know about it, the spiritual power that keeps gathering can cause those ghosts to keep coming back to life.

The two walked quickly forward and soon arrived at the battlefield.

This is a restricted area, and no one is allowed to come here under normal circumstances.

After all, ghosts are basically common knowledge.

Especially in battlefields, mass graves, or mass burial sites, ghosts are often found.

Therefore, there are countless forbidden areas of all sizes throughout the entire Celestial Empire.

Within the forbidden area enclosed by a wall, there was nothing but weeds and withered trees, a desolate and ruined scene.

Within this area, dozens or even hundreds of ghosts roamed about, yet they were firmly bound by the power of the Martyrs' Shrine, unable to break free in the slightest.

As soon as Yunbing and his companion entered the area, the ghosts immediately became restless, turning their heads to look, their eyes filled with greed and fear.

They coveted the power of the Cloud Soldiers, and they also feared their power.

Looking at those ghostly creatures, Yunbing smiled disdainfully and pointed at them.

"Yes, exactly ninety-eight. We'll each take forty-nine."

"it is good!"

Li Yang nodded indifferently.

Anyway, there are still quite a few battlefields like this in Lintao Prefecture, enough for them to gather enough subordinates.

Of course, they can only gather enough subordinates at the very bottom level.

Those who handle government affairs or lead troops are most likely to be unavailable.

After all, these ghosts, which are formed from the convergence and evolution of the beliefs and spirituality of all living beings, have no wisdom whatsoever.

After making the allocation, Yun Bing immediately had a thought, and the illusory image of the General's Seal in his mind trembled slightly. As the power flowed, it evolved into a General's Command Talisman, which then appeared on his palm.

"go with!"

With a wave of his hand, Yunbing sent out his command order in an instant.

"Roar!"

Seeing the general's command flying through the air, the group of ghosts immediately roared and caused a commotion. They all floated towards the command, their ghostly energy surging, as if they wanted to shatter it.

However, in the next instant, the order suddenly burst forth with golden light, instantly suppressing the countless flying ghosts without them having any power to resist.

Immediately afterwards, the golden light receded, enveloping forty-nine ghosts, and the command was withdrawn.

Then, the order slowly flew back into Yunbing's hand and was stored in his consciousness space.

On the other side, Li Yang reached out and a dark chain appeared. With a thought, it stretched forward and locked up the ghosts one by one.

During this process, the ghost had virtually no power to resist.

After all, even though the world has advanced again and again, they have only been around for a few years. Moreover, there are the heroic spirits of the People's Army, as well as City Gods, Earth Gods, and others who constantly kill and suppress them. At present, their strongest level is only equivalent to Qi Refining.

Li Yang and his companions possess divine bodies, similar to mechas, bestowed upon them by the dynasty. Even if they are subject to some suppression from heaven and earth, they are still equivalent to the realm of immortality. How could those ghosts possibly be their match?
After suppressing the ghosts here, the two bid each other farewell and left, returning to the Heavenly Soldier Space and the City God Space respectively.

After they left with the ghosts, the spiritual forces that had been converging on this place suddenly merged into the nation's destiny upon arriving nearby.

Or rather, they entered the celestial realm or the underworld, which are part of the nation's destiny.

Because the ghosts that evolved from the collective beliefs of all living beings were not destroyed, the spiritual power gathered from those beliefs will not evolve into ghosts again here. Instead, through some unseen connection, it will still converge on those ghosts.

And this was one of the dynasty's goals.

A true separation between the living and the dead.

As long as those ghosts are suppressed and sent to the celestial realm or the underworld, the spiritual power they generate will prevent them from constantly creating ghosts in the real world and causing them to be resurrected.

Upon returning to the Heavenly Soldier Space, Yun Bing immediately summoned his general's command, releasing the ghosts one by one. The moment they were released, the ghosts unleashed their power once more to attack Yun Bing.

However, in the next instant, a force erupted from the surrounding celestial space, firmly suppressing them, and no matter how they struggled, they could not move an inch.

Then, Yunbing arrived in front of a ghost and pointed a finger at its brow.

The next instant, the general's seal above trembled slightly, and a point of divine golden light fell down, landing on the ghost's brow with Yun Bing's finger.

"Om~!"

In an instant, that golden light of divine power trembled violently, causing the ghost's form to disintegrate.

However, due to the ghost's special nature, it did not suffer much harm.

Taking advantage of the moment when the ghost's form became dissipated, that bit of golden divine power suddenly burst forth, transforming into countless golden divine powers that spread towards the ghost's body.

Gradually, the ghost's entire body was covered by golden divine power, and it was completely eroded and assimilated by it.

Then, the scattered bodies of the ghost suddenly converged and reformed.

However, at this moment, his body looked no different from that of an ordinary person, except that a faint golden light emanated from his body.

At the same time, the clothes he was wearing had transformed into a golden divine armor, with a long sword at his left waist.

On the right side of his waist hung a token with the words "Heavenly Soldier" on it, indicating his current identity as a Heavenly Soldier under the command of the Cloud Army.

After the transformation was complete, Tianbing suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Yunbing with an icy expression, and stood up abruptly to salute.

"General!"

After looking the cold-faced, mechanically saluting heavenly soldier up and down, Yun Bing nodded slightly.

After being fused and refined by divine power, its current realm has reached the realm of supernatural powers.

At least dealing with the evil spirits of today shouldn't be a problem.

The only slight pity is that they can only act mechanically according to the Heavenly Army's regulations and his orders.

These heavenly soldiers are different from them; they are more like mechanical puppets with a certain degree of judgment.

However, they also have one advantage: they are fearless and will resolutely carry out any orders given.

Yes, even if they are killed, they will be reborn again under the combined faith of all living beings, just like before.

Furthermore, they had already transformed into celestial soldiers.

Therefore, they are no longer suppressed, and the beliefs of all living beings that converge on them will continuously flow into their bodies, enhancing their power.

The longer it goes on, the stronger they become.

Theoretically speaking, they could even reach the realm of celestial beings.

Of course, since they are merely aggregates of spiritual power, they have no way of comprehending the rules. Reaching the peak of the longevity realm would probably be their limit, and their power would be extremely mixed and loose.

It's called the realm of immortality, but it's probably not much stronger than the realm of supernatural powers.

Unless they can merge with some kind of rule and condense their power into one, they can truly achieve the realm of immortality, or even reach the level of celestial beings.

Unfortunately, because they lack their own intelligence, they most likely don't have this concept.

The only way to upgrade and strengthen them is through Cloud Soldiers.

After refining one ghost and transforming it into a celestial soldier, Yun Bing continued his work without stopping, refining the remaining ghosts one by one and turning them into celestial soldiers as well.

On the other side, City God Li Yang was also refining the ghost.

However, what they forged were not heavenly soldiers, but ghostly soldiers.

Dressed in jet-black robes, wielding soul-binding chains, surrounded by eerie black energy, he sent chills down one's spine at first glance, yet subtly exuded an air of grandeur and righteousness.

At the same time, Li Yang also sent some ghosts into the underworld to check on their situation there.

Once those ghosts enter the underworld, the beliefs of all living beings directed towards them will also enter the underworld simultaneously.

However, with just a thought, Li Yang instantly intercepted the countless spiritual energies and merged them into the world of the underworld, making the projected inner city of Lintao Prefecture slightly more solid and showing a faint tendency to expand outwards.

Sensing this, Li Yang couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. If he could suppress all the ghosts in Lintao Prefecture and send them into the underworld, the underworld space he had suppressed and evolved would surely expand rapidly.

At that time, it's not unimaginable that it would cover not only the entire city of Lintao, but even the entire prefecture.

Meanwhile, the activities of Yun Bing and Li Yang—suppressing and evolving space, capturing ghosts to refine celestial and yin soldiers—are constantly occurring throughout the Celestial Empire.

Furthermore, after they had apprehended all the ghosts in the area, they would send a message to the local officials.

In this way, one by one, the forbidden areas began to be unsealed and could be used for other purposes.

Gradually, the inside story began to spread.

In an instant, people all over the world were excited, as they no longer had to worry about the ghosts in the forbidden area.

Although the monsters in those forbidden areas are suppressed by the heroic spirits of the militia and the city gods and local deities.

But they are all around us after all.

How could the local residents not be worried?
Now things are much better. All those ghosts have been taken into the underworld, and they no longer have to worry about them suddenly escaping.

At the same time, thoughts and spiritual ideas about heavenly soldiers, city gods, the Heavenly Emperor, the Underworld Emperor, and the netherworld emperor began to proliferate and gather in large numbers.

Gradually, the imperial status of the dynasty began to evolve and improve further.

At the same time, the status of the Underworld Emperor also gradually evolved.

(End of this chapter)