Wet viviparity

Chapter 929 Luoshan, Beihai Gate
There are two gates leading to the underworld.

One of the gates is on Mount Taiyi, guarded by Tu and Lei, and Ji Ming is already very familiar with it. The other gate is on Mount Beihai.

Mount Luo is 106,000 li high and 50,000 li in circumference. It is said that 10,000 li of Mount Luo is underwater. At the foot of the mountain, near the sea, there is a large cave. The end of this cave is called the "Ghost Gate" or the Ghost Gate Pass.

After passing through the Gates of Hell, one enters the Underworld, ruled by the Northern Yin Emperor, an ancient and powerful deity whose origins are no less than those of the Taiyin Goddess. Legend has it that the Xuanbei Exorcism Institute, which is in charge of exorcising evil spirits, was established by this emperor.

This competition takes place in Beihai, from the Ghost Gate at the foot of Luoshan Mountain into the underworld, and then to the Pingyu Prison deep in hell.

Whether it's Luoshan or Beihai, both have always been places where demons and monsters from all directions run rampant. It seems that outside the watchful eyes of the heavens, the law of survival of the fittest is still being played out here, and even immortals are unwilling to come here.

In the North Sea, it seems that because of the particularly powerful deity, the Northern Yin Emperor, many demons and monsters have shared in his glory.

Even though most of them had only heard of the Northern Yin Emperor and had never even touched the gates of the underworld beneath Mount Luo, it did not stop them from basking in the glory of the Northern Yin Emperor and using it as a basis to resist those Yang God immortals who dared to travel to the North Sea.

With the protection of the immortals and gods of Lingting, Ji Ming and Zen Master Dajian arrived safely at Luoshan.

Amidst the dark, sunless clouds, a massive black mountain could be seen. This black mountain resembled a giant wall stretching across the sea, and the dark clouds that obscured the sky were merely lonely clouds drifting at its base. Further up, the mountain's jagged peaks, like stacked bones, pushed aside the fierce winds from tens of thousands of miles above, piercing through to the higher realms of the celestial sky.

Before these colossal mountains, which resemble the roots of the earth, Ji Ming couldn't help but feel incredibly insignificant. He stood suspended in mid-air, admiring the view.

Zen Master Dajian didn't have the leisure that Ji Ming had. He was focused on completing the ritual of deliverance entrusted to him by Zen Master Caihu. Although he was the master of a cave in Xuanshi Village under the command of Nanmushan Mountain, he had studied Buddhism since childhood and believed that he was definitely more skilled than Ji Ming in this ritual of deliverance.

The only thing that worried him was Thousand Hands. This centipede monster had actually attained the first stage of enlightenment, and its Buddhist teachings were extremely profound. Therefore, its advantage might not be as great as he had imagined.

Seeing that Ji Ming was pausing to admire the scenery and didn't seem to be in a hurry, he went to the Ghost Gate at the foot of Luo Mountain by himself.

As he passed the mountainside, he saw hundreds of pillars driven haphazardly into the crevices of the rocks, their surfaces covered with struggling spirits. These spirits chanted the "Scripture of Salvation" in unison, their voices intertwining with ghostly whispers to form a dense web of sound that nearly broke through his protective amulet.

As you descend to the foot of the mountain, you enter a deep, dark place where the outline of a giant cave can be vaguely seen.

Outside the cave, amidst the water-facing reefs, towering black waves crash and churn, sending countless scum flying. A vast forest of towering, hill-like steles stands among the rocks, their surfaces eroded by seawater into honeycomb-like holes.

Whenever the dark waves and eerie winds pierce through the gaps, the Stele Forest emits a strange sound that resembles a mournful wail.

When Zen Master Dajian arrived, the strange noise made him feel unsettled. He could only calm down by chanting Buddhist mantras. Suddenly, he realized that it would be extremely difficult to even reach the depths of hell.

At the entrance of the cave, two large red lanterns hung, casting an eerie and terrifying light on the surrounding reefs.

It was long after Zen Master Dajian entered the cave that Ji Ming arrived. He stopped on the mountainside to admire the scenery, not entirely out of interest, but also to wait for his two ghost king brothers to come and guide him through the underworld.

This is the central hub of the underworld, and the waters here are too deep. Even if Ji Ming is famous in the human world, he may not be known here. It is safer to bring in the two ghost kings, Tu and Lei.

As for this test, he didn't take it too seriously. The Cloud Rain Temple and the Brocade Water Mansion had already secretly signed an agreement, and the future of the entire Tiannan Daoist community was already in his hands. As for the remote Liling area where Nanlao Divine Mountain was located, and the Southern Wilderness where Tianteng Mountain was located, he really didn't think much of them.

Agreeing to these two additional bets is just a smokescreen, a way to temporarily appease them.

If something unexpected happens during the second trial, even without the participation of these two sects, the Treasure Resources Merit Spirit Court can still develop smoothly in Tiannan. And if he wins in the end, the addition of these two sects will be the icing on the cake.

As they ventured deeper into the cave, darkness was nowhere to be found. Thousands of icicles, crisscrossing each other, emitted a blinding white light, illuminating the cave as bright as day. Ji Ming loved this wondrous sight; it gave him a feeling of being in a foreign land, free to come and go as he pleased. Staying in the same place, even in a blessed grotto, with its picturesque scenery throughout the four seasons, could sometimes feel monotonous.

As you venture deeper, red coral gradually grows on both sides, and human-faced fruits grow among the branches.

When the human-shaped figures stared at Ji Ming, their mouths began to move slowly, as if they wanted to chant something, but they stammered and hung among the branches, their faces contorted in pain. For a long time, Ji Ming couldn't understand what they were trying to say.

"These are songs of praise and condemnation."

A beautiful female corpse growing on coral spoke.

The beautiful corpse had grown together with the coral, her dead eyes staring at the middle of the coral forest, where there was a low door.

"When outsiders come here, whether they are immortals or mortals, this fruit will tell them about their merits and demerits. If their merits outweigh their demerits, they can enter the gate of hell. However, you are no ordinary person, so this fruit cannot praise your merits and demerits. Therefore, please come in quickly."

"You are Huang Zhenzhen, the Blood Corpse of Beiguan."

Ji Mingdao.

The beautiful corpse looked at Ji Ming with surprise and said, "Countless immortals and mortals have passed before me, but few recognize my identity. Where did you, a Taoist priest, hear my name from?"

"The senior was able to collude with the Eight Old Demons of Beichi to prevent Yuanyang Ancestor from attaining immortality. Although he was ultimately defeated, he was spared the calamity of being annihilated in both body and soul, thus leaving his name in the history of Taoism and obtaining the position of guarding the pass at the foot of Luoshan Mountain in the North Sea. It can be considered a blessing in disguise."

"Haha, that's right. Compared to those old demons who oppose Yuan Yangzi, I am indeed blessed."

At this moment, the gate to the underworld suddenly opened from the inside, and a rough, large hand reached out from the crack in the door, waving anxiously at Ji Ming.

"Who dares to open the door from the inside?" the beautiful corpse shouted. Her magical aura had barely emanated from her body when it was suppressed by the unfavorable light summoned by Ji Ming. She was startled, and when she looked at Ji Ming again, he had already entered the door and left.

"When did such a person appear in the world?"

She murmured something, then returned to a meditative state on the coral.

Behind the door, Tu and Lei carried lanterns in front. Tu said to Ji Ming behind him, "Huang Zhenzhen has always been a very serious person, but Brother Xiaosheng has shown such a skill, which should be enough to intimidate her."

Lei said in a muffled voice, "That woman guards the North Gate and has always disliked the two of us. Every time we report to the Emperor, we hear her talking badly about us. She even said that we were using the Ghost Gate in the South to extort money. This is a huge injustice."

Brother Xiaosheng, if one day you rise to the highest ranks of the Taiyi sect and attain a great position in heaven, you will surely avenge us.

"sure."

Ji Ming readily agreed, then laughed and said, "Relieving my anger is naturally not a problem, but given our brotherly relationship, I should at least get a share from the Ghost Gate."

"Forget it, forget it." Lei laughed and said, "I suddenly think that woman is quite cute, she has a sense of righteousness. Let's not cause her any trouble, let's just let her go this time."

(End of this chapter)