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Chapter 319 Opening Up a Blessed Land in the Underworld

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Under Wu Wen's guidance and brief explanation.

Li Shimin witnessed firsthand the power of soul-binding and spirit-locking.

"His Majesty!"

Having completed his mission, Yuchi Jingde came to report to Li Shimin.

"Jingde, from now on, you are considered a local deity. Tomorrow, I will order people to build a shrine and temple for you, so that you can enjoy the incense offerings and worship of the people!" Li Shimin said to Yuchi Jingde with a smile.

Yuchi Jingde quickly replied, "Your Majesty, I am still merely a general under Your Majesty. Although I bear some responsibilities and am responsible for replenishing the underworld for Your Majesty, how dare I presume to claim to be a ghost or god!"

Suddenly, Li Shimin seemed to remember something and turned to Wu Wen, asking, "Where is my Xuanjia Army?"

“They are all in the City of the Dead,” Wu Wen replied. “When Your Majesty rests at night, you can enter the City of the Dead and see them through the method of dreaming.”

"Why not have them appear together and join Jingde in capturing and locking away the souls?"

In Li Shimin's view, the more manpower he has now, the faster the Underworld City will develop. Once there are enough people, the Underworld City will no longer be empty, and only then can he truly be called the Emperor of the Underworld.

“Condensing a ghost body is extremely costly, and I can only condense this one for Yuchi Jingde at the moment,” Wu Wen replied calmly.

Neutrinos are so precious, how could he easily waste them on ordinary people? Besides, how easy is it to condense a ghost body?

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, then said, "Wouldn't it be too slow to rely on Jingde alone? Besides, can he handle all the work by himself?"

Wu Wen chuckled and looked at Li Shimin, saying, "That's enough. The number of people who die each day in Chang'an is limited; Yuchi Jingde alone is sufficient."

But in Li Shimin's view, this speed was still too slow.

He estimated that even if Yuchi Jingde worked day and night, he could only capture and lock the souls of a maximum of a thousand people a day.

So, how many years would it take to gather a million people in the underworld?

"And what about outside of Chang'an?" Li Shimin asked again.

“The altar’s coverage area does not extend to this,” Wu Wen replied.

"Then I will issue an order tomorrow to have altars built throughout the Tang Dynasty," Li Shimin said decisively.

Wu Wen remained silent, seemingly agreeing with Li Shimin's approach.

Looking at Yuchi Jingde's ghostly body that could travel between the realms of Yin and Yang, Li Shimin felt a longing in his heart.

He turned to Wu Wen and asked, "Could you also create such a body for me?"

"This matter is not urgent. Let's wait until His Majesty passes away before discussing it," Wu Wen replied calmly.

Li Shimin remained silent for a moment, then asked again, "Besides being able to freely travel between the realms of Yin and Yang, does this ghostly body have any other abilities?"

Wu Wen naturally saw through his thoughts and replied, "Besides binding souls and locking spirits, this body cannot come into contact with anything in the mortal world. Therefore, it is impossible to use it for anything else!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin appeared slightly disappointed.

But he didn't give up and pressed on, asking, "Is there a way to make this body able to function in the mortal world?"

Wu Wen did not answer directly, but only showed a slight smile.

What Li Shimin thought was feasible.

But Wu Wen would not do that.

The interference of those in the underworld in matters of the living world completely contradicts his original intentions.

"Your Majesty, it is getting late. You should return to the palace to rest. I also have other matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now!"

Having finished his conversation with Li Shimin, Wu Wen had said almost everything he could to Li Shimin. After saying goodbye, his figure disappeared from Li Shimin's sight.

With Wu Wen gone, Yuchi Jingde also disappeared from Li Shimin's sight.

Li Shimin also turned and left. He wanted to return to the palace and enter his underworld city through the dream method to see it for himself.

And just as Li Shimin was leaving.

secretly.

But a pair of eyes were secretly watching.

This person is Cheng Yaojin.

When the ceremony ended and everyone left, Cheng Yaojin was about to leave as well, but when he noticed that His Majesty had not left and had instead entered the giant statue alone, he immediately stayed.

They hid in the shadows and observed secretly.

"His Majesty is becoming increasingly strange. What is it that he is hiding from us as well?"

Just as Cheng Yaojin was secretly speculating...

Several figures also quietly appeared behind him.

"Who?"

Sensing something amiss, Cheng Yaojin suddenly turned around, only to find that the people who came were all his old brothers.

"It turns out to be you!"

"What are you doing here?"

"Heh heh, what are you doing here? Spying on His Majesty, that's utterly treasonous..."

The group exchanged knowing smiles.

"Have you found anything?"

"no!"

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the other side.

Yuchi Jingde continued to perform his duties in the city.

When he arrived near his residence, he suddenly stopped.

Looking up, he saw that the light was still on in his eldest son Yuchi Baolin's study, where he was studying military books.

Thinking back to how he left yesterday without informing anyone before going to Zhaoling with His Majesty.

Now that they are separated by death, he still had many things he wanted to say to his family. The candlelight flickered.

After reading for a long time, Yuchi Baolin's eyelids drooped, and he involuntarily began to doze off.

Just as he was briefly falling asleep, Yuchi Jingde immediately entered Yuchi Baolin's dream through dream initiation.

It was also in the study.

Suddenly, Yuchi Jingde walked in.

"Father!"

Upon seeing Yuchi Jingde, Yuchi Baolin, unaware that he was dreaming, immediately stood up.

"My son, I'm leaving now. From now on, this family will depend on you to support it," Yuchi Jingde said with emotion.

Yu Chi Baolin did not understand the meaning behind his father's words and asked, "Father, where are you going?"

“My son, you will understand some things in time, so I won’t say too much. Remember, from this day forward you are the head of this family. Take good care of your mother and brothers.”

As soon as Yuchi Jingde finished speaking, the flickering candlelight suddenly went out, plunging the study into darkness.

Yu Chi Baolin, who was still dozing off, was instantly awakened.

He then realized that he had been dreaming.

But thinking about the scene in his dream, and considering that he hadn't heard from his father for the past two days, he suddenly felt nervous and wondered: Could something have happened to his father?
So he immediately got up and left the study, disregarding the late hour, to go out and gather information.

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Wu Wen was naturally aware of Yuchi Jingde's actions.

He had somehow managed to find a loophole, but Wu Wen tacitly approved of it.

He didn't intend to stop such simple farewells—parting in life and death, fatherly love and filial piety. Otherwise, it would seem devoid of any human touch.

Moreover, in Wu Wen's view, it was just a dream, and such stories happen all over the world, so it wouldn't cause any disturbance and couldn't be considered interference with reality.

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now.

Wu Wen has left Chang'an and arrived in the mountains surrounding the city.

The geographical environment in which Chang'an City is located is actually extremely special.

In Feng Shui, they are known as the "Four Noble Stars of the Heavenly Stars".

The so-called "Four Celestial Nobles" refers to the fact that if you stand in the very center of the imperial palace in Chang'an and look around, you will find four dragon veins simultaneously heading towards Chang'an.

Moreover, these four dragon veins are located in the four directions of Hai, Gen, Xun, and Dui respectively.

These four directions correspond to the Heavenly Emperor Star (Ziwei Enclosure), the Heavenly Market Star (Tianshi Enclosure), the Taiyi Star (Taiwei Enclosure), and the Shaowei Star (Shaowei Enclosure), respectively.

Therefore, the location of Chang'an was extremely special and prestigious.

Of course, this is a description from the perspective of Feng Shui.

But in Wu Wen's eyes, the special location of Chang'an City within the "Four Noble Stars of the Heavenly Stars" was even more special and complex.

What is a dragon vein?

The so-called dragon vein is actually the earth's veins, whose direction highly coincides with the anomalies in the Earth's magnetic field.

Geomagnetic anomaly zones are areas of varying magnetic field strength caused by uneven distribution of materials within the Earth. They are usually associated with geological tectonic activities such as faulting and magma intrusion.

The geological structure of the dragon vein region, such as folds and faults, leads to geomagnetic anomalies, which in turn affect the distribution of the regional energy field. Thus, the two highly overlap and form a coupling effect.

This is a dynamic balance mechanism between the Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field.

The coupling effect between the dragon vein and the geomagnetic anomaly zone has a significant effect on regional energy transmission.

Similar to the energy conduction function of the meridians in the human body, it can maintain the dynamic balance of the regional energy field and compress and increase the geomagnetic energy by 2-3 times, becoming a magnetic field node.

In Wu Wen's view, this special dynamic equilibrium energy field is a perfect "underworld"!
Wu Wen's goal is to transform this place into a new virtual space, just like a "grotto-heaven" or "blessed land"!
Standing atop the mountains.

His gaze pierced through the thick fog, as if he could see the perfect outline of the "underworld" hidden between reality and illusion.

Subsequently, an exploration of the mountains was conducted.

Next, Wu Wen set up a complex formation in the mountains.

The placement of each stone and the carving of each rune embody his profound understanding of Yin and Yang, geomagnetism, and energy.

Before setting up the formation.

Wu Wen first needed to accurately measure the geomagnetic intensity, magnetic field direction, and energy fluctuation frequency of various areas in the mountains.

Based on this precise data, and combining feng shui theory with the principles of field interaction in physics, Wu Wen meticulously planned the layout of the formation.

The potential dragon veins in these mountains have a high degree of consistency with the distribution of geomagnetic anomaly zones.

Wu Wen began to lay out the foundation of the formation along these key areas.

These foundation stones are not ordinary stones, but magnetic ores that have been specially treated by Wu Wen. Their magnetic strength and direction have been precisely controlled, enabling them to interact specifically with the surrounding geomagnetic field.

In his depiction of runes, Wu Wen drew upon the concepts of energy guidance and transformation found in Taoist talismanic studies, while also incorporating circuit design principles from electromagnetism.

Runes can be viewed as a special kind of "energy circuit" that guides geomagnetic energy to flow along a predetermined path through specific combinations of lines and arrangements of symbols.

The thickness, length, and angle of each rune's strokes must be rigorously calculated to ensure the efficiency and stability of energy transmission.

As the formation gradually took shape.

The surrounding air seemed to become heavy, with a mysterious power surging within it.

It can be discovered through insight.

Within the array area, the originally dispersed and disordered geomagnetic energy began to converge toward specific nodes, where the magnetic field strength increased dramatically, accompanied by a special energy resonance phenomenon.

Energy fluctuations exhibit regular cyclical changes, gradually forming a harmonious and stable coupling relationship with the energy flow in the surrounding natural environment.

This coupling relationship is similar to the resonance phenomenon in physics, where efficient energy transfer and amplification occur when the natural frequencies of two systems are similar.

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(End of this chapter)