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Chapter 140 The Jade Emperor was slapped in the face

As soon as he heard the words “respect heaven and earth”, the slight anger that remained on the Jade Emperor’s face disappeared.

When he heard that the "wonderful woman" Yu Fengxian had fallen into prostitution and was going to give the city god's seat to wild ghosts in the mountains, his face was filled with surprise and curiosity, and he said, "My dear, tell me in detail."

Seeing the Jade Emperor's reaction, Li Changgeng was very calm and not surprised at all.

He smiled and recounted in detail how Xiaoyu built a temple on the sand dunes, led the barbarians to worship heaven and earth, and offered sacrifices to the Three Pure Ones, the Jade Emperor and the Buddha, and how he gifted the city god a shrine.

In fact, he was not deliberately flattering the Jade Emperor or saying auspicious things to please him.

No matter how the Human Emperor conferred gods upon the world, the ghosts and gods in the underworld he conferred all belonged to the underworld.

As soon as the City God of the border recorded Xiaoyu's deeds in the Book of Life and Death, the King of Hell and the Judge of the Underworld immediately knew about it.

It is somewhat similar to the selection of filial and honest officials in the human world.

If you just help an old lady or old man who has fallen down at the entrance of the village, the neighbors nearby will only say "the young man is a good person", but they will not spread your reputation to the ears of the county magistrate and the county governor.

If you did something that shocked the world, such as cutting your own flesh and making medicine for your sick old mother, even the county magistrate would know about it, and he might report your filial piety to his superiors.

If one eventually becomes a filial and incorrupt official in a county, the county magistrate must report to the imperial court and have him registered in a list.

Then the bigwigs in the court who are in charge of this matter will also know that a filial and honest person has appeared in a certain place, what righteous deeds the new filial and honest person has done that are worthy of praise, and so on.

The King of Hell is only the boss of the Palace of Hell, not even the boss of the underworld.

The underworld is just a department of heaven.

The underworld is divided into several government offices, including the Reincarnation Department, the Judge's Department, and the Underworld Department. The City God is in charge of the Underworld Department.

Thus, "Yu Fengxian, who is as righteous as the sky" was first praised by the people of Yingxiang Prefecture, and then the City God of Guanyin wrote "Yu Fengxian, who is as righteous as the sky" on Yu Fengxian's page in the Book of Life and Death in accordance with the rules of the underworld.

"Giving away the throne of the City God for free" was also a very sensational event in the underworld.

The judge of the underworld and the King of Hell all knew about it and reported the news to Heaven.

Li Changgeng found out about it and dealt with it.

He could report it to the Jade Emperor, or he could not bother the Jade Emperor with such trivial matters.

Just like the Kitchen God, he can punish the villagers of Jima Village himself, or even pretend not to know and ignore it. Or he can exaggerate the matter and report to the Jade Emperor that some villagers are disrespectful to heaven and earth.

It would be fine if such things were not reported, but once they were spoken out in the Lingxiao Palace, there would always be only one outcome: the Jade Emperor would be furious and would punish severely.

Now the Kitchen God had reported to the Jade Emperor the trivial matters of the villagers' disrespect for heaven and earth, which had disturbed the Jade Emperor's mood. Li Changgeng decided to "adjust yin and yang" - to find a good thing to neutralize the Jade Emperor's mood.

"Relieving His Majesty's worries" is also his job as Taibai Star Lord!

"Look at this Xishu Yu Fengxian, she is still an uncivilized barbarian! She knows how to thank the heaven and earth for their kindness.

The West Sea Spiritual Country faces China across the sea, and has long been immersed in the culture and etiquette of the Central Plains, but is actually inferior to the barbarians. "

The Jade Emperor gave a very high and clear comment on Xiaoyu's past construction of a temple on the sand dunes to worship the gods of heaven and earth.

However, he did not immediately praise the great righteousness and gift of the divine throne.

He asked, "Have you sent an envoy to the human world to confirm?"

There are too many examples in the world of people who relied on fraudulent means to become filial and honest.

If it were exposed, the court would be embarrassed and the emperor would be furious.

If this happens once in Heaven, it will be a scandal that will be difficult to clean up in ten thousand years.

Taibai Xingjun replied, "Since the underworld's Yincao Division passed on the news, I have already sent a talisman messenger to the lower world to investigate the truth of this matter as soon as possible according to past practice."

"A few days have passed in the human world, has the talisman messenger sent back any news?" asked the Jade Emperor.

Taibai Xingjun said: "Part of the news has been confirmed. Yu Fengxian did give the City God seat to the ghost Duan Yuhan of Sanchaling."

He told her the whole story of how Xiaoyu buried the remains of the Duan father and son, how the Duan father and son repaid their gratitude, and how they led her to walk the ghost path to avoid the "Eight Diagrams Heavenly Sword".

Finally, he said: "The matter involves Taoist Qingsong of Zhengyang Palace of Taiyi Dao. Taoist Qingsong has committed many evil deeds and crimes, and is currently being punished in Fengdu.

It's a bit troublesome for the talisman envoy to see him, so it will take some time.

Secondly, even if the gift of the deity's throne was confirmed, the talisman envoy would record Yu Fengxian's behavior for a long time.

As the saying goes, the final word is the final word.

Until the final moment of death, everything is possible.”

The Jade Emperor smiled and said, "No matter what, she is a womanizer, but she is willing to give up her position as a deity to others. This is a great act of kindness and righteousness!"

After a pause, he continued, “For ordinary people to cultivate the way of merit, they need at least 500 good deeds to become immortals.

Today, I pity Yu Fengxian for her barbarian origin and her fallen into the dust, so I grant her a favor. As long as she does not commit any serious faults in her life and accumulates a total of 300 good deeds, I will send an envoy to invite her to the Heavenly Palace to be a virtuous female fairy!"

"Your Majesty's benevolence is unparalleled, and all living beings in the three realms admire you!" Li Changgeng bowed and shouted.

The Jade Emperor smiled and twirled his beard, saying: "All living beings in the three realms need education, and the best education is to set an example.

Yu Fengxian's achievements are not only her own great righteousness and the demeanor of ancient sages, but more importantly, she set a good example for the world.

Whose origin could be lower than that of the barbarians in the northern wilderness?
Whose experience could be more tragic than a young man falling into prostitution?
Yu Fengxian lives such a life, yet she still abides by the righteousness and respects heaven and earth. Others should not be even more——"

"Report~~~"

Before the Jade Emperor finished speaking, a report suddenly came from the Tongming Palace outside.

Then, a fairy boy stepped in, knelt down at the foot of the altar, and said, "Your Majesty, the talisman messenger Zhang Tianyang has come to report on the matter of the Yu Fengxian."

Li Changgeng's expression changed slightly.

The god on duty, Zhang Tianyang, was the talisman messenger he arranged to monitor Yu Fengxian.

The Jade Emperor smiled and said, "One day in heaven is one year on earth. In the time it took me to speak to you, several days have passed on earth and the talisman messengers have all returned."

After laughing, he said to the fairy boy, "Bring the talisman in."

After a while, the talisman master, who looked embarrassed, staggered into the Lingxiao Palace and shouted, "Your Majesty, Yu Fengxian is disobedient and not only insults you, but also wants to kill me!"

Li Changgeng said sternly: "You are the talisman envoy, you only need to tell us in detail what you saw, and your majesty will make the decision!"

The Jade Emperor frowned and said, "Zhang Tianyang, why are you injured? And why do you say that Yu Fengxian is disobedient and wronged her?"

The talisman master cried out in a tearful voice: "Yu Fengxian is cruel and ruthless. She killed people in the street and wanted to kill them all. She shouted, "I will kill you, even God can't stop me."

I argued with her, and she hit me with a sword and told me to mind my own business. "

Li Changgeng said in a deep voice: "I asked you to tell me the whole story in detail, not to let you complain!" "I dare not complain. After I came to the world, I first went to Tianmen Town in Western Shu, and then went to Zhengyang Palace in the Central Plains to find Taoist Qingsong."

One day in heaven, one year on earth.

Before Li Changgeng reported the deeds of "Yi Tian Yu Fengxian", the talisman envoy had already descended to the mortal world and toured the entire Xisha region.

Not only Shu, he also went to Jinyang in present-day Western Lu and met Duan Yuhan and his son.

Then he turned south and headed towards China.

First, go to Mount Tai, the first of the Five Great Mountains, to find Huang Feihu, the Great Emperor of Dongyue.

A mere talisman messenger, even one from the Heavenly Palace, cannot see the Great Emperor Dongyue himself.

In addition to the Emperor Dongyue, the underworld of Mount Tai also has ten underworld generals under his command, known as the "Ten Guardians of Dongyue".

"The Taoist Qingsong is in Fengdu. Please wait for a moment, my talisman messenger. I will summon the Taoist priest Taiyi Dao for you, and the Taoist priest will take you to see Taoist Qingsong." Li Taibao, who was in charge of reporting to the Palace Front Department, received the talisman messenger and arranged for the ghost messenger to notify Taiyi Dao.

When Taiyi Dao received the news, he did not send a spiritual official to meet the talisman envoy immediately. Instead, he immediately sent the spiritual official to Fengdu Hell.

"Qingsong, there is a celestial envoy who wants to see you. You must change your location immediately."

The person who went to Fengdu to find Qingsong Taoist Boy was Xiaoyu's acquaintance, Zhang Songzhi, the Master of the Divine Mace.

When the Divine Mace Guardian found the Taoist boy Qingsong, Qingsong was wearing a white shirt and white pants, his face was pale, his lips were black and blue, his hair was disheveled, and he was sitting cross-legged in a fairly spacious hall, with his five hearts facing the sky and his eyes closed in meditation.

Around him, there were dozens of dead ghosts dressed similarly.

"What does the Heavenly Envoy want me to do?" Qingsong asked puzzledly.

"I'm asking you about Yu Fengxian. Just tell me what you know. It's not a big deal."

Time was very tight, so the Divine Mace Master did not elaborate and immediately called over the White Impermanence.

Under the instructions of the Divine Mace Taibao, Bai Wuchang quickly tied Qingsong into a dumpling with chains and dragged him out quickly.

Passing through the eerie, dark yet peaceful and tranquil "urban area", entering the back of the ghost town, and coming to the purgatory area where blood evil condensed into thick clouds in the sky, he threw Qingsong Taoist boy directly into a boiling oil pan and fried him.

That oil pot was larger than the city of Xianyang. It looked like a sea of ​​oil, with the oil boiling like waves on the sea. In every wave there were countless howling ghosts.

You can see ghosts among them, many of which are not in human form.

"Ouch~~~" Taoist Qingsong screamed miserably after being thrown into the oil wok.

It was like a loach coated with fried chicken powder, struggling desperately in the frying pan, wailing miserably, its body surface gradually becoming crispy and finally cooked through.

"Hold on, it will be fine soon!" Shen Jian Taibao warned and quickly ran away.

After a while, the Divine Mace Guardian came back, followed by the Heavenly Palace Talisman Envoy.

"The messenger from Heaven has arrived. Little devils, bring here the evil Taoist Qingsong immediately. The messenger from Heaven wants to question him!" The expression of the Divine Mace Protector was solemn and his voice was majestic, revealing an upright aura.

Bai Wuchang, who had thrown Qingsong Taoist boy into the oil wok before, seemed to have just seen the Divine Mace Guardian. There was a look of doubt on his pale cheeks. He confirmed again and again with his eyes before calling his companions around him and reaching his huge fork into the oil wok.

It was like poking a deep-fried whitebait fish, piercing through the half-cooked pine tree.

A sharp iron fork protruded from his chest.

Just like a fork piercing vegetables, it pierced the pine tree, but kept the fork in the posture of piercing the chest and did not pull it out.

The reason why it is half-cooked is that each time the ghost is fried thoroughly, it will immediately return to its original state and repeat the frying process.

Although the Divine Mace Taibao is very fast, it will still take some time to go to Mount Tai to bring the talisman over.

In less than half an hour, the green pine was fried at least a hundred times.

"Qingsong, let me ask you, what did you say to Yu Fengxian on the day you were assassinated by the Western immortal?" the talisman envoy asked.

With the reminder from the magic mace protector, Qingsong did not ask any more questions and just told everything he knew.

"Well, that's right. He is indeed a man of great righteousness and has the legacy of the ancient saints."

The talisman envoy nodded with admiration and sighed, "Although she gave up the position of the City God because she yearned for the immortal path and did not want to become a ghost or god, she did not sell the position of god to the nobles of the upper state in exchange for magic pills or the opportunity to cultivate immortality."

After saying this, he bowed to the Divine Mace Guardian and disappeared in a flash.

"I'm sorry for offending you just now, Taoist Priest, please don't blame me!"

As soon as the talisman master left, Bai Wuchang floated over and bowed. The other Wuchang quickly untied the chains on Qingsong and slowly helped him down from the fork.

Qingsong waved his hand to drive away the impermanence and asked, "What does righteousness as great as the sky and the legacy of the ancient saints mean?"

The divine mace master smiled and said, “Although you haven’t awakened your past life memories, you are still a Taoist who has practiced for hundreds of years in this life. Don’t you understand the rules of heaven?

The news that Yu Fengxian gave up the throne to Duan Yuhan spread and caused a sensation in the West.

Li Changgeng not only sent a talisman envoy to monitor the lower world, but he also specially reported the matter to the Jade Emperor during the morning court session at the Lingxiao Palace today!"

A look of realization appeared on Qingsong's pale, almost transparent face, "The Heavenly Court is going to record Yu Fengxian's merit."

"It's more than just hidden merit. The Jade Emperor promised that as long as she accumulates 300 good deeds, she will immediately ascend to heaven and become a virtuous female fairy." said the Divine Mace Guardian.

As the saying goes, one day in heaven is one year on earth.

In the Lingxiao Palace, the Jade Emperor had just shown his grace, the destiny had been revealed, and all the gods knew it.

During the past few days on Earth, the Taoist Palace, which had strong connections in Heaven, was the first to receive the news.

"This is Xianfu~~~"

Qingsong Dao Tong sighed and said with a smile, "I'm afraid she won't be able to grasp this overwhelming blessing."

The Divine Mace Master also thought so.

It is too difficult to become an immortal simply by accumulating merits.

It cannot be done unless you are a true saint or someone with great perseverance.

“Even if I can’t ascend to heaven overnight and become a female fairy in one lifetime, at least I can accumulate some blessings and leave them for my next life or for future generations.” said the Divine Mace Guardian.

Isn't this how immortal blessings, immortal roots, and immortal fate come about?
In this world where "good and evil will be rewarded, and cause and effect are cyclical", no blessing comes out of nowhere.

The price is either paid in advance or in the future.

Of course, you can also let others pay - to benefit from the merits and blessings of your grandparents.

To be reborn into a blessed and kind family with good karma, one needs to have done good deeds in the previous life or, like Qingsong Taoist, be able to use connections and get some help in the underworld.

(End of this chapter)