People in Conferred Gods: Rising from humble beginnings, I am the God of Wealth

Chapter 320 Re-entering the Netherworld, Stealing Reincarnation from the West! (11)

Beyond the sky.

Haotian traversed the chaotic space that was neither black nor white. After an unknown amount of time, a different color suddenly appeared in front of him.

It was a purple mist that dispersed the surrounding chaos.

Following the purple aura, one can see an ancient Taoist temple, the very site of the Taoist patriarch's practice.

Zixiao Palace!
"Hmm? We're here already..."

Haotian was slightly taken aback. Although there was no concept of time or space in the chaos, he did not know how far he had flown or how much time had passed in the chaos.

However, as a Quasi-Saint of the Second Corpse Realm, he could vaguely sense that the time it took to arrive at Zixiao Palace this time was much shorter than before.

However, Haotian didn't think much of it. Chaos is inherently disordered, so even if his feeling was right, it didn't prove anything.

Just like when Haotian brought Yang Xuan to Zixiao Palace last time, the space around him began to distort after he saw Zixiao Palace.

After the surrounding space returned to calm, he went to the Zixiao Palace and saw the old Taoist priest on the cloud platform in front of him.

next moment.

Haotian's body shrank rapidly, and his appearance changed as a result, eventually turning into a little Taoist boy who knelt down on the ground with a 'plop'.

"Please, sir, do me justice..."

……

at the same time.

The Netherworld, the place of reincarnation in the underworld.

Given Yang Xuan's current status, meeting Houtu in the underworld would not be difficult for him.

He simply arrived outside the place of the earthly cycle of reincarnation, called out the name of Houtu, and respectfully bowed.

When he looked up again, he found himself in a stone house.

The layout inside the stone house was very simple, with only an ordinary-looking stone platform on which sat a stunningly beautiful fairy.

She wore a pale yellow fairy dress, the hem of which trailed mountains and plains, and the six realms of reincarnation.

Her bones are formed by the earth's veins, her eyebrows by the green mountains, her skin is like solidified cream, her nose is straight and elegant, and her lips are bright red.

His entire being exuded an aura as weighty and reassuring as the earth itself.

It is none other than Houtu, the former ancestral witch, and now the sage Pingxin.

Looking directly at a sage is disrespectful. Yang Xuan's impression of Houtu remained that she was a sage who valued etiquette highly.

He didn't look at it for long, and bowed respectfully again.

"This humble deity greets Your Majesty!"

"No need to be polite!"

Houtu waved her hand, appearing no different from usual, but Yang Xuan had a vague feeling that Houtu's gaze was somewhat evasive, as if she had done something wrong.

"Could it be that……"

"Was this lady also involved in Yunhua's affair?"

Yang Xuan looked at the ground with a thoughtful expression in his eyes.

After hearing Haotian talk about Fairy Yunhua, he wondered if Houtu might also be involved.

After all, the fact that Yunhua gave birth to Yang Jian and the other two children involves the power of reincarnation to some extent, so Houtu should have been aware of it.

After witnessing the changes in the incense and golden statue, Yang Xuan became even more convinced of his conjecture.

Looking across the entire prehistoric world, Houtu was the one who understood the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong the most, and only she could create such a technique based on the situation of the incense and golden body.

The incense-burning golden statue feeds on divine energy and incense offerings, circulating profound techniques to enhance its physical strength.

Moreover, the fact that Yang Jian and the other two possessed divine fortune also indirectly confirmed Yang Xuan's conjecture.

Now that he noticed Houtu's eyes were somewhat evasive, he was basically certain that Houtu was also involved in this matter, but he didn't know why she was doing it.

However, he did not rush to bring it up. Instead, he gently waved his sleeve, and Hei Lian and Yang Tianyou appeared in the stone house.

"Young friend, what is this?"

Houtu looked at Heilian and the other person with a puzzled expression on her face.

She spent most of her time in the Netherworld, maintaining the cycle of reincarnation, and did not pay much attention to the affairs of the primordial world, so she was unaware of Youlian's true identity.

Houtu really couldn't understand why Yang Xuan would bring out the Black Lotus and the other person.

In terms of cultivation level, Yang Tianyou was just an ordinary Earth Immortal, and Yang Xuan could kill him countless times with just a glance.

Although Hei Lian had the cultivation level of a mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal, her three flowers on her head and the five qi in her chest were removed, so now she only had the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal.

These two people are like this; whatever Yang Xuan wants to do is just a matter of a single thought, so why bother bringing it up before a saint like her?
Yang Xuan didn't keep them in suspense. After bowing, he explained:

"This black-robed Taoist is named Black Lotus. He has some grudges with me. Fellow Daoist Styx captured him in the Nine Provinces a few years ago and brought him to the Heavenly Court."

"At first, I thought he was just an ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortal, nothing special."

"But after learning about his relationship with Yang Tianyou, I noticed something unusual."

At this point, Yang Xuan paused slightly, cast a spell, and entered Yang Tianyou's spiritual platform, pulling out his soul.

"Your Majesty, please look. This Yang Tianyou is dull-witted and lacks the three souls and seven spirits."

"How can an ordinary being cultivate to the Earth Immortal realm without three souls and seven spirits? Even if an Earth Immortal loses his three souls and seven spirits, he is not far from death and is just a living dead."

"But according to Fellow Daoist Styx, when he first met Yang Tianyou, Yang Tianyou was about to approach Fairy Yunhua, and his three souls and seven spirits were all intact. I felt something was wrong."

"It wasn't until I heard Daoist Styx say that after Yang Tianyou saw the Black Lotus, his three souls and seven spirits flew into the Black Lotus Spirit Platform that I realized something was wrong."

Yang Xuan looked up at the illusory image of Houtu's Six Paths of Reincarnation, his expression turning serious, and said in a deep voice:

"If Black Lotus used some kind of supernatural power to possess Yang Tianyou's soul, leading to this situation, it's not a big deal."

“But if Yang Tianyou’s soul originally belonged to the Black Lotus, and he was a reincarnation of a wisp of the Black Lotus’s soul, then this matter is quite serious.”

"As far as I know, the current rules of the underworld and the reincarnation system make it impossible for even a wisp of a living being's soul to be reincarnated!"

After saying these words, Yang Xuan fell silent and said nothing more.

His meaning was quite clear; Houtu couldn't possibly have failed to understand.

Houtu frowned slightly, turning to look at Heilian and Yang Tianyou, her eyes flashing with divine light. Although the primordial calamity energy was pervasive, greatly affecting the methods of deduction, even saints would experience serious deviations when making deductions.

But with the Black Lotus right in front of her, it wasn't difficult for Houtu to deduce his origins.

As for what Yang Xuan said, Houtu is not only a true saint, but also a true representative. Even the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk can be considered a part of her. How could she not see that?

Just a moment later, Houtu turned to look west and snorted coldly.

"Humph!"

"You two have way too much reach! Do you really think I'm easy to bully?!"

As she spoke, the phantom of the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc rapidly enlarged behind Houtu's head, becoming more solid and its power increasingly formidable.

Even though Houtu had no intention of targeting him, Yang Xuan was still overwhelmed by the pressure.

Almost instantly, Yang Xuan felt as if the illusory figure had transformed into the real Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc.

Followed by.

With a gentle tap of her jade finger, Houtu caused the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc to tremble slightly, and an invisible mark was forcibly shattered, accompanied by a muffled groan of slight pain.

Although the voice was not loud, Yang Xuan was deeply impressed by it. Not long ago, he had almost heard the owner of this voice preach for ten eons.

Yang Xuan was not surprised by this result. He had long guessed that the Black Lotus was a spy of the Western Sect. So, who stole the reincarnation authority? There was no need to say more.

Moreover, as a time traveler, how could he not know the ambitions of the Western Religion?

In later generations, a major doctrine of Buddhism was that reciting scriptures and chanting Buddha's name could lead to rebirth in the Pure Land.

This bliss is the Western Paradise. As long as Buddhist believers recite scriptures, chant Buddha's name, and make offerings to Buddha, they will ascend to the Western Paradise after death and no longer have to suffer the pain of reincarnation.

Clearly, this paradise was built by Buddhism after it stole the power of reincarnation.

Otherwise, how could Buddhist believers escape the clutches of the underworld after death and ascend to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss?
After ascending to the Pure Land, how does one escape the cycle of reincarnation, avoiding being reborn and even being judged in the underworld?

Through the Black Lotus incident, Yang Xuan vaguely guessed that the two Western Saints might have begun to steal the reincarnation authority from this time onwards.

Yang Xuan brought the Black Lotus to the place of the underground cycle of reincarnation, intending to use this opportunity to let Houtu know about this matter and nip the Western Saints' plot in the bud.

Now he is the builder of the underworld, the second-rank ghost emperor of the underworld, and very likely the future Fengdu Emperor of the underworld, the master of the underworld. How could he watch the Buddhist sect steal the reincarnation authority and harm his own interests?
Especially since he was almost forced to preach for ten eons by the Daoist Zhunti, he would never allow such a thing to happen.

As for whether Western religions will suffer losses as a result, or whether Buddhism will be unable to achieve perfection in the future, what does that have to do with him?

The one who captured the Black Lotus was Styx, and the one who made the move was Houtu. He only brought the Black Lotus to the underground reincarnation place, and at most he was just an unsuspecting assistant!
Although Yang Xuan was secretly delighted, a look of realization appeared on his face, as if he had just found out.

"So it was this person..."

Immediately, a thoughtful look appeared on his face. As Houtu stretched out her jade finger again, about to continue erasing the remaining marks on the Six Paths of Reincarnation, he looked hesitant.

This is the place of the cycle of reincarnation, so how could Houtu not notice the change in Yang Xuan's expression?
Seeing Yang Xuan's hesitant expression, Houtu paused slightly, revealing a confident smile:

"Young friend, if you have something to say, just speak up. Even the Dao Ancestor cannot evade the affairs of this place!"

The place of earthly reincarnation is the place where the power of the earth is most concentrated. Even the Heavenly Dao Saints could not deduce what was happening here, so Yang Xuan was not surprised.

However, Yang Xuan was somewhat surprised that Houtu directly addressed Daozu by his name, confident that even Daozu, the number one person in the prehistoric world, could not deduce what was happening here.

However, this is a good thing for Yang Xuan, allowing him to be more unrestrained.

Yang Xuan feigned hesitation for a moment, putting on a convincing performance, and asked:

"Your Majesty, is there still a mark left by the two Western Saints within this Six Paths of Reincarnation Wheel, used to steal the power of reincarnation?"

"Indeed, there is still a mark of guidance remaining in this Six Paths of Reincarnation Wheel."

"Does Your Majesty know the purpose behind the two Western Saints' actions?"

"I don't know..."

Houtu didn't hide anything from Yang Xuan, but she genuinely didn't know the answer to this question, and she was quite curious about it as well.

Logically speaking, reincarnation belongs to the authority of the earthly path, and the sages of the heavenly path cannot and should not meddle in the authority of reincarnation, but the two sages of the West did just that.

Moreover, he did this secretly, and then used his great supernatural powers to leave a mark on the Six Paths of Reincarnation, thereby bypassing her as the representative of the underground path and stealing the authority of the underground path.

If Yang Xuan hadn't brought the Black Lotus today and brought up the matter, who knows how long it would have taken before Houtu found out.

More importantly, it's uncertain whether Houtu will be able to remove these two marks by then...

Yang Xuan hesitated for a moment, then asked again:

"If we leave behind the mark of guidance, will it cause any hidden dangers?"

"I already know about this matter. Even if this mark is left, no matter how it changes, I can erase it at any time if I want, without causing any hidden dangers. But why do you have to do this?"

Houtu looked puzzled, not understanding Yang Xuan's intention.

Although she didn't know the purpose of the two Western Saints' actions, she could guess that they were definitely up to no good.

If this matter had not been discovered in time, not only would a portion of the reincarnation authority have been stolen by the Western Church, but even she, as the representative of the underground, would have had difficulty reclaiming it, and the underground itself would have been damaged as a result.

Now that this matter has been discovered, the natural course of action is to erase it and go to Mount Sumeru again to demand an explanation from the two Western Saints!

No matter how compassionate Houtu is, or how much she cares about all living beings in the primordial world, she has no habit of being taken advantage of for nothing!
After hesitating for a moment, Yang Xuan finally gritted his teeth and revealed a ruthless look on his face.

“Your Majesty, there is no such thing as a thief who can be a thief for a thousand days. Since the two Western Saints have done this in secret, even if Your Majesty goes to Mount Sumeru to question them, I'm afraid the two Western Saints will not reveal their purpose.”

“They can leave a mark once, steal the power of reincarnation, and then do it a second time.”

"If Your Majesty cannot ascertain their intentions, you must remain vigilant at all times. A slight misstep could allow them to succeed again."

"Having learned this lesson, if they succeed again, the damage could be irreparable by the time they are discovered."

"Since that's the case, why don't we turn the tables on them and deliberately leave a trace, moving from the open to the shadows, to see what the two Western Saints are up to?"

"As long as Your Majesty can uproot this mark and its subsequent changes at any time, the schemes of the two Western Saints will not be able to harm the interests of the underground world."

"If we plan properly and know the purpose of the two Western Saints doing this, we might be able to use it to deliver a heavy blow to them at a crucial moment, causing their plans to fail completely."

"Let all living beings in the primordial world know that even the Heavenly Saints cannot scheme against the Earthly Dao!"

"If what the two Western Saints are planning is beneficial to the Underworld and the Underworld, perhaps we can find a way to steal their achievements!"

"These are merely my humble opinions; Your Majesty's decision is still required!"

After saying this, Yang Xuan bowed again and said no more, his expression returning to calm.

(End of this chapter)