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

"Master Chen!"

"Master Chen..."

Director Qin, Kurban, Zeng Wei, and others were all stunned... Not only them, but even Chen Yang was taken aback by this sudden scene!
puff!
A dagger pierced his chest!

It was called a short sword... but it was actually a foot long. Given Chen Youwei's desire to die and his keen awareness of his own heart's location, this stab...

It pierced his heart with unerring accuracy, the tip of the sword even protruding from his back.

"The handsome lord!"

Chen Youwei was, after all, a Daoist cultivator at the "Entering the Dao Realm," possessing extremely strong vitality. Even with his heart pierced, he didn't die immediately. As soon as he opened his mouth, a large amount of blood overflowed as he pleaded, "My lineage has been descended from generations of Yin-Yang practitioners..."

"In the notes I obtained, many ancestors recorded that their greatest dream was for a descendant to serve in one of the four departments of the underworld... I hope that the Underworld Commander will grant their wish!"

After saying that, blood gushed from his mouth, and he vomited several mouthfuls before his head lolled to the side and he died.

"........."

Chen Yang sighed, "Master Chen, why are you doing this to yourself!"

Director Qin and the others understood Chen Youwei's good intentions and pleaded for him, but Chen Yang shook his head and said, "Master Chen cultivates the Taoist methods passed down in his family and can enter the Tao... This shows that the skills passed down in his family are not weak."

“His ancestors must have been masters. Such masters must have had incredibly powerful spirits after death, and there are many possibilities for them in the underworld… But why has no one in his family ever been able to fulfill their wishes?”

"It's because of [walking in the underworld]... This is a serious violation of the laws of the underworld!"

Under normal circumstances, after a person dies, underworld officials will come to collect their soul and take them to the City God Temple for examination by the City God and the Earth God to check whether their lifespan has ended and whether the wrong soul has been taken. Once the examination is passed, a travel permit will be issued, which is required to enter the underworld.

Sending a soul whose lifespan has not yet ended to the underworld through the "walking underworld" method is considered illegal entry, which seriously violates the laws of the underworld and the order of yin and yang.

You, whose ancestors have been involved in human smuggling for generations, still want to take the civil service exam?

Isn't this wishful thinking?

They wouldn't pass the "political vetting" test first.

Director Qin and the others were completely stunned when they heard this.

The usually taciturn Grandmaster Kurban blinked a few times, looked at Chen Youwei who had already lost all signs of life, and murmured, "Then Master Chen... didn't he die in vain?"

A dignified Daoist cultivator who had reached the "Entering the Dao Realm" killed himself.

If this gets out, won't the underworld laugh their heads off?

Chen Yang said, "It's not like he died in vain... Although Master Chen's ancestors did many things that violated the laws of the underworld and the order of yin and yang, he also made many contributions. If his lifespan has ended, it's not impossible to promote him out of turn."

Leaving aside Chen Youwei's assistance to Daxia in guarding against the invasion of demonic spirits, suppressing the turbid tides of the heretical path, and solving supernatural cases, his two instances of sending Chen Yang "through the underworld" are already great achievements!

Chen Yang took out the "Book of Life and Death" to examine it, and then asked, "Director Qin, do you know how old Master Chen is?"

Director Qin said, "You're in your sixties, right? I don't know your exact date of birth, but the bureau should be able to find it... Please wait a moment, Lord Yin, while I arrange for someone to check."

soon……

It's been found.

"64 years old?"

Chen Yang said, "Strictly speaking, it is 64 years and 7 months... According to the Book of Life and Death, Master Chen should live to be 138 years old. His lifespan has not ended, and it is not time for him to die yet!"

"what?"

Director Qin: "He has already committed suicide, what should we do?"

"It doesn't matter."

Chen Yang said, "Since his lifespan has not yet ended, then I will let him return to life."

After pulling the short sword from Chen Youwei's chest, Chen Yang performed the "Resurrection Technique"...

His resurrection technique can even temporarily revive corpses that have been dead for several years, let alone Chen Youwei, whose lifespan has not yet ended.
In a daze, Chen Youwei slowly opened his eyes.

He was completely bewildered: "Where...where am I? Am I not dead?"

Chen Yang said, "Master Chen, your ancestors trespassed into the underworld, violating the laws of the underworld and the order of yin and yang. Logically speaking, even after you die, you are not qualified to obtain the title of a god in the underworld!"

Chen Youwei: "..."

He murmured, "The underworld's assessment... also requires a political background check?"

"of course."

"And they want to investigate your ancestors for eighteen generations...but..."

Chen Yang changed the subject, saying, "You have twice helped me travel to the underworld, and I can grant you an imperial title as an exception!"

Chen Youwei was overjoyed and quickly expressed his gratitude.

Chen Yang added, "However, since your lifespan has not yet ended, I cannot bestow any titles upon you for the time being... We will discuss everything after your lifespan has ended."

Fearing that the old man might deliberately court death in order to receive the imperial decree sooner, Chen Yang added, "By the way, it is extremely difficult to come to the mortal world as a human. If you commit suicide, you will be violating the laws of the underworld and will be sent to the Hell of Unjust Death after death."

[The Law of the Underworld states: Those who do not cherish life and commit suicide by hanging, jumping into a well, cutting their wrists, crashing into a car, or taking poison will be sent to the Hell of Unjust Death after death and will be deprived of the opportunity to be reborn as a human.]

"okay……"

"I still need to deal with the heretics in other places. I'll go ahead first... Master Chen, my phone crashed. Can I borrow yours for now? You can come to Wucheng to get it back later!"

Chen Yang uttered a single sentence and rode the wind into the sky, disappearing into the horizon in an instant.

During his flight, he had already memorized the locations of the various turbid tide outlying paths, and then he called Jiang He to tell him that the crisis at the Flaming Mountain outlying path had been resolved.

"well!"

Jiang He was in high spirits and laughed heartily, "I knew that with your help, Commander Chen, you could definitely suppress everything... Tell me, how should I cooperate with you?"

Chen Yang said, "Just have all the places prepare the list of those who sacrificed themselves to resist the outbreak of the heretical tide. When I arrive, I will check the good and evil deeds of the sacrificed people before they died and confer titles upon them, so as to use divine power to suppress the spread of the heretical tide."

"Alright, I'll give the order right away!"

"Furthermore, I need you to build mountain god temples in various places... the sooner the better!"

Currently, within the Great Xia territory, besides the heretical turbid tide of Flaming Mountain, there are eighteen other areas that are also suffering from the heretical crisis!

After spending most of the day, Chen Yang successively conferred titles upon eighteen mountain gods and over a thousand Xuanjia Netherworld Cavalry Guards, finally suppressing the crisis of the spread of heretical sects in Great Xia! ...

Beihu Prefecture.

Inside Shennongjia.

"Commander Chen!"

Jiang He flew over and landed beside Chen Yang, who was outside the turbid tide and mist. He bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you for your help, Commander Chen."

"Minister Jiang, you're too kind."

Chen Yang said, "Putting aside the fact that this is my duty... and the sudden outbreak of heretical sects in various places this time may also be related to me!"

"Oh?"

Jiang He asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

Chen Yang truthfully said, "After I refined those few strands of heretical path from the South China Sea Dragon Palace and returned to Wucheng, I cultivated for many days and my cultivation improved slightly. Then I went to Helan Mountain and spent seven days completely eradicating and refining the heretical path there... Therefore, I have gained insight into the essence of heretical path and am confident that I can cultivate a similar path myself."

At this point, Chen Yang sighed and said, "I was worried that my cultivation of this path would cause an external disturbance, so I made a special trip to the underworld to cultivate. I never expected that it would still cause an outbreak of external forces... If it weren't for that, so many people wouldn't have sacrificed themselves."

All those who sacrificed themselves to resist the heretical tide were actually indirectly related to Chen Yang.

Chen Yang had already checked the "Book of Life and Death in Yin and Yang". Although they were "violently killed" by the demonized souls and monsters in the heretical turbid tide, their lifespans had all come to an end.

Therefore, Chen Yang posthumously conferred titles upon all those who sacrificed their lives.

Needless to say, the mountain gods in various places... for them, this is a blessing accumulated by their ancestors for eighteen generations!

Even those Xuanjia Netherworld Cavalry Guards were appointed by Chen Yang with the "Tiger Seal of the Underworld Commander". Although they were not registered in the Underworld God Register, they were genuine Underworld soldiers and Chen Yang's personal guards!
Those below can receive military pay and salaries from the Yin Law Department; they are also part of the official system. For example, the ghost soldiers guarding the Ghost Gate Pass are part of the Yin Army system.

This is a rare opportunity for them!
"How can you blame yourself?"

Jiang He said, "Even if you don't comprehend the external paths, as time goes by, the source of these external paths will eventually erupt... Now that you have cultivated a similar Great Dao and have the means to refine external paths, this is actually a good thing."

Chen Yang also smiled and said, "It's definitely a good thing!"

Removing external pollution can resolve the crisis in the human world and save countless people.

at the same time……

It can strengthen itself and completely transform this heretical path into the Great Dao of the Three Realms!

This is of great benefit to the entire Three Realms!

After cultivating this Great Dao in the underworld, Chen Yang faintly sensed the will of the Heavenly Dao...

Chen Yang understood that as long as he completely eradicated the heretics in the human world, the Heavenly Dao would surely bestow immense benefits and even... merits upon him!
However, this will be a long process...

After all, it took Chen Yang seven days to completely remove and refine even the tiny bit of "external pollution" in Helan Mountain. Take the "Shennongjia" in front of him, for example, the external turbidity within it has already covered an area of ​​more than eighty miles!
This is not the largest external turbid tide within the Great Xia territory...

But it is the most dangerous!
There are too many wild animals in Shennongjia, especially in the area shrouded by the turbid tide and mist, where there is a large swamp. Under the influence of the turbid tide and mist, the crocodiles in the swamp underwent a demonic mutation in just a few days, turning into a terrifying demonic creature!

There was also a group of monkeys!
These monkeys, after being corrupted by demons, also became extremely powerful!

Even Liu Feng, the branch director of the Beihu Prefecture Special Administration Bureau, died at the hands of a demonized ape while resisting the turbid mist... Keep in mind that Liu Feng was a martial arts master, whose strength was even above Wei Rufeng!

At this moment, Liu Feng has already been granted an official title by Chen Yang.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Jiang He asked, "Where does Commander Chen intend to begin refining the heretical path?"

Chen Yang said, "Let's do it here... But before we refine the heretical path, we need to deal with those demonized monsters in the mist first."

He reached out and grabbed...

The powerful yin energy instantly transformed into a giant hand, reaching into the mist—

When the giant hand of yin energy retracted, a demonized ape appeared in its hand!

This ape was covered in black fur and stood twelve meters tall. It had grown two heads, and its four eyes were filled with a ferocious, bloodthirsty light. Even when captured by Chen Yang, it did not show the slightest fear. Instead, it kept opening its blood-red mouth and roaring at Chen Yang!

Chen Yang glanced at Liu Feng, who had already been granted an official title, and said, "Mountain God Liu, was it this demonic ape that killed you?"

"It's it... Commander Chen, this demonic ape is extremely powerful, probably comparable to a Grandmaster!"

A hint of doubt flickered in Liu Feng's eyes as he asked, "Only three days... Is this external pollution really that powerful? Can it create such a powerful monster in just three days?"

"The heretics in the human world were formed from a golden immortal who was corrupted by heretics and fell to earth."

Chen Yang said, "How powerful is the Great Dao of a Golden Immortal? It's nothing that such a monster was created by demonization... Of course, back then, Liu Bowen severed ninety-nine dragon veins, causing the spiritual energy and Great Dao of the human world to fall silent, which greatly weakened the power of the heretical path."

He casually removed and refined the external path from the demonic ape's body.

The thirteen-meter-tall demonic ape rapidly shrank in size, the bloodlust in its eyes dissipated, and the violent aura emanating from its body gradually dissipated. Although it fell into a coma, its two heads remained intact, and its size remained around five meters!

It possessed a powerful demonic aura!

"Oh?"

Chen Yang was somewhat surprised and said, "It seems that this monkey had already become a demon before it was corrupted and demonized by the heretics, and it had also consumed some kind of rare and precious material, causing its body to mutate."

This is normal.

It has been more than 13 years since the spiritual energy in the human world fully recovered... while the spiritual energy in some deep mountains and forests, rivers and lakes recovered even earlier, and can even be traced back to decades ago!
In some special regions, the resurgence of spiritual energy has even given birth to many rare and precious natural treasures.

Some wild beasts were lucky enough to accidentally eat rare and precious herbs and perhaps gained sentience and evolved into demons... In earlier years, there were many "monster legends" in the deep mountains, forests and lakes of the human world.

There were many reports about this in the news media back then, but eventually, due to various debunkings that revealed these monsters did not actually exist, these "monster legends" gradually faded from people's sight.

In fact, these "monsters" are demons!

Shennongjia is one of the most mysterious regions in the Great Xia Dynasty. The spiritual energy in its depths must have revived earlier. In the early stage of the spiritual energy revival, when the spiritual energy and the Great Dao, which had been dormant for more than 600 years, were revived, there would definitely be miraculous events, and some rare and precious materials would be born. If wild beasts or people accidentally eat them, they may obtain great opportunities and achieve an evolution in their life level!

Chen Yang pointed a finger, and a point of divine light entered the ape's brow.

The unconscious ape slowly opened its eyes, then leaped up from the ground, took a few steps back, and looked warily at Chen Yang and Jiang He, saying in human language, "Who are you? What... what happened to me?"

“You have been corrupted by heretical teachings and have lost your mind.”

Chen Yang said, "But don't worry, I've already removed the evil spirit from your body... Little monkey, you and I are destined to meet. Would you be willing to help me guard my home?" (End of Chapter)