Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 463 Six Town Seals

"Xiao Jin, let's leave the matter of Fengyang as it is."

After learning the news, Xia Youjie found Feng Jin.

"That's all?"

Fengyang looked at Xia Youjie.

He handed his own brother over to the underworld as an object, and that's it?

"Xiao Jin, do you know why you were given this opportunity to leave your body?"

Xia Youjie looked at Feng Jin, his face expressionless.

"The only benefit you get from being the director of the Bureau of Public Opinion is the right to acknowledge your ancestors, but acknowledging your ancestors does not mean that you can perform the ritual of astral projection."

"The power of the Five Elements in the Land of Five Elements is not inexhaustible. In order to ensure sustainable development and prevent the Land of Five Elements from becoming depleted, the number of people that our Xia family can produce each year is fixed. If there is one more, the Xia family will not be willing, and the other five clans will also have complaints."

"So you performed the Yin Spirit Astral Release Ceremony, which means one of the other Xia family members will be unable to release this year."

"The reason I gave you this spot is not only because you yourself have certain value, but also because of your younger brother, Fengyang."

"Of course, your value is not enough to exchange for a chance for a Yin spirit to leave its body. The most important thing is your younger brother, Fengyang!"

Xia Youjie looked up at the sun in the sky above the ancestral land.

"Do you know how that sun from our ancestral land came to be?"

Seeing Feng Jin remain silent, Xia Youjie smiled.

"When I brought your brother to the ancestral land, you must have already had a suspicion in your heart?"

"That's right. Even those of you who have never been to the base can come up with a 'Warm Sun Project' through those people in the Bureau of Public Opinion Research. Having seen the sun in the ancestral land, how could you not guess what Feng Yang would do when he comes to the ancestral land?"

"In fact, the family originally wanted Fengyang to be recognized as an ancestor and return to the clan, so that he could contribute to maintaining the ancestral land's great sun. After all, this is the mission of every clan member with the ancestral land's yang attribute bloodline. Unfortunately, the appearance of the underworld disrupted the family's plans."

"But don't worry, even if Fengyang goes to the underworld, he won't be in any danger, he'll just lose his freedom."

"But Fengyang didn't have freedom before, did he? It's just a change of location. In fact, it helped you get your spirit released from your body. It was worth it."

Feng Jin looked at Xia Youjie, her eyes revealing no emotion.

Xia Youjie didn't say much. As long as Feng Jin didn't impulsively cause trouble for the underworld, he would just keep quiet.

"Take your time to adjust. Once you're out there, kill as many ghosts and monsters as possible, but stop when you reach the peak of the third level of Yin Spirit. This is because your Body Strengthening Exercise has only just entered its eighth version. If your Qi and blood are insufficient and your Yang attribute is too low, it will cause your Yin Spirit's Yin attribute to be stronger than its Yang attribute, leading to an imbalance of Yin and Yang, which will cause some problems and affect your strength."

After saying that, seeing that Feng Jin still didn't speak, Xia Youjie shook his head and floated away.

They're all adults, and the director of the Bureau of Investigation at that; they know what the right thing to do is.

After Xia Youjie left, Feng Jin looked up at the great sun in the sky.

After a long while, he looked away.

Continue to let your spirit leave your body and continue to familiarize yourself with everything about your spirit!
……

The next day, Feng Jin went to the ancestral hall and bid farewell to the Xia family ancestors, citing the busy affairs of the Bureau of Investigation.

Xia Youjie did not stop him. After all, staying in the ancestral land would not improve his Yin Spirit except for the faster cultivation of the Body Strengthening Exercise. If he wanted to become stronger, he had to hunt down ghosts and monsters. Returning to the Bureau of Investigation was also a good option.

That noon, Feng Jin arrived at the headquarters of the Bureau of Public Opinion Investigation and convened a meeting.

"Tell me about what's happened these past few days."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu turned on the projection device.

"Three days ago, because the Grand Guide of the Divine Messenger Organization was eliminated, the Underworld began to purge the relatives of the underworld officials who had previously been stationed there. The method of purging was through the Yin-Yang palanquins at the Underworld's post stations."

"The Yin-Yang Sedan Chair has a strange ability; it can ignore the boundary between the underworld and the mortal world, traveling directly from the underworld to the mortal world at great speed and with very accurate positioning!"

Chu Xiu paused for a moment at this point.

“When our people in the underworld were sending their relatives back, they set the location inside the branch office. As a result, the sedan chair drove directly into the branch office courtyard. Only after the sedan chair appeared did the concentration of yin energy begin to rise.”

"This shows that if the underworld hadn't been lenient, it wouldn't have been impossible for them to drive the sedan chair into a conference room of the Bureau of Investigation."

"Because some ordinary people saw the Underworld's operation to send people away, there were some rumors circulating online, which I have already had dealt with."

"Furthermore, even after the relatives of the underworld messengers returned, we did not let our guard down. We deployed special personnel around the residences of many of these relatives to prevent any from escaping and retaliating against them."

"It seems that after the Grand Guide of the Divine Envoy Organization was dealt with, the members of the Divine Envoy Organization have gone even deeper into hiding. In addition, with the disappearance of the Ghost Slave Organization, the remaining small civilian organizations within the Great Xia territory are gradually starting to emerge. My idea is to launch a crackdown on these small organizations. We can incorporate those that can be incorporated, and those with bad records should be arrested and killed directly."

"Let's take this opportunity to eliminate all the unsettling elements within the Great Xia territory, so we don't have to waste manpower on this."

Chu Xiu glanced at Feng Jin, and seeing that she didn't object, he then looked at Fan Yaohui.

Immediately, Fan Yaohui took over the conversation and continued, "Director, if possible, I think after we eliminate the civilian organizations, we can contact the underworld and make a deal with them to seal up some of the cracks within the Great Xia territory."

"In this way, some manpower can be freed up."

"As for the items used for trade, we have studied them. In terms of information, the Underworld may have very little interest in them anymore. However, news from people in the Underworld indicates that another of its locations is very empty and in the process of being rebuilt."

“We can use assistance in construction, provision of planning solutions, technical personnel, and materials as trade goods.”

Fan Yaohui paused at this point.

“We may have been mistaken about something before. We always felt that what the underworld needed was the same as what we needed, both related to the netherworld and ghosts. But in reality, the underworld does have this kind of information; they have just lost it.”

"What they really lack is an understanding of modern life; information and resources in this area are more valuable to them."

"We can start from this point."

After Fan Yaohui finished speaking, he noticed that Feng Jin remained silent, which puzzled him.

But at least there was no opposition, so he continued speaking!
"Regarding the Underworld, it seems that the Underworld doesn't care if the people from the Bureau of Investigation join the Underworld and become underworld officials. Even when our people leaked information about the Underworld, the Underworld seemed indifferent."

"Judging from the situation of the chosen one and Ding Xiuyuan, apart from the inability to reveal the information about the talisman obtained from the underworld, everything they see and hear can be transmitted."

"In that case, could we have Ding Xiuyuan and his men guide a group of our people into the underworld the next time it recruits underworld officials?"

"As long as you don't go with any ulterior motives, the probability of passing the underworld officials' test is quite high!"

"If feasible, I think we don't need to treat the Underworld as an adversary at all, but rather as a third-party platform to help our Bureau of Investigation members improve their capabilities!"

As Fan Yaohui got more and more excited, Wang Jie, the head of the research department, coughed.

"The underworld is not like those third parties in the mortal world who can make demands at will. We still need to be wary and cautious of the underworld."

After Wang Jie spoke, the others followed suit.

"Minister Fan's idea is indeed a new one, but what if the investigators from the Underworld's Bureau of Investigation have ulterior motives? After all, the temptation of the Underworld's location is too great! At least there is no place in the Great Xia that can be said to be absolutely safe, but the protection of the Underworld's location can make that possible."

“That’s right. If we send the specialists in and they all turn against us and become the people of the underworld, wouldn’t we be training talent for the underworld?” “Minister Fan, is it possible that your R&D department could also develop something that can protect a place in the underworld? Wouldn’t that be much better than sending specialists to join the underworld?”

The crowd chimed in with their opinions, with most disagreeing with sending the commissioner to the underworld as a messenger. Or rather, they weren't against it, but rather worried about potential problems.

Fan Yaohui wasn't surprised to hear his colleagues' objections, after all, he knew that his idea was a bit bold.

But he also had his reasons.

"I understand everyone's thoughts, but I think the probability of the commissioner betraying us is not high."

"Why do you say that?"

"This is also a clue I gleaned from the way the underworld sent people back this time."

Seeing everyone's gaze, Fan Yaohui continued, "Although the Underworld is powerful and its territory offers excellent protection, the problem is that there are too few Underworld residences; the available space is limited!"

"It's understandable that the underworld officials take their direct blood relatives with them, but what if these officials have other relatives? What if the officials' parents ask their children to take their siblings to the underworld? What if these distant relatives also have other family members? Should the officials help them or not?"

"I think I'll help if I can."

"However, the underworld is not enough to accommodate everyone, so the relatives of those underworld officials will still remain in the mortal world."

"And what does safety in the mortal world depend on?"

Fan Yaohui looked at everyone and tapped the table.

"The safety of the living world depends on our Bureau of Investigation!"

"What are the criteria for our Bureau of Investigation's specialists to select people? Good character and harmonious family. Only in this way can they have something to care about. Even if such people join the underworld, they will not completely abandon the mortal world. We only need to do one more layer of screening."

"Back then, they only saw the underworld as a sanctuary, not a 'home'!"

After Fan Yaohui finished speaking, some people fell into deep thought, while others directly objected.

"How do you know that the Underworld doesn't have enough space? Where is the Underworld located? It's in the Netherworld! As the deputy head of the research department, you can't be unaware of how many regions the Netherworld has, can you?"

"That's right. The Underworld had only revealed one of its locations before, but now we know of three more underworld areas: the Three Mountains location, Zhouzhuang Ancient Town, and the Three Peaks Mountain with the 'Thunder God'! Who knows how many more locations the Underworld hasn't revealed yet?"

"Minister Fan, this matter still needs more consideration."

Fan Yaohui frowned, looking at everyone.

He always felt that these old guys were a bit hesitant and timid in their actions.

Even if the underworld still has a base, even if the commissioner has betrayed it.

How many specialists does the Bureau of Polling have?
If one defectes, two are recruited. If the underworld really accepts all comers, then the underworld will be full of agents from the Bureau of Investigation. What harm would that do to the Bureau of Investigation?
If the underworld were to actually attempt to destroy the Great Xia Dynasty, the first to object would not be the Bureau of Investigation, but the underworld officials!
After all, the underworld doesn't leash its underworld officials when they recruit them.

Even when it comes to missions, whether the underworld messengers want to do something or not is entirely up to their own will.

The reason why the underworld officials haven't caused any trouble yet is twofold: one is that there are few underworld officials, and the other is that the underworld provides them with too much, so all underworld officials cherish their status.

But there's a saying: "When people are well-fed and warm, they think of lustful desires."

Now that they're well-fed and clothed, will the underworld officials still be as well-behaved as they are now?
Fan Yaohui thought it wouldn't happen, or rather, the management model of the underworld would eventually backfire once it lost its deterrent power of force.

Don't say it's impossible; that's just human nature. Never underestimate the human heart.

Therefore, Fan Yaohui was not afraid of the commissioners' betrayal; in fact, he hoped that more of them would betray him. The more people there were, the more difficult it would be for the underworld to do anything to the mortal world or the Great Xia.

As for whether the Underworld will replace the Great Xia Dynasty and humanity after it grows powerful.

At least in Fan Yaohui's view, given the way the underworld operates, it's unlikely.

Of course, Fan Yaohui could accept Da Xia changing its leadership, since those people might not necessarily care about their lives.

But he couldn't say it out loud.

Therefore, it is up to Feng Jin to make the final judgment on the specifics of this matter.

Thinking of this, Fan Yaohui turned to look at Feng Jin.

Seeing that he was still silent, I couldn't help but be a little surprised.

It seems the bureau chief has been acting strangely ever since he returned from the Zhang family. Has something happened?
Seeing that everyone was talking and Feng Jin was not speaking, Chu Xiu had no choice but to step in and stabilize the situation.

"Alright, let's discuss this matter again and move on to the next thing."

"Regarding the development of the solar-powered equipment, the effects of our recently developed equipment..."

Before Chu Xiu could finish speaking, Feng Jin spoke up.

"That concludes this meeting."

After saying that, Feng Jin left without paying attention to the surprised looks of the crowd.

After exchanging bewildered glances, everyone remained silent and soon left the meeting room.

After walking to her office, Feng Jin stood there for a long time before turning on her computer.

He quickly retrieved the information about the location of the underworld.

The location of the Sanshan residence has not been found, but the Yin-Yang areas corresponding to Zhouzhuang Ancient Town and Sanfeng Mountain have been marked.

Looking at these two places, Feng Jin turned her gaze to Mount Sanfeng.

……

Chen Xin has only done one thing in the past few days: he went to the Netherworld and sealed all the turbid world gods that he had discovered with Xia Xianfeng and others into the "Complete Collection of Suppressing Objects".

Under the tracing of the net, even the few auras that had been remembered before could not escape detection.

Following those vital energies, Chen Xin located the place where those corrupt world gods were and suppressed them.

The process had some twists and turns, but it went relatively smoothly.

With the help of paper sedan chair prints, scissor prints, and other paper-weight seals, it didn't take much effort to include all six paper-weight seals in the "Complete Collection of Paper-Weasel Seals".

Strangely enough, the troublesome abilities that descended upon the guides did not pose much of a threat to Chen Xin, despite being associated with certain world gods.

On the contrary, those worldly gods who performed only moderately in relation to the guides caused Chen Xin a lot of trouble.

However, overall, none of them were a match for Chen Xin.

Therefore, Chen Xin ultimately obtained six new town seals.

They are respectively the Knife Mountain Seal, Iron Tree Seal, Ice Mountain Seal, Starving Corpse Seal, Mirror of Retribution Seal, and Tongue-Pulling Seal!

……

(End of this chapter)