Becoming a Taoist Master by Walking on the Underworld

Chapter 231 Respect their fate, set aside the urge to help others

The cult's plan was simple.

By taking advantage of the posthumous birthday of General Feng in the Feng General Temple, we can capture all the deities, ghosts, and powerful figures who have been invited, and obtain the corresponding deification tokens.

This divine token is a valuable item for any ghost or spirit.

Once you possess it and refine it, you will have a special divine light on your body. Not only will you be unaffected by the human fortune of the imperial court, but you will also be able to freely enter and leave various towns and cities, and you will not be treated as an ordinary evil spirit and killed at will.

It can be said.

Having a God-Sealing Token is almost equivalent to a ghost or spirit having an identity and a lineage.

Even without a divine territory, they are still a level above 'ghosts'.

This is why so many evil spirits value the Investiture of the Gods token so much.

And this is especially true of cults of evil gods.

They obtain the Investiture Tokens not necessarily to become the corresponding gods who possess the Investiture Land.

What is needed even more is an identity that possesses divinity and allows for free movement.

After finishing his conversation with Xuanwu Daoist and the others, Chen Yushu quickly got up and left the stronghold of the Evil God Sect. A short while later, he arrived at a street.

At this moment, the street was deserted. Although it was nighttime and almost no one came out anyway, not even any wandering ghosts appeared. It was as if the street had been specially cleansed, which seemed rather abnormal.

"How is this going?"

Chen Yushu had some doubts.

Then he quickly walked forward.

Soon, he saw a guard of honor!

Calling it a ceremonial guard wouldn't be accurate, because it's a group of ghosts on ceremonial duty.

Eight ghostly men carried a sedan chair, inside which sat a burly, old-man-like ghostly spirit. In front of him, several ghostly attendants carried a spirit tablet, played a flower drum, and swaggered forward.

Scattered around were ghost soldiers.

It was under the drive of these ghostly soldiers that the surrounding wandering ghosts scattered in all directions, not daring to approach at all.

"What a grand display!"

Upon seeing this, Chen Yushu used his Qi Observation Technique to scan the area slightly.

They immediately recognized the person inside the sedan chair.

A malevolent spirit.

Moreover, it carries a red glow of divinity and faith, indicating that it is a deity or spirit from Qinghe County.

"The City God, Tan Guangbo."

After glancing at the other party's entourage and the words on it, Chen Yushu immediately recognized the other party's identity as Tan Boguang, the City God of Qinghe County.

Generally speaking.

The local city gods are all people who made outstanding contributions to the local area and were posthumously conferred titles upon them.

The City God before us is the same.

Originally a rural fisherman, he possessed a certain bravery. During a period of high lake water, in order to rescue many people who had fallen into the water, he made eighteen trips back and forth in the raging river, saving more than a hundred people. Finally, due to exhaustion, he fell into the turbulent river.

Subsequently, in order to commemorate and mourn him, the people petitioned the imperial court to posthumously confer titles and honors upon him, which led to his being established as the local City God.

Seeing that the other party was carrying a ceremonial procession and heading towards the General's Temple in the north of the city, Chen Yushu knew perfectly well that they were going to attend General Feng's banquet at the temple.

Without further hesitation, Chen Yushu quickly gave chase.

"But is it the City God himself?"

From a distance, Chen Yushu called out.

Of course, to avoid unnecessary trouble, he deliberately entered a state of wandering in the underworld.

When he walks among the spirits, not only can he see ghosts, but the ghosts can also 'discover' him and have conversations with him.

Although this was somewhat unnecessary for him, who had already reached a stable state of affairs.

But he didn't want others to realize that he had already reached a stable level.

The meditative state is only the level of great meditation. Even if one's cultivation level has already reached the level of entering the Dao, one still cannot communicate normally with ghosts and gods.

Unless, one's soul leaves the body.

In the state of astral projection, cultivators are essentially no different from various ghosts and spirits.

Naturally, one can also have normal conversations with it.

However, at the stage of entering the Dao and leaving the body, a cultivator's soul is relatively fragile. Even indoors, it can only remain there for a short period of time, let alone outdoors.

Only when one's spirit is strong enough to reach a certain level can one freely and joyfully roam around at night.

Theoretically speaking, as long as one's soul is strong enough, one can even travel thousands of miles at night and take someone's head.

"Huh? Stop!"

As soon as Chen Yushu entered the Yin-walking state, the surrounding ghosts and soldiers naturally sensed it.

But since the City God hadn't given the order, they naturally didn't dare to stop.

Upon hearing this, they all stopped abruptly, then rolled their ghostly eyes and stared at Chen Yushu with a sinister gaze.

In the darkness, a group of pale-faced ghostly soldiers looked over with eerie eyes, which would make anyone who saw them feel somewhat terrified.

Chen Yushu's expression remained calm as he looked at the figure on the sedan chair.

"Who are you? Why are you stopping me?"
But what injustice has been done?

The City God Tan Boguang poked his head out and looked at Chen Yushu, seemingly with some difficulty in his words, "Here's what I'll do: I'll arrange for a ghost spirit to follow you. If you have any grievances, just go and tell him. I'm on my way to a banquet right now and need to get there before midnight."

It wouldn't be good to waste time.

"This humble one, Chen Yushu, greets the City God!"

Chen Yushu bowed, his initial impression of the City God was quite good.

After all, most ghosts are impatient with those who seek an audience, just like officials of the imperial court who usually have to endure twenty strokes of the cane before they can file a complaint.

Then Chen Yushu continued, "I have no grievances, but I've come to inform the City God that it would be best if you didn't attend this banquet."

"Oh? Why?"

Tan Guangbo was taken aback and asked in surprise, "I have a long-standing friendship with General Feng. If I don't attend his centennial birthday celebration, he will surely complain."

Without a suitable reason, it is inappropriate not to attend.

"Then what if this General Feng is no longer the same General Feng?"

It has been replaced.

Now, it is the evil spirits of the cult of evil gods who are planning to slaughter all the deities in Qinghe County.

Chen Yushu then spoke up.

"This is impossible!
I met him just two weeks ago. If it has been changed to another person, then the fluctuations in his aura will naturally change.

Surely he couldn't have changed completely in just half an hour?

Tan Guangbo immediately denied it.

"What if it had been under different people twenty years ago?"

Chen Yushu then spoke.

"This……"

Tan Guangbo hesitated for a moment.

Their relationship only truly began to develop twenty years ago.

"However, I cannot break my promise to an old friend just because of your words."

Why should I believe you?

Tan Guangbo shook his head and said.

"Believe it or not, it's up to you. I was just following Fellow Daoist Zhou Qing's instructions to dissuade the gods from entering the General's Temple along the way."

If you insist on ignoring me, I won't care whether you live or die.

Chen Yushu did not forcefully persuade him.

He always adhered to the principle of respecting the fate of others and abandoning the cleanliness of his tribe.

He wouldn't stop anyone who was determined to die.

"I believe you!"

To everyone's surprise, after a brief silence, City God Tan Guangbo quickly spoke, saying directly, "Let's head back!"

With a wave of his hand, he summoned his honor guard and ghost soldiers to turn back together.

Seeing this, Chen Yushu didn't say anything more and left directly. Soon after, he found another Fengshen Ghost Spirit.

This person is a local deity in the vicinity of Qinghe County. His influence within Qinghe County is not great, but he is extremely famous in the surrounding villages and has already reached the level of a "Spirit".

However, compared to the City God's easygoing nature, Chen Yushu's advice was perceived as having ulterior motives. He was not only directly rebuked, but also appeared ready to take action and teach him a lesson.

Seeing this, Chen Yushu naturally stopped paying attention.

Just leave.

Thus, he encountered a total of four groups of deities.

Besides the City God, there was also a minor deity at the peak of evil spirit level, who was also persuaded to return.

As for the small local deity and the other one, although they also had the token of conferment of godhood, they were wild gods without a temple, and neither of them returned.

During this time, vibrations would occasionally emanate from the sensing plate, as Xuanwu Daoist and the wine gourd were informing each other of their respective situations.

Chen Yushu then spoke up and recounted the situation he had encountered.

However, by this time, many of the gods and spirits had either been persuaded to return, or had already entered the Wind General Temple to prepare for the feast.

Chen Yushu basically didn't encounter any ghosts or spirits.

Until an incense stick has burned.

He appeared on a street.

This place is actually very close to the Feng General Temple. You only need to walk two more streets, a few hundred meters, to see the temple.

But at this moment, two ghostly spirits stood in the crossroads, as if waiting for something.

One of them was tall and burly, with a very solid soul, and looked quite powerful.

The other one, however, possessed a faint trace of divinity. Although its soul was not as solid as the ghost spirit beside it, it seemed to pose an even greater threat.

"it's him!"

Then, a voice could be faintly heard.

The two ghostly spirits then took steps in unison and drifted towards his direction.

"Ok?"

Upon seeing this, Chen Yushu frowned slightly.

One of the two ghosts was familiar to him; it was one of the deified ghosts he had previously tried to stop, the wild god who had refused to listen to advice.

The other one is an ordinary ghost, unlike the wild god, who possesses divinity.

However, his soul body is more solid and stronger. It feels like he has reached the late stage of the evil level, and he is not much weaker than Zhu Jiuzhi.

With a quick glance, he used his Qi Observation Technique to quickly discern the strength levels of the two ghost spirits.

Among them, the wild gods who possess divinity are probably at the mid-stage of the evil level, which is not weak.

The other one is the late stage of the Evil level.

Such a combination is by no means weak.

"So it was you who spread rumors that my master was planning to take action against the Investiture of the Gods in Qinghe County?"

Immediately afterwards, the late-stage evil-level ghost spirit shouted loudly.

"It's him."

I came here to celebrate General Feng's birthday, but he not only stopped me but also made alarmist remarks.

To prevent any malicious individuals from disrupting General Feng's banquet, I hurriedly invited you here."

The wild god, possessing divinity, immediately spoke, his eyes filled with mockery and pity as he looked at Chen Yushu.

Is this alarmist?

Don't you even know who General Feng is?

That was one of the top deities in Qinghe County, with flourishing incense offerings and a steady stream of faith power flowing in almost every day. Its centennial birthday celebration was a grand event not only for the surrounding deities.

For a ghost or god like him who possesses the token of divine conferment but lacks the corresponding divine territory and is unable to build a temple, this is an excellent opportunity to curry favor.

As a result, someone suddenly appeared and said that General Feng was a member of the Evil God Cult and was going to attack them, the gods.

How can this be?

It even felt this was an opportunity, a chance to completely align itself with General Feng and potentially be noticed and taken into its possession.

If he were lucky enough to receive a reward from General Feng and be allowed to build a temple in a certain place, the benefits would be immense.

They could even use this to rise to great heights, gaining access to countless powers of faith, and their strength and realm would also rapidly increase.

This is not an isolated case.

It knew that a ghost had once been rewarded with a mountain land for currying favor with General Feng, and had successfully built a temple there.

Now, it has volunteered to expose Chen Yushu and invited General Feng's trusted ghost spirit, Tong Pianjiang, to come over. General Feng must have taken notice...

Thinking of this, it became excited.

"idiot."

Chen Yushu's eyes were also filled with pity.

This wild god truly embodies the old saying—he sold himself out, yet he's still helping others lose money.

"General Feng has been preparing for this memorial service for many years. How can it be affected by a mere 'person'?"

Before things escalate further.

This also avoids the obvious disruption to the banquet at the Feng General Temple.

Let's strike immediately and kill him.

Then, the 'Child General' let out a low growl and immediately drew a knife from his waist.

Insidious Blade!

It is a special kind of knife, solidified from yin energy.

Once it strikes, it can not only tear through a person's skin and flesh, but also inject a powerful yin energy that freezes the blood and draws in malevolent energy to continuously torment the opponent.

As General Feng's confidant, Tong Pianjiang was naturally aware of General Feng's plan regarding the Evil God Cult this time.

Although it didn't understand why this person knew about the corresponding plan, it was very clear in its heart that it absolutely could not allow this person to continue living and disrupt the original plan.

As for the wild god beside him.

It glanced at him, but inwardly sneered.

This idiot.

I don't know what reason such fools would have to obtain the God-Making Token they dream of. Wouldn't it be great if they had it for themselves?

However, this time, there are indeed many opportunities.

For example, the one in front of it... it had long regarded it as its prey.

It was determined to obtain the other party's Investiture of the Gods token.

(End of this chapter)