Da Zaojun

Chapter 207 The Power to Reward Good and Punish Evil!

The only fire related to the underworld that Song Wuji possessed was the Hungry Ghost Fire in the throats of hungry ghosts, but hungry ghosts themselves are easily contaminated by black mist and eerie energy, so naturally they cannot become the stove fire of the underworld.

The second most famous fire in the underworld is karmic fire, but karmic fire burns karmic causes and is difficult to use as a stove fire for the ghosts and gods in the underworld to cook.

Without solving the fire problem, it will be difficult to solve the logistics problem of the underworld. Only by making use of the corpses of the enemies killed can the ghosts and gods on Mount Luofeng dare to subdue the Netherworld.

Song Wuji tried many materials, and even wanted to comprehend the true meaning of reincarnation. He used the method of stealing people and his current super high comprehension to cultivate a stove fire with the nature of reincarnation.

But Song Wuji still overestimated himself.

The three skeletons seemed to be deep in thought. The jade skeleton said, "In fact, all spirits in the world have a fire called the life fire. When the life fire is extinguished, they will die. The life fire governs fortune, prosperity, and longevity. I see that your experiments with various fires to refine the divinity of the ghosts and gods polluted by the black mist have been effective, but they require a lot of energy. In the underworld, we have also tried to purify the black mist with the Purification Mantra, but it always comes back soon after purification."

Song Wuji listened to the words of the Corpse-Dissolving Ancestor and asked for some fragments of destiny. All living beings have destiny. After a person dies, their destiny is collected by the underworld, and ghosts and gods feed on it, which is called life energy.

However, they don't eat everything. According to the classification in the underworld, black and gray are the worst fates, while white is ordinary. Neither of these two types of ghosts and gods eat them.

Crimson is slightly better, and is consumed by low-ranking ghosts and gods. Above crimson is yellow, above yellow is cyan, above cyan is purple, and above that is gold, which represents the imperial status of a founding emperor.

Above that lies the immortal realm cultivated by immortals, and the divine realm cultivated by gods.

The life essence that Song Wuji used to start a fire was blackish-gray. After it was burned, it emitted a kind of ominous flame. When it collided with the original evil energy that was polluted by the black mist, it not only failed to purify the flame, but instead catalyzed the creation of a monster.

It was thanks to Song Wuji's quick thinking and swift action that he suppressed it and refined it with Samadhi True Fire. Otherwise, it would have burst out of the pot and contaminated his own three treasures.

If black is not an option, then white will be the best choice.

But then a pale flame ignited on the white-haired destiny, mingling with the fuel of white bones, giving it a distinctly "ordinary" feel.

This ordinary fire did have a "diluting" effect on the black mist, but it also diluted the original divinity.

Using the crimson fragment of destiny would be even less worthwhile.

After a moment's thought, Song Wuji recalled what the old physician Li had said: "Everything that is born must have something that is restrained." He thought to himself, "If we consider the black mist as another type of spiritual energy, and if we can gather it up and burn it, wouldn't that be another form of purification?"

Although Song Wuji did not have the ability to burn the black mist, he still asked King Yama for the corrupted remains of the ghost god, trying to find out some characteristics from the black mist.

But Song Wuji wasn't a researcher after all. After studying for a long time, he didn't figure anything out and could only rely on luck.

but……

The black mist can indeed be attracted and absorbed by other things, such as the original divinity of the Shinto, the divine nature of ghosts and gods. The existence of such things is entirely aimed at polluting the Shinto.

Since we are easily attracted to divinity and divine nature, what about the divine fire ignited by divinity?
What is the origin of divinity? It is the divine authority and the understanding of the laws of heaven and earth. Therefore, the black mist is actually a kind of pollution at the level of rules.

Song Wuji, focusing on the black mist rather than on direct confrontation, did indeed manage to develop a flame.

Completely polluted by the black mist, the original divinity of the Fish Scale Yin General, when ignited by Bing Fire, which is the true fire of the sun, will transform into a black flame. The black flame possesses powerful polluting properties, but it will also attract and gather black mist as fuel.

Song Wuji told King Zhuanlun about this discovery: "Burning divinity directly is not cost-effective because the burning time is very short and the consumption is very large. However, if we can gather the black mist and turn it into black oil, and use the divinity as a wick, it can burn for a longer time."

“The black flames used as a stove fire can indeed remove the black mist from the contaminated person, but they will also burn the contaminated person along with them, with no chance of saving them. These black flames are even more harmful to us than to the contaminated ghosts and gods, so we must be careful.”

King Yama's eyes lit up: "Your discovery is already quite good, at least it's useful to us. However, we don't know what was produced after the black flames burned the black mist, since the black mist couldn't just disappear into thin air."

Even Song Wuji's Kitchen Book couldn't identify the black flames. He only knew that a destiny could serve as a container for a black flame lamp, and that a white destiny could dilute the power of the black mist. If there were enough of them, they could also isolate the pollution.

Although King Yama considered that the black flames might have a great impact, he couldn't resist using them, so he went to study them himself.

Song Wuji built a stove in the underworld. The black flames were not good materials for the stove, but the white bones and a few spider lilies were used as fuel to forge a pot with white life essence. It still had a pretty good refining effect. However, the pot would absorb and dilute the black mist. Before long, it would become a pot of complete black mist.

Furthermore, it cannot completely dilute the black mist pollution in the contaminated flesh and blood of the ghosts and gods; it only reduces the degree of pollution.

Given that the Yellow Spring water can purify some of the black mist, Song Wuji suggested that food could be steamed with the Yellow Spring water, and the rising steam would carry away some of the pollution again.

For example, the dish Song Wuji is currently making, [Steamed Beef Head Meat - A Deceptive Dish]
This meat comes from the corrupted soul-reaping messenger of the underworld, the "Bull-Headed Soul-Reaper," and is considered a type of beef.

After the white spirit absorbed the black mist and the Yellow Spring water boiled it, about 90% of the internal pollution was removed, leaving only 10% of the pollution residue.

If you consume too much, you will definitely become contaminated. However, if you consume a small amount, the spirits can purify themselves, and long-term consumption can even develop some resistance to the black mist.

After personally tasting it, King Yama closed his eyes and sensed it for a while: "If a red destiny or a higher-level destiny is used to forge the pot, will it absorb even more?"

“White destiny represents ordinariness, while red destiny and above are already extraordinary, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to dilute the black mist.” “That’s true,” said King Yama. “Then what do you think about using white destiny to build a Great Wall?”

“Use the fates of countless ordinary lives to bear the black mist,” said King Yama. “Then ignite this black flame on the Great Wall of Fate.”

Song Wuji remained silent; he didn't know the truth either.

"Perhaps Meng Po could also use the black mist to cultivate the spider lily. If a black spider lily could be cultivated, it could automatically absorb the black mist and control it to some extent."

"Very well! You've done well this time. We were too wary of the black mist before, mainly because it could actually disintegrate divine and immortal karmic positions, which greatly restrained our divine path. We were all thinking about how to eliminate and purify it, without considering how to take advantage of its characteristics to control it."

"Since you've broken through this line of thinking, it's much easier to treat the symptoms than the root cause."

King Yama asked directly, "What do you want?"

Song Wuji was equally blunt: "I still need to rely on the karmic fire to forge the Yellow Spring Mud, add good and evil karma, cast the Good and Evil Jar, and obtain the authority to supervise the human world."

"The power of good and evil, the jar of good and evil?" King of Reincarnation said, "How about I forge it for you myself? I have a slight understanding of the Heavenly Dao of good and evil. You can fan the flames and control the fire from the side."

The ritual did not mention that one should forge it personally. If Song Wuji forged the Good and Evil Jar himself, he would probably find it difficult to integrate it into the Heavenly Dao of Good and Evil. However, there is no absolute good or absolute evil in the world. King Yama has been in the Underworld for a long time and is certainly more experienced than Song Wuji.

“You walk the path of monitoring good and evil, but mainly you speak of good things, reporting good news but not bad news. Therefore, people say that Heaven speaks good things. Now that the Heavenly Court is in disorder, whether you go up to complain or report good deeds, I'm afraid that you will only monitor without any reward.”

"In my underworld, there are judges who reward good and punish evil. When the underworld was in turmoil, these two judges were corrupted by the black mist and were killed on the spot. I will use their remaining qualities to help you forge a seventh-rank authority and title for rewarding good and punishing evil."

Then, the Wheel King ignited three black flames, which circled around the broken grid of the Judge of Good and Evil, absorbing the corrupting power of the black mist within. He then summoned the Yellow Spring True Water to repeatedly wash over the broken grid. When it was almost ready, he said to Song Wuji, "Try refining it with your fire again!"

Most of the pollution has been cleaned up, but there may still be some residue.

Song Wuji activated the Fire Talisman Golden Elixir, summoning the Samadhi True Fire and the Bingding True Fire. He also took out the Banana Leaf Fan, amplifying the power of the flames tenfold.

The power of the flames surged.

However, the King of Reincarnation said, "Flames are not necessarily better the bigger they are. Let me help you control the flames!"

With a flick of his finger, the towering flames shrank to the size of a palm, but the power contained within only increased, like a sun in the palm of one's hand.

The King of Reincarnation used this flame to interact with the Yellow Spring True Water again, burning it nine times and being cleansed by the Yellow Spring True Water nine times.

Only by thoroughly refining the influence of the black mist could it be used to outline the supernatural talisman.

Meanwhile, Song Wuji began to mold clay jars, which were made of Yellow Springs clay, formed from the karma of good and evil deeds.

Good and evil karma exists not only in the Rakshasa Ghost Market, but even more so in the Underworld. King Wheel of Reincarnation made many promises to Song Wuji, and even ashes from the burning of many karmic threads were mixed in with it.

"Edict!"

Reward kindness!

Punish evil!

The two divine talismans transformed into seeds of supernatural talismans and fell into the clay jar.

Suddenly, the two jars changed color, one black and one white.

The fire in the stove burned brightly, and the stove grill flickered with light. Song Wuji also poured his essence blood and a wisp of his primordial spirit into it.

In just a moment, I sensed that the shackles of heaven and earth had been broken. The part of the ritual for the Kitchen God in the Seventh Rank was completely completed, and only the ritual for the main house in the mortal world was left to be completed.

Once the two jars were forged, they generated a suction force. At the same time, the entanglement of cause and effect made Song Wuji realize that the Good and Evil Jars were treasures of cause and effect.

The Evil Jar can be used in conjunction with the supernatural power of "Calling the Name" to trap a person who is utterly wicked inside the jar, and in no time at all, the person will turn into pus.

The Goodness Jar can accumulate good karma daily, which transforms into Goodness Candy. This candy is similar to the Seven-Colored Flower, possessing the power to grant wishes, but not to the extent of defying fate. Eating the Goodness Candy gives one the desire for their wishes to come true.

If the jar of good deeds is filled with candy, it will become a precious candy, and the power of the wish will be even stronger, similar to a single petal of a seven-colored flower, but not comparable to a complete seven-colored flower.

Furthermore, these two artifacts are growth-type magic treasures, related to Song Wuji's upcoming role as the "Master of Yang Households." The power to reward good and punish evil in charge of ten thousand households is the seventh rank, ten thousand households is the sixth rank, and one million households is the fifth rank.

Those above the fifth rank are no longer under the jurisdiction of the underworld; they need to grasp the power of rewarding good and punishing evil within the Heavenly Duties, which is known as "Heavenly Discipline."

(End of this chapter)