Hell Emperor.

Chapter 508 Shen Qingge - Legend of the North Sea
As Hu Tianying's immortal body was destroyed, Ye Jie was quick to slap him on the forehead: "Soul return."

As soon as the words came out, a soul that was completely black and looked like it had just rolled in the mud was pulled out by Ye Jie. The appearance of the soul was 100% similar to Hu Tianying. The fear in the eyes was still lingering, and it could not believe the news of its own death.

Ye Jie looked at him. His soul was so dirty, he must have done a lot of bad things in his life.

I don't know how long the slave market here has existed. How many innocent lives have been forced into slavery by him, and how many families have been torn apart by him. It seems that he deserves it.

Ye Jie didn't say much, he activated the soul-summoning flag and sucked his soul into it.

With the death of Hu Tianying, the rest of his subordinates in the market town scattered like birds and beasts. Many slaves looked at each other, with a bit of disbelief still in their eyes, and then there were quiet cheers.

"Master Hu is dead? How is this possible..."

"It's true! Didn't you see that even his soul fell into the hands of that immortal?"

"Didn't you hear what the Immortal just said? He must be here to save us!"

Amid the crowd's praises, Ye Jie looked calm, as if he had done something insignificant.

He picked up the Liuhe Treasure Mirror and carefully felt the state of this magic weapon. The sharp gold sword that Hu Tianying had sacrificed before now remained quietly in the Liuhe Treasure Mirror.

The Ruijin Divine Sword contains the unparalleled golden sharp yang, which has the same origin as the power of the Jiashen Divine General and is one of the powers wielded by the Six Dings and Six Jias. Therefore, it is restrained by the magic mirror in Ye Jie's hand.

Now, the immortal body of Hu Tianying has been destroyed, leaving only the last remnant of his soul. The Ruijin Divine Sword has also lost its original owner. It lies quietly in the Liuhe Treasure Mirror, waiting for the arrival of its next owner.

Ye Jie turned the Liuhe Treasure Mirror upside down and took out the Sharp Gold Sword inside. As soon as he touched it, he felt a scorching heat and could almost hear a piercing hissing sound. He couldn't help but want to let go. The temperature was like holding the sun in his hand.

Ye Jie looked normal, the power of the Divine Dragon Transformation was secretly activated. His broad palms were tougher than the thick dragon skin and could withstand higher temperatures.

"This sword contains the power of the Golden Sharp Sun God. If it is used against an enemy, it will surely be indestructible. It is truly a rare third-grade divine weapon."

Taking the Sharp Gold Sword in his hand and playing with it for a while, Ye Jie slowly evaluated.

"It's a pity that I'm not good at wielding a sword. It would be a waste of such a divine weapon in my hands. In this case, you should take it."

As he spoke, Ye Jie slowly controlled his Qi, and the Sharp Gold Sword moved and stopped in front of Shen Qingge.

Feeling Ye Jie's kindness, Shen Qingge did not accept it. He turned his head and said:
"This is a very valuable third-grade artifact. If placed in the Immortal Sect, it can be sold for at least hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones. It is the trophy of your victory over the enemy. I have done nothing, so I cannot accept it."

Ye Jie smiled and said, "A magic weapon is nothing but an external thing. How can it compare to the friendship between you and me? Have you forgotten our past experiences? Together we killed the dragon and thwarted the way of heaven. Aren't all these things not as good as a magic weapon?"

After Ye Jie's repeated persuasion, Shen Qingge no longer refused and finally accepted the Sharp Gold Sword.

Feeling the power contained in the Sharp Gold Sword and the might of the divine weapon, Shen Qingge did not feel happy as if he had obtained a rare magic weapon. Instead, he felt a little melancholy. He pursed his lips and said:
"Ah Jie... If you do this, how can I forget you after I go to Bei Ming?"

As the Tianji sailed along the way, everyone was getting closer and closer to the North Sea.

According to the punishment from the ancestor, Shen Qingge will be exiled here and will not be allowed to return for the rest of his life. The punishment will be lifted when he has made some great achievements.

The approach of the road also means the coming of separation. Although Shen Qingge didn't say it, he was very depressed in his heart, always feeling like a heavy object was pressing on his heart.

Shen Qingge has made up her mind that when she arrives in Beiming, she will let go of the past, devote herself to the Tao, and no longer care about worldly affairs, just like the ancestors of the Xuannv Sect who have sought the Tao for generations.

However, Ye Jie's various actions caused ripples in her calm heart. His repeated comfort, the smile in his eyes, and even his casual voice, made Shen Qingge's heart confused and she couldn't calm down for a long time. Even the Xuannv Sutra lost its former effect.

Staring at Ye Jie in front of her, Shen Qingge began to feel fear in her heart. She was afraid that she would not be able to forget him and everything she had experienced in the past. Obviously, dwelling on the memories of the past is a taboo for practitioners, but Shen Qingge could not calm her thoughts.

Ye Jie looked straight into her eyes: "If you can't forget, then don't forget it. Not only me, but all of us will not forget you. When you miss us, as long as you see the flying sword I gave you, you will remember the days when we had adventures together."

Shen Qingge bit her lip and remained silent for a long time. Ye Jie's figure was reflected in her watery and cold eyes, as if she wanted to engrave him in her eyes. After a while, she mustered up the courage to say:

"I will never forget you, and you can't forget me."

"I won't." Ye Jie promised.

With Ye Jie's words, the burden on Shen Qingge's heart finally eased, and for the first time, his uneasy heart felt calm.

After receiving the Sharp Gold Sword, she bit her fingertips and smeared the blood on it. After some rituals, when she made another hand gesture, the flying sword took off and hovered behind her. No matter what kind of enemy she pointed at, the Sharp Gold Sword would diligently kill it.

As she raised her finger, the sword soared into the sky, bursting out with a strong determination to break through the sky. Even Ye Jie felt a little pain and couldn't help but feel curious about the power of the sword. He suggested:

"Try its power."

Shen Qingge had just that in mind. He raised his hand and pointed his white fingertips at the iron cage not far away. With a whoosh, the sharp golden sword turned into a stream of light and cut through all the tightly guarded iron cages along the way.

Without the restraints of the cage, it also means that the slaves here have regained their freedom. Shen Qingge walked forward slowly and said to them:

"You are now free. Leave here quickly and start your own life from now on." Unexpectedly, this time, there were few voices of agreement among the slaves. Except for a very few who stood up and ran away, most of the slaves were still sitting in the broken iron cages, looking at a loss, with no intention of moving at all. Even the woman who had come forward to testify before was now huddled on the ground.

Shen Qingge was slightly stunned, and felt that the scene before her was somewhat different from what she expected. In response, Ye Jie just shook his head:

"Don't force them, let them make their own choices."

Shen Qingge frowned slightly and asked the question that was in her heart: "Why are they unwilling to leave the cage? Do they think that we are also members of the Chamber of Commerce, so we dare not come out?"

"It's true that I don't dare to come out, but the reason is more complicated than this."

Ye Jie spoke slowly. From the faces of the slaves in the cages, he saw only numbness and fear. They had already lost the courage to move forward:

"Most of them are mortals. Even if they can leave the cage, where can they go? They will still be homeless in the world. Even if they become slaves or are sold to others, they may still have food to eat. But if they escape the cage and venture out alone in this continent where immortals and demons are rampant, with the abilities of mortals, I'm afraid they will be dead soon."

Hearing this, Shen Qingge's eyes fell on the skinny slaves who looked at the world with a blank expression. She felt a little reluctant: "In this case, can you help them?"

Ye Jie nodded, his eyes swept over the dishevelled slaves: "I can treat them to a full meal."

Shen Qingge sighed: "You know that's not what I'm talking about."

"I know." Ye Jie closed his eyes slightly. "I am only the Lord of Yama Palace, not the Emperor of Hell. I can't do much more. The only mercy I can give is to let them have a full meal before they die. That is the most important thing. If there is nothing to eat and they are allowed to starve to death, they will probably feel regretful..."

At the end, even Ye Jie himself couldn't help but sigh.

Shen Qingge looked at him straight in the face, carefully stretched out her hand, and gently stroked his face: "I saw you."

"What..." Ye Jie was stunned, not understanding what she meant.

Shen Qingge explained: "When I say you, I don't mean your appearance, but the real you deep down in your heart."

"What did you see?" Ye Jie was a little curious.

"Even though so many years have passed, deep down in your heart, you are still the boy who died of starvation. You have never changed." Shen Qingge answered truthfully, "You think that not having a full meal before death is the biggest regret in your life, but there are so many regrets in the world. The regrets of those slaves you saw were not just because of hunger."

Ye Jie's eyes trembled. In front of Shen Qingge's discerning eyes, he seemed to be seen through. He asked in a trembling voice:
"Is there anything more precious to those mortals than having a full meal before death?"

Shen Qingge gently embraced him, patting his back with one hand, and said softly: "Think about Xia Wei, think about what she has done for people, and you may understand."

"Yeah……"

In his memory, Xia Wei's face emerged. Her determination and fury made Ye Jie's heart tremble, as if a ball of blazing fire was about to ignite his body.

"Regarding Hu Tianying's soul, what do you plan to do with it?"

After a long silence, Shen Qingge suddenly spoke.

Ye Jie replied: "According to the agreement between me and General Jiashen, I will send Hu Tianying's soul to reincarnation. He destroyed countless families and forced countless people into slavery. His soul owes 300 million Yin De. I need to pay this Yin De before he reincarnates, and take out an additional 100 million Yin De to ensure that he can be reborn into a splendid family in the next life and enjoy wealth and glory. With many talents and magical powers, maybe one day he can become an immortal again."

Looking up and taking in the faces of the slaves, Ye Jie sighed:
"This is totally unfair. Hu Tianying should be punished, but because he is the son of a divine general, he can be exempted from all this. He will even have endless wealth and extraordinary talents in his next life... The world is difficult. The children of immortals are immortals, and the descendants of immortals are all immortals. Even the reincarnations of immortals will also be immortals in the next life. Only mortals cannot become immortals. Is this the true meaning of reincarnation?"

In the end, even Ye Jie, the Lord of Yama Palace, couldn't help but feel a little confused and couldn't see the meaning of reincarnation at all.

Mortals who sincerely do good deeds can only obtain dozens of Yin De, while immortals with tremendous power can easily obtain tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Yin De. The difference between them is huge. Even if immortals commit heinous crimes, as long as they have Yin De from reincarnation, they will still stand above countless mortals in the next life and have a bright future.

If the purpose of reincarnation and hidden virtue is to reward the good and punish the evil, then by now it has completely become a tool to ensure the eternal prosperity of immortals and has lost its original meaning.

As if seeing Ye Jie's confusion, Shen Qingge seemed to remember something and spoke softly: "Ah Jie, do you know that everything about reincarnation now, whether it is the acquisition of Yin De or the innate magical powers in the next life, is all formulated by the Emperor of the Underworld and written in the Underworld Code."

Ye Jie nodded. He had heard such remarks before: "Is the current situation what the Underworld Emperor wants to see? How should people reincarnate before the Underworld Code was established?"

Shen Qingge replied, "According to the ancestor of our sect, long before the rise of the Underworld Emperor, there was no such thing as hidden virtue in the world, and there would be no innate supernatural powers in the next life. All reincarnations are based on cause and effect. Some people may have committed many evil deeds in their previous life, but enjoy endless blessings in the imperial family in the next life. Some people may have done countless good deeds, but are born with disabilities and suffer misery in the next life. In short, there is no pattern to follow, and everything happens randomly."

Ye Jie frowned. If all reincarnations occurred randomly and the fairness of good and evil was not reflected, it didn't sound good. It was even worse than calculating Yin De. Even though Yin De has now become a tool for immortals to protect themselves, it still has its merits and can be considered to have both advantages and disadvantages.

As he spoke, Shen Qingge suddenly laughed and asked, "By the way, Ajie, do you know the meaning of Beiming?"

"The North Sea? I heard that it is at the northern end of the Northern Continent. There is only an endless sea and not even sunlight. It is a deep and silent place."

Shen Qingge nodded slightly, confirming Ye Jie's statement: "This is just the world's understanding of the North Sea. According to the ancient books of the Xuannv Sect, the meaning of the North Sea refers to the Northern Underworld, where the Underworld Emperor achieved the supreme fruit of the Tao. In the North Sea, there are still traces left by the Underworld Emperor, which may be helpful to you."

"So that's how it is..." Ye Jie silently took note of the situation. This was the first time he had heard of it.

After a chat, the two of them had a much stronger tacit understanding. The slave in the cage still refused to leave. Ye Jie retracted his gaze and said, "The mission has been completed. It's time to leave here and get the second Liuhe Treasure Mirror."

(End of this chapter)