From a carp to a dragon god

The City of the Dead, the deepest ghost town.

The yellow mud flood flowed all over the ground, directly soaking the ghost town, as if it had experienced a major flood, and countless floating corpses floated on the water.

It can be seen that the yellow mud flood is the endless resentment of the people. The floating corpses on the water are not the people who were drowned by the flood, but the evil spirits who caused the flood just like the big-bellied ghost.

As the so-called culprit, the big-bellied ghost was the first emperor whose country was destroyed by floods, and he was the culprit of the people's resentment caused by the floods.

Therefore, in future generations, anyone who is related to floods must have a share of sin attributed to the big-bellied ghost.

Over time, he was haunted by the people's resentment caused by the flood, and his stomach was filled with yellow mud torrents and other flood sinners who were also haunted by the people's resentment.

Song Yu used the golden horns on his head as a knife to directly cut open the belly of the big-bellied ghost and separate out the sins that did not belong to him, especially the people's grievances that he had borne for other sinners.

After one or two thousand years, the sins committed by the big-bellied ghost in the past had long been erased, so at this time the big-bellied ghost returned to its human form.

"My face, my belly!"

The big-bellied ghost touched his face and then his stomach, looking completely incredulous. He really didn't expect this.

The black fox with fluffy tail and the fire-swallowing ghost on the side both looked incredulous. Before they could react, Song Yu, with the golden horns on his head, charged towards the fire-swallowing ghost.

Yu Shuyang saw clearly from the side that above the Golden Horn of Song Prison, there was the blessing of the power of two gods, Shanggong and Fanxie, and the two forbidden spells of Yulu and Wufang Ghost Prison, which was comparable to the attack of a real magic weapon.

The fire-swallowing ghost had just witnessed the fate of the big-bellied ghost. When Song Yu hit him head-on, he did not dodge but went straight forward to meet him.

Song Yu was seen crawling out of the fire-swallowing ghost's body, and flames began to flow all over his body, just like a burning piece of firewood that was blown by a gust of wind and instantly ignited the entire piece of firewood.

The fire-swallowing ghost is caused by drought, but he is different from the big-bellied ghost. He burns himself when he dies, and his corpse carries a scent of war and fire.

The drought was caused by the combination of the earth's evil and the sun's fire, and the military energy was the flames of war for the change of dynasties. The two calamity energies were pierced by Song Yu's golden horn and poured out from the body of the fire-devouring ghost.

Droughts and floods are disasters caused by heaven and earth and have little to do with human emperors. Especially when drought occurs, there is no other way except to grab water to provide disaster relief.

Therefore, the fire-swallowing ghost did not release much grievances from the people due to the drought. Instead, it released fire of war and flames of battle. Streams of liquid gold and iron splashed out, as if there was molten iron in the fire-swallowing ghost's body.

The fire-swallowing ghost was not as relaxed as the big-bellied ghost. He was like a burning candle, pouring out molten gold and iron, as if the flesh and bones in his body were melting.

"Ah! Kill me! Thief Tianmu, if I can shoot you once, I can kill you a second or third time!" The fire-swallowing ghost roared to the sky.

This time it was Song Yu and Xuan Hu Pengwei's turn to have no reaction. They had no idea what the Fire-Swallowing Ghost said. Instead, Yu Shuyang was quite surprised.

After the end of the ancient times in Middle-earth, the human dynasty completely occupied the inland of Kyushu. With the change of dynasties, there were several famous "mad" emperors.

The most famous one is King Qi, who spent the whole day looking up at the sky and sighing, worrying about heavenly punishment and meteorites. In the end, he was laughed at and called the worrywart.

The "Shooting Sky" mentioned by the Fire-Swallowing Ghost is referring to Wu Yi Shooting Sky.

Wu Yi moved the capital to Yin and led the tribe to fight wars in the south and the north, which made the dynasty strong again. At that time, there was a powerful enemy in the northwest. They did not believe in "the emperor's order" but worshipped "the destiny of heaven."

So Wu Yi ordered people to make a doll of destiny. He personally played three games with the doll, and Wu Yi won all of them. In the end, he splashed blood on the doll and shot it with arrows.

Before Yu Shuyang, he only thought that Wu Yi's shooting at the sky was a struggle between imperial power and divine power. After all, Wu Yi was later killed by thunder, so it must have been the work of the gods themselves.

However, judging from the warlike aura emanating from the fire-eating ghost in front of him, it seemed that he was not killed by lightning, but burned to death by fire.

Yu Shuyang was thinking about the legend of Wu Yi shooting the sky, watching the fire-swallowing ghost melt away little by little, the gold and iron liquid flowing all over the ground, and in the end only a ghost skin was left.

He picked up the ghost skin that was as red as jade. The ghost skin was as soft as silk and as light as a ball of cotton wool. The ghost skin was filled with the energy of drought, fire, and war.

"Is he dead?"

Yu Shuyang looked at Song Yu in disbelief. He controlled the origin of the Xuanming underworld. He had just clearly felt the power of Shanggong and Fanxie, which separated the people's grievances against the fire-swallowing ghost. This situation should not be the case now.

Song Yu shook his head and explained, "Master, even though the Fire Devouring Ghost was stripped of its sins by the Golden Horn, it is still plagued by sin.

According to the Jade Rule, the True Spirit has been placed in the Evil Jar and is currently being restrained by the Five Directions Ghost Prison Dao Ban."

Yu Shuyang nodded and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If the fire-swallowing ghost was really Wu Yi's transformation, perhaps the sky he shot was related to the witch soul.

According to the time calculation, the will of heaven was dragged into the dreamland, and only the witch soul was hiding in the human world. It is possible that it was the human emperor who noticed his existence at that time.

Thinking of this, Yu Shuyang couldn't help but be stunned. The dynasty where Wu Yi lived believed in divination the most. No matter how big or small the matter was, there were various "bone divination" techniques.

This is also the reason why he regarded Wu Yi Shooting the Sky as a struggle between divine power and imperial power. The group responsible for divination had too much say and had threatened the status of the emperor.

"Song Yu, can you take the fire-swallowing ghost out? I have something to ask him!"

Yu Shuyang stared at Song Yu and asked.

Song Yu shook his head again and said, "Master, that evil jar is in line with the Five Directions Ghost Prison Dao Ban. It also has the blessing of Shanggong Sitian and Fanxie Zhengfa. I have no way to deal with it right now."

Yu Shuyang glanced at the bell on Song Yu's neck and could see four streams of divine power pouring into it. He couldn't stop it at this time and could only wait for the evil jar sacrifice to be completed.

He turned his head and looked at the big-bellied ghost soaking in the yellow mud flood. He used the wind magic to transform into a palm and lifted the big-bellied ghost out of the water.

Yu Shuyang shook it repeatedly, but the big-bellied ghost was still like dough, and it felt like his hand was flowing when he held it in his hand.

"Master Yu, stop shaking, or he will kill you again!" Xuanhu Pengwei hurriedly stopped him.

He had just woken up from his shock. The fire-swallowing ghost and the big-bellied ghost that had been chasing him were dealt with by Song Yu in a few moves. The shocked Xuanhu Pengwei was stunned for a moment.

"Xuanhu, I have dealt with the two ghosts for you. Could you please take a look at what's wrong with this big-bellied ghost? Can you wake him up? I have a few questions." Yu Shuyang asked with a smile.

The black fox with fluffy tail held a white paper lantern, emitting green and red light. Under the illumination of the mysterious light of life and death, the big-bellied ghost woke up slowly.

"Big-bellied Ghost, I have a question for you. I wonder if you still remember why you died?" Yu Shuyang asked with a smile.

The big-bellied ghost no longer has a big belly, and the sins and public resentment on his body are gone. He has turned into an ordinary demon ghost.

"who are you?"

The big-bellied ghost stared at Yu Shuyang and Song Yu. It's not that he has no memories. Over the years in the underworld, he was driven by the floods and the people's grievances, and was in agony all the time.

"Is it so important who we are? I think you were also killed by destiny. You might as well tell us so that you can join forces with us." Yu Shuyang didn't know who the big-bellied ghost was in his lifetime, so he didn't mention the Taoist Alliance, but only tested him with destiny.

"Destiny!! Since ancient times, it has been nothing more than human life, stolen by the thief of heaven. If it really was destiny, why wouldn't the sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers be controlled by it!"

The big-bellied ghost refuted it vigorously, and his face was full of resentment when he was excited.

Yu Shuyang could see that this person also did not accept Wu Hun. It made sense, if man could conquer nature, then how could fate be so hard to defy?

"You are right. Tianming is using the will of heaven to create disasters, causing chaos among humans and demons. At the same time, he is trying his best to suppress the ghosts and gods.

"I want to know why you died, and how did destiny kill you?" Yu Shuyang asked.

The witch soul hid in the human world, and Yu Shuyang saw his traces several times, such as the Dongman God Linjun refining the magic salt, the Wensi Snake refining the true snake seed to take his life, and the Beixuan Mansion refining the ghost soldiers into treasures.

Judging from various signs, the witch spirit is hiding among humans. He is competing for power with the human emperor and has even promoted several changes of dynasties. Just look at the fire-swallowing ghost and the big-bellied ghost.

It seems that the witch spirit must be fighting for humanity.

Yu Shuyang is now hiding in the dark, where he can slowly understand the Witch Soul and wait for the right opportunity to join forces with the Emperor of Dongyi and the Great Dragon God Canglong to take action.

“Kill me…

It’s been so long, I can’t remember it anymore!”

The big-bellied ghost shook his head with a stern face, as if he really couldn't remember.

Yu Shuyang chuckled and said, "It's already this time, Your Majesty, please stop playing the emperor's game.

I think you also know that this is the underworld. You must have tried it before. You can't leave the ghost town no matter what. Don't think about anything else.

Also, I want to remind you that the fire-eating ghost who came with you is no longer with us. Don't struggle in vain!"

The big-bellied ghost glanced around and noticed the ghost skin and molten gold and iron left by the fire-swallowing ghost. His face turned dark for a moment and he paused for a quarter of an hour before speaking.

"I see you're dressed in Taoist attire, you must be from the Celestial Master Alliance, right? Back when I was in power, I even conferred titles on several great Celestial Masters!

It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that I don't remember it. After all, it's been thousands of years, and it's all just old shit."

The big-bellied ghost observed Yu Shuyang's expression as he spoke. Seeing that Yu Shuyang looked determined not to say anything, he did not dare to refuse.

"I remember that he was poisoned and died suddenly. I think it was the palace maids and eunuchs around him who did it!"

Yu Shuyang nodded and asked again, "Weren't you killed by the flood? It is said that the capital was breached by the flood and you drowned."

The big-bellied ghost looked up at the sky and saw the dark sun and dark moon, and couldn't help but laugh foolishly, the sound was as shrill as the howling of ghosts and wolves.

"The thief Tian stole the emperor's mandate. He secretly used civil officials and military generals to check and balance the emperor, and used eunuchs and relatives to infringe on his power.

Every time a dynasty changed, a group of royal family members were killed as sacrifices to appease the anger of the people in Kyushu.

You have also seen that we, the last emperors, are the best tools, carrying the people's grievances and suffering in the underworld all the time.

All of this was secretly planned by Zetian behind the scenes. Any emperor who disobeyed would be strangled in the palace.

The emperor claims to be alone and widowed, and this is indeed the treatment he receives. Whether it is a civil official or a general, or an eunuch or a relative of the emperor, they could all be a fatal knife in the end.

Yu Shuyang was speechless after hearing this. The human dynasty practiced the imperial system, which was the so-called rule of one family and one surname.

When this imperial system was first established, it required the appointment of civil officials to govern the country and military generals to fight wars. At the same time, it also required eunuchs to serve and relatives to protect it.

Similarly, the emperor's power also needs their help in order to spread and extend!
It can be said that this is a pair of fighting insects. If the emperor wants to enjoy everything alone, he must defeat the civil officials, military generals, eunuchs and relatives. Conversely, as long as they defeat the emperor, these four can hold the emperor's power hostage.

"Forget about all these clichés. Let's discuss how you died!"

Yu Shuyang interrupted the big-bellied ghost's nonsense. He was not in the mood to argue here. He wanted to know the cause of death of the big-bellied ghost in order to analyze where the witch spirit was hiding.

The big-bellied ghost was interrupted and felt a little angry for a moment, but he didn't dare to show it. He had to suppress his anger and continued to explain.

"You Taoist priest, you are so anxious! This is what you asked me, I have to explain everything to you clearly!
The royal families of every dynasty have noticed this and wanted to break free from the control of the evil God. I am the one who has noticed the truth.

The eunuchs then conspired to force poisoned wine into the palace and caused a flood to flood into the palace in order to cover up the truth.

In fact, the poisoned wine and floods were all fake. The real situation was what I just said: civil officials, military generals, eunuchs, and relatives of the emperor.

Normally, these four are loose and may even fight among themselves, making the emperor think he is in control of everything.

In fact, they all have a basic principle: as long as the emperor does not touch the fundamental principles, he will not be assassinated.

Of course, the last emperor at the time of a dynasty change is not subject to this restriction. In the end, they all have to be sacrificed anyway, so it doesn’t matter whether they know it or not.”

The Big Belly Ghost became more and more excited as he spoke. He really cared about these things, or rather, he was entangled in the public grievances caused by the floods for so many years, which made him crazy all the time.

Only by constantly remembering his enemies in his previous life can he prevent himself from going completely crazy.

Yu Shuyang fell into deep thought. Civil officials, military generals, eunuchs, and relatives by marriage, these can be said to be everything around the emperor, except for the emperor's family, of course.

According to the Big Belly Ghost, the four types of people can be united under one red line. As long as the emperor doesn't notice, the witch soul won't cause any disaster. It seems that he has touched upon the real secret.

Yu Shuyang smiled and asked, "Can you tell me more about the red line principle you just mentioned?"

The big-bellied ghost looked Yu Shuyang up and down and asked doubtfully, "Little Taoist priest, are you going to be the emperor?"

Yu Shuyang shook his head and said with a smile: "What's so good about being an emperor? I am alone. I want to find out the destiny!"

The big-bellied ghost was slightly stunned before he spoke: "This is not a secret. Every dynasty has a rule at the beginning of the founding of a country, and that is to establish the source.

Is it following the will of heaven or responding to the imperial order? This is the red line."

(End of this chapter)