Wandao long distance

Chapter 1001 Negotiation

Li Qi looked at Mo Hu, stretched himself, and said to Shen Shuibi: "Then I'll leave first."

Shen Shuibi looked at Li Qi and sighed: "Go."

Mo Hu bowed his head and saluted Shen Shuibi, but did not say much.

In this situation, it is really not appropriate to say more.

Li Qi and Mo Hu left, passed through the gate, and headed to the underworld.

Shen Shuibi watched them leave and finally could only shake her head.

What could he do? Should he keep Li Qi here while crying and making a fuss, and never let him do anything dangerous?

No, Shen Shuibi would never do that.

So, let's just wait for him to come back at home. At least from now on, he comes back every time.

--------

And on the other side.

Li Qi followed Mo Hu to the underworld, where he met the Demon Prince again.

Theoretically, he and the Demon Prince should be considered brothers.

They were all created by the Heavenly Devil during the process of destroying Buddhism. In the outside world, they are generally called "the Heavenly Devil's children", and the title of Demon Prince also comes from this.

At this moment, the scenery in the underworld is very scary.

But below, I saw countless ghosts running around in panic, seeking to save themselves. They were bound by their past sins and had suddenly arrived in hell without realizing it.

A hot wind blows up, blowing hot black sand onto the sinner’s body, turning it completely black like a black cloud. The hot sand burns the skin, flesh and bones. Black flames rise from the sinner’s body, circling around the body and returning to the body. The sinner suffers all kinds of torment, being burned and scorched.

There are also sinners who lie in an iron mortar and are pounded with an iron pestle from foot to head. Their skin and flesh are crushed, pus and blood flow out, and they are in agony and pain, and all kinds of poisons come to them.

In another hell, the jailers throw the criminals into a large iron urn, where the boiling hot soup boils the criminals, who scream and cry in agony.

It goes on and on like this, seemingly without end.

This is 'retribution'.

To be precise, this is part of clearing the karma at the time of reincarnation.

Before reincarnation, everyone must repay the cause and effect. Only by making the cause and effect of one's life clear can one be alone and be reborn safely.

Good deeds will bring good results, and bad deeds will bring bad results, all end here.

Of course, there is no such thing as good or evil, because what you get is what you have created.

Everything you do in your life will get almost perfect feedback here. If you treat others kindly when you are alive, you will also be treated kindly here.

You have been killing people without reason all your life, and what you get here is an endless process of killing, except that this time the target of killing is yourself.

Whether it is good or bad, of course, depends entirely on oneself. A pervert who is completely inwardly perverted believes that being tortured is pleasurable, and being treated kindly is a form of torture, so he will be friendly to people all his life.

So, after he arrived in the underworld, he was treated friendly.

Judging by deeds rather than intentions, no matter what you think, here you will only get retribution for everything you have done in your life. This is a manifestation of "karma".

In the underworld, you will be helped to eliminate all the karma on your body. As for how to eliminate it... of course, it is to let you consume all the karma yourself.

Whatever you do will come back to you perfectly, no matter what you think.

You will receive what you have done, because karma is essentially directional. When the "combined force" of karma is zero, it means that you have paid off your karma and can be reincarnated.

What control all of this are the many sects that cultivate the power of karma, such as Buddhism, the path to hell, the path to ghosts, and the path of demons. They are all experts in controlling karma, and they are also responsible for maintaining the normal operation of reincarnation.

Now that the Karma Demon is dead and the Bodhisattva has disappeared, the operation of the underworld has essentially come to a halt, making the concept of "retribution after death" basically untenable.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long and someone soon came to take over.

The person who took over was the Demon Prince.

Li Qi saw that the Demon Prince was presiding over reincarnation, and the karma he controlled was eliminating all karma for every true soul in reincarnation.

This reveals a fact more clearly:

The reason why the universe is like this is because the powerful ones want it to be like this.

This is also true for reincarnation.

Li Qi is a leisurely person, but there are people on duty in many places, including the sun in the world. Obviously, this is also paid, and the reward is the corresponding "authority".

If you don't care about this authority, then it doesn't matter, but if you want it, you have to come and work.

Just like the sacrifices of witches and shamans, many things with symbolic meanings have magical powers, and the "authority" that comes from the existing order of the universe is naturally the same. Therefore, for many powerful people, they are very happy to do such a job, and even form a situation of competition for the position.

For example, the Five Ghost Kings and the Ten Kings of Hell.

But there are also those who are unwilling to work and are forcibly captured. There is a magic weapon called "Investiture of the Gods" which is responsible for this matter. Many powerful people who are unwilling to work will be captured to work. It all depends on the specific situation and cannot be generalized.

Li Qi walked up to the Demon Prince and saw that he was busy.

So he reached out and offered some help.

As a second-grade practitioner, Li Qi was not proficient in the law of karma, but he knew a thing or two about it, so it was easy for him to help the Demon Prince with odd jobs.

Therefore, this group of people were dealt with quickly, and the Demon Prince separated a Dharma body and let the Dharma body talk to Li Qi while his main body was still dealing with the matters of reincarnation.

"Thank you." The Demon Prince nodded slightly to Li Qi.

  Li Qi's eyes widened. !

Surprised!

  It turns out that the Demon Prince can actually say thank you?

It's really rare to be thanked by the Demon Prince.

Really, it was so rare that Li Qi felt that he should thank the Demon Prince for this "thank you".

He had to thank the Demon Prince for allowing him to see such a rare scene.

Seeing Li Qi's appearance, the Demon Prince's expression turned cold, he flicked his sleeves, and went straight to the topic: "I have basically mastered the karma. Now the authority in my hands is also considered to be top among the second-grade ones. It's time to move on to the next step."

"It's not enough. The situation in the Formless Realm is not good enough. It cannot maintain the state of 'nothingness'." Li Qi said.

"There are some things that need to be clarified about this." said the Demon Prince, and began to explain that there were some problems.

As he spoke, Li Qi looked up at the sky, at the dim sun of the underworld.

Is that the sun? The underworld has also changed from a plane to a planet.

These are all changes that occur to match the changes in the universe.

The outside world that Li Qi first knew was a variety of independent worlds and world groups. What the inside of the world looks like depends entirely on the evolutionary process. The entire world is completely non-isotropic.

The outside world now is composed of various galaxies, and so is the underworld.

When Li Qi looked at the sun, he was actually judging the current operating form of the underworld.

This can be seen from the trajectory of the sun.

If there is an orbit around the sun, and it is circular, and the earth's axis has no inclination, the path of the sun is just a point.

The orbit around the sun is circular, the earth's axis has an inclination, and the sun's path is a symmetrical figure eight.

The orbit around the sun is elliptical, the earth's axis has no inclination, the sun's path is an ellipse, and it is a straight line in the east-west direction at the equator.

The orbit around the sun is elliptical, the earth's axis is tilted, and the sun's path is an asymmetrical figure eight.

It only takes a quick glance to tell how the underworld is pretending to operate at this moment.

Li Qi could also use true knowledge to scan it, but using true knowledge in this place would be impolite and offensive, and it would be bad if it attracted the attention of other second-grade people.

You know, although Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is no longer with us, the cycle of reincarnation has not stopped. The Lord of Mount Tai is not someone you can easily mess with, and even King Yama has to bow his head in front of them.

The golden monkey was able to cause such a huge commotion at the time, and no one in the Ten Courts of Hell could control him. In fact, it was because the Ten Courts of Hell were only of the third rank, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Lord of Mount Tai did not show up directly.

Li Qi quickly got the answer. This was a motionless planet, and the sun did not move either. Both were in a static state. It was a permanent dusk here, and the dim red halo would last forever.

"Are you listening?" the Demon Prince suddenly asked.

"Oh, I see. These are just small matters. They won't cause any trouble." Li Qi came back to his senses and said, "Compared to these, how to get the Desire Realm from Wu Xian is a bigger problem."

"Then it's up to you." The Demon Prince said, "With the help of the entire reincarnation, the cultivation plan of the formless realm is not difficult, but I can't intervene in the desire realm... I don't have any connections in Wushen Mountain."

"Okay, let's divide the work like this." Li Qi expressed his understanding, and then said: "Did you lead the current situation of the underworld? There are only three second-grade people in the underworld now, right?"

"I haven't touched it." The Demon Prince shook his head: "I am only responsible for handling karma. This part was originally handled by the Karma Demon. To be honest, I have no intention of taking over the underworld."

"When you take over the underworld and cultivate the Formless Realm as the final destination for all reincarnated true spirits, you are already taking over the underworld. It may cause disputes, so you'd better be careful." Li Qi reminded.

"Well, it's settled then. You go and get the Desire Realm, and I'll continue to cultivate the Formless Realm." The Demon Prince seemed unwilling to waste too much time on this topic.

"Okay." Li Qi nodded, then turned and left.

Li Qi quietly left the underworld, and now he was about to start his new chapter of slaying demons, teaming up with the Demon Prince... to seize both opposing heavens.

The formless realm and the Paranirmita-vasavartin heaven.

From now on, all the three grades of Qi Dian have been temporarily put aside by Li Qi. The plan for the Demon Prince to be promoted to the second grade has ended. He does not need Qi Dian for the time being, so he can let them continue to operate.

This made Li Qi feel a little sad.

His behavior is actually very similar to that of... a witch god.

The Wu Shen's attitude towards Li Qi should be the same, right?

When needed, they would meet Li Qi in person and ask him to join one of their plans. When not needed, they would just leave him there and wait for him to be used when needed.

As for how to get to the Desire Realm…it’s actually a bit troublesome.

The value of the Desire Realm is well known. It is an important trophy of the witchcraft in the war between humans and witches, and is currently in the hands of Wu Xian.

Li Qi walks in outer space.

To be honest, halfway through the journey, Li Qi began to have some doubts...

I wonder if Wu Xian had anticipated this day when he took the Desire Realm away from me.

Wu Xian anticipated that Li Qi would want to take back the Desire Realm, so he took the Desire Realm away in the name of spoils of war. As a result, if Li Qi wanted the Desire Realm now, he had to go to Wu Xian to ask for it.

I want to get it back... I'm afraid it's not that easy.

Thinking of this, Li Qi had already returned to Wushen Mountain, and this time, he went straight to Wu Xian's residence.

As the actual leader of Wushen Mountain, Wu Xian's residence was no secret, and even he himself was not that high and mighty. He would often preach on Wushen Mountain, and when he had nothing to do, he would study and ponder some methods and spread them out.

Many wild witches in the countryside, those witches who did not belong to the Wushen Mountain, were born in this way.

Wu Xian was very friendly to the people. He even studied medicine and music. His medical skills were well-known to all. In ancient times, when humans and witches had not yet separated, Wu Xian created the musical instrument "drum", which he played to please Haotian.

It is a well-known fact that Haotian likes music. There is even such a thing as 'The Echoes of Creation', and Wu Xian was once the chief priest of Haotian.

From these aspects, it can be seen that Wu Xian is actually not a difficult person to get along with.

However, she is a first-class rank after all, so no matter how easy it is to get along with her, it is still based on the premise that 'the other party is willing'.

Just like all wizards, Wu Xian is not a good guy. His being easy to get along with doesn't mean he will help you, nor does it mean he won't plot against you.

In fact, both Wuxian and Wugeng, the two witch gods, made great contributions to divination.

The divination invented by Wu Xian is a metaphysical divination, called "bu", and Wu Geng invented "suan", which makes predictions through the method of arithmetic. The combination of the two is the origin of the fortune-telling lineage.

It is said that: "There are two names for divination: Wu Geng and Wu Xian."

Wu Geng is the promoted witch god from the Bu Ren lineage and also Zhu Fengdan's teacher.

It’s a very strange thing that Zhu Fengdan’s teacher is actually a fortune teller.

However, considering Zhu Fengdan's usual unorthodoxy, this is also very normal, and for the witch gods, they have long since stopped sticking to the Taoist tradition.

While thinking about Wu Xian, Li Qi also came to where Wu Xian was.

You can see a group of young people surrounding Wu Xian and asking questions in an orderly manner.

Li Qi took a quick glance and found that these young men were all young masters of Wushen Mountain.

These young people are full of energy and vigor. They are obviously handsome and both men and women are full of confidence.

If Li Qi had not gone to Chang'an, but returned directly to the headquarters of Wushen Mountain, he might have become one of them, with a group of people surrounding Wushen to ask questions, practice, and grow.

So Li Qi walked behind the group of young people and watched them attend class silently.