Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 143 The agreement is reached, Jiuyou is complete

Hou Tu looked at the Manzhu Shahua in Di Jun's hand and slowly said, "One Manzhu Shahua can be exchanged for a demon from the Nine Netherworlds."

"At the same time, any demon that enters the Nine Netherworld will no longer be a demon from the moment they step into the Nine Netherworld. Instead, they will become the ghost soldiers of the Nine Netherworld."

After hearing this, Di Jun simply shook his head and said, "After entering the Nine Netherworld, you are no longer a demon. You don't need to tell me this, I know it too."

"But for one Manjusha flower, only one demon is allowed to enter the Nine Netherworld. Fellow Daoist Hou Tu is a bit too stingy."

Hou Tu said expressionlessly, "Then I'd like to hear how many demons you're willing to send into the Nine Netherworld in exchange for one Manzhushahua plant."

Di Jun directly extended a finger and said firmly: "One race. One Manjusha flower in exchange for one race entering the Nine Netherworld."

Before Hou Tu could speak, Tong Tian immediately protested, "Di Jun, you are bullying my junior sister Hou Tu like this. Do you think her three brothers are fake?"

As he spoke, Tongtian raised the Qingping Sword in his hand again. Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun also held the Panlong Bianguai and Sanbao Ruyi in their hands.

It’s no wonder that the Three Pure Ones were angry. For a plant of Manjusaka, Emperor Jun had to change a race to enter the Nine Netherworld.

If he were to take out 1,800 plants, the entire Nine Netherworld would be directly occupied by his demon clan.

But then Di Jun said, "Tongtian, stop your lies. When did I ever bully fellow Daoist Hou Tu?"

Tongtian gnashed his teeth and said, "You are going to move the demon race to the Nine Netherworld. Isn't this considered bullying?"

Di Jun glared at Tongtian fiercely and said, "Tongtian, don't you think that the Manzhushahua flowers are all over the ground?"

"I'm not afraid to tell you, in order to find this Manjushahua, I sent out six of the Ten Great Demon Generals, and after a thousand years, we only found two."

"Could it be that after thousands of years of hard work by our demon race, we can only get two demons to enter the Nine Netherworld?"

At this point, Tong Tongtian didn't know what to say. After all, there were only two hibiscus trees, which was indeed too few.

Instead, Yuanshi Tianzun said to Di Jun, "Daoist friend Di Jun, it took you a thousand years to find these two Manzhushahua flowers."

"Could it be that it's just to perfect the Nine Netherworld? If that's the case, then I, Yuanshi Tianzun, really have to express my admiration for you."

How could Di Jun not understand the hidden meaning in Yuanshi Tianzun's words? He didn't beat around the bush and spoke directly.

"The Nine Netherworld can continuously produce merits, and my demon race naturally wants to share some of the merits."

"But I will not be as despicable as the two Western Buddhists, secretly sending disciples to sneak into the Nine Netherworld to convert resentful ghosts and wronged souls to gain merit."

"If this emperor wants to do something, he must do it openly and honestly. Therefore, this emperor plans to let the cattle and horse tribes serve in the Nine Netherworld, so as to obtain the luck of the Nine Netherworld for my demon tribe."

Tongtian was actually impressed by Di Jun's uprightness and integrity. He then turned his gaze towards Hou Tu.

After all, the merits of the Nine Netherworld belong to Hou Tu. Whether to share them with others should naturally be decided by Hou Tu herself.

Hou Tu only nodded slightly at this, "The Nine Netherworld does need the demon race as soul-collecting messengers."

"To ensure that all souls can successfully enter the Nine Netherworld and reincarnate through the six paths. They will not be devoured by those evil ghost kings."

"So I agree to Fellow Daoist Di Jun's condition. But anyone who enters the Nine Netherworld must first abandon his physical body." This was something Di Jun had not expected, and he immediately turned his gaze to the Five Ghost Emperors behind Hou Tu.

After all, the Wu Clan only cultivates the physical body and not the soul, which means that the Wu Clan does not have a soul. Since the Wu Clan does not have a soul, how can they abandon the physical body?
So at this time, Di Jun even suspected that Hou Tu made such a request just to target his demon clan.

In response, Hou Tu did not explain anything, but simply said: "Either leave behind your body or your soul, it's your choice."

The witches could enter the Nine Netherworld with their physical bodies, but the demons couldn't. If the demons gave up their spirits and only entered the Nine Netherworld with their physical bodies, they would truly become the walking corpse.

But at this point, Emperor Jun had no other choice but to nod and say to Hou Tu: "Okay, I promise you."

"I have already agreed to Fellow Daoist Hou Tu's request. So, should we discuss how the merits we have gained should be distributed?"

Looking at Di Jun, whose eyes were filled with greed, Hou Tu said disdainfully: "The merit belongs to whomever it belongs. No one else can take even a single cent."

While speaking, Hou Tu waved her hand directly at the cattle and horse tribes behind Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi.

They completely shattered their physical bodies, leaving their true spirits to enter the Nine Netherworld. As for the patriarchs of the two tribes, they also became the Ox-Head and Horse-Face of the Nine Netherworld.

Hou Tu then spoke directly, "I am the Lord of the Nine Netherworld, Empress Pingxin. From now on, the Nine Netherworld's ghost soldiers and demons will be selected from the souls that enter the Nine Netherworld."

"Those with virtue who do not wish to reincarnate may remain in the Nine Netherworlds. Anyone who wishes to reincarnate, whether good or evil, must drink Meng Po soup, forgetting their past and present lives, before they can cross the Naihe Bridge."

As soon as Hou Tu finished speaking, an incarnation emerged from her body. It turned out to be an old woman with wrinkles all over her face.

The old woman bowed to Hou Tu and said, "Meng Po greets the Lady Ping Xin."

Hou Tu nodded, and then sent him to the bank of the Wangchuan River and the Naihe Bridge.

They also built a Mengpo Pavilion for her, where she could cook Mengpo soup and distribute it to the souls that were about to reincarnate.

At the same time, Di Jun also threw the Manzhushahua in his hand, allowing it to take root and sprout on the banks of the Wangchuan River.

With the two lycoris radiata plants, the entire bank of the Forgotten River was suddenly filled with bright flowers.

As Manjushahua took root and sprouted along the banks of the Forgotten River, countless souls that had been wandering in the vast wilderness finally found the direction of the Nine Netherworld and began to move towards it.

At the same time, the cattle and horse tribes who had just entered the Nine Netherworld also understood their responsibilities at this moment.

They immediately left the Nine Netherworld and headed towards the Great Desolation, beginning to carry out their mission to guide souls into the Nine Netherworld.

At the same time, the name of Manjushahua also changed at this moment. The name of Red Spider Flower had spread throughout the entire prehistoric world.

At this point, the Nine Netherworlds were finally complete. All of a sudden, the Heaven felt it and bestowed boundless merits.

A full 90% of it fell upon the Nine Netherworld, allowing all the ghost soldiers and ghosts in the Nine Netherworld to receive a share of merit and blessing.

This also meant that from now on, the ghosts and spirits of the Nine Netherworld would be blessed by the merits of Heaven. Anyone who dared to attack or kill them would be bound to suffer the consequences of endless karma.

(End of this chapter)