I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 639 Who Will Be the Villain

On the mountain path of Tangzhou Prefecture, an invisible bridge suddenly appeared, connecting thousands of miles. Then, a mechanical carriage was seen coming from the void. After the mechanical carriage landed, it used magic to transform into an ordinary horse-drawn carriage.

Yu Hong and Zhou Minmin, who were sitting in the mechanical car, looked at the changing scene of time and space through the single-sided transparent wall of the car. Even though they had taken the "Tianpeng", it was still very different from this journey that could travel through space.

Yu Hong's strength is not low. He has practiced martial arts in the dream world for ten years. He even had the opportunity to get personal instruction from Zhou Tieyi. Later, the catastrophe in the lotus world was a separate test for martial artists. At this point, Yu Hong relied on his own strength to overcome it. Therefore, he is now a fifth-grade martial artist. Among the aristocratic families, he is also an extremely talented seed player.

But compared with what he had to do, the fifth level of martial arts was not worth mentioning, so Hao Ren lent this imaginary mechanical car to Yu Hong.

The carriage disguised as a virtual mechanical vehicle drove into the official road and merged with the ordinary traffic. After a while, it entered the city of Tangzhou Prefecture, and then drove towards the marked Sha family mansion. When they arrived at the Sha family mansion, Yu Hong handed over his business card like an ordinary student, which stated that he was Hao Ren's descendant.

This is all very normal. Even the Sha family's housekeeper didn't think there was anything wrong and just treated everyone with courtesy.

At night, Sha Youcheng returned from the Zhenfu Division.

Today, the work of the Pacification Office has changed greatly, especially in the provinces of Shantong Prefecture and Tangzhou Prefecture, which are directly under the radiation range of the Taihang Divine Court. The gods walk directly in the world in the name of true gods and heavenly monarchs.

However, the Pacification Office was not completely useless. It was just that its work had evolved from suppression and eradication to supervision.

In the plan of Taihang Divine Court, the process of the integration of gods should be smooth, starting slowly from the education of children. Taihang Divine Court itself is even willing to spend ten years or even dozens of years to complete this transition.

At the same time, because of the Taiyi Jade Disc, the Taihang Divine Court actually restricted the gods from spreading their beliefs, because all beliefs belonged to the Taihang Divine Court and were then uniformly distributed to the gods.

But there are all kinds of birds in a big forest, and now that the Taihang Divine Court is powerful, the minds of the gods have become active. If the faith issued by the Taihang Divine Court can be compared to a salary.

Then the gods of the middle and even third ranks naturally hope for some extra income, especially since they walk the world under the name of Taiyi Taoist. They discover that there is another amazing thing about Zhou Tieyi's immortal method, which is that they can really accept two different beliefs.

As a god, accept the faith of other gods; as an immortal, accept the faith of the people.

However, the latter belief is temporarily banned by the Divine Court, so these gods can only collect it secretly.

The Zhenfu Division, which had surrendered to Zhou Tieyi, came into play. The Zhushen Division could be considered Zhou Tieyi's direct line, but it was an independent system from the Taihang Divine Court. It was also familiar with the task of investigating gods, so now it was assigned a position similar to that of the Censor, specifically to inspect whether there were any private and obscene sacrifices to gods.

Anyone found guilty will be severely punished after being reported to the Divine Court for verification.

Of course, if there is an inspection, there are naturally ways to avoid it. Because of the changes in the relationship between the Zhenfu Division and the gods, many people's hearts are unsettled. The gods also seized the opportunity and began to accept bribes privately. This is a problem that Sha Youcheng has been dealing with frequently recently.

In addition to the problems within the Taihang Divine Court, the nine ancient gods and even the Buddhist gods have begun to preach on a large scale in these places where the people are most receptive. The God-Slaying Department also has to identify these false gods who preach in the name of Taiyi Taoist. Once discovered, they must be eliminated with thundering means.

Sha Youcheng was thinking about a case that happened during the day. It was a case where the ghosts and gods in the underworld secretly detained the soul of a person. It was just a punishment, not a murder. He was still thinking about how to deal with this matter. Just as he sat down to drink tea, the housekeeper reminded him, "Sir, the son of the Hao family in Yujing Mountain is here to visit."

Sha Youcheng's divergent thoughts converged and he asked seriously, "Hao family?"

The housekeeper smiled and said, "He is the son of Director Hao of the Railway Administration."

Hao Ren is very popular now. Although he is only a third-rank official, his power is even greater than that of a second-rank official. Everyone in the world knows this. Everyone knows that Hao Ren will definitely be a second-rank official in the future, or even a first-rank official. Now even the son of the Hao family has come to visit him, which shows that Sha Youcheng is also in a high position and has great power.

Sha Youcheng asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

The housekeeper replied, "Your Excellency always have dinner in the government office. I told Master Hao about this, and he said there was no need to bother to inform you immediately, so he just ate at home."

Sha Youcheng nodded slightly, "Please invite him to the study so I can meet him."

"Yes."

Sha Youcheng was sitting in the study. It was almost midnight, but officials were all busy like this, and they were all practitioners, so they needed less sleep.

Yu Hong and Zhou Minmin were invited to the study and their names were just announced.

Upon learning that Yu Hong's surname was Yu but he was holding the Hao family's business card, Sha Youcheng's eyes narrowed slightly and he wanted to ask.

But suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew up from all directions. This cold wind was invisible, and it actually made the inkstone lamp in the study shake.

"Bold and evil!"

Sha Youcheng was so shocked and angry that he stood up from behind the desk.

But his current state is very strange.

He practiced the art of taming beasts, but his practice was different from that of ordinary people, in the opposite direction. Ordinary people tamed beasts by borrowing the magical powers and strength of their own spirit beasts, but Yu Hong did the opposite, lending his own strength to the giant mountain ape Yuantong to practice.

Therefore, Yuan Tong was able to obtain the power of the Great Xia official seal, practice Confucianism, and reach the fourth level.

After Yuan Tong used his body to repair the ground, part of Sha Youcheng's power followed Yuan Tong into the seal, but Sha Youcheng also gained something in return.

At the beginning, Yuan Tong filled the earth veins and saved the lives of some people, which was a merit between heaven and earth. Therefore, with the connection of destiny, this great merit fell on Sha Youcheng. Anyone who has a little knowledge of the third-grade art of qi-gazing would not touch Sha Youcheng, because the price is too high.

Sha Youcheng was just about to use a secret method to inform the outside world that this is Tangzhou Prefecture, with Ning Wang Mansion and Taihang Divine Court present. As long as the outside world can be informed, no matter how powerful the other party is, there will be someone to deal with them.

But it was obvious that the evil spirit that attacked also knew that this was Tangzhou Prefecture, so the next moment, the whole study was spinning, and Sha Youcheng and the other two suddenly fell from the world of the living into the netherworld. The muddy water of the Yellow Spring was rolling on both sides. They were sitting on a leaf boat, and a ferryman stood at the bow. He wore a straw raincoat and a white mourning dress. With his back to everyone, he paddled the bamboo pole in the Yellow Spring water, and the leaf boat immediately sailed forward, shuttling through the vast white fog of the netherworld.

Zhou Minmin tightly grasped Yu Hong's hand. She was just an ordinary warrior. Although she knew that there would be twists and turns in delivering the letter to Tianzun this time, who could have thought that before she could even open her mouth, she would suddenly be captured by a strange man and taken to a strange place.

Sha Youcheng also came back to his senses from his shock and anger. He looked seriously at the boatman in front of him. He had great merits and was in the core area of ​​Tangzhou Prefecture. The other party could bring him to the underworld without anyone noticing. He must be at least a second-grade cultivator!

He clasped his fists and asked, "I wonder which great god is here in person?"

The names of several forces flashed through his mind, and he suddenly realized that there was something wrong with the case of the Netherworld ghosts and gods privately detaining yang souls that he was handling today. It was the power behind the Netherworld ghosts and gods that took action!

The ferryman did not answer, but just held the bamboo pole and slowly sailed past the Yellow Spring. Suddenly, the water of the Yellow Spring around him became dangerous and dark. Souls in the water were struggling in the water like drowned people. They saw the boat and endless souls rushed towards the boat like waves, trying to grab the edge of the boat and get ashore.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, the boat seemed to be in another world and could not be touched at all.

The ferryman who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke up, "This is the Evil River, a tributary of the Yellow Spring. The souls of all living things return to the netherworld after death. If they do not perish, they will seek a glimmer of hope for the afterlife through the Yellow Spring."

Suddenly he sneered, "It's a pity that they want to seek a glimmer of hope, but forget that they gave others a glimmer of hope when they were in the world of the living. All those who have committed serious sins will be punished here. If their sins are not eliminated, they will not be able to have an afterlife."

He was like a tour guide, taking the three people on a tour of the underworld.

The boat approached the evil river, and the white mist gradually dispersed. On the shore stood ghosts and gods, some with red faces and horns of cows, and some with indigo horseshoes. They all had extremely ferocious faces, holding steel forks or ropes, and they would arrest the souls that swam to the shore and wanted to go ashore, and they would bundle them into bundles of thousands and drag them to deeper places.

At this time, the boat also reached the shore. The ferryman jumped lightly and landed on the shore. Turning around, his face was not ferocious at all, and could even be said to be very peaceful, except that his facial bones were a little taller than those of ordinary people in the Central Plains.

"Three of you, please get off the boat."

Zhou Minmin and Yu Hong looked at Sha Youcheng. At this time, Sha Youcheng knew the other party's purpose. He was invited to the Taihang Divine Court by a second-rank great god at that time.

Now, I didn’t expect that it was another second-grade great god who was invited to the underworld.

He sneered and said, "So it was the Bodhisattva of Transmigration who was here. If you want to invite someone, just invite them directly. Why hide your head and show your tail and pretend to be a ghost?"

The ferryman in front of him is none other than one of the Bodhisattvas serving on the left and right of the Buddha of Equality in the Netherworld, the Bodhisattva of Ferrying.

The Bodhisattva of Guidance smiled slightly, "There are no ghosts or gods in the first place, only human thoughts are causing trouble, how can there be any ghost tricks?"

Sha Youcheng snorted coldly. He knew that the other party would not hurt him, but he would not let him go easily now. Since a second-grade Bodhisattva had invited him, it must be a big deal. He probably wouldn't be able to leave until he heard the whole story.

So he got off the boat and said to Hong and the others apologetically, "I am really sorry for dragging you down this time."

Yu Hong waved his hands quickly.

The Bodhisattva of Transmigration did not care. In his opinion, Yu Hong and Zhou Minmin were just two ordinary juniors. Their fates could be known at a glance. It was just that when he captured Sha Youcheng, he captured the two of them together to avoid any accidents.

Under the guidance of the Bodhisattva, the three followed the souls detained by the ghosts and gods of the underworld towards the Buddha Kingdom of Equality.

Although it is a Buddhist pure land, it is eerie and terrifying. There are eighteen levels of hell, and the punishments in each level of hell are far more severe than those in the world of the living. Even someone like Sha Youcheng, who has the power of life and death, would frown when he sees it. Girls like Zhou Minmin would feel nauseous and physically uncomfortable when they see it.

The Bodhisattva of Transmigration had a calm expression on his face; this was exactly the effect he wanted.

After watching the Eighteen Hells, they came to a mansion that looked like a government office. Some people were already seated there. Sha Youcheng saw several colleagues. It was obvious that they were also invited by Netherworld Buddhism. So Sha Youcheng sneered and said, "We have finished watching this show. The Bodhisattva should tell us why he invited us here. It's not to let us see how Netherworld Buddhism treats us after death, right?"

As soon as he said this, the governor of Shantong Prefecture said with a smile, "Lao Sha, what you said is wrong. Even if I die, I will be under the jurisdiction of Tianzun's Taihang Divine Court. Bodhisattvas can't come to Taihang Divine Court to snatch me away at that time."

He seemed confident, but there was a threat in his words.

Sitting on the main seat in the banquet hall, hearing what the pacification envoy of the Mountain Copper Mansion said, the Conviction Bodhisattva's brows were full of anger, and he directly said, "The Taihang Divine Court is still better. People can use gold and silver to enjoy happiness when they are alive, and they can also use gold and silver to buy their way after they die! There is no such thing as good and evil in this world. It's all decided by money! No wonder corrupt officials like the Taihang Divine Court!"

The Bodhisattva of Condemnation was talking about the policy that was set when Zhou Tieyi promoted the Great Xia silver bills. At that time, in order to promote the silver bills and at the same time "serve the underworld", paper money was invented. After the living burned the paper money for the dead, it could be used as a toll. When passing through a forest of gold, silver, iron and thorns, if you had paper money, you wouldn't have to climb trees to eliminate your three poisons of greed, anger and ignorance.

At that time, the Minister of Education cursed Zhou Tieyi for being the initiator of this behavior and asked if there would be any more of him!

This policy naturally has its pros and cons. The advantage is that paper money, a sacred object, is quickly accepted by the people and spreads rapidly. Therefore, it is used to transform and sacrifice to ghosts, giving the evil ghosts in the underworld more ways to feed themselves. In addition to the Queen of Heaven's Dark Moon, they can also offer sacrifices to ghosts.

This is naturally the supreme virtue.

But the disadvantages are also obvious. In the world of the living, corrupt officials are rampant. When you reach the underworld, you can still use paper money to buy your way out. Doesn't that make it even more impossible to uphold justice?

In fact, the core of this issue is very simple. One is the production stage and the other is the distribution stage.

During the process of development, Zhou Tieyi has always focused on production. He has already promised that people in the world can buy their way through, so as to gain their faith to offer sacrifices to the souls of the netherworld. Naturally, it would not be easy for him to go back on his word. This is something that even a saint cannot change.

But just because Zhou Tieyi cannot go back on his word doesn't mean others can't help him make the distribution. I am buying your way and letting you go to the underworld to be reincarnated, but if you get caught by others in the underworld, it will have nothing to do with me.

As for who will be the evil guy, a saint as glorious as Zhou Tieyi will naturally not be an evil guy. So when the Bodhisattva of Transmigration presented him with the twenty-four lotus flowers that day, he promised that the Netherworld Buddhism could be preached under his influence. That is why the two Netherworld Bodhisattvas dared to arrest people today.

(End of this chapter)