Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 485-495: Underworld Positions - Day Wanderer

"So exaggerated?"

Upon hearing Wang Chao's solemn words, She Ling, also known as the Qi Jing Jiao Mang, felt a jolt in her heart and felt an urge to turn back and go home.

"I've been thinking about it, but I still have some things to take care of at home. I'll visit your underworld another time!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Chao grabbed She Ling's arm with his large hand: "Are you kidding me? You wild gods need to be registered on my Underworld's Wild God Map. Even if I have a good relationship with you, I still have to come in person. Besides, my Lord has wanted to see you for a long time. If you escape now, how am I supposed to explain it to him?"

Wang Chao glared and practically dragged She Ling to the front of the Nine Netherworld Palace.

This is a grand hall that was specially built by Yin soldiers and messengers for Lin Beixuan, the Lord of the Underworld, a long time ago. However, Lin Beixuan rarely went to the Underworld before, so it has been empty all this time.

During this period, Lin Beixuan handled matters related to the Underworld within this Underworld Palace.

Nowadays, the entire underworld, apart from the City of the Wrongfully Dead, is divided into an outer area and an inner area.

The outer area is filled with the waters of the River of the Underworld, and the land is covered with spider lilies, which spread with the pervasive yin energy.

The outer area connects to the newly opened Yellow Springs Road, with shadow trees planted along the roadside. The branching branches are like the claws of vengeful ghosts, often collecting the residual spiritual energy of the dead. This has completely transformed the first half of the underworld into a place that ordinary people dare not step into.

Furthermore, after Lin Beixuan's destiny was elevated, the environment and atmosphere of the entire underworld were changed again due to the influence of his destiny.

The black sun hanging high in the sky that day was even more mysterious and eerie than the blood-red sun of the Goddess Zigu.

At the same time, the City of the Wrongfully Dead is also within the outer area. The boundary between the inner and outer areas is the raging karmic fire in the first level of the Karmic Fire Hell, which separates them from each other.

If the outer area is a place where the dead can stay and live temporarily, then the inner area is the true core of the underworld.

The inner area contains the Hell of Punishment, the Bridge of Helplessness, the Pool of Souls, the entrance to the Six Paths, and more.

The Nine Netherworld Palace is located in the center of the inner area.

Although She Ling regretted entering the Underworld with the Dynasty, he was already there and wanted to meet the Lord of the Nine Netherworld who had transformed Luozhou.

There are two underworld messengers in front of the Underworld Palace who are responsible for guarding the gate and reporting. They are both soldiers who died in the great battle against the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghosts.

Upon seeing the arrival of the dynasty, the two underworld messengers bowed to him, and one of them turned and went into the hall, only to come out again shortly afterward.

"Sir, the guards allow you to enter!"

Wang Chao nodded, grabbed She Ling, and entered the Underworld Palace.

As soon as the two entered, they heard a flattering voice coming from inside the Underworld Palace.

"My lord, I believe I am well-suited to serve as your clerk."

I may not have many other talents, but I am exceptionally knowledgeable and have a remarkable memory. I even served as a village teacher during my lifetime, so you can rest assured about that.

Wang Chao followed the sound and looked toward the person speaking inside the hall.

Coincidentally, he knew this person; it was the wild god he had recently brought into the underworld on the border of Xuanzhou, who was revered by the locals as Mu Liangxian.

Upon seeing the other person, Wang Chao couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Why are you still here? Haven't you already received your due rewards?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Liang turned his head and saw Wang Chao. A smile immediately appeared on his face, and he quickly bowed respectfully.

"It turns out that the judge from the review department has returned."

"I hope that Your Excellency will agree to let me join the Underworld, serve the Underworld, and make contributions."

She Ling, standing to the side, glanced at Mu Liang from head to toe, then turned her head away disdainfully: "Heh, a brat at the Opening Mansion Realm."

Immediately afterwards, his gaze fell upon the tall desk in the hall. Behind the desk, a tall, broad-shouldered figure finished writing, put down his pen, and looked up at him.

He wore a black robe, had a cool and handsome face, fair skin, and a strange killing mark on his forehead that resembled a tightly closed eye.

In an instant, their eyes met, and She Ling felt an overwhelming killing intent mixed with a dense calamity rushing towards him.

The divine organ that he had painstakingly refined to half its original state not long ago suddenly felt numb and itchy, as if it were in fear, and it actually accelerated its own transformation.

She Ling was both surprised and delighted. She looked up and met Lin Beixuan's gaze, but before long, he could not withstand the overwhelming killing intent and was forced to lower his head.

Even though it was only a short time, he felt that the progress of the deification of the half organ in his body had increased significantly.

Simply making eye contact with this Lord of the Palace can increase the speed of refining divine organs, which is much easier and more enjoyable than the hard work he puts into cultivating outside.

Thinking of this, She Ling looked at Mu Liang again, the contempt in her eyes earlier replaced by admiration for meeting a like-minded person.

This fellow is really bold, daring to ask for a job right in front of the Prefect!
How should I ask for a job in the underworld?

I don't ask for much, I just want to be able to see the Lord regularly!

As She Ling was pondering this, she saw Wang Chao finish speaking with Mu Liang and then pull him forward.

“Lord, he is Qi Jing…and also my friend,” Wang Chao said.

Lin Beixuan leaned on the table with one hand, sizing up She Ling.

The other party was not entirely human; it retained many traces of the serpent, and snake scales could be faintly seen on its face. Its hands were also somewhat limp and not like those of a normal person.

She Ling felt this was an opportunity, so she stepped forward confidently and bowed to Lin Beixuan.

"This humble deity has long admired Your Excellency's heroic bearing and is willing to serve you with utmost loyalty and devotion..."

After She Ling delivered a passionate speech, Wang Chao's expression turned strange, while Mu Liang's eyebrows twitched, realizing something was wrong.

This monster actually came to steal his job, and it seems the other party even has a judge from the censorate recommending him.

Mu Liang narrowed his eyes, already thinking about how to improve his competitiveness.

The moment Lin Beixuan saw She Ling, the divine energy stored in his dantian reacted, confirming that what was below him was indeed a rare essence.

This python's cultivation speed was extremely fast, completely defying common sense. Not long after failing to advance to the level of a mortal god, it had already begun to refine divine organs.

Lin Beixuan gestured for Wang Chao to take Mu Liang out, leaving only him and She Ling inside the hall.

Lin Beixuan bluntly stated, "I need the extraordinary essence within you."

She Ling was puzzled by what Lin Beixuan meant.

"After the disaster in Luozhou, six paths of reincarnation energy were born: Heavenly God, Demon Luo, Human Corpse... You are a unique essence among the six paths of reincarnation energy." Lin Beixuan explained this to She Ling in general terms, then stepped down from the table to her side.

He extracted the Heavenly Divine Qi from his body, and She Ling immediately reacted.

However, his reaction did not originate from his body, but from a stone he treasured with him.

The stone, which had been dull, began to glow faintly the moment Lin Beixuan took out the Heavenly Divine Qi, and a mysterious mist seemed to rise from it as the light shimmered.

The mist constantly shifted in the air, transforming into various creatures, sometimes resembling ferocious, roaring beasts, and sometimes like butterflies fluttering in the air.

Lin Beixuan never expected that the strange essence was not a wisp of air, but a seemingly inconspicuous stone.

"What... what's going on?" She Ling looked in surprise at the stone in her arms that was constantly emitting light.

Lin Beixuan remained calm as he explained the function of the Six Paths Reincarnation Qi in relation to the gate.

He looked at She Ling quietly and said, "I don't know what your relationship is with this stone. I hope you can give it to me. You can make a reasonable offer."

She Ling subconsciously tightened his grip on the stone. This stone had been with him since birth and held extraordinary significance for him; he could not easily part with it.

Lin Beixuan noticed She Ling's wary movements and patiently explained, "You don't need to worry, I have no intention of taking your rare stone."

"This strange stone may be very precious to you, but it is also closely related to my underworld. If it is used properly, it will be of great benefit not only to you and me, but also to the entire Luozhou."

“Your cultivation speed far exceeds that of normal spirits and monsters. I think you must have already noticed this, and it must be related to the strange stone.”

Lin Beixuan stared at She Ling. He could now see that the strange stone and She Ling were intertwined and inseparable. Perhaps, without either one, they could not form the strange essence they possessed.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation is an important part of perfecting reincarnation. Although the reincarnation in the underworld has taken shape, he always felt that something was missing. After careful consideration, he realized that the reincarnation had everything it should have, but it lacked the gods.

In particular, the Six Paths of Reincarnation has not yet fully started operating, because although the six hearts are beating, the door that may allow the embryonic souls of the dead to enter has not yet been opened.

Lin Beixuan had specifically studied this, and the root cause was that although the Underworld had most of what it should have, it lacked the divine energy of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Just like the human body, a person without qi (vital energy) lacks spiritual energy. The spiritual embryos sent to the afterlife by the Six Paths of Reincarnation are related to a person's destiny and fortune throughout their life, and therefore have an extraordinary need for spiritual energy.

After hearing Lin Beixuan's words, She Ling felt somewhat shaken. Recalling the various strange phenomena that had occurred during her cultivation process, she realized that there were indeed some things that were difficult to explain.

After weighing the pros and cons, he finally made up his mind: "Lord, I am willing to believe you. Since you solved the problem of the starving ghosts, everything in Luozhou has been recovering. I have seen all of this. If the strange stone can really help Luozhou recover to its former state more quickly, I am willing to offer the strange stone."

"However, I also have one condition."

Lin Beixuan raised an eyebrow: "Go on."

“I want to join the Underworld,” She Ling said resolutely.

"I wanted to join the Underworld before because you could accelerate the refining speed of the divine organs in my body, but now I have more ideas."

She Ling looked at Lin Beixuan again. In fact, after Lin Beixuan came down, she could feel that the other party had intentionally restrained his aura, making the terrifying killing intent less intense.

He handed the strange stone to Lin Beixuan and said calmly, "During my cultivation, I often go down the mountain to find ancient books in the ruins to learn about the mortal world, so I have some general knowledge about the legendary underworld."

"Perhaps the underworld mainly uses the souls of the dead to serve as underworld soldiers and servants, but in fact, it also needs a lot of wandering gods who can walk in the mortal world during the day."

She Ling's eyes revealed a hint of excitement: "If possible, I hope to serve as a representative of the underworld's activities in the mortal realm, in the capacity of a mortal deity of the underworld."

"The Day-Roaming God?" Lin Beixuan frowned slightly.

There are indeed many vacancies in the underworld positions that he had anticipated. For example, the large cauldron on the Bridge of Helplessness used to brew the Reincarnation Elixir should, in principle, have someone guarding the bridge so that the souls of the dead can drink the Reincarnation Elixir before crossing the bridge, cleansing their memories of their three lifetimes before they can step onto the bridge.

For example, the River of Oblivion, which gradually accumulated in the outer area of ​​the underworld and formed a river basin, now requires the underworld messengers to take the same route back to the City of the Wrongfully Dead when they lure the souls back. If there were a ferry there, it would be much more convenient.

There were other key positions vacant, but Lin Beixuan couldn't find suitable candidates, so the positions remained empty.

Until now, She Ling has been using rare stones as leverage to ask him for a special position in the underworld, which has sparked an idea in Lin Beixuan's mind.

He has too many things to do and it's impossible for him to specifically look for suitable people to fill these vacancies.

Wang Chao, Ma Han, and others also have their own things to do, so perhaps they could take this opportunity to have She Ling help them find suitable candidates to fill these vacancies.

Lin Beixuan hesitated for a moment, then pretended to be reluctant and agreed to She Ling's request.

Seeing the other person's surprised look, he then made his own request.

To be honest, Lin Beixuan was somewhat puzzled by She Ling's happy appearance. It was the first time he had ever seen someone pay to work for him.

He originally thought that She Ling would make some excessive demands, such as using the power of the Book of Life and Death to confer upon the other party the title of a mortal god, etc.

The result is that he not only obtained the rare stone, but also saved himself the opportunity to use up the Book of Life and Death to become a god, and also gained someone to work for him for no reason. It's like killing three birds with one stone.

After waving She Ling away, Lin Beixuan sat back down at the desk.

He had received a message from Ma Han, knowing that the other party was on his way back, and he also learned some information about Xuanzhou.

This time, he brought the underworld to the world, and in fact, he not only came into contact with Qili Prefecture, which had just been occupied by the Goddess Zigu, but also sent Eleven to probe the Minzhou region.

The Minzhou area is the territory of the Evil Spirit True Lord, and it's not much better than Changzhou.

If Changzhou was the slaughterhouse of the goddess Zigu, where the survivors were struggling to stay alive, then the people living in Minzhou were thinking about how to die quickly.

The Evil Spirit Lord is not bloodthirsty; in fact, he would even provide for the people of Minzhou.

He treated the people in his territory like livestock, and if he ran out of materials for his experiments, he would capture some people to use as new test subjects.

Those who are captured often suffer inhuman torture and die in endless pain.

Dismemberment, reassembling corpses, raising Gu poison, human refining...

Under the rule of the Evil Spirit Lord, people faced more mental oppression than anything else. They were like puppets on strings, unable to even control their own lives and deaths.

Even if someone tries to commit suicide, they will be saved if discovered by the Evil Spirit Lord's people.

But once rescued, it will become a nightmare they can never escape for the rest of their lives.

Lin Beixuan recalled the expression on Dog Skin Taoist's face when he was finally freed from his suffering, and he could roughly guess what the living people in the other party's territory would look like.

(End of this chapter)