Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 608 The Unyielding Lower Realm Land God, the Unshakable Saiyan Soul!

"Wouldn't it be better to stay in the lower realm instead of being promoted to a main god?"

Broly felt that that might be the life his goddess mentor dreamed of.

"That won't do, Broly. I am a goddess revered by countless believers. How can I be tempted by the wonderful life in the mortal realm and forget about my followers? Responding to my followers is one of the important tasks of a goddess!"

In addition to guiding the dead to the afterlife and leading heroes to other worlds to save humanity, one of the goddess's tasks is to manage a community of believers in the mortal realm.

Aqua dislikes other boring and tedious goddess work, but she enjoys receiving the adoration and trust of her followers and responding to their needs.

Just as the demons of the underworld in the world of Konosuba need negative emotions, the goddesses of the heavenly realm in the world of Konosuba also need positive emotions.

Faith is the source of their power and an essential element for their existence. A goddess who loses her faith may not necessarily die, but she will certainly become a roadside creature.

In more mundane terms, it's like a CEO of a large company becoming a homeless person you could see anywhere on the street. Aqua may want to live a leisurely life, but she doesn't want to become one of those homeless people on the street.

"Hard work earns you blood and sweat money, only slacking off earns you a salary, Broly. This is my years of experience and wisdom as a goddess in the workplace. Learn it well!"

Aqua, true to her title as the leech goddess of the heavens, shamelessly and proudly imparted her experience of slacking off at work to her students.

"Alright, Master Aqua, I have grasped your profound wisdom. Now, could you please get down to business?"

Broly is a fairly serious person, and he selectively learns whatever Aqua teaches him, regardless of what it may be.

"You made your master do all the work as soon as you arrived. Broly, can't you show some more pity for your master who has been working hard for a long time?"

Aqua started to complain.

"Master Aqua, you've worked hard."

The next moment, Broly floated up and embraced her head-on, whispering these words in her ear.

"Oh, you child, that's really cheating..."

Holding a large wine bottle in both hands, and embraced from the front by her disciple, the goddess's face flushed slightly.

"It really does feel like I'm not tired anymore!"

The complaints turned into gentle words, and Aqua now truly embodied the aura of a water goddess who embraces all things.

"Hey, Master, I've pulled myself together. Now, bring out the remains of your future mother-in-law in this world!"

Aqua was always so easily satisfied. After being hugged and comforted by her apprentice with encouraging words, she was full of energy.

Broly quickly retrieved the body, which had been floating in the Crystal Palace for almost two months, and placed it directly on the rooftop of the high-rise building.

Mai Tsuchimiya's body remained unchanged from when Broly took it; her skin even retained the elasticity of a living person.

"She really is a beauty. It seems she's one of the girls who will soon join Crystal Palace. She'll be a rising star. It's just that her mother's breasts are a bit small."

Aqua commented on the appearance and physique of the dead on the ground, and she thought that it would be better if her disciple's wife had a large bust.

"Master Aqua..."

Broly urged them on.

"Alright, alright, Master, I'll be resurrected now."

Aqua took out her lotus staff and cast a resurrection spell on the corpse on the ground.

The divine power of the goddess descended, and the body of Lady Tsuchimiya, which had been struck on the ground, began to fill up at a visible speed.

His complexion changed from pale to rosy, the fatal wound he had suffered was healed, and his stagnant pulse began to beat again.

"Alright, the person is alive!"

The resurrection spell, which reverses life and death and defies the laws of nature, is just like ordinary magic in Aqua's hands. Less than ten minutes after arriving in this other world, Lady Tsuchimiya's corpse was resurrected.

"But, Master, she hasn't woken up yet."

Broly waited a while, then nudged his future mother-in-law on the ground, but she didn't move. This made him look at Aqua, who was drinking alcohol nearby.

"That's strange, let me take a look."

Aqua had just drunk about half a bottle of sake when she came over to check on the situation.

"Hey, it seems her soul hasn't returned."

Aqua, prying open Tsuchimiya Mai's eyelids, immediately understood what was going on when she saw the woman's lifeless eyes.

"Does this world have an afterlife?"

"Yes, that place is called the Great Spirit Vein."

“I understand. Although I resurrected her body, her soul was trapped by that great spiritual vein.”

Aqua's resurrection technique actually consists of two parts: one is physical revival, and the other is using her goddess authority to open doors for the dead souls.

In the resurrection in another world, the prerequisite for her resurrection is that the world must have an afterlife, or that the souls of the dead cannot leave their dead bodies. Only with such a setting can it be possible.

"Now what?"

Broly asked.

"It's very simple, I'll just call it."

Aqua said confidently.

"A call to the soul!"

The goddess opened her palm and cast a new spell on the soulless female body on the ground.

Deep within the Great Spirit Vein, a river of souls formed from the souls of all living beings, the pure spiritual entities formed by the Great Spirit Vein itself, those beings known as the Earth Gods, who were originally sleeping here, were awakened by a voice.

"Is anyone there? Is anyone here? Give me a shout, you bastard! Is there anyone in charge of the afterlife in this world?"

"who are you?"

The first to awaken, the old-looking Earth God, asked the question.

"Who am I? Ha, I am the great celestial goddess, the goddess of water, Aqua."

[A celestial deity? A water goddess? Aqua?]

The old-looking earth god was somewhat puzzled, as these were terms he had never heard of before.

"Is there anything you need?"

Although he had never heard of Aqua, the old-looking land god still asked.

"I want to resurrect someone. Please, you native god of the lower realm, quickly open a special passage for me so that the soul of that dead person can return to the human world."

Aqua didn't beat around the bush and stated her needs directly.

"???"

The old-looking local deity was a little confused.

"You are the one who inherited the power of the Nine-Tails?"

After a while, He finally asked the question.

"Nine-Tails, what is that?"

Aqua countered with a question.

"So you are one of the Black and White Witches?"

The Earth God asked again.

"Hey, hey, hey, you sound like an old man. I've already told you I'm a celestial god. What the hell is a witch?"

"Stop with this useless nonsense. Just tell me, will you open the special passage and hand over the soul of the person I want to resurrect?"

The old-looking earth god: "..."

He has existed for thousands of years and has never seen such an arrogant fellow. "I am the guardian of the great spiritual vein. Life and death are the natural order, and I will not break the law."

"So, you're saying you're not agreeing?"

"Since you are also a god, you must naturally protect the laws of nature."

"Ha, don't be so rigid. I am a dignified god of the heavens. I have condescended to come to your mortal realm. You should at least give me some face and open a back door. I will remember your favor."

The old earth god: "..."

Is this something that can be negotiated?

"Feel sorry."

He directly severed Aqua's divine power that was connected to the Great Spirit Vein.

"Damn it, he hung up on me?"

Outside, Aqua's face darkened. She thought that as a god of the upper realm, she would be fawned over by the native gods of the lower realm, but instead she was humiliated, which made her furious.

"What's wrong, Master Aqua?"

Broly asked quickly.

"Broly, wait a minute, let me contact them again."

Aqua didn't want to tell her disciples that the gods of this world's Land of Rebirth were disrespecting her, but she was still bringing up the past.

"You bastard, do you even know who you've offended? How dare you disrespect me? Believe me or not..."

Inside the great spiritual vein, the old-looking earth god thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly, that strange power broke into the spiritual vein again. Threatening and cursing voices came from inside, from the guy who called himself the goddess of water, who was just like a shrew.

More pure spirits born from the great spiritual veins were awakened, and they all looked at the old earth god, who was the oldest in existence, with strange expressions.

“I don’t know who this person is, but she wants to resurrect someone and asked me to open a backdoor for a soul that may have already entered the Great Spirit Vein. I didn’t agree, and then she started cursing at me.”

Upon hearing this, the other local deities nodded in agreement.

"Even those who are not immortal desire resurrection after death. What are they thinking?"

The Great Tengu was the first to speak.

"That's right, transcending life and death, do mortals even deserve it?"

The other land gods also agreed.

"Ha, so there are even more native gods from the afterlife. Hurry up, send someone who can solve this. I, the great celestial goddess Aqua, promise that as long as you give me this face, I will also give you some face and will no longer refer to you as native gods from the afterlife."

Many local earth gods: "..."

"Who is this guy, talking so arrogantly?"

Many local deities look down on mortals, but they have never encountered anyone who subtly or implicitly looks down on them.

As expected, Aqua's communication was disconnected again.

After several attempts, each call was disconnected, leaving Aqua completely exasperated.

Unfortunately, she has no religious order in this world, otherwise she would definitely make those lower-realm native gods who dared to defy her infamous, if only she knew the names of those lower-realm gods who defied her.

"Broly, I'm so sorry."

"What happened, Master Aqua?"

“The native gods of this world and the afterlife do not respect me at all. They show me no respect and are unwilling to let the souls of the dead return. I cannot fully resurrect your future mother-in-law.”

Aqua made no mention of her domineering attitude towards the land god, but instead tearfully recounted how she was bullied by the native god of the Great Spirit Vein.

"Master Aqua, don't worry, I'll take care of everything."

Broly clenched his little fists, determined to avenge his master and also to try to revive Kagura Tsuchimiya's mother.

After briefly sensing the energy, Broly flew off in one direction and returned shortly afterward, carrying the still-shaken Sanzu River and Hiro in his hands.

Sanzu River and Hiro were put down. He saw Tsuchimiya Mai on the ground and the white-clad ninja beside her. This man was very smart. Although his superior, the black-clad ninja, was not present, he still guessed Broly's identity.

Without the slightest hesitation, the boy knelt down in Broly's direction after landing: "Your subordinate Sanzukawa Kazuhiro greets Master."

"Ah."

Broly nodded, assuming that the shadow ninja had revealed his identity to the other party.

"I want to resurrect people, but the local earth god in the great spiritual vein won't give me the time of day. What do you suggest I do?"

He asked directly.

Sanzu River and Hiroshi: "???"

Is this something he can figure out how to handle?
Wait, the Killing Stones shouldn't be all collected yet, so how can they revive people?

Sanzu River and Hiro then discover that the Earth Palace Mai on the ground is actually alive.

This made him subconsciously touch his eyes, and by touch, he confirmed that the Killing Stone was still in his eye socket.

Suddenly, the man's expression became even more shocked. How on earth did they do that?
While he stood there stunned, Broly asked again, "I heard you know a lot about the Great Spirit Veins. Do you have any way to let me in?"

Broly wasn't surprised that his summoned minions didn't know what to do, and he decided to solve the problem in his own way.

He simply didn't know how to enter the Great Spirit Vein to meet those local deities who didn't give his master any face.

“Uh, I can lead you into the Tamamo-no-Mae area, which is a special space built within a major spiritual vein.”

Sanzu River and Hiro quickly replied. The identity of the master behind the shadow ninja did not shock him too much, but the fact that he could revive people without relying on the Killing Stone, although it did not seem to be a perfect revival, still filled him with excitement.

"Then I'll trouble you. As for resurrecting your mother, you just need to bring her remains to my master."

Broly was eager to enter the Great Spirit Vein to find the local gods who had disrespected his master.

"Lord Broly, entering the Tamamo-no-Mae requires the Killing Stone's assistance, you..."

"White shadow".

The special item, the Killing Stone, has returned to Broly's hands.

Following the instructions of the butterfly boy, Broly allowed the power of the Killing Stone to entangle him.

But after standing there for a while, they remained in the same spot.

"I'm ready, aren't you?"

Broly couldn't help but look at Sanzu River and Hiro and ask.

Part of their consciousness had entered the Tamamo-no-Mae space, but Sanzukawa and Hiroshi, unable to find Broly's trace, were left with the question: "???"

"Lord Broly, please do not resist the pull of the Killing Stone's power."

“I did not resist any force, nor did I feel any pull.”

Sanzu River and Hiro were silent for a moment before walking over.

"My apologies, Lord Broly."

As he said this, the other party placed his hand on the Sesshoseki in Broly's hand, and after touching the Sesshoseki held by the Saiyan, Sanzukawa and Hiro quickly received a definite answer.

It wasn't that the Sesshōseki (Killing Stone) wasn't working; it was just that the person holding the Sesshōseki—who looked like a child but was actually some kind of ancient monster—had an incredibly powerful soul.

The power of the Killing Stone to pull at souls is like an ant trying to shake a tree; it doesn't even have the right to make the tree feel anything.

"Lord Broly, your soul is too powerful. It seems that the power of the Killing Stone alone cannot support you."

Sanzu River and Hiroshi chose to tell the truth.

Broly: "..."

(End of this chapter)