Gods of the Nation: You worship the God of Longevity, I worship the King of Hell!

Chapter 72 The Immortal Incantation that Leads Directly to the Great Luo Golden Immortal!

"Yes, yes, that's right!"

Master Lingshui stared at the leather whip hanging behind him, his whole body trembling like a leaf.

Lu Chen pulled out the book "Thousand Demon Contemplation" from his pocket and asked in a cold voice, "Then what exactly does the text on this book mean?"

"General, I... I only recognize a part of it! This book was passed down to me by my late master. He only taught me this one section of the incantation that can communicate with ghosts and spirits. I don't understand the rest!"

Lu Chen's gaze turned cold.

"Snapped!"

The whip lashed down, and Ling Shui screamed in agony, rolling on the ground.

"My lord! I'm not lying, I really didn't!"

"My lord, shall I use the Soul Searching Technique to search him?"

Fan Rusong stepped forward to ask for instructions.

Soul-searching technique?
Lu Chen nodded in agreement.

A mysterious light shone in Fan Rusong's hand, which he pressed onto Ling Shui's head. The ghost's body immediately deflated as if it had been drained of its contents, and its facial features twisted into a grotesque mess.

"Husband!" the woman with red spots cried out in despair.

Before long, Fan Rusong had transmitted a cluster of memories into Lu Chen's sea of ​​consciousness.

Master Lingshui collapsed to the ground, his ghostly figure blurred. Clearly, while the Soul Searching Technique was effective, it caused immense damage to the soul and should not be used recklessly.

But the spiritual water was fine, so I used it.

This guy committed numerous evil deeds in his lifetime, including several massacres of entire families. In this memory, he didn't even spare infants, using them all to refine his "Mysterious Water Transformation Technique".

Lu Chen grew angrier the more he looked, pointing at the woman with red spots: "Search her too!"

"Yes!"

As Fan Rusong made his move, the woman with red spots screamed in agony.

Lu Chen quickly flipped through Ling Shui's memories.

It turns out that this spiritual water was adopted by a heretical cultivator called "Black Water Master" when she was young. Their lineage comes from the Black Water Cult and worships evil gods such as the Great Black Buddha Mother.

However, by the time it was passed down to the Blackwater Demon, the worship had long ceased, and there were no divine positions or statues, which led to stagnation in cultivation, the decline of the sect, and in the end, only the three of them, master and disciple, remained.

Before his death, the Blackwater Demon passed on the position of leader to Lingshui, who was essentially a figurehead. He also passed on this book, "The Thousand Demon Contemplations."

Ling Shui wasn't lying; the Black Water Demon did indeed only teach him the first part of the secret incantation before he died.

According to my memory, the "Thousand Demons Contemplation" contains three secret mantras:

The first section can be connected to [ghosts and spirits]: including spirits of the underworld and evil spirits;
The second paragraph can be interpreted as referring to "heavenly gods," which likely refers to the righteous gods of the celestial court.

The third section can be interpreted as "immortals and gods": these should refer to immortals from a higher realm.

As far as Lu Chen knew, immortals were divided into five ranks.

Ghost immortals, human immortals, earth immortals, god immortals, and celestial immortals.

Celestial Immortals can be further divided into Taiyi Golden Immortals and Daluo Golden Immortals.

This third secret incantation may be communicating with deities above the Taiyi Golden Immortal level.

Corresponding to this, aren't they exactly the same as the deities at the level of the Three Pure Ones and the Six Emperors?

Of course, these are just Lu Chen's own speculations.

He still doesn't know the truth.

After that, Ling Shui and the woman with red spots wandered the world, hoping to revive the Blackwater Sect. However, they were weak and had many enemies, so they had no choice but to join the Rakshasa Sect, hoping to take advantage of its power.

Unfortunately, in the Rakshasa Sect, where there are many experts, their third-grade cultivation level is simply not enough, and they have never even been qualified to enter the main altar once.

This time, they came to Longhu County.

The two learned by chance that there was a family in Longhu County that made statues that could communicate with the gods, and the county was also suffering from years of drought.

Having inquired beforehand, the Lingshui couple traveled a great distance to Longhu County.

I came here specifically for the Qilin Blade and the "Mysterious Divine Manual".

Although Ling Shui possesses the "Thousand Demon Contemplation" and can contact the Great Black Buddha Mother, he suffers from the lack of a divine statue and position, preventing the evil god from bestowing "grace".

Therefore, the two were so eager to obtain something that they made a statue to communicate with the gods.

Who knew that Lu Chen would suddenly appear out of nowhere.

The entire plan fell through.

The main reason why the two men committed such a brutal act was precisely this.

Lu Chen's previous scathing criticism of Ling Shui only accounted for about 40% of the reason.

Unexpectedly, his attempt to steal a chicken backfired, and he ended up losing his life.

Seeing this, Lu Chen understood.

"General, should we also examine her memories?"

"No need."

Lu Chen waved his hand, dispelling the memories of the woman with red spots. Having seen Ling Shui's, it was better not to see the woman with red spots anymore.

"Xiaoru." "Your subordinate is here!"

"Where is that Blackwater Demon—Wang Li—now?"

Fan Rusong pulled out the Book of Evil and checked it, then reported: "General, Wang Li is destined to be reborn as an animal for nine lifetimes. He is currently in his third life and will be reborn as a pig. However... he won't live long and will soon be made into a roast suckling pig."

"Oh fine."

Lu Chen had originally intended to bring this old devil up for questioning, but since that's the case, then forget it.

He glanced at the dying Ling Shui couple on the ground and snorted coldly.

"Little calf, little horse!"

"Your subordinate is here!" Ox-Head and Horse-Face were taken aback at first, then clasped their hands in response.

Lu Chen took out several large silver bills, chanted an incantation, and burned them. The two stacks of ghost money immediately fell into the hands of Ox-Head and Horse-Face.

"My lord, what is this?!?"

"I've given some to Xiaoqing and Xiaoru before. Now that you're with me, I certainly won't treat you unfairly."

The ox-headed and horse-faced demons were so excited that they knelt down on the spot: "Thank you, sir! My brother and I are willing to go through fire and water for you!"

Tsk tsk, money really can make the devil turn the millstone.

"Alright, the interrogation is over. You can all sit down and have something to eat. There are plenty of snacks."

Lu Chen continued to offer small favors.

"Thank you, sir!"

Ox-Head and Horse-Face had been craving these words for a long time.

Watching the four underworld officials sitting around enjoying their meal, Lu Chen took out the "Thousand Demons Contemplation" book again.

Actually, this name is not the original name of this mysterious ancient book.

It was named by the people of Heishui themselves.

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly: "I am acquainted with gods like the God of Wealth, the Ten Kings of Hell, and even the Water Deity Star Lord. Even if my opponents are at the level of the Four Seas Dragon Kings, how dare a mere grass-roots evil god catch my eye?"

—The Great Black Buddha Mother?
This level of evil god is only good for scaring mortals; in terms of real power, he's probably not even qualified to guard the gate for the God of Wealth!
Moreover, practicing such evil arts can easily affect one's mind and appearance.

Judging from the appearance of Ling Shui and his wife, they are no good people.

Therefore, this first section of the "communicating with ghosts and gods" incantation was not very useful to Lu Chen, and even somewhat demeaning.

He was interested in the last two paragraphs.

Unfortunately, the language barrier prevents me from using it immediately.

"Well, let's see what fate brings. Anyway, with the Qilin Blade and the 'Divine Book of Profound Understanding,' I can contact most of the gods. This 'Thousand Demon Contemplation' is just icing on the cake; there's no need to rush it."

With a change of heart, Lu Chen put the ancient book away.

At this moment, the four underworld messengers had already devoured all the underworld food on the table like a whirlwind.

Xie Qingyi even let out a satisfied burp and rubbed her slightly protruding belly.

"Why, are you full?"

Xie Qingyi nodded: "Yes! I'm full! General, the food in the human world is so delicious!"

Ox-Head and Horse-Face chimed in, "We've never tasted anything so delicious before!"

Lu Chen chuckled: "Now that you're full, help me with some work."

He burned the list he had compiled earlier for Fan Rusong: "This is the list of the deceased ancestors of my neighbors in the community. I heard that they are not doing well in the afterlife, with no clothes to cover their bodies and suffering from hunger and cold. Prepare some food and clothing for them and send it over. If they have nowhere to live, arrange a place for them to stay."

Fan Rusong took the list, clasped his hands in a fist and replied, "Rest assured, sir, I will certainly handle it properly."

Lu Chen nodded, then casually asked, "By the way, what has that old man Yama been doing these past two days? He must be overjoyed with all that incense offerings, right?"

Xie Qingyi skipped forward, gesturing as she said, "General, he's more than just overjoyed! The King of Hell is absolutely ecstatic! My dad said yesterday that the King of Hell ran into King Qin Guang on the way, and he was so proud of himself, he held the king's hand and bragged about it for ages, which made King Qin Guang's face turn green with anger, and the two kings almost came to blows!"

“I’ve heard about this too,” Niu Tou chimed in. “My elder brother was there at the time. It’s said that King Qin Guang almost used the Underworld Bell, but fortunately King Chu Jiang arrived in time to stop him.”

Lu Chen chuckled: "This old man is quite the show-off."

He could imagine how arrogant and smug Yama must be to make King Qin Guang so angry that he was about to pull out his magic weapon.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, go back now. Get this matter done as soon as possible."

"Yes, General!"

The four men bowed and accepted the order, escorting the Ling Shui couple back to the underworld.

The villa has returned to tranquility.

Lu Chen sat back on the sofa and began to think about the next thing.

—Regarding the exchange rate of ghost money.

"We can't make the face value too high all at once, otherwise it will cause inflation, which wouldn't be fun..."

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　　If there's enough time, I'll update twice; I'll try my best to speed up the transitional chapters.

　　But I really can't not write it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)