Gao Wu Da Qin: You don't want your secret to be known, do you?

Chapter 166: I have to resort to insults! Full power!

Iron Enclosure Mountain, City Lord's Mansion, Council Hall. ඏ🍧 ☺👮

A woman stood at the entrance of the palace.

Her long hair cascaded over her shoulders, her face was as white as spring dew, her skin as smooth as cream, and a sparkling earring hung from her earlobe. A murderous intent emanated from her bright eyes, and her long, flowing blue dress trailed on the floor, leaving faint blue ripples.

"To be honest, your outfit is nowhere near as good as your previous black stockings."

"I still prefer your initial rebellious, aloof, and unapproachable demeanor."

A bright-eyed young man in a red robe walked out with a smile, circled around the woman, looked her over, and kept praising her.

The woman in the green dress calmly looked at the young man. "You're Qin Feng?"

Qin Feng chuckled, "Mountain Lord, this isn't the first time you've met me, yet you speak so formally? How amusing!"

As he spoke, Qin Feng glanced familiarly at the council hall and asked, "Wasn't today supposed to be an internal meeting for the sixteen government offices before their court sessions?"

"Why is it just the two of us?"

"You wouldn't be using this as a cover for personal matters, would you? Trying to take advantage of me!"

"Let me tell you, I, Qin Feng, am a man of steel, not someone you can just take advantage of. Although you are indeed good-looking, I am married..."

At that moment, a chillingly beautiful woman in a black gauze dress walked in from outside the door. "Qin Feng, I can hear you raving even from across the street!"

Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, then stared blankly at the enchantress in the black gauze dress, somewhat at a loss. "Mountain Lord, who is this?"

A woman dressed in a light blue silk dress, who looked exactly like the mountain lord, calmly said, "Sister, how have you been?"

The mountain lord looked at the woman and said, "You actually came all the way from Meng Po Pavilion. It seems the Ten Great Offices are quite concerned about this matter!"

My sister said, "There's no point in saying more, let's start the meeting!"

As she spoke, the younger sister turned and walked into the council hall.

Qin Feng crossed his arms and moved closer to the mountain lord. "To be honest, your sister looks pure and cute on the outside, but is a cool and sophisticated dandy on the inside! She's completely different from you, who's cold on the outside but warm on the inside!"

The mountain lord glanced at the lecherous man beside him. "I can't do anything to you if you talk nonsense to me, but if you disrespect my sister, when you cross the Bridge of Helplessness, you'll get double the Meng Po soup!"

Qin Feng was taken aback. "She's Meng Po?"

The mountain lord snorted and strode into the council hall.

Looking at the twin sisters, Qin Feng sighed inwardly, thinking that they were probably going to have a big argument today!

Today marks the ninth day since Qin Feng entered the underworld, and just three days remain until Zhang Zhi'en's case goes to its eighth hearing.

According to the rules of the underworld, for such a major case, the sixteen government departments must hold a briefing meeting before the trial begins.

The sixteen government departments would exchange information and share their own secrets at this internal meeting, hoping to reach a consensus.

If we can't reach an agreement, then let's go to court.

Zhang's case has already had several briefings, and each one has ended in discord, with everyone arguing fiercely.

Although the meeting hasn't started yet, the unpleasant atmosphere is already palpable. Today is destined to be a difficult and tricky day.

Just as Qin Feng was pondering, a gust of cold wind swept down from the steps of the council hall, and nine spirit officials descended.

The leading spirit official was dressed in a robe and a red official hat, exuding the aura of a high-ranking official in ancient times. Behind him were eight spirit officials from government offices dressed similarly.

Qin Feng had seen the roster of officials in the underworld before, and he naturally remembered all the officials, big and small. These nine were none other than the heads of the nine departments outside of the Bridge of Helplessness among the ten major departments.

Qin Feng greeted them with a smile, "Esteemed Spirit Officials, please come in!"

The leading forensic expert, Violet Luo, laughed heartily at Qin Feng, "President Qin! I've long admired your name! Meeting you now, you truly are a young hero, possessing both refinement and elegance!"

Qin Feng said politely, "It is my honor to meet you all. Please come in!"

The Grand Spirit Official and his entourage bowed and entered the council hall.

Qin Feng estimated that now, of the sixteen government offices, ten have arrived, and the mountain lord is also present. It's like they're now missing the envoys from one mountain, one city, and three major halls.

Before Qin Feng could finish his thoughts, several more gusts of cold wind blew in and suddenly appeared in front of him.

Two giant spirit officials, one in black and one in white, appeared before us. They were very tall, nearly two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) high, their robes fluttering in the wind.

The man in white robes on the left, with a deathly pale face but a beaming smile, wore a white spirit hat emblazoned with the words "Instant Wealth Upon Meeting." He bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you, Bi'an!"

The man in black robes on the right was fierce and sinister, with a broad and stout build. His black official hat bore the inscription "Peace Under Heaven." He bowed and said, "Fan Wujiu!"

The two spoke in unison, "The City of the Wrongfully Dead, the Black and White Impermanence beneath its walls, have come to discuss matters!"

Qin Feng respectfully raised his hand, "Please! Lords Black and White Impermanence!"

The Black and White Impermanence nodded in unison and entered the council hall.

Even faster, a black wind swept down, and a spirit official in red armor and a spirit official in blue robes landed together, announcing, "Kunwu Mountain, civil and military judges, come for a meeting!"

Qin Feng said, "Please come in!"

The black wind howled and dissipated, followed by the appearance of three demonic souls, each three zhang tall, with the heads of oxen and horses, and the bodies of giants, with iron chains and shackles hanging from their waists. They shook their heads and announced, "Messengers of the Third Palace of the Goddess Houtu, here to report!"

Qin Feng smiled and said, "We've been waiting for you all. Come on, let's take a seat!"

Qin Feng and Ox-Head and Horse-Face were about to enter the hall when a Buddhist chant came from behind them, "Benefactor, it's been a long time."

Qin Feng, Ox-Head, and Horse-Face all looked over. Behind them stood a bald monk, draped in Buddhist golden light, wearing a white robe and a yellow hat, who clasped his hands together and smiled.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!

This guy actually showed up uninvited.

The three ox-headed and horse-faced demons stared at Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with extreme displeasure. "We are having a meeting of the Sixteen Offices. Who are you, and what are you trying to achieve by coming here?"

Ksitigarbha pointed at Qin Feng, "If Qin Feng can come, why can't I? Besides, I even suppressed my cultivation level to the fifth realm just to come here! I'm in accordance with the rules of the Underworld!"

The three oxen and horses said in unison, "Qin Feng is the future Lord of Hell, and what are you? Do you even have a place in the Underworld?"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said calmly, "Qin Feng is the Lord of Hell, and I have come to guide the Lord of Hell!"

The three oxen and horses were about to argue when Qin Feng intervened, saying, "Let's talk things out. Come on, let's all go inside!"

As Qin Feng and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva stepped in last, the doors of the council hall slammed shut, sealing them tightly without leaving a single gap.

In the center of the council hall, within the ghost fire furnace, wisps of cloud-like energy rose upwards.

These clouds gathered into wisps and drifted into the vicinity of the surrounding spirit officials, who leisurely breathed in and out of them.

Clearly, the energy from this furnace is what they consider fine tea and snacks.

Once everyone had arrived, the master of Iron Mountain spoke up, "Now that everyone is here, let's begin the meeting! The person presiding over this meeting is the chairman of the foundation, Qin Feng."

As he spoke, Qin Feng walked to the center of the assembled spirit officials. After looking around, he said, "Thank you for your kind invitation, Mountain Lord, and thank you all for attending. It is an honor for me to preside over this meeting."

"Before we begin, I'd like to give you an analysis of the current situation in the Underworld."

Upon hearing this, a bull-headed figure spoke in a deep voice, "Isn't the current situation in the Underworld your doing? If you hadn't interfered, would our situation be as dire as it is today?"

Qin Feng looked at the Ox-Headed Spirit Official and said sincerely, "I admit that I bear responsibility for the current chaotic situation in the Underworld. If I had come to the banks of the Wuding River and secretly crossed it to the Yellow Emperor's Tomb on Qiao Mountain, would there be the eighth round of the Zhang Zhi'en case today? Would there be the chaotic scene of all living beings coming to the Underworld?"

"But what would you think if I told you that I did this to save you?"

The head of the Naihe Bridge Meng Po, the mountain lord's sister in a green dress, had a melodious voice: "They say the strategists are unparalleled in their eloquence, relying on their words to travel the world. Seeing it today, they are indeed remarkable! Keep making things up, keep lying, don't stop."

Qin Feng waved his sleeve, stood with his hands behind his back, and said, "I have three questions for you!"

"My first question is, are you all enjoying your good life right now?"

"My second question is, will your current good fortune last?"

"My third question is, will you all continue to live a good life from now on?"

"Don't rush to answer these three questions. Let me analyze them first, then tell me the answers!"

"The underworld is a piece of fat meat; both the heavens and the human world want a bite."

"During the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period, Zhuanxu was the first to systematically carry out the project of severing the connection between heaven and earth to gain merit. Unfortunately, Buzhou Mountain was destroyed by Gonggong in the later period, and the project was abandoned."

"After the fall of King Zhou, the gods initiated the plan to create a new Heavenly Court, hoping to use their boundless merits to establish a new Heavenly Court that would last for ten thousand generations. Celestial beings descended to earth and established the Yin-Yang School. The collaboration between the celestial beings and the gods caused chaos among the various schools of thought. In the end, the powerful beings ascended to heaven one after another. The Yin-Yang School began the Eighteen Amazing Finals to select the Eighteen Lords of Hell."

"Therefore, the future of the underworld is obvious to anyone: it will be ruled by the eighteen lords of hell, and all of you here will have to come down and serve as their slaves!"

At that moment, the ox-headed and horse-faced demons beside them instantly became enraged, their nostrils flaring with anger.

Qin Feng laughed and said, "I didn't mean to target you guys. 'Ox and horse' is just an adjective, meaning suffering and hardship. It's a literary metaphor, not an insult."

"Continuing our previous topic, you all usually act like the world is your boss and yourself are second only, doing whatever makes you comfortable. Who would be happy to suddenly make themselves suffer and endure hardship?"

"No one would be happy about that! No one has the inclination to be a slave to celestial beings!"

"If any of you have this habit or hobby, please stand up and leave immediately. We are a meeting of rebels against the Celestials, not a meeting of slaves of the Celestials."

The scene was quiet, and none of the spirit officials spoke.

Qin Feng continued, "Very good, everyone has now reached a consensus: we will absolutely not allow the Eighteen Lords of Hell to descend into the Underworld and truly control it!"

Meng Po couldn't help but say, "You yourself are the Lord of Hell, yet you dare to talk about opposing the Lord of Hell? Qin Feng, don't you think you're being incredibly abstract?"

"Is it abstract?" Qin Feng asked. "Because I am the Lord of Hell, I understand even better how to oppose the Lord of Hell! Right? Isn't that the logic?"

Meng Po was speechless for a moment, unable to respond.

Qin Feng continued, "Now that the Lord of Hell has become the undisputed boss, this momentum is unstoppable! No matter what, we cannot remove their title of Lord of Hell!"

"What we can do now, what we need to do, is to make them the visible bosses! So they can't control us!"

"Everyone knows about the Zhou emperor, right? Can the Zhou emperor still control the seven states and their feudal lords?"

"We want to create a underworld like the seven warring states!"

"Respect the Lord of Hell, don't be their enemy, and treat them as mascots or decorations."

The lord of Iron Enclosure Mountain interrupted Qin Feng, "Easier said than done! They're not pushovers either. What if they insist on having power? They are rightfully entitled, recognized by Heaven and Earth. With the power of Heaven and Man as their backing, they will surely crush us!"

The leading high-ranking official in red robes also said, "President Qin, as you've seen, the Underworld has no way to contend with the Human Realm, the Earthly Immortal Realm, or the Celestial Realm! We are all souls without physical bodies; if we only cultivate our souls, our cultivation levels are very low! To put it bluntly, our cultivation levels don't even exceed the tenth realm!"

"Look at the mortal realm, the earthly immortal realm, and the celestial realm. There are tons of tenth-realm powerhouses, eleventh-realm saints wandering the world, and even twelfth-realm supreme sages!"

"If the Celestials forcefully open the gates, we truly cannot stop them!"

Qin Feng said, "The Celestial army is pressing in, and we can't stop them. In the eyes of the Celestials, you natives are like ants. They are even willing to wipe you all out and establish a new ruling order."

"We definitely can't win a fight!"

"But what if chaos breaks out among the eighteen lords of hell, and they clash and argue endlessly over which hell to fight for? Wouldn't that prevent the celestial army from entering the underworld?"

At this point, the Lord of Iron Enclosure Mountain realized the key and muttered, "You mean, to incite chaos within the Lord of Hell, preventing him from determining each other's territories, thereby ensuring that the current indigenous demons can maintain the current territorial order."

"That's right!" Qin Feng clapped his hands. "The Mountain Lord is truly my confidante; you've hit the nail on the head!"

"To be honest, this is exactly what I, Qin Feng, intend to do!"

"I intend to sacrifice my own interests for the greater good, using myself as a starting point to incite chaos within the Lord of Hell, making it impossible for us to clearly define our territories. This way, you will have an excuse."

"Those of you present can tell the celestial beings that you strongly agree with their arrangements and are willing to completely obey the Lord of Hell. In this way, the celestial beings will have no reason to attack you."

"In this way, as long as the Lord of Hell maintains chaos, he will eventually become a mascot, and you can maintain your good days."

Meng Po looked at Qin Feng, "Is it possible that you said the same thing to the Lord of Hell and the Celestials? You first made us pretend to accept the Celestials' arrangement, then suddenly changed your tune and quickly divided the territory with the Lord of Hell. That way, our fake surrender became a real surrender, and you sold us to the Celestials for a good price!"

As soon as Meng Po spoke, all the spirit officials stared at Qin Feng with predatory eyes.

Compared to you, who would betray the interests of the gods and the lord of hell for our sake, you are more likely to betray us for the interests of the gods and the lord of hell!

Under such an oppressive atmosphere, Qin Feng rubbed his hands together and asked a question, "I never imagined that someone would say that I, Qin Feng, am an accomplice of the Celestials."

Meng Po looked at Qin Feng, "Do you have a way to prove you're not an accomplice of the Celestials?"

Qin Feng smiled at Meng Po, "I have no way to prove that I am an accomplice of the Celestials, because no matter how much I curse and swear, once you start to disbelieve, even if I curse you the most, you will not believe it."

"It's like when you test whether a piece of glass will break, the glass has already broken."

Meng Po's jade-like face glowed. "In that case, today's meeting should come to an end."

Qin Feng laughed and said, "Then you're overthinking it!"

"I won't make any solemn oaths to convince you that I'm not an accomplice of the Celestials."

"I will only tell you clearly! I, Qin Feng, am your last straw!"

"If you miss me, you'll miss your last chance to compete with the Celestials! In fact, you weren't even qualified to compete with the Celestials in the first place. It was I, Qin Feng, who joined your side and gave you a chance to be players!"

"Without me, you are nothing but pawns. Once the Lords of the Eighteen Hells descend, the celestial army, with overwhelming righteousness, will crush you all. No matter what you say, it will be useless!"

"I'm the one trying to give you a chance to survive! And instead of being grateful, you think I'd harm you!"

"Meng Po, you're as beautiful as your sister, how can you be so heartless!"

"You're a bunch of dead men, and I'm handing you a rope, and you say I'm going to kill you!"

"You don't really think anyone other than me would risk going against the Celestials to save you, do you?"

"No way, no way!"

"Has so many years of hedonism corrupted your brains, leaving them hollow?"

"Do you think I'm easy to talk to because I don't scold you?!"

"Speak up!"

"What the hell are you all doing, shut up?!"

"Threaten me with that piercing look you just gave me! Stare at me like that!"

"A bunch of idiots who can't even tell big from small! You're the dumbest group of guys I've ever met!"

"Stubbornness is a compliment to you!"

"You're all stupid, wicked, and still trying to get something for nothing!"

"You all deserve to die!"

"What am I doing here?"

"I should let the iron fist of the celestial beings smash down and wipe you all out, cleanse the underworld, and establish eighteen levels of hell!"

"Damn it! I should have teamed up with those seventeen Lords of Hell. They may be stingy, but at least they're not stupid, and they'd give me the best spots!"

"You don't actually think that with my status as the top leader of the 18th Jinghong cohort, I couldn't get the best meal there and had to come here begging, do you?!"

"Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!"

With that, Qin Feng turned and pushed open the door, ready to leave!

This scene instantly panicked all the spirit officials present!

One more chapter to go, still writing. Trying to reach 10,000 words today, just to avoid anyone criticizing me...

(End of this chapter)

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