You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 176 Imperial Conferment: Mountain God of Flaming Mountain!

"Three days ago, the murky fog erupted over Flaming Mountain?"

"It has now spread to the outskirts of Flaming Mountain, and the demonic souls in the mist have also rushed out along with the mist?"
With the soldier's explanation, Chen Yang gained a basic understanding of what had happened in the past few days. Without thinking too much, he quickly pushed open the car door and got out. Looking back, he could see the "turbid mist" that had already covered the entire Flaming Mountain in the distance!
Chen Yang flashed, riding the wind, and appeared in front of Chen Youwei and the others as a streak of light.

"Master Chen, you're back!"

Chen Youwei was overjoyed.

Director Qin, Kurban, and the others had witnessed some of Chen Yang's strength, and they were overjoyed to see him awaken... With such a powerful figure present, regardless of whether he could stop the spread of the mist, at least they could kill more demonized souls within the mist!
"Ah."

Chen Yang nodded: "Something came up, so I was delayed for a few more days..."

He looked at the surging and spreading turbid mist not far away, and could clearly feel that the heretical forces within it were polluting the spiritual energy and the Great Dao of the world shrouded in mist as it spread!
Most importantly, the fog was spreading too quickly. Chen Yang sensed it briefly and quickly made a rough judgment—

"At this rate of spread, it could spread more than ten kilometers a day... If this continues, it won't be long before the entire Western Frontier Prefecture is shrouded in turbid mist. At that time, under the pollution of the heretics, I'm afraid all the living beings in the Western Frontier Prefecture will be corrupted by the heretics!"

Chen Yang looked at Chen Youwei and said, "Master Chen, did the heretical forces of Flaming Mountain begin to erupt three days ago?"

Seeing Chen Youwei nod, Chen Yang's heart skipped a beat...

Three days ago?
Is this the time when I will become a heretic?

At that time, I was in the underworld... or did I affect the heretics in the mortal world?

Chen Yang then asked, "What about other places?"

Chen Youwei said with a wry smile, "According to the news from headquarters, other heretical sects have also broken out at the same time... The only good news is that these heretical sects are located in the wilderness and have not yet caused major disasters."

At this point, Chen Youwei paused slightly, then continued, "But judging from the speed at which the heretical tides are spreading in various places, if they are not controlled, it will probably affect large cities in no time."

Once the turbid fog spreads and affects the city, everyone understands the disasters it will cause without Chen Youwei having to explain.

Director Qin looked utterly desperate and said in a deep voice, "Is this turbid mist truly unstoppable? If headquarters has no solution... what about the various Daoist sects? They've been passed down for so long, perhaps they have a way!"

"The various sects must have their own methods."

Chen Yang smiled and said, "The major Taoist sects have a long history, and their respective founders have all been granted imperial titles... Moreover, Taoist temples usually enshrine various deities, who can protect the area and suppress the turbid tides."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Chen Yang said, "Everyone, please don't panic... The people in the surrounding towns and villages of Flaming Mountain have already been evacuated, and the turbid mist here is unlikely to cause any disaster in the short term... Master Chen, my phone is out of battery, could I borrow your phone for a moment? I have something I need to discuss with Minister Jiang."

Chen Youwei took out his phone and dialed the number for Chen Yang.

soon.

When the call connected, Chen Yang got straight to the point: "Minister Jiang, it's me, Chen Yang!"

"Master Chen!"

On the other end of the phone, Jiang He's tone brightened with joy as he said, "Master Chen, you're finally back! I heard from Master Chen that you went to the underworld again? How was it? Did you find anything?"

Chen Yang understood what Jiang He meant by "gain" and replied, "I haven't found a way to open the Yin-Yang path yet, but this time I went down there, I made a breakthrough in my cultivation level and found a way to refine the heretical path."

"really?"

Jiang He was overjoyed.

The invasion of heretics is the greatest crisis facing humanity at present.

"However, with my current methods, refining heretical paths requires a gradual process and cannot be done quickly... Now that heretical paths have erupted in the human world, I need to control the spread of the turbid mist of heretical paths first."

Chen Yang asked, "Minister Jiang, what's the situation on that island overseas?"

Jiang He: "The heretical sects on that overseas island have not spread, which must be due to the efforts of the Heavenly Consort."

This is exactly what Chen Yang wants to confirm.

this means……

The power of the gods can still suppress heretics.

"Minister Jiang, could you please send me the locations of the outbreaks of heretical forces across the Great Xia? I'll deal with the troubles at Flaming Mountain first, and then I'll tackle the other regions."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yang glanced at the churning, murky mist ahead and asked, "Have you already fought the demonized undead within the murky mist? Has anyone lost their lives?"

Director Qin said, "The demonic souls in the turbid mist are too powerful. Although we retreated quickly, we still suffered a lot of casualties... According to statistics, the military lost 168 people, and our Special Administration Bureau lost eleven martial artists and Taoist cultivators."

He looked at the murky mist, a hint of resentment in his eyes.

"Unfortunately... their bodies are still in the turbid tide. We have tried, but we are powerless to bring them back... If this continues, I'm afraid their bodies will also be contaminated by the turbid tide and turn into corpses."

"That's easy. Director Qin will send someone into Flaming Mountain to bring them out later."

Chen Yang said, "I need a list of the fallen soldiers. I'll have to trouble Director Qin to provide me with one."

Director Qin made a phone call and quickly sent an electronic list to Chen Youwei's mobile phone. Chen Yang opened the list, his eyes scanning the information of the fallen soldiers and special management bureau combat members. Then, with a thought, he summoned the "Book of Life and Death".

hum!
As the "Book of Life and Death" appeared, the surrounding air rippled.

Chen Yang stretched out his hand, and the Netherworld Soul-Suppressing Brush appeared in his palm.

He picked up his pen and wrote down the names and birth dates of each person on the register in the "Book of Life and Death"... and the good and evil deeds of these people immediately came to light.

"What...what kind of magic weapon is this?"

Director Qin and the others were all shocked, while Chen Youwei was dumbfounded and murmured, "This...this...Master Chen, could this be the legendary Book of Life and Death, or the Judge's Pen?"

Chen Yang shook his head and said, "This is not the Book of Life and Death, but a magical artifact formed by the projection of the Book of Life and Death and the Yin Law Department's Divine Register. I named it the [Yin Yang Book of Life and Death]."

He then picked up the Netherworld Soul-Suppressing Brush and explained, "This is the Netherworld Soul-Suppressing Brush, but it's just a replica of the Judge's Brush..."

He had already fully grasped the lives, deaths, good, and evil of those who had been sacrificed, and immediately picked up his pen to rewrite a name in the Book of Life and Death.

"Yu Jingming".

As the name was written, a strange fluctuation emanated from the Book of Life and Death, penetrating into the turbid mist ahead.

Chen Yang shouted, "Yu Jingming...aren't you coming out yet?"

Chen Youwei, Director Qin, Kurban, Zeng Wei, and the others were all taken aback. Yu Jingming was a combat member of the Western Xinjiang branch; he had already died at the hands of a demonized undead, and his body was still in the Flaming Mountain… Master Chen told him to come out… How could he come out?

But the next moment...

Wow!

A chilling wind blew out from the murky, misty air!

This gust of cold wind also carried an aura of heresy, which transformed into the appearance of Yu Jingming upon landing... He was a middle-aged man with a buzz cut, about 1.75 meters tall, and a thick stubble on his face!

"Oh?"

Chen Yang examined Yu Jingming's soul and noticed a bloodlust in his eyes. The external forces within his Yin body were rapidly invading and corrupting his soul, making him appear dazed and confused, as if he could lose control at any moment.

A casual point—

hum!
A malevolent aura also erupted from Chen Yang's body, and a wisp of gray mist emerged from his fingertips. As this mist traveled around Yu Jingming's Yin body, it removed the malevolent energy from his body.

Yu Jingming's eyes immediately regained their clarity. He looked around and exclaimed in surprise, "Director Qin, Grandmaster Kurban, Master Chen?... What... what's going on? Wasn't I already dead?"

Chen Youwei said, "Yu Jingming, you were killed by the demonized ghosts, but Master Chen intervened and rescued your ghost from the turbid mist!"

Yu Jingming had also met Chen Yang that day, and quickly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you so much, Master Chen, for saving me!"

Chen Yang waved his hand and said, "Yu Jingming, I have examined your past and present lives. In your previous life, you were a member of the Special Administration Bureau's combat team. You participated in many supernatural cases, killed and resolved dozens of evil spirits, and saved a large number of lives."

"You also secretly sponsored twenty-eight orphans, enabling them to study and learn to read. This is a great act of kindness!"

"Now you have died again to resist the demonized souls in the turbid mist of Flaming Mountain, your merits are immeasurable... I intend to appoint you as the Mountain God of Flaming Mountain to guard this region, are you willing?"

"........."

Yu Jingming was stunned!
Not only him, but everyone present was stunned!
Yu Jingming's ghost blinked a few times, then asked in surprise, "Master Chen, who...who exactly are you?"

Chen Yang smiled and said calmly, "I am the Demon-Subduing Yin Marshal of Luofeng, valued by His Majesty the Great Emperor of Fengdu and Lord Cui. Now I am ordered to supervise the mortal world and have the authority to bestow titles upon ghosts and gods. Yu Jingming, after you become the Mountain God of Flaming Mountain, you can enjoy the sacrifices and offerings of the people and the power of incense, thereby suppressing the heretics in Flaming Mountain!"

My mind is still a little foggy...

If it can suppress the heretics of Flaming Mountain, then what else is there to consider?
Yu Jingming knelt on one knee and said loudly, "Thank you for your kind words, Master Chen. I am willing to become the Mountain God of Flaming Mountain!"

"it is good!"

Chen Yang picked up his pen and entered Yu Jingming's name into the Yin Law Department's register of gods.

The Book of Life and Death trembled, and a divine light appeared, transforming into an imperial edict!
Heaven and Earth are positioned, Yin and Yang are divided.

The living and the dead govern together, and gods and humans unite in virtue!
The spirit of Yu Jingming, who died in the mortal world, was upright in life and became a heroic spirit in death. He was strict in nature but compassionate in heart. Therefore, he is hereby appointed as the Mountain God of Flaming Mountain, in charge of the peace of this region, protecting the mountain boundary, eliminating evil spirits, protecting living beings, and accumulating merits!

You must be diligent in your duties and not bend the law for personal gain. When your merits are fulfilled, you will be promoted to the rank of gods. If you are negligent or derelict in your duties, the laws of the underworld will not forgive you!

As the imperial edict transformed into divine light and entered Yu Jingming's brow, divine light emanated from his body. His Yin body rapidly became solid and powerful, and his aura soared!
"This……"

"This...a vengeful ghost?"

"Red-robed level... Yu Jingming has only been dead for three days, and the seven-day mourning period hasn't even passed yet, yet his soul has already reached the top red-robed level?"

Director Qin, Kurban, Zeng Wei, and others were all shocked!
Yu Jingming didn't understand the significance of the title "Luo Feng Subduing Demon Yin Marshal," nor did he know what it meant to monitor the mortal world and possess the authority to appoint ghosts and gods as underworld officials!
But after receiving the imperial decree...

He got it!

Pfft!
He knelt down again and kowtowed, saying, "This humble god thanks Lord Yin for the bestowal of the title... Lord, rest assured, this humble god has now sensed the power of the mountain and water fortune of Flaming Mountain. With the power of the mountain and water fortune of Flaming Mountain, the spread of the turbid tide outside the Flaming Mountain can be greatly slowed down!"

"Get up."

Chen Yang said, "Simply slowing down the spread is not enough... I will go to other regions to resolve the crisis of the spread of the heretical path. Before I return to Flaming Mountain, you need to stop the spread of the turbid heretical path in Flaming Mountain!"

With a flick of his wrist, Chen Yang now held a token and a large seal.

"This is the Mountain God's decree. With this decree, you can more easily mobilize the power of the Flaming Mountain... This seal is the Mountain-Suppressing Seal, a magical treasure that I specifically sought out Lord Cui in the Underworld this time!"

"With the Mountain-Suppressing Seal and the Mountain God's Decree, you can more effectively curb the spread of the turbid tide and mist."

Chen Yang turned his gaze to Director Qin and said, "Director Qin, please arrange for people to build a temple for Yu Shanshen as soon as possible, and arrange for people to come and offer incense... The more prosperous the incense offerings, the stronger Yu Jingming's divine power will be."

Director Qin readily agreed and immediately took out his phone to make arrangements.

Yu Jingming then tried to mobilize the power of the Flaming Mountain to suppress the turbid mist. Sure enough, the speed at which the surging turbid mist spread was greatly slowed down... If it would have taken only one day to spread to Tubo City before, it might take a year now!
If there were more incense offerings and divine power, Yu Jingming could completely block the spread of the turbid tide and mist!

But the heretics within the turbid tide and mist seemed to have developed their own will. The turbid tide surged, and the demonic souls within roared as if they wanted to break out of the mist!

Chen Yang then summoned the other souls who had sacrificed themselves here, bestowing upon them the title of Xuanjia Mingqi Guards and granting each of them a Xuanjia Mingqi horse, which was temporarily placed under the control of Yu Jingming to assist him in dealing with the demonized souls in the mist!
The crisis of the Western Frontier Prefecture's external spread was easily resolved!

Chen Youwei's eyes lit up!

He is a Taoist cultivator, and his ancestors were "yin walkers," so he knows far more about the underworld than martial artists like Director Qin and Kurban!

Last time at Liangjie Mountain, Chen Yang mentioned the title "Luo Feng Subduing Demon General"...

But he never claimed to be monitoring the mortal world or to have the authority to appoint ghosts and spirits as underworld officials!
Having witnessed Chen Yang's prowess, Chen Youwei no longer cared about maintaining his dignity as a "Daoist Realm" cultivator. He knelt down with a thud and said, "Master Chen..."

"No!"

"Commander Chen, Lord Yin!"

"I am Chen Youwei, a commoner, but I am willing to dedicate everything to protecting the people of Great Xia... Now that heretics are rampant in various parts of Great Xia, I am willing to be made a god and guard this region."

"........."

Chen Yang chuckled and said, "Master Chen, when I bestow titles upon gods, I can only do so upon the souls of the dead!"

Chen Youwei: "I understand!"

He flipped his hand, and a short sword appeared in his palm, then...

puff!

It stabbed itself in the chest!

(End of this chapter)