Gentlemen, it's time to enter the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Chapter 164 Good deeds and evil deeds are rewarded
Many people felt that Chen Ye was young, and seeing that he was upright and had done many good deeds out of compassion, they always thought that this young man had never seen the wickedness of human nature.

Chen Ye has not been in the world for very long, not as long as these elders who have lived for hundreds of years, but when it comes to understanding people's hearts, he is much better than these elders who have secluded themselves for hundreds of years.

Age and experience are not the same thing. In his previous life, Chen Ye had truly been to the mountains and the countryside, helped the poor, experienced great disasters, and had also compromised his principles.

If he hadn't transmigrated here, he would truly be considered a "young veteran cadre."

Compared to the troubles I experienced in my previous life, the ways of dealing with people and situations in this life are much simpler.

Because the cultivation world still values ​​strength.

Back when illegal buildings were being demolished in the village, the villagers were really willing to unleash their dogs to bite you. But now, standing in front of those 100,000 ghosts, no matter how fierce they were, they couldn't harm Chen Ye in the slightest.

Chen Ye acts so uprightly so that he will always be in the right.

When Chen Ye's fist is bigger than these ghosts, and he is in the right, what is there to be afraid of?

Chen Ye's plan was actually very simple, just one sentence: distribution according to work.

The spirits, nourished by sweet dew, do nothing all day; let's take back this unearned benefit. Give everyone a sum of money, and once it's gone, they'll have to earn it themselves.

In this way, the spirits would have to follow Chen Ye's rules.

The last remaining question is how to assign jobs to these wandering spirits.

In his previous life, Chen Ye couldn't have created hundreds of thousands of jobs even if he had hanged himself. But things are different now. The Yellow Springs Sect is about to confer deities, incorporating all those ancestral spirits into the Yellow Springs Sect to become the "true gods" they worship.

The effects of incense and prayer have always been mixed, with many people seeking something for nothing by praying to gods and Buddhas.

When a family is poor and has no food, they pray to the gods to bless them with wealth; when they have a conflict with someone, regardless of whether they are right or wrong, they pray to the gods to curse the other person and cause them to die a violent death... There are countless such wishes.

If a deity grants all requests, steals money from others and delivers it, then kills them without questioning right or wrong, the result will only be chaos. Such a being cannot be called a god, but rather an evil spirit, a scourge.

The Nirvana School initially fabricated many wild gods and used the concept of "tribulation" to eliminate them one by one. Although this was a strategy to fool the people, it was also because the incense offerings had to be pure.

It must be confined within certain rules; one cannot act recklessly.

The underworld pantheon created by Chen Ye was not intended to help people gain wealth without effort, but rather to seek justice for all living beings.

Those who died unjustly will be able to seek justice, those who do evil will be punished, and those who do good deeds will surely have good fortune... All ancestral spirits should be included in this set of rules.

It was naturally difficult at first. The ancestral spirits had received offerings for many years, so they would naturally prioritize taking care of their own tribesmen and would treat nobles well according to the tribe's rules, while ignoring the pleas of slaves.

Many serfs were even brainwashed into believing that they were born to be trampled underfoot and treated like livestock.

Chen Ye will not force them to change their minds, but the ancestral spirits must change.

These 100,000 spirits were Chen Ye's first batch of "ghost messengers".

Chen Ye would have these ghost messengers supervise these ancestral spirits and make them act in accordance with the rules of the Yellow Springs Sect.

Good and evil are rewarded accordingly, and this doesn't end with death.

This rule was spread through the arrival of these hundreds of thousands of wandering spirits.

One or two years is not enough, so it takes ten, twenty, or even a hundred years.

One day, under the influence of the Yellow Springs Sect, the law of cause and effect will become a universally accepted rule in the Northern Frontier. At that time, Chen Ye will have accumulated a great deal of merit.

After carefully reviewing the divine positions and responsibilities established by Chen Ye, the Lord couldn't help but marvel.

"That's interesting. You want to train these hundreds of thousands of ghosts to be your eyes and ears, and make them reward good and punish evil according to your standards."

Chen Ye nodded and said, "If we really want to reward good and punish evil in this northern frontier, a few hundred thousand is far from enough."

The Lord said, “If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. You should understand this principle. If we force it, the people of the northern frontier will not be able to bear it, and there will be more chaos.”

The nobles were used to treating human life as worthless, and slaves were just commodities to them, which they could do with as they pleased. How could they possibly expect Chen Ye to just casually tell them to free the slaves?

Even if they are liberated, how will these slaves live? Will they be given cattle and sheep to herd on their own? Will the large tribes of today be divided into countless smaller tribes?

If that's the case, the northern frontier will become even more chaotic, with more fighting and more deaths.

Chen Ye laughed and said, "Of course we can't rush things. So, at first, we won't concern ourselves with the affairs of the mortal world. We won't care about the living; the people of the Northern Frontier have their own rules. But after they die, their souls can enter Fengdu City, and then we'll have to follow our rules. Whatever evil they did in life, they will be punished in death."

The Venerable One shook his head and said, "What if everyone worships evil and suppresses good? That's how the Nirvana Sect manipulated people's hearts in the past, distorting the so-called right and wrong of morality. As long as one sincerely worships Buddha, all evil deeds are right, and one can become a Buddha by laying down the butcher's knife. I'm afraid you don't agree with this kind of idea." Chen Ye said confidently, "That's because they are deceiving people. They only use this standard to fool the masses, and they don't think that way about themselves. The Nirvana Sect's 'open mouth Zen' is the supernatural power I'm least worried about, because such people will definitely break down when they encounter me."

"The standards of good and evil in this set of divine soul techniques must first be applied to oneself. Wanting to be strict with others and lenient with oneself? That's impossible."

It is unknown which great being created this secret technique. The standards in people's hearts may not be absolute good and evil, but its effectiveness in not allowing double standards can be called the greatest fairness.

If you consider something to be evil, then you must not do it, and if you do, you will be punished. If you consider something to be good, then if others do it, you must not punish them, but rather reward them.

It sounds complicated, but it's actually very simple.

If a nobleman from the northern frontier believes that slaves are not human, then when he cultivates this divine soul technique, he will also have to experience the suffering of slavery. Only if he can truly find joy in it and believe that slaves should not be treated as human beings will the judgment of good and evil by the technique take into account his thoughts.

Just as Chen Ye once summoned the Blue-Faced Demon to judge others, the first person the demon interrogated was Chen Ye himself.

If he hadn't been completely innocent, it wouldn't have been Wei Changsheng writhing on the ground in pain, but himself.

The same applies to other judgments. If you think this person deserves to die, then if you were the sinner, you would be willing to die.

No double standards allowed. Everyone is equal. If you want to set any rules, you must experience them from the other side.

In this way, the more people practice this technique, the more equitable this unbiased standard of good and evil will become.

These hundreds of thousands of spirits have experienced life and death, and witnessed the most horrific blood sacrifices in the human world. They must have a sense of good and evil within them. Moreover, since they themselves are from the Northern Frontier, the standards of good and evil they develop from practicing this secret technique would be more acceptable to the people of the Northern Frontier.

Perhaps at the beginning, many outdated customs and bad habits will not be considered evil.

But this is precisely everyone's own choice, and as long as there are no double standards, Chen Ye, an outsider, will not force them to change.

Chen Ye firmly believes in the saying that times change and the world changes. Every era has different standards of morality, but as long as we can ensure that we don't apply double standards and don't use those standards to deceive or harm people, we will eventually get closer and closer to fairness.

Chen Ye told the Venerable Lord what he was thinking, and the old demon who had lived for hundreds of years couldn't help but praise him, saying, "It is indeed a brilliant idea. I'm afraid even the five righteous sects have never thought of this move. The Qinghe Sword Sect has been thinking for a thousand years about how to truly sever the demonic sect, but the human heart is unpredictable and it is impossible to sever evil thoughts. I didn't expect you to start the reckoning after death. It can be said that you have found a new way."

Chen Ye then asked, "What does Your Excellency think of my arrangement? Will it succeed?"

The Venerable One laughed and said, "Who knows? This kind of method has never been heard of since the beginning of time, and even divination cannot predict it. However, daring to be the first is one of the conditions for becoming a Venerable One or Ancestor. If you don't have this ambition, your future achievements will not be very high. If you want to do it this way, I will help you."

"I will handle these tens of thousands of vengeful spirits. As for this Investiture of the Gods diagram, I will also select a suitable ancestral spirit for you. As for you, you should prepare well for the ceremony of establishing your sect. You need to figure out who the five major sects should invite to attend the ceremony, and how to prepare for the scrutiny and difficulties from sects such as the Incense Burning Sect."

Chen Ye nodded; this was indeed a matter that needed to be handled by him, the sect leader.

However, before that, Chen Ye had another matter to attend to.

Chen Ye asked, "My lord, I fear my master's days are numbered. Do you have any arrangements regarding his ascension to godhood through offerings?"

Mo Ci's soul grew weaker and weaker, and even the sweet dew could no longer nourish it.

More than half of the three-year period has passed, and it's unknown how much longer he can hold on.

Now that the Yellow Springs Sect is about to be deified, Chen Ye feels that Mo Ci's problem should also be completely resolved.

However, Mo Ci's soul was still stuck in a rut, unable to let go of those obsessions, making it extremely difficult for him to become a Buddha. Chen Ye could only ask the Venerable Lord for help.

The Venerable One laughed and said, "You're quite the filial son, still thinking of saving your master's life. However, you'll have to talk to Mo Ci about this yourself. I can have the Crimson Serpent Buddha share some of his incense offerings to replenish his damaged soul, but only if he wants to live. If he has no will to live, he won't be able to swallow these incense offerings."

Chen Ye understood that after Mo Ci revealed her true feelings, the real problem was not the damage to her soul, but that Mo Ci herself could not get out of the shadow and wanted to end it all by dying.

After slaughtering his enemy's entire family, Mo Ci lost his way. He only managed to survive by meeting Chen Ye and hoping to take him on as a disciple. As his life drew to a close, Mo Ci no longer wanted to live; he only wished to vanish with the wind.

Now that Chen Ye has achieved mastery in his cultivation, Mo Ci is even less inclined to live and only wants to dissipate her inner pain.

So no matter how much torture he endured, he remained silent and his condition never improved.

If you can't let go, then even a god can't save you.

Chen Yede needed to find a way to make him willing to live.

Whether it's atonement or repentance, it's up to Mo Ci to make the decision.

It's been a long time, and it's time to have a proper chat with my master about this topic.

(End of this chapter)