From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 368: The Netherworld
Tiger Mountain Island.

There were gusts of cold wind on Tiger Mountain, and in the mountain wind there were clusters of gray and black air. The Spirit Mountain Tiger rode the cold wind and kept going back and forth in front of the Five Winds Tower.

After being advised by Yu Shuyang, Xuanhu Pengwei decided to become a god. He found a Feng Shui treasure cave at the foot of Tiger Mountain and planned to dig a Yin well there.

This underground cave is none other than the treasure cave that gave birth to the Biaowei Banner. Ever since the treasure ban was taken by Uncle Mo, this place has become the source of the Jinyuan Creek.

The black fox with a fluffy tail holds a lantern and stands by the water as if fishing. The Yin-Yang Road hangs down from the lantern, dropping balls of life and death fire continuously.

The karma fire of life and death was half black and half white, like a pair of yin and yang fish. Once it fell into the water, it swam towards the bottom of the Jinyuan Creek and dug downwards along the iron ore veins.

Yin wells, like salt wells, are dug on the earth veins. The difference is that salt wells are used to mine mineral salt, while Yin wells gather the Yin energy in the earth veins, thereby opening a passage to the underworld.

Xuanhu Pengwei comprehended the Yin-Yang Road and the four priesthoods of the God of the Underworld, and thus came up with this method to expand the authority of the Underworld by digging the Yin Well.

At the beginning, when Xuanhu discussed it with Yu Shuyang, he didn't care, after all, it had nothing to do with him, until Xuanhu decided to dig a well on Hushan Island.

Yu Shuyang thought of the Xuanming Underworld. He had raised many spiritual roots in the underworld. At that time, he thought of asking a group of demons and ghosts to help breed in the underworld.

As a result, he has grown seven or eight kinds of spiritual roots, but they have not been taken out from the underworld. Thinking of this, he asked Xuanhu to open a road to the Xuanming underworld.

Yu Shuyang did not gain nothing from this trip to Youdu Mountain. At least he built the Naihe Bridge and obtained the City of the Dead.

Xuanhu Pengwei had guessed earlier that Yu Shuyang might have opened up a piece of underworld land. After all, that's what those who practiced Yinde did.

He never expected that the Xuanming Underworld was so vast. It not only had the Dark Sun and Dark Moon, but also the Yin Mountains and the Dark River, which completely formed the prototype of the Underworld Ghost Kingdom.

"You are really wasting the gifts of nature. This is the ghost kingdom of the underworld. This is the only ghost kingdom in the underworld." The black fox with fluffy tail complained to Yu Shuyang.

It is not easy to open up a ghost kingdom in Jiuyou. It requires the support of clan spirit, and it must be able to help the dead souls and wild ghosts transform into ghost beasts. At the same time, it must be able to allow the demons and ghosts to reincarnate after their lifespan is exhausted.

At the beginning, the reason why Xuanhu Pengwei was able to open up the Ghost Kingdom was because of the luck of the Guifang tribe, and everything else was supported by Youdu Mountain.

The position of the Ghost Mother of Xuanhu only has the ability to gather the souls of the dead. For subsequent reincarnation, she can only rely on the help of the Ghost Gate of Youdu Mountain.

Tu Bo and Xuan Hu are fighting for the control of Youdu Mountain, and at the same time, the control of the reincarnation of the Ghost Kingdom.

Ever since Tu Bo escaped, Xuan Hu, under the instigation of the Corpse Reincarnation Immortal and the Ascension Immortal, burned the remaining ghost kingdom with karmic fire. The fundamental reason was that he could not compete with Tu Bo at all.

After all, Tu Bo is the ghost king of the underworld. Even if the will of heaven oppresses the underworld, Tu Bo's position and authority are already very powerful. After all, there are many funeral tombs in the world.

While digging the heart well, the black fox Pengwei kept complaining. He was so excited. If he had known that such a good thing would happen, he would not have changed his position as a god.

Yu Shuyang held the Lingzhi Ruyi in his hand and half listened, complaining in his heart, how could such a good black-haired vixen become a chatterbox.

The karmic fire of life and death mixed with the rhythm of Yin and Yang, and it only took half a day to dig a Yin well in Jinyuan Creek.

It is also because the earth's energy in Tiger Mountain is good. A lot of Yin energy was nourished in the Tiger's Mouth Cave before, and with the help of the souls of the dead in the desolate sea, a lot of ghost energy has invaded the roots of the mountain.

"The Yin Well has been dug successfully. Do you want to go with me to take a look? You can go in and out with your physical body." The black fox with fluffy tail looked at Yu Shuyang with anticipation.

The Xuanming Underworld has been operating for a long time, and there are magical restrictions protecting it. It is not the case that you can enter by simply breaking through the Yin Well. Otherwise, you might be suppressed by the Underworld.

Yu Shuyang could naturally see through Xuanhu's intention. Thinking of the secret of the Ruomu Sacred Tree, he was also worried about letting Xuanhu enter alone.

So, the demon and the god went down the Yin Well together. Xuanhu held a lantern in his hand to illuminate the way ahead, and a little light could be seen faintly in front of them.

"Your underworld restriction is too strong. You only dug a small hole in the Yin-Yang Road." Xuanhu sighed.

Twenty-one temples were built in the Xuanming underworld. The God of Wenqu, the star of Tianquan Palace, directly sent down spiritual responses, and the protective magic bans in the underworld have always been very powerful.

Yu Shuyang smiled and said nothing, nor did he take out the soul-guiding banner. He didn't want the black fox to enter and leave the Xuanming underworld at will.

Seeing that Yu Shuyang smiled without saying anything, Xuanhu knew that he would not help him. He held his breath, pulled off the ghost mother mask on his face, and threw it towards the light in front.

Then they heard a slight shaking, and then their eyes lit up, and Yu Shuyang and Xuan Hu came to the Xuanming underworld.

The Ghost Mother Mask is an ancient artifact that represents the fundamental concept of the Ghost Mother. Even without the power of incense and vows, it still possesses some of the abilities of a deity.

Xuan Hu walked forward and took the mask in his hand. The Xuanming Netherworld had some great suppression on him. Ten or twenty laws converged, like a fishing net, suppressing the outsiders who broke into the Netherworld.

In contrast, Yu Shuyang did not feel any oppression at all. Instead, he had an intuition that everything was under control.

Black Fox Pengwei put the Ghost Mother's mask back on his head, and looked at the authority of the two underworld gods, Ghost Mother and Minglu, before he could barely stand firm.

The Yin Well was dug next to the evil water, which was the evil spirit born from the Tiger's Mouth Cave and was led to the Xuanming underworld by Yu Shuyang.

"Huoshuiquan, this should be the first temple. Xuanhu, do you want to come with me into the temple to take a look?" Yu Shuyang asked with a smile.

In the first temple in the Xuanming underworld, a spiritual response descended from the statue. Yu Shuyang thought of the matter of Wensi Star Lord and wanted to go in and ask something.

Xuan Hu glanced at the Huoshui Spring, then looked around and saw a large farmland in front of the temple, where Fengyou Ghost Rice, Taiyin Moon Pods, and several kinds of spiritual roots cultivated by Yu Shuyang were planted.

"Don't you know about the gathering? Since ancient times, kings have not met each other. How can gods worship in temples? I am not his subordinate god." The black fox with a fluffy tail said with a pout.

As a deity of the Beidou clan, he was of the same generation as Xuanhu. Now he was living like a beggar, so he naturally didn't have the face to enter the temple.

Of course, when a god goes to the temple of another god, either he is a very good friend or a follower of another god. What Xuanhu said is not wrong.

Seeing this, Yu Shuyang didn't say anything more, so he went into the temple by himself. He was the one who arranged everything.

In the center is Xuanming Wenqu, and on the left and right are: Fantan Xiezhi, Shanggong Qilin, Huangfan, and Baowei.

The one-horned Xiezhi and the two-horned Qilin were gods transferred from Li Taiping. There is almost no spiritual power in the statues and they can only be regarded as statues used to store incense.

The Yellow Banner and the Leopard Tail were invited from the Soul-Guiding Banner. The spirits of these two statues should be slightly stronger. In the underworld, they are a bit similar to the gods of Opening the Way and Manifesting the Way among the gods of the underworld.

Speaking of which, these two gods were in competition with the Black Fox and the Pengwei. If the underground tunnel had not been suppressed, the Yellow Banner and the Leopard Tail would have been military flags in the starry sky, and they would have been known as the Gate of Death and the Mourning Guest in destiny.

The Sangmen Star and the Diaoke Star are both evil spirits destined for death. They will later transform into the soul-collecting messengers, also known as the Black and White Impermanence, which are their descendants. Yu Shuyang had no intention of worrying about the dispute over Shinto positions between Huang Fan, Baowei, and Xuanhu. He came to the temple to seek out Xuanming Wenquxingjun and discuss matters concerning Wensi Shen.

He was seen coming to the statue of Wenquxingjun, his mind resonated with it, and he took out incense and vows from his divine pupils and offered them to the statue.

Yu Shuyang sensed a little light from the sky, and then heard a majestic voice ringing from the bottom of his heart.

"Little Taoist priest, why did you think of asking me about this only now?"

Yu Shuyang was also embarrassed when he heard this. He had dealt with Wenquxingjun once before. That was when he had just gathered the Dharma image and broke through to the ninth level. At that time, his mind entered the Dharma image and accepted the fate to enter Wenquxing.

Afterwards, he inherited the Eight Scriptures. In fact, his later skills in refining magical instruments, refining talismans, and even deducing martial arts techniques were all thanks to the assistance of the Eight Scriptures.

Lingwen is an interpretation of the rhythm of the Tao, and it is also the only way to interpret the traces of the Tao. The Eight Lingwen is the method used by Wenquxingjun to interpret the Tao.

In order to interpret the Great Dao, Yang Fuzi collected many human hieroglyphs and created runes based on them. Fundamentally speaking, he explained the Great Dao of heaven and earth with humanity.

When Yu Shuyang and Yang Fuzi competed in calligraphy, it was a competition of spiritual characters and runes, and it was also a comparison of their abilities to understand and interpret the Tao.

In the end, Yu Shuyang won easily, which showed that he was helped in all aspects after obtaining the Eight Spiritual Texts.

"Hehe, I didn't figure it out before and didn't see through the relationship between Wensi Snake and Wensi God. I would like to ask Star Lord to give me some advice." Yu Shuyang said with a smile.

To be honest, he really didn't expect it. After all, he was in Xiyu Blessed Land at that time, and many secrets were unknown to him, let alone the affairs of Wensi Star Lord.

"There are too many things involved in this matter, and I can't tell you much. I'll give you a few pointers, and the rest you'll have to figure out on your own.

The four great literary gods: Wenqu, Wenchang, Wenkui and Wensi. Only Wensi has no belonging in the starry sky, and the three of us all belong to the Big Dipper star system.

Wenchang is in charge of literary fortune, which is associated with the imperial examinations; Wenkui is in charge of seals, which is associated with fame, wealth and honor; I am in charge of literary talent, which is associated with talented and romantic men.

As for Wensi, the master of inspiration, he has no binding power, and there are few temples dedicated to him in the human world. Can you understand this?"

Yu Shuyang was stunned by what he said. After being instructed by the God of Wenqu, he also discovered the peculiarity of the God of Wensi.

The gods in heaven are divided into five categories: fate, things, time, merit, and gods. Among them, gods refer to spirits, and more specifically, there are two types: civil gods and martial gods.

There are only four literary gods, namely the four great literary gods. Logically, they should all have corresponding stars in the starry sky.

As the name suggests, the god of heaven is the god in the sky. The god of literature and thought does not have a corresponding star in the sky, so he is not a god of heaven. Following this line of thought, the implication of the Lord of Literature and Thought is very obvious.

That is to say, Wensi God is not a god in heaven, he is a god of incense and a postnatal deity.

Thinking of this, Yu Shuyang suddenly felt something was wrong. He inherited the dragon carp bloodline from Wenli, and knew that Wenli had passed it down for more than a dozen generations, and had experienced countless times of ascension and escape from disaster.

"You still haven't figured it out? Let me give you another clue. In the early days of the war between bees and ants in the East China Sea, the leader of the bee tribe was called the Queen of Wen.

There is another sentence that goes like this, you can listen to it, it goes: The literary snake steals luck and steals thoughts, the literary bee collects literature and gathers luck.

If there is more, I can’t tell you, the rest is up to you.”

Wenquxingjun's voice then disappeared and he no longer responded to Yu Shuyang.

Yu Shuyang repeated silently three times, "The literary snake steals thoughts..." Could it be that the literary snake steals thoughts and steals luck, and then the literary bee steals luck and fights with the bees and ants.

Through various hints, Yu Shuyang had a hunch that all this must be related to the Witch God. Since the Queen of Wenfeng was causing trouble in the East China Sea, there was probably a battle behind it.

Yu Shuyang didn't guess who was involved at the time. He only looked at the final result. The insect race in the East China Sea was almost completely wiped out, and tribes like the bee tribe and the ant tribe were almost wiped out.

The sea spiders and the blue wave worms all took refuge in the East China Sea Dragon Palace, which was the only way they could protect their lives and continue their bloodline inheritance.

Thinking of this, he felt it necessary to ask the ancestor Haixia. This ancestor personally experienced that war, and it was she who ran to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea to become a weaver, thus continuing the bloodline of the sea spiders.

Yu Shuyang felt that there was a thick fog behind him, and he vaguely felt that as long as he solved a few more obstacles, the witch god's arrangement in the human world would be completely exposed by him.

Before his death, the Dongman God Linjun mentioned the White Horse Caravan and the Banu Caravan, which must be related to the witch god, after all, they involved the divine salt.

This Wensi God and Wensi Snake also seem to be related to the witch god. Thinking of the parasitic snake species of Wensi Snake, I also think of the control of the divine salt.

In an instant, Yu Shuyang felt that he had grasped the essence of the matter. Could the Witch God's method of controlling the human race be related to parasitism and divine salt?
He remembered that the Great Dragon God Qinglong had told him that both the demon race and the human race were connected to two big worlds, and they were sent to fight for Middle-earth.

At that time, the Middle-earth world was promoted to the Middle Thousand World. In order to avoid being discovered, the Witch God brought in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, which later triggered a fight between the Hua and Li tribes, and led to a bloody fight between humans and immortals.

The final result was that four of the seven branches of the immortal way were destroyed, and the Emperor of Dongyi and the Emperor of Dongling led the Dongyi people to flee to the East China Sea.

If the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had not later attracted the Taoist Alliance's Xuandu Grand Master, the Witch God's plan would have succeeded long ago.

At that time, humanity supported the Hua people to occupy Jiuzhou, and the Great Dragon God of the Demon Clan was suppressed. The Phoenix and Qilin saw that they could not defeat humanity, so they flew away with all the demons and returned to the demon heaven.

What followed was that the great master Xuandu founded the Taoist Alliance, colluded with a group of ancient gods, and even made a covenant with the will of heaven.

It is not known whether the great wizard was deceived by the witch god, or whether the great wizard pretended to be confused and took the opportunity to establish an alliance.

Anyway, what happens next is that the Will of Heaven is dragged into the dreamland by a group of ancient gods. The Will of Heaven changes before death, the Huangliang Taoist Palace is blown up, and the ancient gods of the earth are blown up.

The great wizard did not spare the Witch God either. Outside Middle-earth, he smashed the Witch God's physical body to pieces. This led to the sequel, in which the Witch God's soul returned to Middle-earth and took the opportunity to control the will of humanity.

According to this past, the witch soul should not be able to directly control the human will, like it controlled the heavenly will. After all, the human race has nine holy places, and there are many human saints among them.

So, the method of controlling the witch soul relies on the divine salt and snake seeds?

Yu Shuyang thought about it over and over again, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was right. He just didn't know why Wenquxingjun couldn't just say it directly. Could it be that he had some kind of feeling?

Thinking of this, his heart tightened. He just didn't know what this method was. Was it the kind that resonated with the will of heaven? As long as he said it out loud, he would be killed by heaven's calamity?

(End of this chapter)