If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1297 The God of Slaughter Appears Again

"Grand Tutor, every sip and every bite is preordained by fate. Now that I have turned misfortune into blessing, you should stop getting entangled with the Immortal Yin Yinzi," the Imperial Guard advised.

He must hate Yin Yinzi to death, but he also knows Yin Yinzi's identity.

Grand Tutor Yu waved his hand and said, "This grudge must be avenged. My lord, you can go and be the Great God of Hengshan in peace."

"I'll deal with Yin Yinzi. I still have many tricks up my sleeve; this time, I'll make sure he gets his comeuppance."

Guowei Liao lowered his voice and said, "Yesterday, Yin Yinzi did not come to Fengdu alone. He was accompanied by the Antarctic Longevity Emperor! He is the grand-disciple of the Antarctic Longevity Emperor."

Grand Tutor Yu's expression changed slightly, but his tone remained firm as he loudly proclaimed, "So what if he's a disciple of the Antarctic Longevity Emperor?"
I am still a disciple of the Buddha Dipankara, and I am the Grand Preceptor of the East, personally appointed by the World-Honored One Tathagata. Have I been arrogant? Have I boasted about it everywhere?

—You're yelling at the top of your lungs, as if you're afraid no one will hear you. Isn't that just advertising?
The two Taoist priests were internally complaining.

The Grand Commandant was taken aback. "The Grand Tutor has already become a Buddha?"

"The title of Buddha Fruit is still a verbal promise and has not yet been fully fulfilled," Yang Li said.

"Does being titled Buddha mean he's no longer a Buddha? When the World Honored One Tathagata sends a message to the Buddha kingdoms of the ten directions, is it just an ordinary verbal promise?" Grand Tutor Yu said unhappily.

Master Guan sighed, "This kind of identity shouldn't be publicized everywhere."

Grand Tutor had always been in the moral high ground, and Shenzhou Daxian felt aggrieved but could only accept it.

If one knew that the Grand Master had become a Buddha, one would still go everywhere to preach.

Someone must have deliberately created a conflict between Buddhism and Taoism, and in the name of defending the orthodox tradition, defined the Grand Tutor as a "Taoist traitor".

At that time, no matter what the Grand Tutor does, they only need to blindly shout "Exterminate the demons and defend the righteous path!"

After pondering for a moment, Grand Tutor Yu smiled and said, "I hadn't thought of that before."

"Have your fellow Daoists secretly spread the news that I have become the 'Grand Master Buddha of the East'."

Yang Li was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed, "Grand Tutor, are you hard of hearing, or have you had a stroke?"

Grand Tutor Yu said, "What you just said was only standing on the first floor, but I'm already standing on the second floor."

"What's on the second floor?" Master Guan asked, puzzled.

Grand Tutor Yu sighed, "I'm least afraid of those quasi-Great Luo Immortals trying to cheat and fight me."

No matter how ruthless they are, can they surpass the great immortals of the Jie Sect during the Investiture of the Gods period?
The Three Immortal Maidens dared to curse even the Dao Ancestor, but what became of them?
What I fear most is their earnest and serious explanations of reason.

If they notice the 'shortcut' of defeating me—the 'battle of orthodoxy'—and abandon the right path, rushing headlong down the seemingly quick and effective shortcut, they will ultimately meet their demise.

Yang Li frowned and said, "But I think the great immortals of the Chan Sect during the Investiture of the Gods period were also quite ruthless."

"The great immortals of the Chan Sect may be ruthless in minor matters, but they must uphold righteousness in the grand scheme of things."

Grand Tutor Yu then said to the Imperial Commandant, "Your Excellency need not concern yourself with the matter of Yin Yinzi."

"You should now focus on the Hengshan Divine Position, silently circulating the 'Hengshan Refining Spirit Treasure Book' in every sitting, lying, and walking, seizing the time to improve your cultivation."

Then she turned to Yang Li and said, "The Grand Commandant is about to establish his own headquarters in Hengshan and needs manpower."

Go to the underworld and find Yama, the King of Hell, and gather together the Qin soldiers and generals who died in battle but whose virtue was insufficient to be enshrined as gods.

Looking at the Book of Life and Death, they selected a group of loyal and brave men to serve as the old man's personal guards.

As the saying goes, "Ten thousand banners can slay Yama, the King of Hell."

Even the Heavenly Court needs 'heavenly soldiers and generals'.

"As long as the elder statesman has a large army, he will surely be able to intimidate the many deities of the Hengshan pantheon."

Master Guan shook his head and said, "Grand Tutor said that the Heavenly Court needs heavenly soldiers and generals. How could we possibly find Qin ghost soldiers and generals who are capable of great use in the Underworld?"

The best soldiers were immediately divided up by the Heavenly Court and the various divine palaces.

Grand Tutor Yu frowned and said, "In recent years, various barbarian tribes have invaded China, and many people from the four major armies of the Qin Dynasty—east, south, west, and north—have died. They have all been selected to enter the Heavenly Court?"

“The best batch has definitely been selected; that’s the usual practice,” Master Guan said.

The Grand Commandant stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "When it comes to military strategy, this is truly my domain."

"No need for the best; an honest, obedient person with mediocre talent is enough!"

Yang Li asked, "How much does the old man need?"

“Give me a few hundred thousand, and I can manage it all, but can the Hengshan Divine Palace accommodate so many people?” Guowei Liao asked.

Grand Tutor Yu pondered for a moment and said, "I have been to the underworld of Mount Tai, where there are more than a million ghosts and gods."

Master Guan said, “The Taishan Underworld is different. Beyond the Great Thousand Worlds, there are countless Middle Thousand Worlds and Small Thousand Worlds.”

All the affairs of the underworld in countless worlds must eventually be archived and summarized in the Underworld Palace of Mount Tai.

Then he added, “As far as I know, the Huashan Divine Palace has 100,000 Yin soldiers. You can recruit 50,000 first, but you have to leave some spots for other gods.”

"Fifty thousand is enough." Guowei Liao was noticeably more composed and confident than when he first obtained his divine position.

Grand Master Yu said, "Yang Li, when you go to the underworld to select Yin soldiers, you must be selective and not accept inferior ones."

Don't include those of questionable character in the 'Hengshan Divine Palace Army' just to reach the required number of 50,000.

According to the standards of loyalty, filial piety, propriety, righteousness, and trustworthiness, one can be lax in all aspects, but cannot make a serious mistake in any one of them.

Yang Li frowned and said, "The most urgent task is to ensure that the Grand Commandant can secure his position as the God of Hengshan."

As long as the ghost soldiers are fierce, their virtue can be disregarded.

After several decades or centuries, once the old emperor had secured his rule, he ordered the judges of the Hengshan Divine Palace to select all the morally deficient and habitually troublesome soldiers and ruffians, and send them all into the cycle of reincarnation.

Grand Tutor Yu shook his head and said, "First of all, a righteous army is not only helping the Grand Commandant on the battlefield."

They can also help the Grand Commandant gather his fortune.

Secondly, the Central Plains are in chaos, and hundreds of thousands of people are about to die, so there is no shortage of soldiers.

Starting today, let the underworld cease supplying 'Heavenly Soldiers of the Great Qin' to the Heavenly Court.

I don't care about the loyalists of the rebel army.

The best soldiers of the Qin Dynasty will be given priority to serve in the Hengshan Underworld unless they themselves are unwilling to join the Grand Commandant.

Finally, since the Grand Commandant is a chief deity, not a general leading troops, all we need to do is prepare an unparalleled divine general for him. Twenty or thirty thousand ghost soldiers, or even a few thousand, should probably be sufficient.

The Imperial Commander, who was known as the "Unparalleled Divine General," thought for a moment and asked, "Could it be General Meng Tian?"

When I was in the underworld of Fengdu, I heard Judge Wang sigh.

I, Li Si, Feng Quji, and Generals Meng Tian and Meng Yi have all reached the end of our days and it is time for us to die.

"As long as we, the civil and military officials, live, the Qin Dynasty will not be destroyed."

Grand Tutor Yu said, “They are not quite the same as you. They should have been killed by Huhai and Zhao Gao.”

Now that the Second Emperor is going to be a sage ruler, Zhao Gao has also gone to the front lines to serve as the Grand Eunuch supervising the army.

The days that have passed can never happen again, and the new days that could kill them have not yet arrived.

General Meng Tian, ​​you can't be counted on, but you can look forward to someone stronger and more ruthless.

The God of Slaughter, Bai Qi, is now the Ghost King of the City of the Wrongfully Dead, Yi Chen.

Since he's suppressing all ghosts in the underworld anyway, why not ask him to move to another place?

"So it was General Bai Qi."

At first, everyone was shocked and surprised, but upon closer reflection on Bai Qi's current situation, it seemed that there was indeed some hope.

Grand Tutor Yu stood up and said, "Yang Li, go to the underworld to see King Yama and summon the Qin soldiers for the Grand Commandant. I will go with the old man to the City of the Wrongfully Dead, Yi Chen, in the Southern Continent."

The City of the Dead in Jambudvipa remains largely unchanged.

Grand Tutor Yu's identity and strength underwent a dramatic change.

When she first chased down the Copper-Headed Iron-Foreheaded Ghost, the fierce ghosts in the City of the Wrongfully Dead dared to bare their teeth at her and shout, "Kill this noble person, and we can be reincarnated in the human world as troublemakers!"

Today, Grand Tutor Yu and the Imperial Guard have just arrived at the city gate, where several familiar faces are already waiting.

"Ximen Bao, it's King Yama! What brings you here?" Ximen Bao was dressed in the royal robes of King Qin Guang, with a crown tassel on his head, exuding a majestic and powerful aura.

"Alas, the City of the Wrongfully Dead, Yichen, is also the underworld! Now that Grand Tutor Yu and the Great God Guowei have jointly graced the underworld with their presence, how could I, Your Majesty, not come to welcome them?"

Ximen Bao looked at the Imperial Guard's quarters with suspicion for a while, then turned around and pointed to the welcoming procession with music and singing behind him, "Time was short and the etiquette was inadequate. Please forgive me, Grand Tutor and Imperial Guard."

Grand Tutor Yu walked up to him with a smile, wanting to reach out and pat him on the shoulder, saying, "Little Leopard, we're like family, there's no need to be so polite."

She held back.

"King Yama, we've been through thick and thin together, why be so polite?"

Ximen Bao frowned almost imperceptibly.

Why do I feel uneasy and anxious as soon as I see Yu Fengxian?
She's definitely a troublemaker. We should use the resources of the underworld to meet her needs as soon as possible and send her away!
"Grand Tutor, what brings you to Yichen City of the Wrongfully Dead this time?"

Grand Tutor Yu glanced into the city and said, "I'm here to visit relatives and see some friends."

"Visiting relatives?" Ximen Bao's expression twisted.

A judge quietly approached and whispered a few words in his ear.

Ximen Bao looked as if he had just realized something.

Grand Tutor Yu glanced at them and said, "Now that you've become the King of Hell, you're busy with official duties and have countless responsibilities, which I can understand."

You don't need to waste your time here with me.

I'll say a few words to General Bai Qi, then go to the Bridge of Helplessness, and then head back home.

Ximen Bao laughed and said, "Accompanying the Grand Tutor on a tour of the underworld is the most important official duty."

"Grand Tutor, please go into the city. I will not disturb your enjoyment."

"Very well, if you're worried, then come with us." Xiao Yu led the Imperial Guard into the City of the Dead and went straight to the "Ghost King's Mansion" in the center of the city.

Bai Qi, dressed in pristine white robes and with a long sword at his waist, stood at the door with his hands behind his back, waiting for them.

"General Bai, it's been two years, and you're even more radiant than before!" Grand Tutor Yu chuckled and bowed to his disciple.

Regardless, she obtained Bai Qi's military treatise and acquired all of Bai Qi's lifelong learning.

If she continues to act like a "Grand Tutor" in front of Bai Qi, she'll be too low-class.

"General Bai, it's been a long time." Guowei Liao said with a sigh, bowing with his hands clasped.

Bai Qi returned the greetings to both of them, then looked at Ximen Bao with a calm gaze.

"Hehe, everyone, please take your time chatting. I'll be waiting for you at the door."

Ximen Bao was somewhat embarrassed and also somewhat wary of this killing god.

Even now that he has become "King Qin Guang", he still feels inexplicably uneasy when facing Bai Qi.

Unlike the unease he felt when facing Grand Tutor Yu, Grand Tutor Yu made him more anxious. It was mainly the spiritual unease triggered by the phrase "King Yama" that he heard.

Bai Qi, however, exuded an aura that made the King of Hell's authority somewhat unstable.

The closer he got to Bai Qi, the more sluggish his Yama God Power became.

It's as if Bai Qi is the "true Yama," the true master of this underworld.

After entering the room and taking their seats, Grand Tutor Yu and the Imperial Commandant exchanged a few pleasantries with Bai Qi before she directly stated her purpose.

"General Bai can cultivate in seclusion in City of the Wrongfully Dead (Yichen No. 1), or he can go to City of the Wrongfully Dead (Jia No. 1)."

You can go to any ghost town.

No matter where you go, the general is undoubtedly the 'Number One Ghost King', and no one dares to disturb you.

This visit to the general is simply to ask him to move to a different place.

This would allow the Grand Commandant to use the General's prestige to intimidate the spirits and evil ghosts under the jurisdiction of the Hengshan Divine Palace.

Bai Qi looked Guo Wei Liao up and down and sighed, "Grand Tutor Yu has quite the methods. When the late emperor was alive, he offended all the gods in heaven and the ghosts in the underworld."

But after struggling for hundreds of years, all he managed to obtain was the power to appoint and dismiss the City God of China.

Grand Tutor had only been in office for a year when the Four Rivers and Five Sacred Mountains all suffered great misfortune.

The key is that despite all your antics, you're still alive and kicking, and even the Heavenly Court tacitly approves of your self-selection as the God of Hengshan.

Grand Tutor Yu's face was full of smiles, but he kept being modest, saying, "The late emperor obtained real power through his own abilities."

I was used as a knife by 'God', risking my life in the midst of a great calamity, going through hardships and walking on thin ice, not knowing if I could ever reach the other side!
They can't compare to the late emperor who calmly controlled everything.

"Take control of everything with ease."

Bai Qi pursed his lips, seemingly wanting to utter some blasphemous words, but then held back.

"The divine register has been recognized by the Heavenly Court. Do the gods of the Divine Palace dare to rebel? I can only intimidate ghosts, not the many immortals."

Grand Master Yu said, "The Five Sacred Mountains Gods are indeed somewhat different from other mountain gods."

The Five Sacred Mountains Gods are not only the 'God Kings' of mountain gods in the human world, but also the lords of the underworld.

As the king of the mountain gods, the Grand Commandant already has to devote all his energy and effort to all kinds of affairs in the 'officialdom'.

The Netherworld Hell beneath Hengshan Divine Palace imprisons a large number of fierce and evil ghosts, and also requires the recruitment of many spirits to manage and suppress them.

If someone is envious and jealous of the Grand Commandant and wants to harm him...

Creating chaos in the underworld is the simplest and most effective method.

If Hell descends into chaos and the Elder is powerless to quell it, the Heavenly Court will have grounds to revoke the Elder's divine position.

Every water palace and every mountain god's palace also serves as the "City God's Office".

In other words, the souls of those who died in or near a great river are under the jurisdiction of the River God; the judgment of those who died in or near the mountains is under the jurisdiction of the Mountain God.

But like the river god, mountain god, and city god in plains cities, they only have preliminary judgment power.

After reviewing the records of the deceased, they would transfer the files to "higher-level leaders" for final approval.

The Five Sacred Mountains Divine Palace specializes in this kind of thing.

The Taishan Divine Palace is even more special, as the Taishan Emperor Huang Feihu is the "scribe" of the underworld. Besides Taishan, the other four mountain gods are responsible for the underworld affairs of all mountain gods in the human realm.

If mountain spirits, monsters, or mountain cultivators die and their souls are judged, they will be suppressed in the eighteen levels of hell.

The mountain god would then transfer them to the eighteen levels of hell beneath the Four Sacred Mountains.

The Netherworld Bureau within the Four Sacred Mountains is part of the Fengdu Underworld.

The gods who can manage the affairs of the netherworld and reincarnation, as well as the gods of blessed lands and grotto heavens, and who also directly govern the divine path in the human world, are therefore extremely revered in the divine system.

Grand Tutor Yu came to the City of the Wrongfully Dead to find Bai Qi, hoping that Bai Qi would suppress the "Hengshan Underworld" of the Hengshan pantheon on behalf of the State Commandant.

Hengshan Divine Palace has three major systems: the Underworld System, the Divine Path System, and the Immortal Path System. Only the Underworld System will experience a direct uprising.

The divine and immortal paths, at most, outwardly comply with the State Councilor's orders but inwardly defy them, not daring to openly break ties.

Just like in officialdom, at most there's assassination, but it's impossible to directly storm into the government office and fight it out.

That wasn't the government; it was bandits from a mountain stronghold.

It is easier for evil spirits from the underworld, or those in the name of evil spirits from the underworld, to instigate riots.

Grand Tutor Yu continued, "Living in the Hengshan Divine Palace actually has many benefits for General Bai."

At least the general's life will be more comfortable.

The ghosts and spirits I encounter on ordinary days are all former generals of the Qin Dynasty. Since we are old friends, it will definitely be more comfortable to get along with them.

When General Bai grows weary of his life as the 'Ghost King,' I believe the Grand Commandant will spare no expense to pull strings and secure a blessed afterlife for him.

"Please help me, General!" Guowei Liao stood up, walked to Bai Qi with a pleading look on his face, and bowed respectfully.

Bai Qi sighed, stood up and supported his arms, saying, "If I really go to Hengshan Divine Palace, it may not be a good thing for you."

(End of this chapter)