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Chapter 325 The Seal of the Netherworld

In the farmhouse where the white cat left earlier.

"Old Wang, the vegetables in your yard are growing really well."

An old man pointed to the vegetables in the open space in the yard and said with a smile.

"Of course! You didn't even look who planted it!"

Wang Taihong said with a loud laugh.

He was pleased to be praised, and naturally became much more generous.

"I can't finish this dish either, so you can take some home and eat it."

"Then I'll really pull it out."

The old man walked into the vegetable garden with a smile, then naturally took out a plastic bag from his pocket and bent down to start picking vegetables.

After selecting the vegetables, the old man carried the bag and sat down at the small table in the courtyard to drink tea with Wang Taihong.

"You rascal, you were all prepared!"

Wang Taihong looked at the plastic bag in the other person's hand with a sense of helplessness.

"Hehe, you let me choose, I didn't force you."

The old man took a sip of tea as he spoke.

"This tea is also quite good."

"You've got no chance! There's no tea for you."

The old man smiled and drank another cup.

He then focused his attention on the shrine next to Wang Taihong's vegetable garden.

"Hey Old Wang, what exactly is enshrined in this shrine? There's just a shrine, but no statues of any gods inside."

Wang Taihong smiled.

"I don't put up any statues of gods because I don't know which god to worship. So, whichever god it is, as long as they help me, they can take the incense from my shrine."

The old man was amused by Wang Taihong's statement.

"You idiot, you can't be this lazy when you're trying to save trouble... uh!"

The old man suddenly widened his eyes halfway through his sentence.

Pointing at the shrine, he kept saying "God, god, god."

Wang Taihong subconsciously turned his head, and then he saw an altar that was constantly expanding and growing out of the shrine without any statues, flattening his vegetable garden and collapsing the wall.

At this moment, an old woman was sitting cross-legged next to the altar.

Wang Taihong was stunned the moment he saw the old woman, but before he could speak, he heard the old woman tell him something with a blank expression.

"That sir is gone!"

Wang Taihong's pupils suddenly contracted.

Gone?

How can it be?

Suddenly, he turned and rushed towards his room, where he saw a mess of tea.

The source of the tea was the broken teapot he had placed on the table.

Recalling the old woman's words, Wang Taihong's face turned ugly.

Really gone.

But, how is it possible?

Something must have gone wrong!

Wang Taihong walked out of the room and saw the old man constantly worshipping at the altar.

Seeing Wang Taihong approach, the old man couldn't help but say, "Old Wang, your wife is a goddess, are you one too...?"

click!
After casually tossing the body and head into the vegetable garden, Wang Taihong walked towards the old woman.

"what happened?"

The old woman shook her head blankly.

"I don't know, sir, it's gone."

"I can't get in touch with that person."

"The cat died too."

Only then did Wang Taihong notice the white cat corpse on the altar.

The cat's body was unharmed, but only its body remained, completely empty inside.

Just then, Wang Taihong's phone rang.

After finishing the call, he fell silent.

"Let's go, we can't stay here any longer."

The old woman looked at Wang Taihong.

"what happened?"

"The shrines that the Space Master helped the Divine Envoy build are all broken. Some members who were originally hiding in them have been exposed to the city's cameras and are being watched by the Bureau of Investigation."

Upon hearing this, the old woman fell silent.

After picking up the white cat's body, he followed Wang Taihong and left the courtyard.

At the same time, many of the divine messengers received the message and quickly left the location where the anomaly had occurred.

On that very day, a mission was assigned to one of the divine messengers.

A mission to find the vanished god of the mortal world.

Meanwhile, in another location, all the equipment used to detect the Gods of Chaos in the underground spaces of the Bureau of Investigation headquarters had been activated, but no trace of the two Gods of Chaos had been found.

The appearance of the two mortal gods put the Bureau of Investigation on edge, and they wanted to figure out what had happened.

So they took the crow feathers and began to call upon the underworld.

After all, it was the underworld officials who told them this.

……

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Xin opened his eyes.

After being stunned for a while, Chen Xin finally realized that he wasn't blind, but rather that his location was abnormal.

Soon, his memories returned, and Chen Xin immediately looked around.

But there was nothing.

"Where's that thing?"

Chen Xin subconsciously touched his forehead, remembering the eye that had crawled into his forehead before.

But there was nothing between his eyebrows.

Just then, Chen Xin heard a call from the Bureau of Public Opinion.

He wanted to respond, but he had nothing on him.

Without the book, there's no way to open the "Complete Collection of Tranquilizing Objects," and since the illusionary body was destroyed, there's no way to make a move in another location.

He seemed to have been trapped and died in this place.

Just as Chen Xin was thinking this, a golden light appeared in front of him.

The light faded, and a thick book solidified and floated in front of him.

Upon seeing the familiar appearance, Chen Xin paused for a moment before gripping it tightly.

The look of joy on his face had barely appeared when he froze again.

Because he saw the two lines of text at the very bottom of the cover of "The Complete Book of Town Statues".

"This is……"

Chen Xin reached out and touched the two lines of text, and a series of messages appeared in his mind.

After he sorted out the information in his mind, the look in his eyes when he looked at the "Complete Book of Town-Suppressing Objects" changed again.

He had previously speculated whether the "Complete Collection of Treasures" was also a talisman, and even took the "Complete Collection of Treasures" to test it many times.

Without exception, the facts all told him that the "Complete Collection of Talismans" was just a medium, not the talisman itself.

It wasn't until just now, after obtaining that information, that he realized something.

It's not that the "Complete Guide to Suppressing Evil Spirits" is useless against ghosts and spirits, but rather that the ghosts and spirits in Chen Xin's eyes are not the same as those in the "Complete Guide to Suppressing Evil Spirits".

In other words, the threshold for the "Complete Guide to Suppressing Objects" is the existence of a god of the turbid world...

No, in the eyes of the "Complete Book of Tranquilizing Objects", that is not a 'god', but just another form of ghost.

Chen Xin had no choice but to accept this fact.

If it weren't for this accidental encounter, leading him to this place by the God of Chaos and allowing him to come into contact with the God of Chaos's true form, the secret of the "Complete Collection of Tranquilizing Objects" would probably have remained unsolved for a very long time. Looking at the "Complete Collection of Tranquilizing Objects," Chen Xin sighed for a moment before suddenly realizing something.

With his current strength, he is actually no match for a Black Abyss, but he can cross the Black Abyss and threaten the God of Chaos...

Recalling how the "Complete Guide to Suppressing Objects" solved the problem of that eye, Chen Xin suddenly looked into the surrounding darkness.

Perhaps, he can roam freely in this turbid world where gods live?
Chen Xin shook his head, suppressing the thought.

In reality, his idea is not feasible; moving sideways can only be achieved under certain conditions.

The ability of "The Complete Book of Suppressing Objects" is not an active ability, meaning that Chen Xin cannot use "The Complete Book of Suppressing Objects" to deal with ghosts and spirits like he used Chicken Brother or Huang Ying.

Unless a deity is unaware of Chen Xin's situation and, like the previous eye, teases Chen Xin and comes into close contact with him, Chen Xin will not be able to use the "Complete Collection of Suppressing Objects" to deal with the deity.

Chen Xin couldn't be sure if all the gods of this turbid world possessed the same curiosity as that eye.

If not, Chen Xin might die a terrible death.

Perhaps the other party doesn't even need to get close to Chen Xin; in the blink of an eye, Chen Xin would be dead.

This can be seen from the fact that the white cat had stuffed so many wisps of black energy into him and interfered with the placement of the talisman, thus carrying him here layer by layer.

The methods of the God of Turbidity are on a completely different level compared to those of the Black Abyss.

However, this situation also answered one of Chen Xin's doubts.

That's why, in the "Complete Guide to Suppressing Objects," only one of the suppressing objects can ultimately be promoted to the level of Yama, the King of Hell.

Because, only one is needed!
With that talisman, Chen Xin had the means to fight against the God of the Chaotic World. With the means to fight against the God of the Chaotic World, he could then suppress the God of the Chaotic World one by one into the "Complete Collection of Talismans".

Once the God of Chaos is suppressed, the "Complete Collection of Turbid Objects" will gain new abilities, making it easier to deal with the next God of Chaos.

This is the normal procedure for using the "Complete Guide to Town Statues".

The simplest explanation for Chen Xin's situation is... that he skipped a level!

They skipped the last level of the protective artifacts and moved directly to the next level.

Although Chen Xin almost died during the process, he managed to get through it in the end.

Even if we don't continue searching for the gods of the mortal world, dealing with the ghosts and spirits of the mortal world will be much simpler once we return to it.

As for how to return to the mortal world.

Chen Xin looked at the last line of text on the cover.

[Unlocked Seals]: Tongyou Seal, Hutian Seal
Seal of Zhen!

This is the ability unlocked after suppressing the God of Chaos in "The Complete Guide to Suppressing Things".

The Seal of Suppression is not an offensive technique, but rather a supportive ability.

In fact, it resembles the candle flame of three ever-burning lamps.

It is simply stronger and more widely applicable than the candle flame of three ever-burning lamps.

Looking at the Tongyou Seal, Chen Xin's gaze then fell on the Yin De Points column.

Originally, the Yin Virtue points that had been depleted to only 666 points in order to escape the white cat's pursuit had risen to over 10,000 points during this period.

These are not the merits gained from suppressing the God of Turbidity. Chen Xin did not gain any merit points from suppressing the God of Turbidity. These merit points were obtained through the Bureau of Public Investigation and the underworld officials.

Ten thousand points of good karma cannot revive Brother Chicken, but it can be used to suppress the seal.

After lingering on the [Tongyou Seal] for a few seconds, a seal emitting a faint blue light slowly emerged from the cover of the "Complete Collection of Tranquilizing Objects".

Chen Xin reached out, took the seal, and turned it over.

Two characters are engraved on the seal surface.

Chen Xin didn't recognize the characters, but he knew that the two characters were called 'Tongyou'.

Without much observation, Chen Xin took the seal and stamped it on his chest.

A hissing sound rang out.

The seal disappeared, and the words "Tongyou" appeared on Chen Xin's chest.

Chen Xin breathed a sigh of relief as the two words disappeared from sight.

He was genuinely worried that he wouldn't be able to get the characters right. If that happened, once he had a lot of seals, Chen Xin would have to worry about not having enough space on his body to make rubbings.

Just as Chen Xin was lost in thought, a strange force entered his mind, and Chen Xin felt a buzzing sound in his head.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes saw something like a double image cast by candlelight.

However, the candlelight seal could only see five layers, but he saw... eighteen layers!

He is currently on the sixth floor.

Upon discovering this situation, Chen Xin did not hesitate at all. He put away the "Complete Guide to Town-Suppressing Objects" and disappeared into the boundless darkness, returning to Sanshan Village.

After seeing that he had indeed returned to the first level, Chen Xin dispelled the power of 'Tongyou'.

"The eighteenth floor..."

Chen Xin swallowed.

The genius of this turbid world is on the sixth level, and there are twelve more levels after that. What is in those twelve levels?
Chen Xin dared not think about it, nor did he want to.

Fortunately, he possessed the power of 'Netherworld Connection', allowing him to freely enter and exit the Netherworld, even the subsequent twelve levels.

But let alone the next twelve floors, Chen Xin doesn't even plan to go to the sixth floor; the first floor is enough.

As for the Netherworld, this was information Chen Xin learned after obtaining 'Tongyou'.

The place he named 'Interlayer Space' is called Netherworld in the Tongyou Seal.

Although it differs from Yinming by only one character, its complexity and danger are incomparable.

But this is understandable, as Yinming is just a name given by humans, while Youming is recognized by the "Complete Book of Tranquilizing Objects".

It's like a regular army versus a ragtag bunch.

However, when using 'Tongyou' and 'Zhuhuo Seal', Chen Xin discovered something.

Although the mortal world and the underworld are not together, they both belong to the 'first level'!
This is somewhat interesting.

Just as Chen Xin was about to continue studying another town seal, the call from the Bureau of Investigation rang out again.

The other party has been calling for a full ten minutes now.

If it weren't for the Bureau of Investigation's call, Chen Xin would have remained asleep on the sixth floor for who knows how long.

After thinking about it, Chen Xin decided that he could go and meet them.

He used 2000 points of Yin virtue to condense the paper-cut substitute, and then summoned the illusory body.

After seeing the words 'Tongyou' flash across the phantom's chest, Chen Xin nodded in satisfaction.

Although the Substitute Papercutting Rank may not be as high as Zhenyin's, Chen Xin does not think it is weaker than Zhenyin in certain abilities.

Thinking this, the illusionary body disappeared from the spot.

Seeing the illusory body that had been teleported away without consuming any merit, Chen Xin had some thoughts.

Perhaps in the future, the phantom body possessing the power of 'penetration' will replace the casting ability of "Complete Collection of Tranquilizing Objects".

If the illusory body is busy, Chen Xin can also imprint 'Tongyou' on other objects, such as Huang Ying's body.

In this way, even if Huang Ying reaches the Yama level, casting him will not consume any Yin Virtue Points.

In that case, Bugou wouldn't need to remain at the Yin Shuai level any longer.

However, Tu Su Jiu still needs to remain at the Yin Shuai level for now.

Of course, the benefits of the Tongyou Seal don't stop there.

There are no restrictions on making rubbings of the Tongyou Seal.

Chen Xin can imbue any object, even a piece of scrap paper, with the ability to communicate with spirits.

Of course, unless he had so much good karma he didn't know what to do with it, Chen Xin wouldn't have used straw paper to communicate with the spirit world.

However, the Tongyou Seal can be useful on those manufactured talismans, and even on some people.

As Chen Xin was thinking this, he suddenly realized that the Bureau of Investigation was in chaos again because of the appearance of the illusion.

Chen Xin did not directly allow the illusory body to appear in the mortal world, but instead had the illusory body observe from the second layer first.

Unexpectedly, because of what happened before, the Bureau of Investigation had been on guard against the God of Chaos.

The appearance of Chen Xin's illusion directly added a dark figure to the conference room.

Because the illusion only exists on the first level, the outline of the shadow is quite obvious.

A humanoid god of the mortal world appeared at the Bureau of Investigation.

How can this not cause an uproar among the people at the Bureau of Polling?

Instead of feeling apologetic, Chen Xin smiled.

There are corrupt gods in the underworld, are you afraid?
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P.S.: There's a baby fussing at home, so only one update today.

(End of this chapter)