Hell Emperor.

Chapter 321 Shura Jie - The Great Guardian Demon
As the knots on his body were untied, the Earth Dragon King also returned to his former gentleness and peace.

It slowly revolved around Ye Jie with a very intimate attitude. Although it said nothing, Ye Jie could feel its deep gratitude.

"Interesting... It seems that this Earth Dragon King is indeed a very gentle monster just as Shan Yao said."

Ye Jie smiled faintly. Anyone who had seen the frantic struggle of the Earth Dragon King, causing the mountains to collapse and the earth to tremble, would definitely not be able to associate this monster with the word gentle.

At this time, one head of the Earth Dragon King suddenly rose up and dived underground, while the other head remained beside Ye Jie, who had transformed into a divine dragon.

Although the Earth Dragon King was huge in size, it controlled its own strength perfectly when moving. Apart from the creaking sound when digging the soil, it did not cause much shock.

Soon, the body of the Earth Dragon King swelled up in circles, as if something was moving inside his body. The head that remained on the ground also opened its mouth wide, and from its huge mouth with serrated fangs, large chunks of gold suddenly spit out, which piled up into a small hill in a blink of an eye.

The Earth Dragon King nudged the gold with his head and pushed it in front of Ye Jie like offering a treasure.

"You want me to accept the gold as a thank you gift? Unfortunately, gold is not used in the underworld. Good deeds are used there."

Looking at the Earth Dragon King who was trying to please him, Ye Jie also understood what it meant.

As a monster that lives underground all year round, the earth dragon is quite familiar with the mineral deposits buried deep beneath the earth.

Whether it is a spiritual vein rich in spiritual stones, a gold mine rich in gold, or other rare mineral veins, they cannot escape the exploration of the earth dragon.

When it comes to the ability to detect spiritual veins, even an earth immortal who has achieved enlightenment cannot match the racial advantage of an earth dragon. As a demon beast, an earth dragon is quite sensitive to this, not to mention the Earth Dragon King whose strength far exceeds that of ordinary earth dragons.

The gold spit out by the Earth Dragon King might have been dug out from some gold mine.

Ye Jie waved his hand, intending to refuse, and the Earth Dragon King immediately lowered his head, looking unhappy.

Seeing this, Ye Jie was helpless but had no choice but to accept the gold.

Ye Jie's mind moved, and he communicated with the Hades Formation of the Golden Wheel Palace. The gold was immediately pulled by the formation and moved into the Hades.

Only after Ye Jie accepted the gold did the Earth Dragon King become satisfied and began to revolve around Ye Jie again.

Seeing that the Earth Dragon King was so human, Ye Jie suddenly found it interesting. He glanced at the middle section of the Earth Dragon King's body that was originally tangled, and couldn't help but feel a little curious:

"By the way...how did you tie your body into a knot? It's very difficult for ordinary monsters to do this. You have already become a monster king, so how could you be so careless?"

When Ye Jie asked this, the Earth Dragon King let out a wail. At the same time, waves of information came into Ye Jie's mind.

After carefully sensing the message, Ye Jie also understood the problem.

It turned out that not long ago, the Earth Dragon King, who was basking in the sun peacefully, suddenly felt a breath of its natural enemy that made it palpitate. The breath was so strong that it made it tremble, as if it saw countless dehydrated earthworms being completely refined.

The two heads of the Earth Dragon King were frightened and fled in a panic, causing their bodies to twist into a ball. By the time they discovered it, a lump had already formed, and no matter how they struggled, they could not untie the lump.

Even when he felt Ye Jie approaching, the Earth Dragon King thought it was his natural enemy who came to refine him, so he launched a fierce attack on Ye Jie.

After understanding the cause and effect of the matter, Ye Jie laughed dumbly: "Luckily you met me, otherwise, no one else would be able to solve the problem in your body..."

Seeing the Earth Dragon King's thick waist that required a hundred people to hug, Ye Jie's mouth twitched. He didn't know how powerful the natural enemy must be to scare the Earth Dragon King into this state, with even his body knotted. If this news got out, the other demon kings would probably laugh at him for a long time.

At this moment, the message from the Earth Dragon King rang in Ye Jie's mind again.

"...You want me to protect you?"

Ye Jie was surprised and confirmed with the Earth Dragon King.

The Earth Dragon King raised his big mouth full of fangs and nodded up and down in a humane manner, confirming Ye Jie's question.

The arrival of the natural enemy obviously frightened the Earth Dragon King so much that he dared not stay here any longer.

Seeing that Ye Jie's strength far exceeds his own, and that he has also shown favor by untying the knots in his body, the Earth Dragon King is willing to submit to Ye Jie and acknowledge him as his master in exchange for Ye Jie's protection and to avoid being harmed by his natural enemies.

Ye Jie pondered for a while and soon made a decision: "Speaking of which, there are fences specially set up for breeding earth dragons in the Hades' buildings. If you are willing to recognize me as your master, you can be a great demon guarding the Golden Wheel Palace in the future."

The Earth Dragon King was overjoyed, and his two heads danced together. His undisguised joy from the bottom of his heart seemed to infect Ye Jie. Ye Jie took out seven stitched pages, and as his mind moved, several rows of new words soon appeared on the stitched pages.

[Lack of steel frame, unable to build the ground dragon fence. 】

Ye Jie's mouth twitched. No matter what building he wanted to build, it would be difficult to proceed due to the lack of steel frames. He had no choice but to speak:
"I'm sorry, this earth dragon fence needs steel frames to be built. The Golden Wheel Palace currently lacks steel frames and cannot be built. I have to inconvenience you for a while."

To Ye Jie's surprise, after hearing his words, the Earth Dragon King was not too depressed. Instead, he looked eager to try, as if he was willing to help Ye Jie solve his problems.

"Wait... With the power of the Earth Dragon King, maybe..."

Ye Jie seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up.

At this time, the head at the back of the Earth Dragon King drilled into the ground again, and soon, just like it had just spit out gold, a large amount of dark and hard black stone came out from the other head that remained on the ground.

Ye Jie picked up one of the black stones, rubbed it in his palm, and soon got the answer: "This is... iron ore? With the Earth Dragon King's ability to find mineral veins, he can easily find unmined iron ore. With enough ore to smelt iron, it would be enough to build buildings in the human world. Unfortunately, iron ore cannot be used for buildings in the underworld. Bone materials must be used..."

Thinking of this, Ye Jie looked at the Earth Dragon King expectantly: "Can you find the skeletons of those dead creatures deep underground?"

The Earth Dragon King did what he said. The head left on the ground opened its mouth wide and spit out a huge amount of bones. Only a very small part of them were human bones. Most of them were strange-looking bones that did not resemble human shapes. Ye Jie had never even seen the bones of several creatures among them.

Seeing that the Earth Dragon King possessed such a special ability that could absorb everything buried underground to the surface, Ye Jie looked at it as if he had found a treasure.

Under the earth, there are countless skeletons of creatures. Some are buried so deep that even the ghost officials who bury the bones cannot dig them out. They can only lie quietly deep underground. For the Earth Dragon King who regards the earth as his home, the skeletons buried deep underground cannot escape his perception at all. One of his heads stays underground to violently inhale, and the other head spits out the skeletons on the ground, which can bring Ye Jie an endless supply of bone fragments.

With this inexhaustible supply of bone fragments as a supplement, the Fiery Oil Pot can also produce a large amount of steel bones. The Earth Dragon King only needs to find 10 million kilograms of bone fragments and smelt them into steel bones to collect all the materials for building the Earth Dragon fence.

"Ten million kilograms... I need this amount of bones."

Ye Jie informed the Earth Dragon King of his needs. Far from being frightened by the huge amount, the Earth Dragon King was full of energy. He kept spitting out large amounts of bone fragments from his mouth, and soon a mountain of bones was piled up around him.

Ye Jie nodded with satisfaction. Before gathering all the resentment and building a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​bones to automatically collect bone fragments, the arrival of the Earth Dragon King could be said to have greatly increased the number of bone fragments in the Golden Wheel Palace.

Just as the Earth Dragon King was searching for the bone fragments, Ye Jie suddenly felt something, slightly turned sideways, and said, "Come out."

As if to verify what Ye Jie said, Shan Yao walked out from the back with a look of surprise on his face.

Seeing Shan Yao coming, Ye Jie frowned: "Didn't I ask you to seduce the souls? Why did you leave your post without permission?"

As he spoke, Ye Jie's eyes showed a bit more scrutiny. If Shan Yao was of no use and turned a deaf ear to his words, he would probably have to find a new ghost messenger.

Shan Yao glared at Ye Jie and said, "Who said I was absent from my post? I followed your request and led out the souls of the villagers one by one, and then explained the situation to them. After they accepted the current situation, they all went to the Golden Wheel Palace to wait for you. Didn't you say that the Golden Wheel Palace was short of people? They also want to find a job in the palace."

Ye Jie was a little surprised. He didn't expect Shan Yao to complete his instructions so quickly. As expected, the words of people from the same village were more likely to convince the dead. If Ye Jie did it himself, the effect might not be so good.

With the replenishment of these villagers' souls, the problem of shortage of staff in the hall can be solved. If the Golden Wheel Hall wants to prosper, it has taken the most basic and most critical first step.

Shan Yao stood on tiptoe and continued, "Under the mutual guidance of the souls of the villagers, I did not miss a single remains and found the souls of all the dead. Although there are still some remains that are buried deep in the ruins and cannot be led, I have done everything I can."

Ye Jie nodded: "You did a good job, but why did you come here? Didn't I ask you to wait for me here?"

Shan Yao puffed his lips and said, "I was afraid that you would be defeated by the mad Earth Dragon King and be killed by him, so I came to check... Now I see that you don't need my help at all and let the Earth Dragon King return to its original state..."

Hearing her say this, Ye Jie became even more helpless: "If even I can't defeat the Earth Dragon King, what can you do? Wouldn't your soul be scattered faster?"

Shan Yao stamped her feet and ignored Ye Jie.

"Forget it, just complete the task." Ye Jie said slowly.

At this time, Shan Yao quickly stepped forward, blocked Ye Jie's way, and spread his palms towards him.

"What are you doing?"

Ye Jie was stunned. There was clearly nothing in her palm. What was she doing?
Shan Yao glared: "Where is my reward for my good deeds? I have completed your task, now it's your turn to give me good deeds!"

Ye Jie finally understood what she meant and said, "Yin De is something that cannot be seen or touched. I can't take out Yin De and put it in your hand."

Shan Yao was stunned: "Then how are you going to give me Yin De?"

Ye Jie explained: "Although Yin De cannot be seen, the Yin De of each person, or each ghost, is clearly recorded in the Book of Life and Death. Only through the remaining pages of the Book of Life and Death can we see the amount of Yin De we have."

"Okay..." Ye Jie's words did not give Shan Yao any room to refute. She could only accept everything Ye Jie said and asked, "Where is the remaining page?"

"Well..."

Ye Jie coughed dryly. Although he became the master of the Golden Wheel Palace, the main account of the Golden Wheel Palace was not in his hands. Instead, it was firmly controlled by the master of the Moluo Palace.

Without the main account in hand, Ye Jie couldn't let the ghost officials tear off a page from the main account as their own page of the Book of Life and Death like other Lords of Yama Palace.

Now, being asked this by Shan Yao, Ye Jie couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Although the Lord of the Mara Palace made him the Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace, he did not give him the most important position of Lord of the Golden Wheel Palace.

Judging from how much the Yama Palace masters in the past valued the main account in the palace, the main account is an important cornerstone for maintaining the normal operation of the Yama Palace. Without the main account, the Yama Palace would be in name only.

Unable to produce the remaining pages of the Book of Life and Death, Ye Jie also realized the many inconveniences caused by the lack of the main account. If this continues, even if more ghost officials are recruited, it will be difficult to keep the Yama Palace running normally.

Seeing that Shan Yao was still unwilling to give in, Ye Jie had no choice but to say, "At present, only I can see the changes in the Yin De of each ghost messenger. Other ghost messengers cannot see this for the time being."

Shan Yao curled her lips, with a hint of disgust in her eyes. Seeing that Ye Jie, the palace master, was so unreliable, she began to doubt whether joining this so-called Golden Wheel Palace was a suitable idea.

"However... considering that you have done a great job in guiding the souls this time, I will count it as a hundred good deeds for you." Ye Jie glanced at her and said.

"Only a hundred Yin De?" Upon hearing that there was only a hundred Yin De as a reward, Shan Yao immediately refused to do it. "I have seduced so many souls, I am almost dying of exhaustion, how can it be only a hundred Yin De?"

Ye Jie shrugged. According to his understanding of Yama Palace, for something like bewitching souls, being able to get a hundred Yin De as a reward was already a favor from the Palace Master.

Most of the time, there is no reward for this kind of mission at all. It is all the ghost messengers who go to collect souls on their own initiative in order to gain merit from the wandering souls.

"So how much Yin De do you want? Or, how much Yin De do you think is appropriate?"

Ye Jie spoke slowly, giving the opportunity to choose to Shan Yao herself, wanting to see how she would choose.

Ye Jie originally thought that Shan Yao would definitely seize this opportunity to ask for a thousand or even ten thousand Yin De, but Shan Yao hesitated at this moment. She lowered her head and muttered to herself for a long time before she spoke:
"In my opinion, this requires at least 120... No, it should be 130 Yin De!"

The corner of Ye Jie's mouth twitched. Shan Yao hesitated for a long time and finally only added thirty Yin De, which really made him not know what to say.

"Okay, let's do as you say. The Palace Master will keep the accounts. The ghost messenger Shan Yao has made great contributions in guiding souls, and he will be awarded 130 merits." Ye Jie spoke slowly and made a note for Shan Yao on the seven stitched pages.

(End of this chapter)